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Jlu?lam? Offtce.>.? B. Main Sin?u 'toulh Richmond.1020 Hull Slre?L ir?ttrtburg Llureau... .!t"9 N. Sycamore Street. lt.rocr-.butg Iturcau.Ki Eighth Street. BT MAIL. Otiu Six Three Ono rOSTVtQE I\AXD Ytar Mo?. Mo?. Mo ?Daily with Sundny.IS.CO |1.U .55 IXJally without Sunday_t.OO 2.0V 1.00 .Xj Wuoday e?:tlon only. 2 00 l.CO .60 .2: tyVttkly (Wednesday). 10v .M .It ... By TIme?-D!?patch C?rrtei nellvery Per ?t?r?burg? One Week X>elly with Sunday. It Cent? Jj'.ly without Sunday. 10 cent* fcuuday ocly . ' cams Entered January 77. MM, at Richmond. ,Vi . B? ?econd-cla?? matter under act of <"ongrc?? of March 4. !S7a THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 15 OVH I > SAI L II Ml.tin Mis. The annual report of the British card >?! Tiade upon the accidents on allroud.8 In the United Kingdom, ?hiich lias just been published, when ami*3red with the rctijfris <f our tllways to the Interstate Commerce ommisslbn, affords an lllumihiitlng mparlf ..i of the hazards of travel led and 40S Injured in Great Britain t year from mishap to trains or Hrig stock and only ninety-two met Ir death and 7 were Injured by ?Idonis arising front other cri'ust-s, esenger was Killed on British Mil ? c injured in every 5Sc.OO0 Journeys. : ! ?>?. s were killed and 115 injured ?ni wrecks or other accidents to ? icr causes only 3S5 railway wage ?f these unforl tri -:? s. ^t-rs. Of the total nuhtber in* rcspassers ar.d 126.03i were era buririg the fiscal year t'?ll .?as one emp'.oye killed to every rployed and one employe lh -i every thirteen employ? ?acting transportation upon Brit liroavis is somewhat different hat ;r. this country. The dls tssehg'ers In the '?.':..?.?. 1 Stalest Ii :e.st Britain every safeguard to lif required and enforced. L'ntil re r.t years, the railroads in this con:: y have been unregulated so far as fety devices are concerned. During .'? past decade tills phase of thi importation problem has been re living an increasing amount of at ntlon H is to bu hoped * that public ;<lnion will Anally be aroused to sucl j ? !.-.?. us to demand saifety rcgula 6hs Which will r endet Impossible lh resent Unpardonable con-illtloris al aching to travel arid employment oi \ DEMOCIt ATJI DAX GEH SIGNAL lilt <", ? i j r'-. r, il.o Li glslature, two !:? ; Democrats. It does not mean that t) lar revolt from It tin HI tlni will !:.. vl'lublv Jbl De.nr gri s? themselves tribute to lh nc-ef ?sary men pBlgn has hot people, frorr, v Th e ? ? ? II If lh< ; thilr go' the pow shatter the redoubts of tho opposition and drive the hosts of privilege, pro? tection and plundei from tho citadel of goverumi lit; j l NW.Vltlt.WI i:t> IMTEHPltBTATIOX. A headline over a Dundee special ! cables tarn, y.^ing a syllabus of an ad? dress on "Antarctic Discovery." deliv? er. : before a section of the British Association by S : Giemi uts K. Markant, pi sldeht of the Royal Geographical Society. reads: "British Sneer at Amundsen." It is not like Sir Clem? ents, who Is one Of the most distin ? 1 tin achievements of .diu is. und tho, contents oi th- report fail to disclose anything Justifying the in.idllue. except through a strained interpretation ot the speaker's statement that he was i ? ? Dr. Mawson and Captain Filchuer; the| sportsman spirit than that ot other. At thi last ho stole it march o: 1. when their l< ad. . trllutii human kn?wh = ? ns eompar? : ? ? he three expeditions Amundsen lc Antarctica contemplate thoroujj graphical and geological survc iprehenslve study of meteorol?glc magnetic conditions and ; iienomet tile collectlih ot all possible da ring upon physical science al?r >r respective routes. A:-, especi .,? ..; Dr. Muwson is to demonstra lgricultural and flipping Interests o Australia and other British poss, bs1< n n that quarter of the world. A par urular object of Captain Sott is t> .?erlfy, it capable of verification, th onvictlon of Lieutenant Shaekletor ,vho penetrated to a point almost 1: .. ;.t ? '. thi pole, that rich and work imineral despostts, notably coa ? be th. liffl .iti. > of utilising ?:? : o! Its, '? -?? ; ting them out and v.. sat I ? what they may. man's ? spirit of dei.ance of natural ob- j es. t" tay nothing of hts avarice.: ?flay .ill difficulties low." Arid I.e.?