richmond dispatch (richmond, va) 1902-12-27 [p 8]are cancelling mortgages. oceam"steameiis....

ARE CANCELLING MORTGAGES.

OCEAM "STEAMEIIS.

il^^ifCP''frin,BOSTON

t^B^^lS Direct to the':

-B9HSI-:-'AZORES. GIBRALTARVag^pfeGENOA, NAPLESv& 1jPffIE^^ALEXANDIUA.EGYPT

M(sni?} *nion Line,•"Commonweilth," Twin Screw, 13,000

tons, Jan. 3, >eb. 14. Mar." 28. \u25a0

•' Van-;

coaver,">Jan. 10 Feb. 21. A'^e11'8' tn?-land," Twin Screw,\ ir,koo tons, Jan. 17,

"Feb. 28, Apl- 11. "Cambroman,"Jan. 31,''\u25a0\u25a0 Mar.:14: tend for- rates and aiustrated '.boo<let. .. - -. :

:Thes« steamers tonch at Algiers andare the largest in Mediterranean sem.-j,.

BOSTON TO QUEENSTOWNA^J\ LIVERPOOL.

. "Merlon,'.' Jan. 17, i.P. 3H.Saloon, $50 to $05 upward .ad SaToon

$40. 3d Class at low rates. ,";For steame 1

plans, etc., address, Dominion-Line, Bo«tonMarveioualy., Carved by. a, Georgia

Xcgro, Who Prcßents It—>'o Less

TlinnlOS image*. , ,

OLAY-STREET :METHO D TST.pi

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/n/ n^ rT.or :Ada* 1?'1?' and- Clayetreets)-Rev. L. 8., Betty.

"Pastor.-

Preaening Sunday at:11 A. M.,and, 8 -P.

Greatest "Namlier with'thv Greatest, H^-sult." Subject, night.- "Twofold Tes..i;i.ijnv to t'hru-t.".; Sunday school at 9:lo

A. M. Wednesday night service, will besuspended on account; of ''watch-nigntservice at Centenary church.

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; n'ecord for the Winter.MEMPHIS.V TENN. December! 25^—.

There is ho relief from th* cold to-night.

The temperature at midnight Is 20 de-grees above zero. To-morrow

-,promisesi-to show a lower minimum-than that ofto-day, which was 19 above, the recordfor tho present winter. ;"\u25a0 .

17 below Freeing.

'NASHVILLE. TENN.. December 26.--The official, thermometer registered lodegrees above zero at U o'clock to-night.

The weather is clear and still, with indi-cations for lower temperature.

20 Degrees inGeorgia.'

! COLUMBUS: GA.' December 26.—At12

o'clock to-r.ight the thermometer regis-

!tors 20 degrees above, which breaks thej record for coTd weather in Columbus this; winter..A stiff,northwest wind is blow-iing."and the; indications are that theimercury will fall much lower.

weather \u25a0 Ashevllli has'

bad !thisThere •has? been ? a"light fall of snow.

_Cold Wind from North We«t.; ~'-

"MONTGOMERY, VALA4'December; 26-;

Under the influence ofVa wind'from;thenorthwest, the thermometer^ went -downto 25 degrees to-day.':The forecast of thelocal station Is for continued cold wea-ther. /- -!. :'. _ \u25a0-"' \u0084.'/ \u25a0'"- .. '.;.. ,"

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TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH(corner Twentieth and' Broad .streets)—Rev. George H. Spooner. Pastor.—Ser-vices at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Preaching

in the morning by. Bi?hop John C. Gran-^bery- Preaching at night by' the pastor.Special musical programme for'both ser-vices. \u25a0 .. . : \u25a0

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TELEGRAMS MADE TERSE.

ST. JAMES METHODIST CHUP.CH.-Rev W. A. Cooper, Pastor.— Preachingby the pastor at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.,

Morning sub'ect. "God's Great Christ-mas Gift to the World." Evening. "An.Invitation for a "Life's Journey." Sa'o-.bath school at 9:30. A. »L Leasrirers. 3and 4 P. M. Every. one cordially wel-comed. . *

EPISCOPAL.

ST. ANDREW'S CHI7RCK TSERvices brld in St. Andrew's Hall. Beverlvstreet, between laurel and Cherry, pend-ing the ouilrtingr of-new «-nurch>—npv,Thomas Semmes. Rector: Rev. S. CaryBeckwith. associate.— Srnday services 11A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday school 0:15 A.m.; : . :; - _ ;• .ts

American* LineINEW YORK.SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON! Sailing Wednesdays at 10 A. M."Philadelphia.Dec. 31 < Philadelphia.Jan. 21jSt. Paul. .....Jan. 71 Frlesland..-...Jan. 2S

i Red Star Line.j NEW YORK—ANTWERP— PARIS.

Sailing Saturday at 10 A.M. •

jKroonland Jan. 3 iFinland Jan.. 17iZeeland......Jan. 10 IVaderland.-...Jan. 21j "

-Piers 14 ar.d 15, North river,, Office. 73 Broadway. N..V: vW. i:. PALMER & CO.. .

J • my 15, 'DS-Tu.Th&Sat Richmond.

CLYDE STEAMSHIP /g^CETj^ r, company. ari^HVPHILADELPHIA. RICHMOND. AND

NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINE.Appointed sailing days every TUES-

DAi..FRIDAY, and SUNDAY at day-

j"freight received dally un.il' f> P. M.j For. further Jnfonn.tion.np^to^

-i General Southern^ Agent: OHice.

General Agents. Phihidolphia.

THE MONUMENTAL CHURCH(Broad strett. below TwelftrO—Rev. W.E. Evans. D. D., Rector.— Services Suu-day morning at 11 o'clock and 'afternpoiiat 4 o'clock.

ALL-SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH(Franklin street, between Madison andMonroe streets)— Rev. J. Y. Downman,Rector.— Services every" Sunday at 11 A.M- and afternoon at 4:3"> o'clock. Sundaypchool at 9:30 A. M. Visitors cordiallywelcomed. ts

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURGELECTRIC RAILWAY.

CARS LEA Va COKNKIt- VKKKY AKJakVii'NTH bTKJiJiTS.".- MAN-

CHilriTfclK.Every hour from 6 A. M. Jo 10 P. "M.L,ust car 11:30 P. M.

CARS LEAVE PFTERiJBURG30 Minutes Alter livery Hour from 6:SO

A. M. to 10:30 P. M.Friday and' Sunday -special' excursions.

ft. round trip. .Tn pff^ct August 7th.

DIVIDEND NOTICES.

