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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-17
THE RICHMOND
CITY HOSPITAL
How This Magnificent institution IS
Managed.
THE CITY AMBULANCE CORPS.
Ample Accommodations for the IVY
Poor aud Excellent Attentio"
Tor the Sick-iiow the Am
bnlancc il Called.

one OF the most complete and best man"
aged institutions OF Richmond. and when
reflects much credit upon Us superintend-
ents and the city at large is the CITY
Hospital and Almshousc.
This magnificent building stands on the
northern skirts OF the city, just facing
shockoe cemetery
Il has large yard I'm the front. wen
supplied with shade tres and flowers and
the perfect order in which 70 is kept
makes il one OF the most beautiful spots
in the city.
The entire institution IS under the ah'
MANAGEMENT of Superintendent George b.
Davis. who Is assisted boy Messrs. j. LoN'n-
stein and H. Paul. also Miss Florence
MacDougal. matron. r. T. Hu-hcs stew
ard: Ms. $. a. Boucn. mttron Of the cole
ored almshouss. Mr.. H. D.. Icteway en-
eineer. and H. Weis. baker.
DIR J. q. TreWuan is tho surgeon in
charge. and Dr. Frank A. Cunningham
and Dr. j. Gates G0ode are the resident
! physicians
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
| Connected with this institution Us tho
city Ambulance Corps. which does such
efficient ana conn. Na'''e service '" ~
parts OF the ci'y'
dent physicians. and when any accident
occurs or some person taken sick on tho
street this convey uce. with physician
N charge and all necessary m d.cines ana
instruments rra'y nt7,.'s WI" an p'
'lDIe sDte' l"' "i''' IT'D
OF lhe a'.''.H1 anu INC 'e"e' u '"0
slllcH.h Ones
Si"u.d .Ne l'I'ht- prove 10 D' ll
rious conu.uo" i.et are removed 'o WY"
hon's oi 'tiIIed To- lAe '''y iilsp MAJ.
The amou.aH'. rs always reiuy al any
"3uI o- 'l' "'t g." ".5"~ ,...,
should an} a.e1'hi Occur '' ,f. '., ~,
ale, ~, b, paonc and Mn. loc,lilv Civ
ar rb. ,aiear in .bI-g. 4f Tie hospital
toucbea two ele.trf, bltton- which are
ON either side of m. phone. and notifies
.ho ambulance surge In Dis room ana
,t, 80 .,, .,,,,...,,.,,... I'm tt.. stables
q,r. Kills. .ortf,r. ~, r.o. rrtH the div
49,, .t....t..t,,, ,,,.,r , ,ou which noi-
I,a an I'M r.v h,ye re.,,c1
r,s c,n
r, fe.s th,n p minute the ambulance.
which i5 htchei up on the plan OF inc
IRE dep1rrnent is coming down be af-
.rua toward TIE front gate of The hospital
where 10 is met bv the physician who ha'
received his direction in passing through
he Office. ard they are on DID tanl
mission OF mercy as fast as tine good
horse can carry Thorn.
oNr NfANACrNENT
ONE M-'-> '''' '.'' ''-'
Tho city Hospital and a.mshousc D,
kichm'hd D. 900 "'' ,,.. .,,.
AID in the sam. builIns. although mo-. 10y
directly connected with ea'n oln,l I.'
building is DIVIDED into tNo Depai .ll'N'''
tho men occupying one sDe ana in' W o,
men the othr f1e hosp i'' ..''.'' ..'
center %. ..e ......-. 80, tle ~oar.
house tho WINGS which eAi n- .i '''. .,,,j
The aged lnna. .'' .so io,yor
hoor and ihe ,..., 80, ,.,.h iron
These ward r''i7 ..' 20 ,.,.'r,re and
hedsto1is "i'n ,,,sbsfands
comfortable ..'..,. rbs-, ,,..
aiso Two ,. ,..s.l mo- These are
ruly inm. .5 o.. ,ol Furnished
com or',' o.i- fT.r from
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in Pittsburg will be fought to a finish.
Our council members left there and
placed First Vice President J. M. Lynch in
charge of the strike. He will fight 1t
OUT
Secretary Brentwood, in speaking of the
resolution passed by the American Fede
a committee of nine to investigate and re-
port on the differences between the typo
graphical union and machinists, said:
The first resolution offered provided
for a transfer from the typographical
union of all machine tenders who are
members; also all members of the type
settlers machine engineers Of the Inter
national Association of Machinists to
get all of the transferred members. This
was defective, and the resolution provid-
ing for the committee substituted. The
typographical executive council cannot
appoint such a committee without a vote.
This would take four months. The COM
mittee will not be appointed at all-at
least I think this way. The stereotypers
in Pittsburg were called out, but would
not strike. The pressmen are not or
ganized, hence were not called out We
have rated the stereotypers as well as
the machinists at Pittsburg. The machin-
lists have violated the strongest princi-
pie of trade unionism and taught
others to do so. At Detroit we had rep
resentation of $1,000 members; the ma
chinists We're 1900 strong There are
about 100000 machinists in this country,
but representation is based on fully paid
dues in the various organizations repre-
sented."
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SEEKING His CHILD
II. HARRIS ARE SHATTERED
IN CHICAGO
HIS LITTLE GIRL ABDUCTED
Taken by Nurse and Spirited Away
From GuatemRIa-Traced to Chi
cagO by Detectives Employed by
the Father, hut the Clue Finally
en- a Train for the West.

