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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

fore Judge Wright, of the Circuit
Court.
In the meantime the work Of repair
ing and charging the Wheaton school
is going rapidly ahead, and will be
practically completed before the next
term of the Circuit Court for Lancas-
ter unless Judge Wright shall in the
meantime issue a restraining order.
The action of the trustees in abandon
ing the purpose to establish another
high school in White Chapel District
is generally approved by disinterested
persons, as 1t Is agreed that two many
schools of this kind have already been
established in this and other sections
of the State. There are now six public
high schools in the division comprising
Lancaster and Northumberland.
The Lancaster baseball team Is now
the champion of the Northern Neck of
Virginia. having Just won the belt
from Kilmarnock In the third game
of the season by score of 6 to 0.
The belief widely prevailing here
that the camp meeting season always
brings rain has received strong conflr-
nation this year, for since Marvin
Grove camp closed. now three weeks
ago. there have been but few clear
days In these parts, while at time
heavy rains have fallen. In conse-
quence of this continued wet weather
great damage has resulted to fodder
and the tomato crop. the latter OF
which Is one Of the main money crops
of many people In this section.
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The line of glad talk that is being
handed to father these days has the
stuff that Romeo passed up to juliet
sounding like Chinese hymn. Soon
father is to be the principal figure
in a touching scene. In the days
which are now close at hand Arthur
boy is going back to school.
Arthur boy has put 1t up to fatAer
dear that as this is his senior year
his allowance must be increased To
start with he will have to have more
than just seven suits of clothes. He's
slated for the Delta Phis-swell crowd
that-fellow's got to be there with
the front. Then there are lots of
things which Arthur's senior year de-
mands fathers cash provide. But
father dear can take 1t from Arthur
boy that when exams roll around this
year the pride of his life is going
to be there with the goods. OF course.
he will try for the team. but when
the seasons over he's going to dig
dig. father. you can Vet your sweet
life on that. There is to be no repe-
tition of the all-round fall down of
last year. This year 1t will be differ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05

phan Asylum to the baseball game,
which will be played In Broad street
Park on the afternoon of September -.
STEMS Band has been engaged for that
occasion, and will begin playing a.
half hour before the game begins. 50
that the fans may be in a proper frame
{ to see the victory Of the local team.
Most of the players for the home nine
have been picked. All are known
lights in diamond circles, and are ex-
pected to give good account Of them i
selves against the visitors.
Mayor Richardson will deliver the
address OF welcome, and there will be
several other speakers to give the
usual amount of oratory incident to
such occasions.
The entertainment committee is also
planning for a concert to be- given
either at the Bijou or the Richmond
Hotel on the night of September is.
The visitors will be met by commit
tee Mt Ashland Sunday morning, Sep
TENDER 1s, and the local Union VIII
meet the special train in full force at
Eliza Station. The visitors and their
escort will march down Broad street
to Eighth, and thence to the Richmond
Hotel. where they Will have quarters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
MAN
is ABDUL HAM|D.
Former Despot Passing Sad Days
and sleepless Nights
at Salonika.

