Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 35, 12 December 1909 — Page 8

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1909.

PAGE EIGHT. IS King of Belgium is Paralyzed iR GREAT LOVE STORIES of HISTORY By Albert Pay son Terhune i! AID 10. INDIANS

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Northern Minnesota Redskins Mo Longer Warwhoop Of Evenings.

SURPRISE BY UNCLE SAM HE DIGS UP AN OLD INDIAN TREATY AND PROMPTLY CLOS ES UP EVERY 8ALOON FOUND IN FIVE COUNTIES. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 11. P.-oMhl. tion by force works so well, "Pussy foot" Johnson, federal agent in preventing the sale of liquor to the Indians declares that for the first time In years over a large section of north em Minnesota, the Indians are spend ing their allotments of money from thv government for sugar, flour and other necessities, and the nights are free from warhoops and settlers Bleep peacefully in their beds. This is the result of the government's unexpected action in enforcing an old and almost forgotten Indian treaty and closing the saloons in five Minnesota Coun ties. A large section of northern Minnesota is covered by the old treaty, under which the government maintains that It has the right of preventing the sale of intoxicants. In only a portion of the treaty area are there now any In dians, but the treaty rights are still in force and acting upon them the government agents closed the saloons in Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Cass and Mahnomen counties, in a number of cases confiscating the liquors found. Want Saloons Opened. The first raids were followed by ord ers extending the closed territory, which will go into effect Dec. 27 un less modified. In three northern cit ies a strong movement is on foot to secure an agreement by which saloons will be allowed to operate, since there are no Indians in those sections who might be affected by the opportunity of obtaining liquor. In Mahnoken county 200 Indians have just received their annuities, and have spent their money in the stores for staple articles of food and clothing. They could not get liquor and there was no drunkenness or disorderliness among them. , It was the first Indian payment in years which was not followed by arrests and the jailing of husky reds to give them a chance to sober up from the effects of the cheap whiskey either sold in the saloons or smuggled in by bootleggers. It is considered doubtful if the government will modify its orders as they affect any town frequented by Indians although towns at a distance from the reservations may be allowed to dispense to white persons under a strict Interpretation of the law. WANT A GUILLOTINE One Stained With Blood of Old Aristocrats Is Ob- ' tainable. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Paris, Dec. 11. Who wants a guillotine, stained with the blood of aristocrats who died in the reign of ter ror? One of these grewsome things is to be sold by auction In Paris, as a part of M. Porgeron's collection of revolutionary relics. This guillotine, which dates from 1791, was used at Feurs. in the Loire department, during the Reign of Ter ror? The uprights are ornamented with caps of liberty roughly carved and painted red, and an inscription on the cross-piece shows that it was con structed by the order of Citizen JavoKues, a deputy to the convention from Rhone et Loire. It will now probably find its way to some "Chamber of Horrors." WILL GO Oil STAGE Daughter of Martyred Spanish Reformer Adopts Profession. LONG THEATRICAL TOUR Paris, Dec. 11. Senorita Paz Ferrer, daughter of the martyred Spanish re former, is going to star on a theatrical tour of Belgium, England, rnd Ger many. She has been engaged t? Man ager Oser and will be supported Ly a full company of actors and actresses Senorita Ferrer has been for some time a member of the Odeon theater company here, but it was her father'? execution that first brought her into prominence. "Ferrer's Death" is the title of a sensational drama produced at the suburban Grenelle Theater. It was writtea by the Spanish singer Senor Montehus, who played the title role. The piece had an enthusiastic reception. Soiled Woodwork. In cleaning painted woodwork a strong kerosene water will be found acacious.

Latest photograph of Leopold, the aged king of Belgium, whose life is rapidly drawing to a close. His right side, it is reported is paralyzed and he is unable to move from his chair. Repeated official denials that his illness is serious have been issued, but private advices received in London are to the effect he is gravely ill.

