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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
A BULLET PROOF VEST.
Invention Which Non-Union Miners
May Find Useful.

Invention Which Non-Un1On Miners
May Find Useful.
BROOKLYN, N Y, October 14-(spe-
cial.l-A patent pure silk bullet proof vest
WIS exhibited and tested this afternoon
at the N1ontauk theatre. Naval police and
militia officers, business men and poll
ticians. including Lieutenant-Governor
Timothy Woodruff. were present.
Rev. Casimir Zeglen. pastor of the
Polish church in Chicago. the patentee.
was not present. owing, his agent said,
to the fact that the vests have been
ordered by coal operators for protection
of their men in the mining districts
Large orders demand the special at
tention of Rev. Zeglen, who holds the
secret of the weave.
Mr.. Hall. shooting partner Of DR.. Ashley
Webb, revolver champion, fired at the
vest. which was placed on a dummy.
When Rev. zeglen atten~s the test. he al
lows marksmen to shoot at him. but his
agents do not take these chances.
All ordinary 80. SO, and II revolver
bullets were fattened and dropped TO
the stage, bearing the imprint of the silk
weave. Tie only bullet which penetrated
the cloth was a dum-dum or steel bullet
with a soft tip. IS calibre.
Marksmen present said this was the
severest test that could be given. as a
dum-dum has a penetrating power of
seventeen inches of pine.
The cloth of which the vests are made.
for $50 each, is pure silk, and a vest
weighs about four pounds. tits perfectly
pliahle, and while a neeule can be passed
through it easily it resists all ordinary
revolver bullets.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
TELEPHONES
THE STRIKE SITUATION.

The question whether the mine workers
would accept the proposition of the OPP
orators to arbtrate the strike through
commission of five, and, pending report
of the commission, resume work, was
not decided yesterday. The operators
plan Of settlement was telegraphed bv
the President to Mr.. John Mitchell, pres
ident Of the United Mine Workers Asso-
citation. and the public hoped and expect
ed that Mr.. Mitchell would give an i'm
mediate favorable reply. so far as he was
able to influence the situation, and speak
for the miners In this, however, they
were doomed to disappointment. Last
night Mr. Mitchell dictated statement
to the press in which he leaves in the
air the matter Of the probable action Of
the unions. and affords no insight into
his own views. He declared that the coal
operators not having addressed the
miners union, or its officers. it was i'm
possible for him to state the attitude Of
The men at this time; and he held out
no encouragement that he would use his
good Offices and power to bring about an
agreement on the basis proposed. None
the less there is no reason to be entirely
discouraged. Let US trust that the ope-
rators' commission proposition will be
finally accepted. While in sense and so
far as concerns the immediate present,
acceptance might be regarded as vic
tory for the operators we do not think
hot tlo do
than yield, nor that Mr.. Mitchell could
so them and the general cause they stand
for a freater service than by advising
them to that course. For theirs would be
the final victory. There is no question
that public sympathy has been largely
with the miners ever since the situation
came to be fully understood; nor is there
any question that that sympathy was
greatly increased by the conciliatory po-
sition Mr.. Mitchell took in the White
House conference. But, again, it is not
to be doubted that Mr.. Mitchell made
mistake in the manner in which he re-
Piled to he Presidents subsequent pro.
posal, and that this was tending to alien
ate the sympathy of the masses. AS we
see 1t, the head of the United Mine Work.
ers has now an opportunity to retrieve
20 induce those he represents to perform
a great public service. and to keep alive
a sentiment in favor Of the miners. which
cannot but work full justice to their cause
n the end. The proposition of the ope-
.ators puts Mr.. Mitchell and the miners
on the defensive, all that has heretofore
passed considered, and it now remains to
be seen whether these will turn the tables
to their own ultimate, lasting advantage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
VENEZUELA NOW
eNITHOUT A CAPITAL.
The Seat of Her Government May Be
in a Railroad Car or
Anywhere.

