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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
MODERN MILLIONAIRE
CORPORATION LAWYERS
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+ 30. and with a big corporation prac tlce---
he s we'll into the insurance ,nuddlea
and only recently got into the news by
resigning an Insurance trusteeship-is
more OF the old school type than the
new. He Is the son of a clergyman
and the grandson of New JerSsey Chief
Justice. AADemocrat, he was against
David b. Hill for President and for
Cleveland In 1892. When Cleveland
named him for Supreme Court Justice,
Hill defeated his confirmation, though
Andy Hamilton (disburser5 of the yell
low dog fund" for the Insurance comnn-i
nles, said recently that Hill would have
allowed the continuation had HornBlow-,
+ er stopped abusing Hill as agreed.
y Mr. Hornblower is undoubtedly tho lit
test man now living who Is eminent
at the. bar. His face is almostf chlld-i
I Ike In outline; he wears boots that would,
DO small for many a fourtecn-yea r-old,
and son1elow3even his thin side whlskes.s
help to make him look youthful.
But he is an extremely able lawyer
and for many years his income has been
SO DIG that he may very probably be
counted among the millionaires.
Judge John f. Dillon. general counsel
1orS most Of the Gould companies, In
Guiding the Western Union and the Mis-
souri, Pacific, is the oldest OF the great
corpora ton lawyers now living, and his
ire has been one OF great variety. He
IS %, born in New York State, but
reared as boy in Iowa, where he work.
ca his way through a medical school,;
put after practicing as a physician three
months gave It up and took to law.
After that he served years as a Judge,
& !, SA<,A. r.. 49,. ~ -
later on the United States Circuit Bench
In the Eighth judicial district. Thirty
seven years ago he resigned the latter
post and located in New York
as professor In the Columbia Law School,.
Three years later he took up the prac-
tice of law with Jay Gould as his chief
client.
Judge Dillon. still hale and hearty,
wears the whiskers that were thought
dignified in the middle of the last CEN
fury, and is jolly and compnnlonable
when you meet him, unless he is think
ing out d knotty legal problem. Then
You might as well speak to doorpost
as to the Judge, for he will neither see
you nor hear you. "a
The Judge is the greatest authority
in the country on municipal corporation.
law, and his Endorsement OF an issue Of
city bondsi is as good "a guarantee as any
experienced investor in the land will ask
for. III,
His fees? They are like Stetsoh's and
Johnson's-big beyond doubt, hut never
exploited by the Judge. Heis aStypical
lawyers lawyer. among other things. and,
like s. G. T. Dodd, for so many years the
Standard Oils general counsel, has never
been known to do any personal 4adver-
Using. ;sats i.3 5ss l8
Copyright. 1906. by Dexter Marshall,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17

purse in the "nuld toon,'' for, as she naive
" added, There ere thieves there, too,
but they are nll English ,ss
/ Was she not n Cnledonan from the
crown of her head to the soles OF her
feet2 Fifty years before she had beer,
welded to an English gentleman, and IN
all that time made London her home;
and vet her long residence there and
her constant association With Englis!
people had mot effaced her love for the
land of the leal.
The Scotch colony in Virginia, and
more particularly in Richmond, dates
back Of the Revolution OF &c If not
politically agreeable to our people-theNi
were nl or nearly nll Tories--they found
IA hearty welcome in our social circles,
and the more prosperous found wives In
our best society. They We're all mer-
chants or merchants factors, or miners
and manufacturers, and as such were
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fashionable loungers on Broad way OBJ
served an old QuakG, n the throng. un.A
der the admirable Disguise lie rnncied3
the figure was none other than that Of
the man he had long desired to meet
suitlng action to thought, he advanced
boldly to the charge, collared the af--
sfrighted Quaker, and said, " How do YOU
do Hamilton?" The other softly res.
Piled, ~ know thce not friend -'1sy
Ct" rcJolned OH. hero, II know thee,
and will hold thee TIL John barr getH
MI his money Jack"
And SO effective was spcnce's grip on
the sharper that not till the latter gave
up nearly every dollar ofi5the stolen
goods. was lie allowed to go Scot free.
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3 Macbeth Taft finds that 1t was easier
to decapitnte Banquo Wallace than II is
to get rid OF his ghost. BY the way, Is
that talented and versatile actor. illlam
Nelson Cromwell, playing the role Of Lady
Macbeth In this dlvertlng. If not pleasant
drama Louisville Courier Journal.
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mn. William. Peter. Frances Jobn
Respectfully, "A READER

