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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
rur ,upEu,>rusTIc SERPENT.

The Springfield tMass) Republican. III u
| recent article. shows that for months 'he
| administration has been in possession Vi
| documentary evidence which demon
strated that annexation Of the PhilpplneS
would result in war with Aguinaldo ana
his followers. whereas the Insurgents
would have welcomed a protectorate'
| Then the Republican adds:
From the day when war with Spain
| seemed inevitable certain powerful ma
| terialistic forces around the administra-
| tion. well represented by such men as
Hanna and Elkins. evidently determined
ia turn a war for humanity into |lin-
mercial profit. The administration mas
been their pliable instrument. for al no
! time has IL attempted TO shape things
contrary TO the ~well-known lmperlallst
programme. To those forces ~anheNalloh
seemed preferable TO the protectora'e III
the Philippines because annexation W"u'u
more securely fasten their grip upon the
coveted territory. and thus more easily
open tho way 20 a share in the poSsi"e
partition Of China"
There are protectorates and protecto-
| rates. For the United states TO assume
n protectorate over the Philippines with
any other view han that Of bringing
about conditions which would pave the
way for the Fflipinos to establish n free
| and independent government Of their own
would be TO ignore the solemn assurance
we gave the world as 10 our object IN
| trying conclusions with Spain. But that
apart. The Republican hits the nan
| sauarely upon the head i'm what 1t says
about the materialistic forces that nave
controlled the President. Truly has the
! administration been the plant tool OF
such men as Hanna and Elk'ns, and truly
through its policy from first TO last may
be seen tho trail Of the imperialistic SER
penf." Nor is the Republican singular IN
IT'S conclusion that it is purposed that the
serpent shall. If possible, embrace more
I'm ifs coils. I'm the far East, than the
PHILIPPINES. Harper's Weekly ully coin
cldes with its Springfield contemporary
REGARDING the scope of the Presidents
ambition. After announcing that the phil
ipplnes are to be kept, Harper's declares
that IL believes that their retention Is an
important feature Of the Presidents new
policy. i'm order that his country may
seize its share of China when the parti-
ton comes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

fact that sparrows are finches' 80 W.
Bostonian description is correct 'noue"'
though a captious person. to De SUR
might make himself disagreeabie ID :"
sorting that the imported birus pro
badly all died long ago, ana mat ,ne
present representatives. OF the race are
only remotely OF foreign descent. lhat'
however. is a small matter. what sur
prises ms is that Boston doesn't attain
10 real elegance by referring TO the n.', !,
feathered n%uisances as "tringllIhe
That, now. is a real good word. OF an.
Client and honorable lineage. 'f1nch'
to tell the truth. is but slightly less com
mon than sparrow" and, since every
body can understand IL. just a bit vulgar.
Better even than "fringilline' would IL
have been never 20 refer 10 the tlrds
except as ~'dlminutive. graminlVorous'
cOnirostral. laminiplantar. oscine. pas
serine. denizens Of our parks ana hieh-
ways" Then these would be absolutely
accurate and yet delightfully."- uninteingl-
BILE except To Bostonians and a Few XIII
bred souls. forced by accident or rate 10
dwell elsewhere han I'm their natural
home
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

written for the Dispatch)

written for the plspatch)
Are not the stars. serene and bright,
Faithfully shining i'm the deep blue SKY,
But emblems of souls that have winged
their flight
From this old earth TO the home on
high?
Are not sweet fancies Of dear ones dead,
Floating back through Deaths darh
door,
But echoes Of the angels tread
As they trip upon that far-off shore?
Is not that misty. golden light.
That ON earth we call the milky way,
But tho path 10 hat celestial height
Along which scraphs lead the way?
Who knows? such fancies may be true.
Heaven alone may give some sign
OF the dear ones whom on earth we
knew.
Who dwell above us-pure. divine.
BAKER LEE YOUNG
NcWpOrt News. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
THE ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Reduction in Illuminating T""cf
Due to Municipal

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In reply to the communication OF your
correspondent. Q. +. D., in your issue
Of the 9Th instant, l would state that the
reduction in Illuminating power OF the
arc-lights used for lighting the streets
OF the cityng which ne calls attenIIoh'
is due to ECONOMICAL management III
the City Hall, and not 10 the use OF III
ferior carbOns or other cause in the CON
troll of this department. In other words
IN effect IL saving of about S2O'Wo per
annum. the city determined some years
ago TO use lights Of little more than one
half the Illuminating power of those for
merry used.
The City Electrician. Mr.. w. ii. Thomp-
son. has made several tests TO determine
whether the lights furnished comply WIN
the requirements of the city. with the
inyariable result that they have proven
IN be up to the standard.
T.. w. TRAFFORD,
Superintendent Light Department
Richmond Railway and Electric Co.
March 6. 1899.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

the most careful treatment they were
able TO give the disease the death ra''
was one person in four. What. then. must
have been the mortality among the poor
who had neither physicians nor nurses
10 attend them.
. II Is traditional In Richmond that an
incubation hospital was IN existence here
some years after the revolution, ana tha'
Il was located on. or near, the BROOK
road within n few miles OF our present
western boundaries.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
SCHEME.

