Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 106, 21 February 1910 — Page 3

THE RICH3IOXD PALLADIUM AND STJK TELEGRA3I, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910.

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EIIDEO HIS LIFE

AS BELLS 'Wearer My God to Thee" Ends Last Letter of Soldier of Fortune. f' FIRES BULLET INTO HEAD HE LEAVES A LETTER IN WHICH HE BLAMES AN OFFICIAL OF A MANUFACTURING CONCERN FOR HIS DEED. New York. Feb. 21. "I am simply up against It, and am going to kill myself," wrote Samuel J. Butcher of Denver, a soldier of fortune, in his little room just around the corner from the Metropolitan tower, In which the chimes were playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," at 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Just as his body was being carried from the place a messenger arrived with a note offering him a position at a salary in excess of any he had every received. "A man living to be fifty-six, who finds himself among strangers, a stranger among strangers, has three resources stealing, begging or the next best thing. I have taken my choice," wrote Butcher and then, the chimes interrupted the writer. Iron Tongue Plays His Requiem. As the bells ceased striking the hour and then played the hymn. Uutcher resumed: "The Metropolitan clock is just toll ing out the Iron tongue of time to that tune of 'Nearer, My God, to Thee.' Not the midnight hour, but my last here on this earth. Of those I have wronged I beg forgiveness; to those who have wronged me, not a feeling on earth against them. 1 have outlived my usefulness. To younger men: Don't spend your money. Save it until you are old enough to enjoy life. To my friends (I have many), remember me as you knew me during life." Leaving this letter, with two oth ers, where they would be seen, Butcher left his room. Shortly afterward William A. Miles, who has a room on the same floor, heard a muffled pistol report and found Butcher In a bathloom, blood flowing from a bullet wound in the right temple. He died without regaining consciousness. Blames Easterner as Cause of Act. Butcher had registered at the Hotel Raymond, 42 East Twenty-Eighth street, from Denver last August and sought to float an Invention he hoped would make him rich. He was worried by hills and delay in the deliv ery of patterns made by the American Silver Company and Bristol BrassCompany of Bristol, Conn. Butcher left a letter addressed to "The Press," whoso jumbled sentences indicate his mental agitation. In this letter he wrote: "An official of the American Silver company is as much to blame as if he pulled the trigger. On August 2, 1900, I submitted a device to him to be made. He gave me a price. I gave the order and the cash in full payment. After two months not a sample. His first promise was to deliver the goods in two weeks. On No vember 23 I explained fully to him my situation, that I was here a stranger among strangers; that his delay had caused my Denver associates to with draw; that I was stranded, and asked him if he did not feel justified in re funding some of the money I had giv en him to bridge me over; that all the sales' were to be remitted to him No, he had the money and would keep it. "He made me the best promise, though, and with tears in his eyes said he would get me a shipment immediately. About two months later he did ship me ten machines, but they would not pass Inspection. "No doubt I will be missed as little ns any other one person. Outside of my sister and my boy there is not a soul on earth to drop a tear or to give a sigh. My last thought Is of them May they always be happy." Held by Etiquette. When Dom Pedro, then emperor ot Brazil, was entertained at the White House he had been told by a confused senator that It would be expected that he, the emperor, should be the last of the guests to depart. The president's wife, however, in formed her other guests that they would be expected to follow, not pre cede, the royal party in leaving the house. The result was that no one dared to go for fear of a breach of etiquette, but at 3 o'clock In the morning a tired woman pretended illness, and the dead lock was broken. Great Is etiquette, but common sense is sometimes allowable. Suffered Seven Years AniT mf Rkmmnlliiii Ov Rknna. mtf l.eo II. Kth(Mraatm It. Buffalo. July 19. 1909: "For seven years before taking- Rheuma I suffered Brreatly with Rheumatism in my hip. end at niRht was scarcely able to lie flown to sleep. Jess than one bottle ft Rheuma cured me. and I believe this Is the best remedy known for Kliemita I ism." Mrs. Alice A. lirown, 39 Kane Street. Kheuma will drive the uric acid from rour system: will renovate the kidneys end put new energy into them. Already the news or the cures Itheuma has made has spread the coun try over and ltheumauo victims in Jilchinond. Ind., will appreciate the en terprise of Leo If. Kihe In securing: Bueh a truly preat prescription. Kheuma relieves Kneumattsm so quickly that it jcains the confidence of Hie patient Ip a few days. Ieo H. Fine thinks so well of it that he sells it on Uie no-cur; no-pay plan, and on that basis every rheumatic sufferer in Tti.-ii-piond. Ind.. might to ask for TtUeuina. The pri is only 50c a bottle. Mail prders filled by Rheum Co., 1000 West Ave.. Buffalo. N. V.