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-The hopes of
Chandler T. Harris for a Christmas re-
union with his long lost child are shat
tered.
In response to a telegram from mis- de-
tectives Mr.. Harris arrived in Chicago
from New York buoNant with hope that
the hunt of two years was about to end.
Since the summer of 1897 Mr.. Harris has
sought his child. and the latter's former
goVerness, who kidnapped the seven-year-
old girl from the home of Mr. Harris In
Central America. Detectives have work
ed on the case increasingly, and on sew
eral occasions have almost had the kid
naper in their grasp, only to have her
slip from their fingers
Mr. Harris went to the Virginia hotel
upon his arrival in Chicago, and from
there he drove Immediately to the Mar
quette club, where he had a conference
with his attorneys.
Later In the evening representative of
the lawyers called at the Chicago avenue
police station and made arrangements to
secure the services of city detectives to
make the arrest of the woman, who was
believed to be staying at a hotel in North
Clark street, near Division street. Lieut..
Cudmore promised that the officers should
be sent, but it was learned soon after
ward by the private detectives that the
woman and child had mysteriously van
ished from the place.
Mr.. Harris could not be found after
the failure of the plan to capture the kid
naper. He had not returned to the Vir-
hotel tn q T1t jrI,%
clerk at the hotel said that Mr. Harris
had reserved room and had left word
to send any messages that came for him
during the evening to the Marquette club.
information coming from the police how
ever, goes to show that Mr.. Harris left
Chicago on a late train last night, pre-
sumably on a new clew.
KIDNAPPING OF THE CHILD.
The story of the kidnapping Of the child,
Helen Harris, is a strange one. Mr. Har-
ris is said to be a coffee planter liz Guate-
mala. Two years ago young woman
who gave her name as Anna Sheldon
secured the position in Mr.. Harris home
She was handsome and was we'll liked,
but a few months later she disappeared
with the girl. Detectives learned that she
had taken passage on a boat for America.
1t was believed at first that her motive
was to secure a ransom, but the detec-
tives afterward found that the woman
had been an actress. Since then they
have worked on the theory that the child
was kidnapped for the vaudeville stage.
The first Chicago cleW was secured at a
South Side hotter. 1t is now believed that
the young woman stayed for a few days
as mother and daughter at the Hotel LIE
Grand, Wells and Kinzie streets. s. A.
Grove, the proprietor recalls the woman
as quiet and stylishly dressed, and APP
parently much attached to the child.
A prominent firm of detectives has the
case in charge, and it is said that the OPP
eratives have positive information that
the woman and girl escaped from Chicago
and are believed to have gone West.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
Winter in the South.

The season approaches when ones
thoughts turn towards place where the
inconvenience of a Northern winter may
offers such ideal spots as the Gulf Coast
on the line of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad between Mobile and New Or
air. even temperature and facilities for
hunting and fishing enjoyed by no other
section. Accommodations for visitors are
first-class, and can be secured at mod
crate prices The L. & n. r. r. is the
only line by which it can be reached in
through cars from Northern cities.
Through car schedule to all points In
Florida by this line is also perfect.
Write for folders, etc, to J. K. Ridgely,
N. w. P A, Chicago, III, or Geo. B.
Horner, D. P. A, ST. Louis, Mo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
PROSPERITY IN COMMERCE
LONE STAR STATE.
Texas Has Paid Allegiance to the
,4---4 Flags of Six Nations.


