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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Personals md briefs.

Miss Lucy Wallace, after a pleasant
sojourn in the North. has returned home
Miss Bertha b. Williams is visiting hel
uncle Rev. DIR. A. Il. Woodfn, Of Hamp
ton.
Miss Annie Curtis, OF Lee Hall, Va. is
the guest of Mrs. George Nj. Whitaker,
5l7 Mosby street
Mrs NJ. NJ. Strause has returned to the
city from Virginia Beach, where she has
been spending several weeks.
Mr.. Charles L. Brown left yesterday for
Stanton. On his return he will stop at
Greenwood Depot to visit his family.
Miss Maggie Bahen left Thursday
morning for Old Point Comfort and Ocean
View. She will be gone for a week or
two. .s--.,
Mr.. Phil Hirshberg, who was taken
seriously i'll on last Friday, is reported
improving, and his many friends will be
glad to hear of his early recovery.
Mr.. Robert Betancort of Baltimore,
formerly of this city, and one of the
founders Of the Apostolic church in Full
ton. is on a visit TO his friends in that
place.
Mr. James c. Harwood, who. with his
wife and little daughter, IS spending the
summer in Caroline county. was I'm the
city yesterday en- route TO Powhatan for
a brief visit.
Suit was instituted In the Circuit Court
yesterday by George Schwalm against n.
s. Duke. for trespass on his property at
No 9i5 east Main street Damages are
laid at $500
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Lord HOughfOn.

on. r. w. Sherwood, In Lippincott's)
What such a man was in London one
can imagine, with. MS large human in
terests and sympathies never forgetting
anybody, as hOspitable as he could be-
Lord Houghton's breakfasts became the
most desirable of exchanges for the wan
derers of all nations. With his good heart
and his sense OF right, he maintained the
cause OF the North In the House OF Lords
when all the rest OF England would have
gladly seen us ruined, and he was through
his whole life the most admirable and
useful friend 10 Americans. No wonder
that on his unpretending visit To America
Lord Houghton was received everywhere
with the warmest cordially. He was one
OF the few Englishmen who had sufficient
breadth 10 know and appreciate our civili-
zation. No insular narrOWness cramped
HIS brain. no spirit Of detraction limited
his powers OF comprehension.
He had no selfish purpose TO serve. so
that he was not disappointed In what he.
saw here, and that peculiar difference and
delicacy of mind, which is so marked In
his verse. saved us In his case from "a
certain condescension in foreigners which
sometimes makes us regret that we have
thrown our pearls and our good dinners
before swine. He enjoyed. appreciated
and respected America. He was always
full of kindness for any OF US who had
shnwn him the slightest attention.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
"RUsTLINGv IN THE ARMY
Rough Rider Tells n story q,
Which Gen. "Joe" Wheeler lts,,,.

| Edwin Emerson, Jr, In Golfers yyeekIvl
When Joined the Rough Riders in ~.
field had nothing but my Oldest sui, o.
clothes and a good slx-shoOter
Haven't you anything OF your own ,n
asked Colonel Roosevelt. after a pityln.
glance at my bicycle-slippers and straw
| hat.
said ST. 4
well. youll have to rustic for a uni.
| form and equipments" remarked tra
Colonel but you'd better be careful how
| you do IT,"
At the next inspection / was arrayed q,
a First Regular Cavalry hat. a shirt from
! the New York Seventy-irst. Spanish
| trousers, navy revolver. I'm a German
| cavalry holster from the PrussIan mill
| tary attache, a Cuban machete a Red
| Cross blanket. and a mule-drivers poncho
Where did you get the clothes" asked
| Colonel Roosevelt, adding quickly, 4
| won't ask. As long as you have a uniform
you'll do"
With this encouragement from a high
! quarter ! was duly started on my militaT,
career. and IL was not my fault II / lacked
for aught henceforward. Yet 1 learned
that the thing could be overdone That
same night there was a terrific row be
cause some Napoleonic genius succeeded
in tching the only package OF sugar ip
the OUTFIT Just after the captains orlerlN
Every mans hand was lifted against tho
other, and the quarrels and recriminatfons
became so fierce that several OF the for
mer cattlemen fondled their slx-shooters
dangling at their hips.
Next day j was ordered 10 report az
division headquarters across the hill
While | was standing at attention heard
the following dialogue between General
Wheeler and his adjutant.
Il have found your saddle-horse, Sir"
Where was itY'
I'm the Rough Riders camp"
How did it get thereg'
They stole II, SIR"
Where Is II now?'
1T is still over there. They claim u Is
their own. and refuse 10 give n up They
say they found IL grazing In their trenches
four days ago"
The old General arose I'm his wrath. ex-
claiming: Us there anything those devils
won't steal? Report the facts 10 Colonel
Roosevelt, with my compliments, and tell
him that must insist on having my horse
returned TO me-"
The adjutant departed, and General
Wheeler turned 20 me. As he recognized
the cross sabres and number one ON my
army hat his face clouded. and he said:
80 you are one OF the Bough Riders
Well, you may be good hghters-in fact
you have shown yourselves 20 be- good
fghters-but for downright thievery you
are the worst i ever have known. Why
your camp Is known all over the army a5
the den Of thieves. II is a wonder 10 M
how some of you ever managed 70 get out
here unhanged"
I'VE have the Sheriff OF Cripple Greek
TO keep us straight sir" said j, salutiuR
and was promptly sent away on detail
When l got back 70 our camp found
the Generals horse still grazing az lts
place, while the Generals adjutant wa.
making excited approximations IL front OF
Colonel Roosevelts tent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

