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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
DIG SILK FACTORY
To BE Established at Lambert Point
Dismal swamp Canal.

NORFOLK, VA, January 10-(Special.)
Within sixty days there will begin opera
tons at Lambert Point, suburb of Nor
folk, the largest satisfactory in the South.
1t Is to employ nearly 600 expert weavers,
and will have a capital stock of $1,000
The style of the concern is the Norfolk
Silk Company, and 1T will weave, piece
dye. and print silk fabrics Of the nnesi
quality. The company is already organ
lied. the capital subscribed, and magni'
cent factory building costing $4,000 Will
be erected within a few weeks. Pending
its completion, however, temporary quar-
ters will be leased for use as a training
school for the unskilled local help. Ma
chinery for the factory is now being man
ufactured. Prominent silk weavers iden-
titled with the new venture are: Messrs.
William Schroeder & Co., of New York
Otto Andre, president Of the Empire SIX
Mills of Paterson, and II. A. Van Lew
president of the Liberty Mills, of New
York Baltimore. Norfolk. and Richmond
capitalists are also interested. The COM
pany's object in coming TO Norfolk is To
avail itself of the low rates Of travelling
for its employees, cheap fuel, and Nor
folks extensive transportation facilities.
City-Treasurer Herman to-day delivered
to MeSSrS. MOttu, lie w ltt ~ ~, VI MI
folk. the big batch of city bonds bought
by that firm some weeks ago-s599, 900
worth The purchase-price and accrued
interest amounted TO about $6ll 600, but a
portion of this was deposited at the time
of the purchase. The check which passed
to-day was for about $5Sl.0C0. 1t was
drawn on the Citizens Bank of Norfolk.
Motorman John Flora and Conductor
John Burton. who were in charge OF
Street-car No. 81, which ran over and
k.Aed William *. Ferguson on Cooley
avenue. Atlantic City December Slst, were
acquitted in the Police Court to-day. The
Court held that there was enough conflict
I'm the testimony TO raise a reasonable
doubt I'm favor Of the defendants, and
exonerated them from criminal RESPONSE
bilitY.
The work Of widening and deepening the
Dismal Swamp canal which was aban-
doned by Contractor McManus, has been
taken up by the Sanford & Brooks Dredg-
ing concern, of Baltimore. They nave
purchased of the McManus Company sew
eral giant dredges, and will prosecute the
work 10 the end. 1t is believed that the
new waterway will be opened TO frame
within the year. II Is considered both
from a strategic and commercial stand
point one of the most important Inland
wateryavs in the world
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in ad'
vanced years are realized by compare
lively few women.
Their hard lives, their liability to se-
r;ous troubles on account OF their pecu'
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves. all COM
bine TO shorten the period ofusefulness
and I'll their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given advice
70 many that has shown them how -
guard against disease and retain vigor-
ous health in old age. Fromevery cor
ner of the earth there is constantly com
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy OF
lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound In overcoming female Ills. mere
is n letter from Mrs. J. c. Orms, OF zIo
Horner St., Johnstown, Pa, which Is
earnest and straight to the point:
"DEAR Mrs. PrSKHAM:-I feel it my
duty to tell all suffering women that l
think your remedies are wonderful. L
had trouble with my head, dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold, was very nervous, could not sleep
well, had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion of the womb.
Since taking your remedies am BETTE
every way My head trouble is all
gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. l can eat and
sleep we'll and am gaining in flesh. l
consider your medicine the best TO be
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills Is unparal-
lelled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia Z. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department OF
her great business, treating by letter
as many as hundred thousand aiilng
women during a single year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY II, 1899
THE DoCToR-GENERAL.

