davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Transportation.

TERMS OF ROCK ISLAND DEAL.
Tho long-rumored deal between the
Rock Island and Frisco Railroad sys-
TENS was announced officially at New
York Monday. In tho form OF circular
to stockholders of the latter company Is.
sued by j, p. Morgan & Co. on behalf OF
the former. 1t offers for each 500 share
OF Frisco 500 per value in Rock Island
5 per cent bonds and 90 par value In
common stock OF the Rock Island Com
pany OF New Jersey purchase not to be
contaminated unless 225,000 or more shares
OF Frisco common stock shall be deposit
ed with Morgan before June LIST. Presi-
dent Yoakum Is to remain In charge OF
the Frisco Thus the Rock Island Com
pany Will own the stock OF the frisco
but nominally the Frisco organization
will continue. With the completion OF
this deal tho Rock Island will comprise
Is. 900 miles of track besides half owner
ship in 300 miles In Texas lines extending
to Sabine Pass,
WABASH TO BALTIMORE.
President Ramsey, Of the Wabash, and
OF the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroads
announced Monday that the latter road
would be pushed eastward from FITS
burg to Baltimore without delay, thus CIV
ing the Wabash a seaboard outlet. IRON
Pittsburg to Betngton. w. Va, ll0 Hses
will be new construction. The route VIII
be much shorter than the first one plan
ned to Baltimore by way ol tue '''''
ryanawha and West Virginia Central.
PRESIDENTS STATION ROOM.
A notable feature OF the plans tor the
new Union Railway Station at Washlng'
ton is private entrance and "a'tng-foom
FOR the President and his family.
NEW KANSAS CITY LINE.
The Burlington and Alton railroad com
panies have decided to make joint line
| between ST. Lonis and Kansas CITY b'
| building new link between old monroe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
s-Disasters.


Following total rainfall OF Sal inches
in twenty four hours. the city of Jackson
vile. Fla. was flooded wednesday and
damage done amounted to, 100000, The
railroads and lighting plant were dam,
aged extensively as were the atreets and
bridges,
Forty blocks OF the city of ottowa.
Can, and millions of feet OF lumber were
ly 1000 people homeless and causing a
property damage OF 100000.
A collision between two passenger
trains on the Mohawk and Malone Rail
road at Nelson Lake N. " resuiteu y.
many. One OF the engineers was SAID 70
have run past his orders.
DEATHS.
Richard Henry stoddard, poet and crit
lc, died at his New York home, May ~
Born at bingham. Mass. IN 1873. IN "a
New York DaDera.(
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Sociological

FUTURE FOR EX-CONVICTs.
The Society for the Improvement OF Dis
charged Criminals at Berlin, Germany
has declared its intention .gof aiding eN-
convcts to emigrate to North or South
America, After six months. triai az
home each one Is to receive Instruction
In the language of the country ne is 70
enter, transportation to the seaport ana
$50.
CARNEGIES LABOR LESSON,
The press OF Europe as well as OF
America again has had Andrew Carnegie
in It's lime light because OF the remark
able speech which the rich American
Ironmaster made upon being Installed as
president of the Iron and Steel institute
at London last week. TO the assembled
iron and steel capitalists Mr. Carnegie
recited his experience at Plttsburg IN
recognizing talent and capacity with a
share in the profits OF the business, lie
said that a liberal division of profits was
,he great secret OF success In business
Of ali kinds. Along this line he looked
for The ultimate harmony between cap'-
,al and labor. He thought that ~ the
| steel trusts recent proflt-sharins plans
too much risk was placed upon the IN.
vest!ng employees, He said the capi'aiis'
| should hear all of this risk,
CRUSADE AGAINST DOORS.
THE city Council OF Atlanta; Ga. has
passed an ordinance barring from street
| cars all persons who emanate unpleasan
| odors The working people are demand
| ing that 1t be vetoed, because many o.
sA.Aa ,Yogk in Xuapa factories.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Gduc0tlonal Realm.

