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C'"*s of Mr.rch J. ISTfc
TUESDAY. JUNK 20, 1911.
Tili: IMtESIlUCXTlAL Pit I.IIA It Vi
Woodrow Wilson" has written a let?
ter to Editor James A. Hoyt, of the
Columbia Record, approving the sug?
gestion of n primary election at which
the poop'o may express their choice'ol
candidates for the presidency. HI*
tniitti 1? very char ;\s to the ndvnntag*
,tn lie derived from such a plan as this,
a plan which really has nothing to
commend it, in our opinion, even If it
*<e true that the Legislatures uf New
Jersey. Oregon and Nebraska have
adopted It, ihe Let'isla lure, of tlie first
named State having beeil persuaded to
.Venture Into this experimental Held tit
J)T. Wilson's own urgent suggestion.
Jn his letter lo Editor Hoyt. Governor
.Wilson says:
"That 1 heartily approve the? exten?
sion of the principles of the primary
election in such a way as to enable
the people to express their preference :
among the candidates to be nominated I
for the presidency, 1 have given ample
'evidence by my earnest advocacy of
jthe measure passed by the last Legis?
lature In Now Jersey, which establishes
that right. Oregon. Nebraska and
iJCcw Jersey have already adopted this
'plan; It seems to me entirely In keep?
ing with the spirit of present day re?
form, and nullit certainly to add to
the xrst and interest and dignity of
the whole process by which we choose
candidates for the presidency."
We are Inclined to think at times
that "the spirit of present day re?
form" Is not a thing to be encouraged
beyond a reasonable and sane eonsid- !
cratlon of the rights of the people and !
the principles upon which this govern- j
mrnt was founded, a primary election J
to determine who shall be the candi- i
date for the Oemocratlc party for
President would make a good deal i
more politics in this country, and poll- !
tios of a very Sorry order. It would I
greatly Increase expenses In the llrst'
place; it would keep the States In per- |
pctual ferment; It would give the
demagogues a new held in which to I
ply their peculiar talents; it would not]
result, ir. our opinion, necessarily in
Lpe choice of a winner at the general
election. That It would contribute tit
the slightest to the "dignity of the
whole process by which we choose can?
didates for trie presidency" ctn hardly
be seriously considered, so many ex?
periments with the primary system
having proved beyond doubt that the
VAXKEE NEGROES MARCHING OS
TA FT.
the iuieged wrongs from which the
ri'oe surfers :r: the South; at least such:
is tr.t plan the New England baptist
Little good it win do. Nearly all the !
negroes in the South are satisfied with j
their present condition. iiookir Wash- ,
lnston has advised iherri Over and over'!
their best and truest friends vyere the
white people of the S6i.th, According;!
to tilt latest ileiires the1 negroes in the
South own property of the value of noj i
Kss than tjl6c,?t>(i,00i). They are land: j
owners and Unker? and workers Iii
every field of Industrial activity. Tin v
slave fctau
lumbia ther
tending th
were iSf. k
Since i'thc
^J'V I'
?>Ufft !
l.en.iit,
Of th<!
the South, and litis Neu- England lie;:
missionary Convention proposes to a
or "demand" that the President i<h
exort his iiuthorlty <>r intlucnce t
for the relief of tin- condition (.1 t
negroes in New England, but of t
negroes in the Booth,
-Mr. Taft understands tiie negroes
Die .South and their condition H,.
knows that they lire not white pt!o|
it rid tie h?H recently expressed hlmseif
Very plainly about the course t;
education should take -(, as 1m mi
them useful members of society ;
at the. tiimn time prosperous and pin
l ?.c ! , , (?. It is'said that ho wili pi oh
ably be asked to address the five, thou?
sand nogro pilgrims from Now England
In ono of the Washington churches,
and we hope Hint he wlir.accept the
Invitation nnd toll the Yankee negroes
ti few plain fuels about themselves nnd
about their race In the South. It
really doosu't matter, however, what
Is said to them or to their kind by
race agitators; we can tell them that
Abraham Lincoln .was everlastingly
right when he said that it Is not pos?
sible for two diverse faces to live on
the same soli on equal political and
social terms. Acts of Congress, Execu?
tive proclamations, live thousand
marching negroes, from New England
and vicious preaching by members of j
the colored race and their ubnormul
white sympathizers will not change
tiie decrees of the Almighty.
PINC1IOT WAS l'HHSHNT.
