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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-29
WATER FOR THE MiRcHERs.

Mr.. j. E Is. Stuart, OF the Sons OF Con-
federate Veterans, yesterday informed
Dispatch reporter that the camp had not
been able 10 take any action yet in regard
10 taking charge OF the matter of furnish
Ing ice-water for the use OF the veterans
along the line of march, and at Monroe
Park. but that he was positive that the
organization would take upon itself this
work. lie will be glad TO hear from any
business firm having barrels suitable for
use as vessels In which the water car
be kept.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-29

y. ST. JOIN, yles.Prsslasnt and General MANAGER.
'. H. geBEE, General Superintendent.
E.w.B. GLOVER, Z. J. ANDERSON,
Tr.me aaaascr. General Psef At
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-29
5 ARE COMING.

Nearly every day Captain Elicit re-
ceives notification from some camp an
nouncing their intention of attending the
reunion. Yesterday he received a letter
from the John BOwe-Sirange Camp, OF
Charlottesville, stating that they would
be here on that occasion. 100 strong. leav-
ing on July LIST. Joseph IL. Johnston
Camp. No. l. of Bedford city has also
slgnihed its intention Of coming on 10
Richmond and participating in the exer-
cises Of the reunion. The camp has ar
ranged TO bring slXty-one members.
INQUIRIES ABOUT ACCOMMODA-
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
BARNATo's PLEA.
He Earnestly Urges President Kruger TO
he Lenient to Heform Prisoners.

he Earnestly Urges President Kruger 60
he I.enient TO Heform Prisoners.
PRETORIA. May 3O.--Mr. Barney Bar
nato has arrived here and has had a long
interview with President Kruger, pleading
eloquently or clemency to the reform pris-
oners.
lie said that there was a great feeling
of insecurity at Johannesburg over future
DEVELOPMENTS, both political and CONNER
cial. lie urged that the heavy punishment
which the prisoners had already under
gone had vindicated the law, and II they
were kept in prison any longer they might
emerge with bitter feeling, which would
he likely to carry a deplorable race hatred
for generations TO come With the greatest
respect Mr. Barnato appealed to the presi-
dents known generosity on hehalf OF the
misguided men and argued that he had
golden opportunity by pardoniRg them OF
doing untold good.
This would be an admirable act, Mr..
Barnato continued. in the evening OF a
distinguished life. There were over s200,-
600, 000 sterling involved directly by the
fall in the value of shares since the re-
formers had been sentenced. Ho estimated
that there were ego, O0O, 600 Of the capital
OF the world besides which was deeply
interested. Onoe confidence was destroyed
It would take lifetime to redeem it. He
was not pleading, he said, from personal
motives, because his nephew had been al
ready liberated, but for the whole country,
which was yearning for peace to enable it
TO develop its resources
President Kruger listened to Mr.. Bar
nat0 with attention for an hour and a
half, and he seemed to be greatly Impress
ed with what he had said, but he in
dulgod in some spirited repartee during
the interview. He assured Mr.. Barnato
that he was still doing his utmost to OBJ
tain a further mitigation Of the sentence
OF the reformers and that he would pursue
the course which he thought righteous m
influenced by outside developments. He
trusted to the future, he said, 20 justify
bis action.
The executive council are Whiting tho
return of Secretary of State Ieyds and
Vice President Joubert from Bloemfon-
tein, Orange Free State whittier they have
gone to hear the discussion In the Free
State vollSsraad OF plans for closer rela-
lions with tho TransvaaL When they ro-
turn, a further discussion of the sentences
of the reforiners will be continued.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
BRIEF TELEGRAMs.

Professor Sir J. Russell Reynolds, ply
sioinn in ordinary TO her majesty house
hold, died in London
The president sent to the house of rep
resentatives message disappearing the
river and harbor appropriation bill.
"a Life of the Gar" was produced at
the Grand theater, Moscow, before the
emperor and distinguished audience.
Thomas A. Edison has begun to perfect
the machinery which will make his won
derful new light OF commercial value and
good for doL.estic use
1t is stated on good authority that an
important fllibustering expedition has
landed on the coast near Trinidad, PROV
ines OF Santa Clara, Cuba.
President Cleveland held a conference
with membe of the senate foreign rela-
tions committee on the Cuban situation
and insisted that there was no reason for
intervention at present.
The fight between Peter Maher and
Frank Slavin did not take place at Long
Island City. as advertised. A police jus
tice, by clever scheme, prevented tho
fighters from appearing in the ring.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
FoR AM eRA OF PEAcE.
Committee of Distinguished Men to Set
tie New York Building Matter.

