Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 316, 28 December 1907 — Page 3

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Special Committee Presented Startling Statements to Teachers in Indianapolis Which Created Sensation. FUND WOULD GROW IF PROPER FINES ASSESSED Fully One-Fourth of the Property in the State Is Sequestered, the Report Said and This Causes Big Losses. Indianapolis, Doc. 28. In a report which a special committee, heade'l hy Dr. Robert J. Aley of Indiana University, made to the Indiana Teachers' association this morning regarding "leaks in school revenue," the teachers were shown some startling tacts as to why the school fund is not increasing more rapidly. The assessment of low fines in the courts Is one of the features of the report on which emphasis was placed. "If all the courts in the state would fine rich offenders in sums large enough to prevent repetitions of the crime," he report says, "the school fund would grow much faster." The committee has found that fully one-fourth of the taxable property of the state Is sequestered, and here again the school fund loses. Unequal assessments and the "low assessments of corporate wealth" are other evils touched on in the report. The special committee was appointed at the last meeting of the Teachers' association and has been conducting an Investigation in different parts of the state. With Dr. Aley on the committee are S. C. Ferrel, superin tendent of schools of Porter county; Charles W. Moores. school commissioner of Indianapolis and Gus Condo an attorney of Marion. The teachers of the state will likely go to the next legislature with the request that laws tending to head off these "leaks" be enacted. Amusements THEATRICAL CALENDAR. NEW PHILLIPS. Week of Dec. 23 Vaudeville. GENNETT. Week of Dec. 23 Van Dyke-Eaton Co. Dec. 30. Ezra Kendall. Jan. 6 "The Time, the Place and the Girl." Jan. 9 "Our New Minister." clan. 11 "The Girl of the Golden Xest." Jan. 16 JThe Girl Question." "The Land of Dollars." Indication of the excellence of the cast which the Harry Askin company has engaged to support Ezra . Kendall in his play by George Ade, "The Land of Dollars." which is to be seen at the Gennett Monday night, is the engage- j ment of Miss Eleanor Barry as Mr. Kendall's leading lady. Miss Barry is j one of the best known leading women I In the United States. For the past three years she has been with Richard Mansfield, playing such parts as rrincess Eboli in "Don Carlos," Mrs. St. Alvin in "Beau Brummell," Tzrltza i in "Iran the Terrible," Queen Eliza- j ein in mcnara m, ana Mme. Targy in "Peer Gjnt." The season before her engagement with Mr. Mansfield, Miss Parry played leading parts with Mrs. LeMoyne and Stqart Rob6on, playing the part of Kate Hardcastle in "She Stoops to Conquer," Adrienne in "The Comedy f Errors." and the widow in "The Henrietta." She has also been leading woman for William II. Crane, and lias played important parts -with Mrs. Lsngtry, Rosina Yokes and other of the famous stars. "The Girl Question." "The Girl Question. " the fascinating play by Adams. Hough and Howard, authors of "The Time. The Place and The Girl" and other LaSalle theatre successes, comes to the Gennett on January 16. and its advent is being eagerly awaited. Theatregoers who have seen "The Time. The Place and The Girl." "The Umpire" and the ether plays under the management of Askin-Slnger company, will hardly Naiss "The Girl Question." "The Girl of the Golden West." The rare combination of an eminently successful play, a scenic production of grandeur and a cast of excellence, as in the casi? of David BelasCo's "Girl of the Golden West," which will be the offering at the r.PTintut January, 11, ought to turn the tido : Df local theatrical interest very much ! in its direction. A play by that iare Renlus, Daid Belasco, is in itself a ipecial treat and should add attractiveness to a performance which promises to command the admiration and Interest of all classes of theatre frettuenters. Two entire years at the Belasco theatre. New York, is about 16 strong an indorsement as could be idvertifced. Vaudeville aft the Phillips. Next week at the New Phillips will e devoted exclusively to vaudeville In ttie full sense, which means that no ne act will be allowed to overshadow Inother to any great extent, but fa-

Miss Sophia. Pitchlynn r.nd one of the chickens with which she is experimenting to leain chicken talk. Miss Pitchlynn, whose home is in Washington, says that chickens sr.rely can talk and as an illustration cites these sentences: When a chicken rays "Get 'y hair cut. get yo' hair cut." she means I love you. When she says "Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, with The rising inflection, that means "How do you do." When she says "Squawk, squawk,

squawk, that means I'm caught or probably expresses an anticipation of the ax."