At a meeting of the National Asso?
ciation of the .Yttdubon Society in New
York last wool;, the gift of $25,000,
offered by the various gun and am?
munition interests in the country, wos
declined, because the mission of I lie
Society is to save the birds, particular?
ly the soup birds and the Insect-eating
birds, and not to raise game birds foi
the use of the men who are handy
with the gun. An Interesting feature
of the meeting in New York was de?
scribed by the Sun, as follows:
''Gilford rlnohot, an advisory mem?
ber of the Hoard of Directors, was
present at yesterday's meeting and
listened to the discussion ?villi in?
terest." 1
\Yu arc glad to know that our old
friend Is still In the land of the living.
He has not been making much stir for j
several months, and we feared that)
something had happened to him. It
docs not appear quite natural that he
should have sat through a discussion I
about the conservation of our birds j
without mule lug an address on the
subject; but we are glad that he is
sUU with us.
BETTER GET INTO LINE.
Nearly all the Republican news- 1
papers are now saying a great many i
fine things about Mr. Taft They gen- j
orally agree that he will be renoml- ,
nated for President; that he is the;
main hope of the parly; that he has
grown amazingly in the public conll- j
deuce during the last year, and thaC
he is "the logical candidate." We arc i
now waiting to hear from the New j
York Tribune. Is it "Per him or agin j
him?" It will have to come in soon |
or late, and as its friend and epun- .
seller in times of great stress, we |
think It would risk little or nothing
now by putting on a bold front und
taking Its proper place near the head
Of the column
AN AII MY PLAYING HALL.
How does it happen that none of the
"gardoens" of our National honor and i
destiny in Congress have proposed au I
inquiry Into the operations of our army
of occupation on the Texas frontier?
Word came the other day that the
division camp at sau Antonio had been
organized into a bis baseball colony
and that one Hundred and ten teams
are now at practice: that one thousand
two hundrrd men will "engage in the
rational pastime,'" and that every
company, troop and battery is organiz?
ing Its team. Why does not some one
of the lynx-eyed protectors of Our
Treasury Department, except when it
corr.es to th-:- question of Congres?
sional mileage, take note Of '.his abuse
of all the articles of war?
Has it come to this that the uix
rldden people of this country must be
ground down for tlit- purpose of sup?
porting an army waiting Its time
playing baseball? There' Is nothing
else really for the army to do, now
that peace prevails in Mexico, but if
the Soleier* should be k?pt in Texas
until the cotton picking season opens,
in.4tr^d wasting their time in the
so-called ?national pastime," would It
r.ot :-.fr netter f'.r the country at large
If they should be detailed to help the
farmer* get In thelf cotton'.' Why hot
make the army useful in the r.e'.d of
industry as well as In the art of ?
"I'lIE UNSOLVED MYSTERY,
l.u. Warren II. Lewis and his wife
Mistress M";rgare! RiVed 1^-wl.-. t'nt
forwei a.-:o latf professor of anal
oin:.' in the John? Hopkins Med lea
ion, the theory being thii
plants general- frctiii pre
i a lid do not rise spontan
l.'wis was not >:.li.-;u
cepicd view, and iokin
r- t part uf tin' In11-s11h<
t I-JX tciii'.s UNOi (,n.
Th
v.hk
toiIIhit of the suocess of/a mini there
who litt? dovoteit ten acres to truck
forming/ Ha hntl an Irrigated tract
und from It last year he sold i2,92l
worth of vegetables, divided in this
way: winter vegetables. SI.OOS: Ber?
muda onions, harvested In March.
J4S6; bonus, peas and beets, J611;
radishes, both winter and summer
crops, such as California beans, etc.,
J6?S. Ho paid out S221 for help; for
seed and plants, S137; water for Irri?
gation purposes. $100; expeuse of mar.
ketlng. $IS4; total expense. $642, which
deducted from the 52,921 he got for his
crops, left a clear profit of J2.2S2?and
besides this he had all the vegetables
he wanted for Ills family of live and
all the foodst'-rt for his horses and
cows.
XOHFOl.K O ETTING K1CII.
The <:ity of Norfolk Is picking up.
With the new wards thai have been
added lo the town during (lie last
year the assessed value of property In
that city aggregates $46.SOU,300, as
compared with SS9.493.S00 In XH10.
Not including the assessment upon
property owned by corporations, the
property of Norf (dl; will yield Hie
city this year a lax of 87 M.?OO
In addition to the sum of S164.174, the
aihount of taxes paid to the Slate.