- it may be remarked that ?ledge of the general geological ation of Antarctica affords the reasons for supposing that re to be a mineral trcasuro hous-i have been vindicate 1 by cxperi In the case of the Arctic areas, in natter of vast available and paying ral horizons?contributions to the d's econotrjlc wealth. An especial .?sc of Fiii hner'a expedition we tot remember having seen an oed, hut the purpose as a whole Is :ar to U.at of the two other Ant? ic enterprises?broadly speaking, itlfld and commercial. this connection It may also ba irked that there is some parallel ??en the Amundsen and the Peary hes" In thc-Ir relations to the "more )us science," more deliberate und ir In previous ventures, represented a- Amundsen's triumph, as It '0*\ ? : of th endurance u will and man's confidence ?fortitude. But the nn ri - useful results, are not com th?si s< i:.-.j by some other lorets, either In Interest or n ward, as ait.-, ting human ? 1 "I !??>/.! I II If, |.| v Ui ilAl i ? v.. played -mmle" Wl dk In An?,; it whethei pleasantly r.t. the White, House, but he Is not moved from conviction by that. He ttays: "While I nm a baseball player and 1 can talit baseball, I am not fooling myself into thinking that I know any? thing about the other game. "I have met all throe of the candi? dates and there Is no finer man than Mr. Tatt. It looks to me though that neither he nor Mr. Uooscvelt has any chance. Everywhere I go the people 1 meet are talking Wilson ami ho looks to me like a sure winner. "I dm Just sizing things up from the bleachers and I do not pretend that my Judgment is worth a cent. ill around Detroit and in Washington and Chicago, it look: to mi' like Wilson is way In the lead. It looks as If hi was Sure ti> carry Michigan. Ho is a line man and he talks straight! ''.fudging from what he has done in Jersey, he acts straight, too. and he I looks to me like he will make a gri it President." That opinion is worth something, for Ty Cobb comes Into contact w Ith all I litsSeS of people In various cities and States, travels around a great deal and is In the confidence of some of this shrewdest politicians in the country. More than that, the famous Georgian is gome hitter and when he hits he hits right. TUR POIX1 Tljn ".IREMS." Milch public complaint h:is been ? unhealthy condition of the James River because of Its unnecessary pollution by factor!.^, but such protests are be iated; If there had been as many pro t.?stations of indignation r.t the last ? might have been made to see the necessity for legislation to prevent stich river pollution. As It was. as soon .is the bill to effect such preven? tion came up, the lobbyists and law? yers of the corporations polluting the river touched the measure with their flne Italian hands, and no man wist how deep it was burled. the Buchanan News pictures th<? his torle glories of the .Tames, noting that "the men reared along Its banks have always referred to it as the noble Jeem? and the women Fay the lovely J, ? th? " Tel such reference were not Justified In the last decade, for "t^e inky black polluting fluid"' has made the river both Ignoble and unlovely. The News goes o:t to s.v. : The present appearance cif this once beautiful river no longer appeals to the emotions, except it be to almost curs* the law that allows for pecuniary gain tho preference over the best tra? il.?. iha of a .State and her people. For woe to the day that a people become HO fond of money that nature's beau? ties are no longer appreciated. The pollution of the river can be stopped, ar.rl efforts should be started right now. and before politics can be In ?? led into tho fight. The r'.ver be? longs to all the people, ar.d while busi? ness la desirable, the price of the arti? cle must bo fair. Nature's laws