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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
The E,sc,orai Vote.

hlssAsrTTA sPHsos. Va, hey n. 1854.
" Editor ofase Dispdtch:
Tease inform me through your paper
~ Tie electoral vote is counted. y. wss
-, led IN 1858 by plurality. and by sies, s
ia vote II. was elected. Why not thAs
s.. plurality, as in State and county elec-
W. dcf Yours. hrApLh'
u was elected by the electors OF fresl.
= sI aud yiee-President of the United
!, s's'ss. though he did not receive MAJORS
w tho popular yofa. Tho szp'snas'on V
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
where the Beauty Lies. ,

raa.;,,. think that Mr.. Lovely
mafrleu .nette. She may DO money!
=. Mf h.v iDcome is very handsome.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
Putting Up Mail at the Post-Ofiicc.
l.. q dond

To TIE Editor Of The Dispatch:
Will you kindly inform me through your
valuable paper the reason why our post
office should take three hours and nail 10
mt up any mail coming into our city Tor
boxes after $3.50 p. NJ, when we pay extra
for the same2 Yours very truly, Box.
We learn that at P. NJ. the four regu-
lar day box-clerks in the post-office 60 of
duty. Only one night box-clerk is en-
ployed. He has the five night mails 10
box as they arrive--viz.:
Richmond and Allegheny mail at $50 P.
N.
Southern mail at 7 P. NJ.
Norfolk mail at P. III.
West Point mail at S:45 Z. M.
Northern mail ut 10 7. NJ.
He mas all these mails to box, and 80
cannot complete his work as easily as he
MIGHT if he had an assistant. which the
Postmaster has asked for, but IS not yet
authorized by the Post-0ffice Department
to employ.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
when Women speak.

women seldom mean the pleasant sn1, ,asnsI
.,ar ssv 70 women or the unpl'A'
things they say to men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07

Hielok. No. i D: "a ZIG, T.. a1a o SSsS;
line Sun-Cured are Pure tina thsm'
Co. cured Tnbaccos. 1fs tne"'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
AFTER TIE pATrLE.

The Compton house was large. roomy
cottage and was filed with wounded and
dying from both armies after the battles,
and only survived that tragic time to fail
O prey to flames in more peaceful days.
Only huge heap Of stones mark the spot.
but few feet distant Is q smaller house
occupied by the two remaining survivors Of
that large, hospitable family. The Chinn
house, mile distant, was desolated, and
the Henry house, little further on. was
almost battered down with shot and shell,
and as we rode around the ruins the
ground looked like newly-ploughed field.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
NOTABLE MONUMENTS.
AN HISTORIC LOCALITY.

just back of this spot is the body Of
woods in which Jackson's army lay con-
cealed awaiting Longstreet's division. One
could hardly realize with the bright May
sun streaming over it, the gentle breeze
stirring the green, tender leaves. and the
birds carolling out their joyous hearts,
that it was the scene that other summer
day of those horrible battle-sounds and
misery; that this was the place where
hunger and thirst and pain held high revel
with man and beast
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
A EAMOrS TRTR.

The road-bed is denuded of almost every
rock here, and near it we were shown q
tree through the BODY of which nj, cannon AM on
tree fiourishing. The conclusion killed a
Union soldier who vas sheltered behind it
without leaving n mark upon him. Only
last year broken gun was found in the
dead leaves. rusted and useless, but it bad
fallen from soldiers hands. and other
relics are still found here. Every year some
reminder of the war is ploughed up on the
Henry or Chinn place. and some are sold
for O considerable sum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
ABANDONED.