WILLEMsTED, ISLAND OF CURA-
GOA, October 1.-THE government of Ven
ezuela, owing to the fear that the revo-
lutionists might make night attack on
Caracas. and in view of the fact that
Vice-President Vincente Gomez left this
city yesterday morning with all the, troops
able-eight hundred men-to reinforce
President Castro, have been transferred
to the Provisional Capitaf' of Venezuela
in the Guacaipure district, surrounding
Los Teques. without any town or village
being stipulated as the headquarters OF
the ministers.
Consequently the seat of the govern
ment may be in railroad car or in some
other place unknown to the general pub
lie. The Venezuelan Government was
also actuated In this matter. by desire
not to reply to the questions Of the for
eign ministers who have been daily ask
ing for redress as the result of injuries
inflicted on the persons or properties of
citizens OF the countries which they re-
present s5S
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
"J1NED. IN THE cAkEwALK.
Gay New Yorker Jumped on Stage
to Do 1t.

to Do 1t.
SPRINGFIELD. MASS, Oct. 14-(spe-
cial)-Percy Owen. wealthy New York
er, was the central figure in an i'm
promptu cake-walk at the Nelson Theater
last night, his partner being Miss Hen
rietta Lee. prima donna of the Fiddle Dee
Dee" Company, which is filing a weeks
engagement here.
Owen. who is robust six-footer. is in
the city IN connection with an automobile
race to be run under the auspices of the
Automobile Club OF America The auto
mobile aggregation attended fiddle Dee
Dee" in a body last evening, and from the
outset assisted in the chorus.
The song. I'm the Good Old Summer
Time" appealed strongly to the pleasure
party, and encore followed encore.
Five times Miss Lee responded. and on
the last occasion, as she was abou: to
disappear in the wings, Owen leaped from
the box in which he was seated and. ex-
tending his hand to Miss Lee, began a
cake-watk step.
The singer good naturally accepted the
extended hand and laughingiy tripped a
few steps with her enthusiastic partner
Vociferous applause rewarded the effort,
which, however, was not repeated.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
MODERN SURGERY.

A strange, and it would appear mex
cusable, surgical blunder, which was COM
mitted in western city last week, has
called forth from the New York Tribune
a strong protest against the indiscrimi-
nate use Of the knife, as if cutting We're
the panacea for human ills Our con-
temporary says that the errors made in
that city by young men sent out on ambr-
lance call, have become a public scandal
and then adds:
From the earliest days of surgical
practice the disposition of hot-blooded
youth, of the sprinters in surgery, has
been to rush breathlessly at problems
to cut Gordian knots and human bodies
with the hope of settling everything in
hurry. Sometimes the patient is set
tied by such haste and cannot be saved
The greatest masters of surgery the world
ever saw have not been fustered or in
considerate. They have had the large
view and the tranquil mind. They have
believed in giving nature chance. Ma
turity and experience are of inestmabie
value in surgery. Very young surgeons
too often think more of the enhancement
of their regulations by heroic expert
ments than Of the probabilities of the
recovery of those upon whom they ope-
rate so unsparingly. There are many
who should tarry at Jericho until their
boards are grown
But Is the latter-day disposition to use
the knife SO freely and not give medical
ton and nature chance confined ex-
clusively to the hot-headed youths of the
profession? A contention that il is would
be gravely challenged by large element
Of the medical fraternity. who, while
recognizing the blessings modern surgery
has conferred on the human race. ques-
ton whether surgical enthusiasm does not
often cause 1t to be abused in the interest
of Science" and holiness.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
WEST VIRGINIA.


For two weeks Colonel J. Hampton fl'' !.
Hogc has been canvassing West Virginia MA
for the Republicans. and is receiving me
newspaper notices. The Wheeling Intel
.ligencer describes him as brilliant" elo-
quent,' etc. ard says he is everywhere
greeted by large and enthusiastic audi
ences.'
The canvass is hot in West Virginia,
but from reliable accounts that we have
received. Democratic prospects there are
improving daily The miners strike and
proposed changes in the tariH enter
largely into the speeches Of the orators
but those who represent the Republicans
seem to be having a difficult matter ex-
planning things for which the voters are
inclined to hold them responsible, more
or less.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
INCOME TAX.

