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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-16
troll q policemen, flremen and other Of

troll OF policemen, flremen and other Of
nceholders.
"lf IN addition to this, they could con-
troll the thousands OF men employed IN
the great public utility corporations, the
political machines would have power
that could not be overthrown. l came
to this country n believer In public owns
crship. What | have seen here. and l
have studied the situation carefully,
makes me realize that private ownership
Under proper conditions is far better for
the citizens Of American Cities
The lack Of that public spirit and intcg-
rty IN this country which makes our
situation so different from that which
sustains tho management in Glasgow or
Liverpool, and. as we now learn, In
Japan, Is melancholy reflection upon
the character OF our people. The dispo-
sition here to treat public Office not as
n public trust but MS a lazy bed, and
hot house for. terminating graft. will
have To be eradicated from the public
mind before this country is really In a
condition to manage properly Its own
municipal utilities. That is t,nhappily a
long way Off. rs,
In tho meantime, cities should own
their public utilities, but should lease
them to others under such terms as will
secure for the city tho best service and
tho amplcst returns. -
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Snake in Her Room,

Especial to The Timcs-Dspatch.)
FREDERICK BURG, VA, June IT,
daughter of Mrs. Charles c. Smith. OF
Spotsylvnnia county, returned home from
q visit to q. ncighbor and went to her
feet long gliding across tie floor sfe
was almost palnlyzed with fright and
slamming the door, ran down stairs and
the snake, but he was not located until
the following morning, when he was
found behind tho fluc and was killed by
bcing shot
Mr.. G. u. II. Lane, Of Mathews county,
has entered the contest for tho Demo-
cratic nomination for the House of Dell
cgatcs from! Mathews and Middlcsex
counties, making the fourth candidate,
the other three being George Y. Humid. cy.
tho incumbent; w. w McCrendy, Of
Mathews, and w. y. Chownlng, OF Mid
f7 5,
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CAROLINE COURT.
Adjourns After Being in Session
Since Monday.

$500 Especial 10 THO Tlmas-DlSpatCH.J 13
K BOWLING GREEN, VA, Juno 15.-Clr-
cult Court, after having been In session
since Monday. adjourned to-day. There
was not much business before the court.
Beatrice Pollard a negro girl. was sent
to the penitcnlary for one pear for
housebrealting and stealing.
Leslie Coleman, also negro, WAS sent
to tho pcnltentiary for one year for un-
lawful cutting.
Farmers are busy harvesting wheat. and
some report a good yield, while others
seem to think it Is not ms heavy as cx-
pected.
s Tho condition OF Mrs. r.. c. Moncuro
is still unchanged, though for several
days she has been resting better sho
Is growing weaker,
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THE OLD BOYS.
Organization ofAlumni at Episco-
pal High School,.

Special to Tho imes-Dispatch,)
ture ' 81 the closing Exercises Of The Eps-
copal High School Of Virginia was the or
ganhatlon of m alumni society, to Z, 20
known as the Old Boys. Associatio Tho
Moore. of Fairfax, president; Arthur
Barnwell. Jr,, of New York. first vices
president; Frank b. smith, OF Baltimore,
ton, Of the Episcopal High school, treas
urer; Mayo &, Brown, OF charlottesville:
secretary. and John Moncure Daniel Of
the Episcopal High School, assistant
treasurer. aIati ia. fts aGstl
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Honor to Valentine.
~ y - '-,'-I'''
ISpcc,nl TO The Times Dispntch,)

Especial to The Tlmes-Dspntch)
W1LLIANlSBURG,V VA. June 15.-At tho
last meeting of tho Phi Beta Kappa So
Edward Virginius Valentine, Of Rich
mond was elected president for the ensu,,
ing year. This is a high honor awarded
to this distinguished sculptor. Several
rising young alumni OF the college were
elected to membership. The honorary
members are elected at the fall meeting
Of tho society, E5e .g#l.ltf tfa5ss
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From Glasgow to Chicago.