II IS announced that Senator McMi'lans
nroposition for the enlargement Of the
District of Columbia will be submitted
10 the next General Assembly of VIZ
ginia. Senator Mcmillan hopes to get
Virginia to cede back to the United
States a part Of the land on this side or
the Potomac. including Arlington when
the United states retroceded TO Virginia
i'm 1916. and which prior to that time had
been embraced in the District. Orisl-
nally the District consisted Of 100 square
miles Of territory. made up of cessions
from Virginia and Maryland. The Viz
ginia cession included the city of Alex
andria and the Maryland cession the city
Of Georgetown. 1t is not probable that in
the Virginia Legislature Senator McAIil-
lan's proposition Will get much further
than the introduction stage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

With its last issue the South Boston
Times entered upor its ninth year. The
the past. its policy will be Democratic,
ever striving to advance the true princi-
pies of Democracy and the interest of the
people OF South Boston and Halifax
county.
such a platform ought to bring the
Times the increased success IL merits.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
Unhappy Illustration.

columbus (O) State J0urnal)
Johnny" said a teacher to a South
Side groceryman's 6-year-old. "a lie can
be acted as well as told. Now, if your
father would put sand I'm his sugar and
sell It. he would be acting a lie, ana do
ing very wrong.
That's what mother told him" said
Johnny, impetuously. land he said he
didn't care"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

What is described as an exciting event,
was pulled of" at Nutley. y. j., Satur-
day night. 1t was a free-for-all Welsh
rabbit cooking contest. Each cook was
obliged TO eat of his own product before
giving the awarding committee a taste
all around-this as a guarantee of good
faith-and then each cook had 10 clear
his dish, that the effect might be observed
by the judges after a suitable period OF
time had elapsed. 1t was a case in which
they did not first catch their rabbit"
but they probably caught 1t afterward.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

In the February No. of the Geographic
cal Journal is an article by +. w. Chris
tian. descriptive of the Cyclopean ruins
in the Caroline Islands. The most impor-
tant OF these, we are told, are the re-
mains of a "Aiicronesian Venice in the
lagoon OF Ponape, consisting Of fifty or
sixty islets. mainly artificial in forma-
ton" and occupying an area Of about
nine square miles. They are defended
from the sea by a massive breakwater.
The material used is basalt. which was
brought n distance OF twenty or thirty
miles il immense masses-one piece has
been found weighing three and a quarter
tons. on one island n great wall, thirty
feet high By ten feet thick. formed Of
basaitic prisms laid alternately length
wise and crossWise," enclOses an oblong
| space strewn with fragments Of fallen
pillars and containing a great central
! vault Or treasure-chamber, said TO be the
grave Of an ancient monarch. who bore
the dyrastic title of Chau-te-Leur." Some
| excavations were made, but the only finds
Of any Importance were ten or twelve
ancient axes. three of them about a yard
in length, rubbed down from tho central
| shaft Of the Tridacna gigas, or giant
clam" On Ponape itself was discovered
an ancient cemetery in which were j
| graves '1iitle vaults not exceeding four
or four and a half feet in length within
/ rooted in with massive slabs OF basalt,'
| the graves Of dwarf negritos. a race prob
ably anterior to the builders Of the giant
masonry.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