AN EDUCATIONAL TRUST.
At the close of the Educational Con-
ference at Chicago last week. Professor
Munroe Smith, of Columbia University,
said that he expected that a huge educa-
tional trust, embracing every college, uni
verslty and professional school In the
country, would be formed soon for pur-
poses OF mutual protection and co-opera-
tin. He regarded this as the only hope
for, the small college in the future.
CRITICISMS OF SCHOOLS ANWERED.
Superintendent Thomas NJ. Ballet. of
Springfield, Mass, in leading article
the stock criticisms. against our public
schools, namely that they attempt to
teach too many studies and none thor
oughly. He points out first that no.
body can know any subject eXhaustiVely,
and that the degrees of thoroughness OF
knowledge about any subject must and
should vary with the age of the pupil.
He makes 1t clear that the younger the
child the more subjects 1t can study at
any one time because the younger mind
Is necessarily more superficial In It's eff
forts. Thus little child, on one short
FRESHMAN CLASS SUSPENDED.
The Freshman class of Syracuse Uni
versity was suspended en- masse BY Cham
cellor Day last week because OF roWdy-
ism and destruction Of property IN con.
| nection with the annual knowing up
| day. when freshmen become sophomores.
ramble as his mind Is attracted first to
| n flower, then to q pebble. to an insect,
| to the clouds, to a story. etc.. Is studying
botany minerology. zoology. meteorolGy
and history. AS he grows older the range
! of studies narrows. Superintendent Bal
lict says that great deal Oh mehorlIl'ls
| of rulo and definitions In grammar. geog.
| raphy, ETC., continues to be required
merely because each generation remem'
| hers Of having been taught such things
| and IS narrowly skeptical about Inc
broader and more practical methods.
is COLLEGE, A TIANDICAP7
The ola question of the practical value
| of college education Is again being dis
| cussed In the press In connection with
book by r. II. Crane, OF Chicago, entitiet
"rhe Utility OF an Academic or Collegiate
15ducatlon for young Men Who have t.
Earn Their Own Living and Who Expec
to pursue Commercial Life" Mr.. Crane
made injuries OF many college presl
dents, college graduates and business
men The testimony of the college mel
he discarded as being naturally preouaice.
that majority OF the business men
| while admitting that the education
valuable, yet in practice give preferenc,
TO men who have grown up IN the dust ,
ness instead OF to college graduates ~
New York Sun. commenting on th,s
points out that Mr.. Crane does not sto
10 consider how small percentage Q
college men there Is and how rev
these go into business.
ENGLISH EDUCATORS COMING
IN speech at London Wednesday 81
Alfred Mosely said he Intended to prin
party OF twenty-fiv. or ulrty leaae
educationlsts to this country to study q
educational development here ne thoust
Tnelnnd was generation behind tt
, United State Internationally.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Religious.
METHODIST MISSION UNTIL.

