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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-27
A. HQtZ|er' 5 Sons,
3I5 East Broad Street.

BLACK MOHAIR BRILLIANTINE.
A 3S-lnch Mohair Bargain, worth 4Oc.,
for 25c.
4O-inch siciIian Bargain, worth Soc.,
A 5O-inch Brilliantine Bargain, worth
Sc, for soc.
Here's your choice of five patterns
choicest designs Figured Mohair Brillian-
tines. always SOC. per yard. for
35c.
Special value 46-inch German Silk-Fin-
ish Henrietta, always held at ~c. per
Atwood 3s-nch Storm serges, In Black
and Navy Blue-you can duplicate them
at OCCUR price 2oc: per yard.
FLOOR-COvERINGS
Fancy Japanese Mattings, choice pat.
Cotton Warp Seamless Mattings, that
YOU will pay 20c for In a few weeks, we
are selling now at IL lie.
Heavy japanese B,ngo seam Mess r only
I'm style and quality with any &c; grades
that can be had. This week I-Zc.
PERCALEs. PERCALEs.:
A great purchase OF 2,0oo yards in 10
and 2O-yard lengths. full yard wide, and
worth s and i0c'' fssEse.
Special designs OF l.. T. Co.'S Finest
Printed Cambrics. for shirt-walsts, to DO
opened on Monday.
PRINTED WASH GOODS.
Fast colors Cordonets, made 10 sell at
l0c. our price DC.
American organizes, imported Designs
worth ~ l-2c.. our price 1-:sc.
Organize Alike. delicate tints. 1Oc. per
yard.
Fine sheer organdles. equal to French
goods. ~ I-2c.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-27

Cards, Bill-Heads, Statements, Letter.
Heads, Not3- Heads, Circulars. Handbills,
Dodgers, ETC., printed by the Dispatch
Company at low prices. VIII give yo..
good work at same prices you pay for
inferior work. Send us your orders and
we VIII guarantee satisfaction In every
particular.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-27

NEW YORK. April d. Especially IA. NJ.
Tomlinson. J. w. Finch. Broadway Gen.
trial: j. n. Cline. st. Denis; D. Millhissr
and wife. Holland; w. c. Boyd, c. II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-27
MITTELDORFER'S,
1Iz East Broad.

DRESS GOODS.
Prices 10 suit the purse OF everybody.
Styles up 10 date.
Covert Cloth Suiting; new lot just re-
ceived
&c Novelty Dress Goods. ..............loc.
SOC. Fancies .............,.........occ
zoe. Checks and Fancies ...........lx LEG.
sHIRT-WAIsTS.
A new line OF Lawn and Percale Waists
at one-half prices.
Iaundered Percale Waists. worth Sc,
I.aundered PcrcaIe Waists. detached
collar: worth 7sc: ..............-37c
LADIES' SILK WAISTS.
All OF the popular styles In SIX Shirt
Waists. In pain and changeabie taf-
fetas; Also PIaids and Checks.
Black Taffeia SILK Shirt-Waists, tuekee
front. double point yoke back, lined
and guaranteed perfect hitting, worth
- Monday............ ......'.sf."S.
SKIRTS.
Have you seen our Brocaded Brilltantine
skirts al 81. 10? You will pay double
for this skirt elsewhere.
WRAPPERS.
Cambria Wrappers. full three yara:
wide. Watteau back. guaranteed iass
colOrS ........ $500 .Ss,N'
Co,ored Lawn Wrappers. with trim.
mings OF valenciennes lace and brs ns'
worth ~ ........ .''...'..'''''''''''''s's
SILKS.
a new line of Printed midas. worth
..-...............s. -...sssss ss'>ySs
Chameleon Taffetas. choice styles. worth
MACK Xcix DRESS GOODS.
Imported Mohair. 10 inches wide. fine
weave. rich iustre; soc. grade ,.: .nvc.
wide. worth 5oc.. 2ec.
A mil line OF an things new Ia Belts for
shirt waists from loo. up.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-27

regular meeting of the Committee on
Accounts and Printing vas held IA Room
90 u Of the City Han yesterday evening;
Some 81 The bills for the month OF April
were approved and others were laid upon
lne table. having been sent In too iaie
70 D. audited. There was a great desi
Of discussion regarding the manner IN
~hicn the City Printer should get VI me
anna al rcDorts OF the city for last year.
4 MAS decided that this Work shoIid pc
~"ne exactly In accordance with the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19
ARE PUBLIC MORALS pETrER.

