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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
GENERAL WILSON SAILS TODAY.
He and Part of the First Army Corps
to Leave savannah.

SAVANNAH, GA January 6.-The
transport OLDHAM sails tomorrow after
noon for Nlatanzas with General Wilson
and the headquarters Of the First Army
Corps; two signal companies Of that corps
and battalion Of the Eighth Massa-
chusetts. The remainder Of the Eighth
Massachusetts will follow on the next
transport
Advices were received here to-day that
the battalion of the First Maine Artillery,
now In camp here, is TO be mustered out
of service at once. Batteries { ana r.
of the Third and ID, Of the Flln Resl-
mont Of Artillery leave here In DAY OF
two for Fort Riley Kan.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07


BuckWheat-Dull.
COrnmeal-Quiet
Rye-Dull; No. bli2c r.
Barley-StrOnger; feeding western, 4JR
s7c: mailing. 80 DC. GOO
E9rlcV Alalt-Firm; western, tOnbSc.
Wheat-SpOt weak; No. red, Isi44iJflc.i
ontions had a fair bulge az the opening
IN unusually strong Liverpool cable
news hut without support were unable
IN stand The subsequent pressure OF gen
oral liguidation. Sentiment was less bull
ieb and found selling motives In small
novements. The final prices were weak
a. = ILIs,c. net decline; March closed
17iLc. MAY closed ir4c. ..
f1orn-Spot weak; No ?, igs0iSsc.; OPP
lions opfned steadier, With wheat hut
sScn reIapsed into former weakness
wing 10 lower cables. the break IN
wbeat louldation and light export trade
closed &c net lower; May closed f14c.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. ? &c; options
neglected.
Beef-Steady.
Cut-Meats-Dull.
I'D Weaker: western steamed. 500;
farnorv ST. nominally; refined quiet
''po,k-Easy: mess Ss5opTlo.
putfer-steady, Elgins 2lc.; Imitation
merry i8ni7c.; State dairy. l30iSc
Cheese-F Firm; large white, lOlsc,
Fges-Steady. state and Pennsylvania
97c western, fresh, DC; southern Nn
26c. ... r.a,.. q, tot11,xt "a.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
Ont In Dickenson.

DwALE. VA. January 6.-eSpeciaL)-
Your correspondent has just learned DO, or
the death OF Peter keedy ageu % vi ~ ~
among the first settlers Of this section,
having been originally from Grayson
county va. He had been a member or
the Methodist Episcopal Church; SOUTH,
fnr about forty years. His wife died
some years ago.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
Ashland Dots.

ASHLAND. VA. January 6.--(special)-
At a meeting of the vestry OF ST. James
Episcopal church. held last evening MT.
w Meade Addison was elected treasurer
of the church 20 fil vacancy caused vg
the death of Mr.. william NJ. Jones Mr.
Walter Williams was elected senior war
den 10 succeed Mr. Jones. No election Tor
Junior warden was held.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
richmond, Va, January 6, 800.

Richmond, Va, January D, leJJ
Ouotations: Nhtat-LOngberry 90 to
ne mixed g. 10 nc; shOrtbcrry, % To
10 30 . red nc C0rn-White new,
% TO &c: virginia white. bag lots (old),
40 TO nc: No. white. Ac.; No 3 white,
89c No 2 mixed. 3gc. No 3 mixed, % TO
3S -2c Oats-No. 2 mixed. &c, No. 3
mixed. 81 TO 81 lie; wInter-seed' 80 TO soc.
Rvs Ia egc
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
smaIl-Pox In Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA. VA, January b--lspe-
ciaiD-From information gained priVateiy
by your correspondent. the smallpox Is
ON the increase in this city. only three
generally believed that many more cases
pxfef
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
Change In Management of Imperial
Hotel.

Commencing with the LIST OF January
there was change IN the inah9b eile"s %
the Imperial Hotel The hotel was fOr-
merlv run by Messrs. Dunkley A Dorsett'
but Mr. Dunkley retired. and the man
ayers are now Messrs. DOrsett q Moore.
The same corps Of assistants were re-
engaged by the new management
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07

s. Considerable Increase over Last
Year.

