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IîhTûIHN FEAST
i newspapermen at national
capital have a time.
I president Roosevelt and President-elect
Taft Are Told a Few Things of What
the Members Thinks of Them, AU of
Which is Received in Good Nature—
Many Others Are Also Subjects.
Washington, Jan. 31.—Farewell to
President Roosevelt and Vice President
Fairbanks—in their official capacities
on ly_was said to them Saturday
night by the famous Gridiron club of
Washington newspaper men. The occa
sion was the annual winter dinner of
that club. In all there were nearly 200,
guests, and, as is always the case, the
roll included many names that figure
conspicuously in the hall of fame. Am
bassadors, justices of the supreme
court of the United States, cabinet offi
cials sonators, representatives, editors,
publicists and men of affairs generally
wore in the gathering.
It was far from a sad affair, though
the occasion was of a farewell nature.
Gridiron dinners never are sad. As the
president and the vice president were
the guests of honor, so they came in
for equal prominence in the fun of the
evening. While they were the butt
of many of the jokes and skits, there
was every evidence that they enjoyed
tho entertainment as much as the rest
until the jests wore aimed at others.
Tho temperance movement showed
its effect on the club. As the souvenir
of tho dinner tho guests were given
"H 2 O" illustrated gridiron almanacs
published by the "Gridiron Water
Wagon Press " Between its covers no
remedy was given for the ills of states
men, journalists, real newspaper men,
mollycoddles and "malefactors of great
wealth'' other than plain "H 2 O."
In this almanac the "Teddy Bear''
formed the center of the signs of the
zodiac, while the entire production was
marked as forwarded to congress as
"special message No. 23232323232323.''
Total Eclipse in March.
The guests observed particularly that
the total eclipse of the year "is due in
March ' ' and ' ' "will be viewed with in
terest by the United States, Africa and
Oyster Bay.'' A list of forecasts for
every day w T as given in one section of
the almanac, but the prognositications
did not extend beyond March 4. The
reason for this, it was explained, was
that "after the fourth of March there
is no telling what will happen.''
For the convenience of the guests a
notice stated that "gentlemen men
tioned'' for the Taft cabinet would
march in procession at the inaugura
tion, forming division 23, under Wil
liam Loeb, Jr., "who has been 'men
tioned' most frequently.''
But all the wit was not in that al
manac, as a megaphone announced bul
letins from the "great battleground.''
This great battleground,'advertised on
bills scattered through the banquet
room, proved to be a fight between
President Roosevelt and congress.
The inauguration of Henry Hall,
correspondent of the Pittsburg Chron
icle-Telegraph, as president of the
club, afforded the retiring president,
James Henry of the Philadelphia
Press, an opportunity to give the new
official some instructions. The new
president took the oath with his long
arm raised and two fingers crossed,
swearing that he would keep the
Ananias club in a flourishing condition,
ride 98 miles a day and keep congress
on its reservation.
When Jewel H. Aubrere, correspond -
ent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
made his appearance for initiation he
produced an invitation from the presi
dent of the Aanaias club. He was
told of his mistake, but he insisted that
the room was packed with members
of the Ananias club.
Darkness and Sleuths.
Dinner was well advanced when tho
lights suddenly went out. Amid dark
ness, and to the accompaniment of a
weird piano air there was a shuffle of
feet, and in rhyme came a sibilant
and mysterious "sh-sh-sh.'' The se
cret service sleuths were approaching
One of their number explained that the
sleuths were trying to find out what
congressmen did with their $5000 a
year. Chief Wilkie admitted that ho
had detected no counterfeiters, but
added that he had discovered a ' ' four
flusher.'' The sleuths then sang their
repertoire, including a song about
sleuthing in general and White House
sleuthing in particular. Finally the
squadron separated, one going out "to
protect the letter boxes in order to
keep Senator Tillman from franking
grand piano.''
At one stage of tho dinner an inter
ruption was made to revise the tariff.
