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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
Personals and Briefs.

Miss Williams, II west Marshall, has
returned from New York.
Confirmation services will be held at
Holy Trinity church tonight at So'clock.
Miss Cora Cousins, of Chesterfield is
visiting Miss Beulah Wells. Coz China
street.
Mrs. William c.. Woodward returned TO
Covington, Ky. after spending February
and March in Florida.
Miss Mary Douglass Burwell and Miss
Whittle of Louisa. niece of Bishop +. NJ.
Whittle are at the Jefferson.
Mrs. Y. b. Henry Floyd returned last
week from Asheville. n. c.. after an
absence Of two months.
Catcher Morris Steelman has reported
here He is ready for business, and says
he is already in good condition.
Professor G. c. Munson, OF Boston,
who has a fine baritone voice. will sing
at the First Baptist church this morning.
An important meeting Of the Masonic
Home Auxiliary will be held at the Tenn
pie on Tuesday March 2Sth, at IL o'clock
A. NJ.
Misses Alice and Annie Childs. Of
Washington. who have been the guests
of Miss Lottie Faulconer, have returned
home.
Mrs. w. b. Browne and Miss Lottle
Reid Browne. of Norfolk Va. are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. William Marshall. east
Main street.
Rev. c. T.. Bane. Of Union-Station
Methodist church. has returned to the
city and will fill his pulpit to-day, both
morning and night.
Rehearsals of "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" will be held on Monday at Mrs.
Thomas Bolllng's. and on Tuesday at the
Academy of Music.
Mr.. Harrington Mills, who will manage
the Greenbrier White Sulphur this sum-
mer. is at the Jefferson with his Wife Mr..
Mills ran the hotel at Deer Park, Md,
last season.
Rev. ]. r. Harrison will begin re-
vival at Emmanuel Baptist church to-
| day. There will be preaching every night
| through the week at o'clock.
Professor Moses Stein will sing 1.-THE
Palms" this morning at half-past 10
o'clock at the Sacred Heart church, with
full orchestral accompaniment.
Councilman +. c. Ebel, OF Madison
Ward will be a candidate for election
70 the School Board from the Second
District for the term beginning July Isl
next
Misses Edith and Sophie White will
| come home Wednesday to spend Easter
and will have as their guests Miss Bessie
DOYLE. Of Norfolk. and Miss Matte Fray
ser, OF Maryland.
State Deputy s. s. Foutz, assisted by
| Special-Deputies c. w. Morris and A.
| Goode. will institute a tent OF the knlght'
of the Maccabees at Taylor's Han mex
TUESDAY night at o'clock.
Miss Marie Lightfoot Haskins has re
Turned home after an absence Of three
months. spent in Newport News an'
Portsmouth Miss Haskins was the re
cipient of many delightful entertainment
while away.
Rev. Or. u. r.. Sweeney VIII answer TN
| ouestion. lis There a God?' tonight a
the Seyenth-Street Christian church II
the light of human reason and philoso
nhy. His discourse Will be for the bench
~ that class that rejects a written reve
Iation. He has been requested 10 dis
cuss the subject.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26

Jury Returns Verdict of Homicide
Efforts In RandOIph's Behalf.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., March G.-The
following cablegram was received at the
State Depf rtment to-day, from Secretary
obligation McNally. OF the United States
Legation at Bogota. Colombia:
Randolph tried yesterday at Madeline.
fhc Jury has returned q verdict Of homi-
eide"
The cablegram IL dated March 2lst. and
marks In all probability the end Of one
OF the most prolonged efforts ever made
TO save the life OF an American citizen.
Francis ID. Randolph is of one Of the best
families in the South. He was a man OF
fine qualities, and attained the position
OF Judge in Alabama. but left there. as
the official reports state. "under a cloud"
He went TO Colombia, and It was in the
little town OF Call. in that country, that
he Killed man. September 5, 1895. The
man was a reputable German merchant,
named Sifnmonds. who was held in high
esteem in the community. The killing
grew out of n dispute i'm S!mmonds's
house over some property he had sold to
Randolph. who was living under the as
sumed name Of Charles Radford. Ran
dolph admitted the killing. and was
thrown into prison. His Alabama friends.
notably ex-Secretary Herbert, interested
themselves in his behalf. and induced the
State Department 10 employ attorneys
to defend him.
Randolph was transferred from Call
to Medelin. on the ground that he could
not obtain fair trial at the former place.
He was convicted and sentenced to death,
and then began a protracted legal strug-
gle. during which United-States- Minister
Mckinney, by direction OF Secretary Oh
ney. managed 10 appeal the case and Sc
cure a retrial.
Randolph's defence has been continued
actively by the present administration, at
the urgent solicitation of ex-Secretary
Herbert, but it is believed that this action
OF the jury. reported by Secretary Nc
Naly. marks the end, and that Randolph
must pay the penalty Of his crime.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
A CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Fright Little Son of Mr.. ana MIS-
EggIcstOn Thus Loses His Life.