age Of tho combatants. turned avsv
quite slckened at the brutality exhibited
wondering which was the worst plague
elephantiasis or cock-nghtlng."
After week at Guam the castaw.v,
went TO Manila In French shin vnics
had happened into port. Mr.. Miles'e a.
soription of Manila differs little from 81,
many recent accounts. He mentions M
hemp and tobacco industries. the earn
quakes. and the beauty OF the woror
particularly the half castles. lie observe.
that II Is very strongly fortified. bu, II
doubtless willing TO modify that sta,em.,.
In view OF recent events. Although
British subject, Mr. Miles is strongly OF
the Ladrones and the Philippines.
IF America doesn't keep those island, D.,
he says, speaking from the point of w.
Of one who has been there. she viii for,,',
the beauty spots OF the world. and g,ve
up riches as yet undiscovered and nm.
realized"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
SPANISH OUTRAGES.
STARTLING REPORTS OF RECENT
MIsDEEps IN PORTO RICO.
THE AWFUL MASSACRE AT GALES.
Eighty Persons Were Macheted-
They Fired on the Dons-GenernI
Health of Our Troops a. "a
smaII-Pox Scare. j.

Copyright. 1895. by the Associated Press
PONCE, PORTO RICO, August IL
Noon.--Oelayed in transmlssion.)- IRE
ports are coming in from all directions
OF outragos committed within the Span
Ssh lines. Doubtless many OF these are
exaggerated, but the rumors OF a massa-
ere at GALES arc confirmed. Some Of the
natives there took refuge in the beifry
OF the cathedral and fired on the Spanish
troops, but they were overpowered and
machoted 20 the number OF eighty.
(. LosrsA GUN AND SIX HORSES.
Battery NJ. OF the Seventh Regiment.
under Captain McComb. was unable TO
proceed along the mountain trail with
General Henry. and having lost a gun and
six horses over aprocipice, returned here.
The health Of the troops. is steadily I'm
proving. The typhoid-fever brought
from Camp Alger and Camp Chickamauga
80 Of mild tyne and is fast disappear
ing. Strict sanitation is being enforced,
with the gratifying result that sickness
has decreased from 10 10 3 per cent. To-
days reports show only $50 sick in hos
pital quarters. out of a total command |
OF 1900 Most Of these cases are eli
matte complaints.
y SMALLPOX IN PARTS OF THE
ISLAND.
The army is being revaccinated, as
there is n smallpox epidemic in some
portions OF the island.
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie. formerly
FL Sol, left to-day for Santiago. to take
troops 10 Montauk Point.
General Miles has postponed his visit
10 the front on account Of the rains.
rhe wet season has set in, and there will
% rains daily until the end Of october.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Your Horoscope To-Day.
T. Darlington Bolton. in the Journal Of
American Folk Lore)


