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PRESIDENTS IN CONFERENCE
Western Officials Skeptical as
to Attorncy's Ability to
Trim Expenses.
Chlcago, November 24.?The stato- l
i enl recently made at the rallway rate . *
hearlng In Washington h.v Louis D,
Brandels, as attorney for the East?
ern shlppers, that tiio rallroads of thejc
country through inefliciont manago
ment waste a mllllon dollars .i day
haa been nnswerod by Weatern rall?
road presidents wlth a telegram offer- i,
Ing Mr, Brandels a posltton at his own jj
Balary lt' be could polnt o.ul the alleged t
mlsmanagement. J1
"A salary of a quarter of a mllllon j'
a year would not bo excesslve If he j J,
could save twlce thnt much. all told, | u
Ii ? -.' ?:?! the representative of thelb
president s I ?
rnnfiTi-nrc of rroxlilents. | ^
The telegram followed a conference I t(
ol Western rallroad presidents, ln.: ti
which DarJus Miller, rt. L. Wlnchol, H. ! d
U. Mudge, and F. A. Delano partlcl- h
pated. Ii was signed by O. L. Dlcke
son, who was authorized to speak for
the Western rallroad presidents inter?
ested in tbe cases before the Inter
state Commerce Commlsslon, and read:
"Louis P. Brandels: Ii is repbrted
you have stc.ted beforc tbe Interstate
Commerce Commlsslon that Amerlcan
railway? nr,- wastlng $1,000,000 dally.
"If you can polni out a practlcal 1 tl
nay by which a substantial portlon of|h
thls amount may be saved several
Western rallways would he pleased to
tender you employment, allowlng you
to namo your own salary.
"Thls proposition is mnde to you ln
the same spirit of slncerlty ln whlch
you rendered your statement to the
comrnisslon."
Hla CompnrlNona "Fnulty."
Commentlng on the statement made 11
by Mr. Brandels, F. D. Underwood, ! ?
president of the Erle, -.says: I
"Mr. Brandels's comparlsons are *
faulty; they give as a guide for the : !
rallways tlie cost- in other branches ',
of buslness. carried on in well deflned
premlses, pndor constant supervlslon, I
doing ono thing.
"Conducting a railway and repalr- J <
ing its oqUIpment Involve constant re- | '
newals nnd repairs, both to new and ; '
old material, widely varylng, and so I
far no one has been able to make a;,
cost sheet, fo ealled, aa the manu-''
facturer of ono or more articles does
with good effoct."
L. F. Loree, president of the Dela
ware and Hudson, say:
I do not belleve' the suggestlons
il
put ff
ly to
"Th
Mr. Brandels are like
llne
from
?flicors have made nnd ?
iirlng efforts in evolv-. <
ipplyint,- unit tests of .111- : I
"he results?and they wlll
ivorably wlth those ln other
sli ? ss activlty?are that the '
vi tment Involvea ln the \
ot a unit ol trafflc has
terially slnce 1882, while tho I,
the public has been reduced i <
1 cents to a shade less than '
1 cent. ; 1
"1 see no rcason why the tendency, ,'
though perhaps not the rate of pro- ,
gress, should nnt be contlnued, bui sb i
far as it is tho resull of Intelligent i
effort and capltal Investmeiit lt would
seem that the results ahould primarily
belong to the shareholder'rather than
;?? the jobber."
Bmcrson m- Insplnitlon.
T. p. Shonts, president of the Chl
cago and Alton." says:
"Mr. Brandeia'a deductions colncide
su closely wlth those expressed by M
Harrlngton Bmerson ln hl jok on ';
'Kfticiency' as to lead one to belleve !,
Mr. Brandels's remarks are In great'..
measure, If not entlrely, premised on j
that work. d
"That there is waste to-day in every "''
human eptenprise Is unlverbally ac- 2
cepted v'b\ '.stu'dents of economics. I jj
? the work of man i
? centum efflcleney
Utoplan condltlon | t
iched In practlee, l_
e, mlning, indus
Tl
on a hasi
whlch ca
either in _
trial or transportation pursults, and f
more especially by the latter. alnce ;,
the demands of the shipping public,
backed up by orders of various com- : a
missions. actually prohlblt it.
"If the gentlemen now discoursing I '
? learnedly on the problem of rall- '
road waste were ln a posltton to guar- r
an! ? ; ?.- .ii.- thoj would be In greater]
demand than any other set of men ln
the world, because rallroads to-day I
are looklng for men who can accom
plish .these Uilngs."
Darilel Willard, president of the Bal
tlmore and Ohio, say:-:
"There are practlcally only two ways
in which rallroads can reduce operat
Ing expenses?one by the purchase nnd
use of u-ss material and the other by
thi ei iplo 'ment of less labor."
(ioiornineiit Ht-NlrlciinnK.
Darius Miller, president of tbe Bur
lington, says:
"The abillty of tho rallroads to econ
omize ls reatricted on the one hand by
certain government regulatlons and bn
the other by the demands of the pub?
lic for good servlce. If it were pos
slble to put Mr. Brandels's theorios
into practlee, tbe lnterests of rallroads
would cause them to ndopt methods
of saving lndependent of any sugges?
tion."
H. U. Mudge, president of the Rock
Island, says:
"If Mr. Brandels would look into our
accounts he would see that we are al
ready dolng some of the things he ad
vocates. I know the Rock laland
would like all the assistance it ran
get in saving its share of thnt $.100.