WASHINGTON, D; C. December 2(5.—

(Special.)— President Roosevelt has.receiv-ed by^sxpfess a most ..wonderfully carved,walking cane, the work of James Atkin-son/of Rome.i'Ga. ,"Atkinson signs him

self as :hailIns" .from'""the" "Fourth Ward.N0. '1020 Avenue B,"Rome. Ga.," arid -ho

a'dds'the information that he is a coloredman' and' the" ex-slave of Mrs.. Mary At-

kinson of Chattooga county. Ga. :Atkin-son, in'sending the enne to the President,

asks that the Chief-Executive "willplease

stoop so low as to allow me to present you

this cane as a New Year's gift" Howlong Atkinson was! engaged incarving:thecane is not" known, bur probably severalyears. : He .sends along, the. knife ..withwhich he did the work—an ordinary affair,

that would cost :about S5. cents.. On thecane, which is a--rather large one. are 103images. Twelve of the images are of peo-ple, -an-i n number of themiare /fairly

g00d. .. These images.begin at the top ofthe carle, and include George Washington,

President Roosevelt, Queen. Victoria, Mrs.Ida McKinley. widow of the late Presi-

dent. . and the Crucifixion. "There arefifteen fowls, three dogs, and six houseson the cane. The. other images include abutterfly, honey bee.- a house fly. :a bear,

an ox, a hare.a monkey, a chair, a pot.-

an.axe. a hand, balances, cannon, sevensmall guns, a ship, four flags, a horn, threeshrubs, a' pocket knife, a sea dog. a goot,

a reindeer head,:a "mule's head, a sword,

a shoe, a' b'ook. a turtle., a giraffe., a" fish."a sheep's head, a squirrel, a rose, the in-signia of the Odd Fellows, a- ehip-munk,

a Maspnic badge, a heart; "a star,-- themoon/ an umbrella, six figures, six let-ters, a snake, and a rope. Many of theimages are well carved, but the canethroughout does not show: the workof anartist of the finest kind.

DEATHS AND.FUNERALS.

rro»j»eron« Times '\u25a0in North Carolina.Educational Sews. •

RALEIGH..:N.' C.*,rDecember 26—(Spe-

cial).—Chriitmn.s-Eve was . very noisy,

but yesterday was comparatively quiet.

The police report no accidents.Tho attendance at the churches" was

large. Tiie. music at Christ church, -aswell as the decorations, surpassed any-

thing of the kind-here before. -\.Attorney-General Gihner left' to-day

for Waynesville on business.The first snowstorm, of the, winter-be-

gan at 0 o'clock this morning, 'with thetemperature' at 25' degrees.It is jlearned from the Register of

Deeds df this county that the cancella-tion of mortgages. is so great as to breakall records. It began August Ist, whenthe tobacco. .sales commenced, and fromthat time to this from 15 to Z5 mortgages

\u25a0have been cancelled daily, this one line

of work keeping a clerk constantly em-ployed. The Register of Deeds says thegreat •:prosperity,, of the people is. thusshown. \u25a0 . •

The sixth annual meeting of theNorth Carolina Association of Acade-mies began here this afternoon. JohnGraham, of Warrenton. is the president;A. F. Sams, ; of,Cary, vice-president

and the secretary and treasurer is Ro-

bert L. Madison, of Painter, Jacksoncounty.

The State Superintendent of PublicInstruction to-day received a deed fo-tho property occupied for years by theElizabeth City Negro State NormalSchool.

There will be an important conferencehere Tuesday, at which the State Su-perintendent of Public Instruction, otherState officers, the Board of Education,

and representatives of the publishinghouses \u25a0 which have tho contracts forfurnishing text books to the public

schools will be present. There are manycomplaints regarding- the text books ;that they are not on sale, are not deliv-ered: that there are not enough deposi-

tories. &c. bfunswick county, for ex-ample.'has no depository, and the mer-chants refuse to handle the books. Thereare a great many complaints. It is aserious mattc-r. . .

UAPTIST.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.—WOR-ship at usual hours. Preaching by thepastor. Dr. Cooper. Morning, "Ebenezer.

'Night, "A Call to -Close /.the' Accounts.'.'Bible school at 0:30 A. M. All made cor-dially welcome.

• " . OfficeGranite Building Company.

Richmond." Va.. Dec. 11. IGO.'."

The directors of this company have to-d»-y declared a semi-annual dividend ot

51.50 per share, payable on and after Jan-narv l«st 1903.vary isi^ u^ r a carter>

de2G-Gt Secretary and Treasurer.

G ROVE-

AVENUE BAPTISTChurch.— The services .at Grove-Avenuechurch will be exceptionally interestingto the public. Rev. W. H. Whitsett. D.D.. will preach at 11 A. M. His subjectwill be "Some Reflections on the Yearlit)!.", At S P. M. the pastor. Rev. J. B.Hawthorne. D. D.. will preach by forethe St. John's Lodge of Free Masonsand their invited guests. His subject .willbe. "John the Baptist and Freemasonry."One of the n)ost attractive featuiVs of theservice will be a programme of specialmusic. .. ' -....' ..' -:

Richmond Trust and Safe Deposit Co..Richmond. Va.. December 2. 1002.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVEth!<s day declared a QUARTERLY DIVI-DEND"OF ONE (D PER CENT, on thecapital' stock, payable JANUARY 2. IM3.to stot-kholders of record of December 27.

190^ The transfer books will be closedfrom December 27. IW2. to January 2, 12<W.Dividend checks will be mailed

H. L. \^.\Hh,LjLi.

do 24-dtjal Secretary.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO—EAST--BOUND, r '

7:45 A. M.. except Sunday, to Old Point.\u25a09:O> A. M..~daliy to Norfolk.4:00 P. M;. except Sunday, to ?forfollc

;5:00 P. M.. daily to Newport Nvrwjj.WEST-BOUND-rMAINv LINB-

10:10 A. M., except Sunday, to CliftoaForge. ; : \u25a0 > . \u25a0

2:W P. M. dally to Cincinnati and Loa«»-vi!Ie.^St. Louis, /and Chicago.

5:15 'P. M.. exevpt ISunday, to Doswelt-7:06 P. M. dally to St. Loui3 and Chi-

cago.JAMES-RIVER DIVISION.

10:20 A. M. daily to Clifton Forge.5:15 P. 11.. except Sunday, to Bremo.

SEABOARD AIR-LINE-Maln-

StreetStation.—D:lo A. M.daily, for Petersburg,

Norlina/ '. N. C and ... all Intermediatepoints, connecting "with trains for Hen-derson, etc.: 2:15 P. M. nnd 10:37 P. M. toprincipal cities of-.'the* South' .'and South-west.. Florida. .Cuba. Texas. California,and Mexico: and the North, for Washlns-ton 5:45 "A. M. and 5:05 P. M.

RTrn^n xn in>r;r»^nT/'K^!r-TT'Rrf

AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.—Leave 4:«A. M. dn»lv.fnro'tgh fr?;n f'"tn Hynl-

Street Station for Washington and b3-vend: 6:^5 A. M. itiH-.-fro-n ..M»»n-Strp*st-Station for Washington and beyond: 7 A.M.. ex-"T)f Siimiav. fro-i Klhn Snttonfor AphT.-ind: s A. M.. Sunday only, from\u25a0Ri--rt-«*r<>'»f P'at'on for. "W*»«»vi|T'«rton f»nabeyond: 8:40 A. M.. except Sunday, fromByrcJ-S'rret S:ation. for \\>shlreton anl.Iwvflid; 12:^5 nonrt except Sunday, fror^Bvrd-Strre-t St^f'on for-'W^ssfctniton «?«

bpvpnd :?..=> P.M... fro-n "Nr.iin-Str*-***-Sta-tion for "VV.-Rhincton 3rd bprord:.* T*. 31.,

accommodation for Fredericksburg. S:TSP. M. e-<.:T- .Siin'l.Tv. t:o-> fc'M>a b:vnon.ff>r Ashiaprt: S;OS P. M.dnllv. from -By.rd-Strrot Rf.->tir»n. fc: "U'np^inrrton and b?>*orfdr-.;ii:75 p. M.. pxcrpt Sunday, fron.Elh:> Sf.Ttlor.. fo- A.ehlTfL

\u25a0*r-ti*-—T'—••?-«*- <•*\u2666 c"*r»*»

—•—*•."" A. T..

except Sunday, from Frederlckphurp: S:00,\t /•„{?,- "f-n-> Vo-»h:.\u25a0'"•fli f >T

"x'cept Sunday; 6:45 P: Mi. dally; 9:00 P. M.daiiy.

