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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
OUTSIDE MEANS WERE USED
In Blowing Up the Maine Will Be the
Report Of the Board.
SURE THAT 4 MINE DID THE WORK.
With Spain-Demand For Indemnity
Equal to Declaration of War
Torpedo Theory Established.

A special from Key West says:
From all the testimony taken before
the court of inquiry investigating the
disaster to the Maine, there is, in the
opinion of members of the board, but
one conclusion to be reached, and that
is, that the Maine was destroyed by
external means. This will practically
be the tenor of the report sent to the
navy department.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
OFFER TO THE INSURGENTS.


Virtually Confessing Failure of Autonomy
Is Approved.
In the uncertainty of the relations
of the United States, the Importance
of the recent action of the autonomist
party in Cuba is overlooked. Its CEN
trail committee has formally approved
the plan, which is confession of the
failure of the present scheme OF auto
nomy and an offer to the insurgents to
concede everything sfOpt the with
drawal Of the Spanish flag.
II ever negotiations are actually
opened with fhe insurgents GOWNS
aud the radical autohpmistt' proposis
iisn VIII BE- seieated'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03

President of Costa Rica Looks for War.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Panama says: Advices received
from Costa Rica state that at a banquet
given Sunday night President Iglesias,
in o speech, said the situation between
Costa Rica and Nicaragua was such
now that war was inevitable.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03

cuuRcH-Rev. W. B, Hol.
birzlsi n..tor, : Services second and
eo4os. 's.bbsths. Sunday school II
i'a,,l w. Prayer meeting TAursda,
ui6ht
L-.,,oo,sr--Rev. W. H. Huntley, pas
iIhO Services first and third Sun
ioi. u zach month. Sunday schoo
dsy' 1s M Prayer meeting Wednes-
day night.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
MORE TORPEDO BOATS WANTED.


Naval Officers Urge the Strengthening OF
the Naval Militia.
A delegation of officers OF the Naval
Reserve OF several Of the Eastern states,
headed by Captain Miller, OF New
York Naval Militia, and Commander
Anderson, Of Maryland, appeared be-
fore the naval committee of the house
Friday to urge favorable action upon
the bill introduced by Representative
Bull, Of Rhode Island, TO increase the
strength OF the naval militia. The
bill provides for the construction OF
twsuty torpedo boats Of 100 tons
esch, al cost not exceeding e2,t00i'
700, lss tbs we ci ths haysl milii'S'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
SPANISH STATESMEN AMAZED
At the Very idea of Consenting to Sell
Cuba.

At the Very Idea of Consenting to Sell
Cuba.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Standard says:
Spanish statesmen of every shade OF
opinion are simply amazed and indig-
nant at the idea that Spain would sver
consent to sell Cuba. The suggestion
would expose the monarchy to an ire
sistible movement Of popular feeling,
shared by the army and navy.
From a financier's view point, II IL
equally impossible, herause the price
augEeatad vuuld not half cover the
(labnu debt, which IL almost entirely
held ~ HyAniNah
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03

L.sorRY CouRT, SECOND DIsTRIoT-
chancellor, N. G. Hill. Regular
terms, 1rst Monday in January and
|July, six days.
|ncurr Court, SECOND DISTRICT
(Judge, T. A. Wood. Regular terms,
kbifd Monday in April and October.
| Walter A. White, District Attorney.
|pEausoRs. j., w. Moody, presi-
|pent; G. w. Smith, P. E. Williams;
ID. W. Stewart, J. A. H. Smith.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
nrTY DIRECTORY.

W. J. Hunnioutt; Treasurer,
Nv n " Strahan; Clerk, r. b. Reevesi
Marshal, H. E. Smith.
+, BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Y r Scott, N. Batson, r. G. John
:, X q. Reeves, J. A. Howard.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
Conclu.Iyely F,tablished.

The story of the finding of ten-inch
unexploded copper cylinder in the
wreck OF the Maine has been found
correct.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
couNrY DIRECTORY.

COUNTY DIRECPUhI.
|h.uoery and Circuit Clerk, N. Bat
-. Sheriff, w. T. Scott; Treasurer,
|f1. Str.han; Assessor, G. W. Bill.
~. superintendent Of Education, d.
Z Rouse; Surveyor, A. J. Ladner.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03

", ". J. HUNNICUTT,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Poplarville. Miss.
Hers hA professional services to the
Sople Of Ppplarville and surrounding
|untry. :
|Oface in tho. new building on Marion
buse square.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
u. J. M. SMITH.

