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PADLEwsKI.

Feb. Is, 1891, the Cunard steamship
Etruria landed at New York, and among
the passengers was an erect, fine looking
man with the general air Of an educated
and well to d, Frenchman. He went at
once to the house of a well to do Polish
exile, Inc in a little while was living quiz
city In Brooklyn as a German craftsman
of the name of Otto Heller. 1t was Stan
islaus Padlewski. Before long he discov-
cred that Russia's secret agents were on
his track, and that he could be extradited
for killing a man in Paris. Once returned
to that city he did not doubt that the
French authorities would burn him alive,
II need should be, to secure the friendship
Of Russia March 3, 1891, passage was en-
gagged on n Galveston steamer for Otto
Hauser, and in a few days the individual
was at work among the Polish and Slavic
population about San Antonio.
On the morning of Oct. %, 1891, the
corpse of a a with a pistol in his right
hand, was found in Maverick park, San
Antonio. Little by little the rest has been
proved. Stanislaus Padlewski was worn
out at last. He was but thirty-three years
old and his whole adult life had been
passed in fighting Russian despotism. The
details of his connection with Vera Sassu-
lilsch. Sophie Guenzburg and other mar
tyrs would fill a volume. The barest out
lines Of his life can be given here. Amer
leans know but little of plots and conspira-
cies; perhaps this outline of a life may
convey n useful him of what Russian DIES
nntiern %
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ed the commissions and spasmodic twitch
ings preceding the death Of the infant she
had murdered.
On the day Of execution she dressed her
self neatly in common black clothes, and
putting on a s~unbonnet walked firmly
down the steps to the front of the jail.
where there was in waiting a wagon con
tanning her coffin. She too her seat Upon
this CHASTITY reminder of her approaching
death; forty members of a local military
company fell in" twenty on each side; a
drummer beat a solemn tattoo, and with
5000 men and q few women following the
march to the gallows was begun. The
grim instrument of death seemed to have
no terrors for the condemned woman. She
mounted the scaffold without f~linching.
made an impassioned speech Of eight min.
utes' duration, in the curse Of which she
reaffirmed her innocence and then ex-
pressed a desire to / some of her rela
tives goodby. When the sheriff requested
any such who were present to step FORWARD
there was no response. TIL unfortunate
creature sighed YEARLY, murmured "This
is hard" told the sheriff to go ahead and a
moment later herself dropped the handker-
chief which was the signal agreed upon
She died In such horrible agony apparent
ly, and SO slowly, that strong men are said
to have been made faint by the hckening
vpectacleL
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rhrouuh Pullman Service.

Commencing Sunday, Nov. Is. a Wa
bash through Pullman car service was in
augurated in connection with the Rock
Island from Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo and other Colorado points to st.
Louis. These Puilmans are OF the new
est and choicest design. and will leave
Denver daily on Rock Island No. AZ. at
$40 p. m, arriving in St. Louis at I
o'clock on the second morning, at which
point direct connections will be made iu
Union depot with limited traips for all
points East, South and Southeast.
Remember. only one change OF cars
from Denver to New York, Boston and
o,her far Eastern points. Sleeping berths
can be secured by addressing
G. M. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent.
1927 Seventeenth street, Denver. Colo.
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A NlHILIsr.

Was Otto Hoffman. Alias Other Names,
the Killer of General Seliverston9
Otto Hoffman of Posen, Otto Heller of
New York and Otto Hauser of San An
tonic, Tex, is dead. The grammar is
rocky" but the fact Is important, and
What Is of more consequence Stanislaus
Padlewski, the man who killed the Rus
sian General Seliverstoff in Paris, Is dead
All these are but names Of the same man,
and he died by his own hand, IL the jury at
San Antonio was not mistaken, and lies In
the potter's field. And already the min
utes Of the inquest are stolen and Russian
emissaries are denying the main facts.
To Americans generally such a wild
tumble of statements seems like the ever
shifting phantasmagoria from the dream
of an opium dosed sick man, but the main
facts are proved. The whole story would
make three volumes of romance. The
leading incidents are as follows: On Nov.
Is, 1890, General Michael de SeliverstofY,
chief of the Russian secret police Of Paris,
was killed at his desk In the Hotel de
Babe. All the resources of French police
and detective administration were put to
work to catchithe assassin and failed. He
was seen at Lyons, he was seen at Trieste,
he was reported to be at Malta, he was Of
hcially set down as in London and at last
he was positively known to be somewhere
in New York.
Nihilists, communists. socialists and
general suspects were arrested by the dozen
in France, for Just now the French author
titles are cultivating the friendship of Rus
STA. The arrested men and women simply
laughed at the police and told them to
"prove it." The very utmost the Partisan
police could do was to send a few persons
to prison for three months for keeping
places of resort" without license.
, 1892-02-20