In vain they moved it from room to
room. The noises followed until the lady
Abandoned it and the house. Her ghost
was as much o matter of discussion when
she met her neighbors as any other every
day affair. After remaining unoccupied
for time it was bought by a Pennsylvania
family, who are living very comfortably
there. Whether they laid the ghost in
finding skeleton in an obscure place and
taking note of it, or whether the ghost
betook it to other and less crowded places
than a battlefield, chronicle doth not say.
b. c. LOCKE.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
DIRECTORS NOT RESPONSE
BILE

Perhaps the state of Pennsylvania
and city of Philadelphia would not
have lost Sl,3O0.OOO by the keystone
bank if the directors had their vigilance
melted by personal liability. The re-
cent decisions, however, are all against
involving directors of Institutions in
unpleasant concern for the integrity of
the management. The past week the
directors of the New York 81 New
Haven railroad, of whom CHAUNcEY
DEEPEN was one, were held by the court
to have no responsibility for the tunnel
disaster which caused so great de-
struction of life by reason of the re-
fusal of the company to comply with
the statute prohibiting the use of stoves
in the ears. The president of the road
was alone held as culpable legally. 1t
Is to be presumed, however, that
when the legal machinery is invoked
against him there will be found some
crevice in the legal principles for hi
exit. Ii there is criminal liability any,
where, it will be located much lower
down. 1t is remembered that little
time since tine United States supreme
court applied the legal principles to ma
tiOnal bank directors in the same way.
They can be know-nothings and do
nothings while unfaithful servants are
packing their valiSes from the vaults
for a luxurious sojourn abroad. The
stockholders and depositors might be
ruined and the directors incur no Iia-
bility for not directing. Under this
construction it can matter little to the
patrons of financial institutions whether
the directors are dummies or wooden
headed. Their interests are not neces.
5arily conserved by the directory.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
GONE TOO FAR.

The introduction of the new mode of
executing criminals by electricity, in
place of the rope, in New York has been
taken advantage of by class of GRIM
inal lawyers to practically defeat the
execution of the penalty in capital
cases. There are now in that state
eighteen convicted and sentenced mur-
derers, who have been kept from their
legal deserts by the frivolous techni-
ealities and appeals of their attorneys.
Their cases have been taken from court
to court, and finally to the United States
court, upon fiimsy pretexts that had for
their object the defeat of justice. Some
of the parties have been held in this
way for two years. and the abuse has
become so glaring that the court of ap-
peals has taken recent occasion TO
strongly condemn it. If its suggestion
is followed, these attorneys will be dis
barred and their sort of practice effectu-
ally discouraged.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
CAN TAKE CARE OF

There should be no political feeling
thought of when effort is made to secure
national convention at either of the
Twin Cities. Unanimity of effort should
be had, whether one or the other of the
ciIics is the more immediate party, and
entire disregard be had of all party con-
SiderationS. In the case of the pres ent
hopeful effort to secure the Republican
convention at Minneapolis, it is re-
gretted that there is in any quarter
disposition to disparage the quality of
the assemblages on such occasions. A
leading Democratic paper of New Eng
land, which is perhaps more concerned
to make a partisan point than as to the
location of the gathering, affects 10 be-
lieve that JOHN s. PILLsBURY, of MINI
neapollS, known in the East as a Repub-
lican, used this language to his towns
men: This talk of throwing open our
homes to the people who come to the
convention is all nonsense; the
people who come to that conven-
ton are not such as we want
in onr homes" This is made
the preteXt for invidiouS comparisons of
the composition of the national eonven-
tionS of the two parties. The Chicago
papers are referred to as stating that,
when the two conventions were held in
that city, the consumption of liquors in
the public places was three times as
great during the Republican conven-
tion as:during the Democratic gathering
The paper supposes Mr.. PILLsBURY
had some such idea in mind when he
thought so unhapily and audibly, if he
was reported correctly. An eXplana-
tion might be had, that while the Re-
publicans spent much more for drinks
in the Chicago season, the Democrats
drank beer and cheap drinks, while
the Republicans absorbed high-priced
wines, cocktails and such. They had
been in politics on the FLANA-
GAN line, and had larger re-
sources. The president is understood
to have designated "Mumm, extra
dry" as the proper Republican lubri-
cant, taking box with that label with
him to Cape May the other day. The
spirit of fairness rises above PARTISAN
ship, and insists that there are many
Republicans who attend conventions
whose bibulous practices compare fa-
vorably with at least those of Democrats
who have not held Office. But it is all
unfair and unjust impression, that should
not be allowed to travel, that the metro
politan district of which Minneapolis is
big fraction has not accommodations
for either of the national conventions
without invoking private hospitality.
st. Paul and the ''lacustrine resorts"
are convenient, and have room for all
the overflow. 1t should be understood
over the country that Minneapolis and
the vicinity can take good care of ma
tional convention.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
MAY BE A REAL ROOM.

