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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
Newport News Small-pOx.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, January .
SPECIAL --There are 10 new developments
i'm the smallpox situation in Newport
News There ere no more new cases. only
four patients being confined in the pest
house. The public is not alarmed. as the
disease is confined 10 negroes and the
health officials give assurance that there
will be no spread from the present cases
Due precaution has been taken. and there
is not the slightest ground for alarm.
Visitors to the city can come and go
without any reason 20 feel afraid Of
em0ll-DOx
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
WEST VIRGINIA COMPETITION.
To Marry DIR. Dickinson.

DR.. r. II. Pitt. junior editor of the Re-
ligious Herald, left yesterday afternoon
for Steyensville, King and Queen county
10 perform the ceremony to-day which
will unite DR.. a. Il. Dickinson and Miss
Bessie Bagby. DIR. Pitt returns soon after
the ceremony. while DR.. Dickinson and
his bride go on an extended trip.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
Richmond livestock Market.

Richmond, Va, January 2 1893.
Receipts: Cattle. l.0O0 head. sheep aud
lambs 100 head; hogs 600 head.
Sales Cattle / 900 head. sheep and
lambs 100 head; hogs 500 head.
Prices: Cattle-Best, 4A ITO SC. grossJ
medium TO good. 3h to &c. gross; com.
mon 10 fair. TO &C. gross. Bulls, "a to
sac. gross Sheep and lambs, 3 TO 40
gross. Hogs, $3.50 TO $3.75.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
Service, at Union station Mission.

Services will be held at Union-Statlon
Mission, on Seventeenth street, opposite
Venabe. tonight and tomorrow, thurs
dav and Friday nights, commencing at s
o'clock. The public Will be welcome.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03

The Virginia State Insurance Company
spends thousands of dollars In this city
for printing. advertising, etc.
We practice what we ask-patronze
home institutions.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
FINANCIAL.
RICHARD w. MAURY,
AND BRoKER

BANKER AND BROKER,
1915 east Main street.
Buy and sell Government, State, and Mus
nicipal Bonds; Bank and Insurance Come
pany Stocks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chemical,
Preferred and Common Stocks; also othe1
miscellaneous bonds and stocks. Invests
ment securities a speciality.
ia l-SunTu&Th3t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
To Codify the Ordinances.

Mr.. Carlton Mccarthy has given bona
TO the city I'm the sum or $1,000 for the
proper codifyng Of the ordinances.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03

The Powhatan Club will hold it's annual
meeting Thursday night. Officers for the
coming year will be elected, and the policy
of the club for 1899 defined.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
MAnINR IHTrLLiGENCE..
PORT OF RICHMOND, JAN. 1. 1883.


PORT OF RICHMOND. JAN. l, 1883.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Fannie Brown, Lamson,
Charleston. rock; Virginia tdr0llna
schooner Warner Moore. Crochet.
Charleston, rock; Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company.
Schooner +. Il. Naylor, WILSON, Lewes,
Del. FISH scrap; Richmond Guano Com
p'RIS srge Z. A. souder. FarbEothers Nor
folk. silvernate, Virginia-Carolina Chemi-
cal Company.
PORT OF RICHMOND. JAN. 2. 1899.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Richmond, Hitler. New
York, merchandise and passengers. Ola
Dominion Steamship Company.
Steamer Winyah, simmons Phiadel-
phia. merchandise and passengers, Clyde
Line.
SAILED.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Norfolk.
merchandise and passengers; Virginia
Navigation Company.
Steamer Richmond. Hitler. New
York. merchandise and passengers. OLD
Dominion Steamship Company.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. JAN. 2
Dy telegraph)
ARRIVED
Steamer Greenbrier, London.
Steamer Castleventry Savannah.
Steamer Santuit Boston.
Schooner Fortuna. Boston.
Schooner Colburn. Boston.
Schooner Mcdonald. Providence
Barge Junita, Boston.
Barge Chalmette, Boston.
sAAED.
Steamer Casteventry Bremen.
Bark Ninevah, Habana.
Schooner Crescent, New Haven.
Schooner Pasadena Charleston.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
Fire Near Natural bridge.

