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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
FREDERICKSBURG AFFAIRS.
Shirt Factory Opens Monday-Joke
on Huntsmc n-NIisceIlany.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, November
1o.-(special1-Th new Virginia shirt
factory. recently built by FREDERICKSBURG
businessmen. will begin operations on
Monday next. The finishing touches are
being put to the plant, and experienced
opera tors from different cities will arrive
the new factory. Arrangements have been
made to give employment to at least
sixty young ladies.
The various industries OF Montross,
with unusual energy Saw-miIls are run
ming at full capacity. and various roads
leading TO the wharves and shipping
points present busy aspect do viii, ti.,S wa
and other produce. There are thirteen
saw-mills in the county. 1t will be Il
moderate estimate to figure the output
at an average of 5000 feet to the mill
5000 feet Of lumber manufactured each
dav in connection with this branch of
industry. we have the railroad tie and
poplar wood business.
This business has been interrupted
some, owing to the inability to get yes
sells. Large quantities OF pine cord-wood
have beer hauled ard corded alcr- the
sudden sharp rise in wood. Buyers and
spectators visited many points here. in
search of cord wood, and many who had
wood on the shores refused the offer of
81 per cord. They will now gladly ac-
KILLED THE WRONG TURKEYS
The Io+est Joke In hunting circles here
has as it's victim two well-known young
men Of this city. and the story seems too
good to keep The aforesaid gentlemen
started a few days ago. in emulation OF
their nations President. to hunt the elu-
sive wild turkey. Into the very heart
OF the woods they tranlped. and. with
beating hearts and cooked guns. awaited
the approach of the noble bird He came.
TO. one. however but three. led by a
gobbler whose aee and weight made
him the natural king of the flock. Upon
the near approach of the game a voliey
met the unsuspecting birds and two hit
the dust. q s result of the skill of these
two woodsmen. In exutation and glee
thew sought the owner OF the farm laid
their trophies at his feet. and incidental-
~ met a surprise. They had killed two
Of his wifes pet turkeys. and nothing
but a crisp $40 bill would settle the dam
age. Ruefullv they shelied ont, promising
the next time to inform themselves as
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

vidual regulations and the utterly
unprincipled manufacturing OF news
known to-day under the generic term
Of yello-v Journalism. That sucn publlca-
tions prosper and circulate widely is not
creditable to the American peope.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The people want quick, hot stuff on
live topics, and the sensible editorial
writer tries to combine in short artl-
c.es such information and comment as
will give the readers a fresh and tansl
bic view of the subject treated--Atlanta
Constitution.
The problem of securing a decorous
observance OF Sunday without placing
unrea soma BILE restrictions on those who
desire and need outdoor cation and
can get it on no other day is one that
is admittedly difficult OF solution, even
in the view of churchmen.-Macon Tele-
graph.
Many great men have occupied the posi-
ton of President of the United states. but
none of them have been great enough to
rule the people VINO select him. No man
was ever great enough for this. The
President of the United States is the ser
want Of the people. and not ruler in any
sense Of the word.-Houston Post.
The law enacted by the last State Legis-
lature requiring the separation of the
white and colored races in the street care
is working more annoyance and discomfort
to the people of this city; it is breeding
more indignation and Ill feeling, and it is
encouraging contempt and hostility to the
State statutes. more than ever did any
other law enacted by the Legislature of
Louisiana since the white people of the
State got control Of the machinery of
their State. after they had escaped from
the infames OF Observation-Disclosures
Orleans Picayune.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
THE GIRLS TRANCE.

