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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
CONDITION OF THE PENITENTIARY.
subcommittee Reports on the Need
of More Cell ROOm-GOssip.

The subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Prisons and Asylums, appoint
ed to visit the penitentiary and examine
its present condition, submitted the fol-
lowing report yesterday:
We. the undersigned committee, APP
pointed TO visit the penitentiary respect
fully report that we have performed that
duty.
We carefully examined every depart
ment: we find that the cells in the male
department are wholly insufficient TO ac-
commodate the prisoners with any de-
gree OF comfort, in some cells fifteen or
twenty being crowded in. with hardly
room to stand. The female department
is in good condition and not Overcrowded,
each one having a separate cell. The
culinary department is wholly insufficient
to properly prepare the food for such a
large number of convicts. The food is
sufficient in quantity and quality. but its
preparation is not altogether what it
should be owing, we believe, entirely to
the limited facilities for that purpose.
We find that the institution is conducted
on strictly business principles.
We would recommend an immediate
enlargement of the institution under the
supervision of a competent architect. In
making this enlargement the convict
ticable 1t might be well to buy another
farm. This. however, should be left 10
the Judgment of those who are appointed
under the law TO govern the institution.
We would further suggest that all con-
vcts should have separate cells.
OTHER HOUSE COMMITTEES.
The contested election case Of lie Sueur
vs. Blanton came up before the House
ID.f,
Yesterday, and was postponed until Janu-
airy 4th, neither side being ready to pro-
coed.
The Committee on Labor and the Poor
will meet on January 4th, to consider Mr..
Folkess bill. requiring street railway
companies TO have vestibuled fronts to
their cars.
The House Committee on Finance with
Mr.. Cooke in the chair, met yesterday
and discussed a number of bills IL was
decided to report favorably a bill which
repeats the section Of the Code fixing the
salaries of what are known as the base
ment officers" The object of the mea-
sure is TO enable the Legislature to cut
down the salaries, If this should be deem
ed advisable.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD BILLS.
Three bills introduced by Senator with
radical changes I'm the States method of
dealing with railroads and other corpora
tons of a similar nature. They are OF a
supplementary nature. and provide for the
creation of a railway commission, con-
sisting Of three members, TO which will be
referred for adjudication almost all mat
tiers pertaining to the railway, express.
telegraph, and telephone companies of the
State. The commission is board OF APP
praisers, and one OF the bills makes II a
court OF record. These are similar In
character to bills before the last Legisla-
ture which failed OF passage.
THE MEMBERS ARE LEAVING.
II Is doubtful II a quorum of either
branch of the Legislature Is present when
the Senate and House convene to-day. A
great many Senators and Delegates lert
for their homes yesterday and last night,
and many moro will depart this narninG
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
IL Was Bible Measure.

Pine-Street Baptist church has done a
graceful act which the good people of
Fulton Baptist church will not forget
soon.
Sunday Rev. Mr.. Illusions church
sent check for 800 to Rev. j.
r. Harrison, who has worked and is
working, so faithfully to free his church
from ali debt. There is a little story
behind this becoming deed. Some years
ago the little struggling band heard cry
for help from Pine-Street church and
gave them $50. Now. the echo of that cry
comes back TO Pine-Street, and in the
spirit Of her Master. she gives Bible
measure.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
SUICIDE IN CHICAGO.
An Aged spiritualist Takes Nor
phfne, With Fatal Effect.

CHICAGO, December H.-Alexander b.
Campbell. an aged spiritualist of Rush
Vile, Ind. committed suicide at Clark
street hotel last night. He took NOR
phine, and was dead when found. He
had written long letter 10 the Coroner.
and made a will bequeathing his few
yaluables TO relatives. :,
The suicide was about 65 years old. He
came to the hotel December 14ta, and
registered from Santa Monica, Cal. He
attempted recently to kill himself In Los
Angeles. Cal. Failing. he returned nome.
His relatives and friends thought him OF
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
DEATHS.

