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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-13
rae Germ an Press on Or. Macaenzse.

Tue Gersn an Eress q" Dr. MheHehzse-
lBy Ansio-Amcrican cable TO the Dispasen-l
BERLIN, JAY 12.-It Is announced that
Drs. Bergmaun and Gerhafdt will receive
the decoration OF The high-class order OF
Hoh1nEolleru. The excitement created
throughout Germany by ihe reports OF tho
German doctors who attended the late En-
peror Frederick Is intensc and their crltt-.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
His Wife Hata Railroad Pass.

sI thought it was economy" said a man very mournfully the other day, ''for she was bent on seeing the State, and l thought it would save railroad fares, but she is simply running me since she got q free pass all over the place. You see, l did some little service to the railroad people, and happened to mention that my wife was going down South. Here you arc, said the railroad man. We owe you something. Here are free passes for tl.e State for your wife
 "I took the blamed things home and gave them to her. They began to burn Her pocket-book right away. Next morning she said: I guess I'll go to San Jose on my free passes All right, I dnid, it won't cost me anything No, khe said, isn't it lovely not to have to bay any fare9' Beautiful said L. Nov, dear, want you to give me s25. San Jose in Twenty five dollars ? Yes. You wouldn't like your wife trav- cling without any style, would you ? Well, I said, is it quito necessary for you to go to San Jose ? No; but l might as we'll. I don't need to pay any thing on the train. And the first break that free pass cost me $35. Well, she started off to San Jose, and she con cluded she would go on the broad-gauge road. When the conductor came along she pulled out her pass. It was the mar row-guage road pass. Shc had to pay her fare. When she started to come back she concluded she'd take the mar row-gauge to San Francisco, and she forgot she had narrow gauge pass, and bought her ticket. Yes, the free pass is a very economical thing for Q womaH. - Sa7 Fydnciseo Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
Acquitted by the Jury.

The trial of Walter Mendenhall the young man arrested for setting fire to the compress in the Memphis Tenn, navy yard on the night of-Nov. 17, was concluded and verdict of not guilty was rendered by the jury. Thirteen thousand bales of cotton were burned at the time, and it was generally believed that it was the work of an incendary. Mendenhall, who IS about p years old and former employe of the Compress Company, was arrested in one of the compr, sses on the night of the fire His actions had aroused the suspicious of the off cers ln charge and he has been in jail since Capt. James Mcfarland, of Denver, Col one of Piukertons ablest lieutenants, has been at work here on the case but was unable to col lect sufficient evidence to secure a conviction. When theis verdict was announced, Menden- hall arose i'll his seat and thanked them. He then left the courtroom with his mother who was present during the three days trial It is alleged that Mendenhall will sue the Compress Company for S100, 600 damages.
 -Advices from the frontier report further arrivals of Russian troops, says a Berlin des- patch. One infantry division has arrived at Doubno and another at Rovno. The work of fortlfying Doubno goes on without cessation The condition of the Russian troops on the Galician frontier is growing worse. Typhus fever is raging, especially at Camp Czento- schan. The shelter is so miserable that there have been many deaths from frost and general Priyation. The Warsaw commissariat is spes hss sanary tarardps ss s9sssd Czentoschan. Tie sufferings of the troops are so great that, in the opinion of Berlin military circles, it will be impossible for them to remain encamped two months. Their condition, it is believed, must hasten the decision of the Czar, as the troops must either be given active work or be withdrawn from the frontier. The Austrians also suffer, being badly housed, but their commissariat is good and the medical staff vigilant. In view of the hardships suffered by the Austrian troops and the sickness revailing among the Russians the Vienna War Office has decided not to increase the forces on the frontier at present.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
THE PACIFIC ROADS.
President Cleveland Favors the Ma
 jority Commission Report.

