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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
High Taxed Luxuries.

Imported Injuries, according to the tab
ulations of the Bureau OF Statistics OF
the Department of Commerce and Labor,
have cost the people of this country dur
ing the current year one hundred nil
lion dollars II imported tobacco and
cigars he included In the classification
of luxuries, the total is raised to one
hundred and twenty-five million dollars.
Automobiles and diamonds together have
drafted for about fifty million dollars and
forty million dollars went for races. seven
million dollars for feathers and six mil
lion dollars for champagne. There are
many reflections to be drawn out by this
luxurious showing. the thought. perhaps
which most quickly arises being that
with nation which pays so much for
its f1nery and for what goes up In smoke,
prosperity must truly be a condition and
not o theory.
1t is of interest to note that those who
use the Inquiries contribute in high ratio
to paying the running expenses OF the
government. Every luxury on the list
pays high-rate import tax. Diamonds,
for instance, when cut and set pay sixty
per cent. tax on valuation: silk laces pay
the same rate; jewelry pays also sixty
per cent nd valorem: champagne in quart
bottles pays eight dollars per dozen and
cigars and cigarettes pay four dollars
and fifty cents per pound and twenty-five
per cent. additional ad valorem. Taking
one hundred and twenty-five million dol
liars as the custom-house valuation of the
| Imported luvuries and sixty per cent. or
| the assessed value as the average tax, the
imported luxuries will pay into the ma
! tional treasury this year seventy-ttve mil
i lion dollars.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
w orld's Biggest Whistle.

Il East st. Louis now has the biggest
steam whistle IN the world. \ It is "a re-
markahle triple machine, with three
voices-a three chino whistle, whose Ca
pacity for the humiliation Of peace, Is
5oxtraordnary. This whistle blows q
ten-mlle blast ut half-stean. and with
favorable wind has a disturbing power
of twentyvnlles. It. costs n dollar every
time It. Is blown.
But this great, whistle is not all9nolse,
1t is an idea In economy, a whistle trust,
a noise combine. Almost all the little
noises. yelps. toots and wines Of small
ter3 mechanical threats in East st, Louis
are now dumb, The giant whistle trust
whistles for them The independent
whistles have to whistle off time to he
heard.
Within tho range Of this whistle arc
said to be one hundred. thousand people
whoBtel time ny It.
This remarkable whistle has been In
stalled by the East st. Louis and Snbur-
han Electric Railway Company. at the
Belt $poWer-house, State and Twentieth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
United States Prisoners.

According TO the latest available sta
tistics there Were 3.445 persons convicted
OF offenses against the United States, con-
fined In Jail on June 80, 1905. These We're
distributed among sixty-eight penal insti.
tutions in addition TO the United States
penitentiaries at Atlanta, Fort Leaven-
worth and Mcneil island. There were
l,13O prisoners at Fort Leayenworth and
$40 at Atlanta The statute under which
these United States prisons have been es-
tablished provides that in the construc-
ton OF the prison buildings there shall be
such an arrangement OF the cells and
yard space that prisoners under twenty
years OF age shall not be in any way
associated with prisoners above that age,
and that the management Of the class
under twenty years OF age shall be as
far as possible reformatory.
Under the same law every United States
prisoner when discharged from custody
is entitled to be furnished with transpor-
tation to the place where he resided with
in the United States at the time Of his
commitment, and IL the term of his inn
prisonment was for one year or more, he
must also be furnished with S in money
and suitable clothing the cost of which,
however, shall not exceed s12.-New York
Sum- Is y ~ =. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01

cards. or these twenty-six patients, four
teen were males and twelve females. or
the fourteen males. four had anesthetic,
eight tubercular and two mixed leprosy.
The universally acknowledged cause OF
leprosy Is the bacillus leprne. This dis
ease Is now generally believed to be
contagious. Tho factor of heredity has
little, II anything, to do with its spread.
The writer then describes the different
forms OF this disease. AS to treatment, he
declares that large volume might read
fly be written fon this subject but this
would serve no useful purpose except to
exploit long series OF failures. AS far
as Is known. all alleged cures have. in
time, proved inefiicacious. The writer
doubts as to whether cure will, ever be
found for Ieprosy. This event will not
take place at least until the biology Of
the bacillus has been thoroughly
worked out, and our !. knowledge
has been increased relative TO it's life
history. Segregation of lepers and isola-
ton OF children of leprous parents are
the preventive measures that will give the
best results. Medical Record.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
What a Model Farm Is.

