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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-07

When you have bought a Steinway or
Hartman Piano there is nothing TO be
desired In that line. The best Is the
cheapest.
WALTER d. MOSES a CO..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-07

. music at St james church g. 70 be
'' t.n order and as the choir mas been
.e carefully . careful rendition
r. hr expected. The following is the
I- famine.
aHe Professional II. IL Risen"
'H. 'nf cur Passover. Chapel. Te
H a D.. CalMns. Jubuatc. IN l..
'.. .a.l. Anthem. God Hath Ap-
Day' tsmarO. and two hymns:
.,n service 10 +. Schlllng.
A..,.. .a-LScnlng service In ID. Calk-
wing ladies' and genuamcn COM
choir. Sopranos Mrs. Scott Nc
H.ta Ella Hauraud, Miss Adelaide
fn NIss Lillian Caldwell, Miss Isa
"H-.' dre Mamie Jones. Miss Lou Dim
Nfs. Alice carter, Miss Louie
''..r' r. Altos Miss Julia Fox. Miss
Il. Miss Helen Portiaux. Miss
"- l.Hl.s Miss Matte Traylor. Mrs
,,. ar Sing Tenors-M Mr. Frank Digs.
, g. West. Mr. Oyerton Sale. Mr.
d., '9us.ns. Mr.. George McCreary.
az. ',-'A-i Bass0s Mr Clarence wilkes,
A'~Hh sherman. Mr. James Harris,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-07

The Grace-Street choir Is constituted as
follows: Edgar l.. Justis, organist ano
director: Hiss Mary y. Hopkins, soprano
Miss Bessie Powell. alto: HadlOn Wat
Alus. tenor. Vivian Farrer. basso.
The Easter programme will be:
Morning Christ the Lord Has
Risen" ONilroD: tie Deum" OBaumbach
anthem, Christ. our Passover" Marsm
hymns. selected.
Evening Anthem. Gloria In EXcolSis'
(Gounod). TIE Deum," T., Minor. RuckJ
soprano solo. Faster Even SULLIVAN
hymns, selected.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-07

free. and. in many case. -
SURGICAL s1, dressing free. o. he !, 'lclne and
a aas,y charity patien,s , y wno we're
. ,,s.' Tor anything. Do ,1 ,,',a'ns was
you nave done admirable wors '9a tnink
.' declined to take A I've We hay'
SINCE the hospital was or.r ,la,,y case
OF d durable nature OF which W nat was
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-07
THE ALUMNI FEAST.
Preparations Making for Richmond
CHAPTERS Banquet Next Week.
ne HELD AT THE COMMONWEALTH
Tho Governor, Hon. william l.. VIII
son, Professor Peters, and Captain
w. Gordon McCabc TO Make
Speeches.
Speeches.

Tho arrangements for the annual BAN
c,at Of the Richmond chapter OK the
University Alumni Association are pro-
crossing rapidly. and the entertainment
will certainly be the largest and probably
.ho ,,ost brilliant ever given by the To-
cal organization.
The committee in charge consists OF
Nessrs. r. Carter Scott CHAIRMAN
Thomas y. Carter. S. L" Kelly w. A.
rownes. Murray Dill. Thomas {. GORDON
Wallace f. Brown. Emmett Chaimeis'
Hugh Antrim, Allen Potts, George \"
Anderson. J. r. V. Daniel, Dabney Cren-
shaw. Langhorne Williams, John H. In
gram who have worked faithfully To-
ward making the affair success ana Il
tho Commonwealth Club on the night o'
the 18th is not place OF SURPRISING 0ea''
~ It will not be their fault
HALL TO BE DECORATED.
The large banquet hail will be decorated
handsomely with cut-howers and growing
plauts. the tables. with covers laid TOT
in will be festooned with green sniiaN
and ornamental with flowers ana he
menu. which will be served In course
will be one Of the best ever prepared IN
Richmond 81, g.
The decorations OF the room VIII DC
Ief, entirely to the club and the chet
~ that institution will furnish the sup
per. -. .,....,,,t.
The toast list has not yet been coinpie-
ted and will not be for several DAY :.
Governor O'Ferrall will. however, respond
10 the toast Virginia" Hon. Nllllan H.
Wilson will be orc - the principal speak
ers AMI will prodigy be giver the toast
",rbornas Jefferson" Professor Peters
and Caotain W. Gordon McCabe are also
expected u speak
There Will he present ZIG alumni anu
about 90 invited guests. Invitations VIII
be sent out this week.
THE CHAPTER ORGANIZED
Richmond Chapter Is now better or
ganlzed than ever before. Mt. W. Il.
Meredith is president. Mr. John J." W IL
Hams is first vlce-presdent jackson Guy
ESQ. second vice-presdeut. and Captain
George WAYNE Anderson Is secretary and
treasurer. The following IS list OF the
members Of the chapter. together WIN
other university men who have not ac-
lively united with the organization.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-07

