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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10

| unbrOken vater-tight compartments,
| without any means of intercOmmunica-
! ton. These are so arranged that pas
| sage up to the deck and down again is
necessary in order to pass from one com
| partment to another. This excellent ar
| rangement is only one of the new craft 5
many good points.
She will be driven by two sets of
| triple expansion engines, actuating twin
screws These engines, in a common
! compartment, are of the four cylinder
| type, and have each a high pressure
! cylinder of q ID inches, an intermediate
| pressure cylinder OF 30 1-2 inches, and
two low pressure cylinders of "a inches
i'm diameter. They have a common
stroke Of is inches, and will make 400
revolutions a minute when running at
full speed.
Steam will be supplied by four Thorny-
croft water-tube boilers, placed in two
compartments and enough steam. at a
working pressure Of 20 pounds. will be
generated TO induce an indicated horse
power in the engines of 1900 when run
ming at full speed. For the sake of pro-
lection against moderate gun fire. the
coal is slowed abreast the boilers. A
small steam windlass forward viii raise
the anchors and handle such heavy
weights as the boat may be required to
carry.
AS a torpedo-boat destroyer, she will
carry battery Of seven 6-pound rapid
fire guns. There will he one on top of
each coming tower, 10 be worked from
the encircling bridge; one on each bow
abreast the forward tower, and three
amdships along the centre line. Each
G-pounder will be supplied with 1893 pounds
of ammunition. II her capacity as a
torpedo boat she will carry two lS-incn
tubes for the discharge of Whitehead
torpedoes. These tubes, one just abaft
the other, are placed on the centre line
btWeen the after smokCstack and the
after coming tower. There will be a
supply of four torpedoes. the two spare
ones being carried in cases on the deck.
The contract cost excluding armament,
is S2S6O0O.
How soon this craft will be completed
the builders decline to say definitely.
but within month she viii practically
be ready for launching. other nations
are watching her as well as our own,
probably because information concerning
her has been furnished them by naval
attaches in their legations in Washing
ton. The British Government has an
eve on her, and the Spanish lieutenant,
who was caught the other day spying
around our Notifications, made every
effort TO gain admission TO the yards
where the boat is being built but without
success.
While il is true, as stated. that no 4
name has been selected for her, she will i
be given that of some famous I
naval officer of the United States. 1t
would be no exaggeration TO name her
the Wonder. for unless all signs fail, 1t
Is that which she will be to the world.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
JAMES'S ROCKY BED.
THE WATER LOWER THAN KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN IN YEARS.
BOYS CROSS UPON The SHOALS.
a Picturesque View of the River
from Hollywood, Looking East
and Other Facts About Streams.

| / think, with the Dispatch, that it may
well be doubted IT, within the memo
ny of the Oldest inhabitant, the James
/ has ever been lower than it is now. L
! came to this conclusion last Sunday, as
/ i viewed its rocky bed from the highest
! point of Hollywood. Men and boys APP
/ peared TO be crossing the rugged bottom
from one side to the other without any
! other difficulty than that presented by OPP
posing boulders. Several years ago pass
ed over from the city side to Manchester
dry shod, the starting point being cut
by the line of our Eleventh street, which
prolonged imaginarily would clear the
pretty Islands known formerly as "Dai-
leys," above "Yauxhall's" and Kitchen"
lying between Daileys and Jordan's.
In the grant. or deed, to Mayo upwards
of three hundred islands and islets are
mentioned, some by names that are now
no longer known TO this generation.
Broad Rock" the name given by Colonel
Byrd, was known formerly as Bells
Island" after a Scotchman who had
snuff-foctory there. Upon his decease, or
removal, it came TO be known and is
names known TO the pioneers OF Tidewater
Virginia. as "Bowman's Folly" willow"
Sturgeon" etc. have long been forgot
ten by those who should have retained
them as parts and parcels of our history.
UNDERGONE CHANGES.
1t is true that the falls-islands-hav
undergone changes by which some OF
them have been obliterated by great
freshets in the river or by the encroach-
ing agencies of man. The three Islands"
sighted by John Smith and described by
his as being nearly opposite to the prince
ly seat of Powhatan now form a portion
of the mainland OF the South Side. One
OF these / had occasion TO explose few
years ago. and found it to be several
hundred steps broad by upwards Of one
thousand long. The trough Of the old
current can be readily traced as IL ap-
pears below Walkers Island and runs. /
worn-like 10 the wharves opposite Rock I
etts. / take TO myself the credit OF 4
having rediscovsred this island and have 4
conjectured it 10 be the one which two I
centuries ago went in the old records by I
the singular name of "Bowman's Folly
Island"
DESTROYED By NFREsHETS.
Whilst some of our local islands have
been destroyed by freshets. others have
either been formed by changes in the
course of the river currents or by artlii-
ciai junction-party the work OF man
and partly by the deposition Of the sedi-
ment OF freshets.
In recent times a long sand-island was
formed Just above "Jones's rock and
abreast OF the lower docks. which disap-
peafed as suddenly as II had emerged
from the water IL was owned, or claim
"a. by one Wiideniit according TO Nor
iecai A great freshet IN the river APP
oeared one day and swept island and
plantation clear from on their shaky
The side OF this lost island has been
'scsntly recovered BY another Of Ike pro- |
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10

