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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

should have been reasonable, and complacent
when he should have stood like rock. He has
been cautious when action was needed, and he
has acted hastily. All in all, the President has
done about as poorly as President as he must
think that the office has served him. He has fail
ed in about the proportion in which he meant to
do we'll
We think it significant that in all the criticism
of Taft-and since Cleveland there has been no
man more criticised--there has been nothing OF
real bitterness. The people have been disappolnt-
ed. They are sorry, both Republicans and Dem
acrats. for what has been monumental failure.
If President Taft really made the statement at
trbuted to him, it means only that the cry was
wrenched from him by his own sense of in
adequacy TO the demands of his position. 1t is
pathetic and it is pitiable.
We think that we can realize the bitterness
that must be at Beverly There is no sting like
the sting Of friend. There is no loneliness no
despair. like that of the victim of trcachery.
There is nothing that so strongly counsels sur
render as the knowledge of attack from those
quarters where the need of human sympathy
looks for support. Caesar at the foot of Pom
pey's statue sounded with his 'Et tn, Brute the
universal note of despairing reproach Mr.. Taft
is scarcely in any sense q Caesar, but the hum
bic well as the lion heart has in it the uni
versal quality of heart-break.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
1t speaks poorly for kentucky that Powers

1t speaks poorly for Kentucky that Powers
should have won his race for Congress upon the
platform of a ssvindication" of the charge of
having conspired to cause Goebel's assassination.
sVindcations" of this sort do not and cannot
come through the agencies of the ballot. Con-
scious of the faint that rests upon him, perhaps
guilty at heart and anxious to pose his innocence
before the world, Powers is doomed to disap-
pointment if ever he reaches Washington As a
freak Congressman he will be pointed out, but he
viii be Stunned. Whispers will follow his pass
ing. Curious visitors will mark him as one of
the sights. But always and ever-the more in
sistent as he himself is the more conspicuous
will follow the ghost of the murder which went
UNPUBLISHED of the law
Now, always, whether free or in prison,
there is the spot that will not ''out''.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
MURDER AS A PLATFORM.

Administration congressman must be hard put
to it, when Kentucky "stand-patter" is beaten
to fragile in party primary by man con-
victed of murder, saved from the gallows by tech
nicahties discovered by partisan court, and at
large to become candidate only by virtue of
executive pardon prompted by political consid-
erations.
The man referred TO is that Caleb Powers, once
Secretary of State of Kentucky, who was three
times tried and convicted as one of the principals
concerned in the murder of Governor Goebel.
While it is true that political feeling ran high
in his case, it remains the fact that the evidence
upon which Powers was convicted again and
again by the trial juries was all but conclusive.
1t is true that the circumstances all served TO
weave about him net of suspicion which will
never be dissolved. Free as he is, the moral ques-
ton of his guilt viii generally be resolved against
him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
A Preachers surrender.

John fE. Scanlon known to news paperdom as
Walt Mason" a phosopher--for other people.
He wrote prose poetry" for the newspapers. that
Is TO say rhymes without stanzas, and they were
fun of homely philosophy and good cheer He
ridiculed the grouchy man, he made light OF wor-
fellow If only would laugh him with
him.
And yet this philosopher who seemed take such
a bright view of life and encouraged ether to
do recently found dead in his studio in Phfia-
cephia under circumstances that indicated suicide.
Alas, poor Yorick Where are thy gibes ?
Where thy philosophy, generously bestowed
upon others: How could It be that who
pictured life beautiful to others could have
own hand? There many puzzles in the world.
but nothing odd. queer, incomprehensible
man-except 1t lie
Walt Mason" was popular writer and earned
large sum of money each month with his pen.
Ills work must have been most agreeable to him,
and We have read that he could rattle off his
Jngles by the yard, apparently without effort. and
as writer of minor fiction he equally sue
cessful. His health good. butsra OF
his talents and turn of mind ought have found
life we'll worth living, in spite his bodily infrmi-
ties. What has he gained by suicide What be-
comes of his philosophy and good cheer7 Those
who had been comforted by his preachments are
shocked by the tragedy OF his taking off, and have
the sense that all his words OF comfort a
mockery After all mans life is his sermon
the only sermon that counts This preacher at the
who in his right mind deliberately ends his
own existence is a gutter deserter and lacks
the courage to face his troubles Suicide AFFECT
surrender without honor. and that in defiance
of the laws of nature and the commands of God
Newport News Times Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
THE DESPAIRING TAFT,