Arrive—Elba Station— s:4o A. M.. ".xcf.ptPtjrrfav.- from /\s=*?lnnd; 6 P. M.. exceptPvvtiiy from 11 P- 'M.. exceptSrr'dnv'.-. ft->-t fi'-hjnrd.

ArriV(_jf;1|t,.o>-c,et Station—2:o3 P. MLnn'l 10:29 P. M. daily.

ATLANTIC COAST LINE. D A- M-".No-fcl!- I.!m!tp*l c>lly for;?.Pf.tfT^'pursr.\u25a0WaVerly. Suffolk.

"anINorfolk: 12:20 P.

M. and n:it> P. M. for Petersburg andfntPrmerMrrte points: 3 P. "M. ocean ShoreLl-^irpd for Norfolk. Wavsrlv. anrt Suf-folk: 4:10 p M.. for Peterscburg. "VWUTon.and Rocky iMount: 8:20 A. M. and 5:56I M.. fo- Petersburg. Emporla. WcldowLFayettfvflle. Charleston. STVunrsah. T^m.pa: 9:?o P. M. a-". 11:30 P. M.. for Pe-terpbursr. v

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NORFOLK AND WESTERN.-3 A. M..daily. ws.Mbul»d limited ro NorWk:. 1A.'-M. d^llv. th^> Chicago Kxp^ss«. B'-'ffoi.ChPttnrioora. nml points South and West,"l^O P. M. fl.->i''-. Roniok*" pxp'pps foiF-^rnvillp. Lyn'-hburgr. etc.: 3 P. M.-dailT,Norfo'k. et(*.:fi:?s p. "»r.. dp.i'r for No-fom^prd fnt<—-««>rti'.te nnfrf.=:9:r." P." dn!^rfor L>-nchburg. Chattanooga, and NewOrleans.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY.—7:OO A. >Lrtailv. for Danville an-H Durham. 11:05 P.M. fl^ilv for. Atl«nt"n. Au-rust". and oofntsSouth: 12-50 P. M.daily for Npw Orlpana

and points South: 6 P. M.. local, dally sx-ceptSi'ViVfav. to .Keysvillei

YORK RIVER LTNE.—4:3O P. M. daily<-xcfnt Sunday, for West Point, connect-jrer with steamer for BTUimore- Mondays,Wpclnesdays. and Fridays: 2:13 P. M.daily, except Siindny. local express forTV'e=t Po'nt: connects with stacr; at Les-ter Maror. nrA nlso with.stp^mer nt WestPrint for Baltimore Mondays. Wednes-days, and Fridays. 5 A. M. local mixedfor AVer*- Point, .daily, except Sunday.

CONDZNSED ?.'R. SCHEDULES.

LEIGH-STREET BAPTIST. CHURCH(corner Twenty-fifth and. Leigh streets,on. Broad-street line Traction railway)—M. Ashby Jones. Pastor.— Preaching at11 A. M. and S P. M.by the pastor. Mor-ning subject, "A Study in Sacrifice.'" Eve-ning subject. "Clothed and in His RightMind."

•Dominion

p^ Steamship Co.B£liT I'KF. FOR -'.HW.YOBX, THI

I.CRTH *KD EAST.

Richmond Perpetual .Building Loan andTrust Company,

1013 East Main street.-».. Richmond. Va.. Dec. 16th. '1002.

The directors of this company have de-clared the semi-annual dividend of onedollar and a half ($11505 per. share on thepaid-up stock "Tand "ratably on the run-ning-stock): Payable on- and after Jan-uary 2. 1003.- '

HENRYS_

HUTZLER.\u25a0'; de26-6t

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GRACK-STREET BAPTIST THURCh(corner Grace and Foushfe s'r^ets).— Kev.Charles S. Gardner. D. D., Pa«to-.—Sun-day school at 9:SO A.- M". Preaching bythe pastor at 11.A. M.^and S.P AL Pray^tm?etinr Wednesday at 8" P. M. t*

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.—SER-vIces as usual Snndayat 11 A.M. and at5 P. M.. conducted by the pastor, .Dr.W. R. L. Smith. Bible school at 9:15A. M. . t?

Bremen.— The British steamer .Straitsof Dover, from Savannah, arrived. Thereport that she was on fire, Decembvrwhen passing the Lizard, was erroneous-

Washington, D.'

C—Adjutant-GeneralCorbin received a

'cable message from

General Davis, at Manila, saying^ thatCaptain Rob'crt. McGregor. Corps, of En-gineers, died in the Manila npspual onthe 23d instant, of acute appendicitis.

'Ashkabad. Russian Turkestan.— Theoscillations of the earth at Andipan con-tinue. The. people there are using rail-road cars to live In. Th'cy are not leav-ing the town, owing to their business in-

terests. .. . -' . \u0084\u25a0 i. :

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New York.—Reports that the bond con-version plan of the United States SteelCorporation is to be modified or aban-doned because of the recent acquisitionof the Union and Sharon Steel com-panies were authentically denied.

Chicago.— Mrs. Mary" Hartwell Cather-wood. the well-known authoress, died ather rc-sia'ence, 4552 Washington avenue,of cancer.

New York.—R. "R- Cable, for manyyears chairman of the Rock Island Boarabf Directors, has resigned that position,and been elected chairman of the Execu-tive CdmmitUvj. D. G Reid has beenelected chairman of the Board of Direc-tors.

Glasgow.— The British steamer BucKing,Captain Froggett. "from New Orleans andNorfolk via Havre, for Boness. "Scotland,while seeking shelfcr from a gale,

stranded in Ehard bay.

• Granton.— The Norwegian bark. G. S.•Henry, which saikd from Brunswick.October 26th for Granton. is ashore atScaw. and will be a total wreck. Onlyone of the crew was saved. Captain To-bias en was drowned. _

St. Petersburg.— The Red Cross Societyis sending representatives to Andijan toorganize relief for the earthquake suf-ferers, and has contributed §17,500 to therelief fund.

Washington. D~. C—F. R. Harris, atpresent a civil Employee of the Charles-ton (S. C.) navy-yard, has been appoint-ed a civil engineer in the navy.

Denver, Col.—Suits involving $3,000,000have been liied in the United btatts LandOffice at Puvblo for the Utah Fuel Com-pany against the Colorado Fuel and IronCompany. These, suits are forty in num-ber, and involve' title to 5,000 acres ofcoal land on the western slope, valued-it sl.OvK) an acre.

