The times dispatch. [volume], February 08, 1903, Page 10, Image 10

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HOW TRAINS
ARE GUIDED
Interestlng Story Told by a
Traln blspatcher.
A MYSTERY IS EXPLAINED
Somothing About This Most Important
Branch of Railroad Work, Which Is
a Sealed Book to the
General Public.
Several rocont appalllng railroad wrocks
have turnou publlo attentlon to the
oituiner of handllng tralns, and tho ques?
tlon of the responslhlllty for the loss of
Ixinocent llves has often of late been dls
oussed.
' Mr. W. M. Btckers, a traln despatclur
<of the Cthesapeake and Ohlo Railway
? Company, and one of the most efflclont
"ln the buslness," haa consented to tell
t how tralns are run by tbe standard codt.,
now gonorally ln voguo.
Mr. Blckors says:
I have no wonder that the publlc are
fequently unable to grrasp the oauae o(
aooidon ts reported ln the pxess diepatches,
for the peoplo genorally and the press
Btgents , froquently are not versed la tlie
fundamental rules of traln-runnlng, njid
these reports frequently use the terms
"dlspatcher-''" and "operator" synono
znously and as ofton transpoae them.
There ls. a book of rulos furnlsh?d
each employe and he must stand a rigld
examlnatfoh on those rules before ho en
. ters the servlco of the company. Thls
codo ls a comprehensive and complote
eoxnpondlum of the dutlos and responsl
hllltles of all classes of employes. It
stlpulates ln detall the rlghts of all
classes of tralns and Uie movemcnt ot
tralns by telegraphlo orders.
"Each employe eonneeted dlrectly or tn
directly wlth the movemont of tralns is
furnlslicd wlth a tlme tnble, which Ib an
cuthoritatlvo compllatton of the sched
ules of all the tralns on tho dlvlslon. A
schedulo of a tra\n Is an arrangemont of
? ilgures showrng how a traln shall run.
tho tlme lt leaves and arrlves at tcrml
. nals and also at the Intermedlate sta
tlons.
DIVZDBD INTO CLASSES.
"Tralns are dlvlded lnto classes. those
of flrst class havlng right of way over
lowor classes, and so on. Thon there Is
a "dlreotlon" right?1. e., tralns movlng In
n. specifled directlon, havo right of
way over tralns of the same or Inferior
class movlng ln the opposlto directlon.
All schedulo tralns are numbered on the
tlme table. A traln falling- behlnd its
tlmo may proceod lf lt avolds tho tlmu
of all tralns of superlor right. A traln
of superlor right may proceed re
v gardless of how lnto lt ls, provlded al
?ways that lt avolds superlor tralns
and any schedulod traln falling twolvc
hours behlnd tlmo looses all rlghts
and can bo moved only by speclal ordors.
"Extra tralns" are those not provlded
for ln the tlme table and enn be ope
rated only by telegrnphtc Iraln-orders.
"Now, lf all tralns ran always on tlmo
the tlme table would bo omple for thelr
movoment. But lt is necessary to pro?
vide for speclal ordors whlch supple
ment the tlme table, and hore ls where
the traln-dlspatcher comes ln. Thls offl
j clal keeps boforo hlm a traln reglstor
sheot whereln ls recorded the number ot
*ach traln and the tlme each passes the
several statlons on hls dlstrlct, the
statlon operators reportlng tho tralns
. over the wlro as they pass. The dls
patcher's "thlnker" ls kept busy as ho
contlnually records these tralns and splns
out speclal movement orders. He must
figrure for the best net result, for ln a
multlpllclty of tralns lt ls often a ques
? tlon of equnl momont to consldor a
prospectlve "meet" wlth another traln
os it ls to make n close meet between the
two. ho ls Immedlately- consldorlng.
Then ho must lookout for "blocks"?l.
e., see that thoro is not an accumuln
tlon of tralns more than the sldlng wlll
hold a.t any polnt, and he must nlwnys
have tucked away ln his cranlutn the
capaclty of all sldlngs, the physlclal
characterlstlcs of the road and so on.
"Each telegraph offlce is provlded wlth
_a, traln-order slgnal. Red means "stop,"
white means "110 orders." When tho dls?
patcher sends an order lt ls communl
cated Bimultaneously to tho operators
recelvlng for tho respecttvo tralns nnd
nlso to?- tho gperator at tlie mcotlng
pointywhlcll ls a "double-check" of safe
ty. The operators repeat tho order
nnd lf correctly repeated (and lf not the
dlspatcher requires a now and correct
oopy to bo ma.de) lt ls "O. K'd": the
conductors slgn on the trlpllcate mani
fold, thelr slgnatures are given to the
dlspatcher over the wlre nnd recorded
by him in his book, whlch contains tlie
order a.s st-nt. The operators tear off
nud deliver two coples to tho condiictor
(one for englncerman) nnd the tralns
jiroceods to thelr meeting polnt. The
order to traln of interlor right eannot
be completcd untll the slgntitur'e of tlie-.
conductor of trnln of superlor right has
boon recelved by the dlspatcher. unlcss
tho lnt.ter montlonpd train is otherwlse
"nald up." ThlH ls safeguard rulo, for
If the oporator should fall to hold the
superlor traln no hartn would result fur
:hor thau doluy to the Interlor traln,
slnce the latter's order would not, of
oourso, bo "completed."
" 'Eictra trnins' aro thoso not provlded
/or on tho time-table, and can ho run
only by opocial orders.
, THE KLOCK SYSTEM.
;.*l "Vory many roads now u:ie tho 'ahsolutc
lY bloek syumm." whlch is almply that only
yone traln is allowed on each fjcctionof the
Xraek, the block offlces belng genorally.
rour or five inllea apart. Thls sup
plQ.inents the llme-tablc and tho speclal
orders as a vory offedlve safeguard, but
tloesX r.ot oonfllct wlth thein. slnce n
"eleus* blocl;" would not give a train
n rlgnt to onter an agulnBC a traln of
ouporior\ right.