Committee OF Distinguished Men to Set
tie New York Building Matter.
SARATOGA. May sO.-The action Of the
Presbyterian general Assem- bly, in adopting
substitute for the recommendation Of
the committee on seminary control indi-
Gated the spirit Of the body. The commits
siOners have expressed their desire that
the era of peace might begin, and the dis
missal Of the committee and the relega-
tion Of the questions at issue TO the semi
naries themselves was the first step In the
desired direction.
ireat interest has been felt in the COM
position of the committee Of eleven, to
which was referred the matter of the pro-
posed sale OF the Presbyterian building in
New York The moderator announced at
the close Of the afternoon session that he
had concluded to appoint only laymen, to
whom he as chairman, might act as
chaplain. The committee is ms follows;
Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis; John
Wanamaker Philadelphia; James A.
Beaver, Bellfonte, Pa. Judge Thomas
Ewing Plttsburg; Cyrus H. Mccormick,
Chicago. Samuel b. Hoe Huey, Philadel-
phia; Thomas McDougal, Cincinnati;
Horace B. 'Silliman. Cohoes, N. Y. Alex
ander Mcdonald, Cincinnati and Robert
S Williams, Utica, n "
Winona Assembly and Summer school,
which was chosen as the next place Of
meeting, is located on Eagle lake, two
miles from Warsaw, Ind. lt is q sort Of
Presbyterian Ocean Grove or Chautauqua.
1t is the property OF a joint stock company,
with a capital Of 81. 600, OOO The audi
torium has a seating capacity Of 2,0Oo,
which is as yet in aa unfinished state.
There is a possibility that the place will
be reconsidered, doubts as TO the wisdom
Of its selection having been freely express
ed, and more suitable place designated.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
A Bank suspends.

PENN YAN, n. Y, May 80.-The Yates
UNITY National bank Of Penn Yam posted
It's doors a notice that the bank would
closed pending an examination by the
1artment examiner. International bank
lminer has not yet arrived, but has
sn summoned to take charge Of the
nix. 1t is stated that the trouble is due
the inability Of tho bank to realize on
assets. over 300, 600 having been drawn
{ recently. It Is stated that the deposits
present aggregate not far from 500, 600.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
lSUEDBY THE MAFlA
ommittee Sent From Bos-
On to Murder Cochisaro.
I'd TO A SALOON TO BE KILLED.

& Man Wlso Figured In y Shooting
3 .ay In BrooisiyR Says He Has Been
& lowed For seven Years He and -Four
crs Doomed.
Il W YoRK, IIay 30.-A dispatch from
n IN saes The Boston Mafia met at
light and doomed to death Giovacai-
ochisaro In Brooklyn and four others
own.
onts have started TO New York to
Ito the doom pronounced against the
)vacairio Cochisaro. O Sicilian, 40 years
IS the man who killed his employer,
ltor Calcerio, a barber of 260 Hamil-
avenue. Brooklyn, in Joseph Catan-
saloon, ~ Union street. Brooklyn,
thursday night. That story has been
In these dispatches How the shoot
began was told by Cochisaro in the
er street police court.
ie slayer lived in New York city in
when James Cunningham was muir
l by lgnacio di Sucia. At the trial
llsaro was the principal witness for
state, and ID Suoia was sent TO the
tentiary for II years. From that day
iisaro said he was pursued by the
hds Of the murderer
vice he was attacked in the streets Of
on at night, but, being strong and
iy with knife and pistol, he escaped
ry. IN Cambridge one night he was
so fortunate and was left by assail-
/ as dead He recovered and believing
7ould not again be molested, went to
.i)klyn. Calcerio who employed him,
y nothing of his history.
Accused of Eeine :. Traitor.
Three days ago" Md Cochisaro,
rec strange Italians called on Calcerio
: was Nino Prestijano Of Boston. They
\ Calcerio that / was a traitor and de-
aded thas I be brought before them in
anjaros saloon. Calcerio told me about
IN, and got pistol and went with
. to face my aoousers "
restijano fsle police say, spent Thurs
evening in the saloon with two un-
wn men, who accompanied him in the
. on Calcerio. They played cards and
nk. 1t was exactly O'Clock when the
: expected men arrived. As they enter
he barroOm the card players looked up.
There is the traitorrp shouted Presti-
o, leveling his revolver and sending a
let into Cochisaro's arm. The latter
W his own weapon and retreated to the
7, firing as he went.
'restiiano and his companions replied in
"a, and Calcerio fell, shot through the
rt Who shot him Cochisaro is unable
'ay. Many bullets had been fired, and
are the fatal bullet came from must al
IS remain a mystery.
loohisaro found that some one was hold
the door through which he tried to
-eat. He dropped the pistol he had emp
l and drew a loaded revolver. His as
lants had emptied their pistols, and
en- they saw the new revolver they fled.
twenty bullet holes were found in the
odwork of the barroom by the police,
) none of the shooters save Cochisaro
; TO be found. He was held for the
oner.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
ACTION oE CONGRESS.
Senate Passes the Alcohol Biil--WrRn
Cling In the House.

