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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Personals and Briefs.

Mr.. Frank c. Bostook, the animal mag
nate, who Is now In Paris directing his
menagerie and hippodrome, according to
a letter received by Squire Barney
Frlschkorn, of Chancery Court Clerk Sa-
vile's staff, will sail for New York In q
few days He will proceed thence to
Richmond. where he Is to spend several
weeks. He says that ne Is looking for
ward to his visit to the Virginia Capital
with pleasurable anticipation.
The Washington police headquarters
have asked the Richmond police to be
on the lookout for a runaway boy
named John ]. Manning, known more
Familiarity as Jack. The boy Is said
to be eighteen years OF age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
BOYS BEING TREATED
AT PASTEUR INSTITUTE
Two Sons of Mr.. Leonard, of
Saltville, Were Bitten by
Mad Dog.

Mr.. j. r, Leonard. OF Saltville Va. ar
rived In the city on Sunday with two of
bitten on the Monday preceding by a dog.
supposed to be mad The smaller child
was bitten in the face and on his hands
and leg and the larger boy on the hand.
The dog was Killed. and Its head was
sent to the Pasteur Institute In this city
whore It was examined After the exaui-
ton telegram was sent to Mr.. Leonard.
telling him to bring the children to Rich
mond. They arrived in time to take tho
first treatment on Sunday. It was stated
last night that they We're doing we'll
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Two New Corporations.

These charters were granted vester-
day by the State Corporation Commits
port News, Va. e. Peyser treasurer.
William Garner. president. q. G.
Chaplin. vice presidential of Newnort
News, Capital, maximum. SIS 900 min
ments
jamestown Captive Balloon Corpora-
ton Newport News. Va ". H Hodge
treasurer; NJ. r. Mock. secretary, A.
y. Jones, e-president-all of New.
port News. Capital, maximum $40 900.
minimum, $4,000. Object. Balloons
and other amusements.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
TRAINS COLLIDE;
SEVERAL INJURED
Wreck on Coast Line Near Ben
sons, N. C.-Richrnond Man
Among the Injured.
tspec.a, to The rtrnes.p,spa,ch.


WILMINGTON. n. c.. January IA
About one mile from Benson. n. c.. this
morning. at $3.50 O'Clock. the Atlantic
Coast Line West india Limited, going
south, came In collision with a light
engine. mail and combination car being
deraled and damaged. The Pullmans re-
mained on the track. but tho passengers
We're badly shaken up and some pain
fully injured; none seriously The injured
nave neen carried to the Coast Line Hos
pitai at South Rocky Mount. The injured
are G. Fl. Watts. postal clerk; C. II, VAL
entine. Of Richmond. Va; p G. Smoot
OF Bowling Green. Va; C. D. LANCASTER,
OF Rocky Mount, N. c.; Framen Elerbee
and Bennett and Engineer Jennings.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
ILLUMINATING GAS
WIPES OUT FAMILY

NEW YORK. January l4.-Illum!natlng
gas which escaped from a small stove
used for heating caused the death of
Myer Rubin, aged fifty years; his wife
Rosa. his son and daughter, In a Brook
Ign tenement, to-day.
The plight OF the Rubins family was
discovered early to-day by neighbors.
All four members OF the family were in
bed In the gas-flled rooms. An ambu-
lance surgeon. who was summoned,
found that Rubin. his wife and the boy
had been dead for some time
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
RECEIVE RESIGNATION
OF REV. DR.. HAWTHORNE

a business meeting OF the male mem
hers OF Grove Avenue Baptist Church
was held In the lecture-room OF the
church last night The resignation OF
tho Rev. DR.. j. B. Hawthorne as pas
continued Nntil the next meeting early
In February,
The meeting considered other bust
ness affairs of the church. The session
was very harmonious and encouraging.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Negro SUSPECTED.

A colored porter named sully working
in the store of Mr.. ]. s. Moore, at Eigh-
teenth and Main Streets. was arrested
yesterday by Detective Mcmahon, on the
nominal charge of being suspicious
character. A deeper and more serious
charge may be lodged against him, as
It has been discovered that some one
has been misappropriatng funds of the
store, and suspicion points strongly to-
ward Sully
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Charged With Big Theft.

