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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FIGHT.
Julian Denies Los Angeles Report
That Ii is on.

PHILADELPHIA. April SIN an inter-
view tonight with a reporter for the As
socited Press. Martin Julian. manager Of
Bob Fitzsimmons, denied the story from
Los Angeles, Cal, hat the fftzsimmons-
Jeffries fight had been declared or. lie
stated emphatically that the fight would
take place before the Coney Island Ath-
letic Club on the date set.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
Married I'm Washington.

Among the victims Of the Love God
who iourned to the capital city with
Mrs. Grps excursion last week were Mr'
Willie II. OdelI and Miss cora b. knight.
they were Joined in the holy estate by
Rev. f. NJ. Bristol. Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. The popular young ouple
ore now AT home at llO2 west Clay street
welcoming and receiving the consratula-
ions of their many friends.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
FOR FLEXIBLE CURRENCY.
IL Must. However, BE Ensed tpo"
the Gold standard.

NEW YORK, April S.-A declaration Tor
q AexibIe currency based upon the gold
standard was adopted to-day by the Ike
cutive Committee Of tho Indianapolis
Monetary Conference. at Il meeting IN tms
city. The meeting was called by me
chairman. II. II. Hanna, of lndianapoils
for the purpose OF getting the advice OIL
the committee upon the recommendations
to be presented to the Republican caucus
Committee Of the House OF Representa-
tiyes. which will meet in Atantic III!
April 18th.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
DIR. Hideu Returns.

Rev. DIT. j. c. Hiden returned iast
night from orange county. where ne mas
y ye rninit Of Monroe Baptist church, In
MSnT P%,P Hal H. on Main street between Bel,
oo'cIock The regular Sunday-school OK
e%rcises will be held at 3 o'clock ms
morning. and Dr.. Hiden VIII teaon M M
r~ached a decision in the matter Of a call
from this church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
rurRsToN CHANGES FRONT.
saw, He il Now Not n tonser'"'''
lint an Annexntionist.

PHILADELPHIA, April e.-Senatc'
John NJ. Thurston, of Nebraska, made an
informal address at the Union League
here tonight, and among other things he
said he had changed front and was no
longer a Conservative. but is an AnneXa-
ZIONIST. He believed this country's atti-
tude in the present Philippine situation
was right. lie regarded Aguinaldo's up
rising as simply a rebellion Of anarchy.
which must be crushed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
n,snster in British Waters.

ILFRACOMBE. ENGLAND, April y
The trawIer Vivid arrived here this after
o o and reported that when hIteeh
miles of Lundy Island she saw the mIsts
~ y large vessel disappear. and later saw
~ roc men in a dingy praying and Shrek
ing for help. The Vivid underworld 70
roach the men. but the boat sank Il IT'S
occupants did not reappear'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09

task for mot expressing regret at the
unexpected policy OF repression In Sa-
moa,' and regards her attitude toward
Germany as insincere.
The Cologne Nolks Zeitung says: Great
Britain's behavior in this matter is symp-
tomato, and opens an u%nfavorable vista
Tor other pending negotiations"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
- uxac. Of Chicago, InsoIvent.

CHICAGO. April 8-Eccnezer r.. HyIe'
who was scrmerly IN business with JO-
seph ". T0rsythe. unaef the hrm name
~ Fo,sytne. HYDE & CO.. and was con-
UtcieI with several large foundry com
n9nies. confeased insol,eacy today, ny
schaduling debts asgres4slng SOL 90 WIN
no asgefs. An me debts |ere contracted
hefOre July. 1899.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09

stated that OF 9oo.ocO pounds sent 10 Ha-
bana from Porto Rico. 500 pounds Of the
canned meat had been found unfit for use
and had been condemned. This was since
January 2lst. The fresh beef alluded 10
was beef that had been slaughtered In
Habana and had spoiled on the block be-
fore entering the refrigerator.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
RAYS In,munes Arrive.

SAVANNAH. GA. April S.-The trans
mort Sedgewick arrived at Savannah to-
pight AT . o'clock from quarantine with
the Third United States Volunteer In
santrv RAYS Immunes). The troops
nrare unloaded and went aboard n Plant
Svstem train for Macon. Colonel Ray
ia the health Of the command was ex-
cnllant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
TREES Al CAMP CHASE.
70 Mark the Graves of the Confed-
crate Dead.

