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The citizen., 1905-10-20
WILLIAM r. HEARST.
The Newspaper owner Named Fo
Mayor of New York.

The Newspaper owner Named For
Mayor of New York.
William Randolph Hearst who was
named for mayor of New York on a
municipal ownership Platform. has long
advocated in his different newspapers
the public ownership of public utilities.
Mr.. Hearst has had remarkable sue
cess as a journalist. is a member of
congress and in 1904 was leading
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for president Of the United States.
He was BORN in san Francisco in 1863
and is Il son If the late United States
Senator George +. Hearst. His moth
.er. Mrs Phebc A Hearst, is widely
known and esteemed for her acts of
benellcence. Mr. Hearst attended the
public schools OF san Francisco and
Went to Harvard college In 1856 he be
came proprietor of the San Francisco
Examiner. and IN 1896 he invaded the
field OF eastern journalism and acquir-
ed control of the New York Journal
The citizen., 1905-10-20

general agent for the Mutual in the
metropolitan district. During his first
year he received a salary of $1,000.
After time he became a partner in
the firm of Raymond Il Co, with
half interest in the business. In 1885
he was sent abroad to organize the for
eign business OF the Mutual Life. In
1880 his total income from Raymond q
Co. and from commissions on the for
eign business OF the Mutual amounted
to Sss,294 His annual receipts from
the same sources Increased until I'm
1895 his income was &127,520. Since
that year Mr. McCurdy's yearly reve
nues have been somewhat Ieas than the
above figure. but have usually been
ever 100000. He In now general man
ager Of the company. Hls father, as
It's president, receives the enormous
sum Of s!50.OO0.ner YEAR.
The citizen., 1905-10-20

'fdM RlNCESS ALICE was the Ii
~ tie the ogientals gave the
Is daughter of President Roose-
welt on her tour in the far east
in the company of Secretary Taft. Had
she been in reality a princess no great.
er honors could have been heaped upon
her than We're bestowed by the yellow
races of the Asiatic coast in token of
admiration for the American republic,
which Miss Roosevelt so happily rep
resented, Her whole trip was series
Of ovations, and Hawaiians. Japanese.
Filipinos, Chinese and Koreans We'd in
doing honor to the clever. high spirited,
democratic and unaffected girl
Miss Roosevelt's adventures began
in Honolulu. where she spent u day
seeing volcanoes. canoeing in the surf
and witnessing the f2teS arranged by
the lIawaiians in celebration of her
visit. At ioN. . she WAS the center OF
scenes the like of which were never
WtneSsGt ig the japanese capital be
fore MI kinds of functions were given
in her honor. She dined with the i'm
pcrial family, and there was a brilliant
reception at the palace. the occasion
being signalized by the opening of the
imperial gardens for the entertainment
Of Miss Roosevelt and her party a pro,
ceeding absolutely without precedent
in the annals of Japan On the streets
of Tokyo there were scenes of a re-
markahle character, and the enthusi-
asm manifested was second only to
that shown on the homecomingsof Ad-
miral Togo after the great victory of
the sen of Japan. At Manila and in
other parts of the Philippines there
were fetes galore The sultan Of Sulu
gallantly offered to make Miss Alice
his suItaness, at Peking the dowager
empress gave an audience to her and
entertained her over >. in the sum-
mer palace, while in Korea the quaint
people Of the Hermit Nation exhausted
their strange vocabulary in the effort
to find adjectives fit to describe the vir-
tues Of the white princess" from
America.
Nor was romance lacking on the trip
The manly handsome, rich and accom-
The citizen., 1905-10-20

Musical circles are especially inter
ested in the announcement of an en-
gagement between the pianist, Josef
Hofmann, who used to be known as
boy phenomenon, and Mrs. Marie Eus-
tis, daughter of James Eustis. former
Ambassador to France Mrs. Eustis
married cousin, George Peabody
Eustis. but several years ago obtained
a divorce from him. She is Il member
Of the fashionable colony at Westbury,
n. V. where she has a residence alnown
rs Phoenix Lodge, and is prominent in
the society of Newport in the summer
The citizen., 1905-10-20
ROBERT H. M'CURDY.

