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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

A letter received yesterday at the Re-
igious Herald office announces the death
of the Rev. Gabriel Gray, at F1ncastle, on
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Gray was well known
here, and served long and faithfully In
the Baptist ministry. He held various
charges in the State, but during the past
few years was incapacitated for active
work. His life was an useful one, and he
was much beloved by the clergy and
laity.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
MIR. Schwab Improves.

(By Associated Press3
ATLANTIC CITY. N. r.. July 29.-Pres-
;ident Schwab continues to improve and
spent to-day in light recreation. he is
taking an absolute rest from business ana
only chats with visitors On social matters
or INDUCES in joke or two He looks
quite pale
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
Paul Van Der Wort Dead.
By Associated Press.)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 2a.-Paul Van
DER Wort. past con2mander-in-chiefo of the
Grand Army of the Republic, died al
Puerto Principe Cuba. to-day Of paraly
sis of the heart. He was born in Ohio.
in 1876
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Rev. Dr.. A. e. Owen. of Berkeley, is
in the city en- route to Chesterfield coun-
ty, where he will lecture at Gills Grove
Baptist Church tonight. Thursday at
noon DR.. Owen will deliver an address
in the interest of the Anti-Saloon League
work in Chesterfield Courthouse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
I1niz hhzZx~-~1

10 continue business It is alleged that
the conversion of funds and goods by 4
former officer Of the concern orought
about the difficulty. The company mas
assets of s755,OO0. and liabilities amount
mig TO nearly $500, 900.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

The Rev. J. w. Mitchell, associate ed
itor of the Religious Herald. returned
to the city yesterday morning, after a
most successful trip through the Valley
in the interests of his paper. He left
again yesterday for the Concord Asso-
citation. which meets in Mecklenburg
county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
John Ross Dead.
by Associated Press.

WASHINGTON July 29.-John Ross. for
twelve years member of the Board of
Commissioners OF the District of Column
bia died here at an early hour this morn
ing after a lingering illness. He was born
June %. 1871, at Lewistown. Fuller coun-
ty III.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
AYOUNG CHAMPION
Fifteen-Year-O Old Boy Wins Gold Medal
at Amateur Shoot.

(By Associated Fress.i
ATLANTA. GA. July 29.-Holly Thomp-
yt.a. a fifteen-year-old boy Of Savannah,
to-day won the gold medal offered by the
Atlanta Gun Club and the amateur shoot
Ing championship of Georgia, North Car
nina. South Carolina. Florida, Tennes-
see. Virginia and Alabama. His record
wa, twenty-five straight kills. Hol1zen-
aorf. Of Waycross, tied with Thompson.
but withdrew in his favor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Do business in Richmond and live at
Henry Clay Inn. Ashland. Va. Train SER
vice unsurpassed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Train No. IS ieave,<. Richmond e:Io a. II.
With TAIN arriving Henderson 2:10 r. N and
Raleigh $3.50 P. u. daily, and Du1ham r
Trsins leave Richmond for Washington. New
yorL and the EAT dally-No 81 at d:Al 4
and No So a, sos z. Il.
H. Connections at Jacksonrille ana Tampa fo-
ali Florida East coast points and Cuba and
!:nr,n Hico: at New Orleans for all points In
Te1ss Mexico and California,
rS ssS A. i r. ~ Il o points suuss
4:o3 A.. N &C. So So from Af SorIin n.a"Sss
o'4o Petersburg and local points ~
aLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
NJ. q, and S4-Florda and hetropo,ir,,
,tr.d Pullman. Sleeping Cars between Naa1
Eh and Tampa. Vestibulted Coaches ~
A, NV 1JrA anu Washington. .iu,. ;.ryx y
W., tnryon and Jacksonville. Pullman SIeen;nc
Crs fdailyl between Jacksonville and Tsmns
90 through Drawing Room. Sleeping Cars be-
tWeen New York and Atlanta. and Cafe-Cars
h.rWren Hamlet and Atlanta and between Ham
LET and Savannah
tet Nns 81 and 6e-Sea beard Fast Mail Pullman
Drawing Room Buffet S!eeping-Cars between
Nav York and Jacksonville. connecting at Han
iat with Sleeping Car to and from Atlanta. In
Correction with which through Pullman ti-kefa
.ra nold Pullman Parlor-Cars between JacL
.onxtIie and Tampa. Finest Day Coaches
". J. MAY. City Ticket Agent
y p SMITH District Pas. Agent.
,Paors 40o- 1ooe Cart Main stcss4.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Anniversary mass was said yesterday
morning at ST. Peters Cathedral for
Bishop Becker.
diocese, is out of the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
Bay -5n g
&c E3aHtirn . re
Via C. & Q. Railway and
Old Point.
u. S. MAIL ROUTE.