"On doubla-truck roads, of course, tho
"nifeiine't matter ls mhilmlzed, altbougli
M Is :;oc\sHary for tralns nf Inferior
olass to ko'??p off tho tlme of Bu'porlor
cjhrs tralnsVfollowliig, und thls neces
silates "orosh-overs" mid freriuunt Bpo
Clol ordors ln Wcctlng them.
I could, of cfturse, elaburato upon thls
Intorestlng nubjelpt, but tho fnregolng ls,
1 trust, a comprWonslvo outlino of tho
matter such as yc.u desire.
"Whon It Is conajdered how vast tho
number of trulns k-un nnd passengers
handlod evsry day, Jt wlll ho rouiizm:
tbttt the ai-oldents aYid casuiUtlcs aro
comparatlvely few. Kvery possihle pre
oautlnn that can be stfegested ls'belng
Utrllzed to Inaure safely. Thls la par
-loularly trua of the great Chosapeako
and Ohlo road, whlch m&lfcoa safety tho
paramount oonslderatlon, and ls strlct
ly inslBteut upon tho observai<oo of every
procautlnn and tho provlslon of nvr-ry
HSfosuard. Nor ls lliln utraiiB<< Blnc'o
tlils great trunlt-llno lms for Hk genornl
inanagor such an artlst as Mr- Q, j.j
DoyloC who ls nn honor to this jipogres
irtvo i*allway world.
"Itallroudlng ln all Its hranohos ls u
hlgh jcnslon buslness. 'flioso engaged
Actlvely ln tho traiiMportatlon dopartltivnt
are speclully called upon v, |?. nulolt Jn
perooptlon and ln oxocutlon. '1'hey must
bo well polsod, calm, ooljooted, brave, on
i Auriner. And lf wiy ?u? haa lt ln mlud ,
that the oBlalals have anyOung akln to
a plcnto, let hlm rld hlmself of such a
false notlcn, for the falthful dlsohargs
of duty on the port of the genorols of
the great rallway army ls telllng anil
often Bolt*consumlng, and they rlohly
doserve tho hlghost esteem nnd unsworv*
lng loyalty of thoir subordlnatcs nnd the
great good-wlll of the publlc."
PLEASED WITH THEM
Newport Ne\ys Pooplo DellgKted by
Rlchmond Talont.
The Newport Newa Dally Press says:
One of the most enjoyable concorts
ever glven ln Newport News was that
glven ln the lecture-room ot tlio Flrat
Presbyterlan Church last evoning. Bach
number on tho programmc was heartlly
applauded and each was encored.
Captaln FYank Cunningham was down
for a couple of aeleetlons, but at the
lost momont wosiforoed to send regrots,
and Mlas Cofer, a well-known contralto
of tho Capital City, was subaUtuted. It
Is no rcfloctlon upon Captaln CunnliiB
ham's ablllty ns a slnger to say that he
could not have excelled hls substltuto,
nor could he havo g-ained more enthu
slastlc applause. Miss Cofor has a volco
of chnrmlng mellowness and purlty. Sho
was forced to rcspbnd to encores after
oach solectlon. ?
Mlss Burnett, also of BicTimond, op?
ened the programmo -with a beautlful pl
ano solo, the number oontaJnlng als se
lectlons: "Preambule," by Bach, "Of
Strango Lands and People," "Curious
Story," "Child's Petition, "Happlness,"
nnd "Whlms," by Sohumann. ' Sho also
took the llfth number on tho programme
with Chopln's "Scherzo." In Bb mlnor,
and closed tho entortalnment with a num?
ber contalnlng four selectlons: McDow
oll's "Wltchcs Danoos," Oscar Ralfs
"Nocturne," Slnding's' "Rustle of
Spring" and Gottschalk's "Pasqulnade."
Tho cxcellent manner ln whlch each se
lectlon waa rondered procloimed Mlss
Buniett a muslclan of great promlsc,
and her -work deserved the hearty ap
plnuso lt recelved.
Mrs. Alexander Wills. of thls clty, ren
derod two soprano solos. She Is too
well known ln Newport News to need a
word of oommendatlon. It ls enough
to say that her work last nlght was
up to tho hlgh standard she has taught
her frlends to except. She sang Mrs.
H. Tl. Boach's "A Song of Lovo," nnd
Rpglnnld DeKoven's "A Dutch Lullaby.'
Sho also responded to encorea.
Mlss McGeheo, of Rlchmond, was the
olocutlonlst of the evenlng. She has
a rleh, full volce, splondld Imltatlve pow?
ers, natural.gcstures and a dramatlc per
coptlon whlch make her an entertnlner
of exceptlonal merlt.' She gave Kate
Douglns "Wlggln's "Story of Patsy," and
Ellzn Hall's "Sally Ann's Exporlence."
Both of these were pecullarly fttted to
lllustrate the young lady's ability os nn
olocutlonlst. Ab encores, Mlss McOe
hec gave a couple of humorous llttle rec
Itattons.
WHITE ROSE CLUB
A Pleasant Evening Greatly Enjoyed by
Thls Popular Body.
The members of tho Whlto Rose So?
clal Club enjoyed a most pleasant even?
lng at Masonlo Hall last Friday evenlng.
Danclng was lndulged In and at twelve
o'clock, mldnlght, tho partlcipants en?
joyed a very sumptuoua repast.
Mr. A. C. Byrne, presldent of the club,
acted as toastmaster for the occaslon.
He called upon Mr. Bd. O'Neill to re
spond to the toast "Whlte Rose Soclal
Club." Mr. O'Neill revlewed tho prog
rcss the club had made slnce Its organl?
zatlon and gavo the club hls assurance
that ho was ready and wllllng at all
tlmes to try and accomplish anytlilng
to tho advancement of tho club.
