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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25
masonic H0TEs.

Friday night. 18th inst, Common
wealth Lodge, 81. met. After routine
business the Worshipful Master, W.
q. Brown placed the work in charge OF
the J. W., Flemming Goodman
and he deserves credit for his mas
terly effort. The work Was executed
in . square systematic manner. The
candidate seemed to have enjoyed the
privilege.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

PArTKRsoN-WILsoN-The marriage
of Miss Emma L. Wilson to Mr.. George
E. Patterson will take place Thursday
Nov. 80. 80, at p. N, at EbenezeI
Baptist Church.
Friends are invited. No cards.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

D. d. q. NJ, James 81. Cunningham
OF Bird Masonic District and p. Master
of dobson Lodge. %, A. f. n Man
chester, Va. Commonwealth, 81. Fri
day night, 18th inst. Officially he was
kindly received.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25
4 Prize Entertainment.
FINE BABY HOUSE. 8;

December 18th & 10Th, 1899.
Rsss-ssG
There will be prize entertainment
ct Bird st. A. NJ E. Church on the 18th
and 18th Of December. The prize is =
large playhouse which can be seen on
exhibition next do0F to the church.
We invite all OF our friends to help as
by helping those who are selling tick
cts.
1t d. J. BECKETT, Pastor.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

We appreciate the plan OF working
as set forth by one of the w. MS OF
this district. minor works for minor
officers" By this means, incoming
masters will be more acquainted and
up-to-date.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

The reports of the Masonic Associa-
ton are good The store part is for
rent. Any one desiring . good room
for Office can be gotten at 511 Clay St..
Masonic Hall Rent, $I2.50 per month
For information apply els st. Peter ST..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

Attention Blue Lodges and Knight
Templars Don't forget the corner.
stone laying on the 3Oth inst.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

Any news for this columns address
CoRBIE.
In care of PLANET.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

We are informed that the NJ. W. @.
Lodge will Jay the conversions for the
River View Baptist Church, Both inst
Thanksgiving Day. Members of the
various lodges are invited to turn out.
We expect music and the Knight Tenn
Plars will Escort the NJ. w. q. Ledge
co the church. DR.. R. (. Jones, NJ,
W. g. M
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

or course Corbin has q standing il
vitation from No. 6 to 81.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

The Communicates are moving
ahead. We expect there will be =
Oompeti tive Drill during the Grand
Lodge Sitting.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25

We learn that there will be big
works on Monday night, the 9th inst.
st Charity Lodge, 20. Thos, H. Briggs
w. M.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-25
A White LADY Writes.
CCOntinued from First Psgel

,l.ve trade could not be carried on At
All - The same was said by others.
A document presented to the Senate
in 1880 showed that during the four
wears previous eighly-seven American
built vessels sailed from Rio t6razii
engage in the slave trafnc- rssseis
were fitted oat in Baltimore, fniisoel-
phfa, Boston and New YORK, tne ia.teI
6eins the headquarters. 1t has been
n-serted that during the year 1855
fbirty-five slave trading vessels sailed
from New York for the coast OF Africa.
These vessels were built and manned
by New Englanders.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
POISONOUS FLOWERS.
(From Harper Bazaar. J

1t seems a shame to connect thoughts of
poison with for instance, such delicate
and lovely things rs that baby of tine
flowers, the ow-drop, rs the narcissus
with its delicious breath, as the hyacinth
and the jonquil. But one is obliged to
sec to 1t that the children do not put the
bulbs of these flowers into their mouths.
The oxalis also Is an unsafe thing to
put between the lips; and all the lobelias
will produce dizziness and general disas-
ter. The monks head too, and the beau
tiful fox-gloye as well, are noxious affairs
from which powerful drugs are obtained,
more than a few drops OF their extracts
being usually fatal dose. Certain of
the crocuses II eaten, even If nothing be
swallowed but the juice produces vomit-
ing, the bulb of the intrioately beautiful
lady's slipper poisvus externally as the
noxious Ivy, dogwood, and sumaoh do;
the quaint old Jack -in-the- pulpit, al
enemy to health and lie; and so also is
the marvellous Queen Anne's lace, which
now and then will creep in through the
paling, and looks SO enchanting when far
and wide it embroiders field and roadside.
The laughing little buttercup. that might
be drop OF visible sunlight, Is by no
means as innocent as 1t looks; the COW in
the pasture knows enough to avoid it.
That, and all its cousins, the ROB profuse
peonies, the dazzliugly blue larkspurs
and the rest. are full Of toxic properties.
The oleander-tree. that Is set outdoors
when spring comes and that lines the
streets Of various of our southern cities,
is another hive of deadly poison. The
superb catalpa-tree, towering with Its
great leaves and its masses Of white and
fragrant flowers, is u charming thing in
the garden, but its bark is exceedingly
injurious, and the laburnum, that in the
sun look like a fountain of gold leaping
into the sun, is poison in leaf and flower
and seed; and even the grass beneath 1t
Ia best thrown away when out, instead
of being fed to cattle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
ACT OF ARBITRARY POWER.
Anti-Imperialist League Says Only
Russia Would Have stopped Atkin-
sons PA mphlets.