stead, the. bill will be an entertaining and well balanced one in every way. For next week the day lor souvenirs has been changed from Wednesday to Thursday afternoon. A special invitation is extended to all amateurs who TrtBh to take part on Friday night, which is partly given over to amateurs to report at the box office. Below is the complete program for next week: Piano overture Miss Sally Ilazeltine. - The Musical Thors, xylophone and banjo artists. The Great Vardaman, known as "The Auburn Haired Beauty." Contlno and Lawrence, original upside down dancers. Illustrated song, "Roll Around." Zeno and Zcmo, acrobats and contortionists. The camaregraph, showing the latest motion pictures. Tonight's performance will close the present bill, which has been featured by the work of Miss Eva Ray, mini reader, but Miss Ray will remain in the city over Sunday and will give seances, in connection with sacred concerts, at the New Phillips Sunday at 3 p. m., and 8 p. m. The proceeds are to go for the benefit of the fund that is being raised to aid the poor of the city. The admission price is the same as charged for vaudeville. A Real Wonderland. South Dakota, with its rich silver mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations, is a veritable wonderland. At Mound City, in the home of Mrs. E. D. Clapp, a wonderful case of healing has lately occurred. Her son seemed near death with lung and throat trouble. "Exhausting coughing spells occurred every five minutes." writes Mrs. Clapp, when I began giving Dr. King's New Discovery, the great medicine, that saved his life and completely cured him. Guaranteed for coughs and colds, throat and lung troubles, by A. G. Luken & So., druggist. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY EZRA HAS THE SAME M th Gnntt Monday Night

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SHE LOST CHANCE 10 WED Western Union Sued by Woman for Failure to Deliver a Telegram. A PROPOSAL BY WIRE. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 28. The Western Union Telegraph company today was made defendant in a sort of breach of promise suit, in which damages of )?1,Wn were claimed. It is alleged that the telegrapheompany failed for two days to deliver a telegram notifying Mrs. Augusta Eller that Joseph Eller, a Californian, would be here to marry her on Nov. 13. He filed the telegram, so he alleges, on Nov. from Ashland, Ore., but it i was not delivered to the woman. Eller ! wanted to marry her in Tacoma, and because she did not get word that the marriage deal was on, she brought the suit against the telegraph company today. Dancing Proves Fatal. Many men and women catch colds at dances which terifcnate in pneumonia and consumption. After exposure, if Foley's Honey and Tar is taken it will break up a cold and no serious results need be feared. Refuse any but the genuine in a yellow package. A. G. Luken & Co. The number of foreign tourists visiting Norway May, Juno. July and August. 1006. was about 32,342, against 20.827 for June, July and August, 1902, and 16,776 for the same months in 1SS0. During the winter season 1JXM3-7 about V.20O foreign tourists are alo supposed to have Tisited Norway. OLD HIGH HAT. in "Ttta Land f Dollars."

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Methods Inaugurated in St. Louis by Superintendent Not Followed Here.

