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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
CARRIAGE WORKS AND Z
GUARD ARMORY BURNED
Negro Man Loses His Life-Both Buildings To-
tally Destroyed, and Jail and Other Buildings
Catch on Fire, but Are Saved.

confined therein had been removed.
The new freproof Jail. Just completed,
which is also neal the scene OF the
co~nfiagration, was at no time In dan
ger, although the brick walls facing
the fire We're rendered hot and smok.
ing. Two or three small store houses,
during the fire. caught, but the flames
We're quickly cxtinguished.
The armory originally cost $1,000,
and vas built in 1902. mainly through
the effort of Major f. e. GOODWIN, OF
Emporia. 1t had $4,000 insurance. The
Southern Carriage factory. was owned
by Bailey. PEBBLES and Slagle, and
was valued at $1,000. There was $500
insurance on this building, and $500
insurance on the contents.
in speaking OF the fire Tonight
Major GOODWIN said: "Of course, ]
feel sad over our loss. A part of the
heavy equipment and a number OF
the uniforms of the boys were totally
destroyed. | do not know how the fire
originated. We all know. however.
the armory caught from the carriage
shops. 1t is doubtful II the armory
will be rebuilt"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
CLAIMS
in REP PARA |0N

Washington, December 5.-Repara-
ton claims ~aggregating more than
100000 already nave been filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
under the decision Of the commission
and the United States Supreme Court
in the Observation-Disclosures case
This was the proceeding in which the
commission ordered a reduction OF the
class freight rates from Eastern
points of origin to points in the mid
die West.
The commission has received to date
107 claims in r%eparation. About 45O
of them are claims applying to ship
ments originating in Atlantic s%eaboard
about 200 apply to shipments original
ing at various points east of the Mis-
sissippi River and north OF thek Ohio;
and approximately sixty are on ship
ments originating in the Central
Freight Association and Southern ter
~ritories which passed westward
through the Mississippi River trans
fers.
In addition to the claims already on
file with the commission, other claims
Will be presented, and the Likelihood
is that, eventually, the aggregate will
be In the nelghborhood of a quarter of
a million OF dollars. Final disposition
of these claims probably Will hinge
upon the result of the new Burnham-
IIanna-Munger case which has been
set for hearing In Chicago December
II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
LOSE
AND STRIKE ENDS

New York, December 5.-The strike
BY the taxicab chauffeurs, which has
been vexing Now York for several
weeks and has led to considerable vio-
'ence, ended. tonight. The men voted
10 accept tho proposal submitted sew
eral days ago by tho taxicab compa-
nles, which thoy previously rejected. !,
Mayor Gaynor met a committee OF
strikers to-day and urged them to
reconsider their decision. The chauf.
teurs at a meeting tonight voted, $40,
70 i72, to do 30. They will return To
york To- morrow with the understand
taken up by December 10. by commits
tees from the men and from the com,
panies.
The chaufreurB arc not to wear union
buttons and thcre is to be no dis.
cussion OF the union matters between
tho men and the companies. All strik.
ers except those found guilty of yio-
lence during the strike are to have
their former places. 4
The ehauffeurN sought TO establish
the 'telonod shon'. principle, but yield
cd ans point under the terms OF the
EcttlelpnIlt,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
NO POPULAR VOTE
General Assembly, VIII Name success

General Assembly Will Name Successor
to Senator Mclnery.
Baton Rouge, La, December 5.-The
Louisiana General Assembly tonight
voted down a resolution to submit the
election Of a United States Senator
to succeed the late s. D. McFlnery to
popular vote.
The so-called "%tnsurgent" forces re-
sponsible for the resolution lost
the motion by a vote OF Is to 60 In the
House and 5 to az in the Senate. The
perior strength Of tho forces support
ing Judge Thornton over the "insur-
gent .phalanX, backing the remaining
candidates. Judge Thornton was APP
In the senatorial election will begin
at noon to morroWs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
HIGHEST Bidder
GETS FRANCHISE
CONTINUED From First Page.)