NATURAL BRIDGE. VA January q
(special)-A barn belonging TO Deputy
Sheriff c. r. Leech was destroyed by fire
early Saturday night. together with It's
contents. The fire was caused by the
breaking Of a lantern. The barn had Just
been built. and was not quite finished.
The loss Is covered by Insurance. rms
is tho third barn Mr.. Leech mas hau
burned I'm the last few years
Keep the money for fire insurance az
home by insuring with the Virginia state
Insurance Company.
A. l.. PLEASANTS, Agent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity Of the combination, but also
70 the care and skill with which it Is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing tn,
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will.
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI.
FoRNIA Flo SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession. and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup OF Figs has
given to millions Of families, makes
the name of the Company guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts ON the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating orweaken-
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name Of
the Company
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03

Of which calculus had formed
probable that the action of the water primarily
acid the but that these
along with and cementing matter to- phosphate or o%ac
detached and broken Gown as TO
dsntae these Also thus admitting OF
urethal discharge
Sgucl) Yours truly j. W. MALLEl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03

Analysis ofhlo whole collection gave
u,io Acid 71.32
YnSo1lSm 4.73
s15inu IRA .IS
Carlum uratc 10
calcium 3o.20
Ammonium magnesium phoSphate"......... I.i5
Calcium phosphate. .o4
iron phosphate ferricl................... trace
Organic cOlouring matter......~............. trace
Proteii organic matter, and microscopic
I.3s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
AoUIsvILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. ME-.
Qs l-Tu Tn B - 1y & weow-tcnr,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03

colour like but rather
- lighter and whitih the outside, smoother and
rounded lage
oneycoued little blood stained
line scaped off anayss moderately hard and
distinct
WEIGHT Collection S29 Photograph No. shows this collections
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-03

No. 2 consisted of seven granules or sepa-
ate small calculi, of browner and dVrker
colour than Nos. and both externally and
on a surface OF fracture. With generally
rounded forms, the external surfaces were
finely rough and pitted, as in No. I, and the
interior porous, presenting the appearance
ofhaviug been acted upon by solvent liqui
pi,o+Ooero,It No ? shove fiic cOiiacti
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

this morning waiting for the north
bound train. This is fair week ait Des
Nioines, and many of the passengers
who had contemplated going to Des
Moines on the Rock Island altered
their plans and left on Burlington No.
10 this afternoon at 2:15.
Both Gus Reinig, the baggageman,
and II. B. Boyer, the mail clerk,
went down the bank and into the river
with the. car. Both men, besides being
seriously injured about the head and
body, We're soaked with water. The
baggage car now lies about thirty
feet out into the stream. but owing to
the shallow water it is not submerged.
The smoking car. which went down the
embanllmcnt half way, but not into the
water, contained four or five passen-
gers. While all of these passengers
were badly shaken up by the>descent
of the car. none We're seriously injured
or required the services of physicians
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
Teachers Elected and Other Matters
4 Attended to Last EVENING"

From Tuesdays Daily.
The city school board held a meeting
last evening at the office of Secretary
John a. Wagner. at which several
matters concerning the coming school
year were settled This year the
school term will be nine and one-half
months instead of nine months as for
merly. School will begin next Mon
day.
The contract for painting all the
steam pipes in the city's various school
buildings was awarded to F. NJ. Mich
aels. After an inspection of the boiler
at the new high school it was found
necessary to make a few changes, and
the board ordered the matter attended
to.
The designations of Miss Sadie Ma
iors, teacher at the Franklin school,
and Miss Maude Strobel, assistant
principal at the Adams school, were
accepted by the board, They elected
Miss Edna Jones, Miss Susie Lynch and
Miss Clara Allen regular teachers. bu,
| did not place them. Misses Bessie Nc.
Kaig. Stella Sampson and Marie Var
de Ven We're elected assistants. Miss
Mary IOoney, principal OIL tne IrNihs
school, and Mrs. Chambers, principa
of the Hedrick school, We're allowed t.
Exchange positions. McMaster's his
tory was adopted as the text book fol
the city schools, and Crittenden's His
tory of the United States was adopted
for the middler class, instead of Harris
which was formerly used. A tuition o
$50 per year was the price set for pu
pills outside of the school district il
attendance at the high school, Othe,
minor business was also dispensed OF
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
S. c. CULLEN & co.