IS CONSIDERED AN EVIL HOWEVER ALL THINGS POSSIBLE ARE DONE TO DIVERT THE THOUGHTS OF PATIENTS FROM THEIR AILMENTS HOWEVER. Way off yonder in St. Louis twenty women inmates of the city insane asylum were touring the shopping district the forepart of the week, jostling and elbowing in the same manner as their sisters, buying right and left, and, with normal shrewdness, buying what is left right. It is a new plan of the? asylum management, by which :t hopes to divert the erratic minds of their patients info normal channels. Here in Richmond it was admitted by brainstorm meteorologists that shopping is a desirable stimulant for the insane. But there were no excursions made during the last week out of Easthaven. Superintendent S. E. Smith at Eestfcaven, however, believes that everything possible should be done to divert the insane patients from their ills and troubles. The superintendent of the St. Louis asylum is the reputed author of the shopping cure. His plan is to take a group of about twenty patients through the happy hunting grounds under the supervision of several suards in multi. The excursion is to be punctuated by" a luncheon at one of the department stores, giving a convenient interim for the comparison of cloth samples over plates of three-cornered club sandwiches. If any member of the Main street shopping host hearing of the St. Louis plan, cast apprehensive glances to si)ot demented people the fore part of tne week, then they wasted precious moments that should have been concentrated on the merchandise. "No," said one of the L'asthaven attendants. "We had no idea of following up this St. Louis idea, which sounds rather far-fetched. Of course we agree that any innocent diversion has a beneficial mental effect, but we fear that patients would get lost if they were ever introduced to those Main street crowds. We shall stick to the plan of arranging walks through the woods and like diversionc." FEATHERED ANGLERS. How the Great Heron Stabs Fish With Its Lancetika Bill. While the kingfisher feeds by day, the great heron begins his fishing at dusk just as the stars peep forth. When I am about to make the last few easts and stop fishing in a trout pool I hear the loud whlz of bis vast stretch of wings passing close by, flying lowto a favorite shallow part of the river. and down drop his lone lezs. and he settles right down to business, motion-1 less as a stone. Sometimes for half an j hour not a feather moves. j He matches with unwearied patience, i When he doe strike it is as quick and1 as sure as kite, for the first luckless fish that approaches within his reach is seized with surprising dexterity. , Like the kingfisher, the heron bents to i death those fish of larger size, swallow- j Ing them whole, headforemost, such ! being their uniform positions when found in the stomach. He will then at once assume the same attitude of silent watchfulness, and the finny tribe, though frightened at bis first dash among them, return again ln a short Interval only to be transfixed with his long lance shaped bill. Hornarfav's "Natural Histnrv" Mrs-! "When a heron is fishing it stalks slow ly and silently along the shore, prefer ably in water about six inches deep, Its head carried well forward, but about on a level with its shoulders. while its big eyes keenly scrutinize every object in the water. It takes long steps and plants each foot softly in the true still hunter fashion to avoid alarming its game. When a fish is found within range the kinks of the neck fly straight and the fish is seized between the mandibles. The fish is cot stabbed through and through." This latter statement is only correct when small fish are taken. I have It on expert authority that herons re peatedly stab large trout up to two pounds in weight, making a hole in the back large enough to insert the thumb. Lonis Rhead in Recreation. We have secured the agency for Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, te new laxative that makes tlie liver lively, purifies the breath, cures headache and regulates the digestive organs. Cures chronic constipation. Ask us about it. A. G. Luken & Co. Sitting on a High Hat. "If I were to offer to wager that I could tit squarely on my silk hat without crushing it. you would take me up. I suppose," said a clubmau to a fellow member. "Well, you would lose," he eontinued. "A good silk hat should support the weight of a man say 140 pounds without yielding, providing the weight is applied gradually and carefully. The way to do it is to place the hat on a smooth, strongly supported surface, crown downward, and lay a board across the rici. ln the hollow On this seat yourself steadily and slowIy, and you will find the hat does not yield. Of course, a bat that has once been bent or broken will not do. Nor is the rule invariable. It applies onlj to good hats. Have I ever tried It? Yes, I haTe, but not on my own hat Philadelphia Record. Chicago passengers ustag C, C A L. trains Iaad at 12th st. (Illinois Central) Station; most coaTealenUj to.. Rmher ttte.

Courage and Daring of Colonel James Bowie.