PAYS 51,000 FOR SNIPE EGGS
leiifcinr Ilnrt to Seml tn Iceland for
Tlii-m.
Floral Park. L. I., November 21.?
John I.ewis Chllda, a former State Sen
ator, has paid $1,000 to Rct Into his
Thomas Branch & Co
lE.tablUhed IS38J
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
I^rivate Wires to
Principal Markets
pn.-posslon a small collrctlon of the
eggs of the cominon red-brensted snlpc.
Cornmon as is the blrd on Long taland,
its mottlcd, ollve-hrown oggs aro very
liard to get hold of, for tho reason tha
ttlrd Invs them away up ln the Arctlc
ilrclp, "much further north than Dr,
i>i.ik ever wandered, so nnturallMs
Chllda's fl.OOfi cggs were gathercd by
Kaklmoa ln the extremo northorn part
.f Iseland, and thenco woro forwnrded
,. n tlrin ln Hnllc, Geiiiiiiny, whlcli
nakea a spoclalty of collectlng ra.ro
?HKH-for tlmsc who have tho prlce. Tho
?ed-breasted snlpe egkga are known
0 gclonce as "trlunga canatue." Com
nander Poary, on hls trlp to the North
',ilp. irol a few of the eggs, and on
,ls return to thla country gavo them
ii tho Now York Natural lllstory bo
lety.
Cbllds la sald to havo more roro
igga ln hls collectlon than most any
ilicr man ln tho collectlng line.
AMUSEMENTS.
Aendciny?"He Fell in Lovc WHh
lls Wlfe."
Illloii?"TTirotigh Donlh Vnlley."'
I.iihlu?^ niidevlllc.
ioml Performnucc ot Benutlful rlny.
Altliougb a very grciit majorlty of
lu' Lwo big audlencea at the Academy
1 Muslc vesterday sat In deopesl
llence before Charlea Rarin Kennedy s
ciiutli'ul drama, play, or sermon?"The I
i'1-vaiit in tlio House"?lt was apparent
hat ii number of those who had drifted
ito the theatre bad expected to tlnd
hat the B.rvant was a mhik and dahce
oubrctte ln a musical comrdy. These
ersons. boing dlsappolnted, and not
nderstandlng a word of what wns
oinjr sald. slmply wandered ln and out
f the house at will, alammlng down
lelr seata, stumbllng over those who
>ere ( unipellod to atand time and again
i let them pass. tidgeting about in
lelr aeats, and whlsperlng or talklng
urlng the progress of the play, to the
iftnltc annoyance of those who appre
lated the almple bcauty and dlgnlty
f the performance.
In spite of those distractions, tho
enry Miller Assoclate Playera gavo a
lost sat'lsfactory presentatlon of thls
ery fanious drama. Tlie company
lic'tiod only a few days ago, and once
r twlce it waa apparent that several
f them were not altogether easy in
iclr llnos; but this was not true ot:
ic inore Important characters, and, on
le whol/, the performance was of a
Igh class.
The play was presented here last
?ason for three nlghts and a mati
eo. so that the story, or the theme,
ither. is familiar to almost every
leatregoor, nnd will not be repoated.
. :, as it londs itself to tho tell
ig.' Sufllce lt to say that lt deals
lth the unlversal brotherhood of
uin. the hypocrlsy of many of those
i htprh places, tho sacrllice of soul to
he ambltlon for place and power, and
hat li brlngs In. to counteract the
i l selflshness in an ordinary
Id, B per.-onllieation or sug
. . ?. of the Savlour in so stmple.
everentlal nnd yet dramatlc a man
ler tliat. even in the "biggest" mo
.. i ts, thi re i.- not a sound of ap
? ? company, Edward Mordant.
? ? da Tyrone Power as the
lu.in man waa easlly the star. Big.
j powerful, he save a tinishod
When he descrlbed how
he had tollowed the choked drain
Ita Indescrlbable and noisome
? ?'. he came to a irreat vaulted
?bamber filled with foul thlngs swlm
nlng in the sllme, which ho knew
ler the church. because. away
hear tho organ
C rch's One Founda
. ;. ms compelling as
? :? Crawley, with
its soi ? ? ? : ? and tlred eyes,
vaa convlnced :'-- the soul-racked
Icai ii i_ "the blshoo
>nda of the countlng
louse," sbowed himself to be a char
? : n in of gi at abllity.
The nart of Mary was sympatheti
illy and atfractlvely played by Vinnie
ivlngston. whlle Robert Ames was
nore than gdod ln hls hlt as tho pa^e
loy. Mr. Vale. who played the part
>f Manson?the part which suggests
-'liri.-u?whlle he read with great In
? ronce, lacked the entire freedom
emphasls which should mark the ? '
daylng of thls most dilllciilt role, Sev- ' I
sral tlmes he ralsed hls volce, and . t
or twlce he made postures In al'
nanner that dld not altogother tlt ln.
>ut he was dignified and earnest and
free from affectatlon, and, on the
khole, played well. Miss MeLaughlin
i~is far from satlsfactory as the
Ica'r's wlfe.
Agalnat tho play ltself one can
nly call attention to ono thlng. which
iiist strike even the most casual ob
erver, and that ls the wlld improba
lllty that a man just out of the
ralns?sewers, In our country?"over
le eyes." could possibly enter any
nom and take Into his arms any wo
ian?even hls own daughter.
lle Fell In l,n\f AVIlh Hls Wlfe."
