The times dispatch. [volume], March 15, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

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TBI.E1-HONBS.
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Editorlal Deparlmant.???
Clrculatton Department .M
Washlngtnn Bureau.Mt 14th St.. M. W.
Mancheatar Bureau .1101 Hull et
P?ter?buig Bureau.No. I W. Tabb St*
BT MAII* One fllx Three C-nn
POSTAOE PAID. Year. Mo?. Moa. Mo.
Dally, wltli Bunday.JS.00 13.00 I1.W ??
Dally. wlthout Sunday. 4.00 2,00 1.00 .**
Sundiy edltlon only.... 2.00 1.00 .? ??
Weelily (Wcdncsdny) ..1.00 .80 .24
Tiy Tlmea-Dlar-steh Carrler Dellvery Servle-;
In nichmond (and auburba), Manchester and
Ono Week. One Tcir.
Dnlly, with Sunday . 14 centa IJ.g
Dally, wlthout 8unday.... 10 cents <??
Sunday only. B centa -???
(Tcarly Sutucrlptlona Payable ln Advance.)
Entered. January TI. 1003. nt nichmond, Va..
ns aeeonrt-clnaa matter. under act of Con-n-eaa
or Marsh I. 1079.
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1OT0.
Tlis secret of success Is eonstancy to
purpose. ?Dlsraell.
? Mitchell vs. Baer..
All eyes nre turned to-day to Indlnnnpo
lls. whore tlie conventlon of T'nllod Mino
Workers of America will br held to con
sidcr thc-nll-lmporthnt questlon whother
or not there shall be a strike. Thvce
yenra ngo the dlffercnccs between thc
mlne opcrntors nnd the mlners wero sub
mittrd to President Roosevelt's strlko
comniission, nnd nn ngrecnicnt wns on
tercd into for three ycnr-H'. Thc ngrcu
nicnt'oxplres on Aprll 1st, nnd tho nn
tlirui'lto operators aro willliiK to ronew
lt, Imt thc mlners' union dosiro to make
a ntimber1 of rhnnges. *
They demand tlio nbrogntlon of tiie
bonrd of conclllutloii nnd tlio forninllonA
of u now motiiod of Hotlllng dlsputcs.
The opcrntors tlilnk this would lend to
no end of troublesonie dlsputcs.
They nsk tlie ou'VH >.-s to ci)ll<*<-.t from
11k- omploycs oerta'.n nsHO-tanioiUH nm'o
hy tln* iiulnn ainl pay the .samo Into tho
union trau-iur.v. Tlu* oporntors declnre
tliut they hnve no legal uuthorlty to do
thls.
They demand thnt nll dcnllngs shall be
with ii coimnlttec of tlie nilnora' union
at eacli colllery?? In other words, "rccog
nltlon of tho union."
In reply to tiils dciniind, Mr. Hiier citrv
iIh- oplnlon of ilie striUo commlsslon,
whlch rnlloil nttcntlon to tho fact that
most of tln* Unlted Mlne AVorkcrs were
in thc blttnhlnous ilohls, a td Shiit thero.
wns nn "oliviou.*; iti.:*ui?tr.ii',.\' ln eom
mittlng thc fatc'of ti-p tintluhcltc 'iidi.s
try to tlu* bitumlnous miners, wlio nre
ignorant of anthracite mlnlng, nnd n
possible ilangcr ln porniittin-i the miners
lu ;i vi*.- tl Indiislry to control tho .?ltun
ilon, ?>;?*.? use :?n anthtticlte strike mlght
bo on! -.-..1 r-.ir .iie proflt of tho' hltiiinln
ous operators." Thero is also a doninnd
for :i ton per oent. lncrease for contract
nien nml an olght-hbur day, whloh
Diiiounts proctlcally to n littlo moro thnn
twelve per eont. lncrease in wages. Tho
cost of mlnlng n ton of conl Is now
fl.55<&. Tlu. int-reascd wngo would make
It cost nbout .-?-. Ilut iho lncrease would
fall entlrcly upon domestio coal, as tlio
price of steam coal could not bo ralscd,
becnuse of competltion, and Mr. Buer
says thnt tlio prlco for .oo ddnlestlc con
RUme(t*8 would havo to bc advanced from
J6.75 To JS.
But the rca) point,ln tho story is thnt
thore Is sliarp rlvnlry betwocn tlio pro
ducers 'of nnthra'clto ooal anil_ tlie pro
ducors of hltuminpus ooal, nnd It Ih sold
lhat President John Mitchell ls playlng
ono ngtitnst tho othor. Rumor haa lt
thut his plan ls to induco tho operators
in tlie bltumlnoii.i flolds to slgn n now
wage sculd-tby- nff/vrlng them tho balt ot
a strlko^'in fhe* ..hard coal roglons.. Pouco
In tlio liitiiniinous roKions, wltli n full out
put of ooal,. and wnr in tlio aiithrncllc
iokIoiis, with the outptit stopped or sc
rlously curtailcd, and prices rnlsed, would
make a eonilition htghly favorable to
thc goft coal Industry. A strikn in Mr.
llaer'.s terrltory would bc wclcomed by
Iho bltuminous opcrntors. OT tliat thoro
ciiii lio no doubt. It would sconi, tliore
foro, that Alr. Ilnor, in rcfuslng to inaltc
any cont-rsslons to tho mlners, ls playlng
illrcctly into Mr. Mltchcll's hands.
Thlw view adds to tho Interest of thc
BltualltJn. And Mr. Mitchell Is a strate
glst ot recognized' abllity. lle ond Presl
ilont Baer have met beforo.
Last tlme. throuRli President Uoosc
vcli's Interfcrencc, the flRht wns a draw.
Jt is Imrdly probablo that thore wlll bc
any butting In or uny eomproinisQ tiils'
tlmo.
Value of Water Meters.
