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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

any marks 10 indicate that IL Is paid advertising
M. Glass should name The paper at once.
Mr.. Glass stated that he had been approached
with the suggestion that II he would retire from
the senatorial fight he might be the next candi-
GATE for Governor. and that he would receive the
support OF the leaders of the machine In certain
cities who would round up the boys for him.
And in proof of the truth of that charge he stated
that he saw one of the political leaders of Rich
mond In Washington At that time. MIR Glass
should give the facts concerning this charge He
should state who it. was that made the PROPOSE
tion to deliver the goyernorship 10 him, if he
would refrain from entering upon the senatorial
fight.
Mr.. Glass specifically attacked the claim that
Mr., Swanson should he rewarded hy the gift Of
the senatorship because OF his brilliant and bust
nesslike administration He declared that MI
Swanson found large surplus in the treasury
and had left deficit OF $4,000, although the rev.
enue OF the State during his administration had
exceeded those during the previous administra
ton by about 100000.
Mr.. Swanson viii doubtless defend his adm in
stration. and the public Will reserve its final
judgment until it has heard both sides. These
specific charges made by Mr. Glass are of inter
est 10 the people, and he should not delay in Civ
ing more specific proofs than he able 10 give
in the limited time Of one address.
Taken altogether MIR. Glass given hearty
reception by his Richmond audience His plain
ness Of speech. his fervor, his ability, all render
it certain that the campaign of 1911 win be a
stirring and aggressive one. and that Mr. Glass
viii eaHvass ts1e Commonwealth with great vigor
and thoronghnesR.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
METHOD|STS START
GENERAL REVIVAL
ALL PETERSBURG CHURCHES OF
THAT DENOMINATION BEGIN
MEETINGS SUNDAY NIGHT.
NEW SUB-STATION OPEN
MR. RUFUS RAINEY PASSES AWAY
WORKED THIRTY YEARS
FOR ONE
FIRM.
NEW SUB-STATION OPEN

Especial to The Richmond Virginian. ,
PETERSBURG. VA. April l.
me new sub-station of the Virginia
railway and Power Company on Boil
nngbrook street Is opened to the pub.
ne to-day. The building is an attrac
i've one and Is the old library build
ing, which has been thoroughly re-
modelled inside and out The two
former stores on the first floor have
been changed into a large business
orflce and waiting rooms The office
Oh the superintendent. Mr.. j. E. Har-
ven, Is also here. On the second
moor are the rooms for the Y. NJ.
=. A. OF the Railway and Power Conn
pany, library room, billiard room. a
iavatory. two shower bath rooms and
work room. There IL another large
room on this floor which has been
IN use many Years as an armory for
the petersburg Grays until purchas-
Ell ny the company for a suh-station
The building Is lighted throughout by
electricity. The exterior has been re-
painted. and IL Is the purpose of the
company to make an entrance
through the side OF the building for
the cars in order that passengers may
board the cars from the inside OF the
building.
Ak Begin Revivals.
The revival services at Wesley
church. which. together with all the
Methodlst churches In Petersburg.
Will begin revivals Sunday night. will
be conducted by Evangelist John Nj.
oakey, Jr, OF Danviile. Va. assist
ing the PASTOR Rev. J. w. A. HAYNES
Inc services at Washington Street wifi
be conducted by DIR. George Booker
at High Street, by Rev w. II. Atwill
at West Street, by Rev, Lloyd G.
Moore. who will be assisted by Rev.
j. j. Bradford. of Norfolk, and al
Stamford. Rev. II. g. Gergory. the
pastor, will be assisted by Rev. r.
n. odeH, OF Williamsburg. These re.
FiVais are to be held for ten days
or more.
To. Build Big Dairy.
Contract for the erection of a large
dairy on Violet Banks has been award
ed TO Messrs. G.. Il. Keller & Sons
OF this city. This dairy is to tie fire.
proof and will be one OF the finest In
the State. Mr.. c, r. Rice, OF the
farm. has gone North to bring back
carload Of Guernsey cattle to he
used on the dairy.
Building Large Stable.
Work on, the new two-stary brick
stable OF J. r. Jones, on Lombard
Is being rapidly completed. The build
ing has frontage OF 100 feet, with a
depth OF two hundred and twenty.
Investigate Signal Phones.
The special council committee. which.
has been investigating for recornmen-
dation 70 the Council. police fire. alarm
signals VIII hold another meeting Sat
urday to consider the merits of the sig
MAJ phone, Gamewell and Dean Police
alarm systems
A joint meeting OF the Finance Com
mittee and the Street Committee was
held Friday afternoon but no business
or Importance was Transacted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

