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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
Full Roll Rattan Baby-Car-
rage, with patent brake and
paraSOl, steel or WOODEN
wheels, for 1928

$40 buys a S15 Baby-Carriage.
$3.50 buys a $3.50 Carriage.
Sl5 buys a s25 Carriage.
The times., 1899-07-11
cH1cAeo,s DRAINAGE CANAL.
Necessity of Developing the Illinois
Riyer-The Cost.

Chisago, July I0.-'T have no doubt. -
says Chief Engineer Randolph of the
sanitary district, that the ultimate
end of the cruise of the sanitary
district trustees over the Illinois River
will end in demand upon Congress
that it may be made navigable waterway;
that eventually il will be reconstructed to
! carry the largest modern river vessels. and
that the drainage channel of Chicago it
self will be converted into waterway
linking Lake Michigan with the Missis-
sippi and the Gulf of Mexico The prob
lens which the opening of the drainage
channel viii develop will be such that the
people themselves will demand the con-
struction OF this waterway and the restora-
tion of the Illinois and Desplaines (now
drainage channels) to their pristine glory
of frst-class waterways"
The trustees OF the drainage channel
have returned from their trip down the
Illinois River to St Louis. They are not
prepared to recommend the removal Of the
Government dams in the river. at least not
until the water is turned into the channel
and its. effect noted but they believe the
laWssgill have to be complied with by re-
moving the State dams. They are more
convinced than ever that before the Iili-
rois will eu..,y oayc for the waters which
the drainage channel is to discharge into
it, it must be so improved by the Gov
ernment that it will in reality be once more
a free stream
Eminent authorities or the Suciety~ ci
Western Engineers who have given the
progress of the drainage channel close
study feel that the S32. coo, 600 already ez-
pended upon that work must be followed
by the expenditure Of at least S50,O0O GOO
more by the General Government and the
State of Illinois toward making the river
and the channel a complete waterway, one
which Will not create perpetual damage
claims suits against the sanitary district,
and which will satisfactorily dispose of all
| the water and waste emanating from the
| city of Chicago and every community upon
the banks OF the two streams.
Already the inland cities south of Chi
| cago have begun making tests of the char
| acter of the water in the Illinois River
| for the purpose of making similar tests
after the drainage channel discharges into
| it. From the two tests they will deter
/ mine how impure the river water is made
! by the sewage discharge from Chicago.
| This is the sanitary side of the question.
| 1t is also a question how much over
! flow, if any the channel will cause in the
river, what lands viii be submerged, what
| damage will be caused, what claims there
may be against the sanitary district. Issues
| such as these, now that the channel IS
/ almost completed have brought the resi-
| dents OF the valley and the sanitary dis
| trict trustees to a point where mutual
! agreement and action would make the
| difficulties vastly easier Of solution.
The times., 1899-07-11
QueryinE MIR. Depeyv.
cFrom the Ner Ynrl Sun


We respectfully ask the Hon. Chaunccy Depew
for the authority upon which he made, in his
interview with the newspaper reporters on Sat
urday, this assertion in regard to General the
Marquis de Galiiet:
His conduct after he defeated the Commune
in 1871 is the one incident indelibly impressed
with all the horrors of the time upon my memory.
He corralled large section Of the population of
Paris. As these men and women were driven
before him. he seized the ends Of the fingers of
each and bent back the hand. If the palm was
black they were shot, the men as participants in
the fighting, the women as guilty of incendiarism
with petroleum. To the appeals of the old he
answered, You have lived long enough. and of
the young 1t is mercy to save you from the
dangers of living -
MIR. Depew, before this, has told stories about
men in high position and afterward had 10
avow that he had evidence to sustain Them
and this one is on its face incredible 1t is not
likely that the commander OF an army personally
inspectedSthe hands of each one OF thousand,
OF prisoneA nor that he used to them the brutol
language mentioned. There is. indeed a tradition
that when prisoners who were taken during tho
Commune riots pretended that they were merely
spectators they forced to show their hands
and, if these were blackened with powder. were
s,Immarily shot, but we do not remember any
account which charges General Gallifet with
experimenting the business in person
The times., 1899-07-11
When Lincoln Dropped Politics,