The Presidents lengthy message to the Sen- ate concludes as follows:
 "It is quite time that the troublesome com plications surrounding this entire subject which has been transmitted to us as legacy from former days should be adjusted and set tied, No one, think, expects that these rail- road companies will be able to pay their im- mense indebtedness to the Government at it's maturity. Any proceeding or arrangement that would result now, or at any other time, in putting these roads or any portion of them in the possession and control of the Government, is in my opinion, to be rejected-certainly as long as there is the least chance for lndemnlfi- cation through any other means.
 T suppose we are hardly justified in indulg- ing the irritation and indignation naturally arising from a contemplation of malfeasance, to such extent as to lead to the use ess de- struction of these roads or the loss of the ad- vances made by the Government. l believe that our efforts should be in more practical direction, and should bend with no condona- tion of wrong doing to the collection by the Government, on behalf of the people, of the public money now in jeopardy.
 ''While the plan presented by majority of the Commission appears to be we'll devised and gives at least partial promise of the results sought, the fact will not escape attention that its success depends upon its acceptance by the companies, and their abi ity to perform it's conditions after acceptance. It is exceedingly important that any adjustment now made should be final and effective. These considera- tions suggest the possibility that the remedy proposed ill the majority report might we'll be applied to part only of these aided railroad companies.
 ssThe settlement and determination of the questions involved ale peculiarly within the province of the Congress; the subject has been discussion; this is now supplemented ill a val able manner by the facts presented in the re- ports herewith submitted. The public interest urges prompt and efficient action.'
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
The Naval Reserve.

Vessel owners and marine men in Chicago think that they would like to figure in the naval reserve which Secretary Whitney has suggested, and held meeting in the Board of Trade arbitration room to consider the matter. LieIt. Caldwell United States Navy. was in- troduced, and outlined the Secretaty's plan. He said:
 ssThe Secretary of the Navy recommends that . naval reserve be established throughout the country where the vessels employed in mer- plement the United States Navy in time of the various Boards of Trade throughout the country shall memorabilia Congress. A bill to that end which has been introduced in Congress proposes to organize the seamen around the lakes and coast; the formation of corps of men in all lake ports and seaports, who shall be a naval militia; a local militia organization fully equipped that will be always ready upon call of the Government. This would give complete cruiser in commission in very short time. This force shall be known as the National Re serve Militia. The bill provides that this force shall be gathered for short time each year. In addition to the gun and torpedo corps, it is proposed to form 8 navigating corps, composed of masters, officers. engin neerS and others. These men will all be re quired to pass examination once each year. Vessels enrolled in the Naval Reserve will be permitted to fly pcnnant with the letters U. $, N. R. thereupon. The bill also provides fer training ships along the lakes, rivers, and coasts"
 The Chicago mariners appointed commit tee to agitate the matter.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
SHE WANTS DAMAGES.
Has Mrs. La Bau Been Swindled by
 Boston Spiritualists?

Mrs. La Bau, daughter of the late Com modore Wand rbilt, and one of thecontestants of his will, has instructed Scott Lord, her coun- sel, to sue the Herald for $10,OOO for libel. The suit is based upon dispatch two and 8 half columns long, dated from Boston, which sets forth, as she alleges, that she had mysteri- ously disappeared, and declared that she had been humbugged by Dr. Hodges, an eleetTi- clan and faith healer," and by Spiritualists Dc Lancey Young and Nina Perry, of CPS Ire mont street, Boston. Nina Perry appeared as the spirit of Mrs. La Bau's de d child. accord ing to the dispatch also that Mrs. La Bau paid deal of money to many other mediums in Boston, often paying as much as S1,Oo0 for a single ''seance," and in one seance was enabled to converse with the Angel Gabriel. The de- spatch referred to Mrs. La Bau as Mime. Ber ger, and said she was a hypochondriac and dozed herself with all sorts of medicines.
 Mrs. La Bau says that the despatch was a tissue of falsehoods, printed without any justi- fication whatever. She declares that she never even heard of Dr. Hodges or De Lancey Young, or Nina Perry. She says that she was married to NJ. Berger in 1878, but soon after " I'd assumed her former name of La Bau, and has never lived with Mir. Berger since. Mrs. La Bau says that she is Spirituaist as Judge Edmonds was, but that she does not believe in the vu' gar trickery of spirituaiistic mediums T and that she has attended but one ''seance' in her life. She also says that she has not ';dis- appeared" '" but has been liviug quietly at a New York hotel all the time.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
FARMING IN GEORGIA.
How the Credit System. Robs the
 Farmers.