Following the exclusive story of the United
Press 10 the effect that President Taft has al
ready determined not to be candidate for re-
nomination in 1912, the New York Times prints
what it alleges to have been the recent verbatim
statement of the President to a friend:
g am not thinking Of 1919. In fact.
1 don't know that care for re-somi-
marion. From the way things are drift
ing. 1t may be that mo Republican can be
elected. sare possibly one"
We doubt the authenticity of the statement
while At the time believing that it accurate
Ii expresses the sentiment of the President. Mr..
Taft has in every way had stormy time with
ambition. He has lived amid perplexities. He
has been surrounded by treacherous friends and
assailed by vindictive enemies. He has been
pulled this way and that, to one extreme and
tho. other. Whatever he has DONE whatever he
\ has said, has met with instant and remarkable
Acriticisn. Sorely it mnst have been borne in
npon him that, uneasy as may lie the head that
wears crown, more uneasy and unappreciated
ttin il the man who would head great and
democratic people.
III in common with what we believe to be the
lrnat majority Of people we have considered Pres
{dent Taft's course 40 be that of a weakinc in
MpolificS and statecraft. He has been timid at
"a wrong time. He has been tcmpestuous at the
S{cng time. He has been stubborn when he
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

We do not. know the politics of the Dean of
Princeton University. In view of his several dis
agreements with President Woodrow Wilson,
however, it is to be presumed that if he is Re
publican he will bolt the ticket and vote for DR..
Wilson ON personal reasons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

Griscom's assertion. that the coming New York
convention must endorse President Taft's adj
ministration may serve to illustrate to Colonel
Roosevelt the sensation of the double cross
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

The Chanler sensation resolves itself into tn,
one issue of who was gold-bricked.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

vention it will be more apparent whether the
congratulations to the former President will have
more foundation in fact than those which poured
in upon his successor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

1t is appropriate that the shark and bloody
ground" should choose as Congressional can
didate the suspected instigator of the dark and
bloody crime of GoebeFs taking off.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

The Cook County Democrats who renominated
O'Neil Brown for the Legislature refused to go
behind the returns of the jury box.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

Does the future hold the possibility of con-
test for the Presidency between The Man on
Horseback and the Man from the Classroom
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

Messrs. Barnes and Woodruff evidently have a
notion that certain distinguished warrior will
find it difficult to ''come back.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
REV. Cade,r Chamnlon.

They arc all yet little skeptical about the Cade
type-setting machine The Greenville News says: 1T
must have heen three four years ago that we
heard something about the invention by Baptist
minister of North Carolina Of type-setting machine
Infinitely simpler than the Mergenthaler in use In
every newspaper office. just efficient. and about
third cheaper. We heard nothing more Of II, but
the Charlotte Chronicle declares some Rev. Mr. Cade
presumably the man, has devised simpler
machine, and that a big Philadelphia manufacturing
company is building It. II all this Is a fact
only will that preacher reap rich harvest. but
he win revoiutionize the newspaper business did
Mergenthaler, when he put on the market a machine
that did the work Of three four hand
We await with great interest further this In
vention." II is the same Rev. Cade's' machine ali
right and he Is going to be bigger some OF
these days than observation-disclosures Chronicle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

President Taft was ffty-thrce years old ON
Thursday. Ex-President Roosevelt will be fifty
.1wo on October 81. After Tie New York con-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

"Uncle joe Cannon in the recent primary
carried vermillion county by handsome ma
jority. A vindication Of the Speakers yocab-
ulary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

down. redoubled their efforts to get more milk
Luckily the farmers at great distance responded
TO the demand The enterprise has now. happily
passed the experimental stage and Ii paying hand
some dividend The farmers realize and appreciate
situation More attention being given to rails.
ing grass money Is being invested in purchasing
fine milch cows. On the fine meadow lands or Dan
and Banister rivers may be seen large herds
of FLOODED cattle, where few years ago q COW was
scarcely seen. From small beginning In 1893 tbs
enterprise has assumed large proportions and IL
creasing the days go by. The demand for the
Gazette.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

@g- - a.. 1791 z
The Grand Young Man was making d speech nc
the Sc Paul Congress. He began 10 pay u tribute
TO the Hon. Clifford Pinchot clifford. an easy weepcr,
wapt Jimmy Garfield wept. Beveridge wept Tha
delegates wept The audience weptI Everybody went
str&nga way " conserving water sitcs"-- xes6
Sur
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
Grammar OF "Recess,ona,. .

