Miller & Rhozwds. Miller 6 Rho_*ds.

Weather forecast..ftain in south; rain or snow innorthern portion.

Nek? Spring" Dress Nelvs

(&or Saturday)Wondcrful. Isn't it, how the business of making Rcady-to-Wear Suits

has grown ? The hnmense business done each year in these garments hasnatuxally cheapened the cost of production, and that cheapens the cost to

you. Cheap production, though. has opened a door for ' 'shoddy'' goods.fabrics made only to sell.not to wear. You'll not find anything of thatsort in our stock, *s we've been careful to buy only from the most reliablemanufacturers, and we have secured the best qualities to be had for the

prices asked. There's a certain tone and style, also, about all of our

suits, regardless of price.We have a partlculariv Light-WelRht

Wool Crash Suit, in tan and blue. Thejaeket is a skirt Eton, silk lined. andtrinimed in fancy braid, wrth a silk vestThe skirt is unlined and has a circuiarflouncewlthdeeptuxks. We think thissuit at S30.00 is one of the best wehave.

Another handsome Suit is an _-ta-mine, in new green and blue. It'sa fine tailor-made double-breastedEton, with the jaeket trimmed infolds of the same and piped withsilk, and also silk lined. Plain, flaredskirt. I'ts a very attractive garmentfor $22-50.

Our new Skirt Eton Chevlot Suit inlight gray, cadet, and green, we feel

Csunbric Edges.Lots of 'cm went out Friday.

Sarurday we'll probably clean upthis lot.

100 pieces of Cambrlc Edges, 5 to12 Inches wide, and on very finecloth, every yard 19c value, sale12%c a vard.

Ladies'and Children's HosieryNobody but a mother realizes

what it means to keep the schoolboys and girls looking neat as re-

gards stockings. We think ours at

17c a pair will do it satisfactorily.An extra good hose for school

children is our black ribbed, doubleheels and toes and triple knee hose-The foot is full regular made. Wehave these for misses and children,but, as we said, we think they'11stand school wear particularly well.3 pairs for 50c, or 17c a pair.

New pattems in Ladies' Black Laceand Dropstitch Hose. They're all fastcolor and have double heels, toes andsoles. The recular price has been 39c,our special price 25c

We have a lot of Fancy Hose forladies that have been sold regularlyat 75c a pair. The designs are allnew, colored embroidered boots andcolored tops, Avith fancy stripes.We'll also guarantee the colors to befast. 50c a pair.

Ribbons.The ribbon man talks strongly

to-day. because the beautifulshow that greets you in the mainaisle more than vouches for allhe says.

Here's some 3-inch A!I-Silk Taf¬feta, and only in the best shades,too, at 10c per yard.Lot of remnants of Satin Taf-

fetas and Satin Liberties, 3}i to6 inches wide. They are leftover from the great ribbon saleswe've had. They're in white,pink and blue and run from \}Ato 4 yards in length. You'U getthem at one half the regular price.

SiA-inch AU-Silk Taffeta Ribbons,and Tn all the most wanted shades,that sell regularly at 39c per yard,¦vve have Saturday at 22c a yard.12 new patterns in Fancy All-

Silk Ribbons. They have justbeen received and are confined tous in Richmond. Such combina¬tion of shades as white and blue,pink, turquoise, maize, red, navyand black, 10c a yard-

No. 80 or 4-inch AU-Silk LustreTaffeta Ribbon, extra quality, inonly the most popular shades, 19c ayard.Our No. 40 Satin Taffeta Rib¬

bon, guaranteed the best value inthe city, all shades, 19c yard.

No. 60 Satin Liberty Ribbon forsashes, the correct colorings, 25c a

yard.

Personal,Miss Fannie Van Vort, formerly

with Julius Meyer's Sons, is nowwith us and will be glad to wel-jome her friends at any time.

sure will be very popular at the price.£20.00.The Jaeket Is silk Uned and tritrmed

in wood silk, whiie the skirt is one ofthe new flared kind and trimmed inwood silk and buttons.

A cheaper suit in price, but oneof exceptionally good value, is aCollarless Eton Cloth at $15.00.The skirt has a circular flounce, withmoire trimmings, and the jaeket isalso fancily trimmed in strips ofmoire silk.