,4--4 Flags of Six Nations.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Scarcely another state in the Union has
as remarkable and interesting history as
Texas. In one respect at least it occu-
pies a unique position in the history of
American states. Since its discovery six
different governments have at different
times claimed its allegiance, and as many
different flags have waved over it-those
of France, Spain, Mexico, independent
Texas, the United States and the Confed-
crate States.
The foundations of Texas statehood
were not laid as a British colony, nor
under the grant or control of The British
crown, as were those of the original
thirteen states, It's first settlement dates
back more than two hundred years. and
its first American colonists went there
under terms and conditions imposed by
q foreign state, In whose language, laws,
and institutions they were total strangers.
There never was, there never could be.
any sympathy between these first Ameri-
can colonists and the Mexican government
under the OLD regime. Separated by vast
wildernesses from the. people Of the Unit
ed States. and unaided save by individual
efforts of sympathiZing brethren therein,
those colonists declared their independ-
ence, esta blished it with the sword, and
for nine years maintained a stable re-
pubic.
Texas was neither purchased Eor con-
Quered for the Union. Annexation to the
United States was. accomplished through
a treaty made by Texas representatives
and ratified by the free suffrage of the
citizens. No other state in the Union has
had such varied experiences or sailed
through such stormy seas into the haven
of peace and prosperity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
AN INSANE SOLDIER
Duplicated Rudynrd KipIing;s "In
the Matter of n Private"


the Matter of n Private,
WASHINGTON, Dec 25.-The case Of
Nicholas Davis, of Troop B, Third caval-
~, having been reported to Gen. Merritt,
commanding the department of the East
at New York, he has authorized the COM
mitment Of the man to the government
hospital for the insane near this city
Davis is an enlisted man from Kentucky.
who became insane over fancied wrongs
inflicted by members of his troop at Fort
Meyer, Va, and who, inspired by drink,
duplicated at Fort Meyer the main Incl
dents in Rudyard Kiplings story I'm the
Matter Of a Private" Obtaining a Krag-
Jorgensen rife and supply Of ammuni-
ton, he barricaded himself in the troop S
quarters and began firing through the
open windows at every person who came
within range Of his weapon. Fortunately,
he failed to hit anybody.
The commandant at the fort, after ex-
hausting all possible efforts to capture
the crazy trooper without sacrificing the
lives Of any Of his men, finally ordered
him shot, and sergeant and squad
were detailed for that purpose. Instead
Of ordering volley fired, however, the
sergeant, who is crack marksman, took
single shot at the crazed soldier. Only
Davis head and the stock and barrel of
his rife could be seen above the window
sill. The sergeant's bullet broke the am
munition chamber of the Krag-Jorgensen.
driving the pieces Of metal into Davis
face and head, stunning, but not killing
him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
INCUBATOR OSTRICH.
The First Successful Result of That
Experiment.

Experiment.
Florida Times-Union and Citizen.
Out at the ostrich farm there is another
curiosity, and this time it is the first in
cubator-hatched baby ostrich in the
United States For several years at
tempts have been made at Omaha and
Los Angeles to hatch the eggs of the
ostrich, but so far all attempts have been
unsuccessful. The question of applying
moisture has been the one problem that
has troubled all breeders, and the uncer-
tainty of the birds sitting has made it
necessary to use the incubator, If it
should be proved possible.
Some time ago Mr. Campbell had half a
dozen eggs placed in an Incubator, and
has been experimenting ever since. When
the eggs were twenty-one days in the in
perfectly formed chicks, with feathers
on their backs and rudimentary tail
feathers sprouting. The birds were alive
and are now preserved In alcohol at the
show room of the farm Encouraged at
this apparent success, he has watched the
incubator, which, in turn, has nursed the
eggs, and yesterday, just forty-one days
from the time of the first experiment, one
of the eggs showed signs of muscular
life, and Mr.. Campbell broke the shell
Immediately a claw was stuck through
the inner skin OF the shell, then another
and finally whole foot appeared. Mr..
Campbell waited until the afternoon,
when the bird was about half way out
of the she'll Finally the head began to
force its way out of the shells inner
lining, and then the incubator baby
ostrich winked an eye, and he was put
back into the incubator to finish the proc
ess of making his entry into the world
alone.
That part of the bird which was visi-
BILE was perfectly formed and was cover
ed with feathers. The foot had a claw
about a quarter Of an inch long. The
young bird is a kicker, and was making
valiant struggles to get into business on
its own account.
Mr.. Campbelrs success in raising this
bird in the incubator is in the nature of
a valuable discovery. Many hundred
dollars worth of eggs have been wasted
in experiments, and if Mr.. Campbell shall
succeed in Matching out the eggs which
are now in the incubator the discovery
will be worth thousands of dollars. 1t
has taken forty-two days careful watch
ing. The thermometer has been kept at
ITO degrees, and the moisture has been
applied al intervals as Mr. Campbell
thought best. The propTietors of the Los
Angeles farm have long ago given up eX-
perimenting with incubatOrs having had
no success whatever, but Messrs. Pearson
& Taylor, Of the Jacksonville farm, on
hearing of the twenty-one day result
mentioned above, Immediately cabled to
a London, England, concern for an In
cubator of the same style and pattern as
the concern is manufacturing for the
farms in Cape Colony, and large enough
to hatch seventeen eggs at one time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26