of Eddyville, June 10. NJ. c. Powell,
indicted Monday on the charge of hav-
ing oleomargarine in his possession,
was brought into court this morning.
He pleaded guilty to the charge and
was assessed fine of $15 and costs,
which he paid. In the case of E. E..
Simmons VS.. John REM judgment
was rendered in the sum of $50. judy
ments were also rendered in the cases
of Eliza B. Pickens w. E. W. Harpe,
and Joseph S. Lane vs.. Andrew john
son ct al, the former in the sum OF
$62, together with an order for the
sale of attached property. The cases
of Il. S. Welsh VS.. A. j. Fairchild ct al.
and the Chicago Portrait Co. VS.. 7. NJ.
Byrne ct al. were settled and dismissed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

them having gotten off at Ottumwa.
The departures from this city were
very few. among them being Miss An
ma Conroy, of Keokuk, who was re-
turning home from a visit with her
brother, d. NJ. Conroy, at Mason City.
The excitement on the train was in
tense. The shock of the wreck stun
ned number of the passengers and
for time it was feared that some of
the women had been seriously injured,
but they soon recovered from the Sc
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

we're fright and, unassisted in major
ity of cases, walked to Eldon where
they are being cared for by the Rock
Island Railroad company.
The track and part of the roadbed
for several feet in the vicinity of the
wreck is demolished and the debris
will not be cleared or the track rebuilt
before night. The company has a
large force of men on the scene this af-
ternoon clearing the wreck as rapidly
as possible, but it will not be able TO
get IFS trains through before this even
ing, and perhaps much later. The
nor1h-beund Rock Island train
due in this city at 1885 could not get
any further than Eldon and will be
held there until the track is cleared.
There was large number OF passen,
gers at the Union depot in this city
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
DEATH FROM soALp1NG.
Baby Dies From Effects of Severe
Scalds.
Froro Tuesdav'S Daily.

Scalds.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Gertie, the one-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Pyle, died at o'clock
this morning as the result of being ac-
cidentally scalded yesterday morning.
The parents of the little one are al
most wild with grief, as the baby was
their only child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pyle and baby, who
live at Appanoose Mines, were visiting
at the home of Mrs. Pyle's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. David Casper, of Phillips
Mines, mile west of the city. Yester-
day morning about s o'clock the little
one was playing in the outer kitchen
of the Casper house when Mrs. Casper
came into the kitchen with a kettle of
boiling water. In passing through the
room, by some mishap Mrs. Casper
lslipped and fell. In the fall the water
was thrown over the lower part of the
Infants body. A shrek that told OF
Intense pain and suffering came from
| the throat. of the little babe as it fell
over almost lifeless on the floor. doc
tors were summoned and worked all
might with the little one, applying ev-
erything known to their profession to
alleviate the sutferings of the babe
but death came at o'clock this morn
ing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
THE oTTUNwA COURIER: THURSDAY, AUGUST 81. 1899.

Every one who saw the wreck was
surprised upon finding that no one
was killed outright. The left side of
the cab was buried in the bank and it
seems almost miraculous. that the
fireman and engineerwere not crushed
by the ruins. The roof of the cab was
torn of, and thrown ten feet up the
hank. The escapes from death of the
mail clerk and baggage master were
equally wonderful. considering the
fact that they stayed in their car when
it turned completely over in its fall
down the bank.
CARING for the Injured.
The passengers on the train entered
into the work of caring for the in
jured with very commendable readi-
ness. Men assisted the mail clerk and
baggage man fronh their car to the
track above whileN others examined
the injuries Of the engineer tand fire.
man. The injured men were conveyed
on stretchers to the Hotel Eldon and
physicians wereSwith them all after
noon and evening. The, most seriously
injured is Michael McDermott. of Val
ley Junction, the fireman. His skull
is said to be- fractured, ibis Sface and
head are badly cut, and his chest
bruised. Fors several hours he was
dazcd and although he knew his
friends he could not realize where he
was or what had happened. He, con-
tinually asked: Where am l 2" what
happened to me" Where is Matt lEn.
gineer Ribyn) s"Was any one killed p
He seemed not to comprehend wher
answered and repeated his questions
over and over, His great anxiety was
to know the condition of the engineer
who, in turn, asked repeatedly as to
McDermott. Engineer Ribyn was moi
seriously hurt. although severely
bruised on the left side and scalded
on the right leg. He was perfect,
rational, as were the baggagenan ant
/ mail clerk.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

