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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
Horrible WRECK
ON So J D [ .P'.A|'C'If A f|.C|' {
Express Train Ran Into Open
Switclll;2Ten Cars Were
Derailed.s
q 24 PERSONS W Y ERE Il KILLED ! I
One Hundred Injured Most Of
the Dead Were Italians Rid
ing in Smoking Car.
PERSONS WERE KlLLED.
ing in Smoking Car.


COTTON, CAL, March 2S.--A disas-
trous wreck on the Southern Pacific
occurred one and onc-half miles east
of here late this afternoon, when west
bound train No. .. from New Orleans
for San Francisco, ran into an open
switch Tensof the fourteen coaches
were derailed. Twenty SIX persons are
known to have been killed, and the
final will{probably total much high
ser. The injured number about 100.
The wrecked coaches were hurled in
every direction and four We're smashed
into splinters. Most Of the dead were
Italians from New York and New Or
leans going to San Francisco. They
occupied the smoker and day coach.
Eighteen corpses were brought to
Cotton this evening and eight uddi-
Stional bodies could be seen underneath
one Of the demolished cars. This ear
could not be raised until derrick
was brought from Los Angeles. sixty
miles. away.
Two Americans Killed.
But two Americans are known to
have been killed.
George L. shaIp OF Muncle, Ind,
was instantly killed. The baggaGe-
man OF the train, whose name has not
been nscertnined, also was killed. En-
gneer Clarence T. Wormington and
Fireman Victor Crebb We're caught In
the wreckage and terribly burned.
Out of about eighty Pullman passen-
gers only two sustained serious injury.
Tho three Pullman coaches and the diner,
which were on the rear of the train, did
not leave the track.
The Florence Roberts Theatrical Com
pany. occupied one COACH which was
hurled from the track and both ends Of
1t crushed In by Impact against the
others. Two of the twenty-five members
OF the company We're injured. Miss Rob
crts escaped unhurt
Tho escape from death Of the occupants
4 OF this car was remarkable. The scenery
and properties carried We're destroyed.
There We're three tracks where the
accident occurred. which is In the open
country. The people OF Cotton were first
to be notified of the catastrophe. Hun
sdreds hurried to the scene,, and physi-
clans and nurses were brought from San
Bernardino and Cotton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
KILLED WIFE WITH
PISTOL AND AXE
Jealous Husband Murders Wo-
man in Most Atrocious
Manner.
Especial to The Times -plsratch.l ]

[Specinl to THO TImes-DIsphtCh.I I
r RONC1IVlIRTE. w, VA, March rs
"A most horrible and shocking tragedy
was enacted here last night about $40.
Martin French, a colored tcamster.
about flfty~four years old, shotint his
wife, Hannah French. Missing fire he
grabbed an axe and split her head
She died about Q o'clock. Turn
ing upon himself he cut his throat from
ear to ear, causing instant death.
FrenNh bore very good character.
Jealously and family discord over
balanced his mind.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
make RICHMOND
A CLEANER n CITY
Finance Committeetob6
Asked to Appropriate
SIS. 900.
CITY TO IMPROVE.
NEW FAIR GROUNDS
Committee Recommends Unani-'
1nously Expenditure Of $4,000
Therefor-Franchise Permit 80
ting S. a. L. Railwayt to
Run Tracks Under n
Broad Street. Us.
iiJss4Ss
WHAT COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND

" Expendlture Of 81, 500 Tor Ir7proVIngH
Fair Grounds.
franchise to Seaboard Air Line Ralt-5s
road to run track under Broad Street.
Appropriation Of S25, 900 to make city
clean and dustIess. 8
Survey and plotting OF annexed ter-l
rltory, at cost Of So 900.
Making June 14th Richmond Day as
jamestown Exposition. e 4
Establishing one 1ew precinct each
In Jefferson and Clay Wards.
Creating office Of Assistant City En-.
gineer, at St,5oo. iaii @
Important step in Improvement off,
Shockoe Creek taken. b 5lsg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
.HAMLIN IN. LEI;
FOUGHT FOR NORTH
Kilsman Of General Lee and a
Virginian, Was in Union
ArmY

# COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, March
2S,-lIamlin N. Lee. veteran ar the
Mexican and Civil Wars and a relative
of General Robert y. Lee, died here
yesterday OF heart failure. aged
5eighty-seven years. Although closely
related to the Southern general and
"a Virginia by birth, Mr., Lee fought
With tho Union army, In tho lato T0's
sMr. Lee wont to l4eodville and WAS the
SdlscoYerer Of The famous Robert y.
Lee name. I. ... q *,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
To Improve City.