In the llrst six wards of Norfollt.
the value of property owned by the
white people Is $34,4 70,340 and that
owned by colored people S2?S.340. In"
the .Seventh Ward the value of the
property owned by the whites Is S3,
447,070. In the Eighth Ward the
whites own $2,152,630 worth of prop?
erty and the colored people jtl 0,700.
in thi Ninth Ward the value of prop?
erly owned by the white people Is SI,
102,050 and the value of the property
owned by the colored people is SH'S.
S4?. In the Tenth Ward the white
people pay taxes on SS77.720 worth or
property and the colored people pay
taxes on 521,000.
These are Interesting figures, ana
will afford the students of the race
question in the South some valuable
food for thought, and particularly
Should it attract the attcntluu of our j
Northern friends who have an idea ]
that negroes should share equally in
the administration of public affairs
in .Southern communities.
THE SMOKIX'CS Al'TOMOIIII.E. ?
Twenty-two chauffeurs appeared jh
the YorUviHe Police Court, New York,
several days ngn, charged with allow?
ing their automobiles to. give off noxi?
ous smoke on the public streets. One
<>f these chauffeurs said that lie drove
n car belonging to William K. Van
derbilt. Jr.; but he was lined ?5 Just
the same, as were the other chauffeurs
who appeared in court at the some
lime. Tiie Magistrate, having tound
that a tine of one or two dollars noes
no good In lessening the smoke evil, j
increased the tine to live dollars and
delivered himself of these pertinent
remarks:
"Every other city has succeeded in !
getting automobiles 10 quit smoKtng '
i t: ! thiy ought to be dime in this city. |
in Paris if a chauffeur is arrc.u ;
three times for smoke, his license is |
taken away.''
There ought to be such a tute as
this in R.chmond. There is, no reason
why the automobile should smoke ex?
cept i..e .-ck of care on tiie part or
the operator. It would seem, however,
that some of the drivers hereabouts
have an idea that the more smoKe. |
they make the better drivers they are. j
TO 'PIIE CO I.I.ECK (JitAI?T?TE.
The Nashville Tennessenn, dwelling |
in a city wherein are many colleges
arid iich??is. thus advises graduates.
? Put your diploma In the bottom of
the deepest trunk in the garret; throw
uway your rah-rah vest.- and ties; nar?
row the r"dl in your trousers down to
about three Inches; buy a hat slightly j
Ifcrgci than a scorched pancake; lose]
that Boston dip movement; get the
college yell thoroughly out of yourj
conversation, and apply to some repu- [
table concern for work and don't look!
surprised when the general manager- I
ship isn't offered to you with a salary j
of $3,001) the year."
In Other words, get down and "dig,"
arid; as to college, "forget it."
THEATRES Pit ICES.
Are the people losing the theatre
habit ?
Theatricai managers are anxiously
tnaUlna; tins inquiry throughout the!
coiii. try. ?
Empty galleries, empty balconies and i
hoilHcfi half-filled downstairs are phst
til trig producers.
Horiu- theatrical authorities say thej
rnr.ior rrir is; responsible for the do-j
create in attendance. Others say that!
'.!.? moving picture shows have emptied|
theatre balconies.
Daniel |-'rohman lately expressed the
Opinion I hat prices are too high at the
ft if i class theatres, ami tie lias cut
lite bah u ? and gallery prices at one
of his Chicago theatres.
. Hi.'i-ui. ing Mr Frohirioh's position.
Hie New York World approves It and
gestlon ili.it gallery
ill to 2'i rents am] re
eoule of modem means
im:< under more eonir
ra think that greater
come 10 the theatres
pi Ices than they are i
he higher scale, while
eduction and think it
it in further demorali?
zation o't ti,e theatrical huslnenis.
A X.VTIONAI, l-'I.OWHR.
When the Runi'rner dearth of subatari
pli tor discussion beginn, the
leni question <<i selecting a national
' ? bobs up serenely as a good sub
iii eonirovcrsy and to end
ir, hn'.hini!.
woman in Chicago wants the
. lorj selected as tiie national
llower, because sonic typos of ihlsftow
r-i .on., ne red, white and blue and are,
'le : i (ore, i > pica I of the Hag.
Tin: advocate of the morning glory
>? It tvn: the favorite llower of the
i I'urftan father, who planted It and
bp < oiidl
saw It bloom with much delight yoors
beforo Bolsy Koss oewod togolher the
Slurs and StrlpcB.
The homely morning glory, whioh so
often grows In closo harmony with the
gourd vine and flourishes with so Ut?
ile encouragement, will not appeal to
ambitious Americans who favor tho
American Ueauty or tho chrysanthe?
mum.