0From the Philadelphia Ledger)
The problem presented now to President Nc
Kinley is trivial compared with that which Lin,
coin had to solve. Mr. Mckinley has to look
out for nothing Of greater importance than his
own reelection. Mr.. Lncoin's reelection was
bound up with the preservation OF the Unioa.
Politicians, concerned only with the maintenance
OF Republican rule. were not slow to tell Mr
Lincoln that his duty to the nation required
Office; but the great President took counsel OF
himself, and set politics aside. He saw only
one thing-tiia the armies in the South needed
recruits, that the men at the front were being
sacrificed for want OF help-and he determined to
do his duty. He issued a call for 100000 men.
the politicians. it strengthened him with the
people 1t meant to them that the war WIS TO
be ended in the only way it could be ended sat
isfactorily-by crushing the rebel armies. Lin
coin was renominated. The political campaign
ran on simultaneously with Grants advance
through the Wilderness. The slaughter was
frightful; there wre no great victories, but the
advance was STEADY. BY the time election day
rolled round the policy Of the Administration was
clearly defined. The rebellion was to be crushed
by force OF arms. and the people voted for that
policy and for Lincoln its representative 10y
an electoral vote that utterly discredited the
opinions of tine.serving politicians, who a fe .
months before had figured upon the defeat OF
the Republican party.
The times., 1899-07-11
An American penc. yic,o

t'om tae St Louis Globe Democrat
Whatever Is done or fails to be done b,- IT,,
Hague Conference IRON this time on to il, sr,,
adjournment the work OF the United states i,
the gathering is sure to contribrte to the pre.-
tige Of this country. The new conference which
will consider the question Of the iasnl,zity Of
private property on the water Is reasonably
certain to adopt that principle Whether In,
nations OF Europe all agree to the mediation and
arbitration proposals or not al the present time.
this idea is certain TO be accepted ultimately.
The day of its acceptance win be fastened by
the debates and deliberations Of the present con-
ference The task OF lessseniug the number of
wars and OF mitigating their horrors. formerly
discussed by Il few enthusiasts only, is now sa-
curing the attention Of the great Governments
of the world. This in itself is a triumph If
peace which is worth far more than all the money
and the labor which will have been expended
on the Conference in Holland It is a victory
for civilization and enlightenment toward which
the United States has been the earliest, most
constant and most effective worker. and It's az
complishment, which Is now brought within
measurable distance, will be one OF the distine-
tive glories OF this century and country.
The times., 1899-07-11
Americas Coal Capacity.
tFrom the Philadelphia Record)


Enough coal can be turned out OF the develop
ed mines in Thine United States in three months
to supply the home consumption for year.
Coal is delivered at the mouth OF the mine for
less cost than in any other country The great
problem is to market the surplus; and this is
problem OF transportation. \ foreign demand
would help to give steadiness TO business which
is at all times liable to interruption and de.
rangement because Of overproduction. 1t IS
noticeable that. notwithstanding the remarkable
activity in the manufacture OF iron and steel
and the resultant enormously increased con-
sumption Of coal, there has been little answer
ing rise in the price OF either bituninous or
anthracite. Capacity Tor production IS Tar in
advance OF any possible increase in demand.
The times., 1899-07-11
carcIe.sness in Modern Lie

tragedy which lately took place through
the use OF naphtha is still fresh in the
minds OF the people. to say a few things
about this iniiammable and dangerous COM
pound. Within certain bounds it is as
safe TO use naphtha as cold water. 1t
should never be brought near a fire. it
should never be used in any quantity near
gas light. it should never be heated by
friction or otherwise. Anyone may use
it TO clean clothing or furniture. in a
cold room, with the windows open TO per-
nit the escape OF the fumes, so that should
a match be accidentally ignited an ex-
plosion would not follow. It may be used
In stove by grown person, but children
The times., 1899-07-11

should not be trusted with the care of the
stove, nor should they be allowed to 90
near it where they may knock it over.
1t would not be unwise for the manu-
facturers of this peculiar compound to
paste printed directions on every can Of
it, explaining the dangers attending its
careless use, and sell it only in such cans
or receptacles OF course many of the
people who are now injured in accidents
owing to dealing thoughuessly with il
would not read the directions, but some
of them might. Another thing which it is
useful tc know is that water will not put
out burning gasoline, but only spread the
flame. 1t must be smothered with rug
or with -four, which is likely to be at hand
where there is a fire of this kind
When liquid air comes to be common
article in American homes we shall proba-
bly, have more accidents. due to misuse
Of that 1t will be well for sensible peo-
pie to remember that no one can get the
real good CT any invention by abusing it,
and that it is just as uncomfortable to cut
ones fingers of in a reaping machine as
to have them sliced of with an oid-fash-
ioned sickle
The times., 1899-07-11
Whnf MnN Ennnn