General Brooke has telegraphed' TO
Washington an expression Of his aston
ishment that General Wood. Military
Governor OF the Department Of Santiago
should have permitted the recent demon
STATIONS at Santiago against the proposed
order for concentrating customs at Ha-
bana 10 take the form of abuse OF the
Governor Of the island.
General Wood, as commander of the
Rough Riders. proved himself good
fighter. and being a doctor of medicine
he has done much TO improve the sanitary
conditions at Santiago-but he is not
statesman The proposition that all the
customs dues collected at Santiago should
he spent in and about that city is so
absurd we wonder any reasonable man
,ould be found TO advocate it. Yet that
Is said TO be the position Of General Wood.
In so far as the Santiagoans protest
against the customs receipts be& for
warded TO Habana daily, we sympathize
with them. We believe, however, that an
order has been, or soon will be, issued
permitting the custom-house moneys to
be deposited in the banks Of Santiago
until the Governor General draws upon
them. as the needs of the service may re-
quire.
General Wood is not only on record as
encouraging and permitting kicking
against General Brooke's reasonable and
proper order. but he is said TO be on his
way to Washington to exploit his views
on the subject. If this be true, some Of
his friends would do him a service by
catching him by the shoulders and turn
ing him back TO Santiago. Brooke's or
der. no doubt, emanated from the Presi-
dent himself What is more, It Is right
and proper order. The Governor-General
Of Cuba--if we may so designate General
Brooke--ought TO apportion the receipts
from customs so as to best serve the in
terests of the whole island. We are but
trustees for the Cubans. and ought so
to administer their finances as to do
Justice to all the people of that unhappy
and much msgoverned island.
We should be sorry if General Doctor
Wood got into any trouble, but we rejoice
that he has given the Federal Govern
ment an opportunity TO acknowledge the
doctrine that 1.-THE consumer pays the
tax" The President and his party have
repudlated this idea in their protective
tariffs, but now they are prompt to recog-
nize It when dealing with the affairs OF
Cuba. In the latter case they rightly de-
clare that Notwithstanding the fact that
the dues in question are paid by the i'm
porters of Santiago, the importer, in turn,
ldds the charge TO the cost of the goods,
and at last the burden lodges upon the
consumers shoulders.
The administration having adopted the
proper course of action in Cuba, may we
not hope 1t will, In time, see that our
homefolks have the benefit of the like
doctrine as applied 60 manufactures that
are now protected?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
THAT CONFEDERATE BADGE.

Judge Emory Speer. of Atlanta, has
written TO Chicago paper g letter de-
scrlbing the Confederate badge" which
the President wore at Macon. The judges
letter has been printed along with a fac
simile Of the badge. and the latter ap-
pears to be quite an innocuous thing. The
wonder is that IL ever should have Gre
ated panic I'm certain Grand Army circles
At the top of the badge Is q love-knot
tied in red, white. and blue ribbon. Be-
meath the knot welcome" appears in
large type. Beneath that word we have
small portrait of the President, such an
engraving as would be used TO I'll a col
umn's width in the Dispatch. Then comes
in display type the following words: ''Bibb
County Camp No 4Si. Confederate Vete-
rams. Macon. Ca, December 10. 1888"
And finally I'm plain, reading-matter
type, comes the following extract from
the Presidents Atlanta speech
every soldiers grave made during the
unfortunate civil war is a tribute 10
American yalor. and while, when those
graves were made we differed widely
about the future OF the government.
those differences were long ago settled by
the arbitrament of arms, and the time
has come. In the evolution of sentiment
and feeling. I'm the providence OF God.
when In the spirit OF fra-ernlty we shouli
afhare with you In the care OF the graves
III Confederate soldiers"
And that Is all there is upon the badge,
except a fringe at the button.
Judge Speer points out that The colors
used on IN badgs-red, white. and blre--
are those Of the Union. not those Of the
snnfederacy. lie might have gone far-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
IT Is PLEASANT.

