Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 338, 11 October 1908 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIU3I AND SUX-TLEGRAM, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1908.

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WORK OF C0RBH1 : IS MAILING His First Entrance Into Politics Proves to Be Grave For Him. ACTED AS DOVE OF PEACE. ATTEMPTED TO HEAL BREACH BETWEEN TAFT AND FORAKER BUT HEARST KNOCKED PLANS INTO COCKED HAT.

Washington, Oct 10. la all presi dential campaigns there are things grave and things gay, and the present campaign has been no exception. The case of Gen. Henry C. Corbln, U. S. A. retired Is both grave and gay, though It must be confessed Gen. Corbln himself has not shared in the gayety. His heart Is heavy with sadness and his brow freighted with gloom. "When Gen. Corbln was on the army's active list he ran a close second to Gen. Nelson A. Miles as the beau Ideal of a soldier. ; Six feet and some Inches in his stockings and built on generous lines, in uniform he was a sight to gladden the eyes ; a very incarnation of Mars, a valiant knight, an officer and a gentleman equally at home on the tented field or in milady's drawing room. 4Also he was reputed to be some shucks as a politician. Indeed, when he was stationed here in Washington as adjutant general of the epent more time playing politics up on Capitol Hill when congress was in eession than he did with his Btrictly military duties. That charge probably was inspired, however, by those who envied Gen. Corbln his military and social successes. However, that may be, he must have gotten in Washington a sufficient taste of politics to whet his appetite, ' for having reached the statutory age and been retired he determined that , politics should engage his remaining days and wreafhe his brow In what ever spot it mignt cnance miiiiary renown had left a vacant space. As an mil Via litnHnn Via loft Vila cai ucai. ui Alio iuicuuuu, uc ivi beautiful home in the environs of the capitol and returned to his native township in Ohio, Awaited Call. There he settled down In dignity and with what patience he could muster to await the lightenlng's bolt. In order that his fitness for further service to his country might not escape attention, he announced his willingness to . dally a term or two in congress while awaiting the call to a more important post. His friends and neighbors received the suggestion and recorded it In their notebooks for future reference. The time might come when they would want Corbln as their representative in congress. Who could tell. But wasn't that a trying role for a warrior, a man of arms and action ? Corbln found it so and began to look about him for some activity that need not wait upon the call. In the candidacy of Judge Taft he saw opportunity looming large. What more fitting, more appealing to the

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fierce strife of the campaign and the blinding glare of the spot-light? Taft's cause he espoused and made his own. Never had a candidate, more earnest, more tireless, more umblquitlous supporter. Lrke Henry of Navarra's white plume, wherever the fight was thickest there was Corbln, full panc- , plied for the conflict, an inspiring figure of militant partisanship, the warlight In his eyes, his soldierly breat heaving In rythmatic cadence to the braying of the bands. A leader whom the legions of the party might gladly have followed to the death, but a leader willing to charge all alone should the legions not elect to follow him. Oh, there is not doubt at ail that as an embattled warrior for his party's honor, a valiant striver for the glories and the usufruct of politics, Corbin was all the cheese. Trip to Heal Breach. But. the tale is not yet ended. Would that It were. One sad and misguided day Corbin turned mollycoddle. Instead of the snorting warhorse, nhnwinfriflr ,t Vila V.I a V. Jh-i. I n. .v.. smell of battle, he essayed the role of peace's dove. Trained as a soldier, schooled to heroic deeds and ensued to scenes of slaughter, what right had he to venture on the slippery ways of In trigue and conciliation? Yet Corbln must have his try. Was he not now The General Demand of the Well-informed of the World has always been: for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its component parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, ' acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remarkable success. That ia one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-Informed To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine -manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle.' s

LECTURE COURSES 0NE0F PROMISE Many Excellent Features to Be Offered This Winter.