CARTER. Died Monday evening. at
the residence OF Mr. j. c. Christian. Ches-
terheld county, Va, WALTER ID. CAR
TER, beloved son OF Samuel 5. and the
late Maria Saunders Carter
Funeral at the grave at Hollywood
THIS "wednesday MORNING at 10
O'Clock.
LUCAS.-Died. at her home in Henrlco
county, on the 2lst day OF December. 1881
DELLA. beloved wife OF w. Ii. Lucas. in
the 4Sd year OF her age. She leaves a
husband and six children to mourn their
loss
Heaven retains now our treasure.
Earth the lonely casket keeps,
And the sunbeams love 10 linger,
Where our darling mother sleeps
Funeral services will be held at Mount
Vernon church THURSDAY MORNING
at IL o'clock. Friends ard acquaintance
invited 20 attend.
MANDERS.--Died. at Midlothian. Va.
December p, 1887 AT $50 o'clock Z. NJ.
Miss KATE MANDERS.
Funeral notice later.
MCLELLAN.-Died, suddenly. In Bos-
ton. Mass. Sunday morning December
18th. OF hemorrhage. Mr.. H. e. MCLEL-
Ian.
Mr.. Mcclellan was a native OF New
York. and recently married Nib Florence
ID. Vaughan, OF this city. who deeply la
ments the loss OF her husband.
lnterment at Boston.
MILEs.-Died. OF erysipelas. at the rest
dence OF her father, W. H. Miles,
No. 90 north Twenty-third street. sun
day. December 18th. at 1880 z. NJ,
JULIETTE VIRGINIA MILES. In the
nth year OF her age.
The funeral services were conducted at
lakewood Monday. December 10Th, at 3
O'Clock L. NJ.
TAYLOR. -Died. at the residence OF his
niece, Mrs. w. Il. Drew lii2 Floyd ave-
nue., ARTHUR MARION TAYLOR. In
the list year OF his age.
Mr.. Taylor was a native Of Charles
City county. this State. bat until recently
has resided In Yazoo City. Miss. where
he removed IN 1854.
Funeral TO-DAY at 1880 A. NJ. from
the residence. interment In Chesterfield
county.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
CONVENTION OF COAL-MINERs
Matter of Fixing Rate for Mining
Postponed.

PITTSBURG, PA, December H.-The
joint convention of coal-miners Of the
Pittsburg District, which met here to-
day to fix a rate for mining for the
coming year, decided to postpone the
discussion of a rate pending the outcome
Of the movement for an interstate con-
yention, at which uniform rate for
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois would
be fixed. At the afternoon session a COM
mittee was appointed which will meet in
Columbus, o., December 9th, to fix a
temporary rate to be I'm force from jan
uary LIST to January 18th. This commit
tee will also make arrangements for the
holding of an interstate convention be-
fore the expiration of the temporary
scale. to establish a price for the year
satisfactory 10 the several States inte-
rested. The convention then adjourned
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
Body Is Permanently Organized
Feeling Against Labor Federation.

ST. LOUIS, MO, December A-The
National Building Trades Council was
permanently organized to-day. The dele
gates deeply resent the alleged unseemly
action of the American Federation Of
Labor In condemning the objects Of their
meeting. and with the apparent idea Of
meeting the Federation on a common
footing, have decided TO hold the next
annual meeting in Kansas City, in De-
cember, 1898, one week before the meet
ing of the American Federation OF Labor
in the same city.
officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent. Edward Carroll, Chicago; Vice
Presidents. Theodore S. Jones. Kansas
City; J. T. Healy, Washington: A r
Franz and j. +. Harvey, Milwaukee
Wis; NJ Z. Carrick. Pittsburg. Pa: G. 3
Leveling, East ST. Louis Secretary and
Treasurer, w. II. Steinbiss. st. Louis.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
DYNAMITE CARTRIDGE ExPLoDEs.
Nearly Five Thousand Pnnes OF
GIass shattered.

NEW YORK, December 2L-An eight
pound dynamite cartridge exploded to-
night in the rear of the Arbuckle coffee
building, in Brooklyn. Nearly 1900 panes
of glass in the neighborhood were SHAT
tered. and that the explosion was not at
tended by loss of life Is remarkable. The
explosion was heard twenty blocks away.
The dynamite cartridge was to have
been used tomorrow in blasting a huge
rock that had INSTRUCTED an Artesian-
well drilling. IL had frozen, and an at
tempt was being made to thaw II.
John Gallagher, workman, was
thrown Is feet in the air, but escaped In
Jury. The entire damage VIII not ex-
coed 5000
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
Princess HohenIohe Dead.