Messrs. Bothner & Campbell's pro
uctlon of Edlth Elils's drarriatlzatlon
f E. P. Roe's universallv popular
ovol, "He Fell In Love "U'lth Hts
i'if.'," will occupy the stage of the
cademy of Mtii<lc to-nlght and to
lorrow matlnoe and night.
It ls a homely play of comedy, son
iment and character, ombodying all
he prtnclpal characters, created by Mr. I
:oe. Comlng as lt does with the In
orsement of thousands of readers,
hls attractiov will doubtless prove
most noteworfhy evont.
Miss Ellls has done nothtng so well
s tbls dramatization. "She has ab
tracted from the several hundred
?ages of tho story a play so full of
Ife and true to nature, and has made
acb charactv so real, as to be easilv
ecognlzed.
W. D. G.
i
30L WETMORE BADLY HURT
H. J.oiiIk neinocrnt nnd Friend of
llrynn I'ullw Under Wagon.
St. Louls, Mo., November 24.?Colonel
Vloses C. Wotmore, a wealtby retlred
obacco manufacturer and Democratic
latlonal coinmitteeman from Mlsaourl,
>vas run down at Broadway and OHve
Street yesterday afternoon and dan
jerously lnjured by a dellvory wagon.
He su8tained a fracture of tho akull,
1 fracture of the right ehoulder, und
probably a fracture of the right hip,
The whecls of the wagon passed over
Colonel Wotmore beforo the drlver
could stop. Colonel Wetmorc lay lu
the street ln a helploss condltlon untll
a patrolman plcked him up and cur
rled him to a prlvate automoblle, in
which ho was removed to the dlsp?n
sary, and then to hls home.
Colonel Wotmore had been in poor
heolth for some months. IIL- la Blxty
flve years old and has been a ilguro
ln Domocratlo natlonal polltlcs for
many years. He la one of lho most
Intlmate frlonds of W J. Bryan, Col?
onel Wotmore has been _a largo contrlb
utor to tho Bryan campaigns, and ln
the last one took charge of the financea
ln the natlonal Democratic headquar
tfis in Chlcago.
Y. ffl. C. A. Athletics
A good audience turned out for the
games last iiIkIii iu tlie young Mon's
' hrlstlan Assoclatlon gymnaslum, bui
? ! "rI al"' "'" big gymnaslum ls
an deal place for Indoor baseball and
baakctball. ' ''"'
HiiMkoiiwiii f.'ainr.
Miller, forward; .\. _ cos
OPEN -AN AC MJNT WITH
The Union Bank
of Richmond
11?7 EAST MAIN BTRBET
$1.00 MAKES A BTAB? , PKn
CENT, INTEREST. '
bv, first fruwnrd; Beckner, conlro;
v.Micimii-l/loyd, guard; Coloman, Hrst
gwtrd; Padgett, second forwurd;
Greon, second gtiaTd,
Intormediates Stttterfleld, forward;
Ball, forward; Henbi, contre; Qtlttrlec,
iirsi guard; Button, gtiardj i-Umore,
second gtiardi Kawder, second forward.
SiimiiKiry: l-'ri-e throws?.funlors, 1;
Intormediates, :i. Points aivarded??
Junlors, 1. Fouls?.lunlors, (i; Inter
medlatoB, 8,
Sooro: Bnd flrm hnlf?.lunlors, 1; In
lnrniedlnl.es. 1. Knd of gninc?Junlors,
8; Intormediates, .1.
Closo guardlltg and poor goal shoot?
lng iv,w re.sponslblc fur tho closo
score. These two tonms wlll meet for
tho tonth annual gamo nn New Yoar's
Day.
Tndnnr llnseliall Srnres.
NlKht Clnss: AB. 11. II. O
Word, o. 3 0 I 2
H. Lawronco, p. 3 o 0 2
Huw, is.m.. 8 l 0 'i
Bolton, rs. ... 3 1 1 1
Knlbe, :ib. 3 0 1 2
Robinson, 2 b. 3 o t
Corc, If. 3 l 0 3
Culton, rf. 3 0 I 2
Nonl, cf. 3 0 o 3
Mosby, cf. i 0 o l
Bruce, lb. l o l l
Tolnls .20 3 6 21
Afternoon Clnss: AB. It. H. O.
Montgomeryj lf. i 2 2 2
Gllllnm, 2b. I 2 2 2
Ewell, 3h. 1 2 2 2
Lenkc, rs. I 2 2 1
Twinlng, p. I 1 2 3
Bates, c. i 2 2 2
Hufty, rf, lb. 4 l 1 2
Sadlor, 1 b, rf. 4 1 2 2
I.ewls, cf. I 1 l 3
Wnlthall, ls. 3 t 1 2
Totals .30 IS 17 21
Scoro bj- Innlnors: R.
Afternoon Clnss .1 o o 3 3 S 0?15
Vlght Class .0 10 0 0 2 0? 3
Summary: Base on balls?By Twln
ng, 2 Struck out?By Twlning. 15;'by
Lawrence, 4.
flnnketli.-tll Scores.
Senlors?Lawrence, left forward:
Pwlnlng, rlght forward: Metcnlf, ccn
'ro; Wtlson. left guard; Culton, rlght
yuiird.