PHYslcIAN AND SURGEON.
| y - . Poplsrville, Miss.
OMce. Central Front Street.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03
R. oLIPHANT.

r. oLIPHANT.
FIRE TssusAscz AGENT,
\ Poplarvifle. Miss.
sptesenting several OF the best
|npsniss in the world.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-03-03

'. PARKER. H
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Poplarvills, Miss.
ecialty.
'mce at court house.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
why NisIead the PeopIes
itor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor or the Dispatch:
[ received by to-day's mail Circular
No 8. Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, ID. C., on 1.-The Cotton Crop Of
lS96-I" On page 1S Of said circular, In
the table showing the value of the cot
ton crop Of 1861, number Of bales,
weight per bale, and price per pound,
Virginia is credited with producing II $50
bales average weight, 4Si pounds; price
per pound $50 cents. By reference to my
sales OF eleven bales sold from Septem-
Der 18th to November LIST in Norfolk and
Petersburg, l find l realized the follow
ing prices: One bale, 6 IL cents; bales
6l-4 cents: 2 bales, 6 Is cents; bales, 8
cents; l bale, 57-S cents; bale, IL
cents: 1 bale 5 Ia cents making an aver
age Of about 61-SS cents per pound, with
the freight drayage, commissions, etc,
10 come off, against go, as given by
the table. The report states that "the
price per pound is the average price
realized by the planters in each State.
as reported by them to this Office" l am
fully satisfied my crop Of cotton was as
well gathered and marketed as the aver
age crop, and 1 am also fully satisfied !
realized as much, if not more, than some
(for L saw the sales MYSELF Of my neigh
bors. and I only had one bale Of stained
cotton in the lot. Now, who could have
been so ignorant Of the prices Of cotton
as to have thus imposed upon the de-
partment in that manner? Ought not the
department find better reporters in the
future, and not thus injure the planters
instead Of benefiting them? By making
some calculations, we will see that
IL makes a pretty considerable diff
ference in the total summing Up,
We find the difference Of prices about
rs cent per pound, which makes a diff
ference i'm the Virginia crop alone Of
about $4,000 less than the report gives TO
the public. We find from the same table.
not counting the Sea Island cotton, total
number Of bales. S,42S.S37 averaging 503
making a total OF 4,239 45o,5l1
pounds at 665, the average price as given
by the table, making total of $685., $40 SOC
Now, If the same difference III prices oc-
CURED in the other sixteen States. as |
believe they did in Virginia, we find the
amount OF about S7,OO0,OOO
less realized by the planters than the
department figures out.
Is il not much easier, or equally as
easy TO determine the average price OF
cotton as IT is to ascertain the number OF
bales? II the same errors happened in
up the number Of bales-and
why not?-has not the department OF
Agriculture done the cotton planters an
injury instead OF a benefit? IL really has
that appearance. and while l. am not
the department with wilfully
doing anything TO injure the planters.
had it not better be more careful in Sc
Letting reporters to give them statistical
If like errors occur in all the statistics
sent out by the department. certainly
hey are very misleading and injurious to
the very class of people the department
was designed TO benefit. VIII the plant
FRS take the trouble to examine these re-
ports? PLANTER.
Yale, Sussex Coz y. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
Good Roads suggestion.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
l notice in your issue of the 2Sd, in con-
nection with wide tires on heavy vehicles,
for the preservation and improvement Of
highways. a suggestion that the rear axle
be made longer than the front, so that
the wheels may not track but have
more the effect OF a roller lt
Allow me TO amend this suggestion. /
would recommend the opposite Of this ar
rangement (and accomplish the same OBJ
jecD, and have the front axle the longer.
because: First, the vehicle can be turned
shorter or more nearly around without
cramping the front wheel against the
body; and, second. for uses In the ooun-
try in driving between gate posts, trees
stumps. etc. the driver. without having
TO look back and lose sight Of his team
and the road ahead. need only see that
the front wheels can clear the obstruc-
lions. knowing that the rear ones can
follow. The difference I'm length of axles
should be just twice the width OF tire.
With 4-inch tires we get inches Of roller
effect. We need such legislation badly in
Virginia
A GOOD ROADS ADVOCATE.
Richmond, February oath.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