II was a traction expert who stood upon
The cable had been parted with one too'h-
He Looked out from the window and saw
the waiting crowd, .,,n
And said: "Hoot. mon, In Glesga inns
mo tra 49, ~ wed eae a rinnin' an ilka ane
For hae come frae Glesga. frae Glesga
AZ on the Clyde.
The dlgnlned committee attempted 70
explain ~ -, o,,
It told how cables parted in times OF snow
It glared at the conductor all OF the time
And then in solemn anger 1t clambered out
and walked. !,
He said: This rapid transit seems al 70
,Tis no that way in Gesga. in Glesga on
the Clyde"
He fain would see the drama; they TOO
him to the show
Where merry village ma1dens STOOD IN the
spotlights glow. ~,
land haze ye name o. Shaksperc! ne hsh-
"rhe 'Shakspere seasons over" the bland
committee smiled.
aye nae nae plays o Wullle's?" the trac-
ton expert sighed,
1--WE haze him aye IN Glesga, NJ G!essa ."
the Clyde"
They led him to banquet where many
speakers spoke. 5000
They trotted out sereneIy the after dinner sr
100, aye" he said serenely, the joke is
And dootess Very funny, it ane is in
that mood
mauna moo be laughing at a sic thngs-
beside,
on the Clyde"
they whispered of the tunnel that recently
cayed in;
They spoke about tho hollow where once
tho lake had been.
E"Hoot, mon," he said, tbs wondrous. 90,
aye, ! hae nae doot
That the Masonic Temple may still be
turned aboot,
But ken your Chicago wioot faithful
1 heard % II in Glesga. in Glesga on tho
w, D. NJ, In Chicago Tribune.
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being struck. Eye-witnesses to the
tragedy to-day declare she lay on the
track when she was struck. The pilot
picked her up and threw her at least
twenty feet into the air, breaking almost
every bone in her body. No corcner's In.
quest has been held by the county nu-
thorittes, and the funeral will take place
tn Ot-rpxvg j 10
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MRS. PUCKETTEW DEAD
BEFORE TRAIN STRUCK HER
(specialto ,rhe TImes-DIspa

n Especial to The Tinas-D lspatch.)
f LYNCHBURG. VA, JurS l6,-Deyelop-
ments here to-day relatives to tho death
last evening BY a fast Southern train
near the city. was not killed by the
train, but that she dropped dead OF heart
disease on the track. otherwise she would
have had ample time 70 have escaped
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A Councilman.

Especial to The Times Dispntch)
MANASSAS, VA, June 15.--ln reporting
the Mayor and councilmen-elcct Of tho
town Of Manassas yesterday your CORE,
spondent made a mistake. Michael
Lynch was elected councilman, and not
Mir. George +. Akers, as was reported.
Mr.. Akcrs was not Il candidate.
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Horsethief at Revival,

lSpNclnI t6 The TIHaes-Dlsnatcn,l
W1NCHEsTER VA. June 15.-Carson
aged nineteen years, Is in jail awaiting
tile action Of the grand jury: lie took q
horse belonging to George w. Marble, Of
Gore, this county, and endeayored to sci!
It at Martlnsburg. W. Va. He was cap
tured last night by Sheriff Purcell at q
revival meeting,
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Bowling is Captain.

Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)
STAUNTON. VA, June 15.-The Stnun-
ton Rifles have elected First Lieutenant
Harry Bowling as captain; Mr. !. Il.
Tucker, first lieutenant, and MI. n. l..
Opie second lieutenant. 1Ss
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ThOS. A. REDDIh
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
'Phone 6e2. 1884 6, Main St.
.MANoEvvREs AT OLD POINT, WEEK
JUNE nth TO f17TH-sPEciAL AR
ENGAGEMENTS VIA G. q o, ROUTE,
INCLUDING ACCOMMODATIONS

z --0.17 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TIO1E p 7997@
The Chesapeake and Ohio will sell
tickets for $500 7. NJ, train of each day.
week Of June 18th to nth. accounttof the
Army and Navy Manoeuysrs. from Rlch-i
mond to Fort Monroe and return, in-
lcludlng hotel accommodations, at spe-
cial rates. Tickets Will be sold including
dinner ana lodging date of sale and
breakfast and lunch day following, 1T
rate of $500 round trip; also tickets In
Guiding hotel accommodations up to and
including breakfast the second day, at
rate OF $500, round trip tickets being
limited accordingly.
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FRIDAY. JUNE 1s, 1905.

