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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
BRUNSON AND MS ISrlHp
They are In No Country, and He Owes AEs-
Clanco to Nobody but Brunson.

OLYMPIA, August 2i.-The people o.
Olympia and residents Of nelghborinS
points know of a lost island that is ac-
tually lost so far as the Government record
are concerned. 1t is known to steamboat
Captains and people in the neighoorhood
IS Steamboat Island. because Of It's ident'
ty. According to a frank admission on
he part OF the Land Department, tlis
sland is not under the control or anJ
GnOwn Government.
This discovery Wcs made by MAJ ey
.he name OF Il. Brunson. who squa.tes
n the island about three yeas ago and
hen sought TO file on the land as a home
utd. He was sent from one point TO an
,ther trying TO get IT surveyed, but met
With nothing but disappointment at each
urn. At lei 9Th, after wearisome delay.
he department at Washington sent word
lat il had no knowledge Of any sLcn
doce Of land within the bOrdsrtof tho
United States. Brunson continues 10
iquat, and nov Gefies the powers that bo
& oust him He Is a bachelor. nd Is the
,ole resident Of the island. which contains
about SIX acres. lie has small ranch,
where he raises garden truck,&c. ,ani
ives as indepe pendently as any OF the prOue
)otentates Of Europe.
At low tide BrunsOn can reach the MAIN
and along a low sri Of sand. but when
lie waters comes I'm he Is cut of from all
communication with the outside world
except by boat. This miniature kingdom
. about twelve miles from Olympia, at
ne Intersection OF Big ShoolIum and
OYSTER bays. According 70 Brunson's
irst understanding his kingdom was Just
over the line I'm Mason county. IL seems.
however, that the middle OF the chan
mel Is counted as the dividing line In tho
BAYS Of Puget Sound. and by this.
Br nson's kingdom Is In Thurston county.
The question OF taxation is now in
dispute Brunson refused to pay his poll
tax 10 Mason country on the ground that
his island was not subject TO any Govern
ment and that he was literally law unto
himself. This seems to be the generally
accepted view of the case Some or his
neighbors joked him about his princi-
pality, and he remarked that he had q
good notion to run up the British flag and
take pc session in the name OF Queen
Victoria" II has been suggested that /;
he should sell whlskey within the borders
of his kingdom he would soon find ouS
who owned the island.
Since he pays no taxes his right to
vote Is called in question. According
TO latest accounts Brunson was dispoesd
TO favor ThuIston county with his vote.
The case is quite interesting and fas
provoked no little discussion among
the Inhabitants Of the sound.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
THE TRIP ROUGH
The STEAMSHIP WYANokE HAS A
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Caueht ip the Great Storm She Drifts for
Hours With Salt Water Blowing
In Every Opening.

The Old Dominion steamship Wyanoke'
II. II. Boaz captain. arrived at 2;SO b. m.
yesterday from New York, something the
worse for wear on account OF the terrific
Atlantic storm which she passed through
Wednesday night.
When she tied up at Rockets her
smoke stack was encrusted with salS TO
the top. and every part of the outer
works Of the vessel showed similar Ell
fects from the salt water.
Captain Boaz says they left New YORK
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon ana
encountered bad weather, rain wind ana
fog as soon as they were out or the
harbor.
At l o'clock in the night while on
Barnegat they encountered n hurricane
which Capt. Boaz says was the worst ne
ever experienced IN a life time on the
sea. The wind blew from the northeast
with terrific force and stove in some or
the forward doors and blew the spray
through every crack and crevice until
every saloon and state room In the ship
was more or less wet.
They battled with n heavy cross sea,
which Capt Boaz. the old mariner, says
rose up like peaks on every side untl
finding it impossible TO make headway
against the storm, they lay TO ana drlIt-
ed for six hours.
At O'Clock In the morning they got
under headway and a couple OF hours
later again ran into the storm blowing
from the opposite direction.
Altogether II was rough experience,
and the fOrty-eight cabin ana sixty
steerage passengers, which made up her
list would not like TO try again.
Tho Wyanoke arrived at Norfolk Thurs
day night eight hours late and reached
aayeral hours henin1 her usual
time.
As soon as she arrived the work OF
cleaning up the effects OF the weather
was begun and by o'clock, the hour
Of leaving. the staunch old ship was
freed Of all signs Of her stormy voyage
and ready to battle again with the
waves,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

