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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
Death of Aged Woman.

Mrs. Susan Caudle, widow of Alex
ander Caudle. died yesterday at her
home on Plum Street, aged eighty
four years. The funeral took place
this afternoon, the Rev. DR.. w. C. Tay-
lor officiating. aklEs!i Il
The funeral of little Emory Glenn
ents. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. i. X.
Clements. whose death under very sad
circumstances has been announced,
took place from st. Paul's Episcopal
Church Sunday afternoon, and was
very largely attended. The services
were of peculiarly impressive char
acter. and a choir of children sang the
funeral hymns.
Brigadier Joseph Atkinson. secretary
In the South for tho Salvation Army,
arrived in the city to-day with his
wife, and spoke tonight in the Wash
| ington Street Christian Church.
The new comet in the west was seen
| by many of our people last evening.
Under its new plan of organization
| the Chamber of Commerce is seeking
| to enlarge it's membership and to bring
into its fold every business and pro-
fessional man in the community who
is interested in tho upbuilding of the
city's interests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

mond Aerie to join in the lattcr's me-
mortal service on January 80. and will
probably carry over some fifty or more
members.
An Antimeat- Eating Society is to
be organized in Petersburg, and the
expectation is that 1t will have a large
membership.
w j. Brockwell's store. on Halifax
Street was broken into through rear
window last night, and robbed of some
liquor and cigars. An unsuccessful
effort was made to break into the safe.
The cash register drawer. with several
dollars in change in 1T, was not dis
t,,rhpd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

Bedford City.-Randolph- Macon Academy
in Its Reunion Quarterly Magazine an
nounces the program of its second reunion
exercises to be held in June, 1910, as an
nounccd by the vice-prcsident of tho alumni
association, John x. Knobrelock, OF Charles
ton, s. c. The reunion will begin May IS
with baccalaureate sermon, continuing
throughout the week with Interesting feat
ures for each day, ending Friday and sat
urday, with trips to the Peaks. Natural
Bridge and other points OF interest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

North Carolina -. 1888 6sl,6so
Oklahoma 632.251 6l21Al
south Carolina -. 1,114,SO6 l,192,T23
Tennessee 2a2.146 321.7a7
Texas ..... 2,s7S,31a 3.52S,9Sl
All other States. 55,504 $3.50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

| Newport Nows.-Reporting that the over
crowding of prisoners. coupled with the con-
sequcnt unsanitary conditions OF tho prison,
makes confinement such menace to health
that st Is not far from crime against
humanity" the committee appointed by
Judge Barham, of the Corporation Court,
to inspect the city jail. to-day filed their
lreport. ald in scathing terms condemn tho
existing Conditions of that institution
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

Clifton Forge.-At a recent meeting Of the
Board OF Supervisors OF Allegheny county
preliminary steps were taken to have bill
introduced at the present session OF the
General Assembly to permit the issuing OF
bonds to the amount of $4,000. This amount
is to be divided into two equal parts, one
half to be devoted to the erection of a new
courthouse In Covington. tho county scat.
the remaining half TO be used In building
new bridges throughout the county. The
bridge appropriation will be divided between
the three districts OF the county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

| Norfolk.--The wage scale conference be-
tween the Norfolk and Western Railroad
and committee from tho men, which was
| irtcHcssion last week In the Office OF General
| Superintendent a. G. Needles, finally adj
journed yesterday at 1880 o'clock. The
meetings were in perfect harmony, and the
mon return to work at a scale that with a.
few minor exceptions il similar to the one
now In force.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

Roanoke.-Andrew Carnegie has presented
to the First Christian Church OF this city
$1,000 for new organ to be placed in the
reconstructed edifcc OF tho congregation
at the corner of Church Avenue and Fourth
street, Southwest. Friday they received
from Mr. Carnegie letter saying that IL
which would enable the church to have a
5000 organ, as had been planned by the
committee. Mr.. Carncsie's offer Will DO ac-
cepted. as the committee had already form
ulatcd plan for securing the $1,000. and
the amount is now at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19
Having Fun With
 The Queens Navee