Medicine and astrology are not entirely
separated, even In 1897. There Is to-day In
France a mystical school OF practitioners
who call their system Hermetic Homoo-
opathy," and make preposterous claims 81
success IN healing by their ridiculous
methods. Followers Of this school main
tain that every physician should De an
astrologer If he hopes 10 administer msdi-
cine 20 the greatest advantage. a German
physician and writer on theosophical SUD-
jects. Dr. Franz Hartman, calls astrolOsy
one Of the four pillars Of medicine, ana
both the French and German Hermeuc
Homoeopathists cite with approval the
widest extravagances OF Paracelusus.
A crowd Of people on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. were examining with bewilderment
and awe q large chart hung against
dead wall. IL portrayed the "lnruenCe ~
the Zodiac and the Planets Upon Hu-
man Life" and was exhibited by an
agent OF the Faust Institute ~ Solar
Biology. Occult Science. Astro-Phrcnol-
ogy. and Biblical History" situated DO
Philadelphia The chart itself consisted
OF yividly-colored concentric circles. d.
ylded into twelve seRments, corresponding
10 the twelve consultations, surrounding
4 mans head marked 10 show phren0-
logical development. Al Intervals on the
chart appeared the signs Of the planets
and Of the zodiac the symbolic figure
OF mans anatomy. and other astTOlogi-
cal characters. Beneath the chart We're
twelve wooden pigeon-holes filed with
printed folders.
on approaching the exhibitor. he I'M
aulred. I'm what month were you borDt
In response 20 the Information he handed
me a folder for Aquarius, with my horo-
scope. which contained the usual platte
tudes about how 10 succeed" latent
talent" and a promise 10 write a fuller
horoscope for 81. The folder was Illus
irated with mystical diagram. in which
the zodiacal and planetary signs the
names OF the twelve sons OF Jacob and
u the twelve disciples OF Christ. were
arranged In proximity %
words denOting types and attributes or
man. This remarkable relic OF astrO.0gy
= signed professor Faust"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
VERSATILE MR.. CHAPMAN.
wns n Doctor, Lawyer, Cobbler
Druggist, GeoIogist, and Hermit
kansas City Journal)


A very old character died at Cawher
City the other day in the person OF Or.
George w. Chapman, who had been "a
resident Of Mitchell county for many
years. At the start-otr he waa shoe
maker by trade, and sat at his bench
from morning until night, but in few
years he put in a small stock Of drugs and
commenced the study of medicine, ana
a little later blossomed out full-hedged
doctor. About this time he studied law
and was admitted TO the bar and elected
Justice Of the Peace, and then. not con
tent with all these employments, took up
the study of geology, and made a splendid
collection of the specimens TO be found
In Northern Kansas.
Between mending shoes. practcing
medicine, serving drugs, and practcing
law. he found time TO deliver lectures
against Christianity and the Bible. and
he became noted as the most contentious
infidel i'm all his section OF the country
About ten years ago he presented 20 the
Women's Hesperian Library club, OK
Cawker City, his fine collection OF mine
raj and other specimens and became M
strumental i'm building the house which
is now owned and occupied by that club.
club carried his body down TO their
library rooms and held some public eX-
ercises I'm his honor, az which number
OF prominent people Of the town made
speeches. one OF the speakers WIS tue
Rev. Mr.. Aller, the Presbyterian minister.
who said he came as a citizen. and not
as a Gospel man. for he felt sure that n
Dr. Chapman had been consulted, he
would have stipulated very earnestly that
no minister should be present az his
funeral All Of the people said Dr. Chap
nan had his good points, and the preacher
said so. too, not forgetting 70 express the
belief that, maybe, he had repented be-
fore IL became everlastlngly too late
The dead man had no family about him.
and lived in his last years the life OF a
1arTnlf
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
WE WALKED INTO MANILA.
WAS Like Going to Lunch-Either n
Timid or Pious General.

LONDON. August 19-The Hongkong
correspondent Of the Daily Mail says:
1.-THE terms of captulation Of Manila
as agreed upon Saturday between Gene
raj Jaudenes and General Merritt. include
the cession Of the Philippine Archipelago
10 the United States.
''An American naval officer, who arrived
from Manila on the Zafro, tells me that
the Americans practically walked into Ma
Mia. The operations, he says, were con-
fined TO the Malate side Of the city, where
the Spaniards had a fort and two lines Of
trenches. Tho troops waded through the
Malate river and walked up the beach as
though going TO lunch, meeting practical
ly no opposition.
IL learn that when General Merritt went
ashore after the capitulation of Manila,
he experienced some difficulty I'm finding
General Jaudenes, who was ultimately
discovered in church. among crowds Of
women and children"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
TARRED AND FBATHERED THEM.
Whfte-Cnppers Treat Men and
Women Very Roughly.

