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LEB LESS0I1 OF SPtCllPRIVELEGE. biow One, D. Chiafccuro, Discovers the Difference Between a Lottery and a Raffle in America.

V BRIDGE WHIST AND CRAPS ALSO DIFFER Prof. Russell of Earlham College Writes Clever Satire on a Peculiar Phase of American Life. VY PROF. ELBERT RUSSELL. This chronicle concerneth one Diogenes Chisscuro, as we Americana mangle the pronunciation, but It begin, aa la proper, with the father of the hero. One of Garibaldi' famous thouaand, during hla vlctoHous campaign of 1860 in southern Italy, he remained in Brundlsi to work up there the plebiscite by which the territory of the former kingdom of the Two Sicilies waa joined to the growing dominion of Victor Immanuel. After this was accomplished, in the spirit of Clnclnnatus, he settled down In Brundlsi, helping in a humble way the new government dredge out the harbor, that harbor which in conjunction with the Bues Canal was to be the means of the recovered commercial prosperity of southern Italy. While engaged in thia task, he fell in with a Greek patriot who had escaped thither from' the collapse of a premature effort to launch the revolution, which In 1863 unseated the Bavarian occupant of the throne of Hellas. As a natural consequence of this acquaintance, the Italian liberator married the fair daughter of the Greek patriot. Thus Is explained, as far as explanations go, not only the classic features of our hero, his Inquisitive mind, and love of liberty, but also his name, Diogenes Cbiascura. Possibly '"Diogenes" was only reminiscent of some maternal uncle or grandfather; tut It may well be that the name was a direct legacy from the muck-raking ancient Athenian who on dark days shlned his fellow i townsmen's eyes with ' his historic lantern looking for an honwH " ' r " , The reader will now kindly skip the ; pages of the chronicle to the place where the records of a new century )begin. There is set down that Chtas'euro, confronted by growing scarcity of work and the rising price of macaroni and polenta, listened to the marvelous tales of liberty and large wages (which former neighbors wrote back from America. And to listen was to :e lost. It needed only the cunning placards and oily tongue of a steamship company's agent to complete the mischief. And thus it came about that, after many adventures, Diogenes found himself established aa a fruit dealer in an American city, which tor the lack of a namo or location rather from the true one, we shall call "Rosemont" and locate In the Mississippi valley. Here he ministered assiduously to the growing attachment of the .American palate for the slippery banana and the juicy orange; not to mention the lemon and lived, after the (manner of sunny Italy, in the back 'room of his store. By this latter arrangement he saved the time wasted hn going and coming by the uptown president and the suburban commuter, (and devoted it to the study of the clasIsles of his ancestors and of the language and ways of his adopted country. Meat of all he loved to pore over the (life and speeches of Garibaldi, his father's hero, and to spell out the Meeds and words of Lincoln, Garibaldi's great contemporary in the land of Mils adoption. The Church Lottery. In Italy the church as well aa the (municipality often helped a good cause land at the same time gratified the people's love of chance by raffles and lotteries. In its native Italy the Icttery Is to the people what the policy-shop lis to the immigrant in the new world. As the family of Chiascuro Increased land the children began to demand an American standard and style of living, he found that the income from selling fruit did not keep pace with the acceleration of hla expenditure. As he wrestled one day with this universal problem, he received from a kindly disposed former neighbor in Calabria an announcement of a new lottery enterprise, which offered to the susceptible chance to acquire merit and unearned riches together. Diogenes shared the information with his compatriots and turned an honest penny by sending money for them and himself to buy tickets. The Fickle Goddess of the business ye of the lottery managers, or both, favored these ventures of Diogenes and his friends. And It came to pass kr and bye that the postal inspector noticed an unusual number of foreign letters, tn the same kind of envelopes, mil postmarked "Brundlsi," and feeling suspiciously as If they contained paper money. By an eaay induction from previous experience, the inspector reached the conclusion that the mails were being used for the unlawful purpose of promoting a lottery. After this It will not surprise you. kind reader, to learn that Diogenes received a notice to call at the post once; that he waa there confronted by a particularly fat envelope addressed to himself; that the inspector explained to him the severe penalty for sending lottery tick(Continued on Page Ten.)

