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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
Another View Of the Abattoir

Editor Of The limos Dispntch
Sir,-Referring to the subject OF the
abnttoir ut Tenth Street, there Is phase
of the question that think has not been
considered, and that 10 the delivery OF
the live stock to the nbattolr II am
correct, when the subject of the abattoir
was first mooted, Mr. Forbes stated that
the live stock would be delivered by rail,
and that they would be Immediately
slaughtered. This delivery by rail-, what
would it mean?
Those who are situated In the office
buildings overlooking tho ncighborhood
will know that it means moro obstruction
on Ninth Street. the main Sthoroughfare
to the FREQ Bridge. The Chesapeake and
Ohio yards are small, and at present one
| shifting engine is employed all day long
| In moving cars backward and forward.
and constantly causing distinctions to
vehicles. Also 1t Is tho point of junction
| between the Atlantic Coast Line and the
| Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and two
| or three times a day transfer Of cars
| from one road to the other Is made,
| The switch tracks Mt the junction are so
| short that the trains have to be broken
| up In several sections, and each section
| has to cross Ninth Street twice; and II
tho slaughter house. is located at Tenth
Street. 1t Just means a considerable more
shifting backwards across Ninth Street,
i not only In delivering the live stock cars
loaded, and removing them empty, but
! also In moving cars loaded with the pros
duets of w, S. Forbes Co., and in that
section, with Ninth Street being the
main thoroughfare to Manchester, more
uncertainty in reaching that place. AS
i 1t Is, complaints nra increasing regarding
4 the constant stoppage Of traffic by tho
Chesapeake and Ohio on Seventh Street,
where there IS only one track, with a
switch at that point what will It be with
4 tho increased switching on Ninth Street
where there are about twelve tracks
4 crossing it? ] think our City Fathers
. ought to consider this subject In connec-
ton with the abaltoir before passing the
a ordinance.
A CLOSE OBSERVER. {;
j Richmond, Va
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saddle this city with additional debt OF SOW
oral hundred thousand dollars. md, IN tho
light Of our experience II, municipal soper-
alton, undertake. this doubtful enterprise
with no data to guido snvc report
which no private corporation would ac-
cept7 1t ls quite certain that no prudent
member OF tho Council5 would act so
rashly III venture OF his own, and every
Councilman is a city trustee.
Mr.. willis does not go us much into
detail as does Professor Sever, but no
reaches practically the Same conclusion
Mr.. Willis says that the city's immediate
needs are not urgent since, in his opin-
Ion, It could purchase electrical power as
cheaply ns 1t could generate 1t at a
plant OF It's own. That Is no matter Of
mere opinion, for the Passenger and Pow
or Company has offered to enter into q
contract to that effect md give bond for
its faithful performance. Mr.. Willis also
says that the present is not favorable
time for erecting n plant OF this char
actor, as both labor and materials are
scarce and high. And, on the other hand,
bonds are gabnor1nally low, MS The Times
Dispatch has already pointed out.
Tho advocates of q municipal plant claim
that Professor Sewers review confirms
Mr.. Trafford's estimates. II that BIO true,
SO much the better for the city. If three
disinterested experts, Jointly selected by
tho Council and the Passenger and Power
C.ompnny will Investigate and report that
the city can generate electricity at the
price named by Mr.. Trafford. the Passen-
ger and Power Company win enter into
contract to supply the city with electric
current for ten years at that price. II
the Council declines to accept this pro-
posal to Investigate, but goes ahead pell-
| nell, borrpws money and proceeds with
the work. the conclusion will be Irresistible
that its prime object and chief desire
were to erect and operate new municipal
plant rather than to save money for the
| city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
No Race Suicide There.

NEW YORK, January 2.-Healtlli Cons
missioner Darlington to-day made spnbli,
the BIRTH marriage and deathastatlstics
OF Greater New York City for 1906. with
the comment that the figures Indicated g
prosperous twelve months. Tho number
Of births and marriages have increased
In a healthy ratio, while the death rate
slr rather low as compared with tho in--
crease In population.
During 1906 there were reported ll1,77a
births, an INCREASE over 1905 of 5000 tS,-
e55 marriages. mn increase OF 5,70o;;s 7a,-
2OC deaths, an increase of 2 ASP, I y p
birth record Is the greatest eyor reported.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
Saw 1ao Years Of Life.

