Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 51, 30 December 1910 — Page 8

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THE RICH3IOND PALLADIUM AXD SUX-TELEGRAM. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1910.

AFFAIRS OF CITY DURING THE YEAR WELL CONTROLLED

Economy Was the Watchword of the Administration and Good Financial Standing Again Assured. (Continued from rage On.) the matters wero adjusted satisfactory lly to both the board and the portions complaining. . Only One Loan Made. "At the beginning of the year it was Decennary for the council to borrow the sum of $10,000 at a temporary loan. However, the loan wui of short duration and by the first of May bad been paid off. It waa absolutely nereaaary to mako it at the time aa the city was entirely out of funds. There was coal to buy and aeveral large bllla to be met. From that time no money baa been borrowed by the city during the entire year which la a record I believe the present Republican administration can be Justly proud of. "No money has been spent unnecessarily during the year. There will be a great many thlnga in the way of Improvement that Is almost necessary which cannot be done in 1911, but by the end of the term of the administration I think we shall have things In an excellent condition. "The policy of the administration has been to borrow as little money as possible and this policy has been lived up to well. An attempt has been made to spend all city moneys In a Judicious way, and this has been done, I think." CLEMENCY ASKED BY TRUST HEADS Appear in Department of Justice, Hoping to Dodge Jail Sentences. 'American News Service) Washington, Dec. 30. Indicted members of the Bath Tub Trust are seeking to escape jail sentences by pleading for clemency at the department of justice. A conference was held at the department today over the matter. Prank H. Watson, district attorney at Detroit, where the Indictments were found, and Edwin T. Grotvenor, special assistant to tho attorney general, who conducted the civil suits, represented the government. Lawyers for some of the indicted members of the trust have advised their clients to plead nolo contendeere In the hope that fines and not jail sentences will be imposed. Thirty-seven defendants and fourteen corporations have been indicted and the attorney general has ordered criminal proceedings expedited. Members of tho Bath - Tub Trust are trying to have duplicated the findings In "the Plato Glass; Trust case, whoso officers were not sentenced to Jail. They entered pleas of guilty, thereupon tho court at Pittsburg lined them. Thia excited the anger of Attorney General WIckersham and he criticised the courso of the court in scathing terms. Mrs. Aur.tl.os Puckwheat Flour gives the real genuine old time flavor. 4 Libraries In Out of the Way Places. . Whatever tho economist and sentimentalists may say as to tho advisability of women working outside of the home for very few have arisen who object to their drudgery Imdda of the home the fact remains patent that women trill work, and therefore those who have the ability - and ambition ought to be directed to the occupations that are most congenial. The change in our social problems and the Increasing scope of our country have opened vp all kinds of new fields for women, j For instance, growing la numbers faster than tho "little red schoolhouses' aro the many district libraries In the country parts here or In the inaccessible regions. These demand womeu workers often, women who will not only help organize libraries in comparatively Isolated districts, but who will start In operation circulating 11 braries In th very remote spots where books are a treat. In the larger towus and cities, too, there are numberless opportunities for women librarians. ot course to engage in such work it is accessary to bare bad specific training. There are lu this vicinity a number of library training schools, and their entrance, juall1catlona. vicinity, etc., can be discovered by application to any person elready officially connected with a library. There art 'great opportunities for women to ad- j .vance in this field, and the salaries art xair. m so4no esses quite muuincem ai salaries so theso dtyt. Way te Select Partners. . A clever way to ask the men to se7 ieet partners at sn eTenla party is to I pet each girl to brlr.jr tho earliest pic itnre of herself obtainable. The picturn arc numbered, the hostess bar ins a ll3 ' name opposite th number, so when the time comes for making revelations she can do it quickly and with certainty. Just before time for the cane or refreshments for which partners are necestary pass a basket or tray with the pictures turned fac dorrn; ask acb naon to draw oae and find the original

