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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-23
Canlsters, were &C.. now 1.
WIRE GOODS.
IRON STOyEVARE.

Tin or Porcelain-Linel Stew Ks.r..
3jc. size. zoe: 45c. size 25c '''
Ham Boilers. 75c. size. coo, $50 s,.
for 81 -'
Sauce Pots, 40c. size. 25c.
800 Cast-IrOn Water Kettles. now d,
, 1898-06-15

Berlin news states that The press views
unfavourably the abstention of the United
States from the Brussels Sugar Conference.
A Madrid despatch states that in the
Cortes, in answer to a question, the Duke De
Almodovar criticised the methods OF the
United States warfare. The blockade, he
said, was Irregular. and Santiago had been
operated against without a proclamation aud
the harbour blocked impermissibIy. lie also
stated that the barbariom Insurgents had been
armed and instigatel inhumanrly.
From Honolulu it is reported that the
representatives Of the Eur0pem Powers are
urging the hawaiian Government to proclaim
its neutrality and to forbid the United States
from using that pace as a base of opera
tions.
D)minica, l4th.-Yesterdty at an adjourned
meeting Of the Legislative Assembly to con
slider H Il. the Governo : address re the
Secretary Of States offer Of fin ,ncial aid etc.
to Dominica on condition that the pre-
sent constitution be changed to that of u
Crown Colony, a resolution carried by eight
to six refusing the offer was introduced
by the Ion. VIM. Davies. Much interest
is taken in The question. all the stores with
the exception OF one were closed Tor the
occasion. The Council Chamber was pack
ed. The Legislative Assembly will be
dissolved today.
jamaica, June 14th.-Advices from Port
Antonio state that an encounter took place
on Saturday night between Am 'ricans and
Spaniards in Smtiago province. SponiardS
attacked American camp, enemy used smoke.
less powder therefore hard to locate.
Americans lost four killed two wounded.
The casualties among the Spani"rds is nn'
known as no dead bodies were found, bpt
it is supposed however they had been
removed. as blood stained grass testified a
Spanish loss.
A despatch from Mole via New York.
dated yesterday says that the British steamer
'Twickenhnm'' with 5000 tons Of coal for
the Spanish fleet has been captured Ivy U.
49,. Louis off Morant Point, Jamalca, and
sent as a prize TO Key West. She left
Ma Unique on Wednesday last.
New York. 18Th Juue
Fiou ,Cuy Mil. TO- tn. ""~' I@"Il". r~r
bprrcI $G.GO-S6 n
Meal, Kiludriel S~2.2O-$2.35
New Seasons p,rE ont Of Season
U4,vy Nc"A Fork 103-lI
rryrtnI- pa, H. 5-lG-4S
''S" Tairto Good Refining" 35-3f
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Isl. Thomas BulIet'n.)

An official account Of the arrival Of Adml-
raj Ceryera's squadron at Santiago is publish
ed. 1t says that at $ o'clock on the morning
of May 10 the squadron entered the port led
by the %Infanta Maria Teresa, flying the Adj
miIal's flag. The Vizcaya, the Almirante
Oquendo. the Cristobal Colon and the torpe-
do boat destroyer Pluton followed in the OF
der named, The destroyer Frror, which had
been guarding the sqnodfOn's rear, arrived
later. The people Of the city rushed to the
shores Of the bay, exhibiting the greatest
Joy, and all the vessels IN port made a gay
display Of flags. At night the city formally
welcomed the officers and crews. There were
Examinations, a parade, and "A banquet to the
Admiral and his officers. Admiral Cervera
and the Archbishop Of Santiago were the
principal speakers. The Archbishop created
much enthusiasm by cxclaiming at tie close
of his speech: 1T is not enough that we
should win on the sea-the Spanish flag
must float on the American CnpitOl!'
Permission has been given from Washing
ton to a large uumlIer of military and naval
officers Of foreign countries to accompany tho
army and navy in their oI c~ratlons during
the present war to observe events ami report
what they see. Japan has taken special in
terest III having her officers provided for,
ana mas secuCeu PERMISSION 10 SEM let lhlH'
tary attache with the army of invasion and
Commander KatSuro Martha with the navy.
Permission has also been granted Germany.
Great Britain and France to send represen-
tatives to the front.-St. Thomas Bulletin
10th. June.
Advices from San Juan, ?. R. say That The
coal supply there is large, probably $4,000
tons. The correspondent adds: IA peculiar
accident happened the night after the bonn
baIdment. One of the guns on the Isabella
II. was fired, and a solid shot went through
, 1898-06-15