Year.
ORLEANS. Ia, January c.
if,rs weekly New Orleans
''h.Hs. statement shows an iu-
H. movement into sight. com
H Ode seven days ending this
year, of 5lW bales-an increase
mo NIl. year before last Of
a.. ana al increase over the
H h. uf $4,000 bales.
days off tue season that have
aggregate is ahead OF The
i year $1,000 bales. and OF
year before last OF ], i62 90
.. amount brought into sight
past week has been 1913. JlS
s i32 bales for the seven
I'D. ODDS date last year and 223. $50
|H before last.
I.tI movement for the l28 DAYS
l.'mDer LIST 90 date is 19J8.0SB
sN-t ils3 fG bales last year and
.f.. year before last.
'i-lD.s SUPPLY OF COTTON.
'ecfe.ary's statement OF the worlds
plI or cotton show an inc
I'' ihr week just closed OF 50 $50
against au increase Of los 7Ig
g'tf. and "a decrease of 3iO2l
l'iai visible SIS 520JIi5 bales against
Di4es .ast week and I 8S04n bales
year Oh lhia The total Of American
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07

Vol, miqht not think So but there are thousand
T bsrys ss Ge aSd S a I
Here tits, boys greater reductions than you ever
damned OF.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
GENERAL MARKETS.
~ vnnK pRoDrCE MARKET.

NIM YUM INVIIVI9 " ~
NEW YORK, January b.-flour-Mou
r.teiv active and 50lUc. lower TO sell,
rye dour quiet; buckWheat Hour weak al
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT or RICHMOND. JAN. 6. 1893

PORT OF RICHMOND. JAN. 6. 1899
ARRIVED.
steamer Albemarle, Glover, Norfolk,
merchandise and passengers Ola Domln-
ION Steamship Company.
SAILED.
Steamer Yemassee. ~ Nell. Philadelphia.
merchandise and passengers; clyde Line.
steamer POCahoutas, Graves NvfiJih,
merchandise and passengers; virginia
Navigation Company.
schooner George W. Anderson. smith,
East Newark via Bermuda Hundreds
tlss. vessel John \. Curtis 4 sons.
RarQe Mary s. Brady. kacrcher, Phlla-
dc'phia. tobacco stems; vessel John a.
Curtis q Sons.
PORT OF WEST POINT JAN. c. 1899.
By telegraph
ARRIVED
steamship Baltimore Murphy. Bati-
more; passengers and general cargo
SAILED
steamship Baltimore Murphy. Baiti-
more, passengers and general cargo.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS, JAN. 6.
By telegraph)
ARRIVED
Schooner Agnes Manning, New York.
SAILED.
Schooner Nellie ". Craig. New Haven.
ecboCner Alice NJ. Colburne Boston.
steamer Kong Erode Port Antonio
steamer Greenbrier. London
Barge City OF Atlanta, Providence.
PORT OF BERMUDA HUNDRED. VA.
JANUARY 6. 1899.
By telegraph
ARRIVED.
schooner Rebocca Shepherd. Smith. 10
load pire lumber
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07

cotton is 4GG61i5 bales. against 4939325
bales last week and 413s,4h bales last
YEAR
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
SAILED,

steamer Albemarle. Glover, norfolk,
merchandise and passengers ola Domin-
ION Steamship Company.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
CHAM Axn COTTON ExcHANGE.

Quotations are for bonds maturing in
not less than ten years
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07

New York. si.25dsf s2iI; Long Island
N15H{2 sweets, Jersey, S.zJn%z.D.
PeUoleum-Steady.
Rosin-Quiet; strained. common 10 good
N.t5.
Turpentiue-Dull at 45Qf5Hc.
Cabbage-Quiet at s2aA per 100.
Cottonseed-O oil Somewhat stronger ana
more active. with sales Of off-slmmer
yellow at 2ic and prime summer yellow
at z2lzc.. prime crude. lsc.
Coffee-Options opened steady az UNI
changed prices ruled generally duil put
steady; European and Brazilian cables
average better than expected ana Wate-
house deliveries In this country sh0"lhs
liberal distribution OF supplies. httie o,
no outside speculative interest; closet
firm at Jdi0 points net higher; sales l,gD
bags inctiding FEBRUARY, $50 May, 'gg''
spot Rio steadier No. 4, invoice, Sbo-i1'
No T. tobbing. SlZls; milo STEADY Soi
sugar-Raw quiet; fair refining, 3 Bite;
centrifugal C6-degree tesD. otto, mo
lasses sugar. s-l6c.; refined quiet
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, January 6-spot trade In
the primary dry-goJds market was ue
cidedly slow to-day, bad weaver NJ n'sre
fcring with business. Mail orders WEE
only nominal and the actual result We
below the recent average. sellers OF COZ
ton goods regard the quiet market WIN
indifference. They make no EFFORT 10 ioiS
sales i'm any direction. and the tone OF me
market is firm, with prices easily MAIN
tanned. Woollen goods quiet new prices
named for the fall trade do not seem 10
be particularly attractive 20 buyers.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, January Flour Dull.
Wheat-Weak; spot, lj9sc.; month. io'sH
75a,c.: February. 76i.016i4c. southern
wheat. by sample. 7lN7bl2c. ,.
Corn-Weak; spot and month, 4phpb
February. 40izal0hc.; southern white ana
yellow corn, 3Sd4lc.
Oats-Firm. No white. &035c.
Rye-Firmer No. ? nearby, Oslzc; NO
2 western. &c.
Sugar-Str0ng and unchanged,
Ruttor-Steady and unchanged.
Fggs-Firm and unchanged
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
I.ettuce-si 256H.50 per bushel box.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. January G.-Absence Of fresh
buying orders to-day IN the face OF heaVy
liquidatlon caused break Of considerable
dimensions i'm wheat. corn. ana PROVISIONS
OATS ruled firm and closed UNCHANGED
Nav wheat lost 5snAc.; corn, &c. PORK
90c.: lard. 12ihc and ribs sac. each
The leading futures ranged as follows
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing
The times., 1899-05-22
The Speakership.
From tle cincinnati Enauirer.