Miss joyce Coleln is sick at her homo,
No. 6l7 north Sixth street.
Mr.. J. II. Thompson has returned to the
city after two weeks stay at the Buffalo
Ridge Springs.
Thos. J. Moore and wife and son, left
Yesterday Tor Chicago and an extended trip
10 tue Northwest.
Rev. DIR. Ray. who went to Louisa county
10 dedicate a church last sunday, returned
yesterday quite SICK.
Mrs. j. A. Heisler and family are spend
INC the summer on their farm IN Hanover
county. near Mount Pleasant.
NrJ. f. Lumsden and family have re-
turned TO the city after visiting trlends IN
Hanover. Louisa, and Goochland counties.
Atl:55P. NJ. the ambulance was called
10 2)g south Second street TO colored
woman who was found TO be crazy. one
was taken TO the almshouse.
Robert Anthony (colored) was before
,Snuire Iarus. of Henrlco, Yesterday
charged with removing lot of furniture
which had been levied on. The case was
dismissed.
Mr.. Frank Van Wort leaves Monday for
BALTIMORE, Washington and Ola Point.
lie is going TO pursue that VICIOUS
American practice OF combining buslness
with pleasure.
DIR. Hoge. who has been preaching IN
Baltimore during the summer, VIII close
his engagement there tomorrow anu Is
exuected 10 return TO Richmond early IN
the comming week.
Among the arrivals at the Hygeia Hotel,
old Point Comfort. Yesterday. from hien-
nond were q. IL. Berry, II. H. iayior'
N N0W-
ell. W. II. Cosby.
An excursion train. under the. supervi-
sion of Messrs. Adams & Co, Will De 1un
80 stanton tonight. The train will
Isave the the Chesapeake and Ohio. depot
at II O'Clock. and returning VIII 'eA'o
Staunton at ?. NJ. SUNDAY.
The city ambulance was called to the
locomotive Works yesterday afternoon
10 see a lads who had been thrown irou
bugry. One of her left RIBS was broken
and the rieht shoulder dlslocated. She
was treated and taken 10 her home on
Seventeenth street. The physician did
not remember her name.
Among the visitors at the Capitol yester-
day were Mrs. M. +. Ariea, daughter oi the
late GOV. Fowle. OF North Carohna' MISS
Kate B Hale. Raleigh, n; O.; =. IL. DAD
cock, treasurer of Charles Clty county,
and III. L. oueitnhn, "cP"v
Rockbridge.
A, the Second police station there Is an
oval. shaped. old-fashioned gold breastpin,
which was found on the street several days
ago. In the centre of tho ornamene Il
enclosed lock Of erayish brown hair ana
nnother a shade darker. The owner can
obtain il by calling on Captain Angle.
Lee Camp held a largely attended meet; meet
ing last evening with Col Ihos. r. foiiafa
IL command, waiie rss As's,aas arranssments IN
regard 10 10 the visit OF the camp 70 WASH
,neton will be discussed at the next meet
ing. The trip is to be made on Septem-
Der 18TH 20 participate in the ceietrssion
OF the ccntonniai OF the isying OF the cor
ner stone OF the Capitol building.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
German Day Celebration

The committee Of arrangements ,ap-
pointed by the German-American AS
socfation for German Day have definitely
settled on September 1lth as the day on
which to celebrate that occasion.
The committee is actively at work for.
mulating a programme for parade and
amusement. and the Germans are evinc-
ing a good deal of interest in the coming
celebration. The committee express the
determination TO make the occasion the
grandest celebration the Association has
ever had They will spend the day as
usual at the Exposition Grounds. y fine
musical programme is being prepared
one feature Of which viii be a chorus
OF eighty voices. Baseball, dancing lu-
venile sports. games and speech making
will comprise the balance Of the pro-
gramme.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
THErICKET-Or-LEAvE MAN. 49,;
his Efforts to Become Respectable Are
Almost Hopeless.