. The popular entertainment course that Is to be given this winter under i the' anspices of Earlham College and the Y. M. C. A. will no doubt prove to be one of the most popular features ever held in Richmond. The ; first, number will be Tuesday, October 20, by the Marguerite Smith company. Besides Miss Smith, there is Miss Ethel Phetts who comes from the best musical school of the west and is undoubtedly one of the coming pianists of the country. Besides this number there are several other features. Miss Smith is the originator of the famous child impersonations and it is said she has no rival. T. CLERKS REFUSE TO VOTE Recent Ruling of Civil Service Commission Frightens Them. URGED TO RETURN HOME. POLITICAL RALLIES BEING HELD IN CAPITAL CITY FOR PURPOSE OF AROUSING THOSE WHO VOTE AT HOME. Washington, Oct. 10. The mandate of the civil service commission against the political activity of government employes in the classified service is bearing fruit not counted on. The clerks were given such a scare that now they are afraid even to go home to vote. At least those who are disinclined to journey from Washington to their respective homes are offering the civil service ruling as an excuse. It goes without saying the commission had no thought of forbidding any government employes who has a voting residence elsewhere from exercising his right of franchise, but its mandate against "pernicious political activity" is causing a lot of bother to those committees of both parties whose duty it is to see that merely because a man holds a government job he doesn't Ignore his obligation as a citizen and a partisan. ' Both parties maintain in Washing ton elaborate organizations, under the auspices of which political rallies are held for the purpose of arousing the enthusiasm of residents who are vot ers elsewhere, but the primary object of which is to see that the voters go home for election day. The railroads give reduced rates. for voters and in a number of close states the expenses of those who cannot be prevailed upon to return otherwise are paid by the state committees. A recent estimate placed the number of democrats In Washington who have voting residences elsewhere at 3,000. The num ber of qualified republican voters resi dent here must be considerably larg er.As these voters are drawn from ev ery state of the union, the number from any one state, except Maryland and Virginia, is not large, but in a close contest every vote counts; so the doctrine is industriously preach ed that it is the duty of every man who has a voting residence anywhere east of the Missouri river to return and cast his ballot. Voters from the far West are not asked to take the journey except in drastic cases. That party managers are perturbed over the reluctance this year of gov ernment employes to go home to vote is evidenced by the number of prom inent speakers who have addressed the residents of Washington on the subject Virginia has been sending some of her most notable speakers here to urge that "Virginia expects every man to do his duty," and other states have not been slow to follow Virginia's example. in politics and must not he run the gamut through? The breach between Taft and Foraker caught his eye. Now a breach is a thing a soldier is. supposed to storm, but the unhappy thought came to 'Corbin that this one should be healed. Gen. J. Warren Kelfer, also a soldierpolitician but whose daylight spiketail coat proclaims him of an older Bchool, was consulted and agreed to Join in the adventure. Together they Journeyed to Middle Bass Island, where Taft was to be found. What they did, what they said, never will be known, but in some way they brought about a meeting of Taft and Foraker at which friendly words were spoken. Verily, they quoth In their elation, peace hath her victories no less than war. But now comes the denouncement, the tragedy of the tale. Victory is turned to route, rejoicing to sorrow, those who were idols yesterday, today are smashed to smithereens. William Randolph Hearst puts a meddlesome finger in the pie, and more evidence is adduced that when "Bobby" Burns quote the "best laid plans," etc., he was prophet as well as poet Those followers of Taft who had hailed the reproachment of Taft and Foraker wished they hadn't, and unfeeling par tisans snatched from the Jove-like brow of Corbin the wreath they had placed there but a day before. : Corbin Is still brave, and Is still waiting. but his political sword is un sheathed again and he has a spear that knows no brother.