Tho clty of Phlladelphla Is consiilerinK
trie (|uostion of puttlng In water meters,
nml tlie Ledger hna been at pains to ns
certairi how the system operntos In othor
cltles. Clcveland roports thnt 43,000
meters have boon installed In tliut city
wlthln tlio lnst four yoars, and tliat tho
movement has boon vory popular. ns most
of tlio consumers nctually savo money
by usiug a moter. lt hns been .'iRoer
tuliicd thnt over two-thlrils of thc do
niestio meters avcrago only about. V22
1411II0118 per day. "Our water depart
moiit," says tlie superintendent, "does not
UHfi Uio inbter Rystoni ns a nieans of
IncroasiiiK Vovonuo* but simply ns a
nieaiiK of cliockliiR waste."
Wllniington. Del.. roports that tlie sys
ti-iii glves Kenoral satlsfactlon In that
city,' but thc suporlntendont ls Incllned
to belleve thnt If the meter was forced
on tho liouseholrler ln nll Instances, thoro
would bo some complalnt?I. e., whero the
inlniinuni niPtcr rato -exceeds the per
i-pigot or liutlot charge. Tho inlnlmum
meior rato isJIO per'yenr.
, llart-ford roports that nbout slx years
ngo, when the inaialllng of iho wator
nietei-H was'inKiin, Its cDiisumptlon of
wntcr -wflB I" the ncighborliood of 10.
(irw.oOO gallona dally, but with an liit-rcased
j?o|iulntloh nnd ivith u grenier number of
consumera. it ha?- now dropped to 8,000,000
gailonu iMyK 'With an installatlon of
10,ia* metors. Tlio supeiiiitemlent snyt
lhat the Installntfon of tlie fneter system
ln Hnrtford has been very satlsfrtetory
lo b'oih consumcrs nnd tho water board.
Mnyor McCnrthy mnkes a slmllar state
niont on behhlf of Rlchmond. Ito re?
ports thnt tho metef systcm lu satlsfnc
tory here, biit A-frl": '
"Where tho sttpply of wnler Is so great
thnt wasto, by ono portion of tlie people
does not dcprlvo; tho other portion of n
snfflclent supply, nnd where tho menns
nf obtnlnlftg wnter Is such ns to ttinkc It
Inexpenslve. 1 would not ndvocnte thn
Introductlon of meters, becnuse I belleve
In tho great ndvnntnges arlslng from
thc very free nnd nbundnnt nso of wntcr?
cvnn thal wlilch Is nppnrcnlly wnsted be?
comlng usefiil ln Iho olcnnslng or the
drnlnngo rtnd sewer plpes Of the clty."
Dnnvlllo wns ono of tlio first ot tho
Vlrglnla cltles to ndopt the meter system,
nnd tho snmc result hns been obtnlnod
thero. Before thc meter.?t were Installod
tlie clty pumps wero hnrdly nhlc lo keep
n supply ot water ln tho reservoir, but
as sooii'as tlie meters got well Ifito oper?
atlon the cnpaclty of tlio pumps .was
n m ple.
Tho real purpose of the water meter
ls, or should be, not to mnko constimors
ccotiomlsso tinduly In the nso of wnter,
but simply to prevent them from wasting
lt, from lettlng the water run whon thoro
Is no nond of It. But the questlon nr.osc
how, with the ubo of meters, house
holdors could bo proventod from stlntlng
thoniselves In thc use of wntcr. This
difflculty wns onslly met by ndoptlng
thc mlnlmum flxed charge. Under that
rule a hmisoholder Is roqulred lo pny so
much a year In nny cvent for the use of
wnter, and for that sum n stifTictont
nnantlty for all purposes Is allowed. If
the meter shows that tlie housoholder
has Uept wifhln tho llmlt. there ls no
extra chnrge; lf the meter records an
excoss ther,c Is an extra chargo at so
much per thousand gallons. Tho houso?
holder soon lenrns thnt thero Is no use
lu oconomlzlng, for thc mlnlmum flxed
rate must bo pnld In nny event. Thcro
fore, ho uses nll the water he needs, nnd
Is careful only to look nfter the le.iks.
Tho water meter is qulte ns loglcnl as
thc gas meter and thc electrlc meter.
I
Taft's Duty.
Socretnry Taft went to Nrtw* Yoilc ]
yesterday, to return. to Wnshlngton on
Friday. Tho name of Mr. Justlce
Bi-owu'.m successor on the suprcme bench 1
Is to bc nnnounccd on the nfternoon of 1
Mr. Tnft'B return. Tho Washington Star.
from which we havo-glcancd tftesft two
facts, Indlcatcs a close connoctlon be?
tween them. It belleves thnt the secre
tnry's vlslt to New York is for the pur
poso or consultlng hls brothcr lu regard
to thc proffered Judgeshlp, nnd that upon
It lilnges tho questlon whethe-' or not
thc name to bo glven out to-morrow Is
to bo that of William II. TnftA
Tliat President Rnosevelt hns left Mr.
Taft free to decldo thls vltal matter
for himself seems to be plaln. That the
s-ocretary now has It under the closcst
hort of advlsoment tliere cnn bo
snftdow of a doubt. He stnnds nt thls
moment, In truth, at the partlng of the
ways. undoclded whether to accept re
tlrement to an honorablo and dlgnified
trnnqtiaittj*. or to go on ln his present
more actlve carcer to possible greater
hclghts.
lf thls were it questlon which the
votorfl iu tlio country' had to decldo In
sload of Seoretary Taft, wo focl qulte
suro thnt they would keep hlm whore
ho Is. Mr. Taft ls an able nnd capablo
ofllclal. nnd hns Insplrcd prcneral con
ndeirce. lt would bo dlfflcult to replaco
hlm in tlie Cabinct?-much more dlfflcult,
we sliould say. than to flll the voenncy
on tho mtpremo bpneh. Tho secretary
would no doubt flll that vncancy nd
mlrn.bly, but ln n senso he would be
wnsted there. Another man would prob?
ably niiBwor just ns well, and Mr. Taft
hns n stock of exporlenco nnd special
quallfleations, from whlch, on tho bench,
the country would dcrlve no benflt.
Thero is, of course, nnothcr point. The
secretary Is ln thc positlon of havlng
put hls hand to thc plow, nnd It Is diffl
cult to seo how ho can turn back now.
Hc dirccts tho adtulnlstrntlon's rhlllp
pincs pollcy, and hla Is the task ot
dlgging tho Panama Cannl. Both of thoso
aro Immensely responslblo tasks, antl
both are ln a vastly unsottled condltlon.