COLUMBUS, o.. April S.-The trees
which are to mark the graves of the Con-
federate dead at Camp Chase. which was
used as a prison as well as q station Tor
Federal troops, were planted to-day. a
marty Of ex-Confederates. members OF
their local organization, planted the trees
which were marked to show the State
from which they came.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
.r.on from Political Motive.

ST. JOHNS. y. F., Arril SIGraham
49, ~ NEWFOUNDLAND. has confessed
f tSaf he set fire to the French lobster
u sna,orv on 81. Johns Island. intending
,o nr3voke a crisis In he treaty-shore
question. He has been arrested on a
charge OF arson.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09

OTIS Reports That Many Ftifpinos
Are Displaying Them.

WASHINGTON, April s-Advices from
General Otis report that everything is
quiet in his command. and that many OF
the Fil!pinos in the vicinity OF Maiolos
are displaying white flags In token OF
submission 10 United States authority. :
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
u,rr,,on.s Plurality, 4O.OT3.

CHICAGO, AprI a-Ths election com
missioners have completed the Official
count OF the ballots cas-, at Tuesdays
elections. Harrison received
lgS,il2 votes; Carter. 107 .45s: Altseid, a.
1852. Harrison's plurality. io,J'S.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09

ALDEN. April S.-Advices received from
cana the capital Of Yemen, Arabia. say
mat fighting between the Turks ani the
,evolting aid continues, n that the
former are committing such atrocities
thaf the inhabitants have sworn 10 ilght
10 the last mar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
WHEELER TO DE ORATOR.
Will Deliver Main Address mt Con-
tederute Veteran

NEW ORLEANS. April S.-Adjutant
Norman states that General Joe Wheel
or will deliver the grafton at the meeting
NJ the United Confederate Veterans at
charleston. 5. c.. at their reunion on the
10th of May.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
C.r,i.t Demonstration IN Madrid.

rAYoiSNE FRANCE, April S-A dis
tbet n Carl.st banquet, at which 20 per-
sons were present. was held In the open
air there last evening. 4 number or Vlo-
lent speeches were made, and a telegram
tenants was ssnt to Dor Carlos.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
nisnuIct In Macedonia.

LONDON. April s-The Daily Tele-
oranh's Vienna correspondent says. Most
sr%,avorahle news has been received In
,oticiaI quarters from Macedonia The In
sur,sctionary feeling is increasing. and
suspicious movements are neins mace
along the Bulgarian n Montenesran
frontiers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
rditor shot and Killed.

MARYvILLE. Mo. April s.-Frank
crifin. editor OF the Daily Review, was
shot and killed to-day by C.. G. Jesse.
The trouble was over some r~eisieaee
Was one OF the best known characters iii
Northern MISSOURI ---
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09

LONDON. April Sit IL announced that
Great Britain will formally occupy. ner
new territory of Kow Loon. adjoining
Hongkong. on April nth
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
cuI,a md PORTO Rico.

industrial Cuba" Is bulky and inter-
esting volume of information on the COM
mercial and industrial conditions in the
Pearl OF the Antilles" compiled by Rob-
ert p. Porter. Mr.. Porter backs his state
ments with the testimony of some FIVE
hundred persons who may reasonably be
considered authority on some branch of
business in the island. There are x
maps in the book. and more than half a
hundred illustrations.
OF course, in a work of this kind, sta
tis,ics pure and simple occupy a great part
of the book. But here and there are pithy
suggestions regarding the development OF
the resources of the island, which should
be OF general interest. Here, for instance,
are some remarks on the public works
nedeed in Havana:
Tie public works needed in Havana are sewers
pavements, q new sarghtsrhouse, buildings foi
the police, FIRE, and health departments, and new
hospitals The new sewage gas ant
water pipes. tramways, and paving Of Havana
should all be done at one time II a general plar
Of this sort were inaugurated the streets coulc
be taken at time and finished II SHOULD
be borne In mind that this sort of work cannot
be done "a il is done In American cities, by rea
pon Of the fact that the streets are 50 narrow
that 20 pull part Of them up and leave any room
Tor traffic is impossible. Added 10 this the paw
Ing which should be done III Havana IL NOR,
hks masonry work than ordinary paving, beeaas'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