NJ c1t1ODlo l. hLloSlOfS 2ONi1A.
The Methodist commission, appointed
three years ago TO formulate plan for
the more efficient collection and dlstribu.
ton OF church funds has Just reported in
favor of tho consolidation OF oil the be-
nevolent societies into three groups,
namely; a Board OF Foreign Missions n
Board OF Home Missions and Church Elk
z tensions and a Board Of Education. The
last is to have charge OF Sunday-school
work. Freedman's Aid and the Tract So
ciety. The object Is to avoid the multi
plication of collections and confusion Of
: benevolences.
$50, 900 TO ROCHESTER, SEMINARY.
"A gift OF $4,000 from John D. Rookie
Teller was annouced at the grad'Atln
exercises OF the Rochester Theological
Seminary Tuesday. Chairs In the Eng
lish Bible and Christian ethics were es
tablished.
LUTHERAN UNION CONFERENCE.
A eesconference sof the leading spirits
of the lutheran Church. representing I 4
100000 Communicates of different Lutheran
bodies. was held at WATERFOWL, Wis, last
week In the College Aula. More than 200
theologians were present and were so
we'll satisfied with the results OF the dis
cussions that they unanimously agreed to
call general convention at Milwaukee
next September to take definite steps to-.
ward church unity.
., 100000 BIBLES DISTRIBUTDD.
The American Bible society's eighty
seventh annual report states that almost
100000 Bibles and testaments were Is
sued last year. an increase OF 269. 1877 over
the previous year. OF these T84.640 were
distributed in the United States, Including
Porto Rico and Hawaii. and 1.25S.s00 in
foreign countries. The receipts Of the
year were s3s5.oo0 and the expenditures
sloo. 900.
PARKHURST TO THE SOUTH.
The Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst. OF
New York. addressed a large gathering
at Atlanta. Ca. Sunday on the race prob
lem. He asserted that the emancipation
OF the slave did not ut him to be a citi-
zen and that the moro advanced NOM
bers of the race were recognizing the
fact that constructive work must first
OF Nal be put into personality. not into
condition..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Scientific.

THE CERvENKA PHONOGRAPH.
The Literary Digest translates from DIE
Woche particulars about the new type
of photograph invented by the Bohemian,
Emanuel Cervenka, which is the first
apparatus to reproduce sound perfectly.
Instead of using wax as mechanical
resistance to the tracing point OF the re-
ccivlnE diaphragm minute mirror, con-
nected with delicate fish bladder mem
of electric light on a rotating circular
photographic plate. This plate is then re-
produced by the photo-etching process,
In the speaking tube disagreeable noises
are avoided by the use Of soft nateri-
ais
AIRSHIP'S SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
The Lebaudy Brothers. Of Paris, made
a successful test OF their new dirglble
balloon on May 9Th, covering a distance
of 81 kilometers In hour and 36 minutes.
The airship obeyed her helm perfectly.
and went through series of manoevres
in the face of a brisk wind without mis-
hap.
GOOD PICTURES AT 20 MILES.
Or his return to London from Italy
Tuesday. John II. Heaton, M. p. re-
ported having seen In an observatory
near Rome specimens Of 4 new system
of electric photography by which clear
pictures can be obtained Of persons and
scenes twenty miles distant. Mr.. Hea-
ton thought 1t likely that the system
could be developed SO as to take pictures
In distant lands.
TENSION OF MODERN LIFE.
In a paper read before the American
Therapeutic Society. In session at Wash
ington D. c.. DR.. o. T. Osborne. Of New
Haven. Conn. described the life OF the
average American. and showed how Its
haste and high tension. whether in work
or play. was resulting In premature de-
bllty Of the heart muscle. Iie advised
all 10 relax the pace at the first signals
OF ailment; II actually sick to give NJ
and allow the disease to be temporary
master OF ceremonies with calm mind
SECOND zTEGLER EXPEDITION.
Anthony Finla who Is to head the sec
New York for Southampton Tuesday
The scientists OF the expedition are tc
follow later. The party will sail from
Trondhjem, Norway, In the ship Amer
lea, MIR. Flala said that by using only
| condensed foods and the supplies left hS
| Baldwin, he will be able to reach tn
| pole from his base In Prince Rudol
Land. a distance Of Coz miles. In seventy
days. He Will be supported by thirty
| 1--WE pIcked men and an abundance
sledge dogs.
SCIENTIFIC IDEA OF GOD.
In his recent address on present Da
Rituaism" Lord Kelvin. the foremos
English scientist. tried to show tina
science leads toward religious faith an
not away from it. lie said science di
not deny creative power, but on the cor
trary defended the existence OF such
power and intelligence. He though
there was no antagonlsm between sciene
and religion
SURGEONS ATTACK LORENz.
In the discussion Of DIR. Lorenzs blood
less methods at the sessions OF the Amer
can Surgical and Orthoredic Associate
at Washington. number NJ prominel
j, surgeons ventured criticisms. but 1t WE
evident that n majority were still RuI
porters OF the Austrian. Several cas-
where Lorenz's patients died We're cite
: and 1t was asserted that the Lolita A
a mour operation was not successful.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
nr5 H2uslc, letters.
CECILIA LOTUS TO STAR.