Leave RICHMOND wa. Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway daily. except Sunday, at 4
p NJ, connecting at Old Point with the
superb steamers of the Old Bay Line
leaving at IT'S P. NJ. arriving Baltimore
$50 A. NJ, in time to make connection
with all trains North, East and West.
short rail ride and all night on one of the
Snest steamers in Southern waters. Re-
turning, arrive Richmond 1000 A. NJ.
daily, excert Monday.
Eor tickets and general informal ton an
NV at general offices Chesa peake and Ohio
TsilWay. Richmond Transfer Company
and zoos East Main Street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

The Rev. Calder T. WillinSham will
supply the pulpit of the G1ace-Street
Baptist Church during August. The Rev
DR.. c. S. Gardner. the pastor, will leave
Friday for Loudoun county, where he
will join his family and spend the sum
mer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
CONDITION o.
VIRGINIA |. i. |! CROPS R |. I
Bulletin issued by the Weather
Bureau.
The DROUGHT is GENERAL
Growing Crops Are Suffering in Some
nstances-Pastures Are Becom-.
ing Brown and

The climate and crop bulletin. issued
nv the United States Weather Bureau
for the week ending yesterday. IS as
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG
ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

Beginning April LIST, 1902.
Cars leave corner of Perry and Seventh
Streets. Manchester. every hour Con the
houD from & a. NJ. to ~ P. NJ
Z Cars leave Petersburg. foot OF Sycamore
Stl:et. every hour from $50 A. NJ. to
1880 P. NJ
FRIDAY. AND SUNDAY SPECIAL
EXCURSIONS.
:. 80 CentsEROuNp@ TRIF--S0 Cents
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
THE GLEBE scHooLFoR BOYS.

This school. Of which Junius E. Leigh
I is head master. viii be located at No.
40. West Grace Street. The school will
open September 18th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
Remarks About Richmond.

Newport News Times Herald: The
flow from the Gasser before grand iurt
investigating the Richmond municipal
scandal seems better adapted to heatins
than illuminat ting purposes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Portsmouth Star: You can't lose Rich
mond when public pap is concerned. Right
on the heels of the penitentiary enlarge
ment she springs an aldermanic scandal
large enough to fill all the cells in the
penitentiary addition.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
MERCHANTS AND MINERS
Transportation Co.
STEAMSHIP LINE.
Direct Route to
Boston, Mass, and Providence, 81.

Steamers leave Norfolk for Boston Tues
day, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. For
day at 8 P. NJ. Accommodations and Gull
sine unsurpassed. Passengers and freight
taken for all New England points. TICK
cts on sale at c. g. O.. and n. &: w. Rail-
way Offices AMI no. SCI East Main Street.,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
Dr.. wv. H. Whitsett. OF Richmond

DR.. W. H. Whitsett, Of Richmond Col
lege, is attending to Concord Association,
which meets in Mecklenburg county.
Mr.. r. II. Sadler, of the Religious
Herald. is at the James River Association
in Buckingham county.
Rev e. Parker Richardson. of Louisa
county, who is we'll known in this city,
is in Richmond for several days. He is
stopping with friends on Twenty-seventh
Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Selma (Aa.) Times: Richmond's way
of settling troublesome strike was sim
pie. sensible and effective; and, what is
better. Richmond took out no letters
patent on it. The plan is open to any
city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 20, 1902.
LEAVE AND ARRIVE FOURTEENTH
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Rev Geprge Booker, formerly of this
city. but now one of the Methodist min
listers of Petersburg, was a caller at the
Christian Advocate Office yesterday morn
ing
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Newport News is to be pitied. Rich
mond has a bribery scandal and We've
got a Sunda y-closing tight. It's safe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

Newport News Times Herald: The
Richmond case is worse than most others
because it has become part of its very
official life, not necessarily SO corrupt
in many ways as lazy, good atured and
unsound We do not believe for mo-
ment that there is anything corrupt with
its judicial system. but there is lati-
tude in selecting jurors. who are good
fellows" and need the money that
ought to be wiped of the face of the
earth. The Richmond papers are acting
most commendably, but there is more
that can be told if they are disposed.
Newport News is to be pided Rich
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-30

SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JUNE 8, 1902.
TRAINS LEAVE RlCHHOHD-Bi ED-STREEr
STATION.
Evening star., 1902-03-28
HUSTLING THE BRITISH
WORKMEN TAUGHT TO QUAD
RUPLE THEIR WORK.
Bricklayers Raised the Limit From
400 to 1900 Bricks a Day-How
It Was Accomplished.