Those afflicted with either or both trou-
bles will appreciate this letter from Joshua
Harvey, Of No. SOLO Elm avenue, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Il have used Allcock's Porous Plasters
for thirty years, and have always found
them eficacious in coughs, colds, pulmon-
airy complaints. rheumatism and pains in
the back. | also was subject to violent
attacks OF catarrh or hay fever; to cure
this | cut a strip sufficient to cover the
forehead all over and applied it on going
to bed. Slept well and got up with a
clear head and nose stopped running, eyes
bright, and all PAIN in the head and nose
gone. Sometimes [ am attacked with ex
treme hoarseness, but always relieved by
an Allcock's Porous Plasters around the
throat
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Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb, 6, 1892.


Estate of Charles M. McCarty, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration were on the 22ud dav of
January 1892, granted to the undersigned
in the above estate and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said estate are
hereby required TO exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers Tor allowance, to the
undersigned ADMINISTRATIVE within six
months after date of said letters. or they
may be precluded from any benefit from
such estate, and if such CLAIMS be not
exhibited within one year from the date
of said letters. they will be forever barred.
Dated Jan. %, 1892.
OLLIE McCARTY,
Administrator of the above named es-
tate.
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then finished n close second to Charleston
at both Freeport and Rockford In 2:1S and
2:17A respectively. At Chicago he was
again returned a winner in 2:1S. A week
later he once more caught the judges eye
in 2:19. Then he started against his rec
ord and made the mile without a skip in
2:l6. Four days later he was again sent to
beat his record on the kite shaped track
ut Independence, Ia, N going evenly and
well without the semblance of a break he
reduced his mark to 2:13x. He is a hand
some horse with an even temper and per-
feet gait.
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Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate of William
j. Vannice. deceased. were issued and
granted to the undersigned by the district
court of Laramie county, Wyoming. on
and under date of the 18th day of jan
uary, 1892. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned. the %administra-
trix of said estate, at her residence in
Cheyenne, Wyoming, within six months
after the date of said letters or they may
be precluded from any benefit from such
estate, and ii such claims be not exhibited
within one year from the date of the said
letters they shall be forever debarred.
NELLIE r. VANNIcE,
Administrative.
Cheyenne. Wyo., Feb. 6. 1892
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Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.

From a letter written by Mrs. Ada f.
Hurd of Groton. s. D., we quote: WAS
taken with a bad cold which settled on
nv lungs, cough set in and terminated in
consumption. Four doctors gave me up
saying l could live but a short time. !
gave myself up to my Saviour. determined
earth | would meet my absent ones above.
Ny husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. l gave it a trial,
took in all eight bottles; it has cured me
and | thank God [ am now a well and
hearty woman" Trial bottle free al
Roedel's drug store. Regular size, SOC
and 3 100.
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Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon q healthy condition Of all
the vital organs. If the liver be inactive
you have a bilious look, if your stomach
be d=,sordered you have ~ 2 dysp saa . look !.
punched look. Secure good health and
YOU will have good looks. Electric Bit
~ters.is the great Alternative and tonic, acts
directly on the vital organs. Cures PIN
pies, blotches, boils, and gives a good
complexion. Sold at Roedel's drug store.
fifty cents per bottle.
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She was a colored
girl, about TWEEN
ty-one years old.
She married a man
who disliked chill
dren. He told her
to get rid of her
little baby, which
she promptly did
by administering
to 1t an enormous
quantity Of rat
poison The OBJ
tuseness of Caro-
line Ships moral
sense was strik-
ingly illustrated
by the absolute in
difference with
which aba reuard.
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Among the new aspirants for the crown
OF stallion king, Pat Downing, by Abe
Downing, dan by Mambrino Abdallah, is
undoubtedly one of the most promising,
and If he improves as much in 1892 as he
did in 1891 the great Palo Alto, 2:0s&, may
yet be uncrowned. Pat Downing opened
his campaign last year with IN easy win at
Elgin, Ills, in 2:25. This be followed up
with another win ut Pontiac in 2:23. He
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Jack Frost is the leading -four in the
West.
For the Children.