| Berlin, August 25.-The Lokal Anzei-
ger prints remarkable account OF the
miserable existence Of Abdul Hand
at the Villa Ablatini, in Salonika. Tho
Berlin paper vouches for the authen-
ITCHY OF its story. which, 1t adds, was
written by correspondent who had
abundant opportunity for intimate OBJ
servation OF the deposed Sultan Of
Turkey
The former despot Is without doubt
the unhappfest man on earth. possessed
as he is OF the belief that his life
may be taken at any moment. He is
In hourly dread OF assassination by his
enemies. Since he was sent into exile,
nearly eighteen months ago. he has
never shown himself at any of the win
dows OF the villa. He dare not, for he
is convinced that. he would BIO shot by
one of his foes II he We're seen. Meth.
er advice nor entreaties nor even strin-
gent medical orders will inSlce him to
leave the house and take exercise in
the garden.
Not only does he remain stubborn1y
indoors, but nothing will make him
leave the first floor OF the villa. He
| fears to trust himself to the ground
floor lest bombs should be concealed
in the cellars beneath He will not go
up to the second floor, for. he thinks.
the villa might be set on fire, and he
would perish before he could escape.
A victim to insomnia, he never un-l
dresses, but his thin, bowed figure Is
| seen wandering during the night from
room to room until finally Abdul Hamid
| falls exhausted and slumbers ftfully
on couch. He works as carpenter
during the day, and recently finished
| making a large wardrobe.
Strangely enough, his one desire is
to find a purchaser for 1T. 1t is not
THAT he needs the money. but he longs
! to convince himself that the work OF
| his hands is of monetary value. He
begs his warders for leave to send the
wardrobe away from the villa to be
sold, put his request Is refused invaria-
bly,. The Turkish government fears
that within the woodwork may be con-
cealed some undesirable communica-s
ton to his friends.
Abdul Hamid knows nothing OF the
outside world. Neither he nor his two
wives and the servants which followed
him into captivity are allowed to read
any newspaper. Once his keen desire
to learn what was happening led him
to attempt to bride one of his warders.
to whom he offered $500 for the latest
the revolution which ended his reign.
Sometimes he sits hour after hour deep
in melancholy meditation.
Recently. when the officers on duty
congratulated him on his birthday, ABB
dull Hamid wept and said: II was once
great Sultan, and therefore you can
only mock me when you congratulate
me in my humiliation
Abdul Hamid Is intensely lonely.
Abdul Rachim the only son who fol-
lowed him into captivity has deserted
him, declaring that his father was so
petulant and nervous that no one could
endure life in his vicinity. Burnhanned
Din, his favorite son, to whom he de-
sired to leave his crown. has repudiat-s
ed his father. accusing him of having
caused the death of his mother be-
cause Abdul Hamid refused to SUM
mon competent medical man to at
tend her In her illness.
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GOING TO HAPPYLAND?
Mrs. Gills Matrimonial Specinl IL Ready
In pick You I'm.

Ne
to Pick You UP.
cupids Special. with Mrs. Gill at the
throttle, will steam out Of Richmond
on the morning of September 10. bound
for Washington, and the annual Pill
grimage to Hymen's altar. Reserva-
tons so far made assure an unusual
number OF pilgrims
For weeks Mrs. Gill has been swamp
ed with communications from asptrants
for con1ugal bliss Some have called
in person. These annual personally
conducted tours to. Happyland are
steadily growing more popular as tne
years go by. much to the delight OF
the promoter. and there seems a posi-
buity that the crowd Will be so large
this year that the special will have
to be operated in two sections. oi
course. on an excursion Of this Kind
1t is a case OF the more. the merrier
Three. four or even five trains will be
run IL necessary. No one will be left
behind for want OF accommodations.
When one considers the inducements
offered the wonder Is that fifteen trains
will net be needed.
Mrs. Gill speaks enthusiastically of
the coming pilgrimage. She says that
this years crop Of brides is positively
| the loveliest in the history of the phil
anthr0pic bureau Of which she Is the
head. Mrs. Gill also stated that she
will introduce novelty on the COM
ing tour in the shape of some good
looking grooms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
.CUSSWORDSNOW
STORED EXPLOIT
Newman Speciality Starts With
Arrests and Grows With
Judgment.

