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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

for old women Ia Richmond, but With
tho exception OF tho Home for Needy
Women md tho 11oinc Tor
tncurablcs. they arc denominational in
stitutions and maintained for the BON
ont OF INDECENT church members IN tliis
city.
Ii IL not possible---ls 1t not praet
cable--to establish and maintain III
Virginia n home for needy women 9
home for such women us nre described
by our correspondents These 1nuus-
trious old ladies own a farm ana son's
personal effects, aud would DO WING
to donate their property to an lhs'l-
tuition which would agree to give them
home for life, There are doubtless
many other Virginlans In similar
situation. In fact, The Times Dispatch
has moro than once received such pro
posals, 1t may be argued that needy
women are usually without means; but
most needy women, IL they be worthy,
have friends who would raise n purse
for their benefit If somo institution
would, in consideration, give them q
homel for life. II an institution o.
this character were located on farm
near to somo commercial centre, Y
could be maintained at comparatively
small cost, and there Is reason TO
helievo that 1t would receive many
gifts and bequests for It's endowment I'M
1t does seem that in q rich and
benevolent state like Virginia there
should be some place besides tho poor
house for the care of respectable ole
women--and old men, too-who have
worn out IN honorable service and
have no means OF support.
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Railroad "Prosperity.'

Several months ago Il Western
editor affirmed that in spite Of tho.
protest which the railroads had made
prosperous than over before in their
history. 1t was n paragraph with
legs TO 1t, and 1t has been running
ever since
We do not think that the rate law
has hurt the railroads, 10 the CON
trary the prohibition OF renates and
passes has undoubtedly increased their
revenues, But an increase In gross
earnings does not necessarily mean
prosperity. Take these two exam
pies;
Earnings of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad for February show that cross
receipts We're S5,9Sp,n9a, an Increase OF
sla6,7S5; expenses, siI7G,967. an in
crease OF s5lS,I7o; net earnings. Si,462,-
32S, II decrease of $4ll,99i
For the eight months Of the asca
year ended February 18th the state
ment shows gross receipts of s54,076,
| $50 an increase of $3,0S9 500; expenses
| S3o,G70,lJi, IN increase Of SalD3,770
net earnings OF s1S,4o5S5S, a decreas
OF $l04,ll0.
| Line Railway Company for Januar
increased slia,5SS, operating expense
increased $2as,7b3 ana net income dc
= creased sSGlG5. There WAS a denc
4 ne S3O-SOi From JULY LIST To JSnNaf
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

reaches an additional three per. cent.
making h total OF six per cent. lenvlnA
the surplus above this to be applied to
b;ette,ine,ts and extenslSns This PRO.
To nna effort upon. the part Of nny. cor.
poratlon to win the additional dividend
for It's bondllolders.
Roads earning less thnn three per cent.
s etn fl Into tho qnaT Of the Fed
i, Would tile government risk dcncit
In tho operation OF this plan? Not ut
al, for tho net income Of tho railroads
& SIt ths whole country every rs si, a
much moro than sufficient to pay the
nto,mplntod three per cent i'l't +, II,
creased by II policy OF Intimate co-opern.
ton and mutual confidence and interest
between the railroads and the people.
4, BY tho SANG. token, rates would soon
be automatically reduced.
wages OF employees would be Increased.
The. railroads would be managed by
tho ablcst experts.
They would go out OF politics.
They would 80 out Of Wall street.
The problem would be solved.
x Ben. Vn ~ - NJ r T'- RI
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Railroad Tragedies.