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On the left is Captain Scott, of England, reported discoverer of the South Pole. On the right is Captain Amundsen, who waa defeated in bis race for the pole, but the first to report its discovery. The photograph at the bottom shows Captain Scott's motor ice boat.

DIPLOMATIC HINT FOR SOUTHERNERS Dixie Office Holders Receive Letters From the Taft Headquarters. (Palladium Special) . WASHINGTON. March 7. Further evidence of the manner In which the administration campaign managers wtwntncttrnr theghtfor-delegaten, has come to light in the form of a circular letter which is being sent to postmasters and other federal employes throughout the Northwest. That a similar form of letter is being sent out through the South already has been stated, but its exact terms have not as yet come to light. The letters received by the Federal employes in the Northwest are very delicately worded such letters as only the pen of the diplomatic Mr. McKlnley could well turn out. and abound with veiled threats and plastic praise. Boundless enthusiasm is expressed and it is declared without hesitation that the sentiment in favor of the nomination of President Taft is rapidly growing. Hints are then thrown out that the assistance of all good office-holders is needed, Mr. McKlnley evidently forgetting the optimism expressed in th preceding paragraph. Hundreds Sent Out. Already several hundred of these letters have been sent out, it is stated, and more, said to contain a more personal tone, are In course of preparation for serving to job-holders who have displayed reluctance to rally to the support of the administration. In theae latter epistles, it is stated, the hints as to what will .be the portion of Federal servants who fail to faithfully serve the interests of President Taft are made more plain. Such persistent use is being made of the "steam roller that it was stated today tnat tne amtter wouia do brought up on the floor of the Senate. Several Progressive members have been approached on the subject and declare that some action will be taken just as soon as the proper proof is placed in their hands. It was stated yesterday that leading regulars and Progressives are so aroused over the reports from the South of the. free use of the . "patronage club" that they are seriously considering the holding up of the confirmation of every Southern appointment that Is spent to the Senate by the President until after the state conventions and the national convention. With the additional evidence of the free use of the "steam roller" in the Northwest. it is not unlikely that some definite steps will be taken within the next few days by Senators or members of the House. THE WEATHER STATE Rain or snow tonight. Warmer tonight In North portion. LOCAL Rain or snow tonight. Slightly warmer Friday. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Maximum temperature in last 24 hours, 39 at noon Thursday. Minimum temperature in last 24 hours. 24 at 8 a. m. Thursday. Temperature at 12:30 p. m. today, S9. Barometer (normal 30 inches), 30.1. Direction and velocity of wind, S. fi. JJS miles per hour.