a cripple and ex-convict charged at
Croydon the other day with begging,
said that since he had come out OF
prison thirteen years ago. the police had
been so down on him. that he had found
It Utterly impossible TO earn an honest
living He gave strong corroborative evil
dence OF this.
4 gentleman willing TO befriend him
had offered to set him up as a hawker,
but the police would not grant him a
license. and 1t was explained In court that
this was correct, as only respectable
men could have hawkers' licenses"
BY way of assisting him towards be-
coming respectable and getting a living
otherwise than by begging and stealing.
the Croydon bench sent this man TO Jail
for three weeks The cruelty of all this
Is bad enough. but | must confess what
impresses me yet more Is its stupidity.
Another case OF n somewhat similar
character occurred at Southport, where
a man under police supervision was i'm
prisoned for three weeks for falling to
report himself to the police.
This man had Just worked out an ut
terly monstrous sentence of twenty
years penal servitude. following on a
previous period Of five years, but for two
years past he had been getting a living
as a book canyasser and Is described as
of respectable appearance.
He complained that the police made
his life a misery TO him. and said that
It was I'm order to escape from an in
tolerable espionage that he omitted TO
report himself Police supervision is
necessarily irksOme to the supervised,
but there IS no reason why II should be
injurious. as it too often is
Tho truth is that the police authorities
have no idea OF assisting an eX-criminal
who really desires 10 amend his ways.
This hopeless position OF ticket-of-leave
men and parties under police super
vision was strongly cOrroboratcd by
the story told last week at the South
western Police Court by one Daniel
O'Conne who was charged with falling
/ 60 support himself.
Daniel said that In the effort 10 support
himself he went TO America, but being
4 only able to get odd Jobs he worked his
/ passage back lie then went hop picking
Z I'm Kent, and was hootod out of the field
because he was tickct-of-lcave mdn
} His next attempt was 20 drown himself.
but he was pulled out of the water and
} was then sent to the lunatic asylum for
| twelve months.
one would think that after all this
the failure Of the poor wretch To report
{ himself might have been overlooked but
/ Mr. Dcnman. although he was officially
! Informed that the story was true. so far
| as could be ascertaincd. saw the matter
/ in different Hight. and added another
/ chapter to O'Connes experience by
! awarding him three months. hard labor
! The man who pulled Daniel out Of the
water has a good deal to answer for,
though possibly not as much as
/ Alr. Denman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Tho same Natoes.

The Board Of Public Interests held a
re,tag IA ,ho council chamber last even
i, b. 10 agree on the names " NhIch are 10 be
Ihmilted 10 the City Council and lrOm
t..ch successor Is 20 be selected 20 Police
mmissiouer Jos. w. Laube. whose term
liiicc has expired. There were present
.armsn Il. T.. Glover and Messr. j. w.
" ante. ThOs. H. Ellett. 4. II. Taylor. w. j.
Mcdowell, J. s. 1rower, julius Straus,
Jutu s. Barwood and l.. f. ChriSiian.
Mr.. Mcdowell dominated Mr. Jos. w.
laube 10 succeed himself. Mr. Elliott nomi-
mated Messrs. j. B. hckenney. and 4. A.
Iundef, aud Mr.. White nominated Mr..
Marx Gunst. The vote resulted ~ follows:
J .ubs, =. Mckenney. \; Gunst. 8; and Bran
der. 3. MessrS. Laube Mckenney and Gunst
were declared the choice OF tue Board.
/ these are tho same names which we're
recommended 20 the Council before. when
tuat body failed TO come 10 any agreement.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
yittle for Ionnte To Do.