For less than a single item in many
of the annual appropriation bills, a
model farm. conducted as practical
object lesson In the best methods Of
filling the soil and It's most profitable
uses. might be established in every ag-
ricultural county in the United States.
1t is worth considering whether this
work should not be undertaken either
by the several State governments or by
the national government or by the two
conformity.
A model farm Is simply a farm con-
forming in size, in Treatment of the
soil. in assignment to different crops
and their rotation. and in methods of
culture to the most approved practice
that actual experience and scientific
investigation OF agriculture all over the
world have fixed. 1t focuses upon one
plot of ground, within the personal OBJ
seryation OF each farming community.
the. accumulated Knowledge Of one OF
the Oldest occupations. which must now
become more highly specialized. 1t is
a working model for common instruc-
ton.
Such model farm should not con-
tain more than thirty or forty acres.
This area would be ample for working
purposes. 1t would also prove the
economic advantage of the small we'll
titled farm over larger holding, to
which equal care could not be given.
Labor can be utilized more effectively
and the yield per acre Increased with
out any decline in fertility.-James j..
Hill, in the December Century.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01

The largest and costiest building thus fur
undertaken In New York, the city OF immense
structures. is tho magnificent SO co. 900 Epi,eo-
ing erected on Morningside Heights. This Will
be the greatest sacred ediflca in America, and
the fourth IN importance in the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
Can Cast a Mould.

Her knowledge OF machinery Is not con-
fined to the machine shop, for she goes
into the foundry, which IL an adjunct to
the shop. and there can cast or mould
anything in the line Of machinery. even
to the pouring Of the sizzling hot metal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01

The Italian government Intends to Introduce
a bill to authorize a loan OF 81. 1000 for
work OF railway renovation 40 DO expended in
q period OF two years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01

She has even made her own patterns
for jobs from blneprints supplied by the
daughtsman. hut she dIs!kes the work OF
the pattern bench on account Of the dust
from the wood lathe. She often runs the
band saw and files 1t and keeps 1t in order
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
She Makes Violins,

Denver is In possession of the only
woman violin maker in the world, Al
vina. de Ferenczy, sixteen years old.
daughter of Karoly de Ferenczy who Is
noted throughout Europe for his mar
velous repair work and unexceled violins.
Miss dc Ferenczy started to work in
her fathers workshop at Budapest. Hun
gary; when sheawas a mere baby and
could only make-believe work. Two years
ago, at the age Of fourteen. when her
father discovered her Intention to follow
his profession could not be altered, he
put her at the; bench. where she soon
While the family lived in Kansas City
Miss de- Ferenczy built thee victims. mod
seled after the old Crernonas. and has
just completed her fourth In her fathers
violin shop. Her fathers name is In
scribed inside the violin. aa, so long as
he directs her, the violins are his Gre
Miss de Ferenczy works because she
wants to, not because she must. Last
repair work for the Denver owner Of
a famous old violin, receiving s25 for her
labor. She hopes one day to be- univer-
sally recognized by all the great violin-
lists and ito do their work for them.-Den-
YER Post. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
streets. where the company's machine
shops and car barns nrc located.

streets. where the company's machine
shops and car barns arc located.
,rhe greatest modern siren comprises
three whistles. .rhe largest is almost
six feet in height, and nearly as big
around as u man. On each Side OF the
main one is n smaller whistle. The three
units combine to make one noise, with
which even Babanne, miles away. across
the Mississippi River. IN the west end
or ST. Louis. liz well acquainted.
This big triple whistler WINS also set
IN at the railway companies electrical
generating station "as q feature" 1t is
connected with mn electric clock. which
Is regulated by the government on the
dropping ofs ball ut exactly noon each
day.
The electric clock which connects with
the whistle IS guaranteed not to vary
five seconds In time a year, and the
clocks record to date Is satisfactory.
Almost every man looks at his watch
when the first blast is sounded by the
biz whistle at o'clock In the morning
Almost every housewife IN East st
Louis chances ut her mnntel timepiece
when the slren wooes noon--the second
blast OF the day. The third blast Is an
hour later. and the last is at in the
evening st. Louis POST Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01