At meeting OF the Committee on
Street Cleaning, held In the office Of the
Superintendent last night. plans were
discussed and action WAS taken looking
to making Richmond real ''spotlessg
town. during the jamestown Exposition,t
or from about May list to December 1st,
a committee from this Chamber at CSns-s
merco appeared 10 urge such action, but
this was not needed, the committeeman
themselves being as kecnly alive to this
matter anu its importance as any eltt-s
zen. Tha aiSacuSsiaa ~ iba yarl0u Pes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
Kuroki for Jamestown,

TOXIC. March est was announced
to-day that General Kuroki will repre-
sent the Japanese army at the James,
town celebrations,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29
Killed With Fence Rail.

Il loOTHAN. Ala March g I'm q dis
5pute over n boundary line last night
near here Josiah Roarh was Istrurk
over the head with a rail by George.
Smith causing death. Smith has been
arrested IA 81 III 8i3 4 u s5s Al
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Continued on Third Pagc.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
SUNDAY, APRIL Z. 1907.
But the true God hath this attribute,
that He Is Jealous Cod and therefore
His worship and religion Will endure
no mixture or partner.-Bacon.
The Boss.

There is ground for suspicion that
the alleged conspiracy against Mr..
Roosevelt is pure invention for poll
teal purposes only. Whether SO or
not, the news from Washington is that
the President is making good use OF
it to whip all ambitious politicians
into line. All Republicans must now
stand up and be counted. and he who
halts is damned. The President will
call the roll, and those who do not
answer will be set down as members
Of the conspiracy. The black flag has
been hoisted, and all who fail to enlist
and march in the Roosevelt army will
be numbered with the transgressors
and punished MS they deserve. The big
stick will be welded with unusual
force, and every head that fails to nod
to the Presidents wink will be knock
ed.
Evidences multiply that Theodore
Roosevelt is not only politician, but
giant among political bosses.
Get together, Democrats. get to-
gether. Opportunity is hammering at
your door.
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Rhymes for To-Day
AS It May Happen.

[Piqucd by allegations That she
is wiclcdor thnn Sodoni, Pittsburg
has counted noses and discovered
that tho city contains no less than
rs righteous rIcn.l
as RIGHTEOUS Men, -all sure TO go
~ t to heaven:
= One moved to ISaln,azoo, thus
leaving II.
" Righteous N1on--thnt was pittsburgs
nX:
Ono became q missionary, leaving &c.
26 righteous Men, who kept tho church
alive:
One made n million bones, thus lcav-
ing 25.
.25 righteous Mon, wishing there wcro
more:
Ono wed chorus girl. which left
but "a.
"a Righteous Men, pretty sight to
SEQ:
One chanccd to baclSslide, leaving %.
30 Righteous N1cn--thc number meant
skiddoo:
One committed suicide, leaving 20.
2? Righteous Men, having little fun:
One contracted brainstorlns, leaving 81,
III Righteous Mcn-well, wasn't that
a plenty?
Ono was there from Richmond: he
left poor Plttsburg 90.
f' s. I. y 4 = VIA i t .
30 Very Righteous Mcn-but II more.
you see,
Went back to homes in Richmond,
leaving pittsburg s.
8 Very Righteous Mcn-wcl, what
could they do?-
one took to drink, OF course. lowing
only 2.
9 Very righteous Men, hardly pressed
cnc Of them embezzled, thereby leav.
ing only I.
Very Righteous Man-what could
he ha' done?-
He died Of lonesomencss, which didn't
leave o.
Not a single Righteous Man: so might
Sodom's fate
Happen to CITY that has got but IS
II. S. II
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The Machen Proposal.
Editor OF The Timcs-Dispatch:

sir.-I have carefully read tho state
ment Of state Senator Lewis i. Machen
ton law" published in your issue OF the
2Sth inst, and am nstonislled at the doc
ttrine. lie would have a law permitting
tho acuuittal ana release of defendant.
charged with murder. whenever y was va
because of the commission Of wrong
upon the person of tho wife. mother.
sister or daughter" Of the slayer There
Is no question Of assault INVOLVED
1T is recognized by all that the, wrong m
mentioned by Senator Machen - suaiy y
prevalent one, but 1t Is not now, ans,
cannot possibly become, so sore an ey ~,
the enaeten int sena stat from q Al ene
,inaria which not only permits murder
t actually napre|E fiat PIT III ns eamm from
w w,..i III az Virginia seriously contemplated
legislation against and overriding one q
The fundamental laws of God? Ehol
shalt not kill" Is a living compartment
to-day, as much 50 as when Moses re,
! celycd II upon Sinai from the hand O
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Juvenile Courts.