from the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Mr. Reed. in his farewell speech on the ith of
March last said the speakership was an office
second TO only one other. 1t is, indeed only
outranked by the Presidency in legislative power
as it is now conducted.
Why is tliis so?
Why is the Presidency Of the Senate not equal
in power? Why is the Vice President Of the
United States man of less consequence than the
Speaker of the House?
II is because the Senate reserves its powers to
itself, while the House of Representatives yields
to the Speaker, partly through the rules and part
ly through usurpation The digest is corrupted
with ile.i.imate precedents.
The election Of somebody TO be Speaker who
would be satisfied with the plain, legitimate
duties of the chair and would be qualified to per-
form them would get US back 10 original purposes
in our form Of government. II would make the
House again a body representative Of the people,
and not merely sort of electoral college to
choose one man TO run the whole machine.
1t was not intended by the trainers of our sys
TEN that the Speaker should have great indi
vidual power. He should protect every member OF
the House and through him his constituency in
his rights. and not undertake to usurp all the
rights himself.
The times., 1899-05-22
Wheeling for Women.

II is suggested that some OF the cycling
associations might turn their attention to
the matter of road houses at which ladies
can stop for luncheon and rest if neces-
sary. In some parts OF the country these
things exist. elsewhere they do not. The
woman who is out alone on her wheel, If
caught in a shower or dismounted by an
accident would find 1t a boon to have
some sort of refuge within walking dis
tance. In England the cycling associations
have tiny cottages on the line OF good
roads, where even those who are not mem
bers of the clubs may have a cup OF
tea or a glass of milk, and sit down TO
rest if they like. There is no reason why
the thing should not be done in this coun-
try. The cost would not be great, and the
benefit would be immense.
There are in every large city hundreds
of women who are earning their own liy-.
ing. and who could proftably spend a part
Of every pleasant holiday in a wheeling
excursion in the country. Not all of them.
in fact comparatively few of them, can
rely on masculine escort. but almost any
girl can find another to go with her
Two or three self-reiiant girls can have
very good time together on a pleasant
summer day, even if there is no cavalier
at hand: and 1t would be infinitely better
for them to be out on their wheels than
to be moping at home, or dressmaking. or
paying calls. The undergraduates of the
women's colleges go off on walking tours,
two. three. or four together. or in large
parties; they spend long, happy day in
the woods and fields and come home the
stronger for their experience of fresh air
and sunshine. This may be an innovation
but it is good thing. 1t takes the place
of the gardening which city women can
not do, and the out-of- door work which
the peasant women do in Europe, and the
riding parties which pass away with the
disappearance of the saddle horse. 1t is
out of the question for the clerk, or shop
girl, or dressmaker, TO keep a horse. but
she can keep a bicycle. and use it with
less WEAKNESS than would be involved in
long walk.
But the wheelwoman is q woman with
all the feminine feelings and she does not
like to stop for luncheon at a house where
she must run the gantlet of lot of men
OF the baser sort She does not enjoy
comments on her appearance. either audi
Bile or visible. She would like to be able
to go into a nice, quiet little building buy
sandwich, cup of coffee, or possibly a
more elaborate meal, rest awhile. and con-
tinue her journey; and she would be will
ing to pay for the privilege OF course
our boasted American chivalry should
rualre all nuhIic pJaces safe and rlaac.,t
for a woman who has any reason to be
in them. but sometimes 1t does not. There
fore. why should we not follow the Eng
lish plan and make it easy for her to keep
to her own particular line of travel7 1t
is not likely that she will attempt any ex-
tended explorations.
The lot of a woman who happens to be
alone in big city Is n hard ONE Some.
The times., 1899-05-22
Two Astor..

