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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-10
DOLLS.

Dressed and undressed, in fact dolls
of all kinds are here.
Dressed Dolls 10c and upwards.
Kid Body Dolls 25c and upwards.
Jointed Dolls Ice and upwards.
Toy Doll Trunks. containing Doll,
Trunk and it's Wardrobe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
Tobacco-Crowers of virginia.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
l see that the tobacco growers Of North
Carolina have held q convention in Raj
eiSh, and are working up q mucb-needed
organization OF the tobacco growing in
dustry in that State. Now let the tobacco
growers OF Virginia fall into line and
hold convention in the city Of Rich
mond, and never hold up until the tobac-
co-growers or the State are thoroughly
organized. and in shape to work in con-
nection with the organized growers of
other sections for the betterment Of the
whole. 1t is well-known fact with those
in "a position to know that something
must speedily be done, or this splendid
Industry. that Is making millionaires Of
the manufacturers. will make paupers OF
the growers.
If one will only take the trouble TO OBJ
serve, as he passes through the tobacco
cities and towns of this as well as other
States, and see the fine buildings and
other evidences of wealth accruing from
the manufacturing Of tobacco, and will
then take trip through the tobacco
growing sections and see the farms going
10 decay-the farmers unable to single
the old pack-houses already built with
anything except mortgages), on account
of the ruinous prices received for the raw
leaf-he will at once think II reflection
on the intelligence as well as the fairness
of all the thinking people to allow IL so
TO be. II can. should and must be righted.
I'm unity there Is strength" Arise. ye
sons of toll, and assert your rights.
EDWIN +. JACKSON,
December 9, 1899. Finchley, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
FATALLY BURNED.PERHAPs.
To Erect n Confederate Monument
Very Ill.

CULPEPER, VA, December 11.-(Spe-
cial. )-Martha Jenton (colored). aged If
years, daughter Of John Jenton. of Madi-
son Courthouse, was severely, and proba-
bly, fatally, burned about the face, Shout
der, and breast yesterday evening while
filing a lamp with kerosene oil near an
open fire.
The local chapter Of the Daughters OF
the Confederacy of Washington, Kappa
hammock county, Va, is raising funds TO
erect a monument 10 the soldiers of the
Confederacy from Rappahannock county.
The Daughters have already cash sub
scriptions Of $3.50, and a 500 donation is
promised. They hope to erect the monu-
ment IN the spring.
Miss Fannie Vowel, of Corner View"
whose continued illness has alarmed her
many friends, has been taken TO Wash
ington, ID. c., for treatment by a special
list.
Little frankie Taunt, stepdaughter of
County-Treasurer s. Russell Smith and
grandchild Of the late Admiral English.
OF the navy, is critically i'll with typhoid
fever.
Miss Louise Grigg, of Richmond. va,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. %. IL. Gibson.
of Main street.
Every body throughout this section took
advantage Of the recent cold snap and
killed hogs. Pork is selling at 41-2 cents
per pound.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12

Each five years, at the approach OF the
time for reassessing the lands In the
Commonwealth. public attention Is drawn
10 the fact that great inequality pre-
walls ia the system in rogue. Counties
lying side by side, and, as nearly as pos
sibic, having the same characteristics OF
soil, are found to be assessed upon widely
different bases OF value farm cut In
two by county line may be assessed as
20 that portion In one county at - an
acre and as 10 that portion in another
county at 50 or "a an acre. And a wider
survey Of our territory viii result In
ones finding that lands in what is known
a. rich and prosperous section OF the
Dtats are assessed. on an average. at
svw ngures while in sections which nave
tne reputation Of being poor the dgur IS
arc relatively high.
The table showing the assessment Of
lands per acre In each county OF the
State. which is published from time to
time, startlss the public as to ayetage
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
As our readers know, the President has