Luoius Music Eggleston, the bright 1T
tie 4-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. ii.
Eggleston, Of No. 5c5 north Twenty-ffth
street, died yesterday at =. NJ. from
the effects OF burns sustained on FRIDAY.
The circumstances attending the fatal
ity were peculiarly sad. Mr.. Eggleston is
a travelling-man. and was in the north
on business for his house. The fond mo-
Their left the room for short while, ana
in her absence the childs clothing was
set on fire by paper with which he was
playing in the CRATE.
The little ones screams brought the
mother, and DR.. Garcin was hastily sum-
moned. but the burns were too severe Tor
medical skill TO avail and in less than
twenty-four hours the baby boy breathed
his last
Mr.. Eggleston was summoned home by
telegraph. I.ucius was the only child.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
MIR l.. $. SQUIRE SERIOUSLY ILL.,
IN. veteran SchOOl-MaSter Suffers a
SfraIxe Of PnrGIysis.

Mr. r. s Squire, the well-known school
master. is lying dangerously Ill at his
sons residence. No. 8 east Clay street
Mr.. SOURCES health has been failing for
several weeks. but his illness took an
alarming turn last Tuesday. aud on FRI
dav night his condition became more Sc
r.ous in consequence Of a stroke Of parai-
ysis. c,r, No
Drs william Il. Gray ana s'ua't M.-
CURE are in attendance. ana tue oa''e"' .
recovery is very doubtful.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26

PITTSBURG. PA. March S.-Notices
were posted at the Lockhsrt iron-Miii
to-day notifying the men In the pud-
ding department that beginning on Mon
day next a raise In wages OF % cents a
ton will be paid.
Notices have been posted at the plant
OF the Tyler Tube Company. at Wash
ington. Penn. OF an advance In wages OF
10 per cent. TO take effect on April 81.
This will AFFECT several hundred men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
CONDEMN THE UNIVERSAL ATLAS.
"sbouId Not BE Permitted In our
Public and Private Schools

Lee Camp. through a committee OF It's
most prominent members. who's examined
the work. has put itself on record as
condemnlng the Universal Atlas OF the
World, published by Rand McNaily
Co.
The sectional character OF the Atlas.
was brought to the attention OF the camp
early IN February. and the publication
was referred to committee consisting
~ Colonel A. w. Archer. DR.. Hunter
McGuire, and Major Norman v. HAN
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
sherman Coming to Old Point.

WASHINGTON, March 2i-Mrs. CAL
lum. ex-Secretary Sherman's daughter
to-day received a cablegram from MT.
Wiborg. saying that Mr.. Sherman would
sail to-day on the Chicago. and request
ing Mrs. Callum to meet the party AT
Fortress Monroe on Tuesday. Inc cable
gram evidently determines the destlna-
ton OF the Chicago. IL was thought the
vessel might take Mr.. Sherman 10
To
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
pope LEO STEADILY IMPROVING
He Celebrates Mass without Aid oil
Any Kind.

ROME, March 25.-The Pope Is steadily
gaining strength. He eats well and his
mentality is as acute as ever. He cele-
brated mass this morning. without re-
ouIr,ng aid OF any kind. and he will prob
ably officiate at mass at ST. Peters on
one of the first Sundays after Easter.
DIR. Lapponi and Professor Mazzoni
visited his Holiness to-day, and expressed
the greatest satisfaction at his condition.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26

while the programme for the functions
mat are to mark the christening OF this
new enterprise has not been arranged,
Its outlines arc very elaborate. 1T will be
gala day, as well as great day, for
Richmond when the mammoth undertake
Ing Is dedicated.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
Germany to Quarrel Over samoa:

LONDON. March 25.-Ihe Berlin COZ,
respondent OF the Morning POST sys'
an, informed that Germany regards The
,,'i,hdrawal OF Chief-Justice Chambers
from Samoa as imperative. and thas 2
rsfnsaI ON the part OF the President Of
the United States 20 withdraw him wou'u
h. equivalent to abandonment Of 'eS''
tiations"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
A Negro Woman Drops Deal.

