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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-13
PATTERSON WON.

Defeated Norfolk in an Interesting
Game.
PATERSON, n. j.. July 12.-(Special)-
Paterson defeated Norfolk to-day, after
an interesting contest Flaherty pitched
a good game. Keister had four hits out
Of five times at the bat The score:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-13

SCORE BY INNINGS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-13

SCORE BY INNINGS.

SCORE BY INNINGS.
12345 $3.50
Paterson ......... .......O y-l3
Norfolk ......... ........V v w y = .
Summary: Earned runs-Paterson. 9;
Norfolk T. TwO-base hits-Heidrick,
Wagner ~, Touhey. Leahey Weddige
and SNYDER. Three-base hits-Heidrick
Wagner %. Smith, Weihi. and Leahey
Home-run-Smith. Double play-Grove
and Keister. Bases on balls-Off Smith
.. off Pfanmilier. 3. Struck out-By
Smith. 3: by Pfanmilier. 2. Wild pitches
Smith and Pfanmiller. Bases on balls
OFF smith. q Left on bases-Paterson 6;
Norfolk. G. Time Of game hour and so
minutes. Umpire-Mr. Belts.
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CENTRAL WINS A VICTORY,
Decision BY Supreme Court Of Great
Importance.

A Decision BY Supreme Court Of Great
Importance.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Georgia Central and the Alabama Mid.
land railroads won q decided victory.
in the supreme court Monday morning.
Justice Shiras, the member whose
vote knocked out the income tax, rem.
dered the decision:
First the courts Of the interstate
commerce commission cannot take in
to consideration competing water ways
in determining short and long hauls,
and, second, that carriers should them
selves first determine the question Of
rates.
1t was fearful blow to the inter.
state commerce commission, and Grip
Piles its power.
Justice Harlan dissented from the
opinion OF the court, and startled the
court, as he usually does, when dis
senting in matters of corporation
power. He said that congress intend.
ed that the commission should have
the power to regulate the roads. He
said that this decision put the people
and small towns and communities OF
the mercy of the railroads.
He said that for this and other ques-
tions which were continually being
settled to the advantage of corpora.
tions, he wished to make his dissent
emphatic.
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CRANK SOUGHT Mckinley.
spain's Note In The Cabinet--Relisf For
whalers-Buck Heard From.

spain's Note In The Cabinet--Relisf For
whslers-Buck Heard From.
A Washington special says: A crank
appeared at the white house Tuesday
and demanded to see President Nc
Kinley. He said the president had
not treated him right. He was SO per-
sistent that the police were ordered to
arrest him. At police headquarters
he said his name was Henry Rocket,
Of 1241 Fourth street, Southwest.
There is no such name and address in
the city directory.
The full text of SPANS reply to the
Woodford note was read ct tho cabinet
meeting Tuesday. Its tone was very
pacific, instead of being at all warlike,
was regarded by the cabinet as very
satisfactory, and as calculated to allay
any fear of q hostile outbreak.
The cabinet also gave consideration
to the ice-bound Boring Sea whaling
feet. Two plans have been decided
upon, one to send the Bear, from Seat
tie, which cannot be got ready for two
weeks, and another TO send the Thrash
er, q whaling vessel at San Francisco.
United States Minister Buck at
Toxic has cabled the department Of
state that the Japanese minister Of
foreign affairs resigned Saturday and
that Baron Nishi has been appointed
his successor.
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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established In the South
During the Past Week.

New Industries Established In the South
During the Past Week.
Among the most important new in
dustries reported for the past week are
the following: A Touring mill at
Lebanon, Tenn; gas works to cost
$50, 900 at Newport News, Va; the
Tisdale Mining and Manufacturing
Co., capital $33, 800, at Butler, Ga. !;
the Hugdenot Mining and Milling Co.,
the Arctic Circle Mining Co., capital
81 ZOO, 900, and the Grand Encamp-
ment Mining and Milling Co., capital
$4,000 at Charleston, w. Va; the
Morgan County Camel Coal Co., cap
ital $25. 900, at Frankfort, KY; the
Carter Coal and Iron Co., capital $780,
900, at Pulaski, Va, and the Jackson
Meshier Mining Co., capital $50, 900, at
Rome, Ga. The Peerless Clay Co.,
capital $lS, 900, has been incorporated
at Butler, Ga. the New York Petro-
leum Co., capital $500, 900, at Parkers-
burg, W. Va. and the Frost Cotton
Oil Co., capital $40, 900, at Frost, Tex.
A knitting mill will be erected at Bur-
lington, N. c.; a rope and Irvine mill at
Griffin, Ga. q furniture factory at Lit.
tie Rock, Ark. a $40, 900 lumber mill
at Hamilton, N. c.; $40, 900 saw mill
at Mineola, Ga, and S45, 900 lumber
mill at Vinton, La.
Other woodworking plants will be
established at Brandford and Holley,
Fla, Belair and Cordele, Ga, and FL
kin, N. C.-Tradesman Chattanooga,
Tennl
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Low JACK ON THE NANE.
(AsE Is RAPIDLY DYING OUT
|Iy INFECTED DISTRICTS.
G ROUTED BY COLD WEATHER.
less and Railway Tracfac Resumes
Normal Conditions Once More.
guarantees Lifted.