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Brothers Byrne

1 w i At Local Theaters At the Murray. The headliner this week is the sen sational one act play, "The Light," which is presented by Fred Laurence and Co. Chapman Sisters, artistic singers and dancers, introducing Ray mond Thomas, the most talented col ored boy in vaudeville today; the Clayson Family quartet, considered one of America's foremost musical ag gregation, introducing Miss Nellie Clayson, the world's greatest Euphonium soloist; the La Croixs, European Novelty Gymnasts make a program which is sure to please all who desire the best in vaudeville and this bill is made up of artists in their respective lines. The motion pictures are also included in this excellent bill for the patrons of Richmond's popular playhouse. "Golden Girl." The company Is headed by the well known vaudeville star, Willard Curtiss, who is known far and wide for his clever delineations of the college boy type, and in his character of Jefferson Carter, a "yearling cadet," at West Point, he has ample scope to display his ability as a comedian. In securing the services of Miss Marie Flynn. for the principal female role, "Dixie Columbia Curtis," the management found an ideal actress well fitted for a difficult part that runs the entire gamut of acting, from light comedy to heavy dramatic situations. Miss Flynn's many roles with leading stock organizations brings such a role well within her reach and as "The Golden Girl," has achieved one of the hits of her career. The balance of the cast contains in its personnel such well known names as Franklin Farnum. Jos. Neimyer, Chas. Horn, Mima Davis, Lew Fuller and Montrose McCoy. The chorus numbers fifty and is said to contain the usual number of beauties for which the Singer shows are famous. Eight Bells. Unlike most theatrical productions once seen, "Eight Bells," has the effect of creating a desire in the spectator to witness the 'performance again and again. "Eight Bells" will be presented at the Gennett tomorrow with a special matinee. "Eight Bells" is different from any other stage performance. It contains comedy and pantomime, with any amount of mechanical effects, the latter being remarkable for the genius displayed in their arrangement. The piece was written by John Byrne, the eldest of the famous brothers Byrne, acrobats and pantomimists. It is unnecessary to detail the story. The plot is sufficient to retain interest in the play and the Byrnes with their umerous specialties, acrobatic and oth erwise, do the rest. The comedy part of the piece which is in reality a spec tacle evokes continuous laughter. The mishaps of the school master and the varied unpleasant experiences of Daniel McGozzle, create an amount of merriment seldom seen. In the first act the Brothers Byrne are given an opportunity to display their agility and amuse the audience by their funny and clever pantomime work. In this act a carriage, which seems to becomposed entirely of doors and wires is introduced and the athletes give an exhibition of acrobatic work in and about the vehicle that is difficult to excel. The revolving ship in the second act is undoubtedly the most wonderful piece of mechanism ever staged. The vessel filled with passengers turns completely over and over in the water and is finally wrecked in the storm. Samuel Johnson and the Sauce. "Long ago." writes a correspondent of the London Spectator, "I had an elderly acquaintance who told me that she had formerly kuowu an aged lady who In her youth had met Samuel Johnson af dinner. The matriarch so to call her being asked whether she remembered any sayings or doings of the great ,man, unwillingly admitted that the only action of his which she could recall was that he took up a sauce tureen of melted butter and complacently poured its contents down bis throat.-