the side of the British steamer Roath, of
Cardiff, which was unloading coal there. The
shot was high and landed in the coal without
doing much damage. The Spaniards quick
ly sent a boat TO apologize" TIL Spaniards
in the town are Of course patriotic and say
they will win. 1t is thought. however, that a
majority of the native Pto. Ric"ns would be
clad to have the Omitted States take possess
sion of the island. bnt they do not dare to
say 80 now.-IJid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

a large scale, even though numerous cases appear calling for quarantine or for seclusion at the pest house. The doctors believe that they have con quered the susceptibility of over one hundred thousand persons to the scourge, whereas two months since they were in a pathological condition, offer ing the smallpox a broad field of attack. This result was accomplished by means of vaccination, together with prompt and systematic efforts to prevent con tagion and infection.
 The sanitary departments report shows clearly how far vaccination alone served to produce this effect. The number of persons subjected to the dis ease, including the city and Fulton county, was 465. Of these PAT had the smallpox or the varioloid Only twen- ty-five persons were stricken after be- ing quarantined and vaccinated In all 2lS persons were quarantined. Of them over eighty per cent. escaped the pest house, while the remainder were not seriously i'll. All those quarantined were vaccinated. Those who had cases of welldeveloped smallpox at the pest house had not been vaccinated pre- viously to coming down with the dis ease, and the only remaining deaths oc- curing, three in number, were in cases where there had been no inoculation at all, either before or after removal to the hospital.
 Such facts as these may not disturb the confidence of the opponents of vac cination, but they will increase the con fidence of those who believe in it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
VISITING STATESMEN.

Chicago is generous city. It has within it's borders and in it's ruling class some statesmen whose light shines so in Chicago that Chicago feels willing to let that light temporarily illumine other cities. Among those statesmen are Hinkey Dink, Bath House John, Cooney the Fox and Sol Van Praag. These gentlemen, with others, visited New York during the campaign which resulted in the election of Van Wyck, and when they heard from the election they modestly refrained from claiming all the credit of the famous victory. Encouraged by the success of their mis- sion to New York they went to Mem phis last Tuesday to put the finishing touches on the Democratic campaign there. They spent two days and nights whooping it up for the regular Demo- cratic ticket. Yet, despite the fact that this ticket represented the faction al- ready in control of the city, the people elected the independent candidates.
 It was hardly to be expected that Memphis would appreciate the visiting statesmen as New York did. But it is to be hoped that their pilgrimages will not cease, and that their zeal in be- half of good government will not be checked by the Memphis incident.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
 FISHES THAT MAKE NESTS.