Having for consideration Kiplings fine line. the
expresses its belief that grammar necessarily
ioated here. Thereupon the Danvilie Register.
Interested, surmises: Possibly the words shouting
and tumut may be regarded synonyms or they
may be used in distributive rather than coll
iectively, with the verb dies understood being
peated Strictly speaking however, the subject the
shouting and the tumult Is psral though the repet
ton of the definite article may tend to them
Something may be pardnned for the sake OF poetic
license. Nobody fances that Kipiing Is not a good
grammarian. but according TO the old phrase,
Homer mods occasionally
II our contemporaries he'd read an article by Pro-
lessor Thomas r. Lounsbury in the June number
OF Harpers Magazine they would have found this
bury who knows thing about the English
language. calls attention to the fact that kplings
Macauay. of the scrupueusiy correct OF
wrsters. is on record thus:
But by the yellow Tiber
Was tumult and alright,
Here professor points out. use OF the
singular was instead of the plural were"
Kiplng Instance Macaulay had no need to avail him
self OF poetic license and did do He used
was simply because he considered II vigorously
expressive English than Its alternative while at the
same time no less correct For this ne had abundant
precedent. It is first of ALL the ancient question
whether form or meaning shall be followed when
has n e .r as sa Latin
.'plens CLAIMANT" Sometimes roo. the subject may
ne we s
privilege OF using either number OF the verb within
shouting and the Dies Kipling felt that the
unity Of the meaning transcribed the plurality of the
form. and he made his predicate verb singular ac-
cordngly There is really a good deal unity
than the tumuit and alright" Of Macauiay. Pro-
lessor Lounsbury notes that very many careful
writer's have followed singular meaning where
as here. two subject nouns Were involved 1t is an
exceptional course but from which neither poetry
prose need shrink under proper circumstances
The professor himself endorses 1t when rightly
used
We that the Register win chant the shouting
and the tumult dies whenever 1t feels inclined.
The tin gods of over-formal and shackling grammar
may be pleased, but with authorities like Pro
lessor Lounsbury the Landmark and the Observer
say"--Chariotte Observer
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
fight BEGUN
ON Big MAIL
ORDER HOUSES
Rural Parcels Post Bill Before
Congress Will Be Vigor=
ously Opposed
Aim of Countrywide Body Is to
Protect the Country
Merchant
Especial Dispatch 10 The Colll

CHICAGO, Dec. 1s.-The American
league Of associations, powerful COM
bination of mercantile houses through
out the country, has started vigorous
campaign against the proposed estab-
lishment OF local rural parcels post
service, and a big fund is available to
fight the bill now before congress.
For more than year the organiza-
ton has been in the process of forma-
tion, but heretofore all its movements
have been marked with the utmost
secrecy. The members have been
meeting in the basement at zoos Calu-
met avenue, the residence of Attorney
George H. Maxwell, organizer and gen
eral counsel of the association. and the
II Chicago houses which are members
have obscured their identity by having
credit men. clerks and others not fll-
ing official positions represent them
Bnt everything is now In readiness
for attack and the personnel of the
organization is disclosed.
Edward H. Butler of Butler Bros. is
president of the association, George A.
Partridge vice president and D. r.
Forgan. president of the National city
bank. is its treasurer.
On the board of directors from San
Francisco are: f. A. Brand, of Baker
& Hamilton; C. P. Ayers, of Holbrook,
Merrill & stetson; S. Dfnkelspiel, of
L. Dinkelspiel company; W. N. Moore.
of Moore Watson dry goods company.
The association has total member
ship of about 300 Many of the local
members are members of the Chicago
association of commerce.
Members of the association do a
wholesale mail order business and are
aiming their fight against the retail
mail order houses. The apparent pur-
pose of the campaign. according to the
promoters, is to save the country mer-
chant from elimination.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
Poison May Have
Caused the Death
Of a Young Girl
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
FoRESTvILLE, Dec. 1S.-Find-
ing all the symptoms OF an acute
case Of poisoning in the death of
Belle Sheridan, a schoolgirl, Is
years of age. who died this aft
ernoon. DR.. J. r. Swisher, the at
tending physician, notified the
coroner and an inquest will be
held tomorrow.
The case is one of mystery.
The girl, the daughter of Charles
Sheridan, a blacksmith of For
estville, was In good health until
this afternoon, when she became
violently i'll. Doctor Swisher was
called, but she died before he ar
rived. On questioning the rela-
tives of the girl as TO her symp-
toms, he discovered that they
corresponded with those OF poi
soning by strychnine. He in
formed Coroner Blackburn of the
facts and the latter ordered an
autopsy and an inquest. The
autopsy was held tonight, but it's
findings were kept secret They
viii be made known at the in
quest tomorrow.
The girl was popular and well
liked Any suggestion that she
may have taken her own life is
ridiculed. as there was not the
slightest reason for any such act
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
WEAKNESS Shown
BY new ORLEANS
Pennsylvania Delegation in Con-
gress FavOrs San Francisco
for Panama Exposition
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


