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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01
EzsrzssER-1TI1x3ED
DEATHS.

GODDIN.-Died. December sd. lN". li
the residence OF Mrs. Lou Goliin. NJ.
80 Moore street. JAMES WILLIAM
GCpDIN.
lie leaves q wife Cordein God4w Cd
mourn her loss.
Funeral services from the residrnc.
O'Clock THIS Frlay) AFTERNOON
Brooklyn q. Y) papers please copy
HERBIG Died. December 5ist BOO tte
3th year 0f her age. after brief ilIn
Mrs. MARY MARGARET HEkBlG. "
of William H. HerDig. and only dane'
az lanes ". and Caroline a. Gregory. tt
of this civ
Notice OF funeral he Saturdays paper
Stanu on and Harrisoubure NiJ papers
please copy.
IDE.- Entered into rest Tuesday pc
cember -. 1895. at h. ST.. at,sr "a i.'7
ana painful Mness. HtNRf J'Ll''
IDE. I'm the 5Ith year OF n's age
The funeral vii take place from 70
First ENGLISH Lutheran church. o.t'
and Grace. on FRIDAY. at
Friends OF lhe family are reque i.'
attend without further notice.
New York. Baltimore. and washington
papers please copy.
NAYO.-Died. December 81. 1885, ai -.l
residence I'm Hanover county 80.
i2.go A. NJ. Mrs. CORDELiA =. MAl..
widow OF James Mayo; in the isth year o.
Her remains will arrive at Hol'}",'
Cemetery. TO-DAY, January ia.'
o'clock p. ~ Relatives and iii,N'
requested TO attend.
McARTY. Died. at her residen,e,,. ~.
1902 east Main street THURSDAY t,c>ts
her slst. NJ 10 A. 81. Mfs. A"'>'
/ MCARTY
Funeral notice hereafter
suEPPERsON.-pied. Wedn.''.'.l.,s
,,orn,nc December eo 1885, at % ,..,.
SOPHIA. wife OF William ShepF''
aged %. .,,. Ridge
Funeral will take place. l INV 0rn.
church. Uenrco county j." "''
day). January lst, at Il o'e'VVA'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01
NEW-YFtR's GERMAN.
Dance ~ therTcmpie and supper nj
the Jefferson Later.

A delightful german was given at the
Masonic Temple last night. ana about
twenty-five happy couples danced the old
year out and the new year i'm. The af-
fair was given I'm honor OF Misses Blum
Of Dcs Moines, Ia; Levy, of Asheville
y. c.: Cohen OF Petersburg, and Mr.
and Mrs Wal'ock, of New York. and
after the dance the merrymakers all re-
paired 20 the jefferson where a sumptu-
Gus supper was partdken OF.
The feature OF the german was the
figure. which was danced just at the
midnight hour To the accompaniment
OF Dixie and America, played by the
orchestra. the couples waltzed through
numerous intricate movements. ana as
"a deep-toned bell announced the arrival
OF the new year they paused, and by
their relative position formed the figures
1881
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Suicide by ASphyNiniiOn.

PITTSBURG, PA. December a.-Mary
Wilcox. aged about 20 years. committed
suicide AT the Pennsylvania Hotel. 1881
Liberty street. by blowing out the gas,
after carefully locking all the doors ana
windows and closing up every place that
would admit air. She was on her way
from Bethesda O.. to California. Pa. The
hotel people say that the girl acted
strangely during her stay there, but that
they knew nothing else about her.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01

on the riding trousers are Unauthorized,
but lack OF uniformity I'm dress Is com
mon OIL occasions OF public ceremony
which has tendency 10 make the Gov
ernor's staff the subject OF unfavorable
comment and ridicue other violations
Of the military code ana regulations were
noticed ~ the camp Of instruction. but
FOR obvious reasons IT is rs well not to
mention them mere"
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Gentlemen stirred To.

PERRY. OKLA. December 3l.-The re-
port from Washington that Secretary
Francis would soon declare the Wichita.
Ki0wa. and Comanche Indian lands open
for settlement has caused CONSERVATION
among the cattlemen. and they will try
10 prevent early action. In the mean
time. many companies are being formed
10 secure the best lands
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01
Tho .IruiuIa Lute In Arriving,

The Bay-Linc steamship Virginia which
should have arrived here yesterday
morning. did not come I'm until 1850
O'Clock last night. She was delayed I'm
Baltimore by the fog which prevailed
"wednesday. She will sail from here al
? o'clock tomorrow.
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CARRIAGES.