United States Consul Mcfarland sends to
the State Department from Nottingham,
England, an article in the Nottingham
Guardian relating to the construction of the
Westinghouse electric works at Manches-
ter in which questions are involved which
affect the entire Industrial situation of
Great Britain. The article In part, follows:
The recent achievement of the British
Westinghouse Company at Manchester has
caused heartsearching In the building and
electric trades. 1t is now little more than
two years since the Westinghouse Company
decided to establish works for the manu-
facture of electrical apparatus in this coun-
try. The works are designed on a magnifi-
cent scale, but the most remarkable thing
about them is the way in which the build
ing has been accomplished. One hundred
and thirty acres of ground are covered by
the various buildings, and 10000, 900 bricks
had to be laid. When the work was begun
in the spring of 1901, 1t was estimated by
British builders that the building operations
alone, quite apart from the Installation OF
machinery. would occupy several years, and
estimates In work of this kind proverbially
take an optimistic view not borne out by
subsequent events. The Westinghouse Com
pany, however. had no mind to waste time
and their shareholders money on lengthy
preliminaries. They engaged Mr.. James C..
Stewart, a contractor OF st. Louis, Pitts
burg and New Orleans, as building man.
ager: and Mr.. Stewart. with half q dozen
Evening star., 1902-03-28

fingers ends; it is possible that. from a
technical point Of view, he has nothing
more to learn. At the same time, it is
important for this great new industry that
he should familiarize himself with these
methods. different from our own,' since
they produce results which do not seem to
be within the reach Of any methods at pres
ent known to British business men. The
manufacture Of electric apparatus in these
buildings will be carried on on new lines,
though successfully tried in the United
States. The enterprise Is one of the first
stages on our return journey to that front
place in the industrial world which we have
temporarily lost. A frank avowal that our
methods are capable Of improvement and
must be greatly altered and improved is the
first necessity"
An Explanation.
In commenting upon this the Guardian
says, editorially:
eff 1t is fact that bricklayers can lay
1900 bricks per day. but that they persist
entity refuse to lay more than $50 or 400,
We cannot be surprised that the cost of
building has Increased so much within re-
cent years. and that 1t has become so DIFF
f1cult to get building work done within a
reasonable time. II It be true that the
'go-easy' principle is carried to this length
in the building trade we may safely as
sumo that 1t exists in other industries, and
we have an explanation at once OF the rea-
son why British products are being ousted
from the markets by the products Of Ger
many and America. 1t is only fair to wait to
see what there to be said on the other side;
but the article on the erection OF the Brit
fish Westinghouse works constitutes dam
and It ought to be answered, IL an answer
be possible"
Evening star., 1902-03-28
The Sultan's Dressing Table.
rom the London Express.

foM tAe Lonoen Express.
The wonders of the Arabian Nights"
live again in three large halls which COM
pose the great treasury of the Sultan OF
Turkey. Priceless Jewels CLEAN on every
side. rare and costly curios. coins from all
lands. and furniture studded with precious
stones. 1t is very rarely that any but royal
eyes are permitted to look upon the mag
nificence. At the entrance of the first hall
stands a throne. which was captured from
the Persians: 1t is nearly covered with
pearls and precious stones. An enormous
emerald adorns the center Of another Jewell
studded throne. A dressing table studded
all over with pearls Is among the furniture.
In this room ID also a marvellous collection
of gold and silver cups, plates and dishes.
Jeweled daggers and knives. suits OF armor
and cases containing hundreds of necklaces.
brooches and rings. In the midst OF ell this
epiendor. ancient and modern are very up-
to-date dressing bags. cameras. telescopes
and even case Of raIors, all with fine sill
yer mountings, but seeming rather out OF
place among such regal surroundings, Gold
and silver ornaments and br3c-a-brao are
some OF the contents OF the second hall, tu-
cluding a collection OF quaint little tcya
made Of precious metals and stones care<
fully arranged.
Evening star., 1902-03-28
WILL RENT UMBRELLAS.
Scheme Of Concern That Proposes to
Establish Stations Everywhere.