Mr. S. A. Loterzo was then called on
to rospond to the toast "Good of the
Club." Ho assured tho club that any
thlng for the welfaro and good of the
organlzatlon was looked upon by hlm as
hls own welfaro. Danclng was then
resumed untll a lato hour.
As Viewed in London.
(By ABSoclated Frocb, i
LONDON, February 7.?The announce
ment from Washington that tho Vene
zuela protocols aro in course of propara
tlon, conflrmlng the hopeful viows of the
sltuation expressed, has created great sat
l&fnctlon. Durlng tho latter part of the
week ofrictnl circles here evinced qulet
confidence that ln splte of alramlng re
ports a settlenient was In slght. Thero
hnve been prlvato oxpressions of intense
Irrltatlon nt Mlnlster Bowen's nlleged
bieach of etlquetto, but these havo never
been allowcd to Intcrfcre with tho deter
mlnation volced by both the Britlsh and
the German dlplomats to Becure a terml
nation of the dlfticulty through any feas
Iblti channel.
Ambasador Herbert's strlcturo found
sytr.puthetlc support in Downlng Street
and apparently formed the subject of ex
clmiigcs of messages between x>erlln, Lon?
don and Ronie, wherice the ropresenla
liveD of those powers at Washington were
Instrueted to present a united front and
prtvont tho recurreiico of the puhllcatlon
of nows oC tho natura of whlch ho had
complained.
Beyoricl somo comparntlvely sllght de
liberations over the wording of tho pro?
tocols, no further trouble ls expected here.
Where tho ralsing of tho blockade will be
regarded with almost as much rolief as
It wlll In Venezuela.
POLK MILLER
IN NEW YORK
Southern Society ls Charmed
with His Southern Negro
Songs and Stories.
(Speclal to Tho Tlmen-Dlspntcb.)
NRW YORK, February 7.?A rounlon
of the Southern Soclety of New York
was held ut Sherry's to/night. Tho
vpeakbrs wero Scnator MoLaurln, of South
Carolina; Colonel Tolllvar, formerly of
Virglniu, and Mr. Polk Mlllor, of Rk-h
uioiul. Tho featuro of tho evenlng was
tho entertalnment glven tho soclety i>y
ilr. MJUer, llls negro dlalcct tstoriea
woro iniinltablc. llo began by saying
thnt it was necessary to "got together."
every hoart must bcut as ono If tho fuJl
enjoymont of tho occaslon was to bo
had, and roquosted every ono prosont to
joln with hlm ln Hlnglng "Way Down
Upon tho Kuwanoe Hlver."
After that tha audionco was with lilm.
Hls songs with liaiiju acconipunlinoiit
wero applauded tn tlio oehu. llo .spoke
In tho fondosi ti-rins or tho Soutliern
negro, and sald hls grealmst rogrot was
tliat tho bond of aynipathy botween
whltea and blncku lu tho South liad been
soviired.
Mr. Augiibtiiri Viin Wyek, tlio prosl
deiit of tho Southern Soclety, hiiIiI tho
best friend tho negro ovor had wim tlio
white man of tlio South, und tlio re
latlon would e-xist, ho liopud, ln spito
of efforts mndo to arouao tho black muti
agalnst tho whltes.
Aftor the apeech-miiltlng, tlio doors
of the dlnlng-rooin were thrown open
und a royal buiHiiict was Bcrvml.
Tho regulnr muiiml banquet nf tho
Hnuthorn Society wlll be )mld oll l'"ol>rii
nry 21st and wlll he tlio most hupoi-tant
over held by tho eooicty.
Oiden Pays Qrought ?ack by
Jhe Crenshaw Snlertainment.
With ime and boauteous settlng, with
oasy and graolous hospttallty that ls tOio
blrthrlght of tholr peoplo, tiho" host ?nd
hostoss of last Thursday ovcnlng gave
to tholr many frlends a nlght of pleos
uro that wlll romaln a dollghtful nnd
unlquo memory. Thero vas the mualc
of an olden tlmo, with s^ateJy stopplng
theiroto and tho thrlll of tho too much
neglooted dancos of yesterday, lt was
a reorudesoenco of former pleosurcs, nnd
doubtless somo who wore present went
swlnglng down the line ln tho old Vlr?
glnln recl lh sweet obodience to a rocol
lectlon of what has been, as well as ln
full enjoymont ,of Uie pleasurable mo
ment. There woro ateps that como back
from tlio past, that dellolous hool and
too polka, that held ln tonder tlirall
feet that had not so moved for many
a day. Thero wns one?all of \is know
hlm and hls Inlmltable grace?who seein
ed flt to havodono a mlnuet, or havo
trod a tneasuro with a ladye of tlio
splondld relgn of Uie fniry quoen. Some
of us whose lmaglnatlon was ln play,
fain had soon hlm and hls falr partner
lend ln somo such step os thoy know
who wore the old brocndes and danced
with blades at thelr sldes, Tlie hoat and
hls noblo lady led in the Joy of it all,
and all woro one ln the fullness of thelr
Joy.
Back ln old Kcntuoky thoy do thlngs
well, no less thnn ln Virginia. It was
an oxqulslto blcndlng of tho llnencss of
two people who are yet ono. lt ls a
Blngularly splondld and lnd'lvldual rnco
that holds proud sway from the Cliat
tarawas to tho Tenn-essoo. It Is a natlon
wlthln our natlon, Tholr hlstory ls a
leeson of purpose and Indomltable wlll.
They fougtht a grcnt flght nlmost alono
decades ago before thoy wore mado sure
of thelr great hlgWay by tho Ixiuisiana
purahnso. Thoro are mlghty numea thero
that wo hero aro apt to forgot. But
those havo a way of pcrslstlng' In the
fore ln publlo affiUrs.
