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The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
cHlcAoo's DRA,n A. CANAL.
A Big River Cut Through Gianite and
Gravel,

- D'b AsNer Wv IhrouSh "ihhte ana
Gravel.
The main drainage channel is in part
cut through solid rock and in part
through Glacial drift the total amount
of excavation involved being 26,26l ,S15
cubic yards of glacial drift and H.
oO6,9Sl cubic yards of solid rock. The
rock cuttings are about 100 feet wide
at the bottom, with nearly vertical
walls. The excavations through the
sections, with preponderance of hard
material, provide for Il flow of 600, 600
cubic feet of water per minute, or n
rate of flow sufficient for the require
lnents of Il population of 3,0O0,OO0
people, which is about double the
present population of the district. The
narrower channel that has been cut
through the more easily handled ma
terial provides for Il flow of 100000
cubic feet per minute, and can easily
be enlarged by simple methods of eX-
cavation as the growth of the popu-
lhton demands. 1t is claimed that the
canal Will be navigable for any craft
drawing less than twenty-five feet of
water
While the canal is primarily designed
to carry off the waste of great city,
the projectors of the enterprise have
not been blind to the commercial pos
sibilites of II free waterway from Chi
cago to the Mississippi. 1t is estimated
that the expense of the excavations
and retaining walls already provided
for by the sanitary district constitutes
nearly two-thirds of the entire cost
of such Il ship channel, and it is
hoped that the general government
which has done so much to improve
the Mississippi river. may eventually
be induced TO undertake the compile
tion of the channel construction
Should this plan ever be executed
large steamers will be able to make
their way from the great lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, and the commerce OF
the whole Mississippi valley will be
greatly stimulated and enlarged
American Review of Reviews for Jan
uary.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
A BRIGHT coLoRED BOY.
Son of Senator Bruce Is tho Best Debater
In Harvard College.

The young man, who won the prize de.
bate for Harvard in the recent contest
with Princeton was Roscoe Conkling
Bruce. a son of the late Senator Bruce
of Mississippi. the last colored man to
occupy a seat in the United States Sem
ate. While he was still n freshman
young Bruce won the Pastor prize In
the interclass debate against seniors,
juniors and sophmores.and is now reck-
oned as the best debater among the g.
800 students at Harvard. He is modest
unassuming young man, but seems TO
have marked elements of popularity as
well as ability. for he has not only
overcome the prejudice against his color.
but is as great favorite among the un-
derclass men at Harvard as he was
in tho preparatory school at Exeter.
New Hampshire. where the students
unanimously elected him to preside over
the ceremonies of graduating day.
He bears the name of Roscoe Conkling
because the great senator from New YORK
was the first man to introduce himself to
and welcome as his colleague Senator
Bruce when the latter entered the SEN
ate chamber total stranger, OF the de-
spised race. In 1875. and was his closest
friend and adviser during the eight years
that he remained member of that body.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
A GOLDEN BUBBLE
aTUPENDUoUS SWINDLES BY
FRANKLIN SYNDICATE.
All Former Napoleons of Finance Pale
Into Utter Insignincance When Com
pared with william Miller the Brook
lyn Swindler.

Another dream of wealth has van
ished in the collapse of the Franklin
Syndicate of Brooklyn, and the hunt
for its sponsors, William F. Miller. its
head, and Cecil Leslie, press promoter
and secretary.
The syndicate began business in a
poor quarter of Brooklyn two years
ago as banking institution agreeing
to pay depositors 10 per cent week
for the use of their money, or $40 per
cent year. The concern gave out that
It was able to do this by inside advices
in the stock market and the making of
millions by the rise in listed securities.
This went on quietly for nearly two
years and 10 per cent was paid deposit
tors as per agreement. About two
months ago the syndicate advertised
widely and a golden shower Of unceas-
ing volume found its way to the Golfers
of what has been aptly termed the divi-
dend mill. One day $S1 900 was taken
in and in all some $40O0,000 was re-
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
EQUALS THE x-RAYS.
A Philnd elphian Makes Similar Photo
graph.