II you 90 to the mountains, sea-
shore or country, have Tho Times
Dispatch follow you.
City subscribers should notify the
Circulation Department. CPhone 3e)
before leaving the city.
II you write, please olive city ad-
dress as we'll as out. town address.
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Entered January ~, 1908, at
Richmond, va, as econd.ciass
matter, under Act OF Congress
Of March 8, 1879.
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Washington Bureau: No. sol Fourteenth
street. Northwest Corner Pennsylvania
Avenue.
Manchester Bureaus: Carriers Drug store
No. l1o2 Hull street.
Petersburg Headquarters: w a. PERKINS,
"A North Sycamore Street.
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Tho DAILY TIMES DISPATCH Is sold
u cents n copy.
Tho SUNDAY TIMES DISPATCH is
iold at cents n copy.
rhe DAILY TIMES D1sPATCH. includ-
ing Sunday, in Richmond and Manchester,
and Petersburg by carrier, IL cents per
week or so cents per month.
THE iMEs-DlsPATcH, Richmond, va.
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All Unsigned Communications Will be
discarded.
Rejected Communications will not DO
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A Mrs. Huel Walker entertained quito q NUM-
ago in her homo for tho benefit Of tho FAIR
mount Hive OF Lady Maccabces, The evening
was delightfully."- spent In music and various
games, after which the many tempting and
nrettIly decorated pies were sold and brought
fancy prices. Among other amusements were
several solos. piano selections, and readings,
especially We're tho readings given by Miss
May lrcvey.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
THE MAGIC WOODLAND.
Honorable Mention.) :


t.oh. Marguerite, it is still rainy =" This was the
first heard on rainy morning: Ny cousin little Mar
querte and had come to grandmas the day before
It had been cold and rainy all that day We had planned
on having picnic in the woods, and we had such
bad colds we could go out Little Marguerite and
very We breakfast but nothing suited US
at all Grandma told into the parlor for while
At the end of an hour Uncle Frank in and said,
"Girls, put your wraps and follow me-" We did as
we were told. Oh how cold it was he took us to the
harm and told us to 20 upstairs We went Behold The
room was changed woods Pine and box elder trees
were every place Dirt and grass were on the floor
Grandma g canaries singing sweety. Best OF all
branches and vines bending it, Cushions and chairs
were IN different places Our dolls there, too We
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Where is Grandpa?

praires with his dinner pail his Before he went
his mother who knew how dangerous Iowa storms
times told him not to home if it should snow,
but wait the schoohouse for his father to after
him. BERTHE, who is bright little scholar, studied his les
hard till Then he ate his dinner and had
good play with the boys till the teacher raped on the
window as signal for school to begin again.
Shortly after school had been called black cloud
in the wes which kept spreading the sky until
the sun quite shut At the time the wind be-
gan to blow, and the to fall At four o'clock when
the school dismissed the storm still raging, and
the teacher told the children that they must all stay
where they were not safe to 60 outofdoors AS
night came on, it grew colder than The coal
nearly all burned The teacher about to burn the
desks fuel when who had gone in the morning
to the railroad town for supply of coal
turned had taken him five hours to the last
miles, The storm continued for three days, but on
the afternoon of the next day Bertie father for
him took him home. He very glad to get home
again. H will study his lessons at home till tho
warm weather comes r. Annie Gendreau,
B Fifth Grade, a. 304 Broadway Me-
Sheridan School. -
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UPON COLD DA VS.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

weeks and as they looked forward to it with much
pleasure had idea in my childish mind that it
1somethn awful nice and then, too, that there might
be Santa Claus there.
Days before mother had promised me that might go,
altho intmated that there would be little if any
pleasure for little girl like me, and Santa Claus at
ALL When day arrived she thought account Of the
extreme could that would better remain at home; but
somehow did not think that way. Like the ancients
who felt that they called upon to do certain things
too felt must attend that lecture cold eold
Despite the fact that my mother pleaded with me and
promised all sorts of goodies still kept up most dill
gent sobbing and signing until finally my point and
went But what were the results of my goingi very
disobedient little girl with tearstained frosnipped
face two white little toes of lectures that
has lasted to this very day.
B Twelfth Grade Emma L. Clancy,
South High School. 26OS East goth Street.
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MANUFACTURING SUNSHINE.