Diplomatic Arrivals at Capital

New diplomatic arrivals in Washington. Above is Donna Beatrice Cusanl Confaloniori, daughter of the new Italian ambassador and below is Marchesa Cusani Confaloniori, the new ambassadors wife. In the center is the dining room of the Italian embassy in Washington. The popularity of the new Italian ambassador and his family was mado evident by th welcome they recclv-i-d. Many social functions are being arranged in their honor and as his daughter recently made her debut in the Italian court, she will be quite an asset to this year's coming out parties. RESTING Everything Calm and Peaceful in Country. (Anuriian News Service) Washington. I. C. Dec. .50. The proceedings of tho convention which has been called to meet at Managua tomorrow to frame a now constitution for Nicaragua will bo followed with close attention by tho Department of State in WashinKton. I'pon the outcome of tlio convention will depend tho resumption of diplomatic relations between the I'nited States and Nicaragua, which were broken off as a result of the revolutionary disturb ances in trie t cntrai American iepurlic. The latest official advices fn in Nicaraguc are of a most favorable character. It is expected that a demw rHiii: cuui ii ui ion m u' jtuitu j .: . . . ...:n 1 i . i and that (Jen. Estrada will be elected President. HOLD SHORT COURSE At Williamsburg Middle of Next Month. The will In formers' short course which held at Williamsburg on Jan uary lrt and IT, for the benefit of the resilient s in that immediate vicinity, will be one of the biggest ever hold in the county according to indications. Chairman Y. K. Prown and Secretary William A. l.ewis are now working on the program and it probably will be ready for announcement next week. The course will include instruction in Itontestic Science ami Agriculture. Thollie Prnlcy, the county chairman is planning for tho .thor three institutes to be he'al in the couny during the winter, including the one at Williamsburg am! also those at Whitewater, Hagerstown and Abington. JAIL PRISONERS DEVOURED $3,101 w ayne county spent money witn at lavish hand for its guests at the coun-' ... iail in 19uv Act.ordinc to an annual I inftrt . h.ff M.,r.,,if), tti, tntal a - J aw'a. tilt. a, avuttu, itiv v v wua amount expended was $15. 101. which, however, is about the average annual cost of boarding prisoners at the jail. His quarterly reports to the court were: first quarter 1739.20; second quarter. tC21: third quarter. $M7; and fourth quarter. mi. That the human . though trained to distinguish colors, may. by want of use. forget how to inane sm h distinction, was proved b the experience of Dr. Hartley, a fellow of the Roval Society In Knclar.d In hU case it a. shown that o ! well as learned. an bt forgotten human s.cht. as

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A SIMPLE INAUGURAL Governor Dix to Take Office Quietly. His (American News Service) Albany, N. Y.. Dec. CO. True Demo cratic simplicity will mark the inauguration of John A. Dix ;:s Governor of the State of New ork. I lie inauguration usually occurs on New Year's Day, hut as the first day of the year falls on Sunday this year tac inauguration ceremonies w ill of course be deferred until Monday. In order, however that no question of regularity may be raised the new Governor will follow the example pet by Col. Roosevelt in lM and will take the oath of office in private in the Secretary of State's office tomorrow night or Sunday mornin.sr. On Monday the inauguration parade and the formal induction into office will take place. The parade, it is understood, will be confined to a few military organizations. Troop B of this city will escort the Governor. A public reception will be held after the conclusion cf the ceremonies at the Capito!. but there will be no inaugural ball. ARMY AVIATOR IS FATALLY INJURED (American N'ew-s Service) Paris, Dec. :;0. Lieut. DeCaumont, of the army aviation corps, was frightfully and fatally injured when his monoplane fell two hundred feet during an experimental fight this morning. His fiancee, to whom he woald have been married tomorrow, witnessed the accident. As shorr?r.s the capacity of some of the known pests to reprodue thou:se!ves may be cited the San Jose seale. A single female, which gives birth at one time to an average brood of 4X younsr and produces several such peneratlons in a season, is estimated to 1-e responsible as propenitoi of l.GtX.(0.2"0 females. In viow of such an outpouring of spawn as thin, it would not le surprising If ttc horticulturist lost heart notwiThst::r.d:rs the aids at hsnd in the share of i ;-.ra sltic bugs and srrayinc concoctions. Injustice. George White, though his name did not indicate his color, was convicted of stealing a chicken, and the unfeeling Judge sentenced him to pay a 8ie cf $10. "What!" r.eorge shouted reproachfully on hearing his sentence. ' What: Tea dellar for stealin that chivken: Why. I eouM 'a' bought :t smart er Ler. : 'or cents." Exchange.