BERLIN, December A.-Princess ho-
henlohe, wife of the Imperial Chancellor,
is dead. She had been suffering from IN
fiammation OF the lungs.
Princess Hohenlohe. who was born Feb
ruary Is; 1922 was formerly Princess Won
Wittgenstein-B She was
married on February 10. 1877, 10 Prince
Won HOhenlohe- Schillingsfurst. They had
four children-three sons and a daughter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
Personals and Briefs.

The Old Dominion Democratic CLUB VIII
hold a regular meeting tonight.
Miss Mae Lancaster. of Carlisle, KY
Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Warmer
Hon. W. f. Reddy will read a very in
teresting paper before the St Patrick's
Beneficial and Social Society tonight at
s o'clock.
Members of the Richmond Chapter
Grand Division Of Virginia, L. ID. G,
can obtain badges from the president oil
the chapter. Mrs. y. " Randolph or
ders can also be left with her, and will
he filled at a few days notice.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
on CLUTCHES TO WED.
Then She Refuses HIm-Breacb-of-
Promise Suit.

TOPEKA, KAN, December n.-Reuben
Lane walked on crutches from Barnsbo-
rough, Pa, to Topeka to marry Miss
Eliza Anne Parker and when he arrived
here she refused to have him. He has
employed lawyer. and will commence
action for breach OF promise He is
widower, 80 years old. She Is a widow
80 years old. They became engaged
through matrimonial agency. IL TOOK
Lane thirty-six days TO make the trip.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22

Fitzhugh Lodge. No. SO. Independent
Order OF Odd-Fellows, elected officers
last night as follows: Il. A. Wills. noble
grand NJ. Koppleman, vice-grand; H. M.
Reinhard secretary; s. H.. Herndon,
treasurer; s. A. Williams, chaplain. They
viii be installed next Tuesday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
PugiIist barry Released.

LONDON, December A.-Jimmy Barry.
OF Chicago. the bantam weight champion.
and the others arrested in connection with
the fight at the National Sporting club
on December 9Th last. which resulted In
the death OF Croot. Barry's antagonist.
were released from custody to-day, the
public prosecutor refusing to take up the
case.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
Mermod & Jaccard Jewerry Intact.

ST LOUIS, MO. December Plate
this evening the vaults OF the Mermod
& Jaccard Jewelry Company. whose es-
Enlistment was burned Sunday morning.
were opened. and the contents. consist
ing OF $3.50 900 worth OF jewelry, were found
intact.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
Missouri Town Fire-sw.p..

DONIPHAN. MO-. December a.-Fir,
destroyed the business portion OF mi.
town early this morning. Twentv-sIx
business houses were burned, and ths
total loss Is estimated at $780, 600. with
about $4,000 insurance.
The fire started In the warehouse OF .
drugstore. but its origin is unknown,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
MARRIAGES.

JEFFERSON - LANE. - Married, on
Tuesday. December q. 1897. al the resi-
dence OF the brides parents. In Henrico
county, Va. by the Rev. DR.. James +.
Smith. Miss CARRIE ID. LANE to Mr..
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Of Amelia eoun-
ty. No cards.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
RicbmOnders I'm New York,

NEW YORK, December 2.-(Special)-
ID. c. Freeman, w. F. Spencer, q. NJ.
BROKER, Broadway Central; c. r. Potts,
r. A. Taylor, Imperial; w. j. Payne and
wife Marlborough.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
Merchants and Trading stamps.

The merchants are so busy at this time
that they can give little thought to the
trading stamp" agitation. There are
steps being taken by those who favor the
measure prohibiting the use Of trading
stamps TO hold a meeting next Tuesday
night and fully discuss the matter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22

Thomas F. Paine and Miss Beatrice
Wade were married about ~ O'clock last
night at the home OF the latter's father.
Rev. DIR. J. c. Hidsa performed the
ceremony.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22

The bodies will adjourn to-day until Janu-
airy LIST. the date OF Major Tyler's indue
ton into Office.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22

For rheumatism and neuralgia you can
not get better remedy than Salvation
OIL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
GENERAL HUNDLEY TO ARGUE.

Anent this check investigation the fact
that the meeting of the Advisory Council
I'm Lynchburg will be attended with more
interest than was at first thought would
be the case, may prove readable. 1t Is
understood that General George j. Humid
ley expects to go before the council and
argue the case, with a view to having
the verdict as given by the Investigating
Committee set aside.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04
ORCHARD PRUNING.

