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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
BROOM, SHOVEL, AND PICK.
The Snow f. Rapidly Disappearing
from the Streets-Fuel for Poor.

Broom. shovel, and pick. III the hahus
OF willing workers, did wonders towards
the removal Of snow from the streets OF
Richmond yesterday. The suggestion of
the Dispatch in regard TO the clearing oil
cutters was very generally carried out,
and the result was that the water which
lay on the streets all day Thursday was
drained to the culverts.
The thaw will doubtless continue to-
day, and 1t is expected that the tempera
ture will remain about stationary for the
next twenty-four hours. The melting
snow has caused much damage to build
ings through leaking roofs, notably in
the cases OF ST. PauPs church and the
Jefferson Hotel. The most alarming
feature Of the storm, or It's after effects.
is the river food, which theatened last
night to establish a record as the most
violent and disastrous food that has
occurred here i'm recent years.
Trains are now running on schedule
time, and the car service has been vastly
improved. The Traction Company got
its Oakwood line in operation yesterday
afternoon.
The markets are reasonably well
stocked. and the panicky prices for food
have been reduced very nearly TO normal
limits.
TO RELIEVE THE BLOODHOUND.
The work among the poor of the city
continues with unabated vigor, and as an
instance of the limtless resources of the
Citizens Relief Association stands the
fact that boats have been purchased
and hired i'm order that provisions may
be carried TO families who have been
driven TO take refuge in the upper stories.
Richmond was cut off from communica-
ton with the North yesterday morning
by the collapse OF wires, but the repairs
were promptly made and everything was
in working order last night.
The pOst-office is still flooded with be-
lated mail, and officials generally, and
the members OF the Council Committee
on Relief of the Poor i'm particular. have
done everything in their power TO relieve
the present condition.
DISTRIBUTION OF COKE.
The Council Committee on Relief Of the
Poor met at the Office Of the chairman,
Mr. S. II. Cottrell, yesterday evening at
6 o'clock. and adopted suggestions look
ing to the supplying to-day Of fuel 10
the needy poor of the city 1t has been
estimated that 80 per cent. Of those who
had been relieved were colored people
duu IL was the purpose OF the committee
to relieve. as far as possible. any Of the
suffering white people who We're deserv-
ing Of charity.
After considerable discussion ii was
decided 10 instruct the Superintendent
OF the Almshouse to begin to-day from
A. ". 10 =. NJ. to send out i'm wagons
from the stations established sufficient
quantities of coke to fiji the orders now
I'm his hands no one order TO be more
than two bushels. and that after
o'clock =. NJ. 20 allow the public TO gel
coke from the stations as long as any
can be had, each order to consist of mo-
more than two bushels.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
Lee Camp's Meeting Last Night.

At the meeting Of Lee Camp held last
night "a committee composed OF Messrs.
ID. c. Richardson. J. William Jones. and
j. r. Stratton, was appointed 10 look into
the practicability of securing roster or
the Confederate dead buried in Oakwood
and the Hebrew Cemetery.
DR. J. William Jones and j. Taylor
Stratton were added 20 the Library Conn
mittee. and Mr. u. c. Richardson was
elected chairman OF that committee. with
Mr.. John Boiling secretary. The election
of a librarian was deferred until next
meeting. Dr. Jones contributed several
handsome and valuable volumes to the
library.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
"ENHALMED" BEEF ANALNIED.
Chicago Tribune Experts Find Th"t
Climate Made IL Bad.

CHICAGO. February T.-SampIes OF The
canned beef among soldiers in Porto RICO
and Cuba said 10 be unfit Tor food nave
been chemically analyzed by expert chem
lists employed by the Chicago Tribune.
The result Of these analyses goes TO
show that in the samples submitted there
was no salycillc or boric acid used in pre-
serving the meat. and that the tropical
climate OF cuba and Porto Rico accounted
for its apparently unhtness for food when
opened by the soldiers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
EXCITEMENT At FIRST STATION.
nnrreI OF Lime i'm Cellar Set ON Fire
by Water.