DR.. Paul Won Salvisberg, editor OF
Hochschul- Nachrichten and secretary OF
the Volks- Hochschul-Verein in Munich,
has recently published a series Of re-
ports on university extension, from
which it appears that the movement has
met with marked success in the German
cities and the Austrian capital. In Wen
ma, where the efforts of individuals and
associations have been substantially aid
ed by the government, more than 5000
persons have, 1t is shown, registered for
the various courses. In the German
States, with the exception of Hamburg,
no subvention has been asked for or
granted. The Humboldt Academy, of
Berlin in 1867 provided for III courses
of lectures (Vortragscyklen), which were
attended by more than 500 hearers; du-
ring the quarter beginning in October
last. seventy-nine courses were given,
and a branch association has begun its
work in Potsdam. In Munich. according
TO Professor DR.. Lujo Brentano's 'Erster
Jahresbericht des -Hochschul-V
reins, although the association did not
open its courses till February. 1897, l.i40
persons were registered as hearers du-
ring the first quarter. about one-third
being laborers and mechanics and about
one-rourth women. The readiness and
unselhshness with which many Of the
lcadiSg instructors in the university and
the Technische Hochschule took charge
OF the courses deserves, II IS stated, re-
cognition, the more so as the Bavarian
Ministry refused the use OF the lecture
rooms and laboratories Of those institu-
lions. leaving IL for the city authorities
TO furnish the required assembly halls.
Good beginnings have also been made at
Konigsberg Hamburg Frankfort Mann
helm, Jena, and Nurnberg. In Frank
fort, where the lectures are given under
the auspices Of the Chamber Of Com
nerce, as well as in Munich and Mann |
helm. young businessmen and employees
OF banking and commercial establish !
mcnts furnish large contingent OF the |
audiences in courses Of especial interest |
TO themselves, -.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

The Fredericksburg Free Lance earn
estIy trusts that the House Of Delegates
will not sustain the adverse report on
the penitentiary matter, but concur with
the Senate and provide for the enlarge
ment Of the building. 1t is, declares our
contemporary, a duty to the State and TO
humanity to do this. In conclusion, the
Free Lance says that public policy calls
for the enlargement Of the penitentiary'
and it begs the Legislature to act, and
to act favorably.
For the House not to pass the bill
would be to commit a great blunder, see
ing that it would only stave off the in
evitable, and that. TOO. at the expense CT
the good name of the State for exercising
common humanity. and at the risk Of the
PRISONS becoming a disease-breeder.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
BY TIE DrspATCH COMPANY.

The DAILY DISPATCH is delivered to
subscribers at FIFTY CENTS per
month, payable to the carrier weekly or
monthly. Mailed at So per annum; -
for ak months; $3.50 for three months;
70 cents for enc month. Price per COPY
3 cents
The WEEKLY DISPATCH at 81 per
nnnum.
The SUNDAY DISPATCH at $50 per
nnnum, or IS cents for six months.
Subscriptions In all cases payaoie III
advance. and no paper continued AFTER
the expiration Of the time paid Tor. seno
post-ofilce money order. check, or regis
tered letter. Currency sent by mail WIZ
be at the risk OF the sender, Subscribers
wishing their post-ofiee changed must
give their old as wen IS their new post
Office. Sample copies free.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

sure with the heated carbon ~ ofuer 10
induce the lattor to crystailiz~ and so
an Italian. Quivino Majorana, IL appears
from the New York Tribune has an
nounced to the Roman Academy OF
sciences a new method OF conducting
this compression. The carbon, having
been heated In an electric arc. is sudden
" subjected to a pressure from gases,
generated by explosives, equivalent to
5000 atmospheres. This seems to De
about as much OF a squeeze as It has al
ways taken to procure diamonds made
according to the ordinary alchemy OF ma
ture. Where. then. is the advantage OF
the artificial process?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

What is the use Of paying 500
for a Writing Machine when YOU
can get a BETTER one for S35 or
$50? We say better, aud we
mean it.
We are selling a good, practical
Writing Machine for S3J, and have
a better one for $50.
These Machines are simple and
durable, and very easy to learn
on, and are used by experts for
rapid writing-1SO words a minute
has been made.
They are light and portable.
not exceeding ten pounds in
weight, case and all As 10 dura.
bility, we give as long guarantee
as is given on any 500 machine.
We invite the most CRITICAL TX.
ANIMATION FROM EXPERTS. II YOU
are at ali interested call on MS and
examine for yourself.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
So Thoughtful of Her.