Tho discussion will wax and wane
ond then, after an Interval, will wax
and wane again. This much should be
said. Tho American national flower
should be typical and it should be
democratic. Every section will Insist
on Its favorite. Certain folk will urge
the claims of the mint blossom, which
will carry Kentucky and some other
Somborn Stales by a heavy majority.
?J'exttS's favorite flower Is tho odorous
pennyroyal. North Carolina would
suggest the corn tassel. The objection
must be sustained to nil of these, how?
ever, and many Ilka them. None ' of
these arc .typical of the nation. The,
Irish potato blossom or the cabbage
lent" Is democratic and typical of tti?i
entire country. Or the wheat blade
might do.
"HAVING FOlt It AIX.
According to the Alucon News, all
ilir ministers of the Gospel and all tho
Christian folk of Alncon and Its
vicinity wore Invited by tho I'.ov. T.
W. Callawny, pastor of the Tabernacle
Baptist Church, to join with him and
his congregation last ?' . day in mak?
ing a "definite prto ." the Al?
mighty asking tuat ruin ? sent to tho
Macon section Immedlately. "Some of
the Christian people otrMftcon do not
believe that the duy of miracles has
passed and they have made a call upon
Dr. Cnllnwny and other Christians of
Macon asking nil to Join In fervent
prayer to God asking for relief from
the heat and rain for crops." The
Jtev. Mr. Cnilaway said in connection
with this incident:
"it Is known that the gardens of the
poor as well as the rich are suffering
very much for need of rain and tho
farmers will also be very h.ea- y finan?
cial losers unless there is rain very
soon, as the gardens and crops will
be literally burned to the ground.
"God lolls His people lo cull upon
Ulm In time of need and that He will
hear their supplications, lie nlso says
that the prayers of the righteous
avalle'th much."
There is something refreshing about
this Biory, something inspiring In Its '
lesson nf faith and l.c-liri in Hlni who
rules the winds and waves, the rains j
and the lightning. Not often do we
hear of genera) prayer for relief ?.f
this sort?too often, prayer seems a
perfunctory performance As the Rev.
Dr. Charles 8. Gardner, of Louisville,
paid at the Grace .Street Baptist
Church here on Sunday morning, peo- I
pie do not pray for rain ae they '
used to. in former times. hefore !
science began its march, people be- '
lieved that rain was an extraordinary ;
manifestation of the miraculous power .
of God. They did not then know so |
much as In now known about the
natural laws which govern the weather '
and which apply to rainfall, in late)- I
years, people have changed their views
as to prayer for rain and regard rain I
as the result of an orderly natural
law. Hence, they no longer pray for
it as they used to, forgetting all the
time thai behind the natural laws
which wo have found there Is an omul- ,
potent Lawgiver who has created these !
laws and through Whose will they ,
operate.
? piioc.lt GSS IX IRRIGATION.
In a recent article in Science, Dr. I
R 11. Newell, chief engineer of the,'
reclamation service, gives a summary :
of the work done by the Government !
in reclaiming the arid West.
Up lu date more than l.OOO.O?n acres
have been reclaimed., under Govern-,
mom works and 11,000 families are
living on land watered by Government I
canals.
Reservoirs having a capacity of
5,000,060 cubic feet have been con.- !
structed. This means enough water to!
put one foot of water on 6,000,onu j
acres of land.
Major canals, capable of carrying;
over S00 cubic feet have been built !
for a distance of 300 miles, and 1,000 j
miles of smaller canals have been con- j
strueted.
These figures show what can he ac-i
compiished with tho Government be- j
hind a proposition.
Even greater results would lie
achieved If the Governmcnl could bo j
Induced' to reclaim swamp lands in j
various other parts of the nation. All
the Southern States have territory j
which should lie reclaimed.
Gimwixn bvbrv ijav.
More than thirty cities have adopted
the commission form of government
since the beginning of I911i and, as
the Birmingham News says, ?'the
movement Is growing In momentum."
Alabama Is among the Slates In?
vaded l>y the new form of municipal ;
administration this your. Georgia 1st
now stirred up and Atlanta. Macon, I
August? and Coluinbiiii arc looking J
Into lln- mailer. There Is little doubt
thai Iii?' coming session of the Georgia I
Legislature will ace the introduction
and passage of a bill opening the way i
for Ilten? eitle? to make a change for
Ihq Wetter. j
The sweep of tho movement Is not |
confined .to the South. This will be
seen by reference to. the following
list nf the cities which have atioptfcci
the most efficient form of city rule
yet discovered by tho brain of man:
Alnbnrnn ? Birmingham; Montgomery,
Mobile.