The corruption Of modern politics is
favorite theme for pessimlstie mug
wumps and Populistic calamity howlers.
According 20 these gentry. public lie Is
honeyeombcd with corruption. and the
most direftIl pictures IS to the future
OF the republic are drawn on those lines.
a. = fact which every Intelligent man OF
middle age know politics have become
purer In "a steadily progressing ratio for
at least the last thirty years. and. 10 the
detailed experiences Of older men and the
Political pamphlets and newspaper ar
ticles 81 past generation can be accept
ed as authority. this upward progress in
reform OF public morals has continued
ever since the earlier days q the repuo-
llc. with occasionally Gibbs In the tide AZ
some peculiarly critical cpochs in the
couatry's history.
ASS complement - these iereuliads over
tie corruption Of public hfs comes the
companion cutlery. that even IN Intel
lcc;nai qualifications the statesmen az to-
eav are iufsrior % those % the past. \
few eminent names % past generations
are selected. and IL Is asked. What has
the country row IN the line q eminent
r,en 90 parallel these great names 90 the
rasts In au 81 this. two things are tost
sight Ct n the erst plsce. but very few
- these gvCat names % TIE past have
come down @ us as household woris
while there have besn hundreds who
served their few trief years 81 rublic ufe
ana tnen SUNK hack ir,o obscurisy u
IS not ~ THE Webstcrs. the Clays. che
CaIhcuns q past gtnsTat1oa that that
generation should be Judged. bat ~ iAe
average character o. ere uaen IN pabHc
l.fs. especially these Who sat IN ths na-
uorsi legislature.
An sxAnasraSion ara comparison - tse
debates held In congress IN the era before
tac war with TIE debates held ,ossay ~.
rraalIy disclose that the Intellectual ara
educational average % the present nseua-
hrs et courress - FAR sgpsrser - fhat
20 taelF predecessors gsneratsoa $50
Eiteoaga tAsre are az present presented
before the co@atry 10 sacA n1omentags
as& Wal questions IS tAea lxo@s II cut
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

the world cannot be successfully disputed
Mere than one supposedly impregnanie
fortress OF pork and beans has fallen be-
meath its impetuous attacks Its assaults
az numerous ciambakes all over New Eng
land are matters OF history OF which every
patriot is proud: its members are always
first at the fray ard the last TO leave the
field. Twice at least the Ancient ana
Honorables have crossed the water and
visited the parent country as the guests
OF the Ancient and Eonoraeles OF London
On these occasions the Boston heroes
never failed TO show thu mettle that was
IL them. And on one occasion IN merry
contest with her naiestys beefeaters the
latter were forced to hide their diminished
heads and yield the palm TO the Boston
boys. who not only outate them ana out
drank them. but they never lost q man
rs Ighness Albert Ed'ard has extended
the glad hand 10 every Ancient and Hon
orable individually, and assured him or
his distinguished consideration. which Is
worth something, and IN many other ways
they have been honored.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19
THE AIRSHIP AGAIN.