'Don't YOU hear the bugle soundin', Trooper
Jackson?
Come, shake yourself! There's trouble down
ahead!
With lot O. Texas rum they're a-nakin' mat
She's a.tootin' boots an saddIes.' Out o bedi
They're ayeIlin' like the devil down the canyoni
handsome lot Of able-bodied Utes-
An the orders is, to rip 'em,
An to slash em. an to nip EN-.
So jump along and tumble in your boots.'
Oh! The ride was wild an DARN down the bot
Just sixty men where ten troops should ave
Not tremble not quiver. as they dashed along
the river
At the howlin' horde of undiluted sin!
Like a Transfers whip the guidons were a.
snappin',
Ny God! The Indians numbered ten to one!
Through the blindin' rife fame
They kept a-ridn just the same,
With Odd Glory in the van a-leadin' on.
Like catapult they hit 'em in the middle.
While the traders powder tore its dirty way,
An the Aamin' sheets o hell seorched their
tunics they fell,
And their yellow plumes were crimson from the
But the orders was to give 'em ''chastisin -
With sixty men where ten troops should ave
But they done it just the samei
And they never thought TO blame,
With the forty dead an dyin' carried in.
''Here's to you. eussin', fghtin', Trooper jack
son!
Here's to you for the glory that you won!
Twas a sashin, dashin' ride when You crossed
the Great Divide,
But you done it as | like to see il done.
Your photographs a-hangin' in the barrack,
An your sabre ornaments the Colonels hall.
When your bugIe sounded taps
Then YOU won your shoulder-straps
An you'll wear EN- at the final grand recall -
Thomas Edward Grafton
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
The Songs OF whstc wi.teria.

The decks Of the red.brown junk were wet with
the whipping spray,
The stranng sails filed tense with the winds Of
breaking day.
Far up in the bows Of the boat o-Shiroi-Fugi-
san,
My White wisteria blossom futtered her pretty
fan,
And lifting her voice in hymn to the excellent
Sent ringing over the water its ancient and holy
slaves.
In the wake of our junk there followed beauti-
full white seabird.
Which rose when the hymn was finished and
caught up the final word
Caught up the last faint note the geisha's lutte
set free.
And bore them echoing from him over the In
land Sea.
Then after the winged robber the angry breezes
sped.
As over the chasing wave-crests skimming the
foam he fed
Onward we slowly swept to the dip and throb
Nearer and nearer still to the tea-house on the
shore.
While tender White wisteria crooned in my
charmed car
Quaint little minor tunes with meanings sad and
dear.
Forget not, Foreign Love, the aeeting love of
hour;
The bud, the burst, the bloom, and the fading
away of a hower.'
Ethel Morse. in Lesie's Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

sketches and some portraits of Thacker-
avs forefathers. The most interesting of
the portraits is a reproduction of water
color of Chimney, painted in 1914, and
presenting the Thackeray family-Rich-
mond Thackeray and his wife, and their
son, William Makepeace, at the age of
sketch. Mr.. Thackeray, very thin and
long-legged. is seated in a chair. His son
used to say that had his father really been
of the figure here portrayed, he would
have been about nine feet high when
standing. Mrs. Thackeray, in the quaint
and picturesque dress of the time, is stand
ing by a table, and the little William, sit
ting on a pile of big books, clasps his
mothers neck and looks out upon the
world with the same merry, shrewd, and
placid face which we see in his later por-
traits. New York: Harper O. Bros. S1.I5
per volume
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
4 Look Into the Gulf.

l looked one night and the Semiramis
With all her mourning doves about her head,
Sat rocking ancient road OF Hell,
Wthercd and eyeless, chanting 10 the moon
Snatches of song they sang to her of old
Upon the lighted roofs OF Nincyeh.
And then her voice rang out with rattling laugh:
1.-THE buglcs! They CRYING hack again
Buglcs that broke the nights Of Babylon
And then went crying through Nineveh.
Stand back. We trembling messengers OF i'll!
Women. let go my hair! / am the Queen.
A whirlwind and a blaze Of swords to quell
lnsurgent cities. Let the iron tread
OF armies shake the earth. Look, lofty towers!
Assyra goes by upon the wind."
And so she habhles by the ancient road,
While cities turned to dust upon the earth
Rise through her whirling brain to live again
Babies all night and when her voice is dead
Her weary lips beat on without n sound.
Edwin Markham.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
Living.