MINERAL WELLS TEX. January 2-E
Ono hundred and twenty-nine years is
said to have been the age OF aunt
Dorcas Harris, a negro woman VINO 4! .V}.
until the week OF Christmas, ana ~. y
said Inv reliable white people who have
known her for years that, among her
Sreminiscences, none pleased the old darby.
moro than to assert that she had known
George washington and had seen him
many times In her early youth.
She was born In TIT. and was resi- s17
dent OF ralo Pinto county, when tho
Oldest settlers came here shortly after
the Civil War Tho old woman was buried
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unaltered Affection.
POINTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHERS.

\
~ NE Mrs. Germond wants divorce be-
cause her husabnd cannot distinguish
between right and wrong. He certainly
must be a very poorly regulated husband not
to understand that he was wrong.--Washngton
Herald.
Every citizen should indorse the stand taken
by the scientists In session here for the preser-
walton of our forests. One may have to take
to the tall timber at any tiHs you know.-Sew
York Herald.
500 " widows viii need plenty Of nerve and a
suit OF arnor-New York American.
No doubt, Mr. Rockefeller could afford. TO
eat oysters II he'd only shell aout. baltimore
Sun.
II Senator Foraker has really undertaken to
'.destroy Taft" he might as well do his work
openly and above board. It would be mpossi-
bic to conceal the rpse.-Knnsss City jour
nal. 49, 81 il
One of the learned scien lists bays that man
is made Of soap Perhaps that. ls why he so
often cleans ont the treasury when he gets
into office-Kansas city Journal.
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Futility of Legal Redress.

Richmond ii faalng avery serious crisis.
! Tho rights and wishes of the many are
battling against the persuasions and
spromises of an NEWFOUNDLAND the issue
lis in doubt. 1t is the doubt that makes
nhe situation grave: otherwise the request
! of the W. S, Forbes Company to operate
La slaughter-house in the heart of the
< business section would be comic.
On the one side are ranged the COM
mon sense. the progressive spirit, the
backbone. and the overwhelming ma
5ority Of the business men OF the COM
munity, who demand that their rights
BIO maintained and their property be not
destroyed. On the other side are AIessrs.
w. S. Forbes, james D. Patton. the
News Leader, and some members of the
Council. who promise that the inevitable
Will not happen, and nrnessly add that
IL the slaughter-house does create an
intolerable nuisance, the public have
( their redress at law.
Ono of the Aldermanic supporters of
the w. S. Forbes Company thinks 1T Is
n fair gamble" and the News Leader Is
satisfied that the law will afford suftl-
4 clent remedies. But what benefit does q
murdered man derive from an inquest?
getting MANNED or killed In a railway
accident for the privilege of suing for
damages? Or would any but q fool fall
i down an elevator shaft to recover acci-
dent insurance? For even when the
damage s great and the unlawfulness is
lawyers, bear preliminary costs. 50
through the vexntion and trouble OF one
or more trials. only to receive the doubt
full and frequently Inadequate compen.
sation awarded by: the jury.
In the case OF Richmond. the folly Of
relying on such redress is even NOR,
apparent, and until 1t can be no longe
doubted. The Times Dispatch will not be
4 Iieva that the Council will utterly dlsre
gard Its duty and rashly and wantonl.
~ do SO great wrong to the people ant
prosperity Of the city OF Richmond.
s4ssgss FL fsd8 ----------------- 2ls
The South and the Democracy
~ II Qt!OINuHhtC tilp titLh'iS VI Aaoii
~ ator Daniel. of this State, was announce
as a possible candidate for the presidenc
almost simultaneously with the siigges
ton, originating, We believe, In TIL
Times Dispatch. OF this city, of q con
ri ference OF Southern Democrats to be hel
Here. The coincidence exposes the pre-
posed gathering to the suspicion that
s Is intended 10 begin a Daniel boom re
,,hat reason the News Leader has care
e. VI u 4 d i 4
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CORRESPONDEN CE

SOLICITED FROM oVvNER rs, OF OLD
BOOKS OR OTHER u rERA RY& q
Or sMALL LOTS, VI DE SCRIBE WHAT
YOU Il HAVE, City, @ r g ou NTRN b
ts5 MI II An n s' L lBR IAN 4
r. O. 30 s13. RIG I'M q Ne. M u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