To turn them over nt thla juncturo to
new nnd rolatlvoly lnexporlcnced hands
cannot concelvably bo in tho best ln
tcvosts of the country.
Whon Mr. Wallaee reslgncd hls posi?
tlon ns chlef engineer of tho canal, bo
causc, ns lt wns sald, ho could get a
better Job somowhoro elso, Secretary
Tnft porsonally admlnlstcrcd to hlm a
rcbuko of tho stcrnest and most stlng
Ing sort. lt may bo nrgued, of- course,
tliat Mr. Tnft'a prospectlvo "better job"
Is now offered by tho Prosidcnt himself.
Thut. howevor, Is Of trlvinl consequonce.
Tho standard whlch the secretary nppllod
to tho unhappy Wallaco. nnd which ho
would now naturally wish to npply to
hlmself. la simply that of thc country's
good. By thnt standard we bellevo lt
to bo plaln that Mr. Tnft ahould stay
whero ho ls. If personal ambltlon nlouo
sliould lead hlm to throw ovor hls re
sponslbllltles In Panama, It ls' hard to
seo whorein hls dnrollctlon would dlftcr
greatly from that of Mr. WaliiioO,
Susan B. Anthony.
The work of tho lalo Susan B. Anthony
is not to bo estininted simply by tho suc
oesa of hor cnmpnlgn for woman's auf
frugc. That success, It Is true, wns not
inconsldornble, Four States now nllow
women tlio ballot, and the sehool suf
frnge la allowed thcin In eighteen otliers.
liut Mlss Antliony's Ufo-protost ngainst
tho ineqiiality and Injustlco of woman'a
positlon ln the body social and polllio
iiccompllslK'd, or helpcd to nccompllsh,
much more thnn tliat. Sho dld nuioli to
bieak down. tho old barriers wlilch for
so long kept women from shnrln**** ln prnc
tically all of the things thnt 'men wero
doing. H women uro now found working
slde hy slde wllh mon in vlrtually every
Bort of wage-eoriilng oceupatlons, tho
?joiiBumittlon ls very lurgcly duo to Mlsa
Antbofy's vlguroua eampnignlng.
Stnrtlng her own working lifo as n.
Bchooi teacher, she mado an tauai re
i-cignlllon for women In tho floltl ot edu?
catlon thc buets for Hor firnv ploain bo-'
luilf of Iicr Rox. Accompllshlng tliis In
tlino, she pnssed on to tlio work ot tutn
pcranco rcforin nnd gttlned for ?tvofiicn
tlie right to pnrtlclptiliJ ln lt whlch hud
hltherto 1*011 denled them. Tho oufbroalt
of (he Clvll War comlng not long nftor
tvnrtl, found her ln a ponltion whero her
sorvlcea ln connectlon wlth tlio Woman's
l.oynl Lcngtio wero nccc|ited wlth eom
pnrntlvely llttlo objeetlon. Theso suc?
cesses led hor noe tinnntiirnlly into the
Bpheres of clvll govortnnonl nnd polltles.
Here, whllo Bho never nttnlned tho
erownlng purposo of hor llfe, sho dld
effect a pnrtlnl ncceptnnco of womnn's
suftrngo, and cBtnbllslicd for marrled wo?
men tho right of property ownershlp,
of tlio uso 3t thelr own cnrnlngs, of the
gtiardlnnshlp of tholr chlldren, nnd other
prlvllegos, now regnrded ns mnttters ot
course, but ln thoso dnys' vlcwod bs as
tonlshlng Innovntlons.
When Mls? Atithony's cnmpnlgnlng wns
flrat bogun, sometlilng llko a half ccn
tury ngo, Iho convlctlons upon whlch
it' wn3 bnacd mot cveVywhcro wlth llt?
tle but ridlcule. Conrso rldlcule n' good
Ical of it was, and none of lt- of tlie Bort
that a woman would flnd ensy to henr.
But sho kept bravely nnd vigorously nt
lt wlth nn Indomltnblcncss thnt could
not bo downcd; niid sho llved lo Bno mnny
>f tho prlnclples for whlch she oontended
soncrnlly adopted, and her own mollves
ind chnrnctcr accorded unlversal re?
spect.
Shall We Have a Library?
"Wlll lt pny to accept Mr. CarncgloV
?dft?" That ls not tlie nucstlon. The qiies?
tlon 118. does the clty need and deslre a
-mbllc llbrary? Mr. Camegle ls not offerlng
us an alma. He Is lnvonllng hls money
In publlc InBtltutlons, whero lt wlll
ylcld hlm good returna. He ls wUUng to
Invest 1300,000 in Rlolimond, nnd thero
s no obllgntlon, except that tho clty
?hall tnko enre of tho llbrary nfter It
s establlshed; Hls offer comes at n tlmo
A'licn publlc sentlmout ls rlpo for It.
Mnny cltlzens rcallzc tho need ns nevor
icforo of "a pcoplo's university." Tho
mbllc llbrary offers books for tho peo
ilc, and books make It posslble for us
o rlse upon thc shouldcr of byi?onc
iges, Wlthout books wo would never
mvo hnd our present niiigniflccnt clvl
Izatlon.
Richmond cannot hold her 0W11 nniong
;bo progresslvc clties of thls country
inlci's sho can offer tho ndvantnges
ivlilcli nro olTored by other clties.
Mr. Cnrneglo gavo a llbrnry lo At
(intn, nnd tlio clty npproprlated $5,000
for tho flrst year'a expenses. The scc
Dnd yenr she conslderod her Investmcnt
io irood thut she npproprlated 113,000
ind enlnrged tho acopr. of the wOrk.
A $200,000 library building would be
in ornament to tho, clty, and tho llbrnry
ivould bo an Instltutlon whose lnflucnco
ivould be felt in every home. and It would
iffer many nmbttlous yonnic men nnd
ivomen tho only posslblo means of sclf
Instructlon.
Could Richmond spend $10,000 a year
to better purposo?