California?Berkeley, Modesto, Mon?
terey. Oakland, San Diego, Santa Cruz,
San f.uljt Ohlspo, Vollcjo.
Colorado?Colorado Springs, ('.rand
Junction.
Itlnho?f.ewililon.
JlllnoU?Carbondnle. Docatur, Dlxon.
Blgini Hlllsboro, Jacksonville, Kewn
noo, M?llrio, Ottawa, Pekln, ltocbciio,
Rock Island, Springneid, Spring Vtu
loy, Waukogan, Clinton.
Iowa?Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Da?
venport, Des Moines, Fort Dodgo, Keo
kult, Murshnlltown, Sloux Clty.
Kansas?Anthony, Abilene, uoney
vllle. Cherryvale, Culdwull, Council
Grove, Dodgo Clty, JBmporla, lVxtroka,
Glrard, Hutchinson, Indopondcnce,
Iola, Leaven wortb, Kansas Clty, Marlon,
Newton, Noodcsha. P.arsons, Pittsburg,
Topeka. Wichita, Wellington.
Kentucky?Newport.
Louisiana?Shreveport.
Massachusetts?Gloucester, Haver
hill, Lynn, vaunton.
Michigan?Harbor Beach, Port ttu->
ron, Pontiac, Wyandottc.
Mississippi?Clarksdale, Hattlesburg.
Minnesota?Farlbault, Mankato.
New Mexico?Roswell. -
North Carolina?Greensboro, High
Point. Wilmington.
North Dakota?Bismarck, Mnndan,
Ml not.
OKlahoma ? Ardmore, Rartlcsvllle,
Duncan, East Reno, Enid, Miami, Mc
Alcsler, Muskogee, Purcell, Sapulpa,
Tulsa. Wagoner, Oklahoma Clty.
Oregon?Baker.
South Carolina?Columbia.
South Dakota?Aberdeen, Canton.
Chamberlain. Dell Rapids, Huron,
Pierre, Rapid City, Sloux Falls, Ver
mllllon, Vankton.
Tennessee?Chattanooga. Memphis.
Texas?Arkansas Pass, Austin, lieau
mout. Corpus Christi. Dallas. Denl3on,
Fort Worth. tiulveston, Greenville,
Houston, Kennedy. Marble falls, Mar
sliall, Palestine, Port Luvaca, Sherman,
Washington?Spokane, Tacoma.
West Virginia?Bluefield, Hunting- j
ton, Parkersburg.
Wisconsin?i^au Claire, Appleton.
In addition to these, Plttsburg has
lust adopted a certain form of com?
mission government very much re?
stricted, tho Initiative, referendum and
recall features hav'ng been omlttea
from the enabling act.
It will bo seen from a casual in?
spection of this list that tho new form '
of government Is making Its strong?
est headway in the West and South, i
New England, always wary of things
now. has hardly been Invaded. New :
York is still without a' commission
government town or city, though Buf?
falo tried hard to secure a commission
charter, falling only after great etrort.
The commission form of government ;
is really i f Southern origin. In so
far ns Its principle Is concerned, onn
it will be applied In hundreds of cities
In the ioutb with'n the next tow
years. In the list given, the absence
of n commission government city In
Virginia is not a fact of which to
be proud.
AIIOIT TIIE PRIMARY.
In the opinion of the Springfield Re?
publican, "so long at least as the
South remains a region where but one!
political party could be said to exist," I
the primary election system la a ne-!
cesslty to the Democratic party In the I
South. "They (the primaries) are es-'
sentlal to a wholesome political life
among the mass of Southern voters
since they alone furnish the friction of
thought and ambition that keeps alive
political interest among large num?
bers of citizens." But do they? Have
they? The experience of the Mont?
gomery Advertiser shows that such has
not been the case in the State of Ala?
bama at least, where the primary sys?
tem has been tried out for more than
ten years, and where It has been ap?
plied to the selection of candidates for
every office within the gift of the peo?
ple.
There has been no Improvement In
the character of men chosen for office:
Indeed, there has been a distinct
loss to the State because of a
lack of political interest In the
affairs of the party on the ' part
of the most representative people In
the community where the primary
system has had Its fullest triumph.
Compare the men who are selected for
the highest and lowest ofllces, in such
States as Alabama and South Carolina,
for example, by the old convention
system and by the primary system, and
no further argument should be requir?
ed to prove the failure of the primary
means of obtaining the services of
the most capable man for public office.
The Morgans, and Pcttuses and Currys,
of Alabama, are no more. The Hamp?
tons and Rutlers, of South Carolina,
have given place to other less worthy
and less competent men In the legisla?
tive councils of the Nation. A tree is
Judged by its fruit, and the primary
plan has not established Its claims to
the favor of those who nrc more con?
cerned for the welfare of the country
than for the distribution of the offices.