These selections VIII be rendered at
Trinity:
Anthem. Christ Being Raised from the
Dead" or. i. rluksf. .uth,m "siug Al
lclu.a Forth" dudley Buck; solo. Across
the Eastern Hltops Clean" NairlamW:
Christ the Lord Is Risen" warren.
The members Of the choir are: Sopranos.
Mrs. George Sm.thdeal, Misses Claudia
Seay Elyia Davis. Nira Hunter. and Ella
West; alto, Miss Delle Ogivic: bass0s
Mcssrs. c. Gray Bossioux and r. Wiley
Davis. organis' Mr.. John Frischkorn
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06


Ashton. S. d., July 4.-Last Wednes-
day Horace w. Cleveland of this city
was arrested on the charge of incest,
complaint having been made to the
county attorney by his fifteen-year-old
daughter, Rose, who claims that he
has been criminally intimate with her
ever since she was ten years old. The
case was taken before Judge Peril
ton Wednesday afternoon and the ex-
animation of Rose begun, but she
tainted, and was unable to appear in
court before yesterday, when the cas-.
was called and the preliminary trinl
completed. Cleveland was adjudged
to he guilty and bound over to APP
pear mt the next session of the circuit
court. Bonds were fixed at $1,000, but
being unable to secure them. lie will
remain in the county Jail until Sep
tember,
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Army of Endenvorers.

Boston, Mass, July 4. - One week
from to-day there opens in Boston
the largest religious gathering that
has ever assembled in America. There
will be more than $4,000 delegates
present during the five days of the
Christian EndeavOr convention, rep
resenting every state and province in
North America. and no less than sew
enteen different nations. Over IL
thousand addresses will be delivered.
The largest auditorium in Boston will
not hold fifth of the delegates, so in
addition to the immense mechanics
fair building, two mammoth tents
have been made for the convention,
and these will be pitched on Boston
common
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
CONTRABAND ARMS.
Aanttions of War intended for Gu.
ban lnnurxeutB

ban lnsurxents.
New York. July "A passenger who
arrived on the steamship Finance re-
ports large seizure of arms on the
Island of Trinidad. The Venezuelan
consul at Trinidad. British island in
the West Indies, learned that the
cargo of a British steamer which had
arrived from England was for Ven-
ezueian insurgents. He Immediately
notified the island government. and
an investigation revealed $500 rifles
with ammunition for a considerable
force. The Venezuelan consul I'M
mcdtately demanded that the arms be
condemned as coAtraband. This the
Trinidad officials would not do with
out further inquiry. After question
ing the master of the steamer and the
other people who claimed ownership,
1t was aScertained that the arms were
for the insurgents in Cuba. The mas
ter declared. however. that his cargo
must not be molested as it was in
transit. He said he had no intention
of landing the munitions in Trinidad.
and OH this statement he was allowed
to retain the cargo. 1t is intimated
that the arms We're intended for the
expedition led by the sea-going tug
George w. Childs. and that subse-
quently they We're transferred to her.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06