graph.
Professor George +. Baker Of the
University Of Pennsylvania, has made
q discovery that will rank with that
of Roentgen of Xray fame, II not above
1t, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Roentgen ray was the first tenta-
tive experiment In the line of photo
graphing through apparently opaque
bodies, and the difficulty Of securing
gotd results with certainty and dis
patch has been apparent to all those
who have used the system. PROFESSOR
Barker now announces that by means
of the new element, radlum, discovered
by Nine. Curie of Paris, he is able to
take a photograph in u manner similar
to that used in the Nray process in less
than half minute.
The value of this discovery is plain
to all those who have followed medi-
can science. The slow process requir-
ed by the Xray will be done away with
entirely, and negatives secured in so
short space of time that the patient
will not be disconnected by the work.
Further, instead of the delicate and
costly electrical apparatus now requir-
ed, plate of radium will be substl-
tuted. This metal has the peculiar
property of radating an invisible glow
and apparently violates one of the ele-
mentary laws of physics in that 1t does
not derive Its photographatic power
from the sun, nor lose it by eNpen-
diture. 1t is, therefore. far more eco
nomical to Use than the Roentgen ray,
and is always ready, requiring no
careful adjustment. The body through
which the photograph is to be made
is placed between a plate of the metal
and the sensitive Photographic plate.
In surgical cases the time required is
less than half a minute. The Radlum
plate is apparently easy to prepare
and has none of the bad effects, such
ms burning and blistering, which gen
orally accompany Nray work.
Professor Baker is to be sincerely
congratulated on the results of his ex
periments.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
AMERICA SAYS so.
The Entire Country is
on the Move.
casearets Candy Cathartie Did II. and Record
q Phenomenal Victory. Five Million
Eoxes Sold Last Year.

From every part of America comes the
news that sufferers from constipation 70
tharuo. the wonderful, modern scientific
laxative and intestinal tonic Sascarets
are suraHe and isrsay saye tr,ed Tn eas
cnrsts with the most pleasant and Of
fective results, and voluntarily testify to
II have been using Cascarets for head,
ache and Sn sta S and Mrs snys r. dsS
II have been taking Cascarets for over
a month and find them just the thing for
constipation" Albert b.. Burt. 10 Main
ST. Andover, Mass.
II am using Cnscarets and nave ne'er
found anything so satisfactory. Mrs u
W. Durrant. 81 Emerson ST.. Buffalo. N.
"I have taken Cascarets and cheerfully
recommend them to all my friends" Mrs.
G.. j. Gradwell, Frugality. Pa.
"cascarets are fine for biiousne:. and
malaria and are so pleasant to take" Mrs.
Mary Cummings. Maud. oklahoma.
'I use Cascarets in my family and fnd
them all you recommend them to be-" e.
[: Irwin. Cor. Mead and Railroad. Mead
VILE, ,,,i Pa s.n d, ,.,v add ,,nsro,c,,,s 10 N.
list Of diseases that Cascarets Will benefit
o5hIsea aa aafS c,s.,1.,. . ,nsra o e., ass na,s
ing bettsr @ Ita' FOR eons,ipation." Benz. Pas-
ss.fs Knixhtstown, Ind; r,o,. ,..o
csscarsts are all ri, right; They have
Lock Box 206, Cincinnati. Ohio.
1T am SO thankful for your Cascarets.
They are better than ban any med msdecine incl i ever
II do not hesitate to say that Casca..
rsts 10 the very best medicine ever placed
before the people" Andrew Woodruff.
"Eascarets are the best cathartic I ever
used" Tom Holt, Wildwood. Manitoba.
'I have tried your Cascarets and I want
to tell you they are Just splendid" John
Wiegmink, Box 961, Allegan, Mich.
We could fll the whole paper with sx-
pressions like the above: Thousands Of
Amilar recosnitions of the merits of Cas-
ca1ets haye been volunteered and prove
Of taste. so mild and yet effective, has
secured a firmly established place In the
hearts of the people.
Go buX and Try cnscsssts a. 5ss ,S ,ySourSslf to.
aad sample free Address Sterling Rem
edy Company. Chicago or New York.
This is the CASCARET tab
let. Every tablet of the only
fRF genuine Cascarets bears the
~ y | magic letters &C C c." Look
at the tablet before you buy
and beware of frauds, innitsc
tons and substitutes.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
Disappeared with HI. WIFE. s.epmo,he