Boston, May Sat meeting of the
executive committee of the Anti.Imperi-
alist league today, at which the Hon.
George S. Boutwell, presided, the follow
ing letter TO Mr.. Edward Atkinson was
adopted:
'The executive committee of the anti
imperiAlist league thought 1t proper to
privately communicate at once to the
same persons to whom, as you advised
us April %, you had written to express
your intention Of mailing your pamph-
lets to soldiers in the tield-that the
league did not desire to circulate it's lit
srature in this manner. An inadvertanoe
In expression, doubtless accidental, might
otherwise have conveyed to the recipients
Of Jour letters the impression that you
had referred to the leagues publications
and their distribution. Whatever differ
enoe OF opinion may exist as to the pro
priety of the circulation which you sug-e
gested (but which we understand has
not been attempted) there should be only
one opinion as to the far more serious Is
sue which has been raised by your expert
ment OF ssnding copies of your pamph--
let's only to Admiral George Dewey, Presi-
dent Schurman, Prof. Worcester, Gen. II.
q. Otis, Gen. Lawton, Gen. Miller and
]. +. Bass, the correspondent of Harpers
Weekly and which were reported..to have
been taken from the malls, by order of
the postmaster general. Against this act
of arbitrary and illegal power which
would hardly be attempted by any gov
ernment of Europe except perhaps that
of Russia, the league calls on all good
citizens to protest as a serious blow to re-
publican institutions which are now SO
gravely threatened by imperial policies
at home and abroad.
(Signed)
"Erving Winslow,s Secretary"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
BIG RAILROAD TRUST.
Lines Between Boston and Chicago TO
- 80 be United.

Cleveland. Ohio. May s.-The Leader
tomorrow will say: According to q high
official of the Vanderbilt lines in this
city, the details of a big railroad. trust
which Is TO include all lines between Bos-
ton and Chicago, are now being worked
out, and the consolidation may be COM
pleted within the next few weeks. The
recent purchase NJ short lines In New
York. Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, was in line with the plan pro
posed for the consolidation.
1t Is not the purpose to have all the
lines under one management exactly. bu {
to apportion them among the Pennsylva
MIA company, the Vanderbilt interests
and the Baltimore IL Ohio company,
when il shall have been re-organized, Civ $
ing to each system the lines that 1t can
use to the best advantage.
The first inkling OF the scope. of the
plan came when the Vanderbilt an
nounced the other day that they oon-
trolled all the roads In New England
with the exception of the Boston & AL
bany, with which they now have a traffic
agreement and which they expect to take
in sooD. The Vanderbilt now control all
the trunk lines between Buffalo and New
York with the exception of the Erie, the
Lackawanna and the LehiRh valley. The
Erie. 1t Is said, will come under the con-
troll Of the Vanderbilts rhrough the iniin-
ence of the Morgans, while the LehiRh
may go to the Baltimore & Ohio The
Lackawanna is now operated In conneo
ton with the Nickel Plate, a Vanderbilt
line. West of Buffalo the Vanderbilts
have the Lake Shore, the Nickel Plate,
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie. the Big
-Four, the Michigan Central which with
the Flint and Pere Marquette, that is
soon to be absorbed, will give line in
Michigan. The Big -Four west is to DO
operated in connection with Monon, re-
Gently purchased by the Morgans, and the
Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton Is ex-
pected to be absorbed soon. The Lake
Erie and Western, acquired by the Nor
gans, is expected to give the Vanderbilts
a line from Sandrsky to Peoria, Ills.
These roads with the Hooking Valley.
the Ohio Central, the Columbus, San
dusky and Hecking and the Detroit,
Lima & Northern, will about com plete
I he Va nderbilt system.
! The Pennsylvania is expected to acquire
the Cleveland. Akron & Columbus,
with which it has traffic arrangement
at present; the Wheeling q Lake Erie,
the Cleveland, Canton & Southern, and
the Ohio Southern, as well as some min
The Baltimore and Ohio is allotted
the Lshigh Valley (possibly). The Cherry
Creek road, which, with the Philadelphia
and Reading would form through line
from Pittsburg to New York; the Balti-
more and Ohio, Southwestern, giving q
line to Cincinnati and the South west;
the Pittsburg and Western, the Cleveland
Terminal and Valley, and the Nor them
Ohio opening short lines through from
to Cleveland and Chicago as
we'll as the Cleveland, Lorraine end Wheel
ing.
The purpose of the consolidation Is said
to be TO prevent cutting and to accom-
plish practically what the joint trallic as.
ISOLATION was organized to do.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
FAITH cuRIsTs ARRESTED.
Christian Scientists Respessibie for
Deaths I'm New York. ga

