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The Washington times., 1906-12-16

per cent are breadwinners. The child
breadwinners enumerated In the Dis
trict include 1855 boys and 579 girls.
The contrast between The employment OF
boys and OF girls is most marked for
the children of native white parents.
What They Do.
Tables show that there is a wide
range Of occupations in which children
In the District are employed. For boys,
the leading occupation is that of mes
senger and errand and Office boy. Con-
siderable numbers OF boys were returned
as laboreTs, as draymen. hackmen, and
teamsters. as servants and walters,
clerks and copyists. and as statesmen.
For girls. by far the most important
occupation is that of servant or wait
ress.
Comparing the District of Columbia
with other localities. it is found IL has
the same percentage of child breadwin-
neTs as Boston.
A study is made OF SSs families having
s9S child breadwinners 10 to Il years OF
age. The size of these families varied
from to IS. The average size OF all
the families was 6.2; OF the white fam
lies, 6.3. and OF the colored families, 6l.
Illiteracy among the children is an
other subject considered. OF I.507 child
Dreadwinners 10 To % years OF age. I33
or S.S per cent were iliterate. Among
colored children, 15s per cent were Hit
crate.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
FOOD SHOW ENDS,
GENUINE SUCCESS

Last night. the closing evening Of the
Food Show in Convention Han. was the
most successful Of the entire period
during which the exhibition mas been
conducted. The crowds were never be
fore 50 merry. so cosmopolitan. or 50
intent on sampling the foodstuns.
Beneath the clustered lights and
among the festooned booths the people
moved necessarily. eating here and
there or chatting with their friends.
The managers of the show expressed
themselves as pleased with the whole
exhibition, but especially with the sue
cess of the exhibit of the closing night.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
ASK INVESTIGATION
OF LABOR CONDITIONS
Miss Jane AddamS Comes
Here to Urge Congress
TO Action.

Champions of the movement for inves-
tigatlon Of the Industrial. social. moral.
educational. and physical condition OF
women and child workers in the United
States viii make a strong effort this ses-
sion to get Congress to appropriate suf-
ficient money for this purpose.
Miss Jane Adams, of Hull House. and
Miss Mcdowell the Chicago settlement
worker. have been in Washington lately
in the interest OF this investigation, and
willie here conferred with members Of
the House and the Senate.
President Roosevelt, in his annual
message at the opening Of this Con-
gress, recommended that provision be
made for such an investigation by the
Department Of Commerce and Labor.
Bill Is on Calendar.
A bill authorizing expenditure Of $780,
900 for this purpose has been reported
out of the Labor Committee of the
House. and now IS on the calendar The
Senate Committee on Education and La
for hae reported the same bill out, out
has stricken the appropriation in 1t.
Senator DOlliver introduced the bill in
the Senate. and he viii urge It's pas
sage after the holidays
Advocates OF the investigation say
that the rapid increase in the Number
of women employed in factories ana else
where has given rise to many serious
social questions which are OF national
inaportance. because they threaten the
vieor OF the coming generation.
The last census showed more tnAn
Z 900 600 women engaged In gainful oc-
cupations, their average wage being less
than $40 a year. More than 90 per cent
of them were not twenty-four years
old. The census also disclosed that
..the proportion Of women employed IN
manufactures is increasing more rap
idly than that Of men"
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
JUDGE PUTS BAN
ON MOTHER-IN-LAW

PITTSBURG. Pa. Dec. l5.-'No
woman should be compelled 10 live with
her mother-in-law. Even if she did
agree 10 do so before marriage she has
q perfect right to break thas agreement
II were woman l would leave a
man who tried 10 compel me TO live
with his mother"
Judge J. A Evans was righteousIy in
dignant and expressed his opinion IN re-
gard to mothers-in-laW in no gentle
terms The occasion was the hearing Of
deseruon and non-support case
brought against George II. Smith by his
wife
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
WIRE THIEVES BUSY.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company reported 10 The
police yesterday that 400 pounds
of copper wire have been stolen
from its track equipment at Linden.
Md. and that 80 pounds have been alb
stracted from its storehouse at Takoma
Park.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
SAVE MUCH TROUBLE.