Lli tor OF Tho Iiines- Dispt. lca i ;a,t ,,stor+
Ashby Iresvan, cotorcd, OF pctsrshb i, |.
Vao IS told Tresyan W ,,,. ki IL, u py
ito was attempting, to GROSS its tracks pa,, ~
rnylor'a Crossing, IN Price George GOWN
On tho same date. At Dan y Wa1Is
Raj engine, md the horse killed. !, a.
while tho occypnnts 81 me me, pnH 1cnth .'
N esrt tried H to- to Cross cross tHe tracks q the
Gss9Ps3ks aa q 9 Mknd Nsw County Il
whan tho cart was strucls " pass PASS,
sinp train, and ono or the boys kllled
and tho other badly Injured.
Is It any wonder, when aucn
slaughter as this ls going on, that we
need it1l,ni grafton And, pray. what re-.
dress have tho surviving relations OF
these people got under tho laws ol
Virginia, which wore made ~ tue
easy going politician and the rallr road
',mnnagenlonts" to declare these ln-
auspoctng and innocent pcofle tres
paasers. or guilty OF "contributory
negllEcnce"? M
Every man has n right to go about
| his business, and 1t IS true ne snouiu
use all tho necessary precautlon ne
i
| minded and uninformed people OF tho
road road ssh zeal and il they we're, this
should not grant tho railway imam
agements" tho absolute right Of way
al ali times, without reasonable pre-
caution on their part, IT necessary
expense, to- provide for tho protection
| OF human life. All these people that
suing their daily avocations. and in
fact, all others who are employed, con-
tribute to the success OF the railroads
as the producers arc the original
sources of all wealth, and should nave
son,o rights that the railroads should
Now that they are suppliant and
arc appealing to every source Of au-
thority known TO them to MD IN sup.
pressing the righteous disnatton, &C, OF
arrangements haven't always and
everywhere porsistcntly and systemat'
ically fought every species OF legisla.
ton, State and national, that had fol
/ It's object the protection OF human lift
in tho. operation OF their respective
properties,
Let US have overhead bridges bull
by the railroad companies at e. every !, !,
in Virginia. But. II such plan, 4
not feasible, then compel them to plac'
heavy gates on each side OF the track
say. thirty. feet from the track-n
caoh crossing. so that teen1stors vii
BIO compelled ia dismount and un
latch them before crossing the track
II the railroad companies object +
II the cost, ns they surely Will, let tn
Corporation Commission nf Virginia
notify the "managements"t that the
do not pay any part of It; that tn
people whom these great manage
ments" manage to kill are the one
who do tho paying. and that thi
Wholesale butchery must aton, VIVA
say YOU, gentlemen Of the Corporatio
Commission? OBSERVER.
Lynchburg, Va.
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Newspapers, Old and New.

Virginia publisher remarked In
our presence tho other day that the
wave Of prosperity had not struck
him. II have more business said no,
"but prices Of labor and materials have
advanced so much that profits are
Slim"
The Petersburg IndeN-Appcnl In dis
cussing the same subject says that
with"the constant advance in tho prices
Of labor and Of every class of material
that enters into the making Of q news
paper, the one-cent publications Of tho
country-sold for onc-half cent to car
riers and dealers--are facing very
interesting and trying situation
"1n many instances" continues our
contemporary. Especially Of the large
onc-cent newspapers, returns from cir
culation. which in sano and normal
business conditions ought to be the
| largest factor in q newspapers in
come, are practically eliminated as an
asset, the subscription not paying the
| cost of the white paper. It Is not un-
usual to hear managers of these news
! papers bewail the fact that the more
papers they sell the more money they
lose From every viewpoint OF the
| case this is u mistaken policy.
In conclusion our contemporary says
| that twenty-five years ago, when
| labor and materials were cheaper, and
when 1t was receiving Sc a year for its
daily and So a year for It's weekly
the paper was little gold mine; ant
]. that the old Richmond Dispatch wa
most pro sperous In those days and un
Z der those conditions
II Twenty five years ago there was no
a daily newspaper in Virginia who's
regular size was greater than fou
pages, seven columns to the page. l
perchance one Of them should add
column to the page, it was q subiec
of comment, and other newspa pors seS
pressed pleasure at this evidence Q
! our contemporary prosperity.
; The typesetting machine and the fas
printing press have wrought a might
+ revolution.-nevcr mind the pun--br
+ the gain is With the subscriber. II
: gets much larger paper, with
G greater variety Of reading matter, PIX
G lures and spectacular Typography; b,
ii in many Instances the publishers prof
q are smaller than they We're in the soc
i old days Of man printers and ,hand-fe
s. presses,
- But If tho small newspaper WI
i more profitable, $3.50 tyro may as
/, why the publisher does not return
1t, For the same reason that the raj
road men do not tear up their track
: destroy their engines and cars, and 7
= turn to the stagc-coach us a means
- transportation, Newspapers, like ra
Z roads must keep up with the dcman
y of progress,
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NlOVS l1lC OkAoAk ASASAASeeAS@.>>'
Editor or The Times p ispatch;
was a suggestion made to move the
LAWS monument out to the Houievlru
It was frequently mentioned that y
would be we'll II the Stuart monument
could be moved from Its prasenf 4oca-
ton,
Now that It has been deiinlta's set
tied that the Davis nonumenc ~ 70
remain on its present site, W., neas
no more of any steps being taken Ia
move the Stuart, and yet The en-
rressions which one hears as 70 the
location Of the latter are almost
unanimously those of regret .hat u
should have been placed where It u.s.
Ia going past tho pedestal yai.eru;ly,
tho writer was again impressn1 Wl,n
tho way one equeHtrlnn stutna VII
he seen against the other, VIA ne
consequent damage to the view Ut
each,
Since this pedestal was placed, Mon-
fument Avenue has been Wl1annd O.!
tho way out to tho Boulevard. ana
there Is still time to move the stuart
pedestal and reset 1t at TN lntNrsee.
ton or those two great aYNnueH or
tho future. Then tho relative posi-,
lions OF the three maDumel,ta wnul'
be- 1t seems to me. most approximate
the President IN the middle. guarded
by Lee on the cast and stuart on
tho west, Stuart being on the cutter
position. as tho true llankar that ht
WAS, and the form OF the Davis monu,
llnent being such that " would ''itnft
n plensatt change for tho eie patWee'
thesc two equestrian stat lcN
by energetic work 1t MilS Stall w
accomplished, and 1t seems to mo tta
II should he, oHsnHV.1S'5
| Richmond, Va, 5
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Rhymes for To-Day.
Thermometric Enigrnas,
rTl1E calendar certainly says It Is
MurCh-