It was thls story of Kontucky and hor
vlvld llfe what kept Itself beforo tlvo
mlnds of some of us as the foast begnn
wlth tho tonder melody of tha "Old
Kentuoky Homo." From Kontucky, from
her best, frotn hor foremost carao the
lady of the feast. Leadors hor peoplo
havo ever beon, and aro to-day. The
story ot our nation ls tli* story of hor
people. Ajid lt eeenicd most right that
when she and ' her groclous husbnnd
bado thelr frlends make morry wlth them
lt should Ufe aftor tho mannor of a tlmo
hlstorlo anu unlque, after tho ways that
seem to lot lh a great abundahoe of Joy,
and wlth a klndly nnd courtoous blond
lng of cordlal welcome with statoly sur
roundlngs all rcdolont of tho raro days
of IUchmond's anafemt hospltnllty. It
was Kentuoky and Virglnia, alike though
widely varlant. Enc.h ls yet to play
apraln a flne part In tho llfe of our peo?
plo. From Kontucky of lato years went
forth great leadors, men of mlghty
power. Together these two States trod
a noble metasuro on Thursday nlght. To
KOthor thoy wlll trend other measuros ns
tho days go by to the maftlal muslc of
n natlon'o progress, leadlng ln the march
on tho way that goes to the upbulldlng
of tho nation. To such a rnce we can
well wlsh, ln tho stately spoech of the
classlea: "Homque prolcmquo et decus
omno."
WEDNESDAY CLUB'S
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Spring Festival In April Takes
Form of Celebration?Mr,
Mercer Again Manager.
A meotlng of tho Board of Governors
of tho Wednesday Club wns held at tho
Commonwealth Club lost nlght and lra
portant steps taken looklng to tlio com
pletion of the arrongements for tho fes?
tival to be held April 27th and 28th
next.
The flrst actlon of the board was to
clect Mr. WaJtor C. Mercer general man
ager of the fostlval thla year. Announce
mont was made that the Academy of
Musle had been engaged for tho three
concerts and that tho price of seats
would be the somo as last year. Anoth?
er elcctlon included Mr. Emll Mollen
hauscr, conductor of the Boston Festival
Orehestra, who wlll have dlrection of the
evenlng concerts. ?
Mr. Mercor, tho general manager, will
open hcadquarters at somo central lo
cation as soon os practlcable, where sub
scriptions for tho festival wlll bo ro
celved.
The board declded to mako the com
Ing festival the celebration of the tenth
annlversary, and last nlght issued an
invltatlon to al! former members to
como ln and particlpnto in tho obsor
vanco. The invltatlon roads:
Rlchmond, Va., Fobruary 7, 1303.
Tho Board of Governors, at its meet?
ing held a few days ago, most enthu
slastlcally approved tho suggestlon that
the noxt annual festival (April 27-28>
shall be mado a celebration of the club's
tenth annlversary. That tlie nmsic bo
of a mtscellaneous rnid popular charocter,
nnd, as far as possible, be particlpatxsd
ln by nll those who havo ovor been
members slnce its organlzatlon.
The suggestldn seems cmlnently appro
prlate, and Uie club heartlly coneurs. Aa
this nlmost completely changes tho char
actor of tho programmes, and the chor
uses to be lr-arned are gems of popular
musle, nlready partly fnmlllnr, thoso who
hnve not attendcd thls season's rehear
sals aro put upon tho uarne footlng with
those who have.
The club, therefore, extends a hearty
Invltatlon to all Its former members to
come In and partlcipate ln the tenth an?
nlversary.
Please bo present at the rchearsal next
Tivsday nlght, 8:15, at tho. T. M. C. A.
Hall.
Respectfully.
HENRY T. MFJLONETT,
Presldent.
Eugene Jones, Secretary.
: -"-?
IT MAY BRING ON
TROUBLE IN EUROPE
Possibility of Some Trouble
Occurring Between Rus
sia and Turkey.
(By Assoclated Press.)
PARIS, February 7.?Offlclal advices
have been recelved 'horo conflrmlng tho
report that tho Sultan of Turkey has
prdered tlio immediato moblllzacion of
210,000 troops for a mllltary demonstration
ln Macedonia.
Tho step lukon is regarded with appre
henslon by tho French olllcials as belng
llkcly to Involve complications between
Turkey, Russlu nnd Austrla.
It Is sald that tlio Kusslnn nnd Austrian
Qovornmbnts have agreed on a flrm note
to tho Sultan, whlcli wlll bo prosonted
wlthln tho next few days, Insistlng ou ad
niliilstrative und otllcial refoims ln Mace?
donia.
Although Frarice.will not bo a party to
tho note, sho wlll apprnve of lt. It ls con
sldered that tlio Sultan's mobillzatlon of
such a vast army is clearly an effort to
fnrestall tho prosoptatlon of thls noto.
Tho rribbllUatlon of so many troops is ro
gnrded here ns utiwtsc and duuurrous,
cspcclally as lt Is snld that tho soldlors
who aro to bo brought Into Macedonia
from Aslatlc Turkey aro seml-barbarous
lovles and aro hostlle to Cliiistlans, whlch
wlll tond to Inaugurato another sorles of
mnsBivcres.
II Is undorstood tho Powers nre ex
ohatiging vlcws ns to tlio course to be pur
sued towards the mobillzatlon of Turklsh
li-oops.
Personal and General.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wlnston, of Bt.
Pnul, Mlnn., are the guosts of Mr. and
Mrs. A. II, Roblns, No, 203 East Mar?
shall Streot,
Mlss Annio O, CottrulU, of /No. fi00
Kuulli Reservolf- Stroet, hua returned from
a pleasant vlslt of two weeka to Nor?
folk.
Mlss Orn 13. I'emberton, of AVcst Mar
Hliull Streot. luis just returned from a
plAiiHitnt trlp to Mr. Spot. McWhlrt's,
Washington, P, C.
Visitlng In Rlchmonti,
Miss Mamle Whlle, of Ilorryvlllo, Va,,
^.vlaltlnK.MrB. ISdward McGulre,
JUDGE WADDILL
IS TO DECIDE
He Will Pass Upon Shafer
Bullding Matter on Next
Tuesday,
Judgo "Waddlll wlll next Tuosday declde
whether the Shafer bullding shall be con?
demned by a Jury or by a commlsslon.