Don't Go at 1t as Though You Were Cut
ting Cord Wood. =
Don't get crazy fit and go into your
orchard with n AK and cut and slash the
branches off and think you are pruning,
says 81. E. Van Deman. Every stroke
with a tool on tree is stroke at it's
life, unless very wisely made. There
need be no elaborate or stylish method
of pruning adopted. Common sense is
a good guide, but if person judges his
knowledge of pruning by the amount
of brush be makes, he is sadly lacking in
common sense. and should never he al
lowed to prune. .....s -.
All dead or sick branches should come
off, all that cross or chafe each other
should be relieved by the removal of
the one which can best be spared. Do
not cut great open spaces in the tree
tops and so let in too much hot sun
shine and injure the limbs that have
been used to being shaded. 1t is dan
gerous to prune cherry trees at all;
they are rarely benefited by so doing.
but are often injured. Train old or
chard trees to have low, broad heads,
which will shade the trunks, lessen the
purchase of the winds, and make more
convenient the gathering Of the fruit.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04

be demonstrated by. the fact that the
counties having the best roads will
maintain them at less cost than the mud
roads, with all their Inconvenience,
are maintained in their wretched condi-
ton. The work required by law of
able-bodied men, together with the
road tax, gives to the road supervisors
of our state the expenditure, in money
and labor, of a vast sum. Much of this
is wasted by reason of incompetent
management. The railroad tax for
highway improvement, in some road
districts of our state, is so manipulated
by the road supervisor that the money
,1nures more to his benefit than the i'm
provenent of the thoroughfares. In
some instances in our state, broker
age business is carried on, and money
is made out of tratficing in this road tax.
While some of our road laws need re-
forming, the manner of their execution
needs revolution. When competence is
made the test in selecting supervisors,
and taxpayers see that they discharge
their duties, we will find some improve
rnentzinz our highways without addi-
tiona1 tax.-From the Inaugural Ad-
Gress of Gov. Mount, of Indiana.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04
AGRICl TU IRA HIN rs
REFORM BADLY NEEDED

andiana's Governor Discusses the En-
forcemont OF Road Laws.
Good roads are essential to our high
/, est development socially, intellectually
and financially. Many counties in our
state, actuated by q commendable spirit
OF progress. are rapidly improving the
highways. In the near future some Of
our counties will have complete sys-
TEN OF free gravel roads. The main
thforooughfares in these counties, hav-
ing been graveled and received by the
county commissioners, are kept in re-
pair at the county's expense. The
supervisor, being thus relieved from
care OF the main thoroughfares, is en-
Died to concentrate the labor and tax
at his disposal upon the lateral roads;
hence all will soon be improved. The
economy in road improvement will soon
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04
!: DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

49, -
{ All reasonable care should be taken
to prevent the cows from drinking stag
nant water. " @S
The travelling dairy schools of Can
ada have done splendid work in rails
ing the grade of butter in that coun-
try.
Brine sailing Of butter is wastefui
nnd inaccurate. The most satisfactory
way is to salt on the butter worker,
weighing both salt and butter. IA
The power to consume, digest and as
simulate nutritious food is what is de-
sired Of the COW at maturity; and to
rec Give this the calf must be well fed.
An old lesson, not yet well learned,
is to have good ventilation in the milk
room, clean floors and walls, and to
harbor nothing which will produce bad
cdors. SAT-:
The best product from dairying
comes from the manufacture of gilt
edged butter for private customers.
Make this your aim, and then do not
be too indi ferent to hunt for the Gus
toners. n
No other matter about the farm will
SO poorly stand being made thing OF
secondary interest as the dairy. "A
very little neglect will 60 4 long way
toward destroying the profit. Neglect
Is sure to attend that which IS not Of
! i tirst consid GRAFTON. - Rural World.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04
sPROPAGATlNG TANK
One Can BE Made st Home Mt Really
s$S a5f Trifing Expense. MS #sif$55S#