The arrival of Col. John Jacob Astor
from England brings into relief the strik-
ing difference between him and William
Waldorf Astor. The one is patriot who
became a volunteer soldier in the war
with Spain, braving fever and bullets down
in Cuba, and then becoming a staff officer;
the other is voluntary exile from his ma
tive land, losing no opportunity TO Ieyile
it and congratulating himself on having
abandoned it: the one gave literally of
his means TO further the prosecution OF
the war, and rather than show a tendency
10 evade payment OF his taxes has ex-
pressed a willingness TO have them in
creased; the other was negotiating for the
avoidance OF taxes while the war was in
progress, and judging from recent utter
ances of his in the "Pall-MaIl Magazine, ="
must have been a Spanish sympathizer in
stead Of an American.
The contrast is great. Yet no greater
than might be expected considering the
manner of life of the two men and the
way in which they have made use of their
opportunities. If William Waldorf Astor
he expecting encouragement from the Eng
iish in his antiAmerican Trades he is
not likely to receive it in very large
amounts, for the average Englishman has
little respect for one who repudiates his
country, and, moreover. in this instance,
Is at loss to understand why an Ameri
can millionaire should have undertaken the
task Of educating public opinion" on the
other side Of the Atlantic.
The times., 1899-05-22
The Uses of Liquid Air.
lFfom the Engineering Masa.ise.l


II would seem that certain uses NAV be
found for liquid air In which consideratIons
Oh cost are not so important as Is the abil-
lily TO obtain the effects in view. In war
fare, for example. the possession of highly
concentrated energy stores under control
is very important. Liquid air can be rap
idly converted into compressed air at six
tons per square inch. This would prob
ably be useful in the projection of high
explosives Compressed air is now used
for propelling mobile torpedoes. or fish
torpedoes as they are called. Dirigible
torpedoes either depend for power upon
compressed air or the electric energy CT a
storage battery. Compressed air requires
high preSsures and very strong and heavy
containing vessels. Liquid air can be
stored without pressure or at low pres
sures. and can be evaporated at any de-
sired pressure. while its bulk represents
that of air under 500 atmospheres-
storage battery would probably be from
five TO ten times as heavy as liquefled air
in receptacle, for equal available energy.
But no storage battery could be discharged
at an equivalent rate.
Submarine boats and flying machines
may yet find use for liquid air. In the
submarine boat II could be evaporated by
the heat of the surrounding water. and
after furnishing power it would yentilate
inc Dodt. before tne Hhai uiScadTBe IL
could be burnt with oil in fuel engine for
further power. We may find use for 1t in
the flying machine. For emergency work
1t could in eyaporating cool the cylinders
of fuel-engine and yield power as a re-
suit Moreover. control of the submer-
gence OF boat could be effected by the
use of liquid air, so easily gasihed. to add
to the displacement
The great feature of the application of
such power as liquid air would be its
emergency value. By this is meant the
ability to obtain at will a sudden output
far beyond the normal Animal power no
tably possesses this emergency value and
the success of electric trolley systems
largely depends upon the fact that. when
needed, the station can be called upon for
temporary delivery to any single car or
train. of power greatly in excess OF the
rated output of the motors.
The times., 1899-05-22
MONDAY, MAY %, 1899.
waning Faith in the Cars schen

~ the
In view of the fact that the Peace
Conference is being held at the instigation
of the Gar, the chilly attitude of Russia s
official representatives must command at
tention. They have refused to consider
a proposal to neutralize all private prop
erty al sea in time of war, and have done
so in such uncompromising terms that
England, the United States, and other ma
tions are beginning to take gloomy view
of the whole movement. 1t was declared
al the outset that Russia had no desire to
influence the scope of the work on hand,
yet the moment a practical suggestion is
made. she sets her foot down
II We are TO witness nothing but a series
of chickering's at The Hague. the delegates
might as well adjourn and return to their
homes. If they accomplish nothing else
they will at all events have succeeded in
concentrating public attention on interna-
tional peace, and in year or more they
might reassemble and renew the effort
in the direction of some sort of an agree
menL So far as this country is con-
cerned its representatives are displaying
tact. energy. and good will. though it is
not apparent that they take an optimistic
view of the situation.
The times., 1899-05-22
MiIwaukee's School Experiment