His Career In Life Insurance and
His Large Income.
Robert H. McCurdy. who testified re-
Gently before the life insurance inves-
tigating committee of the New York
legislature, has madMa good thing of
the life insurance business according
to facts brought out in the course of
this investigation. Mr. McCurdy is the
son of the president of the Mutual Life
Insurance company. Richard H. Nc
Curdy, and is forty-tiye years of age
He graduated from college in 1881 and
after six months spent in travel en-
tered the Office of Charles H. Raymond,
The citizen., 1905-10-20

Cti SOulCN titil III iS-
gard to convention
al institutions since his young man.
hood, he is still the apostle of hetero-
doxy and cynicism. In his early days
in London he was known especially for
his ardor in behalf of socialism. Later
in his career Shaw married a rich wild
ow, and one of his Socialist friends on
meeting him said: "Mr. Shaw, con-
gratulate you. You can now sell all
that you have-now you have some
thing to sell-and give to the poor"
Not at ALL" returned Shaw. 81 don't
practice socialism; preach it,"
An American clipping agency recent
ly received the following characteristic
note from Mr.. Shaw
Derry Rosscarbery, County Cork,
18th September, 1906.
Gentlemen-The view of my order ex-
pressed in your letter OF the 7th Septem-
ber is correct.
At the end OF the year I shall probably
ask you to change our arrangement TO
one whereby / shall pay cents for every
cutting you do not send me.
For heavens sake, don't be too dill
gent. Consider your health: take 1t easy.
G. BERNARD SHAW.
Jacob III. Schiff, the New York banker
who as director of the Equitable
Life Assurance society testified regard
ing its operations before the Armstrong
investigating committee, recently re-
ceived "a decoration from the emperor
of Japan. In recognition of his serv-
ices in connection with the fotation of
the Japanese war loans the li1ikado
conferred upon Mr. Schiff the Order OF
the Sanctifed Treasurer of the secassd
class. There are eight classes in the
The citizen., 1905-10-20

feet in height. and
married Philadelphia beauty, Miss
Ava Willing.
Mr.. Astor was once called upon for
Il speech at dinner and talked about
Niagara. Every one who goes to Nj
aw lra. he saiC. 'hears some absurd.
ridiculous aud inapt remark there. The
day first saw Niagara a man touched
my arm ~ looked ZIP at those white
waters. turned TO tie man. He had
the silly snd yacuous smile Of the con-
tirmed ioker.
'"It seems shame, he said. to see
all this going TO wsst6.'
".Wmt are your said !. an elec-
tricsl raginear?'
".Nc. hc answered; "a miIkman.'~
The citizen., 1905-10-20

ed very rich us
wealth is estimated
nowadays, but he
proposes to give
S150,000 for the
construction a IL d
endowment of the
sanitarium. Sena-
tor Proctor made
most of his money
out of marble quar-
ries in his native
state. He and ex-
r pre- sentative
The citizen., 1905-10-20

tionary tendencies
This play was pro
duced in New York
by Richard Mans
field. MAN and Su-
perman" is now
running Mt a New
York theater. MIR.
Shaw is in his ff-
tieth year, and,
though it is said his
beliefs have chang
ed somewhat in re-
The citizen., 1905-10-20

Farr.e1 daughter Of Solomon Loeb,
lofmet heau cI The firm Mr.. Schilr
Las g:ecn s.e0e0o-to Harvard, 100000
10 Colambia and other large sums to
various educational and benevolent en-
terprses. AT the insurance investiga-
lion Mr. Sch.1 declared that as great
corporations are now run directors do
not direct.
The citizen., 1905-10-20