George Payne, prosperous farmer
OF Wild Cat Creek, w. Va, has disap-
peared with his wife's stepmother. and
all efforts to locate the pair are futile.
Payne came several months ago with
his family from Ohio. His father-in-
law, Sylvester Johnston. who is 70
years OF age, lived with him, and four
weeks ago welded Miss Ella Owens,
handsome young woman, though
Payne and his wife strenuously OBJ
jected. The Payne couple even re-
fused to receive the elderly groom and
his bride. But matters were arranged
amicably at last and the newly welded
pair spent their honeymoon in the
Payne household. But there was much
surprise when Mr.. Johnston discovered
that his wife was gone and Mrs. Payne
found that her husband was missing.
An investigation showed that the two
had left in the night.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

There Is more Cutui rh IN this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced 1t n local disease, and prescribed local
with local treatment. pronounced IL incurnble
Science has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tional disease, and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by +. j. Cheney Co, Toledo, Ohio
is the only constitutional cure on the market
1t is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
n teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They oirer
one hundred dollars for any case IT fails TO cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 15c.
Hall s ElmilY PillS are the best.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

Herewith is a picture of portion of
the suburbs of Seattle. Wash, "on Its
way from Rainier Heights to Lake
Washington" These are but few out
of SO or go structures, all of which are
similarly ION the move" their average
rate of travel being about 21a inches
per day. section many square miles
in area has been moving to the front
of the lake shore for nearly three years
past. A large sawmill on the shore of
the lake is being steadily pushed out
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

and submerged in its waters; while
several very handsome residences and
large church are on the verge of de-
struction on the heights above; por-
tions of their gardens and such odd
trifles as coach houses and other out
buildings have already broken away
and become part of the chaotic tumble
below. The process is so gradual, how
ever. that no one seems seriously to
trouble until 1t becomes no longer pos
sible to hold the furniture IN position.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

ceived across its counters. The bank
ing house soon became the busiest
place in Brooklyn and small army OF
clerks, bookkeepers and typewriters
were engaged in its service. The New
York bankers of standing refused to
have anything to do with the business
offered by the syndicate. because the
officers were certain 1t was swindle.
The patrons were scattered all over
the country, while nearly every police
man, fireman, domestic or school-teacher
In Brooklyn were entrapped into the
device. Mr.. Miller, who Joined the
Presbyterian congregation Of DR.. Mere
dith, of that city, was expelled. made
havoc with Its members and the pas
lor complained to the police that he
was running pretty nearly all the young
men of his congregation by his Monte
Cristo scheme.
For long time the authorities had
an eye upon the prime movers of the
syndicate, and finally determined to
close up the place and arrest the pro-
moters. Miller and Leslie, forewarned
of this action, disappeared. A war
rant was issued charging the promoters
with conspiracy to obtain money by
fraudulent representations. The fed
eral government also wants them for
falling to place revenue stamps on re-
ceipts for deposits.
So ends the Get Rich Quick syndi-
cate which has defrauded tens of thou
sands and given renewed meaning to
the saw that "a fool and his money is
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

This is not an ordinary almanac.
but , handsome book. copiously
illustrated. and sold for 5 cents
on ali nevs-st,nds. eve simply
allow you the two cents you
spend in postage for sending.)
Great men have written for
the Year Book. In it is summed
up the progress Of the 10Th cen
fury. In each important line of
work and thought the greatest
living specialist has reeounted
the events and advances Of the
past century and has proPhesied
what We may expect Of the next.
Among the most noted Of
our contributors arc:
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on
Agriculture; Senator Chauncey M.
Depew, on Politics; Russell Sage, on
Finance; Thomas Edison, on Elec-
tricity; DIR. Madison Peters, on Re-
ligion; General Merritt, on Land War
fare; Admiral Hichbom, on Naval
Warfare; "Al" Smith, on Sports, ETC.;
making a complete review of the whole
field of human endeavor and progress.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

Aguinaldo was discovered yesterday II
Mexico. but no doubt that is only the he
ginning. Every seaport in the worlt
is likely to be heard from in the mex
week or two.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

For once I'm going to let the children
eat all the candy they want They'll
be awfuily sick, and you'll have to take
care of them mo, | won't: I'm going
to eat all / want, and be sick, too
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

With 5000 American soldiers applying
for pensions for injuries in the late war
the Spanish government IS probably Won
dering how they got injured.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head,
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money II It fails to relieve. 25c and o0c.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

"I have five Invitations to Christmas
dinner" where are you going?" That's
a puzzling question. / think q menu
card ought to be sent with each invita-
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