a Richmond lad, sixteen years of
age. has recently been convicted OF
numerous petty thetts and sent to the
refo-natory At Laura..
Not long ago this boy was picked
ur by Sergeant Mcmahon for stealing
r.oney from the Home for Needy
Co. esdera,e Women. The case was
brought 10 the attention OF the Mayor,
tu, IN order to save the boy he con-
s,sated TO drop the prosecution on
condition that the money be returned
and the father of the boy undertake
70 discipline and reform him. The
father did his best but the boys
instincts led him into other thefts,
until there was nothing left but to
send him to the reformatory.
If Richmond had had Juvenile
court with Judge like Ben" Lindsey,
Of Denver, the probabilities are that
this boy would have been saved What
would Judge Lindsey have done with
himT As soon as he was caught
\ in the first theft, the lad would have
been questioned In kindness and
friendship. and then put on proba-
ton. The court would have given him
n card setting forth a number Of ques-
lions bearing on his conduct. The boy
would have been required to present
this card to tho court every other Sat
urday morning after it had been filled
out and signed by his teacher. If
the report proved to be good, the boy
would have been congratulated If bad,
he would have been questioned until
the judge had gotten at the cause and
decided upon remedy. The process
would have continued until the lad
was either reformed or found to be
incorriglblc, in which event. as a last
resort, he would have been commit
ted.
But the chances Of reform would
have been largely in his favor, accord
ing to the Denver statistics. The Den
yer court boasts that 95 per cent. O
the delinquent boys in that city ar,
treated successfully without commit
mcnt Opposed to this stands recort
of 90 per cent, convicted and rs pc
cent. sent 10 jails or reformatorics I'm
I der the old criminal system unde
4 the system that prevails in Richmont
Rev. Zcd, II. Corp, of Washington
Y who has made study OF the juvenil
court system, viii lecture in this cit
" on the 18Th instant on youthful dc
linquents and the best mode of dea
ing with them We hope that he wi
have a large audience. There, IS Il
subject Of greater Importance to IL
morals Of tins community.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Approves the Machen Plan.

Editor Of The Tlmes-DtSpatch:
Sir-In your Issue OF the 2Sth IN
slant I note very interesting article
by Senator Afachcn,, in which he dis
cusscs a subject which at the present
time is attracting Widespread ntteh-
ton, VIZ: the "unWritten law ana inc
adyisability OF spreading the principles
OF this o-called law upon our statute
books. AS a member OF tho legal pro-
fession and MS citizen. heartily
indorse the sentiments of Mr.. Machen.
and con cur in his wish that your paper
do all it can towards nrousing public
Interest IN the preparation OF prop
erly worded statute.
read the outline submtted by ME :,
its merits and tho dinlculty Of pre-
pairing statute of this kind which
would meet all requirements. beg
leave. with all modesty, to submit an
outline which seems to me to possibly
embody one or two essentials omitted
in the suggestion Of Mr.. Mnchen.
Owing to the fact that we are thus
absolutely giving to q man the right,
the life Of a fcllowman when his own
Ia not in jeopardy, 1t seems to- me that
this right should be extremely close
~ guarded, In order that no mistake
same. With this view 1t seems to me
proper to require the accused In such
q case to carry tho .burdenEof proving
that wrong had been committed upon
! family to the satisfaction OF tho jury
and OF further proving to the satisfac-
ton OF tho jury that such female mem.
Der was OF previous chaste character
thus establishing tho provocation, Will
the further safeguard Of requiring fur.
ther Testimony than merely that OF tn.
| unsupported statement of the accused
l submit the following hasty draf
| of such q statute:
Be 1t enacted by tho General Assem-
bly, OF Virginia, that in oil prosecution!
for assault ana battery; assault WIZ
kill,homicide and attempt to kin nnt
murder. II the accused shall p prey !, +
person assaulted or killed nl had e com y q
! cused's sister, Wife. mother or dauEh
ter, and that such sister. wife. mothel
or daughter was OF previous eha I, I I
/ such provocaton Justified such assaul
or homicide, and may find q verdict 9 Q
prosecution shall the testimony OF tn
accused be sufficient to establish 81
4 provo cation, unsupported by other evl
7. dence. II. U eIONEo.
.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

