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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
Mrk1Rarriist1G.
s2z e. Broad ST. Near SEVENTY
GETTYSBURG MECCA OF
OLD SOLDIERS IN 1918

Carlisle. Pa. June 2i.-The towns
in Southern Pennsylvania that lie
close TO Gettysburg are awakening to
the urgent need of early preparation
for the crowds which are expected TO
attend the fftieth anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg. on the first three
days of July. 1913.
1t has been estimated that this re-
union of Civil War veterans, which
will include a gathering Of no fewer
than 10000 former Union and Confed-
crate soldiers on tho scene of one of
the greatest conflicts tho world has
witnessed, Will have an intense senti-
mental drawing power, and will at
tract during the celebration 100000
visitors. Twenty-Five thousand auto
mobiles. driven from points as far
to take part in this midsummer re-
union.
Not only have the State authorities
In Pennsylvania made a general ep-
preparation OF $4,000. but every
State in the Union is making a large
appropriation as contribution TO the
expenses OF the enormous gathering
Congress Will alone give $4,000
while New Jersey and New York have
already set aside $4,000 and s2T5,-
600. respectively.
INC III 'DitH OF FdlITOaC trdnSpOrta-
ton has been solved by the railroad
authorities. who for the last few
months have held frequent confer
ences at Gettysburg
To accommodate automobile travel
ers. representations are now being
made to Pennsylvania highway
authorities. with a viek OF giving
automobilists an inlet and outlet over
.rsi-class State roads TO Carlisle and
Harrisburg. which are expected to
take care OF the overflow crowds 1t
is planned 10 finish the State road
connecting Harrisburg and Mechanics
burg with Carlisle and then running
duo South twenty-five miles to Gettys-
burg.
1t is expected that through cooper
alton with the Pennsylvania commit
zee which will have charge of the an
niversary. that Carlisle will have. on
days possibly Just before and after the
hrst three days OF July next yeaE mis-
toric celebrations OF great interest to
all Americans.
one celebration which is now a fixed
project and for which plans are being
laid IS the celebration OF the le0th an
versary OF the signing OF the early
milan treaty with the whites. which
was known in early American history
as the league of amity." The United
States Will supply tents for 10000 or
more old soldiers on the battlefield.
These tents Will be arranged In camps.
10 be known as camp No and camp
NO. :. and Will be admirably located.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
DROWNED IN SURF AT TYBEE

Savannah. ga. June 24-W. N. Coler,
Jr.. OF Summit, y, J.. was drowned
while in bathing at Tybee Sunday
morning, The surf was unusua.iy heavy.
Collar went beyond the life ropes and
was dragged down. His body has not
been recovered With Coler in the
80 was Miss Dorothy I.ondoner, OF
penTer. Col. Both came 10 Savannah
from Augusta last night Mrs Wolf
Ion6oner. mother Of Miss Londoner.
came 10 Savannah tonight Golfer was
e son OF the late w y CoIer. OF Nav
York. a graduate of Harvard. and re-
pntcd to be millionaire.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
walks paved throughout the city.

walks paved throughout the city.
Authorizing a number OF street Inn
rrovements in connection with the
dedication of certain land made by the
William Byrd Realty Corporation near
the William Byrd Park.
Appropriat!ng $4,000 for the COM
pletion of Washington Square.
Authorizing the acquisition OF hand
to open Kensinston Avenue. between
Cleveland and Tilden Streets.
Authorizing the acquisition OF land
on Lester street
Providing for the paying of the last
OF bonds of public we!ghers
Appropriating $4,000 for the Rich
mond Dock.
Appropr!atlng ssec.5o on account Of
the new vegetable market building
now being constructed.
Approving the official bond in the
penalty of $1,000 for Charles p. Cooke,
clerk of special assessments. and a
number OF other small ordinances.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
COUPLE RECoNCILEp.
divorce Proceedings Brought After
IS Years of Married IJf.