For 810.00 we have an excellent Co-vert Cloth Blouse-Vest Suit, in graysand blues. The skirt is made with acircular flounce, and you'II not find abetter Sio.oo garment m Richmond. It'swell made and finished in every way.

Ihe Great Glove OfferExtended over Saturday at 59c a

pair. 50 dozen Kid Gloves, inwhite, mode, tan, brown andblack, all sizes, equal to any wehave shown. At this price we donot fit or guarantee.

S&iurday'sC&oidy SpecidJs.

For Saturday only we have a finegrade of Bitter-Sweet Chocolate at25c a pound. Our regular price is39c. It's dainty.

Boston - Bean Peanut Candy.something new and something nice,10c a pound.

Book Newsfor the Coming Week.Have you read " Wailannah" by

Will Loftin Hargrave? It's a greatromance of the Carolinas duringColonial times. Our price, $1.08.Audrey's popularity shows no

signs of waning, as far as sales are

concerned.Miss Johnston's talents are shown to

no greater advantage in any of herworks than this iatest one from her pen.Hundreds of copyright titles in

paper-bound books at 39c. Amongthem are:

The Black Douglass. (Crockett)A Gentleman of France. (Weyman.)The Heart's Highway. (A\ary E.

Wilkins.)We have a large lot of paper-

bound books, the regular price ofwhich is 50c each. Our price, 25ceach. Few titles below:

A Rich Man's Daughter. (Riddell.)Comrades True. (Thomas.)A Ward of tbe King. (Macquoid.)Captain Jackman.. (Clark Russell.)A Splendid Sin. (Grant Allen.)

Our regular line also of cloth-bound copyright works at 98c each.

Handkerchiefs,Collars and Veiling's.These remnants of Veilings

came at the right time for blustryMarch:

500 dozen Swiss EmbroideredHandkerchiefs, 10 different patterns,value 12I.2C each, sale 5c each.

Swiss Embroidered Tumover Col¬lars, in black, red, pink and blue, as¬sorted embroidery, 5c.

500 Remnants of aU the newesteffects in Veilings, ranging from %to lVs yards in Iength, at one-halfprice.

Fine Corsets Reduced.We are enabled to-day to offer you

a special reduction price on fine LaPremiere Corsets- The name standsas a guarantee of their value. Theprices of these corsets have rangedfrom $3.00 to $8.00 each.Our special prices will be one-

third less, as you can see by theprice list below.

Corsets that you paid us S3.50 willnowbeS2and S2.50.The $5 ones will be 43.50 and the

£7.50 ones will be S4.50.We cannot duplicate these and are

making the reuuetion because themaker has chan^ed models and can'tfurhish any more of these. So we'reclosing them out to avoid broken stock.

Special Demonstration of Pure Food Dessertsin the basement. Tryphosa and Imperial jellies. These articles are in..harge of a practical demonstrator who will tell you what they are and.xplain their superiority over other preparations of a like nature. You can

ijso try a sample of them while in tiie store. >

Miller & Rhoads.Get ¥\yt £eint Tickets for 3egjjar8.

tElght times In ten when you give a self-

caJled hungry man money on the street

or at your door, he -nds out after gettingtbe money that he is thirsty Instead ofhungry --* the mone>" S^oes *° tbe *>£jr"

room and proves a curse instead of a

i>le«sing. A safe way to dlspense charityio s-ich persons is to get flve-cent lunchtloksts from Rev George Wlley. superiu-U*ndnnt of the _lethodif-t Mission, audgive ticlH>t» for lunch or lodging insteadpf {_-_). ffWO -licos of bread aad a. «lica

of ham and largo mug of coffee are givenat the Institute building, corner of Nine-teenth and Main Streets, for one of thesetickets or five cents. It can be seen thatno money can be made; it is only wisecharity.

Sketcbes Mtractlni* Attention.Mr. John F. Kaufman, who made the

nine sketches and studies used for thedecoration of tho Monumental Church, iswinning a place. These sketches havebeen placed on exhibitlon in New Yorkand __~e attractod much, attention ln themetropolis.

STATE TAXESARE REDUCED

Convention Cuts the Rate Downto Thirty Cents.

TAXATION REPORT COMPLETE

lt 1* Finaily Disposed of With tbe Tax Redac'tion Section Added, and Sent to the

Committee on Revision.SuNfrage Comes Next.