by years. or centuries OF years, the
age OF this venerable torso-for torso -
may be called. 1 incline to think In the
light of careful observation OF the wear
and tear OF pot-holes and Of the descend
ing grade of the bedrock OF the James.
that it was twirling gravels In the old
river long before the Aryans assembled
the Nile and laid the foundation Tor that
civilization which became odd long Detore
the Pyramids were reckoned among 'he
seven wonders of the world.
c. NJ. WALLACE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
REPUBLICAN NEW WORKERS.
Nominations RatiHed-Foraker, OF
Ohio. Arraigns Low.

NEW YORK, October 9.--The Republl-
can municipal nominations were ratified
tonight at a mass-meeting at Cooper
Union. Every seat In the big hall was
, occupied. General Tracy was enthusi-
astlcally received. The principal address
was by Senator Foraker, OF ohio. His
chief attention was given to an analysis
OF the records OK the opposition tickets
In the field, and included strong ar
ragnment Of Low as "a passive Repub-
lican" and an acknowledged free-trader.
Henry Georges name was received with
mingled cheers and Kisses.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10

running east from Chicago viii follow
the action Of the northern roads. ana
raise the rates on east-bound grain and
-four. They are OF the opinion that too
much OF this traffic has been going east
by the northern routes, and they are
not willing 10 take actor that might re-
suit in the loss Of any greater portion
OF II to them
II Is likely that a meeting OF the traf,e
officials OF the eastern roads viii be held
in the near future, to consider the action
OF the northern roads and 20 decide
upon the best line Of action for the roads
out OF Chicago to pursue.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
TARIFF ACT DECISION.

Treasury Department VIII Appeal
from New York Conclusion.
WASHINGTON. October s.--Acting Sec
rotary spaulding said to-day that the
Treasury Department would appeal to
the courts from the decision Of the Gene
raj Board OF Appraisers IN New York
yesterday, holding that the pingley tarin
bill did not go into effect until the actual
moment It was signed. The departm ant
still maintains that the law was opera
tive from the prior midnight Of the day
IL was signed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Chnrf9uess
(For the lOispatch.)

II
When / was FIRST and SECOND
Among the bric-a-brac.
A WHOLE confronting me disclosed
My host just at my back; .u.
APPROACHING with an antique THIRD
Which long ago was brought,
Across the seas from Venice, where
II had been deftly wrought
H.
When Wild beasts OF the jungles
Become my FIRST and SECOND,
NV THIRD you may expect TO be,
With pixies and boulevards reckoned.
And then my WHOLE. with his fierce
soai
Renewed by transmigrateuc
May reappear as pioneer
OF peaceful aybitratioA .lkF
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10

Irate Patron: You advertise TO curs ceDe
sumption. don't you?
Or. Quack; Yes, sir. never fail uhozf
my instructions are followed.
Irats Patron: siy son took your m<dte
cine for year and died an hour afteo
the last dose. |.e
DIR. Qusck; My INSTRUCTIONS were not
followed. told him to take Is ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
SOUTHERN RAILWAY LINES.
Meeting mt Cincinnati Next Thurs
day-Wfnter Tourist Rates.

CHICAGO. October IA call was
issued to-day for a meeting Of the
southeastern lines. 20 be held In Gin
cinnati, October 18th, for the purpose Of
considering winter tourist rates. ard the
points 10 which they shall be applied.
There = nktls likelihood that the roads
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Mrs. studchnl.er Dead.