To-day" / thought 81 viii not plan nor strive;
Idle as yon blue sky, or clouds that 20
Like lettering ships, with sails as white as
snow,
I simply will be glad to be alive"
For year by year. in steady summer glow
The flowers had doomed and life had stored
its hive,
But tasted not the honey. Quite to thrive,
The favor OF NV thrift l now would know.
But the good breeze blew in a iriend-a boon
At any hour There book to show,
A gift to take, 4 slender one 10 give,
The morning passed to mellow afternoon,
And that to twilight; it was sleep-time soon
And 10! again l had forgot TO live.
Edward Rowland SILL
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
The Country Life.

Mine be the country life. content
With the mild ways that shepherds went,
Who by a stream cut reeds and blew
The country's praises in the dew.
To drive my silly sheep to feed
On the sweet heritage OF the mead;
Through all the sunny hours, and then
To fold them in to sleep again.
To know my fOcks to love my lambs,
All the sweet babies and their dams,
Aud see them leap to hear my call
From the sweet morn TO eyenfall.
Or by some pleasant riverside.
To watch my kline stand dewy-eyed,
Grateful to him who brings to pass
The Hlied water and sweet grass.
Or 'twixt the handles of pillow,
Upon some purple upland brow
To follow streaming steeds and see
Gods beauty writ on hill and lea.
This is the rustic's lot of bliss,
Which he Of towns shall daily miss,
To see Gods rainbow mercy bridge
The high heaven and the mountain ridge
My shepherd dog upon my knee
His head shall rest for company,
In hours Of leisure, and shall keep
My wandering kline and straying sheep.
Shall taste my drink and share my bread,
Milk from the kline myself had fed;
Oat-cake and butter, golden dyed
As honey that my bees provide.
To market at the peep Of day
Ny way would wend with corn and hay,
But sell harmless, JOYOUS life
To cry against the butchers knife.
Be mine to foster life instead.
Bid life to leap on hill and mead.
His humble image, who once said:
"Let there be life and life was made.
Mine be the country way Of peace,
To tend material earth's increase;
The suns child, and the winds grown mild
With tender mercies for their child.
-katherine lyman.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
The Making of n Hero.

can give you prescription that will always
make hero;
Go and get fuliaedged lover and reduce his
hopes to zero;
Get man who loves woman with devotion
pure and steady,
Let the woman Ego back on him. and your hero
is all ready.
Now, Just turn him loose and watch him; see,
old Cerberus. he crnges
See. the red-hot gates are beaten from their solid
bTazen hinges,
And hell's blue platinum standards he is sab'ring
into fringes;
And he's dealing harsh percussion, with vio-
ence volcanic,
On the hacked and battered helmet of His Maj
esty Satanic.
Who calls wildly on his squadrons that are
erumbling into panic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
The Deserted House.

Lo the spirit has fed. and only the casket is left
In its emptiness herel
OF voices and feet, Of laughter and sorrow be-
reft,
There remains to us-fear!
throw,
Flooding chambers to gold,
The silence will breathe OF 4 past that We may
know;
IT'S tale that is told
Much more when the moon is hallowing wood
land and hill
Shall we start at each sound;
At the whirr Of a moth, at a mouse, our heart
will stand still
In the silence profound.
In a mirrors pale gleam we shrink from an awe
stricken face.
And we strain sharpened ears;
But it's haunted alone by the ghosts OF days
dead is this place,
With their laughter and tears.
F B. Devotion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
CURRENT VERSE.
From the German of keller.

My hope, as OF as sunrise giows,
Springs up renewed undying;
And, hower-like, can never close
TIL night comes, Softly signing.
Then wearied sleep in shadow deep
Awhile comes gently DER it.
Until the nom, its tryst TO keep.
To Consciousness restore it.
fes, hope is strength that cannot die.
Bat onward fights forever,
True blood-whereun all men rely
A strong and silent river
Tonight no sleep on freedoms ways
Our fighting host shall cumber,
While wakeful. with morn's vanguard rays
The winds awake from slumher
The Marques of Lorne, in Pail Mall Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

81 may not love thee May not!'' but do;
This is my title to the crown OF love-
title which each heart beat doth renew
A title ancient as the stars above.
az may not love thee" 'Niay not.' but must
When Natures mightiest forces are at play,
The ship, o'ermastered by the whirling gust,
Forgets its course and wanders far astray.
81 NAV not love thee" 'May mott" but will:
My soul leaves thine and glories in loves name
Itself It's arbiter of good and i'll
Itself the well-spring of its ardent fame.
l may not love thee, my Beloved but still
Love thee do, l must, ! ever will.
EDMOND HOLMES.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