The report of the Committee on Financeand Taxation was couiyi-i.^day'3 session of the convention and sentto the Committee on Flnale Revision andAdjustment.After a long and perllous journey, the

celebrsAcfd! document has reached the con¬

vention haven at last, and will rest, un¬less a resclndlng resolution dlsturbs itscalm repose.The grand flnale was a little bit spec-

tacular. The repon had run ...... r-

of a thousand amendments, objectlonsnnd assaults. Not a single amendmentbad been adopted without beuig cilitinifced by the careful clialrmau, Fairfax,or the lyn-eyed. and as for tliat, lynx-bralned Meredith^ and approved by them.Ali others had met lgnomimuus uu.ia, oythe veteran and well-tralnod' majority.But tlie irrepressibla and often invincl-

ble trio, Withers, Keezell, Turnbull,after the last section of the report hadbeen adopted, pressed a twenty-fourthsection, reducing the tax rate, and ror

the first timo the names of R. WaltonMoorc, Fairfax and Meredith appear on

the roll call with a vanquished minority.But they looked pleased, even.in defea.t;relief from the monotony of success, per-haps, and perhaps they were. not reallyso badly dlsgruntled after all.That. the result of m<; cuiiiest wap

surprisc to tho over-confident opponentsof the proposition was apparent. OnlyMr. Moore made any argument againstit. the strong and very able argumentsof Messrs. Withers, Keezell and Turn¬bull being either unanswerablo or con¬

sidered wasted against the prcstige or

a committee that had never failed to

win.There remains now only the report of

the Committee on Suffrage to be con¬

sidered as a whole by the convention."What course will be pursued in regard tothe time and manner of disposing of lt,will be decided in tho conference to beheld tbis morning.Dr. J. B. Ha.wtnorne, of Grove-Avenue

R:<.otist Church. opened the conventionwith prayer. yesterday, sixty-fiye mem¬

bers being present. A great many leavesof absence wore granted, and Coionel Suni-mers introduced a new suffrage plan.

TAXATION SECTION-Mr. Withers resumed his argument be-

guu Thurstiay in support of an inde-penrtent section to the article on taxa¬tion and finance. The section Droposodbv him rends:On all traets of land and lots, and the

improvements thereon, ajid all tangiblepeisorial property not exempt from taxa¬tion by the provisions of this article,the rate of tax shall not be mor.ethan twenty cents on every hun¬dred dollars o£ the assessed valuethereof, the proceeds of -which shall be

applied to the support of the governrnentand a further tax of ten cents on every

hundred dollars of the assessed vaJuethereof. which shall bo applied to the sup¬port of the public free schools of theState: provided. that after the lst dayof January,"1907, the tax-iate upon suchreal and tangible personal property Iothe support of the governrnent and for

public free school purposcs, shall be suchas may be prescribed by law.And provided further, that the General

Assembly may, during such period offour years, levy in a.dditlon to the an¬

nual appropriation for pensions, prior toSc-ptember 30. 1901, a special tax for pen¬sions on land and lots and tho improve¬ments thereon, and on tangible personaljroperty not exceeding 5 cents on the5110 of the assessed values thereof.

CUT DOWN REVENUE.Ile alludod to the Auditor's letter to

Chairman Tairfax, saying that tlie pro-posed reduction would cut down theincome of the State revenues over ?515,000each year. lie showed' by figurcs thatthe reduction wculd be $437,009.40 and ex-

plained that the Auditor had includedbank taxes, otc, in his csliniate. Thatclass of property was not affected bythe pronoscd section.He then went into a detailed estimate

of the property values of the State,showing how hard taxes have been uponreal estate and the visible personal prop¬erty owners, which were paid by the

masses of people of ordinary means.

He declared that the reduction wouldrelieve a burden from them, withoutadding it to others. It would checkthe tendency to extravagance, which al-ways resulted from a surplus,He recounted the savings which would

be effected by the new Constitution which.in addition to the increased taxation paidby corporations, would amount to nearly$600,000 per annum. This would not onlymake up the $437,000 reduction % caused bydecreasing the Tate to 30 cents, but wouldgive an additional yearly surplus of morethan $150,000 greater; than the present.Mr. Withers spoke for an hour and a

half and strongly presented his side ofthe case.

