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THE RICHMOND PLANET WHITE OFFICERS TESTIFY. They Confirm the Testimony of Colored Sol diers. Positive Evidence Relative to the Kind of Ammunition Used. Brownsville Mexicans and White Loafers Wore the Cast-off Uniform of the Army. Bright Outlook for the Accused Colored Men. VOLUME XXIV, NO. 15. WHIT They Con diers. Brownsville M Ar [Washington Post, March 12, 1907.] Refreshed by a season of rest following the adjournment of Congress, the Senate Committee on Military Affairs yesterday resumed the hearing of testimony in the Brownsville affair. It was the consensus of opinion of Senators that the next month would be consumed in the examination of witnesses. No conclusion has been reached as to whether the committee will visit Brownsville for the purpose of hearing witnesses. This will be determined later in the hearing. Ten members of the committee were present yesterday: Messrs. Waren (chairman), Foraker, Scott, Hemenway, Lodge, Warner, Foster, Bukleye, Overman and Pettus. Sessions will be held daily, probably morning and afternoon, so that the taking of testimony can be concluded at the earliest practicable time. When the committee adjourned ten days ago it was thought the officers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who have been before the court-martial now in session at Brownsville would be able to be here by this time, and there was much disappointment yesterday at the failure of these officers to arrive. ARE NOTIFIED TO APPEAR. These officers have been notified to appear immediately upon their discharge by the court before which they are now, and their testimony is awaited with much interest. If it corroborates what the colored men who have testified thus far have had to say, a pretty clear case would seem to have been made out in favor of the members of the discharged battalion. The officers of the Twenty-sixth infantry, which preceded the Twenty-fifth at Brownsville, reported to the committee yesterday. These men will be put on the stand to testify concerning the alleged antagonism of the citizens of Brownsville to any soldiers being located there. The first witness yesterday was former Quartermaster Sergeant Walker McCurdy, of Company B, who was before the committee February 8. He was called for cross-examination concerning the manner of accounting for guns and the care of guns. He said the fact that six or seven of the men of his company, on the morning of the inspection on August 14, were told to stand back for a second inspection, was not an unusual proceeding. Senator Warner cross-examined the witness close relative to the reserve supply of rifles in his charge, which was said to have been kept in tightly sealed chests. The witness declared he did not know how many guns were in these chests. Although he was on the stand for more than an hour, nothing new was developed. HEARD SHOTS FROM TOWN Joseph Henry Howard formerly of Company D, testified that on the night of the affray, August 13, he went on guard at 10:30 o'clock, and his post was around the barracks. About midnight he heard two shots from the town and then a fusilade. The witness was asked by Mr. Foraker: "Were you in a position where you could have seen fifteen or twenty men leave the barracks and jump over the wall, if they had done so?" "Yes, sir," replied Howard. "Did any men leave the barracks and jump over the wall?" asked Mr. Foraker. "No, sir," the witness answered. Howard testified also that a scavenger was working between the barracks and the wall between 11 and 12 o'clock, and this man could have seen soldiers leaving the barracks if they had done so. Cross-examination by Mr. Warner developed that the witness first thought the shots were fired at him, but when he heard no shot strike about the quarters he was sure the firing was in the opposite direction from the fort. He also testified that he did not hear any challenging ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING Howard testified that he was one of the twelve men arrested for complicity in the shooting, and that when the balance of the troop prepared to leave Brownsville Major Penrose called at the guardhouse and said: "If you men had told what you know about this again you would not be in here. If you know anything about the shooting you want to tell it." The witness said that Gen. Garlinton had told him that he was charged with conspiracy to murder, and that if he did not tell all he knew he would be discharged from the service by order of the President and that Gen. McCaskey also had asked him to tell what he knew. The witness said he had answered every time that he told all he knew. Mr. Foraker read the charge filed against the witness and asked him if he had ever been given an opportunity to plead to it. "No, sir," was the reply. "Then I give you the chance now," said Mr. Foraker. "What do you plead?" "Not guilty," answered the witness, emphatically. "I suppose, of course, you would tell us if you were guilty," commented Mr. Overman, with sarcasm. "Yes sir, I would tell," said the witness. ALWAYS READY FOR TRIAL He then repeated that he had been ready for trial at all times, and always had been willing to tell all he knew of the shooting. It developed that he had made affidavits at three distinct examinations by army officers. Alexander Ash, formerly a private of Company D, testified that he was on guard on the night of August 15 the night of the shooting, at the post around the quartermaster's store house and other buildings in that vicinity. He said he heard two shots from the county road, and two horses running toward Allison's saloon, from which direction he heard several more shots. The balance of his testimony was corroborative of that given by other witnesses. Joseph Rogers, of Company C, testified that when the shooting occurred he was in the guard house reading a novel. His direct testimony developed little that was new, but on cross examination his statement made before Col. Lovering was called to his attention. In that statement Rogers said he was asleep when the shooting occurred. Yesterday, he denied that he had been asked by Col. Lovering whether he was asleep or awake. The committee adjourned until 11 o'clock this morning. [Washington Post, March 13, 1907] That ammunition used in infantry rifles is not guarded as closely as has been claimed by discharged Negro soldiers and that it is possible for soldiers to obtain extra ammunition was brought out in the Brownsville inquiry yesterday before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. This testimony was given by Capt. D. W. Kilburn, of the 26th Infantry, which preceded the Negro soldiers of the 25th Infantry at Fort Brown. The same witness declared that citizens of Brownsville made threats that they would run Negro troops out of town if they were brought there to supplant white troops and on this point he was corroborated by Lieut. Edwin Thompson, who was quartermaster of the same regiment at Fort Brown. After showing the hostility of the RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH, 1907 people of Brownsville to Negro soldiers Senator Foraker gave an entirely new turn to the investigation. He examined Capt. Kilburn concerning the penetration of steel bullets and the witness said that a bullet of the caliber used in the Springfield rifle could be fired from a Mauser rifle, but that its penetration would be retarded. He thought that the Springfield bullet from a rifle that had been fired 300 or 400 times would not show the imprint of the grooves, but if fired from a Mauser the imprint would be shown. BULLETS DEEPLY GROOVED. It is expected this testimony will have an important bearing on the investigation, as the committee has had before it the bullets from the walls of the houses "shot up" during the affray. These bullets are said to be deeply grooved. They have not been exhibited in open sessions of the committee, but were examined behind closed doors. Later they were returned to the War Department, and it is understood are now a part of the exhibit at the court martial in progress at San Antonio. It seemed to be the purpose of Senator Foraker to show by this testimony that the bullets taken from the walls of houses could not have been fired from the rifles in the hands of the Negro troops, as these guns had been used in target practice for a long time. Capt. Kilburn testified that he was at Brownsville when the order was promulgated withdrawing the white soldiers and sending a battalion of Negro soldiers to Fort Brown. The best people of Brownsville, said the witness, expressed disapproval of the change, but the class that loafed around saloons and drug stores and loitered on the street were loud in their threats that it would "not be long before the colored troops would be run out of the fort." Capt. Kilburn said he was in Tillman's store, later changed to a saloon, in Brownsville and that he heard Tillman say: PLANNED A POSSE. "We'll run the niggers out within three weeks," and the expression of lotterers in the store coincided with this prediction, added the witness. Continuing, the witness told of hearing talks of plans to organize a posse to prevent the Negro troops from getting off the train upon their arrival at Fort Brown, and to raise money to send a delegation to Washington to protest against the sending of Negroes to Fort Brown. "Was all this talk induced by hostility to Negroes?" asked Senator Foraker. "Undoubtedly it was," replied the witness. Much of the population of Browns ville was Mexican of low grade of intelligence, said Captain Kilburn. He said these people considered the soldiers legitimate prey and made trouble for them when they were caught in town in small numbers or singly. It was a practice, he said, for the Mexican citizens to carry side-arms and rifles through the streets and shooting at night was so common that little attention was paid to it at the fort. He described the police force, at the time he was there, as consisting of ten men, nine of whom were Mexicans who could not speak, read or write English. Their methods of making arrests he said, were to beat the soldiers over the head with the butts of their revolvers and then take them to the station. Captain Kilburn said this caused much ill feeling between the people and the authorities at the fort. CARTRIDGES EASY TO GET On cross-examination by Senator Warner, the witness said it was not difficult for a soldier to obtain a few extra cartridges, nor was it unusual for a soldier to lose one or two from their allowance. He said that the inspecting officers could not always be exact in counting the ammunition. When soldiers lose ammunition the cartridges are charged against them, but the witness said that they were only tried for negligence when they became chronic losers. At target practice he said the men were supplied with ten or twenty cartridges, according to the amount of shooting to be done, but he thought that if they were disposed to do so, they could take a few extra ones. Capt. Kilburn estimated that a rifle that had been shot a number of times could not be cleaned in less than forty-five minutes to stand a rigid inspection, and that it would require ten or twelve minutes to clean the barrel and chamber. When asked if the rifles could be cleaned in the dark, he said they should hate fire and then go up against inspection. Lieut. Edwin Thompson, also of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, testified that he heard remarks derogatory to the Negro soldiers at the time order was promulgated sending them Brownvis. His examination had not been fairly started when an adjournment was taken for the day. CARY—The funeral of Mrs. Mary J. Cary, the devoted mother of Miss Lucie E. Christian, took place from the First Baptist Church on Monday evening. March 4th, of which church she had been a member for more than thirty years. Her illness was only of five days duration and though the best medical skill was obtained, the end came. The services were conducted by Rev. W. T. Johnson assisted by Revs. W. F. Graham, A. S. Thomas, S. C. Burrell and others. As the cortege entered the church the organ at which Mrs. A. Cobbs presided, pealed forth in solemn tones a funeral dirge. Madame Mildred Cross sang in her usual sympathetic manner, "My days are gliding swiftly by." The floral designs were very numerous and of a costly and rare design. She was a member of Watson's Council, I. O. of St. Luke; Evertrue Lodge, I. O. of G. S. and D. S. Lone Star Fountain No. 201 of G. U. O. of T. R., and Four and Twenty Elders. They turned out in full and laid the remains to rest with appropriate ceremonies. Funeral Director Alpheus Scott of Church Hill officiated in a most sympathetic and quiet manner. Mrs. Cary is survived by a loving and affectionate daughter, one sister and three brothers and a host of friends to mourn their loss. The pall-bearers were—Honorary: Messrs. Nelson Williams, Jr., W. Isiah Johnson, J. Thomas Hewin, Thornton Wyatt. Active: Messrs. Charles A. J. Briggs, William Smith, Joseph Charity, W. H. Hatcher, A. B. Smith, James Harris. The interment was in Evergreen Cemetery. A FRIEND. Card of Thanks To my many friends: I take this means to thank my many friends for their kind remembrances and sympathy in my sad bereavement in the death of my mother, Mary J. Cary, who departed this life on March 1st, 2016. —Mrs. Anna Brooks who has been confined to her room for the past two weeks was taken to the Virginia Hospital Monday afternoon where she will be under treatment. —Rev. Evans Payne, D. D. will preach an able sermon. Subject: Horse Pawing in the Valley, Wednes day night, March 20th, at the Second Baptist Church for the benefit of the Pilgrim Progress Club, Co. A. of the above named church, M. D. Poythress, President. MR. CARTER SPEAKS. Criticizes Dr. Page. To the Editor of the PLANET, Dear Sir: It is evident by the tone of Mr. Thomas Nelson Page's article on the Negro in McClure's Magazine for March that he has been a close adviser of the Chief Executive at Washington on what he calls "The Great American Question." In this article as in those preceding he kisses the Negro with pretended affection, while at the same time stabbing him with words of bitterness, and like Richard the III, he smiles, but he kill while he smiles. If he is in favor of educating the Negro and of being the instrument of his elevation, why not start about it? Why always and ever telling the American white people that they are so much superior to, and far above the Afro-American race? That colored men are trying to stand on equal footing with write women the same as white men? This is ill soil and no good fruit will come forth from it. It will bring forth as it has brought, race riots, Jim Crow laws, lynching and the burning of human beings at the stake. And you ask him why they do these inhuman acts, he tells you in answer that it is done and must be done to maintain white supremacy—that black men are seeking to stand on equal ground with white women the same as white men. But the black men are not seeking anything in this country but civil and political rights and equality before the law; such as Ohio's greatest statesman and lawyer is now trying to secure to the wrongly discharged colored soldiers who were dismissed without honor. This was the work of the Southern people, of those who love the Negro in the cotton fields, but hate him in a military uniform; of those who hold the colored woman in warm affection when she is giving all of her time and attention to Miss Mary's baby, but is cold to her when she is seen as a school teacher. ROBERT W. CARTER. Brookline, Mass. March 10. .07 The Petersburg Giants, 122 South Ave, Petersburg Giants are ready to meet any baseball team in the state GEORGE W. LEWIS. Mgr Salaried Positions Are offered men and women with small means to represent us in all the principal cities. Experience unnecessary. For information, enclose stamp. Consolidated Order of Friendship Roanoke, Virginia. Harvard Negro Student Awarded Scholarship. Phila., Pa., March 12KAlan Leroy Locke, colored, of Philadelphia, who will be graduated from Harvard University in June, it was announced today has been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, which this year was allotted to the State of Pennsylvania. The selection was made by a committee headed by Provost Harrison of the University of Pennsylvania. Locke was chosen over four other candidates. Mr. Sutton Gone Mr. S. W. Sutton, father of Prof. S. J. Sutton of San Antonio, Texas died Wednesday morning at 6 A. M. after a few days illness. His funeral will take place tomorrow at the Second Baptist Church. His daughter, Mary will reach here this afternoon. A JUST JUDGE. A REMARKABLE SCENE IN THE HUSTINGS COURT OF THIS CITY. By his action in setting aside a verdict against a barkeeper and ordering a new trial, Judge Witt, in the Hustings Court yesterday, rebuked a jury which had fined a Negro $100 for the very same offense for which it had just before fined a white barkeeper only $25. The court thus impressed the jury with the fact that he proposed to have justice done between man and man, regardless of color or any other consideration. Many have commended the jurist for his just and courageous action. David Blankenship, a white man, had appealed from the Police Court, where he was adjudged guilty of selling liquor to minors, and, being found guilty, the jury imposed a fine of $25. The same jury then began trial of the case of S. W. Robinson, a Negro, charged with selling liquor to minors. Although the two cases were precise parallels, save that if anything the Negro was entitled to greater clemency than the white man, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment at $100. This verdict the court set aside and ordered a new trial. Judge Witt further required bond of Blankenship in the sum of $500 for his good behavior. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Danville, Va., Feb. 25, 1907. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Munford Oliver, who was a member of Morning Glory Lodge, No 92 of Danville. Va. his Signed—Samuel X Oliver. mark Administrator. (W. S. Blackburn) Witnesses: W. S. Blackburn. D. L. Banks. W. A. Millner, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid Richmond, Va., Meh. 14, '07. Tals is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Archie Fred Branch, who was a member of North Star Lodge, No. 52 of Richmond, Va. Signed—Emma J. B. Lucas, Beneficiary. Witnesses: James Wilder. John R. Cogbill. —Contractor Thomas D. Jones is out again after a protracted illness. —Mrs. Anna Lewis, who has been indisposed is out again. —Mrs. M. D. Davidson of Atlantic City, N. J. in company with Mrs. Brown called on us. —It is rumored that Mr. Robert Alexander and Miss Mary E. Foster are engaged to marry at an early date. It has created considerable comment among their many friends. PLOT TO KILL KING VICTOR Says Person Left Roseto, Pa., to Slay Ruler of Italy. Naples, March 12.