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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
SANTA CLAUS CLUB.
over Sixty Families Rcmemhere" =
/, Substantial Manner.

The Church Hill Santa Claus ciun pro
vided Christmas cheer to more liah t. .S
score and ten families. Inc 'oli', ,
49,, of 2 substantial character. and III
c,,ded wearing apparel, groceries, toys
fireworks. etc; for The little ones. candies
cakes, oranges.
The young people engaged in this very
worthy cause are gratiiled at the SUCCESS
of the undertaking, and are grateful 10
the many friends who contributed 10
aiding their efforts to carry Christmas
cheer to the hearts and homes CT the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

and at the least such a proceeding could
not but have produced great unrest az
homeland that, too, at time wien
state OF tranquility was Of special I'M
rortance. BY taking a recess, however
Congress prevented any such undes'raoie
Developments and there is every prospect
that before it reassen1bles the situaHo1
will be beyond 1Ae influence OF 1inso'sH.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

N1ascasni has reason to realize, appar-
emily. that when troubles come thes
come not single spies, but in battalions.
His wife has now been taken Ill. I
like 20 people, groans the uniucky
Italian. anent this country, 1t is salo'
"but ze law is verray bad He mas been
caueh. in the tolls OK the law with re-
spect to unpaid obligations, real or a!leE-.
ed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
Current Comment.

Whatever it may do hereafter, Congress
has practiced a self-restraint in the f11st
DAYS of this Venezuelan incident that is
as commendable as unusual, and eve may
add unhoped for-Hartford Couranr
And the country is to be congratulated
r,on the fact that IL adjourned before
it discovered it had been guilty or oh-
usually good behavior
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

Annie Marion Yonkers. poor young
hook keeper Of Milwaukee, hefriended
Main old man in distress three years
ago, and has received as Christmas christmas
present from the old man 2. check Tor
$4,000. Now. girls there is new way 70
wealth, for you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
Card from a Mcmber of the Con-

vcntion.
EufauIa, Ala. December =, 1902
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Having noticed a statement in Your
paper to the effect that I. with other
members OF the Constitutional Conven-
ton, 1al1-1so2 have been made 4 party to
a suit for $4,000 damages by two Virginia
lisfranchised negroes, | write for publ
cation few of my reasons for voting to
proclaim said conventions work the or
Sanic law Of the State o. Virginia.
Before my election, I published card
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
correc1;nn las ito kno11i1le Ftre.

KNOXVILLE. TENN, December "a
The Knoxville Knitting Mills Company
requests the Associated Press to say that
Mondays fire did not originate in their
plant, as was at first reported. The knit
ting mills were not damaged.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
INSOLENT CANFIELD.

Il seems that some witnesses OF high
standing in New York have come to the
help of District-Attorney Jerome and are
ready to give testimony concerning Rich
ard Garfield, and will admit having gam
bled in his west Forty-fourth street club
house.
So Mr.. Canfeld's "cheekiness" will be
properly rebuked.
Because his house had been raided he
proceeded to play the game OF bluff on
Mr. Jerome and the police and employed
costly counsel to sue them for damages.
In the case Of Mr.. Lewisofn, who was
summoned to testify to the fact that he
had seen gambling going on in Can
fields house, a constitutional question
has been raised. He declines 10 testify,
holding that to do so would incriminate
him, or at least degrade him in the eyes
Of the public. The District-Attorney
answers that the statute exempts Mr.
Lewisohn from prosecution, etc. He re-
Joins that that statute is unconstitu-
tional
That is a pretty question! There is q
good deal in .ir. LewiSohn contention.
How could any statute hold him harm
less from any degradation he might SUI
fer in the public estimation?
Meanwhile, however, there are bold.
public spirited. and justice-loving citizens
who. being resentful of the insolencc OF
Mr.. Garfield. arc ready to so into court
and tell what they know about Garfield
ultra. fashionable gambling establish
ment-nov closed. There's where Can
field has missed a trick!
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