From Harper's Weekly.
 It was past midnight now, and we all went out on the lumber wharf, where Paul Boyton dressed himself in double suit of black rubber which covered all of him except his mouth his blue eyes and his chubby red cheeks. An old brass bugle was hung around his neck Jim Delehy blew and blew into a tube, and lit tie by little the rubber suit filled out, until Paul Boyton looked like a big, black. shiny biped seal with pink face and shiny eyes.
 Here's the torpedo, boys" he said, as he showed us an inflated rubber cylinder | about four feet long and shaped like a fat cigar, pointed at each end. "She car ries 125 pounds of dynamite when you
 mean business, but I've loaded her with cobblestones now. See this card? Com pliments of Captain Boyton and staff.
 There. I guess thatll give them some thing to laugh at Now, you see this insulated wire, 150 feet long. I tow her | by that, and after I've made fast to the ship with a manila line I drop away to the end of the wire, press the button and | shoot her off. Easiest thing in the world. l well, here goes."
 | Boyton waded out from the beach be-
 side the wharf, turned over on his back and f1oated at ease With a twO-bladed l paddle he propelled himself feet forward | like canoe, almost submerged. The ! end of the insulated wire was made fast | to a ring in his belt, and the ominous black torpedo, now loaded with nothing worse than a bursting charge of laughter, towe6 along comfortably behind him. | What Boyton did was to paddle half a
 mile or so north of the Garnet and let him self drift down on her with the ebb-tide, He told us later what he uId, so 1t may as well be related here, in the order of its happening. He f1oated along the fast
 ebb-tide. guiding himself with the paddle, which he kept underwater. He steered | for the high white anchor-light of the | Garnet, and when he came to her chain cable he hung on 1t and listened. Not a | sound came from the big black ship. l He drew his knife and carefully cut a big | hole in the torpedo netting, a device
 calculated to stop any ordinary torpedo
 that might be projected at the ship. | Through this hole he passed the black
 rubber dynamite bag, now loaded with
 cobblestones, and let 1t drift aft until 1t | lay, gently rising and falling with the
 waves, chafing against the ships count
 CT. Next he passed himself around out
 side the torpedo netting and fioated aft
 silently along the side of the fighting ship | within whose steel sheathing 300 sailors were sleeping. Some 50 feet from her stern he overhauled his black dynamite
 bag with the little waves gently rippling 1 on it. So. He had landed his joke on l the British admiralty.
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the privilege of using the boats and so on for private purposes. Captain Caches, manager of the Emerson Floating Pal ace, is probably the most generous of the number, and carries a gasoline launch. which may occasionally be used for enjoy Ing little trips away from the show boat on picnic or fishing excursions, To rlIe same man and to Captain Marlxl3 belong the credit for furnishing their com panies with the best and most wholesome food. poor cook can make things mighty nlonotonous during a season of eight or nine months, and long experience in every possible variety of hotels makes the aver age performer an expert a expressing his disapprobation if something is wrong in the culinary department.
 The show boats have become an estab-
 ished feature along the rivers of the mid de west; there is not a river of any con- seqence but what has seen some of these craft The Wabash the Green, the Ten nessee, the Cumberland, and the Red riv- CTS have all been visited by the smaller ones and year by year the class of peo- more desirable. Low-class productions would not be tolerated, even if the man. agement should attempt to put on such a show. It Is only another instance of the survival of the fittest" Fortunes have been made in the show-boat indus try, and are still to be made, and there can be no doubt that, from the perform CTS point of view. it is one of the most pleasant forms of the entertaining busi- nes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19
Twentieth Century Alchemy


 Like a legend from the middle ages is the story of the New York banker whose death caused by inhaling the fumes iron, chemists retort in wtich iron and other base metals, in a temperture of 4oo0 degrees, were said to be changed into silver. His curiosity got the better Of him, and he approached too near the furnace.
 What the chemist believes he has with aid of a formula revealed to 6 friend of his in a dream, is a means of completely revolutionizing science. indus try and with them the whole of human life. He thinks he has discovered the philosophers stone," which, by the way, was no stone at all, but an amalgam either solid or liquid. For centuries al- chemists sought the secret of its cop- position and more than one Is said to have lost his life in the pursuit.
 There were three forms of the "stone.'' the first known as the great elixir, red tincture, which was supposed tn have the power of transmitting baser metals into gold the second, called the "elixir vitae" believed to restore youth and prolong life. and the third, the Hes ser elixir a white tincture, that could change metals Into silver.
 Granting that the chemist has really found the lesser elixir" his discover y would not be more wonderful than many other achievements of modern times. If his dreams are realized we shall have free silver with vengeance. and since silver can be neither eaten nor worn tho old problem of getting food and clothing is not likely to be greatly changed. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19
Floating Theatres
n the strand Magazine