New york, September "A sensa-
tiopnl furry in Cuaswords pfd.,
marked the close of the market yes
terday Trading came to an end with
$1,000 bid, S1,041 asked. on the board.
and with the reopening Of the market
on Tuesday there Is promise OF another
swift upward movement. Profit
taking may check this. but with Wal
ter G.. Newman, leading the bulls there
Is distinct feeling OF uneasiness
Newman started the skyrockettng on
cusswords two weeks ago when his
automobile broke down on the way
from Salisbury, N c., to Richmond. Va.
He had been In North Carolina look
ing after the properties of the Union
Copper Company, OF which ne was pres
tdent until last month His atten-
ton was first attracted tc, Cusswords
in Salisbury when he was arrested for
speeding. He acted as his own at
torney and obtained an acquittal.
On the outskirts OF stanton three
springs on his machine broke at once.
and while he was waiting to get into
town he had good chance to think
the new speculation over. When he
reached his MOTEL he sent Cusswords up
ike box kite by bid OF $1,000. ape-
Crying that offerings must not have
been traded in before In the excite
ment that followed Newman stirred
1t to higher pitch by garbing his
valet like minstrel and having him
blow bugle calls on cornet instead
OF using his automobile siren as he
rode around town in search of Cuss-
words.
Newman reached New York three
days afterward, but not even on the
curb here could his bid on Cusswords
"a k.n ~, Trr,1 IT, xrAf, cut, nal
holdings and in the common stock was
active, but Newman refused to parti-
c:3ate. He kept his hands off the mar
ket altogether. in fact, and on Friday
afternoon he left the Savoy, where
he has lived. to see If he couldn't un-
cover something in the course Of an
other automobile tour.
Yesterday morning in Newman's abb
sence Alexander II. Low. a bond broker
OF 3s Broad street, threw bomb into
the market. Low was formerly con-
nected With Newman's Gold Hill Cop
per Company, and recently got Iudg-
ment for sl.041 against that man for
services. He failed to collect and got
an order from Judge Smith. of the
City Court, for Newman's appearance
Tor examination yesterday In supple
mentary proceedings
Newman did not appear, and Low
said he would apply Tuesday to have
Newman punished for contempt OF
court. When Newman returns TO town
TUESDAY morning and hears that news
Cusswords Will go up still more SEN
sationally, market critics say.
Newman has been plunging in Wall
Street for fifteen years. He formerly
was a stable boy for Roswell p Flower,
and his first speculation was on a tip
from the former Governor II netted
him $4,000. Four years ago he made
s3.00o,Q00 in one play on Union Cop
per. He has figured in the divorce
court, as well as in the newspapers.
bur his plunge in cusswords. pfd.,
promises TO become his most storied
exploit
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SUFFERING FATHER AGAIN
HEARS. CALL OF THE WILD
This Time It's His Boy, College Bent, With High
Ideas of High Marks and Large Chunks
of Real Money.

ent. This year it always VIII be. al
though 1t never is.
Father. noble soul, is up against 1T
hard. Mother blew in fortune at
the springs, and now this boy is going
hack to school Father can't see the
sense in 1t anyway. Arthur boy has
seven years and seven thousand dol
lars worth of education now in the
shape of a room full of pennants,
eighteen sweaters. three tennis rackets
and some fraternity pins. Father
thinks Arthur's got all he needs. Be-
sides. the autumn leaves are falling
and the millinery blooms again. Soon
mother will be calling for another
bunch
It's grind, grind, year in and out. It's
grind. About the only pleasure father
gets in life is in kicking the Office cat,
SO there. ding you-scat. Father signs
and swears and wonders how he'll
manage. Here lately 1t has been get
ting worse all the time. He signs
again and swears again and wonders
on. But somehow or o.4er father will
manage. Somehow or other father
always does.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
BIG CATTLE EXHIBIT.
Elmendorf Farm Enters Aristocrats mt
Virginia State Fair.