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START A CAMPAIGN To Tack on Postal Bank Bill a Clause Favorable to the Farmers. TO PETITION CONGRESS Spokane, Wash., Feb. 21. "Since we cannot raise cheap food on dear mon ey, we have launched a campaign to force an amendment to the postal savings bank bill so that money may be loaned direct to farmers on land se curity at 3 per cent. The plan of lending it to banks at 2;)i per cent means lO per cent money for farmers." L. C. Crow, chairman of the execu tive committee of the Farmers' Industrial and Co-Operative Union, which has more than 20,00 members in tne Spokame country, gave out the foregoing in an interview after dispatch ing telepgrams to the Northwestern delegation in congress urging an amendment to the measure. He ad ded: "Our demand is merely that the farmers and producers be given a square deal by the government. This will afford them the opportunity of making their farms attractive and profitable. One of the chief things necessary to make the farm a source of profit is cheap money for the use of the farmer. No man can run a farm at a profit and pay 30 per cent for money. Prevailing rates of interest paid by the farmer would bankrupt any other class of business and these will eventually bankrupt the farmer. even in this wonderful country of almost unlimited undeveloped resourc es. "One of the principal reforms we hope to bring about by the use of cheaper money is to solve the tenant problem. Tenant farming means thriftless methods, soil exhaustion and the waste of natural and human energy and resources. The farm must be made sufficiently attractive that its owner will remain on it and farm it for himself. Ownership farming means permanent industry, increasing fertility and thrift and general prosperity." THE PLANET VENUS. Night Eternal Reigns Over One-half of Her Globe. To have the same hemisphere exposed evrrlastingly to sunlight while the othey is in perpetuity turned away must cause a state of things of which we can form but faint conception from what we know on earth. Baked for aeons without letup and still baking, the sunward face must if unshielded be a Tophet surpassing our powers adequately to portray. And unshielded It must be, as we shall presently see. Reversely the other must be a hyperborean expanse to which our polar regions are temperate abodes for upon one whole hemisphere of Venus the sun never shines, never so much as peeps above the star studded horizon. Night eternal reigns i over half of her globe. The thought would appall the most Intrepid of oir arctic explorers and prevent at lest everybody from going to the pole, or, rather, what here replaces it, "through the dark continent." Tt exemplifies the eventual effects of a force in astronomical mechanics the Importance of which is only beginning to be appreciated, tidal friction. It has brought Venus as a world to the deathly pass we have contemplated together. Starting merely as a brake upon her rotation. It has ended by destroying all those physical conditions which enable our own world to be what It is. Night and day. summer and winter, heat and cold, are vital vicissitudes unknown now upon our sister orb. There nothing changes while the centuries pass. An eternity of deadly deathlessness is Venus' statuesque lot. Dr. Percival Lowell in Popular Science. Spanish Politeneae. In Spain no one enters or leaves a railway carriage without bowing politely to the occupants, and the person who outers a shop aud asks for what he wants without first greeting the shopkeeper is considered very ill mannered.

DOOM OF TAMMANY fHHEDJ CHIEFS Leaders of Organization Have Been Deserted by Constituents. - -y

