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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
The AIger Relief Board.
lRaltimore AmerIcan.)

II Is reported from Washington That the
War Investigating Commission has agreed
upon its report, aud that the latter VIII
fully Justify the popular impression or IT'S
aims and purposes-in other words that
the name given 70 it by the public, The
Alger Relief Board" is peculiarly appro-
pirate. Everybody has been acquitted by
tho board except Generals Miles ana
breckenridge. II is not stated whether
they have been convicted Of arson or
DEMONSTRATING. though their offence may
possibly be that they dared to protect the
army OF the United States against the
evils of maladministration. The board
has never shown sincere desire TO get
at the truth OF the charges, and was
probably not organized for that purpose
It's efforts throughout have seemed TO be
10 protect the War Department from the
consequences OF its own incompetency,
and 10 badger or reject al witnesses who
might throw any light upon the questions
at issue.
without any authority or reason II con-
verted itself into the champion or the
hackers. and thereby cast an unneces-
sary suspicion upon valuable industry.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
The Fools and Their Cash.
Baltimore AmericaI)

After several exposures and the final
OF the counsel in the
case. there seems TO be no longer the
remotest doubt that the secret OF the
Keely motor was all hid in concealed
pipes and wires which the inventor
operated with ease and success. IL was
a mysterious force as FAR as the pro-
moters were concerned. but Keely knew
IL all. and probably enjoyed the duplicity.
II is only a difference OF degree IN the
thousands q schemes which captivate
the thoughtless and wheedle from their
rockets dollars that ought TO be en-
ployed for better things. Ever since
Barnum said people like TO be hum
plugged. and many years before that, in
fact. the same old game of folly has been
played. People with money rush for
great profits, ignoring the line OF safety.
They support mysteries, vainly imagining
that the unknown IS destined 20 be more
profitable than the known. We are Wit
Messing it now I'm the enormous specula-
lions. We shall see IL again after this
boom has taught its lessons In its dis
asters.
Kelly was one OF the greatest hum
hugs of his kind. but he represented the
large class who live by their wits of OF
credulous persons. The fool and his cash
are soon parted. and probably il Is well.
II there were fewer fools there would be
less interest I'm the world.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
CArARRH OF STOMACH.
a Pleasant. simple. Hut Safe and En-
fectuaI Cure for IL.

@atarrh of the stomach has long been
The usual symptoms are a full or bloatlng
sensation after eating. accompanied some
times with sour or watery risings, for
nation Of gases. causing pressure on the
heart and lungs and difficult breathing;
headaches, tickle appetite, nervousness.
ana general played out, languid feeling
There is often foul taste i'm the mouth.
coated tongue and II the interior of the
stomach could be seen it would show a
Shiny, inhamed condition.
The cure Of this common and obstinate
trouble is found in treatment which
causes the food to be readily, thoroughly
digested before IL has time 10 ferment and
irritate the delicate mucous surfaces of
the stomach. To secure a prompt and
healthy digestion Is the one necessary
thing TO do and when normal digestion
is secured the catarrhal condition will
have disappeared.
According to DR.. HarlansOn, the safest
and best treatment is 10 use after each
meal tablet composed Of Diatase. Asep-
tic Pepsin. a little Nux, Golden Seal. and
fruit acids. These tablets can be found at
all drugstOres under the name of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, and not being a patent
medicine can be used with perfect safety
and assurance that healthy appetite and
thorough digestion Will follow their regu-
lar use after meals.
Mr.. y. j. Booker. Of 27i0 Dearborn
street. Chicago. ILL.,, writes: "Catarrh IS
a local condition resulting from a neglect
cd cold In the head whereby the lining
membrane Of the nose becomes inhamed
and the poisonous discharge therefrOm
passing backward into the throat reaches
the stomach thus producing catarrh of
the stomach Medical authorities pre-
scrlbed for me for three years for catarrh
Of stomach without cure. but to-day |
am the happiest of men after using only
one box of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
/ cannot find appropriate words 10 express
my good feeling / have found flesh, APP
petite. and sound rest from their use"
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest
preparation as well as the simplest and
most convenient remedy for any form OF
Indigestion. catarrh Of stomach. bilious
ness sour stomach, heartburn. and bloat-
ing after meals.
Send for little book mailed free, on
| stomach troubles, by addressing Stuart
/ Company Marshall, Mich The tablets
! can be found at all drugstores.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
LAST OF THE BARONs.
PecuIinrities of Sir Henry HAWKINS
who Has Just Retired.
CNew York Sum