Ann. William. Peter. Frances. John
Respectfully. "A READER,
Staunton Va.
Our correspondent; "R.'so OF the 10th
instant. only supposes that all the Han
cocks of Virginia were not descendants
OF Governor Hancock. OF AIassncnusetts,
and therefore would not he entitled Ia
his arms. II the above branch can be
traced to the Massachusetts family. they
can undoubtedly claim The Goat f-arms',
as given In our column OF May Sth. M
McDowell's, Of Rockbridge
County, Va.
a descendant OF the MCDOWELL family
sends lis the following, as extending, and
making more complete the Mcdowell Inns:
as given on the 10TH "From Historlcal.
Fapers. No. 8, OF Washington and Lee
University"
q Rockbrldge county was erected in l7T,
from Augusta and Botetourt counties.
Ephraim Mcdowell was about 10 years
old when he settled In Augusta county
Va; he died about l776. In the lO4th year.
Of his age. His. son, John Mcdowell. was
killed by the Indians on Christmas day,
lT42. He left three children, Samuel,
James and Sarah. Samuel was born about
l73h; he was a member OF the House Of
Blrgesses from Augusta county. He was
Instrumental In the peaceful creation or
the new State OF Kentucky, out Of the
kentucky District" Of Virginia; and was
one of the first Judges OF the Circuit ana,
District Courts IN the new State, to
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lard; these two Misses smelt were no
doubt related to the Rev. John Smelt
through some OF his children. VI,
Waring.
OF the irish Warnings, from whom Coll
Thomas Waring, the emsrant descended,
the followingsis recorded:
Warning, of Warringstown, seat, War
kingston House. Lugan, County Down,
Ireland. III Is
Present head OF family, Thomas War
Ing ESQ, Barrstic, M. p j. Pr Col.
r. 1. Rifles.
Arms-Arg, on a bend 50, three
Muscles OF the first. Il
crest--A cranes head, confed at the
neck, ppr 5
& Motto-Nec VI Nee Astulia. q Z
See Burks Landed Gentry.
Richmond, Va.
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springs of water that bubbled joyously
up to the surface. The aneighborhood,
though of the best in Richmond Of that
day was scant Of houses on Bank street.
but well built up with dwellings on the
southslde, of Main from CRANES corner
on Twelfth Street up to Doctor N1icajah
n nRr. OF Tnnih lL.a IS. ..s.l. 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
Blsnraphy of GeneraI Wheeler.

The state department of archives and history holds in manuscript S00-page biography of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, carefully written from original records. This state owes much to the man who served 1t heroically In war and deyot- edly in peace-one, too, who com manded the respect and admiration of all who knew him-one whose fame will grow brighter as the years go on.
 Alabama could not do more grace ful act than to make the volume pre- pared by Dr. owen and Professor Du- Bose a memorial to hergreat son. This need not be done until the legislature meets, but if 1t could be sooner done 1t would be very gratifying to the peo- pie. An edition should be printed and handsomely bound large enough to place copy in every public school in this state. Some memorial Is due from this state to the great cavalry leader wno will rank in history with Forrest, hampton and Stuart, and we know of no better or more appropriate one than the volume prepared in the department of history and archives.
 The many lessons of his heroic and yet useful life would thus be carried to the children of the state he loved so well, and Alabama should take steps to see that no school is so humble that it will not hold copy of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
And thou hast talk'd
Heroes of All Sorts.

The Andrew Carnegie hero fund com mission feels oyerworked. It has ex. amIned with critical eye 761 cases of alleged heroism, and has stamped good" on oLiy 20 of the number, or about two in a hundred. This gives the commission that tired feeling, and there is no sarsaparilla it can take for it.
 The truth is, no two men agree as to what is the makeup of hero, and no two men would agree over given statement of facts. What is mere i'm pulse or excitement, and what is de. liberate selfeffaeing courage, is not easily distinguished the one from the other. In appearance they oftentimes look much alike, and no commission can look into mans heart-certainly not into a womans.
 After all, the hero commission can select and advertise only spectacular cases of heroism. The best heroism is unknown and unseen. It is not mere spurt, but lifetime endeavor or sacrl- nee. This is much the best kind, and the hero commission would not know an example of it if they met the person possessing and practicing day in and day out that virtue coming down the middle of the road. Only spectacular heroes apply to the Andrew Carnegie commission, and but few of them are real heroes. But few come out of the ordeal wearing Carnegie tag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
Eduar Allen Poe.