SORRY SIGHTS AT WIGWAM MURPHY'S CLAIM OF A CORDIAL ENTENTE WITH MAYOR GAYNOR IS NOT BELIEVED LONESOME IS THE GANG. New York, Feb. 21. "And L this Tammany Hall? If it is really Tammany Hall, where is the Tammany Tiger? Many of my opponents say that I will be swallowed by the Tammany Tiger. You may be sure that if there is any swallowing done I will be on the outside." Mayor Gaynor in an address at Tammany Hall October 19, 1009. Political stock-taking in Tammany Hall, after two months of the adminis tration of Mayor Gaynor, reveals a condition in that historic organization that borders on a panic. What has been regarded as the most effective political machine in the countrv is now face to face with a situation it has not known before. The district clubhouses are for the most part deserted. Many of the braves have stopped paying dues, some because they have lost their political positions and cannot afford it, and others, in office, because they can see no benefit to themselves in contributing. A Lonesome Lot. The district leaders, who ordinarily after the election of a democratic mayor would sit in state and send for those they wished to punish or reward, now sit all but alone in the deserted headquarters. The few who keep them company are there in gratitude for benefits received rather than in hope of favors to come. Mayor Gaynor has three years and ten months more to serve. No Tammany man cares to predict what the condition of the organization will be at the expiration of his administration. In some districts there is talk of closing headquarters for a time, or of getting cheaper rooms. The workers know that it is going to be harder than ever to sell tickets for chowder parties and district outings, and it is not unlikely that some of these functions will be abandoned this summer. Loss of Patronage. Any district leader will admit that Tammany Hall, as an organization, would be better off if Mayor Gaynor had been defeated. Then the loss of patronage, which means not alone the distribution of places', but influence with the administrative departments as well, would be attributed to the fortunes of war. It is hard work to make the Tammany workers understand why, with the election of the man they worked for, cheered for and fought for, the district leader cannot prevent polite interference with a corner saloon, obtain favors in the fire department and keep laborers on the pay roll in the park department. The district leaders are passing this responsibility on to Charles F. Murphy. They had hoped when Mr. Murphy began his visits to the city hall that results would come, and they are waiting still. Mr. Murphy has informed the district leaders that he has a "perfect understanding" with the mayor. He has asked tliem to submit the names of persons for whom they want places, and to have the lists ready by March 1. He will get the lists, but the Tammany men do not believe that the leader will "deliver the goods." THE WRECK MASTER. He Does Some Tall Hustling When the Line Is Blocked. When a wreck blocks the line the wreck master is the biggest man on the railroad. Even the president, if by unhappy chance he happens to be there, steps aside and keeps silent after the wreck traiu halts with a jerk of grinding brakes aud hissing air before the indescribable confusion of shattered wood and twisted steel which clutter the tracks. The wreck master's feet are on the ground before the shrieking wheels have ceased turning. There follow at bis heels a half score of men, all experts, but of less degree than their leader. lie shouts an order that seems as unintelligible as a drill master's command, then another and another. There is instant action. At one end of the train a locomotive begins to creep cautiously away with the coaches that have stayed on the rails. An express car up toward the forward end of the passenger train is tilted tremblingly on its trucks. It is loaded with ba!s of silk perhaps or with other costly merchandise. The wreckers do not stop to inquire. To them It is simply an obstruction that has to be removed immediately. There is a heaving chorus, and it plunges down the embankment. A hundred yards away a loaded freight car in the opposite train is hanging over the edge. Fifty crowbars give it a tip that sends It down to the foot of the hill. As It lands there is a crash of discordant, tortured strings, an inharmonious outburst as though half a hundred cats had landed simultaneously oa half a hundred keyboards. "Pianos." remarks one of the panting workmen to another standing at his shoulder. They do not pause even to grin. An instant later they are heaving away at something else. Thaddeus S. Dayton In Harper's Weekly. Meat Eaters. Among the peoples of the earth, except those of Australiasia, Americans are the most liberal meat eaters.