Reserves?Wnlthall, left. forward;
?law (11, rlght forward: Bryant, cen
:re: Bruce, left guard: PUeher, rlght
runrd; Xeal (2), forward;
Summary: Fleld goals-r-Senlors, 12;
fleseryes, 2. Throws?Sehlors, 2: Ro
lerves, l. Points awarded?Roserves.
'.. Fouls?Senlors. 7; Reserves, -I.
Score: Knd first half?Senlors, 17:
"teserves, 1. Knd of game?Senlors, 28;
toserves, 7.
The rofrlstrntton for the basketball
'eague will be open tlll Saturday
'.lght. To-nlght at 8:45 the teams
'rom Leleh Street Baptist and Union
Statlon Men's Blble Classes wlll cross
ints in indoor baseball. The public
S Invlted.
C0NTEST MRS. STELLE'S WILL
FTelr* of WIdoiv Who I,ef( S2.-..000 to
Itnllnn Want Probiilo Svt Anlile.
Chlcago. November 24.?Holrs of the
ate Mrs. Pannle Surdam Stelle. the
ivldow who bequeathed $2,r>,00(i of her
$350.000 fortune to Edgar II. Accotta,
3 young Itallan, asked the Probate
Sourt to sot aside the probatlng of the
wlll. Accetta had sued her in New
i'ork for alleged breach of promlse.
The petitlonew assert they had no
notice of the application for letters
testamentary, and charge that former
fudge Nash Rockwood, of Saratoga,
N'. Y., oxocutor under tho wlll. Me- |
slgnedly neglected" to notlfy theni
i'i e ^reater part nf the estate wa;
ivilled to Elmer E. Earl of West T/rdy
N". Y.
NEAR-BEER HARD HIT
Siibjcot to Same PenRltles ?* Gcmilne
Artlclc, Ohlo toiirt Itnle*.
Columbus, Ohlo, November 21.?Near- ]
leer ls now on a par in Ohio with or- I
linary beer, according to a decislon ol
:he Supreme Court In a case from Ful- !
ton county. lt was held in the orlginal J
:ases that a malt liquor came within j
the provisions of the county option'
aw. reg^rdless of the amount of alco-I
10I In lt and whether it was intoxi- |
?atlng or not. The Circuit Court re
.?ersed the Common Pleas Court. and !
the Supreme Court reversed the Cir?
cuit Court.
Dealers In near-beer are now liable
for an annual saloon tax of $1,000 and
for tln.-s if they are located in dry ter
ritorv.
' HUBERT DICKINS0N DEAD
Son nf Secretary of Wur Succumbs
After I.ong HIiicms.
\\ashfnfftorr n. <?., November 24.?
Jacob M. Dlclf.nson, Secretary of U'ar.
recolved word to-nlght of tbe death ofi
his son, Hurbert Dlcklnson, at Bell
Mead stock Farm, near Nashvllle,
uenn. The secretary had just return?
ed from a vlslt lo his son. whom ho
tound ipparently much Improved. He
' ;.' " 'i ' itntely to-r i^h: for NashvH!?.
ounger Plek.'nson had boen ln
eall for more than a year, and
umbed to heart fallure. H's III
- said to be directlv due to the
;. following the death of his young
wlfe fourbeen months ago. He" was
rnanaper for the secretary's noted
stock farm.
ecretary wns to-have ontertaln
?' I . large party at the Army-Navy
itball srame on Saturday, nmong the
? ? ts being Mrs. and M'ss Taft. Be
? ol the une>:pected death of. his
son. the Invltatlons for the event have
N0THING T0 BE
THANKFUL FOR
Mulit 0r Other Penple'M Muppliu-s*
Drlven Voulli to Sulclde.
New York, November 21.?Feellng
that he bnd nothlng to be tliankful
'? iyhlle all about him were people
'.; :? . Thanksglvlng Day, Mlcliael
-i .,,,. twenty-slx yc-ai-s old, commlt
ulclde In Central Park thls af
'''?'.'"'" by shootlng himself in the I
f "1 have not anythlnsr to be thankfu!
for on thia day nf thankagiving." pass
ersby heard him mutter, Wlth that
ne drew a revolver and, n'resalhg tho
nuple to his head, flred. Ho died
tnstantly.
INDIAN W0MAN DIV0RCEE
niM-lpie of Iilghor Kiluintl.m .llnkes
Iteeonl tor Have l.i Xevniln.
Carson, Nov? November 21.?Fur'the
flrsl tlmo under the laws Of thls Stato
a tull-blooded Indlan woman roceived
? decree of dlvorce from her Indlan
husband yesterday.
Mlnnle aallbrath, a graduato of tho
Indlan Tralnlng School, near thls rliy,
was tho plaintlff. She oharged cruelty
and nogloct, nnd re'eeived the cuatody
l-'Ivc Ktatea 'i'nki- Part.
ICansas City, Novomber 24. Rliie
teams from flve States are taklnc part
iu the shoot on the Thirq Roglmenl
innge, ivhlch began here to-day, for
?' ?50o cup, offerod by tho Mld- Wesl -
orn Intorstatq Kiiie Aasoolatlon, Teams
from the Wlsaourl, Kanaas, lov/a; Ne
braska and Toxas Natlonal Guprda aro
-"ng. There are elgin marUamen
ni each
.Mol.ile, Al
lleCiril., Hiileri Cnntelt.
