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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
REPULsED THE TRIBEsMEN.
british Were saved by steadiness OF
the Sikhs.

SIMLA November 1.-THE official dis
patches received to-day from the British
headquarters in the MADAM Valley say
that on General Kempsters returning 10
camp with his baggage, on Monday last,
the Sikhs of the British force were split
I'M into companies and held the spurs
of the Kotal. The enemy appeared in
force. and rushing forward with great
perseverance. some hard hand-to-hand
lighting followed. The Sikhs, the dis
matches add, were las steady as rocks"
and drove back the enemy with heavy
loss.
Further details from the Madam VAL
lev show that the loss of General Kemp
sters Brigade is quite serious. The
force consisted of the Dorsetshire Regi-
ment and regiments Of Skhs and Ghur-
kas The insurgent tribesmen made
their usual attack upon the rear guard.
but were brilliantly repulsed by the
Sikhs.
The Dorsetshires lost their way In the
darlxness and were cut off by the enemy.
lieutenant Hales and Lieutenant Crook
ord nine men were killed. The rest OF
,ha Dorsetshires attached themselves TO
tho SiIxhs and arrived in camp in safety.
THE other officers killed were Lieuten-
ant wvlie. of the Ghurkas, and Lieuten-
80 wsrne of the Sikhs Fourteen Sikhs
and Ghurkas were killed. Colonel Abb
80, Cantain Custance. and Lieutenant
80, were wounded and twenty-eight
S,kbs and Ghurkas were wounded.
rhis shows that IS men were disabled
q, tbls affair. of whom q officers and
,,er we're killed and 81 wounded.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
CASE OF JOHN ID. KETCHAM.
Additional Mystery-Mrs. Walkup's
Butler Arrested.

CHICAGO, November H.-Additonal
mystery is thrown about the case of
John B. Ketcham with every develop
ment brought forth by the police in their
efforts to ascertain the facts surround
ing his death at the home of Mrs. Min
ME Wallace Walkup or Ketcham Joseph
Keller, the butler at the hcme OF
the woman who now claims to be the
widow of Mr. Kecham, has been locked
ND on suspicion aroused by his own
story.
The suspicion has been growing upon
the police, as a result of rumors which
started in Milwaukee, that Keller APP
peared in the role of bridegroom at the
wedding, and that he, and not Ketcham
stood before the minister, with his face
concealed under the folds Of scarf.
The alleged wife of Ketcham is Ill in
bed. with nervous prostration, the ordeal
which she has undergone since the death
of Katcham having been too much for
her strength.
Criminal proceedings are threatened
against Mrs. Walkup, and several other
persons whose names have not been d.
yulged. but who, John Borden Ketcham' s
relatives will charge, were associated In
what they characterize as conspiracy.
Attorney Charles Purnell, representing
the dead bankers family, said tonight
that every detail Of John Ketcham's life
I'm the Indiana-avenue house. as well
SIS the marriage that was performed IN
milwaukee last September, had been col
lected by detectives, TO make clear
case of conspiracy against several per-
sons
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
NATIONAL GRANGE.
THE BODY AGREES TO ADJOURN
FINALLY TODAY.
ADDRESS OF SECRETARY WILSON.
work of the Government De-
partment of AgricuIturc-Its Eff
fort to Aid the Individual and
the State.

HARRISBURG, PA, November T.-At
the session Of the National Grange to-
day 1t was decided to adjourn finally to-
morrow.
The reports Of the state masters OF
Texas and North Carolina were encourage
ing. 1t was agreed to adopt ceremony
for the laying of corner-stones of Grange
halls. The proposition to send delegate
to the Woman's Congress was rejected.
The Nicaraguan canal project was en-
dorsed in a report from the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
Secretary of-Agricuture Wilson made
an informal address at the afternoon ses-
sion. He congratulated the Grange on
the important position IL occupies, and the
dlgnified manner in which the Changers
discharge the responsibilities resting upon
them.
1.-THE Department of Agriculture is try
ing to help the individual and State
where it's arm is longer than theirs and
it's facilities greater" he said.
1T is opening up new markets. intro
ducing new plants. gathering facts for
producers at home and abroad. to the
end that they may be better informed re-
garding their work. and the operations OF
those the world over. with whom they
compete The time is suspicious for push.
ing this work. President Mckinley In
structs me to make the department USE
full to every locality in our broad land,
sympathizng, as he does with the toilers
in the field and the forest, the factory,
and the mine, and with all home-makers,
where woman reigns as mother, daugh-
ter, and wife, the only correct unit of
society, and the sure safeguard Of the
republic"
An address was also made By John
Hamilton, Deputy Secretary Of Agricul-
ture, on farmers institute work In Penn
sylvania.
A resolution was adopted against the
Oranges taking any part in cooperative
enterprises. and against gambling in fu-
lures
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18