Agent-This IS the automobile YOU
want You never have 10 crawl under
II 10 fx it,
Sparker-You don't?
Agent-No. II the slightest thing goes
wrong with the mechanism II instantly
turns bottom side up.-Puck.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
HIGH WAITER DEL. AXIS TRAFFIC
Train on Raleigh ard Southport Rail-
road Could Not Enter RaIeic:l-Sev-
Ciai Charters Granted by the State.
Especial to The Messenger J

Raleigh, \. c.. July 23.-On account
Of high water and the washing out Of u
bridge abutment over the lower Little
river, the passenger train of the Ra-
leigh & Southport railroad did not TO-
day enter Raleigh. It is thought The
damages will be repaired by tomorrow,
Raleigh passengers bound for Fayelte-
vile and points in that direction could
not leave the city.
Insurance Commissioner Young 10
day approved the charter of the South
ern Livestock Insurance company, of
High Point, \. c., E. NJ. Armfield and
Others are interested.
The state chartered the Huss-Austin
company, of Salisbury, n. c., saloon
lists. with $4,000 authorized capita;
stock. The Linden Manufacturing COM
rany. Linden. Cumberland county, for
general merchandising, cotton milling
and numbering Incorporators are W.
]. Williams, Jr., Raleigh. S. |. Under
wood, Linden, and Others. Capitli
stock 10000 W. A. Leggett Drug
company, Edcnton, n. c., wholesale and
retail, authorized capital stock s25 900
c. S. Vann, W. A. Leggett, D. II. NJ l..
Cason, incorporators. The Marsh Fur
niture company, High Point, n C, will
manufacture, with a total authorized
capital of s125 900, ]. E. Marsh, ]. J.
Welsh, and Others are incorporators.
Seaboard Feed and Produce company.
Henderson, y c., with II. T. Morris
and Others, incorporators, with $50, 900
capital stock. The Carolina Buggy
company, Henderson, 4. c.. capita.
stock s25, 900, subscribed by W. +. Wad-
dill, Carthage. r. Fl. Lassiter J. II
Brodie, Henderson, y. G.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
ONE ENGINEER KILLED;
OTHER INJURED.

Engineer Frank B Lewis, who was
on the passenger train was instantly
killed and it was SO sudden that e
is not believed that he even had fine
to reverse his engine or put on the ar
brakes. If the brakes were applied no
one III the car felt ii and it is prac-
tically impossible to put on the emer-
gency brakes without causing the train
to make very perceptible halt.
The engineer on the freight was Owen
Bunday, of Hamlet, and he jumpel
just before the trains went together
and so did his fireman. They did
not see the train. but the passenger
train had an electric headlight and they
saw the reflection over the track and
knew that il was train. Engineer
Bunday had a rib or two broken. When
found he was sitting by telephone
post endeavorilg to read his orders 10
see if he had made a mistake.
Yesterday morning people who went
% view the wreck found sand on the
track which showed that the engineer
of the freight had made an effort to
stop his train but they were so close
when they saw the reflection that it
would have been impossible to stop
the train.
Engineer Lewis was a man perhaps
forty years of age and was one of Inc
best known engineers on this division
Of the Seaboard. He was a native of
Lumberton and was a son of the late
DR.. Lewis, of that place. He is sur
vived by a wife and several children
His wife was a daughter of Captain
McGlenn. The remains were carrie |
TO Lumberton on a special train.
Another of the killed, young Henry
Byrd, of Phoenix, the baggage master,
was a nephew of Mr.. ]. NJ Woolard
and Sergeant Woolard, of this city. and
the former and his sister. Mrs. Alice
Formey, went to Phoenix yesterday
afternoon. The young man was a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Byrd and he
leaves three brothers and six sisters.
He was q years of age. 1t was only
a few days ago since the young man
was here on a short visit TO his reia-
tives.
Yesterday was sad, sad day for En-
gineer Bunday for although he was not
responsible in any way for the
wreck it could not helped but have
given his nervous system terrible
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27

Charlottesville, Va, July 23.-A re-
cent statement of growth published by
the University Of Virginia shows tha-
institution TO be passing through a pc
riod of unprecedented progress. The
teaching force has been more than
double during the past two years. This
expansion has affected all departments
of the University, but especially he
departments Of medicine and engineer
ing. A memorial dining hall, and
house for the president, will be erec1-
ed at once, and another large building
are planned for the immediate future
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
All Of the Dead But Two
Were Negroes.
MORE THAN SCORE INJURED
Passenger and Freight Train COL
Iided Two Miles Wes+ of Hamlet.