IT Scs> the angels. They are coming to-
ward me. I am dying"
These were the last words Of poor Mel
lie Corcoran. who passed away at st.
Vincent's Hospital. New York, Saturday
morning. after having been in an almost
continuously unbroken trance for twenty
davs Just before the end came the UNI
fortunate creature. whose mysterious mall
ady had baffled the best medical skill of
the metropolis, revived little, and 1t was
then that she uttered the words quoted.
Miss Corcoran, robust. rosy girl or
II, fell asleep on the night Of October 18TH
At that time she weighed 140 pounds, but
before her strange slumbers had lasted
a week. she had aged greatly in appear
ance, and ere she breathed her last. it
looked as if every day of her sleep had
LETT the mark of year on her face and
figure Almost from the first the color
began to fade from her cheeks. and day
by day wrinkles appeared on her face
Her girlish roundness was succeeded by
emaciatlcn. and in seven days, the has-
gard patient looked like a woman OF 35.
Gray strands appeared in her once boun-
tiful hair, which by and by began to fall
out like that of an old woman.
When the hour of dissolution came.
Miss Corcoran's mother was at the suffer
er's bedside. Despite the mental anguish
of the parent, the daughter looked the
older of the two.
The doctors frankly confess that the
cause Of the girls disease is beyond their
KEN They had hoped that an autopsy
would reveal some secret which has es-
capped their Investigations, but 1t did
nothing of the sort The physicians found
every one of the organs of Miss Corco-
rams body apparently In normal health.
Hereafter the brain will be analytcally
examined in the hope that it may fur
nish a clue to the scientific mystery.
Pending the sleep of the girl-it was
practically unbrokcn save for one lucid
intervaI-nany theories were advanced
in explanation of the patients state OF
coma One doctor believed the girl had
been q victim of auto-hypnotic suGges-
ton; another thought that lack of proper
digestion of food had sent insidious poi
son virus into the patients blood so that
she became a victim of melancholia and
aversion to physical activity. third
physician attributed the trouble to ex-
cessive tea-drinl1ing. while brain tumor
and poison in the form of some unknown
drug were likewise suggested.
Even after Mss Corcoran's death there
was a lively quarrel as to whether an
autopsy should be held or not until de-
composition set in. Some did not know
whether the girl had really passed away
or was still in stupor The father of
the young woman fiercely opposed the
cutting up of his girls body. but the
mother readily agreed to it. She stated
that two or three years ago Nelly had
said to her: when I die, and doctors
say am dead. wish you would have
me cut up, because they may bury me
awe Other people have been buried
alive, and do not want to be-"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

Mr.. w c. Orr writes to the Atlanta
Journal, arguing that all sheriffs should
keep trained hounds. in order to track
criminals-especiany those who assault
women.
We don't think the so-calle, blood
hounds can be depended upon. They are
useful, but are by no means infallible. Not
withstanding the pack kept at the Virginia
penitentiary farm many prisoners have
escaped and but small minority Of
them have been captured through the
agency of dogs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
A scale regarding the new Canadian

A scale regarding the new Canadian
transcontinental railroad. that has been
in process of construction since June 70.
1901. says that when finished, in 1907. 1T
will run from Quebec to Port Simpson.
E C.. over a route $3.50 miles long. 1t
will parallel the Canadian Pacific. cross
ing the continent on nearly sthaight line
some 80 miles to the north of the latter
road Port Simpson. its Pacific terminal
is said to be the finest harbor north or
San Francisco. The distance from Quebec
to Yokohama. Japan, by the new line
will be 722 miles shorter than by way OF
Vancouver the Canadian Pacif1c's termi-
nus. The cost of the Trans-Canada rail-
road, as the new enterprise is to be called.
is estimated al $685. 100000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
An Electric Mule Kills Two Mules
of other Kind.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.)