Some months since the dispatches from
California and the columns of the San
Francisco daily newspapers were for
some days filed with accounts OF
a suggestions airship. which had
been seen making its way through
the air. high above the earth, at various
points throughout the state. Numerous
presumably reputable citizens testified to
having seen the mysterious object, al
though none professed to have been able
to see more than the dim outlines. the
main feature observed in all cases being
the brilliant light streaming from the
supposed ship, and by which its progress
through the air could be marked There
was week or two Of interest IN the phe-
nomenon. after which nothing more was
seen or heard Of the matter; and the pub
lie generally came 10 the conclusion that
the whole business was more or less OF a
newspaper fake; that some explainable,
natural phenomenon had been seen and
magnifled by the observers. and again dis
torted for newspaper purposes.
II this conclusion was correct. IL is a
story should have suddenly been revived,
and this IN section very remote from
that which gave II birth. Precisely the
same appearance in the sky as that no.
ticed over the California towns has been
witnessed IN several places in the Central
West. snd again the dispatches have
been carrying the burdens Of sn "airshIp"
story. At different times within the past
two weeks this alleged airshlp has been
seen at various points above Kansas.
Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. Two
weeks ago today IL was seen above
Omaha; a few days afterward above Bur
ling;on, Iowa: and reports TO Ike effect
have az different times come In from
Kansas City. and points IN Eastern Kan
sas as wei "a from hundreds Of towns
in the Missouri valley.
Differing from the California reports
the persons az these various points claim
to have seen the outlines OF the vessel
itself not alone the light By which It's
movements could De traced. They claim
T. have discerned 4 glistening steel hun.
wing-like projections on each side. ana a
eailoon-like bag suspended from above.
The natural attitude 20 assume towards
these pecallar stories = one OF increaauty.
u Is quite possible that the whole story
Is c,eTerly worked up fake. suggested
by ire California s;ory and carried On,
upon TIE same uaes. on the other hand
however, there Is nothing srt~sn~cafy
impossible IN TIE accepted explanation
tAat "a RirshiP IS actually IN existence.
The solution CT the problem % aerial
transit is booked for speedily. Nothing
s,sa3s iu The way except a few raeraan-
tosl esfhcEisies. which many scientific
naen q rePate eegieve can De overcome.
Teat a praeticab'e air shsp WI Nitrate
e y Constructed Is generally conceded
Wsesher tss problem has beer actually
solved, whether Ire people who crat-a %
have sen TIE ship have permitted MP
tsaaglnAstozs 70 st TIE better e. taeir
Judgments, CT WHISTLER Ire Whole matter
- s-1zP.y a eleyeEiy devised hoax. are
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Transforming rus MAII.~.

In none Of the departments q the Fe3-
eral government have there hsea a.
many advances and improvements made
In recent years as Ia the postoifce depart
neut, and under Postmaster General
Gearv stn wider extensions % the TN
proved systems viii Re msse. Two years
and half $50 there was one street
car I'm the Whole United States with an
improved mail rOom in u. and containing
. single rack and row Of pigeon holes
iu n. A year ESQ the number bad been
Increased 20 twelve cars q approved
patterns. and az present there ara IA the
Various street chr systems es the country
torty-seven tu0 postal cara. besides
apartments sna platform carsiase q
pouches
In October. tS6 there were Ts.sst miles
covered annually ~ street car mail sery-
ice. There Is new mileage &C SEE M
mites per &naum With fcroe q seventy
FIVE clerks employed ard tse system IS
ia successful operation IN New York.
Philadelphia. Chicago. -. Louls wash
sneton. san Francisco. Cincinnati 10
chester ans Northampton. Mass.
rae colgectioa wagons upAes trial iu
ths sams eTogt 50 extend she system -
seeArassea Il ne aRiL beiweca the strest
letter boxes ssa the uossossce. aa3 A. 'as
earliest rsasaIsls moment after the a4a =
deposited are also an established ssc-
cess These wagons supplement- the
ssF>es Gar gest@! syssesa. and $rs &c X
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SewaIls View of the situation,