ated furoFe in New York. That was
in 1887 He was accompanied on the
tour of America which he made at that
time by his father Casimer Hofmann,
a conductor of opera in Warsaw, Po-
land. Even at eight years old the boy
had attracted the attention of Anton
Rubnstein, who believed him to be
one of the musical marve!s of the age.
When they heard him eighteen years
ago many predicted that Hofnann
would never come to musical maturity,
so precocious did his talents seem. but
he has disappointed such expectations.
Besides being one of the greatest plan
lists of his time Hofmann has remark
able genius as an electrician and
mechanician. He has patented several
inventions and has built automobiles
with his own hands. AS a boy he had
an ambition to marry a princess. The
lady he has chosen for his bride has
no title, but is regarded as an excep-
tionaily clever and attractive woman.
The citizen., 1905-10-20

order, ana tildt
awarded Mr.. sehif
is the highest that
may be conf erred
upon n person not a
native of japan.
Mr.. Schin Is re-
gar.ed as oneb of
the a.)lest fnanciers
Il his time, and his
wealth is estima Ell
~ over $5o.090,ND.
His ph1lant thropy
The citizen., 1905-10-20

or an American col
lege. Harvard, and
he evinced his patri-
otism in the late,
war with Spain by
entering the army.
He served under
General Sl,after at
Santiago and egilip.
ped and presented
a mountain battery
to the government.
He has a manly fig
ure. Being over six
a
The citizen., 1905-10-20

and at Aiken, S, c..
in the winter sea
son. She is a devo-
tee of music and
in this way became
acquainted W t b
the brilliant mu-
sician who is to be-
come her husband.
Young lIofmann
was a pretty little
boy ten years OLD
when he first ere
The citizen., 1905-10-20

JACOB II. bOH1FF' - VI = = =
title Of '.the Monte
fisre Of New York Mr.. schM was
born in Frankfort ton.tne- Main in ls47
and cahie to the Uriea States at eight
cen. His connection with the firm OF
Krhn. Loeb & Co. Of which ne Is now
hen ea,pe through a romance HS
The citizen., 1905-10-20

Senator Redtield Proctor of Vermont,
who will build and endow Il sanitarium
for consumptives In the Green Noun
tain State, was secretary of war under
Benjamin Harrison. He is not count
The citizen., 1905-10-20
KOSSuth and i
AuStrO-Eiungary !
a :ly-eS'sp'1-~s-RsaN---p-'tjtss---ss.N

"A LITTLE more
"A than a half
century ago
Louis Kossuth was
one of the most
prominent figures In
the public eye. as
the foremost cham
pion Of the liberties
of IIungarians. Now
Hungary 81 woiu ia
The citizen., 1905-10-20

Colonel John Jacob Astor is unlike
his cousin, William Waldorf Astor, in
being a stanch American. 1t was re-
Gently announced that he had aban-
doned his plan to have his only son,
Vincent, educated at Eton. where the
boy was placed last spring. and had
resolved to have him enter an Ameri.
can school so as to grow to manhood
wholly under the influence of American
ideas. This young scion OF the famous
Astor house will therefore study hence
forth in surroundings which his father
hopes will aid him in becoming use
ful and patriotic citizen of the United
States.
Colonel Astor is himself Il graduate
The citizen., 1905-10-20

sen 4 ~" rNo0 0h Lewis of Washing
ton were engaged In conversation one
time when Colonel Lewis said:
Senator, is it true that some enter
prising fellow citizens of yours have
sold pieces of marble from your quar-
ries for Vermont maple sugar."
Senator Proctor laughed Mt this re,
mark and came back at the efferves-
cent Lewis with theSollowins;
"You remind me 6f an incident that
happened on railroad train some time
ago. The Pullman conductor rushed in
to the smoker yelling ANY of you
passengers from Maine or VermontT
when up jumped tall Yankee, inspired
by the thought that some occasion for
his patriotism had arisen. Yes said
he; I be from Vermont
"'Well, then. come back here in the
Pullman car. said the conductor.
There's a lady who's got her spruce
gum and maple sugar mixed up and
wants some one to help her pick ii
outr"
The citizen., 1905-10-20

