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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
SWANSON'S BIGLEAD
BEING SUSTAINED
Further Returns Place His Ma.
jority at Nearly
$4,000.

Further official and unofficial returns
from Tuesdays election give Mr.. Swanson
y majority OF S4,0ao over Judge Lewis
for Governor,
4 Mr., Swanson carried all the cities, ana,
with Franklin. Prince George, Richmond
counties yet TO report. J Judge Lewis car.
ried only sixteen, The total figures are
as follows; Swanson ss,6s2, Lewis 4,5a0.
These figures, which may be slightly
altered by the official count. ara us fol-
lows;
Counties, AIatorities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
National Toilet Co., Paris, Tenn.
THE NADlkoLAC GIRL

Sold In RIchmond by Folk MiIler-Chil-
,drey sC0;, and all othes leading drusgists.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-11

management gas cost consumers from
SID TO 81 80 Il thousand feet. bat this
has been steadily reduced until the
rates now stand at IS cents for motive
power ana 81 cents for lighting. When
the plant is fully paid for, which will
not lie many years ut til" present rate
of profits. the citizens of Glasgow Will
pay not more than 80 cents for gas,
though it costs much more for oil and
coal in Scotland than in any part of
the United States.
1t is nearly forty years since Glas-
COW startled Great Britain by declaring
war on tie slllns and tcncncnts which
diSgraccd the city. The property own
crs refused to remedy conditions and
the city took radical steps. 1t pushed
through parliament n bill giving it
power to condemn and purchase i'll
sanitary property. Armed with this
act. tia city authorities of Glasgow
wiped out whole districts of insanitary
property. and the city started by con
structing several model tenement
houses.
Glasgow now owns millions and mil
lions of dollars worth of dwellings, and
is one of the worlds greatest landlords.
Its competition with private landlords
is friendly. but wonderfully effective.
The city fixes rate of rents beyond
which others cannot 20. 1t riyidly en-
forces building and sanitary laws
which have greatly reduced the death
rate.
Glasgow has municpaliZed all the
common services with the exception of
cemeteries. 1t is the owner of prolita-
bic markets and slaughter houses; il
maintains a splendid system of baths
and washhOlscs: it possesses a mag
niticent art gallery and has built a
"peoplc's palace" which combines a
winter garden. art gallery. museum.
reading rooms. theater and concert
hall: it furnishes hydraulic power at
cost; it spends vast amounts on parks
music and entertainments. These and
other functions are financed and man.
aged by the elected representatives of
the city.
Party lines are absolutely ignored
wien it comes to the election of mem
hers of the city council. The man who
has served his people faithfully seldom
is opposed when election day arrives
The city hail of Glasgow does not re
mind the visitor of any civic structure
in the United States. No swarms OF
loafcrs, ward heelers and office bro
kcrs or seekers hang about its entrance
or lounge in its halls. You are not per
mittcd to smoke or carry lighted
cigar One sees business men. archi
tects. engineers. bankers and Others
who have occasion to visit the various
departments. The atmosphere is tina,
Of a well regulated bank or great mcr
camille establishment. 1t is the bust
ness Office of municipal estate wOrtl
more than $90,0OO0O0.
There is no army of parasites draw
ing salaries for work which is not per
formed. There is no line of citizens
ready to commit perjury in order that
they may escape their fair share of the
burdens of taxation. There are no Z,
betwecns employed by dishonest wealth
10 cxtort by bribery favors from those
who have taken an oath to faithfully
serve their city ana community. Al
dermen meet in public to deViSe way:
ana means which shall promote tx
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-11