"Sduire" Lonnie Graves. who IS now
filing Justice Johns shoes at the police
court had but little TO do yesterday, as
there were very few charges which re-
ouired his consideration.
The case of d. LaGencstra. the Italian
who. as reported in this paper, was ar
rested Thursday on the charge of running
two little girls. Rosa and Kate Marsala'
was continued until the jOth.
The continuance. though opposed by
acting Commonwealth Attorney Gugon,
va, .-~ontcA - 'llow the accused to secure
counsel. At tn suggestion OF Captain
,,...--,,,. ka,.o 80 drsala then swore out war
rants against Mary Cararas and Mrs. ia
cobin, her auDts. charging them with
threatening herself and sister, and asked
the Justice to please place the women un-
der bond as they feared bodily harm at
their hands. Bond was required OF the
two aunts IN the sum OF 800 each.
Sarah Johnson. colored. paid the court
five dollars for shifting Emma White with
q brick. while Allen Morris, another
Afro American. contributed a Ike amount
for pulverizing Charles Stuart.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Accuracy with which IA Submarine Break
fs Found and Repaired.

II has always been a matter or spec
ulation and wonder to most people as
to how marine cable once broken In
mid-ocean is ever got together again
savs the New Orleans Times Democrat
The explanation is this: First, II must
he known that the cable practically rests
everywhere on the bottom of the sea. OF
course, there are places where sudden
deep places coming between shallow
ones will cause the cable 10 make a span
as over a ravine or gully. In other places
the ocean Is SO deep that the cable mas
its specific gravity somewhere IN mld-
water. so TO speak. In that case 1t rests
quite as firmly as IL It were on SOLD
ground.
When a break occurs the first step, or
course. Is to accurately locate its position.
A conductor. such as a cable, offers a GER
tain amount of obstruction or Tesis-
lance" to the passage Of an electric cur
rent Apparatus has been devised Tor
the measuring of this 'reslstence Inc
unit OF resistance Is called an ohm.
The resistance Of the average cable is'
roughly speaking. three ohms per nauti7
cal mile. Resistance practically ceases
at the point where the conductors make
considerable contact with the water.
Therefore. if.when measuring TO locate
a break, Il be found that the measuring
apparatus indictes a resistance OF so
ohns. the position OF the fault will be
known to be 300 miles from shore.
With this information the captain OF
the repairing ship is able TO determine
by his charts the course Of the cable the
latitude and longitude OF the spot where
the break occurred. and can proceed with
certainty to effect the repair When the
approximate neighborhood OF the track
is reached a grapnel is dropped overheard
and the vessel steams slowly In course
at right angles to the run OF the cable.
on the deck of the ship there Is ma
chine called a dynometer, which as It's
name Implies, Is used to measure resis-
tance.
The rope securing the grapnel passes
under this. IL the dynometer denotes
steady increase OF strain, It indicates that
the grapnel has caught the cable. If. on
the other hand, the resistance varies from
nothing 70 tons and from tons to nothing
again, Il is known that the grapnel Is
only engaging rocks or other projections
OF an uneven bottom. IL is frequently
necessary to drag over such ground sew
eral times before the cable can be Sc
cured.
Having secured one end Of parted ca
HE. the vessel noors IL 20 a buoy and
proceeds to search for the other end.
When both ends are brought together on
deck the electrician holds communication
with the shore on both sides TO make sure
that there are no other defective places
and that the cable Is perfect in both
directions. This having lbeen satisfac-
torily determined, all that remains Is 10
splice the ends together and drop the
cable once more into the sea.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
NEITHER SIDE WINS.
s1AUNToN BOYS PLAY A GREAT
GAME BUT ARE TIED.
,,msdsn, Colts Hold tho Valley Eel
,ovs down well--Two Games TO
D., PLAYED To-day.