—A workman living at Montoro, in the province of Avellino, has received a letter from a man named Stefano Giaquinto, who emigrated some time ago to Roseto, Pa., containing the laconic phrase: "A person has left here to kill King Victor Emmanuel." It being known that Giaquinto is an honest and trustworthy man, this letter has produced considerable of an impression. The police are investigating the matter. RUSH FOR PENSIONS 125,000 Applications Filed Under New Service Law. Washington, March 12. — Commissioner of Pensions Warner stated that 185,000 applications for pensions have been filed under the service pension law enacted during the last month of the session of congress just closed. The commissioner estimates that 300,000 applications will be received under the new law, which allows the granting of a pension for service in the Mexican and Civil Wars at the rate of $12 a month to veterans 62 years of age. $15 to those 65 and $20 to those who are 70 years of age. PRICE, FIVE CENTS JUDGE. NINE IN THE HUSTINGS OF THIS CITY. inside a verdict against a barkeeper e Witt, in the Hustings Court which had fined a Negro $100 for which it had just before fined a white bourt thus impressed the jury with save justice done between man or any other consideration. Many with his just and courageous action, ate man, had appealed from the judged guilty of selling liquor to y, the jury imposed a fine of $25. in trial of the case of S. W. Rob- selling liquor to minors. Al- cise parallels, save that if any greater clemency than the white act of guilty and fixed the punish- e court set aside and ordered a ed bond of Blankenship in the vior. D., VA., TIMES-DISPATCH, March 13, 1907. COLOR LINE IS NOT DRAWN White and Colored Mail Clerks Must Use Same Cars The Post Office Department does not intend to draw the color line in the matter of white and colored railway mail clerks working together on the same runs. Although an intimation has been given the superintendent of the Railway Mail Service that white clerks in the Middle West are preparing to request the department to effect a change, so as to put the colored men on runs which will not bring them in proximity to the whites, it was said yesterday that no such discrimination could or would be made. The particular objection which, it is said, the white clerks have to association with colored clerks on long runs is that they are obliged to eat and sleep in the same car, the regulations of the department permitting a clerk on such a run, when his work is up, to rest. At certain terminals there are provided dormitories in public buildings where the clerks may stay if they see fit to do so, but these are open to the colored clerks as well as the whites, and the department does not see wherein it has any province in the matter. $40.00 Death Claim Paid This is to certify that I have received this 19th day of February, 1907 from the Grand Worthy Mother, Mrs. Anna Taylor, the sum of ($40.00) Forty Dollars in prompt payment of the death claim of Clarence Willia. Signed—Mary Williams. Beneficiary. Witnesses: Signora Johnson. L. B. Merriman. Julia A. Watts. This claim was paid in Court St. Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va. $150.00 Endowment Paid Stonega, Va., March 9th, '07. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth ias, N. A., S. A., E., A. A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the dextra of A. D. Johnson, who was a member of Eye View Lodge, No. 54, of Stonega, Va. Signed—Sarah B. Johnson. Beneficiary. Witnesses: William I. Roseborough, C. C. N. L. Holiday, A. E. Miller, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid Richmond, Va., March 12th, '07 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth ias, N. A., S. A., E., A. A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Robert Dandridge, who was a member of Valley Lodge, No. 73 of Richmond, Va. her Signed—Maria X Dandrididge mark Beneficiary. Witnesses: B. H. Peyton. Sophia Dandridge. THE Masquerader By KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON, Author of "The Circle," Etc. Copyright, 1905, 1906, by Harper & Brothers TWO CHAPTER XXII FTER his interview with Eve, Loder retired to the study and spent the remaining hours of the day and the whole span of the evening in work. At 1 o'clock, still feeling fresh in mind and body, he dismissed Greening and passed into Chilcote's bedroom. The interview with Eve, though widely different from the one he had anticipated, had left him stimulated and alert. In the hours that followed it there had been an added anxiety to put his mind into harness, an added gratification in finding it answer to the rein. A pleasant sense of retrospection settled upon him as he slowly undressed, and a pleasant sense of interest touched him as, crossing to the dressing table, he caught sight of Chilcote's engagement book, taken with other things from the suit he had changed at dinner time and carefully laid aside by Renwick. He picked it up and slowly turned the pages. It always held the suggestion of a lottery, this dipping into another man's engagements and drawing a prize or a blank. It was a sensation that even custom had not dulled. At first he turned the pages slowly, then by degrees his fingers quickened. Beyond the fact that this present evening was free he knew nothing of his promised movements. The abruptness of Chilcote's arrival at Clifford's inn in the afternoon had left no time for superfluous questions. He skimmed the writing with a touch of interested haste, then all at once he paused and smiled. "Big enough for a tombstone!" he said below his breath as his eyes rested on a large blue cross. Then he smiled again and held the book to the light. "Dine 33 Cadogan gardens, 8 o'c. Talk with L." he read, still speaking softly to himself. He stood for a moment pondering on the entry, then once more his glance reverted to the cross. "Evidently meant it to be seen," he mused. "But why the deuce isn't he more explicit?" As he spoke a look of comprehension suddenly crossed his face and the puzzled frown between his eyebrows cleared away. With a feeling of satisfaction he remembered Lakeley's frequent and pressing suggestion that he should dine with him at Cadogan gardens and discuss the political outlook. Lakeley must have written during his absence, and Chilcote, having marked the engagement, felt no further responsibility. The invitation could scarcely have been verbal, as Chilcote, he knew, had lain very low in the five days of his return home. So he argued as he stood with the book still open in his hands, the blue cross starring imperatively from the white paper. And from the argument rose thoughts and suggestions that seethed in his mind long after the lights had been switched off, long after the fire had died down, and he had been left wrapped in darkness in the great canopied bed. And so it came about that he took his second false step. Once during the press of the next morning's work it crossed his mind to verify his convictions by a glance at the directory, but for once the strong wish that evolves a thought conquered his caution. His work was absorbing; the need of verification seemed very small. He let the suggestion pass. At 7 o'clock he dressed carefully. His mind was full of Lakeley and of the possibilities the night might hold for more than once before the weight of the St. George's Gazette, with Lakeley at its back, had turned the political scales. To be marked by him as a coming man was at any time a favorable portent; to be singled out by him at the present juncture was momentous. A thrill of expectancy, almost excitement, passed through him as he surveyed his appearance preparatory to leaving the house. Passing down staircases, he moved at once to the hall door; but almost as his hand touched it he halted, attracted by a movement on the landing above him. Turning, he saw Eve. She was standing quite still, looking down upon him as she had looked once before. As their eyes met she changed her position hastily. "You are going out?" she asked. And it struck Loder quickly that there was a suggestion, a shadow of disappointment in the tone of her voice. Moved by the impression, he responded with unusual promptness. "Yes," he said. "I'm dining out—dining with Lakeley." She watched him intently while he spoke; then, as the meaning of his words reached her her whole face brightened. "With Mr. Lakeley?" she said. "Oh, I'm glad—very glad. It is quite—quite another step." She smiled with a warm, impulsive touch of sympathy. Loder, looking up at her, felt his senses stir. At sound of her words his secret craving for success quickened to stronger life. The man whose sole incentive lies within may go forward coldly and successfully; but the man who grasps a double inspiration, who, even unconscious, is impelled by another force, has a stronger impetus for attack, a surer, more vital hewing power. Still watching her, he answered instinctively: "Yes," he said slowly, "a long step." And, with a smile of farewell, he turned, opened the door and passed into the road. The thrill of that one moment was still warm as he reached Cadogan gardens and mounted the steps of No. 33—so vitally warm that he paused for an instant before pressing the electric bell. Then at last, dominated by antipation, he turned and raised his hand. house, struck him. The door was white the handle and knocker were of massive silver. The first seemed a disappointing index of Lakeley's private taste, the second a ridiculous temptation to needy humanity. He looked again at the number of the house, but it stared back at him convincingly. Then the door opened. So keen was his sense of unfitness that, still trying to fuse his impression of Lakeley with the idea of silver door fittings, he stepped into the hall without the usual preliminary question. Suddenly realizing the necessity, he turned to the servant, but the man forestalled him: "Will you come into the white room, sir? And may I take your coat?" The smooth certainty of the man's manner surprised him. It held another savor of disappointment, seeming little in keeping with the keen, businesslike Lakeley as did the house. Still struggling with his impression, he allowed himself to be relieved of his hat and coat and in silence ushered up the shallow staircase. As the last step was reached it came to him again to mention his host's name, but simultaneously with the suggestion the servant stepped forward with a quick, silent movement and threw open a door. "Mr. Chilcote!" he announced in a subdued, discreet voice. Loder's first impression was of a room that seemed unusually luxurious, soft and shadowed. Then all impression of inanimate things left him suddenly. For the fraction of a second he stood in the doorway, while the room seemed emptied of everything except a figure that rose slowly from a couch before the fire at sound of Chilcote's name. Then, with a calmness that to himself seemed incredible, he moved forward into the room. He might, of course, have beaten a retreat and obviated many things, but life is full of might have beens, and retreat never presents itself agreeably to a strong man. His impulse was to face the difficulty, and he acted on the impulse. Lillian had risen slowly, and as he neared her she held out her hand. "Jack," she exclaimed softly, "how sweet of you to remember." The voice and words came to him with great distinctness, and as they came one uncertainty passed forever from his mind—the question as to what relation she and Chilcote held to each other. With the realization came the thought of Eve, and in the midst of his own difficulty his face hardened. Lillian ignored the coldness. Taking his hand, she smiled. "You're unusually punctual," she said. "But your hands are cold. Come closer to the fire." Loder was not sensible that his hands were cold, but he suffered himself to be drawn forward. One end of the couch was in firelight, the other in shadow. By a fortunate arrangement of chance Lillian selected the brighter end for herself and offered the other to her guest. With a quick sense of respite he accepted it. At least he could sit secure from detection while he temporized with fate. For a moment they sat silent, then Lillian stirred. "Won't you smoke?" she asked. Everything in the room seemed soft and enervating—the subdued glow of the fire, the smell of roses that hung about the air and, last of all, Lillian's slow, soothing voice. With a sense of oppression he stiffened his shoulders and sat straighter in his place. "No," he said, "I don't think I shall smoke." She moved nearer to him. "Dear Jack," she said pleadingly, "don't say you're in a bad mood. Don't say you want to postpone again." She looked up at him and laughed a little in mock consternation. Loder was at a loss. Another silence followed, while Lillian waited; then she frowned suddenly and rose from the couch. Like many indolent people, she possessed a touch of obstinacy, and now that her triumph over Chilcote was obtained, now that she had vindicated her right to command him, her original purpose came uppermost again. Cold or interested, indifferent or attentive, she intended to make use of him. She moved to the fire and stood looking down into it. "Jack," she began gently, "a really amazing thing has happened to me. I do so want you to throw some light." Loder said nothing. There was a fresh pause while she softly smoothed the silk embroidery that edged her gown. Then once more she looked up at him. "Did I ever tell you," she began, "that I was once in a railway accident on a funny little Italian railway centuries before I met you?" She laughed softly and with a pretty air of confidence turned from the fire and resumed her seat. "Astrup had caught a fever in Florence, and I was rushing away for fear of the infection, when our stupid little train ran off the rails near Pistoria and smashed itself up. Fortunately we were within half a mile of a village, so we weren't quite bereft. The village was impossibly like a toy village, and the accommodation what one would expect in a Noah's ark, but it was all absolutely picturesque. I put up at the little inn with my maid and Ko Ko- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Ko Ko was such a sweet dog—a white poodle. I was tremendously keen on poodles that year." She stopped and looked thoughtfully toward the fire. "But, to come to the point of the story, Jack, the toy village had a boy doll!" She laughed again. "He was an Englishman—and the first person to come to my rescue on the night of the smashup. He was staying at the Noah's ark inn, and after that first night—he—we— Oh, Jack, haven't you any imagination?" Her voice sounded petulant and sharp. The man who is indifferent to the recital of an old love affair implies the worst kind of listener. "I believe you aren't interested," she added in another and more reproachful tone. He leaned forward. "You're wrong there," he said slowly. "I'm deeply interested." She glanced at him again. His tone reassured her, but his words left her uncertain. Chilcote was rarely emphatic. With a touch of hesitation she went on with her tale: "As I told you, he was the first to find us—to find me, I should say, for my stupid maid was having hysterics farther up the line, and Ko Ko was lost. I remember the first thing I did was to send him in search of Ko Ko"—Notwithstanding his position, Loder found occasion to smile. "Did he succeed?" he said dryly. "Succeed? Oh, yes, he succeeded." She also smiled involuntarily. "Poor Ko Ko was stowed away under the luggage van, and after quite a lot of trouble he pulled him out. When it was all done the dog was quite unhurt and livelier than ever, but the Englishman Victoria She drew quite close to Loder and slid gently to her knees. had his finger almost bitten through. Ko Ko was a dear, but his teeth, and his temper were both very sharp." She laughed once more in soft amusement. Loder was silent for a second, then he too laughed—Chilcito's short, sarcastic laugh. "And you tied up the wound, I suppose?" She glanced up, half displeased. "We were both staying at the little inn," she said, as though no further explanation could be needed. Then again her manner changed. She moved imperceptibly nearer and touched his right hand. His left, which was farther away from her, was well in the shadow of the cushions. "Jack," she said caressingly, "it isn't to tell you this stupid old story that I've brought you here. It's really to tell you a sort of sequel." She stroked his hand gently once or twice. "As I say, I met this man and we—we became very fond of each other. You understand? Then we quarreled—quarreled quite badly—and I came away. I've remembered him rather longer than I remember most people—he was one of those dogged individuals who stick in one's mind. But he has stayed in mine for another reason"—Again she looked up. "He has stayed because you helped to keep him there. You know how I have sometimes put my hands over your mouth and told you that your eyes reminded me of some one else? Well, that some one else was my Englishman. But you mustn't be jealous. He was a horrid, obstinate person, and you—well, you know what I think of you"—She pressed his hand. "But to come to the end of the story. I never saw this man since that long ago time until—until the night of Blanche's party!" She spoke slowly, to give full effect to her words. Then she waited for his surprise. But the result was not what she expected. He said nothing, and, with an abrupt movement, he drew his hand from between hers. "Aren't you surprised?" she asked at last, with a delicate note of reproof. He started slightly, as if recalled to the necessity of the moment. "Surprised?" he said. "Why should I be surprised? One person more or less at a big party isn't astonishing. Besides, you expect a man to turn up sooner or later in his own country. Why should I be surprised? She lay back luxuriously. "Because, my dear boy," she said softly, "it is a mystery! It's one of those fascinating mysteries that come once in a lifetime." Loder made no movement. "You must explain," he said very quietly. Lillian smiled. "That's just what I want to do. When I was in my tent on the night of Blanche's party, a man came to be gazed for. He came just like anybody else and laid his hands upon the table. He had strong, thin hands like—well, rather like yours. But he wore two rings on the third finger of his left hand—a heavy signet ring and a plain gold one." Loder moved his hand imperceptibly till the cushion covered it. Lillian's words caused him no surprise, scarcely even any trepidation. He felt now that he had ejected them, even waited for them, all along. "I asked him to take off his rings," she went on, "and just for a second he hesitated—I could feel him hesitate. Then he seemed to have made up his mind, for he drew them off. He drew them off, Jack, and guess what I saw! Do guess? For the first time time Loder involuntarily drew back into his corner of the couch. "I never guess," he said brusquely. "Then I'll tell you. His hands were the hands of my Englishman! The rings covered the scar made by Ko Ko's teeth. I knew it instantly—the second my eyes rested on it. It was the same scar that I had bound up dozens of times, that I had seen healed before I left Santasalare." "And you? What did you do?" Loder felt it singularly difficult and unpleasant to speak. "Ah, that's the point. That's where I was stupid and made my mistake. I should have spoken to him on the moment, but I didn't. You know how one sometimes hesitates. Afterward it was too late." "But you saw him afterward—in the rooms?" Loder spoke unwillingly. "No, I didn't—that's the other point. I didn't see him in the rooms, and I haven't seen him since. Directly he was gone I left the tent I pretended to be hungry and bored—but, though I went through every room, he was nowhere to be found. Once"—she hesitated and laughed again"—once I thought I had found him, but it was only you—you, as you stood in that doorway with your mouth and chin hidden by Leonard Kaine's head. Wasn't it a quaint mistake?" There was an uncertain pause. Then Loder, feeling the need of speech, broke the silence suddenly. "Where do I come in? he asked abruptly. What am I wanted for?" "To help to throw light on the mystery! I've seen Blanche's list of people, and there wasn't a man I couldn't place — no outsider ever squeezes through Blanche's door. I have questioned Bobby Blessington, but he can't remember who came to the tent last. And Bobby was supposed to have kept count!" She spoke in deep scorn, but almost immediately the scorn faded and she smiled again. "Now that I've explained, Jack," she