Tho Charleston, W. Va-, Oazetto re?
cently prlnted an ngrecment slgned by
overy prominent buslness man ln tho
clty to close hls establlshment and at?
tend thc polls on tfie- forthcomlng elec?
tlon day, when officers of the city govern?
ment were to be chosen. It Is said thnt
there has boen much corrnptlon ln
Charleston polltlcS, flnd that fraud was
prnctlced ln olectlons. Thoreforo, the
buslness men dctermincd to devoto ono
day lo houso cleonlng. Wo hope they
mado a comploto Job ot It.
Tho rooiI cltlzens of Charleston have
set n noblo example. Corruptlon In local
politics and olectlon frauds aro duo to
thc cnrelessneBB nnd Indlfferenco of tho
voters at large. When the people neglect
thelr own affalrs, tho prpfessionals ars
Burc to attend to them, and the profea
slonals always work In thelr own ln
tercslt.
Elsewhero wo publlsh a eommunlcatlon
from Mr. Charles Lorrfllne, chalrman,
outllnlng the work of the Railroad Young
Mcn's Chrlstlan Association of Richmond.
Thls iiiBtltiitlon under the Chrlstlan
guldanco of Secretary Thomas Is dolng a
rioble work for men nnd dcsSrvcs tho
cordial support of t-Jio Richmond publlc.
Young Mr. Rockcfcllor's Sunday School
class could flnd profltablc food for dis?
cussion ln such niodern Instlances as the
slrango dlsappearance Of teachcr'a
poppcr.
Surgcon Wood went Into the llttlo Jolo
affs.tr as onthuslastically Bs though ho
had been called ln to opct-nte for appon
dlcltls. And posslbly, wlth much the same
rcBiilts.
The discontlhuanco of tho garden seed
courtcsy, however, Is not oxpected to
result ln much fnlllng off ln tho coun
try's annunl fartn produce,
? Should Mr. 'RooBevelfc feel moved to
pluck Chalrman Shoiit's Clover Leaf, wo
focl Justlflod ln statlng that tho country
would stand for lt.
Mr. Shonts ls one of tho fow men allv6
who would regard a commlssiort to dlg
tho Pnnama Canal ais merely a llttlo job
on the slde.
Thoso Pennsylvanla soronadors - who
wroeked tho soroiindod's houso ovldontly
monnt to glvo a. dramatlzed verslon of
"Thoro'U BO a Hot Timo," *
lt took tho ntool king only a mlnuU;
to percelvo that' Rlchniond had grown
to a $200,000 town.
Oenerhl Nvood may well havo a tiualm
or Iwo ln lAiylng a fratno for that "bril?
liant fcat of arms" testlmonlal.
Every Btory hUB two bUIob, but the
Moro Bldo of lt, unliiippily, wlll never bo
told.
The dispoBltton to utrlko ls noOso strong
whon tho othor fetlow. Ih ln poslllon to
strlko bnuk. ?. ?
' *St^=S^C9"3X-S-SaS3C3
Soft diinka sohlom lead to haul drlnk
ing.
8nmos contlnues; to volcurie largely.
Accidenis
Will Happen
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Boston MrASsU.SiA
Rhymes for To-Day
_. A Nighfs Sail.
^alllng. salllhg iho vnsly deep,
Scuddlng over tlio sjin,
With our foces swept by the fast frcsh
fcale.
And nglow with the Joy to llve and sall,
Flew Mary Ann und mo.
Rldlng, rldlng tho roarlng wave,
HrunstiiiK over Uie scn,
In a shlp thnt was only n shlp o" dreams,
Only n shlp that nin't, but seems,
l*Inw*Mury Ann nnd me.
Flyln-s-, flylng- tho grccn-wltlto crest,;
Skimmlng over tlio soa,
Scuddlng nwuy to henvoii knows where
(1'or I dldn't know nml she dldn't cure).
l'low Mary Ann nml me.
Drlvlti-r. drlvlng over the blue.
PlunRlng over tho soa,
Polntliig fast for for-'lgn parts
With only ttV; wlnd-blowii wuvd In our
hearts,
PIcw Mary Ann nnd ine.
Thrashltig. tlmu-thing alwut the bed,
Dreamlng It wus tho soa:
And then dull muriiiiirs wlthln my head?
"Get up! Got up! Why I thought you
were dead!"'
Sald Mary Ann to me.
1 ' H. S. 11.
Merely Joking.
Mute Eloquence.?-"I nsked her for n
klss nnd told her thnt sllcnco gave con
sent." "Well?" "Sho dldn't utter n
sound for nn hour."?Loulsvlllo 'Courlcr
Journal.
Thls Is Sarcasm.?"Do j-ou want
work?" "Not on your llfo! Whnt I'm
nfter ls a Job 011 thc Panama Canal."?
Exchange.
Both Needed One.?"Wc must have nn
organ to support us." snld tho pollllcliin
to hls pnrty. "So must we." cchoed the
man to his monkoy.?Baltlmore Amcrican.
A Rather Swelled Head.?Assistant Edl?
tor: "I see here that un English Konoral
waa badly cut ln oponing a wlne bottlo.
What sort of a he"*" shall I put ou_it?"
Mauaglng Edlttr: "Oh, Just say: 'Serious
Accldent to Brltish' Mnn-oMVur In At
temptlng to Clct Into Port." "?Amcrican
Spectator.
Handlcapped.?"blved with flve faml?
lles last wonk?" ejaculnted Mrs. House
kecp. "That lsn't a vory good record."
"It wti7. tlio best I could do, inum." rc
sponded tho appllcant. "I wuz sick two
days."?Exchange.
The Stern Edltor.?"Slr," sald Ihe vlsl
tor, ns he prosonted hls mnnuscrlpt, "i
nm only a younjc authnr. but-" "Slr."
Interruptcd tho hard-headed edltor,
"you'll be a 'struggllng young nuthor' lf
you don't bo out of your own volltlon
Immedlatcly."?Phlladelphla Ledger.
Closeted.?"Seen Wopsbury Iatoly:
"Yes, I was closeted with hlm yesterday
evenlng." ?*? Closeted with'hlm? What
do you moan by that?" "Merely that l
called on hlm nt hls flnt."?Exchango.
(THISDAYINHISTORY
March 15th.