tCONtlnueC from FITSt fdSe.J
for payment for the abutments at
either end. The commissioners valued
these abutments at $4,000, but left IT
for the court to determine. whether
they belong to the bridge company OF
to the city.
AS soon as the appropriation is con-
Cured in and the none deposited to
the credit of the Hastings Court, the
city enters into immediate possession
Mr.. Pollard said he wanted to put
the Council on notice that the money
both for purchase of site and erection
of a new bridge would probably have
to be provided from a bond issue. as
there were not funds in the treasury al
present for such an undertaking. No
appropriation has as Yet been made
for a bridge, the Street Committee
having merely been authorized to Sc
cure bids and plans. The resolution
making the appropriation for the site
wa adopted, as was the resolution
authorizing the Auditor to pay Sli5
franchise tax on the Free Bridge to
the State of Virginia. The resolution
providing for a keeper for the Mayo
Bridge went to the Committee on Or
%dinance. Charter and Reform.
For New Courthouse.
On recommendation of the Finance
Committee, the Council adopted the
resolution directing the City Attorney
TO acquire by gift. purchase or con-
demnation the block bounded by
Eleventh, Twelfth, Capitol and Broad
Streets, as the proposed site for a
courthouse and administrative offices.
Mr.. Pollock was excused from voting.
as the owner of one lot in the block
proposed to be acquired. a resolution
was adopted directing the Grounds and
Buildings Committee to sell the lot and
buildings at the northwest corner of
Stuart and Littlepage Streets formerly
used as a public school. An appro-
priation of ss613,TS was made TO pay
property owners in Paramount tor
damage by reason of grading streets
according to report of arb!trators. Ar
appropriation of s599.50 for a sewer in
North First Street was adopted, as was
q resolution directing the city Attor-
ney to purchase for 1888 lot known as
sos Market Square. recently sold by
the city for less than half that amount,
for taxes. An appropriation of S-oU
was made for contingent repairs to the
James River Free Bridge.
A transfer of $4,000 from the bond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
Fire san nnglng ON steamer.

Norfolk. Va. December 5.-When tina
matches OF the Australian steamer Gu.
liza Were raised to-day It was found
possible to begin the remova of burned
cotton from her cargo which has been
on fire for two weeks. but later 1t was
discovered that the fre was still burn
ing between decks. The Giulia Is
bound from New Orleans to Trlcste.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
Berlingatt Appointed.

Norfolk, Va. December 5.-James
Berlingatt. general manager Of the S.
Joseph and Grand Island Railroad, has
been appointed assistant general man
aser OF the Virginian Railway here
In charge OF operations. vice II. p.
Reigart, resigned.
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points. and a resolution directing city
departments to institute a system OF
semi-monthly pay rolls.
A number of salary increases, in
GLIDING those of the street cleaning
and sewer forces, and the ordinance
increasing the number of policemen,
all recommended by the Ordinance
Committee, went to the Committee on
Finance.
Public school Buildings.
On the roll call the chair presented
an invitation to the City Council to
attend a lecture to be given by Pro-
fessor Charles zueblin on the Tween
tieth Century School," on Friday night
In the John Marshall High School, the
lecture being announced as the first
gun In a campaign for better graded
school buildings for Richmond. Thu
invitation was accepted. Mr.. Umlauf
offered a resolution providing 1000 in
the next budget for trash receptacles
on the streets. The Council refused to
suspend the rules, n it went to the
Finance Committee. Mr.. Selph asked
an appropriation of $1,000 to terrace
Taylor's Hill Park. which went to the
Committee on Grounds and Buildings.
Mr.. Pollock presented a petition from
the Richmond and Henrico Railway
Company for an extension for six
months from December 81 of the time
for completion of its viaduct and street
railway system. which was adopted
under suspension of the rules.
Resolutions on Death of IT. b. Hicks.
Resolutions offered by II. r. Pollard.
Jr, Were adopted on the death OF
Thomas e. Hicks, a former member, by
a rising vote.
Mr.. Hirschberg asked an a%ppropria.
tion of $1,000 to take the old Grace
Street Church bell out of the Blues
Armory, where 1t has never been used,
and install 1t on a separate steel tow
er to be erected on the scale house
lot in the rear of the armory. 1t went
to the Committee or Finance.
Mr.. Ferguson called from the table
a report of the Committee on Appor-
tionment of the Funds of the Annexed
Territory, n secured the adoption OF
an apportionment of s3,71o for curling
and guttering on Main Street, west OF
Rowland, on both sides.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Judge j. c. Pri.chard. ofNorth Carolina,
make a strong plea against the return
OF the saloon in Lynchburg. Judge
Pritchard left his court at Richmond
to come here at the invitation of the
Anti-saloon League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
Mems Dress, and Women $.
From the London Times