OPPOSED BY MR. MOORE.Mr. R. Walton Moore, of the Taxation

and Finance Committee, opposed the new

section in an earnest and able speech.He referred to the opinion of the StateTreasurer and Auditor in opposition tothe proposed reduction in the rate oftaxation. He recited the many calls thatwould be properly made on the presentGeneral Assembly for much needed publicimprovements. Among these were thepifsslng demands for additional facili-ties at the penitentiary, repairs of theState Capitol building, the asylums, &c.Tn the face of this, it was idle to talkabout any extravagant waste of the sur¬plus when its accumulation resultedlargely from absolute neglect of thosecrying necessitles.

SURPLUS IN TREASURY.Mr. Keezell, of the committee, ln reply

to Mr. Moore and in advocacy of thererolution, stated that on the lst of Oc-trber there was a surplus of over $800,000in the State Treasury, and that afterpaying the extra expenses of a specialst-f-slon of the General Assembly and oftbe convention up to that time. He said1"* fcelieved the present General Assem¬bly would not increase the current ex-

pc'nse appropriations to the various pub-1-c institutions of the State, and thatit would provide for the necessary im¬provements in the penitentiary, Capitolbouiding, asylums, etc; and with allthis, pension appropriations included, thepresent surplus would not be exhausted.The speaker went into a statement of

the various souroes of State revenue anda, history of the flnances of the Statef jr the past six years, and .contendedthat a reduction of the tax rate wouldbe wise and proper.Mr. Turnbull, in advocating the reduc¬

tion of the tax rate, said that if it was

d<-ne, further Legislatures would blesstbe convention for putting a limit. They¦would thus be protected from the im-portunlties and pressure brought to bearupon them by parties interested in se-

curing extravagant appropriations. With"th« limit contemplated by the resolution,members of the .General Assembly couldpoint to the limit and be protected there-lar from havins often to taoreaHe «uch

A HAPPY DELIVERANCE FROMTHE AGONIES OFRHEUMATISM.

^Paine'sCelery Compound

Achieves a Wonderful Victory Overthe Terrible Disease.

A VERY RECENT LETTER FROMA VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR.

If you are a sufferer from rheumatlsmin any of its terrible forms.muscular,infammatory, or sclatic, be assured of lheglorious truth that Paine's Celery Com¬pound will work for you a permanentand ha,ppy cure; The thousands of let--ters reeeived from people who havethrown off tlieir burdens and agonles,prove concluslveiy that Paine's CeleryCompound" is" the one great specfic ior'his awful disease.Medical evidence freely given by hon-

est and unbiased physicians, placesPaine's Celery Compound ahead of allother presc.riptions and medicines as aninfalliblo cure for rheumatlsm, neuralgla,nervous diseases, kidney trouble, livercomplaint, derangements of the stomach,and troubles arising from an impure con¬dition of tlie blood.The following- letter, dated 154 East

4.MI1 Street, New York, February IS. 11)02,should inspire all rheumatic suffererswith new hope- of a better and happierlife. Mr. Edwin Bailiss says:"I have suffered with rheumatism for

fve years and have been treated by seve¬ral physicians. amongst therri one spe-eialist. I found no relief until I began^bfiiig' Paine's Celery Compound. Afteri-sing three bottles of the marvelousnedieino;-I ain entirely cured. I takegreat pleasurc ln recommending Paine'sCelery Compound as a medicine whichwill cure all kinds of rheumatism andkidncv disease. I really find Paine'sCelery Compound worth its weight in

sold, and most cheerfully recommend itto my friends and the public. I am a

veteran of tho Civil War and sixty yearsc-f age. Again 1 say, I am fully restoredto health by Paine's Celery Compound."

fliamonduyessn^rs'^;¦' imitations.

e:;penditures against their will or judg-ment.Judge Harrison opposed the section, and

said he was in favor of it until he saw

how much money was being appropriatedh> the present Generai Assembly. Hedid not believe the enactment of thesection would be worth a. slngle voto forthe new Constitution, but would repelu.a nv.