Mr.. T. Rufus Rainey, one of Peters.
burgs We'll known citizens. died Friday
afternoon at his residence on Wythe
street after period Of three years of
taiiing health. Mr.. Rainev had been
IN the employ OF Rosenstock ana %.
thirty years prior TO his death De-
ceased was faithful member OF Wash :
ington street Methodist Church and
the Old ship af. Zion Class. He, Is sag
vived by his wife. one brother, four
sons and daughter, Mr. Robert w.
Rainey or this city. Messrs. {. Percy
Rainey OF Columbus, Ohio; Arthur l..
halney. OF Norfolk; Charles w Hainev.
OF columbus. Ga: Robt r. Raiuey and
Mrs. Rosa ID Lewis, or this CITY. The
funeral was held Saturday afternoon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
OBITUARY
Captain jesse q w,yr.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April IT,
Following months of poor health and
stroke OF paralysis, suffered last
Saturday, Captain Jesse Oliver Wigs
passed away Wednesday afternoon.
lie Is survived by his wife. Mrs. Min
ME j. Wigs. and seven children. in
Guiding DIR. Leslie b. Wigs, OF Rich.
mond va
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Mrs. Frances n. t;h,sc,,,

WINCHESTER, VA. April l.
Mrs. Frances n. Ghiselin, wife of Rev.
Charles Ghiselin, pastor OF the Pres
byterian church at Shepherdstown.
Jefferson county, w. Va, died late
THURSDAY night at the Winchester
Memorial Hospital. She was born
nfty years ago at Rockbridge Baths.
and was daughter OF the late DR.
Morrison, of that place.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
Mies HYira Iones

LYNCHBURG. VA. April Miss
Elvfra Alice Jones, thirty-four years
old, for five years society reporter
for the Roanoke Times. and who YEAS
formerly engaged In newspaper work
here, died early Friday in a local hos
pital of typhoid pneumonia. having
been Ill two weeks. Her death was
not unexpected.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
NJ. G.. S,e6y

WYTHEVIII4E. VA, April IN.
G. Steffy, better known as THE Ban
ner Man. owner. and editor of the
Rural Retreat Times. died at his horne
yesterday morning of pneumonia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

To the Editor of NtrHinian
Dear Sir,-Attached Is clipping from The
Railway Post Office of March. This paper Is
published by the Railway Mall Association In
Sedalia Mo. The public in general have very
little no idea to what a railway postal
clerk has to contend with. The majority are
of the opinion taken by the gentleman in his
editorial in the Madison. Wis paper. They fur
thermore think that railway postal clerk has
an easy time and draws salary for nothing. The
inciosed clipping Ia unvarnished facts they
exist In nearly the entire service and especially
ON fun railway post offices which are run over
3.6 miles per day. II possible, will you kindly
print this clipping in your paper In the near
railway postal clerks need badly. Hoping to see
same in an early issue OF your paper j remain,
Yours truly,
"A RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK"
+. ST. would like to sign my name to this
to show that 1t is bona hde. but you can verify
any part OF it by questioning any railway postal
clerk running into or through Richmond. For
such sacrilege as this, II It were to come to the
knowledge OF the Postmaster General, I would
straightway be beheaded.
Mail Clerk Protests.
To the Editor--In an editorial OF Madison's
Wis. morning paper yesterday there appeared
in article lauding Mr. Hitchcocks efforts to
economize In the postal service sentence which
reflects on the personnel of the railroad mail
service. II the author had stood up for one or
two hundred miles rapidly moving train
gripping his feet on the vibrant floor like bird
on the storm tossed branch OF a tree straning
his eyes meanwhile In deciphering all kinds
OF impossible chirography made harder still by
mixed language. mixed logic. poor Ink. faint
ness and blurred Nibrs tion---K he had done this
not once but for a couple OF weeks, and closed
each day with soreness Of bones and aching OF
head and then gone home not to rest, but to pre-
pare slips and labels for next day and to study
as best he could for the inevitable examination.
he would not have written as he did. He would
not have dared compare the strenuous life in
the X. r. .. with the placid and well ordered
existence in the ordinary office He would have
honored with perfect faith the old true saying
that IT'S the pace that kills'' and not drawn
from his imagination dogmatic judgment OF a
work which he does not understand. Had I
more time could prove that the railway postal
clerks are The hardest worked and poorest paid
servants OF the government. and withal the most
exposed to death and accidents. 1t IL little
short OF crime TO try to make their lot harder
than II is under any pretext Misapplied econ
omy IL the worst kind Of extravaganza To trim
time or pay or TO increase the work OF any one
who is always in q death Erappe with time at
the expense Of his health and nerves Is a griev-
GUS mistake.
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
John s. Terrili