There was considerable excitement at
the First Police Station about 1880 o'clock
last night A barrel Of line in the cellar
Of the station was set on fire by tho
water and soon the flames were spread
ing.
Sergeant Matthews and the officers In
charge discovered the embryonic blszs
and extinguished IL by upsetting the bar
rel. The alarm was not turned IN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
Second Trial of Faync Moore. 2'th'

NEW YORK. February l7-Judge Fur'
man. in the Criminal Branch Of the Su'
preme Court. to-day. set the second IRA
OF Mrs Fayne- Moore. charged win eN'
torting money from Martin Mahon. pro
prietor OF the New Amsterdam Hotel DS
means OF the badger game for MONDAY
February 27th.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
snow Blockade In Shenandoah.

WOODSTOCK. VA. February i7-(Spc-
cial.) l.)-RepOrts from the county are that
a majority Of the roads are blockadcd
with snowdrifts higher than the fences.
thick fee twenty-five inches OF snow
covers the ground on a level. The snow
il melting tonight and very high water
will be the result. Business Is almost at
a standstil. The railroad blockade a. the
longest m the history OF railways I'm tho
Valley
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18

WASHINGTON. February mere
was a pronounced movement In the Sen
ate to-day looking to a compromise on
fhe % army reorganization bill. The move
men, a,oys Who advanced the opinion that
2 GO compromlse was preferable to an ex-
fra session of Congress
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
Niuety-FourtI Hour of Cycle Race

SAN FRANCISCO. February l7.-S:G r..
M.-The end of the ninety-fourth hour
in the six-day bicycle race has been reach
ed The previous record was l,i62
miles and y yards made by Miller. In
1891 at Madison Square Garden, New
York Score Of the five leaders: Miller
l.5727: Gimm. 1888: Aaronson. 1900;
Hale, 1.46l1; Alberts 1853.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
Resumption of Through Freight Ser
Wee to Northern aud Eastern

The Pennsylvania Railroad having re-
moved the blockade. the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad In
now prepared 10 dispatch all freight as
usual 10 and from all points.
w +. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18

AngOstura Bitters Is known as the great
regulator OF digestive organs all over the
world Have 10 I'm your house. ASK for
the genuine article. manufactured by DIR.
J. q b Slegert * Sons.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
m. Grin Cure That Docs Cure.

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La urippe. me
w. 80 has 1, B. @. on each Tablet. sc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18

fact. policy OF concillation will be fol-
lowed at all points in the treatment OF
the natives
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18

April SO. .2l3O' TO 1901 2sSO 225o 1880
.From records. James River Improve
ment office. through c. y. f. Burgwyn.
In 1859 the water at its highest was 80
TO ss inches below the freshet marks or
1917.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
The Weather.

F. WASHINGTON. February H.
lcl 1llIHIForecast for Saturday:
For yirginia--Cloudy and threat
| ening weather; hght, southeriy
winds
For North Carolina-cloudy weather:
probably rain IN southwest portion: light
souihcrly winds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-18
The bridge Intact at 4 4. VI.

The telephone-wires were still I'm ope-
ration at o'clock this morning. show
ing the bridge TO be intact. The water
then seemed 10 be falling a little.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
FRENCH "JACK THE RIPPER"
COMMITTED OVER A SCORE OF
MURDERS.
His Most Prominent Victim, the
Marquis de Villeplaine, Slain
While Walking in
His Park.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PARIS. Dec. 31.-Joseph Vacher, the
French Jack the Ripper" was guillo-
tined at Bourghon- -Bresse, capital OF
the Department of the Ain, this morn
ing. He protested his innocence and
simulated insanity to the last.
Vacher, who was 20 years of age, was
condemned at the October asslzes.
Early in life he Is known to have bru-
tally murdered four boys, six women
and girls and an old widow. Most of
the victims were tending herds, when
Vacher came behind them and cut their
throats.
The crimes of Vacher really sur
passed in number and atrocity those OF
the Whitechapel murderer known as
lack the Ripper" His homicidal
mania first broke out in 1894. In de-
fense of Vacher, it was pointed out that
when a youth he was bitten by a mad
dog, and that the village herbal1st gave
him some medicine, after drinking
which he became irritable and brutal,
whereas he had previously been quiet
and inoffensive. 1t also appears, from
these statements, that from that time
he had a passion for human blood:
The exact number of Vacher's vic
tins will never be known, but, it is said,
tWenty-three aSSdSSlndtlOnS ndQ DeeH
brought home to him in October last,
and the number was added to as time
wore on. In fact, it is doubtful whether
the murderer himself knew the real
number of his victims. He nonchalantly
told the details to the examining Mag1s-
trate as they came back to his mind,
and in each case the investigation fur
nished full corrOboration of Vacher' S
narrative. The bodies were all found
in the places he indicated-in thickets,
or in unused wells. He seems to have
killed merely for the sake of killing.
The most prominent victim of Vacher
was the Marquis de Villeplaine, who
was killed while walking in his park in
the southwestern part Of France, not
far from the Spanish frontier. Vacher
crept up behind him. felled him with a
heavy stick and then cut his throat.
The murderer carried off the coat of
the Marquis and his pocketbook, con-
tanning some banknOtes. He then
sought refuge in Spain.
The boasting of the murderer led to
the detection of number of his crimes
after his arrest. For instance he killed
boy, 16 years of age. named Bully,
near Lyons, in June, 1891 The crime
would not have been discovered but for
the boastings of Vacher. as the lad was
a notorious poacher and chfcken-t thief
and his disappearance created no stir
at a
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
1T Is A MEDICAL
SEA SERPENT STORY
Report of the Transplanting of a
Rabbits Eye Into a Woman's
Head Declared Absurd.