Murch-- d
i When was 1t ever n 1lar2-
Whence comes this swcltcring feeling
@ OF parch2
Why do I fccl like n fircf
Why do L gasp for q lungful Of alrg
Tell mo TINT. March. you deceiver:
WHY do I Toll ncEligccd In thy chair,
Banning myself with my beaver?
II March is the winter or even tho
Sprlnk,
Whe, comes this ycnrn for cool
Whence this astonishing ether, YOU
think. 4
Warm as some volumeot zolna7
Readers, don't understand It at ALL:
This amt tho summer, good indies
Calendars hanging right there on, the
wall
Yet il is hotter than Hadcs.
None tho less gents, you must not
lose your Wits
Don't lot this fervor dcrnngc 'em;
Mind what I toll YOU: remember,
now. It's
Much, much too early to change
en-. II. s. II.
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loss thun 1t was q year ngo. Yet
in the face OF this exhibit there is
n universal demand for q reduction
in railroad rates and in many Suites
such reduction is reut,ired by recent
cnnctments
III view of this exhibit, III view
Of 1.-THE revelations In the Hartman
Investigation. and In view of tho fact
that railroads are unable TO borrow
money for improvements, except ut
d very high rate OF interest, tho'
slump In .he price of railroad stocks
Is not surprising.
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Alternates for Jurors.

Edltor Of The Tlmes-DIspatch'
s,r,-The enactment OF a law adding to
the twelve Jurors at n Jury trial ono or
Two sworn aternates Who with the Jury, JURY
sit IN tho Jury boz ana hear the Whoii e
case Of sickness or other cause incanac-
itntIng any ono juror during the. trial.
said alternate to take the place Of such
Juror, without bringing about mistrial.
seams to me would save much expense to
The State, and Inconvenience and worry
to jurors and witnesses. ,,,,.1,
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The sou, aids the body aud at GET,
$50 moments raises It. It Is the on'y
blrd which bears upward US own e'us'
Victor Hugo.
\ rain the Almshouse Question:
oA1LY--wEEkLA SUNDAY,