Pole Discovery

BEVERIDGE IS OUT TO AIHOOSEVELT Former Senator to Open State Campaign at Indianapolis, Wednesday. (Palladium Special) INDIANAPOLIS, March 7. Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge will formally open the Roosevelt campaign In Indiana in an address here next Wed nesday night. The meeting will be held I in Tomlinson Hall and is being arranged by the Marion County Roosevelt Club. This will be the first official expression by Mr. Beveridge of his attitude toward the contest for the presidential nomination. He sent a mes sage last week to the Republicans of Oklahoma in which he urged that delegates to the national convention be selected who will vote for Theodore Roosevelt. The former senator has always been a warm friend of Mr. Roosevelt and it is expected that his speech will be of value in other states as well as in Indiana. The demand for fair play at the primaries which will determine the attitude of the Indiana delegation in the National Republican Convention, is not meeting a friendly reception in this, the Seventh Congressional District. The political reception here is in the hands of Taft sympathizers who have proposed Mayor Lew Shank as one of the delegates from this district. The result is that the Indianapolis city machine has taken the primaries in hand and has flatly declined to give the Roosevelt managers any consideration An appeal from State Chairman Fred Sims to give the Taft and Roosevelt forces fair treatment brought a suggestion that the Marion county organization could take care of Itself. The Marion County Roosevelt Club with a membership of 3,000 has made an appeal to the Republicans of the county to make a stand against ring-rule. In a recent public utterance Mayor Shank declared that the same thing will happen to the Roosevelt Republicans in tni8 country that happened to the Boehne Democrats a week ago, the Democratic primaries having been notoriously manipulated by the Taggart machine. The National Roosevelt headquarters has sent a message of congratulation to Edwin M. Lee, in charge of the Indiana Roosevelt headquarters, on the favorable outlook for the selection of Roosevelt delegates to the National Republican Convention from Indiana. The national managers express themselves ss especially well pleased with the large number of Roosvelt clubs being formed throughout the state. The national managers have been making an independent investigation of conditions in various states, and they have told Mr. Lee that they find a treJ mendous sentiment in favor of Mr. Roosevelt in tnis state, i ne state neaaquarters Is prepared to furnish to any person Interested in advancing the Roosevelt cause, with special blanks for the organisation of. a Roosevelt club. CHARGE DISMISSED; ANOTHER ONE FILED (National News Association) CHICAGO, March 7. On motion of the state's attorney today the charge of murdering Policeman Bissonette, lodged against Mrs Louise Vermilya, was dismissed. A few minutes later she was re-arrested on the churge of having: murdered Richard C. Smith, an Illinois railroad conductor. Mrs. Vermilya, still in a critical condition from the effects of poison taken with suicidal intent shortly after her arrest, was wheeled Into court again,

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MAN'S SUFFERINGS ENDED III DEATH Will McDonald, 87r a Cripple, Died Last Evening After Suffering Over a Week From Burns. LOWER BODY BURNED ALMOST TO A CRISP Threw Match on Floor and Went to Sleep and He Was Awakened with His Clothing in Flames. , (Palladium Special) CENTER VILLE, Ind., March 7. Suffering intense pain from, burns received at a fire at his home one week from last Tuesday, and unable to move in his bed, his lower limbs a mass of charred flesh and bones. Will McDonald, aged eighty-seven, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. S. Wright, of West Main street, about 6 o'clock last evening. The injuries sustained by Mr. McDonald in a f ire i which lit art Art t th hntno nf hi ! daughter, caused him unbearable pain and physicians who attended him were unable to ease his suffering. Mr. McDonald, who had been an invalid for the past eight years and who was unable to walk without assistance was sitting in his chair in the front room of his daughter's home, when he lit his pipe, throwing the lighted match unconsciously to the floor. Mr. McDofiald fell to sleep within a few minutes and newspapers on the floor beside his chair Ignited by the match, were soon ablaze. Clothing Catches Tire. The unfortunate man's clothing caught fire as did the carpet near the chair. Before he was awakened by his burning clothing, Mr. McDonald was doomed. The reason why he did not awaken sooner is attributed, by some, to the gases generated by the blaze. Screaming piteously for help, the aged man crawled to his bed, which was on the other side of the room. He succeeded in getting in bed and threw, bed clothing over his body, in an a catching fire. Mrs. Wright, the daughter, was in the kitchen of the house and she did not hear her father's cries. Finally she heard moans and running to the front room she threw open the door and saw him lying in bed with the fierce blue flames burning his body. She rushed to the bed but was unable to put out the fire. Daughter Calls Help. Seeing her attempt was futile and knowing that she must act quickly, she ran to the front door and called for help. She then rushed to the kitchen and secured a bucket of water which she threw on the unfortunate man. But this was not sufficient and she was on the verge of a hysterical collapse when passersby heard her cries and ran into the house, and assisted in removing Mr. McDonald from the bed. The fire was soon put out and medical aid was summoned. Physicians did everything possible to relieve the suffering of Mr. McDonald. It was not expected he would live as long as he did. His right limb was burned and charred from the hip down and his left limb from the knee down. Mr. McDonald waa well known in this place and in Richmond. In following his vocation of contractor he came in contact with a number of prominent men. He erected a number of buildings in Richmond. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church. The Masons will have charge. The burial will be in the Crown Hill cemetery. NO COMPLAINT ON RULING OF BOARD Supt. N. H. Johnson, of the city light plant stated this morning that the consumers using the city light and power were paying up their bills for last month in excellent shape. He stated that there were very few complaints made against the recent order withholding the twenty per cent reduction unless the bill was paid before on on the tenth of each month. The tenth this month falls on Sunday, so the offices will be open next Monday night for the accommodation of the late comers. After that there will be no discount on the bills for February, stated Johnson. 201 DOGS KILLED BY THE POLICEMEN Since the first quarantine of dogs in this city, a total of 201 dogs have been killed by the police force, some being killed because of violations of the muzzling ordinance, and others on solicitation of the owners who feared their pets had rabies. Six were killed yesterday by Officers Westenberg and Vogelsong who made an excursion over the city in a buggy. Two dogs which had been causing considerable trouble in Fairview, one of the dogs having bitten Ruth Miller, a little girl, some time ago, were in the list of those missing after the police had returned j to the city building.