IS Years of Married Life.
Norfolk. Va. June 2i.-Ar. and Mrs
U. a. Bramhle. OF Norfolk county, be-
came reconciled and We're TO-DAY r.-
united In the midst of divorce pro-
eeedinGs brought after thirty-eight
years Of married life. The wife had
sued ana the defendant appeared to-
day to submit his testimony in ~
outtal to that offered by the plaintir.
win 1T he intimated that a recon
cifation was not impossible. d. s
Phlegar. the commissioner bafora
whom the testimony was tn nrocaaa
interested himself and probably lost
a good fee by bringing the husband
and wife together The couple sign
OF which called for Immediate -
sumption of the martial relations. and
they left Hampton Pier FOR their conn
Try nome located near that of Pre-
siding Judge Lawless. OF the Circui,
Court of Norfolk county. on tbe
shores OF Tanners Creek
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
MORE FACTS

In asking this City light power Richmond
and 1enco Railway Company sopst
ton which the has
delusion a
But competition an exploded fall
lacy the Richmond and Henrico Railway Company NOT OFFER
YOU ANY REAL COMPETITION.
The average residence lighting of company
does not enough
sary to serve him. This cities
The Virginia Railway Power
several thousand residence A
loss the
will enable that build distribution THE
FOR THE LIGHT AND POWER BUSINESS OF THE LARGE CON
going sections all
In written warning the City legal adviser has
"TFE BEST FORM OF FRANCHISE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY
REQUIRE THE NAMING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS DE.
SIRED TO BE OCCUPIED THE GRANTEE"
The Richmond and Hennco Railway Company PERSISTENT
ENDkAVOR TO SELL OUT Power Com
pany HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS PURPOSE TO EXPLOIT THIS
PUBLIC BY OBTAINING FROM THE CITY FRANCHISES TO
BARTER
WHY SHOULD ANYBODY LICENSED THUS TO LEVY
TRIBUTE ON THE PEOPLE OF RICHMOND?
Virginia Railway and Power Company
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
EXPERIENCE A TRYING ONE
Survivor of Railroad Wreck in Which
Forty Lost Their Lives, Tells
OF Scene.

Among the survivors Of the railway
disaster at Bellay-le-Thouet, in which
forty persons lost their lives, is man
who, from a hospital cot, related mis-
experiences as follows to a reporter
of LIE Matin of Paris:
Il thought at the time OF the catas'
trophe that / was hopelessly LOST
Looking out, saw the parapet Of the
bridge suddenly swing and give way,
and then there was the horrible, sud
den sensation of falling. A cold shud-
der came over us as we felt the water
pouring round our feet. There were
several passengers in the same com
partment in frantic state OF mind
but instInctively sort OF discipline
was obligatory on us. was near the
| door. and saw that the window
| above me was over the water. seized
| strap, and how / did it scarcely
| remember, but l smashed through thu
window with my head, climbed out
/ and was SAFE A hand was stretched
/ out toward me from inside. l seizet
/ it. and pulled out man. Next Their
was lady, and we dragged her out
| and finally all that had been in th
/ compartment were safe. But Wors
j time came. For hours We were perche'
4 on the roof og the car in the middl
Of the stream, and every moment "a
1 submerged wreck was threatened wit
being swept away. However, al
safe at last.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
FIRST RAILROAD IN AMERICA
Old Quincy Lire Really Can Claim
Honor of Being the Pioneer of
Present System.

The Quincy railroad, or, as 1t was
known in the beginning, the Expert
ment Railroad" which was construct
ed to carry granite blocks for the
Bunker Hill monument. at Boston, was
the first railway In America. The first
cars on this primitive line were drawn
by horses.
A line known as the vlazie Railroad
was put in operation out OF Bangor,
Me-, in 1886, the Quincy road antedat"
ing this several years. The Bangor
road began with two locomotives OF
Stephenson's make in England. they
had no cabs for the driver or fireman
on their arrival in this country. but
rude affairs were soon attached. Wood
was used for fuel.
| The first cars also We're made IN
England, a carriage much like DIG
stagecoach being placed on a ruoe
platform and trucks. The capacity OF
each car was eight passengers. In the
beginning the one train on the slne
made about twelve miles In forty min
utes, and the people Of the country
round about maryeled at the speed Il
made.
The rails on these pioneer railways
were made Of strap iron. spiked doWI
to scantlings.
| The Boston & Lowell, Boston Z
Providence, and Boston & Worceste
railroads were all opened for traf1i'
in 1885.
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hold the enemy until Houston was
ready. At first there was q Slender
chance OF rescue. but II disappeared
as the days went by, and the rifle
men quickly knew that the fate os
Texas rested upon them. There was
no talk Of surrender Of safety, Of es.
cape. They knew that the world
would not hear of their proves until
after they were dust, that there Waa
no gallery of admiriug friends "
cheer them to their doom; the foe
outnumbered them 20 to j; horse
foot and artillery stormed, enfiladed,
rushed them. Hungry, famished and
without sleep. they crouched upon me
fat roof of the Alamo, behind one
| low masonry of the projecting walls
for days and nights, as cool as squirrel
hunters, as gay as boys in snowfall
fight, as patient and as relentless az
the vindictive Indian at bay. The fate
| of Texas was In their hands and faeI
knew it. But when, at last, their am.
4 munition gone, and quick death "
hand. Colonel Travis asked then
how many. wished to stay With nm
to the finish" only one man hesttated.
He had fought well for ten DAYS. ~
was brave, but he preferred g I'VE
1 / think 1t was Crockett who sad
i "Oh. come on, Mr.. Rose; you've gos
to die anyhow. some day. Mighe y
i well die with us.
/ And he said 1t without recrinllas
| ton, without a sheer, Just as AZ H gse3El
! have said sBe . good fellow aut faas
i q drink with us. I.
It was early the next morning astaF
Rose had been aided to ESCAPE. tnal
the Mexicans knew that the hour a
revenge was at hand. The cracg Y
the rifles from the roof became anffs.
uuent and then ceased. A thousand q
Santa Ana's men had already fahea
and were buried. Three thousaaa
more, with fixed bayonets, bacEea q II
!, a park of artillery and equipped WYE
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
FASCINATION OF THE SNAKE
Traveller Tells Of His Own Unpleasant
Experience With Monster
Of the Species.