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.... I n THOS. E. DEPEW. Depew-Burdett Stock Gennett Seldom one has the chance of seeing what is termed as the best repertoire company on the road, but the people of Richmond will enjoy that opportunity next week, when the De-pew-Burdette big stock company plays an engagement of one week at the Gennett, starting Monday. The feature play of a repertoire of the latest successes is Chas. Dicken's masterpiece "Oliver Twist," a story of the White Chapel district of London, a part of the city known as the slums. Mr. Dickens probably knew character better than any other of the writers who 'deal with character fiction. Every part in this great play is a char acter study. A play not made up of slap stick and dull comedy, but a play that possesses food for thought. The first act shows the den of Fagin, the Jew, who conducts a school where he teaches young boys to be thieves. Oliver Twist, a London street urchin is put into Fagin's den, here where his career starts as a vague. The next act we see Bill Sykes, an accomplice of Fagin lifting Oliver through a window , to rob a house. Oliver in time runs away and seeks to lead a better life. Fagin sends the artful dodger in search of him and brings him back to renew the old life. The third act shows the garret home of Bill and Nancy Sykes, here one of the most brutal murders in criminal history is committed. Bill Sykes is one of the lowest types of man, a brute in human form. Nancy pleads with him to lead a better life. He teases and tortures her by sticking her with a needle. In a fit of rage he seizes an ax and crushes her skull. With the blood streaming over her she crawls across to him to kiss him before she dies. He again seizes the" ax and delivers a blow that renders her lifeless. In the last act we see the gallows, a procession, with Bill Sykes handcuffed to the sheriff.,, He is placed upon the trap, the black cap and cloak adjusted and hung until dead. This is executed in full view of the audience. Fagin, who has been convicted of a number of crimes is in prison. When looking through his cell window he sees Bill Sykes hanging and knowing that will be his fate he chokes himself to death, thus the cur tain falls on one of the most horrible blood curdling and tragic plays of the age. , The representative for the DepewBurwdette company claims that in a number of cities women and men have fainted. The Depew-Burdette company gives an excellent production of this play. Mr. Depew will be seen as Fagin, while the portrayal of the character of Bill Sykes will be in the hands of Mr. Thomas Brower, an actor of sterling worth. The cast includes such well known people as May Boyce, Jessie Egan, Ruth and Naiama S heeler. Fannie Depew, Harry Wayne nsay, Edw. F. Silvers, O. J. Mowbray, H. D. Smith, Fred K. Lanham and Mrs. F. Wheeler. The big sensation of the season is carried by this company, it being the great Salome dance. Vaudeville at the Phillips. Hindu mystery has always been regarded as the highest type of all magic. It is for this reason that those that appreciate this soil. of. amusement will take to the New Phillips this week. "The Great Hindu Mystery" plays an importarjr part in the bill. The very latest tricks, and also the oldest, those that have made In dia famous will be seen. A complete musical comedy in one act will.be presented by the Daven port brothers and Miss Francis, who come after a successful year in great er fields, and whose talents have made a trip into vaudeville an assured success. Too Much Foi One. ."I am looking for my son," said a sharp featured woman recently entering an office building In Washington. where she found the janitor sitting at the entrance tipped back in a chair. "Have yon seen him? He's a tall, slim boy. "Very tall, was he? asked the janitor. " . "'. - ;-' "Very and slender." . "I think I saw him here a minute ago." .-'-.'- "Where was he?" demanded the wo man. - "Wen, madam. replied the' Janitor, "as nearly as I could make out, he was on the first and second floors." Uwlacotfft.

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E J. Eads How Unsuccessful in Organizing Grand Army Of Hoboes. TELLS OF HIS BELIEFS. IS GRANDSON OF GREAT JAMES D. EADS, NOTED ENGINEER DISTRIBUTED FORTUNE TO SINGLE TAXERS. New York, Oct. 10. New York heard much about J. Eads How, sometimes called the "millionaire hobo." Mr. How is now going away from here, back to the West, whence he came some five months ago as a mis sionary to the unemployed of Gotham. How admits that his work here has not been productive of the fruits an ticipated and that he has been able to reach only a small number of the unemployed. "But we have managed to insert the thin edge of the wedge," he said. Ever since he came to town How has been besieged .by reporters, but to all he refused to talk as a matter of principle. He broke this rule yester day to a Times reporter and made the only authentic statement he has ever given. He is a soft-voiced, slender man, possibly 5 feet 10 inches In height. He Is 40 years old. A fourdollar suit of clothes, a twenty-nine-cent shirt and a second-hand derby . mMM i I i . m. M scarcely amerenuaie nun num ma hobo associates. His friends hardly knew him yesterday because he's had a ten-cent hair cut. "I mean to let my beard grow. It costs too much to shave." he said. Asked about his fortune, he reluctantly gave the facts. His grandfather, be said, James D. Eads, a noted engineer, who built the Eads Bridge at St. Louis, left a large fortune, considerably more than a million dollars. The bulk of it went to How's mother. She is now very sick and lives in a mansion on Lindell avenue, St. Louis. On ly recently she gave $100,000 to the St. Louis University. How was raised with all the advantages wealth can give, and after he left college was sent to Oxford university, where he put in two years. It was while in England that he gained his present Ideas. Association with the Fabians gave them to him. When he got home about twelve years ago he was told that there was a legacy of about $10,000 awaiting him and more to come. "I have not earned it. It Is not mine. I shall not use it," he declared. Straightway he' called in John McCann, a St Louis lawyer and single taxer and asked him what to do. Mo Cann wanted to know If the money came from land. "Some of it did." said How. "Call a meeting of the people and M what they say," advised McCann.

