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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
NO SPECIAL TERM.
TIE PRIEST BOYLE TO BE TRIED NEXT
SEPTEMBER
Ths Recent storm-Fatal Aocidsnts-Dam.
age TO the Cotton Crop-General
Forth state Notes.
lspeclal teIeeram to ,no pIspa..h.l

A"FNNiAi A'l'kAhhA ~ NA' A"' +-HhN
RALEIGH. Y. e.. May 1G.-The commits
sioncr- Of Wske county held a special meet
INK here to-day 10 consider tho matter of 4
special term Of The Superior Court 10 tTy j.
J. BOYLE for s%ssaulting Miss Whitaker. The
commissioners discussed the question At
length and decided not 10 request the term
10 be bed. - u would be expensive and
probably Boyle would not be ready for trial.
80 this disposes of the matter until sopienH
be-. The rcgulrrtr term Of the Criminal Court
does Dot begin until the 10Th 81 that month.
BoYis's counsel would have mlde oil possi-
bic efforts 10 gain time. The Solicitor made
an earnest plea Tor = special term and nine
tenths Of the people desire II.
1Hs sToHW.
Further detsils Of day before yesterdays
storm show that 10 WAS fatal at one or Two
points. The roof OF I warehouse wss blown
OF 81 krruersville. and Freer Williams, ~
R0cAiughsm county, was instantly ku'ed 10y
the roof as IL fell. Awhite man named Hloh
was dangerously wounded. The storm Ia
Robson county was accompanied hy h1I,
which covered the ground b. The depth II
three inches. Two houses were wrecked,
aud the cotton crop IN many cases was total
lv IuiRed. a great amount OF replantlog
will he necessary. The storm in sampson
couofy Was also severe, and the cotton was
much injured.
i was learned here to-day that night be-
for, LAST az Macon yillscc, q negro settlement
three miles from tAe city, = negro man beat
bis wlie 10 so brutal manner as TO cause
her death.
Tho Grand Lodge OF Odd.Feilows. in 'cs.
sion 90 Fayetteville, has eIertcd Joseph G.
Brown, ~ Raleigh. grand master.
Governor EOWle LETT This afternoon ior
Bingham'- school, 10 be- present no the ami
yer,ary exercises. Next Monday afternoon
be- leaves Tor Petersburg to attend TIE mu'
sir %ie.tI,al.
Ihc Governor t0.dIy granted iull pardon
10 LUhrsim Davis lcOI0reda. who eight years
$40 was sentenced from CatsWba county 20
hle imprisonment IN the tfnitcntiary. lie
Is SEVENTH years Old. His punishment was
unjust, 1ud the evidence which convicted
him WIS given 10y % negro named pOckerv,
who was oa trisl for his ljfe for mutder. A
mau named Church WIS lynchci for some
murder and Dockcry was put co trial for bus
life. To save bis life Pc pot the burden u
CUNT on DAVIS snd sNofs that tho latter was
acoa,-ory before ihe fact. D0cterv vas
sent % fhe peuifcnusry, where le very r'-
Gently confessed that b. bad sworn falsely
sud Thu, implicated Davis, VINO was entirely
Innocent.
The only c0mn','nt about The crops ar'
pears f0 Lc tlet ther. i.a r0orst4ud of cotton
40 some sections anG that good deaf OF Zee
planting must Ore G0u0.
Just 70 toe tune NJ the la'a election Repuh-
iic-n.Ch4irmau QUAY sent % telegram here to
Colonel ~N8N.r, tnirf sfr.rfI>UI0 "a ti"H tons,
stating thit Dec bod eH.enl wiich Do WIS
prepared o. u.o in paying Tor lhe discovery
% election frauds, 1c. in North Caroline.
.- I'D -H .HL-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

~ F0-- : GII U NO TTIIdTEl.T
~CHlELEsroy, s.. e.. May %lC.-Henry Wat-
terson. editor Of the Louisville courier.
journal, has accepted an invitation 10 de-
liver an Grafton before toe South Csroliua
Press Association 10 Charleston next year.
Captain Morris. OF the British schooner
Gll,ua. which arrived 81 Charleston from
New York to-day, reports that when oil
frying-Pan sboll. a car%ref-pigeon flew ON
board. ON one leg was q rubber band with
..>3" stamped on TO-. SO vessel was 10
sight az the tiue. Tue pigeon was brought
IN (h4rl..fUu-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
heath Of Nrs. snriSuruo-Othcr
setter.