CECILIA LOTUS 10 STAR.
Beginning with September, 1901. Miss
Cecilia LOTUS Is to star under the man
agement OF Daniel Frohman. playing in
comedies written for her by T.. II. Soth-
ern and Justin Huntley Mccarthy. her
former husband. She is to Introduce In
tc her plays some OF the songs and itni-
tations Of other actresses which made her
popular on the vaudeville stage.
BETHLEHEM. BACH FESTIVAL.
The third Bach Festival began at Beth
lenetn. Pa. Monday, to last through the
week. Music lovers from all drectionl
were in attendance on the performances
of the Bach Chorus of Bethlehem. which
has won fame for It's skilful !nterpretn-
ton Of the master. J. Fred. Wolfe, who
founded the chorus, was the conductor.
GRAND OPERA INNOVATIONS.
In advance OF his departure for Europa
the Metropolitan Opera House OF New
York. gave some Interesting details OF
his plans Wagner's "Parslfal." which
| Will be given In spite OF Frau Wagner
protests at Christmas time. Is TO be d.
| yided into an afternoon and evening per-
| Torrance, an intermssion being allowed
| for dinner. The regular season VIII
omen November 2sd with .Rigoletto."
| While the usual enormous salaries 10
| singers VIII be paid this year. MT. Con,
reid announces that they Will be lowered
thereafter Performances have been ar
ranged for Philadelphia, Boston. Chicago.
Pittsburg and Cincinnati. After next
year the opera house at New YORK wiz
| have a revolving stage.
| GRAND OPERA PROFITABLE
The Maurice Gra,l Opera Company res
| ports dividends aggregatlng 200 per cent.
| in the last five years OF grand opera pros
| auctions.
IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS.
.rhe Correspondence Between Ralp n
Waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm,
edited by Frank w. Hollis. (Houghtoh'
A1ifflin & COD r,,..
"The One Woman" by the Rev. Thos.
Dixon. To be published August J. lDou-
bleday. Page & COD -,
"The Land OF JOY" by Ralph Hehry
Barbour. doubleday. Page & Coz
"The Henchman." by Mark Lee LUIS
err. Macmillan Company.
"The Persian Problem" by II. ]. Wlg-
Letters OF a Diplomaust's Wife" BY
Mrs waddington. Published Yesterday
(Scribners.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Ng,YcuNuraA

ACREAGE OF WINTER WHEAT.
Returns TO the Agricultural Department
up TO May lst showed the area IN Win
ter wheat under cultivation TO be S3,lo7,-
900 acres or o6i.ooo acres less than was
sown last year. The crop was pracucally
unirjured by She recent cold snap.
CRUDE OIL FOR HOGS.
Farmers Of Cnss county, Ind, have
formed a company to drill for oil Which
viii be fed to hogs instead of being put
on the market. IT has been found IN mat
section that crude oil is better than otn,
er foods for fattening hogs Tor marker
besides being much cheaper.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Loyal and Criminal