Boston, for example, one group of stocks
alone-copper mines-have declined on the
eve of Christmas approximately $500, O00,-
GOO. Figures like these are easily cited,
not easily comprehended. Ruin is their
significance to hosts.
RICH MANS PANIC.
Not the little fellows this time are
the chief sufferers. If what we have
been experiencing be termed a panic, it
has been rich mans panic. Promoters
who have grabbed millionaire commits
s1ons are treated to the spectacle of the
securities" on which their commissions
were taken made unmarketable at shriv-
eled figures. Millionaires who have lent
their names to expanded financial
schemes found themselves involved in
losses that make great breaks into their
original fortunes. And banks and trust
companies do not escape Financial in
situations, which as money lenders have
recognized collateral value in new issues
pay extensively for bad judgment This
panic, If fairly 1t may be put in the
panic column, is not a legitimate panic
but panic born absolutely Of ayarice
What is unfortunate is that good proper
ties have had to pay penalties imposed by
the imitation Of trusts originated merely
to give excuse and opportunity for print
Ing and trying to market Securities
1hOS1S SUFFER- ALIKE,
In the list of new issues many, doubt
less g. majority, have presented business
merit. Under ordinary circumstances in
a market not glutted with similar output
they might have in season obtained and
maintained credit in the investment
world. But their exploitation was so
much a fierce rush to unload that penal
ties paid in the resultant crash give scant
texts for wonder. Complaint is heard
that all that is bad in the situation has
been brought about by lack of money
here. The fact is that the avalanche of
new stocks dumped upon Wall street this
year or ready to be dumped upon Wall
street next year could not have been
financed with all the money of all the
world.
One CLEAN Of cheerfulness. does creep
into the Christmas situation. Conserva-
tive men in Wall street, in the midst of
all the proofs of evil fortune, are fore
casting improvement. The crisis is over.
they say. Trust-making has had its de-
bauch,. and further gravity will not soon
be inflicted on that account. Good times
are interchangeable and thoroughgoing
IndustFially: and commercially the coun-
try prospers beyond precedent, not in
one part Of the country, nor in one de-
partment Of trade, but in all the depart
ments, and in all parts of the country
business is satisfactoryss growing better
every day.
PROSPERITY. IN COMMERCE.
In all the Wall street calamity COM
mercial embarrassments have not appear
ed. Business failures are at a minimum.
business profits pass all record maxi
NUNS. We are shipping gold, but we
have gold to spare-tens of millions of
surplus to spare. International trade
runs higher and higher in our favor And
maybe trying somehow to squeeze out
a CLINT of hopefulness-this lean Christ
mas of 1899 may not prove as bad as
it looks. Maybe after all, 1t is only to
serve as a comparison with the fatter
Christmas coming
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
Through Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Car Service to Texas, Old Mexico
and California,


Via the Chicago Great Western Rai1uev
to Kansas City. and the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, the San Antonio & AranSas
Pass and Southern Pacific raiIwaIs
through Dallas. San Antonio, III Paso
and Los Angeles to San Francisco TbS
only through car line from the North1
west to Texas points and connectine a+
Spofford Junction for all points in Ola
Mexico. A new weekly service establish o
ed on Nov: 3. and continuing Week1v
thereafter. They will be in charge Of f a5
experienced official and will leave Mn
neapolis at 10:45 .. M. and st. Paul 81
II 20 p. m. every Friday and reach DaII
las the following Sunday, San Antonio
on Monday. Ell Paso on Tuesday Tioo
Angeles at noon Wednesday, and g.
Francisco early Thursday morninu
These cars are the Standard PnlIrnan,
Sleeping cars, similar to those mn an
all transcontinental lines. and the chargaa
for berths are about half those char@e5
in regular Standard Pullman SIaensr~Su
To persons who have made the trim 70
California via other routes this So11tho
ern route will prove a most delightfml
change. and to persons contempla tinS =
trip to Texas or Mexican points #
furnishes facilities heretofore unOffersd
This car may be taken at any point along
the line Of the Chicago Great Western
Railway between Minneapolis and Kan
sas City. For full information and as
sistance call on or address T. P EIuer
G. A. P. D.. Fifth and Robert streets
st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26