PARIS. Dec. 31-The Daily Mail having
published an account of the surprising
operation successfully performed at Min
neapOlis whereby the eye of rabbit was
transplanted and thus sight restored to
young woman blind for fifteen years. I
asked the opinion of a few leading sur
geons here on the operation. All agreed
that in the present state of scientific
knowledge the reported operation was alb
sOlutely impossible. One said that unless
the details were exaggerated a miracle
had been performed.
DR.. Doyen observed that even if the eve
were successfully transplanted the res
toratiOn of sight would not necessarily
follow. He says it is a sort of medical
sea serpent being a report that reap
pears periodically and always unfortu-
nately without any truth i'm it.
DR.. A. lie Duntu laughed at the idea.
He said il was tried at Clermont Ferrand
some years ago without avail. Perhaps
If the operation had succeeded it would
be necessary, he said, to repeat it every
four years. a rabbits life being so much
shorter than a mans Just as in About )
tale lie Nez du Notaire," wherein law
Yer whose nose had been cut off in duel
and replaced it by a grated piece taken
out of drunkard's arm finds that his
nose grows purple every time the owner
of the arm gets drunk.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

When a young man asks father for his
daughters hand in marriage, if tne father
is wise one, he thinks of one thing equal
ly as important as the young mans morals,
social and business standing and intelli
gence. A young man who suffers from i'll
health has no right to marry until his health
is restored To do so is to commit crime
against the human race. While all diseases
may not be directly inherited, the constitu.
tt1onal tendency to acquire them is inher-
tied. If a man is a consumptive, the
chances are that his children will have
weak, undersized lungs, and a predisposi-
ton to acquire the same disease.
The young man who suffers from bron-
chitis, weak lungs splitting of blood or any
disease of the air-passages which, if neg
lected leads tip to consumption, may take
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with
almost absolute assurance of recovery. It
cures o8 per cent. of all cases when taken
in time. 1t soothes and heals the delicate
and sensitive tissues of the air passages and
lungs, checks the cough facilitates expect
oration, drives out all impurities and dis
ease germs from the tainted blood and
builds new and healthy tissues.
Mr.. John c. Born, of 1910 Liberty Ave. Pitts
burgh Pa, writes; Some thirty months ago
said to my wife, ! don't want to keep anything
from you, must tell YOU I am IN the last stage
of consumption In December 1896 commenced
taking DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
could then only speak in whispers. have
taken thirteen bottles, and can say with truth
am greatly benefited. People are surprised to
not been as good in eight years My stor1ach
was never in better condition Formerly could
not eat without suffering very much Immediately
after, but non can eat anythi1SH"
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
GILLETT THE CAUSE
OF A BANKS FAILURE
Held the Cattle Plunger's Paper,
Which Caused Run That Could
Not Be Checked.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec 31.-The Central
Savings Bank Of St. Joseph has suspended
business. 1t has gone into voluntary
liquidation. This action is due primarily
to the failure of G.. G. Gillett. the Kansas
cattle plunger. The bank held several
thousand dollars of his paper. The sum
was not really large enough to do the in
stitution even temporary injury. but when
the fact became known public depositors
were frightened and started run. This
was three weeks ago. The directors tenn
porarily closed re-established confidence
and resumed business after two days.
Patrons continued Withdrawals, however
and the death of Louis Hax. the million
are president of the bank, on December
%, brought matters to a crisis. Secretary
of State Lessar was here to-day and held
a conference with. the directors. Applica-
ton was made for a receiver to Judge
Woodson, in chambers. and he appointed
Milton Tootle Jr., president of the Tootle-
Lemon Bank.
The directors state that dollar for dol
lar will be paid. The capital stock of the
Central Savings Bank is $4,000. and the
deposits aggregated 100000, largely owned
by Wage-earnerS
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