only, II seemed. the fire lads were on the
scene busily engaged in putting the
flames 20 soak" BY 30 the fire was all
out, and the few persons gathered at
the place. save the fremen and the police
officers, had left
The four men who barely escaped are
A. Donnini. e. Donnlni, olive Guetri. and
G. del Chiarri. They were sleeping on
the third floor In the front room. The
fire IL supposed to have started from an
overheated pipe in the oyster-room on
the first floor, from which the smoke
filed the entire house in the rear Of the
room where the proprietors were sleeping
Is q compartment rented by Mr.. Angus
tus GIL for the purpose OF manufacturing
cigars. When the smoke and noise OF
approaching engines. and the calls of the
people had awakened the sleepers, the
spectacle before them was truly Devil
dering. with wonderful presence OF
mind, however, they remembered that
though the stairway was cut on by im>
penetrable smoke and the flames, egress
could be found 10 the roof OF the Kitchen
behind by breaking through the cigar
room. This they succeeded In doing Just
as the feeling Of faint and exhaustion
began 10 creep over them. They were
stlu in their night-clothes when con-
Quoted down the ladder by the hremen,
and il was not until the lads had forced
an entrance through a window that they
came in possession Of garments more in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
POWDER IN THE COAL.
WHAT Might Have Happened to the
Amphitrite.

NORFOLK, VA. November H.-(spe-
al)-The big double turret monitor
Amphitrite, which, after undergoing re-
pairs at the Norfolk navy-yard and
coaling at Lambert Point, sailed Tues
day for southern waters, had narrow
escape from serious Injury, possibly ue-
struction, on the high seas. According
10 reliable authority, whether by acci-
dent or design, a keg containing twenty
five pounds of blasting-powder came near
being introduced into her coal bunkers'
An officer of the monitor re-
lated the incident. and said that while
the coal was being transferred from the
barge TO the vessel Monday morning,
the coal trimmers discovered the keg
OF powder. Part of it was sprinkled upon
the deck and ignited. How it came to
he in the coal is a mystery. 1T was pro-
bably accidentally left in coal-car at
the mines. Certain it is, however, that
If that quantity of powder had peen
DUMPED into the warship's bunkers ana
shoyelled into her furnaces at sea, IL
would have cost the lives OF many Oh
her crew and might possibly nave sent
the vessel to the bottom
Colonel William Lamb, Oh Willan
Lamb & Co., agents for the coal com
pany. knew nothing of the incident ne
is inclined to discredt the story. lie
saws IL would be impossible for a kee
Of nowder to be introduced into coal
car without being discovered. He says
further. that he would have received
nrompt complaint on the subject.
The Amphitrite is now at sea ana WI
not touch at Port Royal, her first stop
ping place, until Friday
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
BALING OF COTTON.
NEW ENGLAND MILL-MEy DEMAND
BETTER METHODS.
ARKWRIGHl CLUB RESOLUTIONS.
Preference 10 BE Given as strongly
MS Possible to Cotton Tint Reaches
the Mills I'm the Best Con-
ditf0n.