Business Review of The Past Week by Henry Clews

The improvement looked for in our previous advices made itself apparent even more promptly than expected. In place of the extreme pessimism and j uneasiness which has existed for several weeks, a more hopeful and confident feeling developed. Stocks are resting on a level below the normal in view of existing conditions and now find firmer support than previously. In consequence the bear interest curtailed their operations, and more or lest? good buying ensued. The uneasiness attending the political situation appears to have about run its course; especially since the discovery that no funds have been provided to carry out the publicity feature of the Corporation tax. It is now recognized that most of the reforms for which President Taft stands cannot work injury in the long run. His attitude regard ing reasoiiauie puDiiciiy lor large corporations is souud, and should be sup-1 ported. There is no more reason whv the great industrial corporations! should not give certain details regard-' ing their affairs than the railroads. Publicity regarding their affairs is one j of the chief safeguards against abuse j of the great (lowers which they possess. J Remove the mystery concerning these! la rep nr(rnni7atuinc c vwl ii-iii.-h ..f , I... J- v vbuu.uuw..'..u a.va a. ...v.. V ' . Ill public distrust of them would immediately vanish. Publicity, by promoting the confidence of investors and disarming popular clamor, would do mor? toward conserving the legitimate in terests of stockholders than any other single act. Publicity, however, is only one of other reforms necessary in the management of our great corporations, and it is folly to assume that carrying the mout is going to work any injury to the stock market. It is quite probable that the introduction of reforms may interfere with the plans of certain individuals, causing temporary unsettlement of values: but in the long run it is going to be highly beneficial to have our great business institutions conducted upon lines that are unquestionable, whether from thoj ethical, leeal or the economic stand - point. For this reason it is hardly prudent to anticipate any serious disaster from the forthcoming decisions of the Supreme Court. There is no doubt but that the men who form that august body are better exponents of the law and better judges of public welfare than the managers of some of our large industrial corporations, who have often exploited their newly gaind powers for purely selfish ends. The ountry and investors generally will profit if such operations are made increasingly difficult. There is still some fear regarding the forthcoming decisions of the Supreme Court on the Tobacco. Standard Oil and Union Pacific cases: but it would create no surprise if. even should these be unfavorable, their effect will have been more than discounted. In each instance these organizations will continue to perform thetr functions as before, to the benefit of capital and labor alike, and whatever disturbance may occur owing to disruption of organiaztion, it will be purely temporary. The monetary outlook is assuring. Funds are abundant and comparatively easy rates of interest are practically assured for several months to come. It must be remembered also that money is now more efficient and will go further than three months ago because of the heavy shrinkage in values. General business has shown a slight slackening down in activity, the recent decline in the stock market having induced a much more conservative feeling in business circles something very desirable in view of the ultraoptimism with which the new year opened. In all probability with the approach of spring there will be a decided quickening in all departments of commercial and industrial activity. The winter has been somewhat severe, naturally interfering with many lines of business. Two other factors whic'i have induced conservatism have been the high prices of merchandise and fears of labor troubles. Retailers are AFTER SUFFERING ONEiEAR Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetableCompound Milwaukee, Wis. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made me a well woman, and I would like to tell the whole world of it. I suffered fromfemale trouble and fearful pains in my back. I had the best doctors and they all decided that I had a tumor in addition to my female trouble, and adrised an operation. Lydia . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman and I hare no more backache. I hope I can help others by telling them what Lydia E.Iinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me," Mrs. EmxaIxse, 833 First St, Milwaukee, Wis. The above is only one of the thousands of grateful letters which are constantly being received by the Piukham Medicine Company of Lynn, Mas3.,whkh prove beyond a doubt that Lydia K. PiukhaniVVegetable Compound, made from root and herbs, actually does cur these obstinate diseases of wouu-u after all other iiu-ans Lave failed, and that every such suferiug woman owes it to herself to at least give Lydia . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial before submitting to an operation, or giving up hope of recovery. Mrs. Pinkharn, of Lynn, Mas invites all M"ck women to writ ber for advice. She has guided thotasands to health and her advice- is free.

showing a natural disposition not to stock up with high priced goods and are conducting their operations m a