ALMA, MICH, October s-Alrs. A. J.
Studebakcr died at the Sanitarium here
to-day of heart disease. MRS. Studepaker
and Mr.. A. ]. studebaker arrived here
Friday last.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
DCCGCCCCG3eTE3CCCCCC
We're outtalked often-outdone never.
Our Clothing workshops at 1914 broadway. N 7.
Special Anniversary Offerings as
Big as the big Store. =

the loves
Gedito fullest
pydaysdy which pay the premium of leadership
the coino mapproachable bargains
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
ITEMS Handkerchief.
Pajanas.

The balance of those $3.50 and So Pajamas that
we closed out from the manufacturer-fne French
fannels, imported madras, cheviot and Saline new
patterns perfect-ftting. Your choice for
this week. Observation-Disclosures. OSCs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Underwear.

With O full line on our counters we must
find room to offer you this most extraordinary
value. They were offered to us-and it
wouldn't have been Saks-like to let them pass.
Winter Weight Camel'sHa Shirts and Draw
ers, with ribbed bottoms pearl buttons. spficed
seats and tapped seams. What is called o.
everywhere a 75c. bargain. here. ...... 4CC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10

There is only one stock in town that gives
the "almost-men" years anything like va
riety to select from-THATS OURS. These
days we offer you big bargain values.
n, - for a lot of ATWOOD Gray Mixed Cheviot
- Single Breasted Cutaway Sack Suits-long
~ pants-worth $3.50 Sizes IA to 10.
~ n is the special price for lot of $3.50 value
NHa9 Plaid Cheviot Long Pants Suits, in 4-Button
YAV Single Breasted Sacks. No guess-work
about the actual worth-fabric and making show it.
Mems and Boys Shoes
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
NeCkWear.

A lot Of 75c Silks, latest patterns, made up In
the small Teck and Fourth Hand-Ro- -,
man stripes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SOS'
Don't pay quarter for Collars and Cuffs,
Collars for 10c. and Cuffs 15c. All the popu-
lar shapes. Wear with the best of 'em.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Mems Clothing.

It is unfair to the balance OF the stock to
single out any special lots-where big values
characterize them all. But sometimes condi-
tions make bargains-and for this week we
have two lots OF Suits aud two of Top Coats
that are worth nearly third more than we
shall ask you.
Atwood Novelty Cheviot Single Breasted Sack
Suits, in neat dark effects Coats are lined with
fancy cashmere with silk across
the shoulders Vests are cut 6psN ~
dou bl e-br easted, $15 value nj Z..0eH
Strictly ATWOOD Cheviot Double Breasted
Sack Suits, with single breasted vests; tai
lored TO perfection-and cut to fit to per-
lection Saks-making and Saks- marking d 49,
that's why instead OF $1S we can offer DID
Atwood Covert Cloth Top Coats, most popu-
lar shade of Tan; made with inserted
front piece; patch pockets and wide gen d IN
uine strap seams; silk sleeve Innings. nil
S12 so value value for. .....................
Imported Atwood Covert Cloth Top Coats
silk-lined all through strap seams, French Or
facngs and perfect-ftting. Better than nh
the average SEQ Coat. Special price,.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Some very special values in
Mems Furnishings.

Values that need only a mention to bring
you after them. Values that less powerful
hand than the "Big Stores" cash and the
Big Stores " selling ability would be too
weak to control. Values that the spin and
needle" shops know nothing of-at prices
they are unable to name.
ITEMS Handkerchief.
Two lots
csc. Fancy Bordered Handkerchief. in
strong colors and neat patterns. Your choice
for. NC.
3 for 50c.
Japonette Silk Initial Handkerchiefs. full
size, wide hem, any letter. A big quality
but small quantity. W.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
BOYS Short Pants Suits.

You haven't had such saving time " this
season as this is-and out of the biggest and
choicest stock in town.
ATWOOD Fast Color Mixed Cheviot Suits-in both
Refer and Double Breasted effects-to o. IN
fit ages to 10 We're perfectly safe to DZ.OU
call them 81 suits.
lot of Boucle Cheviot Short Pants SHIFTS both
Refer and Double Breasted styes-ined with ltal-
ian cloth and sewed with silk--every O. ~
seam tested actual value Sand then ID 1ss u
it's one of our special big values. .......
25 Suits of Fancy Scotch Cheyiot Checks import
ed goods our best makers best work IN making
them I'D Double Breasted Jackets, with double
stitched edges horn buttons and ltal- OF I'm
ian cloth lining Comparisons are thetell- Id I'LL
tale Worth 80. Sizes to 16 years..
10 each of Black and Blue Clay Worsted Suits
Refer and Doube-B Breasted styles lined q z M
with Italian cloth. These are fine dress ID V.UVgl
suits worth $3.50. Our special price.
n g.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10
Boys Refers.