when the wrecked train was seen. The
engine, completely demolished and
turned ON its side, was four feet to the
left of the track, partly buried in the
clay bank, while the combination bag
gage and mail ear was at the edge of
the river, forty-five feet below, and
about the same distance to the right
of the roadbed. The smoker was in
the most astonishing position, balanced
on the brink of the binff, at the right
of the track. and inclined at an angle
of almost 45 degrees. The tender was
ten feet down the bank at the right Of
the track, while the coach which hat
been behind the smoker, stood six feet
to the left of the track and not -fal
from the engine. The last coach re
manned on the rails and was not dam
aged.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
DETAILS OF THE WRECK.
I From Wednesdays Daily.l

\ From wednesday s Dally.J
The work done by the Rock Island
employees in clearing away the wreck
of the passenger train at Eldon yester-
day was almost incredible. Within a
few minutes after the accident, which
occurred at 11:1T, a large force OF
men were on the scene, and at $3.50 in
the evening the track was in readiness
for travel, although the trains had to
go very slowly past that point. The
pilot of the engine and several trucks
had to be removed from the tracks.
the smoking car was turned complete
ly over, one of the other coaches. was
pulled back onto the track, and
the track itself was laid anew for a
distance of forty yards. From the
time of the wreck until. after dark,
people thronged to the scene, and the
tracks from the wreck to the depot, a
distance OF half a. mile, were covered
with sight-seers. The relic hunter
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

and photographer We're prominent fig
ures. Numerous lamps globes, pieces
of woodwork and bell cord We're car
ried away, while from every point of
vantage, kodak fiends were obtaining
views Of the wreck. ~ Y;
When Courier. reporter arrived it
was yet early. in the day and little
toward cleaning the track had been
done, as moving the heavy trucks was
tedious work. 1t was almost aimpossi-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

4
tum was carried on out into the shall
low water. fully thirty, feet further.
The water at the present stage is not
over two feet deep and there was no
danger from drowning.
The Train Crew.
The wrecked train No. sO2 was in
charge of Conductor Thos. Riley, OF
Keokuk. Matt Ribyn, of Keoknll, was
in charge of the engine with Frank
McDermott. OF Valley Junction
no fireman. The train left
here few minutes before II
o'clock, late, and while an attempt hat
been made to make up some of the de
Law in the schedule time, yet this in M
way accounts for the accident. A bro
ken fiange was the direct cause OF tn
wreck, and that was due, no doubt, Il
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
LABOR DAY PROGRAMMES.
Gov. Shaw Recommends Its General
Observance.

d
Des Moines, Aug. 3d. Governor
lamation as required by law. The gov
ernor gives emphasis to the import
ance of the occasion on which labor is
to be honored and recommends that
factories and stores and other places
where labor is employed be closed as
far as practicable. The proclamation
follows:
1.-THE first Monday of September Of
each year has been by the statute Of
this state designated as public holt
day, devoted to observances in honor
of labor.
Therefore, I, Leslie NJ. Shaw, gov
ernor of the state of Iowa, do hereby
recommend that the day above desig-
mated, being the fourth day of Sep
tember, A. d., 1899. be set apart and
observed in such ways and in such
manner as may be appropriate to the
occasion to the end that the economic
conditions of our country may contin-
ually improve, and that the harmoni-
Gus relations of the people of the state
may be fortified.
4 THAT the day may be more general
~ ouSeISeN, IeCULAluelu tuaU ldctO-
|ries, stores and other places operated
by employed labor be closed SO far as
| practicable,
In testimony whereof, i have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great Seal of the state of
Iowa on this 2sth day of August, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine; of the
independence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-fourth; and
of the state of Iowa, the fifty-third.
u Leslie NJ. Shaw.
!, "By the governor:
Il sc T Dnhcnn Shnt IF CfatoD ~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
FLAGS LOST.
The FiftIeth Regiments Flags Have
MysterIously Disappeared.
From Mondays daily.