is 1t quite certain that the female now
adofns herself solely or even mainly for
the purpose of attracting and captivating
the MALE, We have so far left this oues.
iloh open by saying that she apparentlv
ana cstensihly does So Perhaps in the
beginning of things she did SO exc,u-
sNeiS. But nowadays it is at least an
arSuable proposition that when she
ddorns herself most cunningly she doe;
so win at least as keen an eye TO the
Judgment. let us say. of Minerva and of
Suho-that Is. of her rivals in her own
sek-as 10 that of Paris himself Who
are the keenest and most observant crit
les of women's dress-men or women .
women, most assuredly. Send a man
ahd woman TO any fashionable gather
ing and the woman will come back with
complete and minute catalogue of what
was worn by nearly every woman there.
while the man will not be able to teIi
Sou more than that this that woman
was very becomingly dressed. There are.
20 iaf as we know, no newspapers of gem
erdl circulation devoted mainly to the
dress and adornments of men. There are
plenty devoted to the dress and adorn-
mehtS OF women and yet we doubt if
any average man ever looks at one OF
them. The truth is. we take il. that
men for the most part dress mainly Ia
please themselves, whereas women for
the most part dress not so much to pie ase
the men as to rival one another
In spite of concessions to the caprcious
despotism of fashion, the dress of men
| is, on the WHOLE more or less roughly
eral occupations, and this tendency is 4
growing one. Can we say the Same
thing of the dress of women? Certainly
not to anything like the same extent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13

much as apparent indifference, or what
he calls want of attention. on the part of
the doctor. We have known an i,l-timed
popularity shake a laboriously built-up
edtice of faith to its foundations
On the other hand, gloomy manner las
disastrous effect on nervous patient.
a family physician of the past used to re-
late how, when taken to his first i'm
portant case by professional patron. he
tried to adapt himself to the situation by
assuming an aspect BETTING the Knight
OF the Sorrowful Countenance. The elder
physician, observing this, said: For
heavens sake, man, don't go into the
sickroom with that long face; they will
think you are the undertaken
or one fashionable physician it is re-
lated that when he paid his usual call to
patient one day he was informed, with
her ladyships apologies. that she was too
i'll to see him that day.
How much should be said to q patient
must depend on circumstances but the
doctor should in all cases tell the truth
and nothing but the truth. He need not,
however, always tell the whole truth for
two suff1cient reasons: 1t might not be for
the patients good and. again he may not
be sure about it himself and he has no
right to disturb the mind of one who
looks TO him for comfort by suspicious
which may be unfounded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
Contributed Toward Monopoly.

Mr. Aldrich admits that the annual
production OF from thirty to forty mil
lion dollars worth of crude rubber pro-
duced on his plantations in Mexico comes
into the United States without paying any
duty or taxes to the general government
and in his own statement says that he IN
creased the duties on the products OF the
american factories, his customers, there
by aiding them to monopoliZe the Ameri-
can market enabling them to pay MIN
better prices for the raw material when
he had to sell and which they had TO
have. yet he declared that he had no IN
terest in the increased duties.
THE ling letter submitted from Shar-
retts is one of those ridiculous state
ments that this man Sharretts is accus-
toned TO make TO suit the convenience
u; Mr. Aldrich when there is any eNpia-
nation made in regard To the tarln Diii.
II is a long involved effort to mislead and
deceive those who are patient enough 10
read it. and has no practical bearing on
the case. ,,;,
II should have been glad if Mr.: Aldrich
had said something about the lead ahu
,he Guggenheim smelling trust, ana
about Mr.. Lippitt's testimony in regard TO
the increased duty on cotton cloths ana
stated why he put increased duty on
those cloths when the manufacturers said
they did not want IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
NEW PHASE TO RICE CASE.
Coroner Promises to Make Public
Some Important Discoveries.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. August I3.-Four
witnesses we're called to testify at to-
days session Of the inquest into the
death Of William L. Rice, murdered
millionaire attorney. They were Man
aGer G. It. Harwood of the Euclid
Club where Rice spent the evening
prior to his death; Ernest c. Meyer a
brother-in-law OF the private secretary
to John Hartness Brown. Rice's former
client, and the chief witness yesterday;
an employee at the Euclid Club. and
street car conductor.
The coroner has promised 10 MAKE
public Monday the result OF a secret
mission he had yesterday with william
Miller and Eugene Paliardl. employees
at the undertaking establishment
where Rice's body was taken. The
coroner refuses to tell the nature OF
these witnesses testimony. other than
to say IL places an entirely different
aspect on the whole case and much OF
the testimony already given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13