I .1. A, D. i
MoCurdy, .r Ihe ivlitoi -? 'who is i
glvlng exhlblllons or fiylng hore thls
tveok, la-i nlghl seni S cablegrani to
the llavaiia I -,, s t. flivnna. Cubn, etiter
lriK tho enntest for tho $10,000 prlae for
n fllght from iiavana to Kev Weat,
< Iwirreil with lanibcmslciiiont,
London, Novomber 24.?U \V, l-'liu Ii
the l.-uidon iiii.iiiiKir ol Pholps, Dodge
& i'h, of, New Vcil'U. was r,-m uuled
for illio week Iu Uio .\|-,,Miu|i ilollnn
Couri iQ-day, chargod wlth havlng do.
trfltidod bls nniployers of $1^5,000, n>
celvod ln naymenl nf a .iHlgnmont of
< "ppcr. b'inrh lAirrondarod to the pu
ikc ut UvernooJ yeatordity(
ATLANTA OFFIGE
SUFFERSSHAKE-UP
Gross Irregularities in Weighing
of ?Jewspaper Mail
Discovered.
Waah'ngton, November 24.?Postmaa
ter-General Kttchcock haa ordered
the romoval from the post-olHce servlce
of Kdward _\ Blodgett, superlntendent
of statlonH, and of James K. Norton and
S. S. F, Glles, olerks, all ln tbo Aaltnta
Post-Ofllce, as tho result of gross Ir?
regularities ln the weighing <>f news
paper mail.
Tho order followed an Invcsttgation
of- the Atlanta ofllco Into Irregulari?
ties which tho Post-Otllco Department
declarea covcred a serles of years, and
resultod in the loss of many tliousands
of dollars to the department,
Tho department announced ln con
nection with this order tliat a general
lnvestlgatlon of methoda of weighing
second clasH mail tlirotighout tho coun?
try ls now being condui tod by tnspec
tors with the Idoa of detectlng nnd
brlriglng to an ond BUch Irregularities
as those dlsclosed at Atlanta.
Beca^rso of the IncfTlclency ln tho
discharge of hls dutles, llio superln?
tendent of the rallway servlce at At?
lanta, L. Al. Terrell. who failed to take
the precautlonary measurcs retjulred
by the postal regnlatlons to prevent
certaln of the IrregularittoB, was trans
ferred by the Postmaster-General's
order from hls posltlon of reaponslbtl
Ity to a mlnor plan- In tbo servlce. .Su?
perlntendent (.!. W. Pcpper, of tlie rall?
way mail divislon, having headquartera
at Clevelanrt. has been assigned to At?
lanta to superscdo Superlntendent Ter?
rell. Clyde M. Reed, superlntendent of
the divislon of rallway adjustments in
the Post-Ofllcc Department, was sont
to Cleveland to take the place ?f ^u
perlritehdent Peppor. Mr. Reed's post
tion In the department has been tilled
by the promOtion of C H. McBrlde,
formerly asslstant superlntendent nf
the divislon of rallway adJUBtments,
The evldence obtalned in tlie lnvestl?
gatlon nt Atlanta haa been aubraltted
by tho Postmaster-Goneral to the iJ.e
partment of Justlce, and tliat depart?
ment will determiii" tho questlon of
pro'secutlon.
TABLE SALT DID IT
Prenent in Sugnr, It Mmlr Mldah?pmen
111.
Washlngton. N<
nary table salt Ii
they used was res]
ness of the mldshi
Academy at Annap
posed to have bee
splteful plot conci
In the cullnary
school. Such was
ported following ai
ple of the stig
the laboratory of t
ot the navy. Oftlcli
partment are Incl
tliat tlio salt to :t
sugar purely thn
that there waa n i
There aro now I
typhoid fever at thi
of the patients ar*
tion. according to
_ny by Sur
tvohoid eplderrtlc, ?f courae, haa no re
lation to the i-ontaintnated sugar. Tlie
Surgeon-Genera] expects that a few
r.ore casos of the fever may develop
luring the next week as a result "t
Irinklng milk suspected of contalnlng
the germs, but by tlie end of the pres?
ent month the perlod of Inciibatlon. and
;onsertuently all danger, will navo
lassed.
th
betlef
.. tlie
and
ses of
d four
condl
ed to
The
FATHER Of AEROPLANES
flo^lgner ef Flr*t Menvlor-Thnn-Alr
>lnchlnc? Is Dcnd.
Chlcago. November 24.?Octav Cha?
nute, the "Father of tbo Aeroplane,"
Ii- d ai hls home i:i Ciiicago after an
llln^ss <.f several weeks.
II..- death was not unexpfcted, as ho
had been far some weeks in feeble
heall !. Thbugh wldely known as an
i>i g neer -of many accompl'-mments.
Mr. ''aanute wa.s more generally re
Called aa the orlcinator of lieavler
lhan-a!r craft. When. several years
iigo. !k- 'nogan oxporiments with "hori
zontal kitos," as they were Ironlcally
referrcd to, he was consldered e'ecen
trlc. Hls perslstence in trylng out hls
ii. i. resulted, however. in the Chanute
gllder, which was nothing moro or loss
than the rnodern lilplane, wlthout the
r-ngiro With I! Mr. Chanute was able
to gllde several hundred yards In a
strong wlnd by manlnulatlon of Its
wlnga. An engine mounted- on thls
andgiven a prlhcinle of warniner wlngs
for equllllbrlum, gave the Wrlghts
tboi:' machlne and others followed.