LIMITED WRECKED: SWITCHMAN KILLED Number of Passengers Are Slightly Injured Flyer Is Derailed.

l National News Association) CLEVELAND, O., March 7. One man was killed and eighteen persons injured early today when the second section of the Twentieth Century Limited, the IS hour train on the New York Central, between New York and Chicago, which left New York at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was wrecked at Nottingham, ten miles east of here. A number of wealthy persons were among the injured. All of the passengers, except one, George Hall, of Woonsocket, R. I., escaped with cuts and bruises. Hall's arm was so badly crushed that he was brought to Cleveland where it was amputated. The man who lost his life was Peter Marr, a switch tender. One of the five coaches which were derailed, struck the shanty in which Marr was asleep and he was,instantly killed. The following official statement on the wreck was given out here by the railroad : "At 2:05 o'clock this morning the second section of No. 25 was partly ' i a j a. a i uerauea ai oxungnam, of Cleveland. ! "The head sleeper remained on the j track, but the five rear sleepers were derailed. None of the passengers were. ; seriously injured. "One sleeper fell on a switchman's I oV.nv.tn bill U n nri.V.man "A new train was made up immediately and proceeded to Chicago with the passengers. "As far as could be learned the accident was due to the breaking of a tire on one of the driving wheels of the locomotive." FELL DOWN STAIRS RECAMjJELIRIOUS Mrs. Henry Kluter Suffers Slight Concussion of the Brain by Accident. osvjttf incoherently tttiir thetfeeti of tneSrrWe shock she received when Bhe fell down the stairs at her home this morning, about nine thirty o'clock, Mrs. Henry Kluter, 312 South Fifteenth street, is still un able to give an account of the accident. She suffered a slight concussion of the brain and cuts and scratch es about the face and lips from her nose glasses, which broke in the fall. A neighbor woman heard Mrs. Kluter fall and rushed over to the Kluter hom, and found the unfortunate woman unconscious at the foot of the stairs. She was placed in bed and a doctor summoned. She soon recovered consciousness, and fought all attempts to aid her, screaming and raving at the top of her voice. Opiates were given her and she is more quiet now, and although the shock was severe, the attending physician states she will soon recover from the injuries sustained. She is not able to talk coherently, and the manner in which she happened to fall cannot be ascertained as she was alone in the house at the time of the accident. LEGISLATURE MEETS IN NEW BRUNSWICK (National News Association) FREDERICTON, N. B., March 7. The fifth session of the twelfth Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was opened this afternoon by the new Lieutenant-Governor, the Hon. Josiah Wood. The opening was accompanied by the usual ceremonies. The speech from the throne forecasted an interesting and important session. Special attention is to be given to measures relating to the development of the Province along industrial and other lines. One matter of Importance will be the enacting of legislation to put into effect the new arrangement under which the Dominion and Provincial governments will co-operate in New Brunswick's immgration work. Railway measures also have an important place on the agenda. Special legislation will be sought in aid of the St. John Valley Railway in the construction of the Minto and Fredericton branch. Authority will be sought also for the construction of a branch line of the Grand Trunk Pacific from Nappadoggan to connect with the St. John Valley Railway, thus giving an entry to the port of St. John. WHITE OIL FOUND QUITE EXPENSIVE The question of oiling: the streets will probably be presented - to the board of works at its next meeting by William Lancaster, the local sprinkling wagon contractor, who desires the contract from the city for furnishing oil, for the streets of the city this year. He recently made a trip to Cincinnati to secure prices for the new white road oil, which was advertised at the time as being- muck cheaper, and to have many advantage over the black' oil used here last year. Lancaster this morning stated that the white oil would be more expensive than the black oil fonaerly used. . .