to those citizens of this country
who are complaining of eXtor-
Tomato rates for inferior service. AS
usual, the Scotch metropolis was the
FIRST city In the kingdom to challenge
the supremacy of the telephone trust.
which in Great Britain goes by the
name Of the National Telephone com
peny.
The fight for a municipal franchise
Vas Il complicated and interesting one.
In 1911 the imperial government
through its postotlice department pro
poses to take over the control OF the
telephone system of the United King
dom. At that time the National Tele-
phone company will be compelled to
surrender its property at its actual mar
ket value without penny additional
for good will or franchises. The mu-
inequalities expect to arrive at some
agreement with the general government
by which they will be left in partial
Its profits. BE this as it may. the last
privately owned telephone will disap.
pear in about six years from this date.
1t IS more than ten years ago since
Glasgow proclaimed revolt against the
high charges and bad service of the
private telephone company. a commit
of IA f.it oil
vOr Of establishing a municipal plant.
and, without going into details. it may
be stated that on March |, 1900. Glas-
gov obtained the first license ever
granted to a city for the purpose OF
constructing and operating telephone
system
The work Of construction was begun
in July. 1900, and up to the present
time Glasgow has expended $1,3JO,OU
on its telephone plant. While the city
contains only twenty square miles or
territory, the telephone wires reach out
over nearly ten times that large dis
trict.
hbNi th' ciu t'itDiiCuC company "N
effort was made TO reach the suburban
area. The private company catered
only to the conGcstcd district and i'm
agincd that it would lose money II it
improved the service. extended the
scope or lowered the rates. Under its
management the average annual cost
Of telephone was $50 or more 1t
took from one to ten minutes to make
connection.
The Glasgow telephone service is the
best | have ever inspected. ! was in
formed that statistics showed that the
average time required 10 make con
nection was less tlnn fifteen seconds. |
made = test on jAr own accoaHl "n''
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-11
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called up ten subscribers. OF the nine
who responded the average time from
unlocking the receiver to answers from
those addressed was fourteen seconds.
1t should be explained that the tcle-
phone booth is practically unknown in
the Office of Il Glasgow business man
desk. and the receiver and tranSmittcr
are in one piece.
The rate to Il subscriber for II ScrV
ice with an unlimited number of calls
over the entire system is $500 IL year
There Is NJ installation charge and no
dues of any kind other than the annual
payment of this amount \ toll scrv-
ice is rendered for $17 Il year. with an
additional charge of II penny for each
outward message, with unlimited in
ward calls free. On II party line with
more than four subscribers the rate is
So per annum, with an unlimited mum
Der OF calls.
There are 1000 subscribers to the
municipal telephone system of Glas-
gov. The private company predicted
that tie insanity OF the management
in reducing rates and giving decent
service would result in financial ruin,
but the investment showed a profit Of
$4,000 a year.
The cleansing department of Glasgow
is an interesting institution. 1t owns
thousands Of acres Of farm lands where
once were nothing but boys and marsh
eS. TO these farms are conveyed the
refuse products of the streets On them
are stone quarries and brickyards own
ed and operated by the city. There are
also great factories. Connecting the
factories and the farms is system OF
steam railway, the city owning more
than 700 railway cars and a large num-
Der Of locomotives.
In 1892 Glasgow purchased the small
private electrical plant for about $I5,-
600. From this modest beginning II
has developed comprehensive system
modern in every particular. 1t now rep
rcscnts an investment exceeding So
DOC. 1000, and the profits last year
amounted to S340,00O. This does not
include SIC. 900 paid for taxes. AS has
been stated before. all public enterprises
in Great Britain pay taxes and are thus
on the same footing for purposes or
comparison as private Industries. Even
n ire department pays taxes on ever?
dollar of its nssets Nft"~ ." '''" ~
s1s5.OOO for depreciation--a most lIper-
a, allowance for new plnnt-the de-
partment placed the balance to It's cred
1t.
Glasgow purchased the private gas
nlonts in 1869 and has made pront Oh
,ne investment every year since theh
This great industry now has capital
occount exceeding $lN,000,0O0. ana the
gross profits last year passed lhe ~
nOo GOO mark for the first time III INT
history of the enterprise. When the
oripina, purchase was made 1t was ar
RANGED that the owners should receive
IN ncrpetuity annilties and stock Na'
r.d ,t moro than $2.OOOO00. The city
L,. no,v odontcd tie policy OF pur
chasing Mt a premium these ahll'i'c'
and lust year wiped on more IMAM one
,I,i,1 of thc amount UnGer prlNai'
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-11
HOW BRITISH CITIES MANAGE

Public Utilities - GLASGOW Was the First
DCity to Challenge the Supremacy of the
Telephone Trust-A Glance at Edinburgh
By Frederick lpham Adams.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-11
No. 10.
KIT1ITAS LANDS WITHDRAWN
Designation Made of Tracts Held for Exam.
nation Under Irrigation Proje Careful
investigation to be Made to Determine the
Feasibility of Big Work.