GlmcnuOrI Hurnl lIntCrs ArlStOCrutS ASK
Virginia State Fair.
Elmendorf Stock Farm. one OF the
largest prize winners in previous State
Fairs, has entered the largest string of
singla variety of cattle received
by the state Fair Association this year.
The nerd, thirty-two In number, In
clude several blue ribbon winners In
the shows Of this and other States
They are all short-horns of the most
aristocratic lineage.
The Elmendorf entry is competing
for s6O5 in first prize money alone, to
say nothing of minor prizes, specials
and ribbons. Some of the older mem
bers of the herd have spent the best
part of the last few falls travelling
from one fair or show to another, and
have taken enough ribbons to cover
them,
They are expected to reach the Fair
Grounds in several special cars a few
days before the fair. SO that they may
be got into good show condition before
the competition Is opened Eighteen
stalls in the cattle department. have
been reserved for their accommoda-
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deaths; on February A. at the Thomas
Mine, Thomas, W. Va, twenty-five
deaths, and on December /, at the
Naomi Mine, Pennsylvania, thirty-flve
deaths. On December 6, at the Mono
gah (Pennsylvanla) Mine occurred the
greatest disaster In the history OF coal
mining in the United States, 35S lives
having been lost; on December Is. at
the Yolande Mine, Alabama, fifty men
were killed, and on December 10, 1.-THE
Darr Mine, twenty three men were
killed. In this black month OF De-
cember alone, says Mr.. Rice, 848 men
were sacrificed, chiefly, in L.r. Rice's
opinion, from the effects OF coal dust.
which, II not the initial cause in all
cases, was an agency of obstruction.
After these explosions the Federal
government began an inquiry into the
causes OF the disasters, and established
the testing station at Pittsburg rhe
first work was TO prove that coal dust
alone would explode. The dust yyas
placed In a cylinder 100 feet long and
feet in diameter, with a cannon Inn
bcdded in one end. This cannon was
filled with black powder and discharged
by electricity into the coal AUST. In
practically every instance there was
a terrific explosion, even more violent
than that caused by fire damp. Each
succeeding experiment went further
to prove that coal dust Is the real
great danger OF the mines.
Fire damp. according to Mr.. Rice,
carries Its own warning. Whenever
gas is present in mine in dangerous
quantities blue flame rises from the
safety lamp to notify the miner, but
coal dust. though visible does not at
tract attention unless present in large
quantities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
sc HOOL BOARD
DECIDES CONTEST
Neither Wheaton nor Litwa1-
ton Get Proposed New
Institution.
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Especial to The Times-Dispatchl
Lancaster. Va, September 4.-The
contest that has been going on for
the past year between Wheaton and
Litwalton, two villages in the upper
part of Lancaster. for the location Of
the proposed public high school in
that part of White Chapel district, is
still alive, and threatens to get into
court before 1t Is. finally settled.
There is already one high school IN
the district. and about one year ago
the district school board determined
to establish another at Wheaton, on
the Rappahannock River. The people
living in and around the village OF
Derivation. five miles away, and In
the centre of the territory tributary
to the proposed school, took an appeal
to the county trustee electoral board,
which heard the case and reversed the
action of the district trustees in Sc
lectinc Wheaton as the site for the
school The trustees then selected a
site about half mile northeast of
Wheaton, on the road to Litwalton.
Thereupon the people in favor Of Let
walton employed Thomas j. Downing,
a leading lawyer of this section, who
prepared and presented another APP
peal. duly signed by five heads OF
families, to the county trustee cleo.
toral board, and asked Judge Wright,
Of the Circuit Court. to Issue an In
junction staying all proceedings till
the appeal could be heard, but upon
receiving assurances that the district
trustees would not proceed with the
work till the matter could be lawfully
determined, the Injunction proceedings
were dismissed.
In view of the situation OF affairs
the district trustees met last month
and decided to abandon the establish
ment of high school. but to improve
and enlarge the school building at
Wheaton and to improve the one Sit
uated near Litwalton. This action
only added fuel to the flames, and an
appeal was taken again to the trustee
electoral board, praying that the trus-
tees be stopped from repairing the
two schoolhouses alreadyin existence
and from adding additions to tho one
at Wheaton, on the ground that the
schoolhouse near Litwalton is not
properly situated and that 1t Is not
worth repairing. and that in repairing
and charging the schoolhouse at
Wheaton the trustees are laying the
for establishing high
school at that place.
The appeal was heard yesterday at
by the county trustee cleo
toral board. In the presence. of a large
and interested crowd Of people. The
contestants were represented by Thos.
]. Downing, who made an able and
elaborate plea for his clients. Tho
trustee electoral hoard dismissed the
appeal; but It Is very probable that
the contestants will take the case be-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
.HE|RESS ELOPES
With L|FEGUARD
St. Louis Girl, Said to Be Worth
$500, 900, Causes Sensation
at Spring Lake.

Asbury Park, N. j., September A.
While her mother was motoring on the
Rumson Road, Miss Helen O'Brien, OF
st. Louis, one of the prettiest ana
wealthiest summer girls among the eS-
elusive families In select Spring Lake,
eloped with the captain of the lie
guards, John Rowland, brawny and
handsome young man, and they were
married in Avon by Rev. Thomas z.
Taylor, a Baptist minister.
Now the girl has been spirited away.
Her mother, Mrs. Rosie o'Brien, is fu-
rious, and H. D. Montgomery, ST.
Louis lawyer and guardian of the girl,
is preparing steps to have the marriage
annulled.
On her eighteenth birthday recNtiy
Mrs. Rowland is said to have inherited
$500, 900 from her fathers estate. rep
resentinE a part Of her share of more
than 100000.
Rowland has not seen his wife since
he took her home on the afternoon OF
the wedding. He has been refused adj
lSittance to the O'Brien cottage and is
angry. He insists that his wife Is be-
ing kept from him against her will.
Rowland, who Is only twenty-five
years old, has been a life guard at
Spring Lake for several seasons Be-
cause he was there. Miss O'Brien-
when she met him he was travelling for
Philadelphia business house-per-I
suaded her mother to spend the sum-
mer at Spring Lake. Helen was In
vited to motor with her mother Mon
day afternoon. but complained of not
feeling WELL
Then half an hour after her mothers
car had gone she met Rowland. who
had asked for an afternoon off, and
they got a marriage certificate and
went to Father Lyons's rectory ut the
fashionable ST. GATHERINGS. He re-
fused to perform the ceremony because
of religious differences
They made haste to Avon and Mr..
Taylor tied the knot.
The girl wanted to get back before
her mother but failed, Questions from
Mr.. Montgomery. her guardian. drew
the story from her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
NOT DISQUALIFIED
Lcft-Hapded Candidates for Army Ell
Eihle for Service.