He heard angument yesterday by counsel
rcpresontlng all the varlous Interests.
Judgo L. I* Lewls wns there as dlstrlct
attornoy to look out for tho government.
Hon. S. S. P. Patteson was counsel for
Mr. James A. Moncure, the agent for tho
Shafor ostate, Certaln tenants ln the
bullding wero reprosented by Messrs. Wll
11s B. Smlth, E. Randolph Willlams, Rob?
ert H. Talley and J. W. Anderson.
Judge "Waddlll, slttlng ln tho United
States Clrcult Court, heard arguments
brietly presented. Tho whole matter will
be declded by the Judge on next Tuosday.
Mrs. Charles E. VVhltlock came ln by
oounscl and was made a party to tlio ault,
she claimlng a dower's Interest In _,the
ground rent. Hor counsel was Mr. W.'w.
Gordon. j
Judge "Waddlll wlll havo three Important'
questlons to declde, as follows:
Flrst?Whether or not tho notlce that the
property was golng to bo condemned
should havo been served upon the ten?
ants or upon tho agent of the Shafer e3
tnte.
Second^-Whether the property Bhall be
condemned by a Jury, or
Thlrd?Whether lt shall be condemned by
a commlsslon.
In the event that the Judge shall de?
clde that notlce was Improperly sorved,
there wlll bo a delay, as a new notlco wlll
havo to be sont out.
It Is thought that the matter wlll be
finally settled on Tuesday.
The tenants want a commlsslon, under
the State statutes, to condemn tho bulld
Ing, while the Federal Government ls
worklng for a Jury, under tlio Federal
statutes.
HOflE-SICKNESS
By a 14 Year Old Girl.'Offln a Mountain
Boarding School.
Tho tlme drags on so slowly here
That each day seems a long, long, year.
A yoar of pain too deep for teors;
A year that not one brlght hopo cheers.
A time whon my lnmost soul Is shaken
Wlth a black dlspalr; and thoughts
nwaken,
That lill my heart wlth a torturlng
paln.
Wlll I ever be happy on earth agaln?
I am so tlred, oh, so tlred! of thls mi3ora
ble llfe, I
Wlth its heart-breaklng sorrows, Its
liatrod nnd strlfe.
From thn brightness of dawn to the
sombre twillght;
And worse, oh far worso! ln tho black
ness of nlght.
My lieart's cry ls thls: "Wlll thls paln
ever oease?
Shall I over agaln be calm and at
peace?"
E. B.
Arkansas Labor Day.
(B>* ABsoclutefl rre!,B. i
UTTLB UOCK. ARK., February 7 ?
Govemor Davls has slgned the blll ma'k
Ing flrst Monday ln Septcmber of each
year "Labor Day."
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A SURPRISE PARTY
FOR THE FIREMEN
Was Tendered to Engiiie Com?
pany No 5 on Thursday
Evenlng.
Tho memhers of, Englno Compnny, No.
B, located at Brook Avonue and Mar'shall
Street, wore tendered a surprlse party
and soclal at tholr quarters on Thursday
nlght. Tho trent wns Indoed a surprlse to
tho flrenioii und one whlch was much en
Joycd.
Shorlly nfter 8 o'clock, whllo tho usual
games of cheokers nnd domlnoos wore
belng playod, the surprlse crowd inurcliod
lnto tho house to tho Btralns of musio
from n doKon Instrumonts. The party was
Introduced und Invlted to tho reception
room of iho rhombers. For sovoral hours
vpeal nnd Instrumental muslc, mlngled
wlth speeches, hold sway. To tho surprlso
of tlio ilnmion a table was called for,
nnd lu a fow mlnutes lt was laden wlth
tlin dellcaclos of tho seanon ln iibuiiaftneo.
After recoverlng from the shock ihe col
lullon wus dqne aniple Justlco.
Tho pnrty was composed of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Georgo c,
Moriran, Mlssos "Wiilio and Nolllo Taylor,
Miss Lurndor Morgan, Mrs. Aioort Doilge,
Mrs. L. R, Itogera, Mesdamcs JameB Ker.
soy, w, ji, Lucas and Messrs, C. A,
Charles, C. O. Deermont nnd J, E, Wnl
tei'H. Tho members of tho company deslrd*
to cxpresH thelr thanks to tholr vlsltors,
nnd extond them a cordlal Invitatlon to
rencat tholr vlalU
(TRIGG CREDITORS
TO SETTLE ON PLAN
Failure of Rlehmond Contin
gent to Agree Delays Re
organlzation.
The satlsfactlon of tho Rlehmond credl?
tors of the Trlgg Company ls belleved
to bo tho last stop before the plan of
the reorganlzatlon of the company ls
announced and the tlme set for resump
tlon of work.
A plan has olready been suggested, cie
oordlng to reports, that ls, that the oredl
tors are to be pald one-thlrd In cash and
tho remalnder In stock to tho new com?
pany, but lt ls bolleved that this has
not met wlth the support hoped for lt.
At all events, Recopvor Lllburn T. Myers
has oalled a meetlng of tho Jtlchmond
contlngont of credltors for to-morrow at
11 o'clock at tho ofllco of the oompany.
Mr. Myers sald last nlght that the spo
clflo objoct of tho meetlng was to do
vlse some plan for settlonient whlch wlll
be satisfnetory to all.
When asked lf tho result of thls meet?
lng could stand ln tho wny of reorganlza?
tlon, he replled thnt the rehabllltatloli of
Iho company wns hot dopendent upon lt.
Tho cnll ls slgned liy Messrs. S. H.
Hawes, Jnmes N. Boyd, A. B. Gulgon and
J. Jordon Leako.
Rlehmond credltors number about 12S
persons?banks nnd manutactorles.