WASHINGroN, ID. G., Nav. &, 1879.
This not ice Wa, given out by the rec
lamatioh service to today:
The great importance of proposed
Yakima irrigation project to Kittitas
county is fully recognized by the rec
ltmation service. and careful investiga-
ton to determine it's feasibility from
an engineering as we'll as from imam
cial standpoint will be made"
The notice was given in view OF re-
ports from government engineers in the
state of Washington, and especially in
response to resolutions recently adopt
ed by the Commercial Club of Kttitas
county, in which it was represented
that 100000 acres of lands there
could be reclaimed by means OF high
line ditch as part of the Yak ina valley
project. A withdrawal of lands just
made with a view of examination to de-
termine their irrigabilty includes
about lj.I. 600 acres ia Kittitas county
south of Lake CleElum. Kachess and
KitcheloS, and northwest of the city OF
Ellensburg.
The Withdrawals are as follows, the
townships being north" in each case
and ranges east:
Township Is, range 10, sections to
and II: township Is, range 20, sections
to 10 and Is to %; township II, range
Il. sections l., , and II TO IA: township
Continued 90 Page 81
public good. There are no ward lead
ers. There is no gang. There is no
pull. There is no graft. TIE men at
the head of affairs would no sooner
think of robbing their city than they
would of stealing from their church or
their club.
Just a glance at Edinburgh, the most
beautiful city in Great Britain. Edin-
burgh owns its street railways, but in
stead of operating them has leased
them for term of twenty one years to
company which pays n rental of z
per centon the capital outlay Of $G,5O0,-
600. After paying interest. sinking
fund and other expenses the city had
n clear revenue Of about $4,000. This
does not compare favorably with the
record of cities which operate their
plants. and there is much dissatisfac-
ton.
Edinburgh owns fine system Of
baths. Its electric light plant paid last
year n net profit of 100000. In the
construction OF houses for the working
classes Edinburgh has spent nearly
$1.O00,O0Y. and, while maintaining low
rent rates, there is steady annual
profit to the city. The technical and
public schools of Edinburgh are ia
NOUS Like most Scotch cities. it owns
its markets and Strengthening bOuses
and has adopted modern methods for
the disposal of sewage and street
swceDings.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-11
Y |

@LASGOW'S experience with tel
ephones should be of interest
to those citizens of this country
who are complaining of eXtor-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
WALL STREET REVIEW
sTRINGENCY IN MONEY MARKET HAS
 BAD EFFECT. I
High Rates Demanded for Call Loans Offers Little Attraction for the Car
 rytng sf Securities on

New York, Nov. s.--The stringency in the n1S money y.r,x Tnrkst @ tossx es .. sss.asoa es sS pronpted eonsidsrabis precsntionary @ liaui- a- dation. Especially at the low rate of re price level now ruiins. the high cali money rate proves burdensoms for marginal hold
 With. the heavy drain on the cash reserves of the banks and their consequent reduction towssd, to the legal reserve limit the banks .. drawal of some other outstandins credits. was. on a large scale and the seeking Of fresh accommodating on the part of these stockholdinEs. The. rate of IS per cent n asY Ss ss osss March. 1909. since December 1902.
 a the war ry assr' S s.s ssS ss of the treasury m sase rise to confident ba ss market were In contemplation. Such meas ures would presumably take the form of plus revenue with the national banks. This confidence prompted some of the the renewal, of loans called during the morn. ing with the idea that a later announcement would cause an easier tone in the money market.
 No such announcement was forthcoming and disclaimers were made of any purpose to take such steps. The disappointment of the earlier hope there was something like a rush amongst the belated borrowers. This sa % for a f the
 Ssns of at n hs ars transfer to Chicago and New, Orleans. About half as much was received from San Fran Foreign exchange weakened decidedly ! under the stress of the local money situation recovered sharply. Ali. three of the. great European banks at London. Paris and Ser
 ss % ssosa showed TO relaxation.
 The time money market here was called e ton: made @ .ns'e in that Sessrsment no the high ruling rate for cali loans diverting all avail clared that repayments are now being made of mercantile Borrowing made earlier In tS S9 s f as,1s a
 lief for the money market ,by the United offer of the Secretary of the Treasury has the % refundins thus " offered e opens sVi; the way | for considerable expansion of the note is- sue h hpr,yiil,Sgss sai,,g, of shs banks o, ,ns portunity would be likely to constitute an argument against offering other facilities on During the frequent rallies of the early part of today. Reading and some other re- I sharply and at one time when the presence | of Secretary Shaw in Wall Street was first
 oss ss assys sags of ns Last prices. however. were but slightly above the lowest and showed net declines of
 Bonds were heavy Total sales par value. ss,s75.ooo. United. States new As declined | x per cent. on call.
 NEW YORK STOCK HIST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
AMUNDsEN,s EXPEDITION.
Major Noodle Brings News From the
 Arctic RegiOns.