I'm buying a cough medicine for chill
dren." says Fl. A. Walker. a prominent
druggist Of Ogden, Utah. never be
afraid TO buy Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy. There is no danger from it and re-
lief is sure TO follow. l particularly rec
ommend Chamberlain's because l have
have found il to be safe and reliable"
Fifty cent bottles for salo by druggists.
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spent the last six
months of 1891 in
the p~enitentiary.
The old soldier is
Captain Samuel ].
Miller. who served
in the Mexican
war, and In the
civil war as yell.
He is now sixty
three years old
and lives IN Cam
bridge City, Ind.
Captain Miller
was "A volunteer
in hi S~ixty-ninth
Indiana, and rose
80 10 aanfafp ~
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A New Lear turned for 1902.

This is what we are doing: Running
Pullman dining cars. Pullman palace
sleeping cars, Pullman colonist sleepers.
tree reclining chair cars, aud new day
coaches. 1t costs you nothing extra to
ride on a hrst-class line. You can reach
all easter points via the Union Pacific
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The little village of Dallas, N. c., was
recently the scene of the execution of Caro-
line Shipp, the first woman who has died
on the RalloMs in that state since the war
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tut nOtninB kO0S fikut Wutu LuAiuma . hWay.
What . scene of discomfort and con-
fusion home would be If mamma did
not return. If your wife is slowly
breaking down, from = combination Of
domestic cares and female disorders,
make 1t your first business to restore
her health DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription IL without . peer as q remedy
for feeble and debilitated women, and q
the only medicine for the class of mala-
dies known as "female diseases" which
is sold, by druggists, under q positips
guarantee from the manufacturer that
It will give satisfaction, in every case, or
the money will be refunded. 1t is q
positive cure for the most complicated
cases. It's an invigorating, restorative
tonic, and a soothing and strengthening
nervine, fmpartlng tone and vigor to the
whole system. It's . legitimate medi-
cine, ~too-carefully compounded by an
experienced physician, and adapted to
woman's delicate organization.
, 1892-02-20
A RELEASE.

He Was Befricnded In Prison by = For
mer Army Newsboy.
One OF the very last IL not the last official
acts of Governor Campbell, OF Ohio. was
the granting Of a pardon that made a free
man of an unfortunate veteran who had
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Subscribe for the Leader.
, 1892-02-20
Administrator Notice.

lack Frost Is the best in the market.
, 1892-02-20

rROrEs-u0NAL. CAnUr.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
The Taliest Mast.


To he Editor of the DisDdtch:
Will you please give the height OF. the
tallest masts on ships or sailing vessels III
use and oblige, SUBscRIBrs'
On full-rigged sailing ship of $40 feet
in length the heights of the mainmasts
are made as follows:
Top of mainmast from the water, rs feet.
Top of main topmast from the water,
114l1 feet.
Main truck from the water. l69 feet.
Some of the very large sailing vessels
built in Scotland lately have the trucks
IT'S feet from the water.
Generally IN designing vessels TO use
sail.power alone the heights of masts are
made certain fixed mhltiples of the
breadth of beam. the rule used very often
by the English for clipper-ships beng:
Mainmast hounded-breadth of vessel
x1.4.
Mainmast headed - bounded length
Kos.
Main topmast hounded-breath of vessel
1.13.
Main topmast headed-hounded length
x02
Main topgallant mast hounded-breadth
of vessel x 0.96.
Main top royal mast hounded-breadth
of vessel O.5.
Vessels having masts too high to go
under the Brooklyn bridge lower their top
gallant masts.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
The bioors.
MoNrykLE, VA,


IT, the Elifor Of The Dispatch
- Who were the Moors Of Spain! l re-
member reading some years ago speech
of q California senator IN opposition 10
Chinese immigration to this country, IN
which he said that wherever the Mongo-
liam got footbold in any country he al
ways maintained 1t and was never dis
lodged. Here some of the senators asked
him how about the Moors of Spain. to
which he replied that they were eau
casiaus and not Mongolians. Now, Mr.
Editor, was this statement of the Senator
correct? | have always been under the
impression that the Moors were of q
tawny-hued race. And the trite old saying.
IS As black as Desdemona's Moor" seems
rather inconsistent with the Caucasian
theory. Please answer in your next issue
of The WIEKLY DISPATCH, aud oblige,
ENQUIRER.
The Moors are dark race dwelling in
Barbary, in Northern Africa. They derive
their name from the ancient Mauri or Maui
ritanans; but the present Moors are
mixed race. chiefly of Arab and Maurita-
MAN origin. The nameis applied especial
" to the dwellersin the cities. The Arabic
conquerors of Spain were called Moors.
The Mauritanians. by recent research.
have been connected with The LiDyans OF
the Egyptian monuments.
Webster says Moor is :" any individual
of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia
which have adopted the Mohammedan re-
ligion. In Spanish history the terms
Moors. Saracens, and Arabs are synony-
NOUS"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03