Steven Meadows. young white man
wanted for the theft OF sl2o from II.
r. Adams In Amelia county, was ar
rested by Sergeant @. p. Gibson at noon
yesterday. Meadows was at work at tho
Locomotive Works when no wag nabbed
by the datentive. II Ia said that Mead
ows admitted the crime. II Is stated that
Meadows was boarding at the home OF
Adams. In Amelia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Law and Ecuitv Court

Judgments entered yesterdays NJ
Wolff VS.. II. Eastman. verdict for
S47.30.
Suits instituted OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &.
Crenshaw VS. r.. T. and F. Railroad
Company damages 5000 sigourney &:
Farden. Inc, vs.. the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad. damages $3.50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Drowned While Bathing

PENSACOLA, FLA. January l4.--Ma-
ch'nlst s G, Mcintyre was drowned while
nathlne near the shipyard this afternoon.
Tho body has not been recovered. MoIn-
syfe was transferred about ten days ago
from the Norfolk Navy Yard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Meeting POSTPONED.

The meeting of the stockholders of the
Virginia State Fair Association. sched-
uled for last night failed Of quorum,
and was postponed to January 3oth. Hon.
Henry Q. Stuart, chairman. was called
out OF town yesterday and could not BIO
present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Hastings Court.

In this court yesterday Richard
Slaughter, indicted for attempt 10
murder, was convicted and fined 500
Robert Morton, indicted for robbery,
established an alibi. and was acquitted
~ tlir2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Chancery Court

George A Good and Allan n cor,,
qualined as administrators OF the as
m nhte or christopher r, Dean, deceased
Inc estate Is valued at $4,000,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Congressman Here.

Among the visitors at the Governors
Office yesterday was Congressman Fran
els Rives Lasslter, OF Petersburg, who
called to see Governor Swanson on busi-
ness. the nature of which he did not
disclose. Mr.. Lassiter stated that he
had merely come over from Petersburg
and not from Washington, Asked II
there was any legislation OF interest to
Petersburg or Richmond at this time
pending In the House. he stated that he
know OF mono. He and the Governor
we're former colleagues In the House,
and have long been friends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
VICTIMS Of MAD
DOC DOING WELL
DR.. Melvin Now Examining
Head of Dog and Children
May Be Sent Here.

NORFOLK. VA. January A.-Each of
the eight victims of the mad dog, which
ran amuck in Branbleton Saturday night.
and was killed on the Holt Street bridge
early yesterday morning by Police OH
GERS Mcbride and Cooper, who were
among those bitten. was reported as doing
we'll to-day. The wounds of each OF them
have been cauterized.
Should 1t be established by DR.. A. D.
Melvin, head of the Bureau of Animal
Industry. Washington to whom the head
was sent for analysis, that the dog had
the rabies, those bitten will be sent to
the Pasteur Institute at either Baltimore
or Richmond for treatment.
Two OF the children, who are being
treated by Dr. Meredith, will be sent to
Richmond at once.
Charge Admission Now.
The charging of an admission fee at
the exposition grounds for the first time
yesterday caused no falling off in the
usual Sunday crowd of sight-seers. Only
one entrance had been provided with the
turnstie gate--that at Powhatan Street
and all visitors had to go through that
gate. About 1000 entered.
Mr.. d. Arthur Kelsey, who for six
years has been deputy clerk of the
United States District Court at Norfolk,
has resigned the position. and will enter
the office of Mr.. Edward r. Baird, Jr.
in the Law Building, for legal work.
Mr.. Kelsey will be succeeded as de-
putty clerk by Mr.. II. B. Walker, for
merly of the law offices OF White, Tun-
stall G. Wilcox
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
FULTON NEWS

FUIlUW NEVVS
Mrs. George James OF Newbsrn. N. c., Is
visiting her son, Mr.. Claude James. on State
Street,
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs BENJAMIN Levy, on the
MiaS corinne Day, OF Suffolk. is Waiting her
grandparents, Captain and Mrs. @. d. Day.
Miss Margaret Muhrey. OF Portsmouth, Va.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1907.
DON'T JOIN US.