added, "what do you suggest?" Then for the first time Loder knew what his presence in the room really meant, and at best the knowledge was disconcerting. It is not every day that a man is called upon to unearth himself. "Suggest?" he repeated blankly. "Yes. I'd rather have your idea of the affair than anybody else's. You are so dear and sarcastic and keen that you can't help getting straight at the middle of a fact." When Lillian wanted anything she could be very sweet. She suddenly dropped her half petulant tone; she suddenly ceased to be a spoiled child. With a perfectly graceful movement she drew quite close to Loder and slid gently to her knees. This is an attitude that few women can safely assume. It requires all the attributes of youth, suppleness and a certain buoyant case. But Lillian never acted without justification and as she leaned toward Loder, her face lifted, her slight figure and pale hair softened by the firelight, she made a picture that it would have been difficult to criticise. But the person who should have appreciated it stared steadily beyond it to the fire. His mind was absorbed by one question—the question of how he might reasonably leave the house before discovery became assured. Lillian, attentively watchful of him, saw the uneasy look, and her own face fell. But, as she looked, an inspiration came to her—a remembrance of many interviews with Chilcote smoothed and facilitated by the timely use of tobacco. "Jack," she said softly, "before you say another word I insist on your lighting a cigarette." She leaned forward, resting against his knee. At her words Loder's eyes left the fire. His attention was suddenly needed for a new and more imminent difficulty. "Thanks!" he said quickly. "I—have no wish to smoke." "It isn't a matter of what you wish, but of what I say." She smiled. She knew that Chilcote with a cigarette between his lips was infinitely more tractable than Chilcote sitting idle, and she had no intention of ignoring the knowledge. But Loder caught at her words. "Before you ordered me to smoke," he said, "you told me to give you some advice. Your first command must have prior claim." He grasped unhesitatingly at the less risky theme. She looked up at him. "You're always nicer when you smoke," she persisted caressingly. "Light a cigarette—and give me one." Loder's mouth became set. "No," he said, "we'll stick to this advice business. It interests me." "Yes—afterward." "No; now. You want to find out why this Englishman from Italy was at your sister's party and why he disappeared." There are times when a malignant obstinacy seems to affect certain people. The only answer Lillian made was to pass her hand over Loder's waistcoat and, feeling his cigarette case, to draw it from the pocket. He affected not to see it. "Do you think he recognized you in that tent?" he insisted desperately. She held out the case. "Here are your cigarettes. You know we're always more social when we smoke." In the short interval while she looked up into his face several ideas passed through Loder's mind. He thought of standing up suddenly and so regaining his advantage. He wondered quickly whether one hand could possibly surface for the taking out and lighting of two cigarettes. Then all need for speculation was pushed suddenly aside. Lillian, looking into his face, saw his fresh look of disturbance, and from long experience again changed her tactics. Laying the cigarette case on the couch, she put one hand on his shoulder, the other on his left arm. Hundreds of times this caressing touch had quieted Chilcote. The movement was awkward. He got to his feet precipitately. Lillian drew back, surprised and startled. catching involuntarily at his left hand to steady her position. Her fingers grasped at, then held his. He made no effort to release them. With a dogged acknowledgment, he admitted himself worsted. How long she stayed immovable, holding his hand, neither of them knew. The process of a woman's instinct is so subtle, so obscure, that it would be futile to apply it to the commonplace test of time. She kept her hold tenaciously, as though his fingers possessed some peculiar virtue. Then at last she spoke. “Rings, Jack?” she said very slowly. And under the two short words a whole world of incredulity and surmise made itself felt. Loder laughed. At the sound she dropped his hand and rose from her knees. What her suspicions, what her instincts were she could not have clearly defined, but her action was unhesitating. Without a moment's uncertainty she turned to the fireplace, pressed the electric button and flooded the room with light. There is no force so demoralizing as unexpected light. Loder took a step backward, his hand hanging unguarded by his side, and Lillian, stepping forward, caught it again before he could protest. Lifting it quickly, she looked scrutinizing at the two rings. All women jump to conclusions, and it is extraordinary how seldom they jump short. Seeing only what Lillian saw, knowing only what she knew, no man would have staked a definite opinion, but the other sex takes a different view. As she stood gazing at the rings her thoughts and her conclusions sped through her mind like arrows—all aimed and all tending toward one point. She remembered the day when she and Chilcote had talked of doubles, her skepticism and his vehement defense of the idea, his sudden interest in the book "Other Men's Shoes," and his anathema against life and its irksome round of duties. She remembered her own first convinced recognition of the eyes that had looked at her in the doorway of her sister's house, and, last of all, she remembered Chilcote's unaccountable avoidance of the same subject of likenesses when she had mentioned it yesterday driving through the park, and with it his unnecessarily curt repudiation of his former opinions. She reviewed each item, then she raised her head slowly and looked at Loder. He was prepared for the glance and met it steadily. In the long moment that her eyes searched his face it was she and not he who changed color. She was the first-to speak. "You were the man whose hands I saw in the tent," she said. She made the statement in her usual soft tones, but a slight tremor of excitement underran her voice. Poodles, Persian kittens, even crystal gazing balls, seemed very far away in face of this tangible, fabulous, present interest. "You are not Jack Chilcote," she said very slowly. "You are wearing his clothes and speaking in his voice, but you are not Jack Chilcote." Her tone quickened with a touch of excitement. "You needn't keep silent and look at me," she said. "I know quite well what I am saying, though I don't understand it, though I have no real proof." She paused, momentarily disconcerted by her companion's silent and steady gaze, and in the pause a curious and unexpected thing occurred. Loder laughed suddenly—a full, confident, reassured laugh. All the web that the past half hour had spun about him, all the intolerable sense of an impending crash, lifted suddenly. He saw his way clearly, and it was Lillian who had opened his eyes. Still looking at her, he smiled—a smile of reliant determination, such as Chilcote had never worn in his life. And with a calm gesture he released his hand. "The greatest charm of woman is her imagination," he said quietly. "Without it there would be no color in life; we would come into and drop out of it with the same uninteresting tone of drab reality." He paused and smiled again. At his smile Lillian involuntarily drew back, the color deepening in her cheeks. "Why do you say that?" she asked. He lifted his head. With each moment he felt more certain of himself. "Because that is my attitude," he said. "As a man I admire your imagination, but as a man I fail to follow your reasoning." The words and the tone both stung her. "Do you realize the position?" she asked sharpy. "Do you realize that, whatever your plans are, I can spoil them?" Loder still met her eyes. "I realize nothing of the sort," he said. "Then you admit that you are not Jack Chilcote?" "I neither deny nor admit. My identity is obvious. I can get twenty men to swear to it at any moment that you like. The fact that I haven't worn rings till now will scarcely interest them." "But you do admit—to me, that you are not Jack?" "I deny nothing—and admit nothing. I still offer my congratulations." "The same possession--your imagination." Lillian stamped her foot. Then by a quick effort she conquered her temper. "Prove me to be wrong!" she said, with a fresh touch of excitement. "Take off your rings and let me see your hand." With a deliberate gesture Loder put his hand behind his back. "I never gratify childish curiosity," he said, with another smile. Again a flash of temper crossed her eyes. "Are you sure," she said, "that it's quite wise to talk like that?" Loder laughed again. "Is that a threat?" "Perhaps," "Then it's an empty one." "Why?" Before replying he waited a moment, looking down at her. "I conclude," he began quietly, "that your idea is to spread this wild, improbable story—to ask people to believe that John Chilcote, whom they see before them, is not John Chilcote, but somebody else. Now, you'll find that a harder task than you imagine. This is a skeptical world, and people are ab- surly fond of their own eyesight. We are all journalists nowadays—we all want facts. The first thing you will be asked for is your proof. And what does your proof consist of? The circumstance that John Chilcote, who has always despised jewelry, has lately taken to wearing rings! Your own testimony, unattended by any witnesses, that with those rings off his finger bears a scar belonging to another man! No; on close examination I scarcely imagine that your case would hold." He stopped, fired by his own logic. The future might be Chilcote's, but the present was his, and this present, with its immeasurable possibilities, had been rescued from catastrophe. "No," he said again. "When you get your proof perhaps we'll have another talk, but till then"— "Till then?" She looked up quickly, but almost at once her question died away. The door had opened, and the servant who had admitted Loder stood in the opening. "Dinner is served!" he announced in his deferential voice. CHAPTER XXIII. AND Loder dined with Lillian Astrupp. We live in an age when society expects, even exacts, much. He dined, not through bravado and not through cowardice, but because it seemed the obvious, the only thing to do. To him a scene of any description was distasteful. To Lillian it was unknown. In her world people loved or hated, were spiteful or foolish, were even quixotic or dishonorable, but they seldom made scenes. Loder tacitly saw and tacitly accepted this. Possibly they ate extremely little during the course of the dinner and talked extraordinarily much on subjects that interested neither, but the main point at least was gained. They dined. The conventionalities were appeased. The silent, watchful servants who waited on them were given no food for comment. The fact that Loder left immediately after dinner, the fact that he paused on the doorstep after the hall door had closed behind him and drew a long, deep breath of relief, held only an individual significance and therefore did not count. On reaching Chilcote's house he passed at once to the study and dismissed Greening for the night. But scarcely had he taken advantage of his solitude by settling into an armchair and lighting a cigar than Renwick, displaying an unusual amount of haste and importance, entered the room, carrying a letter. Seeing Loder, he came forward at once. "Mr. Fraidle's man brought this, sir," he explained. "He was most particular to give it into my hands, making sure 'twould reach you. He's waiting for an answer, sir." Loder rose and took the letter, a quick thrill of speculation and interest springing across his mind. During his time of banishment he had followed the political situation with feverish attention, insupportably chafed by the desire to share in it, appropriately chilled at the thought of Chilcote's possible behavior. He knew that in the comparatively short interval since par- J. B. Very slowly and attentively Loder read the letter. lament had risen no act of aggression had marked the Russian occupation of Meshed, but he also knew that Fraide and his followers looked askance at that great power's amiable attitude, and at sight of his leader's message his intuition stirred. Turning to the nearest light, he tore the envelope open and scanned the letter anxiously. It was written in Fraide's own clear, somewhat old fashioned writing and opened with a kindly rebuke for his desertion of him since the day of his speech; then immediately and with characteristic clearness it opened up the subject nearest the writer's mind. Very slowly and attentively Loder read the letter, and, with the extreme quiet that with him invariably covered emotion, he moved to the desk, wrote a note and handed it to the waiting servant. As the man turned toward the door he called him. "Renwick," he said sharply, "when you've given that letter to Mr. Fraide's servant ask Mrs. Chilcoe if she can spare me five minutes." When Renwick had gone and closed the door behind him Loder paced the room with feverish activity. In one moment the aspect of life had been changed. Five minutes since he had been glorying in the risk of a barely saved situation; now that situation with its merely social complications had become a matter of small importance. His long, striding steps had carried him to the fireplace, and his back was toward the door when at last the handle turned. He wheeled round to receive Eve's message, then a look of pleased surprise crossed his face. It was Eve herself who stood in the doorway. Without hesitation his lips parted. "Eve," he said abruptly, "I have had great news! Russia has shown her teeth at last. Two caravans belonging to a British trader were yesterday Interfered with by a band of Cossacks. The affair occurred a couple of miles outside Meshed. The traders remonstrated, but the Russians made summary use of their advantage. Two Englishmen were wounded and one of them has since died. Fraide has only now received the news, which cannot be overrated. It gives the precise lever necessary for the big move at the reassembling." He spoke with great earnestness and unusual haste. As he finished he took a step forward. "But that's not all!" he added. "Fraide wants the great move set in motion by a great speech, and he has asked me to make it." For a moment Eve waited. She looked at him in silence, and in that silence he read in her eyes the reflection of his own expression. "And you?" she asked in a suppressed voice. "What answer did you give?" He watched her for an instant, taking a strange pleasure in her flushed face and brilliantly eager eyes; then the joy of conscious strength, the sense of opportunity regained, swept all other considerations out of sight. "I accepted," he said quickly. "Could any man who was merely human have done otherwise?" That was Loder's attitude and action on the night of his jeopardy and his success, and the following day found his mood unchanged. He was one of those rare individuals who never give a promise overnight and regret it in the morning. He was slow to move, but when he did the movement brushed all obstacles aside. In the first days of his usurpation he had gone cautiously, half fascinated, half distrustful. Then the reality, the extraordinary tangibility of the position had gripped him when, matching himself for the first time with men of his own caliber, he had learned his real weight on the day of his protest against the Easter adjournment. With that knowledge had been born the dominant factor in his whole scheme—the overwhelming, insistent desire to manifest his power; that desire that is the salvation or the ruin of every strong man who has once realized his strength. Supronomacy was the note to which his ambition reached. To trample out Chilcote's footmarks with his own hand had been his tacit instinct from the first. Now it rose paramount. It was the whole theory of creation—the survival of the fittest—the deep, egotistical certainty that he was the better man. And it was with this conviction that he entered on the vital period of his dulal career. The imminent crisis and his own share in it absorbed him absolutely. In the weeks that followed his answer to Fraide's proposal he gave himself ungrudgingly to his work. He wrote, read and planned with tireless energy. He frequently forgot to eat and slept only through sheer exhaustion. In the fullest sense of the word he lived for the culminating hour that was to bring him failure or success. He seldom left Grosvenor square in the days that followed except to confer with his party. All his interest, all his relaxation even, lay in his work and what pertained to it. His strength was like a solid wall, his intelligence was sharp and keen as steel. The moment was his, and by sheer mastery of will he put other considerations out of sight. He forgot Chilcote and forgot Lillian, not because he escaped his memory, but because he chose to shut them from it. Of Eve he saw but little in this time of high pressure. When a man touches the core of his capacities, puts his best into the work that in his eyes stands paramount, there is little place for and no need of woman. She comes before—and after. She inspires, compensates or completes; but the achievement, the creation, is man's alone. And all true women understand and yield to this unspoken precept. Eve watched the progress of his labor, and in the depth of her own heart the watching came nearer to actual living than any activity she had known. She was an onlooker—but an onlooker who stood, as it were, on the steps of the arena, who, by a single forward movement, could feel the sand under her feet, the breath of the battle on her face, and in this knowledge she rested satisfied. There were hours when Loder seemed scarcely conscious of her existence, but on those occasions she smiled in her serene way—and went on waiting. She knew that each day before the afternoon had passed he would come into his sitting room, his face thoughtful, his hands full of books or papers, and, dropping into one of the comfortable, studious chairs, would ask laconically for tea. This was her moment of triumph and recompense—for the very unconsciousness of his coming doubled its value. He would sit for half an hour with preoccupied glance or with keen, alert eyes fixed on the fire, while his ideas sorted themselves and fell into line. Sometimes he was out for the whole half hour, sometimes he commented to himself as he scanned his notes, but on other and rarer occasions he talked, speaking his thoughts and his theories aloud, with the enjoyment of a man who knows himself fully in his depth, while Eve sipped her tea or stitched peacefully at a strip of embroidery. On these occasions she made a perfect listener. Here and she she encouraged him with an intelligent remark, but she never interrupted. She knew when to be silent and when to speak, when to merge her own individuality and when to make it felt. In these days of stress and preparation he came to her unconsciousay for rest; he treated her as he might have treated a younger brother -relying on his discretion, turning to her as by right for sympathy, comprehension and friendship. Sometimes as they sat silent in the richly colored, homelike room Eve would pause over her embroidery and let her thoughts spin momentarily forward -spin toward the point where, the brunt of his ordeal passed, he must of necessity seek something beyond mere rest. But there her thoughts would inevitably break off and the blood flame quickly into her cheek. Meanwhile Loder worked persistently. With each day that brought the crisis of Fraide's scheme nearer his activity increased—and with it it intensifying of the nervous strain. For if he had his hours of evaluation he also CONTINUED ON SIXTH PAGE. --- To interest yourself in promoting the CIRCULATION of the RICHMOND PLANET. --- THE PLANET SATURDAY...MARCH 16TH, '07 LIVE STOCK WINTER QUARTERS FOR SHEEP. A Suggestion for Buildings Which Can Be Used Next Year. Sheep should have the opportunity to run out in a lot or small pasture on very bright days if the snow is not too deep. 