ter, who was born in Mercer Hospital,
Mercer county. Pa, who is to me un-
known and whose only description is two
moles, a black mole In front OF the left
shoulder, near the clavicle, and a red
mole similarly located on the right shout
der
With the exception of one bequest, the
remainder OF the estate is bequeathed to
Mrs. Sarah Olive Warren, OF Denver.
Marshall was native OF Pennsylvania,
and said his first wife ran away just
after her baby girl was born The child
was given out for adoption. and Marshall
had never seen her. though he hunted
for her all his life.
This daughter was born In 1881, and
should be IS. II living. Marshall sub
sequently married and had two children
by his second wife, but all died. His
estate consists of farms In Pennsylvania
AMI Colorado. oil wells in Pennsylvania
and mines in Arizona.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
Old Sweethearts Meet and Wed

5WINsTED. CONN, December 22.-
While In her teens, Mrs. Ida Grlftlne, Of
Terre. Haute, Ind, became engaged to
Hiram Case Clintsman, OF Hartford, but
through a misunderstanding they parted,
and Clintsman's promised wife became
the bride OF another.
Many years have passed. and both have
Hartford Mrs. Grifflng met Clintsman at
a dinner. The old love revived, explana-
tions were made and Observation-Disclosures
cleared away, and tho wedding took place
ornaments, the gift of the bridegroom.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
FORTUNE AWAITS GIRL
WHO CAN SHOW MOLE;

a DENVER. COL. December 15.-There
Is a fortune awaiting young woman
who can show to County Judge Mccall
described in the will Of Robert NJ. Mar
shall, OF Mercer, Pa.
In n singular will, written by himself,
the old man, who died recently here,
leaves half of his estate to MY daugh-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01

Leprosy as Seen in the Philippines
racial characteristics. tho general features
Of leprosy in the Philippines are the same
M those found In the disease occurring
elsewhere. He has been able to study
thirty-sik cases. and OF this number he
has obtained twenty-six outline figure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-01
Whv He Had It.

In public school in the Bronx a
principal asked for answers to the ques-
ton, why does the President appoint
day for general thanksgiving?" Here
are some OF the answers actually turned
in:
Because Columbus discovered Amer
ica.''
because the President always gets a
turkey
AFTER
because the Presidents party won in
the election"
Because on this day the Puritans had
their first dinner"
There was only one boy in the school
who answered ITO give thanks for all
the benefits OF tho past year."-New
York World.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
STEAMERS START
ON WILD TRIP

KENNEW Wash, Jan. 2O.-The
Columbia River steamer Mata C. Hoov-
er and the steam ferry Elenore broke
from their moorings at hoover late
last night and are madly careening
down the turbulent river without a
soul aboard. The craft safely threaded
the boisterous Wallula Gap, but 1t is
regarded as certain that both will leave
their hulks in the dangerous Umatilla
Rapids. The Hoover is valued at $4,000
and is insured for half that sum- The
Elenore is worth $4,000.
giant ice gorge broke near .he
mouth OF the Yakima River and the
hot wave that followed carried the
steamers away, swapping the Mata
c. Hoover's two-inch hawsers like
threads.
L. S. Shoemaker. watchman, was
by one Davis in a rowboat after a
hazardous trip.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
SUFFERING AT CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.-Colder wealth
er tonight and a gale today increas-
ed the sufferings of the thousands
who had been made homeless by the
foods. A number of buildings. weak
ened by the water, went down by the
wind last night and today. Several
| floors in. the buildings occupied by A.
Jannsen. wholesale grocer. and the
Ohio Butterine Company. collapsed.
The flooded area increased today.
For several hours the river was sta
tionary at 64.S feet, but the Weather
Bureau officials announced during the
afternoon that reports indicated that
the river here would go up to at least
sixty-six and perhaps sixty-seven feet
within the next thirty-six hours.
All the railroads on both sides of the
river, except the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton and the Cincinnati, Leban-
non and Northern, continued to suffer
from lack of terminal facilities.
Systematic efforts to relieve the suf-
ferers who are estimated at nearly
10000 in Cincinnati and the nearby cit
les on both sides of the river, were
under way all day, the appropriation
by the City Council being supplemented
by special funds to which all the
churches contributed today.
Part of Parkersburg was under wa
ter and the railroads were in trouble.
Almost the entire business section of
Portsmouth and part Of the residence
district was flooded, while 10000 peo-
pie. driven from their homes. were
sheltered in schools and churches. The
city was without gas or water service.
If the water rises above the levee at
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the loss will
be nearly $1.000.000.
At Madison, Indiana, hundreds have
been driven from their homes by the
water. In Aurora, Indiana, 1900 are
homeless.
While the low-lying sections of
Huntington, w. Va, are flooded, it is
not believed the damage there will be
heavy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
TRAGIC DEATH Of.
ENTIRE FAMILY