/ FREDERICKSBURG. VA, April /.
John :. Terrill, a well known citizen
a.! OF Stafford county. died here Friday
at the Mary Washington Hospital af-
i ter long Illness, aged fifty-six wears.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
canaan ". p MulIcp

Jimmy Callahan has all the earmar
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. April /.
Captain W. p. Mullen, a steamboat Of
ficer, who used to ply the RappahaI,-
mock on the steamer GouIdman, died
"Wednesday ut his homo near Emer-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
that the much-vaunted heroism and courage OF
the scribes LIS a myth

Although the government of the United States
VIII prohibit the importation of green teas to
this country after May LIST, we wish to reassure
the ladies that the pink ones are not under the
ban
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
Mrs. Ethel n f,.,re~

LYNCHBURG, VA, April Mrs
| Ethel Thornhill Gaines, wife OF q
Towns Gaines and daughter or Mayor
Smith. died Thursday night Afr
three months' illness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

Out in Arizona they say Buffalo Bill has
drawed bead" on the United States senator
ship We hope his announcement that he is in
dead earnest" portends nothing i'll.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

The identity Of the men who purchased those
1000 bought votes In Adams county still remains
shrouded in mystery, You cannot do much sell
ing unless there are buyers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
John G. Sannel.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VA, April 1.
John G, Samuel. Of Caroline county.
died at his hame. near Moss Neck.
Thursday aged sixty-four years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

Thus far the worst conflict noticed in the
Mexican situation seems to have been in the
press dispatches.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
IN VARIOUS CITIES.

observations are for the ~ hours
ending at A H.. Eastern STANDARD
time.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
WEATHER CONDITroys.

Conditions are unsettled this morn.
ing in all district except the upper
Mississippi Valley and the West Lake
region. Rain has fallen during the
past - hours in portions OF the New
ENGLAND States, and locally In Virgin
1t, North Carolina, Texas, the west lake
region and the northern Rockies.
Cooler weather Is developing over the
Interior nortions OF the country. which
will probably be felt In this vicinity
to- night and Sunday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
The Weather

RICHMOND, VA. April 1.-Foreeass
for Richmond and vicinity: Generally
fair Tonight and Sunday. Frost to-
might with a minimum temperature OF
about So degrees.
WASHINGTON, April f.-roreeass
for Enthusiastically fair Tonight
and Sunday. Frost tonight in inter-
Tor. Heavy frost in North portion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01

ton. Richmond county, aged forty
years. He had been sick several
years with consumption. Tho de-
cease& was brother OF Mrs. Alwyu
Hundley. OF this city, with whom no
used to spend much OF his time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
Mrs. Rosa A. Brrwrr.

WINCHESTER, VA, April 1-Mrs.
Rosa A. Brewer. widow OF BAntafnin
Brewer. died Of tuberculosis al her
home, near Mount Williams, Freders
lex county, Friday morning, aged nix.
ty-three years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
PRICE OF v1RG1rl1AN!

Pm Corr, Csry EDrrsos. II
PER Corr, STATE EDrT1oN. =
By MAIL ONE YEAR. ~ 90
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
BOTH HANDS GONE
IS CRACK RIFLE SHOT

Possessing only the stump of an
arm on the left side, and no arm
at all on the right side, and using
his teeth to pull The trigger Al
Winemiller 10 conceded to be one
of the most amazing rifle shots in
Ohio if not in the United States, a
statement that will be attested by
all who Lave entered into a contest
with him. either in shooting at clay
pigeons, live birds or bulls-cyc
target. So far as is known there
is no living man handicapped as he
is who has made such a record,
and not for the purpose Of revenue
or exhibit, but purely for the love
Of a sport that nc has followed
from boynood. He would rather
win match with no stakes at all
than forcgo the pleasure of the
competition. He winnings since
January ] have been two quarters
of beef, one beef hide and 81 in
cash.
What makes Winemillcr's per-
fUrmancc all the more extraordinary
is the fact that he did not lose his
right arm until Is months ago.
His left hand was caught in the
cOgs Of traction engine and
crushed into pup in 1893 and an
an pUtation above the wrist be-
came necessary. Up to that time
he had been an enthusiastic hunter,
always scornihg shotgun and
employing a rife exclusive even in
the shooting Of small game.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14