IA we have remarked on severai occ"-
sIons, truth Is generally the gamer "nen
our northern Republican contemporaries
get at loggerheads over some 'mporuan'
question. One side or the other Is pretty
sure TO make some admission 10 inc IN
terest Of truth that would not have oeeh
made under other circumstances. n case
IN poInt develops In the discussion Oh the
nowers President Mckinley has assumed
rba New York Evening Post, In treat
,,, ~ tho reverence Of the old-tiine puo-
10 mon for the Constitution and contrast
ing that reverence with the himsy REGARD
for the instrument which prevails 10
dav I'm certain quarters, says that the
first real breach IN the Constitution was
,nodo nv tho invention OF the war power
70 enable President lincoln to aponsh
slavery.
Not exactly. The first real breach was
made when the Federal Government at
tempted to coerce a sovereign State. stii'
there is no question that the emancipation
of the southern slaves was a gross infrac-
ton Of the Constitution. Moreover, It was
an infraction that involved wholesale
robbery; for the slaves were property. In
signing the emancipation proclamation
Mr. Lincoln violated his oath Of office,
and acted contrary TO d principle he had
laid down only short time before. He
could not resist the pressure OF "the
gang around him.
But our New York contemporary does
not stop with the admission that the
emancipation proclamation was breach
In the Constitution. 1t says, further:
after the civil war we had still enough
reverence for the Constitution not TO take
any step which seemed seriously to violate
its provisions, without amending H.
so as not to seem TO disregard 1t. we
even took the trouble 10 make slavery
formally unconstitutional. after we had
abolished it by military force"
Precisely The Republican party at
tempted to oondone an outrage upon the
Constitution by compromising the outrage
As that party forced the South to ratify
the amendments hero was made another
serious breach in the Constitution. The
amendments were ratified under duress.
OF course. we recognize that the discus
sion in the abstract Of past breaches In
the Constitution is academic, but none
theless II is pleasant TO have Republican
contemporaries concede the truth for the
purpose of warning the public against
future possibilities in the way of camp
ing outside" of the organic law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

The report Of the late Colonel George
T. Waring as to the health conditions at
Habana has been made public. He states
that there is n total lack of sewers there
and hence the lots and alleys are filthy be-
yond belief. The water supply OF the
city is. however. Of most excellent char
acter. This. with the winds from the
gulf. saves Habana from being absolutely
and unqualihedly pestilential. Still the
Colonel believed that the city is a veri-
table plague spot Its own people, though
largely immune to yellow-fever which
has prevailed there uninterruptedly for
163 years. fall constant victims under the
perniclous malaria and depressing infu-
ences to which they are always subject
ed" Moreover, the Colonel thought we
here in the United States could never
RELY upon exemption from yellow-fever
until Habana, its breeding-place, Is tho
roughly cleansed.
Colonel Waring states that 1t is not pos
sible from the data now available TO es-
innate the cost of all the work that will
be necessary to effect the desired sani-
tation, but that it will not exceed $1,000
OoO Ii has been estimated, he says, that
single epidemics introduced into the
United States from Habana have cost
in the Mississippi Valley alone, aOO,OOO,OOt
I'm loss TO Industries and TO commerce,
aside from the loss OF life, amounting
I'm 1873 and 1879 to 1891, in addition to the
enormous cost of the sickness OF those
who recovered. He further states that
in his Judgment the complete execution
OF the work proposed by him would Grad
icate yellow-fever from Habana for all
time. would relieve it from the malaria
which is now so fatal. and would reduce
its normal death rate from its present
high figure mot far rom 50 per 1000 TO
about 20 per 1000 He says furthermore
that If these improvements are TO be made
there must be no delay and no halfway
measures. 1t must all be done before
June !. 1899 If IL is not done there is
every reason to fear that yellow-fever win
be rife in Habana next season, because OF
the large number Of unprotected persons
who would go there trusting 10 the eff
cheney of the partial carrying out Of the
work
The report states in detail the work
necessary TO be DONE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
By THE DISPATCH COMPANY.