san Francisco Post.
Arthur SewaM Democratic candidate
for vice president IN the last campaign.
arrived from thu East via the isthmus Of
Panama last night. Mr.. Sewan has bean
on the water for the past thirty days. and
consequently is not familiar wNh the po-
hticaI happenings OF that period lie
said:
y place no special significance upon
the recent Democratic successes Ia the
Eastern csties. They were purely the re-
suit OF local influences and conditions. The
people OF the East are inclined to give
President Mckinley and his aduinistra-
ton a fair trial. Business is very much
depressed there. and should It not improve
/ til4nk the Democrats viii present the
silver issue f0ar years hence. and have
Do doubt they viii be successful. OF
course. everything will depend on the
financial condition OF the country during
the next four years. The people have
been promised better times, and IL they
Do rot gst them they viii again demand
change Of administration
A4r. Sewaa Is wishing san Frs nc3sco on
both business and pleasure. lie Is largely
interested IL AAlpballaIng IN Maine. which
Industry Re says IS practically suspended.
lie Is thinking of goaEg 70 Japan 70 So
cure sor2s contracts from thai govern
u2ent or tAe mercantile interests theta.
but whether lie VIII make tie trip or not
Re says " aA depend HPoa business ar
rarEesneElts y asch wll develop IL the neXt
te@ days
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Squire Frank @. Kaufman. OF Fridens-
burg. Pa, celebrated his 5eth birthday by
smoking a cigar twenty-six years old.
The present legal representatives OF
Lord and Lady Byron have given notice
publication OF any papers relating 10 the
poet and his wife
AT the mothers congress In Washington
Mrs. ID. Jennings strongly advocated
that the government offer 100000 in
prizes for the best specimens OF children
varying in age from / month TO 10 years.
Owing 10 the cramped condition or the
treasury. 1t viii not be done this year.
Efforts are being made in Troy 20 raise
a fund OF about 500 for the erection of a
monument to the memory of the late Jo-
seph X. Carr. Should more money be col
lected than will os needed for that pur-
pose. II will be used in preparing and
printing history OF Gen. Cars life, to DO
given TO all contributors.
England does not mean that France
shall get ahead OF her Ia Negus Msnelik' $
favor without an effort. She has just sent
an expedition OF army officers 20 Abys-
sinia which includes among It's members
the queens distant relative. Count Glsichen
and a son OF Lord Salisbury. None OF the
the officers Is under feet tall. one Is 8
feet inches. two feet T. and one feet g.
CrtspTs daugh1er-in~law wife OF his
reprobate son Luigi. who. after graduating
from an Italian refoTmAtoTys Is now a
fugitive on the American side OF the At
lantic with a warrant out against him for
larceny has been arrested by the French
police at Nice on q charge OF swindling
along with an individual named Torraini
with whom sns eloped from her husband
prior 10 his sailing TO America. She Is by
birth Countess Capucci.
Willis Van Dsvanter, the new assistant
attorney general for the interior depart
nent 10 a successful lawyer. and Is .
years old lie IS q native OF Indiana and
graduate Of lie Paw university. lie
vent 70 Cheyenne, Wye. some years ago
and became chief Justice of the supreme
court by the appointment OF the president
when 90 years old under the territorial
government and was also chief justice
under the state government. He has been
chairman OF fhs stare Republican CON-
rafttee during two campaigns, ard - at
,3resent Republican national committee
man from Wyoming.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

II was supposed the county seat contest
In Suohonnish was settled. but such does
rot aunear to he the case. The building
committee at Everett has been en5oineo
from continuing work on the new county
court house a, that place and hearing
comes of this week The contest ras been
long drawn out, but Everett. because OF
its size, wealth and influences, viii no doubt
be the seat OF county government. IN spite
Of the fact that people will naturally SYM
pathize with the city OF snohomish be-
cause of its having had the honor so long
The history and growth OF cities in other
states show that the change was newt
abis
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Seth L. NiIlsksn. congressman from the
Third Maine district, who died yesterday.
had as his constituency that portion Of
the state so long and ably represented
by James G.. Blaine. IN fact. with the
exception Of q very short period. he has
represented the Third District since Mr..
Blaine was elected TO the senate. Mr..
Milliken was not great man, but he was
active. energetic and attentive to the
needs and requests Of his constituents.
His long service in the house had made
him member OF much influence, although
he was not given to display or oratory on
the floor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

extended 20 other cities where the latter
system Is not yet IN use- The DEPART
usent II now experimenting with horse
less wagons. IA the hope thar they may
increase the RESPONSIBILITIES for this
cheap and rapid collection Of city mails
AL Of these improvements are n ths
line OF Increasing the rapidity with which
city mail Is handled TIE next and most
proper step 20 be taken by the depart
naent should be in establishing. II prscti-
cable. q delivery and collection system n
the country districts.
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Guvnor Teats. of Tacoma. like a got

Guvnor Teats. OF Tacoma. like good
many other Populists, is full OF promise
and prediction. but in performance la
mentally weak With sound OF trumpets
he announced IL as his intention TO dis
close the evils existing In Tacoma, but he
couldn't stand the pressure brought to
bear upon him and capitulated complete
iy. In other words. he isn't half so big a
man as people thought he was going to be.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