Arctic Regions.
 St. Johns. N. F., Nov. 9.-The auxil- iary cruiser Neptune arrived here today after a perilous voyage into Hudson Bay, which the cruiser entered later in the season than any other vessel is known to have done.
 The Neptune entered October 3. On board the cruiser was Major Noodle, Governor of Hudson Bay. He made the trip to supply winter stores to the re- mote police posts in the Hudson Bay country.
 Major Noodle reports having a conn mLnication from Captain Ronald Ann undsen's Norwegian expedition in search of the North Magnetic Pole as recently as May 22 of the present year. The sloop Gjoads, with the expedition on board. spent last winter in Simp- son Strait. King William Land, 400 miles north of Fullerton, Governor Moo dies headquarters on the northwest side of Hudson Bay.
 Captain Amundsen. hearing that a Canadian steamer was at Fullerton. despatched letters there last November. reporting himself and his compqnious well. but short of dogs. The messen- ger was started back with ten dogs.
 The messenger reached Captain Am. undsen's party May 22 and then re- turned to Fullerton with a second Iet- ter from the head of the expedition. reaching Governor Noodles headouar- ters June 25. The secord letter report ed that the magnetic and other scien- tihc Observations of the party had been conducted dn1isturhed since the estab- lishment of the magnetic station in Co., tober 1903.
 Half of the party began an exnlora. ton or Victorialand In April last, hop ing to achieve the northwest passage .hIs 'a sumner and come out through Beh- agreed If any mishap occurred efforts would be made to report to Fullerton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
MONTGOMERY COTTON
zoe NOTCH rn,ggE.ss s. ARE REACHED
r1,..S ~f Enxifsh Gplnners Gave Better - ES~Isn~ 1kroSd m Bears Could
 Not Keep the Market

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 Cotton showed It's strength to resist the Ssy to n the highest figures of this se.son.
 9he bear reaction was short lived and II csnes for strict middlinF was freely offered
 nc surpriss Of the day was the good ca. 2, bls report from LiverpooL ..,s ne ,o maJn nnis,ts s shossd G an advance of points and sDot n TX vas 1T .housSt that the sinner.' reDer, sG of Wednesday chewing s;!ss;e4s bales ginn,ea 6psrafors since a larger amount was report reg ddo a Einned than expected by aeSst @ vs0osrs soD,oo? Earcpesns E sThe feeling here. is bullish s.ss s0nsson ssus aemsDS ofteainss snS saP a1s sssrce. Good trade. Good suy,ns. yna .,,,s Is ne way private cables explained & the r,vs,,y s,i, too. for It win be the supply and demand that will govern the market irrespective or Fl New ~ York futures. on reports from abrosi opened 12 to IS points in advance of Wed- snd closed steady around the highest point of the day. This was clean gain of as
 in Al the close clos of of business leading New Orleans house wired its Montgomery rep- ws sss to so .s0us .ay ss, the market cd by tomorrow will be about sis.ooo s,Ls eaiss for tho week against bbIo0o iast year slnSS Sept, list. about 4ol3oeo compared w,tn oid cotton bs as much as to.7oo. ooo az against fo be marketed but 6.s77oeo bales against S.0i3o00 for the balance of the season last year. zs2s,00o less.
 vit the present moment the excess in the worlds visible supply of Amsrican car, IS roha sso.
 9s 2. sss es s sss hsn as present indications point to the demana be an large as last season. l2.435,e00 last Frfdays basis figuring. i2.644,0oo such commercial crop as 1o,7eo.oeo would faI short of requirements by about lsoo.voo bales. These are the conditions to be con- expanding industrial world promoted by cty- iiization. and the redemption of the peoples Of Russia. will only rebound in making prosperity all the more general throughout the universe. .,
 row there being no comparison of previous seasons to compare with unless the agri- cultural department should spring some thing new on the trade in the way of infor- nation statistics
 For the month of october Miss Giles re The New York Journal of Commerce. loss Of 4a points. Last months government condition report was 71.2
 Suots here closed firm. 3-f6c up; sales zed0; fob. 2,s0o; middling llhe Offer stock here being sb.ooo less than one year
 Iiverpoot is due to come higher today and s inc Advancing market may continue Mont- Kornery traders. well as holders. are buliish on the market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL.
Garrison of Capital Rebels and Squad
 ron UphOlds Them.