experiment similar to the one betrayed
i'm Cuba. Prince George of Greece, VINO
vas formally installed this week as
HIGH commissioner of the powers, seems
To anpreciate the fact that he mas an
opportunity to advance the prestige oL
Greece as we'll as his own personaI
nrestige. He has begun to rule with
an iron hand. The Prince Ioulu tile
island honeycombed with religious and
political factions, each threatening out
RACES upon its enemies. He quickly
ordered the soldiers to adopt drastic
measures and announced that he would
suppress disorder even if he had to turn
the whole island into barracks. HIS
policy and Christian rule are so dis
tasteful to the Moslems that they are
leaving in droves and there is pros
pect that the island will soon be popu-
lated solely by Christians and that 1t
will enjoy a prosperity hitherto un-
known to 1t.
The projected maritime canal through
Nicara qua and Costa Rica has been the
subject of informal conferences be-
tween cabinet ministers and diplomats
during the holiday week and the results
confirm the forecast cabled to the AS
sociated Press that the British Gov
ernment favors the canal being built
by the United States, with guarantees
of it's neutrality in case of war. The
negotiations on the subject are not be-
ing hurried. They have hardly passed
beyond personal exchanges of views be-
tween representatives of the two gov
ernments. But they are expected to
proceed smoothly to conclusion salts
factory to the American supporters of
the canal project.
The Rothschilds, acting chiefly on
the advice of John Hays Hammond, the
American engineer who was in prison
sentenced to death and subsequently re-
prieved and released on the payment of
a heavy fine for connection with the
johannesburg troubles at the time of
the Jameson raid, have entered into
gold mining on the west coast of
Africa, which they believe to be one of
the greatest fields.
They have sent a force of engineers
there under the leadership of a young
Californian named Hoffman, and pros
pecting will be conducted on scientific
basis Hammond predicts that Africa's
gold output next year will be 800, ,000.-
900, which is said TO be far beyond Cali
fornia's high water mark.
Mr.. Chamberlain, Secretary of State
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER
REMAINS OF MORRILL,
Impressive Ceremonies in the Senate
Chamber Witnessed by Many
Prominent Persons.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.-Funeral serv-
fees over the remains of the late Senator
Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont were held in
the United States Senate chamber at
noon They were conducted with impress
sive dignity in the presence of a distin-
gushed assemblage, including the Presi-
dent end Vice President, members of the
Cabinet Justices of the Supreme Court,
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress, the Speaker of the House and rep
resentatives of the army and navy and Of
the diplomatic corps, as well as of a con-
course of private citizens, who took this
means of testifying the affectionate re-
gard in which Mr.. Morrill, was universally
held
Early in the day the remains were borne
from the family residence on Massachu-
setts avenue to the Capitol. There was no
service at the house, and the funeral cor
tege to the Capitol was simple and for
NAL. Arriving there. the casket was car
ried direct to the Senate chamber and
deposited in the semicircle area immedi-
ately in front of the presiding officer s
desk.
1t was l o'clock when the ceremony
concluded and the President and Cabinet
led the way past the casket, taking final
look at the calm, silent face. and then
retired. The casket remained in the Sen
ate chamber, where it will be left unit;
borne to the train tomorrow morning
en- route to Montpelier, VT.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
HONORS FOR
TWO CHICAGO
ASTRONOMERS
Barnard and Burn
ham Fortunate.
WORTH RECOGNIZED ABROAD
ELECTED TO THE ROYAL ASTRo-
NoMICAL SOCIETY.
Formerly Stationed at Mount Hamil-
ton, Where Their Researches
Attracted Wide
Attention.
WORTH RECOGNIZED ABROAD
ELECTED TO THE ROYAL ASTRo-
NoMICAL SOCIETY.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-Two Chicago as
tronomers have just been elected asso-
ciate members Of the Royal Astrono-
mical Society of Great Britain. The
honors come too. in the form of holi-
day presents. They are Professor b.
Z. Barnard of Yerkes Observatory and
Professor 5. w. Burnham of the Uni
versity of Chicago. The honors thus re
ceived by Professors Barnard and
Burnham are very high, and longed for
by all who study the stars, inasmuch
as the associate members, elected by
the Royal Society, are severely limited
In number.
In this case the distinguished recogni-
ton came to men who have been for
many years companions in pleasant
labor in the fields of science. They
have known each other and called each
other friend for many years, and on
Christmas day, when they met in the
spacious library and work room of
Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva,
each handed TO the other his Christ
mas gift.
Professor Barnard, though still a
comparatively young man, is one of the
foremost and best known astronomers
in. the country. if not in the world,
and has been, in common with Profes-
-sOr- Burnham, for many years a fire.
quent and valued correspondent of the
.BOyal Astronomical Society. The pa
pers of both, contributed to the society
from time to time, have attracted wide
attention from the world of science.
. Professor Barnard several years ago
was the associate of Professor Burn
ham at Lick Observatory, Mount Ham
ilton. Cal. He was also, for a time, sta
toned at the observatory at Flagstaff,
Arizona. and his astronomical discov-
cries at both ObserYatories brought him
deservedly into notice in the highest
scientific circles Of this and other coun-
tries. He is now in charge of the
YerlIes Observatory at Lake Geneva.
Professor Burnham has long been a
familiar figure in Chicago. Besides be
the University of Chicago. he is asso-
at the EerkeS Observatory.
The notices received of the election
as associate members of the Royal AS
Economical Society were signed by Sir
William Higgins, foreign secretary of
the society. and read as follows:
ROYAL. ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,
BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, Dec
l0.-Dear Sir. l have the pleasure TO in
form YOU that at a meeting of this soci
ETY.. held yesterday, you were elected an
associate.
The diploma will be sent to you after
receiving seal of the society at the
meeting Of the council In January. Per
NIT me 10 add the expression of my high
personal consideration. l have the honor
TO remain your faithful servant,
WILLIAM HIGGINS,
ion. TOR
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
REV. FATHER MICHAEL WALSH.