Dunbar. Natal.— Colonial SecretaryChamberland and Mrs. Chamberlain, wholeft Portsmouth, England, November 25th,on.bpard the armored cruiser Good Hope,landed. They received a warm' welcome.The long speeches made by Mr. Cham-\u25a0berlain in the course of the receptionfunctions were notable for their strongtone" of conciliation, and* his expressionof confidence in Lord Mllner, BritishHigh Commissioner in South Africa.

BRYAN IN MEXICOFOR RECUPERATION.

Planters' National Bank.R'ch-nond Va., December 23. ISO2.

THE DIRECTORS OF THIS BANKhave to-day declared the usual SEMI-ANNUAL'"DIVIDEND OF SIX PERCENT, (free of tax) out of the earnings

of the past six months, on the capiUilstock of the- bank, payable on and afterJANUARY 2. 1303.

RICHARD H. SMITH.'de 24-tja 2 mc Cashier.

The State Bank of Vir.c-lnia.Richmond Vs.. December 23. 1f.02.

THE DIRECTORS OF THIS BANKhave declared a DIVIDENDOF 3^ PEP.CE\'T payable on and after JANUARY2 1003 WILLIAMM. HILL..'de 24-10t Cashier.

cimisiiAS.

SEVENTH-STREET C HRIST IANChurch (.corner of Seventh and Gracestreets.)

—Services Sunday at 11 A. M.

and 8 P. M.. conducted by. the pastor.Rev. C rey-E. Morgan. .Morning subject.Matthew xvi.. 21. Evening subject. ."AnOutline Sketch -of tire :World:as it.WasWhen Jesus was Born.". Seats free anda cordial welcome extended to all. espe-cially strangers 'and those who have nochurch home. . Sunday school mvets at

9:30 A. M. Christian Endeavor Societymeets in lecture-room at 7:30 P. M.

WEST-END CHRISTIAN CHURCH(on Morris street, between Main streetand Floyd avenue.)— Preaching to-mor-row by the pastor. Rev." Henry PearceAtkins, at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.-'. Sundayschool at 9:30 o'clock. Christian En-deavor at 7:15 P. M. Seats- free. A cor-diar welcome awaits all.

The National Bank of Virginia.

United States, city of Richmond, andState of Virginia Depository.

Ri^h-nond. Vfi.. December 23. ICO2.THE DIRECTORS OF THIS BANK

have this day declared the usual semi-annual dividend of TWO AND ONE-HALF PER CENT, (free of tax), pay-able to shareholders on and after JA.I'-L'ARY 2, 1303. Checks willbe mailed.,

T. Hi SANDS,ds '24-td Cashier.

NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.

Afraid of me Hoodoo.WASHINGTON, N.C, December 2C—

(Special).— On Christmas-Eve a coloredwoman appealed to Justices Street andHall from relief from her adversaries,

who live neighbors to her. She com-plained that they took dirt from thegraves In the cemetery and sprinkled itaround her door to drive"her out of theneighborhood. She was in an excitedstate of mind, and when informed by thejustices that the matter was out of theirjurisdiction, she went to the Mayor todemand that the hoodoo be removed.

:..Mr. Thomas H. Roberts died yesteraaymorning"at his home,' No. 301 south Pinestreet, after a lingering illness. He was.61

-years ;of age. and leaves four, chil-

dren. They are Miss Mary Roberts, Mr.Joseph Roberts. Mrs. J. E. Wells, andMrs. E. T. Lacy. The brothers who sur-vive him are Messrs. Joseph S. Roberts,assistant superintendent of the Metropol-itan Life Insurance Company of thiscity; James M.1 Roberts, of Roanoke. andRichard C. Roberts, of Nelson county.

Mr. Roberts came to Richmond fromNelson .county twelve years ago. The fu-neral'will take place from Laurel-StreetMethodist church at 3:30 o'clock this af-ternoon.

'and' the .interment will be riiads

in Riyerview cemetery.-'

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Mrs. Eliza G. Peters died at the homeof her sister,- Mrs. M. R. Guy, No. 511west Grace street, yesterday morning- at11:&) o'clock. She was a sister of Mr.Jackson Guy and the late Colonel JohnH. Guy.

The body will be taken to Goochlandcounty and the funeral will take placeat "Contention" at noon to-day.

Cleveland B.1Cumber; son of the late

Benjamin Cumber, died yesterday morn-ing at the residence of 'his mother. 607Nicholson street. He had been an inva-lid for years..Young Cumber is survived by.his. mo-ther and several brothers and sisters.

The funeral will take place from Ful»ton Baptist church to-day at 3 o'clock.'

The funeral of Mr. John Howard, ofMassachusetts; who died Tuesday nightar the Retreat for. the Sick., .took placeat -noon yesterday, from. Bennett's ".under-'taking, rooms, ""'conducted \u25a0".\u25a0 by,FatherO'Reilly." and the remains/were tempo-rarily interred at River ..View. . V.

The funeral, of Abraham Goldbach,whose death occurred Wednesday morn-ing, took place Thursday afternoon at3:£o o'clock from the mortuary chapel.Hebrew cemetery. A large number offriends and relatives of the family werepresent. The services were conducted bythe Rev. Dr.E. N. Calisch, of Beth Aha-ba synagogue. The burial committee: ofMarshall. Lodge., No.. 12, . Knights ofPythias, conducted -the \u25a0 simple "and- im-pressive rites at .the; grave. The pall-bearers we-^re old friends and membersof the Py.thians. Royal Arcanum, and.B'nai B'ritn. Tho floral offerings werehandsome and appropriate.

'"'"Southern Trust Company.

! Richmond. Va.. December 22. 1902.THE BO^RD OF DIRECTORS OF

this bank have declared the regular TWOAND ONE-HALF PER CENT. SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,-pnyable January2. 1303. JOHN TYLER,

de 24-td Treasurer.

THIRD CHRISTIAN CHURCH (COH-ner T\<-Vnt\'-fi:crh and Marshall r-lreet?)

—Rev. P. A. Cave. Pastor.— Preachir;.? to-morrov/ft 11 A. M.and.S P. M. Morning:tht-me, "Our Christmas Gifts to Christ.

'N'lffht, "A Closing Year Meditation."Special music .ir both services. S^at.ifraf». Allcordially invited. Sundaj- schoolat 8:30 A. M. Christian Endeavor meet-ing at 7 P. yi. .:\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0 . ' "- •MRS. GRANT'S WILL

FILED FOR PROBATE.Itis Vnliieii-at A1»'0nt1?234,000, and

is Divided Equally '-Among the• Four Children.

City Bank of Richmond.Richmond. Va.. December 23. 1002.

TPIE \u25a0 DIRECTORS OF THIS BANKhave declared the usual SEMI-ANNUALDIVIDEND OF THREE PER CENT..• Dayable on and after JANUARY 2. IW3.

j ' J. W. SINTON.de 24-lw Cashier.

DAILYBETWEEN

RICHMOND AND NORFOLKTha New S^amors

BR^DQH AND BERKELEY:Leave Richmond nigTuly at 7 o'clock forNorfolk, stopping at Newport News mboth directions, arriving at Norfolk atc A. M. there transferring to New Yorksteamer, daily, except Sunr.ay.