can't lie violated except at a prohibitive Why do not the sufferers from river pollution begin efforts to stop it now. i a suggested by the News? Is there no remedy at the hands of the courts in spccitle cisei? Is such pollution not a common nuisance, wrongfully in Jurlns the common property of the people? is there no way by which the' eyll can be attacked in the long inter- , val before legislative action can be ' secured? If there is not. then tho peo- ; ; le in the counties complainant had better send to the next General As? sembly representatives who will do , the will of the people and not of the I corporations. A "wonderful cavern and waterfall"' have been discovered in the mountains! about ten miles southeast of Beritnn vllle, according to tho correspondent of the Warren Sentinel at that placs. i The fails aro several hundred feet high, with a single drop of sixty f eet i or more, below which is a beautiful] plateau c overed with ferns, white j grapes, Improved goosberrlcs and rare | plants not indigenous to the section,] ? Indicating that tii0 caverns or vicinity ad at some remote time been in-; habited." A number of Indian relics were found as well as Carvings in stone. Tlie cilVern has not yet been explored. Don't know anything about it, but bet there's a moonshino st!ll pretty cl03e around. Martha Washington's recipe f-.i brahdied pears has Just been found. Here It Is: Ye pears shoulde be very freshc. Washi and put yhem into boyllng lye for an minute. Remove and put yhem Into (old water. N'extu put yd fruit into a prepared Sirupe e.f augur and Watet I'.-., tin ha.lt pound of sugar for evcrld pound of ye fruit; water to dissolve. Now cooko for an Quarter of an hour. Remove and put on plates to cool. Boyle alrtipe dowit to one half Its original quantltie. put str ip, and pears Into Jars and add brandy. Seal wlillc b?te. Notice that she never said how much ! randy she put in. Phlladi jpltiu women are <::-.tollin^ to society sisters tho virtues of n steady, diet Of carrots, which, they say. Is porialbio for tii'.ir Improved com ? Topcka iiiea if buying Roman s by tho ton and setting tlieni Off ga to drive the sparrows from trees must be pleasing to tne ? Nathan, president of the Con? s' League, says that when y?? c American Hag floating over a . : hotel It means only iii.it ? an cocktails are sold there. Now now why Americans abroad aie s so glad to see Old Glory. j _I On the Spur of the Moment. By Roy K. Mouhon. When the World Dnin End. Lillian Russell will still bu giving ? out beauty hints. Captain Hobson will he trying to pull, oft :i war with Japan. Ther? will soon be English sUffra gets In jail. Harry Thaw will be trying to get out of the' asylum. Souo- hundreds of vaudeville persons will still bo singing -Silver Threads Somebody will !?<> trying to Invent 0 , nottpuncturcnblu automobile tire. According n> l nele Ahner? Every .feller Is dead set agin" the' automobile until somebody Invites him i to go ridln' In one. Perhaps, somtday, some hero will Invent a turn down collar thai a tel? ler it In put on without breaking seven j or eight of the commandments. There Is never a shortage In the! crop of wild oats. When a doctor gets sick, he is the] sickest man in tho whole community! and the hardest to handle. Elmer Splnks asked Ahse Frlsby if; be killed a feller very often with bis, oatrhobllo and Anso said: "No, only There arc lots of jobs that have got! it all over that of solderln' a tin roof In the summer time. The feller who Invented the Derby! hat must have been In cahoot with1 some feller who manufactured a hulrj '1 lu- Olil Fashioned Cautpulrtn. There used to be fun in the olden days When they had the real live cam? paign; When the boy? wore ihe oil cloth uni? forms And marched In the pouring rain. When they carried the torches and gay flambeaux And moved tr. a mighty line; When the red fire burned for miles and miles Down town when the nights wer? fine. They marched In true military style As though they were bound for war. And nine out of ten