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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-02
pyTprANs FINALLY ADJOURN.
The per Capita Tax Fixed nj Eight
Cents.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, September l.
The supreme Lodge, knights Of Pythias.
closed It's session tonight az o'clock.
tier the new officers had been installed.
and adjourned. The per capita tax was
Axa6 at s cents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-02
RADICALS ALARMED.


IL is stated to-day, on fairly good au-
thoriU that Chairman Babcock, OF the
Republican Congressional Campaign Com
mittee. is greatly alarmed over the up
rising of the colored Republicans in
Virginia against the machine. These re-
t.ulOus negroes claim that they have not
been fairly treated in the distribution Of
offices. and they have set up cOlored cam
o.Iates of their own for Congress in
nearly an Of the districts of the State,
This movement has assumed such fOrmi-
cable proportions that Babcock is trying
either 20 pacate the leaders or cOunteract
u.r influence.
Do seems that the fight will be to hold
OH, second and Ninth districts and de
feat Swanson in the Fifth Babcock,
with the colored lawyer, Jones, in the
t.l against Thorp. seems 10 have given
D.. all hope Of carrying the Fourth Dis
tU.t
The negro rebels seem determined 10
give the Republicans trouble In the com
ing campaign. They are making an ac-
rr- canvas. and from poster / have
seen. / infer that there will be a grand
gl..red Republican mass-meeting I'm the
Pointers Warehouse. an Danville. on
september nth. at o'clock y. NJ, which
NI Doe addressed by Thomas l.. Jones
candidate for Congress I'm the Fourth
District. and Editor Stewart NJ. Lewis,
' Montgomery county.
COMMIsSARY FAILURES.
An ex-Confederate. commenting on the
'He0mpetency OF the army and medical
officials during the recent war, made the
following pertinent remarks to-day:
Should not our northern friends now
those
H..u which they have poisoned their chill
...U.s minds for thirty years against the
s.tl2 1 mean as 10 the mortality among
Yankee prisoners IN the Confederacy.
Nu AN the modern Improvements IN
medicine. auaesthetics. etc, IL appears
...llIug 10 recent newspaper reports,
tlat tine physical condition OF soldiers
OF ne present date after few weeks
campaign In cuba, and a short stay in
various southern camps, is nearly, or
quite as bad as that Of Yankee prisoners
I'm Libby. AndersOnYille. and other south
ol prisons af.er a coalnsmsut Of many
months or years. In the case OF these
latter. the soldiers guarding them were
Often reduced 20 a diet Of cOrnmeal and
sorghum with scant rationS Of these. the
lrf0uers being fed with the same, bOth
quantity and quality. The poor Ola
'Dn.tderacy hemmed IN on all sides,
l.d furnish nothing better for either.
f our recent war heroes were reduced
Too any such diet II was not because the
reunited states. with an overlooking Trea-
sIr.. had not the whole world from which
20 supply them. and could not have FUR
he1el much better Was IL because they
were unwilling 20 make the necessary ex-
leldtures. or was II for want OF ability
OH the part OF those charged with the
.t'y 20 organize and systemati lie Tor
furnishing regularly out Of the abundance
o' everything which was provided, or
Which Wo all know Uncle sam WAS Will
ing 90 provide. for the purpose?
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs W. w. Ashby. widow OF Colonel
Ashby. who was drowned while United
".ates Consul al Colon, has been appoint
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-02
WELDED IN WASHINGTON.
DIR. !. n. Barney, Jr"' or Freaericks-
hurs. aud Miss Julia A. Carter.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. September l.
,snecial)-pr. Joseph Nicholson Barney.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

thousand times did l thank Heaven
that you were spared the horrors of
Itat second siege. I knew not what
10 think; I scarcely saw Vicuor-he
was always engrossed either with his
writing or-or with more direct
means in the futherance of his cause.
At first he was certain Of success, and
T could bear the tumults and the hor-
rors better, because l hoped that in
the end his part would be victorious,
and that we should have peace and a
better constitution. What can wo-
man know Of the rights and wrongs
Of such questions? I trusted my hus-
band. But then came the furious re-
pulse Victor was in despair; he
knew that all was over. I entreated
| him to fly, to hide himself; but no,
he was always brave; he refused to
do so; he said to me, 'Antoinette,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29
A'''1''''''1'W1''n'
: many Will,~ E
VOltb Research and Counsel, :
: ~Hid the Gnvoys. E
Illll