CALGARY, Alberta. Jan. 20.-A trag-
edy. the full details of which probably
never will be known. has wiped out
the entire family Of Edward Ferdinand.
proprietor of a tannery here. The po-
lice, on breaking into the house. found
Ferdinand dead in bed. the dead body
of a newly born infant at his side.
while the dead body of Mrs. Ferdi-
nand lay on the floor near the bed.
In another bed were two young boys,
still alive, but so badly frozen that
they died while being taken to the
hospital. The supposition is that the
family was overcome by coal gas: that
the wife recovered sufficiently to at
tept the adjustment of the pipes. gave
premature birth to child and died.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
BUFFALO SWEPT BY
FIERCE GALE
Hurricane Sends Five Big
Ships Ashore and Does
Over 100000 Damage
TWO LIVES ARE LOST

BUFFALO, Jan. 20.-During the last
twenty-fOur hours this city has been
swept by the most destructive wind
storm of a decade. Tonight the NJ
agara Falls lie ia the midst of a scene
of wreckage In the wake of the storm.
Two lives are reported lost 50 far and
a property damage that will agEre-
gate $2,o0O,0O0 when the accounting Is
made is the toll of the storm. Lake
Erie with its level higher than has
been known for twenty years, has
gOrged the Niagara River to over
flowing and thousands of dollars worth
of property has been carried down the
stream.
Miles of docks at the great lumber
market at North Tonawanda have been
destroyed and millions OF feet OF lum
Der have been carried out into the
river.
The damage to shipping in the Buf-
falo harbor alone is S1,500.000.
Five great lake steamers agrouni
tell that part of the story. Thirteen
others making brave attempts to ride
out the storm may add to it.
Niagara Falls power was cut of when
the cable snapped and the city is in
partial darkness tonight. Damage to
homes and buildings is widespread.
For hours the gale swept the water
front. tearing everything that stood
in it's way. Docks and wharves were
wrecked and carried away; craft
broken from their moorings smashed
against bridges, doing serious dam
age
Lake Erie rose three feet in as many
minuteT. The inner breakwater walls
have been pounded until portions OF
them have been broken away and rail-
road tracks along the water front are
.fcrf7F
cars.
Railroad service has been badly dis
arranged. The gale brought with II
a hlinding snOWstorm.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
SUPPLIES TO BE RECALLED
American Relief Vessels VIII Not Pro
cecd to Stricken Kingston

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-It is expected
that the gathering Of the supplies here
for the Kingston sufferers will be dis
continued, and ii is probable that the
supplies now on the way to Kingston
on the steamships Allegheny and Prinz
Joachim will never reach that port
Both vessels have been ordered to call
at Port Antonio and there wait for in
structions.
special meeting of the relief COM
.mittee will be held tomorrow, when
the situation will be discussed.
Several days Ngo the relief commit
tee cabled to Governor Swettenham,
asking him the nature of acceptable
relief and where supplies could be
landed safely. To these inquiries no
reply was received. The committee,
however, did hear from the Colonial
Office, through which one of the cable
grams was sent to Governor Swetten-
ham, and the tone of the message was
such as to lead the committee to be-
lieve that it's efforts were unwelcome.
The Governors failure to reply was
believed to have been due to the con-
dition Of affairs in Kingston.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21