I-ist Sunday was "Father's Day" in
New Haven, Connecticut; but we judge
from what the Register says that It
was not generally observed. Such Is
a fair Implication from lite statement
01 our Puritan contemporary that "for
one thing, father will stoutly and
sensiflly decline thus to be exploited."
But why? Why shouldn't father go
to church as well as mother? He
needs it more, as matter of fact. As
a rule women are born good and the
most of them keep it up all their
lives. Every Sunday ought to be
Father's Day.
The miscreants who have defaced
the Howitzer Monument ought to be
hunted down and punished to the full
extent of the >?'. If there is no
law that will reach such cases, there
ovight to be.
The people who rids In private cars
were born In places that the railroads
never thought of going through.
The Prince of Walen will deliver a
speech In Welsh at the coronation. It
will probably start off like thin:
"?JJJIHn ywh JlH gwillJIJyijl Jwylnly
newyllllllj." Esperanto isn't in It wlih
I Welsh.
Daily Queries and Answers
SuUIvon'H Defeat.
Was. John L. Sullivan over defeated?
By whom? W. F. M.
He was defeated In a twenty-ono
round light In Now Orleans In 181)2 by
James J. Corbott.
States by Groups.
Give tho StatoB by groups, as Mid?
dle, Soulhern, and so forth, und by
census divisions. K. B. It.
Middle StotCB?Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma; South?
ern?North Curollna, South Carolina.
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi.
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas; West?
ern or Plateau Stutos?Montana, Wy?
oming, Colorado, iduho, Nev.ada, Utah;
Pacific coast States?Oregon, Washing?
ton, California; Northeastern States?
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas?
sachusetts, Connecticut, Ilhode Island,
New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Delaware. Maryland; North Central
Slates?West Vlrglnlu, Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Mich?
igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da?
kota, South Dakota. ,
According to tho census divisions the
States, Territories and districts are di?
vided ns follows: North Atlunlic?
Maine, New. Hampshire, Vermont^ Mas?
sachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania;
South Atlantic?Dclawaro, Maryland.
District of Columbia. Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro?
lina, Georgia, Florida; North Central-*
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mlcblgun, Wis?
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ne?
braska. North Dakota, South Dakota,
Kansas; South Central?Kentucky,
Tennessee. Alabama, Mississippi, Lou?
isiana, Texas. Oklahoma, Arkansas;
Western division?Montana, Wyoming.
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Orogon,
California, Alaska, Ilawall.
Ulinataya.
How Is Himalaya pronounced?
A. M. S.
Hl-ma-la-ya, with 1 sounded ua in
111, tho iirst a as In arm, the second a
ns In setiato and tho third as In ask
Thomas.
When and whoro did General Georgo
H. Thomas die? Whoro were his re?
mains burled? R. C.
San Francisco, March 28, .1870. His
body was Interred in Troy, N. Y.
Manuel u<>d Alfonno.
When and whoro was Manuel of Por?
tugal born? Tho same us to Alfonso
of Spain? A. M.
Manuel, in Lisbon, November lb. 1S00;
Alfonso, Madrid, May 17, 1SS6.
Gold.
What Is the gold product of Dutch
Guiana? G. D.
Tho -latest published figures uro:
"Mostly alluvial, 1,041,011 grummos,
rnlued nt 1,427,418 guilders."
CLAIMANT TO SPANISH
THRONE IS MARRIED
BY I,A MAHO.UISK UK KONTEN O Y.
PAIN'S premier grandee, tho sev- i
entecnth Duke of Medlnacell, wlio i
Spent soino time in tlio United
States In l!?U7. was married at
Madrid the other day to the duughler
01 the Murquls Camurasa, and the wed?
ding la worthy of passing note, by
reason of the fact tbut the duke, in
addition to being probubly the richest
member of the Spanish uristocrncy, Is a
claimant to the Spunlsh throne. This
docs not prevent him from being the
most Intimate friend of King Alfonso,
who is his junior by oniy six years, and
with whom ho has been closely urbo
cluted since boyhood.
The dulto Is a direct descendant of
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
the patrons of Christopher Columbus
and for him und his family tho dy
husty that now holds the crown of
Spain are nothing more than usurp,
era?that lo to say. in theory, since hu
is a ohamberlaln of the King, while
his stepfather, the I ml;- ot Santo
Muuro. Is the grand chamberlain and
grand equerry of the young Que.cn of
Spuin, just in the same way as his
grandmother, Dona Angela, the late
Duchess of Medlnacell. was the grand
mistress Of the household of Queen
Crlstlna.