Sir Henry Hawkins, the English Judge
who has just resigned at the age OF 81
was the last of the barons, although ne
only held the title for one day. In 1876
Mr. Hawkins was appointed by the crown
as successor to Baron Blackburn ana
the Court Circular named him Baron
Hawkins but the next day TINS was COZ
rected on the ground that the law barohs
had been extinguished by the Judicature
act. Accordingly. Justice Hawkins be-
came, by the usual ceremony OF knight
hood, Sir Henry Hawkins.
The former Judge had no sympathy
with offenders, and If ever he allowed
mitigating circumstances TO influence him
he invariably apologized for his lenity-
In the great Tichborne trial he was re-
tanned for the prosecution, and II mas
been said that he was rewarded Tor MS
conduct Of that case, and that he would
never have been a judge had 1t not been
for the strange influence the opponents
Of the claimant possessed over the gov
ernment Sir Henry's tastes were PIE
bian. his companions men who frequent
ga fbe lowest kind of sport. and his most
faithful friend savage dog Whlch ac-
COMMANDED him everywhere much TO the
onn6vance of high sherifs and brother
Judges. -.,... OF.
Returning from an EPSON meeting, Sir
Henry close-cropped and flashlly dressed
was once surrounded at railway station
bv a gang Of roughs, who had designs
ON his watch and pOcket-bOok. Dit henry
thinking that he might be recognized uy
some of them. one Of whom he especially
remembered having sentenced some time
previously, raised his hat and salu' GU
don't seem 10 recognize who am. Inc
.Iudpe smiled as he waited the reply. eA-
meeting TO hear the disguised ejaculation
",Awkinsr" But he was disappointed
for the rufIian, in tones of disgust muir
INJURED. "Oh. Lor', a bloOmin' prize-hght-
or" and left his Lordship free from fur
Their mOlcstation.
A prisoner who had just been sentenced
IN seven years penal servitude eXcldimed'
"Oh. my Lord, I'll never I'VE man the
time" Hawkins took another look al
him and answered: II don't think II Is al
an advisable, or desirable, that you
should e..,,.,.
on another occasion the usual formallty
was gone through of asking prisoner
who had been found guilty If he had any
thing 10 say. The man, striking inca
trical posture. and with his right arm III
the air exclaimed: MAY the Almighty
strike me dead if | don't speak the truth
am innocent OF this crime Justice
Hawkins said nothing for a minute pu'
stood glancing at the clock, and then, III
his most impressive manner, said. since
the Almighty has not thought well TO IN
torvene, | Will now proceed 70 pass SEN
tfpQar
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES.
Professor Woodward Talks OF 'he
MnnipuIatjons Of Cards ana Dice'