f~re-e o. telegram q. tae Dispatch
O-Hu-IA>,Hlel. Vs., Nt' TO- Ms. Lucy
@~a,lnurn.. me mother ~ Mrs. 7. W. spin
die, a. iuis pIlcf, aud Nr. >i's- Shelourne,
~ ,oar cty. aud r.lict ot the Rev. Ce-
lh.s ~ue.1urue, dl-d here yesterday and
was. h.rIrd to.day. size hod been quite
hHud i.r several wears aud wJs over seventy
wears 0i age. She leaves 3 numerous family
connection 10 uoufn ber death.
on De- q number n iorricn lawyers are m
attendance upon Judge G1ir'sc court. Among
c.lc.. + notice Judge ia}es, OF Ghies; Gem
.rd Nalkcr, ot v,n~yi.ir; Colonel Hans
urouca. OF ~atm, end SIR. TomEinr. ~
tjo,I. IHi, ha, been a very busy session
,it.t court and mucd business De-, been dis
pltc'ei.
Corn. oats. and vhc2t are doing well and
tl. trees arr laden with fruit.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
An Auemptto Wreck a Train.

ny ftIefraUht % ile Ufpatch.I
G~rFtNFIrLD. Mass, May ia dastardy
attempt was made ia.t night ~ wreck Pas
3 NIGER Tram so. 81, bound west, on the
Flichburg railroad, a short distance beyond
%Shc.0urne Falls. The train leaves that sta-
ton a. l0.ji. shortly before tins hour the
track.waIker found a pile o. ties on the
track ~ 70 sharp curve. BE attempted 10 Pc.
move thc obstruction and WIS vigorously
stoned ly somc Unknown persons. Tie ran
% |~hc.uurne Falls and secured help aut
cleared the track ~ time. II toe ohstruc-
tons had not been Discovered q terrible
smssh-up. attended VITA lose OF life, must
have resulted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

ny frI"EraIn y 100 UIspat'n.I
PuI-HcEGH, May lb.-A special from Al
tooas, Pa, states mat Right Rev. Bishop
Tuigg. Of the pitt>ourph diocese Roman
Catholic Church. g. thought 70 De dying. lie
o. lying atthc psrscuageof - Johu's church.
Altoona, surrounded 10y many priests Of the
d.oce,e. The last rite, Of the Church laye
been administered % hlm. lie has been I'M
conscious for tine pi't twodays. and all hopes
for Dis recovery have been abandoned.
Bi.hop Tuirg vas ordained a priest forty
years ago. aud was con~'cra,cd Bishop Of
pItf-lurea iu 1896. in November, 1852, be
was stricken VITA paralysis, from which he
never fully recovered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
struck for an Advance.

PITTsnURcH. Pa. MAY l6.-The employees
CT the lap-wcld and butt>weld departments
OF the National ube-WOrks Company Of
McKccsport, Pa, struck to-day for an adj
vance in wage OF 10 per cent. Two thou.
sand men ave out.
The employees Of the galyanizing and
rolling departments slso threaten 10 Join the
strikers. About 1000 men are employed In
this plant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
nnow In the west.
~ t.Iograph D ~ Depstch.l

10y teIrErHpn % No U.pttch.I
ASHLAND, WIS, May 10. -Pa,sengers on
the trains arriving IN thi, city last night re-
port from three 10 i've inches OF snow all
over Northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
-Four inches fcll az Pratt, Wis, ard from
three 90 i've inches reported all along tue
Gogebic range.
~. I%GNAcg, Mich. May GA snow
storm occurred at 1t. lgnace, Mich. yester-
day. The fall seems 10 be general over
Nnffhfrn MlchIran.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
Dependents Of the Victims of the Sa-
moan Disaster.