C?aaa>?a*a??a +0^mi+0^m+^nm+J
Church Day, Chrlstopher. Sun riscs at
6:07, sots ut 6:53.
1829?The trentles of commereo and
friondshlp between tho Unlted States
and Prussla nnd Brazll formally rnt
Ifled.
1830?Yucatan declared Itself lndopond
cnt.
1855?Tho plcnlpotentlarlos nt Vlenna
exchanged * pc-wors nnd commenced
procoedlngs towards agroelng upon
tho terms ot RtiSsO-Turklsh peaco.
1865?The panlc In gold carrlod quota
tlons down to 175 1-1, a drop bf 14 1-4
polnts ln three days.
1875?At a conslstOry held at the Vntl
can. Archblshop McCIdskey, of New
York, was made a cardlnal.
1877?Professor Alexander Grnhnm Bell
glvos nn exhlbltlpn of hls newly ln
vented tolcphono before n gathoring
of sclcntlflo mori, by WIilcli convor
satlon ls carried on between Snlem
nruTT3oston; at nn,other oxhibltlon on
Aprll 2d, a pla.no concort .In Phlla?
delphla Is dlstlnctly heard ln Stein
? way Hall, NoW York. -
1884?Slr Evelyn Barlng, Brltish mlnis
ter at Calro, wnrndd hls homo gov?
ernment that tho Arnb rcvolt wns
still unbrokon, nnd that thirty tribos
wore plannlng to nttnek Khartiim.'
1885?Schofleld, Shurroer nnd Teagie,
Clovelnnd oll ? reflners, lp nflldavlts,
charged the:' Standard Oll Company
with brlbing thelr booklieopcr to dl
. vulge dnta of tlio busliiCss. .
18S4? Governor Wnlto, of Colorndo, called
out tlio Stato mllltla to Install I1I3
Donver pollce and flre board nppolnt
oes, nnd Podoral troops wero ordered
out to prevont a clnah.
'1898?Secretary Oreshnm " called upon
Spaln to npoloj-izo becauso an Amer?
lcan mail steamer liad been flred
upon by a Sponlslt guubont off tho
Cubnn coast. ....?'
DON'T WAIT
UNTIL YOU'RE SICK
beforo goUitig a bottle of Most-etter's'
Rtoma-rh nitters. Get lt to-day and
by taklng a doso before raoals keep
well and hearty. This ls tbe aecret
of tbe good health of tlmusands of
persons. *
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
is the best health makor and pro
servor ever dtacovered and always
Clires Coldii, Hen.laoh.', Jftrlppc, Oen
oi-al I>ebility, lndigest|Um, Dyspepsla
or FemiUo llls.. ?', ??.
Voice of
ihe People
Railroad Y. M, C. A.
Edltor of Tho Tlnuifl-Dlspatoh!
Blry-Outr llAllroad * Awwejitlloti wm*.
oponcd .Iniiuury 1, 1002, In tho ton lloor
of tlm llow Clienspenkn Mid Ohlo lind
Swibnurd Alr l.lnu Hnllroiid dcpol, Whlch
iimi JtiBt been complcted.
Tho bare room* wbB tlie only thlng
tliat gioolcd tho new aotrotnry, who had
just t nrrlved from Cleveliind, Ohlo, to
tnko clinrgo ot the work.
lt wns tnc. thought of those who wero
roBpoiislblo for tho orgnnlzatlon of tlilB
work that wc would never hnve ovor two
hundred members In thls place. Tho tlrst
ycur elosed'wlth a memnnrshlp of 340, tlm
BCt'ond yenr wlth a mombcrahlp of oven
000. lt Wili nppaicnt thnt thoso qunrtt-t'B
wtruld not (accotnmodnte the growlng
nitimbcrslilp nnd n movement waa startcd
to mako nvnila.blc Ihe proposition of
l'resldont StcvenB, of tho ChOBiipeake and
uniu itullwny, vlz: to aaslat us In uocur
Ing a new building when wo presented
hlm wlth a membershlp of aw. The te
?ponce wns clinructerlBtlc of the railroad
men. Tho third year elosed wlth a mom
bfrshln of over fcOO, and Iminedlaioly nc
Kotliitlnns began ror thls new building.
Tlio plans hnve been drawn ahd lots piir*
.?MiiKeil and much of the money sccured.
Tlio sum of Ibo.OOOwuB Becurod nnd tho
yenr elosed wlth n. membershlp of'nearly
1,200. Tho following report for tho llrst
month of the fifth yenr wlll glve some
Itlen of the work belng ncconipllshed by
thls iisBocliitlon:
No. Mon
.SesBlons. PreHcnt.
R? P. & V. Machlne 6hop
Blljlo ?.a.Hnss .6 tr|:i ?
S. A. L. Mnclilno Shop nible
Claes .,. ?: 40
Southern itnilway Muchliiu
Shop Blble Class . I -107
Southern Rallwny Car Shop
Blblo CluBB. 4 400
C. and O. Machlne Shop Bl?
blo Clnss (ThurBilny) . I 212
C. und O. Bollcr Shop Blble
CIiisb .5 ]]?
C. and O. Cnr Shop Blble
CIbbs . 5 ? 215
C. nnd O. Old Palnt Shop
Biblo CIubb .5 0VJ
C nnd O. Pultnn Muclilnc
Shop Blblo Clnss . I 81
C nnd O. Machlne Shop
fPrldny) . 4 117
I'crsonul Workers' Training
CIiisb . 4 "4
Blble Study Brotherhood
Clnss .,. 1 ?--?'?
8UMMARY.
Tlilrtcen Bllble classes hold CC sosslon:*,
wiih 3,1m present. Average, 58. /
1'wo cottnge prayer-ineetliiKB hold .8
bohbIuiib, tvlta 341 prbsent. Average. 20.
Two mon's meetlngs Sunday held 8 ses
sliiiis, wlth 2,101 present. Average. 273.
Totnl attendunce nt'all rcllglous meot
Ings for the month, 5,737.
Thlrty-seveti men profcaaed i:onversion
In these mectlngs und In personal work
ninnng rnllrond men.