The prevalent disposition has been to
treat the presidential boom of Senator
CULLoM with leyity. as not much other
than most lucky politicians may have
concealed about them. The senator is
on his way to the old world, to spend a
season absorbing the vivifying waters
of Carlsbad and other things, 1t is in
timated that the change of air and diet
may really make his boom visible and
lively affair. Senators are not often
called upon to go up higher, nor are
they noted for their success as candi-
date makers. 1t is stated, however,
as a fact that has recently come to
light, that CULLoM is really the choice
of most of his associates in the senate.
The story is that last winter a majority
of the Republican senators entered into
a compact to support the Illinois MEM
ber, who aims to have his make
up suggest ABRAHAM LINCOLN, for
president, in the anticipated event that
Mr.. BLAINE is out of the field. These
senators are understood to be mainly
from prominent Republican states. The
matter seems to be new to administra-
ton ears, and is causing a good deal Of
apprehension. The friends of CULLoM
are generally personally hostile to HAIR
RIsON. They are looking for chances to
work in the dagger between his ribs.
CULLoM has never been anything but a
politician, and has acquired the oleag-
inous ;habit of those who slip into nice
things all the time. His canoe has
always tloated on prosperous waters,
and he has faith in his star. He has the
personal popularity of a genial fellow,
and has never heen caught in any polit-
ical scandals. 1t may be that his boom
will be worth watching in the quiet
hours of leisure before the political
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
BOIEs ASKS AID.
Iowa's Governor Speaks of the
Destitution He Saw.

DeStItutIOn He Saw.
CHEROKEE, To-, June 29.-Gov. Boies
arrived in this city this morning, and,
after surveying the flooded district,
issued the following proclamation to
the people of the state:
To the people of the state of Iowa: You
have heard of the affiiction which has fallen
upon some of the towns of our state. l have
made personal examination of the facts in
this city by coming and going over the
flooded districts, and find that at least
seventy-fve families have lost every
thing and some twenty-five more have
lost most of their household goods
and much of their clothing, while
their dwellings have been greatly injured
by the floods. In addition TO this loss of
houses and furniture the county at large has
suffered greatly in the loss of nearly every
bridge. both iron and wood, within its i'm
its; A careful estimate places the num-
at once at one hundred, thus
making population of about five
hundred that require, and will require for q
considerable length Of time, to be cared tor
by the charity OF our people. In addition to
the above, many of the surrounding towns
have also suffered greatly, and will neces-
sarily be compelled to appeal to the people
of the state for aid.
In view of this Calamity I recommend that
the mayors of the several cities of the state
and other charitably disposed persons imme-
diately take steps TO organize proper COM
mittees to solicit aid for these unfortunates
and see that the same is promptly forwarded to
David II. Bloom, mayor of Cherokee for diStri-
button among those of the city who have
suffered lossestand such persons as may be
named by the proper authorities of the other
towns which have suffered from the same
calamity. Ali contributions so forwarded
will be faithfully applied to the purpose for
which they are sent. Let contributions be
prompt and liberal.
HORACE BoIEs Governor of Iowa
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
A MOUNTAIN AFIRE.
A Summer Resort in California in
Great Danger.