which ended the war between the
United States and England, the most
important features of the treaty were
those which provided commissions to
settle the title to islands in the Pass
amaquoddy bay and to mark the
boundary between British and Ameri-
can territory as far west as the Lake
of the Woods.
Notwithstanding the evasions of the
treaty of Client the war which it
brought to close accomplished much
for the United States The fire.
quent and brilliant victories of Amer
leans on the ocean throughout the
war gave a prestige to the United
States which was of great benefit af
terward to the country in her diplo
matte dealings with other great ma
tions The practice of impressment
ended forever with the close of that
war The life and death struggle be-
tween England and France, which in
cited England to take sailors from
whatever quarters she could get them,
closed a few months after the conflict
between England and America ended,
and with it disappeared all reason for
impressment, and the practice never
was resumed. England, by act of
parliament in 1870, formally recog
nized the right of expatriation, and
treaty with the United States on that
line was negotiated Immediately af-
terward The United States condem-
nation of paper blOckades was in
dorsed by one of the four principles
promulgated in the declaration of
, Paris in 1856, and has now a world
wide vogue.
The foresight and courage of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

sary TO carry out the purchase Blu
Of an outlet to the gulf was essentia
to the national life and to the preser.
walton of peace. In that way he vim
Dictated the action Of his commission
ers. Congress ratified the treaty, six
New England senators voting
against it.
At the E1ysee.
It is at the Elysee in Paris that the
first steps in the peace conference
will take place. In that residence Of
the French executive the preliminary
function will be one solely social. 1t
will be like the friendly handshake OF
two wrestlers, who, after this bit of
go at each other hammer
and tongs. During the last twenty
five years six presidents of the French
republic have made the Elysee their
temporary home, and Of these NJ. Fee
liX Faure, the son of humble work
ing upholsterer and in every sense of
the word a self made man, has proved
himself to be not only the most suit
able for the post, but also the most
popular personality of them a..
History has been made and unmade
in the EIysee. 1t was there that Napo-
leon l. signed his abdication in favor
of the king of Rome after Waterloo,
and a few weeks later the emperor's
study became the business room of
the duke Of Wellington.
When the allies left Paris the Ely
see was restored to the crown and
was occupied by the heir Of Louis
XVIII. 1t was occupied first by one
and then by another royal parsonage
until the year 1S4S, when the new gov
eminent assigned it as the official
residence of the then president of the
French republic, General Cavaignac,
and by a strange irony Of fate, in the
very room where Napoleon I. signed
his abdication, Louis Napoleon, then
prince president, waited with his
feet on the fender to hear the result
of the coup d'etat which made him
The minister of foreign affairs has
offered the peace commissioners the
use of the foreign Office for their
which commence October list
and it is of course possible that they
may be held tnere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

A California newspaper has come
into the possession Of a high-caste
Chinaman's diary of travel in Amer
lea and printed translation. The
critic says "the Americans take enOr-
nous quantities Of whisky; they
hurry with everything, instead Of
resting like civilized persons; they
never enjoy themselves sitting quietly
on their ancestors graves. They kick
balls violently without pay, and even
sit down to the same table with
women; while American dancing con-
sists of spinning around to most dis
cordant music Furthermore, in good
weather Americans wander in the
fields, waving long stocks senselessly
in the air.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29
CONTRACTS FOR TORPEDO BOATS.
Acting Secretary Allen Makes the
Final Awards.

Washington, Sept. 24.-Acting Sec
rotary Allen Friday made the final
distribution of contracts for supplying
torpedo boats and torpedo boat de-
stroyers, authorized by the last naval
appropriation bill as follows:
Torpedo boats-Trigg, Richmond,
Va, three boats; Lawley, Boston, two:
Gas Engine and Power Co., New
York, one; Nixon, Elizabethport, n.
j., two; and Columbian Iron Works,
Baltimore, one.
Destroyers-Trigg, Richmond, two;
River Engine Co., Boston, two; Mary
land Steel Co., Baltimore, three;
Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, three;
Union Iron works, San Francisco,
three; Harlan and Hollingsworth,
Wilmington, Del, two; Gas Engine
and Power Co., New York, one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

country paid to Mexico 100000, and
assumed, to the extent of $3.50, 900,
the claims of United States citizens
against Mexico.
At Client, in 1914, America was also
represented by men of deep insight,
of rare judgment, and extraordinary
diplomatic skill. They were John
Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, James A.
Bayard, Albert Gallatin and Jonathan
Russell. Aside from the provision
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29
NO EVIDENCE.