Referring to The Advertisers sugges- air of the country. The Chattanooga Times says:
 merits of the controversy for or against the present air" we must protest--not much will they have Dixie" That composition is histor- ical as well as pathetically tender pre-emption and belongs not so much to section. but to a sentiment from which no power can divorce it. It would be as impossible to disassociate the music of Dixie" from the words and the spirit of the times that gave it birth as it would be to write the so- called war of the rebellion" in history as war for the defense of the Ameri- can union.
 It involves no surrender of patriotic loyalty, to the flag to say: Let us keep ''Dixie" as our own; if we are to have a 4substitute-and we are not by any means sure that We need one-let us wait the spontaneous outbreak of some musical genius for 1t. National airs are born of great occasions and are not generally made to order in some versifier's shop. As for ''DiXie"-it be- longs in fee simple. to the posterity of the Lost Cause" and is perpetually entailed.
 Will The Times get out an injunction against any attempt to nationalize Dixie? We admit it's near and dear as- sociation with the Lost Cause. and really are not sure. after all, that we would like to see it become the prop erty, so to speak, of the whole country In what we said we were thinking only of having something better as a na- tional tune than we now have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
A SLICK TRICK.

Another mature faker" has come to light in the person of MT, W. E. D. Stokes of New York. and The Brooklyn Eagle thus tells us about him, and of the way he took in the scientists of the Bronx Zoo:
 For some time these gentlemen have been priding themselves upon three "snow geese" which have been swim Their pride seemed legitimate enough. for the snow geese is seldom found as far south as this and not known in Park had a unique exhibit in natural history. But now comes Mr. Stokes and confesses that he planted the three birds in the lake for the confusion of science. Homer Davenport. who as d diversion from cartooning, experiments in natural history and in cross-breed- ing at his New Jersey farm. crossed an duck. which had been brought to him, and from the eggs he raised three mys- terious looking hybrids. .Mr: Stokes New York and loosed them in the park lake. Then he wrote anonymous in- quiries to the scientists. Scientific study brought to bear on the problem evolved the snow geese" theory. &C., companied with considerable gratula- stion of the city upon the rare find. and various learned speculations as to the
 
 the congratulations and speculations are superfiuous. These birds are orni- biological mules They have no fu- ture. which Is the more reason for en- toying the very good joke of the pres ent.
 Is there no such thing as exact scien- tific knowledge, even in ornithology? One would naturally suppose that the trained exports of such an institution as the Bronx Zoo. and the American Museum of Natural History. whose ex- perts were also fooled by the feathered mules, would have been sharp enough to detect the substitution palmed off on them by MT. Stokes. but it seems that they didn't. We know nothing of the snow geese" brand of fowls, or how easily they may be initiated. but one would. have thought that those whose business 1t Is to classify and care for rare fowls would know what they were keeping. We suspect that it will be rather more difficult to fool the Zoo people with winged mules in future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
skrNnING TIE CITY.

Our esteemed Yankee brethren always have an eye out for the dollar, and when they see good chance to rake in one they seize both chance and dollar. Take the matter of holding elections, 'as an example, as it is in Hartford. we will say. We learn that instead of occupying part of store or ofice. or a vacant room, as is done in Montgom- cry and many other places down here, they have "election booths," and The Hartford Times has this to say of tn em:
 The voting booths used at every elec- tion in Hartford are owned by priVate tained a ten years contract to supply them ready for use at each election. Builders say that the probable cost or a booth is not more than $400. perhaps less. Until recently ten were needed at each election. but since second voting district was made in the seventh ward
 the, number IS eleven. For each o9oth ton. In some years we have two elec- tions. in others only one. For each election at present the total rental IS S1.320.
 Now. judging from some descriptions we have seen of these voting places, we are inclined to the opinion that the sum of s400 is a high price to pay for one of them, but if that is only rea- sonable price for the building of one, the rental is exorbitant. to say the least of it. rent of s12o for the use of $4O0 building for one or two days in the year is getting pretty good interest on the investment, as any business man will readily admit. and those Hartford booth builders were business men be- yond a doubt.
 The Hartford Times. commenting on the matter. states that the authorities of that city are thinking of applying the principle of municipal ownership in this case. Tbat is, they propose when the present contract expires, to build booths at the expense of the city and thus get rid of the annual gouge they have so long been subjected to. This will be economy. unless the carpenters demand and receive two or three prices for doing the work. which is not improbable, considering the way they have been skinning the city in the matter of rents. And then. if the city does arrange to build and own it's own booths. we may expect a robustious howl from those who have been enjoy ing nearly ten years of pap at the expense of the taxpayers. The labor unions are apt to take hand and boy colt and blacklist any carpenter who offers to work for the city on such con- tracts. Altogether, the ancient and honorable city promises to furnish some excitement in the near future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
AROUT EATING.