New York, May s.-President Murphy
of the beard Of health, ordered the arrest
today Of Mrs. Maria Miller, faith cure
healer, who is accused of being responsi-
ole for the critical condition in which
Lille Kranz, aged Il. now is az result
Of gangrene in the foot. The child was
first attended by physician, who said
the affected member would have to he
amputatest. The parents refused to con
sent to this and MIS- Miller, who claimed
to be able to effect a cure by the laying
m Of hands. was called in. Under her
treatment the child rapidly became
worse. A physician was sammoned and
the child was taken to a hospital where
the left leg was amputated. 1t is feared,
however, that the operation was too long
delayed ami that death will ensue.
A coroner's inquest into the death of
Mrs. Charlotte Bargout who died OF drop.
sy in Mount Vernon, after treatment by
a Christian Scientist, was begun there
today.
After hearing the testimony the jury
handed in verdict that Mrs. Barguot
died from acute dropsy, which could
have been relieved II not cured II proper
medical treatmsnt bad been given. Tie
jurors held that Mrs. Fowler. the alleged
healer, Liston b. Barguot, Jr., one OF the
woman's sons, and Mrs. Ethel Barguot,
were guilty of negligence and recon-
mended that the coroner take steps to
punish them. The three persons held
responsible were arrested.
Liston b Barguot, Jr., and Mrs. Fow'
Ter were held to await the action of the
grand jury under 5000 bail each. Ethel
Barguot, who Is a school teacher in New
YORK, was pa.Oled.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Clipping Iss Years Old That Con-
tains the Idea.
(London Letter. }

Somebody has dug up from copy Of
the Spectator lss years old a curious bi,
of prophecy or prophetic imas ination
that gives he idea OF wireless teleGraphy
In guise which. while not scientific does
approach marvelously close to the present
fact whom 1t is considered that In I'LL
electricity and magnetism were practically
unknown. This is the passage:
"Strada, In one of his Prolusions,
gives an account Of a chimerical CORES
pond ,nce between two friends by the help
of certain loadstone. which had such
virtue in 1t that If IL touched two several
nesdles, when one OF the needles SC
touched began to move the OF her, though
ut never SO great distance, moved at the
same time and In the same manner. He
tells rs that the two friends being each
of them Possessed Of one of these needles,
made Kind Of dial plate, inscribing 1t
with the four and twenty letters in the
same manner as the hours of the day are
marked upon the ordinary dial plate.
They then fixed one of the needles on each
Of these plates in such manner that 1t
could move round without impeachment
so as to touch any of the four and twenty
letters. Upon their separating from ole
another into distant countries they agreed
to withdraw themselves punctuaIly into
their closets at q certain hour Of the day
and to converse with one another by
means of this, their invention. Accord
ingly, when they We're some hundred
miles asunder, each of them shut himself
up in his closet at the time appointed and
Immediately cast his eye upon the dial
plate. II he had mind TO write any
thing to his friend he directed his needle
to every letter that formed the words
which he had occasion for, making a
little pause at the end of every word or
sentence to avoid confusion. The friend,
In the meanwhile. saw his own sympa.
thetic needle moving Of itself to every
letter which that of his correspondent
pointed at. By this means they talked
together across a whole continent and
conveyed their thoughts to one another
in an instant over cities or mountains,
seas or deserts. In the mean :
while, If ever this invention should be
revived or put In practice. l would pro-
pose that upon the lovers dial plate
there should be written, not only the four
and twenty letters. but several entire
words which have always place In pass :
tomato epistles, as flames, darts, dies
languish, absence, Cupid, heart. eye,
hang, drown and the like. This would
very much abridge the lovers pains, in
this way of writing letter as 1t would
enabls him to express the most useful
and significant words with q single touch
of the needle"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
KIND OF GOLFER WE GET.