WASHINGTON, Dec. ia rousing
meeting of the California state asso-
citation, composed OF Celifornians
resident in Washington. was held this
evening at the exposition headquarters.
Speeches boosting San Francisco were
made and the audience, composed of
many residents of other cities. hear
tily cheered the speakers
A report that the Pennsylvania dele
cation would vote for New Orleans
was denied tonight by two leading
members of the delegation. They
pointed out that John Dalzen, chair
man OF the house rules committee,
favored San Francisco by his action in
the committee and suggested that this
was a sufficient pointer as to the atti-
tude Of Pennsylvania They said that
Pennsylvania would be found voting
for San Francisco when the pinch
came.
The Pittsburg newspapers have
printed strong articles favoring San
Francisco and one Of these papers,
leans claims, has come out with arti-
cles in favor Of San Francisco. Strong
work has been done among Pittsburg
business interests by the California
campaign managers and their friends
in New York and Philadelphia.
Pittsburg business interests are
urging New Orleans to accept the COM
promise suggested by the deep water
ways advocates in order that New
Orleans may emerge from this contest
with some profit They are telling the
New Orleans people that a straight
knockdown fight with San Francisco
will be disastrous to the gulf city,
whereas a compromise would enable
New Orleans to hasten the water ways
project and gain votes in favor of re-
tanning the New Orleans navy yard.
The New Orleans people are begin
ming to see the force of these sugges-
tions and noticeable slackening of
effort by the New Orleans boomers
here is the consequence.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
TRUNKS HOLD THE SECRET
OFESTATEVALUED ATS4OO, 900
Son of Mrs eane Allen e-Masceau- -Fenne Says HI
Was Defrauded Of Fresno Property
Especial Dispatch to The CdI1

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Legal docu-
ments, which 1t is believed will prove
a claim to an estate valued at al
most half a million dollars, are con-
tanned in several trunks now being
held for a board bill by Mrs. Louise
Sucker. owner of the Annandale hotel.
at Annandale. Staten island.
Their owner is Mrs. Jeane Allen
Ffske- Marceau- -Fenneil, the former wife
of Colonel Theodore G. Marceau. the
Fifth avenue photographer. She is su-
ing Mrs. Sucker to gain possession
of the trunks. which she values at
$3.50. and the case will be heard at
Stapleton on wednesday.
That the trunks contain evidence
which will show that his Inheritance
amounting to 100000 was fraudulent
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
HARRlMAN'S WIDOW WILL
RAISE SHEEP POLITICALLY
College Bred Youths With Shepherds Crook to Be
Guardians of Blooded Flocks
TSeee;dl Dispa.eh TO The Call

each be armed with the traditional
shepherds crook, and perhaps the
flute or shepherds Q pipe"
Cattle raising and the dairy will not
be abandoned. Stone and rail fences
will be torn down and the bIooded Jer-
seys, Guernseys and Holsteins Will
roam over the 10000 acre estate in the
Ramapo valley, not after the manner
in vogue on the great plains. but. as In
the time of Abraham. superintended by
cowherds in tyrolean costumes and.
naturally. who may be expected to
yodel Tyrolean melodies.
Mrs. Hartman has always tried to
make her dairy as nearly ideal as pos
sible. Her object is not to make the
place money maker, but to give an
object lesson to the milk trust
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
TEMBLOR sinks
SMALL ISLAND;
MANY PERISH
Disaster Follows Series of
Shocks and 10 Inhabitants
Lose Their Lives
Frightened Women and Children
Flee to Mainland, but
Others Are Engulfed
TSseciol Dispoteh 10 The CALI