Ht-NTER-pETTiL- Married. by Rev
o.. D.. Scott at Chatham. Fiuvarna coi.-
IS. va. residence of brides mother l'.
cembcr 3D. 1895. Mr. a. r.. HUNTER. ..
Dapviue VA: to Miss FINA 3D.. yoIra-
est daughter OF Colonel g.. W. Pctt a.i
Mrs Maggie ". Potul
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01

Mr.. Frank II. Walton and his brother
Mr. William Walton. who was lately
elected Treasurer and Sheriff Of Cabell
county. ". Va. WIN spend their New
Year ~ the business-man's banquet given
at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, IA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01

NEW YORK. December 39-Justlce
Pryor to-day appointed Bishop Spaulding.
of Peoria. H.. cotrustee with the United
States Trust Company under the will Of
William :. Caldwell for the benefit Of
Mary Eliza Breckenridge Won Zedtwitz
formerly Miss Caldwell. of Washington
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The DIspntch.s New ,Phone.

The No. OF the Dispatches new phone
IS 1858 Patrons Will please note this.
The old phone No Is l5S.
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New Year Holiday Rates Via e..
pnd q. Railway.

Round-Trip Tickets between all stt-
ton of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ".A
be ON sale on December Both 3lst aal
January lst limited 10 January Hh
ONE AND ONE-THIRD fares. spe..
rates between the following.
Richmond and Ola Point ............. s.
Richmond and Norfolk ...............
Richmond and Lynchburg ............
Richmond and Washington ..-......-. .
Richmond ana Lexington. Na........-. '
Richmond ana Clifton Forge......... d '
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tIabanoa Railway.

Mileage owned: Montgomery. Ala. 20
Lyons. Ga, 265 miles Columbus Ga. 10
Albany, Ga. 81 miles Abbeville, Ga. 70
Fitzgerald, Ga. p milcs-total owned,
3H miles. Leased: Lyons. Ga. TO Sayan-
nah. Ga. 70 miles Total mileage oDe-
rated January ]. 1897. fis miles.
The Columbus Southern railroad. 81
miles. and the Abbcviilc and WaycrOss
railroad, % miles, were both acquired
tduring the part year and consolidated
<hith tie Georgia and Alabama railway.
ILe seOrgla and Alabama on Aprll 4,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01

The gross earnings OF the company
June 90 10 November Sd. 1896 were
81. sS97 l2 AZ compared with &i274.slS ana
the net earnings M.51j. ~ against 81 i2l.-
3sS for same period lu 1875
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an,c r.. y. a y. n. Y.