"BingIey is a great fisherman, isn't
hep"
why, no. I don't think So
"WeI. that's what his brother told
me"
"Of course it's possible; but I never
caught him in one myself. "-Detroit
News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

American peace cOmmlsSion-Benja ia
min Franklin, John Jay, John Adams
and Henry Laurens-and the friendly
consideration of the British repre-
sentatives-brought about the first
treaty which gave American indie
pendence. The preliminary treaty of
peace between America and England
was signed on November 80, 1882, at
Paris, by the Representatives Of the
two countries, in which Americas
western boundary was fixed at the
Mississippi. The extension Of the
United States domain TO the Missis-
sippi was of course made possible by
the conquests of George Rogers Clark
in Indiana and Illinois in the latter
part of the war against England. his
provision of the treaty and the recog-
milton by England of the independence
of the United States were its most i'm
portant clauses. England retained
Canada and Nova Scotia, the naviga-
ton of the Mississippi was to be open
to the United States and England, and
the United States was to have equal
privileges with England in the New
Foundland fisheries. The preliminary
treaty was ratified in England and
the United States early in 1888, and
definite treaty covering the same
ground and finishing the transaction,
was signed also at Paris, September 8,
1888 At about the same time peace
treaties were signed by England and
the other nations, which had been in
war with her-France, Spain and
Holland.
The Louisiana Treaty.
Another famous American treaty,
made in Paris, and of which the cen
tennial will soon be at hand, was
that which gave us the territory west
Of the Mississippi for something like
so 900, 600 francs, or a little over SILL,
900 900. The commissioners who
brought about the transaction were
Robert R. Livingston and James Mon
roe for the United States and Ma
poleon Bonaparte and Francis Barbe
WanbOis for the French. When the
treaty reached this country President
Jefferson called congress together to
ratify it. In doing SO he frankly adj
mitted that the purchase went beyond
constitutional authority, and that a
constitutional amendment was neces-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

One county of Florida alone, Vol
usia, has an average annual output OF
$50, 900 pounds Of honey.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Horrible State of Affairs.

Santiago de Cuba.-While the Unit
ed States cruiser Montgomery was at
Matanzas recently a board of officers
was appointed to inquire into the con-
dition of the people of that province.
Although the exact terms Of the report
are not known, it may be said that in
substance it sets forth that there are
Ia, 900 people absoln tely without food
and clothing within the city limits.
The most of them are women and chill
dren and they a all emaciated, sick
and almost beyond relief unless they
can have the benefit of regular treat
ment in the hospitals. They are dy-
ing in the streets for want of food. Ac-
cordirg to the statistics from official
sources the number of deaths in the
province of Matanzas which occurred
from starvation are SO, 900 out of a total
population Of .253, 616'in December, 1897,
and the number of starving people is
rapidly increasing. About 1000
deaths occurred during the last year
and the number is increasing badly.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
NOtiu Trouble

The reports that have come up from
below about Tom Dryer being locked
uD because of indiscreet utterauces
about the governor, prove to have been
incorrect Dryer has not been in Jail,
and has never been arreste d as he was
not interested. He sold out his inter-
est in Ell Despach ador of Jimenez some
time ago, to Srs. Subia and Ayala who
published also a paper called Ell Nigro-
mantle THE Necromancer). They
tried to be clerical and liberal at the
same time which they could not do.
and presently fell to making remarks
about the governors neglect OF that
part of the state. aud are now revolving
many tn ngs in their minds.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Standard Oil Magnates Wanted.