PASTORAL PLAY
FOR THE SOLDIERS
The Hoosler" to Be Given at
the Academy of Music on
February 16th.
Tho productlon of "The Hoosler" at the
Academy on the IGth lnstant wlll provo an
ovent ln theatrlcal circles. The undertak
lng ls a mararaotli one, and It wlll dlBclose
tho wonderful stago effects lncldental to
tbe rural drama.
In these days of llve stock. growng
trees, real duck ponds and hay mows and
reallstlc snow storms. somethlng ls prom
lsed In this productlon that wlll ecllpse
all.
Theatre-goers are famlllar wlth "The
Old Homestead," "Shore Acres" and
'"Way Down East." "The Hoosler" em
braces all that has gono to mako these
pastoral plays household words. and wlth
tho east that will be dlsclosed on thls
occaston "The Hoosler" wlll at once Jump
lnto tho popularlty that has already been
gnlned by the other weakor plays.
Nothlng in theatrlcals has pleased the
popular fancy as much as tho rural dra
nia, wlth Its rustlc surroundlngrs, its prct?
ty country maldcns and Its vtllage wlt.
All theso are embraced In "The Hoosler."
The beauty about tho productlon Is the
fact that lt Is to be glven for the benellt
of the encampmont fund of tho Sevontloth
Reglment, and all the soldier boys are
worklng for Its suecess, so far as
cr&wded houso Is concerned. An nrtlstlc
and sumptuous productlon Is already as
aured.
Increase of Capital.
(By Assoclated Press.)
NEW YORK, February 7.?It ls scml
ofllclally stated that the proposcd .n
creaso of capital of tho Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will be from $235,000,000
the present capitalization, to f-iOO.OOO.OW.
The increase wlll be made from time to
time, aa circumstanccs may require.
Thero belng about 28,000 sharohoiders, and
tho Pennsylvania laws requlrlng a ma
Jorlty vote of tlio outstandlng shares, the
managemont Is now sollcltlng proxles for
the necessary majority.
Cornell in the South.
(By Assoclated Press.)
ITHACA, N, Y., February *7.?Cornell's
bose-ball schedule, announced to-day, In
cludes the followlng games: April Sth,
Unlverslty of Virginia, at-Charlottesville;
April Sth, Trlnity College. at Durham.
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The Negroes With Hayes.
Editor The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?I notlco ln to-day's Tlmes-Dlspatch
that a colored preacher, who Talls to
sign his name, says that the negroes of
Virginia are not In sympathy with Hayes.
Now It ls no uso for tlie negroes to try
to fool- the whlle folks; they know that
tho negroes are with Jlm Hayes.
I am pastor of ono of the largest Bap?
tlst Churches in the Valley of Virginia
and Moderator of a Baptist Association'
and a general olllcer ot tho State organl?
zatlon cf tlie Baptlst. And I havo an
opportunlty, and do meet tho negroes
in all sectlons of the State, I have ralsed
somo money for Hayes myseif, and every
where I hxva gono the negroes have
been ln sympathy with tho movement to
test the Constltutlon.
Some negroes havo not taken an active
part becnuse they belleved it to be a
hopeless llght.
Others have had nothlng to do with
It for fear of tho 111-will of tho whlto
folks ln tholr immediato neighborhoods.
Tho only negroes that I ha-vo seen who
aro truly agalnst Hayes are thoso ne
groos who want to get away from the
raco and get whlte. But thoso negroes
who believo in the posslbllltles of the
raco and deslre to be negroes nll through
tho ages aro with Jlm Hayes.
Those row negroes who oppose Jlm
Hayes can't hold a publlc meeting of
any consequeneo; lndeed, they aro afrald
almost to let tho negroes know who
thoy aro, becnuse Southern negroes bo
lleve in tho raclal idea flrst, last and all
the time,
Now tho thlng that surprlsos nnd nn
noya me Is that some of our Southorn
whlto folks nre always trylng to make
It appear that wo are scoking to force
ourselves upon them soelally ln tlio fuce
of tho fact that wo havo voluntarlly
como out nt tholr churclios aud' openly
ada-ocatod separato scIioqIh and raclul en
terprisea. The tiue Southern mnn knows
that tho negro does not deslre to bt
swallowed by the whlte raco, and 1 thltrfc
that you all aro doing a great deal more
hartn stlrrlng up raco prujudlce than Jlm
Hayes and hls crowd ovor would or could
do.
Now Jlm Hayes may havo sald some
thlngs In Washington that ho aljould not
have sald; somo thlngs taken out of thelr
rolation could bo caslly iniscarrlod and
made to convoy wrong Inipnisslons, but
our Southern pupers ouglit nnt to bo the
one to put us in tho wrong llght, \ve
have got to Ik'o horo together und we
Just as well be falr and frank toward
oobh other. We are the ones to suffer
(whllo nnd black) on nccount of the mls
understandlng, brought about by the dls
cusBlon of thls porplexed raco problem
und we have got to stop belng so sensl
. tlve, I know Jlm Hayos, and Rlchmond
knows hlm, !He ls a llno looklng black
(negro, who would not he whlte for any
With Pegashlus.
(Written for the Sunday Tlmes-DIspatch.)
Courteous Render;
Wo havo beon asked to wrlte for thls
papor, and wo shall do so. To prevent
any mlsunderstandlng, we Bubmlt to yoii
our platform hcrewlth. Wo trust It mny
meet wlth your hpproval:
lf you're tlrod, or you're worrlod,
Or feel you're full of bllo,
If wo can cheor you up a blt
And sometlmos make you srnlle?
Woll, thafs Just what. wo'rc aimlng at,
For wo fool It'a worth our wlille.
Touchlng on nnd concenilng lnfant
prodlglcs, the followlng Is ln order. Wo
glvo It to you as lt was told to us:
Mary wns her Chrlstlan nomon,
And she was of tcndcr youth,
But she'd one uli-Chrlstlan falling,
Nnmcly, could not tell tho truth;
Only thls; but every ono
Cannot be a Washlngton.