THE SECTION IS ADOPTED.The pending question was called. The

vote was taken and resulted yeas, 41;r.oes. 32. Greal excitement prevailed, as

after tho call of the first twenty names it

was evident that the section had more sup¬port than was supposed by its opponents.When tlie roll-call was completed a gen-uine snrprise was felt, and when theannouncement of "yeas. 41; nays, 32" was

made by the president there was a heartydemonstration of prolonged applause. De-lighted members rushed a.round Mr.Withers and grasped his hand in the

wa.rmest eongratulations, opponents iin-

al'y joining in.Tho vote was as follows:._eas.Ayers, Barbour. Barham, Manly

II. Barnes, Boaz. Braxton, P. XV. Camp-bell, Davis. Epes, Flood, Gilmore. Gilles-pie,' James XV. Gordon, R. L. Gordon,Grcgory, Gwyn, Hardy. llookcr. Kfiezell.Eawsor, Lindsay' Lovell, Marshall. Mil¬ler. Moncure, Mundy, Parks. Pettit, Phil¬lips, Pollard. Rives, Stuart, Surnmers,Tar'ry. Thornton, Turnbull. Walter, With¬ers, Yancey. the President.Yeas, 41.Nays.Allen, XVi A. Anderson, Thomas

H. Barnts, Blair, '¦ Bouldin, Bristow,Brown. C. J. Campbell. Carter, Crismond,Eggleston, Fairfax, Flelcher. Hamilton,Hancock, Harrison, Hatton, Hunton, In-gram, Claggett B. Jones, Mcllwainc,Meredith, O'FIaherty, Pedigo. QuarlesRichmond, Robertson. Stebbins, Thom,Wadaili, Wescott. Willis, Wysor.Nays,32.When the applause and confusion had

subsided Judge Marshall clinched tlienail by moving a reeonsideration of thevofce. This. was voted down with a ven-

geance.Cliairman Fairfax arose and stateu

that the report was completed, and movedthat it be referred to the Committee on

Final Revision and Adjustment.This motion was adopted with hearty

good will, and following it was anotheroutburst of applause.The convention at exactly 1 o'clock ad-

journed until to-day at 10 o'clock.

SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE TO-DAYOne to Be Heid After Convention esslon to

Alap Out Plans.Chairman Keezell has called a confer¬

ence of Democratic members on tho suf¬frage question lo bo heid this morningas soon as the regular morning hour ottho convention has expired. It is notpresumed that the convention will be insession more than an hour.No speeches will be made on any suf¬

frage plan-in the conference to-day. Thesession will be devoted to mapping outways and means for a systematic planof work on tho suffrage next week, so

that if possible the matter may be specd-i'y settled. The generai sentiment seemsto be- to permit nothing else to side-track the suffrage question until it isdisposed of.Gossip over the adoption of the tax-

limit resolution was rife last night. Mem¬bers could be heard to declare that thcyhad intended to*vote against it, but couldnot do so after having heard the argu-ments of Messrs. Withers, Turnbull andKeezelL Among these were Messrs. Gil-lespie, Braxton, Mundy, and others.

PR0SPER0US YEAR.Union Stock Yards Company Heid AnnusI

Meeting Yesterday.Th_ Richmond Union Stock-YardsCompany heid its annual meeting yes¬terday, and a properous year was re¬

ported. The receipts were 20,000 head ofcattle and 100,000 sheep, hogs, lambs andcalves. In the two years of its existencethe company has made a profit of 33#>per cent., in addition to making satis¬factory progress with plant and the as¬sociated enterprises, which are linkedwith the property of the stock-yards.The deal for the establishment of an¬

other abattor by.Forbes, Patton & Lyon¦nas discussed. All the offleers and di-rectors were re-elected: President,.XV. R.McComb; Vice-President, F. O. Brauer,Sr.* Treasurer, Charles "SVeili; Secretary,J. "W. Carson. The above, with JohnEaymond, are the directors.

Uniqu? v-others* eeting.Theory and practice were both present-

ed to the large number who attended themolhers' meeting at the Methodist Insti¬tute last night. Miss Harvey, from theNurses' Home, gave a lecture on the care

of the sick. Thon the entire crowd wentinto the kitchen of tlie lunch-room, wherethere ia a large range and other excel-lent arrangements for oooking, and a

practlcal lesson in "making and cookingbiseuits and coffee ,-yas given in sight ofall. After this everybody sat at the tablein the lunch-room and heartily enjoyedtho supper.'' There were recitations bylittle Miss Margaret Gladwell. Misses Eu-lia' B&iley; and -Myrtlo Cheatham.