Again the AllA4oii'tS
nur friend, DR.. Ennion Willlams'
SCENES back at Tho Times Dlspatch u''u
-. that no one has suggested the
"a. 81 building an almshouse on the
r,ty farm which would have no run n
..atcr no sanitary arrangements a'1'
no protection from fire.
We thought that Dr. Williams hau
J ..nc,rcstea such an idea. for nc pro-
posed to erect on the city larl' ''
nlmshouse to cost only $2oooo' ~.
Williams is too: sensible man -
,,aintnin that an alnlshousc with
c,nnr,ty for $50 paupers, and pro-
yided with water tank. pumping hpptt'
s,atus, water and drainage pipes, paeh-
rooms, and all sanitary convenlences'
4nrludinr sewer and fire protectioll,
could he built for $4,000, Such
building would cost as much on the
farm as t would in the city II "ould
cost more. for In the city the water
supply and drainage are ALREADY pro-
y yidcd. Yet Dir, Williams insists THAT
the very pam sll"SeuiS $500
committee proposes to erect IN town
and which. he declares, would DO
neither f,reproof nor vermin-proo1'
would cost, with Equipment, at least
$4,000
Dir. MIL Jams proves too much. Iruc'
tile building which he proposes and TIE
building i;sw4iich the committee proposes
are not the SANG sort of buildings; bu'
the difference in cost cannot be as
u great as lie claims
1t need not be 'said that The Times
Dispatch fuvors tile most economical
III ,,lan OF building and maintaining tn
new almshouse for negroes. me CIV
farm would be an ideal place for neSrt
raupers, and II Dr. Williams VIII dem
onstratc beyond Il reasonable peraa
venture that building with runnln
water sanitary conveniences drainas
& and fire protection can be erected 10
6 the same or less money than siml.a
& building could be erected on the prem
Uses of the white home, and that Gu
Cost GQL 1llulIllcnuuse nlSNAu W ''tS 1880
Jor less, The rimes-D Dispatch and q
taxpayers will favor his plan. v
are all after the. same object, DR. WI
lIams comedies nat tAe present aim
il { house for negroes is disgraceful, az
n that new structure on new site
demanded. The best and the mo
economical plan Is what we all desire
An emergency hospital is nnoth
tproposition. DIR. Williams concedc
we believe that 1t would cost fro
$4,000 to 100000 In tho constru
ytion, and that tho annual cost OF mai
II tenance would DO from $4,000 to 81
II 1000. The Times-Dispatch cannot LET
that it would be prudent for the CT
flo erect such building ut this tin
~ ,,yhen there's are several hospitals I
k1eady here, none OF which could
maintained were It not for priNf
w tbubscriptons. The city ought to ma
II IAN emergency hospital, and ought
nay the cost OF caring for the IN
gent sick; but 1t seems to The Tim
Dispatch that it would be far bet
for the city to make an arransem'
FOR ali such cases with one or M
N Of the hospitals already IN operat
than to erect and maintain II
hospital on It's own account.
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POINTS FROM pARAGRApHpRs.

!
INa startling 1T OF selt-depreca.,on,
Colonel Bryan declared in Chicago that
labor unionh had been great factor
for good than any other agency In tho
eoun'sy,"-pa'''moFa Sun;
A London literary critic asks Why mon
laugh more than women. Is not tho task
OF reforming the world one too serious for
laughter7-Ncw York World
Russia advances rapidly in popular gov
erntnent. The Duma already has a ceiling
scandal to occupy Its time ana attention.
Now York Sun
DISPATCHES from samsr repor. the natives
just about subducd, 4 Tho grayea must be
fairly close tose'neeg..psetrott Journal. #
'ouit a -.hov,n me, now. says the Presi-
dent to the third farmers. sun.
In hlaiWaahington birthday Grafton Grover
Cleveland forgot to mention that George
never told fish story.---Atlanta Constitu-
ton. HI g.j8s
Five members OF the Russian Parliament
recently elected are classedt as "indefnites.'
They are probably men who do not know
whether they arc going to obey the instr1ic-
tons OF their constituents or not-Iouston
Post.
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READY CASH FOR

CONFEDERATE MONEY coLIEc.
TloNs OF STAMPS. colNs,t AUTO
GRAPH LETTERS, OLD BOOKS.
PRINTS AND Z cuRlos. DEecRiHE
WHAT you HAVE FOR SALE. WILL
CALL. CITY OR COUNTRY z,Ann
p. o. Box 81a, F7icHMo NJ, VA
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MERELY JOKING.

We've Printed This I'm ncforc.
y First Now Congressman: ..How did you
catch tho Speaker's eye?''
a FLYER from hin,.'--New York sun t'''N>1
Terrific.
Budding Poet: ''llavo you read my "Do-
World Ferson: no: but I should like to
SOC It very much!''-1llustrated Rita.
Banged Up.
' %nns, l Kaaey came IN FOR al that money
''Wel fate ovens things up. Since he
started to learn how to run his a,como ;
bile you wouldn't know hinl."-The Catholic
Standard and Times
A Very Proper Place.
.Yep. wus turned down FUR dat Office,
said the ward heoler. but ain.t no quit
tor Do administration Will make u place
fur mo yet"
= believe there 4. such movement on
hear there's talk OF building new peni-
entnry."-Philadelph PlNss.
In Many Places.
Mrs. Naybor: II SEQ you've got a nov
glrl. Has she had much experience as {
Mrs Hiram e,fen: .Not much. but many
and when her weeks UP propose to civ,
her notice to hunt IN another experience.''--
Philadelphia Press.
Unchivalrous.
man Old enough 70 b her grandfather
| "1ndeedl" exclaimed dear girl No. z. :"
had no idea there was man that OLE
allve!"-Chlcago News
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coMs1ENr or VIRGINIA. Ep1rons.
The Stronger Law.