A Chicago paper is authority for the
statement that the elevators In several
Boston buildings arc run by women. Most
of the elevating in Boston homes Is also
conducted by the same sex.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Democrats are now worrying over who
is to succeed John Sharp Williams as
floor leader. supposing that Mr. Will
lnms is some day elected to the Senate.
A more pertinent subject for discussion
might DO who is to succeed Mr.. Rooser-
welt in the White House, supposiny that
Hon. Jakey Riis doesn't compel him to run
Lnt,nin -. .--.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Grover Cleveland Is said to be suffer-
ing from an attack of indigestion. From
the nature OF some OF his recent arti-
Giles, we assume that the seat Of the
trouble is his literary digest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Any fair-mindad man must admit that
the Hughes inauguration ceremony was
thing will doubtless become as epidemic
not the kind OF reading calculated to
give w. Hearst a very happy New Year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

While Boston has no less than 2o,oO0
names in her blue book. 1t does not follow
she is the bluest town IN America, but
rather that she has that number Of peo-
pie who can afford the space-ratas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
.R4zmes %. DlaY
The Dives Championship.
IN Be It shout or rnurmur:
~ ~ - Who's the richest man that walks

ia I'll wi lSI u al A1h
who IS most replete in his
Store OF. metal yeller?
Some think sWeyerhauser ID.
Some say y. Rockefeller.
Both Of them are pretty rich:
Can you toll me. brother,
Which, regarding wealth. Is which,
Which Of thcm Is t'othcr7
o, don't let your mind be rncked--
Questlon's epidemic:
Both have got 1t, point of fact,
Like an Epidemic. Blfs
Who has most7 We'll let 1t be. .
Anyway. there's quito a
Certainty tho lucky he
Is not !, the writer.
Let the others fight it out;
One thing is tho surest:
p know l am Just about,
All in oil. the poorest.
Monetary dearth. I wot,
Is tho curse Of editors.
Hist! Good-byel Here come a lot
4, H. s. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

A young man has just travelled 1o.59o
miles. by the pedometer, to win the lady
of his fancy Well, we have known wives
to travel further than that to get to
South Dakota. ..tt+f s-fs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

The Boston Transcript has an arti-
Gle on coughing at Concerts" We wish
our contemporary would now publish n
singing paper on Snoring at Boarding
Houses"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Persia is doubtless good deal puz-
zied as to what to do with her new
constitution. Those low-grade Eastern
monarchies are far more used to ultimat-
llms $3.50 ,s-5f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Hon. Benjamin Tillman has como out
with warm endorsement OF Senator
Bailey, Nor is this the only blow that
Joseph has had this season.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
MERELY JOKING.
Badinare,

BadInaue
Mr.. Jisley-The other day I saw quito an
interesting educated pig
Miss Port-ol. Of course. suppose
Mr.. Jisey-Don't say I'll You wcro going
70 say you suppose looked in the glass.
: Miss pert--Not at all. | don't consider you
Interesting or educated.-P Philadelphia Press.
He Certainly Should.
DR. iF,nirthlyindulse good deal in hyperbole''
i've been thnkin that same thing" replied
her hostess. Land snkes! I should think
,,n man with as much sense as him would Leave
Herald &g
Blooming.
Hicks-"Thoso wexley girls nre blooming
beauties. aren't they. thought" Wicks--''Yos,
H!cks--"oh.7 he's n blooming ldiot."-soner-
Vile Journal.
Tho Ideal
The Dad-,why on earth don't women take
The Daughter-'.That would be fine. wouldn't
It? And not q mirror to SEQ to put them on
again!'-Clcveland Leader.
AvarlcIouser.
II don't see why Rockefeller wants to 40
on pilng up money. He's ALREADY rich beyond
the dreams Of avarice." Maybe he WINS once.
hut now that he can ent miiice pie avsrice has
had Its dreaming power greatly st!mulated"--
Unaltered Affection.
But Miss vane Is very tickle, Isn't she?''
why. sho lifted Bob for Jack last month
| over. II that's not tickle love--''
| mot at all. She still loves herself a!one."-
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COMMENT OF VIRGINIA EDITORS.
New Whlskey Da