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"if a Lion had been the carver, he would have made the Lion striding over the Man." Dr. Thomas Nelson Page in McClure's Mageazine for March loses no opportunity to discredit "the brother in black" whom he denominates inherently inferior, and to create the impression that the Negro, like the Chinaman cannot be assimilated in our civilization. He does not profess to even suggest a plan but places himself in the category of those pessimists, who always find fault, but never suggest a remedy. The first is easy, the second difficult. The country is already well acquainted with the difficulties, what it now desires is an introduction to a solution. The citizen who cannot do this in our judgment should keep quiet. Dr. Page in a further summing up Dr. Page in a further summing up of his "almost truisms" says: "That there is a wide difference at present between the point of view of the great body of the Northerners and the entire body of the Southerners as to the Negro: in this, that Northerners espouse the cause of the Negroes as a race, but dislike Negroes individually, while Southerners do not dislike Negroes individually, but oppose them as a race. And that this difference is due to conditions and not to basic principles." Dr. Page seems to be ignorant of the fact that the demand for Negroes in the North is greater than the supply. Employment agencies are being flooded with orders for them and the revulsion of feeling at the South is intensified. As a result, stringent laws have been enacted here and elsewhere in this sunny land. In some sections of it a labor agent takes his own life in his hands when he steps from the train with the pronounced intention of carrying away colored people to a Northern clime. We have known instances where white men who opposed Negroes when in a meeting with other white men, would be in favor of them when they separated and dealt with them as individuals. If these exhibitions are due to conditions and not to basic principles then they can be remedied. He says further: "That the solution of the race question should be sought through economical and not sentimental laws. And that the race question should be left alone to be settled by these laws." No thoughtful person will question this conclusion and yet the very essence of race prejudice is sentiment, and it has its finding in sentimental laws. To the historical mind, it is known as the laws of caste. It can only be held in subjection by force and it can only be eradicated by time. He states a fact, no doubt when he says: "There is another vital fact not generally known to Southerners; that one of the chief causes, if not the chief cause at present, of the feeling at the North in favor of the Negro is the violence so often directed against Negroes at the South. There is quite as much violence against them in some other parts of the country, in proportion to the colored population, as at the South, but for reasons not necessary to discuss here, this is not taken into account. The brunt of the censure falls on the South and the South on every account, but especially for its own sake, ought to put a stop to it with relentless hand, or else make it clear to the rest of the world why it is not done." The result of the crusade against lynching even in foreign countries is attested here when he says: "An intelligent and able German professor, who is at present in this country studying its political and social conditions, stated to the writer not long since that to the Germans the race question appears absolutely to overshadow every other political question in this country." He continues: "One curious fact connected with the matter is that, contrary to the usual rules of evidence, a man's views on this subject are considered rather an inverse ratio to his opportunities for acquaintance with it. Hitherto we have had the singular spectacle of Southern men, who testified from their intimate acquaintance with it at first hand, being discredited almost universally, while the views of those from the outside, who may have had only the most imperfect* opportunities for observation and have not had the least opportunity of seeing it in its most vital forms, are immediately accepted." This can readily be accounted for, in that those Southerners as a rule who essayed to speak were radical and in their blind exhibition of race prejudice attempted to undermine the fundamental truths of history. As a result, they were discredited at the start and not believed at the finish. Men on the order of Senator B. R. Tillman, Gov. James K. Vardaman, Gov. Jeff Davis have done more to make friends for us than men of our own persuasion. They disgusted the conservative elements of the North, and to this element is due our advancement along educational lines. Even the bourbon element of the South desired in a measure to win their good graces and the conservative elements emphasized the fact that by educating the Negro, they were ready and willing to evangelize them in order that they might take their places among the wealth producing citizens of this "happy" land. Men of Mr. Thomas Nelson Page's stripe by their conservative attitude and apparently fair-minded assertions are more dangerous to our vital interests than are those of the radical type. Northerners will listen to them and after listening are disposed to believe. The cause of this is that the Negro cannot state his side of the question through the same channel that this distinguished gentleman uses. Occasionally Dr. Booker T. Washington is heard in the land and his utterances carry much weight. Still there are other brilliant Negroes who were they able to "play upon the keys," could give forth euphonious notes that would not only revolutionize some notions, but make a favorably impression upon the nations of the world. Dr. Washington has been diplomatic, however and his utterances as a rule have "rung true." "One fortunate manifestation at present—and it is almost the only new phase of the matter—is that there appears to be a greater desire on the part of the North to be accurately informed upon the subject. This is undoubtedly very encouraging—for one of the chief difficulties, if not the chief difficulty, that has heretofore existed in the way of settling this question, has been the different manner in which the two sections have regarded it." It is this very fact that makes it highly essential that the Negro's side of the controversy should be presented to the conservative elements of the North. As the matter now stands the case is being judged by ex-parte statements, with now and then a scintillation of the truth being observable in a few of the justice-loving magazines and daily newspapers of the North. The brilliant Virginian speaks truly when he remarks: "In any discussion, therefore, which relates to this question, by a Southerner, it must always be borne in mind that when he refers to the Negro" in terms of criticism amounting even to reprobation, he is mentally excepting large classes of Negroes who as individuals have his friendship, esteem and encouragement. They include members of every class, who are differentiated from the bulk of those classes mainly by their character. Unhappily. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA they are not in sufficient numbers to do away with the most dangerous aspects of that question but undoubtedly they also temper every aspect of a question which, but for them, would long since have become intolerable." But the class of which he complains, the shiftless, loafing, ignorant disreputable class to which he refers exists in all races. The proportion amongst us is greater for the reason that Dr. Page's ancestors made it possible. They brutalized us in a greater ratio than they civilized us, if correct living and godly conduct is to be the gauge by which this condition is to be measured. The house servant Negro fared well, but the corn-field Negro was left to his appetites and his labor. The herding of sheep, the rounding up of cattle are the only things comparable with his condition. With two hundred and fifty years of demoralizing slavery come forty-two years of enlightened freedom and pessimists of Dr. Page's stripe expect a complete reformation and an absolute change almost "in one night's time." It is impossible, sir, and yet the day is breaking. The schools and colleges of the country are turning out a steady stream of colored men and women who are "rising on their dead selves, to higher things." If our depraved criminals are a menace to the Southland our intellectual laboring elements are a blessing to its prosperity. The statistics show that the Negroes of the Southland produce six hundred million dollars in cotton, wheat, oats, corn, tobacco, sugar-cane, potatoes and other commodities per annum, all of which is added to the wealth of this section. The report of Hon. Morton Marye, Auditor of Public Accounts for 1906 shows that the Negroes of Virginia, who were penniless at the close of the late Civil War now own (1,365,426) one million, three hundred and sixty-five thousand, four hundred and twenty-six acres of land valued at ($2,844,953) five million, eight hundred, and forty-four thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars. They own town lots to the value of ($2,819,533) two million, eigat hundred and nineteen thousand, five hundred and thirty-three dollars. They own buildings on them which, with the lots show a combined value of ($4,910,662) four million, nine hundred and ten thousand, six hundred and sixty-two dollars. They own land, lots and buildings to the value of ($17,278,343) seventeen million, two hundred and seventy-eight thousand, three hundred and forty three dollars. The Negroes of Virginia own personal property to the value of ($5,989,048) five million, nine hundred and eighty nine thousand and forty-eight dollars. The combined value of the property, real and personal owned by the Negroes of this state is ($23,267,391) twenty-three million, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand, three hundred and ninety-one dollars. When you realize that in assessing values, the full amount is not placed, Dr. Page, you are at liberty to draw your own conclusions. When it is known and admitted that thin producing Negro and not the lazy one is really the "bone of contention" on the part of the Negro-haters it will be realized fully why existing conditions have become "almost intolerable." In business transactions with business white men, the business Negro notes little but any discrimination, and with the white men of Dr. Page's stripe there is hardly any friction. But with the lower strata of prejudiced white men the case is different and both the shiftless Negro and the industrious, wealth-producing one are the victims of his unreasoning prejudice. Dr. Page remarks; "Indeed, except when, as often happens, Negroes are under the domination of some passion, they are amiable and docile enough. It is their liability to be inflamed by passions which, in a more self-contained race, are kept in check, which renders them so dangerous." He says further: "The criticisms of the race, expressed by the writer in this and other papers on the subject, are mingled with sympathy for Negroes, of which no Southern man can divest himself. Often, when downcast by consideration of the grave aspects of the race problem, the writer has deliberately gone among Negroes—especially the old Negroes—to set flow ing freely once more the old stream of kindness which had its rise in his youth and still flows when he is brought into personal contact with them. And this, he believes, may be said of all Southernners, who in their childhood, were rocked in a Negro mammy's arms. This feeling he believes to be reciprocated by all the survivors of that memorable class, and their influence for the amelioration of conditions has been incalculable. When it shall have passed away, no one knows what the result will be." In this the writer admits that he too, is swayed at times by race prejudice, which is the worst no doubt of all passions, comparable to the "brain-storms" of the alienists creation when they wish to secure the acquittal of a prisoner. He emphasized his love and esteem for the docile, kindly, patient, humble old time Negro when he comments further: "The writer desires here and now to record his affection and his respect for the hundreds and thousands of old family servants and their successors, who, by their kindness, zeal and character, have done more to preserve kindly relations between the races than all the politicians combined." Oh, yes, he has golden words for that class of Negroes and they deserve it. He is permeated by the same spirit that had possession of Mr. Howell C. Featherston of Virginia, when he wrote: "I have met a heap of people, and I've had a heap o' chums—Good fellows, just as good as ever known; But I've never seen a better, nor a truer, kinder friend Than that little nigger boy I used to own. --- There are lots of pickaninnie rounds my old plantation home. But Alec, he belonged to me alone. He could out-run all the others, and he'd fight and lie for me. And I loved that nigger boy I used to own. ```markdown ``` But my schoolin' wasn't finished, for before I was sixteen The trumpet call to war was loudly blown; down; And I volunteered my service and I hastened to the front. And was followed by that boy I used to own. He would get scared in battle, and, damn' im, how he'd run! But he'd always find the company' when the soldier's work was done. And he'd steal good rations for me, tho' from whence I've never known. And I've oft been saved my supper by that boy I used to own. The war was long and bitter, but his ardor never flagged; He kept his oath to follow me he'd sworn; An' when it was all over, I brought him home again. That shiny, grinln' boy I used to own. He would lie 'bout the battles, an' he swo' he'd fought 'em all; He said he'd killed some sixteen men, he knew he'd seen 'em fall. But he took a fatal fever which no skill could check or tone, And I nursed him like a brother, then that boy I used to own. But soon it was all over, and we laid him in his grave; No truer friend I've ever had to mourn. And I raised a granite monument to mark the place we laid That loving, faithful boy I used to own." This then is the kind of Negro to which Dr. Page refers. This kind of humanity makes a race war well-nigh an impossibility during our day and time. The white man of this stripe loves the Negro and the Negro of this kind loves the white man. Both control the passions of their respective off-spring to a great degree and tone down the feeling of aversion that may exist one towards the other. But what about the Negroes of the other class, Dr. Page,—the business wealth-producing Negro? The one who is his own boss and the one for which the well-spring of animal love and adoration afford no copious draughts to the thirsty traveller? What about the Negro banker, real estate agent, cashier, insurance president, manager, theologian, statesman, lawyer, physician, economist, broker, dentist, college professor, musical instructor, linguist, electrician, scientist, inventor and those in a host of other professions that we might name? What about them, Dr. Page? Tell us why this antipathy exists towards the Negro who has a chance to reach a plane of civil and political equality, possessing all of the requirements of polite society reinforced by money and influence? Why should he be crushed and why should you not converse with him during the moments of your approaching "brain storm" of race prejudice? The "little nigger boy I used to own" will reach the heart, Dr. Page. Why not permit the intellectual Negro of to-day to reach the mind for in the discussion you may find, sir food even for the soul. "We are coming, rising, rising, And our progress is surprising, With our brawny muscles earning daily bread: Though our wages be a pittance, Still, each week a small remittance, Builds a shelter for the weary, tolling head." Congress has adjourned and President Roosevelt will secure a much needed. When writers can find nothing else to discuss, they start out on the so-called Negro question. Colored men should continue to make friends with the people of this country regardless of race, color, previous condition, politics or religion. Negro loafers and criminals are an incubus upon our racial progress. We are not responsible for their coming or their going, for the white folks have all of the falls penitentiaries and they even have a monopoly of the gallows. They will not permit the colored people to mete punishment to their own people. They say that the white folks are the best people on earth, but from the records of the criminal courts as published in the newspapers, they are also the worst. Police Justice Crutchfield recently permitted an offender to swear off from whiskey for sixty days and then permitted the City Sergeant to hold him in jail for that length of time to see that he kept the pledge. This is grim humor, but the victim no doubt deserved the treatment. Mr. Thomas Nelson Page should know that colored folks stopped looking to Washington for relief sometime ago. Some of them look to Washington, but they refer to Booker T. and not to the city of that name where the Anti-Negro Supreme Court of the United States holds sway. JEROME FOILED IN THAW CASE Attack on Evelyn's Story Overruled by the Court. ATTACKS INSANITY PLEA New York, March 12—On the first day of the state's case in rebuttal at the trial of Harry K. Thaw, District Attorney Jerome came to a temporary standstill against the practically solid wall the rules of evidence have built around the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Mr. Jerome began to attack this story as soon as court opened. There ensued a well nigh ceaseless battle between the prosecutor and Delphin M. Delmas, the leading counsel for the defense, at the end of which Justice Fitzgerald upheld the rule laid down at the beginning of the trial—that young Mrs. Thaw's story was admissable only as tending to show the effect it might have had in unbalancing the defendant's mind and that its truth or falsity is not material. Lining up all his forces in rebuffal Mr. Jerome decided to open his fight upon the defense by attacking the story told the jury by Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw. He called to the stand Frederick W. Longfellow, formerly an attorney for Thaw, and asked him first concerning the case in which Ethel Thomas is alleged to have sued Thaw for damages because of cruel treatment. Mr. Delmas objected to questions along the line under the professional privilege of lawyer and client, but before Justice Fitzgerald sustained the objection and ruled out the evidence Mr. Jerome declared: "The story of the girl tied to the bed post and whipped by Thaw is the story of Ethel Thomas. This poor girl is now dead." Here Mr. Delmas interposed an objection to the district attorney's remarks and the latter began an attack along a different line. He showed Mr. Longfellow the photographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is said to have signed in the office of Abraham Hummel—alleging that Thaw treated her cruelly while abroad in 1903 because she "would not tell lies about Stanford White." Mr. Jerome followed this up by asking the witness