Blue Chinchilla Refers, with ulster and sailor
collars lined with fancy cashmere, that makes EN-
more comfortable. Those with sailor o. A Z
collars are trimmed with braid Sizes .NI n =
to 49, Worth $3.50 Special ........
Small lot of Two-Toned Montagnac Chinchilla
Refers. made with sailor collar trimmed with
braid novelty buttons. Cutest little % ~
coats for the little fellows you'll find any Ot.( J
where. Ages to 8. Worth s.. Special
Young Mems Suits.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10

portions-a valuable possession, provided
it's owner shall be able TO hold 1t harm
less against such changes as are con-
stantly occurring in the currents Of the
nj
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14
THE SUPERlNTENDENTS.
Town and City School officers to Meet
Here Nov. 4.

The eighth annual meeting of the town and
city school superintendent will be held at
the Statehouse beginning Thursday, Nov. T.
The session will continue for three days,
and will be held in the Agricultural Hall.
The officers of the association are: Presi-
dent, w. d. Weaver, Marion; vice presi-
dent, w. d. Kerlin, Martinsville; secre-
tary, F. NJ Beard, Hartford City; treasurer,
II. G. Woody, Kokomo.
Among the educators who will take part
in the work are j. N. Study, J. w. Carr,
VIII Featheringin. Edward Ayres, A e.
Humke, w. z. Burris, F. M. Beard, w. p
Hart, w. A. Mills, +. l.. JONES' J. f. ScuIl.
Superintendent L. IL. Jones, of Cleveland,
will attend the sessions, and is down for a
paper on The Principles that Underlie
the Formation of a Course of Study and
Which Constitute the Canons of Criticism .
The following special committees will make
reports.
School Economy. n. Study. Fort
Wayne; d. NJ. Geeting, Indianapolis; T. +.
F1tzgibbon Elwood W. II. Hershman, New
Albany; j. W. Hamilton, Monticello
Course OF Study; Committee of Forty
Reading: A. Il. Humke, Vincennes; w. ID.
kerlin. Martinsville; j. H. Tomlin, Shelby
vile; w. A. Mills, Attica; T. F. Fitzgibbon,
Elwood; l.. S. Monroe, Mt. Vernon; w. c.
Belman, Hammond J. n. Study, Fort
w dyit-
Geography-WilI Featheringill, Franklin;
w. z. Hart. Covington; w. p Shannon,
Greensburg; W r. Snyder, Muncie; w. S.
Almond, Delphi; w. II. Hershman New
Albany; b. +. Moore, Frankfort; w. d.
Weaver Marion.
Arithmetic. w. Carr, Anderson; r. A.
Chase Plymouth; F. L. Jones, Upton; w.
r. J. Stratford Peru; w H. Sims, Goshen;
A. II. Douglas LoganspOrt; j. F. Scull,
Rochester; J. +. Haines, Noblesville.
History-Edward AyTes, Lafayette; w. A.
<
hart; w. H. Wiley, Terre Haute; r. A.
Ogg, Greencastle; c. f. Patterson, Edin-
burg; H. G. Woody. Kokomo; r. !. Hamil-
ton, Huntington.
GrammarSW. P. Burris. Burton; J. w.
Hamilton, Monticello; A. e. Malsbary,
Thorntown; c. n. Peak, Princeton; f. M.
saw; T. A. Mott, Richmond; p. " Voris,
DanVille.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14
WILL MAKEFEWC
TAGGART TO REAPPOINT sUPERIN-
TENDENT COLBERT, TITS SAID.
Controller johnson Has n Good Offer
-SiIverites Insist that a Few
Gold Bugs Be Dropped.