From Mondays daily.
''trhe regimental flags of the Fiftieth
regiment j. N. G. have been lost" said
Adjutant d. A. Emery this morning.
They We're left in the baggage room
at the Union depot in Burlington after
the encampment, with instructions to
send them to Ottumwa. The agent
there claims that two members of the
regiment, who were coming toward
Ottumwa took, The flags in charge
stating that they would leave them
here. So far nothing has been heard
of them, although Mr.. Emery expects
to hear of their whereabouts within
few days. The field desk, which was
used by the adjutant in camp, arrived
here Saturday, and as the flags did
not come he made an inquiry, and re.
ceived the above story about them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

The east bound Rock Island passen-
ger train which leaves this city at 1890
a. IN. was wrecked this morning at a
spoint lone-half mile this side of Eldon
while running at a rate. OF thirty miles
an hour. The engine was hurled into.
n steep clay bank and completely de-
molished, and the combination mail
and baggage coach was thrown down an
'embankment forty feet, into the Des
Moines river. The remaining three
cars of the train did not leave the
track, and consequently none. OF the
passengers We're seriously injured.
Enoiheer Matt Ribyn and Fireman Nj.
McDermott, and the baggage and mail
clerks We're severely though not serious
ly injured. The latter two were in the
car that rolled down the embankment,
and, while the baggageman was able
to, walk up the bank with little as
sistance. the mail clerk was less fortu-
nate and was carried to the Hotel Ell
don on Il stretcher. The engineer and
s fireman were both taken to the hotel
on stre.chers. The latter is suffering
!, from a severe scalp wound.
"a Cause Of the Wreck.
The wreck was due to a broken
fange on the right front wheel of the
-e1fciSe. The train was slightly behind
time, Sand was running at rapid rate
OF speed, especially for the heavy
curve at this point. The train was
within sight of Eldon and the acct
dent was witnessed BY many people IN
thai place. The greatest eScitment
prevailed both at thes scene OF the
wreck and in town. Those who saw
the antics of the engine as it went
blowing into the steep bank on one
Side of the track and the descent OF
the baggage coach into the river on
the other side, naturally supposed thai
: it meant death to everyone in the ill
fated train. There was rush to the
scene. The baggage and mail coach
which is combination car, was moi
overturned but slid tohoggan fashion
down the steep embankment, forty
feet to the river, and from the momen
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

a flaw. When the engine was hurled
to one side OF the track and the COM
b;nation mail and baggage coach was
thrown in an opposite direction onto
the steep embanlSment leading to the
river. the smoking car remained on
the brink of the high bluff. There
were but few passengers in the smoker
and none of them were seriously in
iured. The other three passenger
coaches remained OF the track.
Few Passengers on Train.
There We're not many passengers on
the train, this morning, most of
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

shock threw me across the aisle of the
coach, but I have no recollection of
any such experience. l have no bruises
and aside from the shock, and loss OF
my eye glasses. came out unscathed.
My grip was taken to Eldon and left
at store, where afterwards secured
it. / had intended going OF. down to
Keosauqua, but did not feel like doing
any more business that day, SO came
home"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
Doe. Coffee Agree win Yon,

IT not, drink Grain-O-made from
pure grains. A lady writes: @The
first time l made Grain-O 1 did not
like it. but after using it for one week
nothing would induce me to go back
to coffee" II nourishes and feeds the
system. The children can drink It
freely with great benefit. 1t is the
Strengthening substance of pure
grains. Get package today from
your grocer, follow the directions in
making it and you will have deli
cious and healthful table beverage for
old and young. 15c and csc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31

The most beautiful and fasoi,s.
Gtt,,g vas-tety of fancy black
goods you ever sasU. Crep0sss
GyGt,, in front.