From the Strand Magazine.
 Not many of the performers on show boats care to admit the amounts of their weekly pay. for it Is seldom large. Of course there are no set scale of wages, and there have been few -salaried people, who have put in all, or a part, of a season with a floating theatre. Ac- cording to the advance agents of the show-boa managers, their productions cost them small fortune each week; but, as stated before, 1t is not by any means the salary which makes such a position popular The enjoyment comes from the complete relaxation from the nervous strain which the profession suffers during the summer months on land tours, due to excessive heat, constant packing and un- packing. hurried journeys in uncomfort- able railways, and, most dreaded of all. the necessity of dressing up'' for the benefit of the public each day On a floating theatre each performer grows to feel that he or she is at home. and may, with perfect freedom, affect the deshab- file of a private house. Another feature that goes far toward making up what Is lacking in the pay envelope is the fact that most managers allowed their people
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freight rates for sixEo ten months, ana that when they are permitted to lift the tariff on transportation they might no, be given as much p raise as .ney attempted to grab just before thcy stubbed their toes over Wickersham H. junction. several removes from bankruptcy ana that even if forced to worry along wlth- ont an advance in rates for ten months or indefinitely they would keep right on dragging freight and passengers over the country It is also noticed that the railroads have reconsidered their inten- ton to shut down on improvements eA- tensions and plans for new equipment Also. that negotiations for the sale oi new bond issues have been resumed at home and abroad.
 One argument heard against the theory of a bull market for stock is that the railroads will feel under the necessity of impressing the interstate commerce commission with their desperate poverty under the torture of the "high cost or living" and that speculative enthusiasm for the rise would be fatally inconsistent with that pose. There is plausibility to this plea and it impresses many people who are trying to peer into the future.
 The return of MT. Morgan is expected to have a stimulating market influence, though why his personal presence on Manhattan Island should have any such effect Is not clear. During his entire stay abroad he has never been out of touch with the New York stock ex- change, and even on shipboard the wire less could connect with him any hour of the day or night.
 
 stocks Ion scenery" just as they sell
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The Nesro's Bargaining

From 1UuHB MagdzIHV.
 Dorothy Donnellyi a true April lady. If as Madame X" she drowns one in tears, she makes up for 1t with her smiles when she Is just Dorothy Donnelly Last week she arrived at the theatre bubbling with laughter
 This morning.. she explained. "I thought little spring cleaning wouldn't do my apartment any harm, so I phoned to an employment agency for house. cleaner. They sent me nice. white wooded old uncle, fresh from de souf Or course I asked him how much he'd charge for the job
 'Yas'm.' he answered, with an ingra- tiating smile. To eats me an it's $1 a day. But, ma am. if ah eats mahself it's one dollah two bits. {"
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and dates back nearly 1000 years. Th..

and dates back nearly 1000 years This undercroft is low-vaulted chamber which formed, in other days, the sub structure of the old dormitory of the monks. Preserved in the undercroft are the efigies in wood and wax of kings and queens from Edward III to James I, which were carried at their funerals and placed upon their cofflns in the abbey.
 The figures in various stages of decay, are dressed in rich clothes worn by their living counterparts. and the exhibition Is the most curious, if not the most beau tiful, to be seen in the abbey precincts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19
NEW INTEREST
 IN WESTMINSTER

London, June 1s.-(Special)-Every American who comes to London visits westminster abbey as a matter of course, and this summer tourists from the other side will find an added interest in the ancient church.
 This Is the Norman Undercroft'- only complete portion now remaining of Edward the Confessor's original building
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C0rrect

From the Baltimore American.
 Here in this description of the sub urban village your spelling is wrong. whats the matter with it?''
 You say Mir. Makem Is 'piller' Q local society.
 That's right. Hes the druggist,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19

The international trade balance is be- ginning to run stronger our way. For the fiscal year ending June 30, the bal ance will be about $20o000, GOO or more than double that of last year, on total business of quite $500, ,000.Oo0. We may not be exporting as many commodities as we would like, but Wall street is try ing to make up for the deficiency by d generous sale of bonds.
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grain and cotton. June and July are the great growing months and farm scenery Is certainly impressive.
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The educated portion of the public is "wise" to this stereotyped method of procedure and strings its bets'' with the leaders, to employ a phrase familiar to sporting men, This kind of company" is most unwecome, but 1t can neither be shaken off. frightened off nor coaxed to let go until 1t gets good and ready. The number of "educated' spectators in creases year by year, but there are enough of the other kind to enable the manipulative managers to run big deals once or twice a year along the same old lines with reasonable certainty of sue cess.
 Strange to say, there are a lot of blind men among the professionals and room traders who play into the hands of the big manipulators with ceaseless and ua- agging energy of the rankest innocents. They are bearish all the time and to their notion prices never go so low that they cannot go lower. According to the'r philosophy, stocks are always too high. It was Cammack, who, when asked to look at particularly brilliant full moon, said. "Oh yes. 1t Is very. beautiful, but it's too high, too high.'
 These blind men. are invariably found plunging on the bear side when market is dragging on the bottom. All this week they have been offered many chances to turn neat scalping profits and have grown quite joyous in the belief that stocks at the end of nine months | of depression are only just beginning tp | decline. And all the time accumulation l of stocks is proceeding steadily and the l bears are selling themselves into q 1 hole"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19
\ Difference