didn't really It now Just what they were marching for. They wore all the trappings of cui? rassiers With plumes In their bright tin hats. One night they would march as He P . licans And the next night as Democrats. : The old brass band and the flf.j and drum Made noises by night and day. And the wives and sweethearts stood on the curb To cheer them upon their way. The torches dripped plenty of kero? sene Ar.d clothing went up In flame. But nobody faltered or seemed to care For that was all In the game. They scrambled for seats In the old town hall When torches had all been stacked. ' There wasn't n night through the whole campaign But what the bid place was packed. Th< speaker would wave the old stars; and stripes As it was never waved before. The crowd would whistle and stamp and yell And the country was "saved" once i The tori lies are gor.?, to be seen no more. The uniforms are passe, The candidates use only adjectives And w'ago a forensic fray. Alas and alack for the good old times; For the dizzy tiam-.eaux campaign That has gone with the garbage of? history And will never return again. Things ?o Think About. Last winter's snow shovel makes n handy little fly swatter. Any lady can make a very stylish! summer hat out of a second-hand | wire toaster, and a couple of yards of' baby ribbon. j There are very few actors In this country who do not own fur-trimmed overcoats. There Isn't a poet In America who: knows how to run an automobile. j The richest man In the United States can't eat a piece of beefsteak j or a buckwheat eake. Voice of the People Notable Southern Engineers. To the Editor of The Times- Dispatch: Sir,?An article In the New York Times of J Uly -1st. giving a sketch of the three Fink brothers, recalls the days of railroad construction back In 1857. wheh tin- country began to turn In earnest from canal and highway con? struction to railroad building, with which these brothers wero closely connected. Tho great engineers of that date, south of Mason and Dlxon line, w.re Colonel Andrew Tolcott, BcnJ. II.' In trobe, Chns. 15 Fistt, <:has. EHett. Colonel Claudius Crozet, Colonel ?.'. F. M, darnett ind Colonel Walter Gwynh, COlon'el Talcott and Mr. I.atrobe were graduates of West Point; Colonel Croze t had belonged to Napoleon's Grand Army. Following those great leaders came Gent rai wm. Mariohp. General Isaac R. Trimble, General R. E. Bodes, Henry j D. Whltcomb, Mr. Loralno. Colonel Sam Harris.". Geb. MCLe?d, James L Ran? dolph, Chas. !'. Manning. Wm. H. I Ahe Martin Wnrd w.i? received here t'day o' th death of Miss TabRhn Moon, s.h? wuz n won* ? I il ; ? iker, a great organizer an .. air cook. Thor's loo many folks buyln' tires on Inner tube salaries. THE MAN WHO HAS THE MONEY TO BUY AUTOMOBILES THESE DAYS. By John T. McCutcheon, ('?'?r>ri".i<MI iflSi ?>? John T. HaCMtohton i Kuper. Color.il BenJ. Jones. Albert Fink. General .1 M. St. .lohn. Henry Fink, colonel Altred U Rives, has. G. Talcott. Co'.ontl T. M. 1'.. Talcott, Major E. T. D. Myers, Rudolph Fink. Major Ro. H. Temple, Major Peyton Randolph, John McLeod. Colonel John G. Clark. Chas. 11. Latrobe. Kb, II. Fltzhugh, Colonel Richard Morton. John M. Kohlnson. .Major John W, Law son. C Shaler Smith. Frederick II. Smith. Claiming M. Boiton. Major Con- J way R; Howard. Captain John O. Meerh, Edward Shephard. Captain Lawrence M. Dade. Captain Henry M. Fltzhugh. Richard and Otorg? Talcott and W. M. S. Dunn. The writer knew person? ally, nil of those men. and was at some time asso;latcd professionally ?with nearly every one of them. But few are living of this long list of distinguished engineers. Generals Manor... Rodes, Tr'mble and St. John Kkamo distinguished general oflieer.s of the C. S. A.. 1 se 1 and many of the others named, served with distinction in that army. If I remember correctls*. Albert Fink began his career In this country with BenJ. II. Latroho In building the Balti? more and Ohio Railroad and Its ex? tensions. He afterwards became chief engineer, general manager, and