Waco, Textile effect of the deci-
sion of the United States supreme
court on the Standard Oil case in Tex
as, will be the re-arrests of the Waters
Pierce Oil company as follows: Will
liam Grice, of Dallas; F. A. Austin, OF
Marshall; w. E. Hawkins, of Fort
Worth, and Ar! hur M. Finiay, of ST.
Louis, formerly of Galveston. The
four defendants named were surren-
dered by their sureties as q means of
bringing the case into federal jurisdic-
ton. AS soon as the mandate arri- es
here they will come in and make bond
1t is likely that Sheriff Baker will now
renew his efforts to secure the extra
dition of JOhn D. Rockefeller, Henry
M. Flager and the other standard oil
magnates, all of whom are included in
he indictments. Several attempts
have been made to bring Mr. Rookie
Teller and Mr.. Flagler to Waco FOR
trial, but the governors of the states in
which they abide have refused to hon.
or Governor Culberson 8 reqnisition
and they continue on Sheriff Bakers
list of fueitives from justice. Now
that the agents are remanded, the
sheriff is inclined to renew his efforts
to bring the Incorporation and officers
of the Standard Oil company here for
trial.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
VIEW FROM THE STERN OF WRECKED BATTLESHIP MAINE
Made Him Understand John Brown.

A tall, lean, care-woru old man, with
wan face aud unkempt gray hair tumb-
led anyway on his head, keen eyes and
mobile lips, dressed in an i'll fitting
seedy suit of black, q twisted neck cloth
with the ends hanging anyhow over a
crumpled shirt. called on me early in
the day at the Clarendon and plunged
in medias res by asking me whether l
had "grasped all the facts of the great
victory achieved in Mr.. Lincoln's cleo
ton; that is, sir, if the president knows
how to use it. There is the victory
What are the fruits of it to be?" 1 can
didly confessed that was like man
cropping his way through wood in the
dark. "There is no darkness, sir! 1t
is all light to those who open their eyes
and wish to see.'' Then and there be
bound me 20 come over and breakfast
with him next morning. Il will let you
shall have papers ready for yOu-yOu
can give me couple of hours, l sup
pose?" 1 kept my tryst, found my way
to his room by the aid of his "help. y
Opening his door, [ beheld piles OF
newspapers, books, and pamphlets on
the chairs, on the floor. on the table at
which he sat with proofs laid out, some
thing like shipwrecked mariner on q
reef drying his clothes in the sun; but
inc cOulOSlOu VI tuO 6C6uS 6Uu bUS W dut
of comfort in the look OF the place and
of the man were speedily forgotten q.
After few words of courteous well
come, Horace Greeley proceeded to ex-
pound his doctrines concerning chat
tel slavery" which. he was careful to
remind me, had first been introduced
by Englishmen into America. He
spoke with earnestness which COM
manded atten ton, now and then read
ing a passage from book or q
pamphlet, occasionally depressing to
Buchanan and sOutherners whose
names 1 was not familiar with. An
hour passed and still be went on. 1
was hungry, and heard no clink of cups
and saucers. After another hour l
looked at my watch. "Bear with me
little longer! 1 wish you to under
stand clearly the villainous machina-
tions by which these scoundrels
mastered the people, blinded them,
destroyed their moral sense, degraded
the legislature, and corrupted the ad-
ministrat; on of the law" etc. For an
other hour and ten minutes l sat, and
still the food poured on. Mr.. Greeley
had forgotten all about breakfast.
had not. Besides, had engagements
to keep. AS he was rising to the
height of his great argument, with
many apologies for the Interruption, l
said I must go. "But you will come
back again? 1 have some more i'm
portant matters to explain to you, and
I was only just breaking ground"
went to Washington next day. I was
moved by bis sincerity and en-
thusiasm. He made me understand
John ,Brown.-North American Re-
view
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Rev. Cross Case

The committee of Episcopal minis
tiers summoned to Ell Paso TO INQUIRE
into the case of Rev. Edward Cross
bad serious and arduous duties to per-
form. The investigation has been
ended. The result of the investigation
is that Rev. Gro is no longer in the
church. Optic.
Investi cation here develops that the
board of inquiry found Rev. Cross had
been guilty of conduct not becoming a
clergyman and was relieved of further
duty in the church. One of the board
said he thought Mr.. Cross must be "a
little OFF" rather than evilly inclined.
Anyhow, it would not do to have him
continue in religious work
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Tracked to Chicago.