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FAMOUS AGITATORS. ' . I "'; They Have Risen Up Wherever Tyranny Reigned. LEADERS OF ALL PROGRESS.

To the Men Who Were Net Afraid to Do What They Knew to Be Right the. World Owes Ail tho Advance It Has M:ce. The word "agitator" la a favorite one with corporation officials. In the corporate view it includes any one who h3 th- courage to fctaud up and express his convictions and opinions concerning abuses that exist iu the service. Rut this blind antagonism is not altogether confined to corporations. There are some people who are bitterly opisei to agitators and who. if they cou'.d only have their own way., would eternally silence them by process of law. and some of these people are good people, too, and call them selves Christiana, though how a real downright, bonest. conscientious Christian cau take such a position we utterly fail to understand. The agitator is to society what a stream of pure spring water is ro a pool stop the flow and the iool staguates, becomes covered wkb scum and throws off its deadly malaria on the surrounding air. It is the agitator that keeps society from stagnating and imparts life to the community in which he moves. The agitato holds an honored place in history in fact, the most honored. Moses was an agitator. He dared to stand out and agitate for better conditions for the children of Israel, and he had to flee from Egypt for his lifts because he protested against the bond age of his people. Elijah was an agitator w ho protested against the wickedness of A hah and a corrupt court, and he had to flee into the wilderness to escape the vengeance of the king. Jeremiah in his day was a notorious agitator. He was what the modern capitalistic apologist would call n calamity howler. And agitator could be placed opposite the name of nearly every old time prophet. Jesus Christ was the greatest of all agitators. Ha came propounding a doctrine that would literally turn the whole world right side up, aud he was houuded to the death and crucitied because be taught the doctrine of human brotherhood and the application of the Goldeu Rule. Paul was a mighty agitator, and he had for company the brotherhood of the apostles. Garrison was an agitator when he protested against human slavery, aud he was rotten egged and had many narrow escapes for his life. The reader of history is aware that wherever tyranny has reigned, wherever right has risen up to overthrow the wrong, the agitator has always first got iu his work. It is the agitator that always leads and swings aloft the baiauicr of the truth. The agitator Is the man who is not content with things as they are. but desires to im proe them. He is the man who be lieves in progress and longs for better thiurrs and higher ideals. It is no wonder that wrongdoers in high places, that corrupt corporations and unprincipled ioliticians. decry and misrepresent the agitator. They know what his work means, and if the people were wise denunciations from such a source shou'd be the best certificate of character. To the people who have such a holy and unreasonable dread of the agitator we might, remark that there is one country where there are no agitators, and that country is China. China is tho stagnant pool where all is calm rcjiose and where no turbulent life giving stream distr.rbs and agitates thy never changing surface. What China is Christendom would be but for the agitator who dares to speak out and protest against unjust condition. Thank God, reader, that you live in a land where the agitator is a possibility. Do not forget tlint agitation is an uufaiihig indication of life. Where there is no agitation tlwo i dth. . .ie tc;.ir:. The Skiiians are perhaps the most mixed people on earth. During the 3,000 years of its history Sicily has been occupied in turn by tho following peoples: Phoenicians. Greeks. Carthaginians, Romans. Goths, Vandals, Saraceus, Normans, Germans, Byzantines, Anjonans, Aragonese, Spanish. French and English fifteen nationalities and the present day Sicilians have the blood of them all in their reins. Australia is twenty -five times large as the United Kingdom. as Start the

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VETERAN FIGHTER Oil RETIRED LIST Brig. General Howe Lays Aside Sword After FortyFive Years' Service.