New YORK IlmeS)
Professor Robert :. Woodward, OF Co
umbia University, lectured on THE Doc
trire Of Chances" last night to the mem
hers of the Department of Mathematics
Of the BROOKLYN Institute of Arts and
Sciences in the Young Mems Christian
Association lecture-room, Brooklyn.
He said that a study Of the Theory OF
Probabilities" as il is known to mathe-
maticians. would be Of great assistance
TO many people IN making calculations
and to illustrate he cited the prob1Dlll-
ties for certain occurrences IN games Oh
chance,
The probabilities are, he said, that in
throwing two dice, two skies. two aces
or any other pair on the dice viii turn
IN If least once I'm twenty-five throws.
If one wishes 10 draw the ace or 5pades
from an ordinary deck of ffty-two cards
the probabilities are that he will get it at
least once I'm l4 trials. These two state
ments he proved by mathematical equa-
lions on a blackboard.
The lecturer also asserted that the
chances against whist player drawing
thirteen cards of one suit IN a game were
635 Ol3 5000 to l. but he did not work
ont the problem. lie said il had been
worked out by others, and he would take
their word for IL.
A sailor, he said. believes that horse
shoe on board ship will insure safe
voyage. but the chances will be much
more favorable with a good sailing mas
ter and a staunch craft Many people,
he said, always are in fear Of accident
when riding on "a railroad train, but the
chances for accident there are less than
i'm an old-fashioned stage. One who
-. fa.g hi loo a
cident In railroad travel always takes a
seat near the middle Of the car at the
right side, and chooses a Pullman in pref
eronce TO an ordinary coach, for the
probabilities Of accident there are at the
minimum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
NEWPORT NEWS TO FRANCE.
Talk OF n Line of steamships-A Rob-
bery-Ilrsefs.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, January 81.
(Special)-It is stated on good authority
that a new steamship line will shortly De
established between Newport News and
Havre. or Rouen, France. No particulars
can be obtained now, but IL IL believed
that the United States Shipping Company
may handle the local end Of the business.
This line. IL IS expected. will assist great
" in developing a large cotton export
trade from Newport News. Rouen is the
cotton manufacturing centre OF France,
and the material can be easily shipped
from Havre or carried all the way up tho
crooked Seine TO the manufacturing city.
In this connection II Is understood that
the two large Chesapeake and ONO
steamships that are now building, and are
expected 10 start for Newport News in
short while, will also carry an immense
cotton shipment from Newport News TO
Liverpool
Katie Murphy. young white woman,
died this morning from the effects OF an
ounce OF carbolic acid, which she drank
yesterday at noon.
MIR. Calvin h. circuit president OF the
Newport News ShD-Building and Dry
Dock Company. and also president OF the
Old Dominion Land Company, arrived III
the city to-day from New York. inc ma
ture OF Mr.. Orcutt's visit Is not known.
Mr.. r. 4. Williams to-day sold to MT
G. G. Guvernator. OF Richmond. the val
liable property al the corner OF Washing
ton avenue and Twenty-tlfth street, the
consideration being $1,000.
Jack Davis IS under arrest hefe, charged
with robbing a well-known Norfolk man.
whose name is being kept secret by inc
| police. In Bartons Theatre last night. the
| visitor lost n gold watch and chain valued
| at $50 and about so In money
The new six-story Silsby building viii
be started about the middle OF February.
| This will be one OF the finest oihce build
ings I'm Virginia, and win cost about So
co., Mr.. Silsby, who was formerly In the
| stock-brokerage business In Washington,
| IS having the building put up for himself,
! and will see that he gets what he wants.
He has decided to have black spockled
| buff brick. with granite front up 20 the
second floor. The building Will be oppo-
! site the handsome Citizens and Marine
Bank building.
Captain c. Booker Jones. who accident
ally shot himself yesterday, Is resting as
easily as can be expected at Dixie Hospi-
! tai
a gentleman I'm this city to-day received
| n telegram from Mr.. w. NJ. COPPER. the
local correspondent OF Porterfleld q Co,
who IS in Washington. to the effect that
| the brokers will pay 50 cents on the dol
lar Of their Indebtedness 10 patrons.
disappointment c. f.. Doyle, OF
| the Chesapeake and Ohio, arrived In the
/ city to-day from Richmond on business,
/ i'm connection with the road.
Captain w. n. Cooksey, superintendent
| OF the floating property OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio, left this morning for Cincin-
natl.
The British steamship Thornley,, which
was damaged by going ashore off the
coast OF Mexico, and was towed TO Balu-
more. arrived here to-day at noon from
that city for repairs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
"EMBALMED BEEF" AT SEA.
DIR. Cooke Suggests That Ment sup.
piled to Our Soldiers Was Ancient.