WASHINGTON, May ao.-In tho senate
the bill for the repeal OF the free alcohol
clause Of the Wilson tariff act was taken
up and finally passed without amend
ment.
The senate also passed without amend
ment the house bill concerning the distil-
lation Of brandy from fruits.
An agreement WAS reached to take a
final vote on tho bin to prohibit the issue
of bonds on Tuesday next. Mr. Butler,
author Of the bin, spoke in support of 1t.
The house spent the entire time dehat-
ing the Johnson Stokes contested election
case from the Seventh South Carolina
district The Republicans were badly d.
vided Those who favored seating the con-
testant, johnson, who ran on a-Populist-
Republican ticket. finding themselves
slightly in the minority when the voting
began, inaugurated filibuster which last
ed until the conference report on the ma
val appropriation bill came to the rescue,
and the house recessed before final action
was taken.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Inspcotlnc Coast Defenscs.

WASHINGTON, May 30. The senate com
mittce on coast defenses left for New
York TO make an inspection of the de-
fensss OF Now York harbor The party
consists Of Senators Squire, Perkins,
Proctor. Hawley. Burrows White But
Ter, Tillman. Carter, Shoup. Dubois and
Cannon and Representative Hainer Of
Nebraska, chairman OF the subcommittee
on fortsfcations IN the house.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
nIoKInlev Is corneIrs candidate.

ITHACA. n. Y, May 3O.-Cornell stu
dents held straw election to determine
Cornell Republicans preference for can
didates for president and vice PRESIDENT
Morton and Mckinley workers we're plen-
tiful. Mckinley won by narrow ma
iority. Result-McKinley, III; Morton,
1853; rest scattering. Thomas B. Reed
was the choice for vice president.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
nIoIeod Defeats Atherton.

ROCHESTER,, May 8o--Dan Mcleod,
he California wrestler, defeated Ed Ath
rton of Cuba, n. Y, in two straight falls
n their match in this city. The first fall
vas gained in 40 minutes and the second
me in II minutes The match was for
$500 side Both men weighed in under
as Mounds
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
rIeur nIanufaetnrer FaIIs.

WINoNA, Mimi, May 3O.-Lemuel c.
,rter engaged in tho manufacture OF
ur under the name Of the L. c. Porter
nling company, made a voluntary as
gnment to II. G. Balcom. Assets esti-
lted 5000, 600 and liabilities same. Stag
tion in trade and increased competition
We caused business TO De conducted at
oss since 1892 The company has a oapac-
, of /, 600 bnrrels daily.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Ixilleh hv I.irhtninr.

BARNEGAT DEPOT, n. J., May 3d.
)uring very heavy thunder and light
ing storm here Anthony Camburn was
killed and Beulah Ridgway rem
cred unconscious by lightning. They
ad Just alighted from carriage and
we're entering Mr. Camburn's house when
hey were struck
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Prsmluln on cold Reaueed.

WASHINGTON. May s0.--The superin-
tendent Of the assay office in New York
was authorized to reduce the premium on
gold bars in exchange for gold coin from
3-16 per cent TO =. It Is understood that
nearly ala OF the gold coin in the subtreaR-
uries at this time Is comparatively now,
and the reduction is made In order to
avoid the expense of transporting the bars
to tho mint and returning the coin to New
Xorlr
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Newronnaland,s nanI. scandal.