"What are those queer-looking things
selling on the corner2' "Those? oh
those. are pressed Christmas trees fol
flats"
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

DO you take any stock in these goose
bone theories?'' "well, the weather al
ways seems to have moderated after
we've eaten the GOOSE
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

The report that the Beers have large
reserve force is not surprising as the
fact that the news got past the censor.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

Bakers Breakfast Cocoa
10 delicious. CostA less than one cent cup. Made
saly By walter Baker d Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

To cure your Catarrh or Cold In Head.
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money. il 1t fails to relieve. 25c and soc.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. l.. Baker, +222s
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. s, '9o.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head:
moneV II It fails to relieve. S5c and Soc
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

"Hazing is almost abolished in our col
leges" ''Yes; since football became pop
ular hazing has seemed too tame and la
dylike."
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
RcIInbIc Helm Wanted

either sex.) The Humanitarian Home and Snnitar
ium for Invalds and Health Seekers. incorporated
Send l2c In stamps for fun Information. Address
J. Ii. Teitlcbaum, Treasurer, Las Vegas, N. NJ
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
HI. Actions Explained ,

Whats that song you are singing
daughter?' "."ris Home Where'er the
Heart Is" "Ah! That's the reason
your young man acts as II he wanted tc
board here all the time. is it,"
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05
Christmas In Flat

On Christmas eve We hardly slept.
Although at packing quite adept.
For in our home. from foot to head,
So many bundles heaped each bed.
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. Z. W..
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces Il
nammation allays pain, cures wind collie 2oc bottl
The Springfield herald., 1900-01-05

SU1u DIV DTHUEISIS, tOC.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
DR.. MONTEIRO RETURNS.
Was Bailed in the Sum of ST 900 by
MAYOR Peasants

DR.. Monterio, who was arrested here
Tuesday on warrant from Petersburg.
charging him with malpractice, and who
was carried to Petersburg by Chief Of
Police Ragland of that city, returned to
Richmond yesterday.
DR.. Monteiro appeared before Mayor
Peasants Tuesday afternoon. He was
represented by Captain George D. Wise,
at whose request the case was continued
until Friday. DR.. Monteiro's bail being
fixed at S1,on0
When seen yesterday morning in refer
ence to the charges. upon which he was
arrested. DR.. Monterio said that
the allegation against him was
most frivolous one. He said that
sometime last December he prescribed
for a young woman that called to see
him. but that there was absolutely nothing
criminal in the proceedings, as ne had
done the same thing hundreds OF times
before for other people.
THE charge placed against me and the
arrest came as a thunder-clap from a
clear sky said the Doctor. 81 fear no
bad result, SO far as 1 am concerned"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
uoyyitzers to Meet.

4 largely attended business meeting OF
he IoW-itzers was held Tuesday night
IT was decided to have fuli-GTess drli
next Tuesday night, which Will be fol-
The artiilsrymen decided TO turn out
mounted in the parade on May I'tn, ihey
hone and expect to have Their new mead
An invitation was extended to ne
NorfoI,- HIues and the Grimes Battery
~ po-rsmouth to use the Howitzers' Ar
y,orv when they visit Richmond on the
occasion of the Carnival.
Il is practically settled now that the
rnyirzers will visit Louisville at the
t;rne Of the Confederate Reunion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
Many Important Opinions.

Many important opinions, tweuty-one in
number will be handed down the first day
of the United States Court OF Appeals,
which will convene Tuesday next. ine term
will be a short one. not lasting more
than a week or ten days. There are,
however, some seventeen or eighteen
cases on the docket. but great many
will be continued by request Of counsel
until the fall term.
One of the cases to be argued OF a
local nature is that of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company vs.
City of Richmond.
The District Court Will also convene al
thai time. Owing to the Illness Of General
Edgar Allan District Attorney, assistant
District Attorney DeJarnette viii conduct
the cases. Eleven criminal and three
civil cases are 10 be tried.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
Trade and Labor Co,nc;,.

A well attended meeting of the Central
Trade and Labor Council was held at
EIIett's Hall Tuesday night aIucn i'm
portant business was transacted. Another
organization. the Stage Employees. has
been perfected and was admitted into the
central body.
Reports were received from a num-
Der of the unions making appropriations
for the entertainment OF the State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. which viii meet in
this city in May. Thfs VIII be the largest
attended session of that body held since
DISCRIMINATION.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
WILL ASSEMBLE HERE
Dentists to Meet at the College of
Medicine Next NAV.

