The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-20

grass in his front yard, and is next seen after
terrific explosion, lying MANNED unto death with
both legs blown away, it ought to require some
thing more than plausible chain of deductions to
found against him the charge, much less the find
ing of suicide Detectives are al ltoo ready, when
they do not succeed in putting hand on the GRIM
inal, to declare that there has been no crime, or
that it has been committed by man whose lips
have been stopped by death.
The Richmond boy who is trying to stage
play with local color would do well to secure a
copy of Dugger's "Balsam Groves of Grand
father Mountain. By applying such ruses
as this famous author employs to Richmond ho-
tells and enterprises, the means for production
would be legitimately forthcoming in advertising
returns "The masticating department of the
Marlborough House., for instance
The King and Queen of Italy afford striking
contrast to the King of Spain and his consort
In Italy, disaster finds the rulers on the spot
ready to face the common danger; in Spain the
threat of trouble empties the palace across the
border Perhaps that is one reason why the
threat of trouble is so much more frequent in
Spain than Italy.
The fact that the Americdns have bought
Ryan need not attract renewed attention TO
Thomas Fortune In the later case, at least to
considerable extent, the purchase and sale is by
opposite vendor and vendees.
Stuart having opened his campaign in the
Ninth District, it viii not be long before there
will be the sound of something that will fall
with dull thud''
The disclosures of the amount of the Nc
Murray fees must make Elihu Root and the
other corporation lawyers green-eyed. Did ever
stress of business keep so many good men out of
fertile field
Nebraska Democrats have elected, after all, to
choose a Cowboy candidate for Governor This
is at least one species of the wild and woody
which cannot he laid TO the door of William
Jennings Bryan.
Disclosures of graft in the Illinois Central in
dictate that there are other reasons beside in
creased wages and lower rates for the decrease
in net earnings despite an increase in gross.
A Chicago doctor is attempting TO compel
Knox by mandamus to produce records He
had as well attempt to pick the lock on the vaults
of the Treasury.
| The ex-President's attitude toward the Pres
ident seems TO be that he will play with him no
longer unless he be permitted To dictate his other
| play-fellows
President Taft's visit to his ancestral shrine:
indicates that in the moment Of desertion by all
his political friends he is having recourse TO the
call of the blood.
President Taft named the latest of The name
Robert. 1t would be interesting to know hi.
latest name for Teddy.
Japan will take the Empire of Korea Il
has taken Japan quite time to claim posses
sion OF that which she already had.
There have been so many ultimatums fired
at Beverly recently that Mr.. Taft has possibly be
come callous in the light of the alternatives.
| But isn't Griscom the busy little man9
THE PEOPLES FORUM
Little Woman RxA.s
Editor of The virginian
sir.-Almost daily the papers of Richmond publis
accounts of scenes enacted in the police court whic
| appeal with power TO hearts that are not void o
feeling nor inssnsibls to an evident injustice whic
&. chile, are the nsf. ara 10 asa
ss on the % e % and
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