The report of the Commissioner of Agricul- ture of Georgia for 1s 67 shows decrease from 1888 in the amount of farm supplies par chased by the farmers, as we'll as in the indebtedness of the farming classes owing to the damaging floods last July. There is no improvement ill the general condi- tion of Middle Georgia. but North and East Georgia have improved somewhat, while South west Georgia remains at standstill and the southeastern counties have T. trogated to some extent. ''It is remarkable fact, however," says Commissioner Henderson, ''that the farm- CTS in Southeast Georgia and throughout the wire grass portion of the State generally, for years past have been in better condition than those in the remainder of the State" The re- port also shows that farmers who have bought bacon and corn on time have paid 30 per cent, advance on cost prices for bacon for four months, equivalent to 90 per cent. per annum, or 1-2 per cent. per month, and 36 per cent. for corn equal to 10S per cent. per annum, or per cent. per month. The Commissioner says these figures have been published for 10 years past and yet thousands of farmers continue to pay the excessive prices
 The falling off in the purchase of supplies indicates that the farmers are giving more at tention to diversified crops. The improvement in this respect though small is gratifying and justities the hope that it will be much more marked in the near future. The farmers will get further and further away from the credit system by giving more attention to the pro- duction of such supplies as they can produce at home. The credit system keeps them poor.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
An Unfortunate Farmer.

'I s'pose you fellers ain't got no paper you want me to sign an beat me out O some money!' said Dakota farmer near whose house we camped one night.
 "No," Ireplied.
 1T told the old woman you didn't look hardly sharp enough to be in that style O business" replied the observing agri- culturist.
 "Haye you been troubled much by those kind of sharpers ?" asked.
 Well, I pear to be doin' my share O s'portin' them. There's churn over in the corner that cost me $50-they get me to order dozen of 'em when I thought was signin' 'greement to tell the neighbors what good churn they barn on the same plan. Then I had to pay for eight lightenin' rods on my house, when I thought I only signed for me quarter for it, an signed receipt that turned out to be check for $50 on my bank account. Mother good -lookin feller said he was collectin' autographs O prom 'nent men, and I showed mine onto blank piece O paper, which he went an filled out as bill O sale for my best hoss, and led the critter off,"
 "Then I made three hoss ev'ner that I thought mp all my self one night, an bout month after had to give a feller $15 cause he said he said he got a patent on it ten years ago. I gotta drive we'll in the back yard that I have been paying $25 on bout twice year. There are two notes at the bank for me to pay now that signed when I slapped my name onto some recommendations of a mowin' machine an which the feller cut in two and made notes of. Then yester- day another cuss come long with per tition to the Lesgislatur' ag'n high taxes, and socked my name onto it, an now I'm waitin' to see whether it'll turn out mortgage on the farm or only com mon note. I'm mighty glad you fellers ain't got no scheme, cause I'd be sure to go into it"
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
Can Drink if You Eat.

News was received in New York that tn. Court of Appeals at Albany had decided in favor of the hotel keepers in the test case be- gun last summer by the arrest by policemen mental, and other hotels for the serving of wine with meals in their dining rooms on Sun day. The defence in these cases was that the law did not intend to prevent hotels from fur nishing their regua ar guests or travellers who sought entertainment with whatever food and drink they required, but applied only to sales of liquor at bar as a beverage. The case came up in the Court of Appeals on an appeal by the city from the decision of the General Term. The effect of the decision is to allow hotels and restaurants to serve liquor with meals on Sunday, the same as on any other
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
i, LIGHTNING FOR MURDERERs.
The Legislature Advised to Abolish Hanging in New York.