BOSTON. November 1.-THE Arkwright
Club the membership OF which is almost
entirely composed OF treasurers and man.
ayers Of New England cotton-mills, held
a largely ATTENDED meeting this evening.
The topic discussed was the baling OF
cotton, and the following was unanimous
ly adopted:
Cotton manufacturers have for a long
time suffered in their business by reason
OF the poor condition in which cotton
has been delivered to them. 1t Is poor
ly ginned, poorly handled, poorly baled,
from the time 1t leaves the planters
hands until 1t reaches the mills.
Nearly all of these evils are encouraged
and fostered by the practice Of dealing
in cotton at gross rate.
1.-The advent into the market of cotton
put UP In new forms Of bales, in proper
condition, gives an opportunity to remedy
these evils and their causes. The old
forms Of bales can be made entirely salts
factory IL put up in like manner TO the
Egyptian. AS large amount OF cotton
TINS season Will ne put up III tbS new
bales. the time has arrived when users
are in "A position to take a decided stand
on the question of baling and weighing.
1--WE therefore insist upon the better
baling and handling Of cotton, and upon
a system of dealing at net rate. and we
pledge ourselves to give the strongest
possible preference to cotton so baled,
handled, and sold"
1t was stated in the course OF the dis
cussion that at least two new forms OF a
cylindrical bale have been invented, and
are actively promoted as well as one new
form OF the square bale, and that the
vastly superior manner in which foreign
cotton reaches the mills has made manu-
facturers much more dissatisfied with the
slovenly manner in which American cot
ton Is put up.
The members showed a firm resolution
TO insist upon better methods OF prepare
ton. The idea is not so much TO favor
the ado. on Of any particular form OF
bale, or even the abandonment Of the
old form, but to secure such improved
methods of baling as will assure them
that they will receive at the mills the cot
ton which they buy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
JAPAN DEMANDS 5000, 900.
Indemnity Wanted for Exclusion of
Immigrants-Chines Items.

VICTORIA, b. c.. November 1.-THE
steamship Empress Of China has ar
rived here with news from the Orient.
The japanese Government has demand
ed the sum of 10000 in gold from Ha-
wall. by way OF indemnity in connec-
ton with the emigration affair. This sum
includes losses suffered by the immi-
grants 20 whom admission was denied,
as well as by the companies which sent
them. and the expense of sending man
of-war to Honolulu. The japanese pa
pers consider the demand moderate.
Among her passengers was Blshop
Hoffman, of the Catholic Church.
The Chinese Government, TO encourage
mining. has commenced the building OF
railway from Hankow to Picking, passing
through a richly mineralized country
Other advices are as follows:
A small revolution has broken out in
Northern China, caused by dissatisfac-
ton with the war settlement with the
Japanese.
Chinese pirate, concerned In the
murder of Captain Rosso, of the Pegu,
has been hanged at Eedi Bosar. An
other pirate confessed to taking part in
| the murder
The japanese man-of-war, Fuse, ran on
rock near Nagahama, after having
been in collision with another ship
taking part in the naval manoeuvres, and
| sank. on the 18th of October There
were no casualties. and it Is expected
| that the ship can be raised without much
difficulty.
| ON October 3lst a conlagration oc-
CURED at Nagaoka, Machis, over 20
houses being reduced to ashes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
WILLIAMSBURG.
Sale of Personal Enects-Personal
Mention-Cnught a Deer.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. November H.
Especially large sale took place to-day
Al the home of Mr. b. b. Wolfe, on west
Main street. Mr. Wolfe came TO Will
liamsburg from Elkton, Nd, soon after
the war to take charge of the farm
known as 'Wheatland," near here, be-
longing to the late Senator Groom, of
MARYLAND. This he managed very sue
cessfully until the Senator's death, when
II was sold 10 the late Judge Henley and
Samuel Harris. Mr.. Wolfe Is well
known citizen, and since the recent death
of his wife has decided TO sell out and
live with his son. Mr.. Frank Wolfe. lie
may later on go TO Delaware TO engage
In farming.
Ex-County Judge Henry b. Warren,
from Toano. was here yesterday, and
stated 10 the writer that he would push
his claims for the county judgeshlp, ana
thought he stood a good chance OF Sc
curing the prize. Other candidates are
the incumbent, Judge Sydney Smith, ana
Mr.. Ro. Il. Armistead. both OF whom
have friends working for them and have
petitions I'm circulation throughout the
district. which are being numerously
signed. The fight promises TO be most
interesting one, as the time approaches
for the meeting of the Legislature.
Mrs. r. p Crooks, accompanied py
ber son. Mr.. William Crooks, from York
to>cn. was here yesterday 10 visit her
daughter. Mrs. sydney Smith.
Among the late arrivals at the COLO
NAL Inn are Mr.. Sydney Rauhem-
berp from New York, the superin-
,enSent of the drug departmet of the New
work. city Hospital and his wife They
are charmed with this portion OF Vir-
einja. and may purchase home mere
AZ which to spend the winters. They VIII
remain several days longer.
Mrs e. r. Lamb returned to her home
IN Norfolk this morning. and Mrs. Lane
Who has been spending week DOWN
there. is expected home tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles ID. Norton, from
chicago. who are on their bridal TOUR
reoistered at the Inn yesterday.
Miss Matte Jones, daughter OF MT
parlte Jones. who has been i'll for seve-
roI weeks. is much better to-day.
fine. S-year-old buck was caught
yesterday by colored man-Buck
S,ewart-residing near here. The deer
nos RIM down by dogs and caught just
ss ne was going into the river. 1t was
t,,llea and shipped to Richpond, bringing
stewart a snug little sum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
TRAGEDY IN A POLICE STATION.
Suicide of "a Russian Countess Mt
Edinburgh.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, November
l7-There was a tragic occurrence in
police-station here last evening. A woman
apparently about 20 years of age and fash
ionably dressed, but in the deepest mourn
ing. who said she was the Countess Tere-
ga Ulfeld. a Russian, adding that she hau
come TO Scotland a fortnight ago, via
Copenhagen, and that she was in mourn
ing for her dead lover, complained TO the
notice officer on duty that she had peeh
robbed OF her purse, containing a large
sum of money. The Countess was appa-
rently In great distress, and as the orlcer
turned round to enter her complaint ~
he station blotter she shot hersel
through the temple with a revolver. Only
a few shillings were found on her person.
An examination OF her rooms In the
hotel where she had been stopping de-
yeIoped the fact that all her correspond
ence had been torn up in such small pieces
as 10 render 1t almost utterly Impossible 70
reconstitute 1t. She had given her ADDRESS
as the Cloister of st. Marie, Moscow. Two
photographs were found among her eI-
fects. One was that Of young orlcer III
the Russian army, and was signed Alex
ander Romanoff." II is supposed TO be
that of the fiance. The other photograph
was that of a Spanish ofncer VINO hau
visited the Countess since her arrival IN
Edinburgh. The hotel people say the ue-
ceased Countess was well educated, ana
had evidently been accustomed TO move
i'm the best society.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
THE OLIVE PICKER MURDERS.
True Bills Against Anderson, hors-
burph, Lind, and Barriai.