The suit of Brayton Ives VS.. Ellis q
Elvey, Of London, which is now pending
in the courts Of New York, has attracted
the attention of all book-buyers and col
lectors Of antiquities. The plaintiff seeks
TO recover 1854, which he paid the de-
PENDANTS for a twO-page pamphlet, at
one time supposed TO be Of great value.
Connected with this pamphlet there is an
interesting story, which indirectly
touches upon American history. When
Columbus arrived in Portugal on his re-
turn from America he sent a letter 10
Louis Santangel. treasurer of King Fer
dinand. giving him a brief account Of his
experience and discoveries. He sent a
similar letter 10 Rafael Sanchez. These
letters were promptly printed, both in the
Spanish and Latin languages, but origi-
nails are now so scarce that they are
extremely valuable. Until 1889 the only
copy of the Spanish edition was believed
to be in the Ambrosian library at Milan.
| Later on a second one. alleged to have
been discovered in the library of an an
cient Italian family, was offered for sale
by a Paris dealer. Ellis Il Elvey pur-
chased it for 5000 francs. and later Mr..
Ives bought it for $500. About a year
later Bernard Quaritch, Of London. 1.-THE
king of old-book-seliers," questioned the
authenticity of Mr.. Iyes's treasured pos
session. and wrote a pamphlet assailing
its g-enuineness. At first the American did
not think he had been duped, but later
! on he investigated the matter, and be-
came convinced hat the pages which he
believed to have been printed with
movable types were really copies by pho
tographs from the original Milan. The
! original pages, which are about 6 by 8
inches in size, were enlarged by photo
eraphy TO 4 by 6 feet, which exaggerated
all the defects, and made it clear that
the impression was not made by a print
ing press. but by chemical transference.
The pamphlet Is pronounced to be the
finest forgery ever known, but this does
not console Mr.. Ives. The defendants,
who sold the supposed relic ten years ago.
still contend tina il is genuine, and make
| the additional defence that Mr.. Ives. him
self an expert, had every opportunity to
| investigate before he purchase was made.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

II is cheaper just now to make a trip
10 Europe on one of the regular trans
Atlantic liners than to spend a week at
a New York hotel-the minimum cost Oh
first-class passage being so, but the
berths to be had are few, and the low
rates apply only TO the period between
this time and the middle of June.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Senator Wolcott. of Colorado, and his
wife are out. IL seems. They are 10 be
formally and legally separated. the news
papers say. the ground Of action. II is
stated. and the sole ground. being incom-
patibility OF tsmpor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
&
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anywhere for full examination before
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full particulars, cut this notice out and
mail to SEARS, ROEBUCk & Co, Chl-
csgo. NH i-52t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
EXCURSION TO WILLIAMSBURG

INDUSTRIAL CHAPTER OF HOLY
TRINITY CHURCH GUILD.
There will be an excursion 20 Williams
burg SATURDAY. March 18th. under the
auspices OF the Industrial Chapter OF the
Holy Trinity Church Guild. Round Trip,
81. NH ST TuN f5t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
TIL

The promptness and fo~rethought eXhi-
bited Sunday by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company in notifying our
steamboat men and others of the impend-
ing freshet puts our community deeply
in its debt.
The news Of the rise. thus received was
energetically spread by the police force
and the hundreds Of persons who read
the Dispatch bulletins, and the re-
suit was that those who had property In
danger provided themselves with labor
ers and teams, where necessary, and
put most of their goods out of the reach of
danger. Richmond's loss by this freshet
is. therefore, much less than it would
have been had the railway company been
Indifferent, or inactive, in the matter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
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ed. five lines or less. 70 cents.
Card OF rates for more space furnisheu
IN appiIcation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

The consolidation into one OF all the
street-car lines of Baltimore took place
Saturday night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

UPTOWN OFFICE. BRoAD-sTREET
PHARMACY, 5t9 EAST BROAD
STREET.
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1893 HULL
STREET.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
Bo.tonian for sparrow"

New York Times.)
Boston. We note, has begun a cam
paign. not against English sparrows."
but against imported finches." It's a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

All letters and kilograms must be al
dressed TO THE DISPATCH COMPANY.
Rejected communications will not be re-
turned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

All letters recommending candidates TOT
ofce must be paid for to insure thelr
publication. This is a long-standing rule
~ nnra
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
Richmond. Va, February ~. 1899.

Richmond, Va, February ~. 1899.
IN CONSEQUENCES OF MY FEEBLE
health. j have this day appointed JOHN
II. WILLIAMS my attorney In fact. 10
settle up the mercantile business hereto
fore conducted by me in the city of Rich
mond. and for other purposes.
fe 2l-2w JOHN BOWERS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Resolutions OF respect 70 deceased
members passed by societies. corpora
tons. associations, or other organ'za-
tions. will be charged for as advertising
matter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Book and Job Printing neatly exsr> =
at he Dispatch Printing-House-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
Berlin. March 5th

Mrs. Rudyard Kipling. Hotel Grenoble:
"As an enthusiastic admirer Of the un-
rivalled books Of your husband, ] am
most anxious for news about his health.
God grant that he may be spared to you
and TO all who are thankful TO him for
the soul-stirring way in which he has
sung about the deeds of our great COM
mon race. "WILLIAM. /. X.
.n3n 4. NJ"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