During the last 400 years, whenever
a new King of Spain taltes porsuuslon
of his throne- and is proclaimed, her?
alds, arrayed In tabards gorgeously em?
blazoned with the Medlnacell coal-of
arms, appear before the royal palace,
und protest, in the. name of their lord.
Dgainsl the usurpation, set forth the
claim of the Duke of Medlnacell to the
crown, and challenge In his name every
kpighl who may venture to dispute the
legitimacy of the duke's right to de?
fend his opinion "In a duel to the.
death, on the mountain or on the plain,
by day or by night."
No grandee of Spain has ever seen
flt to take up the challenge seriously.
Nor lias the royal family offered any
objection to tins manner of formula!-i
tug the pretensions of tho Dukes ol j
Medlnacell, and the practice has been |
kept up more as a sort of tradition and
hereditary custom- than anything else.
1 may add that on each occasion of
a change In the- tenure of the Sp-ir.ltn
throne, the Duke of Medlnacell for the
tlnie being semis n solemn note of pro
t? St against the alleged usurpation of
the crown to all the foreign ^juris,
which Is politely acknowledged, and
I hole the matter rests.
The duke Is the seventeenth of Iiis
line to bear the title of Medlnacell. '
granted by Emperor Charles V. when
he founded the grandczza. by granting
It to twelve of his peers. He possesses
about u dozen equally historic duke?
doms, and His chief home Is a magnifi?
cent palace at Madrid, which dates
from the seventeenth century, is sit?
uated Just -opposite the Eoyul Museum
of Paintings, and Is crowded front cel?
lar to garret with treasures und h;-lr
looms which have been accumulated
by the family during the course of
centuries.
The duke Is a strange mixture of old
time chivalry and ultra-modernity.
Some time ago it was brought to his
notice that a friend ol his hud forged
His name to a large amount, in tho
neighborhood of JsO.?O?. Although the
forgery was obvious, and the young
duke actually held in his hand ii con?
fession from the fellow-noble who had
perpetrated the fraud, lie insisted on
?honoring the bill and on paying the
full amount, taking, like the presenl
Marquis Camdcn, in a similar instance
a few years ago in England, and like
the late Couni I-adlslas Hoyos, In
Hungary, on an analogous occasion,
the high and lofty ground that he
could not permit trie signature of the
historic name which he had inherited,
to be dishonored, even though it had
been written by a-scoundrel. If ever
there was a case of the old time adage
"noblesse oblige" being put Into prac?
tice. It was surely In this instance, and
the young duke's conduct, and. above
all, his lofty regard for the honor of
the family name, are distinctly refresh?
ing, when compared with the conduct
of so many of the nobles of the pres?
ent day in Europe, who resort to all
kinds of legal technicalities and quib?
bles to avoid the payment, not mere?
ly of tradesmen's bills, but even of
debts of honor, and who sometimes do
not. hesitate to resort to fraud, and
even to crime, in order to obtain the
resources necessary to satisfy their
extravagance.
The duke, like his friend King Al?
fonso. Is of posthumous birth, having
come Into the world several months af?
ter the. tragic death of his father, who
accidentally shot himself in the woods
of Guadarama, falling mortally wound?
ed at the feet of his young wife, to
whom ho had been married but. a few
weeks. Elve years afterwards she
married the Duke of Santo Mauro, and
when the late Infanta Mercedes, the
elder sister of the King; died, she was
nppolntcd chief governess to the lat
ler's motherless children.
The Duke of 'Medlnacell Is one of
the crack polo players of Spain, has a
healthy taste for golf, and has no
brothers or sisters, the present heir
to his honors and estates being his
father's younger brother. Fernando,
Duke of Derma, a member of tho Span?
ish Senate.
The will of missing Archduke .Tohn
of Austria (who after a disappearance
of twenty years lias now been official?
ly declared dead, by the Austrian
courts-of law) was handed the other
day. unopened, to tho Emperor, who
thereupon proceeded to open It. In the
presence of Count d'Aehrenthal, who Is
not only Minister of Foreign Affairs,
but also Minister of Imperial House,
and de facto Chancellor of the Dual
Empire; while another person presenL
was Prlnco Montenttovo, the Grand
Mnster of the Court of Vienna, and Its
chief dignitary. Subsequently tho con?
tents of the will were communicated
to the various ndult mombcrs of the
house of Hapsburg.