ADVICE TOHUSDAHDS Give Up Your Barren Scepter as Master of the House. JOHN HAY'S FIRST SPEECH. A Witty Response to the Toast "Our Countrywomen" at a Banquet In Paris When Ho Was Secretary of Legation In the French Capital. By official proclamation President Johnson set apart the first Thursday of December, 1865, as a day of na tional thanksgiving. The American residents and visitors in Paris deemed it an occasion to be celebrated with more than usual ceremony. The resuit was that at 8 o'clock on the even ing of the 7th of December some 253 of our countrymen sat down to a dinner in the spacious dining room of the Grand hotel in Paris, then regarded by travelers as the most elegant public dining hall in Europe. After a succession of speeches the chairman closed the entertainment with a toast to "Our Countrywomen" and asked Colonel John Hay, then secretary of legation in Paris, to re spond to it As this was probably the 1 first public speech Mr. Hay had ever j made and though nothing he then said could possibly add any luster to his ; subsequent career, it may justly be said that it was more successful than j the first public effort in oratory either i of Sheridan or of Beaconsfield. He j replied in part as follows: "My Countrymen (and I would say my countrywomen but that the former word embraces the latter when ever opportunity offers) I cannot un-! derstand why I should have been called upon to respond to this toast of nil nthore hn1n nnthincr hnt thm. retical ideas upon the subject to be treated one, in fact, I must be presumed never to have handled. Laughter and applause. "I have been called up, too, by a committee of married men. I can think of no claim I have to be considered an authority in these matters except what might arise from the fact of my having resided in early life in the same neighborhood with Brlgham Young, who has since gained some reputation ; as a thorough and practical ladies' man. Great laughter. I am not conscious, however, of having imbibed any such wisdom at the feet of this matrimonial Gamaliel as should justly j entitle me to be heard among the elders. "So I am inevitably forced to the conclusion that these husbands cannot trust each other's discretion. The secrets of the prison house are too important to be trusted to one of the prisoners. So ignorance of the matter in hand has come to be held an absolute prerequisite when any one is to be sacrificed to the exigencies of this toast. "I really do not see why this should be so. It is useless for husbands to attempt to keep this thin veneering of a semblance of authority. The symbols of government they still retain deceive nobody. They may comfort themtovi themselves with the assurance of Eome vnpue. invisible supremacy, like that of the spiritual mikado or the tmnd llama, but the true tycoon Is the viiO. A witty aud profound observer the otter daj' said, 'Every husband doubtless knows be is master in his own house, Lr.t he also knows his neighbor's wife is master in hers. Laughter and cheers. "Why should not you. husbands of America, admit this great truth and give up the barren scepter? Things would go much easier if you ceased the struggle to keep up appearances. TAe, ladies, will not be. hard .on xou.

They will' recognize 'tie fact that, after all. you are their fellow creatures, and

I you can be very useiui to tnem m 1 many little ways. They will doubtless allow you to pay their bills, take care I of their children and carry their votes to the ballot box just as you do now. "You had better come down gracefully, and, above all, let no feeling of discovered inferiority betray you into evil speaking of the domestic powers. There have been recent instances of distinguished gentlemen, no doubt instigated by rebellious husbands, who have recklessly accused these guard ian angels of your fireside of being extravagant and frivolous. These things are never uttered with impunity. I would not iasure the life of one who libels the ladies for less than cent per cent., "Discite justitium moniti et non temnere Divas, which, as you may not understand the backwoods pronunciation of the classic warning, I will translate with a freedom befitting the day we celebrate: "Now, all you happy husbands, Beware the rebel's fate! Live in obedience all your lives. Give up your latchkeys to your wives And never stay out late." Laughter and cheers. From Johni Bigelow's "Retrospections of an Active Life" in Metropolitan Magazine. The Alternative. Constituent Say, Bill, the salary that goes with my job isn't half enough to live on. Can't you use your influence to have it raised a little? AldermanI'm afraid not. Jake. But I'll do better than that. Ill use my influence to have a cheaper man appointed to the place. Chicago Tribune. A Quick Thinker. Dittersdorf Here come two evil looking rascals. I shouldn't wonder if we were held up. Heinz I'm afraid so. By the bye, here's that dollar you lent me this morning. Meggendorfer Blatter. MRS. HARRIMAN HAS OPENED HER OFFICES Mrs. E. H. Harriman, widow of the financier, wno nas taken offices m a Fifth Avenue building where she will aid in the control of her millions. It is her intention to devote four days a week to this work and spend th balance at home. She will come from Arden, her home, to New York, reach ing the city about 11 o'clock. Two hours and a half will be spent in her offices, then an hour for luncheon and two more hours will complete the bus

iness day.