10y ftIfgrapu 10 Iue UsNlI'N'T
WASHINGTON, Nay C.-Auplcaiions for
pensions are beginning % come in 20 the
Peu-ion-OGice from The widows 1ni de-
pendent relatives ~ tbe officers and men
who lost their ives ln the recent naval disc
astcr At samoa. The widow OF Captain
shoemaker, Of The Nsndaiia. filed her claim
a few DAYS sgo, and It has been submitted 90
me proper DIVISION for allowance. Her
pension VIII amount % $50 ger mouth. To-
day n coIored woman whose husband was On
p'Oyed on one ~ tlr JOSH vessels appeared 40
the pcu.ion-ONiee and flied h'r claim for
her pension. she viii boz allowed 7I2 Per
month.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
Thc CataoIic Kniehtu.


~ |'"'"F" 10 WI7FNIUHI
CHATrAEOOGA, May l6.- The Catholic
Knights Of AmesIca 10 session 10 this city
abolished the Office Of supreme legal adviser
tonight. Several important changes IN the
constItutton we're discussed, bus none were
definitely acted on. Hereafter members in
sursnce viii be charged only with assess
ments made alter their initiation and before
their death. TIE quarter.raie insurance
was established without limitation As TO
agp.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
MARdIAEE

CRAiG-CARElCk.-NarrIe on Wednesday.
Way 18Th. a. Ret Bank, -. }. by the key. r. =
Harbaugh. ROBERT r. CRAIG - II. NAY CAR
RICK. no canis.
OLKER-PEYRONSE1 Married. A. ths
residence Of ne rcslionco az tho brides tnrthef,
1Is. G.. peyrOnnvL No 20 nuNi First sue+i,
Aprl q, 1897, BY Or. a.. u. DasticL. u. b lOL~
hEK ~ hATEs P~EYkOSNEI.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
Marriage OF a west Virginia state
~euuGo
rspecia! telegram 10 tbs Dispatrn.l

Especial telegram % tbs Dispatrhl
CHARLESTON. ". VA, Nav I6.-State Sem
ator B. h. Oxicy and Miss Fannie II. Burton
were married al 9 O'Clock this morning II the
residence OF the bfidc's mother. The we'd
ding was q very quiet one. only a very few
Of the intimate friends Of the contracting
parties being present. The uewiy-married
couple loit on the Chesapeake and ONO train
going east to-day for a weeks wedding
tour OF tue northern and eastern cities.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

day next for the purpose OF discussing the
question Of the abolition Of the irish VICE
roysbip. The call IL signed by the Duke OF
Leinster, Marquis NJ Waterford. Marquis "
Orm0nde, Vlscount De Nesci, MAJOR Saun-
dorSOn. and others.
PlGOTr's Fly INSURANCE.
LONDON, MAY 1G.-It Is stated that Rich
ard Pigo't, the forgcr OF the P,rnell let
ters, had hts life Insured for 81. 1000 in the
English and Scottish Law Life Office The
fact that he committed suicide does not NJ
feet the policy. which Is said TO have been
In existence over five years.
mELASD's NATIONALITY.
DUBLIN. Nav ~. -Referring 10 the report
concerning the abolition % The vice.
rovship ~ lgclsnd. the United Ireland
say: "Thc Victroy>hip, although de-
graded. must be maintained. as 10 IL 4 sign
Of lrelsnd's separate nationality
CONVICTED or IIDEI.
PArIs, NAV 1G.-Numa Gilly. a member u
the Chamber Of Deputies Tor the Department
% Gard, has been tried at Montpelier on the
charge 81 l~ibellinc VI. sails, a member 81 fhe
Chamber Tor the Department Of I%Ierauit,
convicted, ond sentenced 10 a months ini'
ptisonment and 10 puy a fne Of 200 francs.
20 CAPITAL sCBSCRlBrD.
PARIS. May l6.-The capita, OF the new
Compton D'Escompte, Whi,h is 40,001.0ol
francs. rs. been subscribed thrice, chiefly ~
shareholder, ~ the old concern.
The sHAH WELCOMED.
ST. PErEBSBJRG. Nay lG.-Ihe shah HIS
arrived At ! Illis and i atopping AZ the impe-
rial palace there. lie was outhusi's:icallv
-.- 1900 - .tstH FH. 100
WA, Illuminated In his honor.
FLAGS AGAIN FLYING.
SHANGHAI. Nav l0.-The claims for
DAMAGE arising ont OF the Chcefo0 riots
have been settled. The English and Ameri-
can flags have been Teh0isted, the Chinese
troops >aluung them.
AUTHORIZED TO DRAW.
HAVANA, Nay l6. Csptun-General sals'
manca hos been authorized % draw on the
spanish Treasury Tor tbe sum u S,o0,03o.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
a Herd TuvA