He had been her escort to several the
atrical performances. and on each occa-
sion had followed the masculine habit OF
going out between the acts.
Upon a recent occasion they were again
at the play together. and as the curtain
fell at the end of the second act he was
just reaching under the seat for his hat,
when she ingenuously remarked:
You needn't go out, Henry; thought
to bring some cloves with me this time"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
A Lonr Walt.

"Whateer your answer be-" he said.
As ardently he wooed the dame.
And for her sweet concession plead,
TN love you always. just the same"
She looked up at his face thereat
And said in tones with fervor blent,
when you have fully proven that
I'll cheerfully give my consent"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
The Cause of Our Innrmities.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch
l have been thinking a great deal OF
late about the cause of so much oeaf-
ness, weak eyes. and throat troubles,
etc. At last L have arrived at the cor
clusion that 1t may be largely attributed
TO the headdress worn by the ladies in
these days. They shut themselves up in
warm rooms, and when they go out, even
in Indictment weather, put on heavy
cloaks and pin a hat on the top OF their
heads. Their ears and Threats are UNI
protected. What are called bonnets are
not much larger than my hand, with
lot Of feathers and flowers on them. In
my young days ladies wore bonnets that
were bonnets. Schoolgirls wore sun
bonnets, quilted hoods, and nuns bonnets,
with a simple ribbon across them, tied
under their chins. These protected their
eyes from the bright sun; they were SER
viceable. and the girls looked neat and
modest in them. Grown girls wore them
to school and to church, too. Now, little
children have hats trimmed up with
feathers and flowers, stuck on the back
Of their heads Once l heard good old
minister say "that passing along the
street one day, he saw bonnet that was
a bonnet I'm a window, and he felt like
taking off his hat, and making bow to
it." 1 am in my 18th year, and have had
much experience. / believe in living in
the sunlight. Little girls and maids in
their teens wear their dresses shamofully
chart
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
woman, Lovely woman.
Detroit Evening News.)

Detroit Evening News.)
She spoke so softly that the throng
About them never could have guessed
The meaning of the whispered words
Which she aside to him addressed.
She smiled so sweetly when she spoke,
None might imagine her intent,
Or dream that anger tipped the shaft,
So graciously. indeed. twas sent.
She looked so sanity none could know
How deeply was her spirit wrought;
The tenderness within her eyes
No index was to what she thought.
And none, save he, Of those who there
Observed her as she calmly sat
Had inkling that her fair lips Kissed:
you chump. that tie just kills my hatr'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
A Enir Deduction.

Conductor: From the way you speak
guess you must think this company is
trying to swindle the public.
Passenger; And from the way have
been treated think I am justified in
believing that to be fair deduction.
Conductor: Maybe you think So but I
want you to understand that we don't
permit any fare deductions on this road
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
our Efficient Fire Department.

Richmond. Va, February q, 1885,
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
feel impelled to make public recogni-
ton of the remarkably efficient service
rendered by the Fire Department on my
premises on the night Of the 18th instant.
When the fire was discovered, about
o'clock, rear room was already in
flames. A neighbor, who CHANGED TO be
awake, carried the news to the Broad
Street Engine-H House. The "still-alarm"
was given, and in an incredibly short time
the chemical engine, under the command
of Chief Shaw, arrived upon the scene.
The calm and gentlemanly demeanor or
the hremen brought immediate assurance
TO the terrified inmates. They were
Obliged TO cut away the floor and part or
the wall in the upper room and part or
the floor i'm the Kitchen below. Though
they worked with great industry and dis
patch. they were employed for two and
a half hours yet they left everything in
such perfect order that the cooking ar
rangements on the following morning.
were not in the least interrupted. More
over the whole thing was so quietly done
that scarcely a soul In the immediate
neighborhood suspected that anything UNI
usual had taken place. The whole affair
was such as TO make a very vivid i'm
preston upon a comparative stranger in
Richmond. Surely the city may be justly
proud Of her Fire Department, and with
what sweet assurance may her citizens
Law themselves down 10 rest in the con-
seriousness that such efficient service IS
within easy call!
WILLIAM ALEXANDER BARR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
How Could She.