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How's mother tried to dissuade him from surrendering his money, but he finally accepted the McCann plan. A mass meeting was called and as motley a gathering aa can be assembled by a public advertisement in a big city met. Unanimously they declared that How was right. The money was not his. It was theirs the people's. The legacy was Informally turned over to a board of five trustees, three of them single taxers. They did not know what to do with it. Invest it in land they could not. It would hot do to benefit from the unearned increment. That, too, was the people's. Put It in a bank? Impossible! They could not accept interest. "I believe they did finally put it in a bank, though," said How. "They wanted me to give a quit claim, but that was not necessary." How said he was now one of the five trustees and the money is being used for educational purposes for "the people." How said he is not a Socialist. "I believe in the religion of life, love, and service," he said. "I am absolutely opposed to charity. I neither give nor accept save for some service. Since ve have been in New York not a penny has been given away save for some service. It may have been simply passing hand-bills, but always something. "Do I expect to get any of my mother's money?" he asked. "Well, she's not much in sympathy with me. I do not know." Asked if he regretted his choice of a life's work he said he did not. "Sleeping in some of the lodging houses built by your philanthropists has its drawbacks," he said. "One such place is terrible. I made a complaint, but got no satisfaction. I pity' men who must go there." How said he was a believer in nonresistance to evil, and a good deal of a Buddhist. He never eats meat. He was much disappointed by the failure of the trade unionists and Socialists to co-operate with him in his effort to organize his Grand Army of Hoboes. 'There is much good In this great mud-sill of society," he said, "and the world will soon learn it My experience tells me that our Socialist friends will be greatly disappointed in their remedy. Love and service! That's the way out. Immunity. Satan had just ordered more coal throws on the fire. "By Tn miaous," he cussed, "but that last arrival Is a tough proposition. The more I try to roast him the mere he smiles." He called the chief stoker. "Well, what luck?" asked Satan. The stoker shook his head. "He's still smiling." be answered. "Where's he from?" cried Old Nick, out of patience. "New York. He used to be a baseball umpire in" "Sulphurous serpenta! Why didn't you say so before? Take him down; we cant feaze him." Bohemian Magazine. . ' The Royal Society of England la the oldest and most renowned scientific body, except the French Academy of Sciences, in the world. It waa organized In 1645, and every great Knglteh scientist baa been a member of. It BenJaaua Franklin was the first tnwilfii member. ,

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Only GREAT STOCK SHOW The Event Will Be Held in Kansas City Beginning Monday. : ALL DEPARTMENTS LARGE. Kansas City, Oct. 10. The American Royal Live Stock show, at the .Kansas City stock yards the week of October 12, will have a larger number of pure bred beef cattle, horses, swine, sheep and goats, an more mules than have even before been exhibited at the Royal, and more in some departments than have ever been shown at any event There will be about 1,000 registered .' beef cattle of the Hereford, Shorthorn, Gallaway and Aberdeen Angus breeds, scores of carloads of. na tive feeding cattle of these breeds, and at least a hundred carloads of range cattle, which are of mixed breeds. The horse department will have full classes for Percherons, Belgians, Clydesdales and French and German coach horses, with an exhibit of Shires. There will be 150 mules, from aged animals down to sucking colts. The sheep department will contain full classes for Cotswolds, Hampshire, Shropshlres and Soutbdowns, and an exhibit of Oxford more than 200 pure bred animals in all. There is also a department for range sheep in carloads. The swine department will contain at least 30O Berkshire and good displays of Duroc Jerseys and Chester Whites, In the classes for those breeds, and an exhibit of Poland Chinas. Ton want to marry my daughter, eh? May I ask what chance yon have for getting on In the world? T have an automobile, a yacht and an airship. "Well, yon seem to have every means for getting on. She's yours, my bey." Cleveland Plain Dealer. - "Maria, you let that young Booster stay last night until 1 o'clock. "But mamma, yon told me I must give him time to propose.' But five hours T "Why, mamma, you know very wen how be st utters!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Harry C Senacit,

One Week. Starting Monday. October 12th The Depgiv-BurdeUe Stoeli Co. Do yon remember Tom Depew, that fanny comedian, - funnier than ever this year. Special Great Salome Dance Opening Play The American Girl. ' Seats on sale at box office. Prices 1020. .'Udfes Free

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