The President: "Ey the wav. Lord
Psuucefote, nav ! ask . pronounce your
uau- c1urcuy '
lord Psun~,iote. "Aluos, NJ. Pres'-
dent. ] pronounce . 'Hn'scbg'PL 80
To Tho privacy ~ lts o~u room Mr. Iiarri-
son subsequently uls ms mouth with mashed
uIilto and iries 10 aticlIlie iAe name Min
correct Kn1llsh arceuf.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
cnier EnsineerM arrla Dend.

lBy telegraph 20 t-s Dispatch.
Santa BARBARA, Ot1., May lJ.-Chisf-
Engineer g.. J.. u.rri., II The United static.
navy, who Was ou tIe ua,ai examining
board o. t~f tlr Wir-suip Charleston. bar
who became 30 on tlc yoYn-n from san
Francisco here and was iuclpacitateI from
duty, died a. q boiei here last nIeAt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

nv '-I0ErHUE U ne OIsT-|NT
New NopE. Say lG.-Tue icttcr received
from the IlIi of Dunrayen hy Commodore
smith, of the NoW York Yacht Club, sus-
ge,,- tlst %" date, Poo 1-esdsy, october i.t,
Thursday. October @d, tud4y, October 4tu,
saturday. October 5'h, and Monday, Octo'
Der 1th.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
Gutchercd Its VIE and Killed Hlm.

Try telegraph 20 tn' p.-Datn1
W~urrsrAneg, PA. Nay tG.-Jamcs Do
ran. q wcl-t0-do citizen ~ MllJby, three
mics from here, chopped his N'ie'. heud %
pieces tonight AVID then attempted 20 kli
lIs daughter, butflileI. Ilo afterwards cut
Dis own throat and liel in short tme.
domestic trouble va, the cause.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

Schooner e T. CotinghaIn, smith, New York.
railroad ties vessel, Gurus 4 farker.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
Elected Moderator.

by telegraph % Tie Dl5patrh.I
Kansas CITY. May lG.-Ihe annual Gene
raj Assembly o'tho Cumberland PIe b tcr.an
Cburcn opened here TO-DAY. About 2JU dele
gate, are present. mostly from the south.
Rev. j. W. Hab5Ard, Of Nashville, was
elected moderator.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

HUTZLER.-Diof. As 30& O'Clock Weino~iay
morning, Nay IS 1879, 10 tho sesouiy~e'sb!h year
OF his axe, ABRAHAM HUtZLkR, a nAtye of
HAgeRDnch. Germany. sni Tor nfty yoafs real
dent OF this city.
Tbs funeral viii uke p'seo from bi. la,e resi-
dencs. 800 eA,t Broad street. rms (FrdaO
MORNING atli clock. NC nOscrN
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

INV telegrsph " 100 Dtspatch.l

IUF I0ITLINIH W'WV E"F"0|H1T
New Yopx, biay l6.-F. ID. Dulin, forty
cye wears Old, Il compositor employed on the
World. took u room At Long Branch Hotel
,oeI night. During the Dight he ended his
he by tuning on The gas Ia bis room. ne
io.t 500 by bscking Hanover yesterday at
GrAyesend races'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
Anothcr Snpnlr Of Ltmine

WIFI De here 10 day or two. Those dealers
who are waiting for 70 wIi pleoss have q H.
Re patience. VIII .tt them Au0w a. soon IS
II comes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
rirn In prtncetnn.

BY Telegraph % 90 Dispatchl
NAsHvlLLt, IE>N., Nav "a tire broke
out IN Princeton, Ky, yestrriay, sud seyc-
raj stores were burnc p. Loss $1,000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
COTTON hgpokc

We quote. Ftns. GS)Asa15. slpernus. tl7S.
s2.2o, sxira, sLS)AtA75 family. SlAlL5). pAgsas
family, COUNTRY, SAi64fA2,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

s7i5: May snd June. MI; July. HfsT.
Eroi ghe unsettled cottDn. %SSsiIif.; grs,a.
AKA.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. Nay f6 Cash quotations. .ers; Flour
steady aud unchanged. No. Z spring wheat.
s3a9gc. Ma. 2 rcd. s2AnS3c. No oorn Sbc.
so. 2 ohts. H4r. Hess-pork, tl toatlLfs
Lard, h7fH. Shor-nhs. R15as6s. sbpuI-
WhiskeY. fiE
T~helnadlng ltlre. rangsi ~ follow:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
,AND poyATloKs FoR nus mIsH.