w onueF IS There, WOnuer can there be,
that Wall street greets Christmas dole
fully? Losses recorded in the tables [
quote are far from signifying what is
actually the sacrifice record. In this
list are given barely a quarter Of the
stocks dealt in on the stock exchange and
no reference whatever to the long list of
outside securities which have markets
upon the "curbs." Nor is consideration
given to the devastation which has, been
wrought elsewhere in markets with which
Wall street has close relationship In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
FIGHT TO A FINISH.

Printers and Linotype Machinists
Are TT Outs.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 25.-President S.
B. Donnelly and Secretary j. H. Bran
wood, Of the International Typographical
union, today returned from a meeting of
the executive council of the union in
Pittsburg. I'VE found that the Pitts
burg publishers refused to meet with us
or in any way recognize our council"
said President Donnelly 1--WE have. as a
result, rated the International Associa-
ton of Machinists and will have nothing
more to do with them, either through ar
bitration or in any other way. The fight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-"Merry Christ
mas" Is g. congratulation not much
spoken this year in Wall street. Forlorn
indeed is the record. A thousand million
dollars have been cut from market
values, and wholly apart from this sit
uation, as 1t cruelty intrudes, is the long
list of why's and wherefores. From
variety of causes we have had collapses
A year that started out we'll and whose
every prospect last spring broadened and
frightening into an era Of profit-making
glorious beyond compare approaches
Christmas In tatters. Not only has it
taken away the effect of the extraor-
binary prosperity which had been record
ed as the spring and summer
departed, but Christmas market val
des as compared with recent rec
ords make an exhibit which Ia
ken alone, might be reckoned as evil
dence that we have really had during 1899
nothing but adversely.
To really comprehend what Christmas
brings this year it Is not needed to note
what the sequel is of the buoyancy
which made every Wall street heart glad
earlier in the year, when the stock ex-
change began to realize that the land
was flushed with prosperity. No such
comparison ever before was permitted.
Here are the figures for standard rail-
road stocks today beside figures that
lowered only few months ago:
Irwin u
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
Lnnanese Women Divers.

Over a hundred Japanese women fol-
lowing the profession of divers are found
along the coast of Japan. They are from
seventeen to thirty years of age. Their
earnings are not uniform, as they are
paid according to the amount of their
work, which consists of diving for agar
seaweed, sea ear and cucumber.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26
ONLY ONE WAY
To Make Him Die, and That Way to
Shoot Him on Judgment Day.


Chicago Tribune.
II will have to give a word or two in
explanation III order to insure a thorough
appreciation of this story" said ]. r.
Rockhill, of Chicago. In the Southern
Illinois town where my father lives there
used to be a selectman named Watkins
who had held Office so long and reached
so advanced an age that jokes about few
die and none resign, he had solved the
question of living forever, etc, were
constantly applied to him. Another Sc
lectman by the name Of Lindsey, who was
something of wit. was very sick and
not expected to live, and while he was
in this state Watkins fell Ill of pneumo-
MIA, from which disease he subsequently
died. A friend calling on Lindsey told
him Of Watkins sickness, and that his
death was momentarily expected. twin
kle crept into Lindsey's eye as he whis-
pered to his friendi No; Watkins won't
die this time. He'll never die. They'll
have to shoot him on Judgment day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26

SHRINKAGES IN TRUSTS.
Wall street consideration of this ter
rife showing is incomplete, however,
for in the list of trusts there is addt-
tional shrinkage of hundreds of millions
stocks. Here is the record from the
high points at which these trust stocks
went in the flush of Wall street good
times last summer, compared with fig
ures now shown:
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Cb,nese women barred.

Maiwatchin, on the borders of Russia,
is the only town in the world exclusively
Inhabited by men. The Chinese women
are not allowed to live in this territory
and are even forbidden to pass the great
wall Of Kaikan and to enter Mongolia.
All the Chinese of this border town are
traders