Open Season for Hlnss.
The days are lovely. and the ntgb,s
AS cool as anything:
You ought to sleep just like a babe
II you are not n king.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
THE HIGHEST HOUSE

1t was announced in Cleveland
yesterday that plans have already
been drawn for 100 story build
ing in New York. 1t will be 1900
feet high and the tallest building
in the world.
The announcement was made there
by George 7. Mortimer, vice presi-
dent of the United States Realty
company of New York. at the
National Building Owners and
Managers convention which il in
s"sion there. Mortimer stated hat
the plans for the building were
submitted TO him just before he
left New York. Mortimer's com
pany owns the new Whitehall
building. the largest building in
New York, and controls about
100000 worth of New York
skyscrapers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
MOLLIE HARRISON PAROLtO

The Board OF Pradons yesterday
granted parole to Mollie Harri-
son, a negro woman. who was
serving a ten years sentence for
murder in the second degree COM
mitted in Humboldt county aud
who has been in the prison since
December 81, 1908. 1t will be
remembered that this is the woman
who was operated upon some time
ago for elephanitis at which time
eighty pounds of flesh was removed
from her breasts. The woman
lowered between life and death for
some time but eventually re-
covered Carson News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
BIRTH OF RENO

IT. Birth of Reno is entt rtain-
ingly described in q stained and
tattered copy of the Territorial
Enterprise loaned TO the Gazette by
President Champion of tie Con
mercial Soap company. The date
of the paper is May 10, 1868. In
thu, wise the Enterprise begins it's
narrative:
Reno? What's that? Why,
that's our new town that is-city,
capitol, metropolis. etc. to be;
the great depot Of the Central
Pacific railroad in western Nevada;
the distributing center from which
the whole of western Nevada will
receive its supplies, and the con-
verging point to which all of its
exports must be brought for ship
ment, whether westward or east
ward. The townsitc is owned by
the railroad company and tire lots
some 400 in number, are to be
sold today at public auction :"
Through the foregoing runs the
vein Of levity that charactized the
writer's of the early days, when the
Enterprise had on its staff some OF
the most brilliant journalistic lights
in the country. But depsite the
joshiness of the article, 1t told, and
its writer possibly forsaw, n great
truth. 1t continues:
"Therc arc q thousand or more
people here, many have come all
the way from San Francisco to
speculate in lots. The place is
named after. the Federal General.
Reno, killed at South Mountain. ="
E,.ntt, I.Nl.1x,.
-baIette - G.--- e1sss.. su.uz,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
Bad Break,

beautiful gin! cried The Impulsive
young man on the shad0wy deck of the
lake steamer
NohscnSo! laughed the pretty
maid. Beauty is but skin deep"
An, woJid that thou vert a hippo
potamus.
sir"
The tapping OF the waves grew
fainter. II seemed as though he was
sitting on An iceberg. so rigid were
the surroundings.
That IL, mean--weli, you know n
hippo's skin--fudgn! a hippos skin
is''hirL. do"codiy thick. and n beauty
is skin deep and you had the skin Of
hippo. wby-er--yOu'd be that much
more beautiful DO make myseIf
plain. Miss ETIHgcIIne?"
Yes. sir. you make yourself out to
be the plainest Ounce ever saw. I
shall never speak to you again"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
TOMBS--PECK