SENATOR PArTER- the opinion that the
SON. ruf hetveen na.
lives and Americans is widening in
the islands rather than decreasing. u
am convinced" he says, that we are
getting further and further away from
Secretary Taft's patriotic and humane
policy-the Philippines for the Fill
pinos and ultimate independence"
Senator Patterson once had as a eli
ent an odd character, who always wore
a Prince Albert coat no matter what
work he was engaged in This client
who was named Burns, CHANGED to
strike a rich vein of ore and named it
the Prince Albert. Being of a generous
and conviyial disposition, he was sur
rounded by many self seeking friends.
When he and they we're in. their cups
some of them, with an eye to the main
chance, managed to wheedle shares in
the mine out of him. With royal prodi-
gality he scattered deeds about among
his retainers and camp followers until
finallyasomething had to be done, and
the case was taken into court Senator
Patterson had Burns on the stand.
Now, Mr. Burns" said he, will you
please tell the court how you cam ex-
plain your conduct? The evidence
shows that you have decided away
twenty-nine twenty fourthsS of your
mine. What have you to say to that?"
We'll, Misther Patterson" replied the
witness you must remember, sor,
that the Prince Albert is a very large
mine"
The citizen., 1905-10-20
IN HONIAS

IN II o NJ AS NJ.
Il PATTER son
of Colorado,
who succeeded the
late Edward o. VOL
colt in the United
States senate, was
one of the members
of the Taft Philip
pine party and is of
fla onipiO71 that fho
The citizen., 1905-10-20

Man and Superman." George Ber-
nard Shaw's new work. has been much
criticised in this country on moral
grounds. lii the free public libraries
of New York instructions have been
given not to offer it to the reading pub
lie and only to furnish 1t on applica-
ton. But Mr.. Shaw is used to criti-
cism of his ideas and thrives on it.
When he heard that Man and Super
man had been eyed askance in the
United States he attributed it to Com
stockery," said America was provincial
anyway and added, 81 can promise the
Comstockers that. startling as Man
and Superman' may appear to them, it
is the merest Sunday school tract COM
pared with my later play, Major Bar
bara,' with which they will presently
be confronted"
Mr.. Shaw. who once declared that he
could write better plays than Shake
speare's, is the author Of Arms and
the Man." which was prohibited in
Austria on account of alleged revolu-
The citizen., 1905-10-20
Americas Alice !
In Wonderland J
;sg~Jss~-ss~Nyas~"-Os>sJle~-.s-sA.~s 4

IN RINCESS ALICE" was the Ii
sf.~ tie The orientals gave the
81 daughter of President Roose-
The citizen., 1905-10-20

HEN the average man takes venture in Wall street he
nearly always guided by tip Tips the only thint
know of that are dealt in gratutously 1t has been
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Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Co
RappahannOck River Line, Fall Schedule
IN EFFECT OCT 3IS 1906

Steamers ieavcBa permitting tuows m
Point Moan'sB Do
B'sLrs Wars Mion Iapah9n Na.'
Royal Port
Yard Rateires ~ MILAN
M
wteston Brhan Uranna Mon
TarRsDAY End
B9rbans Butons
m.Fo iN lrinrton Neens
town Saunders Gruh" Port Royal Port conway Hay Noun"
steamers willie Fredericksburg - ,,.
saunders
WHEATON.
whIeS one,MnC rskNo End, wesuand
steamer y D. Tuesday
steamer e'nF Oh Mondays 'A'
Friday Fridays
TaPpahGnnofk for nnInr % & ] WILTON Water View
MDen@ "@S nstn Nh
TtEpAYs a. NO. Stopping %Giorls Boers sh
Uranna Mos m'n@ Neny Point M"rk"~m'
WEDNESDAf9 st,'Hns
Monason uTbanna
Point Mlenbsk
ne, End westand
Norfolk r,..,u
Water
White Mil Creek North End "@and Arriving Norfolk
rleavsN Norfolk a stopping 49,
a. Wednesdays fredericksburg anl nrmae
'
W. D. SCOTT, Agent, Fredericksburg, Va.
Gen RI and Nd
Baltimore. Il.
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Southern Railway