for your letter. your kind call and all
the assistance given or offered US.
|. While 7 most heartily appreciate the
: very generous offers of assistance,
feel it my duty 10 ask you to re-embark
the working party and all parties
which your kindness prompted you
10 land.
If in consideration Of the Vice Con-
suls assiduous attentions to his fam
lily at his country house the American
consulate needs guarding. in your
opinion, although he was present and
IL was not guarded an hour ago, /
have no objection 10 your detailing a
force for the sole purpose of guarding.
but the party must have no firearms
and nothing more offensive than clubs
or staves for this function.
i find your working party was TINS
morning helping Mr.. CrOsswell clean
his store. Crosswell was delighted that
the work was done without cost. If
your excellency should remain long
enough I am sure all the private own
ers would be glad Of the services OF
the navy to save expenses.
s.It fs no longer a question of
humanity; all the dead died days ago,
and the work Of giving them burial 1s
merely one Of convenience.
Il would be glad to accept delivery
OF the safe which ~ Is SAID thieves
had possession Of. The American vice
consul has no knowledge OF IT, the
store is close to a sentry post and the
officer OF the post processes ignorance
OF the incident
i believe the police surveillance Of
the city is adequate for the protection
Of private property. L may remind
your excellency that not long ago il
was discovered that thieves had lodged
in and pillaged the residence Of New
York millionaire during his absence
J. has
justified q British admiral landing an
ermed party and assisting the New
G ork police
I have the honor to be. with pro-
found gratitude and the highest re-
spect. your obedient servant.
ALEXANDER WETTENHAM
t.l.nHrar.r1nr- y
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
MICHIGAN CITY FLOODED

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. 90
Hundreds of Grand Rapids homes are
flooded tonight Grand River is stead
lily rising. 1t is expected the main
street will be under water by Tuesday.
Railroads report washouts that will
cause a suspension of traffic.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
Fnrmore street Merchant Goes East

Mr.. Edgar Stoltz. the head OF the
firm of Stoltzs. Inc the cutlery and
barber supply firm. located at 1895
Fillmore street left via the Santa Fe
last evening for an extended tour of
the East for the purpose of selecting
new lmportations In the cutlery line
Mr.. Stoitz is well known in the East
and his acquaintances include many of
the largest manufacturers and import
ers in the United States, to whom he
proposes TO convey the true facts con-
cerning the existing conditions in San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
HOLD OUT LITTLE HOPE
OF PHYSICIANS RECOVERY
Doctors Attending DIR. z. III. WooIsey
of Opinion That His Illness will
Terminate Fatally
OAKLAND Ia

OAKLAND. Jan. 20.-Dr. F. H
Woolsey, who is critically i'll from
pneumonia at the Hotel Metropole, rail-
lied slightly tonight and showed a
point of Improvement. DR.. C. d. Ham
lin, the physician in charge, called in
several other doctors today in consulta-
tion. The patients condition is such
that little hope of recovery is held out.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
MERCIRY DROPs IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Jan. 20.-A drop of forty
degrees followed a storm of twelve
hours duration. The minimum was
degrees above zero late tonight
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
HURRICANE WRECKS TOWN

BRISBANE. Queensland. Jan. 20
There was a terrific hurricane here
Friday night and Saturday, which laid
the greater part of Cooktown in ruins.
There were on fatalities.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
OCEAN STEAMERS

OCEAN STEAMERS
MOvILLE-Sailed Jan 2O-Stmr Furnessia. for
New York.
1 GIBRALTAR-Arrived Jan 20-Stmr Hamburg.
from New York. for Naples and Genoa.
MISUNDERSTANDING Jan 19-Stmr Caro-
mia. from New York.
NAPLEs-Arrived Jan 19-stmr Cedric from
New York
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
EARTHQUAKEs in RUSSIA

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2O.-Severe
earthquake shocks are reported from
Alexandrousk, Sahkhalia and Eliza
bethpol.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
NEW AUTHORIZATIONS

stock Ledpers. Transfer Journals. Stock Certih
-sfer Seals etc. Carney's Secrefary's Manual
IL Count CLARK a 0rmond, go Market st. "