A Yale professor. we are told. has started new cult through which he proposes to nearly double human life. Broadly speaking he theory appears to be that men in their modes of living shall obey their own instincts
 rather than the conventions of society. but the keynote seems to be chew, chew. chew ones victuals. To put it briefly, his theory may be stated in one sentence: Don't make an ostrich of yourself" It cannot be said that his advice is new. for it has been promulgated in various forms many times and by many medical men. The ostrich. it is to be remembered. is noted for it's voracious appetite and ap- parently unlimited powers of digestion. It can swallow objects that would seem impossible and if any harm comes to it from its bolting process it is not ap- parent. It only differs from other fowls, however, in the extent of its gluttony. Nature has provided means demands. As to that matter. many of the carnivorous animals practically swallow their food whole and then if they are disturbed they lie down and sleep off the effects of their gluttony.
 But a man doesn't seem able to fol- low such examples. How 1t was in the beginning, we are not able to say. It may be that old Adam bolted his food ostrich fashion, but maybe not. How ever that may be. his descendants of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
Today In History
December a.

1512-The British Admiralty once es. tablished by Henry VIII.
 175l--George Cabot, who was Presi- dent of the Hartford Convention. born in Salem, Mass. Died April IS, 1928.
 l777--New Jerseys first newspaper is- sued at Burlington.
 1S39-~Frederick VI of Denmark died; succeeded by Christian VIII.
 1S55-Raiiway communication opened between Hamilton and Toronto, On- tario.
 1s63-General Longstreet raised the siege of Knoxville.
 1SS6--Great reform demonstrations by London trades unions.
 18Sl-Electric street lights intro- duced in Philadelphia. 1S94--Leon Abbett, ex-Governor or New Jersey. died.
 1S97-German marines took posses sion of Kiao Chan. China.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03

There will be no tink ering with the tariff at the present session of Con which ought to be good authority. Well. if nothing better than tinkering be had it will be better to let 1t alone till the time comes, if it ever does, when there can be something really done on the subject. Tinkering is not what is needed. but rebuilding.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER.

the present day are supposed to be pro- vided with teeth for the purpose of masticating their food, and the Yale professor has promulgated nothing new when he puts chewing In the most prominent place. It Is true that it has been but few months since a repu1ed authority on diet publicly announced that great mistake was made when people spent time chewing their food, especially fresh meats. He declared that meat should be cut into pieces of convenient size and swallowed whole, but he was an exception. and probably toothless The general advice is chew, chew, chew.
 But there is another point in this Yale mans contention that we heartily endorse, and that is when he advises against conventionality in eating. by which he means that rigid rules of diet cannot be safely enforced on all alike. The old saying that "what Is one mans fttSSs tS ohothSt . pOtSoH, ts ttucGtH6u
 some think. People who. in order to follow the example of those around them eat food that they dislike and that they know will not agree with them make a great mistake. There are certain foods that can ordinarily be eaten by all alike, but there are other articles of diet that one will rel ish and easily digest which is little better than poison to another. It is not only in the matter of taste that all should follow their own desire, guided by self-knowledge and experi- ence, but in both quality and quantity of food no iron-clad rules can be safely adh cred to. Those who yield blindly to conventionality and example often do themselves great injury and lay a bad foundation. As far as possible, it is better for each eater to be a law unto himself. We suspect that the Yale professor is about on the right track.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
The result of the recent contest f,

The result of the recent contest for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island was one of those close slaves we some times read about. The total vote was something over 62.OOO and the official count gives Watrous Republican, nine majority. We suppose there is no longer doubt of his being Lieutenant Governor, but he can truly say. q like to didn't"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
Cnrgoes Sailors Don't Like. ,w Orleana iuaes-DemOcrat.