Representative Sereno E. Payne of
New York, John Dalziel of Pennsyl
vania and Champ Clark of Missouri
were discovered seated at a table. An
nouncement was made that the house
committee on ways and means was in
liession to hear evidence concerning
the tariff, and * ' God save the United
^States,'' added the herald. The climax
.of Andrew Carnegie's testimony came
when he demanded to know what rea
son there was for a tariff on steel, now
that he had gone out of business.
The music, as attractive as usual,
reached its culmination when a quartet
of members told Vice President Fair
banks in song that in " the club 's mem
ory his tall form would ever fondly
Wabash, far
live.'' The guests joined in singing
to the tune of "The Banks of the
WabaBh'':
' ' Oh the cocktails they are crowing in
the morning I
And the buttermilk is flowing through ^
They are waiting the return'of Fair
banks
On the banks of the
away. ' '
During the evening the first line
sung in a clear tenor directed atten
tion to the president of the United
States. It was a song about "Roose
velt, Good Dutch Name.'' It told how
the president made the air blue with
the message he wrote to congress, how
he was bound to have something to
say about everything on the face of
the earth and then concluded with the
observation that ''there never was a
man named Roosevelt that did not
make a d—d good president.''
A number of members appeared as
the president 's country life commis
sion. * Some" startling discoveries "wena '
made by these frockcoated, college-de- ' f
groe-plastered gentlemen. They found
that the principal ingredient of milk is
*• ." ,s
citv folk -is utrVtl g f g3 r 60 d to
city folk as strictly fresh, and that
openwork plumbing is confused in the
. j , tue
rural mind with openwork shirt
waists.
'Possum Fine, Cables Taft.
As they departed a messenger boy
handed President Hall a cablegram. It
read: "The 'possum am very, very
fine.—William H. Taft.''
Tho message came from Panama and '
I
served to introduce Major Alfred F.
Carter, a southern correspondent, who
sang his famous "Watermelon and
Possum" song.
Klaw and Erlanger 's
"BEN-HUR"
To Fill February 17, 18, 19 and 20, at
the Spokane Theater, Spokane.
4 -«: _ i ,1 ,, . I
massiv ml . um l' laT1 y as 10 most
massive and pmturesque as well as the
most impressive dramatic spectacle in
the history of the world, " Ben-Hur " j
7i" ek s n ? W ho " ors , at the Spokane
theater, Spokane, Wash., on Wednesday
e\ ening, e iruary 17, where it will
remain for an engagement of four
ovenings, together with a special mat- j
inee performance, on Saturday, Feb
^ '
<Jt all the spectacular productions of
modern times none has been credited
T\ith so long a run of prosperity as this
great and popular dramatic spectacle,
Ben-Hur ' is today crowned with a
record of more than 2500 performances
in America and 200 in London, in a
little over nine years, and has been
seen by more than seven millions peo-l
pie. The success of the play is cred- >
ited to the religious sentiment that
prevails in the theme, making it par
ticularly attractive to the non-theater
goer, who as a rule avoids the play
house owing to religious scruples.
In order to take care of out-of-town
patrons for "Ben-Hur" the Spokane
theater management will fill mail or
ders in accordance with date of their
receipt, when accompanied by remit
tance. The scale of prices will range
from 50 cents to $2.00. Seats will go
on sale Monday, February 15.
Dan Sully.
Dan Sully 's new play, "The Match
maker," in which he will appear at
the Spokane theater February 10 and
11, is a comedy drama in three acts by
Jerrold Shepard. (
The play was written expressly for
Mr. Sully, and tho character of Father
Daly is said to fit him perfectly. It
is remarkable for its dramatic strength,
cleverness of construction and the rich
ness and abundance of its comedy, as
•"
well as fidelity to nature of its char
acter drawing.
Bookings at the Spokane.
February 7—"Devil's Auction."
February 10-11—Daniel Sully in
"The Matchmaker."
February 12-14—"The Girl of the
Flower Ranch."
February 15-16— E. H. Sothern.
February 17-20—"Ben-Hur."