. The report of the Commission appointed by the New York Legislature in 1886 to report the moot humane and practical method known to modern science of carving into effect the sen- tence of death in capital cases, was transmitted to the Legislature. It recommends killing the culprits by electricity.
 To their report the Commissioners append . proposed ''act to provide for the proper in- existing provisions of law relative thereto" It comprises thirteen sections. It directs that the death warrant shall be directed to the agent and warden of the State prison in the judicial district wherethe conviction has taken place, commanding the Warden or agent to do execution of the sentence upon some day within the week thus appointed. The defendant shall be kept in solitary confinement in the State prison, and only his counsel, physician, . priest or minister, and the members of the family may sec him. The time of the execution within the week appointed shall be left to the discretion of the agent and warden to whom the warrant is directed. No previous an nouncement of the day nor hour of the execu- ton shall be made, except to those who are to te present. Section 5O5 shall read:
 The punishment of death must in every case be inflicted by causing to pass through the body of the convict a current of electricity of sufficient intensity to cause death, and the ap- p}ication of such current shall be continued until such convict is de d.
 At the execution may be two physicians and twelve reputable citizens, to be selected by the agent and warden. There may also be seven deputy or assistant sherins. No other persons shall be present.
 post mortem examination shall be held and the body may be delivered for dissection to some public hospital or incorporated med ical college in this State, or the body shall be inferred in the graveyard or cemetery at- tached to the prison, with sufficient quan- tity of quick:ime to consume the body without delay.
 No religious or other services shall be held over the remains, and in no case shall they be delivered to any relative or other person.
 No account of the details of any such execu- tion, beyond the statement of fact that such convict was the day in question duly exc cnted according to law at the prison, shall be published in any newspaper.
 Any person who shall violate or omit to com- ply with any prov sion of this sec ion shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
 Finally, the Superintendent of Prisons shall, before Jan. I, lSS9 cause an electrical sppara- tus to be erected in each State prison iu the State, with appliances for executing criminals.
 The punishment of death by electricity shall pot be applied to criminals who shall have committed a crime before the act takes effect. The bi l, if it becomes . law, will take effect on Jan. 1, 1889.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
MT. Bell Wins a Suit.

trct Court of the Mexican republic affirming the validity of the Bell telephone and Blake transn,itter patents under the laws of Mexico The defendants in the case, German mercan- tile house. are ordered to deliver their stock of instruments to the Mexican Telephone Gem pany. to make statement of their profits, and hand them over, and to pay all the costs. The defendants will appeal to the Supreme Court, but it is believed the decision will be sustained. The Mexican Telephone Company have made . hard fight, and the case has excited much interest. The case had its origin in the intro. duction here of exact copies of the Bell Tele. phone Company's instruments by the German house and their use in different parts of the reOublic
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Blow to the Canal.

The French Ministers came to a unanimous decision to refuse the application of NJ. de Lesseps for authority to issue lottery loans for aiding in the construction of the Panama Canal. As consequence Panama Canal shares, toward the close of business on the Bourse, fell 20f.
 M de Lesseps has issued circular in vi ich he says that he is prepared to appeal directly to the public with class of bonds giving the fullest guarantees but he declines to accept the Governments decision refusing him author. ity to issue lottery in loans. To do so, he says, would be to acquesce in all the calumnies against the Panama Canal. He therefore urges sha, checkers to request the Deputies for their respective districts to bring the matter before tae Chamber for full public inquiry,
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
Value of a Hobby.

If we ever became vindictive toward & fellow man, and desired to punish him, we would deprive him of his hobby; without that he would be lonesome ill q crowd, and crowded into a wilderness, and would seek what he had lost and find it not. The business man with a hobby that he rides is q happy man; but if the hobby rides him, the business will suffer sooner or later. The man without hobby will be found in the club room, the billiard room, or card room. The lobbyist, with his loft of pigeons, his bird skins or eggs, bugs or beetles, takes more substantial happi- ness than all the members of the highest toned club in city combined. Besides that, home and Dame Nature is all the world to him and all the heaven he ever aspires to- IFdde's Fibre.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
AT WASHINGTON.
Some Matters of Moment Brought
 Up at the Capital.