Octav Chanute was born In Paris
February is. 1S3'_.
COLONEL CLOWRY RESIGNS
\ all
irtlM Mlm nn Presldent of
Western L'nlon.
New York, November 24.?Declarlng
that after having engaged in the telo
graph buslness for more than flftv
vears ho felt that he was entitlod
to rotlro and take a much-needed rost,
Robert C Clowrv! presldent of the
Western l'nlon fclegrnph Company,
has tendered hls resignatlon to the
board of diree'ors. and Theodore N.
Vall, presldent of tho Amerlcan Tele
phone and Telegranh Oomnany. which
eontrols tho Wostern Union, was ap
pointed to nn tho vacancy.
Newcomb <"ailton. of tho Britlsh
Westlnghouse COmnnnv, was to-flov
slected - vloe-nrcsldent of the West
i-ri' Union Company.
Colonol Clowr.v continues as a dl
rector and member of tlio executlye
jommltteo of the Western Union.
stit tiikiin i.ixkm \.\
INSTANTLY
;n,i,i:n
[Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
Lynchburg. Va., November 24.?Al
bf.rt Shlrmachor, agorl twenty-flve. n
Southern Bell Telephone lineinan. was
Instantly kllled yesterday In Rlv
ermont, whlle at work on the oxton
?i'.n of an aorlal c&ble. Shtrmacher
f'l! twenty-fivo feet. head first. strtk
ititi on a granollthlc sldewalk and
breaklng hls neck,
When tbo mun tlrst was nollced In
Ustroas, he was elutching a hlgh cur
rent trautlon wlro, bel-g auspended
ln mldulr by a rope, vvhlcb hold him
ivhllo lu- workod, Ho renialnod In thls
iawa-jgt_fT^._ir_qTTB_jnff_t?y u.] _mhuiu <~mnniMl___
With a regular place of business
easily rcached, this Company,
when appointcd as Exccutor, Trus
tee or in other trust capacities,
enablcs those interested to confer
with ii at their caavehiencc.
?irginia Trust Co.
Richmond, Va.
Capital. .51,000,000.00
X107 ISn?< Mnln Street.
Mombers;
M.W VOIJK STtlCK F.XCHAN'CJL.
M4W yoi:ic cotton bxciianuk.
cuit'AUo imaiio of thade.
jfi. U UO_>l_N. Manaeor.
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Incorporated as a StockCompany in 1871
Oldest - Largest - Strongest
Southern Life Insurance Company
Progressive - Conservative
Issues' the Most Liberal Forms of Life and Endowment Policies from
$1,000.00 tp $25,000.00
With Premiums Payable Annually, Semi-Annually or Quarterly
All Policies are Clear and Definite, and as Liberal as
Safety Will Permit, and Their Values Are Absolutely
Guaranteed. >
Insurance in force September 30,1910 - OVER $71,000,000.00
Assets September 30, 1910 - - -" OVER 6,000,000.00
Capital and Surplus September 30, 1910 - - OVER 1,100,000.00
JOHN G. WALKER, President
condltlon until the rope burnod ln
two and the drop of hls body broko
the prrlp of hls hand from tho Itve
wlre. One llnger and the thumb
were almost Inirncd . nff.
It ls not known whether Shlrmacher
was electrOcuted or whether ho was
kllled by the fa.ll. Shlrmacher had
not worked as a llneman for fom
years untll Mnndav, when he re
enlcred tho SouthOrn Bell servlce.
Knllwn.v Cnniliim.
Washlngton. D. C. Nvember 21.?
Tho Interstate Commercc Commlsalon
has announced that the net revenues j
of the Bteani roads of the United States
durlng last August aggregated .$90,
028.7G1, or $377.40 per mllo ot line.
against $90,998,283. or $3SO.in por mlle
of llne in 1009. Tho deduetton of one
twelfth annual taxos left the operat
Ing Income $81,16^,009, or $3lo.;i2, as
against $83,000,6110, or $346.70 por niile
of llne ln 1903. Tho mllcagc operated,
nn which the Bummary of tho monthly
roports of the rallroads ls baacd, was
23S.493, as against 239.401 miles lasl
year.
The detalled figures show that for
August, lOin. the total operatlng rev?
enues were $254,035,972, and the total
o'peratlng expenses $164,488,899, the
to'tal net revenue already gtvon In?
cluding outslde operitlons, which yleld
cd a r.et revonue of Uttle over $600,000.
llaPprr?Derlirrt.
[Special to Tne Times. Dlapatch. J
HarrlaonburR. Va.. November M.?I.ast nlgh;
at s'o'clock at Emmnnuel Bplscopal Churcl
of Ilarrlsonburg. a brllllanl tveddlng wj
?otemnlzed when MIsj Llltlan Ann Deihor
daughter of Mr. and Mr?. WUner L?e Dci
hert, becamc th<- brlde or Henrj K\ can I
Wlse Happcr. a Richmond iniun
son of Mrs. Mary T. Happcr. ..f Durliam. >
C. I.nng hcraldod aa a promlnent ?ocl?
c\ent. tlio wdding attracted .< . .?- u
itles nnd ttat
rcctor of Emmanucl Bplscopal Church, wno
re ftntly came to Harrlsonhurg froai Baltl.
more.