February 21-23—"Brewster's Mil
lions. ' '
February 24-27—Lombardi Grand
Opera company.
RED CROSS MONEY FOR ORPHANS
American Society Sends $225,000 for
Earthquake Sufferers.
The American National Red Cross so
ciety last Saturday cabled to Ambas
sador Griscom at Rome $225,000, which
he will present to Queen Helena for
the purpose of establishing an agricul
tural colony in Calabria or Sicily for
the orphans in the Italian earthquake
disaster. In all the Red Cross society
has spent $841,740 in behalf of the !
earthquake sufferers. For the purpose
of shipping lumber for houses for the
earthquake sufferers the Red Cross has
given $100,000 to the navy department.
Robbed and Held Over Fire.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Tramps to whom
be applied for food robbed Mark Jor
heh, a Slavonian laborer, and then held
him on a fire with the intention of
burning him to death recently, accord
ing to his story. After taking his
purse, containing about $50, they threw
him on his back into their camp fire.
They held him while the flames blis
tered his back. Then they suddenly
dashed away.
Canadian Road Shops Resume.
Winnipeg, Man.—The railways have
given orders to start the Canadian
Northern and Canadian Pacific shops
immediately with increased staff, pre
paratory to the biggest railroad year in
western Canada's history.
WAS GREETED HY SHIPS OF
FLEET AT 6IBRALTER
ALL NATIUNS.
Flags and Band Playing by Men of Dif
ferent Country's Navies Made Recep
tion a Great Display—Vice Admiral
Goodrich Overlooked Formalities and
Visited Admiral Sperry First.
Gibraltar, Spain, Feb. 1.—The first
division of the United States Atlantic
fleet, composed of the Connecticut, Ver
mont, Kansas and Minnesota, under
command of Rear Admiral Sperry, ar
rived here Sunday from Villefranche
Two barbette ships, the Albemarle
th ° ^ lbioB > and the four ships of
f h ° T A crulsers ' J ust t re '
l fron ' * S ° at \ Amancaa waters;
S® ba T^vitch and
Slava and tho protected cruisers
Bogatyr and Oleg; the French gunboat
Cassine and the D u tch gunboat Heim
„i.i i • . ., ,, , ® ,
adal, lying inside the breakwaters with
ab ° ard tbe Eussian warships uncovered
sides manned, flags displayed and bands
playing, greeted tho Americans as each
in turn entered and was berthed. The
American battleships responded with
music, the band on the Connecticut
playing the national anthem of each
country. As they passed the jackies
and stood with bared heads while the
American bands rendered "God Save
the Czar. ' '
Vice Admiral Sir James E. C. Good
rich, the admiral commanding the naval
establishment at Gibraltar, although
Rear Admiral Sperry 's senior in rank,
did not wait for the latter's visit, but
immediately boarded the Connecticut to
extend his greetings. The senior of
ficers of. the warships followed suit and
"vcio ua. tue waiBuiua xunuweu »uit ana
later Rear Admiral Sperry returned the
cal!s> going first to Admiralty house to
re a vico Admiral Goodrich's cour .
teav
A t sundown the Georgia and Nebras
ka , undor command of Bear Admiral
Wainwright, arrived from Tangier,
Five colliers and the Yankton are al
ready here.
Besides entertainments for the men
to be arranged for the different crews,
such as athletics, dinners and parties
ashore and afloat for the officers, the
functions will include a dinner to be
given by the military governor, General
Sir Frederick Forester-Walker, which
will be followed by a ball at the as
sembly rooms, arranged by Richard L.
Sprague, the American consul,
There will also be a big gymnastic
tournament at which the American of
fleers are expected to participate as
competitors.
The former sultan of Morocco, Abdul
Aziz, passed the night on board the
Georgia. It was the first time he was
ever aboard a warship and his childish
delight was amusing. The working of ,
the guns was explained to him through
interpreters.
Reception at Hampton Roads.
The arrangement for the reception to
the fleet on its return to Hampton roads
has been completed. It practically re
peats the program when the fleets
started.