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SOUTH POLE, Mill DEIIOUIICES WOMAN ' SUFFRAGE Mrs. It Miriam McDivitt Calls an "Alarming Symptom of Decadence." Mrs. Miriam McDivitt, a prominent Richmond woman, has come out strongly against suffrage for women. The political arena is not for those of her sex to enter, she believes, and at a meeting of the Aftermath club, of which niauy of the most prominent women of the city are members, Mrs. McDivitt stated, "that no thoughtful person will deny that the present agitation about woman suffrage is the most alarming symptom of decadence we, as a nation, have to face at this moment." There are a number of members of the club who do not share Mrs. McDivitt's views on this important ques tion and they answered her arguments in a vigorous manner. Other members supported the stand taken by Mrs. McDivitt in as equally a sturdy fashion. Question s Simple One. "The suffrage question is a very simple matter so simple that no one cn believe how very simple it is," Mrs. McDivitt informed the Aftermath club members. "On the suffrage side we see women who feel that they are capable of undertaking and executing not only any task under the sun, but every kind of a task, at once. Associated with these we find other women upon whom the favors of fortune have been so lavishly showered that they enjoy an exhileratlng sense of omnipotence, and behind these a class of - women, so-called strong-minded, possessed not only of a reasuring conviction that everything they do is done extremely well, and that it must ultimately be for the good of mankind if they add to their own peculiar and allotted tasks some of those labors which have heretofore been considered masculine. "These classes of women must evidently be those who are unusually skilful and competent really the exceptional part of womankind, end conceded at once the minority. . "Opposed to these aspirants for suf frage ,we,ih gxenia)ritynscious oi our unuiauona, siraining aui uie accomplishment of onr tasks, with a sense of our imperfections, are unwilling -to assume further responsibilities. "It is the average woman, however," continued Mrs. McDivitt, "who should be considered in tne extension of suffrage to women. Suffragists have carefully eliminated this important class in their statements of the problem. The suffragist argument is based on the capacity of the exceptional woman to undertake that most exceptional task so exceptional that we have only in rare instances seen it attempted the discharge by one person of a man's functions as well as a woman's. It is fair or reasonable to require this of the average woman when it has not yet been proved that the exceptional ones are capable of it?" DOGS ATTACK COPS; OWNER IS ARRESTED Allen Jackson was arrested last night at his home on South Sixth street for resisting the enforcement of the quarantine on dogs. Jackson was arrested by Officer Hebble on an affidavit made out by the prosecutor. Jackson keeps two small dogs, according to the police, who are in the habit of running out and snapping at the heels of pedestrians. Both dogs are muzzled, but not properly, it is alleged. Many complaints against the dogs were registered at the police station. and yesterday afternoon Officer Vogel song and Westernberg while on a dog: hunting excursion were assailed by the two canines. They had a lively skirmish but the dogs fled into the house before the officers could get a shot at either of them. The women at the house refused to allow the officers to kill the dogs, so the charges were flled against the owner He will be tried in police court Friday. ABOUT GERMAN OPERA An attractive feature of the program yesterday morning at the Music Study club meeting was the excellent paper on German Opera read by Mrs. J. P. Hill. The paper was one of the most helpful and instructive discourses ever given at a meeting of this organization.

