The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15
If You Do Not Know
You Ought to Know That

In 1901 there was not one passenger
killed on tho British railways. In 19O2
SIX passengers were killed by collision or
tderailment and during the three months
ending 1903 the number Of killed was 446
and or injured BIS
Carol D. Wright shows US that the
cost of living has increased four per cent.
In the last year, while there has been q
NAKED decrease in wages.
The coal output for last year was
GS.e51,0OO tons in this country, an In
crease Of 6.0OjopO tons over any previous
year. TIL value Of the output was sl52,-
$4,000. The prices arc arranged, natur-
ally. to benefit the coal operators, If
you buy now you pay fifty cents less
ton than you will next winter, but the
operators have the use of your money
during the interim, while you have no
use for your coal. Who wouldn't own
cOa! mine. &Stg
Congress sat 12i days In this last ses-s
sion. Tie number OF bills introduced In
the House was 65l1D. The total number
OF laws enacted during the session was
21SD.
we exported to Russia s14,s14,oo0 worth
In 1902 This notes steady decline IN
our exports to Russia for the last few
years in 1856 they aInnouted TO *3i,UDlVJl.
we are annually TAKING OuI fOls tIio
earth. the world over. some 0o0oo, o0 tons
OF coal aud wasting. al things considered,
pretty nearly so per cent. of It. In Brit
ain alone at least G00,G10 horse power
uselessly goes up into smoke every day
and In this country %e are even greater
sinners In that respect. 1T Is an estab-
lished fact that locomotive scarcely
ever utlizes so per cent. of the coal burn
cd Only in recent years have we begun
to utilize GONE of the waste in. blast. fur
naces and other coal consuming plants
by collecting the ESCAPING gases and re-
generating power therefron. Our de-
I scendants may have to use mirrors for
| collecting the suns rays or extract heat
from the center of the earth, or concen-
| trate their great manufacturing plants
| In Africa and Australia where solar heat
\ may be relied upon the year around. but
viii not be able TO get coal Indefinitely.
Captain Hans Diedrik Doxrud, of the
Kroonland OF the Red Star kline holds
| the record as a life saver. having person
| ally and al great risk saved 3S6 lives in
&c years. The United States, the Belgian,
the Canadian and 1 !, lot 9f other Govern e5as
| and medals and the Lord knows what
not that, however are less, appreciated
and thought of by the old hero than
year, on the anniversary date OF his say
| ing her from watery grave, from a
young lady in Holland, The note simply
| says Thanks, again" and Is signed with
l. -
I If the chemists can only lay hold OF
the great primal element, protyle, and
the finding Of rad Esb af fEs p asia
there will be no difficulty In making gold
from other metals and the finances OF the
world will be disjonted, but there IS no n,
need of worrying over 1t, as this Will
hardly transpire Tomorrow.
The winnebagos whose. reservation Is
not far from Sioux City, Iowa, will have
in a few months timN part Of q large
acreage Of land, actual money to the ex-
man woman and child on the reservation.
making them the richest people in the
world that Is, on the per capita basis.
During the nine months ending March
aat Me hTe Xss5 coppe ss
lures s45.7SnnoN: leather and Its ,manu-
features ss4 !sl;ooo agricn,tn.n n j., I'm I'M
chemicals: drugs. and dyes. s1o,7oa COO;
s w93a c ana s7s7scoo twenty. two
groups Of exports such as the above shGw
| period OF 1903, while but seven groups OF
articles, aggregating an export OF $780,
10000 show anything like q marked de-
crease. The aggregate of the exports IN
H Mhlah an to nfssses e noeea over s'
An Irishman named John Murphy has
Just died at Carrigaphonka, county Cork,
| Ious nor did he take any other eXtraor-
| binary precautions to lengthen his life.
| Just plain ordinary man but who pre-
| served all his facilities to the end,
/ GERMANY has 127O3 newspapers and per-
lodIcials. 92o0 Of these are published In
| German 1885 in English. 951 In French.
/ 2eS Danish, and 1913 Swedish,
I South Africa diamond mines produce
| sd32 ON oOO worth of diamonds during the
! last twenty-three wears. These when cut
were valued at sS20.O0o,o00.
The Crnard Steamship Companies pro
| rtt. ~. oy,pfp6 RI 81 St0.0OD,