q,,cre nny be somc question IA 70 the
,,-ecisc geographical situation OF S'auh-
-, and even "a TO whether the village Is
,,co1 on tho map. but Of one thing there
, no doubt-that the team when pears
,., name of the rustic seat can play grea'
t.r Yesterday afternoon they met b'iiy
t..-,.den's Colts and gave them a tremeh-
t... tussie. Gracious how the crauKs
ted and kicked! II was one continu-
... howl that turned the umpue,s hair
-.,. and became mOnotonouS IN the eA-
$50 The contest was splehuluN-
.-t, ono and the battle waged between
u. 'lnal Enrlght and tho golden,hau1eu
,'..rir- Fry. was something worth walk
H.. atty miles 10 see.
How TIE Jun rEGAN.
In ,le very first inning, before grim
q, .-,3 discord had begun 10 Wrlnkle MS
'-..F. the Nlrgiuans, by means OF 'hree-
lager and single, pounded OUT & &Iun.
.' ,le.sfa GraugoTs had wheels IN thelr
..1. aud conldu't DO thing unth the
.,.r inning. when Senator Hodge gal
,.t.l over the pla'c. 49,.
tlc seventh inning neither team
s..r.I while ia the eight niue Milky
,,t.urk, chased himself over the rnOoer.
g... mat the Colts ahead again, but, alas.
vf.n the Gr8rCcrS haa announcer chhucc'
,... aEa.u sent Senator Hodge over tne
lr some mysterious reason, which ony
I... Igmsien can understand, the game
.f.,n called. Al that timo the score
-. f0o o. two. and the kOo,ers were
vr.ruug with excitement.
d.. Changers played wonderiul game
o.. didn't make an error. but somehow
a.. r..,dn't bunch their hits. The runs
,... rs.,urel we're both earned. and were
.....r due 10 clever base running. Irys
,....r, was most excellent and his head
8, .-s u4~ still better. ,.,
>.-.u.. less than saint with two little
....... wings would satisfy tho cranhs as
......4u smp.re Is concerned. Yesterday
,..r il-krd necessarily and unwearngly.
... ..har Mr SpIticr made mistakes or
IL. Le diI bus best
THE DErATLS.
fr.-a IS the score of the much argued
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Captain Stores Memorial Poem.

lN.ttiiil.J
Williamsburg. Va, Aug. "a number
Of our citizens gathered last evening in
Cameron Hall to hear musical poem
read by Captain W. j. Stores. OF York
county. and an address by Mr.. K. I.
Armistead. of this town. The occasion
was for the purpose of collecting funds to
erect a monument to the Confederate
dead. buried at Providence Church In
York county. The proceedings were open
Ell with prsyer by Rev p. 7. Warren.
4 collection was taken up and good
sum realized.
In the ancient city OF Yorktown water
for drinking purposes Is now SO scarce
that it is bought and sold as COM
modify. II is hauled there in barrels
from springs and sold at five cents
bucket Wells have never been success
there for some reason unknown. ana
there are only one or two cisterns In the
village This scarcity IS no doubt caused
by the drought.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
ECCLESIASTICAL CONFERENCE.
The Recent MeetioG in ChiOago-Notes
About sunday Services