Where There il Sharp Curve-The
Jim Crow Car Was Absolutely De-
n0lishcd and Baggage Car Was
Shattered-IIngineer and Fireman
OH the Passenger Train Were Killed
hut Those on the Freight Saw Re-
fIcction From Headlight and Jump
ed just Before the Trains Met.
White Passengers Had to Do Fracti-
Cally All the Work of ReScueing.
Air Rent With Means OF the Dying
and Shouting and Praying OF the
Negroes.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
Loyalty Of the Army Her Only
::HOpc
THE CITY An ARMED CAMP
Parliament Issues an Address to
the People

Hundreds of Revolutionary Agitator>
.arres:ed-Public and Private Meet
ingS Forbittden-Threats of Military
Force Used to Force the Lower
House to End Session-People Not
Yet Aroused to the Gigantic Up
heaVal Sure TO Follow the Dissolu-
tion of Pariiament-Minor Disorders
are Reported From Half Dozen
Towns.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27

One OF the worst wrecks in the rail-
road annals Of the state occurred On
the SeabOard Air Line Sunday night
at point about two miles wes+ of
Hamlet. Eastbound passenger train
No. Al, running an hour late and max
ing at least fifty miles an hour, and a
through freight running as first section
OF No. 80, a passenger train, collided
in deep cut. The number of dead so
far numbers 23 with more than a
score injured All of tine dead, with
two exceptions are negroes and most OF
them got on the train at Rockingham,
which is about four miles west of where
the wreck occurred
An Associated Press dispatch receiv-
ed last night from Raleigh, gives the
following, which is partial list OF the
dead and Il complete list Of the injured:
Byrd and Lewis, killed, were white
others cOIOred
Frank b. Lewis, engineer, Ham ct.
Henry Byrd, baggage master,
Phoenix.
Mary Land, Bennettsville, S. G..
Sarah Capel, Laurinburg, n. c.
Child OF Sarah Capel, Laurinburg
n. {.
George McLaurin, Laurinburg, n c.
Hannibal McNair, Laurinburg, n G.
Child of Hannibal McNair, Laurin-
burr. y. c.
Binuh Russell, Hoffman, n. c.
TOM Hill. Hamlet. n. c.
Tom ItupS R0ckinoh3m \ &
Child Of John Harrington, Hamlet,
\. {.
Gilbert NcF2dden. Hamlet, n. c.
The white injured are
J. D. Bowen, of Wilmington. n. {,
conductor. passenger.
Go, birmingham, of Rockingham
n. c.
/. \ Carter, of Rockingham, \. c.
:. 5. Srndeford, OF Rockingham, n,
The colorod injured are:
George Morgan, Rockingham, n. c
Cicero ThOmas.' Laurinburg, \. <.
Oscar Lee, Hamlet. n. c.
Cert HenlCn, Hamlet, \. c.
Oscar flowers. LilesyiIIe. y. C.
Rich Douglass, Bennettsville. s. Z.
May, Douglass, Bennettsville, n. {.
& IVey OXindine, Lumberton, \. c..
Frank Scott, ----
Jim OdOm, Gibson, n c..
Lizzie Bowman, Hamlet, n. G..
Perry Clark, Laurinburg. n c.
Mamie Lee, Hamlet. n. c.
Octavia jackson, Hamlet, n. G.
Jane Stewart Rockingham, n. c.
James Stewart, Rockingham, n. c.
Carrie McNair. Laurinburg, n. c.
E. \. Radley, Rockingham, n. c.
June Radley, Rockingham, \. c.
ny 4 NJIruT'N ErNTpp ATE
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27

NETI IItTT-C -CT, IIHIET. y. Z.
Oscar Lowers. Lilesyille, y. C.
Rich Douglass, Bennettsville. s. {
May, Douglass, Bennettsville, n. {.
E IVey OXindine, Lumberton, n c..
Frank Scott, ---
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
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The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
IN 4 MIGHTY EMBRACE

Without the slightest warning me
two trains both running at full speed
dashed around a sharp curve and as the
freight entered a deep cut they met
There was loud report, then terrible
crashing of timberS us the gigantic
engines pioughed way through the cars
and with each turn of the wheels
ground out lives Neither engine was
turned over but were locked in q
mighty embrace and were nothing but
81 mass of twisted and broken iron.
The baggage car was smashed almCs-
into splinters but it did not fare as
bad as the Jim Crow car which was
literally split open by the front car. II
was IL this car that there were some
sixty negro passengers and it was in
deed wonderful that any of them
escaped. The second class car had
the front end smashed in and the
front trucks left the track but with
this exception it was uninjured. The
fourth car and last one on the train,
the first class car, was not injured Iii
the least and did not leave the track.
No one in this car, with the exception
Of Captain Bowen, was injured. The
conductor was hurt by reason Of the
fact that he was standing up.
The freight had twenty-five cars and
many of them were derailed. The
point where the accident occurred was
Just after the freight had entered 4
cut. the passenger train being entirely
in the cut. A portion of the freight was
on a high embankment
AN AWFUL SCENE
IN clear weather it would hardly be
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27
RUSSIAN EMPIRE NOW ON n
EVE OF, A BLOODY Ri