I OST, A LARGE GOLD ~
IL BROWN noG. Name Of OWE IA 4
scratched ON metal Of collzf. Inc.
qacstsd by G. DktorE, 5Vs hosp! '-'
n 3lts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
Department of Agriculture.
To ns Editor ofRe Dispa,ch:

To he Editor of4ie Dispd'ch:
On what date did Congress pass the act
constituting the Department of Agrlcul-
ture as separate and distinct department
of the Government and name the head OF
the department as member OF the Cabi-
metz
When did the act go into effect and who
was the first secretary Of the department Z
A. Il. Nice.
The President signed the bill making
the change on the 9th of February, 1885.
President Cleveland nominated Norman
j. Colman for Secretary of Agriculture on
the 18th of February, 1889. The United
States Senate did not confirm him.
On the 4th of March, 1899, President
Harrison was sworn in ard on the 9Th Of
March, 1889. Jeremiah NJ. Rusk was nomi-
mated by the President as Secretary OF Ag-
riculture, and he was confirmed by the
Senate the same day.
The changes required by the act went
into effect at once.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03

blessings on these dreams that make as
happy In our busy momentsi We are a.
lowed the bliss OF an occasional smile, and
long after the little yellow dog-carta have
disappeared with their precious burdens,
we think Of the pleasant visions which
fitted before our eyes. The girls are al
privileged 10 fiirt when they appear upon
the thorouehtares In these vehicles IL Is
a practice TO be encouraged and will re-
ccivc the ondorsation of the entire voting
population OF Richmond. Their presence
and their smiles bring rs much happiness
as the unexpected check which arrives by
the evening mail. TIE IDLE REPoaIEs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
The Value of Our Gold Money.

To ne Editor of the DisDdtch:
VIII YOU kindly answer the following
question from reader of your paper;
il il not fact that our gold money Is Of
less intrinsic value than money value and
if so, how much! SUBSCRIBER.
Gold bullion is taken to the mint and
coined flee of charge into gold coins. But
as % $40 grains, nine-tenths fine, are equal
to and worth dollar, and coined accord
ingly, we may say that pure gold is worth
more per o6nce than gold coins.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
A commou-ssn.s Remedy.

In the matter of curatives what you want
il something that will do its work whileyou
continue to do yours-a remedy that will
give you no Inconvenience nor interfere
with your business. Such remedy IS
Allcock's Porous Plasters. Tsess plasters
are not an experiment; they have been in
use for over thirty years and their value
has been attested by the highest medical
authorities. as well as by testimonials
from those who have used them. They
require no change Of diet and are not af-
feoted by wet or cold. Their action does
not interfere with labor or business. You
can toll and yet be cured while hard at
work. They are 30 pure that the young
est, the oldest. the most delicate. person
OF either sex can use them with great
benefit.
Beware Of limitations and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for
Allcock's and let no solicitation or expla-
nation induce you to accept q substitute.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
Old Stone walls in Powhatan County.

To ne Editor Of he Dispatch:
There is IN Powhatan county, Va.
TWENTY-FIVE miles from Richmond and one
mile from the James river (Lee station,
near Fine Creek Mills. tract Of some
twenty OF twenty-five acres OF land lying
on both sides of what Is known "a Fine
creek, on which there are stone walls Of
several buildings. The tops and timhers
have rotted of one building 40xlOO feet
and OF another 20x30 feet. There Is a
natural-rock dam across the creek sufi-
Gent to turn the stream through canal.
aud it is the only natural dam that ever
saw-all said to have been the property Of
some old English company; No record OF
the company is to be found in the county
or in anv history that know of. Can you
or any of your readers give me the history
of the company? X. l.. Z.
FINE CGKRK MILLS, Va. Dec. %, 1891.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
Who Raised the First Confederate Flag
over the state Capitol.
4)5 FAST CLAY STREET,