I'P to .lune 1. ma}, tlm prlvlleges of
inniiibershlp in thla nasoelutlon wero open
only to Chesnpcako and Ohlo and S?a
boiird Alr Une iRallwny employcs. but
ut thnt tlme tho assoclntlon. havlng se
(?urrd tlie co-oporntlon of tho other rail?
roads ccnterlng lu tho "clty. m?-mber
Hhlp prlvlloge wob thrown open to all
tho rall-viiy employes In the chy of Rleh
inond, the eonipanles havlng eontrlhutod
$30,000 toward tlio new building ciitor
lirlse and fllunlncd thelr wllllngncas lo
I'oiitrlbuto to the m.-ilntennnco of the
Hame. IHIb nssoclntlon Is Juat elosLng a
vory siiecoBBrui nlght achool, tho work ot
whlch nppealed strongly to Mr. Carnoglo
ln itinktn^ his glft of $10,0?.
Many or tlie Hoholars ln thls nlght
nchoool nre tryinjr for Internutionnl cer
ililcates thls year. Not a one of thone
certltkates wns won ln Virginia last
.yenr. aud Rlchmoiid's Rullroad Axsoela
tlon prpposes to glvo Vifglnlu a better
reputatlon than that
Yours truly,
?. , C. LORRAINK.
Chalrmun Committee Manugcnieni.
? ' .-?
Value of Our Water-Power.
ffo the Edltor of Tlio Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Sir.?I have rend wlth a groat dcnl or
Interest the artlcle In Sunday"* Tiniea
LlHpatcli slgned R. "H. T.elnada. In re
garjf to water powers ln tho State ot
Vlrginlii, thelr great value, nnd the great
posslbllltles whlch have laln dorinant,
amd are llable to remaln dormant, on ac
coUnt of the cumbersoine, troublCHome
nnd expoiiBlvo prooens reqnlred for the
acfitilsltlon of rlparlan rlghts. I only
wlah your cojrespoiident hud got ten hl?
very iiiterostlng and strong nrllcle be?
foro thc momberB of thc Leglslaturo ln
tho oariy days of the session. Of course,
lt ls too late now for them to do any?
thlng. I would llke to congratulnto tho
wrltor of the nrtlele, and to ask that
you, Mr. Edltor, wlll call tho attention
of your rcadcrs to the urticlo.
AVhlle my cxperlonce ln thls Une has
beon small, I can rccall several Instunoos
whero hundreds of thousonds of dol?
lars would have been spent In the State,
and employmcnt glven to many men,
but tlie devclopment wns rctarded for
years ln one case, and kllled outrlght ln
others. At Roanoke, Va., tho devclop?
ment of tho power Iii the Roanoke rlver,
whlch Is now belng carrled out by Mr.
Camp, wlll be of groat benefit to Roa
moko cl'.y and county, and also add
largely to tho taxes of the Stato, was
delaycd for llvo or bIx years by Inablllty
of thc orlglnal company ta securo the
rlparlan rlghts upon anythlng llke a
reasonable basls. Another ciihb in point
ih nt Radford. Va.. where thc' govern
ninnt flgures show that a water power of
4,000 to 5,000 horso power can- be do
volopcd. Such power properly dovolop
cd ahd used for toxtlie factorles would
mako of Radford a clty, and In addltion
ndd largely to tho taxablo values ln tho
county nnd State.
Tho frelght rates for a plant at Rad?
ford on raw cotton from the South and
products to the East would bo made by
tho Norfolk nnd Western as good as the
North Carollna mllls enjoy, whllo to
tho West tho ratca on tho produot would
probably bo more favornble. Another
polnt m SouthweBt Virginia where a
rnllrond deslred to purchaBo tho rlparlan
rlghts, and glvo tho samo wlth a water
power to a good, Bound manufacturlng
compuny, tho only basls upon whlch any?
thlng could bo done wns to buy up tho
entlre acrcago of several farms, nt a
hlgh prlco, nnd thls kllled the ontlre
schonio.
lt mny bo poaslble that lf tho press
ot"tho Stato wlll take hold ot thla mat?
ter and ondcavor to creuto a publlc scn
tlinent provldlng for tlie nequlBltlon ot
rlghts upon a bnBls fnlr both to tho
lnnd ownor and to tho proposed devolop
ment, that at tho next sosslon of the
Leglslaturo a law fair to all partles can
bo pnSsod. nnd theso idlc powors be do
veloped to tho extent of inuklng mlllions
ot dollars ndditional taxablo valuos 111
tho Btate, . _W. E. M.
DUMB RABIES.
A Timely Hint-and Liberal Offer
From the Pastuer Institute.
Editcr of Tho TlmeB-Dlupatch:
Sir,?A paragraph in tho quory column
ot thla morning'a Tlmes-Dlspti.tcli, headed
"Denth Among Dogs." states that many
valuable dogs aro dylng In tho vlclnlty of
the inqulror on account of a* peoullur
dlnenso thero provalont. Tho symptoms
dOHcrlbed are strongly suggoslivo of ra
bles ln what ls known as the tliimp form.
Hnrm sftlfloin ocoura to human belnga
from dogs sufferlng wlth dumb rables
on account of tho fact that paralysls of
tho iiuiaclea controlling tho lower Jaw
prevonta bitlng. Thls form, However, U
only a modifleatlon ot fuiious rabloa,
whlch ofton occaaions aueh unfortunato
results. and mny glvo rlso to lt.
Tho Pasteur Institute wlll glatlly, In thls
cuse, for tho honofit ot the pulilio, un
dortako to tlldgnoso tho dlsomio free or
olinrge. lt would -bo noceBsar*,' to aend
uh by oxpress tlio body of a dog imme
tllatcly after death, or, lf posslble, ullve
whllo slck. Autopsy, nilcroacoplc.il ox
amlnntiqn, and,?if nocessnry. Inoculatlon
:of rabblta, would be dono Hn order to
diVtierntfno whonhoi* n*ablos cxlpta, ivnd
advlce glven to thoso Interested na to
tho boat means'to bo ndopted for stamp
Ing It out. - Vory truly yours,,.
1'Aiariau.R vnstitute op viroinia.