New Whlskey Danger.
Has Secretary Wilson stopped to think what
may BIO the consequences, should nc force the s,
at once? IIc should not forget that sudden
change OF drink may SO shock t11e system as
to bring on all sorts Of evils; 4, It Is bad
For instance, when a Richmond or Lynch
burg man. who hns been used to the pc
c,,liar '.blends' Of those cities. one component
of which is James River mud, comes and
tackles the staunton brand. In which this in.
gredient is lacking, 1t produces n powerful
wrench on the system. and II he does not
land at once in the police court he does land
in the Western State Hospital. Tho risk IN
this case is great enough. but Just, thing OF
setting man down te pure whiskey these
DAYS. Whnt In the world would happen to
him? 1t would be positively cruel. and In
the name Of down roddens race we enter our
feeble protast.--Staunton Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

No parson need remain obscure in an
ago when fame can be won overnight
by denouncing John D. Rockefeller.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Still, there is some ground for believ-
ing that the tariff at present is big enough
and strong enough to stand a whole
Roosevelt message to itself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

The per capita circulation Of money in
creased s. in 1905. but it was principally
Rockefeller's and Carnegle's capita.
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lion TEARS HOLES
IN TRAINER S BODY
Performer Terribly Lacerated by
Infuriated Beast and Narrowly
Escapes Death.

TOLEDO, o., January 2'-While per-
forming an act called the Lion Hunt"
here this afternoon, Trainer Harry Ray,
OF an animal circus, was attacked by one one
Of the animals. and while he lay upon the
floor had both his sides, shoulder and
breast lacerated.
III with great presence of mind, Ray fired
sh,s pistol lust us the attendants opened
the safety doors OF the Gagged arena, Two
other lions which were in the cage I'M
mediately made for the opening. followed
by the attacking animal, which turned at
the sound OF the heavy catches 4 on on tho
doors,
iured trainer was taken to st, Vincent's
Hospital in an ambulance. It IS not
known Just how serious his Injuries are,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Meantime, thanks to Mr.. Joseph Cans
and others, Tonapah, New, is rapidly be-
coming centre of true Western culture.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Christmas also stimulated tho demand
for arnica, owing to the number Of anna
teur Santa Clauses who got their false
whiskers singed off.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

In asserting that the English Of Ameri-
can women is slovenly, Mr. Henry James
lays himself open to several perfectly
lovely retorts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Now they are talking about pro-
tectorate for the Cubans. AS for the
Pulajanes, there are only a few OF 'em
left, anyway.
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Tim Murphy Coming.

Mr.. Tim Murphy Is to act his latest
success, "a Corner In Coffec." at tho
Academy on Monday and Tuesday. Mfr.
Murphy's account OF how he got "A
Corner in Coffee is highly amusing.
He read It first serially in Smart Set,
though It has since been published III
book form. Before lie WAS half through
the story he felt he had the possibilities
OF n great play In his hands. The a,i-
thor OF the story liz Cyrus Townsend
Brady, and 1t did not occ4ir to the come
dian ut the time that tho writer was also
clergyman, and signed his name with
big .. y. He feared n clergyman
would not permit his story to be drama
uzcd and acted in theatre. His native
wit did not desert him. however. and he
hunted up DR.. Brady. preferring to he
refused rather than not have made tho
effort He found DIR. Brady busy on q
sermon.
i've como to ask you II You would
have any objections to having a Corner.
in Coffee dramatizcd? 1t will make q
great play said the comedian.
you don't say!' exclaimed the as
tonished pastor well, this is most for
tunate,' Reaching into n drawer OF his
desk, he continued. Here Is the manu-
| SCRIPT OF n dramatiZat!on right here. 1t
has been waiting for the right man. and
don't need TO see any more OF you.
Mr.. Murphy, to be convinced that you're
| the man TO present the story on the
stage."
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BrjstoI's Full Stockin

BrlstoI's Full Stocking.
There full stockings On chrls ,,',as
thansthe ono Bristol hung up Without any
disposition to indulge in vain boasting, Bristol
has been nourishing without cessation for the
past several years, and there Is no turning back
1low.--Bristol Courier.
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rhe TARA Gotta Disaster.

That this disaster was Of tho 'ayoidable''
character does not admit Of doubt or dis
cussion On road protected by the block
signal system as this section Of the Bat'mors
occurred; and It would and could not have
happened had there not been wilfu nesiigence
or criminal laundering NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Virgnian-P Pilot K 4 5jit
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a Dismal BLESSING

A Dismal %Blessl ng.
Perhaps the Great Dismal Swamp Is as yalu :,
Northeastern sorth Carolina, in influencing
climatic conditions as the Salton Sea s be-
lioved BY those protesting citizens Of Southern
California TO DO to their sectlon.--Norfolk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

Judge w. r. Bnrksdale. OF Halifax
county, is In the city. and is registered
at Murphy's,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03

No doubt, Mr.. Rockefeller could afford. to
ent oysters II he'd only she!laout.--Bntini
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The front door OF Alurphy's Hotel lobby
was barricaded last night. owing 10 the
fact that the vestibule had been recently
painted. Red lights were displayed, and
persons remembering the recent cellar
door .'cave in were giving the main en-
trance a wide berth.
The paint will be dry by tonight, and
the danger signals will be removed.
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Observation-Disclosures.