T.. Sin retiring from the above firm
TO engage in the manufacturing business
in another city, / cheerfully commend the
new firm 10 my friends and the public.
NH 5-3t ADOLPHUS BLAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

This cablegram from Emperor William,
of Germany, was received in New YORK
Sunday morning:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

A STATED COMMUNICATION q
OF RICHMOND LODGE, No. 10, a. W
r. and a. NJ. will be held at Ma w
MING al o'clock. March Z. 1889. Mem
bers OF sister lodges and visiting brethren
are cordially invited 10 be present. An
election OF senior warden ana other or
lcers VIII take place.
BY order OF the Worshipful Master.
NH Z II. b. SNEAD, Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING or THE
UOOVEN MERCANTILE COMPANY
will be held at the company's office. over
National Bank OF Virginia. Eleventh and
Main streets, Richmond. Va, on WE'D
NFSDAY, March s. lsss. al 10 o'clock n.
NJ w. 7. HOONEN.
fe 23-2w Secretary and Treasurer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
Personal
CARD.

Richmond. Va. March ], 1893.
I HAVE THIS DAY BOUGHT OUT
THE INTEREST Of my brother, ADOL-
Plus BLAIR, in the firm Of A%dolphus
Blair q Sons. | will continue the bust
ness under the above firm name. where
/ will be pleased to serve my friends and
the public. Very truly.
JOHN ID. BLAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
EXCURSIONS, sc.

ELEVENTH AND CLAY STREETS.
open daily from 10 A. NJ. TO g II. NJ.
Admission, % cents. Free on Saturday,.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

POIiN NII4LEN Nj THE !. VI. Z. ~,
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9th.
under auspices Emmanuel Baptist Young
Peoples Union. Fine musical programme.
Admission, 80 cents. NH ,5,1,S&9-5t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-06

method to bring back the South to its ale
glance to the Union upon the basis of the
fourteenth amendment. and they proceeded
to pass, one after another the reconstruc-
ton measures. These provided for regis
tration of voters by army officers and the
election of delegates to constitutional con-
ventions, whose first requirement was to
ratify the fourteenth amendment. The in
fluential white element held aloof, and the
least qualified element. colored men and a
few men from the North, controlled con-
ventions and legislatures. Republicans were
not in fault, but the Southern leaders, who
depended upon President Andrew Johnson
If the false assumptions of the Review of
Reviews had appeared in some newspaper
they would have attracted no attention; but
the American magazines claim for them
selves higher authority, more intelligent
writer's and greater care for facts than can
be attained by the daily newspaper. This
offending, for ii amounts to an offending, is
not the result of purpose to msrepresent,
but of an ignorance of the details of recent
history which, TO say the least, is unfortu-
nate, since the man who writes of the
Progress of the World" assumes an air of
infalibility
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-06

Aguinaldo has acted upon the encourage
ment given him by those who have opposed
the ratification OF the peace treaty In the
Senate, the platform, in circulars and in
newspapers the enemies of the treaty have
declared that the United States has no right
to take the sovereignty of the Philippines
and no right to occupy any portion of the
soil. In the most incorporate language
men like Mr.. Carnegie have expressed the
hope that calamity would befall the United
States forces that should undertake to oc-
cupy the soil of the Philippines They have
raised thousands of dollars to help the cause
by defeating the treaty and in supporting
the agents Of Agunaldo in this country.
Some Of that money it is stated on good
authority, has been used to pay the expense
OF sending kilograms to Aguinaldo One Of
the dispatches, urging him to attack the
Americans at Manila. was intercepted by
our authorities. Through Agoncillo, Aguin-
aldo has been daily informed of the situa-
ton in Washington. If he had been sure Of
the defeat of the treaty he would not have
made the attack of Saturday night 1t is
said that his spy here cabled him that the
treaty would be ratified on Monday.
If the treaty had heen ratified three weeks
or more ago there would have been no as
sault on Saturday night and no resistance
at any time on the part of Aguinaldo. The
opponents of the treaty have caused him to
believe that he would be justified in making
war on the Americans at Manila. They
may not have intended to do this, but if the
man they have been comparing with Wash
ington and Bolivar had not been misled by
what they have said and done there would
have been no lives lost at Manila Saturday
night. Bat for the ambition of Senator Cor
man to appear u.ore potential leader than
Mr.. Bryan the treaty would have been rati-
fed three weeks ago.
Aguinaldo made the attack with the GER
tainty of victory. He was absurd enough to
believe that the American Senate if he had
captured Manila, would have recognized him
as the ruler of the Philippines and rejected
the treaty. 1t remains to be seen how many
subjects Aguinaldo will have in the Senate
to-day wien the vote on the treaty shall
be taken.