KING JAMES AND JOAN BEAUFORT

An 11-year-old Scotch boy was captured in 1405 by English officials as he was on his way to France to be educated. The boy was James, only living son of King Robert III. of Scotland. England and Scotland were forever quarreling with each other. So the capture of the latter country's little crown prince was looked on as a master stroke of diplomacy. Robert III. died the next year, after trying in vain to persuade the English king to set his son free. The lad at 12 became James I. of Scotland, and remained IS years longer as a prisoner in England. The English treated the boy kindly. The best tutors were provided for him. He was also taught the warlike accomplishments without which no thirteenth century youth's education was complete. The prisoner king as he grew to manhood won fame as an athlete and as a poet. Once as he stood looking down from the window of his castle prison he saw a tall, beau tiful girl wandering among the roses and lilies in A Royal Lover. the garden below. At first sight the lonely man was attracted by her loveliness, and he became henceforth her devoted slave. So eloquently did he plead his suit that the maiden soon returned his love. She was Lady Joan Beaufort, daugh ter of the earl of Somerset and kins woman to the English King Henry IV. In her honor James wrote a poem entitued "Ye Kingis Quhair" ("The King's Booklet"), and he consecrated his life to her service. Now a match between these two was just what Eng land most desired. It would form a bond between the two rival countries and would, perhaps, make English in fluence strong in Scotland. So James and Joan were permitted to marry Their wedding was celebrated in Feb ruary, 1424. Then England allowed the Scotch to ransom their captive king for $200,000, and the young cou ple, rejoicing in their freedom, jour neyed north to reign over Scotland. Their descendant, James VI. of Scot land, was destined to become James I of England, and thus unite the two kingdoms. The newly released monarch found his kingdom in a terrible condition. The country was ruder and more lawless than England. It was overrun with corrupt politics. The powerful nobles oppressed the poor and took to themselves almost royal privileges. Laws were ill-enforced. Everywhere the hand of a master was urgently needed. James had a tremendously difficult task before him. Those who looked on him only as a dreamy, lovesick poet thought he would be content to let matters rest as they were. But they were mistaken. With an 1 iron hand he subdued the haughty nobles, crushed misrule, put traitors to death, made wise laws and in countless ways built up the country and reformed its government. For twelve years he and Joan reigned. Under their rule the land prospered. But the nobles hated the king who had deprived them of their power. A number of these noblemen at last conspired against him. The leader of the conspiracy was Sir Robert Graham. With a band of assassins Graham planned to seize and murder the king at the first safe opportunity. James and Joan with their children and a small party of attendants rode to Perth to spend Christmas at the monastery there. On the road thither a wild-eyed old Highland woman who had the name of being a prophetess threw herself in front of the king and implored him to turn back, declaring that he rode to his death. James, against his wife's advice, paid no heed to the strange warning. Late that night Graham and his accomplices. wnn avv tiignrana clansmen, sur rounded the monastery and broke down its doors. There was a cellar under James' bedchamber. In this vault the king and Joan were thrust by their faithful servants. The bar on his bedchamber A Fight for Life. door had been stolen. So Cath erine Douglas, one of Joan's maids of honor, passed her arm through the iron loop's that had held the bars. She heroically kept her arm there until it was broken by the pressure of the assassins' shoulders from the ' outside. Then Graham and his men burst into the room. They found the trapdoor leading to the vault and sprang upon the doomed monarch. Joan threw herself between her husband and his foes and was wounded by a sword thrust The king fought gallantly and slew two of his assailants before he was overcome and murdered. Joan amply avenged his death. She had the country scoured for the assassins, and as each was caught and put to death by horrible torture she whispered the captured man's name in the oar of her dead husband. The last seized was the leader. Sir Robert Graham. This came Joan did not whisper, but shouted it in triumph over James' coffin. World's Largest Coral Reef. The largest coral reef in the world Is to be found at the northern part of Australia. It is 1,000 miles long and 30 miles in width. Englishmen on Canadian Farms. In the last 10 years 325,000 persons have emigrated from England to the farms of Canada. ZEPPELIN VERY ILL (American News Service) Berlin, Dec. 11. The condition of Count Zeppelin, he aviator, was today reported to be serious. He is in a Stuttgart hospital where an operation for an abscess on the neck was recently performed.