As our readers know, the President has
nominated Brigadier-General Leonard
Wood to be a major-general of volunteers.
1t Is believed the Military Commit
tee will report the nomination favorably,
and that the Senate will confirm it. The
next step, it is reported, will be TO make
General Wood governor of Cuba; not
"civil governor" which term would be
not only inappropriate, but offensive to
the Cubans, who are impatiently awaiting
the time when they Will oe permitted to
form a civil government of their own.
Wood seems to be a fine administrative
officer, but 1t is said his appointment will
not be popular with army officers gene
rally. Brooke is TO be recalled.
OF late, we have heard nothing as TO
the Presidents intention to appoint
Wheeler, Fitz Lee, and Wilson brigadier-
generals in the regular army so that they
may be retired with that rank, but we
have no reason to doub, that that is his
purpose. We have seen no contradiction
Of the New York Heralds dispatches to
that effect.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12

horse could not ford the swift. rough
stream. and the party were rowed across
in q boat. and landed under the stons;
a little path. which they climbed with
difficulty for nearly 500 feet pulling them
selves up by the laurel and rhododendron
bushes In places they were forced to
help one another. being unable TO CLIMB
and by foot-holes in the sides OF the CHI
they reached l2-foot ladder. and going
up this. they were at the cave. Through
n door feet in height they entered a
large room, fully g. feet square. len or
twelve feet above the door was q shcil
and still: above was an opening throusn
which the light came. Fortunately TOT
the officers, no one knew Oh their coming,
for a single man could have kept Il
whole army back. Above the door TWO
across them was securely fastened d
thiclly-woven mat Of hickory bark:
Shucks covered this improvsed bed, ana
the sentinel reposing there could near
every ripple of the water below, or see
every moving object for miles around
In case of an attack, the man In the
watch-tower would warn the men inside
and together they would climb the other
stairway, made OF slabs stuck In creVices;
on which were placed strong poles, ana
disappear over the top Of the mountain.
Leaving a man i'm charge. the other- OIL
ticers went down the cliff again 10
house near by. and arrested Two men,
who proved to be two of the gang. Ih.y
followed the officers back TO the sun,
where they assisted IN destroying the
entire outfit and 10 gallons OF mash.
stream OF sparkling water ran
through the cave and sank a lit'le luF-
ther on. leaving no trace OF its work.
In his office here, Mr. kiloourhe mas
the moonshinors. and the cap Of this stu
occupies "A conspicuous place.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
Capitalization IN AUGUSTA.
A Block In the business Dissr'c
Practically Wiped Out.

The worst fire that Augusta, Ca, mas
had in years started early Sunday morn
ing. and caused 100000 damage IL De-
gan In J. p. Whites big dry-goods house
n blr modern department store. The orr
gin OF the fire Is unknown. but IL Is sur
missed that an electric-wire may nave
come In contact with the woouworh al 80 -
the insulation on II became Imperfect, VI
possbly a spark from a sputtering are
light may have fallen into some or the
As soon as possible after the alarm the
fremen were on the ground. ana Sanan i.
nah and Macon were wired Tor ara. bo.a
of these cities responded promptly. anu
started their apparatus on speciai Trains
for Augusta -
The Arlington annex and the stores be-
meath II, all a part of the old Centfal no
tel property. abutted on the store OF j.,
II. White on the uptown side. ana an
were involved in the first onslaught OF the
flames after getting outside or the hlte
store Next came the handsome Masonic
Building. Into this the hames atS .i '.ii,
way from the rear. when TINS DScanie
Thoroughly ahlaze there was no longer
any feasibility that the Arlington Hotei
could escape II has always had the repu-
tation of being exceedingly vulnerapie'
and when the flames reached IL FROM TIE
rear of the Masonic Building IL was SOON
The fire was visible for many miles IN
ALI directions. IL igni ed the roof ana
windows of the Schneider building across
Eighth street, on the next block, Dut IL
was arrested there. ana, barring ~
thousand dollars damage to stock, the
main loss was confined TO the original
block. bounded by Broad ard Ellis streets,
north and south and Seventh ana ElShth
streets. cast and west.
IL being Sunday, insurance-meu ana pro
perty-owners would not go 20 their books
.. q data a 10 policies ana CON-
panies and only furnished the esNinateu
Insurance I'm bulk. The following ngures
are the estimates of losses made up py
three OF the leading insurance-men In the
city, and believed TO be conservative out
are only given as estimates:
Arlington Hotel. 500 600.
Arlington Annex. $500.
Augusta Construction Company, SO'oOO
Dorr. building and stock, $1,000
Exchange saloon. $1,000.
NJ l.. FIR elan. jewelry, &c. $1,000.
Masonic-J Hall building, $1,000
Miller IL Elmorc. tobacco, 5000
AIullarky q Sullivan. dry goods $1,000
T.. j. O'Connor, liquors, SOU.
j. Henry Meyer, tobacco and cigars.
Morris. livery-stable. 5000.
Phoenix Painting Company, @,Ov.
Rice * OConnOr. $4,000.
Richards livery-stable, $500
Louis Schaut. jewelry, $1,000
Schaderresi stock of fruits, 5,OOO.
Schneiders. S5o01.
=. F.. Sheron. shoes. $500.
Suits. restaurant. $500.
J. Miller Walker. 5000.
~ l.. Willet, drugs, store-room, 5000
j. h. White, building and stock. SilOWJ
Chief of the fire departments Of Macon
and Savannah. with men and apparatus,
arrived after the cOnflagratiOn had been
arrested. and their services were not re-
auired.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12