SAN RAFAEL, Cal, June 29.-The
eastern slope of Mount Tamalpais. on
which are many magnificent summer
homes, was reported on fire this after
noon. The San Rafael fire depart
ment was called out and large number
of volunteers started out to fight the
flames. The fire started on Barber's
ranch and burned about sixty acres of
hav. The flames spread rapidly to j.
j. Kittle'S grounds. which were soon q
mass of flames. The fire has since
gained considerable headway, but Bar
ber's and Kittle's residences are out of
danger.
Williams Gulch. two miles from Ross
station, is on fire. and the flames are
running up the side of the mountain
The fire now covers an area of about
10000 acres. The cracking of the
flames can be heard mile distant, and
the air is full of cinders. The fire has
spread to the south, and it is now rap
idly approaching the magnificent
| residence of A. E. Kent. One hundred
men are fighting the fire, but it is
thought it cannot be extinguished with
in forty EIGHT hours. Another brush
fire started east of the town. near the
Hotel Rafael, and fifty acres of trees
are in flames. The whole town is
turned out to fight this fire, and as
there was no water, had to fight it with
branches and sacks.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
WANT MORE MONEY.

81 told you when we went away the other
day that we wouldn't get the worst OF it in
the struggle for site exclaimed Hon. j j.
Furlong at the Merchants yesterday He had
just returned from Chicago with the other
worlds fair commissioners for Minnesota.
Their mission, as has been explained il these
columns, was to choose site
for the Minnesota building. 81 hon.
estly believe we have selected the best
available spot in the city," Mr.. Furlong
amplified. 1T is in the very center OF
beautiful park. And now have awakened
TO the fact that any man may err when he at
tempts to economic in the administration of
the affuirs of state. AT the session of the
legislature l thought an appropriation of
$4,000 would make a ereditable dis
play of Mnnesota's products and indus
tries at the fair, but 1 know better now.
It is not enough. We have practically de-
cided that we must erect building that will
consume at most one-half the state appropri-
alton. and we are going to award $50 to the
architect that will draw the best plans to
come within that sum to construct. The
other $4,000 won't cut much of figure, it is
true, but we trust the legislature will help US
out, and fancy the capitalists and rich men
of the state will be willing to raise a fund
to help out 1t wouldn't surprise me at all if
a big amount of money is raised by private
subscription. 1t ought to reach $4,000
The enthusiasm is contagious. We met
other commissioners and they feel just as we
do-that their respective appropriations are
not enough.
+ T
sYes, we are going to employ clerk for
the secretary. but the salary will be very
small-probably $50 month-and the man
ager will probably receive 5000 year."
I +
Col Monfort is also in a sanguine mood
over the outlook. Il don't think Minnesota
will have any reason to feel at all ashamed
of the site we have selected. All we want
now is money enough to execute our plans y
I t I
Hon Chas. Nee. Reeve. of Minneapolis, said
last evening that he is hopeful of raising a
big fund from among the business men of
the Twin Cities and some of the principal
cities of the state. Then the different rail-
roads are likely 20 contribute largely to the
fund, and also to the display that will be
made.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
A BACK NUMBER.