The electric mule" has developed de-
cded antipathy for the real live variety,
and yesterday two more animals were
killed on the canal bank near. Lockiand
The mules of the Miami and Erie Trans
portat!on Company have met with nu-
merous accidents of late, and whenever
the live mules come in contact with the
electric mules The former invariably get
the worst Of it.
Yesterday two of the old-tirners were
vending their way slowly along the bank
of the canal when two motors approach
ed. one from each direction The two
motors stopped within twenty feet OF
each other, forming a circuit. and the
foremost mule stepped on the rail DE-
tween the two electrics. He was thrown
into the air and killed. and as the other
also completed the circuit he met the
same fate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
CAN HEAR THE PADDLEwHEELs.
Men in Hudson River Tunnel Wen
Looked After.
New York Sun

y G" AOCk Sul.) .
The contractors who are excavating for
trolley road tunnel under the Hudson
river from Fifteenth street, Jersey City.
to this city are encountering no serious
difficulties in their operations. The bore
has been extended seventytive feet since
the work on the abandoned tunnel was
resumed.
Inc men work in airlocks with shifts
every four hours. Every applicant for
job is obliged to pass 4 medical exa!ni-
nation as to the soundness of his heart
and lungs. The men undergo severe
strain and are furnished with substantial
meals Of broiIed beefsteak after emery
ing from the compressed airlocks to keep
mem in good condition.
The men say that they can hear the
noise made blythe paddlewileels OF steam
ers passing over the tunnel while they
are lat work. although hire is mud to
the depth of twenty-seven feet and thlr-
ty-seven feet of water above the bore.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
0DD-FELLOH's' HOME.
Committee of Trustees Visit Lynch.

comniftstt OF Trustees sistt !!
burg and Re;,a"rse.
Messrs. T. Wiley Davis XIII Montague
and Charles Fot1l.g.. trustees for the Grand
Losge of the virgtnian snaependent ortei
OF oed Fellows. left Rlchnond on Sunday
for Lynehbrrg and Roanoke. They visit
these two places in order to select and
settle upon a site for the PROPOSED Odd
Fellows Home. Propositions for sites
have been offered FROM q. number OF places
but all have been dropped but these two.
and one OF them. In all prooa oiiisS. WI
be se1ected. The committee ct trustees
are exp ted to return to the city to-nlSna
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
The Trainmnn,. Useful Warning.
Boston Herald.)

Since the Inauguration of the practice
on the Boston and Main railroad Of hav-
ing the trainmen cry out at each stopping
place. Don't leave any articles III the
cars" there has been material decrease
In the business of the lost and found
department Of the company. Officials say
that the decrease has been fully 20 per
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
to the color of the turkeys tail osfora
MISS MARY LEWIS DEAD.

MISS MARY LEWIS DEAD.
4 special phone message from Comor1
announces the death on Sunday evening
of Miss Mary Lewis. daughter OF MIS-.
Fielding Lewis, OF Marmion. King GeoISa
county. Mss Lewis. who had been y.
for some time. was well known IN TINS
city. and was enc OF tne most popaIai
young ladies in the county.
Jonn ". Alison, manager tdr Is
Southern Farm Agency Tor this section,
has sold TO T. 3. Brigham, OF Eould
Lake, Mich. a farm III Stafford county.
known as the Foo;e farm. belonging -
Mr.. Henry G.. Chesley. Mr.. Brigham "lA
take charge in few days
AT the prosraceed meetings at SaLs'a
church, at Sparta. Caroline county. "nieo
ecently closed there We're twenty PRO,
LESSONS land TWO persons were rest2Ee1
o the church Rev f. B. Beale, OF kina
ard Queen county, ably assisted the pas
tor. Rev. Andrew Broaddus. III condHes-
ing the meeting.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
Current Comm ent.

The Kaiser's visit to England is the oc-
casion of another anti German outburst
in the London press, led by the Specta-
tor. which cannot see in Germany any
thing but the deadly enemy OF th7
British empire. The Spectator has never
forgotten Williams telegram to Kruger,
yet it Is hardly possible that it will sue
coed in making Germany and England
take each other by the ears just yet
The Pearisburg (Gilcs county, Virginian
has changed hands, and under the new
management 1t vii! be the effort of the
paper Ito be in the front Of all things af-
fncting. the good of the country" The
editors announce that they are alive to
the great possibilities of ''our county and
section. and shall in every way seek to
advance them.
That and continued loyalty to the>Demo-
cratic party, which is assured, ought to
insure a still brighter future, for our con-
temporary.
Says the New York Tribune, TT must
have been a bitter moment for an actress
touring the kerosene circuit in Kansa S
to find that she had been billed by the
local press as .Calomel instead of Ca
mile
Rather a bilious error, that, and no
mistake.
It hardly seems possible, remarks a Re-
publican contemporary, s that lear i e. little
Rhody'' turned tall and fled when so
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