On January list New York is
going 10 put West Pointer
a. the head of its police depart
ment. General Francis Vinton Greene
will succeed Colonel Partridge.
The General is d native of Rhode
Island, is 81 years old, resigned from the
army In 1889 with the rank Of captain,
and was for some years president of the
Asphalt Trust at a salary Of $4,000 per
annun. He is independently rich, has
house at Newport and a. steam yacht.
His title OF general" comes from a
commission as brigadier that he held
In the volunteer service. His present APP
pointment is from Mayor Seth Low, and
he is Republican in politics. He thinks
New York needs 5000 patrolmen.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
Would show His Faith.

Chicago Daily Newsl
He. when : marry the girl III the case
must be both handsons and 1ntellisent.
She: Then you really believe that peo-
RI. should marry their opposites.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
5e Bell. OF Christmas.

q We bells. We bells Of Christmas;
Snrsad the glorious tidinss VICE
Tell the world again the STORY
81 the holy Christina stlde.
Mortals, sing aloud your praises
,7 1iaal al a. TIE world with gladness-,,
..poScc on earth, good VIII 70 NEIL
watching shepherds on the aliislds
Heard The holy angels $,
seemed to see In glory shroudea.
All that blessed heavenly thloi,S;
while the ming e t5,sir n rss ise
To the blessed infant Jesus.
Eorn that hottest day OF DAYS
Like a great, rcsplendant jewel
In the canopy above,
Glistened, cleaned star or nedutS
AS a token of Gods love
And the Wise Men, gazing upward.
Saw that bright, resplendant nsh''
And they followed where-lt led them
On that blessed Christmas night.
O We bells. ye bells of Christmas.
Ring YOUR tidlngs TO the skies,
1,eaca on earth. good Will to nortals,
Let your hymns and praises rise,
Wake wake, earth, and cease YOU
Christ, the Lord, is born to-day,
He. the God of earth and heaven.
In that lowly manger lay.
Ring. Va bells, ye bells of Christmas
Jesus Christ is born to-6a%
He has come to bring us glauness-
At His feet our griefs we lay
Ring, ring out, nor cease your ringing
Till all 1nortals join the strain.
Jesus Christ. our Lord and saviour,
Eyernlore has come to reign.
Annie " 4iSon MCCOY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
government expert says that

A government expert says that the
bookworu. and not work or confinement.
makes little children employed In Soutl-
ern cotton-mills puny and weak. Al ias1
we discover what is the matter Win tHs
..epublican party's antitrust campaign.
It has the hookworm d'sease.-t>oiioiA
Landmark
Well; yes Is hooked on to the trust
interest.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

A dog supposed to have been the big
sest in the world has just died in Rut-
land, VI. at the age OF 10 years. He
was a cross Of English and German
mastiff and weighed Is. pounds. ut the
shoulders he was three feet high.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
10th edition, finished in four colors. WIT
Illuminated pages to every cha pier.
A Slight Change.
IVA shineton starr

Eyes, he's given up the political 1oh ne
had THE idea! why, understood II
was a regular little sinecure' 80 IL
was, but after the last election it became
q little insecure"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
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Payable In AcVan'
THE WEEKLY DISPATCH.

THE WEEKLY DISPATCH IS issueo -
Two parts each weck-en n.o"oass 80
r;,,,-sd.y.-at ONE DOLLAR per year.
-sysrI. IN advance: six months. FIJI
EENTS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

ELLEN Glasgow, who is spending tbs
winter in New York, is at work upon
another novel which will deal with
Virginia life, but Will be in no respect
historical
So says the New York Sun.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
BY THE DISPATCH COMPANY.
roxHER OF LA1E AND NINTH eIhE1Ao'
RICHMOND, VA

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
Going and Coming.

ii'ililadelphla Press-)
Mistress calling down stairs>: 0. Bird
c., yh,,t was that crash? You haven't
gone and broken that vase!
Bridget: Yis, mum. Oh
Mistress: O.! how did you come to do
it?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
Hnw TO REMIT.