(American News Service) Washington, Dec. 20. Today, after a career of nearly 45 years of faithful and efficient service as an officer of the I'nited States army Brigadier General Walter Howe, for time rast commander of the department of Dakota, was placed on the retired list on. account of having reached the age limit of active service. The vacancy caused by his retirement in the list of brigadier generals is to be filled by the promotion of Col. Joseph W. Duncan of the Sixth Infantry. Gen. Howe is from Indiana, and was graduated from the I'nited States mil itary-academy in 1867. During his early service he participated in various campaigns against the Indians notably in 1868. under Generals Sher idan and Custer; in the Powder river campaign in 187, under Gen. Crook, when- be commanded a force of some 200 friendly Indians, and again in the Modoc war in 1878. From 1878 to 1898 he was employed in garrison duty with his regiment, except for some four years spent in duty as military instructor at the state college of Pennsylvania and at Cornell college at Mount Vernon, la. In 1S98 he was placed in charge of the artillery defenses of the Potomac and of the capital, and the next year was commissioned colonel of the 47th vol unteer infantry, and sent to the Philippines. He and his regiment participated in many engagements. Prior to taking command of the department of Dakota in the early part or this year Gen. Howe served as inspector gener al of the department of the east. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Herman F. Pardeick to Eliz. Pohl meyer, Nov. 21. 1910. $1,700. Lot 4 D. Burgess, add. Richmond. Eli Cook to Bertha M. Miller, Dec 22. 1910. $150. Lot 3. Knollenberg & Kempers add. Richmond. Geo. AV. Pitts to Jas. Brown, Ju'.y 9. 1910. $5,000. Pt. S. W. Ii sec. frc 26-17-14. Virginia Tate to Frank H. Puthoff Oct. 7. 1910. $1,000, Pt. lot 9. J Moores add. Richmond. WllheL-nina Tate. Ex. to Frank H Puthoff. Oct 13. 1910. $1,000. Pt. lot 9, J. Moores add. Richmond. Domestic Science, rteglnahl. dear." said the yotm wife, who vrns trying to do her own cookies, "this recipe 6ays 'first draw the fowl carefully. How do you draw a chicken?" "With a drawing knife, of course,' said the young husband, yawning. "Didn't the grocer send one along with the bird?" Exchange. Rockleea. Madge I hear that Charlie Is an aw ful spendthrift. Marjorie I should say he was. He's trying to make two wild oats grow where only one grew before. Fuck. The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow of speech. Confucius. Is The Stomach IMopcnsable f An operation for the removal of the stomach, in a Chicago hospital recently, promoted discussion anion? the surseona whether the stom ach could be removed and the patient be none the worse for it. Before the discussion had well died out, the patient had died. It demonstrated he could not live without his stomach. To keep the stomach in cood condition, and cure consti pation, indigestion, etc.. use the great herb laxa tive compound. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Druggists sell it at 50 cents and 11 a bottle. GLASSES FOR SHOP USE We make a specialty of fitting glasses for use in the shoos. See js before buying. HANER THE JEWELER. 810 Main St. F. H. EDMUNDS, Optometrist. RIcw Year