presi? dent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, president of the Louisville Bridge Company and commissioner of tho Southern Railway and Steamship Association. Ho designed nnd built some of tho great bridges of the country, and was the originator of the Fink Truss Bridge. To show tho changes which have taken place in railway construction in a few years, the writer was engaged in 1S07-S in constructing the "Short Line Railway" between Louisville and Cincinnal with General St. John as chief engineer. It became necessary to billige the Ohio River between New? port nnd Cincinnati to connect with the Pennsylvania Railroad System, and the important Question of length of span had to 'bo decided. The coal barge Interests on the Ohio River opposed strenuously the bridging of the Ohio, claiming In? terference with navigation, and the Question was thoroughly discussed before submitting 'nn plans for the approval of the War Department. Mr. Albert Kink, then the authority on bridgo construction in this country, was appealed to?to say what was the greatest length of span for a single track truss bridgo practicable. After careful consideration he wrote to his friend. Genernl St. John, chief engineer, saying: "That 300 feet was tin: maximum lungth for a truss bridge, and one of greatest length would fall of its own weight." Think what has been done since that date. The writer built two spans of f>07 feet each', over the Susquchanna Rlvor; one a ??through"?tlic other a "deck" span, and many others have been construct? ed. I do not refer to suspension, or to canter lev, r bridgos. Mr, Albert Fink was not only a great engineer, 'out one of the pioneers in the solution of the Intricate trafflo problems of this coun? try. Mr. Henry Fink Joined General Wm. Mahone soon alter coming to tills ooyii. try. In tho construction of tho Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad?his first work, if 1 remember correctly, boi.irr tile construction of tho bridge over the Elisabeth River which carried tho read into Norfolk. General Mahone was chief engineer, and although bis experience to that date as a constructing engineer (lie graduated at the Virginia Military Institute of Lexington), had been limit? ed to lh,, const ruction of the "Bruns? wick Plank Road," for highway tisi s. ho showed marked ability. The Nor? folk and Petersburg Railroad was ad? mirably located, and has one of the longest straight lines in this country, and was on,- of tile best 'built railroads Of that peril"!. Afterwards the N. A l\, The South Side nnd the. Virginia and T^nnessbe Railroads, forming a lino from Nor? folk, Va . to Bristol. Tenn., were con I solldated as the Atlantic Mlstiuslppl^ and Ohio P.atlrond; General Manor, e becoming president. Mr, Htnry Fink, turns, always with creiijt .o himself u:iO the Interest he represented. The Norfolk ami Western Railroad, the successor of the, Atlantic Miss's s'i-pi and Ohio RallroiLd, much extoi:d-| td and added to, and now one "t the! ureat coal carriers of tto country, and , one of the prosperous .a'lw-aya of the | country, owes Its succ.js more to .Mr. | Henry rink than :o nny othe.' oh?j| man. Mr. Rudolph Fink, the youngest of] Ihe brothers, and the only cue- living, has served with distinction, in the rdl. way world since early youth. lie will. | If ho should see thi3 artlcl.\ r ><? t) the days tf long ago. The wtitet ndc ] net met him In many y:ars. The work of these eugirieurt. monu- \ merts to tht-lr skill arid industry, w K be found In almost every section of! the country. The Baltimore anil Ohio Railroad re. \ preuenta (ho skill of thai grtat engl hi er. Benj. H. Latrobei. The Chesapeake an,I Ohio and the James River and Katiawhd Canals now almost In disuse, the work of Messrs Plak, Colonel (iwyno, Loralne and Oihera 'j he first high grade railroad of the country, for general traffic waj built 1 > ' has. Ellett over tho Blue Ridge Mountains at Rock Fl.ih flap. Vir? ginia, and operated '01 a long poiind of time by special engines designed by Mr. Ellett and built by the Tredt ? gar Company at Richmond, Virginia. The Rock Fish ."lap tunnel and tfti Blue Ridge Railroad. luMl by the Stall of Virginia; was the. work of Cc: ?ni I Crozet. The Chcsapeako and Ohio Railway represents the work of that modes; gentleman and dlslingu'shed engineer. Henry 1). Whltcomb, who had associat? ed with him Mess.