if Mrs. Thaw had not turned over to him certain papers to which she had subscribed. Mr. Longfellow said she had not. There was a long argument between Mr. Jerome and Mr. Delmas at the conclusion of which Mr. Longfellow turned his entire examination to naught by declaring that Mrs. Thaw had never shown him a paper similar to the Hummel affidavit in any way. Mr. Jerome played probably the strongest card he holds—evidence which came to his knowledge but a few days ago, and which undoubtedly caused him to abandon the idea of sending White's slayer to a med house and to try for a straight-out conviction under the criminal statutes. The evidence came from Mrs. Stanford White's brother, James Clinch Emith, who told a remarkably clear, succinct story of the events on Madison Square Garden the night White was killed, and of a long conversation he had with Thaw just prior to the shooting. It seems that Thaw sat for some time with Smith during the fateful first performance of "Mam'zelle Champagne" and discussed with him a variety of topics in a manner, Mr. Smith declared, such as any sane man would talk. Mr. Smith gave the conversation in detail, omitting nothing, he asserted. With the brother-in-law of the man who was so soon to be a victim of his pistol Thaw discussed the play, Wall street, common acquaintances, plans for the summer and many other things, including a "buxom brunette," whom Thaw declared he was anxious to have Smith meet. Thaw said he and his wife were going abroad later in the summer. There was no hint anywhere in the repeated conversation of Thaw's intent to inflict bodily harm upon any one. Mr. Smith did say, however, that Thaw, not having a reserved seat, roamed about the Garden and continually looked in the direction of the spot where he subsequently killed Stanford Wife. Attorney Delmas, for the defense, bitterly fought the introduction of this testimony for nearly two hours. He declared that Mr. Smith was properly a witness in chief and should not be allowed to test $f$ in rebuttal. Mr. Jerome replied that he had known only for a few days the real value of Mr. Smith's testimony—the conversations with Thaw—and he reappeared to the discretion of the court to allow the A Poem for Today By H. W. Longfellow STAR of strength, I see thee stand And smile upon my pain; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light But the cold light of stars; I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars. The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene and resolute, and still And calm and self possessed. And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. Oh, fear not, in a world like this, And thou shall know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. Justice Fitzgerald held that in the interest of justice the jury was entitled to all the facts. It was one of the most serious blows the judge has dealt the defense since his trial began. As the last witness of the day the district attorney called Rudolph Eckmyer, the photographer who took the pictures of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw which have been introduced in evidence. The photographer was employed by Stanford White. He had no sooner been sworn than it developed that Eckmyer had also been employed by White to make the photographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn Nesbitt is said to have made in Abraham Hummel's office. Mr. Eckmyer identified the negatives made from the affidavit, but they were not offered in evidence. Mr. Jerome next tried to get the photographer to fix the dates of certain pictures for which Evelyn Nesbitt posed, hoping thus to establish the day the Nesbitt girl says she had the experience with Stanford White in the 24th street house. Mr. Delmas objected on the ground that the evidence tended to contradict Mrs. Thaw's story and was not permissible. Mr. Jerome said he desired to take advantage of the waiver Mr. Delmas had made at the beginning of the trial in regard to rebutting Mrs. Thaw's story. "If you will let me fix the date of these pictures," he said heatedly, "I will show that on the night following the day they were taken, when Mrs. Thaw says she was ruined, Stanford White was not in the 24th street house at all." Mr. Jerome fairly shouted the last words and ponuded the table before him. Mr. Delmas said he must stand upon his objection, and it was sustained. He then moved that the district attorney's "improper remarks, to which he has given much emphasis of voice and gesture," be stricken from the records. Mr. Jerome retornal by asking the court to instruct the jury that the alleged ravishment or non-ravishment of Evelyn Nesbit had nothing whaever to do with the case. Justice Fitzgerald merely admonished the jurors to pay no heed to the remarks of counsel addressed to the court and to confine themselves strictly to the evidence. RAILROAD MAGNATES SCARED Morgan Arranges Conference With President to Attain Anxiety. Washington, March 12. - J. Pierpont Morgan, the New York financier, came to Washington in his private car and went immediately to the White House, where he was in conference with President Roosevelt for more than two house. The object of Mr. Morgan's visit was to urge the president to take some action to "allay" the public anxiety now threatening to obstruct railroad investments and construction." Mr. Morgan pointed out to the president that the financial interests of the country are greatly alarmed at the attitude of the administration toward corporations. At Mr. Morgan's earnest request, President Roosevelt has agreed to have a conference with four leading railroad presidents, Messrs. McCrea, of the Pennsylvania; Newman, of the New York Central; Mellen, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and Hughitt, of the Chicago & Northwestern, to determine if some agreement can be reached as to the relations between the railroads and the administration. It is probable that E. H. Hariman, head of the Harriman lines, may also participate in the conference, which, it is understood, will take place at the White House some time the latter part of this week. One Dead and Five Injured When It Crushed. Through Troller One Crushed Through Trolley Car. Niagara Falls, N. Y., March 13—A huge icicle dropped from the cliffs of the Niagara gorge onto a trolley car of the Gorge road as it was passing the whirlpool rapids. Motorman Everet Ramsdell was killed. Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Nervy, of Sloux City, Ia., and Miss Nervy were struck on the back and badly bruised and S. C. Lindsay and wife, of Pittsburg, were injured, the former having his hand smashed. The injured were taken to the Prospect hospital. Two Vessels Go Down In North Sea During Heavy Gale. Berlin, March 11—A dispatch from Cuxhaven reports the loss of 34 lives by the foundering of two vessels—a German cargo steamer, the George Wottern, and a trailler—during a heavy gale in the North sea. The dispatch says no further details have been received, but that it is believed those drowned companies and on board both vessels. C ```markdown ``` KILLED BY HUGE ICICLE THIRTY-FOUR EROWNED ```markdown ``` Thursday, March 7. The Ionia county, Mich., poorhouse was destroyed by fire, the 60 inmates escaping uninjured. While at work in a sand tunnel in Philadelphia John Anthony was caught in a cave-in and smothered to death. The traimen's strike on the Leighh & New England railroad is off, the company acceding to the strikers' demands. As a result of a dust explosion in the Ethel coal mine on Dungers Run, near Logan, W. Va., Ed Grover, a miner, was killed and several others were injured. Friday, March 8. The Minnesota legislature passed a bill appropriating $10,000 to purchase a silver service for the battleship Minnesota. "Bud" McCourt, who was injured in a hockey game at Cornwall, Ont., died of his injuries and his assailant has been arrested. Handling a revolver which she didn't know was loaded, Mamie Cooper, of Chester, Pa., shot her brother in the lip, knocking out several teeth. The Delaware & Hudson Railroad company paid a fine of $3314 to the United Staats court at Utica, N. Y., for violating the law requiring the use of airbrakes on trains. Saturday, March 9. Arthur Davis, a negro, was hanged at Richmond, Va., for the murder of a Syrian peddler. Within 48 hours Bertram T. Dix and Ernest J. Dix, brothers, died of heart disease in Philadelphia. Professor Henry D. Todd, lieutenant commander U. S. N., retired, the last of the class of 1857, died at Annapolis, Md. J. R. Ferguson, of Wheeling, W. Va., was arrested at Washington, Pa., charged with writing insurance without a license. Miss Sarah Merritt, of Pleasantville, N. J., died in a New York hospital from injuries received in the train wreck on February 16. Monday. March 11. The Independent Order of Foresters has chosen E. G. Stevenson, of Detroit, as supreme chief ranger, and he will move to Toronto. Charged with getting $21,000 under false pretenses, F. Karanoga, one of the richest Japanese in California, was arrested at San Francisco. John Carr, a pensioner, aged 67 years, of Paterson, N. J., was struck by a train on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, near Carlisle, Pa., and died shortly afterward. Convicted of the illegal use of labels of the International Cigar Makers' Union, Charles F. Krichten was sentenced in the Adams county, Pa., court to a six months' term in prison. Tuesday, March 12. R. W. Fuller, the inventor of the machine to make horse shoes, died in Hanoor, Conn., aged 85 years. The J. D. King Company, the largest shoe house in Canada, made an assignment at Toronto. Liabilities are $225,000. R. R. Newhall, a baggage master of the Pennsylvania railroad in Philadelphia, was arrested charged with stealing baggage. Patricke Loftus was killed and Joseph Varco was fatally injured by a premature explosion in a mine at Minooka, near Scranton, Pa. John C. Strickler and William R. Keith were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in Philadelphia for holding up and robbing Harbor Master Pollock, Wednesday, March 13. M. Casimir Perier, ex-president of France, died suddenly in Paris. The New Jersey senate passed a bill making the theatrical ticket scalping a misdemeanor. The fourth annual convention of the American Roadmakers' Association was held at Pittsburg, with over 2500 delegates in attendance. Dr. Oliver C. Hough, convicted of murdering his father, mother and brother at Dayton, O., will be electrocuted at Columbus on April 6. The biennial convention of the Woodmen of the World in Pennsylvania and New Jersey was held at Franklin, Pa., with 200 delegates in attendance. Killed On Grade Crossing. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 13.—A distressing accident occurred near Nantucket, when Benjamin Boizgit was instantly killed and Felix Bulawa seriously injured. They were in a wagon, crossing the traction company's tracks on a turn near the town. The rig was struck by a car and smashed into splinters. Boizgit was taken from under the car horribly mutilated. Bulawa was cut about the body. No blame is attached to the motorman, who continued ringing his bell long before he reached the turn. THE PLANET MEXICAN WAR INCIDENT. How an Entire Battalion Was Shot or Hanged for Desertion. Among the many strange episodes of the Mexican war—itself a wild adventure and full of tragedy in its rudest forms—were a few for which it would be difficult to find parallels, ancient or modern. Such was the service in the bloody campaign around the City of Mexico, on the Mexican side, of a battalion composed entirely of deserters from the American armies, and, on the American side, of a battalion composed of Mexican citizens whom Gen. Scott liberated from prison and enrolled as volunteers. The first named organization was captured and destroyed at Cherubusco, but the latter was carried to New Orleans and mustered out at the close of the war. There is a tradition, apparently orig- Gen. Valencia Made a Brave Stand. inating with Gen. Marcus J. Wright's life of Gen. Scott, that, at the crisis of the fight at Cherubusco, these two battalons met "and fought each other with great desperation." This is highly dramatic, but not true. They were both actively engaged in the operations from Puebia to Cherubusco, but not directly pitted against each other, but surely the situation was sufficiently dramatic without that crowning touch. The first collision between the two armies, after Scott's arrival in the valley of Mexico and the beginning of his advance upon the city, was at the battle of Contreras, or Padirena. Here Gen. Valencia made a brave stand, and in the first day's fighting hold his ground. It was in this fight that the San Patricio battallon, made up of the American soldiers who had deserted, first showed its mettle. Having charge of the Mexican batteries, the Americans hit and dismounted Gen. Magruder's guns one after the other, as fast as they could be brought up, till all but one were out of action. The riflemen were in the van of the attack but were driven back with heavy loss, chiefly by the fire of the Mexican batteries in charge of their deserting comrades. It was truly a bloody score which was charged up to these men that day, and one for which they soon after paid dearly. Gen. Valencia was surprised, outhanked, and routed the next morning, and the tide of battle then rolled up the highway toward the City of Mexico and paused at the convent of Cherubusco. The little town of Cherubusco lies on the west side of the highway leading south from the City of Mexico, on an elevated spot near a stream of the same name. Here was situated the stone convent of San Pablo, especially adapted to defensive fortifications, and which had been prepared for resistance to the Americans. It was held by the Mexican Gen. Rincon with about 1,400 men and seven guns. Under him was Gen. Anaya, who had been acting president of Mexico. A short distance northeast of the convent, on the south bank of the river, was the tete-de-pont, with a battery of five guns. Santa Ana took up his position across the highway, on the north bank of the river, behind the tete-de-pont and under the shelter of its guns and those of the convent. By this time either necessity or experience led him to repose full confidence in the American deserters, and in selecting men for the post of honor his choice fell upon them. Together with the Tlapa battalion and the First Light infantry they were stationed in the tete-de-pont, the most exposed position on the field. These arrangements were scarcely completed before the Americans came up and began the attack. It was Gen. Scott's policy to assault and take every stronghold in his path—something a modern general would scarcely do. He could easily have avoided the engagement at Cherubusco, but he would not have been the obstinate old fighter he was had he done so. Twiggs' division having been ordered to carry the works at the convent, he sent Riley's brigade to attack it on the left, and Smith's straight up on the road toward the tete-de-pont. Arriving nearly opposite the convent, they found the brigade of Gen. Franklin Pierce awaiting them, and were consolidated with that organization under the command of Smith, and Pierce was sent elsewhere. A heavy fire was immediately opened on Smith's division from the fort and convent, and the riflemen suffered severely. The ammunition soon began to fall in the convent, and Gen. Ribcon asked Santa Anna for a supply, and for reinforcements, but was told that "all had been taken that could FREE!! Hair Remedy. Quickly Removes Dandruffs, Stops Falling Hair and Itching Scalp, Changes Gray or Faded Hair to Its Natural Color. Grows New Hair. TRY A FREE PACKAGE AT ONCE. ```markdown ``` Remember, Foso actually grows hair, stops hair falling out, removes dandruff, insures a new growth, of eyebrows and eyelashes, and changes gray or faded hair to its natural color. I don't ask you to take my word for it. Fill out free coupon below and mail to day. be, and he must defend himself to the last extremity." Santa Ana did, however, send the San Patricio men and a few others to the convent, as well as a wagon load of ammunition, of which the deserters made good use, but the others could not use it on "account of their muskets being of small caliber. After nearly two hours of hard fighting, a part of Worth's brigade worked its way to the rear of the tete-de-pont, and carried it at the point of the bayonet, Santa Ana thereupon fled, and the guns in the battery were turned against the convent. Up to this time the deserters had been making terrible havoc in the American ranks, but now, with their retreat cut off, and their own guns turned against them, the outlook began to grow dark. In vain Rincon and Anaya railed the men for defense. The riflemen leaped the stone wall, and hurled themselves fiercely upon the deserters. They were driven into a stone corral which adjoined the convent building, and was without doors or windows, save one opening. Here they throw down their arms and held up their hands in token of surrender. But the riflemen were not taking prisoners that day. Smith, who had led the final charge, seeing his men shooting down helpless prisoners boldly jumped down off the wall in front of them, and threw up his arms. "Men," he shouted, "for God's sake stop. Are you going to lose all the glory you have won?" You are disgracing yourselves forever. Save these men for the gallows." "Well," says Israel, "we stopped then, but if Smith had not interfered we would have killed every one of them. Every man in the regiment thought the world of Smith. He didn't know what fear was. I saw him afterward, at the storming of the Belen gate, standing up there, with grape and gunshot dying all around him, thick as hall, and he was not more scared than if it had been hall." This is the true story of the capture of the San Patricio battalion at the battle of Cherubuso. It might give the story a more romantic coloring to follow the lead of other writers, and represent the final act as bringing the San Patricios and the Contra guerillas into deadly combat. But surely the tale is romantic enough. More than a hundred of the San Patricio men were made prisoners, including Capt. Reilly. They were tried by court-martial and all who deserted on or after the 8th day of May, 1846 (the date of the battle of Palo Alto) were condemned to death. Those who deserted before that time, it was found, could not be executed, because a state of war was not then in existence; nevertheless, ample punishment was meted out to them. A few were pardoned because of their youth and one because his son had remained true to the flag, but 50 were hanged. Those condemned to death were assigned to the regiments from which they had deserted and hanged by their former comrades. The first lot of 16 was hanged at the town of San Angel, on Sept. 9, 1847, by the riflemen. 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Surely, war is ——, what Gen. Sherman called it. PROPHET DOWIE PASSES AWAY Founder of Zlon City Dies Penniless and Almost Forsaken Chicago, March 11. Without kith or kin at his bedside, with but a paltry handful of followers out of the hosts who used to acclaim him glorious, with hardly a dollar left of all the millions that once he had, John Alexander Dowle, self-styled Healer of God, Reincarnated Elijah, First Apostle of the Christian Catholic Church, and, according to his own declaration, the last of the prophets, died a miserable and raving victim of paralysis. There were present with him when he died only Judge D. N. Barnes, his attorney, and two personal attendants, and these looked upon him as he lay dying, not as an apostle in a state of transition, but as a lunatic finding relief from agony of mind and body. The announcement of Dowie's death came as a surprise to his former followers. It was known that he was failing, but not that he was seriously ill. 