One county in Virginia has only two
or three tax returns made by the people
who pay on incomes Of over 5000. The
income tax in the Old Dominion seems to
be a farce.-Savannah Press.
1t is. How about the income tax in
Georgia ?-Norfolk Landmark.
How about it the world over? Where
is it that itsis honestly and fully paid:
Some years ago a British judge was
quoted as saying it seemed to him tina.
in the view of the public man was not
expected to tell the truth when giving in
his income returns under oath.
If the income tax could be honestly and
properly laid it would be as fair tax
as any that could be devised. AS it is, it
falls heaviest on the most conscientious
men; it is light upon easy going" fell
lows, and is ignored altogether by some
who ought to make considerable returns
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

The statement that the surgeon who
came over from Vienna to perform an OPP
Grafton on the 5-year-old daughter of Mr..
Armour, Of Chicago, is to receive $4,000
for his fees and expenses seems to remind
US that the price of beef is still extor-
tionate.-Boston Herald.
1t is possible that the sum agreed upon
for this service has been exaggerated, but
many a lawyer has gotten quite as large
fee without exciting special wonder
upon the part of the public. However,
that's another story, as Mr.. Kipling would
say.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

The President has persuaded Harry e..
West, of the Washington Post, to accept
Office as one of the commissioners whJ
stand at the head of the municipal at
fairs of the National Capital. The salary
is only $1,000 per annum, but newspaper
men were ever self-sacrihcing set, and
we doubt not that Mr. West will do his
duty as cheerfully and efficiently as if he
were adequately paid.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
A Protest Against the Protest.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:.
claim to be true friend Of the Uni
versity of Virginia. I have known Colo
mel George W. Miles for many years and
hold him in high esteem II have been
deeply panied to read the protests Of
certain members OF the faculty against
the action of the Board Of Visitors in re-
gard to the craftsmanship.
The protest is rather a personal and
virulent belittling OF Colonel Miles. and
an assault upon his personal character
than q judicial consideration Of the ques-.
ton:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
INT AT WOOD DEALERS | [:
TRADE AND LABOR COUNCIL OBJ
JECTs TO PRICE INCREASE.
ncHoPPERs NOT ON STRIKE
Hence, Say. the Central Labor Or
Eanizntion, There Was no De-
casion for Raising Price.-sum of
500 Set Aside for Striking Miners.
Eanizntion, There

"Resolved. That we, the Central Trades
and Labor Council. condemn the action
Of the wood dealers Of this city IN their
extortion in the price of wood, and de-
clare their action to be advantage-t tax
ing of the necessities Of the people, who
are powerless to protect themselves
against the unjust advantage that is
being taken OF them. The wood choppers
are not on strike, have asked no advance
in wages, or shorter hours. and no oc-
casion has arisen for a rise in the price
Of wood
The above resolution was passed unani-
mously last night at meeting Of the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Council, held at
Ellett's Hall.
z It was the elimination of warm dis
cussion of the present situation In the
coal strike, and the meeting held in this
city by the coal and wood dealers at which
time wood, along with COAL was adj
vanced to a figure out of the reach of the
classes in moderate circumstances.
MONEY FOR MINERS.
The Council set aside an appropriation
of 500 for the miners. should they make
another appeal for aid. and there was a
resolution introduced to start popular
subscription list in this city for their
aid; but this, the Council thought, was
an unwise move. as it is generally
thought that the strike is nearing set
Element. Several prominent business peo-
pie had signifed their intention of con-
tributing literally.
The sum of SO was advanced to the
striking plumbers of Norfolk, who have
been out for fifteen weeks.
In the absence of President Sampson,
Mr. Daniel McCCallum presided over the
meeting.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Bank C1enrinss of Richmond

The bank clearings of Richmond from
January l. 1902. to October /. 1902, show a
total of $15S. S76, 209.49.
What will be the total December 81.
1902? The clearings for August were
SIS, 1881, 1858. and for September. SIG. 595.-
1898. If you come nearest to the total
for the year 1892 before October 18th. $50
will be added to the first prize. Read the
big advertisement and act to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

patience OF the congregation is mani
testify mistake.-Roanoke World.
Yet long sermons have their uses. we
have known them-no joke-to BRING sleep
to persons suffering from inser-nnia. VINO
could find relief in no other way.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
There was an old woman and what do
4 Phenomenal Boy.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.)