Dolly Yates, a negro woman about %
years old dropped dead last night about
IL o'clock al Marshall and Gilmore streets.
Coroner Taylor was summoned. but Deem
ed an inquest unnecessary, being OF the
opinion that death resulted from heart
disease
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26

Virginia .-........ ........O12O0O11 -
LAFAYETTE ANN. ........1 90 OO0O2 p
Summary: Two-base hits-Rea. Home
uns-Curley. Double plays-Steptoe. Cur
ley. and Wills. Bases on oalls-Of PIN
kerton, 3; off Nevins. G. Hit by pitched
ball-L.auer Struck out-By Pinkerton, s.;
by Nevns. ;. Passed balls-Nalle, 2; Hile,
B. Umpire-Mr. w. q. Belts.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
p,chmonders i'm New York.

NEW YORK, March 25.-(Specal)-
Mrs s. ii. Brown, Gilsey; {. Z. Jones'
Grand.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
The Weather.
. WASHINGTON. March -

- WASHINGTON. March 49,
DAN Forecast for Sunday:
For virginia Threatening wea-
Their and rain in the morning. fol.
lowed by clearing weather; fresh south
erly, shifting to westerly, winds.
For North Carolina-Partiy cloudy wear
Their; winds becoming brisk westerly. :
THE WEATHER IN RICHMOND YES
TERDAY was threatening. with light
rains In the afternoon and clearing skies
at night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
VIRGINIA..
LAFAYETTE.
SCORE BY INNINGS.

Totals ...... .........5 4 l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
BEEF UNFIT TO EAT.
Roosevelt So Declares Unhesi-
tating|y and Enphatca||y
AT ITS BEST UNPALATABLE.
At Its Worst II Was Uneatable
and UnXhOlASOme.
MADE THE MEN VIOLENTLY SICK.
cit Looked Like Boiled Meat, With
All the Strength Boiled Ont
of 1t, and Tasted Like Tal'ow

ana Water"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
BATTLE WITH TROOPS

March 26.-S a. M.-The Bloomdale
troops arrived at Hoytsville late tonight.
and surrounded the Zeltners' house AT l'SO
O'Clock this morning. The militia opened
fire on the house. and there mas been a
continual fire on both sides. 1t is not yet
kroUn whether any one has been killed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
PUzzLIEG
Questions Confront an Insurance Com
pany By Couples Drowning.

Neyada nAo3 Cor. b. Louis Globe Democrat
On August 81, last, Albert NJ. Tur-
ner and his wife accompanied some
friends to fuckers Lake, q fishing re-
sort, 10 miles from here. The follow
ing day a boat in which they had gone
out on the lake was observed to be
empty, and, upon investigation, it
was discovered that in some manner
unknown both had been drowned.
The superstition is that while plucking
water lilies Mrs. Turner lost her bal
snce and fell overheard, and that
while her husband was attempting to
rescue her, both persisted. Mr.. Turner
was insured for 5000 in the Modern
Woodmen Of America, and now the
heirs of both MFR. and Mrs. Turner
claim the insurance.
II the case is taken into the court
the following interesting questions
will have to be decided: First, vhsth-
eE 3 man or woman would drown FIRST
If both are thrown into the water be-
yond their depth at the same instant,
the superstition being that the man
used every effort for the voman's
rescuei and, second, both being
drowned, and man and wife without
children, the formers life insured,
whose heirs are entitled TO the life
policy? In other words, II the man
drowned first, are his or his wife's heirs
entitled to the insurance money, or
vice versa?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
A BOOMING HOUSE
William Bryarly win Open a First
Glass One in the West Building
During the First Of December.
Very Truly,
@. @. VEST.