\ Difference From the Baltimore American. Manager-I tell you this play of ours is scream. Critic-If you try it on the dog here It is more likely to be howl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19

Cheap and abundant money is becoming a decided factor. With call money at 3 per cent and time money going begging at per cent, there is a clean scalp of 9 to 3h points in buying the best stan dard dividends with borrowed funds. Even Pennsylvania, admittedly one of the choicest per cent stocks on the list, pays nearly per cent on the investment at current quotations. and Southern Pa cic is even a better buy than "Pennsy Atchson, Northern Pacific, Great North ern, St. Paul, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, United States Steel and a dozen other sound dividend payers, yield around 6 per cent on the investment.
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The situation was someyhat similar
 from a money market point of view when
 the late E. H Hartman started in upon
 that amazing 15-month bull campaign in
 the early winter of 1908, excepting that
 business conditions then were all to the
 bad, whereas now they are at least
 normal. Then, as now, there was Co
 3k per cent profit in buying and carrying stocks with borrowed money. Then, as now. the rich men with an Inside pull on the bank and trust company surplus accumulated millions of shares of the choicest stocks capital that would have otherwise rusted and mildewed in the vaults Incidentally that wonderful stock market campaign imparted tone and confidence to the business fabric of the whole country and set the wheels going long ahead of schedule time. The market has no such Napoeonic leader ship as it had through 1908 and until the late summer of 1909, but the present oc- casion does not demand heroic manage ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19
SHORT SELLING
 IS ENCOURAGED Through Market Manipulation
 on Wall Street. MONEY IS ABUNDANT Large short Interest in SteeI-yarying Opinion as to Value of Commodity. Trade Balance Is Looking This Way
MONEY IS ABUNDANT

New York, June 1S.-(Special. )-The
 market manipulation of the past week
 has been for the encouragement of short
 selling. The great powers are jockeying prices so that there may be the largest possible short interest when everything Is in readiness for the programmed bull campaign. The market Is always hafder to lift in the earlier stages of a bull movement than after it has gained head way, and a big short interest supplies a
 powerful leverage with a minimum out lay of bullish energy. In laying the foundation for a bull play the builders do
 not want over-much company On the contrary, the less society the better they are pleased Their aim is to discourage bull sentiment at the beginning. The
 more stock that is bought by the public
 at the start-off the greater the dead
 weight, when every pound counts. After
 a market gets going and prices are up 10
 points or such a matter the public sits
 up and takes notice. Then speculative
 buying orders begin to pour into the commission houses and the market livens
 up. That is to the entire liking of the big manipulators. Not until they begin bought when everybody was selling and the situation looked it's gloomiest do the big fellows behind the guns want com pany. That is because they will pres ertly need a market broad enough to enable them to float out and corral the profits.
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There is a larger short interest in Steel, probably twice over. than In any other stock. It is stubborn abiding short interest and will be there should the nrice rise 10 or 15 points. A fighting contingent is welded to the idea that Steel would be too high if it were sell | ing at nothing a share. There Is another powerful contingent equally "sot' In its | opinion that the stock will go to par this l year, and then start from that figure az a base line on a long upward move ment.
 Retween the two a never-ending battle l goes on and transactions run 20 to 35 per cent of the total day after day. St. | Faul having taken it's place in line with | other stocks of It's class, no longer pre- | sents the target for attack and the standing short interest is greatly reduced l in comparison with former volume. Anal l ga mated Copper is perpetual tempta- | tjon however. although dangerous | stock to get on top of.
 l It is one of the most adroitly handled l n, the clioued issues and traders have a theory that they might be right through a 25-point decline. and still lose money | A bunch of big insiders in Amalgamated are credited with having made dividends | in the market they could not get through regular channels Amalgamated is good l COW to milk, although expensive to keep.
 | President Winchell's announcement that l the deal between the Frisco and South | ern Pacific was an offensive and de- l fensiye" alliance was a discordant note
 It was out of tune with bullish senti- ment on Atchison, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific and other competitive lines in the vest and southwest. These roads are not looking for trouble and the Winchell proclamation tended to raise the goose- flesh.
 | The almost simultaneous Washington bulletins that a minority report on the | railroad bill had been reported and that | the attorney general had been directed to | inquire into the truth of the charge that the United States Steel corporation is a | .truts," furnished an excuse for saw | age market raid. and also for renewal | of shrill lamentations that the politicians are "h-l bent on ruining business" and penalizing enterprise and success. Wall street will lift it's voice in prayer of thankfulness when Congress puts up the shutters and goes home.
 It beats all how quickly the railroad heads have become reconciled to the knowledEa that there will. be no raise in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19

It Is about time to hear about buying stocks Ion scenery" just as they sell
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It beats all how quickly the railroad heads have become reconciled to the knowledSa that there will. be no raise in