= PARKERSBURG, August ls.-About
twenty-five or thirty-five persons disguised
as white cappers." visited the house OF
Susie ColstoD, near Smithfeld Wettsel
county, ana dragged the inmates. six
women and three men. out of bed in their
night clothes. No time was given them
10 set their clothes, money or valuables.
The house was then blown 10 pieces with
three sticks OF dynamite.
The inmates were tarred and feathered
and taken 20 the Shuman House and All
locked in a room together till daylight
no apparent effort was made to discover
Who did the act, and the popular senti-
ment Is that nothing wrong was done.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
SOLDIERS FOR HONOLULU.
Over Three Hundred VIII Sail To-
DISCRIMINATION for Merritt.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 1S.-Thres
hundred and twenty-five officers and men
OF the New York Regiment have embark
ed on board the steamship Alliance, and
will sail for Honolulu tomorrow.
When the Scandal and Arizona sail Sun
day they will have on board, in addition
10 their complement of achievements
for General Merritt, n million rounds Of
ammunition for small arms. 1t is now
being rushed from the East by fast
trains, and will be placed on the ships
Saturday,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
A MERE ACT OF COURTESY.
Germany Explains Her Strange In
terest in General Augustin.

BERLIN, August 1S.-Ohicial and lead
ing papers display anxiety 10 show That
the removal of Governor-General Augusun
from Manila was in no way intended to
offend America, but was a mere act OF
courtesy. The Kolnische Zeitung and the
Post follow the Nord Deustche Aigemeine
Zeitung I'm declaring that Admiral Dewey
approval Of General Augustin's departure,
but all semi-oflicial explanations fail TO
explain why so much secrecy was OBJ
served.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
The Dreyfus Case Again.

PARIS, August 1S.-The Minister of
War, NJ. Godefry Cavagniac, announced
in the Chamber of Deputies to-day that
Commandante Comte Ferdinand Walsin
Esterhazy. the alleged author of the Bor-
dereauIn the Dreyfus case, will be sum-
moned before a council of inquiry. whose
composition will be determined by the
Paris military authorities.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
LOOKING ON Us WITH ENVY.
Our Philippine COnguests Attracting
the Attention Of other Nations.

PARIS. August 19.-The American posi-
ton in the far East is attracting great
attention. The Soleil says
'oFhe Americans win quadruple the
value Of the Philippines, and Manila will
become the rival Of Hongkong. The
United States will have preponderating
tituation In Chinese waters. There is no
market they desire more eagerly than
the Chinese, and though they have been
forestalled by other powers, they will
assuredly overtake their rivals by the
rapidity OF their progress in that region,
and In the coming breakup Of the Chinese
empire the United States will not be
content with the worst fortunes for their
heritage"
BETWEEN HAMMER AND ANVIL.
The Temps, while congratulating
France upon the role OF peacemaker,
recognizes the fact that ii Is not always
q good thing to put a finger between the
hammer and the anvil. The Temps says:
"rhe United States will not hear a
word Of interference, because France
Nas no interest in compromising herself
fratuitously with country evidently des-
tined for more active part in great
international affairs. 1t would be reck-
less 10 count upon Spanish gratitude
Therefore the French watchword should
be. 'Nessieurs point de zele.'"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Congress- of white and CoIored
Americans.

OMAHA. NEB.. August 1S.-The Con-
gress OF White and Colored Americans
q to-day adjourned sine die after deciding
20 effect permanent and national orga-
nizalton. u. Overall. OF this city, was
elected president, and the mapping out
OF the plan Of organization was left TO
him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

murder Of his wife, committed suicide In
his cell In the county jail about O'Clock
this afternoon. He first cut an artery IN
his wrist with watch-spring and then
hanged himself
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Heavy Floods and LandsIides.

SIMLA, August 1s.-Hsavy floods and
dangerous landslides have occurred below
Mainital, in Human province. A brewery
was destroyed. The European residents
are believed to have escaped, but many
natives were killed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Five boys burned to Death.

INDEPENDENCE, Ia. August 10
The barn of Peter Foy, ten miles north
Of here. was struck by lightning last
night. Five sons, the oldest being 16, who
were sleeping in the NOW, were burned
to death.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
Is the Pope Really Ill.

ROME, August 1S-Rumors are in cir
culation that the Pope has suffered
further relapse. Or. Lapponi, his Holt
ness's physician, denies the report, but
anxiety prevails.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
-Four Men Killed.

PHILADELPHIA. August 1s.-Four
men were killed and five Others badly
injured this afternoon by the collapse Of
q cornice on the new building I'm the
course OF erection at 475 and AZ north
Fifth street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
BETWEEN HAMMER AND ANVIL.
A CoaIing Station for Russia.