Certain Catholic clergy1nen In New
York advocate the building of the most
magnificent house of worship in the world
there in the hope that the Pope may re-
move the Holy See from Rome to the
American metropolis Who knows but
that such removal may take place before
many years?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
Been There Ever Since.
Baltimore Herald.)

Judge: 1 don't think that women have
always been vain; YOU know women were
made before mirrors.
Fudge: And they've been before them
ever since.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

I. continue to WELD the gavel until the
short and final session of the fltts-seV-
cnth Congress, which will open December
list. shall have closed. So 1t is announced
on his authority.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

The Atlanta manufacturers will meet
in the chamber Of commerce tomorrow
afternoon to take steps for the establish
rnent of a permanent exhibit of the pro-
dues of home industry at some central
point in that city.
There's where Atlanta is getting ahead
Of Richmond. though ours is larger
manufacturing centre than 1t is.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

Henry watterson comes out In the Cou-
r,er-Journal in favor of German for the
nenocratic nomination for President. He
sees victory ahead for the Democracy
III old leaders are shelved."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
DON'T Wait.

g. E. Niser in Chicago Record-Herald.,
The world will find worth out they say,
But don't you sit and walt, my boy;
They say each dog will have his day.
But don't you sit and wait my boy:
Some day. when you are old and gray
The world may think its time 20 lay
Rewards upon your plate-lt may
But don't you sit and wait, my boy;
The worlds intentions may be kind,
But don't you sit ana wait, my boy.
For worth that waits is hard to find,
So don't you sit and wait. my boy.
The world may turn. some day. inclined
To cheer the worth that lags behind|
That through long years has nope and
pinned.
But don't you sit and wait. my boy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
row TO REMIT.

Rern,ttances can be made by postoAAss
,ocney order tthe safest way). cneck, -,
registered letter. Currency sem o'
n the risk OF the sender .,..s
Subscribers wishing change OF aou.
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post-office
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His Looks nelie Him.
(San r'rancisco Bulletin

(San francisco Bulletin)
There's a vast difference between
mans loks and his real worth
..leS!"
Yes; there's Blobbinson. He's worth
S3O0, 900, but no board OF appraisers, JudS-
ing by his looks, would value him al
more than % centS!"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
BY THE DISPATCH COMPANY.
GOPHER OF Nk1H AND NINTH STREETS
RICHMOND, VA.

.,,rarn once. No. $40 east Broad street
x.nehester once, No. 1903 Hull street
Ysv York once, J. E. Van Doren Agency
rrsbuna building.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
Was Receiving.

Chicago Daily News..)
Casey: l heard a noise at yer house
and saw folks there last night. Was ye
receiving?
Dacey? l was Mcguire give me
blackeye!
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
rur u,rrv1y 01sPATCH.

THE WEEKLY DISPATCH Is issueo -,
two parts each week-on Mo''dess -
Tnursdays-at ONE DOLLAR PEI I,1.v
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
A Good Name.
(Judge.)

(Judge.)
You ought to ca!l this the volcano
cigar" says the pa ron, looking critically
d the cherOot.
Might be d good NAME, assents the
dealer.
You can pct 1t would. Why, all the
survivors will, be wanting to brag about
how they escaped it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
The Youth OF To-Day
philadelphia Pres

Philadelphia Press1
Visitor: That yUunS IenO" seems ram
CT pert; acted as II lie knew more 'nai
you.
merchant: Naturally.
Visitor: Why, naturally!
= Merchant: lie is my son.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

President Roosevelt's sound poi1tlcai
sense Yves never seen to better aoVahtaee
than in his view of the election. repo,teu
from washington this morning. He does
not listen for moment to those boasttul
prophets and self-seeking latterers. "ho
eell him that he is already as gooo
is elected in 19O4.-New York Evening
Post.
We agree with the Post that that is
an evidence of sense.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
Southern Sentiment.