Ramirona, Tex, July "A peculiar
homicide was brought to light here
by the finding this morning of the
body Of Young Blackman. the 21-ycar-
old son of nwell-to-do family Of this
city about mile from his home
swinging from IL tree with rope
around his neck. An examination de-
veloped the fact that his neck had
not been broken. but that lie had
been stranded to death. Dick Har-
ris. a neiehbor, his wife and daughter.
were arrested OH suspicion of having
murdered Blachman. Mrs. Harris
was released OH $1,000 but the other
two were held. The cause OF the
tragedy is supposed TO have a love af-
fair of Blackman's.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
QUEER BLOOD POISONING.
MysteriOus Deaths Alarm People In
NnrtH, n0l-nf.,

MysteriOus Deaths Alarm People In
North Dakota.
Mayville, N. D., July 4.-'The anx-
tcty and excitement over the cases of
microbe blood poisoning continues un-
abated. Four days after the two
death sreported in these dispatches
of June %. Julius Bye. who attended
the two men during their sickness,
was taken i'll with the same symp-
toms-swclling of the tongue. pervert-
ed vision. aad complete physical ex-
haustion-anti died during the night
OF June 80. Three others have lust
been declared subjects Of the same
dread malady. The county and state
boards Of health are here holding an
autopsy upon Bye's body, and they
will send blood and other matter from
the body to Chicago expert eli emists
TO be examined, to have the species
of bacteria identified. All taken sick
have been attendants upon the dead
In their illness. Nine physicians have
examined the cases. none of whom
we've able to identify the disease, be-
yond the general term, blood poison
ing.' The origin Of The pc,st ming is
yet mystery.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Rejected Lover. Revenge.

Lelnont, ILL.,, July Ain the village
of Romeo this morning n house con-
tanning five women was blown to
atoms by dynamite placed beneath it
by the rejected lover of one of the
women. All the inmates were in
jured, three perhaps fatally. Luke
I1oyle and Tim Hoise bo,l aspired to
the hand of Mollie Biers. and when
Hoise was chosen Hoyle stole enough
dynamite from the drainage, canal
works to revenge himself in this man.
ner. lie was caught.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
What "Contemnt, ,,,x n.

Madison, Wis, July 4.-E. Il. link.
cr of Eau Claire, who was held for
contempt of the federal court Of this
district for interfering with the opera
tion Of the Eau Claire street railway,
which is in the hands of receiver,
was this morning discharged. The
obstruction case was caused by mov-
ing building upon the track and thus
delaying the progress of the cars.
The road being in the hands of re-
ceiver any interference with its Old.
Grafton was deemed contempt.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Eirehues Mt Work.

Chicago. July 4.-'rhe tenants of the
Mecca apartment house. at Thirty
fifth street and State. were thrown
into panic last night by three in
cendiary fires which were started In
the place. The first fire was discov-
cred at about 3 o'clock, and easily ex-
tinguished. The second broke out
about three hours later and the third
while the firemen were preparing to
leave the place after eXtinguishing
the second blaze. The Mecca is an
immense building, and fully 100 fami-
lies reside in it, All the fires were
started In remote portions of the
building and were palpably of incen-
diary origin. as shavings had been
carried in to start the blaze.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Thirteen People Poisoned,

Washington, Ind, July 4. : A case
of wholesale poisoning occurred at
Hyatt's station few miles south of
this city last night in which thirteen
people were affected. three Of whom
may not recover. Thomas Faith. who
runs saw mill and boards his help,
buys bread Of German neighbor
named Iglehart. and every person
who ate the bread last night became
violently sick. Various conjectnrns
are offered concerning the poison.
The victims all showed signs Of ar
senic poisoning. An investigation is
in progress and the bread will hc a:.-
alyZed.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Swiss Colony.