Deity. The most refined reasoning cans
not e ,s1 from this divine law the man
VINO ,s Kills another, even though that othei
There is legal remedy FOR every
wrong. a,nd when we depart from the patti,
Or norailty ana law wo must Inevitably
lose both In tho end. 1t Ii no argument
for the passage Of such n statute as tia
ono outlined by Senator Mnchen that
every man In tho case mentioned takes
the law into his own hands anyhow:
when Ito does 80, he must reckon With.
his God and his country. Il
It Is the humble Judgment OF tho
writer that wo must approach tho solu-
ton OF tho problems that confront our
land to-dny--and their name Ia legion
with tho utmost study ana care. and I
submit TINT It is q very bud beginning
ute IN direct violation of tho sixth cons
mandmeht. Can mortal man be wiser
than hei Ninker7
Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
The Dedicated Life.

IN an address recently delivered be-
fore the students of the University ar
Edinburgh, Mr.. lialdane, Secretary of
War spoke of the dedicated life and
commended 1t to the lads.
What is life?" he asked ,"and what
is tho measure of success?"
lie replied that the dedication. the
selecting of an ideal, the concentrating
upon that, the sticking to it, whether
successful or unsuccessful, was tho
The test was not success or failure.
the reaching OF some definite point; Al
was the striving itself, or rather the
quality OF the striving, the aiming ir
continually higher and higher reaci
towards the ideal, the struggling In.
stead OF yielding, that was manhood.
! highest expression
Many men and women stumble a
| this point, They think more Of re
Subs than of processes They feel tina
| there Is no success, but only diana
| failure, unless there be practical resuits
1 Cod Almighty does not deal with IL
by any such sordld rule. He docs no
hold US responsible for results. provide
only We consecratc ourselves to gu
work and labor as best VIC can. Indect
there is often moro credit In fanur
than in triumph. for there is more sacri
flee. There Is triumph In defeat, "whe
"a the mind is fixed and bent upon some
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

ties. And there are some whose pleas
ures are shameful and secret. They are
PLEASURES behind closed doors. hut
Christ, who went into the darkest
pit to find and save His lost sheep.
Elidcs into that room and turns your
pleasure into deadly horror by Ills
glnhce. lilo makes YOU to understand
that YOU have no right to n pleasure
that is purchased by nnothers wrong,
nor to any gain that Is purchased by
anothcrs loss, nor to ANY wealth
that Is purchased by anotlcrs poverty.
And you cannot avoid that master
voice Of the world speaking tho
worlds master truth.
All tho Justice that Is In tho world,
MI the compassion, nll tho mercy, has
come from the Man Of Nazareth.
Tic unavoidable Christi Why do
you wish to gavoid Him? Are you
ashamed ashamed Of Him? Have you no necd OF
Hin? Arc YOU so fast bound that you
cannot got to Him7 He calls to thee,
Come, 1921. Enter thou into thy
chamber, and shut thy doors about
thee" VIII you not reply:
Lord. I have shut my door;
Como Thou and visit me. 1 am alone.
Como, as when doors were shut. Thou
cnmst Of yore
And visitedst Thine own.
NY Lord. kneel with revcrcnt love
and fear.
For Thou art hcrc!'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Protection for the Stakeholder.

Mr.. William J. Bryan says that the
trouble with the railroads Is that they
have watered their stocks and coia-
PEELED the public TO pay dividends and
Interest upon fictitious capitalization.
!. 1'his." he adds, lis resented by ute
public, and very properly so, pn;
their resentment will not be carried
to the point Of doing Injustice to the
owners Of stock
A MIR. Roosevelt has expressed mueh
The same view. ana il is reassmlng 10
large number of innocent investors
The railroads are not owned by thS
ina gnatcs" alone. Their stock is SOLD
on the open market and thousands q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