Anglers who are enjoying the sport
on salt water are taking care to pro-
vide themselves with fish for the
winter, while the bass fishermen are
satisfied to catch enough to send to a
few friends. The question of putting
down Ash for the winter never ap-
peaIed to bass fishermen. partly be-
cause they seldom get fish enough to
make a showing, and also for the rea-
son that bass is not good Ash to put
in salt for later use.
why not put up the fish," queried
an angler who had been on the lower
river for two-week outing. IT'S
very little trouble. and the fish put up
in that way taste better than fish
bought in the winter.
The angler who made the statement
had been down the river with a party
Of friends. and had had exceptionally
good luck Members of the party had
all the fish they wanted to eat. while
the surplus fish found their way TO the
salt barrel.
II have two small barrels of the
fish," the angler added. and this
winter my friends will be glad to get
some Of them.
Each day when the anglers returned
from the river they cleaned the fish
and set aside what was needed for the
table, putting the others in brine and
allowing them to remain until they
were packed in barrels to be shipped
home Next winter the angler will
smoke some Of the fish. and ne Will be
in a position to say he is not greatly
affected by the high prices
Many Washingtonians are INDUCING in
the sport of saltwater fishing in the
vicinity Of SOlomons Island, where water
of all depths is to be FOUND, and where
boats and bait are easy to get. The is
land is at the mouth Of the PatuXent
river overlooking Drum Point. one OF ti'e
attractive points on the bay, Whiie TO the
north is the river. Both bodies of water
offer attractions to anglers, and some
large catches are reported to have been
made there during the last few days
..Trout and tailors running fine: 81.
pounds today" was the message received
from Fred j. Mersheimer
In order to reach Solomon's Island With
out going to Baltimore and making the
trip down the bay, Mr.. Mersheimer and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13

party Of friends went from the Chesa-
peake Beach railroad bridge Sunday to
the island in launch. enjoying the
scenery Of the lower river and reaching
there in quick time.
In the party. with Mr. Mersheimer, were
MIS- Mersheimer. Pickering Dodge. Joe
Wood. Al Hollander. Dr. Georges and e,
Spencer Of New York. The island was
reached in good time. and most Of the
party registered at Can't Condiffs. others
going to DR.. Marshs
Bright and early Monday morning the
anglers set sail and were soon on the
fishing grounds. II was but a question Of
few seconds before it was fully realized
Trout and tailors came thick and fast.
and MIR. Mersheimer was so tired at the
END of the days outing that he wanted
to do nothing but eat some OF the fish.
One. two and three pound bass were
river in the vicinity of weverton and
Knoxville. They may also have been
plentiful in the Shenandoah river. but
game wardens were also plentiful, and il
river that Col John W. Hurley and
William j. Sturbitts chose the fishing
grounds nearer home.
II never heard of fishermen getting so
many strikes as they did Sunday" said
one of the pair Of anglers. land mad we
boat would not have held them
THAT man Hurley beats anything I ever
saw said Sturbitts. We went out from
the same place and fished in the same
water. but he -outfished me. getting six
teen bass. while I got only three
Col Hurley says it's All in knowing
how to entice the fish and when to give
them the hook.
THE trouble with so many anglers" he
said, lis that they are in too great a hur-
ry to catch the fish. and they only pull
the bait away from them
Have patience he added. ''and the
fish are yours, but it rs a repetition of the
old story of haste making waste with so
many anglers
Mr.. Sturbitts caught the largest fish of
the day. the bass weighing three pounds.
Col" Hurley caught several that weighed
two and a half pounds, and his friends
have been feasting on them this week.
Luke Kearney and George II. Cooke
went to Weverton ahead of Col" Hur-
ley and William Sturbitts last week to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13