ON THE:STEAMERWHEN SHE SANK

Actor Rogers Tells of His Thrill-ing Experience When the Rlo

Janeiro Went Down.There is at present in Richmond one

of the few survivors.of the wrek of thesteamer Rio Janeiro, which went downin the harbor at San Francisco somemonths ago wltb the loss of £40 souis,posslble tne most distinguished of thesebeing Consul Wildman, who representedthe United States at Hong Kong at thetime Dewey took the Philippines. Thisman is Eugene Rogers, a,member "of Ihe"A Trip to Buffalo" company, which is

a' the Bijou this week.Out of a total passenger list of some

l'our hitndred souls only about 150 personsv,ere saved. Mr. Rogers was one of these.In telling yesterday of his experiencuaud impressions during this great car

tastrophe, Mr. Rogers.said:"1 had been to.Ha.waii with an opera

company, and we had been slnglng tnerei'cr some time. I left the company toreturn to the States, and took this ship,which'was coming from Australia. Every-tl-ing went all right until we reachedthf Golden Gate. and then tlie capUunand the pilot discussed the matter offniering that night. Finaily the captaindecided to go against the advice of the1-iiot."We started inside very slowly at first,

when all at once there came a crash,wliich rattled the ship as if lt had beena toy. 'I guess it's all off,' said the cap¬tain calmly, and within three minutesthe ship began going down, so great hadbeen the hole made in her. By this timethe decks were a scurrying, howling, surg-ing sea of humariity. Men, women andchildren ran aimlessly shrleking. It was

Lrrrible."Only three boats got away from the

sbip. At the time our boat was cut loosethere were twclve people in it, and thenafter the ship went down we kept pickingur. strugling persons iu the water untilvv'e had forty-eight persons clinging tothat tiriy boat. The last thing I remem-ber as the ship went down was the mostremarkable thing I ever saw. Knowingt:;at there was no chance on earth of

saving tho ship, Captain Ward, who hadbeen on the bridge all the time tryhiStc. keep order and struggling for the lastchance for his craft, left the bridge,v.alked down the deck to his stateroom.closed tho door and thero he staid untilthe ship disappeared from sight. It was

frightful, and it showed a resignationwhich I can't undendand."Mr. Rogers tells how ho reached Frisco

uith a pair of slippers and no hat andcr-ly the thin olothing he wore at thetme. The crash came late at night andtbe vessel had disappeared entirely with¬in half an hour after she strttck.

NEW5GF THE CHURCHES.Rev. James !. Vance to Address Qreater

iVen's VeetinsRev. James I. Vance, D. D., of Newark,

N. J. will be tho speaker at the greatermen's meeting at the Academy of Musicto-morrow afternoon,Dr. Vance came from the famous Vance

family of Tennessee, and is related to theonlv and witty Hon. Zeb. Vance, warGovernor of North Carolina, who withsuch signal ability represented NorthCarolina in tho United States Senate.

At St. James M. E. Curch (Marshall andTw'enty-ninth Streelsj, Kev. Joseph D.

I,anglev, pastor, Rev. Dr. C. XV. Craw-ford will prea^h at 11 A. M. At S P. M.Rev. G.- B. Strickler, D. D.. will delivera. sermon on "The Divine Orisin of theScriptures." the service to bc held ntic'.crtho auspices of the Epworth League.Sabbath school. 9:30 A. M.; Junior League,3 P. "M.; Seriior League dcvotional service,7 P. M.

Bishop Rowe. of Ala.ska, conducted theservice at Holy Trinity Church yesterdayafternoon. The eontrlbution at the ser¬

vice was for tho work in his mission lield.

The Executive Committee of the Vir¬ginia Sunday-school Association metThursday and made final arrangementsfor the State Convention in PetersburgMarch lllh to 13th. This will be the most

important convention in the history of thoassociation. Forty-eight delegates fromVirginia will be elected to the DenverConvention in .Time, and most importantsubjects of Sunday-school work will bediscussed by some of tho loading workersin Virginia and other States.The Executive Committee will hold its

next meeting at the First Baptist Churchin Petersburg March 11th. at '.>:30 P. M.Mr. Alfred J. Gary, corrcsporiding scero-

tary, Itoom No. 3, City Hall, will be

pleased to give any desired information.