Sugar. pine lumber. and coffee is three cargoes what oughter never be carried" said the sailor. They put shellback off his food. They make him wuss'n seasick. A pine cargo soaks the ship and its contents in tur- pentine smells. so that the very drink ing water tastes as if there was rosin in it. Sugar cargoes ferment, and the fumes comin" day and night from the / hold causes the darndest headaches you can think of.
 "But coffee Is the worst of all. A coffee cargo gives the ships meat. its bread and even its tea a sickenin' cof- fee taste."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03

The trouble with Democrats, as John Sharp Williams sees it. is that you cant get eight of them into a mule team to pull together" Worse than that: you can hardly get eight of them into the same pen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03

The Richmond Journal is in some doubt as to whether Thanksgiving day was made for the turkey or the turkey made for the day, but we suspect they just happened to get together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
DRIFT OOD
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

| DRIFTW OOD | BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG. Shower baths will be used by the Cleveland police to sober, up trunks Isn't this kinder rubbin' it in" on the Weary Willies?
 Before he could be stopped, a horse in Harrisburg. Pa., ate $S worth or chrysanth emum belonging to Joseph Miller. a florist.
 Poor equine-he was just getting back at the people who attend horse- shows.
 This truth seems paradoxical: (You find 1t everywhere), No matter if the weather's cold, You'll find the 'Teddy--Bare' -'' Somebody said there would be a haven't had tS dodge from anything falling so far.
 It Is said that 20 0,000,000 feathers are shipped to London every year to adorn womens hats. Wearing dead birds and their feathers is one sin we men will never have to answer for. Straw berries may come. Strawberries may\go, But PRUNES go on forever, said a comedian at local theatre the otner nt Washington Herald. who, we believe Is an expert on prunitis). The kids are counting the days till Christmas. There will be short intermission between the Bradley act and the Thaw act for the long-suffering public to catch its breath.
 It appears that the two Senators who voted against the Alabama prohibition upon them through the newspaper paragraphers.
 Have you read (among the new Christmas books) "The Mystery Of the Kitchen" or Hash for Breakfast. by a Washington Boarding House Keep
 The Christmas Fixin's. Oh the mistletoe hangs high In the big tall oak tree nigh And the holly berry's blushin rosy
 red. There is hustle everywhere Christmas feelin' in the air Soon be hangin' up the fixin's over
 head! An An the winds are getting bold Tossin' tangled curls cross cheeks
 so red an rosy When the girls with merry laugh, An the boys with merry chan. Hang the Christmas fixins--goodness
 ain't it cozy?
 It was a naughty, naughty man who said Mobiles Thanksgiving turkey was a lemon. Scientists tell us that the earth will be as dry as the moon in 5o,oo0, 0o0 years. A statement doubtless inspired by the prohibition wave. Thank goodness the babies are in- dependent of the milk trust If love that makes the world go round would only have a similar enect on the salary
 North Carolina has produced the meanest man to date. He stole box of sermons from a preacher out there.
 Daddy may go out to plunge?" "Yes, my darling sonny, Get on a Texas broncho, boy, And don't go near your money" The Tuscaloosa RecorA has a funny man on it's staff and he says some good things. The Ledger always wei He is always needed. We don't want to overwork Phil Armstrong and Paul Cook.-Birmingham Ledger
 
 Forget the tears,
 The smiles recall:
 The sweetheart days
 Were the best of all.
 Birmingham Age-Herald
 The sweetheart days"
 We knew of old,
 When she'd blow hot
 And then blow cold. Montgomery AdvertiseF'
 I fain would sing
 My sweetheart's praise.
 The one I loved
 In the olden days;
 I fain would sing
 The beauteous thing
 Who never gave
 Me back my ring;
 fain would sing
 Those halcyon days
 Except a sting
 Disturbs my praise:
 The girl was fair,
 Her beauty rare.
 But her papa had
 Such damned peculiar ways,
 he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03

One of the unpleasant but natural re- suits of the recent financial furry has been to bring forward some of the ad- vocates of free silver and put them to of them, we are glad to note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03

Daniel Sinclair, who died recently at his home in Winona. was chairman of the Minnesota delegation in the Ma tional Republican Convention of 1880 and as such gained prominence by pushing the candidacy of William Win dom. MT. Sinclairs persistence was one of the factors contributing to the defeat of Blaine and the nomination of Garfield.