One of the most wonderful of the
serpent's feats is the power OF con-
tinuing motionless, with the lifted head
projecting forward for an indefinite
time. This ability is of the highest
Importance to the reptile, both when
fascinating its victim and when MIN
licking some inanimate object, espe-
cially the stem and body of an
aquatic plant. When the serpent is in
this attitude, with its round, unWink-
ing eye fixed on the beholder's face,
the effect is most uncanny.
Perhaps no better illustration Of the
serpent's bewitching power could be
given than that related by Ernest
Granville, a South African traveller,
who describes his own experience.
When boy he frequently went out
into the bush in search of game, and
on one of these solitary excursions ne
sat down to rest in the shade OF a
willow on the bank Of a stream.
Sitting there, with his cheek resting
on his hand, he fell into a boyish
reyerie. After some time he became
aware in vague way that on the
white, sandy bottom of the stream
there was stretched long, black line
which had not been there at first.
For some time he continued regard
| ing 1t, without knowing what it was
until all at once, with an inward
shock, he became fully conscious thai
| - x,~,c - larro
presently" says Mr.. Glanville
without apparent motion, SO softl!
| and silently it was done, the snake
reared its head above the surface, ant
held it there, with the cleaning eye:
fixed on me, as il asking what l was
1T flashed upon me then that
| would be a good opportunity to ties
| the power of the human eye on
| snake. and I set myself the task o
looking 1t down. It was a foolish eli
fort. The bronze head and sinew.
| neck about which the water floWe
| without ripple, were as IL carved il
! stone, and the cruel, unwinking eyes
with the light coming and going j.
them, appeared to grow brighter tn
longer looked.
"Gradually there came over me
sensation of sickening fear, which,
I had yielded to it, would have left III
| nowerIess to move. But, with a cry,
leaped up and, Selling fallen willo'
branch, attacked the reptile with
| species of fury, and It quickly disal
/ peared.'
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basement and the scholars started on
combined frolic and strike.