The DAILY DISPATCH Is delivered
10 subscribers at FIFTY CENTS per
month. payable to the carrier weekly or
monthly. Mailed at s. per annum' paya-
BILE In advance: 50 for six months N''V
Tor three months: 80 cent? for one month
Price per copy. cents.
The WEEKLY DISPATCH Issued ana
mailed In two parts at 81 per annuln'
The SUNDAY DISPATCH at Si.50 per
anrum, or 70 cents for six months
Subscriptions In ell cases payable IN au-
vance. and no paper continued after 'he
expiration OF the time paid for. Seno
psst-oflce money order. check. or regis
tered letter. Currency sent by man WI"
b at the risk OF the sender. suDsc''''is
wishing their post-office chanscu '"".'
give their old as well as their ne" po"'
once Sample copies free.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
PETERSBuRG'S PROPOSED FAIR.
Decided That an Association lie
Formed,

PETERSBURG, VA, January lO-(Spe-
ciaL)-At a largely attended meeting OF
merchants and other citizens. held to-
night. II was unanimously decided 10
hold an agricultural and industrial exhi-
bition in this city in October next, and
for that purpose TO form an association.
with a capital stock Of $1,000 divided
into shares Of 1926 each. a committee was
appointed to report a permanent organl-
cation TO an adjourned meeting. 10 be
held next Monday night, after which
books will at once be opened for sub
scriptions to the stock The movement
having been started under most favor
able auspices. will be pushed forward
with energy. The probability is, though
the matter is not yet decided, that the
exhibition will be held on the New Mar
ket grounds, just outside OF the city in
Prince George county.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
OLD BURG AND VICINITY.
Bank Omcers Elected-Many Persons
HIVE the Grin.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, January
1O-(Special.)-Th National Bank to-day
elected the following Board of Directors
for the current year: c. M. Wallace. a.
w. Wallace. ]. S. Wallace. w. II. Hur-
kamp and III. S. Doggett.
Mr.. Lewis Bowling received telegram
yesterday announcing the death in Rich
mond county OF his brother, Mr.. Charles
l.. Bowling.
The Baptist Sunday-School Society has
elected the following officers for the year:
President, Rev. Dr. 7. s. Duna way: Vice
President, Colonel Il. ID. Cole: Superin-
tendent. Captain 8 J. Quinn; Secretary.
ID. C. Cole; Treasurer. 5. L. Eastburn;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

All our Virginia exchanges and scores
of those from beyond the borders Of this
State have had editorials upon the death
Of DR.. Hoge These articles show cor
rect appreciation Of the Doctors charac-
ter and genius, and are couched in grace
full ard sympathetic language. The fact
is made patent by these publications that
our friends fame was far spread over
this land
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
ROANOKE.
Bank Officers Chosen-A Serious Ac-
cident.

ROANOKE, VA, January 10-(Special)
John Friez was arrested at a late hour
last night on the charge Of maliciously
shooting Ernest Rowzee.
The First National Bank elected officers
as follows to-day: H. s. Trout. president;
b. n. Hatcher. vice-president; J. w.
Shields. Jr.. cashier, and ]. Tyler Mea-
dows, assistant cashier.
John Wright. residing in Bedford coun-
~, about five miles east Of Vinton, was
knocked down and very seriously in
jured by horse to-day. Mr.. Wright was
dragging saw-lOgs down a mountain. and
was leading the horse by the bride. The
log struck a tree and threw him down.
inhictng serious injuries 10 his chest.
Mr.. Wrlghts life IS despalred Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
To the Editor OF the New York Sun:

Sir.-Mr Emery. the so-called weather
observer in New York, might be good
man to guess the weight of hogs at fall
killing for the Agricultural Department
but as guesser on the weather Is a
failure. c. ID.
Glen Ridge. n. j.
II strikes us that the weather prophet
at Washington has also been making a
good many failures during the last few
months in his weather indications for
Virginia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
Rev. DIR. Jett Very Ill.