President Roosevelt on the Mayflower,
ancaored between the horseshoe and
Bynnhaven bay, will review the fleet
as lk P asses in at n0 on on February 22.
Eear Admiral Sperry, the other com
manders and executive officers will then
g ° aboard the Mayflower to receive the
P res ' on t 8 greeting, after which the
P^ esi ® n > ,a turn, will visit the flagship
°„ cac ivision an meet the assembled
officers -- ------ i " 1 - : — ——
Him to
and six representative sailor
men selected from the division.
CARUSO "CAME THROUGH.'
Noted Tenor Singer Denies Any Mar
riage.
New York, Jan. 30.—"A strange
woman; a marvelous woman! I am
much relieved that she has gone," said
Enrico Caruso today when he learned
that his lively inamorata, Mme. Ida La
Giachetti, had skipped jauntily out of
New York en route for Italy, just as
she had skipped in two days previ
ously.
Last summer La Giachetti deserted
the tenor in Italy and eloped with his
chauffeur ard some $160,000 in jewels.
Two days ago she came to New York
with another man known as her
"traveling companion," pounded on
Caruso's door and demanded that he
"fulfill some of his obligations."
"She was never my wife. I have
never been married," he said. "She
is a remarkable woman." He would
not say how much, if anything, it cost
fulfill his obligations."
Favor California Measure.
Sacramento, Cal.—The assembly ju
diciary committee, to which was re
ferred A. M. Drew's anti-alien land
bill prohibiting all aliens from holding
land, but eliminating the clause object
ed to by President Roosevelt as dis
criminating against the Japanese, re
ported the measure favorably on Tues
day.
Wind Moves Arkansas Church.
Hot Springs, Ark.—The Third Bap
tist church was lifted from its founda
tion Saturday by the heavy wind and
carried one block to the Central ave-1
nue entrance of the Oaklawn race
track.
A young theologian named Fiddle
Refused to accept his degree;
"For," said he, " 'tis enough to be
Fiddle,
Without being Fiddle D. D. "
RETAIL DEALERS TO MEET.
Annual Meeting of All in Inland Em
pire to Gather at Spokane Feb
ruary 9 to 11.
Five hundred members of the Inland
Empiro Retail Dealers' association in
Washington and Idaho and visitors
from various parts of the Pacific north
west and California are expected at the
annual meeting of the organization in
Masonic Temple, Spokane, February 9
to 11, during the week of the Pure Food
Show at the Washington state armory,
February 8 to 13.
Philip Carbary, secretary-treasurer of
the association, announces also that in
addition to the items on the formal pro
gram there will be talks on the con
servation of natural resources, the par
cels post problem, good roads, irrigation,
forestry, home-building, deep water
ways, the development of inland water
ways and the development of home in
dustries.
There will also be a meeting of the
Inland Empire Retail Dealers' Mutual
Fire Insurance association the morning
of February 9, when J. C. Driscoll of
Reardan, Wash., president of the or
ganization, will deliver the annual ad
dress.
"This association will place itself on
record as heartily favoring the efforts
of the board of control, headed by R.
Insinger, in making extensive arrange
ments for the 17th National Irrigation
Congress to meet in Spokane, August
9 to 14,." said Mr. Carbary. "Wo be
lieve that this congress will be the
means of demonstrating to the people
will show to the visitors from tho mid
die western, eastern and southern states
the economic value of this vast devel
opment.
"We are also keenly interested in the
encouragement of home industries and
all matters tending to the improvement
of business and conditions generali v.
We are heartily in favor of the Pure
Food Show, which gives promise of be
ing among the best the northwest has
ever seen. |
"Wo have a strong program and we
have been assured of large delegations
from various parts of Washington and
b „® tbat 71 .? b , al L!*M nd
our jurisdiction at the annual meeting,
but, of course, that is a matter to be de
cided upon by the members them
selves. ' '
Prices Paid at Spokane to Producers,
Timothy hay, $16 ton; grain hay, $14
ton; alfalfa, $15 ton; oats, $1.55 cwt;
feed wheat, $1.40 cwt; milling wheat,
$1.68@1.70 cwt; wholo barley, $1.35
cwt; whole corn, old $1.50 cwt; new,
$1.45 cwt.