NEW ORLEANS, Dec, 1s-A special
cable to this city from Port Limon,
Costa Rica, announces the sinking of
small island In the Ilopango lagoon
following an earthquake shock. It is
asserted, though without confirmation.
that nearly all of the inhabitants,
about IS families, were destroyed
The sinking of the island is said to
have followed series Of earthquake
shocks which were felt throughout the
republic.
The shocks began early in the even
ing and increased in frequency and
violence as night progressed until
about midnight, when the watchers on
the shores heard the sound of the guns
fred by the people on the island.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
DUCHESS OF ORLEANS
is OPERATED UPON
Suffers From Appendicitis and
Condition Is Critical

LONDON, Dec. 1s.-The duchess of
Orleans was operated upon for appen-
dicitis at Wood Norton, Eversham. Sat
urday. She passed a comfortable
night. but today her condition was
considered critical
Manuel II, the exiled king OF Portu-
gal, and his mother. Queen Dowager
Amene. are guests of the duke of Or
leans at Wood Norton.
AS the duchess has been i'll for a
long time she was unable to receive
the Portuguese exiles on their arrival
in England. She has been confined to
her bed for two months. A few days
ago serious symptoms developed
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19

NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.-sarah Bern
hardt said recently: When I travel
through England I always think of two
things-sheep and Shakespeare"
When the twentieth century sheep
farm has been fairly established at
Arden. the county seat of Mrs. Mary
Hartman. widow OF the railroad mag
nate and wizard fnancier. its descrip-
tion will read like a pastoral poem. 1t
will resemble a bit of old England
transplanted-
Mrs Hartman and Mrs Charles
Rumsey. formerly Miss Mary S. Harri-
man, have an ambitious plan to raise
sheep POLITICALLY. College bred youths
will oversee the pastures and flocks Of
blooded merinos. The shepherds will
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19

ly disposed of is the allegation OF Jay
Allen Fiske, son OF Mrs. Marceau by
John D. Fiske, her first husband He
has a suit pending in the superior
court OF California to recover his patri-
mopy. The property IN dispute is at
Fresno. Cal.
Fiske is % years old and lives in
Brooklyn with his wife and three year
old son. He will leave for Fresno on
January L to prosecute the suit
Before his departure he will make
an effort to procure the legal evidence
contained in the trunks. Mrs Marceau
is now practically penniless and es-
tranged from her son. The suit which
he instituted In Fresno more than a
year ago, while It is directed against
the Fresno estate company. contains
allegations against his mother.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19

BOSTON. Dee. 1s.-Rev. Charles r.
Brown of Oakland, who has been un-
der consideration by the trustees of
Boston university as the successor to
DR.. william f. Huntington, president
of the university, is in Boston. 1t is
believed the office has been offered
and that Doctor Brown will accept it.
He said tonight;
ct have had several meetings with
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
Flee From Island

Soon after that a huge bonfire was
lighted on the island. and at about 1
o'clock a boatload of frightened women
and children reached the mainland
The survivors reported that other boats
were coming as fast as they could be
filed, as the island was slowly sinking
under the feet of the Inhabitants.
The boatmen of the mainland were
asked to send aid, but in view of the
continued shocks and the steadily In
creasing violence of the sea in the
lagoon, the boatmen were afraid to
venture.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-19
QUEEN MARY EXPECTS
THE STORK IN MARCH
First Birth in Buckingham Pal
ace in 81 Years

LONDON. Dec. 1S.-Queen Mary's
accouchement is expected in March.
This will be the first birth at Buck
ingham palace in 81 years. The last
child born to King George and Queen
Mary was Prince John Charles. July
I2, 1905.