Mayor Taggart will be inaugurated for his
second term at noon to-day. Tonight the
newly-elected councilmen will meet to or
ganize by electing a president. There is
considerable speculation as to who the
president will be. Mr.. Montgomery is spok-
EN- of for the place. as well as Mr.. Golfer.
The latter says that he will not be a can
didate under any circumstances.
Much interest is expressed as to the
policy the mayor will follow with regard
to his appointments. He is practically
pledged by the party platform to dispense
with the service of some of the minor Off
Gals who last year were Palmer and Buck
ner Democrats, and some of the radical sill
yer men will insist that the promise be
kept. Mayor Taggart said yesterday even
ing that he was not ready to make any an
nouncement in regard to appointments until
after he shall be inaugurated to-day. He
said that he had not yet decided who he will
appoint superintendent of police to fill the
vacancy created by the resignation of
Thomas F. Colbert. There is a general feel
ing that the mayor will reappoint the pres
ent boards and heads of other departments,
as we'll as the clerks. If this course were
pursued the mayor would be relieved of a
good deal of annoyance from hungry office
seekers.
1t has been known for some days that
Controller Johnson has received an offer
from a financial institution of the city that
is fiattering and that he has been giving it
careful consideration. Last winter Mr..
Johnson expressed q desire to enter private
business, where he would be free from the
harassment of public office. The controller
has been asked to remain controller and
will probably retain his present position,
although he had not fully decided last even
ing what to do. 1t IS recognized that he
has been an efficient financial officer and
that the mayor would find it difficult to
find a man to fill 1t so acceptably, inasmuch
as Mr. johnson has held the place for two
years and has the business of the finance
department we'll in hand.
Captain James f. Quigley has been acting
superintendent. A number of his friends are
urging that he be permanently appointed.
1t is said that while he is a pretty strict
disciplinarian he has the confidence Of the
officers and that with his long experience
in subordinate positions on the force he
would prove good superintendent
There Is a strong belief among the pa
trolmen, however, and this is shared by
several Democratic leaders that Colbert
Will be reappolnted superintendent of po-
lice.
rumor has 1t that Chairman Spencer, of
the Democratic city committee, is to sue
coed James b. Curtis as city attorney; that
President Downing, of the Board of Works
is to go, and that Building Inspector Bunt-
ing is to make way for a better man. Ru-
NOR further transfers Myron d. King to
the assessment bureau and retires William
Hughes, the present chief of this depart
ment. George j. Marott is mentioned for
the Park Board vacancy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14
LATENEss or RETURNS.
A Better System for Collecting Them
Needed in This City.

The difficulty with which election returns
are collected in this city has caused some
discussion of a proposition to adopt a
method employed in the larger cities. Were
an election to be held in New York city on
the same day that an election were held
here the result of the New York election
would be known here several hours before
the local result could be ascertained. 1t is
almost impossible to get complete returns
here from all the precincts the night of the
election. Both the morning papers and the
two committees send blanks to the election
clerks to be filed out and sent to the offices
of the papers and committee headquarters.
Some of the clerks attend to the matter
promptly, others stroll in with the returns
after the night is too far gone for them to
be available, and others never think of
sending in the returns at all. In the eX-
element of the election and victory the
party officials too often get full of en-
thusiasm and forget their party organ
waiting to compile the returns. And it is
never safe to depend on the losing side to
furnish returns. The clerks on the losing
side and others who might bring returns in
become disguised long before the count is
over and frequently do not wait to the
finish.
These troubles are avoided in New York
and some other cities. The police depart
ment is called into service and the service
proves eminently satisfactory. The patrol
men get the returns and SEND them IN 10
police headquarters where the reporters get
them and where they are tabulated; The
plan works successfully in New York and
accounts for the early reports of results.
Acting Superintendent Quigley was asked
yesterday what he thought of working the
plan here.
Its a capital idea" he said, but think
it would not work here. We have not
sufficient number of men in the department
to do it right. In New York, where they
have thousands of parliamentary more
than there are voting places-it IS an easy
matter to detail a man for each voting
place The man is probably needed there
all day and evening anyhow and 1t Is no
great trouble for him to carry tbs. report to
Headquarters after his assignment there IS
over. But here we have 1875 voting places
and $50 members of the force, including all
the day and night forces, detectives, SER
geants and captains. After the men have ave
hours up to the time of closing the polls
it would be hardship to compel the day
men to remain on duty half the night to
bring the returns In. And even II they
were made of iron there would not pc
enough to do the work right, counting the
night and day forces j do, not believe we
can work it here unless the force should
be increased"