The Tri-State Dental Association. COM
prising the States of Virginia, Maryland
and the District of Columbia, will meet
here on MAJ. 10th, 18th and 18Th.
The meeting will be held at the Univer-
sity College of Medicine. The opening ex-
ercises will consist of a prayer by Rev Or.
/. NJ. Mercer and an address of welcome
by Dr. j. Allison Hodges.
DR.. Charles A. Mercer is chairman of
the Committee on Enter ainment.swith DR..
Baskerville Bridgeforth as his local as
sistant. Dr. Charles L. Steel IS chairman
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
COTTON MARINETS.

NEW YORK, April 25.-COTTON-Ihet,
cotton market opened steady at L to )
points lower, and further declined point
or two on unsatisfactory cables ana pet
ter weather conditions. The market fuieu
quiet, with trading very light and prin-
Cipally of a professional ScalplnS CHAR
acter. The decline was arrested by light
foreign buying, following more conserVa-
tive estimates as 10 port receipts in the
near future. There was also some sup
port from Wall Street, and the very light
receipts also helped to brace the market
up. In the late afternoon session there
by Ellison. the recognized English author
ity on cotton, but the close was quiet at.
net unchanged to 3 points lower.
co1roN-spot closed dull and easy;
niddling uplands. 0 1876; middling gulf,
Futures opened steady; May, 9.s4;
June, 92S; July; 931; August 9.la; Sep
500; December, 7,99; January, SEQ; Feb
ruary. Sol; March, sos.
Futures closed quiet: April, o.533; May,
0S4; June $50; July, 81; August. go;
sol; December. 500: January, Sol; Feb
ruary, S.02; March, SOC.
CoTToN-Dull; midding; Q 1916;
gross, $3.50 bales; stock, ll1,29o bales;
Total to-day-Net receipts, 5,441 bales;
exports to Great Britain, 10,55S bales; to
the Continent, 1880 bales; stock, 46l,3?
bales.
Observation-Disclosures receipts, 21.66G bales;
exports to Great Britain, %, las bales to
France, 7S2 bales; to the Continent, 41,o24
Total since September 1st-Net receipts.
6.l4SI III bales; exports to Great britain,
2,O15.276 bales; to France, 666,224 bales;
to the Continent, 2,314.45S bales.
NEW ORLEANS. April 25.-CoTToN--
Futures quiet; April, 9.1S bid; May, III
June, 9.22@9.2A: July, 9.22@9.23 August,
9.0OG9.01; September, S.2SNSS0; OCTOBER,
7.93@7.94; November, 7.SO0I 81 Decem-
Der, 7.S0DT.S2; January, I.S1Ql-S2-
LIVERPOOL, April 25.-COTTON-Spo
in moderate demand; prices 1-32d. higher;
American middling. fair, . 49,; good
middling, 515: niddlns, > ZIG; low mid
t..4ng 3 5-16; good ordinary, 5ls; ordinary.
4 1916. The sales OF the day We're 5000
bales, of which 800 We're for speculation
and export, and included 7G0O American.
Receipts, 14,000 bales, including 1000
American.
Futures opened and closed quiet at the
decline; American middling, l. m c.
April, ) 2O-6+. sellers; April and May,
. 16-6i0J z1T-64, sellers; May and June,
) 14-6415 15-6i, sellers: June and July,
> 1861. sellers; July and August, . 9-640
) 1864 sellers; August and September,
565 1-64, sellers; September and October
45-64, sellers; October and November,
4 34-64, buyers: November and December.
2S-GiGI4 29-64. buyers; December and
January, 26-64G14 81 81 buyers; January
and February, 4 24-64@4 1854. buyers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26
Bidders yEerc Too fIG-Ii.

Messrs. Peters and Shea. of the sub
committee on police. yesterday opened
bids for $3.50 feet of wire roDs 70 be
used during the Carnival parades.
The bidders were Messrs. James Me-
Graw, II. &. F'rischkorn. David Ainslle.
watkins ottrelI Company BALDWIN &
Brown of this city. and Thornton &
Motley Company. OF New York.
The bids for the rope were so high
thar they were all rejected. and pro-
posais for 16,0G1 fet of manila centre
wire rope will he asked.