Hides—Green, 7c lb; green bulls, 5c
lb; green calf, 10c lb; green kips, 7c
lb > green salt kips, 8c lb; green salt
bulls, 6c lb; green salt hides, 8c lb;
dry butchered hides, good, 15c lb; dry
country hides, good, 14c lb; wool, 8@
12c lb; shearlings, 35@50c lb; city
butchers steers, 50 lbs and up, 8c lb;
wool, rough, 8@12c lb; long wool pelts,
8@10c lb.
Livestock—Steers, live weight, 4%c
lb; cows, live weight, 3^.@4c lb;
sheop, live weight, 5%@6c lb; hogs,
, E Ve weight, 6Vé@7c lb; veal, rough
and heavy, 3@4M-c lb.
Poultry—Live hens, ll@12c .lb;
dressed hens, 12@12%c lb; live roos
ters, 10c lb; spring chickens, dressed, I
14@15c lb; turkeys, live, 18@20c lb; |
dressed, 21@24c lb; geese, 20@22c lb;
ducks, live, 15c lb; dressed, 18c lb.
Ranch Eggs Case, $12, case count;
$11.90, oss off.
Butter- Good ranch, 20c; butter fat,
36y 2 c lb; Davis butter, 35c lb. ,
Wheat Market. j
Davenport, Wash.—Bluestem, 91c;
club 78c.
Walla Walla—Bluestem, 91@92c;
club, 81@82c f. o. b. cars. I
Tacoma.—Milling bluestem, $1.05; '
oxport bluestem, 95c; club, 90c; red,
gg c _
Portland.—Track prices: Cash, 94c;
bluestem, $1.06; turkey red, 95c; red
Russian, 90c; valley, 95c.
OTHER MARKETS.
Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows:
Chicago.
Flour—Firm.
Wheat—No. 2 spring, $1.08@1.10;
No. 3, $1.03@1.09 1-2; No. 2 red,
$1.06 1-2@1.07.
Corn—No. 2, 60 l-8@60 l-2c; No. 2
yellow, 60 l-2@61c.
Oats—No. 3 white, 50@52c.
Rye—No. 2, 76c.
j ng) ' ^772 !-2@1.75. Barley—Feed,
Barley Good feeding, 60c; fair to
choice malting, 61@64c. 1
$1 60 i- 8 <f B ° n0r 1WeS ern '
Timothy seed—Prime, $3.80@3.85. j
Clover—Contract grades, $9.15. I
Short ribs, sides—Loose, $8.37 l-2@
8.75. .
Mess pork Per bbl., $17@17.12 1-2.
Lard—Per 100 lbs., $9.60.
Short clear sides—Boxed, $8.871-2 (a)
g 12 1-2 1
Cattle—Best, steady; others weak.
Beeves, $4.20@7.20; Texans, $4.20@5;
westerns, $3.90@5.60; stockers and
feeders, $3.25@4.50; eows and heifers,!
$1.85@5.60; calves, $5.50@8.
Hogs Market 5c lower. Light, $5.50
@6.15; mixed, $5775@6.40; heavy, $5.80
@6.40; rough, $5.80@5.95; good to
choice, $5.95@6.40; pigs, $4.60@5.50;
bulk of sales, $6@6.30.
Sheep—Market weak to 10e lower,
Natives, $3.40@5.75; westerns, $3.40@
5.75; yearlings^ $5.90@7; lambs, na
tives, ' $5.50@7.75; lambs, westerns,
$5.50@7.75.
San Francisco.
Wheat—Shippinfi $1.70@1.75; mill-1
...g, $1.72 1-2@1.75. Barley—Feed, $1.40
@ 1.43 3*4; brewing, $1.45@1.47 1-2.