In undertaking to deal with native life in
India, already so wildly described by Kip
ling. Mr.. w. A. Fraser seems rather bold;
and his audacity becomes still more appa-
rent when 1t is found that In his little book
of short stories, The Eye of a God" he has
also written of the American Indian,
Blackfoot and Creek. But after reading the
book the reader will be likely to admit
that anyone who can write as well as Mr..
Fraser may tell all the tales he chooses
about India, were it already mapped out
by twenty Kiplings.
There are only half dozen stories in the
book, four of them East Indian and two
American. The one which gives its title
TO the collection would make fairly good
play had it been presented in that form,
and the same is true of the second tale
king for a Day." 1t would not be unwise
for this author to turn his attention to
playwriting as an experiment, If nothing
more. His work in the line of romance
is certainly dramatic in the extreme.
"Djalma" is a story OF love and the race
course-principally the latter. His Pass
Port" is a somewhat more subtle study of
native life. God and the Pagan deals
with an adventure of a mission priest
among the Blackfoot Indians, and THE
Conversion of Sweet-Grass" is a capital
little biography oil an lnQlan cnieI, nut
must be said to be slightly disappointing
in its denouement.
Altogether THE Eye of a God" is the
best OF the stories, both in conception and
execution. The picture of an English civil
officer being worshiped as a god by
priests who secretly long to dissect him,
on account of a sacred jewel which has
supposedly been shot into his anatomy
from the gun of a dacoit is one OF the
quaintest recently presented in any work
of fiction. Mr.. Fraser should continue
writing these tales as long as his destiny
permits. (New York: Doubleday & Nc
Clure Company. SLED
THE Awakening" by Kate Chopin, is a
story of the Creole life OF New Orleans
by writer who has already gained some
reputation In picturing Louisiana scenes
and characters. Her Bayou Folks" was
one OF the most fascinating books lately
written about region full of possibilities
to the maker of fiction. Her most recent
book is more ambitious. being a novel, and
evidently written with some sort OF a pur-
pose.
Just what that purpose is, the average
reader will be puzzled to know; but 1t is
quite evident that the book was not writ
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

Could not typewriter be invented which
would print the notes in music for the use Of
musical composers and copyistsi ". ". c.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

There is such a machine. the invention
of Frank Vim, of Worcester. Mass. Il
has forty-tour keys, nine being for num-
erals and the others for notes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

1.-THE King and Queen of Mollebusch," a
folk-tale of Georg Ebers, is for the
first time offered to the English reading
public by Brown & Co, Boston. The trans
lation is made by Mary ]. Stafford. 1t is to
be illustrated with full-page half-tones
after the German
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

'Zack," the new writer whose book,
Life Is Life" caused so much comment
in England. is now in Italy and is writing
a novel which will be published in the au-
tumn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25
NOTES AND QUERIES.

When did the Civil War stamp taxes begin and
endf J. D. C.
They began July l. 1862 and later were
increased. They ended March 8. 1883.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

new novel by Benjamin Swift "Siren
City" will depict a phase of the conflict
between puritanism and paganism. Mr..
Swift is at present engaged on history Ct
Italy in the Middle Ages
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

"a Little Legacy by Mrs. L. B. Wal
ford. is book of amusing little tales, of
no very great depth of sentiment or intri-
cacy of plot, but presenting a fairly good
picture of the English middIe-class life of
today, with its reverence for rank, its
concern for money, its respect for all kinds
of conventions, and its general fresh and
wholesome tone. The book is daintily
bound in blue, and would make a pleasing.
addition to the library of almost any young
girl. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co. 10
cents.)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

The question is rather vague one. but
II may be generally stated that projectiles
for the modern rapid-fire gun require
about half their weight in powder to FIRE
them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

earp2 N. C. l.
1t is supposed to be Asia The fish made
age.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

How much powder is needed to FIRE shot
from modern rapid-dre guni T. c. IL.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-25

"The Foreign Policy of the United
States; Political and Commercial" is an
impartial discussion of present-day ques-
tions which will be of interest to every
thoughtful student of our national affairs.
The book is a collection of addresses and
papers brought out by the recent meeting
of the American Academy of Political and
Social Science.