A Pittsburg Correspondent Of the Phila-
dephia Press alleges that
"the resignation Of Henry Clay Frick
from the Carnegie Steel Company means
that this concern and the iron and steel
world in general are on the eve OF one
of the biggest surprises that have come
upon it for n quarter of century.
new combination which has been on the
boards for months. and which is now
practically perfected, has arisen TO as
pute with Andrew Carnegie the indi-
vidual leadership which he has enjoyed
for years In the closing days OF his
greatness Mr.. Carnegie will have the
battle royal Of his lie. struggle In
which millions of dollars will be as pawns
on the chessboard, and which VIII be
battle TO the hilt At the head or TINS
combination Mr. Frick will stand. ana
such will be his power, placed in his
hands by powerful associates, that II may
be greater than he ever enjoyed by rea-
son of his connection with the Carnegie
Company"
Mr.. Frlck, it appears, has arranged TO
90 into partnership with John d. Rookie
Teller. the Standard Oil millionaire. and
the MELONS, Of Pittsburg, W. L. Mellon
and A. w. Mellon. Both of the latter
are millionaires, and have been closely
associated with Frick for many years.
Frick. Rockefeller, and the MELONS are
the hackers of the recently-incorporated
Union Steel Company, about whose puf-
poses there has been an air of mystihca-
ton since it was chartered. 1t Is now
learned that the triumvirate named mas
complete control of the Union Steel Com
nanv. and has put up the millions OF dol
lars that are tied up in options and pur-
cbases which this company has made. 1t
&c the purpose Of the triumvirate, ac-
cordine TO the Press correspondent TO
control the manufacture Of steel in an
oven more complete and sweeping manner
than has been the case with the Carnegie
steel Company. The steel manufacturing
assets of the new concern, he
saws. will consist of the great
Mesabi deposits of iron-ore on the
Superior ranges; the finely-orsanized
system of lake carriers, which viii snip
the ore to the hither~port; an unlimited
and unconditional supply of coke, which
Mr.. Frlck is able to furnish by reason OF
his ownership OF the II. c. Prick Coke
Company, and hundreds OF millions In
cash. tho Joint funds of Rockefeller,
Icrick. and the Melons. 1t looks as IL
Mr.. Carnegie had real fight before hiin'
If he wishes to maintain his supremacy
and his prestige in the iron worid.
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BIG STONE GAP.
Great Improvements-A Romantic
Revenue Raid.