To the Editor OF the New York Herald:
A moderately extensive experience as
ships surgeon I'm the British merchant
marine enables me TO make a slight addi-
ton 10 the literature OF "cmbalmed beer
which may be OF interest at this time.
The preservation of beef by means OF
boracic and salicylic acids as described
i'm to-day's Herald. is not an especially
novel process, and has been employed
for a number OF years by those VINO
cater TO the appettes OF the man before
the mast, and his even more unfortunate
brothers, the fireman, coal-passer, and
trimmer.
am not speaking Of sailing vessels or
TRAMP" steamers, but of the ships De-
longing TO one OF the largest steamship
lines in the world, making regular trips
between the great seaports OF the gloDe.
n Is common belief on board these ships
that the meat furnished TO the sailors
and firemen has been three years IN the
stores OF the British navy. after when
IL has been sold at auction to the highest
bidder. re-rubbed with boracic acid, ana
resold TO the commissary department or
the great steamship line.
IL n is not used up within year OF so
# Is again sold, bought up by smaller
lines. tramp steamers. and so FORM ana
eventually finds its way into the galleys
of whalers and similar sailing eratt.
( have seen many n cask OF meat on
board a transatlantic steamer bearing
Tie marks OF Alden. Calcutta, BOMBAY,
Kurachee. Melbourne San Francisco ana
other ports and giving ample evidence OF
being at least three or four years IN
casks. during which time IL had travelled
nretty much all over the world. anu
have ordered many such casks thrown
overheard Meat preserved In thls way
"a as a rule. after several years, hard ana
firm when cut. and looks very much Ike
ordinary corned beef. II IL is very old
IL becomes green or even black around mo
bone. and the bone becomes SOFT ana
cbalky, so that II may be gouBSd OUT
with a penknife or even with tne hnse
nail In spite OF these changes, the meat
remains perfectIy odOrless. 1 know mo-
tbbg OF the taste. The men. as rule,
,oaLo no objection 10 this sort or fare,
and eat II with apparent relish, unless IL
has changed color But then they fetuss
IL absolutely. but solely on that account.
FOR IL is stu firm and solid and without
| odor a.
The question suggests itself whether u
meat that Is three or four years olo ~
SIN eatable and nourishing 10 men who
are accustomed 20 It, It must not hare
been AZ least fairly palatable 10 indiyid-
nails not over fastidious and willing TO
rough e, more or less, when II was nrst
prepared.
And this suggests che question as To
how long the meat served 10 ouf men had
been "embalmed" before IL was turned
over 20 the Army Commissary Depart-
ment. Was IL secondhand" beef or
merely "old stock" that had been In ware.
house for two or three years? Rather an
interesting subject 10 look into,
JOSEPH BROWN COOKE, NJ. ID.
No. 2e9 west l3Sth street. New York.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
Limit Election Expenses.
Chicago Record)

The bin introduced I'm the Illinois Legs
lottire for the Limitation OF election eX-
p4nses is one deserving Of careful atten-
ton. 4 well-considered measure on TINS
subject out to be passed nj the present
session. There is mt present no check
upon the amounts which may be spent by
candidates for public office i'm this state.
The amounts so expended are very large
I'm many cases: how large. no one except
the candidate himself can tell. for no pun
lie reports are required. The lact mat
ones opponent may spend such large sums
in order TO be elected Is one Of the things
that keen many men who would make
bieb-class officials from becoming candi-
dates M all. No good and much evil re-
suits from such large expenditures. In
the interest of government by the people
lavish use OF money I'm elections ought TO
be forbidden. for II can only be used TO
circumvent the will of the people by help
ING 10 secure the election OF men VINO
could not win on their merits.
Great Britain took the lead IN enacting
what is known as corrupt practices lesis-
lation. with most beneficial results. Many
American states have followed the eX-
ample with varying degrees Of success
according TO me rightly and wisdom OF the
acts passed II Is time for Illinois 10 nave
some legislation OF this kind. The statutes
Of other states ought 10 be studied and
COMPARED with a view to giving Illinois
one of the most effective acts which can
he framed The legitimate expenses OF
candidate for office, especially for a local
office. such as alderman. for which the eX-
penditures are frequently heavy. should
he very small. indeed. The printing and
distribution OF literature, the hiring OF
halls. and the maintenance Of headquar-
ters comprise about the only objects for
which, money can be legitimatfly expended
II, aiacrfOn campaignS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
THE x-RAy CURES LuNATIC.
Showing the Surgeons why Joseph
Scpic Saw Double.

CHICAGO. January 31.-With a drain
age tube Of rubber replacing an insanity
producing tumor I'm his brain, Joseph
Sepic. butcher. who saw things
double" for many months, is improving
al the Mercy Hospital. where he was a
few days ago the subject Of an opera
ton which is said 10 be unique In the
history Of American medical science. He
came 10 the institution suffering from
suicidal mania. Throbbing headaches
made him believe his skull was being
battered 10 pieces. His case was dag
nosed as the hitherto incurable disease
battered 10 pieces. His case was dag
Of brain tumor. Through the aid OF
skiagraph the tumor or cyst was located
in the brain, just over the right eye.
The operation OF trephining was quickly
performed, and his skull bones were read
iusted and he was left with two inches
OF rubber tubing imbedded as miniature
canal 10 drain away the pus accretions
No more does ne see things double and
the throbbing headaches are gone. The
case has passed the danger point, and in
a few days the tube will be removed from
the PATIENTS head.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01