Entered. January 81. 1908. a. Richmond. Va.
a sscond.class matter, under act OF Sonsies'
OF March 3, 1879
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
Weynan's Tale of the Time of
British Reform.

There will be aAdiversity of opinion
among the admirers of "A Gentleman
of France" and others of Stanley
wcyman's stirring romances when
then read his newest book, "Chippinge
Borough The veteran historical
novelist has chosen for this story tho
period that began in 1881, when the
reform bill agitation was shaking tho
English constitution to it's founda-
tions. AS story it lacks the dramatic
manner and effect Of Weyman's earlier
romances, but as serious study of
the men and conditions which CO.
operated to bring about the celebrated
reform act and the abolition OF the
UNANIMOUSLY iniquitous rotten borough"
system, it cannot fail to attract atten-
tion and command respect. It's unlike
ness to any of Weymans previous nov
els is complete. His swift-moving
French historical novels were. models
of style as we'll as of storytelling. 1t
was impossible, even for the jaded re-
viewer. to skip a word of The Gentle
man of France" But it is not easy
to see the same hand in his later work.
The style is formal. long -drawn-out
and dangerously near to dullness; 1t is
irritating to see the charm gone from
such a writer.
The picture he paints US is vivid,
but without fire; indeed, so vivid is it
that to many Americans it win present
clearer idea than can be had from
history of the great moment Of every
act OF the makers and opposers OF
the bill" The doubts and fears of the
very people whom it was designed to
protect are well put forth in the fol-
lowing:
Dang me-" he said that evening
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while far from q saint so far as pecu-
lations are concerned, is on
the whole more reliable, and, having a
due sense of honor, may be trusted with
safety where a Mexican certainly could
not. One OF the greatest objections to
employing Mexican laborers is the
enormous number OF feast days which
they persist in keeping, and which
leaves them little more than 200 days
out Of the year for work
There are descriptions Of what the
peon eats and wears. the expense OF
living, their peculiar hats. etc. none OF
which sounds very novel to the Calffor-
mia reader who has seen so much the
same thing in the southern part OF the
State. Figures from some OF the larger
mines or the Guanajuato arc up in. the
millions. From 1910 10 1920 tho output
fen from 5000. 600 TO s1.ooO,Ooo. largely
because OF the improvident natives. who
had then no power 70 operate their
rude plants and had saved no money to
improve their properties. English syn
a-NoNNc oCNosA@AC AANCAC0AC0s Tic LAce
has been steady ever since. From the
ancient patio treatment Of ores to the
modern systems in vogue today. each
one is given careful analysis and at
tention.
Many mines whose names are world
renowned are taken UP and brief his
tories OF them are given-the San Caye-
tana, the Pabellon, the famous Ta5a de
Dolores, supposed TO have made for her
owners sis.ooo,ooo in a single year. Up
10 November. 1903. the methods were
rather crude; there was much waste,
owing to a lack of power. but at that
time an American company was start
ed TO furnish electric power. and the
combination OF British capital and
American brain and power has accom-
plished more IN the last few. years than
was done in a century before. 1t must
be mortifying to the Englishman to see
his former importance dwindling. but
II surely Is IN Mexico today. The Amer
lean companies appear TO have crowded
out most OF the English concerns, ow-
ing. perhaps. 10 the fact that little per-
sonai supervision was given TO. the
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leo has placed on record HIS conviction
that. in regard TO labor efficiency. taken
all round, and considering carefully all
the pros and all the cons, the Mexican
miner is rather preferable TO the Amer
lean Whereas the former is easily
managed and does nearly al classes OF
work fairly wei. the white
worker demands much higher wages.
quite disproportionste to the char
acter and the amount OF work
that he does. and is additional
- much more difficult to manage
on the other hand, the Mexican,
IL he gets the chance. viii become a
thief The American miner,