NORTHERN SECURITIES APPEAL"
The appeal of the Northern Securities
Company against the recent decision OF
the United States Circuit Court for
Minnesota has reached the Supreme
Court, but cannot be called before next
October because Of the suspension OF the
docket for the present term.
SUED AS A MONOPOLY.
Harry =. Cllley, shoe-machine manu-
facturer OF Boston. has brought suit for
81, OOO. 900 damages against the United Shoe
Machinery Company for attempting 10
monopolze a part OF tho trade or COM
merce In shoe machinery and wrongfully
obtaining control of the market for It's
sale.
TICKET SCALT'ERS ENJOTNHD.
The Louisville and Nashville and the
Southern railroads have secured an IN
junction against all railroad ticket scalp,
ers from the United States Circuit Cour.
| at Now. Orleans. prohibiting them from
| doing business at reduced rates because
OF the Confederate Reunion to be held
ct New Orleans from May 10 to "a.
| 90 CoUNCILMEN INDICTED.
The I.ackawanna county grand jury
May 9th. Indicted all the fifty-nine Couh-
| cilmen OF Scranton. Pa. for neglect OF the
streets. This plan was adopted by ING
people after all other efforts to secure
passable highway had failed,
| no PREVENT STRIKE RIOTS.
| The Judiciary Committee OF the Con-
nectlcut Legislature has reforted favor
ably a bill which makes the municipaltt1
liable In damages for injury TO person o.
1 property sustained In strike riots wher
1t can be shown that the municipal au-
! thorit!es did not exercise reasonable care
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
CxecUtiUe.

MONITOR A PRISONER.
Lieutenant Chester. of the Monitor
Arkansas, which was caught in the Mis-
sissippi by low water on lis way out to
sea from the Worlds Fair dedication.
has reported at The War Department
thar the vessel will be held prisoner
until spring unless an unexpected food
occurs.
THE AfOROS SUBDUED.
General Davies has reported to The
War Department from Manila that Cap
. tain Pershing's forces have completed a
circuit OF Lake Lanao, and have sue
ceeded In subduing all hostile dattos.
FTtsoneys were liberated and ~ hastl~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17

oBERLIN's NEW PRESIDENT.
The Rev. Henry Churchill King was
jnaugurated president OF Oberlin College
wednesday, representatives OF all me
leading colleges and universities being
present.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-18
STRIKE BREAKERS
MAY GET DAMAGES.
Employers Are Hold Responsible for
Injury if New Men Ara Not
Told Of Danger.

DENVER, April 14.-Employers who
the house Of her sister.
When Joeger reached home last night
he found the rooms deserted. Infuri-
ated, he ran from the house and hunted
in different places for his wife. Every
body denied having seen her, but he
waited and watched at his sister-in-
laws door until he heard the voice OF
his child at play with other children.
Bursting in the door, he knocked his
wife against the wall, and grabbed his
daughter by the legs as she flew to her
mothers arms. Mrs. Joeger fell upon
her knees and begged him not to in
jure the child.
Shouting curses at his wife, and still
holding the child by the legs, he swung
the little body around his head and
brought her head down with crushing
force upon a stove. He dropped the
child then, and shouted at his wife:
1T is your turn next!" Then he ran
away, and, going to the house of a
friend, handed him five dollars and told
him to hurry and get doctor, as his
little girl had been hurt. A doctor who
was called in said the :child's skull had
been crushed in many places and she
could not live. logger was caught
shortly before midnight, hiding in the
home of his brother. He did not know
anything about the injury to his child.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-18
WINoNA UNIONS
GET SHORTER HOURS.
Sheet Metal Workers Got Twenty Per
Cent Advance and Shorter
Work Day. .

WINONA, April 16.-Special to the
Labor World.-An agreement has been
reached between the employing pro-
prietors of tin shops and the union Of
sheet metal workers by which the de-
mand ofthe latter for an increase Of
twenty per cent in wages and the shor-
tening of the working day from ten to
nine hours will be pranted. The sheet
metal workers have been paid at the
rate Of from 22h to Is cents an hour
and under the new arrangement they
will get from 27h to 80 cents an hour,
thus making more in a week by work.
ing nine hours day than when they
were employed for ten hours. There
are about twenty men in the union who
are affected by the change.
In order to provide for this increase
the employers Of the sheet metal work.
ers have decided to increase the price
charged for this class Of work from
40 cents an hour to so cents an hour.
The employees who have agreed to
making the advance are the r. D. Cone
company, c. A. Baeuerlen, II. S. Cham
berlain, H. Behrens and company and
Magnus & Wilkins.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-18
What New Workers Pay for Rum.
Viotor Smith IN Nou vor1r pross.