Henry, could have dropped through
the floor at supper
Why, my dear?"
well. You know I kicked at Tommy un-
der the table as a signal for him not to
eat any more pie. He didn't pay any at
tention, and I kicked harder
"Well. What happened?'
"Whv. suddenly found out that, I had
been kicking the minister all the time
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Making n New Hip Joint.
New York Herald

But the price
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

foolish Roanoke cow has proved
traitor to her kind and buttressed the
cause of the COW ordinance faction in the
magic city. where the issue of ordinance
or no ordinance has made the people so
warm that they have forgotten all about
the coal strike. Witness the following
from the Roanoke Times: The ex-
perience of the teacher and chill
dren at Gilmer-avenue school yesterday
with mad COW running at large, an ac-
count of which appears In another column
of .to-day's Times, is the strongest Of ar
ments against permitting these animals
running through the streets unrestrained.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

1t is now reported that it is difficult to
obtain a sufficient supply of soft coal for
the navy. Why? Most of the bituminous
miners are working, and all the big rail-
roads which carry soft coal are in opera
ton Who can solve this riddle2-New
York Tribune.
That is writ sarcastic as Josh Bill
ings used to say.
It seems that the Federal government as
we'll as the various State governments are
sufferers by the high price charged at
the mines and the inadequacy Of transport
tation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
SOftened Grief.

Bonneville (Mass.) JournaL)
Wilson: I lost that fine silk umbrella
that I carried in town to-day.
Mrs. Wilson: Oh, what pity!
Wilson: Still, there is one consolation.
It wasn't mine.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal puts
the matter pointedly and correctly when
it says:
President Baer is at variance with the
leading thinkers and publicists of the
day. The best solution of the labor prob
lem yet arrived at, according to the more
intelligent leaders Of capital and labor,
is in organization on both sides to the
end that contracts may be made and car
ried out in manner that will be mutu-
ally satisfactory
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Mrs. Martha s. Alley Dead.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, October IL
Especial. Mrs. Martha S, Alley died at
the home Of her daughter. Mrs r. A.
Gloss, in this city today. The deceased
lady was native OF North Carolina,
but came to this city to live about four
years ago. She was 70 years of age. The:
remains will be taken to Henderson, N.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Dinner $50 4 Plate.
philadelphia Ledger.)

philadelphia Ledger.)
It will cost $50 to attend the annual
dinner Of the Chamber of Commerce
to be held next month. II there is an at
tendance of 500, the total outlay on this
feast of commerce will be $4,000. There
have been many private banquets held
In New York which, In proportion TO the
number of guests, represented greater
cost. but only one public banquet. That
was held nearly twenty years ago on the
occasion Of the Yorktown icele bra ton.
The assessment on each subscriber then
was see. It must not be supposed that
all this money is spent for food and
wine; only a small part Of it is. The
great cost represents the expense OF en-
PERTAINING distinguished guests from
abroad, the production of souvenir
menus, memorial medals, and the like.
The coming dinner of the Chamber will
be, probably. the most notable in the
long line of it's banquets. but the Dinner
Committee is not ready as yet TO an
nounce It's programme.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
TIE RICHMOND DISPATCH
BY THE DISPATCH COMPANY.
CORNER OF KAHN AND NINTH STREETS
RrcYxoNp, VA.

Uptown once, No. $40 east Broad stree'
Manchester Office, No. nos Hui s.teeI
Few York ONCE, J. E. Van Doren Agency
Tribune Building.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
But the price

And most things take downward trend !:
Yea, swift the bank accounts descend,
up.
going
keeps
coal
of
But the price
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

your yaca ton? Had q good time this
summer?
Robert: should say had sup.
pose you haven't heard ! found 9 nice:
little wife up in the Inounta ms. S. .s
Richard: Did you find out VINO N! LOST
her?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
How TO REMIT.