Mexico 10 to have q Hrst-class room.
ing house In the near future. William
Bryarly, the restaurateur, will open
one during the frat Of December.
Mr.. Bryarly, who has rented the
upper portion Of the West building,
on the corner Of Promenade and
Washington streets, is having the Ii
rooms fitted up in frst-class style
with electric lights and bells and up
to-date iron bedsteads and other fur
niture. There win be hot and cold
baths for the roomers.
It is Mr.. Bryarly's plan to rent fur
nished rooms BY the dsy.or week with
meals, in the rooms or in his restau-
rant, or the European plan. There
will be efficient porter service. The
rooms and halls win be carpeted in
all wool carpet and will be most COM
Portable.
This plan viii be an innovation in
Mexico, and win afford good and
reasonable rooms and board for ans
who wish II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
II You Have Rheumatism

And wish to get rid of it, there are
two very strong reason why you
may take Hoods Sarsaparilla with
The utmost confidence that It will
cure you. First, IL possesses the cur
alive power. 1t is honestly prepared
by educated and experienced phar-
macists, who have learned by study
and experiments exactly what veget-
able remedies are needed, and 10 just
what proportion, to change the con-
dition Of the blood 60 as to neutraiize
the acidity and thus cure the aches
and pains Of rheumatism. Then we
have the results OF experience. Hoods
sarsaparilla has cured Thousands of
people, according to their own testi-
mony, and IL is constantly effecting
cures- Al this very moment, when
perhaps you are suffering Intensely
from rheumatic pains, and fof some
reason hesitate 10 try Hoods sarsa-
parilla, others are rejoicing that this
medicine has entirely cured them.
You will be wise II you act upon the
principle that what this medicine has
done for others It will DO for you. Do
not hesitate any longer. II you have
rheumatism, take Hoods sarsaparilla
and be cured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23

ticket. The floating vote Is peculiarly
available at 9 primary and / have
never known one to be held which
did not eventually have a bad result
OF course there have been and always
viii be combinations In conventions,
but it can be at least truly said that
their action is open to public view
and criticism. A man must be very
reckless who participates in . con-
vention and then supports the oppos-
ing ticket. In order to perpetrate
fraud In q convention, the whole con-
vention must be manipulated, while
at a primary it 10 only necessary to
secure the judges 90 as to control the
result.
/ have not the slightest personal
reason for expressing these opinions
l have no cause to fear the people, fol
in q public experience OF nearly forty
years l have never been defeated In 9
popular election. The only reverse ]
have met was IN the State convention
OF 1877, when / vas defeated for the
gubernational nomination by the late
Gov, John 8. Phelps. Ny public
career win close with my present
term in the Senate, and / have nc
interest 10 prompt me except the
welfare OF the Democratic party and
the success OF its principles.
Very Truly,
O.. @. VEST.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
UP in A COFFIN
GIRL RECEIVERS FROM A TRANCE
JUST BEFORE SHE is TO
BE BURIED.
SAYS SHE TALKED TO THE LORD.
Her Illusion and Expectation Of Death,
However, Has Not Prevented
Marked Improvement.
SAYS SHE TALKED TO THE LORD.

CHILLIcoTHE, Mo-, Nov. 20.-Mias
Nora johnson, the ~16-year-old girl OF
Braymer, who last week recovered
from q trance while In a coffin in her
home, and a few moments before the
time set for funeral services, lie still
alive and improving In health. The
girl insisted that she had talked with
the Lord while in q trance and that be
had told her that che was TO die within
a week, but her Illusion has not pre-.
vented her rapid progress toward
complete health,
Miss johnson Is the daughter Of a
well-to-do farmer. A few days ago,
without any previous III health, she
suddenly fell into a deathllke trance.
Just before animation was suspended
she had been In the best OF spirits.
The trance so nearly resembled death
that the supposed dead body was laid
out, and an absent brother, who was
in Chillicothe, was called to attend
the funeral. He had Just concluded
reading q letter from his sister Nora,
inviting him home to Thanksgiving
dinner, and the shock caused him to
swoon. he had scarcely reached home
to Join the other mourners at bis
SISTERS funeral, when their weeping
was changed to amusement by the
girl sitting up in her coffin. Her
awakening was as sudden as had been
the suspension Of animation. With
out warning she came out of her
trance, and as her astonished rela-
lives gathered about her, she related
to them a strange vision.
While abe had been on her bier che
declared that she had a dream.
She had seen and talked with the
Lord, and be had told her that she
was to die within a week. The girl
talked about nothing else that had
occurred during her trance. She
seemingly was unconscious Of every
thing about her, and remembered
nothing save the warning she said she
had received from God.
The nature OF the message she had
brought back from the spirit land, or
dream land, as II may be, is such that
the Johnsons were ~reticent about
telling the facts in the case. During
the week they have watched her
carefully. Saturday the week expired,
and at the last report the girl was still
alive and healthy.
The Johnsons are highly respectable
and truthful people. They are wildly
impressed with the strange experience
they have passed through-that OF
almost burying the girl alive.
They believe that she had = vision
Is she said. The occurrence has
caused great amusement in the neigh
borhood in which It happened. The
girls sudden death had been generally
reported, and an account of Il had
been published in the newspapers,
giving her the novel experience of
reading her own obituary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