liz o'clock Tuesday only one new
Ind two deaths from yellow fever
reported from the New Orleans
] of health. All interest in the
has about died out. The news
Is are paying but little attention
combining themselves to simply
Eficial bulletins.
! all the infected points the same
hilton of the disease is reported
h is expected that the next cold
will wipe out the pestilence en-
!. Tuesday was bleak and cold.
pects for a real cold spell are ex-
BIT, in anticipation of which the
bants throughout the city are
Sring for O rush of business.
! Montgomery board reports one
case Tuesday in the suburbs.
in the city and no deaths. Total
to date, 1873; deaths, 70.
complete record for Tuesday
Is follows: ...
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YELLOW JACK RETREATING.
Encouraging News From New Orleans,
Mobile and Monts omery.

Encouraging News From Now Orleans,
Mobile and Monts omsry.
There is Q big improvement in the
yellow fever situation in New Orleans.
The number Of new cases Saturday
were comparatively small and the re-
cord Of fatalities considerably lighter.
Many recoveries from the disease were
reported at the Office Of the board of
health during the day and the people
are convinced that the backbone Of
the fever has been broken, and in q
very short time the plague will be ex-
terminated altogether.
According to the board Of health
there was also big decrease in the
number Of fever cases for Sunday,
and the situation was still further i'm
proved. Very few places are now
quarantined against New Orleans, and
there has been general revival in
business.
Recapitulation: Cases of yellow fever
Sunday, 10; deaths, 8; total cases of
yellow fever to date, 1,742; total
deaths from yellow fever to date, 1856;
total cases absolutely recovered, $40;
total cases under treatment, 566.
A special from Mobile says: The
number of new cases Of yellow fever
continues to fall off from last weeks
big average. The report for Sunday
is the most favorable since the first
week of the appearance Of the fever
four new cases, no deaths and eighteen
recoveries.
The report Of the board of health Of
Montgomery Sunday was the most en-
couraging since the beginning Of the
epidemic. There were no deaths and
no new cases.
Pass Christian Mobiles Quarantine.
At a meeting of the board OF health
of Pass Christian Sunday it was de.
cided to admit persons holding certif.
Gates from health officers from Atlanta,
Ga, and all non-infected points. The
action was taken so as to allow number
of anxious persons to get in, there hav-
ing been no yellow fever in town during
the present epidemic. The town is
still maintaining a strict quarantine
against all infected points and will not
relax vigilance until there is absolutely
no further danger.
Pass Christian is Justly proud Of her
record, being the only town on the
coast to escape the fever.
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR MEET,

Session Of the General Assembly Of
Knights Begin at Louisville.
The general assembly of the Knights
OF Labor was called to order in Hiber-
nian hall at Louisville, KY. Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock by Grand Master
j. r. Sovereign. Among the dele
gates were a number OF the most promi-
nent leaders in the movement in this
country and abroad.
After the appointment Of commit.
tees on credentials, press, etc., the
meeting adjourned until the afternoon.
There was nothing done at the after
noon session.
The master workman was not ready
to make his appointments, and as the
committee on credentials and the COM
mittee on finance were not ready to
report, adjournment was taken until
Wednesday.
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SEALING TREATY SIGNED.
United States, Russia and Japan Come TO
an Agreement.