Lcft-Handcd Candidates for Army Ell.
gfble for Service.
Washington, ID. c.. September 4-By
formal action of the War Department
all doubt as to discrimination against
left handed candidates for the army
has been removed.
In preparing recently to make
nomination for West Point. Congress-
man asked the Navy Department II
the fact that his nominee was left
handed would operate as a bar to his
admission TO West Point
AS the question had never before
been raised, the Surgeon-General Of
the army was asked for an opinion on
the subject That ruling was that a
left handed cadet may not properly be
considered az physically disqualified
1t is considered as certain that there
have been cadets at West Point who
werf axs naaasdnesa pt hn fast
probably ACQUIRED the use or the right
hand. so essential to the uniformity Of
movement necessary in military organ
rtZatfOn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
DISASTERS DUETo COAL DUST
Mine Explosions Not Caused by Fire
Dump, Says EnEinecr Rice.

Washington. September 4.-Contrary
to the prevailing opinion held among
mining experts, George S. Rice. chief
mining engineer of the Bureau of
Mines. has made series of expert
ments which convince him that the
great coal mine disasters are due chief
~ to coal dust and not to fire damp
II has. of course. peen known for years
that coal dust would ignite after an
explosion. but the theory was that the
explosion itself came only from FIRE
damp 1t is expected that Mr. Rice S
discoveries Will cause material change
in precautionary measures in the mines
throughout the country.
In bulletin just issued by the
bureau. Mr.. Rice refers especially to
the series of great disasters that oc-
CURED in the United States in 1907. as
evidence of the terrible havoc wrought
by dust explosions. On January 90. at
the Primero Mine. Colorado. there were
thtrtyfour deaths: on January rs, at
the Pence Mine. West Virginia, twelve
deaths; on January 20, at the Stuart
Mine. near Fayetteville. w. Va, ninety
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
RAILROAD CHARTERED.
Proposed Line to Run From Selma to
Point on Virginia Border.
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Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Raleigh. N. c.. September 4.-The
Roanoke Valley Railroad Company,
with w. Z. Jones. of Raleigh. and D.
p. Camp. Of Franklin, Va, and others
as incorporators, is chartered by the
North Carolina Secretary of State for
the construction of railroad from
Thelma. on the Seaboard Air Line to
a point on the boundary line between
this State and Virginia. not designated.
The capital Is $4,000.
Governor Kitchin has gone to Spray,
Rockingham county, to speak Monday
with Major Charles NJ. Stedman, can
didate for Congress In the Fifth Dis
trict. In a political appointment there.
The Governor will speak at Reidsyille
Monday night.
Something of sensation was stirred
here last night by the arrest of Nor
fleet Stronach. son ofEFsank Stronach,
one OF RnleiEh's best known citizens,
on the charge of selling whiskey. a
negro, Will Bryant, claims to have
purchased whiskey from him. Nor
fleet Stronach is first cousin OF
Police Justice Stronach. OF the city
court.
Commissions are issued to delegates
on the part Of this State to the pre-
liminary conference of the Southern
Commercial Congress, to convene In
Atlanta. Ca. October7. The delegates
follow: General j. $. Carr, Durham;
James w. Cannon. Concord; j. A.
Long, RoXboro: ID. Y. Cooper. Hender-
SOM w, "A. Erwin, West Durham:
Ashley Horne. Clayton; Colonel a. b.
Andrews. Raleigh; u, S. Askew. Wind
sor: A. E Tate. High Point; Frank
Borden, Goldsboro, Colonel w, H..
Osborn. Greensboro; Captain II. j.
Parrish, Durham; Colonel al. H. Boy
den, Salisbury; Colonel III. G. Dockery.
Ronkingham: IS. B, Tanner. Henrietta,