Chicsgo.-The mystery surrounding
the robbery of the Texas & Southern
railroad ticket Office at Phoenix, Ariz
about month ago, at which time 49,
600 worth of tickets and 500 in money
was taken. has been solved by the ar
rest and confession of Charles Collins
Collins implicated J. W. Waterman
who is also under arrest.
The robbery was peculiarly daring
one. The ticket Office. in the heart OF
the city, was entered before midnight
and the safe and strong box of the rail
road were wrecked by dynamite. Sc
great was the force of the explosion
that one side Of the building was com
pletely wrecked, but before the police
arrived the robbers3 had escaped
They were traced to FL Paso, thence
tt Galveston, Louisville, Cincinnati
and finally to Chicago, where they were
arrested.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
The Big Gun.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Dr. r. J. Calling.
inventor of the famous Calling gun
in Cleveland to fcDnduct the finishing
touches to the big coast defense gun
being constructed for the governm, mt
here. DR. Calling says the gun may
perhaps be ready to send east. in a
week, and if the lsthes are not tc o
busy at Washington, it may be rihed
in about a fortnight. Gen. Miles, COM
manding the army, and the members
of the bureau of ordnance will be in
Cleveland in few days to see the final
work on the new type of big coast. de-
tense guns.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Aquatic Agreement Reached.

Ithaca, N. Y.-Coach Courtney of
the Cornell crew, received the follow
ing telegram from Professor Benjamin
Ide Wheeler, who, together with Cap
tain Colson, is in New York represent
ing Cornell in the conference with rep
res eotatives of Yale, Harvard, Penn
sylvania and Columbia university crews
relative to the intercollegiate races the
coming spring:
"Cornell will row Harvard and
Yale in triangular race June %
or "a at New London. Will also row
Pennsylvania and Columbia either
at Saratoga or Poughkeepsie July
21.'
The Cornell students are entirely
satisfied at the result of the negotia-
tiOns.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Late Te1egrans.
dS~OSS ~
Viewing Notifications.

Colum bia, S. C-Adjt. Gen. Watts.
Lieut.. M. B. Stokes, U. S. army, and
Col. Wylie Jones, of the Palmetto
regiment, leave here in the mornir g
for Charleston, there to inspect troops
and view government Notifications.
Gen. Watts will not deny having bad
communications with the war depart
ment, but will not talk.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

The Y. M. G. A. Literary club held
its regular NEE ting at the Y. M. G. A.
reading rooms last night. The debate
was, "Resolved, That should the in
vestigation now going on relative to
the Maine disaster, prove that the
Maine was blown up by the Spaniards.
the United Ste tes should declare
war Immediately" The alternatives
won the debate.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
General Merritt Leaves Today.

New York.-Major General Merritt,
commander of the department of the
east, left today for an inspection of the
defenses of the Atlantic coast south of
New York. His ronte is understood to
include Atlanta, New Orleans, Mobile,
Pensacola and Savannah, those cities
being visited in the order named.
Through one of mis- aides the general
announced that his trip was his regular
annual inspection.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

For the first time in Is years has the
county Of Santa Fe pail all it's expenses
in full for year. All county accou q ts
for the year 1897 have been raid. This
is partly due to the provision of chap
ter AZ Of the session laws of the last as
sembly, partly because all delinquent
taxes prior to 1895 have been turn ed
into the general county fund. partly
because Crllector Muller hes coll ected
taxes closely and paid over honestly
and partly because the republican
board OF county commissioners is hon
est and economical.-NewM Mexican.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

The members of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union and other good
ladies in the east sre attacking the
morals of old Yale and declaring it is
not the place to send boys to for the
proprer kind of education. In view of
tbi startling infor alton how would it
do for Texans to stick to the university
of Texas aud let these bad, bad eastern
schools alone?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
The New Mexican positively an

The New Mexican positively an
nources thai Thos A. Edison and an
ENGLISH syndicate have closed the deel
for the Ortiz grant, in sou.h Santa Fe
county. the price sgeeed upon being
81, 800, 600. Edison intends building a
plant that will handle 25, 600 tons of
god placer dirt per day. He will
make headquarters at Santa Fe as soon
as the plant is completed,