Our Street Cars

Only five new cars have been purchased and added to the rolling stock of the T. H., I A E. local street car system since the inauguration of the electric system In this city. Cars No. 303 and 304. intended for winter service, but used about all the time, and summer cars Nos. 324, 32S and 326. were bought of the Cincinnati Car company in the spring of 1905 and have not missed a day of service unless broken up in a collision. . , " v;:. . V "-"-l. t The wages of the employes on the care, , both conductors and xotop' men, is sixteen cents per hour for the first year of service, awd ew cent increase per hour each year until four years of service have TImcInmV when the maximum Is reached, nineteen cents per hour. -s r . There is one car operated on the streets here, every: j&-&&dkjpiw-: many years of service in Indianapolis. Then it was sent to ft. Wayne, thence to Terre Haute, and then railroaded to .Richmond and has keen here ever since. It waa not good enough for the other cities, but is good enough for the Richmond strap hangers." ' " , There will be more facts concerning the local street car system nS

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GIVES, HIS RIVAL FULL CREDIT FOR GREAT DISCOVERY Norwegian Explorer, Who Lost His Race to the Polev to the Englishman, at Hobart, Tasmania. HAS INTERVIEW IN LONDON NEWSPAPER Correspondent at Wellington,! N. Z., Quotes Amundsen in, a Cablegram to the London ; Daily Express. (National News Association) LONDON, March 7. The South Pole-has been discovered by an Bnglishman. The announcement was made this afternoon by the Dally Ex-j press in a special cablegram from , Wellington, New Zealand. It quoted' Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, who has just arrived at Kobart, Tasmania, with saying positively thatf Capt. Robert F. Scott, who headed the English expedition, had succeeded in his long queBt for the pole. Despite this announcement no of-, ficial word has been received from. Captain Scott by the Royal Geographi cal society, or the men who were the financial backers of Scott's explora-) tion. j The return to civilization of Capt. ' Amundsen before he ' was expected was theoretically explained by-the fact that Captain Scott had beaten? him in the race over, the Anarctic ice field. It was pointed out that Amundsen went south with the Intention of making a quick dash for the pole and that he had no fixed program of scientific work before him as did the 0eott w ty ... - . : News la Authentic. The editor of the Dally Express declared that his correspondent at Wellington was a reliable and trusted man, and that he had the utmost confidence in his word. Some persons profess belief today that Amundsen raced back to civilisation to gain the honor of being the first person to give the announcement -of the pole's discovery to the world at large, even though he had himself lost the honor of first reaching the pole. Amundsen was not expected to reach the outpost of civilisation for at least two weeks, or perhaps a month later than this date. Scott is believed to be still In ' the ice fields far away from communication with the rest of the world. The Geographical society has sent a cablegram asking for further information from Captain Amundsen. PACKERSJME PLEA; Demand that Judge Apply "Rule to Reason.' (National News Association) , CHICAGO, March 7. Attorneys for ; the ten millionaire meat packers on trial here for criminal violations of the Sherman law today demanded that Federal Judge Carpenter apply, "the rule of reason" to the charge they ' have formed a trust, and turn the packers loose. The demand was made in a long formal motion which set specific points showing that, according to the views of the' packers, the government charge that packers hsd criml--nally conspired to restrain trade had not been substantiated. The first point in -the motion brought out 4he rule of reason contention, set up by the supreme court decision in the Standard Oil case. The motion today demanded that the court Instruct the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty on the grounds of insufficiency of the government's - case, which was completed yesterday. tn HnML '