Ono day flying home qulte breathlcss
In tho evenlng, Just at dark,
Crled "Mama, a llon chosed me
All along through Monroo Purk!"
And tho mother's poor hcurt, racklng,
Knew that truth was sudly locklng.
"Come here. daughter." sald the motlicr;
"You have told another whoppcr,
And that llon was some blg dog;
Just you wait whllo I cail Popper."
O'er tho land there fell a hush
Whllo Mama reached for the brusb.
"Knee! to Hcavon." sald the mother,
"And your wlckodnoss unfold;
Askt lmplore your Heavenly Father
To forglve what you havo told."
All was sllcnce In the room,
Mary prayed llke ltingdom come.
?
froscntly sho crlcd, "Oh, Mother,
IIo says 'Ycs. It was a Uog";
But It looked Just llke a llon
Out thero In the evenlng fog."
Tho rosemblancc wns so true,
Ho says that It fooled Hlm. too."
"All the world loves a lovcr," nnd the
fourteenth of thls month is espcclally
reserved for Love's young dreamcrs.
Here's a sllght effort on the subject, en
tltlcd "The Nlght of Salnt Valentlno."
There's snow on the walla and the
rneadowB,
And leo on tho holly and pltie;
But I'm happy, my heart Is a-slnglng,
On tho nlght of Salnt ViUentlnc.
Little Cupld's tho god of tho Heart
Lands,
And now as I knoel at hls shrlne,
I acknowledge hlm as my true maBtor,
The nlght ot Salnt Valentlne.
My Sweetheart?the dalntiest. falrest?
And Cupld has made her dlvlne,
And 1 asked her the questlon of questlons
The nlght of Salnt Valentlno.
My heart? For yeora lt haa been hora,
And she? At lost she la mlne;
She gnve mo her anowor so shyly
Tho nlght of Saint Valentlne.
I feel llke a klng In my triumph, *
And I drank of llfo's sweeteet wlno,
As I lioard lier sweot llps, love confesslnfc
The nlght of Saint Valentlne.
There'a a ruatlo of sllk on the stalrway,
Tho sound of a volce, aoft, dlvlnej
Good-bye to tlio world nnd all trouble
The nlght of Saint Valentlne.
The best thlngs abou^ wlnter are the
long evenlngs bcalde the flre. Whlle we
are toastlng our footlotB, the tobacco
smoke curls above our head, and we pre
tend we ore thlnklng great thlngs. Hen
aro a handful of thoughts about lt:
When tho raln ls howllng outside,
And the raln falls plt-a-pat,
And you como home wet and tlrcd,
Foollng llke a half-drowned rat;
Co, get your easy Bllppers,
Llght your plpa und watch it glow,
And slt there In your easy cholr,
Whllo the llro's burnlng low.
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You'll n?c plctures ln the flre,
lf you'll watcii, whllo sittlng ^ore;
You.cnn dream of days that now tN
passed,
Or bulld castles In tho alr:
And If thore's somo falr lady,
You w(ll dream of her. I know
As you're sittlng there a-thinklng,
Whllo the flre's burnlng low,
Pcrhaps you're fond of readlng;
Well, Just take a book and start
Pick up some hnmble wrlter
Who's a-singlng from hls heart;
You'll feel hlm talklng to you,
As the sliadows come and go;
It'll sort of warm and chcer you,
Whlle tho flre's burnlng low.
If you hate the wlnter weather.
You can dream of days of spring.
When tho flowers flrst begln to come,
And hlrds bogin to slng;
You can wnnder In the hay flelds,
When the reapers start to rnow;
You can fc-el a breath of aumrnor,
Whllo the llic's burnlng low.
If therc's some fcllow-partner,
Who's done you a mean trlck,
Who you know ls sure a rascal,
Aml who thlnks hlmself so ?llck;
If you'll think of hlm thls evenlng,
And forget the grudge you owe,
I thlnk you may forglve hlm,
Whlle the flre's burnlng low.
I
Well, lt's bnd-time: Who'd a-thought Ut
How the evenlngs passed so soon,
And I feel content and happy,
And my heart seems all a-tune;
I have never found it fall me,
In these days of raln and snow,
But these day dreanis make mo better,
Whlle the flre's burnlng low.
Yours tlll next time,
PEGASHTUS.
thlng you could glvo hlm. Jlm Hayos
ls not dreamlng of any soclal equallty?
the klnd of soclal equallty which you all
fear, and every man In Vlrglnlu who
kn'ows Jlm Ilayes, knows thls to be a
fact; and those who know him, know
that he is not trylng to Inclto tho ne
groes to 'Vlolcnce, and even lf he were
trylng to do It the negroes ln the South
who belleve ln hlm have too much sense
and too much love for the South und
Southern peoplo to do anything of the
klnd. I know some of you don't belleve
that we llke the Southern folks because
wo have to nbuse them soirietlmes, but
we do, and God knows it.
Now no senslblo negroes are golng to
cail any meetlngs to condemn Jlm llaycs,
because tho soul of what he ls trylng to
do ls right. Ho ls dolng Just what you
would do were you ln hls place; doluy
what any manly man ought to do. He,
may say somo thlngs from tlme to tlme
that he ought not to say, just as any
publlc man wlll do, but we are not golng
to cruelfy hlm for lt. and our frlends
ln the South ought not to ask us to do
It. \
I haive not heard of any pubic meet?
lngs belng called to condemn Senator
Tlllman and Mr. Dixon, although the
whole South admits that they have- gone
too far. Jlm Hayes ls not ln thelr
elass.
You all ought not to expect ten mll
llons of us to do everythlng you tcll
us.