ST. JOINS, n. F., May sO.-The grand
ny has returned a true bill against the
nion bank directors, although the law
RS for the defense challenged the qualifi-
tion, of nine Of the jurors before the
urt, alleging insolvency, insufficient
'operty and an irregular drawing OF the
luel as reasons why the jury should be
smissed and the findings set aside,
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
I.eatlna lhe oda rellows.

NEW HAVEN. May 80. Grand Secretary
Botsford of tho Connections Grand lodge
OF Odd Fellows has received information
that J. G. Williams, who claims 10 be a
member of McFarlans lodge OF Allegheny.
has been operating in several towns in
this stnte and succeeded in finding several
victims in stony Creak. Word hos hoen
received from Allegnnny that Adams is
a beat and Is not member Of any lodge
of Odd Follows
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
HEART DISEASE RELIEVED IN 80
MINUTES.

DR. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives
perfect relief Ia oil cases OF Ofganic or
Sympathetic Heart Disease In 30 minutes
ard speedily effects 3 cure IL Is q
peerless remedy for Pslpltatlon. Shnrtnsss
OF Breath, Smotheriug Spells Pain 10
Left Side and ell symptoms Of Diseased
Heart Ons dose convinces Sold by
J. NJ Griffin. Fourth and Madison strs cts
and N B d nfersh, Second and Marke.
strfeta
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Nlnger Gets 81 Years.

NEW YORK, May 80. Judge Browp, IN
'he United States circuit court, sentenced
Emanuel Ninger to six years in the Erie
county penitentiary. Ninger is the artist
who so skilifully counterfeited United
states treasury notes With pen and ink
Lhnt for yeaTl he ranlaInol undetecIed
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Iiabilities Half a NInIion.

NEW HAVEN, May s0.-Alessrs. Mersick
and X. A. Brown, appraisers Of the affairs
OF Peck & Bros. company, wholesale
plumbers, with branch stores in New
York Chicago and Boston, who went into
the hands Of receivers last February, re-
ported to Judge Prentice the total ap-
praisal to be Ss76, 502 90. The liabilities
are about 5000, 0Oo The report was ac-
cepted
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
K1led ~ a balloon AsesnsIon.

WINSTON, n. c., May so-During a
balloon ascension in Martnsville, Va,
an old oolored man-Archio Brown-was
caught In the ropes and carried up a dis
tance of 500 feet, when he fell and was
Killed instantly.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
FeiI From Car and Was Drowned.

WATERFOWL, \. Y, May sO.-Daniel
alton, aged %, brakeman employed on
he Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
lilroad, fell from a railroad bridge in
lis city and was drowned. A freight
ain was crossing the bridge at the time
nd Dalton was walking on the side beam.
. is thought that he became dizzy and
lst his balance.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
PnrtnrnI nners to rIedlnte.

LISBON. May s0.-It is asserted that
Portugal has offered 20 mediate between
Great Britain and Brazil in the dispute
over the island OF Trinidad.
Evening journal., 1896-05-30
Tho Fenian Scare.

LONDON, May 30. The Daily News says
that on account Of the Fenian scare ex-
perienced detectives are watching the ar
rivals from America at Liverpool and
olcarvbora
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-04
The Poetry of the Waltz.

The waltz was introduced into Eng land much earlier than 1913. In the Life of Mary Russell Milford, {" edited by the Rev A. G. L'Estrange, there is letter to Sir William Elford, dated Dec. 3, 1913, where Miss Milford speaks of having learned it from a French dancing master when she was 14 years old This would be in 1901. From what she says in the letter I gather that the dance must have become fashionable in 1911, certainly in 1872. In another let ter, of date Jan. 2, 1914, to Sir William Elford. Miss Milford gives the verses on the waltz attributed to Lord Byron. She says that they are by Sir Henry En- glefeld:
 What. the girl adore by another embracedl
 man tastei
 What, pressed in the whirl by another's bold
 knee!
 What, panting, reclined on another than me! Sir, she's yours; you have brushed from the
 grape its soft blue; From the rosebud you've shaken the tremu-
 lous dew.
 What you have touched you may take Pretty
 waltzer, adieu!
 This is somewhat different from that given on page 37S of the work. The last three lines are certainly good. In the letter of Jan. 3, 1914, Miss Milford mentions that her correspondent, Sir William Elford, was engaged on a 1" History of the Waltz.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-04
The Retired Burglar.