HIS DEATH IN THE ALAMO. Dramatic End of This Brave, Generous and Determined Spirit The Way the Fearless Fighter Once Protected a Preacher In Texas. One fine summer morning In 1833 the year that Santa Anna seized the presidency of the new republic of Mexico a small party of horsemen crossed the Sabine river about sixty miles from its mouth and entered Texas territory. Most of them were clad in buckskin and armed with rifle, pistol nd knife a rough, determined lookJug crowd, with two notable exceptions, one clean shaven, dark skinned, with a bright, restless eye that scanred the woods constantly, as If in j-earch of an enemy, and the other a email, mild mannered man, whose general appearance betokened the preacher. These two were riding in front, talking earnestly of the convention which had Just been held at Sau Felipe de Austiu and of the possibility that Hexas might one day become an independent state. Suddenly some one in the party behind them started a song with a memorable chorus When other states reject us. This is the one that always takes us. From that jingling rhyme some derive the name "Texas." Certain it is that this great new land took in and sheltered many a fugitive "who left his country for his country's Rood." That prince of pirates Lafitte had sailed away from Galveston ten years before, and his thousand freebooters were scattered to the four winds, but crowds of adventurers from all parts of the world were pouring in, with many of the better class, to swell the tide of Texas immigration. The little band jogged on and finally reached the municipality of San Augustine, then a mere collection of rude log huts, with one or two adobe structures built by Spanish missionaries. Here the preacher posted a notice that the Rev. Henry Stephenson of the Methodist denomination would hold a meeting in the evening. At the hour named the house was crowded to overflowing with rough, desperate men, all armed and ready for any fun or fray that might arise on such a novel occasion. The minister gave out a hymn, and it was sung wilh spirit. Then came the text, but not another word would the crowd hear. They hooted and yelled, shot off their pistols, crowed and brayed in derision. The tumult was deafening. The quiet little preacher stood his ground bravely, though in his heart wishing he were well out of it. With difficulty his traveling companion forced his way to the front, stHl carrying his rifle and a huge knife in his belt. The wild cheer that broke from the crowd sounded in the ears of the preacher, now thoroughly alarmed, like the howls of a pack of wolves or the yells of Indians hungry for scalps. But instead of jumping upon him this strange man, with restless eyes flashing and long black hair streaming over his shoulders, jumped on a bench and, throwing his bat to the ground, shouted in a stentorian voice: "Men, this man has come to preach to you! You ! neea pnacmng to, ana i u De Dianh-eu if h shan't preach to you! The next lnn who disturbs him shall fight me! M.v name is Jim Bowie!" The effect was magical. With quiet, respectful attention the rough audience listened to the sermon, joined heartily in the closing hymn, and not a few Persons came up to shake hands with tne man and apologize for the rough reception they had given him. A month later at the fir8t camP meeting ever Deia ln lexas some or inem Decame members of the church, and in 183S the cornerstone of the first Protestant house of worship in the republic was laid in San Augustine. The man whose timely aid proved so effective was Colonel James Bowie, and I tne Knire ln ms was ine noreu "bowie knife," given to him by his brother, Rezin P. Bowie. It was made of a large file, strong, of admirable temper and gave its name to a family or lernoie weapons not jei uiidit S1 1 il A. -- . li.. A3 i- At Crockett met Bowie for the first time in the Alamo, and he writes in his journal: "While we were conversing Colonel Bowie had occasion to draw his famous knife, and I wish I may be shot if the bare sight of it wasn't enouSh Sive a mau of squeamish siomacn ine cone, tie saw x was umiring it and said he, 'Colonel, you might tickle a fellow's ribs a long time with this before you'd make him laugh.' " Brave, generous, determined and enterPrlsinK. James Bowie suSht adven ture for its hazards, and he was naturally amons the first to take up 3X1119 for Texas Independence. Three more desperate men were never brought together than Travis, Crockett and Bowie as they took their last stand within the walls of the Alamo. Sick and helpless in bed on that last terrible day, Jim Bowie died fighting. As a Mexican ran forward to kill him he roused himself by a supreme effort, caught his assailant by the hair, plunged the fatal knife into his heart and fell back dead. When the story of his death was told to his mother in Louisiana, she said, I am sure Jim never died with a wound in his back." and. with a quiet mile, turned again to her household duties. Exchange. Gratitude Is a fine virtue, and yet it Is vrearisome when carried beyond doe bounds. Le Sage. Have you noticed Oe nn proved serr-, ice to Chicago vl the C, C. L? Through sleeper leaves Richmond at il:15 P. M. dally, arrives in Chicago at 7:00 A. M. Try It aprt-tf The NnsrfM Oriift. Infants and children ara constantly aeedisg a xative. It is important to know what to ga era. 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11 THE NEW PHILLIPS O. G. MURRAY, Lessee. Daily at 3:00 and from A OVERTURE Miss Sallie Hazeltine. B THE MUSICAL THER3 The W'orld's Greatest Xylophone and Banjo Artists. C THE GREAT VARDAMAN "The Auburn-Haired Beauty."

Special Matinee each Saturday; children, 5 cents; souvenirs at Thursday's matinee. General admission, 10c. Reserved seats at night, Rc extra. Amateurs Friday night. Those wishing to appear, apply at box office.

Saicirdl (CDim(EEn?fl Conducted by IVIISS EVA RAY At the Phillips Tneatre, Sunday; Matinee, 3; Evening, 8 For the benefit of the Palladium Poor Fund. Admission 10 cents.

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VAUDEVILLE THEATRE WEEK. OF DECEMBER 30. 7:30 to 10:15 Continuously. D CONTINO AND LAWRENCE Original Upside Down Dancers. E ILLUSTRATED SONG -Roll Around." F ZENO AND 'ZENO Acrobats and Contortionists. G THE CAMERAGRAPH Latest Motion Pictures. More Fun than there Is Phone 4215 ant Ads. Pay