NORFOLK, VA, November H.-lhe
Federal grand jury, in the case OF the
crew Of the Olive Pecker, convened To-
dav and after a session Of four hours
and q half returned the following true
bills: ., con-
John Anderson, for the murder OF S"p
tain John W. Whitman. ,,,,,
same for the murder Of Mate Nliiidni
wallace Saunders 1.-TWO indlctmehts)
Some for the destruction of the Vessei,
William Horsburgh, John LIND ana
Juan dc Dios Barrial alias Manuel bar
rial accessories after the murder OF Mate
Saunders . -,
same accessories after the murder OF
Captain Whitman. ,u.,,,,,
John Anderson, William Horspurgh'
John Lind. and Juan de Dios Barrial' ioi
the destruction of the vessel.
prior to the session OF the grand Jury,
Martin Barstad and Andrew March, two
of the crew of the Olive Pecker, were
eiven hearing before United States
Commissioner Ackiss and acquitted. They
were held for witnesses, ana peihg un
able TO furnish bond. are now IN Jaii'
awaiting the trial s
these men testified before the grand
iurv as also did Captain John Han, OF
Rockland. Me-. owner of the iii-iateu
schooner: United States Commissioner
Ackiss and A. NJ. Low. Washington
rewsnaper man. These were all the Wit
nesses. The case will probably come up
in omen court about January ], 1898, ana
nossibly sooner.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18