United States, Russia and Japan Come to
an Agreement.
A Washington special says: A con-
ference between the United States,
Russia and Japan, looking to the joint
protection Of the seals, was signed at
the state department Saturday.
1t will require the ratification Of the
senate to become effective.
The text Of the treaty will not be
given out by the state department un-
til final ratifcations are exchanged. II
is said, however, by those concerned.
that the general purposes of the treaty
have been already outlined in the press
and it is likely that all Of further in
terest that remains in the document is
the exact nature of the additional re-
strictions that are to be imposed upon
pelagic sealing.
Later in the afternoon the delegates
again assembled at the state depart
ment and formally signed the proto-
coils or records of the various phases
Of the negotiations leading up to the
final agreement.
1t is expected that the meeting Of
British and American experts will
take place next week, according to the
original programme, unless there
should be some intervention from the
British foreign Offices, which is not
anticipated. Meanwhile the British
expert, Professor Thompson, who is
now in Washington, will be acquainted
with what has already been accom-
plished BY the government Of the
United States, Russia and Japan, and
with the terms Of the treaty.
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OFFICIALS UNDER ARREST.
Government Employees In Philsdelphis
Charged With Conspiracy.

Government Employees In Philsdslphis
Charged With Conspiracy.
A sensation was occasioned in polit-
ical and official circles at Philadelphia,
Saturday, by the placing in custody Of
several city and United States govern
ment employees Of prominence, charged
with conspiracy and the issuance Of
fraudulent naturalization papers.
The men arrested are Eugene Lind
sey, clerk in the city prothonotary's
Office; John Merrick, assistant clerk
for the United States circuit court,
and Richard Merrick, father OF the
latter, who is also clerk for the United
States circuit court. II is stated that
other arrests will be made. It is said
that naturalization papers were fur
nished signers for SIT apiece, and that
quite number have been issued.
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bELBRIDGE IS DEFIANT.
70 the Suicide Of His Brother Was
Put Up Job.

BE- the Suicide Of His Brother Was
Put Up Job.
} les Delbridge, brother Of Thomas
tdge, the Atlanta man who found
ery grave at Lakewood some
hgo, returned to Atlanta from
York Monday afternoon. He is
lingly wrathy about certain allie
B that have been made against
oncerning the Delbridge insur-
knd he gives a startling version
mysterious death of his brother
smacks of calmly premeditated
b for insurance money.
bridge makes spicy charges
u @. w. Notes, the father-in-law
omas Delbridge, and Mary Del
\, the latter's wife. He says
of these knew of Thomas Del
g intention, and that Mr.. Notes,
ing this, aided the deceased in
ing an insurance policy after his
lad already been insured for q
amount; that Tom left certain
in which he told how the in
Pc money was to be divided,
have been found and destroyed.
bridge also says he confidently
les his brother suicided just to
bis family q sufficient sum for
sustenance and says he has
evidence to back his statement.
eover, Delbridge claims he is
ed to one-fourth Of the insurance
by virtue of an alleged agree
between his brother and himself
months before, the latter's
which he says he has not re-
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LORD MAYOR,s DAY.

Londonsrs Honor Installation Of New
Mayor with Fitting Denomination.
A cable dispatch from London says:
In spite OF q thick drizzle and heavy
fog, the ancient custom Of presenting
the elected chief magistrate Of London,
Horstio David Davies, to the repre-
sentatives Of the sovereign and to the
people, was observed Thursday with
success. The usual throngs Of people
lined the route and the decorations
were more ambitious than usual.
But in spite Of the weather, q more
stirring proof Of the popularity Of
London's yearly pageant known as
the Lord Mayors procession, has not
been given in q long time.
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DISPENSARY SALES SHORT.
Original Packages Reduce South Csroli-
mas whisky Receipts.

original feckbkes heuucs coesA SsS.
mas whisky Receipts.
A special from Columbia, 8. O.,
says: The dispenssry board OF contro!
met Monday. The terrible inroads OF
the original package is made more
manifest. Commissioner Vance's re-
port shows O falling off in the sales
OF October as compared with the
same month last year, OF $43, l66. 10,
reducing receipts from $4,000 to
$4,000. He says:
III attribute this large difference to
the competition Of the original pack.
age shops and the blind tigers, but
principally to the low price of cotton
and the general depressed financial
condition Of the country. 1t affords
me pleasure to inform you that, not
withstanding this large difference IN
cash received, we have met promptly
every obligation Of the state dispen'
sary when presented and that 1 now
have 500, 900 ready to pay to the free
school fund"
Colonel Jones offered resolution
that the committee pay to the state
treasurer on November 9th $25, COCOON
December LIST $40, 900 and on January
/, 1898, $25, 600. - A.
Mr.. williams did not think the
board would be justified in adopting
that. II the money was on hand he
was willing to turn it over the state
treasurer, but promises OF payments
should not be made unless they could
be kept.
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STARVATION IN CUBA,
women and Children are Dying by Hun.
dreds On the Island.