No matter who you are, Northern or
South?rn white folks, frlends or foes, you
aro not'always right any more than we
are. In some thlngs wo are golng to
t'ollow our deeper lnstlncts, the prompt
Ing of a hlgher power than man. I want
to thank you for puttlng ln that loiter
of explanatlon from Jlm Hayes. I be?
lleve lf the Southern people would hear
our slde of the questlon patlently, as
expresscd by tho leadlng negroes, bo
they right or wrong, it would onable
them to do a great deal more tow'ard
brlnging about a better feeling between
tlie races and enable tho whlto peopln
of the South to help rctlfy the wronu
Idens whlch wo are sald to entortahr.
It does not help the sltuatlon for arls
tocratic Southern orgnnlzatlons Uko tlie
Collseum Club of New Orleans to publlsh
threats whenevcr a negro may say some
thlng whlch they do not llke; a negro
ought to bo just as freo ln tho South
as anywhero on God's i oarth. and our
Southern nowspapers ought to help to
mnko It so. The South wlll novor he
able to do Its best wlth us untll. It ceases
attempting to nag nnd Intlmidato us.
The negroes overywhoro are boglnnlng
to reallzo that they havo to work thls
thlng out wlth tho Southern white folks,
and lt Is no uso for us to plny the hypo
crlte and prelend that wo llke a thlng
when we do not llke It. And you all
ought to henr us and stop placlng wrong
constructlons on our motlves.
If we aro wrong, wo certalnly mean
right. And it you hear us patlently and
polnt out to us our wrongs in tho iproper
Hplrlt, wo wlll gladly accept your ad
vlco.
I any In tho propor splrlt becauso lt
ls mlghty hard for us to thlnk you meun
woll whon you contlnually stato your
case ln such a manncr as to show us
that you haivo no respect for our slde
of tho South to help rectlfy tho wrong
prompts us to tako that sldo.
We aro wllllng to stand by the right
thlng. Wo aro not golng to accopt ovory
thlng whlch peoplo say is right.
The major iportlon of tho negroes of
Virglnia aro wlth Jlm Hayos in his ef
fort to ,test the Constltutlon. If ho wlns
out wo rejolco; lf ruled out, wo'U make
tho moBt of It. Wo are not exclted nor
dlscouragod; wo nro not golng to buni
any bnrns nor klll any whlto folks; wo
nrn golng to keep on shiglng, treatlng
whlto folks right, and trylng to voto and
hold all tlio -govornmeut oiTlcos we ofcu
got.
W. 31. MOSES.
Staunton, Ya., Fobruary 3a.
FAMOUSQUARTETTE
OF AMERICAN GIRLS
One .of Them Performs Suc?
cessful Operation Upon Her
Own Daughter in Paris.
(Speclal Cablc to the Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
PARIS, February 7.?Madame Klumpito
Dejertn, a member of Uie quartetto of
San Franclsco glrls who have achicved
fiimo In Paris, has Just performed a sur
glcal operation upon her own daughter.
The chlld was sufferlng from appendlcl
tls. Her eonditlon was such that hor
father, Dr. Dejerln. professor In tho fac
ul!y of Medlclne of Paris. abandaned
hope. The wife insisted on an operation
nnd performed It herself. To the adml
rajon of tho Paris physicinn, she saved
his daughter's llfe.
Madarne Dejerln ls one of the most dls
tlngulshed physiclans and wrlters ln
Paris. The quartette of Klumpke's sls
ters achicved fame In varlous professlons.
In Madame Dejerln as a physiclan, Anna
Klumpkc as a paintcr. DoroUi'y Klumplio
'as a world-famous astronomer. and the
youngost slster as an accompllslied, pso
fesslonal vlollnlst, Paris acknowlcdges
that San Franclsco eoiitrtbUted 'gencr
ously to French sclence nnd art by giv?
lng the Klumpe quartetto.
Soon to be Marrled.
(Sm-elnl to The Tlmos-Dlspnlch.)
GOLDSBOHO, N. C. February 7.?Mr.
and Mrs. Jostfph Edwards,' of thls city,
havo issueel liaiidsornely cngraved Invlta
tlotis to tho marrlago of thelr eldest
daughter, Miss Byrdie Edwards, and Mr.
RudoIphSluilow.sk:, of Augustn, Ga, next
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
Ohof Sholoni Tomplo. A bridal dlnner wlll
bo served nt the Hotel Kennon to ln<vlted
guests after the ceremony, and followed
by a dance and receptlon nt this spaclous
hostelry, bcglnnlng nt 9 o'clock, whlch
bltis falr to bo the soclety orent of the
season. Gnest aro already arrlvlng for
tho cqmlng marriage. The groom nrrlvc4
thls mornlng, accompanied by his mother,
Mrs. Bi Skalowski; hls slster, Mrs E.
Rubensteln, nnd her two daughtcrs,
Mlssos Maydello and Lucllle, all of Au
gustn. Mr. and Mrs. Isldore Epsteln,' Mrs.
C. Cohon. Mrs. T. Scliworlner and Mrs.
H. MorrlH, of Phllndelphla, also arrlved.
to-day.
THE EDITORS
LEAVE TO-MORROW
Will Make Their Heaflquar
ters at Office of Times
Dispatch.
Members of tho Virginia Press Asso?
clatlon wlll begln to nrrlvo ln Rlchmond
oarly ln tlro mornlng ln proparatlon of
tho trlp to. Florlda, upon whlch thoy wlll
set out to-day.
The houdquartors for the vlsltors wlll
tho bulldlng of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch,
where speclal rocims htivo beon set apart
for them. A numbor of Indlos wlll be
along and every convonlence wlll bo pro?
vldt'd for them. Tlckbts wlllbo dlstrlb
uted at thls p'oint,
Tho pnrty will go,Jn two dlvislons,
wliloli wlll meet nt Jacksonvlllo, Tho
llra ttrnln wlll leavo at '-';15 o'nlook or
thoreabouts lu tho afternoon. Tho seo?
ond goes nt nildnlght. Tho trlp Is made
nt tho Invltatlon of tho Soaboard Alr
Llno Rallwny. Tho assoclatlon wlll be
gone about a week.