The brlde waa gowned ln baby Irlsti la< <?.
and carrled a white prayef book, from
which white rlbbons hung. \.\\\\ w hlte vlo
lets tled on the end'. Her mutron of honor '
?as her aunl, Mrs. R. B. Lee Wllllamaon, j
nf Baltlmore, who wore :. (iress "! white. \
chlffon elotli. trlmmed ln brocaded aatln, |
jo -pjo_ a'jbiy g'IiV ',J'M, ap"i?uiiipijq "i|j. ;
SlUdl?EUJO [JBSd pUB OJOqi'Jl Ul ..l,!|.'.\ l|l|._ .
St. Joicph, Mn.; Mlrj I.llllan Talbotl, of
Charleatown, W. Va.; Miss Mlnnle Engart. i
of Lynchburg; Miss Emma Kothe. of Jndl
anapolla, Ind.; Miss Ann Oaston. of Monl-I
gomery, Ala. They wore dresscs of mock j
orange and crepo meteor, trlmmed ln out j
J-t. with hats of blaik iaco. and carrled |
baskots of yellow chrytanthemumi and sun- j
t:.o flow^r glrls. Ilarriett Olhauten and j
l.,,i: -.? Dechert, were dressed in white and
? trrled basketa of carnatlons.
beat man was !?'. II. Brlggs, .Ir.. of I
II: gh, N. C, whlle ihe groomimen were
G .. D, Ilappcr, of Durham. N. C; Wll
? ??. Huntcr Bell. of Norfolk; James M. ?
Y n g-, 0f Rlohmorid: Robert B. Michael, I
of Baltlmore. Md.: Hugti _. Meek. of Cor
hirnbuE, O. Th,. ushers were A. D. Ciemens,
thlrd. of Raltlmor", Md.: Toler (.'. Lemley.
A. I\. Fletcher, .Ir.. and .'.Igie chaniier. .jf
Hnrrlaonburg.
The church was decorated In palms, with]
bunches of yellow olirysanthoiniiins, tled '>n j
each pew with a bow of w^ltf mallne. ,
Payno Avls preslded at the organ, whlle1
Mrs. Inmsc-ne Avl? Palmer, with a few of
her mualc ptipilB, t'oinposed the cholr.
The brlde was nnce a atudent ot Natlonal j :
Park Semlnaryj Korrcst tllen, Md.. and laterl.
hattended Mrs. Somple's school in New Vork i
! city. I (
I A brllllant rocoptfon waa glven at Ihei '
| home of the brlde on South Main Htreet. I ?
Street. Tite parlors were decorated w ith ? a
yellow and white uhrysanthomnms. j c
On November ^n Mrs. Ilappcr will be ma- i j
tron of honor at the weddlng of MIsj Mary r
Ellen Harrla in Montgomery, Ala., an old '
I schoolmato at Mrs. Semplo'a school ln Now |
I York. t
I After January 1, 1811, Mr. and Mn. Hap-j 1
I per will be at home at Grejham Court, ' r
! Rlchmond.
I Tho brkle-elect gave a brllllant eotiillon | ,
j Monday night In the Dally News huli In
nor of ihe vlsltlng guests.
Raglnnd?Spigislc.
[Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.l
Lynchburg, \'a.. November :"..?A
quiet marrlage was solemnizod at !
at the home of Rev. Wallace T.
Palmer, D. D., tho oillciatlng minlster. J
when 1, W. Ragland and Miss Anniejj
l<. Spigglc, formerly of Appomattox
County, were united ln marriago. After j c
weddlng trlp they will residc on I :
Cedar Street.
I
I.'oMi-oyod liy llre.
[Spocial to Tho Tlines-I>ispatcli.| '
\\ adesbpro, N. C, November 24.?The i 1
liarns and crlbs on the furm of Byron ? ?
Henry, east ot town, wore destroybdj
with a large amount ot ha.\, coi'Ti ! i
und other feed and several 'head ? ?
of stock, The loss ls estimatod at. .,
?3,00D, with no Insurance. The origin ; t
tit the flve ls unknown, i .
spc'iii siij.tiio.no, Dcrcatoil.
Hartford, Conn.. November 21.? f
Charlos A, Goodwln, the defoated I!e- ! t
pubjloan, pomtnee for Governor in tho i
rooent Connectlcut election, spent $10.
fM0.no durlng tho campaign, according
to hls account as tUcd with the Secre?
tary of Stale.
OkluiiO'.un Clty ( luihou.
San Antonlo, Tex., November 24.?
(iklahonia Clty was awardad tho next
iiesslon pf tho Truna-Mtsslaslnpl C'niii
merclal Congress ln 1911 :.i ibo con?
ventlon of thut organlaatlon tlils af
rornoon. ACamor<nl aession for tho
late Thomas Walah, of Colorado was
hold to-nlgiit.
Ilnlelhtr ?? in., Ciinm|(lo]iNlil|>,
[Sii.-clano The Tlmes-Dlspatch,]
Wilmliigton, n. C. November 24.-?
ln a haltle for tho Hlgh School foot?
ball ohamplonshlp of North Carollna
tho rtalelgh team hea( the wllmlnguin
eleven here thla afternoon, tlio score
beins ?; t0 "?
EXC.ISE INCOME IWCREASES
AlmoNt ^limi.OIH) V'll" ln llovenuc r??r
l.ilNt Ot'lnln't Over mon
Alhany, N, v? November 2'i.? The
revonue collected by tho State Uxciao
irstNationalBank
of RICHMOND, VA.