Schedule effective oct 9TH. 1903.
Trains leave Washington from Pennsylvania
station.
735 a. m. Daily-Local for Harrisonburg. War
renton. Danyille and way stations.
1851 a. M. daily-N a-hingtOn and Florida
Limited Through coache, and sleeper to Co
iumbia. savannah and Jacksonville. Dining cor
II I5a. m. Daily-Unlted states Fast Mall.
First-class coaches and drawingrOom, sleeper 70
New Orleans. Dining-car service.
4Ol D. m. Week Days-LOcal for HarrsOnburg
and way stations on Manassas Branch.
455 p. m. Daily-Local for Narrenton and
Charlottesville.
7s0p. M. Dally-New York and Atlanta ET-
press Firstclass coach to Atlanta: Sleeper TO
Columbus. Ga, Mondays and Fridays, Sunset
Route Tourist sleeper, Washington TO San Fran
$50 D. m. dally-New York and Florida tx
Dress First class zach and sleepers 20 COlum-
bia savannah, Jacksonville. sleeper 20 Au-
xtista and Port Tampa. Dining car la carte
1000 d. m Daily-New York and Memphis
Limited (yiB Lyuchburgl -First-elass eoaen ana
sleeping car to Roanoke. Knoxville, thatta-
no0ga, birmingham and Memphis; sleeper 10
View Orleans. Dnngcar service.
f045 D. m. Daily ashington and South
western Llmlted-An Pullman trains, club AMI
observation cars to Atlanta and Macon sleepers
to Nashville. Atlanta, Macon, birmingham,
Memphis New Orleans. Dining ear service.
TRAINS on BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Washington SO a. m 100 p. m,
4i5 p. n, BIOS p. m. wees days. Tor Blueinont.
Sos D. m week days for Leesburg.
piO a. M and sos p. m. for Bluemcnt Sundays
only.
Through trains from the South arrive, Wash
iugtor 6.f2 a M, 652 A. m, . 40 A. ni' 30 Am
800 p. m. and $50 p. M, and $50 ?. n. daily.
Local trains from HarrsOnburg ll55 O. m. week
days and ego p. m. daily. From Charlottes-
vile % a m and Lynchburg $50 p. m daily.
Tickets. sleepingcar reservations. and detailed
Information can be had at ticket Office. 7o5 18th
st.; 81 Pa. ave and Pennsylvania station.
Baggage checked through from hotels and resi-
tences
Phone $3.50 Tor z. r. r. Cab service.
II. b. SPENCER, General Manager,
g. II. HARDWICK. Pass Traffic Mgr.
W. II. TAILOE. Gen. Pass. Agent.
L. S. BROWN. General Agent.
Washington. ID. G
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Freedom For
T inland
People Not Satisfied by the Cars Re-
cent Concessions lie Scotland Of
Scandinavia Pledge broken
by the Present Emperor.

