The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
"Filles de la lumlere. abeiles,
Envolez vou., de CO manteau."
rA;lli tyr to : cience.

rH;l' tyr to CienCe.
Mr.. Fipoff. che famous Russian scien-
tst, editor ,,s the Scientific Review, at
Moscow, who was found dead recently In
his laborato ry, it Is now proved died as
martyr 70 K his efforts to abolish war.
1t was first thought that he died from
an apoplectic stroke, but letter received
from him by me of his friends here seems
to prove the t his death resulted from
handling lost nsidious chemical COM
position. ~
He says in the letter:
when was still very young I read
in Buckles History of Civilization how
the invent ION Of powder had abbreviated
wars.
From tu.at very day + have been
haunted by the idea, that l might invent
something which might mako wars i'm
possible.
II think now that 1 have succeeded.
II have made an invention by which It
q is possible to send waves OF explosion
thousands of kilometres.
II can .o-day, without the use Of wires.
stand u st. Petersburg and blow into
atoms tlsc Yildiz Kiosk at Constanti-
nople.
MY Invention is extremely simple and
surpri' hnEly cheap.
1T sgill make wars an absolute 1mpos-
sibility. intend to explain my invention
IN all details to the Academy of Science
at St. Petersburg In the beginning of
septen ber.
II m ust,. however. be very careful and
work very slowly. as I am continually
han6ill ng chemicals, some of which are
terri lille explosives, while others are ex-
cee'Iingly poisonous.
ON the table next to F'ilipoff's body
we've found notes indicating that he had
been handling anhydrate of prussia acid,
and 1t Is now thought that this terri
Bile poison killed him.
Th 3 Russian government Is In possess
ison Of all his papers, and no one knows
whe Their the Car at the present time
holf Is the secret Of the scientists inven-
| ton.
If he does, he will certainly be able
g force all powers to submit az their
uuarrels to his court of arbitration at
The Hague and the world will never see
another war.
Bullet Proof Cloth.
|, An italian worltingman has submitted
Ito tho French government an Invention
I OF very great Importance.
| He has invented bullet-and-swoEd-
/ proof cloth. which will not only mako
/ its wearer invulnerable from bullets fired
! from modern military rifle. but he Will
\ not even feel the slightest shock.
I The invention has been tested by Sc
! ries of very interesting experiments In
the military hospital
A dead body was dressed in uniform
made from the cloth, and an officer tried
with all his might to pierce 1t with a
very sharp stiletto, but failed after hav-
| ing made several attempts
| After this six shots from a military
| rifle were fired at the body, but all the
bullets were caught and stopped by the
cloth and not the smallest mark could
| be found on the body
| Physicians are absolutely unable to un-
| derstand or explain this mystery.
| The inventor, who Is very patriotic.
| wants to sell his invention to the govern
4 ment of his own country, but it is hoped
! that he can be prevailed upon to sell 1t
| to the French army.
4. Should he consent to. do so, the whole
| French army will be equipped imme-
diately with bullet-proot uniforms.