(from the Philadelphia Record)
Secretary Aiger has cleared up the situation
SO fur as his relations with Governor Pingree
are concerned by repudiating lis alleged ALI.
anee with that interesting and eccentric poli.i.
clan; but there stin remains the impropriety
OF his holding Cabinet office while engaged in
active campaign for a seat in the Senate OF
the United States. In such a campaign his con-
necton with the Administration is sure to make
for President Mckinley many and powerful enc.
mics among the Republicans OF Michigan; and
for this reason, ii for no other, Alger ought to
withdraw from The Cabinet. Or if he is to re-
main in the Cabinet he should withdraw from
his candidacy for the Senate. But he holds on
TO the office OF Secretary of War in order to use
its power and patronage in the conflict with
his Republican rivals. President Mckinley
wrongs himself and his Administration by giving
Alger the advantage his loyal Republican
supporters. As result OF the situation, if per
sistently maintained, it would not be surprising
if the Democrats. aided by the anti-Alger Re
publicans. should have majority in the next
Legislature OF Michigan.
The times., 1899-07-11
Thnt Confab with Roosevelt.

Qrom the Philadelphia l1mcs.)
President McKinley's consultation with Gov
ernor Roosevelt, Of New York, in regard to the
coming Philippine campaign with special refer
cnce to the organization of the ten v.lnn-
teer regiments was not improper in itself, but
it is unfortunate that the men who are most
nearly concerned officially excluded from the
conference In the case Of Secretary Alger this
would not be surprising, if the President had
made up his mind to have new Secretary OF
War The exclusion Of General Miles has no such
possible excuse and looks like repetition of the
laundering that brought discredit on the San
tiago campaign. Many scandals would have been
avoided ii the Administration had given Major
General Miles the confidence and consideration
to which his position entitled him. To ignore
Miles now viii be TO provoke criticism which
the President ought to seek to avoid
The times., 1899-07-11
ZIG INDIAN CEREMONY.
Pow-wow of winnebnSoes and
Omahas in Nebraska.

Pender, NIB, July 10.-The Winnebago
and Omaha Indians are holding an extra
ordinary pow-wow on the reservation five
miles from here. Three thousand Indians
are gathered there and 2,GOO more are on
the way to the feats. Indians are coming
overland all the way from Pine Ridge to
participate in the ceremonies. Chief yell
low Smokes lodge is the scene of the fes-
tivities, and the lodges of the Indians are
stretched for miles around the chiefs
camp. All the ancient tribal ceremonies
are being indulged in and Will continue two
weeks. The concluding ceremony will be
the war dance.
Tho agent has prohibited the Indians in
dulging in the ghost dance though permis-
sion was asked by them. The Omahas do
not carry on festivities except every FIVE
years. All the visiting Indians bring
presents of horses and cattle, and in turn.
are made presents by their hosts while
here. Daily the Indians engage in races,
feats of strength, and athletic exercises.
At night the scene is made weird by The
light of hundreds Of camp fires.
The times., 1899-07-11
Hoy wreckers of Railways.

tFIOW IN. THIlutI!InI LnQulftF.l
Scarcely day passes that some instance of
wreck or attempted wreck by boys from
EIGHT to fifteen years Of age is not re-
ported. There is only way to deal
with this thing and that is TO institute new
and swift punishment for the offenders when
they are caught. The redistribution of the whip
ping post, where boy maleiactors Of this cIarac-
ter would receive a sharp fosging IS
they had been proved guilty, might add some
terrors to the crime.
As it stands the mere threat of imprisonment
in reformatory IS no deterrent. Boys fear a
whipping worse than anything else and If every
boy convicted of putting obstruction on a
railroad track were so punished t'ie thing would
soon stop.
The times., 1899-07-11
Sorry Diplomacy.
(From the chicago Chronicle.l }

(trom the Chicago Chronicle.)
General Alger cuts pitiful figure repudiatins
the alliance with Governor Pingree which he
trumpcted with good deal of satisfaction only
few days ago. In order to escape the necessity
of resigning from the Cabinet, General AIser
is willing to betray his ally to the Administration
Philistines, although, matter of fact Gov
ernor Pingree is very well able to take care Of
himself. Can AlgeF say much: By abiurins
all friendship Tor PingTce he saves his seat in the
Cabinet. but what caa he hope for in the soma
torial contest, deprived Of the aid and irirndshIp
OF the most popular Republican in Michigan
lie has sold his senatorial prospects for a mesi
Of pottage- Mcmillan will eat him up.
The times., 1899-07-11
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
a National Association to Be Forme,
in Chicnco Thix Month.