One Can BE Made st Home ut Really
I$ Trihing Expense. 81 s$ Is #.f5#
Most farmers, particularly those rails
ing early vegeta bles, sometimes wish
They had g good propa eating tank for
starting cuttings. Many an odd dollar
can be picked up in the spring with =
few hundred towering plants or early
tomato and lettuce plants. A little sand
table, with q gentle heat, would be very
handy in the house. A hotbed may be
inconvenient or troublesome and q
small greenhouse out of the question.
Such a prOpagating tank suitable for a
window can be easily made by any tin
smith or gas filter. Have the gas man
join up with ELBOWS" three pieces of
common inch gas pipe; two pieces, a a,
three inches long and one piece, b, five
feet long. Joined up, they would look
like Fig. l. Have a zinc box made five
feet long, two feet wide and six inches
deep and made water-tight. At one
end, in the middle, cut two holes, SO
that the piece Of gas pipe can be laid
in the box, resting on the bottom and
projecting two inches beyond the box.
Fig. 2 shows how the pipe is placed on
the box. The openings where the pipe
enters the box are to be soldered up wa
ter-tight. The box is then placed on q
table with the pipe end of the box pro-
iecting beyond the table as seen in Fig.
3. The box is then filled with water,
covering the top of the pipe as shown by
the dotted line, c. Place in the water
pieces of brick and on the brick lay
pieces of roofing slate to form a loose
slate top two inches from the top of the
box and half an inch above the top of
the water, as shown at d. Leave small
hole in one corner of the slate to supply
water. to the tanks. Fill the whole top
of the box over the slate with sand, e.
In this sand cuttings can be raised, as
the tank, when in operation, will be full
of warm water, giving gentle bottom
heat for the cuttings. ,
For heat use a small kerosene lamp,
+, placed directly under that part of the
pipe which projects beyond the box.
The engraving shows the position OF
the box on the table and the lamp.
The heat of the lamp will warm the wa.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04

l. Heating Pipe; 2. End View; 3, Tank Com
. plete. 81
ter in the pipe and set up constant cir
culation through the whole box under
the slate. All the water in the tank will
IN turn pass through the pipe and while
the lamp burns the water circulation
will keep in motion. Even after the
lamp is put out the water will remain
warm for several hours. On snowy
days, in warm room, the lamp can be
put out during the day and started up
at night, and on cloudy, cold days.
Such a propagating tank would hold
about 500 ordinary plant cuttings and
should give their crop between January
| and May l. A few days trial would
soon show how much the lamp would
have to be used to maintain a regular
heat in the sand.-Charles Barnard. in
Orange Judd Farmer: -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04
ABOUT BITTER MILK.

Cleanliness Will Remove Most of tho
/ -1s.. Causes Which Produce 1T.
Bitter milk has three causes-some-
thing eaten by the cow, advanced period
OF CESSATION and pure cussedness. 1t is
not a pleasant thing to. contemplate,
but there is a great deal of horse ma
nure eaten by cows. The best way
after regulating the ration is to fence
OF part of the yard, and put the horse
manure in it, or else fence off the cows.
*lrhave read that rag weed would cause
bitter milk, but as my cows would
never eat it l cannot say anything from
my own experience on that score.
For the second cause there is no cure
that am aware of, and the third is al
most as hard to prevent. Briehy:stated
IN its natural state milk after GER
tain time gets sour because of the action
lsof certain kind of bacteria whose bust
ness it is to make milk sour. But if
these bacteria are prevented from get
ting in their work owing to cold wealth
er (they work only in warm weather or
IN a warm temperature) then nature,
which abhorscven avacuum of bacteria.
Immediately sets another gang of bac-
terra to work whose job it is to make
milk bitter. And if politicians attended
TO their job as well as bitter bacteria to
theirs we would be much better off, for
II takes much work to persuade them to
quit work. The remedy is first to wash
with boiling water every vessel with
which the milk or cream comes ia con-
tact, or. better still, put the vessels in
boiling water on the stove for 10 or is
minutes. This kills off all the bitter
bacteria. Then to get the sour bacteria
to work for a few days keep all the milk
at temperature Of 70 degrees and put
a little sour buttermik in the cream.
This will give the sour bacteria
chance to get firmly established: Then
do not let the mix get too cold or it
will all have to be done over again. AS
two sets Of bacteria cannot get along at
the same time the bitter bacteria give
up the job. National Stockm,an
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-04
! Over the PreciDice

Hosts Of invalids tumble to destruction
simply because they will exercise no ala.
erection in the matters Of eating, drinking
and The avoidance Of exciting causes, and
above ali, in the item of medication. They
persist in dosing themselves in season and
out Of season with drastic and violent rem
best, the safest, the pleasantest substitute
for such hurtful no-remedies is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, potent for malarial, rheu-
matte, dyspeptic, nervous and bilious COM
plants. H .s 5.ss. H.. ~ =