At last the day had when I was invited to the
lake to visit friend jumped out OF bed ran TO inc
window and lifted the shade expecting to the
beams chasing each other, but to dsmay the rain
drops there the sky gray and the day co AS
nv friend owned launch, my arrival we were 60
ing to sail around the lake and eat lunch on tho
launch.
While was sitting in a very sad mood, a bright
thought came to me- asked to put up basket OF
good things to take little cripple girl 10 this we
added bouquet flowers and put story book under
nv arm to read to After had made her more com
Portable and she had eaten some OF the things mama
sent T read to her. When it grew dark arose to 60
She did not much but the look that on her ace
was enough to show how she appreciated my can linus
we may forget troubles by bringing some sunshine
: ;n+o tho lives of those who unfortunate =
MAJ crodo '%.: p Esther Hansen,
Motley School, VII Sas' Hue 'S'
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MUCH LIKE AN ICE-BOX.

sMama, do you think better take my aekete ~, =;
ca r.rm TODAY and it won't be much cooler at the falls
said + II don't think you III need any but # you stay
late IN afraid you will catch cold But SAD, You
know won't stay late, because I II be afraid TO come
home alone.' ssz=. -.- 81. s- ... 49,
R+ If course we just missed the we were after
land then it was about oclock and the air from the
falls was rather chilly but did not say TO tne
;1s The pirls wanted to ride the ferris wheel, 50
al c;mbed on and of course still cooler going
NM No. 10 in the air And just luck would have it, as
II, ~ waa over our car coming and we hurried
our . - no = vas an omen car said, I'm going to
toe + + freezen It went like train and was as
cold as ice At Washington avenue my car was Ing
the curve caught it. This DAY eeng ~ ths
trout and stood BY the motorman When reached nome
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MINNEAPOLIS TOPICS
For Saturday, February 4:

EARTH OR SEA-
nn,s "a TOPIC for imaginations wholly All sorts
Of things might really be found only could pass easily
I'D there
nnrtmity for to write seriously and the
Jew imaginative set down whatever their vivid
prizes will be awarded for the
snner in which the rather than
AT subject matter The papers must De In the hands OF
the editor Of Journal Junior
NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY EVENING, JAM IS,
- o'clock They strictly original, written in ink
m one side only paper than 800
neh nor less marked with the number of words
and with the grade school, and
odd,ess Of the writer The papers be rolled
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THE UNKIND FATES.
lHiph SChOOI CIR


It was summers day about three years ago that
sudden change in the weather made teeth chatter
The heat been intense for several weeks and had
with me in St. Paul. where then staying, heavy
wraps in case of fall in the temperature. But either
I stayed day late that fall came day too soon
was compelled to start out for home that evening with
no wrap except thin jacket.
was very comfortable until the time came to wait
for the Interurban Then, is the custom when
person is in particular hurry, the car was late We
hailed with delight when it did eome thinking that once
inside would be comfortable again. But there again
were the fates against u.s. for there
people who would misery and close their win
dows and some unfeeling windows which would not be
closed Our teeth still chatterng when we climbed
out Of that wait half hour for the Emerson
Again did suffer disappointment for the car which was
to take home of those airy open Ones winch
allow the cooling zepyrs to blow freely about the cool
mortal sparingly about the heated person. Finally
we arrived at home after two hours of such fun and
only became warmed after cuddling down in bed.
Eleventh Grade, Hannah Nutter,
North High School. 222o Fremont AV' N
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made for their coming I forgot all about fishing and
boating and put in all my time painting signs of "We
Woodmen'' which Uncle Wilmer tackled every
door and archway in the whole building Ice
made by the gallon and packed in great barrels of ice
for further Old boats painted anew while
drying the dock looked tho they onged for the day
to No seemed to think about the weather for
all expected it to be perfect the preceding days had
BEEN ... -. = 49,. -: -. - 2. =. :
The day dawned with the sun hidden behind a sui
len bank of black angry clouds which scudded tho
gray sky before cold northwest wind. The rose
as it seemed to mountain high and fine, drilling
rain falling crept downstairs and went into the
large dancehal could not help smiling when my
gaudi]y painted sign which the immense arch
way. Nevertheless the Woodmen arrived and spent
glorious day playing and dancing in the great hall
which is built the lake. sat in my favorite place
high on pile of empty pop cases and enjoyed myself
watching group Of young Woodmen huddled together
with their winter coats eating ice and trying
to look Needless to they went home long be-
fore IL O'Clock and probably put up their winter stoves
and ordered coal.s Anna Dempsey,
Seventh Grade, 2S17 Columbus Avenue.
Clinton School.
STORM SPRITES LOOSE.
(Honorabe Mention.)
have cousin who lives farm far out of
the prairies of Iowa. His BERTHE. One bright
morning last January he started for school the
PICTURE PUZZLE.
Copyrighted.
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B Eighth Grade, Washington
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was a little girl and lived III Canf0rnIa, SNOW
rarity. had not seen any since was very
was now seven years old. One morning when
awoke to my great surprise I found snow
on the ground. People here would hardly
call it snow because there was so little of it.
Mama said could 60 out and play in it. We
had no clothes for cold weather and so she
made pair of leggings for me. She put on
me nearly all the clothes she could find in the
house, till I. could not have much fun
because I was bundled up so. I went out and
we tried to have a snow fight but it was very
hard to find snow enough to t throw: Every
pans to try to keep it as long as they could,
because they all thought it great treat. -: IT,
Florence Finnberg,
913 Twenty-frst Avenue S.
B Seventh Grade Monroe School -.
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QUITE A SOUR LOOK.