Milwaukee, June 29.-The Swiss Pio-
necr Union of Milwaukee has filed ar
licles of incorporation. Its object is
to maintain Swiss colony in every
state in the Union and to centralize
abe Swiss immigration to the United
States. Its capital stock is $75.NO.
John Sfuchtenbach is president. Fritz
Wulhrich vice president. G. Probiss
recording secretary, Rudolph Herman
financial secretary, and Henry Tesch-
uilv treasurer
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
op,.ESHE1M opTIyIsrIc.
Fine Crops and better Feeling In
NE AOHt SYHSf.

Fine Crops and better Feeling In
the AOrthsvest.
New York. July i. = Ansel Open
helm Of ST. Paul, prominent capital
list. railroad and real estate man OF
the Northwest. is at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. He says that business is I'M
proving in minnesota Give us ten
days or two weeks more Of good
weather" he said. land there will be
one of the most bountiful wheat crops
In the Northwest that has ever been
seen. 1t is a wonderful outlook. II
the crop comes to harvest III accord
ance with present indications. il will
tend to start business wonderfully.
"Thc people are in IL much better
frame of mind. There is less talk of
hard times. Firms that were shakv
or ruined during Tie worst of the
trouble are building themselves up
again"
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
snr,n. vhe,, Am p,u,.

Washington, july 4-The weather
bureau in its report of crop conditions
for the week ended July 1, says: Cool
weather has retarded the growth of
corn in the Dakotas. and while Ne.
braska and Minnesota report the crop
backward, it is in good condition.
Spring wheatis now heading. and the
condition of this crop continues fa-
vorablc. Light frosts occurred in
portions of the Dakotas. Minnesota
and Wisconsin on the 2Sth and 29th.
causing slight damage in localities.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
DIVORCE INDUSTRY.
A Reduction of FOrty-tSvO Days In
flAaA tEl nL IN .,fs

A Reduction of FOrty-twO Days In
the Time Needed to Get an Untie.
Sioux Fails, $. d.. July 4.--On July
a law went into effect in South Da-
kota which cuts forty-two days from
the time needed to obtain divorce in
this state. and which is expected once
more to boom the divorce industry Of
South Dakota. The law touching
service Of summons was changed by
the last legislature making IL default
on personal service outside the state
the same as inside the state. thirty
days. The old law allowed seventy
two days for default OH outside sum
mons. Under the new law. which
was not presumably passed because
of its bearing on the divorce in
dustry, a litigant can secure Il divorce
after having spent six months here
to secure residence and thirty days
more having elapsed after the service
of the summons personally on the de-
fcndant.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
No One to RInme.

San Francisco, June 3O.-The United
States inspector of hulls and boilers
have submitted report to the SUPER
vising inspectors Of the First district
based on the evidence gathered con-
cerning the loss of the steamer
Colima near Manzanillo, Mex, May
20. The report states that the Colima
was staunch and well loaded and ev-
cry precaution was taken to save the
ship and passengers. 4
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
POWERFUL LENS,
The BiE Yerkes Glass for Lake
Geneva, Wis.

The Big Yer<es Glass for Lake
Geneva, Wis.
Boston, June aO.-The largest and
probably the most powerful lens ever
constructed has just received the fin
ishing touches III the establishment
Of A. G.. Clark & Sons of Cambridge.
The lens is intended for the observa-
tory on the shores of Lake Geneva,
Wis, which is being built as gift
for the Chicago university by Mr..
Yerkes, and which is to be known as
the Yerkes observatory. This lens is
AZ IL inches OH the surface diameter
and weighs 800 pounds. The exposed
surface or aperture of the lens will
he 40 inches, the other inch and a
half being taken up by the tube. TLis
makes it four inches larger than the
telescope in California, which has
heretofore had the place of honor.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
IIERE WE GO UP.
Fig Iron Prices Advanced One Dol
lar n Ton.