'
 It is indeed difficult to say who is the dean of American letters-who of liv- ing men stands at the head of our lit erature. Some think Edward Everett Hale. who is a man with a country and Senate, should be accorded first place, and he Is 84 years old. A man appointed to pray lor a plutocratic Senate at that age must be remark able man. And then there Is Dr. S.. W cir Mitchell, who at the age of 72 Is still writing poetry and stories that are awaited by an intelligent circle of readers. Anu then there is Mark Twain. 70 years old, who is known and read in many countries. William Dean Howells is but 6S years old, and many reader will say he shouldsbe consid- cred in the selection of dean.
 It may be difficult to name the man wlo stands at the head of literature in l
 this count but it is not difficult to name the American men of letters who have been felt in other countries. Flaw thorne's stories and essays were appre- ciated at the outset across the sea, and today they are held in high esteem not alone in England but in other Euro pean countries. This may also be said of Mark Twain, who certainly enjoys an international reputation. But be- yond doubt Edgar Allan Poe left an impress upon world literature beyond that of any other American. He was felt when he was living, and he is felt today, and so far as can be foreseen his power and yividness will remain an influence indefinitely in all civilized countries.
 And yet his memory is not perpetu- ated in the Hall of Fame in New York; Just why, 1t is difficult to say. He was not bit puritanical, and the Puritans seem to dominate the H. of F. that Miss Helen Gould established in per feet good faith. It would have been fortunate indeed if she could have judged the names proposed for it's inches, for certainly she would not have excluded Poe on grounds that did not relate to his standing in American letters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28

rate a public entity that refuses to dis appear or be driven out.
 The Hon" is not wholly rustic, as some would have us believe. He haunts all capitols, be they of state, county or even beat importance. He is at home in any convention, and laws could not be made or even executed without him. In the course of ages he may be culled out, but not at present. He has come to stay a generation longer at least. He may not actually hold office, but, says the Star, he has been so close to "Cy" or Dave, or he has such firm grip on his own township that he has fairly earned the title which he wears with such lofty destruction" It will be seen that the Star stands behind him, and as goes the Star so goes Kansas. No matter what Massachusetts may do, or that home and center of litera- ture, Indiana, Kansas will continue to honor her "Hons.,' and not few other everyday states will do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28

was in the city yesterday on professional business. MT. Logan is prominently spoken O. for state senator for that district.
  John P. Wallace and Henry c. Dawson Of San Francisco are registered at the Hillman.
 Morris Markstein of New orleans is al the Colonial.
 c. c. Davis of Galesburg is at the St. Nicholas.
 w. A. Mcfarland of Montgomery is at the St. Nieaolas. P. G. Wright and A. J. Ribe of Selma are at the St. Nicholas. G. II. Hardy of Chicago is registered at the St. Nicholas. S. R. Logan of New orleans is at the st. Nicholas.
 W. II. Ball of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 T. M. lewis of New Orleans Is at the Morris.
  Mae Freeman of Talladega is at the Morris.
 E. c. Goldberg of Selma is registered at the Morris.
 c. c. White of Belle Ellen Is registered at the Morris.
 S. T. Wallace of Selma is at the Morris N. H. Froliehstain of Mobile is at the Metropolitan. William Bowden of siuria is at the Metropolitan.
 J. J. Hendricks of Talladega is regis- tered at the Metropolitan MT. and Mrs. J. s. Walshop of Littleton are at the Metropolitan. J. Tolhelm of Gadsden is registered at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
A Matter of Title.