T Tcelr-Iastical Peace Conference re-
c.... bella lts annual meeting IN the city
.t..4,.. lt was called to order by
E.s u.. VIM. A. Campbell Of tins city,
..t ....ratcs were III attendance from
..-.. d the religious bodies OF tins coun-
uY
I.. oli,c, Of this conference is that
.. ..... sl4Stlcal bodies III the world
... petition the rulers Of the various
CHRISTIAN countries 10 substitute arbltra-
t.....t force m all matters of controversy
..... may arse between them. or any OF
r.. Much interest was manifested III
r.. ft- hr,t meeting, and many encour-
..., reports aud addresses were made.
.t.tUu bad already been adopted al
...--.I 2. tue rulers of thlrty-One govern
-...'t 90 the respective language OF each,
.t. t..s had received the endorsement of
.--. number Of Christian denomna-
g. .- Indeed. II was approved wherever II
8.. u.y.hgenNy presented, and these
H.-. a.l "a hama at the time OF the confer
e....
iI- work 81 this organization - done
f..l. Au executive committee located
r ..,- city. and composed OF the follow
l.t n.l-kuowu gentlemen: beV. Nln. A.
,..i.el. u. D.. chairman; Vim. II. Pleas
..-. fl.. secretary. Col. c. o. Is. Cow
...r. John =. Elicit, Esq, Hon. J. lay lor
I...n. Rev. NJ. D.. Hoge, d. D., Rev.
fs.t T.. Nenzcl, Rev. L. \. Peterson, d..
b. tuI Et. Rev. 4. NJ. Randolph, ID. ID.
I. ..mmttee was given authority 10 I'LL
N4..i..r- among tier own membership,
t p. appoint committees OF CORE
s...t.nc.. and indeed full power over the
whole manner OF carrying on the work 70
....,.fu compieton. A finance COM
i..t.-.. with Rev. John Hall, ID. D., OF
h.t York. as chairman. was appointed to
'ir funds necessary to carrying on
g.. works
In tho Churches Tomorrow.
I.t. T. Calvin Stewart, pastor of the
J..r.h ui the Covenant, has returned TO
t ... c.ty. and will preach at hls church
'... rruw - II o'clock A. NJ, lie spent
-r. aays al Northfeld at the Bible Con-
'.....a and greatly enjoyed the personal
.uauce Of Mr.. Moody. He will be
... o. meet bis people and they are glad
welcome hun back after hls vacation OF
r, tue.
I.e pastor. Rev. J. o. KIRK, having re-
'... home, Will preach Sunday, MORN
...4.l night. al the usual hour. at How
-. Grove Baptist Church.
.n CRANBERRY had been expected TO
Preach al Broad Street Methodist church
...frow. but being too unwell TO keep
engagement Rev. Paul Whitehead, D..
!. Wl.. IN the pulpit tor HIM.
E.,. George IL. Ray. Jr., late Of Boston
.N,i-ity. aud who has been supplying
.4ry NJ. l. Church. Providence, II. l.,
f.rtay past two months; arrived IN Rich
..lI Las, week. and will preach for Dr.
Lawn Iulon Station church tomorrow
tomorrow Will be DR.. Hawthorne 5
.., sunday at the First Baptist Church.
s.i Dee VIII preach both morning and
..h,. thc evening seTmon beng the ami
'.l,ary one tefofe the Young Mems Ms
-Lary Society.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
EminentlY Rusinexs-IIke

Appomatox and buckingham Times)
Another creditable page has been added
10 the history OF Virginia. The State
Democratic Convention has been con-
vened; IT has performed it's duties well.
and may now be regarded as convention
eminently distinguished for It's strictly
business-like methods. for its lack OF
wordy warfares and for platform COM
prehenslble and acceptable to the people.
The animus Of this body was in sympa-
thetic touch with the wishes OF the people,
and it displayed in al OF It's decisions
full realization OF its responsible position.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
and preached sermon before the associa-
ton that afternoon. Heart disease was
the supposea cause Of bis death.
OUR NEW CITY BONOS.
a Capitalist wants TO Bny Them Aii--Not
Yet Issued.

The Mayor has approved the resolution
authorizing the issue of S4C0. 900 OF per
cent. city bonds Of small denominations
and the paper now being engraved. By
September 1st the new bonds Will be
Taedy for sale.
A well-known capitalist. prominent in
banking and railroad circles called a: the
City Hall Yesterday. and said he wanted
to purchase the entire issue. He was IN
formed that the bonds had not yet been
received, and therefore were not for sale.
Col. Cutshaw and several other gentlemen
about tho hall are anxious 10 get the first
bond issued. One thing is quite certain,
that the city will have no trouble getting
rid OF the bonds at par.
The Council Committee on Finance will
hold a meeting at noon to-day, at the
State Bank.
II was generally conceded yesterday
that there was decidedly improved tone
10 the financial situation IN Richmond.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

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