dreds On the Island,
Inc New York Worlds correspond
ent In Cuba writes from Havana as
follows: 80
you would sicken at the sight Of
the thousands of women and children
starving to death in Cuba TODAY.
Filthy skeletons dying on bare, foul
boards, mothers and children driven
into the small towns by the Spanish
soldiers in accordance with General
Weyler's inhuman policy of "concen-
ration to starve the helpless de-
pendants Of the Cuban insurgents
whom SPANS two hundred thousand
soldiers cannot kill.
within few hours travel of the
palace at Havana these helpless wo.
men and children non combatants ars
daily perishing by the hundred Of
starvation.
"The suffering is awful. tits worse
than midas bubonic plague. The
poor victims show the same awful
emaciation, suffer the same psngs and
die by the hundred under the eyes of
the soldiers. I have seen mothers too
week to stand, trying to force nom
existent milk from their breasts for
other tiny skeletons among the dying
ones, after their own young had per.
ished.
"Well informed Cubans claim that AZ
per cent of the peaceable inhabitants
have already starved to death. The
deaths from starvation alone have beer
nearly thousand day during this
rainy season.
whether these figures are accurate
or not, it is plain to any one that the
whole rural population would be COM
pletely exterminated in a few months
fthe Spanish policy were not changed.
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THREE ONLY ESCAPED.

Bark From Newcastle Wrecked
q Many OF the Crew Drowned.
bees Of Tuesday from Valparaiso
Fhat the large British bark Cor
Captain Everett, from Newcas-
s. W., July IS last, which ar
there on September 18th and
for Caleta Buena, has been
led.
|on board were drowned except
lates and the ships carpenter.
pip had registered tonnage Of
and carried Q valuable cargo.
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POLICEMAN ASSASS|NATED
A HIGHLY SENSATIONAL MURDER
OCCURS IN ATLANTA, GA.
WELL KNOWN CITIZENS SUSPECTED
Former Proprietor Of Liquor House
and His Assistants Arrested Undsr
Charge Of Suspicion.

At Atlanta, Ga, Monday night ct
ten minutes past o'clock Policeman
]. 7. J. Ponder was shot and killed
by thief and an assassin.
This cold-blooded murder Of the
officer while he was on duty, the early
hour Of the evening and the fact that
it occurred directly opposite the union
depot, in the very center Of the city,
made the tragedy one of the most
startling sensations that has occurred
in Atlanta in several years.
The killing occurred in the whole
sale liquor house Of Louis Steinau, at
No. A Wall street, which had been
closed during the day under attach
ment by the sheriff
Just after the murder there was the
widest excitement in the neighbor-
hood Of the scene where the terrible
crime had been committed, and senss-
ton after sensation followed the trag-
edy so rapidly that the excitement for
. while rose to fever heat.
The noise OF the shooting, the dis
covery Of the dying officer and very
soon afterwards eight arrests were in
termixed with a number of officers and
detectives seeking to ferret out the
perpetrators of the murder.
Among the eight persons arrested
during the evening suspected Of hav-
ing been implicated in the dastardly
crime are L. Steinau, Julius Simon
and Walter O'Quinn, oil OF whom were
connected with Steinau's business and
whose arrest is explained only on the
theory that they desired to secure GER
tain papers or valuablee in Steinau's
place before the store was taken charge
Of by the receiver appointed by the
court.
just how the officer was killed can
only be surmised by the facts as have
so far been gathered about the tragedy.
Some five or ten minutes before the
shooting, a man passing the front Of
the wholesale store saw either one or
two men in the store and apparently
OF work in the small Office which is
partitioned off from the main body Of
the store.
Passing along the same way, Officer
Ponder must have seen the men in the
Office. He was at the time stationed
on the Wall street beat by the union
depot. Knowing that the wholesale
house Of Louis Steinau had been
closed by the sheriff in the morning,
and that no one had any business in
there working, he probably tried the
front door, and finding it open, walked
in.
Then followed chase and the shoot
ing. Those who were in the store for
no lawful purpose doubtless ran to the
back OF the store, having opened the
rear doors for the purpose Of hasty
fight il discovered. The brave officer
followed after the fleeing men and was
fred upon.
Springing out of the door one Of the
thieves, knowing that he was in the
dark, and that he was to be pursued
and probably run down, turned and
fred the fatal shot and then escaped
into the darkness.
When the ball struck him Ponder
went back toward the front Of the store,
and feeling that his life's blood was
ebbing away, hastened TO seek the aid
Of those who were the nearest to him.
In less than five minutes after he
was shot he was dead.
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HAMPTON MAKES HIS REPORT.