men and women In moderate circunl-
stances have purchased 1t, not for
speculation, but as n ''safc invest
ment' for their money. Many trust
funds have been so invested. Such
investors have relied Upon tho general
progress of the country, tho stability
of the railroads aud such protection OF
law as is guaranteed to other invcst.G
lnents. 1t would be Il great hardship
on such investors, therefore. for the
government to make regulations SO
harsh as to destroy or seriously Inn
pair the value OF their holdings; and
we believe that Mr.. Bryan Is right IN
saying that the American people are
too fair to sanction such thing.
But this is not II question Of sem
timcnt merely. 1t is n practical Dues
ton, which vitality concerns American
progress If we had oil the railroads
we need, and If the country through
which they pass were fully developed,
we might then talk of limiting the
earnings Of the roads to q fair per-
centagc on their capital Investment
not able to handle the traffic, and the
country Is very far from being fully
developed. We need more roads, and
we need to improve those we have. It
would be false policy, therefore, to dis
courage the railroad industry by
harsh Legislation. Men are not going
to improve old roads or build new
ones unless they find profit in so do
ing. If we make the railroad business
Improbable, it will go backward In
stead OF forward.
Again, railroads have been impor-
tant factors in developing other in
dustries, not merely by providin. the
means of transportation, but by ad-
vertlslng. by sending out solicitors and
by giving exceptionally favorable rates
to new enterprises. If they had done
this for patriotism, government regu-
lation would not matter. But they did
1t for profit. and If their profits be
on their investment, they will not
worry to build up new enterprises. If
their present traffic be sufficient to
earn their allowance in law, why
should they undertake to create more
traffic? Handicaps on human en-
dcavor are against progress and I'M
democratic.
A word. in conclusion. about "watcred
stock" Much Of 1t doubtless has been
issned without sufficient warrant, but
some of it was fairly and properly is
sued, and served a good purpose. For
example, a number Of men form a
company to build railroad. It is a
venture, and the risk is great. They
have some money, but not enough.
They must sell bonds. But it is hard
to sell a low-interest bond, whose
value depends upon the success of an
unbuilt road. The purchasers of such
bonds must have an extraordinary in
ducement. TO that end the promoters
issue large blocks Of common stock
which has no present value, but which
VIII have value in cnse the road sue
ceels. Part of this they keep for
themselves, and part is offered the
capitalist as bonus, in order to in.
duce him to buy the bonds and SC
provide the money for. building the
road.
| Without such inducements many q
the railroad schemes Of the past would
never have been financed, and with
out such inducements hereafter
there will be q reaction in railroad
building
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
A Roorback.

The Washington Post notes that the
only publication in the United States
to hand Mr.. Cleveland lemon on his
SEVENTEEN birthday anniversary was
the American Economist. the organ Of
the Protective Tariff League. That
publication. among other derogatorv
things, said:
So the superannuated wrecker of
prosperity takes his pen in hand al
seventy years of age to tell the richest
ana happiest people on earth how they
are being robbed by tariff-made
trusts
And this is the Posts comment:
That is said of the man who saved
this republic from locking arms with
China for wild dance on the silver
basis; the man but for whose firm.
consistent and unvarying loyalty to
sound money Bryan would have come
in in 1896; the man who, in saving
this country from the calamity OF free
coinage, was compelled to make pos
sible the enactment Of the Dtnclcy
tariff in 1897"
And that Is said by a newspaper
whose editor and owner Is editor ant
also owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer
and in 1896 there was no more batan
and hystcrical champion of Bryan ant
| free silver than this same Enquirer
| Nor was any newspaper, as we recall
more bitter in It's dcnunciation o
Grover Cleveland and gold bugs" ii
general.
"A newspaper record is a dangcrou
| thing.
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what that IS good 1t ,has often been
said of Robert IL. Lee that he was
greatest Mt Appomnttox
God Almighty does not hold lis re-
sponslble for results, for we cannot
control them, Tho striving is ours,
the earnest untiring, consecrated
striving; tho results nrc Gods and with
God there is no failure
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Watches and Clocks in Richmond
1t was stated in the local columns Of
The Tlmes-Dis patch yesterday morning
that Rlchmonh returns only OIL!
watches for taxation, and only 400
clocks 1t was also stated that thcre
were slim returns in the way OF books,
pianos, etc
The explanation Is simple and has
more than once been made by rho
Times Dispatch The great majority
OF 1iichmondera fail to itcnize their
personal effects, but list them In the
aggregate. But 1t matters not to tho
State, provided all the visible personal
property is returned
Some time ago we took occasion to
| Investigate and ascertained that tho
per capita assessment of visible per-
| sonal property in Richmond was S57.39.
| we think that those figures will COM
pare favorably with like returns from
nny other city In the State.
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