The war news so far received is on the
whole favorable to the Greeks. and all
Christendom Will rejoice with them upon
their success. Unfortunately, however,
the lighting qualities OF the Turks are too
well known, and it Is difficult to believe
that final victory can rest with the Gre
clan arms
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Ex-senator Fred Dubois, of Idaho,
wants job as a member on the mone-
tary commission which is going to try
and ascertain IL something cannot be done
for silver. There will be evidence of the
however, il he makes the request from a
president who was nominated in a con-
vention which he deliberately walked
aut Of
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he Ancient and HonorableA.

The Ancient ana Honorable ArtflisrT
company os Boslan IL justly the enief
glory 81 thu Eub and the pride or a..
Massachusetts, Although Il has been a
loGg tine since IL has sesn service -
actual warfare. u has participated IN
I2&ny q gastrozor2ic boat. both at home
and abroad On numerous civic f2ncyioas
a. Boston ana elsewhere IN ire United
states Il has shawn that its claim 70 %
i4s a2oSS EA.-4-.S oody Of trelcAerZasA -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Poor old Chief Joseph Is likely to fail
in his request to get for the few followers
of once splendid tribe the lands which
he and his forefathers trod. The request
of the old chief is somewhat pathetic. and
IL the government could give the remnant
OF the tribe lands In severalty in Idaho 1t
would be only an act of justice.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

One hundred and twenty-five years ago
yesterday Paul Revere made his famous
ride to the towns OF Concord and Lexing-
ton TO notify the patriots that Gen. Gage
was about to send out an expedition for
the purpose of destroying the military
stores at the latter place. II Paul had had
a bicycle how easily he could have
aroused the country around Boston
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

The New York Sun seems 10 be meeting
only with misfortune these days. The
United Press. OF which it was the head
and center, was forced to collapse. and
now the paper has had to retract and
apologize for an editorial which appeared
nearly two years ago.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Considering that golf has been played
but few years on the Sound the record
made by the American players at Victoria
on Saturday shows that tho game has
taken g strong hold on this side OF the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Congressman Bailey, leader of the DEM
ocratic minority, says he had rather have
Republican prosperity than Democratic
depression, which may inspire some or his
colleagues to inquire IL he voted for Nc
kinIaY.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Tom" said young Waila Walla
matron to her husband the other evening
as they were preparing TO go out TO the
theater, ~ wish you would run upstairs
and get my tan goats"
"Your what?' answered the bewildered
husband.
My goats" responded the wife. "Ihey
are too old to he called kids"
Two new pairs of gloves were sent
around by a messenger the next day
Walla Walla Union.
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Here, how is this? The board of con

Here, how is this? The board of control
have raised the price of grain sacks. 1t
doesn't make any difference If the price Of
Jute has advanced or circumstances de-
mand 1t. Populists are not supposed to
be governed by the ordinary laws of
trade. Why do they not exercise the nat
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Portland Oregonian: The antitrust law
has not had much effect upon trusts, but
ii seems likely to put an end to agree
ments among railroad companies and
unions among railroad employees. Con-
gress is like an unskillful sportsman who
misses the game and shoots his dogs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

San Francisco Post: Rudyard Kipling
Is going to Crete, as war correspondent
OF the London Times, at a salary of S. 900
per month. Mr. kipling is a writer OF fic-
ton of far mora than ordinary ability. but
we have reason to believe that his efforts
in this direction are not extended to the
chronicling of daily events.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

About all the United States can DO for
either Of the European belligerents Is 10
furnish them with food supplies, which
viii be done very cheerfully.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

Olympian: Public sentiment is workins
a great change in the incorporate habits
of the people, and no agency has contrib
uted more efYectually TO build up that pub
lie sentiment than the earnest labor OF
the workers in the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19

whatcom News: AS a rule. banks are
always guarded against a run, and very
much desire to have their customers con-
tinue their deposits, but the bank Of Ro-
salis, located in a town by that name In
Eastern Washington, has notified clients
to withdraw their deposits without delay.
as the bank is to close. Although the
owners name Is Well he has poor health,
which is assigned as the reason for going
out OF business.
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