.I - They are Found in The Sargasso Sea.
 Strange as it may appear, there are fishes which built nests and deposit eggs therein amid the many wonders of the ocean, but only those who sail leisurely through the region of the Sargasso Sea have an opportunity for the observation of these curious marine architects. A vessel passing, let us say, from the Bermudas to the Azores traverses some two thousand miles of ocean which takes the name of the Sargasso Sea from the quantities of floating weed (Sargassum bacciferum) found only at the surface of the water from 20 to 35 degrees north latitude. A reference to the physical atlas shows that the area comprises the space be-. tween the great equatorial current and the curving sweep of the Gulf Stream, which is dehected by the American continent-a huge vortex Surrounded by currents rather than swept by them. The masses of yellow-brown weed float in patches. two or three yards in diameter or sometimes in fields several acres in extent The growth is perfectly vigorous, and it is evident that the organism-originally torn away from the rooted environment-has learne. to perpetuate itself at the ocean surface. Roots have merged into fronds, spore reproduction is lost, and the plant survives and multiplies solely by sub division.
 The floating islets of seaweed, more over, support a whole series of animal life found in no other part of the world, remarkable for the protective colora- tion, and singularly adapted for pelagic existence. Prominent among these are certain species of fishes which are so peculiar in their habits that some description may not be out of place. The first thing is to catch your fish; not always such an easy matter as the ship sails before the wind; Tn fact, at a | speed of over four knots fishing opera tions are useless. The most effectual plan is to construct grapnel of twist | ed wire having six or eight curved l hooks or prongs radiating from com mon centre the whole contrivance being | firmly attached to fifty or sixty yards of | line. Tn this manner the patches of | floating weed can be grappled as the 1 ship passes by, the excitement of throw | ing with more or less accurate aim being quite sufficient to while away the afternoon. A successful shot buries | your grapnel in the heart of a great mass of weed and the capture is at once | drawn up from the sea and deposited on deck-in a bucket of sea water for choice A few moments serve to show that the frond literally swarm, with living things -shrimps, mollusca, wrig'- 1 gling worms, fish and zoophites, all assuming the mottled yellow-brown tints of the weed; a crabs back exactly resembles the colors of the bryozoa- l infested seaweed.
 As the mass expands itself in the bucket a pair of brown fishes, mottled all over with yellow and wSite, reveal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
THo NOTABLE DEATHS.

Two men convicted of atrocious mur- ders were hanged yesterday and each made a surprising, if not good end. Theodore Durrant, convicted of murder ing Blanche Lamont in church in San Francisco, and believed to be guilty of murdering Minnie Williams in the same place, calmly ascended the scaffold, and made a brief speech in quiet tones, as- serting his innocence and forgiving those who had persecuted him, mention- ing especially the press of San Francis co. His last words were: T am inno- cent"
 John O'Neil, jr., was convicted of the murder in Buckland, Massa chusetts, of Hattie Evelyn McCloud, a young widow. O'Neil wasn't as firm on the scaffold as Durrant was, but he said: 'I am innocent. forgive all who have injured me, and may God have mercy on my soul.'
 The juries in the cases of both these men found little difficulty in arriving at a verdict of Guilty" and there is no good reason to think that any mistake was made in either case And yet both faced awful death and the still more awful hereafter with declara- ton of innocence Of course not much could fairly be expected of men who could commit such crimes as they were convicted of committing, but if they died with a lie on their lips they were much more wicked than there was any need of being.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

Siberian tigers which find their way to this country, they must be very plentiful A writer who has just com pleted journey across Siberia says that in the Amoor valley in winter they are very destructive to the flocks, and also kill the natives. These tigers have magnificent deep, long and thick coat ofsdark color; they are in perfectly splendid condition in snowy weather, and grow to great size. No finer trophy for the big-game hunter could be imagined than the Siberian tigers skin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
THE PENSION STIR.

The stir about pensions has already done some good. Several conscientious pensioners have concluded that they ought not to be pensioned any more and some frauds have come to light. In Chicago, for instance, James Howard colored, who says he is a Methodist minister, has been held for the action of the Federal grand jury on the charge of violating the United States pension law. Eleven years ago he applied for "a pension, asserting that he had been a soldier during the civil war; that, as a result, he was then suffering from in fiammatory Rheumatism, and that he had also received a sabre wound during battle. Howard has admitted that he swore falsely to his application, and that he never was a soldier. There is also disturbance in St. Louis. It is stated on good authority that at least fifty men on the police force of that city are drawing disability pensions from the government and at the same time drawing their salaries as able-bodied policemen. The Police board, according to one of the commissioners, will inves- tigate the matter.
 The honest and deserving pensioners are as much interested as anybody in seeing whatever frauds there are ex- posed The people do not object to pay ing generous pensions to those who have earned them, but they are becoming somewhat alarmed by the big pension list, and they want 1t to be all right
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
AN OBJECT LESSON.