LONDON, May l6.-Mr. Dillon telegraphs
from Australia that immense meetings have
becu held 81 Ballarat under the auspices OK
the Irish deputation and that grand doDa-
tons 10 the Irish fund have been received.
The members OF tie party are In good
health
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

LONDON, May 16.-In the House Of Com
mons this afternoon Mr. BAlfour, Chief Sec
retsry Dor Ireland. stated that ten Irish MEM
bers Of the House are now In prison Tor Of
fences under the crimes act. lis said they
are al eninYinP good heallh.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

Marker lrhs
QUOTATIONS.
NfDoLfSg. Zoe.
Low AIODCINg. Psc.
GCOD OhDIAAkY. sc
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
LOST, sTRAyED. AND FOUND.

Lost, srRAyrD, AND FouND.
CTRAYED, FROM No. 5l3Hm|
- west Marshall street, 90 FRIDAY -
night tho 10Th Instant one YELLOW SHIP
HERD MALI DOG ears slightly tipped. about
twelve months old, and with large, bushy tail
answers 10 the name Of Prince. VIII give liberal
reward fOr his return 20 l42O north Twenty
seventh street. or for Inform alton leading 80 bis
recovery,
my i5eOd3t Z. '. BhlDGBWArER.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

BERLIN. May lG.-llundreds Of striking
miners 90 Es.cu hsyo been sworn ln s- SDe-
cial officers a. their request. st bort
mund hundreds a strikers resumed work
to-day without shy opposition. Negotiations
Element u the differences viii soon De
reached.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

FONT OF RICHMOND. Ma
ANaINan


AgzTysn
steamer Ariel. Deyo. Norfolk. msrchsnciss
ana paSsengcr@
schooner Wspella, Wentworth. Bangor. Ice.
MrL Jane King.
Schooner Perseverance, Willard. hAuoscn,
grAntte, J. II. NethcrNood.
Schooner n. W. godfrey, smith, Philadelphia.
coal. = 4. LAihropS Co.
schooner Charles a. smith, Lear, Philadelphia.
coal. ;. Il. liSweA
sAIED.
Schooner e. 7. Cotginghaln, smith, New York.
railroad ties vessel Gurus 4 Parker.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. MAy Is, isa
ny Telegraph
AKRfvgR.
Steamship Mara Nos York. 80 load coal
steamship GuyaDd0tie New lOrk, and sailed
for New YORK, nenceanitse
schooner l. II. RUSSELL salem. 20 load coal
schooner J. l. Hssbcouek. boston, " load GAL
NAILxp.
steamship Finance. brazil merchandise pas
sengers. and mail
steamship Navarro. liverpool coAled.
steamship hAnawha. Pr0NideneS coal
Tug Luekenbach. win oaEges ksgglasog ssd
RcniouS New York, coal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
THE MARKET REPORTS
AND IN CONNECTION THERswITH THE
WEATHER INDICATIONS
Record OF tbs New York and Richmond
stock gTchSRges-Jrain. Flour, Cot
tea, Meat, and other Quotations

10y telegraph u tho Di,ps,cb.l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
eRAIa AND COTTON Excaavak

NItHAuNU, W9J 70, W
oFFRSiS1A
W%HHAr -i.20 blsh8lA
COEN.-lG bushels.
OArs.-5J bushels
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

10y teiecraph - thu Dispstch.l
- w,sHINGroS. May lG-foc Virginia.
~" warmer, fa'r weather. southorly winds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17
sALEs RsFlsrsO = Fr'RgrlsY


WaEAE -Longberry. COO bushols prms al 9sc.
Mi1c1, 90 bushels very good 81 3d.
CORN.-Ai1ed, 40 bushels very good on private
terur.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-17

THE ws,rssa ~ EicnNoS Yzsrs1o,v va.
far.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-11-14
Sufferin gs in Siberia.