AiE iron t'r1ceH Advanced One Dol.
lar Ton.
Philadelphia. July 4.-Thc Thomas
Iron company has given notice of an
advance in the price of pig iron. av-
eraging about 81 Il ton. The new price.
which went into effect Immediately,
are as follows: No. 1. X foundry.
S13.a0; No. 2. X foundry. S125O; No.
2. plain. $11.75; gray forge, $11.:D.
These are the prices f. o. h. cars ut
furnace. The prices Mt tidewatcr are
zoe per ton higher on each grade. AS
the Thomas Iron company is the larg-
est producer Of foundry grades Of
pig iron In the East, it is recognized
as fixing the market prices in the
Eastern trade, and this advance sets
Il new pace for the iron trade in this
part of the country.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06

Fairfax, Mimi, July 4.-Fire broke
out in the Great Western elevator yes
terday and the fan es spread to the
depot and the Bean elevator and to
the Central elevator. All four build
ings were a total lass. The build
ings contained about 5000 bushels of
wheat. The origin is supposed to be
the work of tramps. The buildings
were III the center of town and the
town was saved by hard fighting.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
A po.tmaster,s bad Break,

Huron. $. d., July 4.-E. i. Baker,
postmaster at Arlington. was before
Commissioner Grant this morning.
charged with cutting the mail pouch
at Arlington, where the registered
package containing $2G5 was sup
posed to have been stolen. Suspicion
rested on Baker, who was to lave
been succeeded July by new Of.
ficcr. He confessed to u shortage of
the amount named and said lie cat the
pouch to make it appear that The
package addressed to the postmaster
at Huron had been stolen. The short
age was made good and Baker gave
bonds In $1,000 for appearance at the
next term Of the United States court.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
PATENTS VOID.
Bad Blow to the American Fiber
Cllmaia CamnanY-

ChamOis Company.
Cleveland. July 4. The United
States circuit court has handed down
y decision which may prove TO he a
Knockout blow tn the American Fiber
Chamois Company of New York. and
may be the forerunner of the outcome
of many actions commenced in fed.
cral courts by citizens throughout the
United States. The fiber company
brought suits against various firms
iere for infringement of their patents
in the manufacture of fiber, which Is
largely used in making women's gar
ments. The court holds that the pat
ents held by the plaintiff company
are absolutely void. Similar suits are
pending against big dry goods houses
or fiber manufacturers in nearly all
Of the large cities throughout the
country.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
SKIPPED THE CROPS.
Jack Frost Wa. Abroad in the Land
During Last NiRht.

Jack Frost Was Abroad in the Land
During Last Night.
st. Paul. June 3O.-The cold wave
has passed over the Northwest with
out doing any damage whatever. OBJ
server Lyons is rather Of the opinion
that 1t helped the wheat crop by re-
tarding the forced growth. The low
est temperature reported was from st.
Vincent. where the mercury sank to
36 degrees. escaping the freezing point
by degrees. The thermometer Mt st,
Paul sA2k to As degrees. The high
area, which was accompanied by the
low temperature. has passed on east.
and is central to-day to the south of
Chicago. A low area, bringing warm
er weather, was central this morning
out near the sound on the Pacific
coast, and this is rapidly working it's
way east. 1t Is due here tomorrow.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06

ing TO the match, they were married
secretly in Salt Lake City, and on re-
turning to her home in San Francisco
a second ceremony was performed by
a priest, Corbett being a Catholic.
Mrs. Corbett, whose maiden name
was Miss Olive Lake, was born in
New York twenty-five years ago. She
is u graduate of the state normal
school at San Jose. Cal. In appear
ance she is rather tall. with large
wondering blue eyes and curly mass
of soft blonde hair. The divorce pro-
ceedings will he carried on us secretly
as possible.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
On the Brink.

"Do you appreciate" the old man
asked Of the youth who sought the
hand of his daughter, "that matrimony
is attended with greater difficulties
and discouragements than It ever was
beforc?"
The youth would have spoken had
not the patriarch waved him to 81.
lence.
''Do you realize (he threw his whit
ened locks back from his brow that
the lodge gag is worn SO thin that
a blind woman can see through it,
and that as yet nothing has appeared
to take it's e"-Detroit Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
WHISKY TRUST.