The Kansas City Star rises up in ink to say that the term "Hon." can no more be banished from use in it's state than can politics or agriculture. Ii even drops into poetry when 1t contem- plates the proposition for it says: Purist, spare the Hon"
 Cut out your foolish fuss;
 Take anything you will,
 But leave our Hons" to us.
 Purist, spare the Hons"
 Their proud forms shall not, bowl That tribe so oft has held us up,
 That we'll uphold them now. -.- The Star attempts to imagine legis- lature in which no Hon" will sit in his Prince Albert coat, his broad Stet- son and his narrow-string necktie, but it can not quite make such gathering seem real and soul-filling. The "Hon." " is still a public necessity, or at any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
CANNON HAD MoReAN's "DUDs.'
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star,
 "Busby," said Speaker Cannon to the best-dressed man in Washington, his pri- vate secretary. what do you think of this makeup of mine? Where did I get thls coat and hat?"
 The coat was long enough for a Dutch comedian; the fedora hat rested jauntily on his off ear and threatened to engulf his dome of thought down to the eye brows Where did I get them, Busby? Don't you know?"
 Busby didn't know but having been only recently rescued out of the news paper business, retained the Sherlock Holmes instinct.
 Uncle Joe" he said, you have been associating with some people from Ala bama." The quiet, matter-of-fac delivery of this unexpected statement made it the more astounding. Uncle Joe looked his astonishment Something tells me so" repeated Busby, handing the tell-tale hat back to the Speaker. It bore the name of a well-known Birmingham (Ala) firm.
 Then the Speaker saw great light. The night before he had attended a function at the home of Senator Hale. Senator Morgan of Alabama was one of the guests on that occasion. Perhaps that outfit be- longed to MT. Morgan. Busby vonfirmed it by telephone. There was strange coat and hat, the latter of rakish style of architecture. at the Morgan homestead. The exchange was quickly effected by messengers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
GRIDIRON CLUB TAKES AN
 IMAGINARY PANAMA TRIP

executive session. Then they are pub lished."
 ''There is no more instructive sight in Washington than when Senator Morgan is making speech on the Santo Domingo treaty You cannot see Morgan, because the doors are shut and locked. You can't see the other senators because they are not there'
 "Postoffce Department-Passing rapid ly through Postmaster General Cortel- you's ante-room we come to the head quarters of the republican national com mittee. 1t has direct private telephone communication with the White House.
 The guests included President Roose- welt, Secretary Taft, Postmaster General Cortelyou, Secretary Wilson, R. s. Mo- Cormick, Ambassador to France; the French Ambassador M. Jusserand, J. D. Cassins, the Mexican ambassadors; Leo Vogel, the Swiss minister, and Associate Justice Brewer of the supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
Scottish Rite Masonry.

The thirty-first degree of Ancient Scot tish Rite of F'reemasonry Is conferred per haps as lmpressively in Birmingham as 1t is in any other city of the United States said a Mason who witnessed the ceremonial in the new temple last Tues day night
 "In America the high degrees up to the thirty-thrd are not limited in the number of postulants who may receive them, but in Europe all the degrees above the Rose Croix-the eighteenth-are given only to a limited number. In England, for instance, the thirtieth degree Is limited to BOO, the thirty-first. styled Inspector In auisitor is limited to ninety. and the thirty-seeond degree to ffty-four. The thirty-third is limited to nine active and five honorary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
NO PASSES, NO TIPS.

From the Plttsburg Gazette.
 Porters on the Pullman cars operating on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio systems are particularly disgruntled over the roads cutting off passes, accord ing to a report current among the trav- elers last night at the union station. 'Passes-tips-no passes-no tips Is how the porters view the situation. The por- ters are going to ask for raise of wages on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio cars in consequence of one of the chief sources of their revenue being lcut off. They say that the people who have travelled on passes were more generous in tipping, and that fully To per cent of their tips came from people riding free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
ALABAMA PRESS