Correspondence Of the Dispatch.)
BIG STONE GAP, VA, December O.
Mr.. Il. l.. Harper, ST., president, and MIR.
Holmes one Of the directors of the Big
Stone Gap Iron Company, are here from
New York. The first run Of their fur
naces VIII be maze on the 18th OF this
month. The second stack will be refined
and put in working order The capacity
Of each will be $50 tens per day a num-
Der OF houses for the officials will be built
at once.
Mr.. J. a. Esser, former superintendent
of the Virginia Coal and Iron Company's
mines at Stonega. and Mr.. j. A. KEN
mercr, OF Philadelphia, have purchased
the leases of the Dorchester Coal and
Iron Company, al Norton, Va. 1t is re-
ported that the price paid was $4,000.
New ovens are TO be built, increasing the
number 10 500. number of houses for
the workmen are in course of construc-
ton.
Ar. r.. c. Ballard Thurston and the
Messrs Ballard. of Louisville. Ky. are
doing the preliminary work 10 opening up
their coal lands at Crab Orchard. Va.
The retaining walls for 800 ovens are
completed for the Carter syndicate. on
Looney creek, three miles from here.
A number of tracts of land are being
examined by an expert, with a view of
opening up other works.
a special train brought the Louisville
and Nashville railroad officials here this
week. They expressed themselves as
greatly pleased with the recent develop
ments here
United States Deputy Revenue Collec-
tor W. Il. Kilbourne tells of an interest
ing raid he made a few nights ago In
Scott county. Near Buffalo, il was said,
high above the cliffs of the Clinch river,
was cave that had been the refuge for
moonshiners for thirty years. 1t was
almost as inaccessible a place as ono
could imagine. In the cave was a still,
and Mr.. Kiibourne, who knows no fear,
decided to see the cave and destroy the
still.
On a moonlight night. with the aid OF
strong posse, he started out. Cinch
river whose bluff and cliffs make IL one
OF the most picturesque rivers in South
western Virginia. had TO be crossed. A
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
CONVENTION or NO.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch;

| To the Editor OF the Dlspatcn.
The bill OF Senator Flood for new con-
stItut,on meets with universal approval.
| II Is the only remedy. Tie present Con-
stitution cannot he patched. Negro SUI
frage must be restricted. by clause sls-
ing TO every man In Virginia, Oh iawiui
age. and free from disability, Ike right to
vote. provided he can read ana write me
English language, or provided ne pays
taxes on 500 worth of property, real or
personal. Confederate soldiers must De
excepted from the operation Of TINS
clause.
The entire school system must be
changed so as TO give the benefit or tie
white peoples money to the white PEG
pies children. and the money Of the nc
groes 10 the negro children.
The useless Offices OF treasurer and gu
pervisor must be abolished.
All judges must be elected by the poo
pie. and their terms OF Office ,hrrtcned.
Counties must not be pernit ted TO make
a levy for taxes greater tEan the State
tax.
These in brief ala the chief require
mcnts Of the new constitution.
More than enough money VIII &c caved
by il to pay the increased in;cicst o. IN ?
Century bonds IN 1902. The prescn; Dolly
Warden Constitution Is not or.y Il hiur; 1t
is distinct blot on c!vliza io1
Conceived In sin and brought forth In
inlquity. II has retarded oiir rrogress IS
a State Virginia, freed from the shackles
and burdens cf the present Constitution.
Will enter upon higher and more pros
porous career The Democratic party 10
maintain It's prestige must rise equal to
the occasion. CAMM PATIE.ON.
Buckingham county. Va.
There is now-und there has been for
years-a decided sentiment in Virginia in
favor Of a convention to revise and
amend our State Constitution. In 1886
that sentiment came near fruition. but,
politically speaking, the time seemed in
opportune. Therefore. the Stanton con-
vention failed to endorse the movement.
Hence, the proposition failed at the polls.
Now the question IS: Are we ready TO
make the convention question party Is
sue? Are we prepared to endorse the
movement in the legislative caucus. and.
If necessary, in the State Democratic
Convention to be held next year?
Mr.. Flood has in;.oduced n bill chal-
longing public opinion and the judgment
Of the General Assembly on the subject;
but, as we understand, he, like thousands
Of other thoughtful men, would not have
the scheme put forward except as an out
and-out party measure.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12

The schoolma ans of Kansas City, Tor
soma reason which does not appear quite
plain to us, have been forbidden TO wear
golf skirts while on duty. OF course, the
person who interdicted this article Of
dress is a man, and he has been roundiy
abused by some OF the Chicago teachers
who declare that such decree in their
town would probably cause repeiiion' AS
a matter Of fact, If any women at all are
justified in wearing short skirts 1t Is the
school-teachers. who must brave all sorts
of weather. 1t strikes us, however, that
the Chicago schoolma'ams, with their lib
eral allowance OF feet. should be glad TO
seize an opportunity to hide their expan-
sive footgear.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12