Application for n Charter for Reor.
Eanixation.
Chicago, June 3O.-The reorganiza-
ton committee Of the whisky trust
made wholly unexpected move to-
day by applying for an Illinois charter
for the new corporation which is to
take in over seventeen separate active
plants of the Distilling and Cattle
Feeding company. Application for
leave to incorporate was sent to
Springfield to-day. The name of the
new company 1t to be the American
Distilleries company. The capital
stock is fixed at $35, 100000
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Mayor VIII BE Tried.

West Superior. Wis. July 4. - Spe-
cific charg IS were made in tile council
meeting last night against Mayor
Starkweather. He is charged with ac-
cepting money for permitting saloons
and gambling houses to run. The
council will hold a special meeting
for the purpose Of trying the mayor.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
WISCONSIN VALLEY LuMnER.
Meeting of the Tree Trunk Men tn
Enforce Prices.

Ss1s"eS OH tHC 1res' IFWHK ICn III
Enforce Prices.
Wausau, Wis, July 4. - A meeting
of the lumbermen of the Wisconsin
valleyw as held at the Bells house
today. The object of the meeting
was to establish uniform prices
throughout the valley. Resolutions
were passed to enforce the 80 cent
raise made at La Crosse recently.
Among the prominent lumbermen
present were Walter Alexander. Cllas.
Edgar. Alex Stewart. j. ID. Ross and
+. T.. Stone, Wausau; l.. N. Anson, s.
q. Graham, w. IL. Collar, II. II.
Forbes, Il. A. Foster. Merrill; G. A.
Goodyear. Tomah; n. ]. Reilly. Rhine
lander, and T.. p. HiXon. La Crosse.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
BISMARCK is ILL.
lie Is Unable to Partnke of A
thing But LfUuid Fond.

lie Is Unable to Partnke of Any.
thing But Liquid Food.
Fricdricbsruhe. July 4.-Princ. Bis
marck is seriously i'll and is unable to
partake Of food. Count Herbert Bis
marck and other members of the eX-
cilancellOr's family have arrived here.
The Hamburgischc Correspondence.
which has intimate relations with the
bismarck family, says that Prince
Bismarck's health has been serious
for the last week. He has been suf-
fering from great physical depression
combined with severe neuralgia in the
face, and is only able to take liquid
food
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
0uit the L.Iouur nu.,ne..

Dubuque. Iowa, July "a large pro.
portion Of the liquor dealers in the up.
per forty counties of the state re.
tired from business today. 1t is said
that the falling off in business has
been such that it would not be protita
BILE to renew the government licenses
and pay the second installment of the
mulct tax, and the period covered by
the last payments ended to-day.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Armenfan Reforn,

London, June 30-A ConstantinOple
dispatch to the Times says that
Shaker Pasha, with the title of i'm
perial inspector for the Asian PROV
inces, has been appointed imperial
commissioner of Armenian reform.
but he is not entrusted with executive
powers.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
Moonshiners Killed.

Columbia, S. c., June 30-A dispatch
from Spartanburg states that in a
fight to-day between State Sonstables
Pettigrew and Toland and two MOON
sinners named Fisher and Durham.
the latter We're killed. Pcttigrew was
shot through the lungs and will prob
ably die. Toland Is badly wounded.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06

Duluth, Minn.. July 4. = Early this
morning William Mcdonald. an en-
ploye on the Mesaba ore dock, was
crushed in the viaduct over tine ST.
Paul e. Duluth tracks by Mesaba
train, and died shortly after reaching
the hospital.
The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06

La Crosse, Wis. July 4.-The pre-
liminary arrangements are so far ad-
vanced that there is little doubt that
a fire insurance company will be or
ganlzed here with IL capital of $780,
600. c. E. Norbeck has been doing
the work. and the leading capitalists
and business men have taken stock.