. Rlchonoiid. March 14th,
1-'??4)
A"Belated Apology. >
Mr?. Talkworda? "t?o1iry, you wore tiilklng
ln .your aleap laat nlKht."
ifonry?"Paruott mo for Intorruptlng you."?
Smurt Sot,
A MATTER OF HEALTH
NmN<3
Absof utety Pure
HASHO SUBSTITUTE
A Cream of Tartar Powder
free from alum orphos
phatlc acld
BRIEFITEMS FROM EVER YWHERE
ROMEi? Cnro\lu? Duran. iho fnniotii
portrnlt painter, is nbout to paint n. por?
tralt of Pope Plus X., taklng irfs Insplrn
tlon from Tltlan's portrnlt ot Pope Paul
III. (Alessnndro Farncse).
NBW YORK.? Twenty yenrs old, helr
to a mlllion or so, Jeromo Alcxundre- hits
run away with nnd marrled hls step
fathor's stenoRrnphcr nnd ofrioo man?
ager. Mlss Vlolct Adolalde Oaklcy. Tho
brlde has two yenrs moro lo Imr credlt
than thc bridegroom.
NEW YORK.-Ilelnrloli Conriod. rliror
tor 'of thc Metropolitan Opera Houne,
walkcd out of Spcclal Hosslons Court
nfter ln: huri been doclared fnnocont ot
vIolatiiiK any law by glving Vcrdl's Rc
quiem Mass in thc opera house on Sun?
day nlght, Fcbrunry 11th. last. Tho de?
cision ls n B-rent vlctory for manngors
of thentrcB who glvo concerts on Sunday
nlghts.
I/VXN, MASS.-Strlfo bolwoen relatlves
for posscsslon of a ten-year-old orphan
boy resulted ln an excitlng eplsode when
ICrnest K. Savory. whlle at plny with
schooliiintes at tlie Ilood Sehool. was
splrltcd away by n mnn nnknown In
I.ynn, but whn reprcscntt-d himself to bc
tho boy's unclc.
TtilircDO. O.?An orRnnlzel effort wlll
bo mado here to Innuce President Roose
volt to pardon Oeorso E. Loronz. now
In Mnundsvllle. W. Va.. prlBon for con
splracy to detrnud the Rovernmcnt in
tho postoffice ensos. I.oronz wns ?en
tenced to two yenrs, and has served oiic
year.
NEW YORK?It was reported here that
Senator Depow. who hns boon nJbsoni
from Wnshlngton for somo days, was
stopplng at tno home of hls nlooc. Mlaa
Paalilins-, at Ardsley on thc Hudson. An
-Inqulry belng made. Mlss Pauldlng de?
cllned-to say whether '.ho Senator wis
at her house.
CONXESViliLE, PA.-Anna Trump. a
15-yenr-old sehool glrl, dled 'nfter slxty
hours of tcrrlble silffcrlng, tho rOBUlt
ot belng struck back of tho car wltli an
Icy snowhall, thrown by a boy.
PIIHMDETyPHIA-Chlldlsh ambitlon to
arousi- the ndmlratlon of hor compnnlons
by performlng tho dlfllcult fcat of sklp
plng the rripn a hundred consocutivc
tlmes proved fatnl to seven-year-nld
I?eiia Fisher, of 1400 South Fmnklln
Street. who dled ln the Mt. Slnai Hos?
pltal from braln fever Buperlndiico.d, nc
cordlng to the iittondlng physlclnns, by
ovcroxcrtlon ln the hnzardous nmusc
menl. ?
WASHINGTON-In dlscusslng th0 np
polntmcnt of a postmaster for Paclflc
Grove, Cal.i with Rcprcsentatlvo Xcod
hnm, President Roosovolt sald that ho
preferred to give preferenco in such ap.
polntmenis to soldlerit of tho Clvll War.
DES MONIES?The Senate passed tho
Chlld Labor law nnd Governor Cuinmlns
wlU slgn It nt once. The law prohlblts
the omployment of chlldron Ioss than
eighteen In any occupation whlch would
Injuro hcalth.
NEW YORK.?RIchard Croker is ox
pectod to arrlvo in thls clty nbout May
20th. Hls return, however. is declared to
bo without polltlcnl slgnlflcance, uH hls
old frlends. hnve beon -notlflcd that he
Intonds to como only to see tho bodlcs
of hls two sons, Ftnnk II. and Horljort
V., placod in tholr last restlng placo ln
tho new Croker mnusoleum, In Cnlvary
Cemetery, on Long Island.
NEW YORK.?Tho Charlty Organlzatlon
Socicty or New York ls about to Issue a
gonornl warnlng to all lmportant churl
tablo socletles ln the Urritcd States
agalnst tho -"Sunshlno Leglon" and Its
two piibtlcatlons, Sunshlno and the Sun?
shlno Journal.
WASHINGTON.?Tho Amerlcan Na?
tional Rod.CroSs.Bont to tho Japaneso
.Red Cross an addliirtnhl $5,000, maklng a
total of 145,000 whlch has hoen' contrtb
utcd by the Amerlcan puhllo to tho fam
Ine-strlcken provinccs of Japan.
CHICAGO.?The flrst "open shop" vic
itory of tho year In Chlcago wns scorctl
ny tho Chlcago Edlson Company, whoso
150 mon returned to work on tho old
terms. ,
WICIIITA, KAN.?lllegal land. fenclhg
casos agalnst J. E. Blltby, D. C Jenlilns
nnd J, H. Doln havo; boon dlsmlsscd-uo-*
catise of qucstlonablo Indlotments.
CITY OF MEXJCO.?Thoro havo been
505 deaths from typhtis fever ln tho clty
of Mexlco slnoo Octobor 1st.
ADBANY.?Governor Hlggins hns vo
tood tho bill provldlng for taxatlon ln
Now Yorlc of-por|onal props-^-of non
rosldcnts.
IIEIaENA?invo mlners woro* sorlously
Uurt nenr Vlrglnla Clty. Mont.. by a stago
conoh brouklnk" away. coming down tho
mountain, nnd . overturnlng.
NEW YORK.?Charges of porjury'woro
mado agalnst ofneors of tlie-MetropoHtiin
.Streot Rallway systcm, in nn affldavlt
Bub'mittca to Dlstrlct Attorney Joromo.
by William N. Amory, formorly seorotavy
of tho Third Avenuo Railway Company.