The Richmond Fredericksburg and Pc
tonac railroad. 50 miles in length. is
the northern outlet Of the Atlanuc-Coast
Line system. connecting al Quauucc with
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad. The steady
Increase IN ifs business l. shown in the
table grveu below:
During the year cndine June go. 1886
the company paid Z per cent dividends
on both its dividend oh isatiOns and
stock. distributing in dividends and in
terest S2i0252
The following is table of earnings ana
expenses for 1851 as compared with 1885
and 1891.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
OUSTED SUPERVISORS.
Forcibly Elected From the Council
Chamber.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20-After
having maintained possession of the
Council Chamber uninterruptedly for
over forty eight hours. the eight mem
bers of the ousted Board of Supervisors
were forcibly elected by a squad of po-
lice under Captain Whitman this morn
ing, and the new board Immediately
took possession. During the excite
ment which ensued upon the arrival of
the police Supervisor Biggy left his
seat temporarily, and ex-Supervisor
Britt promptly slipped into the vacant
chair, and announced his determine
ton to occupy it. Supervisor Biggy
attempted to eject him from it, and a
lively tussle resulted, but the ousted
member of the board was forcibly re-
moved from the chamber by the police.
The new board then proceeded to
take up the tax levy as a Committee
of the Whole, and as the chamber was
guarded by a squad of police, no furth-
er trouble occurred during the morn
ing session.
The members of the old board at
tempted to take possession of the COM
tire discounted.
Both Boards of Supervisors adopted
tax levies to-day, the old board fixing
the rate at 81 IS, and the new one at
81. The estimate made by the latter
reduces the cit-r's expenditure by at
least 100000 over last years figures,
and about S4O0, 600 less than the Audi
tors estimate
The record-union., 1897-09-21
NEW GUNS OF HIGH POWER.
To be Used on Merchant Ships as
Auxiliary Cruisers.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-A special to
the Herald" from Washington says:
Congress will be asked at its coming
session to make a large appropriation
for the manufacture of modern high
power guns to be installed for service
on board auxiliary cruisers of the
United States navy in time of war.
Captain Charles O'Neil, Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, proposes to make
a recommendation in his forthcoming
annual report that at least 100000 be
appropriated for this purpose. In the
opinion of Captain O'Neil this sum is
not too large to be authorized at one
time
1t is estimated that So, GOO 900 will be
required to equip with modern batter
les the twenty-eight steamers now en-
rolled in the Government service as
auxiliary cruisers, and at the rate
which Congress has followed for the
last two years in dribbling out appro
priations, fifteen years must elapse be-
fore sufficient money shall have been
obtained to supply the ships now sub
sidized with the guns which their tom
mage and structural strength call for.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
ODD FELLOWS.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Meets
at Springfield, Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD 0ll), Sept. 20.-The
city is gaily decorated to-day in honor
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, 1nde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Dele
gates from every State and from Eu-
rope, Canada, Australia and other for
eign places are present
The opening session was held this
morning in Representative Hall of the
State House.
Governor Tanner and Mayor Wheeler
delivered addresses of welcome. Adj
dresses were also made by Hon George
c. Rankin of Monmouth, Grand Master
S. I. J. Murphy. L. Burnell, Grand
Patriarch Stone of Vandalia, President
of the Rebekahs.
Grand Sir Frederick Carleton of Aus
tin, Tex, responded to all the welcom-
ing addresses.
This afternoon the Sovereign Grand
Lodge held a session, and a reception
was rendered the visiting Rebeka.hs at
Odd Fellows Hall.
Sixty thousand visitors are expected
tomorrow, and extensive preparations
have been made for their entertain
ment.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
To Take Refuge on High Grounds With
Their Household Effects.
Many Houses in Ahumada Tumble
Down in Great Heaps-Water
Stands Four to Five Feet in the
Houses, and the Country
Flooded for Miles Around.

DALLAS (Tex), Sept. 20-A special
from Ell Paso says: At 10 o'clock last
night the people of Ahumada, about
fifty miles south of this city, were Wis
tied by the worst flood that ever hap
pened in the history of the State.
Men, women and children were driv-
en- from their beds, and had to take
refuge on the high ground with their
household effects. There was not a
place to shelter them, many houses in
the town tumbling down in great heaps,
and many more are expected to col
lapse any moment.
The water stands four and five feet
in the houses, and the country is flood
ed for miles around
Carmen River has overflowed its
banks.
Unless relief comes soon women and
children will be in a sad plight, and it
is raining hard, and another bad night
seems inevitable.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
BEHR1NG SEA CONTROVERSY
New Matter Relating to the Re
cent Corresuondence

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The State
Department to-day made public the cor
spOndence in the Behring Sea negOtia-
tions, which We're set free recently in
London. The new matter is comprised
in two letters, July 2Sth and Doth last
from Lord Salisbury and Embassador
Hay, respectively. In Lord Salisbury s
note is the definition from the British
standpoint of the exact scope of the con-
ference in this language:
Il have to state that her majesty s
Government is willing to agree to a
meeting of experts nominated by Great
Britain and Canada and by the United
States in October next, when the pres
ent season will have been completed
The object of the meeting would be to
arrive, if possible, at the correct con-
clusions respecting the numbers, condi-
tions and habits of the seals frequenting
the Pribyloff Islands at the Pr sent time,
as com9ared with the several seasons
subsequent to the Paris award.
TT seems to her majesty's Govern
ment that Washington would be the
more suitable place for such a meeting" 4"
ambassador Hay, in reply, which is
very short, and is mainly a repetition
of Lord Salisbury's language, calls at
tention to one important point that may
have been overlooked by the British
side, or else was ignored purposely,
namely, that the conference is to be in
ternational in one sense, and is not to
be confined entirely to representatives
of the United States and Great Brit
ain. On this point, his letter, which
closes with the correspondence up to
this time. says:
''It may not be out of place for me
to recall to your lordship that, as 1 have
already had occasion to mention, the
President expects the Governments of
Russia and Japan, powers interested in
the preservation of the seal herds of
Behring Sea, to be represented at the
conference"
AID STRIKE
The record-union., 1897-09-21
TAX LEvIEs.
What Rate Property-Owners Will
Have to Paw.

BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 20.-The Su-
pervisors of this county have under
consideration a special election to vote
on the question of refunding the bonded
Indebtedness of the county. In 1898
Kern County issued a quarter of a
million dollars of Improvement bonds,
bearing per cent. interest. Supervis-
ors believe that if time bonds be now
issued at per cent, to take up the pres
ent issue of call bonds. that the former
will bring a large premium. The tax
levy to-day was fixed at $3.50.
SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 20.-The
County Supervisors to-day fixed the
tax rate outside of the city at 81 80, and
inside the city at 81 40.
STOCKTON, Sept. 20.-The San Joa-
quin rate of taxation fixed by the Su-
rervisors to-day is 81 80. and a road
tax of 80 cents on outside property,
which makes the outside rate 81 90,
against the city rate of 81 80. The as
sessment roll foots up S31 ,O00.O and
the taxes to be collected foot up S464,-
39S.
NEVADA CITY. Sept. 20-The Su-
pe1visors fixed the tax levy to-day for
the fiscal year at 50 30 on each $lOO
Ncrth of property outside municipalities
ard 50 10 inside. This is an increase
Of 10 cents over last years levy
JACKSON, Sept. 20.-The Supervisors
to-day fixed the tax levy for Amador
County at 50 30 for State and county
purposes. In Jackson and Sutter Creek,
with special school taxes. the rate is
50 S., and in Pine Grove s. 10.
WOODLAND. Sept. 20-The Board Of
Supervisors of Yolo County met to-day
and fixed the tax rate for county and
State purposes for the present fiscal
year at 81 3T1a.
YUBA CITY, Sept. 20-The Board of
Superv4 4sors fixed the tax rate Of this
Sutter Ccunty, fer State and county pur-
poses to-day at 81 70 on the 500 valua-
ton. Last year the rate was 81 30.
ST. HELENA, Sept. 20-The Super
visors to-day levied a tax of % cents
on the 800 in the districts composing
the Union High School district, Lodi,
Vineland and st. Helena. It is very
probable that the school will be opened
about October 1st.
EUREKA, Sept. 20.-The Board of
Supervisors to-day fixed the county tax
rate at 81 80 on each 800 valuation,
which, added to the State rate of 81
cents, makes the tax rate for Humboldt
County 81 90.
SAN JOSE, Sept 20.-The Board of
Supervisors to-day fixed the rate for the
tax levy in the county at 81 80.
SAN DIEGO. Sept. 20--The Supervis-
ors to-day fixed the tax levy at 81 81
inside the CITY and 81 81 outside
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20-The Board
of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
to-day fixed the tax levy for the ensu-
ing fiscal year at 81 %. an increase of
10 cents over last years rate.
FRESNO. Sept. 20.-The Board of Su-
perVisOrs to-day fixed the tax levy for
State and county purposes at 81 96.
The rate last year was 81 70, the in
crease being due to the lower asesss-
ment and to the increased State rate.
It is estimated that the amount raised
at this rate for county purposes will
be about $4,000 less than last year.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
Help the Yosemite Road.
Pa Sadena Star.)

Lots Of Pasadenians want to go to Yo-
semitic. They want to go as easily as
possible-over a free road and a good
one. The Sacramento Record Union
has started a good work by asking the
construction by the Government of a
free public road over which any one
may travel and advises that for eco
nomic reasons, it be not secured by
buying out either of the existing toll
roads, but constructed entirely anew
over the Government own forest re-
serve. To this end, petitions have
been prepared to be presented to Con-
gress, and as Pasadena ought to be
represented in the matter we trust
that many influential names will be
attached to copy of the petition
which We now have 1t may help a
good work, and all who visit Yosemite
will share in the benefits.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
OFFICIAL CURTNESS.
Rebuked by the Postoffice Depart
nient.