~ 31.-The Ange the
the cathedral this taken by of
Father Michael
JWalsh, before o'clock in
residence The who parted
brother before the dawn of another
last night greeted with
pleasant smile and a word of cheer
cathedral Christmas day
Right
Father Walsh
abored his
deaths
after the Christmas service he
led by a his
sound the Angelus
which
Wash The houkeeper
Horror
discovered the
n bed dead
other members of the
invest ion n passing
built electricity
with ordinary
gas jets
other 1t is the belief that when
bed he off the electric
of during he
of closing
During Rev.
awoke Father Walsh murmuring his
thought the priest The died
last Father Brady will hear from the lips
O. beloved colleague
Father Walsh n
associated with Father Hines Wood
land and Father
became bishop
by Bishop will be attended
today churchen
in of the State
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
WATERSHEDS CARRIED
IN A WHITE MANTLE
Heavy Fall of Snow in the Mountains
and Foothills of Shasta
Cn1nfU

REDDING, Dec. 31.-It began showing
here at dusk, the storm coming from the
northwest. 1t is quite cold, with all the
conditions favorable to a heavy snowfall.
In the surrounding mountains snow be-
gan falling earlier in the day. and, unless
there is a sudden change In the tempera-
ture by morning a heavy blanket of "the
beautiful will cover the watersheds with
stored supply of water for the. placer
miners. who have been waiting for two
years for just such visitation. The only
damage that can be inflicted Is to the
stock interests. and it is doubtful If any
losses will be sustained in that direction.
Business men, farmers and miners will
regard tomorrow as a gladstone New
Year.
LOS OLIVOS, Dec. 31.-This morning was
the coldest of the season. the thermOme-
ter registering eleven degrees above. Ice
formed indoors for the first time since
1887. The wind was from the southeast
to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
DARRAH's SLAYER FREED.
John F. Miners Fourth Trial Re
suits in an Acquittal.

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 31.-John F. Miner,
who shot and killed S. ]. Darrah near
Banning in September. 1897 in a dispute
over a water right, was acquitted to-day
on his fourth trial. On the first trial Mil
ner was convicted of murder in the sec
ond degree, but got a new trial. On the
second trial he was convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to six years He
was given new trial by the Supreme
Court The third trial resulted in a dis
agreement by the jury and now the fourth
jury sets him free. Miner has spent a
year in the County Jail.