LONDON, August 19-The Daily Mairs
Odessa correspondent says he hears on
lncontestable authority that Russia has
Opened a pour parle with Spain for the
Session OF coaling station in the Philip
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

NEW YORK. August ls.--(special.) I'M.
Montague, Manhattan; G. A. Rreuf, Jr..
Imperial; l.. Crenshaw, r. A. Ezekiel.
St Denis; l.. Mittedorfer, Sturteyant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
No End 90 the List.

cleveland Plain Dealer)
; Another session OF Congress must be
called"
what for?"
$50 many fresh heroes to be thanked
Individually"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
A Murderer Commits Suicide.

YOUNGSTOWN, PA, August ia
Charles O. Kaiser, who was under SEN
rsnce 10 be hanged September 9Th for the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-14
PROBATE COURT.
Large Amount OF Business Transacted. Mon.
day Hearing on Contested Will.

In the probate court, Monday, the
following Wills were proved, approved
and allowed
or Charles II. Bamford of Fayette,
H. j. Bamford Of Fayette. appointed
administrator with the will annexed /;
Isaac a. Hammond of Augusta Hollis
K. Randall Of Augusta, appointed exc
cutor; Ira Whittier of Clinton. Isabel
Whitten Of CLINTON, appointed execu-
triX; Retsey G. Burbank of Augusta,
Thomas $. Colder of Rome, appointed
executor; Cordelia Whitehouse of
China, Daniel Wesley Whitehousc ap-
pointed executor.
The following administrations We're
granted:
+. NJ. Tracy of Mt. Vernon,
administrator Of the estate of Frank
Robinson of Mt Vernon: Kate D. Smell
of WinsloW. administrators of the
estate of Corneia a. Howard Of Wins
low; Cyrus Kendick of Iitchfield, ad-
mlniStrator of the estate of Thomas
Holmes of Litchfield; Eben Freeman of
Chelesa, administrator of the estate of
Mahala c. Freeman of Chelsea; James
T.. Chase of Litchfieid. administrator
de honis non of the estate of David s.
Springer of Litchfeld.
y hearing on the will Of Edwin B.
Hill. late of Skowhegan, deceased has
been assigned for, June 30 This case
was transferred from Somerset county
the court in that county being inter
ested. 1t is said that there is $4,000
covered by the will which is to be con-
tested.
Discharges from Insolvency were is
sued to Fred Lessor of Augusta, and
Samuel J. Troop of Pittston.
The following attorneys We're in at
tendance from out Of town: S. n. Mer-
rll. s;loWhegan; W. c. Philbrook,
Charles f. Johnson, Harvey y. Eaton.
Dana T. Foster, WaterVillc; l.. T.
Carleton. Winthrop; Geo. w. Heseton,
A. NJ Spear, @. b. Clason, A. G. Still
rhen, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-14
PENSION LAWS DlSREGhPDED.
Examination OF the Rolls Shows Man,
Irregularities in Vouchers.

The examination of the Maine pen
sion rolls now being conducted by
special agents from Washington. has
developed many cases in which irrcgu-
latities appear in pension vouchers.
Just how many of these cases Will be
prosecuted cannot be ascertained. but
the discrepancies are 50 numerous
that II. Clay Evans, commissioner Of
pensions, has issued a circular, in
which he says:
Recent investigation had by this bu-
reau to ascertain the methods en-
pIoyed by public officials in executing
pension vouchers. has demonstrated an
almost total disregard of the laws and
regulations governing the subject.
II is clearly evidenced that the He
sal. lax, indifferent and perfunctory
procedure now eXtant has become n
menace to the proper and safe conduct
OF the affairs of this bureau. so far as
it relates to the payment Of pensions.
and special efforts are contemplated 10
correct the existing abuses.
While it is believed that many Off
cials who assist in the execution of
pension vouchers have no conception Of
their criminal liability in the premises
ii is equally certain that many others
to secure an advantage in the numer-
ical number of their clicntaSe. know
ingly and wilfully resort TO violations
Of the law.
TO the end that the former class may
profit by this notice. this circular is
issued.
There can be no justification in the
prevalent haste and laXity existing in
many offices, hy which post-dating,
false ccrtification, false claim and
| stock" witnesses have become 4 fac
tor in the administration ana acknowi
edGncnt of pension vouchers.
It is the intention Of this bureau,
where the facts warrant such action.
to institute criminal proceedings
against the parties who indulge in
these ille@al ana irregular Practices
ana they are warned accordingly.
By following strictly the instruc-
tions printed on each vouchcr, the
matters complained Of may he entirely
rcmrGcd. VERY reapcctfuily.
II. CLAY EVANS, Commissioner.
Ey j. NJ. Mcp. STl.WART.
Special Examiner.