ron UphOlds Them.
 New York. Nov. 9.--A Buenos Ayres dispatch to The Herald dated Wednes- day says:
 A revolutions has just broken out in Rio De Janeiro against the Brazilian Government. It is both military and naval. The entire garrison of the cap ital has rebelled and the squadron in the harbor has sided with the revolu- tionists and threatens to bombard the city.
 Hundreds of persons have been killed in encounters in the streets.
 One dispatch says that the trouble began with a uutiny of the garrison or the fort of Santa Cruz, due to the ill., treatment of a sergeant by the officers in command. Colonel Pedro Inc was arrested and Major Freire and an en- sign were killed. Troops were sent there to quell the muttny
 At the Brazilian legation there IS no news of the outbreak, but Brazilian residents here say the revolution would not surprise them, as the chiefs Of the last revolutionary attempt were re- gently pardoned. The principal leader Is Lauro Sodre. who was very active.
 The mutineers in the fortress or Santa Cruz surrendered to the authort- ties this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
yandiver Says Lawyers Have Case.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 9.-Super- intendent w. D. Vandiver of the State Insurance Department when informed by the Associated Press today that Judge Adams of the United States Cir cult Court at St. Louis had issued a temporary injunction restraining him from enforcing his order suspending the license of the New York Life Insurance Company to do business in this State, made the following statement:
 q do not care to express an opinion at this stage of the proceedings. The question is now in the court and the lawyers will fight it out. This matter of misuse of funds has been going on for a long time and take the position that the capital stock of the New York life has been impaired to some ex tent and that the intention to write new business IS hazardous to the noIis cyholders. have done my duty in the natter"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
NEW ORLEANS sPor COTTON.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES. New Orleans. Nov. 9.=Cotton fl1tnres yer
NEW nRIEANa CnTTnN-

New Orleans Nov, 9.--Spot cotton active and firm. Sales 7.400 bales. including 4 500 % arrive. Quotations advanced s-lG Mid
 Futures opened 24a2s points higher than last evenings closing. influenced by better Liverpool than expectad. the improve meut In New York and unfavorable weather over large sections of the cotton belt. The trend of prices was howard throuRhout the session. with very slight fluctuations. and by noon the active positions had gained 1S to IS points on the opening figures. Jan gssarZ opsnsd as points up. II; s5, recsded to to 1t.4G The market closed firm 1 to 9 points from the top. Net gains s5 to 3S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
Woman Stripped, Cast Into River and
 Speared With TPidents.

Speared With Tridents.
 Hong Kong, Nov. 9.-Dr. Machle, the American missionary who escaped the massacre at Lienchow, confirming the previous accounts of the outbreaks, adds horrifying details of the atrocities com mitted on the American women. When the disturbances commenced the mob seized Miss Chestnut and Mrs. Machle and exposed them to public in the Chi nese temple. Amy Machle, the doctors 10-year-old child, was carried and flung alive into the river. The rioters stripped Miss Chestnut naked and flung her into the river. While the two were struggling in the water three Chinamen speared them with tridents. Miss Chestnutt's body and Amy Machles head were pierced.
 Mrs. Machle appealed to the rioters. but the mob stoned her brains out, stripped the body and flung it into the river. The mob then captured Mir. and Mrs. Peale. stripped them naked. ex- posed them for fifteen minutes, clubbed MT. Peale to death in his wife's pres- ence and subsequently, killed Mrs. Peale in the same brutal fashion.