Een.ttances can be made by pos. ,, ~
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s,,h,crsners wishing change OF ADDRESS
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

The AIIegemeine Elektricitaets Geseii1
schaft-Union Eiectrlcitaets 1eselisc'iah.
combine looks like a corner on letters.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

baltimore News.)
"a magnificent work. his latest story.
you say:
that has been published this century
Indeed? What's the general tdea?'
"oh, half-morocco. gold or uncut edges,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

An especially agreea BILE fact in connec-
ton with the prosperity of which SO
many are now able to write is that the
calamity bowler seems TO have gone out
Of business. He is, however. doubtless
just taking Christmas holiday, the pr1vl-
lege Of which is made possible by the
remoteness of the next election.-Char-
lotte Observer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
NipIing ms Counsellor.
CPhiIa Ledger.l

There will long be debate about the
poetic quality of Kipling's verse, but
who can deny its power OF the remark
able nromptitude Of the poet In telling
in the most forcible verse not only just
what the English nation ought to hear,
but exactly what it wanted to hear, in
the poem THE Rowers,'' which was pub
lisl!ed in the Public Ledger yesterday.
The unpopular but Srievous Boer war
was but finished, and the foolish pilots
of the British ship OF state embark heed
lesslv on troubled waters for the sake Of
her enemy. This is the thought OF Eng
lishmen, which is now finding loud and
angry expression in England, and thus
does the poet voice their feeling In the
language of the ''Rowers' of the English
boats to their pilots or statesmen:
Last night We swore our voyage was
done.
But seward still We go;
And we tell us now of 4 secret VOW
Yo have mada with an open foe:
THAT we must lie off a lightless coast
And haul and back and veer
at the will of the breed that have
wronged US most
For year and n YEAR and year.
The dead they Knocked are scarcely cold;
Our wounds are bleeding yet;
And ye tell US now that our strength is
sold
To help them press for a debt.
In sight Of peace from the narrow seas,
Ger half the world 70 run,
With q cheated crew. 10 league anew
With the Goth and the shameless Hun. "
1t was old Fletcher. of Saltoun. who
said 4 knew a very wise man that be-
lieved that if man were permitted to
make all the ballads, he need not care
who should make the laws OF q nation.
Kipling expresses the very thought OF
the great middle class of England. He
has displaced the Prime Minister. the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the
leader Of the House of Commons in in
terpreting the thought of the sound ana
sensible part of the English people, and
as the peoples poet occupies u more en-
viahle position than the poet laureate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
Horden ordered Into Commission.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. December "a
The torpedo observation-disclosures Worden has
been ardered into commission.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

Now this pair is not intent. perhaps
~ nnsettine the Constitution OF Virginia.
= is setting up John s. Wise. The dark
shadow, however large it appears "nen
thc sun is not present, will be IN total
eclipse when Wise whirls around On MS
orbit to set the fee-Portsmoutl star.
In other words, the colored associate
,r;,, virtually get only the cahoots.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
SORE NECK

Take SCOTS Emulsion for
scrotula. Children often have
sores on the neck that won't
hea, up. The sores may come
and go. Parents may not
know what's the matter nor
what to do. Scrofula is the
trouble and SCOTS Emulsion
S the medicine.
SCOTS Emulsion heals the
sores. But that is not all.
5crofula leads to consumption.
This is the real danger.
SCOTS Emulsion is the
ounce Of prevention that
keeps off consumption.
Wen send you 4 little to try, il you Ike
SCOTT { BOVINE 80 Pearl street, Nes Yark
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

If the people Of the North-~we speak
not Of Republican party manipulators-
can be brought to understand that the
question of government on American
principles can be as safely left In the
South to the white people Of this section
as they can be to those of the North,
and they will act on that understanding
without efforts to control our local au-
tonomies that do not affect in any sens1-
be way their own, peace and political in
dependence will be as common and as
fruitful of high American patriotic results
in the South as they are now supposed
to be Indigenous to the North alone
Atlanta Constitution.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
Comment of the Newspapers on Va
rious Subjects.