Remittances can be made by post-oll'ee
money order (the safest way), cneck. y, -,
registered letter. Currency sent oy ''iaii
at tie risk of the sender.
Subscribers wishing change OF aooles
must give the old as we'll as the NC"
post-ofice.
Sample comics free.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
THE WEEKLY DISPATCH,

THE WEEKLY DISPATCH is issued IN
two parts each week-on Mondays a..
Thursdays-at ONE DOLLAR per 49,
payable in advance; six months ~
CENTS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
JOHN II WHEELER
Mother Goose on Coal.

IS. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.)
The north wind doth blow
And we shall have snow,
And what will the babies do then
Poor things?
The fires are out,
And the Goals up the spout
And may never come downward again
Poor things.
A little pig found a ffty-dollar note,
But he bought him no hat and no very
fine coat.
He bought him no trousers, no bottles,
no socks,
No collar, cravat. nor gold-headed cane,
But, proud as could be, he marched up
the lane,
And for a. bushel of coal gave up all
his rocks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

In the last No. of the Sunny South,
published in Atlanta, Annie L. Morris
has an illustrated article on old st.
Johns church. in this city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

THE DAILY DISPATCH delivered to
subscribers In Richmond and Manches'et
At 80 cents per month. payable TO tne ca,-
rier weekly or monthly; the soNDA "a.
DISPATCH, 80 per annrm; - cents ~
nix months.
Those wishing the paper can order .t us
telephone or postal card. Complains -
delivery NAV be made the same way.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

The yellow kid from Siam is being reg
ularly Prince Henry-ized.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

If those who recognize a necessity for
tariff revision can lie led by non-commit
tai utterances to expect such action from
dhe party in power, they must be Won
derfully child.like in their credulity There
is son to believe that the. need of tariff
reform is gaining wider recognition every
day and such talk is sort of concession
to the popular demand, but it is conces-
sicn in terms that have no practical Sig
nificance.-Danville Register.
Correct
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
ALLEGHAuY SPRINGS WATER
CURES DYSPEPSIA
OF ALL KINDS.

Seventeen years ago the Virginia Medical
Society, by resolution adopted at its an
nual meeting, strongly endorsed the Aile-
ghany Springs Water-not as a cure-au
(Which it doesn't claim to be)-but as "a
most valuable medicinal agent in dyspepsia,
which is the source of more than half the
diseases that humanity is heir to-
Again, seven years later, at another meet
ing, held at the Springs, among series o.
resolutions passed by unanimous vote was
one that referred to the '"tnvaluable etf-
cheney of the Allegheny Spring Water in Sc
many forms of disease
Virginia doctors wouldn't unanimously re
commend anything that had no curativs
properties in it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

And now for the coal quintette, and q
song of strike settlement.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Pease pudding hot.

Pease pudding hot
Pease pudding cold.
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old
Some like it hot,
But can't have 1t so,
No Goals meath the pot
So the fire won't go.
There was an old woman and what do
YOU think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and
drink,
Yet she prayed not for victuals and
drink, poor old soul;
Her wishes We're all for a little hard coal,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

| All Richmond roads now lead to the
Horse Show.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

The chromosomes of the Sultan of Ba-
colod is simply Rooseveltian.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Na Cause for Him to Complain.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

See here" remarked the guest to the
new waiter there doesn't seem to be
any soup on this menu card
s'Oh, no. sir" replied the waiter. ner-
vously. Il didn't spill 1t at this Tablet
was the one the other side of the
ROOM
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

Our Horse Show people are worth show
ing, too.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
He Had Learned 1t.

Chicago News.)
81 heard a good story the other day."
began the grocery man, about a certain
politician. .
That will do" interrupted the disap-
pointed ofdce-seeker. tIn the first place,
there are no certain politicians
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

Some sweet day in the big electric fu-
ture the absence Of coal won't bother ms
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15

The Staunton News suggests that: Mer-
chants and others who have waste paper,
packing or other material that will burn
would DO we'll not to send it out with the
rubbish, but lay it to one side till cold
weather comes on and give it to the poor.
a good suggestion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
Autumn

OVritten for the Dispatch.l
The world seems sad, it's growing colder.
Summers baliny breeze has fled;
The solemn sea is sounding holder
Its dreaded dirges for the dead