camp on the trail Of the successful angler
and 10 make an effort to get next to
his methods. They reached there ~ day
ahead of him and intended to remain over
Sunday, but luck did not favor them
Saturday and they returned home.
Col" Hurley and his companion were
at Weverton Saturday night with a wash
boiler filled with bait and having the
successful one. They even offered halt
to their two friends. hut Kesrney said he
mad had enough. He had only six fs:',
the result OF his days efforts. but lie re-
fused 10 say what his companion had.
After he reached home, kearney said
he was glad he did not remain. basinG
his remarks on the accidental killing of
Hurley's bait but when he was told OF
the sixteen fish he changed his mind.
and now he's going to try TO get a string
of them.
Joe Hunter. whose success as an angler
is we'll known 20 all local sportsmen. re-
turned from Pennitields a few DAYS ago
with string of sixteen bass. Joe used
his favorite bait, fat meat. and the string
he had was one of the best that has been
seen this season.
Several OF the bass weighed more shan
three pounds each. others weighed more
than two pounds while none was less than
one pound The fish were caught in the
holes that were fshed by the late President
Cleveland.
Capt. Charles T. Peck. Detectives Baur
and Mullen and Edward Kelly, all MEM
bcrs of the police department have been
giving Colonial Beach cottagers a few les
sons in salt water fishing. Ringgold
Hart, secretary to Inspector Boardman.
was also in the party.
The several anglers fshed every creek
and hole near the excursion resort. and
made some good catches. They caught
tailors. spots and bluetish. and while the
Ash were not so large. they we're plen-
tiful.
Justice Daniel Thew Wright, William
F. Ambrose and NJ. +. Casey went to
Blackstone Island this week aboard the
Itan, the private yacht OF the justice
Several days ago Justice Wright took his
family to their summer home at Blakis-
tone, and while there he and his friends
will spend a number of days trying their
| luck for fish. and they may shoot a few
ducks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
Marrying the Deaf.
m the New York Sun


How TO notify deaf person who Is
getting married when IL is time to make
the responses puzzles every clergyman.
curate said. IF person is only slight
~ deaf l can make him hear by raising
my voice, or if he is afraid TO depend
upon his ears a nod tells him when it is
his turn to say something. But | married
a couple the other day who distrusted
both ears and mods.
said the bridegroom: Mary is very
deaf When it comes time for her to
say. L do will you pinch her.?
Il suggested that II might be advisable
for the bridegroom to do the pinchins.
but he declined on the ground that he
might make a mistake and pinch at the
wrong time
1T is all right he said. i have eN-
planned il to her She will understand
And apparently she did, for at every
nip at her forefinger she gave the re-
quired responses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13
DICKINSON LEAVES MANILA.
To Spend Fortnight in the South
ern Islands.

MANILA, August 13.-Jacob NJ. Dickin-
son, American Secretary of War, today
left Manila on fortnight's tour OF the
southern islands.
The Secretary has been indisposed for
the mast two DAYS and was compelled to
cancel several engagements. Today, how
ever he attended the celebration of Oc-
cupation day. arranged by the veteran or
carnations, and made brief address.
The veterans today announced their in
tention of forwarding a petition TO Presi-
dent Taft, asking him to promote Brig.
Cen. Clarence f. Edwards to the post of
commander of the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13

useless attendant. 1t is the governor of
the earth's engine. Without il there
would be light tides and probably only
sluggish ocean currents. 1t plays part
in the magnetic state of the earth. it
figures in meteorology. it lightens the
long gloom of the arctic and antarctic
night. it has probably aided in many
matrimonial ventures and is beloved OF
the rhymster If, in itself. 1t is the
abode Of desolation and death, whether
it be daughter of the earth or stranger
bond maiden, enslaved from the depths
Of space whatever its past or its future.
it is now as essential to the earth as
the earth's own atmosphere, since were
the earth now deprived of the moon
the result would probably mean disaster
to the earth.