The POstoffice Department has had
many complaints of curtness and in
civility ON the part of employees a.
stamp windows, and in consequence in
structions are to be issued admonishing
employees to be uniformly polite in the
discharge of their duties.
The identification of persons applying
at the postofIice for their mail in
cities is also being looked into, with a
view to doing away with unnecessary
trouble and annoying precautions.
The department will advise Postmas-
ters that requirements should not be
too stringent, and that all accommoda-
tion consistent with carefulness and
safety be given to strangers.
Special instructions have been issued
to Postmasters to facilitate the expedi-
ton Of transient mail in cities, the in
structions being specially intended to
benefit commercial travellers and theat-
rical companies. The instructions read:
Letters indOrsed transient should
not be delivered to a resident patron of
the office, although he have the same
name and initials as the addressee. Let
ters addressed to travelling men and to
ui6uD6IS Ol luGdl6I lpdIl1GS OF SHOW
troupes which are known to have de-
parted for a particular place should be
Immediately forwarded to such place by
the Postmaster, indorsed Address cor
rected by Postmaster at - al
though no order to forward be on file.
Letters so addressed arriving at an Of
flee after the departure Of the company
or troupe are fairly presumed to have
been sent there through obvious mis-
take of the sender in addressing them,
and it would doubtless meet the wishes
of both sender and addressee to for
ward them to their known destination,
as contemplated in Section $40 of the
Postal Laws.
"Postmasters should always bear in
mind that their most important duty is
the delivery of mail, and that what
ever discretion is conferred upon them
by the regulations of the department,
Is to facilitate such delivery and avoid
failures, which result in disappoint-
ment to the public and discredit to the
postal service. New York Herald.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
STANFORD ESTATE.
The Widow Anxious to Have &
Partial Distribution.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.-All day
to-day the lawyers interested in the
settlement of the Stanford estate were
in conference, and at the request OF
Mrs. Stanford's attorneys her petition
for partial distribution, which came
up in Judge Coffey's court, was con-
tinued until next Wednesday. In the
week intervening the attorneys for
Mrs. Stanford and the New York law
yers who represent the Eastern legatees
hope to reach an agreement which viii
obviate a lawsuit. If the dispute can
not be settled out of court, the Judge
will have to pass on the construction
Of the clause in the Will by which Mrs.
Stanford is empowered to set aside diff
ferent properties.
The record-union., 1897-09-21
BASEBALL CONFERENCE.
Teams Which Still Remain in the
Tournament.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.-The
members of the committee present at
the baseball conference were Mayor
Phelan, who arrived a little late, George
a. Newhall. VIM. B. Pringle and D. r.
Mcneil, but the latter did not vote. Mr..
Pringle thought that the 20 per cent.
wanted by the teams should be granted.
but Mayor Phelan and Mr.. Newhall
thought that the financial sponsor of
the tournament was not yet in a posi-
tion to grant such terms.
The committee agreed to appropriate
ST 600 from the charity fund accumu-
lated from the receipts of the tourna-
ment to help defray the expense Of CIV
ing free dinner to the poor on Thanks
giving day.
Assistant Secretary Allen informed
the committee that over $1,000 mad been
received from the baseball tournament
for the charity fund.
The clubs remaining in the touTna-
The record-union., 1897-09-21
A CHINESE SMUGGLER.
Bound Over to Answer Before the
Federal Grand Jury.

SEATTLE, Sept. 20.-The continual
ton of the examination before United
States Commissioner Kiefer to-day Of
Yee Gee, the Port Townsend Chinese
charged with entering into a conspir-
acy to illegally bring Chinese into the
United States, brought out no sensa-
tiOnaI evidence.
At the end Of the examination the
defense moved to discharge the pris-
oner on the ground that the evidence
was improper, and that it did not con-
meet the prisoner with the crime al
legged in the information.
The motion being overruled, the de-
fense declined to put in any evidence,
and the prisoner was bound over to
answer before the Federal Grand Jury,
ban being fixed at 1,500, which was
furnished.