Tho ntlegatlons" aro baaod upon stato
monta sworit to by varlous offlclnls ln
annual reports.
NEWYORK.?A-con test ovor tho will
of Mrs. Miw'garotta Todd. tho" aged nnd
woiilthy woman, whoso mysterious deutb
ln PliUndelpnlft lnst fall has never boon
? fully oxplalned, bns bosun, Mrsl Todd'a
dnughtor, Mrs,, Frunk Tousoy, nnd ber
grn.wla.Qii, Mllton BerelBliolm, nro atlempt
Ing to havo"rvdlffereiit'oxcoutor* appolnted
in place of Ingersoll Lockwood, n lawyer,
who now (llls thut posltlon. j
NEW VORK."?Tho New York and Chl?
cago Roiul AsKociatloit ls omlcavoring to
iirouso tho publlc to the valuo of con
tlnuous Ilne of iniproved Intorstnto roudu,
and ns un object lcsson ls promotlng tho
cnnstrucilon of n contluiious good road
between New York nnd Chlcago.
BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Josephus Daniels Thinks Hc Will
Be Democratic Choice in 1908.
Josephus Daniels, edltor of tho Rulolgh
Newa and Observer, o.ie of tho Icauing
papors of North Carollnu, waa seen at
the Ralelglt last evenlng. Mr. Daniels
Is now servlng hls fourth term as a nietn
ber of thn Democratlc Natlonal Commit?
tee nnd no man ls moro thoroughly In
tou'eh wlth the Democratlc maases nf tho
South. In converHiitlon wlth a Post re
porter. Mr. Daniels sald:
"I belleve that W. J. Bryan wlll be tho
nomlnee of a unlted Democracy ln 1305.
There Im nn ahado of dqubt that our
BtBto wlll be fnr hlm. The whole drlft ot
publlc neiitlment. ns Bhown ln the rull
way rate blll and thn Insurance Investlgn
tlon. ls a vlndlcaflnn of Mr. Bryan'a po
Bitlon ln 1808. when tho "big Insuraiico
companles were pouring out money for
thn Republlcan iioinlneps. Bryan mada
tbe rliargo then thnt they were dolng
It. but he dld not. nt that tlmn, Imprcsa
the publlc, because tho scflndala hnd not
Ijeen uncovered. The ngltatlnn for rail?
road rate legislatlon. now chnmploncd by
tho PrcBldent,. la exaclly along tho llno
Bryaii advoi-ated ln XKK. ?
"In North Carollna tho peoplo look to
see Mr. Bryan lead a wtnnlng flght ln
IfirtS. and he would undoubtcdly head the
tlekot wero the conventlon to be held thlB
year. No other man In the pnrty haa
grown ns much aa the Newbrasknn In tho
cnnfldcncc of tho llioughttul peoplo ot
Amerlca.
"Thn chlef BOiire0 of Roosevelt'a popu
larity grows out of hla advocacy of doc
trlncs whlch he condenincd Bryan for
preachlng, nnd the President must hlmacU
veiillzo that hiB only hope of securlng
the legislatlon he favors Is In Democratlo,
eooperatlon. In -deKcrlblng the true pa
ternity of tho rallway rate. bill It should
bo called tho Bryan-Hoosevelt measurcs."
-a- J
FAIRMOUNT BONDS SOLD
No Secret or Concealmcnt About
the Issue.
The Town Council of Fnlrmoimt, whlch
ln Boott tn hc annexed tn Richmond, hus
lssued nnd sold $10,000 worth ot bonds.
The niutter leaked out yesterday,
though, accordlng to thono seen, thero
was no nttempt to conccal lt from tho
publlc, and the fact that lt wns not gen?
orally known wns bcenusc no ono took
the troublo to inqiilre.
Hon. Thomas W. CSardner, attorney for
tho town of Palnnount. snld he hnd con
Hulted Clty Attorney 11. R. Pollard wlth
rcforenco to tho bond Issue. Ho sald
hn did thls through courtesy to the clty
attorney, ln vlew of the proposed nnnexa
tlon" proceedings. Mr. Oardner ?nld fur?
ther that reports that thero hud beon
nny attempt to coneenl from tho publlo
tho fact of tho Issuanco of tho bonds
wero mislcndlng and lncorrcct. As - a
matter of fact, ho stated thnt thc resl
denU of Falrmount. woro acquulntcd
wlth tho proposition heforo It was acted
upon by tho Town Council, and thero
was only ono dlssonting volco ln tho
Council when tho bond Issue waa votcd
upon,
Tho town of Falrmount could not ex
ist for tho next twelvo months wlthout
a bond lssuo, ana for thls reuBon tho
$10,000 worth, of bonds woro sold. It
wns a transactlon vnlld Jn every way,
and one whlch tho peoplo of Pulrmoiint
wero thoroughly famlllar wlth, sald Mr.
?Cardhcr.
Fingers Cut Off.
John IIIHon. a whlte man, had two
fingcra cut off whllo at work at Belle
Islo yesterday. aftornoon. Ho wns treated
by;Dr. Turmun,' of 'tho ambulanco ',cbrp3,
and'left. *
Wood's
Evergreeit *
Lawn Grass.
The best of Lawn Grasses for
, tbe South; gpeeially prepared
to withstand our Bummera
1 nnd to give a rnce green sward
the yoar round.
Special Lawn Clroular telling
i how to prepare and care for
lawns, mailea free onrequeBt.
Plant "Wood'a-^
Garden Seeds
. .?for Buperior Vegetablea
and Flowers.
Our Descrlptlve Catalogtio tells
you how and whon to plaut for
beut fluccess. Malledfree. Write
forit. ? ? . - ':--"'-*w*wsj}(jii'''.
T.W. Wood&Sons, Seedsmen,
RICHMOND, ? VA.
Ifvou want tho swootest and best Wator
Molona and Cantaloupaa grown, plant
Wood'a Boutharngrown aaad. Our
DaaoHptiva Cafalogua tolls all
, abont thetest klnda to plaat. ,-.,??