From the New York Sun.
An umbreila-renting company with an au-
thorized capital OF $1,000. 600 has begun
business in this city with eighty stands or
stations in drug stores. cigar stores, shoe
stores and barber shops, with view to
circulate umbrellas throughout the whole
country In time.
The company stocks up a stand with UNI
breIlas and checks The checks are of
aluminium and are good only for the current
year. With them is a pocket directory full
Of the addresses Of the stands, general in
formation and advertisements
The check is sold by the standkeeper for
81 and entities the holder to an umbrella at
any time he produces it at any stand in the
country. but he must give up the check
when he takes the umbrella. He may start
at Harlem in clear weather, meet a shower
at 14th street and on leaving the car can Sc
cure an umbrella anywhere within a block
by delivering up his check.
Il the wind smashes the umbrella or a rib
gives way he can take 1t to the nearest
stand and get a new one. When the shower
clears up he can go to the nearest stand
and exchange his umbrella for one Of the
company's checks, which he can carry
around in his pocket. The checks and um-
brellas bear no distinguishing numbers but
are rather obscurely marked with the name
1t may be asked how the umbrella renter
can expect to make any money from such a
transaction. Lapses through loss OF checks
and thefts Of umbrellas Will be large fac
tor OF profit It win manufacture umbrellas
for 65 or 70 cents which would retail ordi-
narily for over dollar. The stand owners
win get about 10 per cent for making the
charges and get the benedt Of additional
trade drawn by the renting plan.
Quite naturally the new scheme ts op-
posed By umbrella manufacturers and deaf
era. but the renting company will manufac-
ture for itself and keep out Of the open
market - much a. possible. The form OF
Evening star., 1902-03-28
WHAT AN ICE GORGE DOES
How 1t Accumulates Power That
Sweeps Everything Before It.

From the Utica Observer.
Have you ever seen an Ice gorge? Not
merely little jam of ice in some small
stream, but a genuine gorge that damned
up a mighty river and sent the water
abroad over thousands of acres of countrye
No! Well, then, you have missed one of
the most awe-inspiring sights in all nature.
1T Is not possible to describe an ice Jam so
that those who have never seen one will
know just exactly what ii means Almost
every one has seen great cakes of ice go
floating down stream as placidly as pleas
ure boats In some places 1t is considered
rare sport to get a fOothod on big cake
OF ice and float till the CLASSY platform ap-
pr0aches near enough to land to make a
long leap and end the ride. After mar
ticuIdrly hard winter like the present one
these ice cakes are from twenty inches TO
TWO feet in thickness, and sometimes they
are as large as the floor of a good sized
hall
Occasionally they will float for DAYS with
out lodging or breaking up. In such cases
they become porous and rotten and when
they lodge they grind up rapidly and do
little harm. But when the upper waters
or river rise rapidly and the ice breaks
up toward the source before II goes miles
down toward the mouth of the river. then
there Is danger of a jam. The great cakes
go whirLng down till they strike the firm
Ice that has not yet given way. and i'm
mediately they lose their placid charac cter
and turn into fearful elements of destruc-
ton They are swept under by the resist
less water. and turn and plunge. and snap
and grind against each other with a roar
that IS distressing, and constant rattle
ike the discharge Of musketry There is
no let up in the quantity of material of
which the great dam is forming-every in
stant ii comes sweeping down on the wa
ter. and is pushed hammered. wedged and
ground into the dam that the elements
are forming across the river.
Back Of II is that tremendous force that
cannot be realized by computing horse
power. Each instant the power becomes
greater. for the water is increasing in depth
and the weight of miles of the flood is add
ed in a few minutes. More of the ice cakes
come pouring in, and sometimes they snap
and fly fifteen twenty feet over the
crest Of the dam and lodge down below on
the ragged apron, where millions of pieces
OF glistening ice, broken into all sorts of
shapes. are now wedged into the barrier
1T is not a water-tight dam, and great
streams Of seepage burst through IN many
places like the outflow from scores of
mammoth hose. Foot by foot the dam
the wall may be built UP fifty or sixty feet
high. This may only happen where the
shores are abrupt and high, for in local.
tiles where there is level land along the
shores the water soon reaches a point
where the wall Of ice turns the river from
its course and sends II away across the
country TO cause damage to farms and
towns.
Evening star., 1902-03-28