hand-to mouth policy With the prospects of demands for higher wages, contractors and others are indisposed to enter future engagements. These are problems, however, which should partially settle themselves in time. In some cases labor has been satisfied with moderate advances, thus avoiding the possibilities of serious fric tion Tho miestirtn of hieh men-han- ' lHu."ri... t,.,wr i- Kt.ii vevet j VllV . lit kl (I II UU 1 I - I erate recession in merchandise allies. , "Bradstrcet's" figures showing a drop; of IT per cent, due partly to the pop ular agitation against high costs of food and nartlv to the break in cotton. ' Th lni. .w)v f.r ,-w.nt hiph ! " , . . I prices is a eeneial increase of urodiic-' tion. especially of food products and I .1 main lai, hi n nil li llic , ' . ....'........" generally are moueraie, u uoi actual-: ly deficient. This country is preeminently in need of a great increase in agricultural products. Our farmers do not begin to turn out the product per acre that is done in Europe. In many cases their product could be doubled niton the itiesent area bv bet-1 ter and more scientific svstems ot agri-1 ! Cllitll le. This is the onlv solution fori j the present problem of cheaper find. j In all probability it will solve itself by natural means. The great profits i which farmers are now making will immensely stimulate agricultural activity. lHiubtless it will attract to the agricultural classes a higher order of intelligence and result in the one necessary thing of increasing the product per acre. Ky this mettuHl the farmer will not only maintain his present profits, but will at the same time considerably enlarge them; meanwhile giving the consumer the benefit of a larger and cheaier supply of food. Should the weather prove favorable during the coming season, there is every reason to look for a large harvest: the one thing above everything whi(h the "mntry needs to main1 ta,n the present course ol prosperity . ScotcH Tl-rift. The city council of Auckland placed a pri;'e on the head of every rat in the city, and a grocer's Ikv Itecnuie a pel feet NInircd ant! slew :itut thirty. Al the risk of contracting the plague ht carried his t'ead a Ion?, obtained the scal; money ai:d ranie kick jubilant to his master and told him how much hr had made. The nasler cast upon him an eye of Aberdeen pray aud then remarked quietly. "Wcel. weel. ye"ll just pay the money to our cashier, for ye ken the rats is mine, not yours.' Syd ney Bulletin. Not a'V Hilli Trust The Origins! end GanulM flLTED niLCI Tht Food-drink for All Agos. At restaurants, hotels and fountaba, Delicious, invigorating and sustaining. Keep it on your sideboard at home. Don't travel without it A quick lunch prepared in a minute. Takeno substitute. Ask for HORUCK'S Others are imitations.

AT CONKEY'S

"The Place You Get" the Most Chango Rack." We have every drug carried in ordinary drug stores and hundreds of drugs the ordinary druggist never had a call for. Ordr anything you want. You will get what you ask for, it will be of the highest quality and you will save soiuething on the cost. CONKEY DRUG CO, Ninth and Main Sts. if It s Filled at Conkey s, It s Right."

I 1 To Make You Warm

HIS SECOND SEBMOII

On Founding of Catholic Church Delivered by the Rev. Weiland. REV. PALMAGE IS COMING That the Catholic ihurch was found- ! eil by Christ aud St. Peter appoint- ! ed as the head of the church, mas the thought brought out csterday morn in a forcible manner by the Urv. M. Weiland. assistant priest at th Andrew's ihtinh. in the second of II. St. a : interesting sermons on the foundation of the Catholic church, sjveaker said that Iious X. the i The PrCSCIlt poio of the Catholic church. was a direct successor to Peter to gov . .. . . ern the church tnrlst eMaiuisneti. The sermon, which was of a cry uplifting character, was received with . . . rapt attention and was much appre ciated by the large congregation. The Uev. 1. P. Pal mage of Brooklyn. X. Y.. will conduct retreat wrvices at the St. Andrew's church, beginning Wednesday- evening, at ":: o'clock, and ending Sunday evening. s , for the young people of the church. The Rev. Mr. Palniage 1 oue ol the best known priests of the country. Th -retreat is a form of Catholicism dealing with a discussion of the Ten Commandments and other features of the Ilible. The regular congregational service will be held this week on Tuesday evening at "-! o'clock Instead of Wednesday and Friday evenings, as is customary during the I .cute n period. Nothing so cheap for a good, wholesome, hearty breakfast, as Mrs. Austin's pancake flour. At all grocers. New Murray Approved Vaudeville. WEEK OF FEB. 21ST Special Feature, Sensational One Act Play THE LIGHT 5 Other Exclusive FeaturesMatinee, 2:30. any seat. 10c Evening performances. 7:45 and 9:00- Prices, 10, 15 and 20c. Loge seats, 25c GEN NETT TOMORROW Washington's Birthday Matinee and Night tmmrTTT iTtfrri rm ire i Prices: Matinee, Children 23c; adults 50c. Evening 2S. 50. 7Sc and 01.00 It's Wasting Good Mocty to pay more for plumbing work than what is fair and equitable, and our prices are always satisfactory for good and exiert work. When you need work on new buildings we ran undertake the largest contract and carry out its specifications in a scientific manner that is above criticism. CHAS. JOHANNING'S 1036 Main Phone 2111 K A IT OKI

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