Pa«er.£cers can leave daily, except Sun-day by Chesapeake and Ohio railway, at

S-sb'A M.'ar.d 4 P. M.. or 5 A. M. and Xp' M by Norfolk and Western railway,

both lines connecting at Norfolk with di-rect steamers sailing same day.

Freight for all northern, eastern, andforeign ports received ard forwardeddaily excrnt Sunday, .-.company's wharf(foot'of Ash street). Rocfcetts.

Tickets on sals at company s office. No.l->p cn <=t Main s'reet: Richmond TransferCompany. No ?19 east Main street; Mur-phy's Hotel; Chesanenke .and Ohio, andRichmond ard Petersburg depots, and atcompany's wharf, Richmond. Baggag*checked through to all points.

Local fares between Richmond andXor'olk. Nev.-port News. Old Point, andHampton. 52.50; to Baltimore and Wash-ington. 5-i.ro. .

Rourtd trln fare between Richmond ant!Norfo'k Sl.ro. Time limit.' 10 days. Aborsfares indue stateroom berth between Nor-folk and Richmond. Me^!t. Table d'hote,

£00. Richmond -to YorK.all water orrail and water. S?>.oo. Limit.3 Jays. Roundtrip. Sl4/0. Limit. 30 days. Includingmeals and stateroom berth.

JOHN F. MAYER. Agent1212 -oast Mnin street. Richmond. Va-\

J. J. BROWN. General Passenger. Act.H. B. WALICER. Traffic Mgr.. N. Y.. de 24 \u25a0-\u25a0-.. ..-'-..

MARSHALL-STREET CHRTSTTANChurch. (Marshall street, between Gra-ham and Hancock)— Rev. B. 11. Melton.Pastor.— Preaching Sunday at 11 A. M.and S'P. M. Sunday school -at 0:30 A. iVT.Christian Endeavor Society meets at 7:15P. M. Midweek prayer-meeting Wedncs-

\u25a0day -at S,P. M.

BAY LINETO BALTIMORE

Via C. & O. Railway and, Old Point.

The. Snvinps B^nk of Richmond.. . Richmond. Vs.. December 22. 1902.'THE DIRECTORS OF THIS BANK

jhave declared the usual SEMI-ANNUALIDIVIDEND OF FOUR PER CENT., fre^i of tax. payable on and after' January 2i1903. JAMES M. BALL,

de 24-td Cashier.AGAIN ARRESTED.

He Talks on the Silver Question--Adoption of Gold Stauilurd— lle»

ceijtion by President Dluz. t

MEXICO CITY, December 26.— Thepapws all comment on me airival of VV.j. iioaii-here, out it is uiiueistood thatliis vibit is merely one oc pieasme arid ie-cupeiaiion, ne Oeing actouipunied by niswue and chiiuien."

Talking' oa the silver question, Mr.Bryan said: "While India has suspendedthe coinaKe of silver, she still uses silveras her money, and ..England .coins a largenumber 6£.- rupees annually for India'sneeds. IfMexico were to adopt the goldstandard, it would'reduce still further theprice' of silver, and ifMexico, in spite ofbeing a large pioducer of silver, were todiscard thai metal as standard money,it is not improbable that India and Chinamight be led by the same influence to dothe same thing. While this is only spec-ulaxion, it is a possibility that must- beconsidered, and' an addition of seven hun-dred millions of people to the presentusing- population of the world, wouldcause an enormous demand for gold overand above the present demand. No onecan estimate accurately the effect of sucha demand on the purchasing power ofgold, but it could hardly fail materially

to reduce prices and enhance the value ofmoney and fixed investments.".

Mr." Bryan proposes to make a trip toToluca, capital of the State of Mexico,.where Governor Villada, a warm per-sonal friend, is chief magistrate. .

Mr. -Bryan was received .by PresidentDiaz this evening. The interview wasvery ? cordial, -but of a purely personalcharacter. . • '

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: FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN;\u25a0•,::"-T;\u25a0•,: :

"-T (S- vfntb street hctwPHn- Broad'end'

Graced— Rev.- C. A. M^rks. Pastor.-

Sunday echoo! at. I>:?.0 o'r^ock A M.Preaching at 11A. M.and 8 F M." 3<r-vices ,W^dnPsday evening at. *\u25a0 oVlock.Luther

'League Friday evening at 8o'clock. . Is

LUTHEKAN.

MASCAGXI

PRESIIYTERIAX.

CHRISTMAS SERVICES.

Annual Report of Corporation Com-

mission. :RALEIGH; N. C. December 25.—(Spe-

cial.)—Tho annual report of the. Corpora-tion C'lm-misfion was comr>W*.ci - lastWf-dnrrday.. It snys the railways haye]enjoyed a" good business and a prosper-,ous year. The most important work of.the commission during the year was thereduction of the passenger fare rate

ovrr the Atlantic-Coart Line. SeaboardAir-Line,and Southern railways.wherebythe commission's standarcl rate of

L'-?i. etrnts \per mile for^second-class andSVi cents per mil^'.'for first-class fare, isnow applied to thr main line, divisions,and branch lines of

'these 'systems alike,

and. in fact, to nearly ev*»ry rbad inthe State. Xo less than C59 complaintswVre made, mainly of overcharges, dis-criminations, failure to provide cnr?. .etc.The rulins: of tlis commission that theassesFment of railway property of -ISOJhfe!<l until lf-03 was sustained by the Su-pre-rne] Coiirt. Th°r<» ar^ 3.671 miles ofrailway in the State, an increase ofthirty miles over last year. There werebuilt sixty-Fix miles, but thirty-five milesv.-<?re abandoned. The Atlnntic-CoastLine, Southern, and Seaboard Air-Linecontrol owr--threp fourths of the mileagein the State, the Atlantic-Coast Linehaving 9IS mile?, the Seaboard Air-Linefill, the Southern' 1.269;'; Total. 2.54!) miles.

The a ai=ofsftd values are: Atlantic-CoastLire. 513.575.440: Southern. 515.525 677: Sea-board Air-Line. $^.732.725:.'- lnircellarjeius

roads. 54.110.414. Totfil. J42.627.561. Tele-phone companies:. 53.55.f51: steamboats,canals, auct ferries. S2-5&.O5O: short rail-way?. 51.159.5P0: electric light companies.

SCSSSo-J: water companies. S2SO.f<s<s: tele-graph companies. srw.l'O: slrepin^-earr.ompiriies. SlftO.2Cs: express companies.5225:-;770. Grand total. 5i6 305..235. The taxespaid are: Atlantic-Coast Line, 5155.710.or SITS per mile; Seaboard Air-Line, $39,595;or 5147 pvr mile; Southern. 5231.557. .or SIS')per mi!e: miscellaneous, $40,370. or i>iS permile.

_ . .A charter was granted . "Wednesday by

the Stnte to the W. W. Mills Company,'of Raleigh, with a paid up capital ofJI«.C*D: authorized capital $200.00.- W. W.'Mills. R. D. Goodwin, and J: A. Woolcttare stockholders. .Mr. Mills holding$50,000. Tiro company will deal in lum-ber ard operate snw-mfHsJarid tramwaysin the counties of Wake. Harnett..'- Wil-fon, Johnson. Nash, and Cumberland.Mr. Mills is a very succe-ssful lumberman. and is a hnlf -owner of the Raleighanil Cpt-o Fear railway. .