All fair-minded observers and friends
Of Democracy i'll agree that it is time
to lay the question Of imperialism at rest
It was never an issue. It was wholly
Fictitious. IT was an accidental dlscoF-
cry made at q time when certain leauers
we're looking for an issue, and 1t was
eostered by hysteria until it evolved into
IN Observation-Disclosures Commercial-Ap-
peal.
There must be something radically
wrong-when young men all over TINS
country. with deliberate intent. are
taking their own lives and confessing to
their daspair-wth no other remedy for
themselves but death. Youth is the sea-
son. the era Of hope tnat is said to spring
eternal in the human breast - Has the
cigarette habit made these poor young
mon unusually respondent and despair
ing?-Atlanta Journal.
It has not escaped notice that the
places where the Democrats showed a
gain of strength in the elections this
week were in the sections where the re
organizers" so despised and denounced
by the Bryanites. had charge of the situa-
tion.-Charleston Post
The Dcmocra tic is not party of ca
lan1ity or panic promotion. lis enemies
aspred to pocket emoluments through
its manipula ton and misdirection. thus
iustifying to some extent the charge,
but the real Democracy is a conserva-
tor of the peoples interests and in
sists upon such policies as will promote
the happiness. contentment, and pros
perity of the greatest number with
neither malice nor injury to any.-Raleigh
Post.
The constant Temperance OF small
pox in this general section naturally sug
gests inquiry as to the cause why the
disease should linger so tenaciously. 1t
is believed that the authorities have
caused vaccination TO be well and gem,
orally applied. Some of tne late cases
are said to be in families. every m Der
of which has been vaccine ted. This fact
brings to the fore the controversy, that
seems to be increasing rather tnan di-
mnishing as to whether vaccination is
in any degree preventive of smallpox
Charlotte IN. CO Observer.
Several individual possibilities on the
Democratic side are eliminated. Patti
son goes down in Pennsylvania Johnson
In Ohio and measurably. Hill in New
York. The one Democrat of national
dimensions left standing upon the scene
is Gorman.-Louisvilie Courier-Journal.
The necessity for some legal means for
authoritativey settling the aggravated
disputes between employees and employ
ers is becoming powerfully impressed
upon the people of the Uuited States.
That some such means will be found
is certain, if the great interests of the
American people are to be consulted
New Orleans Picayune.
80 L
Newspaper enterprise is very COM
mendable thing, and has done not little
to build up this great country Of ours,
but legitimate and proper enterprise is an
essentially different qualifica t,on from lie
audacious perversion of truth; the drag
ging into public view Of private scandals,
the unjustiflab Bile. breaking down Of indi-
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

Mascagni has settled his troubles and
will resume his tour. The notes OF music
will succeed the notes Of hand.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

IT has not escaped notice that the
places where the Democrats showed a
gain of strength in the elections this
week were in the sections where the re
organizers" so despised and denounced
by the Bryanites had charge of the situa-
tion-Chareston Post.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
ANY Republican states battled valiant

That's just what Little Rhody'' don't
do. She charged the Republicans ana
kicked them out of power.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

Speaker Henderson win no. retire until
Ahs eng OF istsrm. It appears. He proposes
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11

Newspaper enterprise is a very COM
mendable thing, and has done not little
to build up this great country Of ours,
but legitimate and proper enterprise is an
essentially different qualifca ton from 4..ie
nudacious perversion of truth; the drag
ging into public view Of private scandals.
the unjustihabIe. breaking down OF Indi-,