Chicago, May s. Further evidence that
the United States at present is being
used by other countries as a dumping
ground" for adulterated products of food
and drink, was given today before the
Senatorial pure food inv esdg CATION COM
mites by Graeme Stuart Of the W. NJ.
Hoyt company OF this city. Mr. Stuart
suggested to the commission that ma
Sional food law was necessary in this
country to protect honest merchants as
well as the consumer from the adulterat-
ed foods of foreign countries. He illus
trated the fact that Germany, Brazil and
other countries were continually, and at
a profit, exporting to the United States
goods that by spe oiai laws were barred
from sale in the co untry where produced.
According TO with ess the grade OF coffee
which we receive from Germany in large
quantities and which is known as
"nlaok Jack" WAS nothing more than a
mixture OF dead and green berries, either
OF which Is not only the poorest quality,
hut is untit for consumption. The
niethod used in Brazil, he declared WAS
PIC Ing over coffee beans, keeping the
st or home use and shipping to Ameri-
the inferior grades.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
A SIX DAYS WALK.

New York, May S.-Sixteen muscular
looking chaps started in the six day go
as you please race at the Grand Central
palace today. The pistol was fired at one
o'clock sharp and ths ambitious ambula
tors fairly leaped away, all ser wing te
least
Honors for the first day, go to Peter
Hegelman, deer-like looking N6w
Workers, who has good lead over his
nearest opponent.
At O'Clock the score was:
Hegelman, rs miles. laps; Cox, II
miles laps; Guerrero, n miles. 8 laps;
laps; Hanson, 6b miles; Ed ward, 81 miles,
IL laps; Igo, SO miles, Q laps; Dawson,
63 miles. 4 laps; Barnes, so miles. y laps
Croaig, SO miles. 6 laps; Geary, 81 miles,
laps; Martin, IS miles; Tracy. 81 milsh
3 laps; Noremac. 81 miles, 4 laps.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
"Erving Winslow,s Secretary
LETTER FROM SECRETARY LONG

Boeton, May S.-The editor Of the Chris
tian Register Of this city. has received
letter from Hon. John ID. Long, Score
tary of the Navy, In answer to commu.
nication in which the editor, In his pri-
vate capacity as an American citizen.
tried plainly to report public opinion the
drift of parties and some political oonss
seemed were likely to follow current
events and epbarrass the administration.
Secretary Long says, In part: II have
no doubt the state of public feeling to
which you refer exists to some extent,
but the tide always Gibbs and flows. You
remem Der 1t was SO during the Civil war !;
and 1 should say. from my memory and
from my reading that there Is nothing
like the falling of from President Mo.
Kinley which there was at one time from
President Lincoln.
''If you would only read President Mo
Kinley's dispatches, messages and in
struotious you would see at once that he
is not weakly leading us to disaster but
is meeting the situation in exactly the
spirit in which you would have him. As
for any ambition to be the FIRST great
SO Tar fromany ambition OF that sort that
tho suggestion seems like joke.
Nor 10 there the least intention of
'subjugating the Philippines
IAN his military efforts are directed
solely to the preservation of the law and
order there; and If the Filipinos would
cooperate In this respect, be and the peace
which he has sent to them
would enter at once upon the work of
to giving them all the privileges which
the territories of. the United States BIZ.
tween the Atlantic and Paoiflc now en-
joy.n
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
UNDERWOOD SPRINGS.
The beautiful Park of the Yarmouth
Eiectric Road.