The Rev. Christian R. Kuyk, formerlyof this city, but for a. number of yearsrector of the Episcopal churches in Black-stone. Nottoway and Lunenburg countiesis now taking a much necded rest, havingtendered his resignation to the vestry of

the Blackstone church, last Saturday.Mr. Kuyk is a brother of Dr. D. A

Kuyk, of this city, and will spend muchof iiis tinie here recuperating.

Rev Dr. XV. E. Evans last night, atMonumental Church. delivered the sec¬

ond lecture in his series on "The Foot-

prints of the Martyrs."

Rabbi E. N. Calisch delivered the thirdof his series of sermous on "UniversalUnitv" at the Synagogue last night. The

subject was "The Kinship of Rcason and

Religion."Kev. C. P. Stealey, pastor of Broadus

"ALL WORKED OUrAn instructive Lesson in the Death

Bell of Our Great Men.Dr. Greene's Nervura a Protection Against

Premature Death. Value of Vigorou.Nerves and P*ure Blood.

In the death of great and giftedmen and women, who have filledthe public mind and who are heidin tender and tearful remem-

brances, how many have gone be¬cause they were"worked out?"

It is a lengthy and a sad list. "Wecan ea8i]y recall many whom wehave personally known, who haveseemed to wear their precioxislives out all too soon because theirdeaths were premature. Theworld feels their loss keenly for itssudden ending.They were not worked out; they

were tired out, exhausted. Theystopped because they could go tono greaterphysical lengths. "Why?Their vitality was vitiated and lost.Longyears ago, Dr. Greene, study-ing this deep problem, discoveredits primecause andat once set

aboutits cor-rection.

Hefound

the seat of health to be strengthand vigor of nerve and pure blood.and determined to discover a

remedy~ that would re-energize

the nerves and purify and enriclthe blood when both becomeweakened, and to prevent, if taker.in time, such relapse of physicalforce. He succeeded to such an

extent that Dr. Greene's Nervurablood and nerve remedy has gaineda world-wide reputation throughits wonderful cures and the bene-fits it has conferred on the thou¬sands who have used it. In hisstudy of this subject he has alsobecome the leading authority onblood and nervous ailments, andso is sought as physician by peo¬ple everywhere. He charges rmfee for his advice, and can con-sequently be consulted, free of

charge, by letter orin person.(£$!

Ifyou are "worked out,"ifweak,nervous, run down, or you fec-1"outof sorts," or if you want toavoid the ills, weakness, and ex-

haustion. so sure to come, don'tdelay. Get this graDd restorer ofhealth and streDgth, Dr. Greene'sNervura blood and nerve remedy,at once. and it will make you well.Dr. Greene's Laxura Pills act

in perfect harmony with the Nerv-ura,producingregular,natural,andhealthy action of the liver andbowels. Dr. Greene, of 101 FifthAvenue,NewYork City,who is ourmost successful specialist in curingall forms of nervous and chroniodiseases, can be consulted withoutcharge in regard to any case, per-sonally or by letter.

IMemorial Baptist Church, will preachSunday at 11 A. M. and 8 P. Two dea-cons will be ordaiucd at the morning ser¬

vice.

Rev. Carey E. Morgan will preach thethird of a series of sermoris on "ChristianTJnity" at the Seventh-Street ChristianChurch to-morrow evening. Tho subjectwill l>o "The Christian Church and Chris¬tian Unity." This series have been large-ly attended and considerable interest hasdevelpped.