young assistants from the other side Of the
water and 1858 British workmen achieved
what every onlooker, prophet or critic
would have dismissed from serious consid-
Grafton as an absolute impossibility He
established an average of 1890 bricks per
man In a nine-hour day, with a maximum
OF 2.oo0 bricks per day for me plainest
work.
How It Was Done.
How was 1t done? is the question which
at once arises. 1t is certain that Mr.. Stew
art left no legitimate device untried, and
no less certain that he had every detail of
work absolutely under his control. Daily
reports from all the foremen and subfore-
men were handed in to him. and men who
were not up to the work were not kept on
During the third week OF operations, the
average had risen to 900 bricks per man per
day. and by the continuous process Of
wedding out the idle and useless. the hiel,
standard of 1890 bricks was gradually APP
preached. The trades union did not allow
the new methods to proceed in silence,
and once or twice it looked as II trouble
might be In the air. In every case how
having recourse to unpleasant proceedings.
Managers and delegates met amicabiy
enough; and the officials Of the company,
with that strength Of purpose and energy
the want Of which in the British employer
of the last two generations has been 30 de-
plorable, made 1t perfectly clear that while
they would pay their workmen not only
the standard union wage, but an even
higher wage than the union required-11d.
(22 cents) an hour instead of 1Od Go cents)
they meant to manage their own business
and would not brook Interference from out
stders. II these terms were not acceptable,
means would be found of dispensing WITH
the good Offices of the union and its mem-
,bers. The result was peace with honor.
The Normal Days Work.
This remarkable feat is all the more In.
terestdng that It comes at q critical mo-
ment In our industrial history, when the
bricklaying capacity of the British work
men Is being most unfavorably contrastet
with the capacity OF workmen In othel
countries. and furnishes the original pre-
Evening star., 1902-03-28

the checks will be changed from year to
year on the LIST day of January, so as to
make ii everybody's business to have one of
the umbrellas in hand at the close of the
season, because he cannot get one with hIs
old check after December 81.
The company originated in Boston and
was operated successfully there. An ex-
change is being established in Chicago now
and Manhattan borough is fairly well COW
cred between Wall street and Union Square
by eighty stands, with fifty applications ur-
filled and 500 in contemplation. 1t is pro-
posed. to establish service in every large
city in this country and an agent has been
sent to London to see what he can do there
1t is contemplated to meet the wants of
travellers by making the umbrella checks
good in any city In the grand circuit
Evening star., 1902-03-28

mise from which a logical. If depressing,
chain of arguments deduces the approach
ing decline of the empire. A writer In the
Times Of November last placed the recog-
nized limit for dwelling houses. shops and
business premises built by private con-
tractor at 400 bricks per man per day: the
quoted much lower--:3s330v bricks per nine
hour day. This computation was not al
lowed to pass unehahengsd. but careful In
quiries establish. the fact that the number
less than 1t was twrlvelt fifteen years ago,
though rather greaterqthan two or three
years ago. 81
No wasting5of Time.
"At the Westinghouse works there was
no wasting Of time, no .Ioaflng, smoking or
gossiping. neither was there any bullying or
marrying OF the workmen. Mr.. Stewart OBJ
tained with British labor results that are
absolutely unique an the records Of British
industry. The methodsIwere characterized
by dash and energy unfortunately not
But what has been done can and will be
done again. At least.- we nave positive
proof that there is in the British workman
that stun that will successfully build up a
and adequately supervised. The great build
tngs are completed the, work for which
they have been provided remains to be done.
While the building was going on number
oL young brltlsn engineers IN TIE employ oI
the company were sent to the machine
shops at Pittsburg for further training. A
leading northern daily waves away with
scorn the damaging and humiliattng In
ference that British engineers have any
need to learn in the United States, and pre-
fers to suppose that these men have been
sent out in order to familtarize themselves
with the 'pecuiiarities Of American machine
shop practice and with methods and tdeas
which. IL not bettefxthan our own, are dif-
ferent and have to be studied on the spot
A Damaging Inference.
'The inference may be damaging; it Is
nevertheless one which. with the premises
before US. we can hardly fail to draw. The
British engineer may have his trade at his