The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-23
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!. ~ ~ Ny OtNt Aprlli I2.--Mea6ures are
boing taken 10 lnsuro mammoth celes
brnuon In 1909 Of the combined annivcr-
snries Of the discovery OF the Hudson
River BY Henry Hudson, who sailed Ut,
the river It, tho Halt Moon In zoos, and tho
sailing OF the first steamboat the Cers
mont withewhIcl, Robert Fulton startled
the farmers along the river when 1t pad
died s1aboriously up In 1903. a measure
now before Goverhor Higgins for sigma
ture Incorporates tic Hudson Fult ton dele
brntion committee and appropriates $4,000
for preliminary expenses. Tho celebration
Will include n great military parade, and
the greatest marine carnival ever seen In
New York, In which between 1000 and
5000 vessels OF all classes, from great
bntt1eships to little gasoline launches.
Will participate. Incidental to the cello
bridge over historical spuytcn Duyvili
Greek. just north OF tho CITY, thus opon1
Ing Il great boulevard extending forty
miles along tho cast bank OF the river ns
far as peckskill. This rond will be a
suitable companion to the similar high
way planned to run along the western
bank OF tho river some thirty-flvo miles,
from Fort Leo to stony Point. The con-
struction OF this second thoroughfnre
awaits the passage OF n bill now pending
In the Legislature Mt Albany to permit
the Palisades Commission to acquire land
for tho purpose and n1so to preserve tho
upper palisades. which stone qnhrrymcn
are rapidly blasting away. II tho BIZ
+ Is passed and the scenic features o. tho
American Rhine protected New York
will have an approach from tho north
unrivalled In beauty
The Gorkyl Incident.
Tho Gorky incident In New York was
not without its amusing features, ana
now Father knickerbocker IS enjoying
q tdt Of laugh at himself. Az soon MS
the Russian revoutionist, representative
Of tho red cap landed. a good part OF tho 4
local beauty and chivhlry made q lion
Of him. az they had done before In the
cnse OF Prince lo,ils Of Battenberg and
Prince Henry OF Prussih representatives
OF hereditary sovereignty. Gothnm's 1T. !
erary rcspectn blcs. socialist mll!onnires,
club women. persons whose social posi-
ton depended on Keeping In the news
sand and one who have nothing more
serious TO 40 than cry hurrah to every
little hero. all locked to Gorky's apart
ments and SANG hymns OF praise to the
new lion. Enthusiastic women (many Of
whom won distinction IN 1893 making
fudge and lace handkerchlefs for the dear
soldiers IN Cuba). fcted Nine. c;orky'
marshmallows and ice cream. Enough
public dinners were planned ahead IN
honor OF Gorky to feed all the hungry
peasants OF Russia. Revolution became
the mode. Fifth Avenue struck hands
With the wavers OF the red nag on the
East Side. Broadway dandiea took to
putting Russian cigarettes, and the de-
mand for vodka In tho palace hotels
began to worry the champagne agents
n n al t11yH
Mime. Gorky''5 was not Mrs, Gorky after
all. This, like Napoleons famous whit
OF grapeshot, which ended the French
Revolution, suddenly ended our amateur
revolutionists Exit William Dean How
ellis and literary respcctables: exit j. G..
Phelps Stokes and socialist millionaires;
exit scandalized club ladies and marsh
fnnllow-eatlng legions; the series ;of revo-
1utlonary literary dinners colapses, and
the Lion skulls TO cover. Only the cater
ers mourn.
Presidents Speech.
New York, the haunt Of the Millionaire,
has been hot With discussion this week
over that portion OF tho Presidents
"Muck- Rake" speech devoted to the
proposition to limit great fortunes over
which the opinions expressed have bean
many and various. Scarcely less inter-
est has been roused over tho section OF
the speech in which the President re-
ferred to the proposed law for n gov
eminent superintcndence over Interstate
commerce, N"thls s,lperntendence and
control not to be exercised In a spirit
Of malevolcnce toward tho men who
have created wealth, but with the firm
purpose both to do Justice to them and
to see that they In their turn do Justice
to the public at 5large." BY local com.
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mean that the President is not unfavor-
able to conservative legislation and fol-
lowing 1t have come reports from Wash
ington that the President looks with n
friendly eye on the Simmons amend
ment to the Hepburn bill. The amond-
ment, which. up to the present time has
not achieved much public notice, pro-
vIdes for ADEQUATE court review, together
with suspension, OF the orders OF the
commission pending appeal. provided that
tho railroads institute proceedings for
such suspension within fifteen days Of