Oats—Red, $1.65@2.10; white, $1.70@
1 ' 8 »r'-.i b ! a< £' $?;25@2.60.
Millstuffs—Bran $28.50@30.00; mid
... - r, st: n - m
dlings, $33.50@35.50.
Hay—Wheat, $19@23; wheat and
oats, $18@22; alfalfa, $15@18.50;
stock, $13@16; straw, per bale, 50@
85c.
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kee P uien out of P rlson > whi,e the P° or
^ave 1° suffer the full rigor of the law,
has had a number of severe jolts re
cently. The long line of men In high
positions and seemingly the possessors
of vast wealth who have violated the
law> been detected> tried and now are
, , * , . .
" nd ^ oln * P»» shn.ont a ■tron* In
dlcatIon that the millennium of equal
justice has at last dawned,
| In the consideration of such Instances
of this nature as that most recent one
In Chicago, Peter Van Vllssingen, and
c. W. Morse In New York, a prominent
feature is the fact that, while reput
edly wealthy, when the bubble burst
the millions they were supposed to
have owned were found never to have
existed, or, If they did exist, to have
been of paper, tho fictitious value of
which wns demonstrated when the first
winds of adversity struck the fragile
Affluent.
In the case of Van Vllssingen, like
that of Paul O. Stensland, whose ca
reer as a forger was so nearly parallel
to that confessed by the Chicago real
estate man, conviction was swift and
sure. Stensland staved it off for a
time by becoming a fugitive, but found
that the law was Inexorable. When
he was arraigned he pleaded guilty and
asked the privilege of beginning his
sentence with the least possible delay,
To-day he wears the prison gray unl
form of the good conduct convict at
Joliet prison, the same as does the
poorest criminal in the penal lnstitu
tion. For him, too, the rule of silence
Is enforced as completely as it Is In
the case of the most obscure thug or
cheap thief who Is his companion In
ignominy.
I Fate of Von Vllaxlngen
| To tho Mnie fate Van vllssingen wag
sentenced after a trial lasting little
longer than a „ hour . No abJect , y
man cou i d ba ve bad a more speedy con
viction than has this man who, suppos
wea ]thy, found himself ln such a
, p^ti™ that he was able to steal the
j vast sum of more than $1,000,000 from
P^P* 6 w ^ 0 trusted him as much be
cause they thought him beyond the
necesslt y of peculation as for any other
I veu® 0 "
' course, the cases of Van Vllssln
gen and Stensland are not true exam
pies of the alleged condition against
whlcü ®°ct a BBt 8 and others who harp
C° ntinu ally on the favpr^ of the rich
and the troubles of the poor complain.
When they were finally discovered In
their crime neither put up a fight. In
reality their fortunes were such bub
bles that when the denouement came
they vanished Into nothingness.
A somewhat similar condition con
fronted George it. MeReynolds, the for
mer grain broker and warehouse man
convicted for defrauding banks by
means of fictitious warehouse receipts.
MeReynolds, however, put up a hard
legal fight extending over a number of
months. The highest courts were In
voked In an effort to have him his 11b
er ty, but, despite sufficient money to
1 ^ aU legal ald po8fjlble and tfae
' P owerfu l influence of the friends he
j had made ln hl ® affluent da y® when he
I was rated a millionaire, he had to go
to prison and don the hated gray unl
. form,
Newton C. Daugherty, the embezzling
Peoria educator, had short shrift, al
.. . „ . . . . ,
1 "eus 11 an effort was made to save him
* be disgrace of going to prison. But It
was unavailing, as have been efforts
made since to have him pardoned,
John A. Cooke, the Chicago pollti
clan, reputed to have amassed a 00 m
fortable fortune through his connec
j.j on w j tb politics for years, fought as
nossiblv who ever
" ara " S any man ' I ,osslül y' eyeT
went to prison. Not only his own
mean#, but millions of dollars of the
money of his wealthy associates, were
at his disposal, and used lavishly. But
neither that nor political "pull" saved
him.
9tor>e Not Saved by Riches.