When the Portland and Yarmouth cleo
trio railway company have carried ont
their plans, the land around the famous
Underwood Spring at Falmouth will be
transformed into one OF the most beauti-
full seaside parks on the Atlantic coast.
between tho highway and the shoro there
is wide expsnse of level land high above
the water. The land then falls sharply
to he shore. the declivity being covered
with growth OF pine trees. The compa-
ny proposes to improve their property by
the erection OF large casino ana a mum.
Der of smaller buildings, including n
shelter at the spring and number of rus
tic pavilions. The casino. for which plans
have been drawn ~ Architect Temp
son, viii stand on the high land. 1t will
be of wood, in colonial design alad pre-
sent an attractive appearance. The
STRUCTURE will be two stories in height
above a high basement. The main
building will be- IS feet in length and
large bays at each end will still further
iucrease its size. 1t will be about so feet
broad. Broad veranSahs will surround
1t. A broad corridor will extend through
tho bnilding from The doorway on the
land ward side to CORE spending entrance
looking out over the water. In this great
hallway there will be numerous comfor-
table seat, and large windows will afford
charming views OF the county and har
Dor. At one side will be the music hall,
q room 81 by Sc feet In size, not including
the stage which occupies the bay at one
end VI the building. Ihe corresponding
apartment at the other side of the hall
way will be the dining room. In the Sec
ond story there will be large hall, coat
room, a smoking room and "a card room.
Around the second story there Will be
piazza. The kitchens will be in tha base
ment.
Underlthe hill by the shore there is now
a spring house where the bottling of the
Underwood water is done. The plans of
the company include the enlargement of
this building Ky the erection of second
story, open at the sides and with seats
ranged around the low parapet. En-
trance to it will be afforded by a walk
from the high ground, SO that visitors
may find seats far above the water with
out the trouble of climbing stairs to reach
them. Near the spring souse there will
be q small shelter reached by an elevated
passageway. Another attractive struc-
ture which will adorn the grounds will
be circular in shape and with its COL
umns of classic design will suggest a
Greoian temple. Another shelter has
graceful. curving roof limos and open
sides hung with mats as protection
against stormy weather, the design sug-
costing the architecture of the Japanese.
Still other shelters. more nearly approach
the familiar rustic designs The lowell
ness Of nature in this favored spot will
be enhanced by the work Of the landscape
gardener. A fountain will throw its glis-
tening stream high in air and there will
be trim lawns and beds of blooming
flowers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
BROOKLYNs SHUT OUT.
Pitcher wnIi. Kept HIT. Well Scattered
fr Yesterday. a

Boston, May s.-The Champions shut
ous the Brooklyns today. Willis keeping
the hits well scattered. The Bostons won
through hard batting In the first and
third innings and after that made but
little attempt TO SCORE. Duffy's fine rum
ming catches in centre field proved the
feature Of the game. Attendance 1000.
Score;
Boston, 1O4O % ~
Hits, Boston, 8; Brooklyn, s. Errors,
Boston, !; Brooklyn, 0. Batteries, VIII
lis and Bergen; Hughes and Farrell.
Chicago, May s-Wolverton planted
the ball over the score board for homer
in the ninth, driving In three runs and
winning the game after the locals hal
been outplayed at all points. Mccormick
was knocked out by pitched ball, At
tendAncs 1900. SCORE:
Cleveland, . 81 ) O.
Hits, Chicago. 10; Cleveland, l3 Err
rors. Chicago. u; Cleveland, I. batteries,
Griffith, Donahue aud Nichols; Sudhoff
and thinner.
Pittsburg, May S.-Sparks kept the hits
we'll scattered up to the eighth when
Lever was substituted. Levers third
ball caught Clingman on the head and
laid him out for time. Woods succeed =
ed Cltngman. Cunningham relieved
Magee in the sixth and gave five hits and
four runs. Attendance 900 Score:
Pittsburg, / o % O-s
Louisville, U 1 o. 80 0-5
Hits, pittsburg, 10; Louisville, s. Er-
rors. Pittsburg, .; Louisville. l. Batter
les, Sparks Lever and Bowerman;
Magee, Cunningham and K1ttredge.
New York. May S.-The Giants won
their third consecutive gams from the
Washingtons today by good hitting in the
eighth. Score:
Washington, 0 0 0 o 0 CO
New York, l 0 0 0 x-6
Hits, Washington, 0; New York, IL.
Errors, Washington, g.; New York Bat
tories, Mcfarland and Mot5uire; Doheny
and Grady. Attendance. 500.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
A GOOD TRI OK.
GUNBOATS ACTIVE.

MANILA, May S.-The army's gunboats,
commanded by Capt. Grant, which start
ed up the San Fernando river yesterday
for Guagua, established there base of
supplies for General MacArthur's troops.
Macarthur, however, failed to connect
and the boats returned. The gunboats
found the rebels entrenohed at Sosmoan
and Guagua on the waterfronts. The
vessels shelled them, driving them out.
Landing parties from the boats entered
both towns and captured two prisoners at
Sosmcan, besides number of Filipino
fings and arms (ohiefiy bolos, bows and
arrows) and some band Instruments