The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-27

apd windows. is as ornate as n Loo
restaurant in Chicago and would DO
fine place for n cabaret show. but tn
dignity of the court is unimpea cha bl,
BniIiR Attends to 1t.
The ba!llT saw to that He eyed IN
many correspondents who hav
swarmed into Marquette from ever
quarter Of the compass with NANTES
uncasiness. for they looked frivolou
to him in their summer suits and re-
neckties and tan shoes. and he lai
down his gavel Just before he wa
ABOUT TO say: Hear We, hear We. hca
Fe! and tiptoed down among th,
corresponding and said:
Now. mind yez. boys. sthand ooI
when l hit three times.
And dignity was certainly becomin.
10 .he county court of Marquette. Mich.
inns afternoon For the little court
room, away up in the modest port n,
me SHORES of Lake Superior. i'm IN,
upper peninsula of Michigan. had ;
crowd such as ii has never held before
ana probably never Will again an,
there are few courtrooms in the Unite,
states that can boast of having helt
niuch more distinguished gathering
FIRST and foremost, there was Th.o
dore Roosevelt. twice President of ~,
tnited states. the plaintim in the nc
tloE. Around him and scattered through
the courtroom were mon whose name,
are household words in the nation. who
We're also in court, not as spectators
Dat as actors in the thrilling it'll,
q anna staged in the Marquette Count,
courthouse Next TO Colonel Roose
welt sat James r. Garfield. former Sec
rotary OF the Interior. and back of hin
was another eX-mcmber of presi
Dental Cabinet, Robert Bacon, ono,
Assistant Secretary OF State; Clifford
Pinchot. formerly Chief Forester of III,
United states. sat just outside the rail
Ing. Next TO him was scared LOOKING
Swede, who had been brought in b,
the sheriff as venircman. but wht
looked rs though he expected tina
when they got him up In the front o
tho room they would convict him o
murder and hang him on the spot
another former member OF the Cabinet
truman III. Newberry. once Secretary o
the Navy, sat next the Swede an,
WHISPERED words of comfort, and tw,
or three rows back was Regis H. Post
once Governor of Porto Rico. and DI
RiXcy, former surgeon-genera OF III,
Navy.
y dozen or more miners and lum
berT7en in their Sunday best but VIII
looked as If they wished most hearth,
That they were down IN the blaclkes
corners of their mines or in the hear
of the trackless forest. were in tn
back Of the room and, seated anon,
them, We're Jacob Riis. whom Colonc
Roosevelt once called The most use
full citizen of New York." Lawrcnc
Abbott. Of the outlook; William Loci
Jr., o. n Davis. prominent Progress
s!Ve. and others.
Tomorrow Governor Hadley. OF Mis-
souri,, Is expected, and Edmund Hellc!
naturalist OF international fame, VIII
accompanied Colonel Roosevelt into
Africa. Also Judge a. H. Blair. O
OHIO, who rose to fame n few year
ago by the Wholesale disfranchisemen
Of corrupt voters in Adams COUNTY
ohio, and Walter Brown. OF Ohio, Pro
grcssive State chairman of Ohio.
1t was indeed n distinguished gath
crlns for any city. and Marquette feel
kce1ly the honor that Is now hers. an,
hasks proudly in the limelIght OF pub
Ncity which for ten days or two week
VIII be turned full upon the little tow
away up IN the corner OF Michigan
Pnotographers haunt the steps o
the courthouse, and the downtown
streets ard crowds Of people. denie
admission TO the courthouse, stan,
about an the lawn in front and gSz
at the building, WAITING for some one I
come out with tho latest news.
The situation is altogether uniuu
ana fui! Of interest. Here Is a forme
President Of the United States. ngains
whom an attempt viii be made to sus
lam TIC charge OF Drunkenness Tn
charge vas made In the heat of
political campaign. just as many wors
accusations have been made under suCl
conditions. For the first time MAJ
% national reputation has taken up tn
charge aud brought suit Cor libel, an,
decihrcd ais determination to stop tn
publication OF the statements mad
even In the heat of a political cam
p;u%H unless they can be backed IL
ara proved in open court to he true
Ausustn Brodin, a teamstor Of Ish
pcn.,ng. caused smilo to go aroun,
me room when h" took his place ii
IN: jury box wearing an extremely ag
sressivc Bull Moose emblem in tn
lapel of his coat. The defense immc
diatcly found all sorts OF things tn
matter with Joseph. and he was dis
missed for cause