Virginia is TO richer than Tennessee.
but 1t appreciates the value of having
it's resources and opportunities presented
to The world. AS financial proposition,
It will be one of the best investments
the Old Dominion over made.-Nashville
American.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

N1IINISf2ttt PO11As ~$SNs-'y
OF course, there's much room on top,
Where the lucky are lazily summing,
But what can we do when the sign
States briefly:
ELEVATOR NOT RUNNING.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

Referring to the recent attempt IN sos-
ton to<1vnch a negro, the foanoke ZINES
has the following: re ask the people
.,a co,t,, who have been malgned and
s,,ndere6 for half-century by the North,
,,,itr tho city Of Boston as the leader,
Wv this conduct can be recolciled!
on,v on the ground that human nature
and race prejudice are the same tue "oi ~
over and a little more so in Boston than
anywhere else in the United States
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

Saws the Winchester News-Item: We be-
1ieve that the farmers of Virginia Wouio
greatly enhance the value Of their prop
.-+,, ~ thew would all spend q little money
y, ant and whjtewash. All things else
1,.;n, equal the farm whose buildings are
nai,tcd and whose fences are white
washed will sell better than the nelsnpor-
ing farm which has not such improve
ments.
More than that, it attracts settlers 70
,eixhhorius waste places.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

tnyEar1sr.e RATES ON APPLlO . 1,..
1rs-... 81, communications Inc LIS
Patch Company. Richmond; Va. >. 49,
rejected manuscripts VIII not %
letters recommending candidates 1os
oface and resolutions OK respect inset w
only SIS paid matter
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25
DiscosIruEinE.
indianapolis News.)

Briaset: I didn't SO to do it, mum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

Senator Foraker has recently seen that
citizens of his State, citizens whose hearts
and hands were engaged in the service
OF the State during the tremendous con-
nict, turned out to dedicate cemetery
to the Southern dead buried near them,
and to lay flowers on their graves. This
is no more than has been done by us OF the
South for the graves of the Federal dead
who sleep under the shade of the mag
lolias in the environs of this city; and
when our northern feliow-citizens emu
late the example, We cannot, as a brave
and generous people, withhold our ap-
plause.-New Orleans Picayunc.
When citizens Of the United States
"tlink of these false prophets whose vati-
cinations only within the last three or
four years have led this nation into the
path OF imperialism they may be par
doned ii they turn again TO the idealsts
for hope and encouragement The spirit
that has animated the war party III
Great Britain is the same that has con-
trolled the war party in the United States.
Tho Republicans here and the Conservs~
tiyes in England have 'pooh-poohed" the
.idealogs' and live madly on with their
constituencies work. The day of reckon
ing is. however, at hand; wiser counseis
are prevailing. and the errors OF the re-
cent past are being corrected a little Sc
her reflection is convincing the people OF
both nations that unrighteouS war is,
morally as we'll as economically, the
greatest calamity with which mankind
may be visited-New Orleans Times-Deln-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-25

Last night We swore our voyage was
done.
But seward still We go;
And we tell us now of 4 secret VOW
Ye have maids with an open foe:
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
RODE ON A RUNAWAY.
Wild Ride Of a Hobo on a Doomed Oil
Train,