A report \u25a0 com'pletvd Wednesday showsthat he State Board of Kduca^ion nmvholds ?l-?3.250 'of the State's 4 per cent,bonds. $2.(00 of its 6 per cent, bonds and>4S:M9 in' cash— the proceeds of the saleof swamp lands; , \u25a0-,-.,It is said that Clement Manly.'bf Win-

ston, is an aspirant for the Unitva Statesswiatorship. It is also said that a num-ber of people want Governor Aycock to'be senator. He Ls not a candlda'to ' '.-'January sth there ""will bo a hearingbefore -Judge Purne-11 in to matter of hisintervening in the affairs of the CarolinaNorthern railway. -..\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0

Office Virginia Fire and MarineInsurance Company

Richmond, Va.. Decembf r 19 IW>DIVIDEND.—THE BOARD OF Di-

rectors have this o\iv d^'arpd a SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF FOUR PERCENT, (free of tax), payable to stock-holdvrs on JANUARY xtt. next.: Checkstor this dividend will be mailed to stock-ho'ders. . . . •

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Changes" of address should be promntiynotified to the company.

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WILLIAM.H. JI'CARTHY.de 2<}-12t -

;Secretary.

CHURCH OF THE COVENANT fCOß-ner' Park avenue and Hnrriron street)—Rev. J. Calvin Sewart. D D.. Pastor.—Divine services to-morrow at ,11 A. M.and S P.•M. Sunday school .convenes at9:30 A. M. Devotional- services Wednes-day at S-P/ M. All welcome. \u25a0 tf

U.S. KAIL ROUTE.Leave Richmond, via, Chesapeake and

Ohio railway daily, except sunday/ at4 P. M:. connecting at '<;d Point withthe superb steamers cf che OH ii^y Line;leaving at 7:13 P."M.; arriving H«ij'.i»r.or«S:3".' A. AI.. in time to maiie vjn.:ectionwith all trains North. Kast. <r.J '>'/est.Pnort rail rirte and. all night op ote ofthe'

finest steamers In southern water*.Rpturning. arrive

'Richmond 10 A. M.

daily, exrvpt Mrmday.

WASHINGTON. December 25.—The willof Mrs. Ulysses S. "Grant was filed to-day. The estate is to be 'divided intofour equal; portions. The document also

!provides that • a memento presented -tojMrs. Grant by the Empress of Japan.jsaid '\u25a0 to be;a thousand years old, shall gc

ito the Museum of Art, New 'York...-.'Mrs. Grant names, as executor "t.le

trustee to be selected by my three sons,a majority, or the survivors 'of them."In:a petition asking" the District Su-

j preme Court to admit the will to probate.j General Fred D; Grant. explains: that.a.ismother left surviving her;as heirs at law

j and next of kin, in;addition to himsell,,Ulysses S. Grant, Ellen' "W.- Sartoris, andJesse R. Grant. The deceased died pos-sessed' of a rhouse" in this "city valued at$40,000; money amounting to ?10,065; stocks,bonds, and other securities of the valueof $180,000. and housenold and kitchen:fur-niture of tho value ol' S4,GCO..General Grant sets forth-that under the

j terms of,the will the three sons of the de-J ceased have.designated him' as executor.jHe therefore '"asks tne court to let-] ters testamentary' to' him. '"•

GRACE-STREET PRESBTTERIANchurch— Rev. Jere 'Witherspodn. . D.. D..Pastor.— Residence. No. 115 vast Franklinstreet: 'Phone (Bell). 1691.— Services at 11o'clock A. M. and; S o'clock P. M... ar.'devotional service Wednesday nieht at8 o'clock. Sunday school service at 9:30o'clock A. M. . "•\u25a0" "•\u25a0" ts

\irginia Company.\u25a0 Richmond. \a.. Dec. 16 lOfr'

THE DIRECTORS ,OF THiS C-have this day declared the usual seni-"annual dividend of three per cent, freeof tax, payable on and after Jan 2, lift;- L.D. -AYLETT. Secretary: |-

de2o-lot .

Tlie Tfclire^v Teople.

rounder— Abraham. . .-ho F'fiS!v-Thc patriarchs.

Delivered from bondage at E*odu:p

School by their wilderness ecperi-

5ESabiished' as -a."nation at the Con-

aSn^^tSitc (Conquest):

l^Wffli B. C. (Judges),LESSONS.

I*orr"studies we' "have sec a people

3u:dc- Hie leadership of God developing

lown-as a great nailbhal ideal."God, is preparing a people, not .or

ihcmS yes aloncbutias a means; maKlnsihSwhcle world tc be His Kingdom, ihe

Uor.s of love, hara battles, great victories^revelations of .God and His trill) rcwaj-ds

of faithfulness. lons .aisclplme. ,

The times were these of minglea gocd-

end evil The sins and crimes, disobedi-

ence.- Idolatry, unfaithfulness- wars, ana

Sevastations on the one hand, and on tno

Dther the heroisms, the penitence, the lon0

periods of prosperity, such glimpses of \ ->c

inner lire of the people as are furnished

S. Joshlia, Caleb.; Deborah. Gideon,

Kuth, Hanna. Boaz. EH. and tamuel. «-ec the Israelites taking possession of tn-

Promisod Land, jus-t as every believer in

God lias to enter upon a new

spiritual life and conquer a kingdom 01..Kpiritusl strength and righteousnc£S|forhimself. This promised land of God is

at flrst held by enemies and beset wnn

tCaptations: "We, have' just so much of

this land as we "put our foot upon"—as

much as we sub3ue.; "V\"e saw how the

captain of the Loro"s hosts talces Insplace at the head of the column of Godsarmy of righteousness in the- world.. As

the hosto of the Lord advance in spite- of

their enc-mks. Jehovah shows His pres-

ence with them by performing on their

behalf miracles of grace and power for

Ihera such as the drying up of the Jor-don, the fall of the walls of Jericho, the

prolonging ol Uie day at the battle ol

Eeth-hoi on. Vv>. see the Israelites eating

of the fruits of the Promised Land, typo-fying that the Christian, even in this lif<1.Jiaej foretastes -of heaven. We can win

Pome of the fruits of the land by ourfaithfulness in our battles here. We be-

JK.2d the Israelites in a great national con-

vention impressively renewing their cove-nant with Jehovah, reaching us that weought often to reconsecrate our lives to

Ood. In the establishment of the citie*

of Refuge, we see how the laws and In-

stitutions of the Hebrews iriodifkd theprevailing evil customs of the times, ami

how forgiving the Gcd of heaven is to

ihose of us who slip -each flay nnd are

lull of failures and Imperfections. TheJudges are examples of triumphant and

lair livingin the midst of evil sunound-Sngs, exhibiting to us the reality of vic-lorious livingin the midst of the strug-

gles of life. But after awhile, rest came

to the Israelites^ and the peaceful tenor

cf their lives began. So, to the Christianco:ncs at last peace and quiet and growth.Dean Stanley says: "We are now arrivedat the last stage, of ihe first period of th<>history. r>f the chosen people. We haveKeen the nation ol" slaves turned into anation of Ireemen in the deliverance fromEgx-pt- We have seen them 'uecomc ihedepositories of a new religion in Sinai.