missioner OF the Revenue; Major Wjiii@m
X. Perrin. tho incumbent, for Treasurer
and believe A. r. Watt, the !neumbens.
for Clerk. and James l.. Taliaferro' ior
commemorative Attorney.
The oyster Industry Is yielding poor re-
turns.
Miss Lily Drummond. OF Norfolk. Is tho
guest Of her friends, the Misses BYRD. at
Whitehall.
Miss Molly J. Seawell has returned from
a visit OF some length In Baltimore.
Miss Emma Beckwith, Of Petersburg
IS visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +. cary.
Miss Hottie c. Jones is visiting friends
I'm Maryland.
Miss Masetta Slinglur Is spending tho
winter in Baltimore.
Mr. Fielding Willis, OF Orange county.
is visiting his sister. Mrs. Charles r..
Cary.
Miss Georgia Seawell viii visit In Baiti-
more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01

The packers did not need any champion.
though II Is possible that some individual
who sold supplies TO the government did.
But. with proper inspection and the right
kind of contracts, this would have been
next 10 impossible, and easily detected
when il occurred. The War Department
was supposed TO be on trial, and the IN
vestigation should have taken this direc-
ton The commission jumped about from
place 70 place with a cut-and-dred pro-
gramme in waiting at each point. Who
prepared the programme cannot be deter
mined but from its character it Is reason
able to infer that It was the work OF
those who were popularity supposed 20 be
under investigation.
The most astonishing thing about the
commissions proceedings was that from
first TO last not a single enlisted man
was called as a witness Commlssary
and inspecting officers and the repre-
sentatives Of packers testified I'm abund-
ance but the private soldier-the only
one who needed protectiOn--was not heard
at all. The officers do not have 20 eat
army rations-in fact. they have 20 pay
for them when they do eat them-but the
private soldier has nothing else. and IS
obliged to consume them or starve; ana
vet. their experiences were not deemed
worthy Of a moments consideration by
this remarkable commission. NOT thdl
there was any lack of evidence There
was an abundance of that offered to the
commission. but IL was aside from the
purpose at which II aimed Sixty officers
reported against the food furnished to
the army but the whole sixty did not
weigh a feathers weight in the estima-
ton of this commission, and sixty times
sixty would have been received with the
same lofty contempt. The report OF the
Alger Relief Board was fully discounted
by the public before a single witness was
examined. 1t has been very unedltylnS
farce, and the sooner 1t sinks into ob-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
Was NOT ABLE TO SIT Up.
| Do Think DR.. Greene's Ner-
yura Does Wonderful Cures.
1 Was Confined To My Bed With
Nervous Prostitution.
| Had Kidney and Heart Trouble, but DR..
Greene's Nervura Cured Me.

Mrs. Elmira ]. lIaskins, Essex, n. Y,
says: 81 do think DR.. Grecne's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy does wonderful
cures, and the simple truth about it is
sufficient to recommend it to all | was
entirely Frustrated and confined to nv
bed by nervous prostration. | was not
able to sit up or TO do anything for about
four weeks. also had Inflammation of
the kidneys and some heart trouble. all
brought on by overwork. My daughter
had been taking DIR. Greene's Nervura and
urged me to try it. procured a bottle
and took 1t, and received so much benefit
from it that got more, until / had used
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
TONS OF HYMN BOOKS.
rbopsand. of Animals skins Use"
for Their Backs.
QIome Magazine

0lOme Magazine
The printing OF the new "Cnurch ny IN. III
oorvp lust issued in connection with me
preebvterian churches Of Scotland, occu-
Mod nine months. Up TO the present time
,9o 10 COPIES Of the book have been put
10 nress. For this 800 tons Of paper were
required. which. IL divided into strip SIX
inches wide. would just 20 round the
world No fewer than thirty-slX OK the
most modern machines have been en-
gagged simultaneously on this Work. 10
nrepare 10000 musical copies alone LOT
sewing necessitates than five and halt
million sheets should be folded separately
by hand. -. 40
The skins OF 1922 animals have been re-
ouired for the backs only Of copies in one
or the many styles OF binding in which
the book has been issued; the sides IN
this case. were covered with cloth. Great
care was taken to secure accuracy but
some corrections had TO be made as the
hook proceeded. In one case 4DOoO copies
mad 10 be hand-stamped with an ex-
preston mark p) The publishers FIRST
nrlnted 10000 copies in all, but so great
has been the demand that. within three
weeks of publication. fresh issues were
called for. one bookseller In Glasgow.
who had ordered $4,000 worth. sold El'oOo
worth in one week.