basement and the scholars staf'eo on
a combined frolic and strike.
Enter Village Police Force.
Here Captain Dunbar of the v2iiase
police force Of fourteen brave ono
earnest men is introduced. he as
sumed the task of keeping the ahuel-
graduate body within bounds, WHICH
he did largely by moral suaslon.
The parade swung round the corner
by the house where former Assistant
Janitor Eddie Smith, who, oooAy
enough, considering the happenings o.
the past year, is suffering with an eye
trouble, sat hddling at the WanaoW'
and thence to the Offices OF the sew
eral board members.
Before nightfall they had bought an
the tin horns in town and haa Sc
cured banners upon which their uisi,
matum-"Prof. Smith or NO Schooi
was painted.
The next day the teachers louno
| more empty desks than before. 1he
strike had grown. Some OF the pax
| ents were sympathizers with 1t.
On Jan. 10 sigmond Opera House
| on Main street was the scene o. q
mass meeting which took the douple
| form Of protest against the remoVal
/ of Principal Smith and demand tha'
| the school board resign. There was
ginger in the speeches Almost DIS
many women were present as men.
That very night a dispatch came
down from the state capital announc,
| ing the dismissal of Superintendent
Barnes appeal. 1t contained the ON
cial comment, "The rule OF mora
conduct on the part of teachers mus
be held to with absolute rlgloley'
which every one accepted as quite IL
line with the towns policy.
Petitions for Principal Smiths re
instatement were displayed for sle
natures in four parts Of town ana gen
erously signed. They were presehtee
at still another meeting.
: Whole Thing Summed Up.
In all Of the doings growing out o
the removal of the principal the op
portunity has not been permitted t
pass without dig at Barnes AM
caustic comments on the way he tr1e'
. to explain his indiscretion by saying
hysterical little school teacher up an
kissed him.
But with Barnes somewhere in tn
west and the little school teacher re
ported as happily married, and Lew
satisfied that he did his full duty i
I reporting the cutting up, and Eddl
T. Smith getting another job, Withou
as much as losing day, but tempol
: arily confined to the house with 1rr
! tated eyes and tuneful flddle-W!t
: these characters in the controvers
! +! eliminated the troubles will .
. Strengthened out by and by.
: 'Freeport people have got enoug
sense to handle the school question
observed Captain Dunbar, "but II
l. not on the job Of predictin' whe
they'll do it. I'm a police officer. p
lice officers are paid for police dut
! not for predictin'.''
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the heavier cars on rails. Some man.
ufacturers have gone to the extreme
Of using gangs of men with steel lev
ers to move the cars, but this is q
slow and costly method
Now comes the electric capstan and
says: IF I can move ships, why not
cars?" Why not, indeed? A strong
hawser with hook at one end is cas-.
lily attached to the head of the cap
stan so that a single man can move
the car at the rate of from SO to loo
feet minute. By mounting pulley
alongside the track and passing the
rope over it, the car can Just as cas-
lily be moved away from the capstan
thus making the car users independent
of all switch engines while close K
their Works.-Popular Electricity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
New South African Line.

Plans are being formulated for CON
structing railway from Cape Town
in South Africa to the top Of Table
Mountain, at whose base the city lies.
The mountain is about $500 feet high.
Suggestions are asked for by the city
and valuable franchises, including the
exclusive right to maintain sanator.
ium on the mountain, as well as soils
refreshment privileges, will be ceded
to the man or company undertaking
| the work
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
USE THE ELECTRIC CAPsTAN
Novel Method. of Moving Railroad
Cars fyos-a the Vicinity of
Factories.

Unless an industrial plant is large
enough to employ its own switch en-
zines (either steam or electric) it is
dependent on the railroad company
for the moving of any cars placed on
it's sidetracks, and much time is often
lost by not having these moved more
frequently In teaming practice, Wag-
ons are always moved away from the
platforms as fast as they are loaded
or unloaded. and for economical han
ding the same should be done with
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02

ladders. now surged to the nnase
sault. Up they swarned IKE s r /,
bees 70 be met at the SUNNI u,
the gaunt Texans, a handful no9' ~ i.
terrible in the last ecstaey O Y 81 8.
lime and superhuman sacrifice. 81. M
awful 'Bowie Knife" dubbed fsa 8
boards wrenched from the aisaa.n
the desecrated church, such Wefe 81
weapons with which this fofioFhs 5l n
rison met and hurled from the ns s,i
in two short hours nearly thoaa u,
dead and dying Mexicans. Ana " III
by sheer weight of numbers IN 81 81
were at last forced, step ., 90 81
from the embattled roof OF this ~ u,
Of heroism, they descended my. Y, 4 Il
| dark church to make last ~, Nh
the cot where the wounded, 81, I'll
sm1tten Bowie lay, his pistols w. s.s|
with a farewell volley. It VIZ ssa|
that Bowie died, transfixed py 2 III III
! of Mexican bayonets. ontsiae' c.s5I
IN sound Of his leaders voice, ~ "
| EFT, gigantic and laughing % ~ ,stgI
/ his back against the barreu u 81 n
| door Of the church, smote VIII - MI
| lifted rifle until a hundred - MI
| fell beneath his thrashing nan.
Travis, dying at his feet, eoa.s III
ahae- far Texas. And 50 they s.. "
ished, every one. AND 1ns NH
ouering" Mexicans bore hlen lgssI
to the Alameda, now par. =, iii
gress street, and built a py1s ,sasl
was the beacon Of Texas h q 81
The next moon saw the battle J IS III
Jacinto. where Houston araus
tory his little army, cfslns
Der the Alamo" .,errAa
GEORGE .. ARMisis
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
INGENIOUS German Device.