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BLACKWELL & BRO. ONE OF THE LEADING PAINTERS Practical House and Sign Painters Graining and General Contractors. .....ALL WORK GUARANTEED..... Cards, Letters or Orders. .Give us a trial, you will never regret it. Address, Cor. Price and Jackson Sts. RICHMOND, VA. PLANET DEPOTS NEW YORK CITY P. Ritzheimer, 7 N. 134th St. Green and Bailey, 249 E. 127th St. J. H. Parker, 144 W. 26th St. Charles Devan, 111 W. 30th St. W. J. Buckner, 124 W. 53rd St. M. W. Slaughter, 312 W. 40th St. W. W. Johnson, 247 W. 47th St. E. H. Mitchell, 152 W. 27th St. Turner R. Robinson, 12-6th Ave. E. A. Williams, 200 W. 63rd St. M. B. Walker, 309 W. 37th St. J. H. Jarrett, 453-7th Ave. Smith & Miles, 232 W. 41st St. M. B. Wineyglass, 322 W. 59th St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. M. Clay, 1801 Fitzwater St. J. H. Gray, 1233 Pine St. Bishop Robinson, 1234 Melon St. E. P. Mackenzie, 1116 Pine St. James E. Warwick, 254 S. 11th St. Mrs. B. Homsher, 1040 Pine St. William Parker, 631 Pine St. Mrs. Lavinia Aldridge, 521 S. 12th. Chas. A. George, 4083 Market St. F. A. Stewart, 1730 Federal St. T. E. W. Perry, 2 Jones Place. E. H. Faulkner, 3104 State St. opes, Note and Letter Paper, Bill-heads, Monthly Statements, Business Cards, Financial and Order Books, Circulars, Check-books, Pamphlets. SCRIPTIONS Resired and we will arrange to line. When in need of any work estimates will be furnished. SAMPLES Line PES, ETC. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OD-TYPE Establishment in the city. PLY TO nell, Jr. Richmond Va. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Lee Ricks, 782 Fulton St. William A. Dabney, 3 Quiney St. William Pope, 174 Myrtle Ave. CHARLESTON, W. VA. L. C. Farrar, 501 Brooks St. ASTORIA, L. I. Frank R. Wood, 144 Broadway, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Hursey Bros., 1217 Commerce Ave. BRONX BOROUGH, N. Y. J. H. Barrett, 603-162d St. PLAINFIELD, N. J. Thos. H. Bridges, 614 W. 4th St. WASHINGTON, D. C. L. H. Singleton, 20th and E Stn. Southwestern Drug Co. 732-23 Street, $ W. A. E. Evans, 382 Essex St. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. W. H. Brown, 13 Stockbridge St. COVINGTON, VA. Daniel Braxton, Box 91. NEWPORT NEWS, VA. E. J. Jefferson, 1211-30th St. George T. Hall, 1332-30th St. TARPORO, N. C. V. E. Howard. WILMINGTON, N. C. William H. Moore. STAUNTON, VA. Wm. C. Johnston, 111 E. Main St. LYNCHBURG, VA. Charles Morgan, 702 Taylor St. HAMPTON, VA. John M. Phillips. DANVILLE, VA. O. P. Clark, 233 N. Union St. PORTSMOUTH, VA. H. S. Cooper, 1332 County St. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. John H. Johnson, 210 Bridge St. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Douglass A. A. P. Agency, DEMOPOLIS, ALA. John W. Anderson. MILWAUKEE, WIS. J. D. Cook, 26 Juneau Ave.. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T. E. P. Feagan. BALTIMORE, MD. Henry Albert, 202 Richmond St. THE PLANET SATURDAY...MARCH 16TH. '07 THE MASOVERADERS. THE MASOVERADERS. CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE Bad his hours of black apprehension. It is all very well to exorcise a ghost by sheer strength of will, but one has also to eliminate the idea that gave it existence. Lillian Astrupp, with her unattested evidence and her ephemeral interest, gave him no real uneasiness, but Chillcote and Chillcote's possible summons were matters of graver consideration, and there were times when they loomed very dark and sinister. What if at the very moment of fulfillment—But invariably he snapped the thread of the supposition and turned with fiercer ardor to his work of preparation. And so the last morning of his probation dawned, and for the first time he breathed freely. He rose early on the day that was to witness his great effort and dressed slowly. It was a splendid morning. The spirit of the spring seemed embodied in the air, in the pale blue sky, in the shafts of cool sunshine that danced from the mirror to the dressing table, from the dressing table to the pictures on the walls of Chilcote's vast room. Inconsequently with its dancing rose a memory of the distant past—a memory of long forgotten days when, as a child, he had been bidden to watch the same sun perform the same fantastic evolutions. The sight and the thought stirred him curiously with an unlooked for sense of youth. He drew himself together with an added touch of decision as he passed out into the corridor, and as he walked downstairs he whistled a bar or two of an inspiriting tune. In the morning room Eve was already waiting. She looked up, colored and smiled as he entered. Her face looked very fresh and young, and she wore a gown of the same pale blue that she had worn on his first coming. She looked up from an open letter as he came into the room, and the sun that fell through the window caught her in a shaft of light, intensifying her blue eyes, her blue gown and the bunch of violets fastened in her belt. To Loder, still under the influence of early memories, she seemed the embodiment of some youthful ideal—something lost, sought for and found again. Realization of his feeling for her almost came to him as he stood there looking at her. It hovered about him, it tipped him, as it were, with its wings; then it rose again and soared away. Men like him—men keen to grasp an opening where their careers are concerned and tenacious to hold it when once grasped—are frequently the last to look into their own hearts. He glanced at Eve, he acknowledged the stir of his feeling, but he made no attempt to define its cause. He could no more have given reason for his sensations than he could have told the precise date upon which, coming downstairs at S o'clock, he had first found her waiting breakfast for him. The time when all such incidents were to stand out, each to a nicety in its appointed place, had not yet arrived. For the moment his youth had returned to him; he possessed the knowledge of work done, the sense of present companionship in a world of agreeable things; above all, the steady, quiet conviction of his own capacity. All these things came to him in the moment of his entering the room, greeting Eve and passing to the breakfast table; then, while his eyes still rested contentedly on the pleasant array of china and silver, while his senses were still alive to the fresh, earthly scent of Eve's violets, the blow so long dreaded—so slow in coming—fell with accumulated force. TO BE CONTINUED CLIPPING THE HORSE. Why It Is Done and How the Horse Should Be Protected Afterwards. Again the matter of clipping horses is brought up for discussion by an Iowa reader who wants to know if there is any benefit to be derived from clipping horses, and if so at what season they should be clipped, says the Breeders' Gazette. He also desires to learn whether horse buyers object to draft horses from which the foretops have been cut. As has been repeatedly affirmed in these columns, whether a horse should or should not be clipped, and when, depends entirely on the use to which he is to be put. Nature supplies the long equine winter coat as a protection against cold. That is the sole reason for it. It follows than that if the horse is used under conditions which do not correspond with the object of nature the coat should be removed. For instance, if a horse has work to do that compels his sweating freely, it is a hard matter to get his long winter covering dried out within any reasonable length of time and the poor beast has to stand for hours much in the position of the man who gets drenched to the skin in a rainstorm and has no fire at which to dry himself. On the other hand, if such a horse is clipped and sweats freely he can be dried in a few moments and under a warm blanket is just like the man who gets wet through, goes quickly to a warm room, removes his clothing and dons fresh raiment. If a horse has to work only a little or at such labor that he does not sweat greatly clipping is generally unnecessary. Again the long hair har bors the exfoliations of the skin and gathers dirt of other sorts. A clipped horse may be cleaned in jig time and a warm blanket does quite as well as the hair in keeping up the bodily heat. Of course it is nothing short of barbarous to clip a horse and then let him remain habitually exposed to the cold. Blankets are cheap. It is believed that horses clipped in spring do better than those that are allowed to shed their hair long. Buyers of draft horses prefer that the mane, tail and foretop be left intact. Reflection Leading Lady—Did you notice the Johnny in the third box? For one solid hour he gazed intently at my diamonds. Comedian—Yes, I heard several people commenting on his glassy stare. Chicago News. By Rights. Correspondent—How much do you want about the erection of a pillar in the new square? Editor—It ought to make a good column story.—Baltimore American. Self-Evident "Of all animals a horse should never be hungry." "Why not a horse?" "Because he always has a bit in his mouth."—Baltimore American. No Restaurant for His Restaurant for His. A cannibal chieftan was starving. So his poor little sweetheart, he ate her. He knew he had only one quarter, And he'd have to give that to the waiter! -Judge. THE TEST OF LOVE. The Queen of H arts she made some tarts She gave me one to eat. But I was game. I took the same— It was a lover's feast. The fact did prove I was in love, For none will surely question No other man but lover can Risk acute indication. But, oh, we godst what are the odds When heart-burn, anyway. I use so many paths of marry paths His loved one's dear conjunction This Queen of Hearts who made those men, And who my heart doth rule, Hath caught the fad-sah, it is sad— And goes to cooking school. But, oh, this maid in charms arrayed, So lovable, so sweet is. I eat her pie, though I should die No more, I must gastris, -Baltimore Americas. Gladys—I should love to be a great man's wife. He (who fancied himself rather as a dramatic writer)—My darling, you've promised to be my wife, and I'm not a little man. Gladys—I mean I should like to be a clever man's wife. We Will Always Have Them. When the war drums throb no longer And the battle flags are furled In the parliament of men The federation of the world. There will probably be colonies Still to make a gorgeous show. For the governors will hardly Come to our nearest staffs, you know. -Chicago Record-Herald. Force of Habit "Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Stubb, as she dropped the paper. "An earthquake must be a terrible catastrophe. I wonder what would be my first exclamation if I should be walking along and the street began to sway and the buildings to topple?" "I can tell," laughed Mr. Stubb, from behind his sporting paper. "What, dear?" "Is my hat on straight?" —Chicago Daily News. HAD CROWN. "Ten years ago I was a poor boy!" "Any change since?" "Yes, I'm now a poor man!"—Jester. Bravery Unappreciated Young Yeomany Officer (airing his exploits in the late war)—And among other things, don't you know, I had a horse shot under me. Fair Ignoramus—Poor thing! What was the matter with it? A Friendly Offer "I always take a sleeper when I travel." "Is that so? Well, you can have that one in my front office. He's no wood here."—Baltimore American. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ACTED TO THE LIFE "Now Henry," said the bride, "I want you to understand distinctly that I do not wish to be taken for a bride. I am going to act exactly as if I were an old married woman. So, dearest, do not think me cold and unloving if I treat you very practically when there is anybody around." "I don't believe I can pass for an old married man," said Harry. "I am so fond of you that I am bound to show it. I am sure to betray myself." "No, you mustn't. It's easy enough. And I insist that you behave just like all old married men do. Do you hear?" "Well darling, I'll try, but I know I shall not succeed." On the first evening of their arrival at their hotel the bride retired and the groom fell in with a whist party, with whom he sat playing cards until four o'clock in the morning. His wife spent the weary hours in weeping. At last he turned up, and met his grief-streaked bride with the hilarious question: "Well ain't I doing the old married man like a daisy?" She never referred to the subject again, and everybody in future knew that they had just been married. Poor Richard Ben Franklin was experimenting with his kite and key. "Wonderful!" exclaimed the curious throng, when they saw the electric spark on the key. "But could you perform the same experiment at night?" "Oh, yes," replied Franklin, "but I suppose I would have to use a night key." For even in those days poor Richard was known as the man who wrote jokes for his almanac—Chicago Daily News. There to Stay. "Well, said the tattoo artist, as he dropped his needle, "I have put an elephant on your arm and a ship on your chest and now I want my money." "I ain't going to pay you a cent, lad," chuckled the old salt, "and what is more, I have the advantage of you." "In what way?" "Why, you can't take it out of my hide."—Chicago Daily News. His Preference "Always do right, young man," said the parson, "and your friends will stand by you." "Yes, that's always the way," rejoined the young man, "but what I want is friends who will stand by me when I go wrong."—Chicago Daily News. "Some of the women of New York take stuffed bears with them whenever they go out anywhere now." "I suppose they are in most cases the wives of men who make a specialty of lambs."—Chicago Record-Herald. Lucky Canine Gyer—Since Jobson's marriage he has been leading a regular dog's life. Myer—You don't say! Gyer—Fact! His wife pets him from morning till night.—Chicago Daily News. No Way to Balk Them. We may patch, we may broaden Our laws as we will. But the lawyers will find Technicalities still. —Chicago Record-Herald. THE WET SEASON. Mother and Son "Mamma, is it true that rain is the tears of angels?" "So they say, Bobble. Why?" So they say, double. Why? "0,1 was just thinking how sad they must be to make it rain for a week." —Philadelphia Press. Literary Strength "Scribblerly's stories seem somehow to lack force." "I'm surprised to hear you say that. His characters use almost as many cuss words as Elpling's."—Chicago Record-Herald Mrs. Homer—What did he say to her? Homer—Nothing. He was doing all the listening—Chicago Daily News. Singular Indeed "Your Uncle Thomas is a singular man, isn't he?" "Yes. He never patented anything that he expected to make a fortune out of."—Chicago Record-Herald. Laws of Health Tramp—Thankee kindly, mum; I'd no hope of gettin' sich a fine supper today, mum. May heaven bless yet! Housekeeper—As you've had a good supper, I think you might chop some wood. "Yes, mum; but you know the old adage: 'After dinner rest awhile; after supper walk a mile.' I'll walk the mile first, mum."—N. Y. Weekly. 3 BOTTLES Whiskey FREE Carolina Whiskey will give excellent satisfaction. It is a well aged article and in our enthancement, far superior to the decoctions and mixes we offer. We make a special price on CAROLINA WHISKEY to show our per gallon. We make a special price on CAROLINA WHISKEY to show our per gallon. Our plants cover fourteen acres, making us the largest retailer of whiskey in the country. 3 SAMPLE BOTTLES FREE. Send us $2.50 and we will ship you by express 6 full quarts of Carolina Whiskey and we will include in same box, complimentary, a sample bottle of each, "Zuluka," "Gold Band" and Casper's 12 Year Old White Corn. will ship you by express 6 full will include in same box, compli- "Zuticka," "Gold Band" and Ca- SPECIAL NOTICE! We deliver the in North Carolina, Virginia and We in other states reached by Alabama must remit 50, extra. Buyers ce- some other express lines must send bottles and we will prepay express. I THE CASPER CO., (Also Winston-Salem, N.C.) Owners of U.S. B. allows males under supervision of N. National Fire Food er Mind. Changed Her Mind She—And will you quit teasing me for a kiss if I give you one? He—Yes. She—Then I won't. He—But after I get the first one I'll be too busy to tense you. She—Then I will—Chicago Dafly News. strange Birds. "The kiwl, an Australian bird, has no wings at all." "We've got lots of 'em at our board- ing house." "Lots of kiwis?" "Yes, but we call 'em bedbugs."— Home Magazine. Captain of Liber (good naturedly)—Waiting for the moon to come up, eh? Sufferer—Oh, dear me! Has that got to come up, too?—Home Magazine. nights Knights of Pythias, This organization has progress been placed induction over all of the are required to organ of its strongest feature else. Founded on F nevolence, the respect worthy of their heart. It pays an endow pays $4.00 per week necessary regalla. For in office. The Courts department of the Order organize a court. Its the Harmony and prove land burial benefit of $15 expense for regalia is 25 cents for funeral occasion of CALANTHE and persons cannot do deense is nominal and the back dues and death benefit for Band in your neighbouration concerning the C formation concerning spee the lodges and courts, ad Capacity, ask any language or tongue? over expect to be another can.—Chi- UN HOME Incorporate Has business This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. only absolutely necessary rega apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene- dues. The only expense for re- rosette, costing 25 cents for f THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons of circle. The expense is nomi- $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and de- Lodge or Court or Band in you For all information concerni For all information concer- membership in the lodges and The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgnize one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address Beyond His Capacity Her—Do you speak any language other than the mother tongue? Him—No. And I never expect to be able to talk like mother can.—Chicago Daily News. Brute. Mrs. Fusser—Oh, John, last night I dreamed I was in heaven. Fusser—Well, why didn't you stay there.—Chicago Daily News. "Yes, Arthur is so thoughtless in some ways. I frequently have to ask him to spare my blushes!" "Surely he doesn't attempt to wipe them off, does he?"—Cincinnati Enquirer. FINE OLD HAND MADE N.CAROLINA WHISKEY Strange Birds. Too Much. KNICHTS OF PYTHIAST FCB Brute. Mrs. Yeast—Have you adopted the curfew bell? Mrs. Crimsonbeak—I don't know as you would call it a curfew bell exactly; but when my husband stays out after ten o'clock, he has to ring the bell to get in!—Yonkers Statesman. "An angel, my dear, is one that flies." "I heard pa tell our hired girl that she was an angel." "Well, she's going to fly, my son."—Milwaukee Sentinel. He had started the phonograph going, but it was impossible to hear it for his wife's clatter. At last he said: "Now, dear; won't you please stop so we can hear the other talking machine?"—Yonkers Statesman. hts of Pyth N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most powerful in the has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge over all of the cities and counties in this need to organize a new lodge. The benefit largest features, but the principles are g based on Friendship, based on Charity and the respectable, upright people of the st their heartiest support. an endowment and burial benefit of of $2 to per week sick dues. The badge costing regalia. For information concerning the o Hurts of Calanthe of the Order. It requires a membership court. Its members are pledged to exile and prove Love one for the other. It p benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week of regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents funeral occasions. The or Children's Department also cannot do better than to enter the little and the benefits all that could be exe death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. our neighborhood, orgrize one. Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, 120 W. Hill St., perning special rates of JOHN MITC and courts, address 311 N. 4 United Aid Insurance HOME OFFICE, 312 East Broad Incorporated 1894 under the lawsof Virginia Has written over Three Million ($8,000, business since organization. Over sixty-five thousand policy h Over twenty-five Branches. All claims paid to date. Ten Thousand Dollars on Deposit with the OFFICERS United Aid Insurance Company HOME OFFICE, 312 East Broad St, Richmond, Va. Incorporated 1894 under the lawsof Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000 Has written over Three Million ($3,000,000-00) Dollars worth of business since organization. BOARD OF DIRECTOR J. E. Eyrd, W. J. pratley W. W. Lee, D. Bailey, W. C. Carter, P. S. Brown, Stokes, F. E. Purye Reliable men can find employment as solicite Address. UNITE. 312 THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE AND J. J. CARTER, President. W. F. DENNY, Secretary. RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE, 406 E. Baker Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Pythias, A. AND A. the most powerful in the country and its The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris- counties in this state. Thirty males ledge. The benefits paid constitute one the principles are greater than anything based on Charity and established on Be- right people of the state will find it an order trial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It The badge costing 75 cents each is the in concerning the organization of lodges Department also con- to enter the little ones into this mystic all that could be expected. It pays from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have noPythian ornize one. Department address, rs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. Insurance Company, 312 East Broad St, Richmond, Va. Under the lawsof Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000 Three Million ($3,000,000.00) Dollars worth of vote. five thousand policy holders. five Branches. paid to date. ers on Deposit with the Treasurer of Virginia. OFFICERS. J. E. Byrd, President. W. W. Lee, 1st Vice President. D. S. Alston, 2nd Vice President. W. J. Spratley, Sect'y. and Gen'l. Manager. R. L. Clay, Asst. Secretary. R. H. Stokes, Cashier and Treasurer. R. C. Malloy, General Inspector. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. attley W. W.Lee, D. S. Alston, R. L. Clay, V Carter, P. S.Brown, C. H. Jones, R. H. Stokes, F. E. Puryear. employment as solicitors and agents. Address, INVESTMENT COMPANY. ON US? When renting, When buying, When lending money, When borrowing money, When you have Real Estate for sale When you want an estate managed. Just call Phone 4854. Secretary. No. 717 N. 2nd St. A New Curfew. Explained. Did She Stop? JOHN FOXEL Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 S. 4TH ST. RICHMOND, VA BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Contents Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH. PROPRIETRESS, 816 N. 2nd St. Richmond, Va. VIRGINIA Chartered June 14, 1905. Co-educational. The only Colored College in Virginia for a thorough course in Medicine, Denistry and Pharmacy. Session: 1905-1906 begins Oct. 2, 1905. For further information, write, J. ALEX. LEWIS, M. D., Secretary, 9-23-3mos. H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. 120 N. 17TH St., RICHMOND, VA ALL ORDERS WILL REMOVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone. 789 P UNITE. AID INSURANCE CO. 312 E. Broa St., 'camghol'. When borrowing money. THE ECONOMY, 303-5 North Third St. FINE CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal. Established 1892 SMITH'S BUSINESS COLLEG LYNCHBURG, VA. COURSES: Phonographic, Commercial, Penning English, Electric wiring, Civil Engineering. No Vacation. Instruction Thorough...Positions Secured. Correspondence Solicited- Send 2c for particulars. Address: T. P. SMITH, A. B. President STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club. PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. GEORGE O. BROWN, PHOTOGRAPHER, 603 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest Improvements in Photographs. Cut edge. Very scented. Reasonable Estimates and Prompt Service. Pictures Enlarged from Old negatives or Photographs. BEFORE MAKING Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the latest designs in BOOKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 5th Street A. Hayes OFFICE AND WAKE-ROOMS 727 North Second Street RESIDENCE, 725 N. 2nd St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. 'Phone, 2778. THE Custalo House, 702 East Broad Street. Having remodeled my BAR, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. New Phone 1261, WM. CUSTALO, - Prop. Bring or send as your JOB WORK; we do it nicely. We do it quickly. BS ve a c Sire eo yn oy jioeS er ALS Ty = eo SATURDAY....MARCH 16TH, ‘07 See GL.) ae Seat fut was. Jagr ess 5 SS AS Ce et PRON wceaneey i yay Boo Ss UTILIZING CORN FODDER. The Best Way Is to Cut It Up Into Short Lengths. It ts desirable to utilize all the food value there is tn the corn fodder, though the usual way of feeding It to the stock is a very wasteful method Where the daily supply of fodder is thrown in the barn. yard at feeding time, what the cattle do not eat ts trampled down and destroyed #0 tar as the feeding value ls concerned The leaves and the stock are all stock Will eat. From onethird to onehalt the length of the fodder is readily eaten in racks without cutting. When the stalka are heavy, coarse and hard, the upper half may be cut for feed With & ahirp Dried see. sod hears Block if but a few cattle are fod. For & larger herd, saya a correspondent of Farm and Home, wo have adopted A large sbesiiag Lalfe, home made, a. ACE © BLOCK . Home Made Corn Stock Cutter. which soon shears enough for a day's Teeding. ‘The cutting knife or shears is best made from an old blade of a cross. cut saw. After the handles have beon Femoved, get a stout ‘piece of Iron, a, about eight inches long and one and onefourth inches thick. Have about five inches of this slit up to receive the back of the saw. Punch holes through both and rivet together. Near the end of this iron have a hole drilled or run an eye on At to receive a string bolt. Rivet a strong handie on the other end, as shown at ¢, long enough to give a good leverage, say two and one-half to three feet. Grind the blade down to & good, sharp cutting edge, attach the cutter at d to a strong post or upright so it will have plenty of swing. Put a heavy block underneath and it is ready to cut or shear the Dundies as they are fed by a boy or man. TOMATOES AS A FIELD CROP, its Preparation. This crop is more profitably grown on good clay subsoll or low lands bor. dering on our bays and rivers. The seed should be selected by every Erower. Sow the first seed about the middle of April, in well prepared soil, where the tomato plant has not been grown for five years at least. Spray Plants in the bed three times with Bordeaux mixture. This will help the first blossoms to resist the blight; Af they do not drop, you are pretty sure of a crop. A sod field of scarlet or crimson clover covered in the winter with 10 loads of manure per acre, plowed un. der in April and kept well harrowed, should be used. Mark out rows four feet with plow, sow down these rows 600 pounds per acre of phosphate com: posed of four per cent ammonia, nine Ber cent phosphoric acld, ten per gent potash. Then cover and mark rows crosswise with light marker four feet: give shallow cultivation and plenty of it when the vines are not wet with dew or rain, up to the time they begin to ripen. Early tomatoes require hotbeds and cold frames to grow the plants to a Strong, stocky condition, with blos- soms set before transplanting to field. Light, high, warm soil, with not so much vegetable matter, is the best. Mark rows three fect each way and drop half 2 small shovelful of well composted manure in hill. Set your plants with as much dirt as will hold to them in this manure and cult vate well. A little nitrate of soda around the plants after they start to grow 1s helpful. Pall off the poor, Knotty or specked tomatoes as they ripen, ‘Never wait for a season of rain, says Farm and Home, but set your plants when ground it d:y, sun is hot and nights warm. By pouring a little water around each plant, small, fibrous roots will start from the plant the first night they are set, when ground is warm. GARDEN NOTES, Look over the garden tools and go! them fn condition for the spring work Guinea hens are notorious bug catchers, and the orchards is a good place for them to roam. Examine the cherry and plum thee now, and if you find that you over looked any of those black knots re move them. A great deal of crowding and waste of growth can be prevented by rubbing Of all imperfect shoots while they are yet in the bud. It you haven't a shed In which t store manure, the best way to dispose of it Is to haul it out to the garden and scatter It where most needed. Many farmers make a lot of plan tn the winter time, but when spring comes they forget all about them ‘Plane gre 00 good unless they arg executed. After cutting off a limb of any con. siderable size the wound should be immediately painted to prevent decay and the growth of fungus. White lead makes as good a protectién as any. SOW TREATED SEED. Dr. Alexander Says That Better Re ‘suits Will Be Obtained. Despite the fact that investigators have definitely decided upon treatment which proves effective for the preven: ‘Mon of smut in grain, such as oats barley and other cereals, many farm ers do not seem disposed to go to the trouble of thus improving their seed. It Is stated by Prof. Moore of the Wis consin Experiment Station that last year but one-third of the farmers of the state treated thelr seed, although im one year (1901) one-fourth of the entire oat crop of Wisconsin was de stroyed by smut, causing a money loss of over $5,000,000. ‘There is no need of having any loss. Treating the seed ‘one season protects the crops for sev: eral seasons, as once the spores of smut are eradicated it takes several seasons for the smut to again affect the grain. ‘This being the case, farmers are apt to become careless, and it 1s our opinion that, as the treatment Is sim: ple, inexpensive and easy to sive, ft would be a wise policy to use it every season “to make assurance doubly sure." The treatment consists in soaking seed oats in a solution of one pint of 40 per cent. formaldehyde to 36 gallons of water. The grain {s placed in small gunny sacks, holding, say, one bushel each, and each sack of grain in tarn Is soaked in the solution for ten minutes, and then allowed to drain for a time, so that the surplus fluid returns to the solution tank or barrel. Afterward the soaked grain fs spread out on the granary floor to dry, but when ready for use Is some: what swollen and damp, so that the seeder has to be set to sow a bushel extra to the acre to care for It prop erly. Another plan Is to soak seed oats in hot water, temperature 137 Fahren- helt, and this is said to have the same beneficial effect ax formaldehyde solu tion, and of course costs practically nothing. This seed treating busines: is just lke weed destruction opera tions. A man gets rid of his weeds, and his thriftless, careless neighbor grows a big enough crop of weed pests to keep each farm surrounding him fully seeded annually. If each farmer were to destroy weeds so they would not go to seed and smut the neighbor hood, farms soon would be clear o} Weeds. So If seed were treated each year against smut by each farmer in a commounity the crops would always be safe against this pest, the spores of which are blown from one feld <tc another. THE COLD CHISEL. How It Can Be Used to Give New Life to Old Hoe. There isn't a more useful tool in the hands of a man than the cold chisel, but very few farm: >) em know anything , |] about it. “Some : 1) have a dull one $ —_-7 that ts of no use. fee To be greatly ser eee ee P) en know anything , i] about it. “Some : 1) nave a dull one 1 -7 that ts of no use. os To be greatly ser. viceable Th very many ways a cold chisel must be drawn occasionally and tempered by a blacksmith, then kept sharp on the grindstone at home. As & cutter of all sorts of soft tron, in- cluding rivets when making repatrs, tt fe invaluable. It should be driven by quick, sharp blows, throngh the ar- Ucle under treatment, which is placed on an anvil or other solid tron. I have a plece of stcel rail about two fect Jong that I use as an anvil. It sets on a block, To cut out old mower knives and rivets on new ones, tighten the loose ones and straighten them is quick, easy work. ‘The other day, says a writer in Farm and Home, 1 cut down an old hoe, as shown in {ilustra- tion, and made a narrow, neat, light garden hoe that is worth a quarter. NEW PLAN FOR WHEELBARROW. More Room and Easier Wheeling Are Said to Be its Advantages. Here is a new {dea of a wheelbar- row published by Prairie Farmer. i ee New Idea For Wheelbarrow. ‘The plan is brought out in the ac companying illustration. Instead of using an extension of the frame or the front to keep wheel entirely clear of the box, our correspondent places the wheel at the further end and builds '& protective cover on the inside of the box In which the wheel turns. The advantages are that the load is closer to the wheel and there is less labor in moving a load. Trimming Grape Vines. There is no quicker way to trim &rapevines than as follows: Procure @ sharp knife 12 to 14 inches in Jength, and, potsing it deftly in the hand, “slash” it quickly through the eane to be removed. The action each time must be so sudden as to make a quick, clean cut. The vine will barely move. It far exceeds, for speed, the use of the pruning shears. Gan els Wittens ‘When @ cat looks poor and thin, with Wkept fur, no appetite, or a ravenous one, for no good cause, it has worms. Then get half a grain of santonine in one powder and mix in half a teaspoonful of lard or molasses. Stir with a clean splinter, and smear on the foreleg where she can lck it off. Ina Hurry. Io not know that money talke If 1 does "twould appear it Goes thrash my ands so very qulek T never hope to wear it ee mee | Desk oes THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SEverthing! Everthing’ §» FURNITURE “3 & FLoor CovERINGS#+s & SYONOR & HUNDLEY, INC aie é : Leaders. | N. 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New York.—After being tossed three days at sea the barge Manhat. tan, with its crew, consisting of Carl Narsen and a big tomcat, Henrik Ibsen, was picked up off Old Orchard shoal by the tug Edmund Moran, of the Moran Towing and Transpartation company and towed up the harbor. ‘The tug Colonel J. F. Gaynor, with two empty barges in tow on its way from Norfolk to New York, ran into @ fierce snowstorm. Before extra hawsers could be passed to the barges the Manhatian, with Narsen on board, broke adrift. “The Gaynor was hav- ing all it could do to make headway without losing the remaining barge and the captain continued on his way, trusting to hick that the Manhattan +) gta | OUR = ih a al WSs 5S De 2 SS oe nV 7yeaA re Sata GZ =e G 1 TRS N] | ie~<ndf wy FE MO SO 1 <6 [- Sk > would be picked up by some passing tug. Without the towline to steady it the lost barge pitched and rolled, in con- stant danger of turning turtle. Huge seas broke over {t, demolishing the window lights of the Uny cabin and threatening to sweep it entirely off the deck. Henrik Ibsen, the cat, which had seen five years before the mast, spread his sea legs far apart fo maintain his balance and yowled aismally. Narsen retired to the cabin. Untit the storm cleared he went out only to blow the foshorn. When night came on he hung out his lights. ‘The tug Acony put Into South Am- boy with the report that she had spoken the Colonel Gaynor and that the Manhattan was adrift somewhere off the Jersey coast. Two tugs were sent out to look for the missing barge. ‘The Moran, nosing about the lower bay, ran across the Manhattan. Nar- sen was in the cabin and Henrik Ibsen on the roof. Narsen was blowing the big horn as hard as his weakened con- dition would permit. He had been without food the greater part of three days. Rattlesnake Is Mayor's Pet. Atlantic City, N. J.—A five foot rat- tlesnake has become the special_pet ef Mayor Stoy and occupies luxurious quarters in his privaic office. The snake has five rattles, which it rattles Joyousiy on the approach of Mr. Stoy. ‘Since its arrival here several days ago the snake has had the run of the mayor's private room, with the result that every one, excepting the mayor, has given the place a wide berth. The Janitor has refused to clean the room and the mayor's pretty typewriters have been thrown into a state border- ing on hysteria. The snake, which Mayor Stoy se- cured on a hunting trip in the south, has learned to come to Mr. Stoy at his call. Its favorite haunt is on the top of the mayor's desk, where it will re- main for hours at a time. Mr. Stoy says the snake has come to stay, ‘ate thnien Mitt Jack Under H. G. Wells bas written such pun- gent and advanced criticisms of pres- ent day conditions that at times he has been set down as an extreme socialist. Judging from an Incident of recent occurrence, this would seem to be a mistake. While on his visit to this country not long ago he was a guest of a Boston club one evening and found that he was to sign the register immediately beneath the sig- nature of Jack London, who had signed with a flourish, “Yours for the revolution.” Whereupon Mr. Wells wrote in his fine, small handwriting, “There ain't agoing to be no revolu- tion,” and carefully signed his name to the sentiment, The Thorn. “No, count,” hesitated the beautiful heiress, “I cannot be your wife.” ‘The count was furious. “You dare to talk that way to no- bility,” he hissed, “when | have proof that your ancestors were buccaneers on the Spanish main. Yet, have I not offered to marry you, after all?” “Yes, count, but why can't you leave out the ‘after all’"—Chicago Daily News. Those Fickle Autos, Stubb—1 understand that Cogger called his new automobile “The Lob- ster” because it was so red. Penn—And Is it still “The Lobster?” Stubb—No, it ran away the other fay and turned turtle—Chicago Daily News. Just a Way She Has. “Ever notice {t?” queried the man who asks questioas on the Installment plan. “Did I ever notice what?” queried the wife of his bosom. “That a woman never considers an article of dress stylish unless she feels uncomfortable in it?” continued the mere man.—Chicago Daily News, A Gentle Hint. “Yes,” smiled the sweet young thing, “when I marry I will lead my husband a dog's life.” “Whereupon she took her poodle in her arms and squeezed him almost to death. How could the young man help tak. ing the hint and proposing right on the apot?—udze, i ‘Diack “What is your {dea of a comfort. able fortune?” asked the ambitious youth, * “One,” answered the man of-experi ence, “that fs biz enough to buy you everything you want and not big enough to attract the attention of the grand jury."—Waskiugton Star, Sf & \ Wecbanics ( gr Soe. i ( 2s Savings Bank \ } OF RICHMOND, VA. - 511 NORTH THIRD STREET. ee Capital, $25,000. Money received on deposit and interest paid on ® amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over, Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly. ' Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposit This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern conven fence for safety and the accommodation of the public. an information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Banking Hours have been arranged for the specia! convenience of the work ing people as follows: 9 A. M.to4 P.M. Saturdays,9 A.M. to 8 P. a. We close Saturday at 3 P.M. azdopen again at 5 P. Mt, remaining open rntil 5 P M.{Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR, President. H. FP. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rey. W. F. Granam, D.D., Jxwo.R Ones, B. P. Vaxperva., E.R. Jerrexsoy Hi. F. Joxaruas, ‘Tuomas Sacra D. J. Onavens J. O. Fariery, Jno. ¢. TAYLOR, E. A. Wasmxetor, RW. Waorrxa, Witt am Oustaro, J.J. Oanten | JOHN MITOHELL, JR., Pues. THOMAS M. CRUMP, Sro*x. The J. V. 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Our prepa ration is @ natural and pure compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print, We will just here remind the public that the United Siatea Government has placed national patest rights'on at ka eee ete whioh it is protected and we are im turn responsible to the government for hon. est methods and sqvare dealings. It will positively remove Dandroff, Cure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Olean Temples or Bald Meads, where the roots are not dead. MOM Prices;—85 cts. per box; eight boxes, $2.80 express prepaid. ‘The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder en- tirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale prices; 25, 50cts and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order 9g" A charge of lets, extra is imposed on all out of city orders. "Way Address all communications to MME. J. V. HAWKINS, 612 N. 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All Rae hay aaa aa at ane t., Weet Daye, bya ee agh feel Tee enacts ae Hci Ge Sierereuaentersing ot Parte Care on bord ams Staged eee "Tee of mevtvale and departures and con anee potrae so WER Ct Le, we ravion v0: DURE. WOULD. W. -TAYLOL SCENIC ROUTE un TO THE WEST CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS, §T. LOUIS CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, 2:15 Pp m. and 11:00 p.m. dally. WESTBOUND LOCAL 1RAINS. 7:30 a, m. daily aut! 6:15 Dp. m. week . days. NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK AND OLD POINT. 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. dally. Local For Newport News and ae OED POINT. TAS atm. aod bpm week days, JAMES RIVER LINK. whe i Beg Beets Siar ACM. ith av We, aS EEE THOR MO James River: Smid Aa oe BOM Coeiiy? "ie, Sunday) E a SE Sander) Ov ON STEAMSI IP iC NIGHT LINE FOR NOR £0. gira tH ae Spite ae Rog ft News en route, Fare. $22) one way” hae Found trip, including stateroom Sorta inset Goveach, "Street Care to Bteamare West FOR NEW YORK. Xip Night Lino Stosimors (exceni atu day making conection in Nortoli wite Main Eide Ship, following day at 7PM, alo Nortel Woriern ity at 0-2. 0 aid 31% Mand Chee peake a Ohio My. RU AL Mans Bek Jaaking connection daily (oxespe Bante he Nortoik ‘with Main Lime ships maine aa?) 8 ee tickete ee ea VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COMPANY. dames River Bay Line Stormer Pocahontas’ leaves Monday, We nesday nod Priday at fn ta eee Mone Portanouth, Old Point, Newport News ee, mond and Jatnen Kiver handiegn aide Be atOld Point for Washington Bolte or ‘itd the North’ Stato rooms Recrved wee Bight nt moderate prices, Fleet ere oe tothe whart “Pare only sone Re, Freight received for above name! Dee an slpotitete Raster Wargiuin and Nuri Ce Stina TEVIN WRISIGES, ew later A. Barber, Jes Seorstasy” pee ease eee ee Arr Line Ramway Schedule Effective, May 27,1906. Short Line to the ieeeore Cities @ the South an Southwest, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. Sourmnouxn tehins Leave michuox® DAILY Wp. m. Local for Norline, Durhaw: Ralcge Hatolet, Wilmington and Charlotte. == 2 20pm. Fast trnin with theongh sleeper ait Conchen to Haleigh, Columbix duckoon aie nd Florida points: through slatsee ayes Tanta, iirmihghan, making fastees Ured to thove points ald tho entire Seatirest 10 W pra. Through Pullmane wud costes Calumbin,” Savatnad, Jacksonviiie and Florida points, nlso to Atiange Heme ham ‘and Momphis, im connection with the fim for piisouhewentermaaiaes CORD Northiound Traine Arrive iigsmneed Daity, HOA, ¢55 Fate boo Me ae Pa rnctin. 00 a: 00 Kast Main street, Richinond, ¥ ale Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STRERT evivrae Norfolk 1 a UBROLE LIMITED. Arrty “ Rortolk li 2) AM. Btope only ai Petereearge Waverly and“Sctfare TWO A CHICAGO EXPRESS Bastes Par lot Cur Petcrsturgte Cpe eer eae Pullman ‘Sleeper Roanoke to Colmnhoe eed Binedelt to Clocinnettl tins Rossi fica Fille and Knoxville to Chattasonee ne Spe © 12:10P. M. 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HE KNEW OF NO COLLUSION Harrisburg, Pa., March 12.—The inquiry into the cost of the new $13,000,000 state capitol was begun by the legislative committee with the testimony of Bernard R. Green, of Washington, supervising engineer for the capitol building commission. The official reports of Mr. Green to the capitol commission showed that he was not satisfied with the business methods of Architect Huston and that the architect was withholding information from the engineer. Mr. Green said, however, that he knew of no evidence of collusion between the architect and the contractor and that the state got the worth of its money in the construction of the building. He was unable to give the probes any information on the "per foot" and "per pound" rule by which the building was equipped and furnished by the board of grounds and buildings. He never heard of this rule until it was employed by the board and did not regard it as a proper method for ascertaining the cost of such furnishings. He thought there were too many electric fixtures in the building, and that many of the fixtures were too heavy and clumsy and out of proportion with the surroundings. Mr. Green said the architect was not judicious and broad-minded in his dealings with the engineer and acted as if he was afraid some one was trying to deprive him of the glory of designing the building. The engineer's reports showed that several modifications were made in the original specifications for the building without the knowledge of the commission and the engineer. James Cameron, of the New York Audit company, which is auditing the accounts and making an inventory of the capitol, submitted a report showing that of the $4,000,000 appropriated for the building to the capitol building commission there was an unexpended balance of $45,880.93. Mr. Cameron testified that he had collected from the Harrisburg Trust company, in which this fund was kept $27,353.51 in interest at the rate of 2 per cent. on the daily balances. No formal demand was ever made by the building commission on the trust company, of which Edward Bailey, treasurer of the commission, is president, for interest on this fund. Mr. Cameron on said the minute records of the commission were indefinite and that reports which should have been recorded were not included in the minutes. He also said that the system of single entry was used in the bookkeeping of the state government and that the general accounting was not as complete as it might be. There was no asset record of what furniture was in the building and no way of acertaining whether any furniture had been carried away. The final reports of the auditors will be submitted in three or four weeks and will contain an itemized cost of each room in the building. The report presented by Mr. Cameron on shows that Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the commission, has been overpaid $663. It was also developed from the records at the capitol commission that most of the advances that had been made to George Gray Barnard, the sculptor, and Edwin Abbey, the architect, had been made upon Huston's certification, and that the changes that have been made from time to time in the specifications governing the contracts were at Huston's suggestion and were approved by him. It was also shown that upon more than one occasion the architect had assured the commission that the capitol could be erected well within the original appropriation of $4,000,000. The report also shows that the total aggregate contracts gawarded by the commission amount to $3,954,109.07 and that the contracts with George Gray Barnard, the sculptor, and Edwin A. Abbey, the artist, are unfinished, while the sum of $87,000 has been advanced to the former and $47,000 to the latter. TELEPHONE POLES TAXABLE Amount Collectable By Cities. Easton, Pa., March 12.—Judge Stewart handed down a decision of interest to all municipalities and corporations occupying streets with poles. The Pennsylvania Telephone company, under the act of 1905, filed a petition against the tax levied upon its poles by the borough of South Bethlehem. The borough, in its answer, contended that the law was unconstitutional. The court rules against this view of the law and fixes 10 cents as the amount the borough may charge the company for each pole it has erected on the streets and highways. Six Died Standing Upright. Charlotte, N. C., March 9.—By the caving in of a sewer ditch at Statesville, N. C., six colored men were buried alive under tons of earth. The rescue party found the six standing bolt upright when the earth was removed, and life was extinct. All the men leave families. Was Frozen to Death. Corry, Pa., March 13. — Ex-Street Commissioner Daniel Conners, who mysteriously disappeared from Union City 10 days ago while attending a funeral, was found frozen in the ice in French creek at Union City. His valuables were found on the body, and it is supposed that he met an accidental death. Magazines Blow Up, Killing Many and Injuring Hundreds. MEN HURLED THROUGH AIR Toulon, March 13.—A terrible disaster occurred here. The powder magazines on board the French battleship Iena blew up, and as a result Captain Adigard, the commander of the battle ship; Captain Vertier, chief of staff of the Mediterranean squadron, and from 70 to 80 bluejackets are dead, many being blown to pieces, while Rear Admiral Manceren and hundreds of other men are suffering from injuries, some of them horrible in their extent. Naval circles are aghast, and the public is stunned by the appalling catastrophe. The entire after part of the Iena was blown to pieces. The bodies of the victims were hurled through the air by a succession of explosions, and the panic-stricken workmen at the arsenal fled from the vicinity of the dry dock for their lives. Scores of men who were on board the Iena jumped either overboard or onto the stone quays and sustained serious injuries. The primary cause of the accident was the explosion of a torpedo. What caused the explosion is not known. The crew was in its full strength, being composed of the rear admiral, 24 other officers and 630 men. The magazines had been replenished recently, and contained many tons of both smokeless and black powder, as well as a number of charges for torpedoes. The explosion came without warning. The first shock was extremely violent and shook the vessel fore and aft. It was followed instantly by other shocks. The crew were thrown into a condition of panic. They rushed wildly hither and thither at the deck. The men forward who had been attending a lecture clambered over the bulwarks and jumped down, some of them into the dock and others to the stone quay. Many of the men who jumped sustained fatal injuries. The hundreds of men below deck were in a fearful position. They were enshrouded in blinding smoke, and while they groped their way toward the exits they became the prey of suffocating fumes which caused many of them to fall unconscious. In the meantime the deionations had become more frequent, and the entire after part of the fena, which was virtually blown to pieces, caught fire. Shells and charges of explosives in the magazines continued to explode and masses of metal were hurled into the air to fall everywhere about the docks and the arsenal. Those flying missiles demolished the torpedo shed, the engine works and the pump house near by and constituted a most serious menace to the lives of those who made their way toward the battleship to begin the work of rescue. The lower decks of the Jena were littered with the fragments of shattered and torn bodies, while the surrounding water was dotted with human fragments. Captain Vertler occupied a cabin near the after turret over the magazine. Immediately after the explosion he tried to get out, but the door of his cabin was blocked with debris and the only means of exit was impassable. The flames then broke out and Captain Verier died a horrible death. After the fire had been extinguished the rescuers found his incinerated body, as well as the terribly burned bodies of several other officers who had been caught in the after cabin. LOST $50,000 IN COPPER Over 200 Persons Victimized by New York Stock Specialist. Scranton, Pa., March 12.—James T. Haviland, of New York, a stock specialist, charged with embezzling upwards of $50,000 entrusted to him by Scranton investors, was held in ball to answer at court. Haviland was told to keep out of copper by his clients, but it developed on Saturday that the money was sunk by him in such shares. Haviland was induced to come here after he had telegraphed on Saturday for more money to protect his holdings in a slumping market, and was arrested on reaching the city. An effort will be made to secure his release on habes corpus proceedings. The investors here in Haviland's scheme number more than 200, some placing $500 with him and none less than $100, on which the returns were guaranteed to be not less than $6 to $7 weekly per $100. More than 100 persons who had money in Haviland's scheme threatened his life while the hearing was in progress. When he was paroled in the constable's keeping the alderman told the officers to shoot any one who attempted an attack on him. Persons living in Schuylkill and Bradford counties, who invested in Haviland's operations are on the way here to prefer charges against him. Baby Burned to Death Lancaster, Pa., March 13.—The 9 months-old child of Charles Frankford, residing on Campbell alley, was burned to death. Mrs. Frankford locked the baby and two older children in the house when she went out. In her absence the older children played with matches and set fire to a couch on which the baby lay. When Mrs. Frankford returned she found the couch ablaze and the baby so badly burned that he died soon afterward. Burned to Death In Her Home. Trenton, N. J., March 13.—Mrs. Florence S. Snyder was burned to death in a fire at her home on Beatty street. Her body was found by the firemen. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA DOLLAR Package MAN MEDICINE FREE You can now obtain a large dollar size free package or Man Medicine— free on request. Man Medicine has cured thou sands upon thousands of weak men. Man Medicine will cure you; restore you to full strength. 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Expense unnecessary. Address at once Consolidated Order of Reanoke, Virginia. Do You Know Her? I would like to know the whereabouts of my mother, Lucy Hackett. I have not seen her for twenty eight years. I. her daughter, Hattie Hackett, was placed in the Colored Home in West Philadelphia. The white lady with whom she lived for years, said that she married from her house and went to Virginia to live. Any information will be gladly received. Address MRS. HATTIE M. BRANUM Do You Want An Education? Then Read This. The Christiansburg Industrial Institute is planning to enlarge its plant and provide for more students than it has heretofore been able to accommodate. The following additions have been provided for: Two young men to learn printing The requisites necessary to take up this trade, are a fair knowledge of english, especially spelling and punctuation. Your letter must be in your own hand writing. Four young men to learn carpentry. Must be pretty well advanced in arithmetic. 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Its object is the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States. It will be within the scope of such a foundation to investigate and study the causes of adverse social conditions, including ignorance, poverty and vice, to suggest how these conditions can be remedied or ameliorated, and to put in operation any appropriate means to that end. "While its headquarters are in New York city, where Mr. Sage and I have lived, and where social problems are most pressing and complicated, the foundation will be national in its scope and in its activities." —Subscribe to The PLANET. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, this 5th day of March, 1907. Isabella Hill Plaintiff. vs. Andrew Hill. Defendant. IN CHANCERY The object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonif from the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or corporation the defendant, Andrew Hill is, without effect and that she does not know his whereabouts, it is ordered that said defendant, Andrew Hill, appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. To Andrew Hill: You'll take notice that I shall on the 2nd day of May, 1907 at the office of Phil B. Shields, room numbered 60, Chamber of Commerce Building, situated at S. W. corner of Main and 9th Sts., city of Richmond, Virginia between the hours of nine o'clock A. M. and six o'clock P. M. of that day and proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff and, for any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been completed. Respectfully, ISABELLA HILL, By Counsel. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq., Office: 1211 $ \frac{1}{2} $ E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. VIRGINIA: In the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond this 12th day of February, 1907. Joseph B. Vandervall, Plaintiff vs Daisy M. Vandervall, Defendant IN CHANCERY The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a Vinculo Mamitroni, and an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Daisy M. Vandervall is a non resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this or der and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. Daisy M. Vandervall. You'll take notice that I shall on the 18th day of April, 1907 at the office of Phil B. Shield's room No. 60 Chamber of Commerce Building, situated S. W. corner of Main and 9th Streets in the city of Richmond, Va between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of Witness to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Va., wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff; and if/for any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been concluded. JOSEPH B. VANDERVALL, By Counsel. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq. Office: 1211 N Broad St. Richmond, Virginia. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of Richmond, Va., Feb. 26, 1907. Parker Ellett Plaintiff vs. Mary E. Ellett Defendant. IN CHANCERY The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. An afidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Virginia it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do whatsoever is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. To Mary E. Elllett, Take police: You are hereby notified that I shall on Thursday, May 30th, 1907, at the law office of Wm. M. Turpin, Room No. 11, Shafer's Building, Corner of 10th and Main Streets, in the City of Richmond, Va. between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. on that day proceed to take the depositions of Douglas Elllett and others to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Equity, depending in the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, Va., wherein you are the defendant and I am the plaintiff. 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