The Senate spent day ill discussing the bill for refunding the direct tax of 1861, and agreed to several amendments of minor importance. An amendment offered by MT. Vance, extend ing the provisions of the bill to the cotton tax collected under the law of 1862, excited the op- position of Mir. Sherman, and after long de- ba.e. it was rej cted by vote of 46 to Is. The i'll was fpally passed, AS to TO- It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to credit to each State and Territory and to the District of Co., iumbia sum equal to all collections made therefrom, or from the citizens as inhabitants thereof, or other persons, under the Direct Tax act of Aug. ,, 1881. It remits all moneys still due to the United States under such act and it appropriates the amount necessary for the reimbursement, the sums collected directly from individuals to be held in trust by the State for the benefit of the persons from whom they were collected or their legal repre- sentatives.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
Horse Meat in Chicago,

Charles Seeburg and Peter Yepperson applied at the Mayors office for license to run a butcher shop for the sale of horse meat. They were sent to City Physician De Wolf Both applicants eaid they had been in the same business in the old country, and were prepared to demonstrate that horse meat is better than porterhouse steak and much cheaper. The men tried hard to persuade the Doctor that a butcher shop for horses was what every great metropolitan city needed, but they failed. He thought we had not yet been reduced to that necessity, and at best that the Health Depart. ment was not in 2 position to establish an in- epection that would prevent the sale of the 1esh of old, decrepit, or lame horses.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redunda ant Columns

Reports come from the wheat districts of Texas to the effect that in many counties every field of winter wheat has been destroyed.
 A movement is on foot, With headquarters at Topeka, Kan, to co.onize hundreds of thou sands of colored laborcrs in Central and South America.
 In the case of Catherjue Crilly against the Pennsylvania Railroad which was tried before Judge Finletter, at Philadelphia, Mrs. Crilly obtained . verdict for To, 900 The plaintiffs husband, Hugh Crill2, was killed by the cars.
 Gov. semple has signed the bill giving the ballot to the women of Washington Territory.
 A despatch from Belgrade says the Servian Government has contracted for 15o, 900 Schul- hon repeating rifles.
 The members of the new Manitoba Gov ernment took their seats, and Parliament ad- journed for . month.
 The constitutional prohibition amendment was passed in the Massachusetts Senate by . vote of 25 to 8, with two pairs.
 The steel steam ferryboat Robert Garrett, built for the Staten Island Rapid Transit Com pany, was successfully launched at the Colun- She is built of half inch plates. and IS 250 feet long over all and 64 feet beam over guards.
 Mormon missionaries are making prosely- tes in various parts of Georgia
 A hermit named David Price was found 0eAu III HIS nut near W0Ifen. O. several nun dred dollars were found in the rAfters in paper and coin and thousands in notes and securities
 -Charles F. Ulrich, who was injured on the Hudson River road Jan. 12, 1882 according to the opinion of Judge Ruger, just handed down, lost bis right to damages, as he had . free pass
 The Novelty Machine Works Company. ono of the most extensive establishments Of the kind in Indiana, made m assignment at Evans vile. Tho assets are estimated at 460 900. Liabilities unknown.
 Mrs. Dr. Edna Hill Gray Dow has been elected President of the Dover, N. H., street railroad company.
 Gov. Rusk or Wisconsin is ill with gas tritis. but no serious result is anticipated by his physician.
 The Hon. E. c. Walthall was elected United States Senator from Mississippi to succeed him. self.
 Gov. Davis of Rhode Island says in his message that prohibition is almost total fail ure. because the law has not the moral support of the community.
 The nineteenth annual convention of the New York State Bee Keepers Association is in session at Utica.
 The Ohio Coal Operators and Coal Miners Association held a meeting at Columbus, at which delegates to the Pittsburgh convention were chosen.
 The assignment of the San Francisco Bridge Company was announced. The liabili- ties are estimated at $500, 900 and the assets at ts0O, GOO.
 -One hundred Murkland and Crompton loom carpet weavers struck in Ivins, Dietz tS Magee's mills, Philadelphia, for the restoration of wages.