s'The good old days on the river seem to
have gone forever" sighed steamboat cap
tain as he sat with q number of friends lin
the lobby of the Merchants a few nights ago.
sThirty years ago-those were the halcyon
days. Steamboating was popular then Per-
haps 1t was because tie railroads hadn come
in to destroy the business. but everybody
thought 1t just the proper thing to take ride
down the river. used to run on the Phil
Sheridan away back in the sixties, between
st. Paul and st. Louis. TWAS popular boat.
Perhaps 1t was on account of the name, for
itiwasn't much on style, although it was a
tolerably comfortable boat. The Phil Sher-.
1dan was always crowded, and many of the
leading characters of the West took pas
sage on her. AND there was always no
JACK OF fun and amusement on every
trip. Do you remember old man Templetoni
Why. he was the father of Fay Templeton,
Mascotte singer, as they call her. / remem-
ber the Templeton family riding on our boat
q good many times. Templeton was about
the first theatrical man, 1 believe, who came
to Minnesota. He used to spend his sum-
Her vacation here and in st. Anthony. Fay
was wee little baby. When l first saw her.
she was the sweetest little lump ever held
in these arms added the captain, holding
out his brawny arms as if nursing babe
zone night when the Templeton company
was coming up the river from st. Louis, one
OF the steamboat crew-a mere lad-got hurt
someway. AS remember it, big box got
tipped over on him. Templeton and his wife
took quite an interest," in the boy,
and they wanted TO do something
to help him. The boat was crowded with
passengers-mostly tourists The night of
the accident, Templeton got his company to-
gether, and an impromptu stage was fixed
up in the cabin. The theaters of the West
were not well stocked with scenery in those
days. and each company carried its own sets.
By O'Clock in the evening everything was
in ship shape, and Mr.. Templeton announced
that his company was going to give a ben
eft performance for the boy that got hurt
The tickets were 81 each, and an extra charge
was made of dollar for the best seats. Ev-
erybody seemed touched and they all wanted
the 81 seats. The consequence was, no one
would pay less price, although they
didn't get a seat at all, but stood
back by door, or perhaps on the outside
entirely, unable to squeeze in. The curtain
was sliding affair. They couldn't fix up
the rolling curtain. The curtain was pulled,
and never saw better performance in my
life of London Assurance" 1t went off
smooth and slick, and the audience applaud
ed until the people living along the river
must have known that it was delighted
crowd aboard the old Phil Sheridan. The
boy got handsome purse, and we took him
to st. Louis where he went to a hospital and
came out all right. When the Templeton
combination, few years ago. showed in st.
Louis in the ''Maseotte," this same boy-now
man, of eourse-came a long way to see the
opera. He is living somewhere in New Mex
ieo-Las Vegas, believe.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
THEY DO GOOD WORK.

The Boston Herald has been investi-
gatlng the two penal and reformatory
institutions in the East recently held
up to ridicnle by the London Reform
association as absurd exhibitions OF
mushy sentimentalism. These are the
reformatory at Elmira and the prison
at Concord. The result, as it is given,
is to turn the ridicule back upon the
London critics. The data are sufficient
to show that S0'per cent of the inmates
of Elmira become honest citizens and
abandon their criminal life. and rs per
cent of the prison population at Con-
cord are induced to lead reputable lives
of industry. If these are the works of
such institutions. they can afford to ig-
more the jeers of the ignorant and
prejudiced. Sentimentalism must have
eminently practical and salutary phases
when it makes good citizens out of
three-fourths of the criminals.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
AS TO TIN PLATES.
Exodus of Mechanics to America
MAY Take Place.

QLoNDoN, June 29.-The Times to-day,
referring 10 the fact that sixty delegates
from the tin plate working districts of
Wales are going to the United States in
order to inquire into the prospects of
profitable employment there and to the
statement made that American agents in
London are buying the latest improve
ments in tin plate machines. as well as
offering double wages to the tin plate
workers, says:
''Should the delegates report favora-
bly, upon the prospects for tin plate
workers in the United States, it is not
unlikely that there will be so large an
exodus to America as to lead to a great
portion of the trade hitherto monopo-
liZed by Wales being transferred to
America. Hitherto the idea has been
that it was impossible to manufacture
tin plates in America, owing to atmos-
pheric conditions, but tin-plate makers
who accompanied the iron and steel in
stitute delegates TO America reported
that there was nothing except the want
of skilled labor to prevent the success
full manufacture of tin plate in Amer
ica."
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-30
MINNEAPOLIS.
Dr. Pierson Has Gone.

The Presbyterian ministers held their
last meeting before the summer vaca-
ton yesterday morning. Rev. Arthur
r. Pierson spoke to them on ''HamiIetIc
Methods" He advised them that study of
the Bible was the best preparation. At
the close of his address DR.. Pierson babe
good-by to his fellow ministers. He
had nothing but the pleasantest recol-
lections of his stay III Minneapolis. lie
left for Philadelphia last night. Rev.
Clarence S. Sargent. of Adams, Mass,
will fill the pulpit at Westminster next
Sunday. Rev. DR.. Mcpherson, of Chi
cago, will hold the same place July 12-
convention Sunday-and DR.. William
Hogue Marquis, of Missouri, will preach
July 10 and two following Sundays.