"I don't suppose man in my busi- ness is apt to get frightened very much, '' said the retired burglar. ''He's all the time expecting things to happen, and he's always on the lookout for them. Still, l suppose that any man, unless he has an absolutely cast iron nerve, and such men are very few, is likely at times to be startled. know that am. For instance:
 "I went into house one night, and, after groping around down stairs for a while in the blackest kind of darkness, I went up stairs. There found an open door. had located from the outside of the house the windows of the room that this door opened into, and when struck the door I knew where the bed ought to be. It was there, and went along the side of it until came to the head. I found chair there with a man s clothes piled up on it. I picked up the trousers, and just as began to feel in the pocket br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rP went an alarm clock on the bureau, not foot from my head, and out of bed jumped man, Jumping square against me, of course not knowing was there, but knocking me endways and tumbling over on the floor himself.
 'I certainly was startled by that alarm clock-make no mistake about that-and l have no doubt ill my own mind that the man that jumped out of bed was startled when he fell over me, but didn t stay to ask him about that. New ' YOrk Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-04
Where Am I At?

Several years ago nervous and illit' crate congressman made bad break in grammar while speaking ill Washing ton. The papers nailed the mistake as a funny incident and with one accord printed it in their headlines. The read CTS took up the catchword, for such it soon became, and bandied it about from city to city, and other papers enlarged upon it.
 It became slang, and much employed slang at that. Inside of a month at least 6O,O0O, 900 men and women in the Union were asking five times day on an av- craze, Where am l at?"
 The funny men got hold of it and ran it to earth, or rather into the ground. It caused laughs, then smiles, then sick ly grins, and finally only gentle rip pie of a faded laugh, and at last not even a movement of the fun loving mus cles of the human face. Still the "at" did business at the old stand and caught new customers. People got so accus. toned to saying it in fun that some of them forgot to stop when they talked in earnest, and many a we'll educated man has found himself asking some question of the kind and putting the "at," that irrepressible little word, in where it never belonged. Today it is no longer a joke, but it is safe to say that two-thirds of the population of the nation use it unconsciously where not one-third did before.
 And, to cap the climax, I heard it used not two months ago, ill all seri- ousness and perfect good faith, without a suggestion of smile, at a meeting of the Cincinnati board of education.- Cincinnati Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-04
How England Is Fed.

In 1894, with only a trife over
 1,900,0 900 acres under wheat, England produced 7,300. 1000 quarters at home, importing 16, BIO, 900 quarters of wheat grain, besides 19, 130, 900 hundredweight of f1our-that is to say, a total of 21, 1000, 900 quarters, allowing for flour. In 1894, then, three out of every four Englishmen lived wholly upon foreign bread. In 1895, owing to the tremen- dous reduction of the area under wheat, not one in every five drew his bread from the country.
 Our daily bread comes to us from abroad. But this is not the only neces- sary which we import. Of foodstuffs which might conceivably be produced in the country we purchase from the foreigner nearly half of our meat, near ly ZIG, 800 worth of butter and marga- rine, e6, orc, 900 worth of fruit and hops, e5, 400, 900 worth of cheese, e9, 78O, 900 worth of eggs, e1, ,OOO, 900 worth of potatoes, FITS, 900 worth of poultry, l,090, 900 worth of vegeta- bles. In addition to these there are the various kinds of colonial produce, of which sugar alone could be grown in England A small rise in each of these items would inf1ict innumerable hard ships upon our working population. A great rise would mean starvation. Gen. erations of peaceful development have bred in us belief that England will never be seriously attacked, and that the navy may with safety be starved. We forget that a fresh and even more burden than the safeguard ing of our raw material and manufac- lures hss been laid upon it in the need to watch over our food supplies. Nine teenth Century.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-04
Good For Bishop Littlejohn.

Bishop Littlejohn has been invited by the syndicate of Cambridge university, England, to be select preacher in June, 1897.
 It is now 16 years since Bishop Little john, in response to like invitation, delivered series of discourses on 'In- dividualism, subsequently, printed by The University press and widely circu- lated in England and in this country As recognition of the value of these discourses Bishop Littlejohn was honor ed with the degree of IL. D.
 He was the first American ever invited to perform like service in the Univer- sity of Cambridge.