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Indiana's Jail System is Roasted Amos Butler, Secretary of the Board of State Charities, Says It Is the State's Greatest Reproach.

Indianapolis, Dec. 11. "Our jail sys- j tem is our greatest reproach," declares A. W. Butler, secretary of the board of state charities, in his annual report, which is now being prepared. "Primarily jails were intended for the detention of prisoners until- trial, and while still used for this purpose, they have also become prisoners for the confinement of convicted offenders. Within them are found the insane, the feeble-minded, the epileptic, and every class of persons that some one thinks needs seclusion. "Never until the state provides work houses where convicted offend ers, now lying idle in our jails may be employed in useful and productive industry and the jails are used solely as places of detention, will conditions be as they should be. One who visits the workhouse for women, a department of the women's prison, in IndiaWIFE OF THE PREMIER OF CANADA VERY ILL Lady Laurier, wife of the premier of Canada. Her illness prevented her attendance at the first of four receptions planned by herself and the wives of the cabinet ministers to be given in the house of commons. Lady Lauriers continued 111 health has prevented her from attending evening affairs for some tim.

napolis, will learn what a great improvement this is over the former plan of keeping women prisoners in idleness and amid vicious surroundings in local jails. All the counties

avail themselves of this opportunity of caring for convicted women." Better Era Dawning. Under the recently enacted law giv ing the judges of the circuit courts and the board of state charities more power in bettering conditions in county jails. Mr. Butler believes that a better era is dawning for the unfortunates who are taken to jail. He believes better buildings will result .and that In all cases sanitary and proper moral conditions can be provided. Under the law, the state board can complain to the judge, and it becomes the duty of the judge to remedy conditions, ormerly the board had no power further than to make recommendations to the board of county commissioners. According to reports filed with the board by sheriffs of the county there were 1.129 prisoners in' the jails of the county on September 30, a reduction of 146 from the number in jail, on the corresponding date last year. Of these, 363 were awaiting trial. 700 were serving sentences, 3 were tramps, 54 were insane and 9 were held for miscellaneous reasons. Sixty: nine per cent, of the number were reported from the jails in Ft Wayne, Muncie, South Bend. Richmond. Indianapolis. Jeffersonville, New Albany, Evansville, Vincennes and Terre Haute. HELO FOR ASSAULT Matt Taylor and Elmer Polk, both colored, became engaged in an altercation over a pool game In the colored pool room between Third and Fourth on Main street, last evening, which resulted In Taylor taking a rap at Polk, a la Jack Johnson. Taylor was arrested on a charge of assault and battery and will probably be arraigned Monday afternoon in the city court. The police are still looking for Polk. Tho Proof Later. Myrtle-Papa doesn't favor your caning here at all. George. George Why. that can't be: Yoar father gave me a clgtr a moment since as 1 came in the door. Myrtle All right: jnst wait till yon smoke it! Lipplncotra. Small axes fefl great Plover b.

MURDER IS CHARCED

Miss Virginia Wardlaw Said To Have Murdered Her Niece. BATH TUB MYSTERY CASE (American New Service) New York, Dec. 11.—Miss Virginia O. Wardlaw, the southern school teacher accused of murdering her niece Miss Ocey W. M. Snead, the "bath tub mystery" victim was this afternoon held for the grand jury in East Orange. N. J. She was denied bail. The testimony before Recorder Nott when she was arraigned, showed that she had said Mrs. Snead would live but a short time and that she expected a big sum of money soon. Recorder Nott called attention particularly to the fact that Miss Wardlaw traveled with her niece from New York to East Orange. Just what effect the insurance might have in the case, the recorder said be could not figure, yet it was an admitted fact that the policies to the amount of about $24,000 had been obtained in favor of Ocey Snead and that the beneficiary to these policies was the mother of the defendant. It was pointed out that the beneficiary was a woman of 87 years of age and could not be expected to live long and that, therefore, the defendant might have expected to benefit thereby. Error of the Typos. The editor wrote that the address was "notable," but the printer spaced it wrong and it read "not able." Kansas City Star. Diner (disgustedly) See bare! Everything on this table la atone eoM. Waiter Try the pepper and tabasco, air. Boston Transcript. Ever Try a Want Ad in the . Palladium? I It Pays x