beat grown on the heavy soils Of Penn
syivanIa and Ohio. require 20 per cent.
An Investigation OF the actual amount
of water required for the crops maturity
will follow next, and subsequently the
data for other crops.
The Investigation Of western soils, made
with the aid OF the Weather Bureau. ana
covering California. the San Joaquin Val
ley. the fertile wheat-growing districts OF
California. washington. and Montana, the
Yellowstone Valley. the Red River VAL
lev. and the Nevada desert. has developed
some most astounding facts, and some
which the Department Of Agriculture Is
not vet able to explain. Professor Whitney
saws the history OF these soils will make
the most remarkable chapter in the his
tory of the worlds agriculture. Although
these soils. excepting the Red river and
desert districts mentioned have only from
one fifth to one half OF the annual rainfall
received by the territory east OF the MIS-
sissippi river that is from to ~ inches),
they seldom, il ever, suffer from drought.
In the Nevada desert the annual rain
fall averages about 5 inches, but beneath
the aIkali crust the soil is always moist
n fact which the scientists have as yet
been unable to explain. In fact, little IL
vet known of the power of the soils 10
hold water Artesian wells show water IN
all these districts from 40 to 2G feet be-
low the surface. and 1t is considered pos
sible that there is a slow and continuous
movement OF water upward from the ar
tesian sources. which are beyond the IN
fuences of local climate. BY placing cleo
trodes in the soil In all these places, at
various depths, from few inches TO -
feet 1T is believed that in the future the
direction and intensity of what might be
termed the water-waves of the earth can
be accurately determined.
The use of electrodes for determining
the moisture Of the earth has been ex-
tensively exemplified In the East
In truck-farming and garden work
where the cultivation is intense, 1t Is be-
lieved that the use Of these electrodes
which require bit two or three ordinary
cells for their operation. can be used with
great profit by those who are at all scien-
tifc in their methods.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
ABDUL HAND YIELDS.
sultan of Turkey Finally Complies
with Austrfa's Demand.

LONDON. November ia special
from Vienna says that a telegram has
been received there from Baron de
Calico, the Austrian Ambassador at
Constantinople, saying that the Sultan
has declared his willingness to give Aus
tria full satisfaction for the Mersina in
cident, and in regard to the dispute in
connection with the Oriental railroad,
growing out of the transportation OF
Turkish troops during the recent war
between Turkey and Greece.
A special dispatch from Constantine
pie. confirming the special dispatch from
Vienna announcing that the Turkish
Government has agreed to the demands
of Austria, adds that the Vail OF Adana
and the Mutessarif of Mersina have
been deposed, says that the victim OF
the outrage, Herr BraZzafoli, Will be
Unidentified, and asserts that the Sultan
has consented to pay the claims or the
Oriental railroad, which is operated by
an Austrian company, paying the $3.50,
CCO balance due the company for the
conveyance of Turkish troops during the
recent war with Greece.
AUSTRIA READY FOR WAR.
VIENNA. November 17.-Had not the
| Turkish Government yielded to the de-
msnds of the Government of Austria foE
redress for indignities offered TO an Aus
| TRAN merchant of Mersina, Herr Braz-
zafoli. the Austrian Ambassador at Con
| stantinople, Baron de Calico, would have
| left the Turkish capital, and an Austrian
yarship would have bombarded the por'
Of Mersina asia MINOR tomorrow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-18
GOVERNMENT STUDY OF SOILS.
investigation of Moisture and Tenn
uerature With Respect to Crops.

WASHINGTON, November 1.-THE
Division of Soils of the Agricultural De-
nartment. which was established
connie of years ago, is conducting some
of the most interesting experiments of
the department. Professor Milton Whit
new who is in charge OF the division,
Is engaged at present in an investigation
NJ climatic conditions of moisture and
temnerature in their relation TO the local
distribution OF crops
The work has a scope as broad as the
country. IL will eventually embrace all
the soils and staple crops, and In It's
relation TO the future of the country,
when crops must be specialized under
the intensified system Of agriculture
which must come 10 our farmers In
few wears. II promises TO be OF the
utmost economic and practical yalue. lts
practical utility will be the determine
ton OF the normal water contents OF
the different soils in the various portions
of the country; their capacity Tor the
ABSORPTION and retention or moisture
with the amount OF moisture required by
different crops, together with methods
for ascertaining the point at which lack
of moisture would endanger crops, anc
the most feasible methods OF Irrigation.
Thus far, the investigation has covered
onlv truck soils in the East, tobacco
soils. and an investigation OF western
soils. Some marvellous results have al
ready been obtained. 1t has been as
certained, for instance. in the matter OF
tobacco-growing. that tobacco wrappers.
which are grown on the light SOILS OF
Connecticut, require about per cent.
OF moisture, while the filters, wnicn are