ITTHE revolution In Russia which
n has wrcstod from an unwilling
monarch constitution and
guarantees Of an elective as
sembly religious liberty and freedom
OF One press. has proved boon 10 Op-
pressed Finland also. II forced the
ear 10 grant Il constitutional regime
10 the Firms and summon their ancient
diet IN session. Whether these cOnces.
slons come too late remains TO be seen,
however. for many Of the Firms think
that this is the time TO make stand
for nothing less than absolute freedom
from the rule Of Russia, and move
mcut 10 thar end is in progress.
Finland. where the people sing IN
,hcir bondage. where they endure and
are not subducd. what lover Of man
has not felt his sympathy quickened
1t her story? She has only about two
AMI half million people all told, most
'y simple folk-farmcrs and fishers
yet they have lcft their impress on the
world. have given men 4 noble epic,
the "Kalcyala," and have contributed
their part 70 the still noblcr epic Of
freedom. Finland il the Scotland OF
Scandinavia except that she has long
had cruel and greedy Russia for a mas
ter instead of England. In the poetic
and musical native tongue the country
Is called suomi" the Land Of a
thousand Lakes" IL is beautiful
and romantic cline. for IL Is washed
by the Baltic with its innumerable In.
lets and bays. its deep. short seas"
aud ON the c0untry's northern bound
aries the summer sun never sets. Yet
The people are tiugcd by melancholy.
due both to climate and history. They
are gentle folk on the surface, but
I'm their souls the old viking herceness
is not dead. They love their land.
They are united by tradition and mis-
fortune and MS ono man have opposed
the classification OF Finland.
The national feeling among the Firms
was never stronger than at present
Though the dag has not until now been
allowed TO float. the patriots behold In
nature the beloved emblems of their
land. One poet recently expressed it
thus
Where the white summer cloud
hangs ian the blue sky above rs. there is
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the flag of Finland. Where our snow
crowned hilltops glitter against heav-
en-. there are our cOlors. Where a
white sail shimmers upon the azure
waters. there IS our strcamer."
Finland has we'll defined traditions
reaching back TO the time Of the Aryan
migrati0n-n fact. her language Is
much like that which recent researches
have discovered TO have been the
TONGUE spoken in Mcsopotamia. Talk
about ancient lineage. What nation in
Europe has 50 good a basis for arts
tocracy: Yet the Firms are a very
democratic people
In the days OF Olaf Tryggwasson,
when an Of Russia excepting Novgorod
was in state closely bordering on say
agery. Finland was a nation. IL was
then IN Pomcrania. the fruitful land.
and was known as Ncndland the Good.
II had national integrity ia later days,
but finally became a grand duchy Of
Sweden. Then. in 1909, Russia took it
away from the weak Swedish king.
But for ninety years it was practically
free in all but name.
The ear of that day gave the follow
ing pledge to the Films:
Providence having placed us in posses
sion of the grand duchy OF Finland we
have desired hereby TO confirm and ratify
the religion and fundamental laws or the
land. as well as the privileges and rights
which each class I'm the said duchy in par
ticular and all inhabitants I'm general. be
their position high or low, have hitherto
enjoyed according to the constitution
We promise to maintain all these beDe-
fits and laws firm and unshakabe In their
fun force.
The succeeding cZars renewed this
pledge. 1t remained for the present
emperor. Nicholas H.. after having Civ
en- a similar promise, to break bis word
and seek the subjugation Of Finland.
He took from the Firms their army,
making their young men serve under
the colors and brutal officers Of Russia.
He deprived the national senate or
power and hauled down the Finnish
flag. Many Of the best citizens OF Fin
land have been exiled. Thousands OF
these have come to America. Finland
petitioned the ear. almost every adult
in the land signing the document, but
he spurned the petition, even refusing
an audience TO those who presented it,
Tyrannous measures eliminated in the
Infamous reign Of Governor General
BobrkOff. who was finally assassinated
by a Finnish youth When the consti-
tutlonal regime was recently proclaim
ed. enthusiastic Firms visited the grave
OF this youth and paid hono:s tO him
as to Il martyr
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S EABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

short line 90 principal cities OF the south.
Southwest Florida. cuba aud Mexico.
Schedule ln effect April 10th, 1903.
Trains leave Richmond, Main street station.
laily.
l.lOa-m.-Local tor Norlina Raleigh, Hamlet
ard Charlotte.
l20p. m.-Seaboard Mall. composed OF Pullman
aleauing ears TO Atlanta, savannah ana
Jacksonville. Seahoard cafe ears are also
operated ON this train. They are maintained
at tho highest degree ui excellence also large
comfortable day coaches, running without
change tofloTidA.
10 D. m.-seaboarl Express, composed OF Pull
man slrepers 10 Atlanta, savannah. JACK
snuyille and Tampa. SeabOarlcnie cars and
day coaches, running TO Florida without
change.
Trains arrive AZ Richmond daily.
535 n. m.-From Florida, Atlanta and the
Southwest.
tss .. m.-From Florida. Atlanta and the
Southwest.
$50 D. m.-Fron local points.
For All Information a. 20 rates, schedules ana
connections apply TO any Seahoard agent, or O."
". N. TAYLOR G. +. A.
II ). Lizard, ID. Z. A.
$50 East Main St., Richmond, Va.