An article which we republished on Sun
day from the New York Sun" showed how
dismal has been the failure of the effort
to introduce a sort of municipal govern
mental system in the schools of Mil
waukee. 1t was an attempt TO teach the
science of municipal administration to the
children in practical form, and they had
their own officers, including a mayor,
board of aldermen. city treasurer, city
clerk. etc. They had even their own po-
licemen. the mayor naming the chief of
police, and the chief the patroImen. A
standing of eighty-fye per cent in de-
was essential to place in the common
council. and sex was no barrier to Office
For a time the plan worked well, but it
was soon found that the boys and girls
were SO interested in politics that they
could find time for little else. Moreover,
corruption in all the departments became
rampant, and young officeseeker who
had saved his pennies found no difficulty
in buying votes and was overwhelmingly
elected.
II may be urged that the system was
not given fair trial-but ii was. Per-
haps it would have succeeded better had
not the parents found it develop into
so much of nuisance that they took up
arms against it. When, for example, an
unruly boy laughed at the chief of police
the case was referred to the principal, who
chastised the offender. Then the school
authorities stepped in and finally an order
ment.
Milwaukee's experience should be an ex-
ample to other cities which may contem-
plate following in her footsteps. The idea
itself was excellent in that it supplemented
textbook instruction in practical form, but
inasmuch as its tendency was in the di-
rection of sharp practice, bribery, and Chi
canery, 1t was essentially vicious.
The times., 1899-05-22

ditions will be different from those In most
not a particularly good one so far as the
poor man is concerned, for the reason that
in city devoted to handsome residences
all the desirable land in the immediate
neighborhood of the city is wanted by the
rich. 1t takes a great deal of ground for
country houses modelled after the English
style. The alley plan has been in vogue
here to a certain extent, and has the ad-
vantage of securing to the poor a certain
amount of breathing room, since it is bet
ter to be in an alley between two wide
and handsome streets than in narrow
street running through a section of tene-
ments. But from the point of view of
the well-to-do people there are serious dis
advantages in this, since 1t brings the
very poor into the immediate neighbor-
hood of the very rich. Old houses have
been converted into tenements in some
parts of the city, but this is al
ways bad plan. on account of the
lack of sanitary improvements and the
unfitness of such buildings to be di-
vided into apartments. The best thing,
on the whole, for the poor people
of almost any city is the model
tenement for those who are obliged to
be in town, and the suburban cottage for
those who can go back and forth ON the
cars.
Washington is not city of apartments
except for the rich. A fiat of three
rooms costs almost as much as a small
house, and one is likely to be under ir
ritating supervision. The population of
this city has, until recently, been a float
ing one, and the boarding house, the res
taurant, and the lodging house have been
developed to the exclusion of home life in
an apartment. What is needed to satisfy
the wants of considerable element in the
present population is an apartment house
in which people of moderate means and
| simple tastes may take two, three. OF four
rooms. and be as free from annoyance as
they would be in their own house or in
hotel. The ordinary boarding. house COM
bines all the anncyances of home life with
none Of the comforts. There are hundreds
OF people who want their own homes, but
cannot afford to rent a whole house. Can
not something be done for them
The times., 1899-05-22
The Housing of the Poor.

New York has had the tenement house
problem forced upon IT by circumstances.
IN other cities. slower growth and oppor-
tunity to expand laterally have made the
housing of the poor less perplexing. But
New York is on an island, which to a
certain extent precluded the adoption of
the suburban plan in the days before rapid
transit vas general. II has always had a
large foreign population, and a combina-
tion OF manufacturing, mercantile. and
seafaring interests which resulted in a
considerable mixture Of elements difficult
TO deal with. Ii has been 4 place where
large fortunes were swiftly made by un-
scTupulous men. This has resulted in the
conversion OF old houses into tenements,
regardless OF their fitness for that use.
The tenement house people paid high rent
for holes 10 these rookeries. because they
knew no better or could not help them
selves. Now the very magnitude of the
problem is forcing a solution, and as in
London some time ago under similar con-
diiions, the plans evolved are SO wise and
benehcent that from having the worst ten
ements in the country New York may come
10 have the best. and to be a shining ex-
ample to other cities.
One Development in this connection is,
according to the New York World
company which builds blocks OF substan-
tisi tenemeuts. with shops beneath and
two. three and four room fats above. The
buildings are furnished with all improve
ments and with special sanitary care. and
il is said that the rent OF the fats ranges
from three dollars and a quarter to six
and a half month. the latter being the
price for four rooms. This is almost in
credibly low. and II. as stated by the
World" even at this rate the company
is able to pay three per cent dividend ii
proves that somebody has been making an
unconscionable amount of money of the
necessities of the poor.
An Washington becomes more and more
= residence city. it will have some sort
pt tenement house problem. but the con-