The Stronger Law.
written law, TO be sure. The strongest con-
stltutlon In the world. the English Corbti-
tuition ls largely lnwritten.. and constitu-
lew unWrtttsn We put the 5urles under great
er responsibility. for the reason that il
they inyoss i they nv:s he 90 we'll sat!set
the written law The subterfuge Of erno-
stional insanity and "brainstorms" az in-
Gea BY sna .sany
American 1ury,--Norfolk Landmark.
The Old ana the New.
The old way was to fine the men In au-
thority over the roads for not keaping them
In condition to BIO travelled The new way
IL to fine the men who travei and try "a
build up the country II la ne q safe pol-
icy-Gate City Herald
HOnorn to a I.,nchburKer.
The recent election of Dr. Stephen II.
Vets. Of Johns Hopkins uniyers,y, 70 the
chair OF general surgery and director Ut
the University Hospital at the University OF
! Virginia, conYays q distinguished tribute to
former LynsheT " hey pr Watts wa
uated from tho High School In laaa--anu
since that time his efforts have bean mark
Inc y Of 'a spiendd protes.ans aehevement
---Lynchhurg News,
lIatlfax Veterans.
There was a meeting Of ex.Confederats
soldiers in South Boston on Monday. Tht
meeting was quite full ono. Tho canI
depldsd to go to Richmond In a body 10 ths
reunion. commenting May s9th and las.int
big meeting OF old aoldiers-all, az course
had smslt Eunpowderr-that no definite nc
ton was taken towards tho erection OF {
monument 70 eou,man,orate tho deeds Q
/ vnlor OF Halifax soldiers, than whom nom
were Drawer in the confadoraoy.--Hallfa
Gazette
beware Of Petitions.
Petitions are being circulated by the ya.ri
4 Gus candidates for commissioner OF tn,
revenue. we advise all citlzepy to refuse I
sign any petition, In the Cons ltutiona
\ Convention, and since. we favored letttnn
the people elect these of!sors We thouFh
their officers than ono MANTLE judge 9
tho Circuit Court, but the tnoumbants, IN
old commissioners Of the revenue, ovar-rod
this positionytrtually declared tha p s,sn;
INK them-so the Legislature oheyed. NC,
that the judges have the appointment, y
the responsibility, rost upon the'n,--Amhe err
New Era.
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Out In Dakota tho other day, a man
aged sixty married n girl Of twenty,
and his son. aged thirty-elght. mar
ricd the girls mother. aged forty
FOUR Now let tho relationship en-
perts come on with their diagrams.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

Actor Mansfield says that he would
like to SEQ this country constttu-
tional monarchy. Mr., Hartman doubt
less has some reason to believe that
the country is already that, though
ia might not be too sure about the
constitutional part of 1t.
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Elsewhere will be found colnlnn-
nicntion from "Obscrver," suggesting
that the Stuart monument 10 moved
to the Boulevard. Then" says lie,
"the relative positions Of the three
monuments (stunrt, Leo ind Dnvis)
would be most appropriate THO Tres
ident. In the middle, guarded by Lee
on the cast and Stuart on the west,
Stuart boing on the outer position, as
tho true tiankor that he wao. anu tho
form Of the Davis monument being
such that it would be a PLEASANT
change to the eyo between these Two
equestrian statues"
7 This change seems to US to be not
only desirable. but imperative NO
body is pleased with the prsaVnt site
OF the Stuart monumtnt and the.
pedestal should DO removed at once,
before the statue Is mounted.
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DR.. woodrow Wilson says that the
Speaker OF the House Is second to.
the President In power. And some-
times first to him, oh. Uncle JOS?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

II fishes can talk they must be
able to tell some pretty good stories
OF that kind themselves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

No doubt Fairbapks'a snrlng work
upon his boom Will shortly render "
Visible to the naked eye.
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Move the Stuart Monument.

Still the weathor-man had no right
to get so hot about IT,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

The Thaw Jury might feel little
.pleasanter about it all II they were
only drawing alienist's foes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

Considering the fact that it is just
three days old, would you, or would
YOU not say that spring Is Q toll
erably lusty youngster2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

That lick~the- editor bill introduced
in the Pennsylvania Legislature does
not, however, preclude the possibility
that you may be the lickee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

Now, General Booth says that he
will gladly accept, money with the
faint on, which seems to make IT
about unanimous.
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Strangely enough. not even the New
York Evening Post has thought to
blame the recent financial furry ON
the South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

The figures show that s,o7O.o72,649
cigars were bought last yenr. AS the
number OF gift cigars is not as
certainable, 1t is never possible to
state how many were smoked IN any
particular year.
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Let those who walk with leaden
feet now determine amonS themselves
the exact weight Of the half-so'e.