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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
MUCH DEPENDS ON
THIRD ARBITER.
Solution Of Carmen's Diff
ficulties Rests With One
Man, Who May Be'Jurist
WILL MEET THURSDAY

The first meeting Of 'the board Of
srbitrators which is TO settle the difn-
culties between the carmen and the
United Railroads will be held Thurs
day morning at the offices of the COM
pany at Oak and Broderick streets
Thornwell Mutually and Richard Cor
nelius will at that time attempt TO Sc
lect & third member Of the board who
will be satisfactory to both parties.
The carmen realize that when they
made their president one of the men,
bers OF the board they virtually re-
duced the number Of actual arbitrators
from three to one, Mutually and Corne-
Illus being parties TO the settlement
rather than disinterested adJudicators.
For this reason there will be difficulty
in coming TO an agreement on the third
man The carman have said that no
capitalist will be accepted by them.
Cornelius has admitted that he would
accept a judge and has gone as far as
20 state that Judge Murasky would be
satisfactory. Calhoun says he has no
objection to a Judge $50 long as he
is en- upright Judge" The inference
seems to be that Judge Murasky may
be the man TO complete the board.
Yesterday saw the resumption of
track work, which has been at a stand
still since the day the construction
union called out their men. Three
hundred workmen were swinging ham
mers with viii on Sutter street yes
terday, and Calhoun said that the work
Of converting the old cable tracks into
trolley lines viii now go on as If moth
ing had happened.
But there is a part OF my plans
which / shall have to curtail on ac-
count OF the present cost Of construc-
ton due to the wages which have to
be paid in the building trades" CAL
houn added II had intended to put
up a large Office building. I can't do
IL now. No one will buiid class A
structures under the present circum-
stances who doesn't have to. I had
also intended to put up some per-
rnanent car shops. I shall have to
make them of a temporary nature now
for the same reason
The linemen who had not previously
returned TO work since the strike did
so yesterday.
At q conference in the afternoon be-
tween Mullally. Cornelius and Sullivan
Of the electrical workers the arrange
ment for the first meeting Of the ar
bitrstion board was completed.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
LEADS
To PRISON.

Love at nrst sight proved the un-
doing OF Theodore Nordrum, second
mate OF the ship Tortoise. recently
from the isla Of Java. For displaying
an unreasonable amount OF affection
formerly with the Weber a Field the
atrtcal company, the bronzed seaman
stands convicted Of battery and will
be sentenced by Police Judge Conlan
today.
rest and conviction OF the jolly tar on
a charge Of battery are somewhat un-
usual Miss Darlington. accompanied
by A. B. Fately OF 1928 Grove street.
was riding down Market street last
Sunday evening on a couple OF WE'LL
bred nags. They were espied by the
second mate. With a rollicking ship
ahoy" the second mate approached Miss
Darlington and demanded her acquain-
tance. His advances were indi gnantly
spurned. The mate was not discour-
aged, but attempted to drag the lady
from her seat on the horse. with the
result that he was beaten for his pa ~
by Mr.. Fate1y and locked up ca
charge Of battery The woman whom
he had offended was compelled to go
to New York the next day. but left
a deposition stating that she had been
subjected to a grave indignity by the
sailor Judge Conlan heard the testi-
mony of Mr. Fately and read the dep
osition OF the actress. whereupOn he
promptly convicted Nordrum and or
dered him TO appear for sentence to-
day
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
CHARGES PAR TNER
WITH FORGERY.

Damages in the sum OF $4,000 are
asked by L. Mink from Louis and Solo,
mon Marks for an alleged conspiracy
through which ne was forced out Of
business He also accuses Louis
Marks. his former partner, OF having
forged his name to chattel mortgage
made out to Solomon Marks.
Mink and Louis Marks were associ-
ated in a suit and cloak manufactur-
ing business under the firm name Of
Mink & Marks. and il was to force him
out of this firm that Mink claims the
conspiracy was started by his partner
and Solomon Marks early in February.
AS a preliminary to attain this end.
Mink says that false reports regard
ing the condition of the firm were sent
out by Marks 10 the firms creditors.
and that his personal solvency was
also attacked.
On April chattel mortgage pur-
porting to be signed by both members
or the firm, and covering the entire
stock of the concern, was made out to
Solomon Marks and placed on record.
This, Mink claims, was done by Louis
Marks without his knowledge and con-
sent, his signature being forged on the
instrument. To this he also attributes
the fact that the business was at
tached, that he was forced out OF il,
and that his reputation suffered
through consequent newspaper noto
riety
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
GOULD ROAD WILL
RUSH Bull DING.