in Chicago This Month.
Chicago, July 10.-A national park or
forestry reserve association fer the govern
mental preservation of more than 1000. 900
acres of land in northern Minnesota will be
formed in Chicago this month. The or
ganization starts with the cordial endorse
ment OF Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New
York, President Hill of the Great Northern
Railway, Col. John S. Cooper OF this city,
and prominent Congressman and Govern
ment officials interested in the immediate
creation OF great national reserves for the
preservation of native forests and streams
and the perpetuation of the game of the
land.
The project is made doubly important
through the fact that the friends and pro-
moters of the reserve have also in view the
placing under Governmental charge all Of
the lands surrounding the head waters of
the Mississippi River. The tract includes
the Leech Lake district. and embraces the
counties of Crow Wing, Aitken, Wadena,
Hubbard, Beltrama, and Itasca, containing
more than thousand lakes
The times., 1899-07-11
The Menace of bad Water.

"The most evident effect of the policy
of depreciation of the Philadelphia water
works." according to the June number OF
Municipal Affairs sis the annual typhoid
fever epidemic" This authority gives the
number of cases Of that disease six
thousand with six hEaaged and Seventy
seven esaths, between January l and May
iI of the present year. Ii the death rate
for the remainder of the twelve months
should fall to the normal. there. We. s,:ii
be a mortality of seventy per thousand.
which is startling prospect for the
Quaker City.
The anxiety which is felt in Philadelphia
on account CT the pollution of its water
supply is not the only instance of the
kind. Here in Washington there is good
reason to believe that the Potomac fluid
people indulge in, especially between Con-
gressional sessions, is not what it ought
to be. Malarial germs are believed TO
be plentier in it than lobbyists in the
Capitol corridors when a sugar tariff is
under consideration. Other germs are
present, too; some investigators claiming
TO find those of typhoid in instances too
numerous for comfortable consideration.
AS far as we understand the situation,
the District Government is alive to the
menace of existing conditions, and is doing
what it can to improve them. But. in the
mean time. sensible people will avoid the
use of hydrant water, before boiling it,
and substitutes will continue to be even
more popular than formerly
1t would be remarkably good idea for
the Christian Scientists Gin cur midst to
pray the bacilli out of the Potomac, and
submit samples for analysis.
The times., 1899-07-11

Reports from South America suggest
that there is movement looking to an
alliance of Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay
against foreign Intervention in that part of
the hemisphere If the proposing powers
have good sense they will not attempt to
stand alone against Europe, and treat the
United States as negligible quantity.
They are safer under the aegis of the
American Monroe doctrine than they could
make themselves by any possible independ-
ent action.
The times., 1899-07-11
Net sue,cientI, pInIn

Grom the Philadelphia Leslgcrl
Pitt-burg cntomoiogist is credited with slv-
ing that the wig the bites Of the ..ki.sin
bug on the lips instead OF other portions ot
the body is because the insect beeomcs irri-
tated at the involuntary movement Of the mouth
when it reaches there, and that if person vii
keep his lils quiet until the bug takes It's de
parture there viii lie no bite. This is doubl-
less true and good ddvice. but how 10 control IN,
Involuntary movement Of the lips when the in
sect alights on them is the next piece Of inteli-
genee the people would like to have.
The times., 1899-07-11

Dick may be only an instrument" in
Ohio. and his coparceners may look down
on him from a lofty statistical altitude in
consequence; but he is giving evidence OF
being an automatic instrument-one that
will play in the absence of its owner i'll
Europe. One of the best OF proofs is that
Jones, of Toledo, may run as an inde-
pendent candidate for Governor in case
John Mclean SHOULD receive the Demo-
cratic nomination. Hanna may be away.
but his fine Italian hand is ever present in
the Buckeye State. albeit it may be deep
in the confidence" of Wall Street, and
arms length in the sugar barrel, at one
and the same time
The times., 1899-07-11
every Inch n Soldier.