The will consists of three auto?
graph documents, signed and sealed by
Archduke John. Two bear the dato of
1S7S. and the third that of .1800, the
year prior to that of the testator's pre?
sumed death. This will directs that
legacies be pnld to his mother (now
dead), to Frauleln Stubel, the actress
whom he married in London, before
sailing for South America, and who.
accompanying him on his last and fate
| ful voyage, disappeared nt the same
time as himself, and to various offi?
cials and servants. All his papers ar
specifically left to shls nephew, Prlnco
Charles Eisemburg-Blerstein.
As no heir to his fortune is special
ly designated, one-third will fall to Ills
nephews, Arehdukus .Toseph, Peter and
Henry, as well as e.\-Arehduke Leo?
pold, now Leopold Wolfllng: all of
Urem sons of his eldest brother, tho
lale Grand Duke of Tuscany. Another
third will go to Archduke Leopold
Balvator, son-in-law of tho late Don
Carlos of Spain, and 1'rancls Salvator,
rnurrled to Archduchoss Valerie, young?
est daughter of tho Emperor. Doth
these princes are sons of the testator's
brother, the lato Charles Salvator. Tho
remaining third goes to tho testator's
only surviving brother, Archduko Louis
Salvator, tho eocentrlc scientist and
author, who holds aloof from the Court
of Vienna, dividing his existence be?
tween Ufo on board hla steam yacht.
find his beautiful, but wholly secluded
lermliage on the Mediterranean Island
of Majorca.
It is doubtful whether tho Emperor
will give his sanction to the bequest of
all Archduko John's papers to his
nephew, Prince Charles Elsemburg
Pierhteln. For Prince Charles, since
his marriage to an American girl. Miss
Hertha Lewis, of Now Orleans, has be?
come to all intents and purposes an
expatriate from Germany, owing to tho
dllllcultles made there and In Austria
Bb?ut the status of his wife, and about
the obstacles to her reception at any
of the German courts, or that of
Vienna, as a Princess of Elutmburg
Blersteln. due to her lack of nohlo
birth. Prince Charles makes his home
with his wife almost entirely In Paris,
where no Inconvenient questions am
raised as to her title, and where she
plays a prominent role In American
society there, as Princess Charles
Else mburg-Biers teln.
(Copyright. isn, by the Brenlwood
Company.)
Voice of the People
WooilHun'n Miiiiulalu $bt*d.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch!
Sir.?What Is the matter with Dan?
ville'.' In years agonc it never know
destructive cyclonic disturbances, be?
ing protected from the same.by n bless
ed "mountain shed" that tipped over
the southeast corners of White Oak
and Turkey Cock Mountains'. according
to the one-time doctrine vigorously
preached by Krank S. Woodspn. l-ist
Sunday's cyclonic visitation. Which un?
roofed fa-Ctoi lt-H and stores and v. -ire?
houses and residences, and blew down
costly electric wires and expensive
shade anil fruit trees, and in one ,vay
and another entailed losses that
amount to more than $206,060. accord?
ing to telegraphic reports, was a l.iing
unheard of In the days when Prank
Woodson's "blessed mountain shed"
Was in active business. There is a
rumor loathe effect that Woodson aas,
within the past lew months, removed
the famous mountain shed from the
south side of White Oak and Turkey
Cock Mountains und nailed it to the
east side of the Allcghnnles, a little
south of Gordonsville, that It may tho
better protect Greater Richmond from
the cyclones and the wind storms.
Whether this be true or not, the
fact remuins that Richmond has had
no cyclones this season, and Danville,
which in the heyday of the "moun?
tain shed" was absolutely immuno,
has had two. and both were pretty
tough. Likely there is something In
the blessed mountain shed protection.
C. B. ALLEN.
South Boston, June IS.
ChuiiKe IteglMrutlnn l.nna,
To the Editor of The Timos-Dlspatch:
Sir,?If the people want to keep tbo
negro from voting why don't they dis?
franchise him like men, which they
claim to be, and make every one from
the age of twenty-one to fifty-ftvo
years pay his poll tax. This farming
district and the city ore losing hun?
dreds of thousands of dollars every
year, which they might have, on high?
ways, and besides nobody, is going to
lose two days to register anil vote,
except tho idle and the politician. I
know good men who hove paid this
tax. but forgot the date and did nut
register.
Excuse a beastly poor pen, please.
You mav add your opinion to this,
but 1 wLll say that having to live In
this State for two years to vote works
a hardship. It should be like other
States, only ono year. 1 am from Wis?
consin, and must say that they have
got some beastly poor laws here.
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