We have seen them in their first flash oi

conquest in i!><* Piomlsed Land. We havenew* to see the' gradual transition fromtheir primitive state, and to track themthrough the interval between the death ofJoshua and the rise of Samuel, betweenihe establishment of the sanctuary, at

Shilqh on the first ocupation of"the coun-try, and its final overthrow by tho Philis-'tineß. The characteristics of this ptriod

ar.e such as especially invite our criticaland historical inquiries. Other portionsof scripture may be more profitable fordoctrine, for reproof,:for correction, forinstruction in righteousness; butifor mere-ly human Interest, fur lively touches ofancient manners, for the succession ofromantic incidents, for the consciousnessthat we arc living face to face with thepersons described, for the tragical pathos

of. events and characters, there is noth-ing like the history of the Judges."

IDEALS AXD REALITIES."One of the impressions left upon us

by the study of the last quarter, is that

the history of Israel during the years ofihe conquest and settlement of Ca-naan," says Dr. McFarland. "illustratesthe way in which all human life fallsshort of its perfect ideals and possibilities.

SVhen Joshua led the invading host acrossihe Jordon. what their duty v.-as lay per-fectly clear, before them. The land wasto be completely conquered and occupied

Irom the river Euphrates, to the greathea on ihe west. The idolatrous Inhabitantswere to be utterly driven out. The com-mandments of .God. given" through Moses,were to be strictly obeyed. The peoplewere to keep themselves free from thecorruptions of the heathen, and were toilve in righteousness. That was the ideal,

and in the first enthusiasm of :he adven-ture of conquest they seemed determinedto fulfillit. But they did not. Great sc-c-iions of the land were left without at-uinpt' at conquest. The* wicked inhabi-tants in the balance were only partially

\u25a0r;:pe!led. The people fell into careless-ness and neglected the- laws of the Lord.In consequence, a multitude of evils camenpon them. They were defeated and ha-rassed by their enemies, and disorder anrt•jiecouragement prevailed. The ideal,. thepossibility was so great, tho icaHzatlonwas so meaKit. .

"But thi* H tlie Etory of human. life.The "territory which we might,have, butpave not conquered; the enthusiasms thattiave died out into neglect aji'd indiffer-

ence; the humiliations and defeats that,?in.ve come-: upon us as the re?ult r. ouruonspromises and half-heartedncss: the

.disturbing evilT in our lives whiCv;- should-have. wholly, but which, in fact, n%e haveonlypartially expelled—this is the sadnessand the shame of human experience.

"But the study of these lessons, as wellas the review of our own lives, shows usthough we fall very short of our 'ideals.

"God does not lose hope of us,standing the', distance. between the idealand our actual achievements."

Fell ami Urolce Hi* Arm..Your.g Thadeus HllUs, while playing

vith Eom* of his companions Christmas REGULAR SERVICES AT THE S3-CONP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH hvthe pa«tor. Dr. Russell.C ecil; at 11 A. Mand 4P. M.

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•, •\u25a0 Mr.Cram's Illness.,The conditio.n of Mr. Oscar Cranz at

an early, hour, this, morning was un-changed:

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COLD WEATHER SOUTH;ALSO IN THE WEST.

The First National Bankof Richmond. Va.

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ATA MEETING OF THE DIRECTORSof this bank. PV-cembcr 24. ISO 2 a SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF FOUR P*3RCENT., (amounting to 524.0C0) was de-clared, payable to stockholders January2. 1802. Checks will be mailed

JOHN M. MILLER Jr:de 25to.*alin

"Cashier.

Zfrujr VIRGINIA -HAYIGATIOH 10

AMES RIVER\u25a0"^> DAY LINE."-

fcic-.-»cr l'ucanoniad't.av«:j> ivc*y jiON-iJAI. \vhii^£.oL>Ai', and FRLbAY" »t7. Ai M. for Norfolk, foxLs/i»ouin. OiJPoint. Newport -News. Clartmont. onrlJames-river landwigs. and connecting atU.d Poinc and Norfolk for W^iliiiion.CialtimoriJ. and the North.

State-room 3 reserved for th« night a«moderate prices.

Klectric-cars direct to the wharf. Fan*only Jl.3*) and 51 to Norfolk. Music byGranrt Orchestrion. ". • ; :

Freight received for abov?-nnmed placesand-'Hll -points Eostern Virginia andNorth Carolina^; IRVTN WKISUJKR.

'General Manager ?E. A..Rarber. Jr.. Secretary.

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MERCKANTS"AND;MINERS'

AT THE THIRD PRESBYTERIANChurch

'(corner Twenty-sixth ard. Broad

stf^ets.)— The Pastor will preach jftnorii-jjintr and evpninp.—The morning subfecti'.'The One Miehtirr Than Man." At nieb.i"The Sea of:Llfe.".'Special tr.uric will lierenders.] by the choir. "Cordial \u25a0 !"vff-»tfr.uto the public—Rev. R." li.EGGLESTON,Pastor. \u25a0 \u25a0 ..' =

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Freexinj? Temperatures Almost to\u25a0 the, Gulf Coasts-Fuel, Famines at

• A'arlous Points in the A'ortb. •;

FIRST :CHURCH OF CHRISTIANSci-intiKts.—Service Sunday at 11:15 . A.M . Subject : of, s-crmqn. "ChrlptlanScience." AYfdnesday; evening meetingat S:3O. 1201 Grove avenue... AU are in

-vited.'' -

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Charged "With Eniberzlement /by

Former Manager.

CHICAGO, ILL., December 26.—Signor

Mascagni, the Italian composer, whoabandoned his American trip while play-ing in Chicago last week, was placed un-der arrest to-night on a charge of em-bezzlement by,his former manager. Rich-ard Heard.- When Mascagni decided toreturn to Italy, he had -no further use lor

his American manager and discharged

him. Heard claims thnt his contractcalled '"or ?5.000,- and tried to collect that

amount. Mason grni refused to pay Heardany such sum and the- arrest followed. ."•Mascasrni was allowed to remain at theAuditorium Hotel, .where-he is living, thehouse detectives agreeing to be respon-sible for his appearance in.court

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• The President's Predicament.7A.tlnntn News.V

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"Tf. U is^'t \u25a0\u25a0 •"•-"Tti."'\u25a0 s?oinpaiil7! pd i*fr-/Ror^srvelt. "if's Vick: If..I.reins+nte Vi^k.they'll say I'm hostile to the lilywhit".'?"^d t^e hew>"mts ofthe So"th.

- Andif.1 dnVt \u25a0reinstate:: Virk they'll Fay Iturned hiTi down b^cmiPe he.fs Wack."Iwonder how I>nt in this hole. anyT

bo^v.'

It's worse than that bear huntbvsin^ss. Iwfnt to cuss some one andT don't know who' to ci1

"in an "emergen-

cy.'row thnt General Miles has; gone totli<=• Philippines.

''\u25a0%\u25a0.''VAh. I"hnve it! I-will cuss the North

.Ca^olinn: co-rressional delegation on gen-ernl' princip'es. :,

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"Whnt. ho. Cortelyqu! r Bring: me ablnnk draught of blood,

nnd gunpowder.-. ;an<l^,the. pen with' wh'chIwrote the -trust clause in the message!"