Los Angeles paper reports that a
few days ago ten cars loaded with oil,
which were left standing on the South
ern Pacific tracks at Pomona. broke
away and started down the grade to-
ward Puente with a momentum that
soon reached sixty miles an hour. Half
a mile east of Puente and about even
miles from the starting point an east
bound freight train was met. A disas-
trous collision was the result.
The oil cars were piieu in a heap,
and the oil, ignited by fire from the
locomotive of the freight train. soon
converted the entire wreck into a
seething mass of flames and smoke.
The locomotive, which was a new one
on it's initial trip, and two cars of seed
less ~raisins. were burned along with
the runaway oil cars and their con-
tents.
The crew of the freight train saved
themselves by jumping before the
| crash occurred. The only man on the
runaway cars vas a tramp. who was
frantically working at the hand brakes
rs tile VIII SeCtlOu VI tuC "a hC" PeSs
Lemon station. The hobo realized the
impending disaster. but tugged man.
| fully at the brakes until the collision
took place. BY a freak of fate he es-
capped with a few bruises.
The accident occurred at 6:30o'clock
and the wreck burned iercely until
noon. Dense columns of smoke rose
high in the air, attracting many per-
sons from the surrounding country to
the scene.
Traffic was not delayed much, as a
temporary track was built around the
wreck early in the day. and IN the af'
ternoon a wrecking crew from Los An
geles got to work, clearing and repair
ing the tracks of the main line.
The financial loss to the company is
heavy. The cause of the runaway was
the leaking of the air from the brakes
Of the old cars. which had been left
set when the engine was detached
from the train at Pomona to do some
switching. When the air escaped the
brakes were released, and the cars
started down grade from their own
weight. Had the hand brakes been sci
also, as is customary under such cir
cumstances, the disaster could not
have happened.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
RAILROAD SWITCH SIGNAL.
Clever Invention of a Roswell Man
EavorabIy Spoken OF,

Charles H. Remington, the well
known carpenter and contractor. has
invented a railroad switch signal that
bids fair to make Mr.. Remington some
money and to bring the name of Ros-
well before the travelling public of the
world, says the Register.
The working model, which is now in
use at the switch in the railroad yards
here, consists of a signal box made of
galvanized iron, set about six feet from
the track on the bridge north of the
round house.
This box has within it a clever sys-
tenn of angle levers, so arranged that
when the switch bar 1000 feet away is
thrown, those levers will push up a red
signal in day time and a red lantern at
night, notifying the approaching train
that the switch is open.
The mechanism seems to work
smoothly, and these who have examin-
ed its workings, including some high
officials in railroad circles, pronounce
it not only the best, because so simple
but the cheapest switch signal ever in
vented.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
taken it..


All this has been done in sixteen
years. and at the age of SO he will oc-
cupy one of the very important posi-
tions in one of the great railway sys-
TENS in the world.
Born at New Albany, Ind. January
81, 1866, Mr.. Atterbury was gradual
ed from Yale at the age of twenty.
He donned overalls and went into
the shops.
For three years he studied the prac-
tical end of ~railroading. and then. in
line with the company's policy of push
ing young men to the front, he was
made assistant road foreman of en-
gines on the various divisions of the
Pennsylvania railroad. and the Phila.
delphia. Wilmington and Baltimore.
In 1892 he was promoted to be assist
ant engineer of motive power of the
Northwest system, and a year later be
came master mechanic for the compa'
ny at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Three years later, in 1896, he became
superintendent of motive power of the
October, 1901, became general superin'
tendent of motive power of the Penn
~sylvania lines east of the Pittsburg and
Erie.
His last promotion. which will likely
be made public today, is the greatest
appointive position on the great sys
TEN.
Mr.. A%tterbury's last step has greatly
delighted his many railroad friends
and members of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers. TO which he
belongs.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
kodoI Dyspepsia Cure.

Digests all classes of food, tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
organs. Cures dyspepsia, indigestion,
stomach troubles and makes rich red
blood. health and strength. Kodol re-
builds WORKOUT tissues, purifes, siren
gthens and sweetens the stomach. Gov.
G. w. Atkinson, of w. Va, says:
have used a number of bottles of Kodol
and have found it to be a very effective
and, indeed, a powerful remedy for
stomach ailments. | recommend it to
my friends. ]. II. O'Rielly & COB.
ii. Briggs & Co.