George Remnants article in the Gen.
tat1y contains the following account of
Siberian mines: Regarded as places
of punishment the Nerchinsk mines
did not seem to me so terrible as they
are often represented to be. 1t is not
very pleasant. of course, to work eight
or ten hours every day in a damp ice
gallery 400 feet underground; but even
such employment is, | think, less pre-
Judicial to health than unbroken con-
finement in dirty, overcrowded, and
foul-smelling convict prison The
mines are badly ventilated and the
gases liberated in them by the ex-
plosives used are doubtless injurious;
but there are no deadly fumes or ex-
halatiOns from poisonous ores like Gin
nabar to effect the health of the labor
ers, and experience seems to show that
the death rate is no higher among the
convicts who 90 reGulary every day in
to the mines thanthoSe who lay idle day
after day in the Initiated air of the prison
kameras. If | were permitted to make
choice between complete idlenesS in such
a prison as that of Algachi or Ust Kara
and regular daily labor in the mines. /
should, without hesitation, choose the
latter. SO far as / could ascertain by
careful inquiry among the convicts
themselves, no one has ever been
compelled to live and sleep in these
mines day and night, and | believe that
all the stories to that effect published
from to time are wholly imaginary and
fictitious. The working force may oc-
casionallv have been divided into day
and night gangs, or shifts, sent into
the mines alternately, but the same
men have never been required to re-
main there continuously for twenty
four hours. At the present time there
is no night work and all of the convicts
return to their prisons before dark, or
in the short days of midwinter very
soon after dark. / do not wish to be
understood as saying that the life of
Russia convicts at the Nerchinsk silver
mines is an easy one, or that they do
not suffer. | can hardly imagine a
more terrible and hopeless existence
than that of man who works all day
in one of the damp, muddy galleries of
the PokrOfski mine and goes back at
night to a close, foul, vermin-infested
prison like that of Algachi. 1t is worse
than the life of any pariah dog, but at
the same time it is not the sensational
terrible life of the fictitious convict de-
scribed by Mr.. Grenville Murry-the
convict who lives night and day under
ground, sleeps in rocky niche, tolls
in hopeless misery under the lash of
pitiless overseer, and is slowly poisoned
to death by the fumes of quicksilver
Such things may be effective in a SEN
sational drama. but they are not true.
The worst feature Of penal servitude in
Siberia is not hard labor in the mines;
it is the condition OF the prisons.n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-11-14

The efficacy of the cold bath in tv.
phoid fever l. now admitted. and the
doctors are claiming it rs Il discovery
of science. Fever patients would have
discovered ii long ago # they had been
permitted 10 treat themselves. \ dear
friend OF a Washington Capital cor
respondent discovered il for himself
when a prisoner of war in East leu
nessee. He had been captured and
was on his way further South when
taken with typhoid fever. His guard
found him dcl.riouS when waking him
TO continue his march. They consigned
him TO the care of 4 farmers wife who
looked kindly upon the suffering pris-
oner. She gave him spare room and
reli~iouSly shut the windows lest he
should have draft of Heavens air and
die; she denied him the cool water of
the We'll because the country doctor
said 81. The patient lay still in the
midnight hours and the kind watcher
by his bed slept the sleep of the right
eous. Awakening suddenly the nurse
found the sick bed empty. The pa
tient had gone. Running out to The
front yard she heard sp,u,terinr
noise, which She traced 10 The dern.
cool mountain well. Getting = candle
she lowered il by string to the wa
ter'S brink, and there stood the Van
hee soldier up 10 lis chin in the cold
water. He had escaped while she slept
and had sought for GOODNESS and found
1t. Ii took some tilucto rouse the sleepy
negro man, who was farm hand ana
general facJotum. After an hour or
more the soldier was rescued. lie was
hoisted up. and, for the first time in
many hours. he was conscious. He
was wrapped in blankets amid MANY
forehodiu@s OF death. Sweet sleep en-
sued. and the next morning appetite
returned. 4 few days and strength re-
turned. The man was cared bv Ma
lures remedy. He never saw Il Con-
federate prison. for The Kind woman
piloted him over the mountains 10 the
Union lines. He remembers that well
70 this day with deepest gratitude. and
no summer passes that he does not
send TO the East Tennessee farm some
remembrance of the kindness he had
there.