(Fr0n The New York Tribunc)
General Wood GOES back to fevcr-stricken SAN
tiago and his modest Army salary. declining a
railway presidency worth $4,000 per annum and
other accompanying advantages. Heroes are not
always made OF wood, otaheitan idols used to
be, but the gallant generals case is an excep-
ton Tie is of heroic timber through and through
an honor to the service aud the country Of which
both have good reason to be proud
The times., 1899-07-11
A. Lost Planet.

(From the Minneapolis Tribune.)
Next Speaker henderson has not as yet been
congratulated by fo1Her Speaker Reed, who
seems to have been oyershadowed in Europe by
the other notable Americans who are there. No
mention has been made 6 the former Congress
mans presence at any of the various European
Fourth of July functions either and yet it is
hardly possible that he ignored the day altogether.
The times., 1899-07-11
The Usual Dintribution.
CFrom the Boston Glohe.)

q rom Iht Bu1IOn IIoHe-l
The 9O,525.j7O pieces OF money coined az Tie
Philadelphia mint during the last Gscal year
will allow one pi,ce for each inhshitant Of the
United States. Including Guam II lhc distribu-
ton were made I,Co.2as people would each get
double eagle, and a7.a1s.s5i would each get i
copper cent. which is about the way things
usually CO.
The times., 1899-07-11

The presence in the East at this time
of former Governor Stone, of Missouri, is
giving rise TO a variety of surmises by
the hysterical politicians. By some it is
regarded as evidence that he is chasing
the nomination for 1900. By others it is
thought he wants to turn Senator Jones
out of the National Committee and take
the place himself. Another element con-
ceives that he is conferring with Tam
many to retire MIR. Bryan. Still others
think that he is plotting TO spring upon
the party new platform through the Ma
tional Committee when it meets at Chi
cago July 20. 1t <oes not seem to have
yet occurred TO any OF them to think that
probably the Mlssourian has come East
to help heal the wounds Of the Tiger
which former Governor Hogg of Texas in
flicted on the Fourth
The times., 1899-07-11

It . interesting to note that the Ohio
family row has reached the stage OF de-
mails. 1t is one which is not unusual to
arrive at, when the participants are heated
enough to speak on the spur of the mo-
ment, and regret their frankness a few
hours later when confronted with their
honest sentiments in cold type. But that
is natural, and we are now confidently ex-
pecting the Hon. Pie Kohlsaat to wire some
minor organ that he never in his life said
or printed an unkind word about Senator
Foraker
The times., 1899-07-11
CIRCULATION sTATEMENT

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cage, hereby ceTtiaes that it has, by its expert
examine.S. proven and attes;ed the circulation ot
THE TINES, II Washington. D. C. The daiy
aversgc PAID circulation for the month 81
May. 1892, was s0.572 copies.
This Is GUARANTEED % The advertisers oi the
country ly bond ni s50,ooO in the Fidelity ana
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The times., 1899-07-11
4 Pntriotic Goat.

Trom the Detroit Free Prcssl
''what is Dickey pounding hi= pooy bHiy=cat
50 yiciot-sly for.'
''Wel, Dieky stepped off the porch a minute,
.r'l 'he goat ate up all his tags and Tin SOL
diers"
The times., 1899-07-11

Certain Poles in Chicago have caught the
Angiophobia infection from their Ger
man anti-American neighbors, and have
held meeting to protest against any gooi
understanding between the Eagle and the
Lion. The meeting was not harmonious
as half of its attendants denounced the
idea OF making distant faces at a nation
that had always been sympathetic toward
Poland. But enough of the auburn haired
and speckled were against Crest Britain to
make record, and a senseless one. Mr..
Mckinley may take alarm, but nobody else
will. There are good reasons for-wrtch-
ing the methods. and analyzing the OBJ. ect5
of the Anglo-Amerfcan alliahee pe-ple. hut
they 1--we nothing A. ne world to do with
the idiocy at the bottom of the anti-Ger-
man american, Poisky. or any other gal
vanized foreign protesting element.
The times., 1899-07-11

things to be abandoned. sold, ceded, or
syndicated like SO much speculative real
estate.
Considering all these things we fall to
see any reason why the good old Pope
should feel injured because he was shut
out of the Conference. He is an honest
soul, and. as to many OF the elements
he would have bren Obliged 10 meet and
count with. the chances are that he would
have found himself in rather bad company.
Our own opinion is that he ought TO thank
MS patron saint that he was preserved
from participation in gathering of polite
and delightful diplomatists and soldiers.
who. nevertheless, are, officially speaking.
hypocrites and humbugs.