What New Workers Pay for Rum.
Victor Smith In New York Press:
There are 1900 rumsellers in New
York-no, mean that there are 1900
licensed rum-selling places in New
York. A big difference. They do. not
include drug stores, which sell warm
whiskey and, by that mark, poison.
Each groggery has It's proprietor and
from one to seven gin slingers'' be-
hind the bar serving brain killers. Put
ting the average at three men to the
bar, we have an army of no less than
$4,000 valiant men assisting Satan in
and of these are proprietors, clearing
annually from $4,000 to 100000 year.
Let us average their incomes at $4,000.
That would give total Of 271z million
dollars a~year. OF course, the bar
patrons pay the wages Of the hired gin
singers" which, at an average Of 5000
a year-22,000 multiplied by 600-gives
$f9,s00,000. The present licenses bring
in $4,000 which sum also is paid by
the patrons. Rent amounts to $11,000,-
900. Assuming that the proprietor Of
the grgggery makes an average profit
81 only so per cent, patrons must pay
tho wholesalers $55, 900, 000.; The grand
total, therefore not including gas,
water and other incidentals, amounts
to over $120,O00,000. That's what we
pay for rum! 1 It isS over $34 for every
man, woman and child of our popula-
ton. @.ss,,.:.. * -. .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-18
THE BEEF CUTS
Information for Housewives About
Terms Used by Butchers.

From the New York Sun.
Most housewives do not understand
the terms used by the butcher to de-
scribe the various cuts into which a car
cass of beef is divided. Therefore. they
do not always know what they are buy
ing. Here is some information on the
subject. The whole beef is split into
halves, following the center of the back
bone or vertebra1 column from tail to
neck. Each half contain hind and a
forequarter. The forequarter is then
cut from the hindquarter These are
the processes of the wholesaler. The
flores" and "hinds,' as they are called,
are now ready for the retailer. The
forequarter is cut into two parts-the
rack, consisting of set of ribs, and the
chuck, or shoulder proper up to and in
Guiding the eighth rib.
The eighth rib cut shows the blade
gristle only on one side. The ninth rib
Is usually called a chuck roast. The
rack is cut into prime rib, standing or
rolled roasts. The chuck is compli-
Gated piece of meat when cut into kitch-
en- pieces by the butcher. Its anatomy
yields the following pieces for cooking:
Oven and pot roasts, homeless chuck
steaks and chuck roasts free of bone
and metamorphosed into top and lower
Saratoga roasts. The lower cut is the
more tender. It has the eye piece,
which somewhat resembles the eye of
a porterhouse rolled roast.
The chuck yields still more cuts to the
wizard of the cleaver. There are the
soup and stewing pieces, plate. navel
nd
pot roasts, made by removing the flesh
from the shoulder bones and chuck
steaks cut from the cross rib. In the
above DISCUSSES the word CHUCK loses
all of it's plebian character. The hind
quarter Is less complicated; but it's dis
section is interesting to the culinary
economist. This part of the beef car.
cass is cut in two: the loin of the beet
and the round, consisting Of the leg, top
and bottom round. rump and flank:
Now comes steak rOllcall. The loln
of the beef is cut by the butcher into
top sirloin steaks and roasts, short sir
loins> roundbone s:rloin, f1atbone steaks,
hipbone steaks, homeless sirloin steaks,
porterhouse steaks and roasts. Then
there are a la mode top round cuts, bot
tom round cuts for pot roasts and
corned beef. The rump goes into steaks
and corning pieces. flank steaks and
rolled flank pot roasts or corning pieces.
II the housekeeper is mystified by the
shop vernacular it is because she has
not learned the topography Of the beef
cuts as a Boston culinary student put
it. BY not knowing her alphabet the
purchaser is often imposed upon and
made to pay higher price for an artis-
tically arranged piece Of very cheap
....t -.- y. ;.