The anti-vaccinationists will not find much comfort in what has just hap pened in Atlanta, Georgia. A month ago the city was threatened with an epidemic of smallpox. The disease ap- peared in the city and also in the suburbs. In spite of the opposition of the anti-vaccinationists the sanitary department of the city went ahead with
 the application of the Jenner theory. and few days ago the head of the de-
 partment announced in official form that the epidemic was over. The re- port on the work of the doctors states that though a few cases may develop in the future all danger of even a sec ond outbreak is past. The extinction of the disease has been so complete that no one fears lest it may appear on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

themselves entangled in the branches, in shape like an angler-hsh, to which they are, indeed, related. The body of this Antennarius- curiously thick m proportion to length-is about six inches long, with an enormous head and ugly mouth. The eyes are bright green, yel- low tubercles cover the body and fringe the fins; the tail is suddenly attenuated. The most noticeable character Of the fish is the modification of the pectoral fine which are prolonged from the carpal joint into regular claspers Of fingers. The fin, in short, is like hand. The male is smaller than the female; both cling to the weed and inflate their bodies when agitated in remarkable manner. Now this pair of fishes take possession of the patch of weed for the express purpose of weaving 1t into compact round ball about as large as Dutch cheese, a process duly accom- plished by means of a threadlike, glutinous secretion. with the tenacity of long-drawn strands of isinglass or gut. These are threaded in and out by both fishes working with all their might and main, the rows of ova being even- ludlly eJecleu py tHe ISIidie anu IT lily attached to the ductile thread We may catch half dozen woven nests as they float by, now deserted by the fish but laden with eggs. A microscopic examination of each brown ovum shows the embryonic fish, the vital circulation being clearly visible within. Twenty four hours latter several hundred fish fry swarm in the bucket of sea water, still feeding on the unexhausted con- tents of the ovumsac, after the habit of very. young fishes. Thus has the Anten- narius of the gulf-weed adapted itself for. oceanic life; it builds veritable nest and lays eggs therein, even If the bird method of sitting during incubation is not followed out. A fish cannot sit, if you come to think of it, although 1t may fly.---London Globe.
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eharmingly and is at once quiet and distinguished. By all means if you really want to put money where it will count, go in for a blouse of black Per- sian lamb in glossy, ripply quality. Let 1t be lined with heavy white satin and have the narrow undressed leather belt clasp with a stunning buckle. For ordi- nary street wear such blouse should be without ornamentation, and for dress occasion it may be inlaid with lace or other furs, or combined with other furs, ermine and chinchilla harmonizing charmingly with it. Cost? Oh, any thing you like, and you cannot get off for less than $60
 One form of wrap that has consider able vogue just now has little or no fur in it's makeup, yet Is as luxurious as the all fur garment. It is the ball wrap, usually of orange or coral colored silk. The one the artist sets here was in the first named shade, of grosgain, and was made without fur, soft white ostrich feathers lining it's collar. It was arranged in deep box pleats front and back, the sleeves were large bells draped with deep flounces of tulle lace, and the whole wrap was lined with pale blue satin.
 Scarfs are being made from China crepe shaws and are worn about the throat inside fur collars, the ends hang ing outside We shall all have sore throats as result of this swathing, but it's no use we have learned that an essential to becomingness is that a col lar shall be built up high about the throat, and colds or no colds, we must do it. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
FASHION NOTES.
Good Points of Persian Lamb

It is noticeable that fewer fine seal skin garments are worn this year than for many seasons, and this is true al though fine seal is cheaper just now than for a long time The reason is that the market is flooded with imita- ton seal. Many of the limitations are so good that the money required for the real things seems wasted when the real will hardly outwear the pretense, The really stunning jacket is made of Persian lamb, which has been brought to a perfection that rivals the texture of silk, while retaining the warmth of fur. It can be handled as easily as vel vet, lends itself to ornamentation
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been refused by three American heir esses.'
 Second Britisher-"You don't say SO. Well, he must be worthless. ."-Harlem Life.
 Easily Done.-rOf course he thought he knew it all. A man always does. When it comes to the art of managing servants" he began. Its very easily done" she interrupted "Oh, you ad- init it, do you?" he asked. q do," she said. Its like managing children. All that is necessary is to let them have their own way.''-Chicago Evening Post.
 Merchant (presenting itemized state ment)-"Look that over MT. Literal, and send me a check at your leisure. And, by the way. let me congratulate you on your marriage I must say that the lady is one of the most charming it was ever my pleasure to meet. am certain she must make you most excellent wife" Mr. Literal (examin- ing the statement)-'I must confess that she fills the bill '-Boston Courier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
ENOUGH.