SOME OF THE GREAT DISASTERS OF MO

Avalanche. ' - . Wichlnetnn February Krldlio snow-slides; 150 uu w , m March 5 Roger's c"'v'" " ' ba; nearly 100 pertsnea. Collapse of Building June 13 Water tanK ieu "building Of Montreal tanaudi Herald: 3i killed. October 1 Dynamiting of Los An geles Timts building; to Kiwea. DrowningsOctober 2S Sew or jtaroor; sailors returning from shore leave to battle ihip New Hampshire. December 3 French floods; 40 killed. Earthquakes. May 5 Cartajo, Costa Ktca; i,wu or more periihed. Carnegie court of justice in ruins. December 18Salvador. Central Am erica, islaid sunk; 170 perish. Explosions. January 21 Pishkill Landing, N. .; 15 killed. May 8 Hull. Quebec, virite mill; 15 killed. May 17 Amtrican Sheet and Tin Plate mil; 35 killed. May 18 Pinir del Rio. Cuba, garri son powdr magazine; 50 killed. Fires. March 25 Ftrniture factory, Chicago, 16 girls remated. March 28 Milage of Mat Szaika, Hungary, over 300 lost. April 23 L;ke Charles, La.; 2,000 homeless August 12-24 Forest Ares, Washing ton and Idaho; several hundred perished. October 8 -Forest fires. Manitoba: about 5QD lost their lives. November 21 Factory, Newark, N. J. 24 perisked. December 21 Leather factory. Phila delphia; 27 killed. December 22 Morris & Co., Chicago; Marshal Horan and 24 others are killed. Floods. January 29 Crest of overflow of river Seine, Paris, France: nine square miles of city inundated: 250.000 homeless; property loss, $200,000, 000. Heat Prostrations. June 18-27 Chicago ;30 deaths. July 10-11 New York; 22 deaths. Hunting Accidents. November 30 Resume of casualties to date, 113 killed, 81 injured some fatally. Mine Accidents. January 31 Primero mone, Colorado; 79- killed. February 2-Palau mine, Esperanzas, Mexico 125 killed. March 3 TJ-eadwell mine, Alaska: 60 killed, i April 20 llulga mine, near Binning ham, Aja; 40 entombed. May 5 Pabs mine, near Birmingham Ala.; ofer 70 killed. May 19 Wellington mine, Manchester Englani; 137 killed. October 8-4-C. F. and I. Company's mine, Trinidad, Col.; 70 killed. November I Delagua mine, Colorado, 70 killed. December 9 Blue Bird mine, Bellevue Alberta, Canada; 50 to 100 killed. December 21 Bolton colliery, England; 300 killed.

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- Railroad Wrecks. January 21 Canadian Pacific, near Sault Ste, Marie; 40 killed. - March 21 Rock Island railway near Marshalltown, Iowa; 50 killed. June 23 Mexican National railway? 27 soldiers killed. July 4 Big Four. Middletown. Ohio; 24 killed. August 24 Grand Trunk. Durand, Mich.; 15 killed. September 23 Rock Island, Clayton, Kan.; 16 killed. Shipwrecks. February "10 French steamer Chanzy. Island of Majorca; 156 lost. February 12 Pacific Navigation Company steamer Lima, Straits of Magellan; 100 lost. I'nited States naval tug Nina, North Atlantic; 32 lost. April 25 Steamer Aurora, off St. Johns, N. F.; 187 lost. May 26 French submarine Tluvlose; 27 lost. August 16 Collision of steamers Martha and Elsa, Gibraltar; 39 lost. September 9 Ferry boat Per Marquette, Lake Erie; 28 lost. September 30 Pacific Navigation company's steamer Chiriqui, oft Panama City; 50 lost. October 15-20 West. Indies and Florida storms cause loss estimated at more .than 100. October 26 Haytien gunboat Libert, explosion; 70 killed. Storms and Tornadoes. February 7 New York blizzard; 12 perished from exposure. April 16 Woodland. Georgia, tornado score or more killed. October 15-20 West Indies and Flor

ida storms; over 100 perished. December 11 Spain; loss of life large. Traction Wrecks. September 21 Klngsland. Ind., collision; 50 killed. October 4 Staunton. 111., 40 killed. - Buried Alive. In tho early history of Japan it was decidedly a dubious honor to be closely related to any person of note, for one of the laws at that time decreed that when a person of rank or impor tance died all the immediate relative must be burled alive in a perpendicular position around the personage's grave. Their heads were left abora ' the earth, and thus they remained until welcome death cae to free them. The total water power of the state of New York, exclusive of that of Niagara and the St. Lawrence, is estimated at a million and a half. Eight hundred and eighty thousand of this is undeveloped. The most complete Line of PIPES, CIGARS and SMOKERS' SUPPLIES in the city at TheERMRE Cigar Store 712 MAIN ST. H , , 'Tired Nature's Sweet Restorer BALMY SLEEP Awaits the one who nightly reclines on a set of Main Sts.