Young Mushman: Miss Clawa, beg par
dom But wecently yoah mannah, don't
yer know, quite distwesses me; perhaps
you are not awaah Of it, but you have
acquiahed a chwonic habit Of stawing at
vacancy.
Miss Clara: You silly boy! How can
help IL without being inattentive to you?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

Reports on the use of antitoxin In
dphtheria continue to show the great,
the inestimable, value Of the recently
discovered preventive. Quoting from the
New York Tribune the figures Of DR..
Kammerer, 1.-The city physician Of Wen
ma" in a report just made to the physi-
clans of the Austrian capital as to the
results attained with anttoxin down TO
the end, of the year 1895 in the cities OF
Germany containing over 1900 inhabi-
tants, we find that in the ten years from
1885 to 1894 there were 1908 fatal cases
Of diphtheria and Group in these cities
that is, an average Of 1904 annually
with a maximum Of 1880 in 1893 and
minimum of 1884 in 1885, On an average
In the ten years under consideration,
1868 people died of these diseases out OK
every 10000. In 1895. the first year in
which antitoxin came into general use,
only 1896 people died in these cities OF
diphtheria and Group; in other words 81
out Of every 10000 inhabitants. The NOR
tality from dipntheria and Group for 1895,
in comparison WlLn tne dNeIdSc VI tiiS
ten preceding years, was reduced nearly
one-haIf, and was Al per cent. more IA
vorable than in the best of those years.
Similar results are ascertained for Wen
ma itself where the use of antitoxin was
begun at the same time. Since the con-
soidation of Vienna and its suburbs, in
1891. down to and including 1894, there
have been 6,ON deaths from diptheria and
Group, an average OF 1920 a year. or 1913
for each 1000 of the population. In the
years 1895 and 1896 there was an annual
average of 646.5 deaths, or ABS per 10000.
Consequently, the mortality, compared
with the years 1891 to 1894, was diminish !
ed considerably more than one-half-59.7
per cent. This was due partly to a
striking reduction in the severity Of the
disease, indicated by the fact that in the
years 1885 and 1896 there was an average
of only 1910 cases, against 4,S75.5 aver
age in 1Sg1-'94. But even when this fac
tor is eliminated, the result is an aver
age mortality of 81 per 10000 inhabitants
for the last two years, or a decrease Of
H.2 per cent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
Personal.


MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE
ASSOCIATION am a pOlicy-h0lier Of.
$4,000. / have answered nine advertise.
ments; In three instances lawyers wanted
fees TO try and destroy my insurance. ID
the other six they were either agents o.
other companies or Bo-betWeens. who o.
fered me insurance at more than / vas
paying l could not be benefited By A
single one OF these propositions, and as
stopping payments and dropping nay il-
surance would be just as beneficial as any
OF the propositions made. / have decided.
II sufficient policy-holders viii Join ne
In the expense 10 accept the OFFER MADE
by the association for us 20 appoint an
accountant who will investigate as 20 he
necessity OF the proposed increase. and
IL we are satisfied OF its necessity I then
propose that we should hand 0urse.ra.
together 20 protect our OWL property ana
II IL is ascertained that n Is not necessary
10 call upon US for the Increased assess
ment, 10 ask these directors % refrain
from present and future increases Wanl
those who are willing 10 protect our 1fo-
vision and not injure IL 20 answer ms
by letter. PoIicy-holders only 20 reply.
and address NJ. 1. WEBSTER, lW We%
Eighty-eighth street. New YORK cry.
fe N-lt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
AnficiDated Him.

Rev. Longsermon: My congregation Is a
very good one; not so much in the way
of numbers as in general department
There is one thing. however, that would
like to introduce among them IL / could
and that is
Reddiman; ! anticipate you, Doctor;
you mean insomnia, OF course.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27

The Lynchburg Advance heartily APP
proves the Lowry bill, authorizing the
Governor to grant conditional pardons
to convicts confined in the penitentlary'
The plan, says the Advance, is worth
trying, both in the interest of economy
and humanity.
The Senate has passed the BILL and 1t
is hoped that the House will do likewise.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
OF Course He COuIdn'f.

Miss Sharp: In the event of war be-
tween the United States and Spain, would
you 60 Mr. Hyphen?
Mr.. Hyphen: Well, WEAKLY, Miss Sharp
hadn't given the mattah a thawt, don't
you know.
Miss Sharp: or course not; how could
YOU?