-s. Kupt-r, Conway R Howard. Peyton Randolph. R?. II. Temple, c. M. Boltt.i, w. M. s. Dunn, Richard Tnlcott and others. The Richmond and Danville Railroad, the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, the Vera Cruz and City of Mexico Railway, represents the skill of that great engi? neer, Colonel Andrew Tnlcott and his distinguished sons, Chas. O. Tnlcott and Colonel T. M. K. Talcott. Tho Piedmont Railroad (Danville to Greensboro), The York itlver Railroad (RtOhmond to West Point. Virginia), and the. extension and ro-bulldlng of the Richmond-Frederlckaburg and Po? tomac Railroad, represents a part of tho work of that skillful engineer. Mnjor E. T. I). Myers. Tho Georgia Paclllc Railroad, (At? lanta to Birmingham), represents a part of the great work of Ro. H. Temple. Tbu great "Cabin John Arch.'' tak? ing tho water from the Great Fulls of the Potomac Into Washington, l .. <\. was tho work of that distinguished engineer, Colonel Alfred I,. Rives. Tho St. Charles Bridge and the hlerli bridge- over the Kentucky River on the line of the Kentucky Central Rail? road, represents a small part of the great work done by C. Shaler Smith and his brother. Frederick H. Smith. . Many of theso gentlemen became distinguished as presidents, chief engi? neers, and operating managers of the largest railway system of the country. To Colonol T. M. R. Talcott Is due the credit for making possible thu or? ganization which finally resulted In tho great Southern Railway syst.-in. When reorganized and placed under the management of that skillful engi? neer and railway operator, the late Samuel Spencer. It was greatly added to und Improved, and has taken its place as one of the most Important, links between the North and the South, To the iiist seven grant engineers mentioned, the profession and the country owe a debt of lasting grati? tude. They were tin- originators Of great work. They had no pre, edonts, bilt marked the way gtlidoil only by tho genius of their own groat minds, where others of a later date liavo foi I think, of ratlwa railway . with "'s the ?hol.) Vying man lowed. They were tho practical fathers of the profession. 1 shall hot attempt to describe ail the work done by these great engi? neers and those who followed them. The task of recalling associations of a period long past, and to set forth rny appreciation of men distinguished for high professional attainments ar.d character above reproach, was sug? gested by The Time s article on the life and achievements of the Fink brothers, whom I knew and greatly admired. It has been a pleasing one to me. [ hope it may interest my readers. T. 1". DIXGLAT. New York. QUERIES & ANSWERS lllg Snow. Please give tho date of the great snow In the lute nineties. K. C. T. The snow began at 3:30 P. M.. Febru? ary 11. lS'jS. and stopped at ?:30 P. M., February 13. Setback. In setback, my wife Is six, I am five; my daughter bids and my wife makes "game." and I "high" and "jack." Whcj goes out? A. S BROWN. You do. your two counting beforo the ladle's one. Chickens of High Degree. How may I have somo tine chickens registered, and where? D. P. E. There Is no arrangement yet for suth registration, It will possibly come with tile growing interest in llnu strains. Forty- Two Years of Service Since 1870 this institution has been rendering efficient banking service, and the ex? perience gained during its forty-two years, together witlt the unexcelled facilities which the bank will provide in its new quarters, is of ines? timable value to individuals, firms and corporations carry? ing accounts with it. Small as well as large de? posits, both checking and szving>, are invited. STAt E S U P? RV j SI O N