DEBATE AT THE COLLEGE.Fine Arguments by Studenti on Question of

Submitting Constituiion.The annual public debate of the JVIu

Sigrria Rlio Luterary Society of RichmondCollege w.-s heid iti tho college auditoriumlast night Tho hall was -well lilled by

distinguished people and friends of '.homembers of the society. 'There wero

many members of the Constitutional Con¬vention pr<\«eot and also several membersof the LegislatureTho ext-rcises wete oper.ed by prayer

by Rev. XV -H. Whitsitt. D. L>., of tneSchool of Philosophy.The president, ilr. B. P. Buxton, ot*

Newport News, in a very pleasing man-

ner, welcomed the audiencc. Mr. JulianGunn, ot' Richmond, read a very fine se-

lection entitled, "The Dying Soidler:" Mr.John F. Fitzgerald. of Halifax, declaim-ed "Zeke Scroggings" in a manner thattook well with the audiencc.Tha dbbatc followcd. The question

was: "Resolved, That the new Constltu-tion of Virginia should bo submitted tothe 'present electorato for ratificatinn."Jlr. Parke P. Deans, of Tsle of Wight,

the lirst debater on the affirmative. prc¬sented argument of considerable force:Mr. Lano Lacy, of Richmond, made a

forcible speech on the negative; ilr.James P. McCabe, of Bedford, spoke on

the affirmative in an eloquent manner.

and his argument contained points ormuch force. Mr. Walter <_. Tyler, ot:

Essex, the last speaker on the negative,

made a speech of fine language and 01much weight-At th«i conclnsion of the progran-n'"!

an elaborato reception was heid in t'.'osocicty hall. A large number of Ricr*-mond's fairest daughtf-rs reeeived, and itwas a very enjoyablo affair. Thilow'sBand diseoursed music at inteivals dur¬ing the debate and at the reception.

SOUTHERN EDUCATION.Association Formed in New York for Begj*in;

Purpos.s.(J.r Assoclated Pres?.)

XKW YORK. March u.Annonnce-mr-nt was made to-dny that there hasbr-en organized in this city an aj-soria-tion to promote Southern education, tobe known as the Generai EducationBoard, and that moro thwi a million dol¬lars had been placed nt the disposal ofthe Board of Trustees. The underlyingprinciplc of the association is stated tobe the recognition of tho people of theSouthern States are earneatly engagt-din the promotion of publici education.and in this they should receive generouanid, and to this ond and in pursuancaof this and klndred objects tho associa¬tion will seek gifts, largo or small, fromthose in sympathy with it. plans.The Board of Trustees is as follows:

XV. ET. Baldwin, .Ir., president of theLoup- Island Ftailrcod Company; Dr. .1.L. M. Curry. executive officer of thePeabody and Slater funds: P T. Gath.former!,v secretary of the National Edu¬cation Society: Dr. Daniel C. Gllman.formerly president Jo'nn:s Hopkins Uni¬versity, now president Carnegie Institute.Washington; Morris K. .Tesup, trust?-*and treasurer of the Slater Board; Rob¬ert C. Ogden. president of the Board ofTrustees of Ilampton Institute and pres¬ident of the Southern Eduontion Bo:urd:Walter II. I'age. George Foster Peabodyand Albert Shaw.

CONSTANTIN'OPf.B. March 7..Choterahas broken out among the pilgrims atMedin. One hundred and ten death:;from the disease havo occurred.

, W*L*-_.. makes and sells more£men's $3*50 shoes than any <_3 two maaufacturers in the world*

'OtherWHY?

BECAUSE-[ W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes placed sideIby side with $5.00 and $6.00 shoes oflother makes are found to be just as good.\They will outwear two pairs of ordinary\$3.50 shoes.

]\BEDAUSE=====}\ His reputation for the best $3.50 shoes4\ in siyle, fit and wear is world wide.

Notlce Increase of sales In table below;

180S=.'74.S.1Ciii Tnlra.

18B0|_MI ____¦______¦¦1900=_l,_59.75-Pairs," ''flii'ii-MiTi-TT-W.rmrr1901= l,566,7g0J->ajig»_

Business More Than Doubtedln Four Years.

[ Sold by 63 Douglas Stores in AmericaniCities, and best shoe dealers everywhere.\ CAUTIOWI The gennine have W. L.*-l Douglas' name and price on bottom.iUf__e ofthe beai imported and American.l leathers, including Patent Corona Kid,\ Corona Colt, and National Kangaroo.

Fast Color Eyelets and AlwaysBlack Hooks Used Exelusively.Boys ali wear W. L. Douglaa'

$2mOO Strong Made ShoemgYouih's, $1.75.Shoes by mail, 25c. extra. Catalo? free.

W. T.. TKftTTGT.AS. Rrnr_ton. Mass.

_Richmond \ 623 E, Broad Street