The Morse ease ln New York Is an
other example of the luexorableness of
j a ^yg made for the government of rich
and poor a ]|] Je Dealing In millions, the
i ee k| ng had transgressed the laws at
, , ., . . ,,
times when In his arrogance he believed
, , .. .. , ...
himself stronger than the law. His
hard-fought trial, only recently finish
ed. which resulted in his being sen
I tenced to prison for fifteen year*!, which
ln his case amounts practically to life,
and the refusal of the court to admit
him to ball, have placed him securely
behind prison bars, while his lawyer»
still nre seeking legal loophole»
through which their client may escape.
The cases of former Mayor Eugene
A. Schmitz of San Francisco and Abra
ham Reuf, the wealthy and Influential
political boss of the western city, are
fresh ln the public mind by reason of
the attempted assassination of Prose
cutor Heney, who has been the nemeals
of the grafters of the western ooast
Once Schmitz and Reuf were sentenced
and actually served several months ln
prison. Then they were released on a
technicality, but the law is pursuing:
them more vengefully now than ever,
and Ruef was at liberty when Heney
was shot only because of his ability to
furnish $1,600,000 bnll. I
The case of Harry K. Thaw, who
killed Stanford White, Is probably the
hardest contested ln which the wealth
of the crlmlnnl played an Important
part, ln the annals of the country.
But even ln the Thaw case It Is possi
ble that his wealth has been agalnat
him. At any rate, had it not been for
the Thaw millions he would either have
been acquitted or convicted promptly,
without all the bnrrowing suspense,
and the expenditure of a million dol
lars, that has not etert resulted In giv
ing him his liberty. His wealth made
It possible for him to be branded as ln
Bane. It saved him from the electric
chair, but had he been very ;>oor the
circumstances lending up to the crime
probably would bave caused a jury to
be merciful. v
In this connection the human sym
pathy which normal beings feel Is
found more correctly the cause of
biased verdicts. In the case of men
who have occupied high and respècted
positions In a community, the judge
and the Jury cannot help remembering
the man's former estate, similar to
what they themselves are enjoying,
his wdfe and his children. If he has
them, and most such criminals have:
The "put yourself In his place" Idea 1»
strong, and shrewd lawyers take pains
to develop 'It.
But sympathy benefits the rich no
more than the poor, except as It may
be manufactured by money. The case
of Johann Hoch, the wife murderer,
and Bill Ik, whose cose has been In all
the courts of the country, although he
had no money, refutes the charge that
It Is only the rich who can Invoke all
the machinery of the law In their aid.
General Charles W. Russell, assist
ant attorney general of the United
States, declares that It lsabsurd to exy
that wealth prevents prosecution, or,
ln general, convictions. He refers to
the work of Bank Examiner Moxey.
who appeared as the principal witness
for the prosecution ln the Morse trial
and who has the reputation of having
sent thirty-three wealthy and so-called
respectable men to Jail. But money
helps. General Rnssell admits.
"The whole thing Is analogous to th#
care of a sick poor man and a sick
rich man," he said In a recent Inter
view. "The rich Invalid can hire the
best doctors; he can take all the time
that Is necessary to get well ; he can
avail himself of proper climate and
environment, and It's a matter of com
mon sense that he stands a better show
of recovery than the other fellow. Just
so with poor criminals and rich crim
inals. The rich one's chances for ac
quittal are better because hé can afford
to fight longer."—Chicago Record-Her
ald.
Explained at L,aat.
"The late Dr. Morgan Dix," said s
clergyman of New York, had a droll
way of lightening grave subjects with
little humorous asides. Once I beard
him addressing a graduating class at
a medical school. He began ln thia
way:
"'Physiologists tell us, gentlemen,
that the older a man grows the smaller
his brain becomes. This explains why
the old man knows nothing and the
young one everything.' "
Far Fields Are Greener.
A boy always brags of what he will
do when he's a man.
And when he becomes a man he al
ways boasts of what be did when hs
was a boy.—Pick-Me-Up