\ vaiues II IL true that that table does
| not reveal all OF the facts. 1t does not
take into account tho circumstance that
,hare are In some counties much noun
tain land unsuited TO agricultural pur-
poses Some OF these waste lands nave
some value for grazing purposes, put
many others have none. Again. there are
counties in which there are many swamp
| or overlooked lands
SO II is obvious that II will not do to
rely upon the average price per acre az
conclusive evidence that countys as
sessment IS too low Still. we kno" Oh
no other source of Information accss'i-
BILE to the public where we may nave
even the falBtest glimpse or comparative
values We cannot doubt that inequah-
Ties prevail. but we are in doubt about
the extent of them. They may be mhch
greater or much less. than we suspect.
Once We thought Virginia ought 20 az
point a State board Of equalization, WI"
mower TO "even up" things, out 80 many
complaints are made against such boards
IN the States where they exist. we have
had our faith in the efficacy OF them Sc
verely shaken. Unless we could adopt
much better equalization system thsn
most States have. we should be com
PEELED to view that recourSe with us
trust 1t has happened too often INIT
sections of the State largely represented
on q board have had their assessments
reduced while the sections whose rcpie
sentatives were IN the minority had theirs
increased.
10 be perfectly candid, we do not Know
What can or ought TO lie done 70 reot'iy
the injustice complained of. And for mat
matter the Virginia Legislature has been
in the same fix" for thirty years or
moro. during which time this subject mas
popped up periodically.
Never, never, will assessments be mdoc
with unerrng certainty. But no DOUBT
something remedial could be done we
think II would be in the interest OF JUS
tice and truth II greater publicity were
given to the values fixed by the assess
ors. Something might be expected from
popular opinion and free criticisin.
There was a time when the bulk OF the
revenue of Virginia was derived from inc
tax upon agricultural lands, but that Is
not the state of the case now. The pres
emf rate of State taxation In Virginia Is
the same it was when the war between
the States began. Then we made but
small expenditure for free schools ana
colleges. Now a very great sum Is raised
eor .baeo ,,urnoees
The fact is that the growth OF our
towns and the extension Of our railroads
and manufacturing and commercial en-
terprises have resulted in putting into the
public treasury a vast sum, which other
wise would have to be raised. if raised at
all. upon agricultural lands.
In brief. by far the greater part of The
sum which Virginia now raises comes
from other sources than country lands.
We know, however, that indirectly, the
farmer must bear a portion of nearly
every tax laid, whether 1t be a direct or
indirect tax SO, too, must every wage
Garner and consumer But all that Is be-
side the present question. The problem
now is TO find some method that VIII re-
commend itself TO general favor, looking
IN a fair distribution Of the burden OF
taxation on real estate in this Common
wealth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
NEW FAST STEAMER
For the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
Way Company.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, December IL.
Special -President Nj. T.. ingalls,. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. while in
the city authorized the building of new
steamer to make the trip between New
port News and Norfolk in forty minutes,
and work on the vessel will be COM
menced at once Bids have already been
received for the boat, which will be ready
for service in August next The present
steamer will be continued. and the Chesa-
peake and Ohio will inaugurate an all
day service between the two Hampton
Roads cities The increasing Passenger
and freight traffic makes the addition Of
another steamer necessary
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12

New York is complaining Of its dan
gerously dusty" streets, and Richmond
ers might make an cutlery about theirs,
If any good could be accomplished by do
ing so. But we all know that our street.
cleaning force IS hopelessly inadequate
for ordinary occasions, much more so for
the protracted dry season we have had.
However, we do not have as much fear
as the New Workers do that street dust
distributes all manner of disease germs.
The Herald thinks it not unlikely that
the germ Of diphtheria is in many in
stances distributed by street dust. So,
too, it says, with the tubercle bacillus.
The truth is that the germ business
has been overworked, and the general
public is now seldom alarmed by it. 1t
would be more to the purpose to say that
the fine particles of dust afoat in the air
are troublesome, If not dangerous, to
those who suffer from weak eyes and
throats SO far as Richmond is concern
ed the dry weather of this fall and Win
ter has been a great boon TO out-of-door
workers, but a good, washing rain would
now be welcome as street-cleaner and
dust-layer.