To The Editor Of The Dispatch;
II WAS Immediately after the Virginia
convention had passed the ordinance of
accession MAY 7, 1861 that Mr.. Crump
raised the first Confederate flag on our
Capitol.
There were several men in the party"
and il NAV be that 1t was Mr.. John Coch-
ran who lowered the old flag. The ropes
were tangled and Alr. John,Crump (belng
a sailor was called on to free the rope.
This he did. and then he attached the Con-
federate flag to the halyards and raised 1t
to the top Of the pole. Respectfully,
December so. 1891.
Our correspondent, lady, fails to state
correctly the date when the Virginia Con-
vention passed the Ordinance of Seces-
sion.
MIR. Charles T.. johnson. now of Fred
erioksburg, but in 1861 member of the
Public Guard, claims the honor that is as
serted for Mr.. Crump. II is said that he
raised the Confederate flag on our Capitol
the day Virginia seeded and by order Of
Governor Letcher. The Ordinance Of Sc
cession was passed some time before that
fact was made public. Ii was a secret
well kept and for military purposes.
But is il fact that the Confederate flag
was raised by any one over thelConfederate
Capitol by order of Governor Letcher be-
fore Virginia became member of the Con-
federacy?
Here Is another letter on the same sub
iect claiming the same honor for other
men:
HESRIco COUNTY. Va, January /, 1892.
To he Editor Of he Dispatch:
The first Confederate flag raised on the
Capitol of Virginia Gfer the secession OF
the State was hoisted by L. 5. Baber,
Sampson Jones. Jr., and --- Bruin, an
employee Of the Confederate Congress.
il was run up on the southern end of the
Capitol on the nth of April. 1861. not more
than an hour or two after 1t was known TO
the public that the ordinance of secession
had been passed by Congress. The flag
was made by ladies living on Main street
near Ninth. II was suspended over Main
street. aud was taken from there TO the
Capitol and thrown to the breeze amid
the widest enthusiasm. Confederate
flag was raised on the northern end OF the
Capitol before the secession of the State:
but il was taken down by the state Guard
as soon as they were made aware OF the
fact. IL. + a.
Mr.. Brun may have been IAN employee
of the Confederate Congress" tut that
body was then in session at Montgomery,
Ala. Perhaps our correspondent means
that Mr.. Bruin was afterwards an employee
of the Confederate Congress.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03

records, see the one in your issue Of Decem-
Der 20th). To avoid obvious falsities IN
ages IN several cases we must add the
number Of days in the calendar month TO
the number of DAYS in the minuend when
this Is less than the number Of days IL the
subtrahend. and the arithmetics note TINS
when exactness in date Is required.
give two cases OF falsIty:
Day OF death Is62-- 1870 1s62-2-6:30
Is6I-12- 81 1Sd2-2- rs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
Weather Christmas.

To TIE Editor Of ne Dispatch:
Will you be kind enough to state whether
il rained Christmas-day or not and If so be-
tween what hours? Obliging a subscriber.
Yours, III.
Our records state that it was cloudy in
the early morning, say at 2 O'Clock.
and that there was heavy fog at night,
which marred the happiness of the young
eallants in extinguishing the brilliance Of
their fireworks, with which they sought to
please their lady loves.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03

Assembly to incorporate this town. Is
Was incorporated some years since. but
the charter was repealed
Rev. John =. Russell. OF Missouri, and his
wife are visiting our townsman I. p.
Newsome. Esq.
Miss Lucy N. Wilson las been spending
tho holidays With her mother, Mrs. E. l..
Turner.
The graded school viii resume Its exer-
cises next Monday.
A happy and prosperous New-Year to
the DIsPArcH and its officers and en-
pioyees
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-03
THE Egg. Had Turned Into Sour MIX.

LovrSuroY, Va, January A citizen
living about three miles from LoyIngston
was the victim of O wonderful Christmas
metamorphosis day or two before the
25th. He started walking from home with
a bucket containing six dozen eggs, which
he intended disposing of AT I.oyingston. On
arriving here he entered store. and after
haggling over the price for some time be
opened his bucket TO find that his SIX
dozen eggs had changed TO gallon OF sour
milk. Some one suggested that be mad
taken the wrong bucket, but the unfortu-
nate fellow would hear of nothing but
that spirits had been at work in his pail.