'I sometimes think I was born too soon." "Oh, pshaw! Haven't you lived to see the chainless wheel?'- Puck.
 Another Clever Woman-"My wife can tell what time it is in the middle of the night when it is pitch dark How does she do it?" "She makes me get up and look at the clock. ."-Chicago Record.
 Absent-minded professor-"Delighted to meet you again after so many years, miss" Elderly lady-"No longer, miss, professor; I am married" Professor Married? We'll, we'll who would have thought that ?"-Ram's Horn.
 Traveler--"Do the trains for Waxton- bury leave this station?"
 Railroad attache-'They always have up to date; but the thing is getting pretty shaky, and it wouldn't be strange some day to see one of the trains carrying it off. ff.''-Boston Tran script.
 Now, boys, two cabdrivers start at the same time, the first one hundred yards in front of the second, but the second drives ten yards more in every minute than the first. Where will they meet?"
 "At the first public house, sir."-Lon- don Figaro.
 First Britisher-"There goes the Duke of Muddy Water. He's an absolutely worthless fellow"
 Second Britisher-"Worthless Oh, I don't know"
 First Britisher-"Yes, he is. He has
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

 JACKETS

in fashions of the year 1898. The sale of these garments during the month of De- cember having exceeded any previous record for that month. Messrs. Brooks & Company beg to announce that in preparation for J.an- nary's business they have obtained a great number of London Dyed Alaska Seal skins of surpassing beauty which they are prepared to make into Jackets at great ly reduced prices.
 The skins themselves bear our unqualified recommend ation-thus rendering the purchaser responsible war ranty and intrinsic worth.
 Fur Trimmed Evening Wraps. Brooks & Company,
 FURRIERS,
 Chapel, cor. State Streets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each m sertiou. Five Gents Word for full weeS tseven times). l.,
 Display advertisements, per inch, one Tn, in1o sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertions ,p 4o cents; one week, $3.20; one month, $lo' one year. $40. ,-
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse, 10 cents per line Notices of Births, Mar Ariages, Deaths and Funerals. 5o cents each' Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business Gall matter to pc unobjectionable). and their contracts do not
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

A very sure sign of prosperity Is that delinquent taxes accommodating since 1893 are being paid up in large amounts in Nebraska, and the payment of the past years taxes is so prompt and gen. eral as to excite remark. The same re- port comes from Kansas.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

It is hard to live alone in Chicago and so the following named people have got married there this week: Miecyslaw Garniak, Elizabeth Ksiazkowska, Hele- na Dziekonowsky, Juzef Tyjewslxi, Franciska Narkiewicz, Francziszek Kudelko, Rozalia Trymbaszkiewicz, John Wysocki, Efrozina Wyngleswska, Jahn Andrzejewski and Rozalia Gra- bowska.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

No less than seven projects for a Cape Cod canal are to come before the Mas sachusetts legislature this year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08

The railroad across Siberia will open a new and absolutely untried field for big game-shooting to European sports men. Untried by native hunters it is not; for the half-savage natives of Manchuria have for generations hunted the fine native deer for the sake of their horns in the velvet. These are sold as a commodity called ginseng to the Chinese, who esteem it as a sovereign remedy. But besides the Manchuria mountains there is the Amoor valley, which will be traversed by the new lines from Vladivostok, and the valleys of the Sun'gari and Usuri rivers. These are not only famous for wild fowl and pheasants but as the home of the splen- did northern tiger. Judging by the number of skins of these so-called