Several German villages have pen
ny-in-tne-slot system OF nocturnal il
Elimination At Jocketa, near Plauen
in Saxony, for example, where they &c
to bed early, the lights are all out al
eleven o'clock But a tinid iategoe1
by dropping a penny III the box at the
foot of one of the electric light stand.
ards can illuminate half the village
A second penny lights up the othe1
half. AT Zarkau, In SiIesia, they have
similar arrangement. A penny lights
up the whole roadway from the sta
ton through the village for tWeIy'
minutes.
The average life Of railroad cross
tie is Is years.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02

Seaman, accOfd-
ing to the Rail
road Mans Maya
zine, lasted 1o1
days, and extend
ed into eighteen
states and the re-
public of Mexico.
In that time ME-.
Seaman aud his
party travelled a.
500 miles in the
car. $50 miles by
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
a Soft Answer.

A story is told cf landlord on the
north shore. A guest, seldom salts
fed, came to him and said: MIR.
S1nith''-that was not the landlord s
name-"Mr. Smith, your coffee is rot
ten" The landlord shook him by the
hand. THANK you, sir; thank you.
/ haven't had my breakfast yet and
I'll skip the coffee this time. Much
obliged"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02

steamboat, 800 miles by stage and l5o
miles on horseback.
The private car climbed to an altl-
.ude of 5000 feet above sea level ana
descended to 263 feet below sea level.
During all the long trip there were no
n1ishaps and no delays.
. When Thomas Nickerson, who was
president of the Santa Fe before 1t
struck oil, wanted to take ride ne
carried his lunch and took berth
with the way freight. That isn't the
way Of all American railway presi-
DENTS
It takes the British, at home or in
Canada, to fuss things up; at any rate
when the road carries royalty. When
the Duke and Duchess of York (now
King George and Queen Nary visit
ed the Dominion in 1901 the Canadian
railways built for them nine cars that
eclipsed anything that ever. Travelled
across the North American continent.
The train was composed of day
car and night car, one compartment
sleeper, three standard sleepers, a
dining car, a baggage car and car
for the railroad employees in charge OF
the train. The exterior of the train
was finished in natural mahogany, the
standard for the company's sleeping
and parlor cars.
The two royal cars bore reproduc
tons of the coats-of-arms of the dis
tinguished guests on each side at botf
ends. The train was yestibuled. Eacf
car was equipped with electric lights
and telephones.
The Cornwall, the royal day car, q
feet 61s inches long, had reception
room panelled in Cfcassian Walnu
with a ceiling finished In old gold will
4 holdings and ornaments touched witt
gold and blue. The landings We're o
dark blue velvet, the carpet was gray
green. There was piano and chair
and sofa The car also has bot
tIoir for the Duchess with pearl era
panels painted afssef atteau, Wit
draDeries Of light blue MORE silk.
There was also a dining room i
African coromandel with ornaments
cartouches displaying at one end tn
coat-of-arms Of the king and at tn
other end those of the Duke an
, Duchess. The arms Of the Dominic
and the Duke graced the other wall
The panels Of the walls were gree
: and gold, the draperies green velve
the upholstery q warm brown. The1
were seats for eight.
The night coach York was CT tt
, same length as the Cornwall. In tt
;. center were two royal bedrooms wit
bath room and servants room adjoi
ing each. It was finished In pea
. gray enamel with panels of silk
q match the draperies. Each room WI
! furnished with q brass bedstead,
: dressing table, a large mirror and
wardrobe. The draperies in the duke
: room were of crimson silk; those
4 the duchess room were Of pale bl
g MORE. There were also two stat
rooms. one for the lady in waiting a.
one for the gentleman in waiting a
p a baggage room.
b One of the cars had consult
e room for the royal medical attenda1
e There were also two baggage ca
n Part of one was used for cold stora;
E, In this magnificent train the duke a
duchess made the journey from @
J. bee to Vancouver and returned
S, Halifax, quite the longest single t
q royalty ever has made by rail.
At
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
.oNG AND FINE RIDES
lMERIcA HOLDS ONE RECORD,
BUT NOT THE OTHER.
frank Seaman and Party Had MOST
Extended Trip, travelling Thou
sands of Miles--Duke OF
York's Train de Luxe.

The worlds record for a continuous
rip in a private car is held by Frank
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02

sone day after school John Lewis,
IN the performance of his Janitorial
duties, mounted step-ladder in the
hail outside the superintendent offrce
the better to dust the transon.. Obvi-
oueiy he had to look in. He says ne
saw Superintendent Barnes In the ACT
of kissing, or being kissed, by 'nez
Armstrong.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02

HIS is the simple story OF
the kiss that upset a town
30 consarned hard, as Cap
tain Dunbar says, that half
the folks don't know
whether they're foot or a.