STAI-NTON. VA. January l0.-(Special)
The condition Of the Rev. Robert G. Jett,
ID. D., rector Of Emanuel Episcopal
church, is such as TO greatly concern his
friends He is Ill with grip. This morn
ing ne had sinking spell, but Is shade
better tonight. DR.. Jett and Miss Jet.
OF King George, father and sister Of the
patient. are here. IN response 70 summons.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

attached to a passenger train on the
Pennsylvania railroad yesterday afternoon
about $50 o'clock on the outskirts OF the
city. and seriously injured He was sent
to the Infirmary, where 1t was found his
skull was fractured. Wyatt was from
Norfolk, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
CALL AND SEE 1T.
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bronchitis. and all Throat and Lung Disesses
and Prevents Consumption
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

sher and said the badge Is more OF "a NC
,<tnIev badge" than "a Confederate
badge"
Now we trust the Grand Amy irreeon-
cilables will '1et up on 'he President
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ALEXANDRIA, VA, January l0.-(Spe-
cial)-Carter Wyatt, a colOred man about
90 years of age, was struck by an engine
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All letters and kilograms must oe au
dr.ssea 20 THE DISPATCH CoMPANf l.
rejected communications Will not DC TO-
turned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

Uptown OFFICE. BRoAD-STREEI
PHARMACY. Jl9 EAST 6I'O]AD
STREET. .o.. ,,r,,
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1903 HULL
STREET.
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All letters recommending csndiua'es
for Office must be paid FOR TO insure theii
npblication. This is a long-standinG RUS
~ ours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

Resolutions of respect 10 oeCe"S 'o
members passed by societies' co.p ',lo .
tions. associations, or other ois ai'nS'
tions. will be charged for as advertising
matter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

We are selling n
wonderful number OF
our FL Truro Cuban
Hand Made Havana =
Filler Puritano CT
CARS, because they
are equal 10 most
Toe. cigars. Step In
the little store below
post-ofiice and try
one. You'll like them.
Linn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
Rheum atiSm,

4nod,c Ollie are the best after-dinner
Ou 4 IAIo pills. Aid aisastion De
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Catarrh,

which very often comes from q
chronic affection Of the circula-
ton, Is constant offense to
ones self and all his friends.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-10
DEVEY'S HONEYMOON.
Admiral and His Bride at the Wal
dorf in New York.
EMBARRASSED BY TIE CURIOUS.

Despite the Manifest Desire Of the
Bridal Couple to Avoid Publicity.
They Were Greeted by Cheering
Crowds at Jersey City and New York.
New York. Nov. 1O.-Admiral and
Mrs. Dewey arrived in New York last
night from Washington. They were
driven direct from the West Twenty
third street ferry to the Waldorf-As-
toria, where they are the guests of
Mr.. ,Boldt. the proprietor Of that hotel.
The admiral and his bride did not
register.
The admiral and Mrs. HAGEN were
married yesterday at the parsonage
of st. PauPs Catholic church. Wash
ington. the ceremony taking place in
the parsonage because the admiral Is
not a Catholic. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Father Mackin. rec
tor Of the church, assisted by Fathers
Herbert and Foley. No one witnessed
the ceremony except Mrs. Washington
Mclean, the BRIDES mother, and Mrs.
Ludlow, the brides sister, and Lieu
tenant Caldwell. who waited on the
groom. John r. Mclean, defeated
candidate for governor of Ohio, broth
or Of the bride, did not arrive In time
to witness the ceremony.
The admiral and Mrs. Dewey got
away from Washington without at
tracing any attention. They came
to New York in an ordinary chair car.
Passengers who came over, Secretary
OF War Root among them, said that
the admiral and his bride were not
generally recognized by the other pas
sengers till after Philadelphia had
been passed. Then there was gen.
eral desire on the part Of everybody
on the train to see them. People
bought chair car tickets for the pur-
pose OF being In the same car, and
others who did not get chairs walked
the car for the purpose Of seeing the
bride and groom. .t
A group OF passengers got around
the admiral when he left his seat for
a few moments near Elizabeth, and