Wallace Toombs and Miss Bertha
Peck were married Wednesday by
Judge Averill. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. J. H. Peck of
Whiter0ck and the groom is a
prominent young man of Elko.
They have host Of friends here
who wish them the best that life
can give.
Owing to thu writer's for
getfullncSs no mention was
made yesterday of this event.
The truth is that he had not vet
got fairly in the harness after hi:
weeks vacation, the first in many
we ars.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14

processes of making guppowder.
was so we'll at ease that l drew
a tooth pick from my pocket and
calmly picked my teeth.
Instantly | was thrown to the
floor and while two husky men held
me third searched my clothing.
When finally was released it was
explained to me that the tuothpick
might be match. Laboring
under the constant fear of death,
the employees grow extraordinarily
superstitious. Once allow a woman
to set foot within a powder factory
and the entire force will quit. It
is one Of the aXioms of the trade
that woman brings misfortune,
and tits useless to argue the oues-
ton. A woman photographer for
a Newspaper on a Sunday as
signment" once was admitted. into
an ll'nois powder factroy by an
inexperienced official, and the next
day the plant was shut down
The employees struck. The plant
remained idle until an entire new
force was recruited.-Chicago
News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
a Gtff pooL

To give a book Is to enrich the re.
cciVer permanently: to put into his or
her possesslon something which
leaves residuun OF pleasure long after
the particular date on which IL was
received has been forgotten Hamil.
ton W. Mabie.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
PerindiCitX

They say the hoop skirt is coming
back Observed the professor. regret
fully This seems TO show that fash
Ions travel In regular ellipses. and not
In paraiolic curves. as some OF IA had
hoped"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14
WORK WITH DEATH

In all the vocations in which a
man "an make a living in the
United States there is none more
perilous than the manufacture of
gunpowder and none in which the
public, which usually suffers
severely in case of accident, takes
so small an interest. The word
gunpowder itself carries sugges-
tion of peril which is reflected in
all the superstitions of the men
who work in the trade.
The men who work in powder
plants are study in themselves.
Probably in no other business do
the human agents take more pre-
cautions against disaster with such
pitiful results.
Men who work in powder plants
are in constant fear of death.
They are face to face with peril
every second. Instead of grow
ing hardened to it. as do the
laborers in mn y other fields Of
danger, they appear TO be the
most superstitious class of men on
earth. They are well paid. A
man who has nerve enough to
work at this trade is worthy of his
hire. He can command $40 day,
sometimes $50. He practically
makes his own rules, since he is
the one to suffer from an infrac-
ton of them. His every suspicion
is respected by his employer. He
cannot dictate the hour, of labor,
since that is matter eternally in
dispute. as in other kinds of labor,
but he can dictate the conditions
under which he works from the
Moment he enters the fa,tory until
he leaves.
TAcsc lpnrstitiOns seem absurd
sometime, but they are the law of
the gunpowder factory. If you
are an employer you break the law
at the risk of financial loss; if you
are fellow employee you violate
it at the risk of your life.
One Of the first laws among the
employees is that Of self prescrva-
ton. They have a deep rooted
fear of the casual visitor. Few men
have gone through a gunpowder
plant out of mere curiosity. They
are not wanted and are told so
frankly. If they succeed in OBJ
tanning the permission of the
superintendent or possibly Of some
one higher in authority thew are
subjected to an extraordinary
ordeal before they are admitted to
the sacred precincts.
First they are searched, and no
police official is more adept in the
art Of "frisking" than is the outer
guardian of the average gunpowder
plant. Every piece of metal,
fro p .kl.knife to garter clasp
every coin, match, suspendcr
buckle. everything that could
possibly strike spark. is re moved.
The hatband of the most fashion,
able derby is examined, with care
to see that it carries no metal
initials. And this examination is
not carried on alone by the official
whose favor you have gained.
A representative Of the employees
takes an active part in the ex-
animation, and if he has any doubts
he will politely cqucst you to strip
to the skin.
Once inside the powder factory
you are under even more careful
scrutiny. Your shoes are taken
away, and you are provided with
felt slippers. Co nvinced that on
your person there is no piece Of
meta ] which under any provoca-
ton could strike spark you may
feel at liberty to roam around, but
you are not. Your every movement
is watched carefully, and should
you make gesture calculated to
inspire distrust you would be
hustled out of the building and
told to leave the neighborhood
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-14

Lost-A pair of eye glasses. The
finder will confer q favor on tire
owner by leaving the glasses at
this office.
Real Mining pays better than
anything else. Chance to get in
on the ground floor. Rich ore.
Mine all paid for. Money needed
for machinery. Write to Box
428, Elko, Nevada.
For Sale:--A good upright
Mahogny case piano slightly used
for 1896 II taken soon. Address
Box 268. Reno, Nevada'
Courthouse, Hi ghschool. and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wintermantel.s Jewlery Store.