Florence Herald: Quoth the raven: When will you resign?" Quoth Senator Platt: "Nevermore!"
 Mobile Herald Another professor says that in 5000 years Niagara Falls will dry up. Professors, possibly, never will.
 Gadsden Journal: The Little Father has granted his children great liberties but somehow the string to them keeps them from staying on straight.
 Selma Journal: France seems to be in a humor to relieve New Orleans from any future fears of an overland invasion by President Castro of Venezuela.
 Florence Times: "Sometlmes," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, when I see these stories about graftin' in high places be- gin to think by gum. that there aint any such thing as honor, even among thieves.
 Thomaston Post: In spite of all the fuss and feathers and much "resoluting" the New York assembly did not ask Senator Depew to resign. All of which goes to show that our Cnauncey still has more or less hold upon the Empire state.
 Eutaw Whig and Observer After all is said probably it is best for the farmer not to get 15 cents for his cotton this year for in the event he does there is grave danger of the acreage next year being so great as to produce an s or 9 cent crop.
 Montgomery Advertiser: General Wheel CT was so much a part and parcel of Alabama that there will be general re- gret that his remains will not rest in the soil of the state he, loved so well. The announcement is made that he will be buried at Arlington, a right to which he is entitled by reason of his rank In the United States army. Of course, at this distance. we do not know what reasons caused this determination, but they must have been of such character as im- pelled his family to that step.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28

AN ASHINGTON, January 27.-From kVV Washington to Panama the
 " Gridiron club entertained its guests tonight, and showed them how to construct the isthmian canal. From the reception room of the New Willard hotel preceded by the marine band and lead by President Richard Lee Fearn of the Gridiron club and President Roosevelt of the United States, members and guests wended their way through maze or labyrinth of palms and tropical plants to the dining room which was transformed to resemble the plaza in front of Cover nor Magoons residence in Panama. From that time forward the dinner was conduct ed as if the correspondents and their guests were beside the big ditch
 A pass was issued to each guest over "The Gridiron Way the Only Airline Beyond Federal Control" and was good on the Washington Panama Personally Conducted Tour"
 The initiation of two new members af- forded opportunity to play upon the Santo Domingo situation. Both General Morales" and General Caceres'' were brought in, the former as the fellow who Jumped hot job in Santo Domingo and was looking for soft snap in ditch-dig- ging" Both were rejected, however, in favor of the membership elect who were presented as "bona fide suppress agents" real ten thousand dollar beauties. A statuary hall was created on the plaza and many prominent guests with appro- priate aups were given prominent places there.
 There were scores of hits upon canal building. One member was rushing hastily across the plaza, and when asked what he was doing shouted: Don't stop me; I've got to write 2O0OO words attacking theNeanal, and have only got ten minutes to stay"
 Another member, with telescope, said he was looking at the canal system on Mars which was successful, because on that planet there were mo trans-conti- mental railroads"
 After long discussion of "canal dig ging'' in which many of the alleged methods past and present, were ridiculed, hustled away with the song, Dig ye Ter rier, Dig" which was written appro- priately with reference to the Presidents presence at the dinner.
 There were a number of other songs which were utilized for the introduction of speakers. Those who made interest ing speeches were the President. Secre- taries Root and Taft, Mark Twain and the French ambassador.
 The menu was "A guide to Washing ton" profusely illustrated and humorous ly descriptive of different points of inter est in the national capitals
 Following are some of the specimens: ~ 'The White House--This is a school for the education of senators and represen- tatives as to their duty to their country The headmaster is President Roosevelt A. B. A. NJ LLd.. LIT. D. (1arvard), 1880. There is gymnasium connected with the institution. The motto is hit first aud frequently
 .sThe Senate chamber is the assembly room of the finest club on earth. The deliberations of the Senate are public. except when the doors are closed for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
BEFORE SEDAN.

By Henry Austin Dobson. Here, in this leafy place,
 Quiet he lies, Cold. with his sightless face
 Turned to the skies. Iris but another dead: All you can say is said. Carry his body hence
 Kings must have slaves; Kings climb to eminence Over mems graves. So this mans eye is dim Throw the earth over him what was the white you touchs1 There, at his side? Paper his hand had clutched
 light ere he died MeNsage or wish. maybe Smooth the folds out and sesl Hardly the worst of us
 Here could have smiledi s Only the tremulous
 Words of e child Prattle, that has for stops Just a few ruddy drops. Look, She Is sad to miss,
 Morning and night. His-xher dead father s-kiss:
 Tries to be bright, Good to mamma, and sweet. That is all-"Marguerfte." An, if beside the dead
 Slumbered the pain An if the hearts that bled
 Slept with the slain. If the grief died-but no-- Death will not have 1t so.