British troops have reoccupiet
Naauwpoort.
Two members of the Cape Assembly
have joined the Beers at CoIesberg.
The cruiser Baltimore is on q mys.
terious mission to the Gulf Of Lingay.
en-.
There is little liklihood that there
will be any salvage from the wreck o.
the cruiser Charleston.
It Is said that the Americans hac
Aguinaldo surrounded, but he escaped
through the lines in p~easant's clothes,
The students Of the BurgbersdorE
Theological Seminary joined the BoerI
when Burghersdop was occupied by
the latter.
General Gatacre's expedition Il
to march from Queenstown, Capt
Colony. It will head for the orang.
River through the Stormberg Range.
Lawton is making a terrific cam
paign In Northern Luzon. According
to reports, his troops are half naked
many being reduced to breech clouti
but stilI are pursuing the enemy.
General Joubert's report to his Gov.
eminent on November 20 says that hs
that day repulsed q small British sor.
tie. Heavy firing continued south Of
Ladysmith and be was shelling that
city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23

Only o. 30 to Kansas City and re.
turn via the Chicago & Alton Satur-
day and Sunday, November IS and rs
A special train will leave Mexico al
7:4o 3. m. Saturday, Nov. IS, and ar.
rive in Kansas City at 1880 p. m
Tickets viii be sold for this train anc
all subsequent trains arriving in Kan.
sas City on or before noon Sunday.
Nov. %. Tickets will be good for re-
turn passage on all regular train
Saturday and Sunday and on speciA
train leaving Kansas City at 1890 p
m. Sunday, Nov. 90, 1889.
E. y. WILSON,
Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
Hiss Works for Years Lived on Bread
and Milk.

HENRIETTA, N. Y, Nov. 2o.-Miss
Eliza Works, who is 106 years old, ID
Ill ct her brothers. home in Henrietta,
She ia the youngest Of 7 children, one
other of whom lived to the age OF 1O1
years. Mise Works lie of very small
stature and has never been Ill before.
She attributes her long life and good
health to her temperate habits. In her
childhood she lived on 8 diet Of bread
anf milk, and all through her long life
that was her favorite dish. She never
ate sweet meats nor drank tea or cof-
fee.
She Il 9 member Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution. She
was born in WestmOreland, N. H., in
1874
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-23
OLD NAN JESTER THE ALLEGED
MURDERERoF YOUNG GATES,
TAKEN 10 THAT CITY.
VAS An ATTRACTION AT AEHIDAL.
The Aged Prisoner a Piiable sight
Taken From Paris Saturday
to the New London Jail
to Await His Trial
Next March


Alexander Jester. The alleged MUIR
dsrer Of Gilbert Gales, to whom Judge
d. b. Eby, Of this city, granted q
change Of venue IN his case from Mon.
roe county to the Circuit Court OF
Rails county, was transferred from
Paris 70 TIE connsy jail at New Lon
don Saturday. The noted prisoner, in
charge OF Sherlf James Clark, waH IN
Hannibal curing the afternoon. He
arrived here over the Katy from Paris
At Sos O'Clock and Jeff thirty-fve
minutes later over the Short Line for
New London.
The time between trains was spent
II the passenger station Of the latter
road. The news Of Jestar's arrival
spread over the city like wild-tire
and In less than ten minutes q large
crowd bad collected to see him. Sew
eral from the west side and many
from the north and south sides were
among the number.
While he was resting in q seat In the
gentlsmen's waiting room of the depot
9 Journal reporter attempted to inter
view him, but be politely excused
himself and stated that his attorneys
positively forbade him to talk to
newspaper men. de stated, however,
that he was 81 years old and vas feel
ing very bad, bat nevertheless stood
his trip well.
Jester presents q pitiabIe sight. He
ls tall and thin and with his gray, long
whiskers and sallow complexion Jocks
very sympathetic. His general APP
pearance is almost heart-rending. A
number shed tears at the sight OF
him.
Ii was predicted by several who
saw him that he would not last long
and IS the old man was being assisted
on the train il appeared that his end
was near at band.
TESTERS a will come up at the
March term Of the Rails county court
at which time q date for the trial
| will be set.