9 It was beautiful morning and it seemed
to make everybody at home feel WE'LL Even
the cat purred around the kitchen and then
went out on the back porch to purr to the sun.
My sister and had made up our minds that
if it was going to be pleasant the whole day
we would 60 and see my uncle's new dairy.
We hurried with our work, took out our new
hats and dresses and expected to have de-
lightful time. We had barely finished our
work when the sun went down, the wind be-
gan to blow and the cat came into the house,
shook herself and went under the stove
almost cried, because we could not possibly
20 in such cold weather, for the wind was
cold We finished our work and 1 asked my
brother to split some wood and build fire.
We were soon around a hot fire reading books.
I had very sour look on my face, but it
soon passed away for was reading an inter-
esting book. betty Goldsteln,
5O7 Eleventh Avenue S.
Grade, Washington School.
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JANUARY q, 1906

could not thank grandma and Uncle Frank enough for
the pleasant surprise 1t pleasant and there
while outdoors it getting colder In spite Of the cold
and rainy weather we had fine time. I'LL -s..g..
A Fifth Grade Marguerite Miller,
Garfield School 626 East TWenty-ffth St
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HIGH CARNIVAL ANYWAY.

(Honorable Mention.)
The topic ga cold day. brought to my memory the
sixth of July, 1903, when I visiting my aunt and
uncle at Gilbert lake. On this day the members of the
Ancient Order of United Woodmen who resided in Brain
erd we're to gather up all their friends and relations
to the lake and hold high carnival from o'clock in the
morning until ~ at night Great preparations had been
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Garfield School. 626 East Twenty-ffth St
...:~a JUST ONE MILE AWAY, e~5zs =.
We felt quite badly. had planned to 60 6shingH
last day at Minnetonka and it cold
that fish would bite We said that would not go
back to town until we had some fish, stayed
night while the rest went back to the city The next day
it was colder still but we could not stay any longer we
trolled and fshed all day until hands bstered
from rowing. We caught three goodsized pckere and
bass. The passenger steamer not running,
had to walk around to take the train. We thought it
would take about twentyfv minutes to get there
We waited till past four and then started We had to
sit down and rest in while that at five o'clock
exactly mile from the station We hurried
them but all stories 60 arrived just the train
pulling out and destined to have good long
wait At tenthirty that night home, SO stiff,
cold and tired that we could hardly move but had
kept our promise in catching the fish. =. $50.
Eighth Grade, Theodore G. BIGGER,
Adams School. 1927 Thirteenth Avenue 3.
NOT ENOUGH TO THROW.
When little girl and lived in California snow
was great rarity had not any since was very
small and years old. One morning when
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TOO VALUABLE TO FORGET.

Honorable Mention.)
"Caire,'' heard from the foot of the stairs one
cold morning in November cit is after eight O'CLOCK
and you must get up
knew the best thing to- do would be to hurry down
like good little girl.
After breakfast mama asked me to 60 to the store
for her. but sad Oh don It want to, it s so cold and
7 know III freeze" So she let remain at home Not
long after that my chum over and asked me to go
sliding always ready to go siding put as pegan
cold that she knew would "freeze' I was willing
to % anywhere for could only get out with
nv sled But it late. had to stay in all day.
and merely play was outside think it cold inside
az well as OUT for hardly word passed my lips all gay
was taught valuable lesson which have not yet torgot
+an claire Marie Barrett,
A Seventh Grade 1921 Twenty second Az. N.