Your Bank and
Your Business
Are alike in thls respect: Success depends
on satisfactory service. It is the well-served
customer who brings his friends to share in
his satisfaction, and so business is built up.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK has been
built up largely by givinfe customers kindly
and intelligent service; by manifesting gen
uine interest in individual accounts and in
dividual sticcesses. We invite correspond
ence and welcome new accounts.
lOURCES OVER 1EN ILUONS.
BROAD STREET BANK
303 EAST BROAD STREET
Temponry hcition durinj c.i.i3'.ra;.u.i Jt us.v Jia :in ? '11111
Capjtal.$200,000
Surplus and undivided Profits - $110,000
W. M Habliston. Pres.; J. W. Rothert, Vicc-Pres.: Jno. G Walker. H Vica
I'res.; Andrew M <-? over. t.ashicr
PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ACCOUNTS S^LICITED
Withass?ts of over 51,70J.)J', evtry ialJCMwn: coniUtsit .vit'i ?oil
bankSTffered to it, custome,* J per cent. alicwed in sayiags dcpart
ment. ' Bank is open till euht o'clock ixiturdiy cvimn^.
lepartment In October, tho beginning
,t tho lisc.il year when llduor tax cer
lllcatea ,iro renewed, wa.i J17.-183.559.05.
'his Includes moneys recelyed liom
II souroes, such as lli|tior tax certitt
ates, all night permtts, transfors,
Ines, penalties and Intereat on de
lOSltS.
The amount collected from the same
louroea for the eorrespondlngr month.
ast year was $16,620,272.73, rnaklng a j
ict inerease thls year of $S63,26G.a'J.
FATHER OF TWINS AT 63
SHOUTS THE GOOD NEWS
Street* ?>f Xcwto'u .S<i-^-o ntn'R Wlth
Ihr TlilIllKH ?i??! !' ('nll'r:;inn
TlilnkH tt'? TIiuk*.
Boston, November 24.?Patrolman
loseph Scaver was startlcd ln -West
?:e\vton Square by the sudden outory I
if a man who had both bands ln the j
ilr and was shoutlng luntily. The j
lollceman belleved tho exclted citl- ;
:en was being pursued by thugs, j
?eached for his club and ran toward |
he ahouter. As he approaehed cliaer ;
le recognlvseil the man as William i
Vrmitdse, a resldent of the vtllage. I
"tt'luil's the matter?" naked the po- i
Iceman. !
"Nothlng's the matter." shouted
\rmitage all out of breath, "It'a Kood
iew?; 1 am sixty-three years old and !
is llne twins as you evqr, saw arrlyed j
it iu yhouao thls morning."
Tho' new arrlvals ? are a boy and aj
virl. Armitage ls the father of alx
TRIES TO FLY
WITH EAGLE WINGS;
Uountninecr / Ploim from Flttj-Fuot
L'lltY wlth nn Unibrelln Plane
Thnt tioes WrniiK.
Ashovtlle, N. O.'i November 24.?D8- J
ilai'lng that ho would teueh the woiid I
iow to tlv, ('. W. .la'mea, a Mudlson I
lountv mountnineer, twonty-.threo,,]
aHtng ?n o'd i>air of eagla wlngs mul i
i dllapldattd uinurelli1.. made his way
16 a tlftv-foot rock ellff, He wns iie
?ompanlecl i^ t'il--d? and relatlvcs.
.Iimes had lieard ? lot about ulr
jhtpa, and he told those wlth whom j
lu, was dlscusfiltiK the mibjoct that ;
ue would show them the imly orlglnal
Way to (ly. When he reached the ellff j
>n the mountain slde he bound thp |
?ario wfiigs lo hla ahaulders. Unfoid- i
Ing tho timbrella, ho stocd upon iho,
?<!;_??" of ihe rock, nreparod* J.'or the
llght, v ?' .
When .lames felt suio that every
thlng was all rit-'llt he tfave one llop
Lnd leapod Into. Ihe alr. An he .lump- j
? d Ihe unihrolla turned wronk. .slde
jiit, the eagle wlngs fallod to boar
iilm uj> and his dtiscent was aa rapid I
National Bank of Virginia
Capital, - 51,200,000
Surplus, - $ 600,000
Accounts solicited
Ninth and Main Streets
RICHMOND, VA.
With ample Capital and
Surplus and.modern facil
? cJ
ities, invites accounts or
Individuals, Firms and
Corporations.
3c/o Intercst Paid in Savings
Department
as you please. When his friends reach?
ed him .latnoa was iinconsclous anu
badly brulsed.
CltlxciiM Jlihllnnt,
Kah-le Pass. Tox? November 24.?*
Offlclals and cftlzens of Culdad Porflrlo
Dlass are lubllant to-nlKlit over encour.
aglng reports recelved there that the
revoliitiotiarv sltuatlon ls well ln hand.
Culdad Porflrlo Diaz has always been
fully prepared for tho worsf,
Last nfght Colonel fuontes, ln com?
mand ot the h'sdernl torces in tne
northern dlstrlct or Mexico, lptt Culdad
Porflrlo plaj; for Glterroro at tho head
of atiuiii 100 men.
"The ttcrase
1 hat Jack
Christmaa Money In It
See Sunday Times-Dispatch