Low Water Mark Reached In Railway
Constr uction the Past Year.
General Wade Hampton, who has
lust been succeeded by General Long
street as commissioner Of railroads,
has submitted to the interior depart
ment his report for the past fiscal year.
He says that the year reached the
low water mark Of railway construc.
ton. During the year thirty-four
companies, with 6,4A1 miles Of roads,
passed into the hands Of the courts,
and fifty-eight others previously placed
in receivership, were sold at fore
closure.
A steady Improvement in railroad
earnings during the first six months OF
the current year is noted.
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HUNTER GETS A JOB.

u,,,ckian Appointed by the Presioen'
minister TO Guatemala. -,
The president, Monday, appointed
W. Godfrey Hunter, OF hen'uohy ..s "
be envoy extraordinary and minister M"e.
pienipoientiary to Guatemala and Hon
duras. A.. i.oders Of
The republican party in Kentucky. he
served as q member OF congress : .hat
last house and has given notice tn :"
he would make 4 contest for a SEM Il IN =
M sc. nrssent house, claiming that ne
had been elected. He was the cahai .
date dsa C Of his party for senatorship' Gus
after a long struggle he had 70 s''
vay to Senator Deboe'
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A STAUNCH CRAFT.

New Lighthouse Vessel Rides Worst
Storm Known On Coast.
Information has been received BY
the lighthouse board at Washington
that the new lighthouse vessel No. SO,
which was recently placed on the dia-
mond shoAl off Hatteras, rode out the
recent storm successfully.
Reports from stations along the
coast show that the storm wss the
most severe in many years and the sue
cess with which the new vessel rode u
out is regarded as proof positive that
the contention that no vessel could be
held in that position through heavy
gale is not well founded.
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THE MOBILES CASE HEARD.

Uncle Sans High Court.
The case of Elizabeth Mobiles was
heard before the supreme court at
Washington Wednesday marninn. It
was opened by Mr.. Marion Harris.
Attorney General Terrell spoke for
about the same length Of time as it
took Mr.. Harris 70 review his brief.
The whole point hinges on the right
Of q person to demand trial by jury,
after Judgment has been passed for
insanity.
The full court, with the exception
OF Justice Field, who is now too feeble
to resume his seat on the bench, heard
the case.
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NEGRO ASYLUM BURNED.

Colossal Structure at Miiiedgevilis, Co.,
Laid In Aches.
The negro building OF the Georgia
state lunatic asylum in Milledgeville
was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday
afternoon.
The 700 patients in the building
were saved by the most heroic work.
At first there was stampede, but by
the cool and collected efforts of the
attendants they were successfully con-
fined in the walled asylum yard.
The negro building was capable Of
housing nearly a thousand. It covered
two acres of ground and was built by
act OF the legislature in 1884.
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THORN ON TRIAL.

with Mrs. Mack, He IL Charged With the
Murder of Guldsnsuppe.
The trial OF the barber, Martin Thorn,
for the murder Of William Gulden-
suppe was begun at New York Mon
day. The entire day was taken up in
securing jury, and much TO the sur
prise of all those interested the effort.
Of the lawyers for the prosecution and
defense were we'll rewarded, as twelve
good men had been sworn to try the
case when the hour for adjournment
had been reached.
The trial began in the Queens
county courthouse, Long Island City,
before Judge Wilmot N. Smith.
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Memphis IL Open.

} division passenger agent Of the
"a Belt route has the following
am from the general Office at st.
|uarantine regulations have been
pdified that passengers passing
|gh Memphis from now infected
and not stopping at Memphis
|e admitted to all points on our
p Arkansas, except at Clarendon,
II points in Texas through Tex
"a, provided they are provided
proper health certificates. We
L present only operating our
u trains out of Memphis"