•DIVIDEND NOTICE.-THK BOARDOF DIRECTORS OF THE RICHMONDFREDERICKSBI'RG AND; POTOMACRATLROAD COVPA NY hawdividend of FOUR DOLLARS PERSHARE on tb- CO'fMOV r-vo-n..STOCK ANDDIVIDENDOBLTGATTONSof' the company, payable on the 2d dayof'January. IP"3. to holrifrs of:.'.rh-» e^.neof record on the 24th. day of December1902. from: whl"h date "the \u25a0boo'--?, of t~'~s-fer^will be ;closed

'until the sth- of Jan-

uflry IPfS. .. vJ. B. Wr-M^TOV.: &c. ?5-f»vdt*nl ' ; ->

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Mass at the Cathedral— Tn the aieth-oriist Churches

—Note*.

The services in the churches^ ChristmasDay were -all .well \u25a0' attended.'-At"

the \u25a0 Cathedral the 11 o'clock masswas elaborate and impressive. BlsnopVan' de Vyver. preaching a" short,but forcible sermon in the absenceof. Father. .Hannigan. who

'was to

have delivered the sermon, but wasprevented on acocnt of illness. Thechoir did most excellent work, developingan imprcvement th-u'was- generally re-marked; Mjss Nina Randolph oncemore; presiding: at the organ, and it issaid that' Jiiss Rardolph is to takechnrge of the organ permanently.

The services in the Episcopal" churcheswere held at;'11 o'clock •'

in the morningand at the Church of the Holy Comforterat 9 o'clock in the morning, when the.sacrament of the; Lprd's Supper was ad-

;

ministered."

The Rev. R. H. Bennett preached inthe morning at the Park Place MethoiistChurch, and the, Rev. Dr. H. E. John-son at Trinity, where union serviceswere held. The Rev.;.W. B. Beauchampconducted at an early Christmas morn-ing service, ,and a sunrise prayer meet-ingwas held at Ilasker Memorial.

The forty-ninth celebration of Christmastook place at Lflfrh-Strpot Baptist <?hurcn ;

Christmas morning: at 11 o'clock, when an"interesting program ;*..was . rendered. -Thechurch :was filled'.'.:.to ov^riJowins:: "with'scholnrs:. and rteachers.' Santa-. Claus ap-penred'with several; assistants. ,',',,.•-The singing, of the "Holly.M aidens" andthe' chorus ;of eight younp: inhisses "was; the'most enjoyable -part ,of tha program.

' 'ner.-n->n-r\iner;ca?i • .Banking

\u25a0 . *and Bui:din?. Company.". '/' Richmond. 19 I<K>°*

-THE ABOARD OF a DIRECTOT>«* npthis ':compi ry.-'.ha ve

-:f.hls1rttyi-rtrrlnred' a"

semi-axnttAl divmKN'-n:of.Lthrf:p:iPERSj CENT.; (free of ;tax),"out of tne/eanjlnps "for 'the' pa>t fix months. "p<>y.ableiUo itheijstockholders on

-and aft^r

>JANUARYi2,yrO3^ ?• :Z";.\u25a0';;: ;r:r:-;-;;r:r:-;-; v;.v v;-.;.,- >\'

-' - - "CHARLES ?K. WILLIS"

TRANSPORTATION CO,^SBIBECT: SOIPTE- TO BOSTON. MASH.-

A2TD PKOVIDENOE, &. X.Steamers'^ leave :Norfolk .for

-tJostonTUESDAY" WEDNESUAW FRrOATCand SUNDAY a» «P. M.:for Frovidene*

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vriclkvtKon sale at Ch^apWKe.and Ohr<>andiNorfolk anrt Weat^rn-r :.-wayand. Bl9 east Main atre«t.

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9.034 pleaded poverty." and secured defenseat the quoted rates. 10 francs a day, paya-ble^'out of the treasury.^

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:out of the .'question,because the traditions

"oft the .\u25a0 bar, have

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French•' ta.wvor's. especially: the youncer

members 'Of the profession, have a griev-ance \u25a0 that has been lourMv voiced- byMftitre.Antonin

:'Ouclprt. The la w whichpelves :<?ef<°nse" at \u25a0 a.- minimum :charge Incase' of;anneal' to.- the' bench \ hns-J bepn/hbusr d; The- ;thrifty.> the /'crim'nal.^thewidows, arid- the orphans are; taking in--creasinfT. advantage of .the. generous, pro-vision,nnd:nskins^ the court ?to ;appoint ;lawywsTtoldefendLthem;^Last|y3iar.vOut:of;29,o3l"criminalVases hi the Paris <Murts.;

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CHATTANOOGA. TENN... December, 2G.The weather continues- cold tto-nlght, andat\ midnight it is cloudy, ;,\u25a0 with northwinds-i The lowest temperature 'registeredto-day was 16.2. There .were several snowflurries, "xf?- " r**"v'^';-> *•*''\u25a0".' * .

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'deirrees

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ATLANTA. GA., December. 26.—Theweather here

'continues clear, and cold

to-night. The lowest ;temperature*regis-

tered during \u25a0 the"day was ;18. Indicationsfavor continued cold to-morrow.

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UNION-STATION METHODIST.—II'A.M.^Rev.- George; H-.Ray,. former,- pastor;

8 P; M-.-Rev. John Harmon.'. ;

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\u25a0 CENTENARY ':CHURCH.' DECEMBER2Sth.— Preaching at ,11;' AV;M..and.S 'P. M.by;the'pastor. -Subject" ln'morning.. God>With •Us." At night.;"God's^vWonderfulGoodness." -Special. Christmas [>music.Union;; watch-night v service.' • 9 ta 12 :.P.M.,^"Wednesday night.r The \u25a0 public invited.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

: PARK-PLACEIMETHODIST;CHURCH(corner of west •; Franklin and Pinestreets)— Rev.

"John -T- Boseman. --Pas-

tor.—Services atrll/A.-M. and; S P.- M.Sunday Epworth League Wednesday atBp. M. "\u25a0

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nCTER-yATION ALSUNDAY SCHOOL LESSOR

FbR ''DECEMBER 28.By Hex.

;John N.Lyle. ;

Many gifts were presented by scholars ( to\u25a0

teachers'ahd byjteachersf^ to-scholars,? the'presentation beingimade -.by;Pr.;J. r Wil-;

liarn Jones.- S6lon 'B. Woodfin. Df. RamonD: Garcin" and|the Rey~"M.-

'Ashby 'Jones'

Six hundred iand fifty,packages :of.;con-fections?, were distributed ;under the di-rcc'tlon.of Santa Claus.;

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The Sunday-school entertainment of theThird- •Presbyterian church '";was; heldChristmas' night; when* a programme of:mu6ic and;recitations 'and a•,visit vfromSanta .Claus were en joyed.::.;The Rev.- Dr.*A. Lv'.Phlllips thrilled"hisaudiehce • witha glowing,address, and [contributed large-ly-to the pleasure of.the occasion.'

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a.wonperful'cane .V .;FOR THE PRESiDENti

on south Third street becaiae entangled

In some weeds while running and. fell,breaking his left arm. He was carriedto his liumo InJefferson street.

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