The Western Pacific will reduce the
time of its building from Salt Lake
City to San Francisco by six months
and If possible year. It's engineering
department hopes to have the entire
line completed and ready for use on
January l, 1909, with through pas
senger and freight trains from San
Francisco to Baltimore.
This move is made as a result OF the
desire of the Gouids to get into San
Francisco in time to grow UP with the
new business lines of this city. The
Western Pacific, as well as the other
railroads, expects to get its share of
the rich business. that San Francisco
will develop. in future years and it
realizes that the quicker it gets to
the bay the better for its freight and
passenger traffic possibilities. j. H.
McClements, the Goulds right-hand
financial man, has been In Utah and
Nevada, looking over the line with
Chief Engineer Virgil Bogue The de-
cision to rush the work was reached
when this investigation was COM
pleted.
In pursuance of their determination
to have a through transcontinental
route, the Goulds, through the engi-
neering department of the Western Pa
cific, have issued a call for 5000 men.
They want laborers of every kind and
are willing to pay high wages for their
services. The Western Pacific has
about 1900 men employed in construc-
tion work at this time. The Stone
Company and the Utah Construction
Company, which are doing some of the
Western Pacifc's contract work, are
also seeking men.
A report has been received at the
local engineering office of the West
ern Pacific that the recent wet weather
in Utah has hindered the progress OF
line. Forty-seven miles Of track have
been laid out of Salt Lake City The
road is now within sixty-five miles of
the Nevada line and construction en-
gines are running over it, The grading
in Nevada and California is progress
ing- The long stretch across the des-
ert is as yet untouched.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
ROBERTS ATTEMPTS
TO PREVENT TRIAL
Asks TO Have Robbery Charge Dis
missed Because Case Was Not
Called within Legal Time.

Attorneys for George Roberts, once
convicted of grand larceny and now
charged with robbery because of a
reversal of the former judgment by
the Supreme Court, appeared in Judge
Dunnes court yesterday with a mo-
ton to dismiss the present action on
the grounds that the trial was not
called within sixty days of the plead
ing.
Roberts was arrested and tried on a
case resulting from an alleged bunko
game. in which he was convicted of
having deprived an innocent victim
of a portion of a large roll of money.
The Supreme Court held that the crime
was not a larceny. and that if a con-
vIction of any kind was secured it
must be upon a robbery charge. Such
charges were at once filed against
Roberts and he entered a plea of not
guilty, but the trial has not been
called.
No action was taken by the court
on the motion of Roberts attorneys,
the matter being taken under advise
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
GOES BROKE BUT
SEES WORLD.

J. T. Goodwin, who left Cuttingsville,
vermont. four years ago to make
a bicycle trip around the world,
arrived here or the liner Siberia with
cut any bicycle but with evidence to
show that he and Ills bicycle did visit
many odd corners OF the globe
This evidence Is in the form of off
cial seals of consular officers, poten-
tates and government of1icials These
seals fill four large books. Each seal
occupies. one page, on which is written
some brief statement to the effect that
on such date ]. T. Goodwin of Amer
lea was at such and such a. place Over
the writing the hot sealing wax has
been dropped and impressed with the
seal OF whoever Goodwin had persuaded
TO bear evidence in his behalf.
This book of seals is about all Good
win brought home. During his travels,
he says, he wore out four bicycles and
MS letter OF credit. He found himself
stranded at Shanghai. He worked his
passage from there in the Siberia,s
engine-rocm and has not made up his
mind as to just how he will get back
to Vermont
Since leaving Cuttingsville he has
visited Jamaica, Great Britain, Con-
tinental Europe, Africa, India and
CHINA The seals In his books are many
and curious and the written testimony
In numerous languages and varied
script
or adventures he declares he had
many, but confines himself to general
ities and takes much pride in the visit
Ing card of nephew of the German
emperor with whom he says he trav-
eled for several weeks in India.
he made the trip. he says, because
ne wanted to see the world. He has
seen It and In spite of his present
straitened circumstances Is satisfied.