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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-08
The Richmond Palladium
FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1904.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES R8RR
8IOCAL ITEMS %


Water bills due April LIST.
Optical goods at Haner's.
Eve glass changed at Haner's.
DR.. w. A. Park for dentistry. tt
Mrs. w. S. Hiser's shorthand school.
Try the Palladium for job printing.
Spectacles correctly fitted at Hs-
ner's.
Walter Boden of Cambridge City
was Richmond visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Townsend went to
Muncie yesterday for a brief visit
with friends there.
Our best advertisement is the
clothes we make. Fine suits So and
$1S. Emmons Tailoring company.
r. n. Hart is sole agent of Hearst s
Chicago American in Richmond.
'Phone 1063B. Yokel manager cir
cnlation. 6-4t
Miss Edith Bowman of north four
teenth street left yesterday afternoon
for Hagerstown where she will spend
Sunday with relatives.
Typewriters, all makes, rented,
sold. Rentals, So to SIS per month.
Repairs and ribbons for all machines.
Tyrell, w. U. Tel Office. Phone 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Judson of the
Wayne who have been the guests
of Indianapolis relatives for some
time past, returned home this evening.
Mrs. Maxim of New Castle, who
has been the guest Of her daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Greenstreet, for few
days, returned to her home last even
ing.
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COULDN'T USE A BROOM.

With august mein the lady passed,
her silken skirts sweeping the pave of
cigar-butts, string, paper, microbes
and other evidences of civilization.
sFBut why,' asked one curious and
bold. Edo you do thus 2"
"Would you expect woman of
breeding to use broom out here be-
fore the eyes of the rabble 20 was her
answer.
So distinctly chill was her aspect
that the impairment querist felt frost
bitten.
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LAST NIGHT AT
SIX O'CLOCK
A Dangerous Looking Wreck This
Morning -Caused Loud
Report.

The building belonging to Mr..
Campbell, in which Joseph Steven
son runs livery barn on south seventh
street, was wrecked yesterday In the
rear part. The entire rear portion of
the structure caved In about 6 o'clock
last night. People in the vicinity
thought IN explosion had occurred,
for the weight of the structure, as it
struck the ground, caused every build
ing within a block to shake as If vis-
tied by an earthquake. Repairs were
going on at the old livery barn and
the walls, in some way, became weak
ened, letting the roof fall IN, and the
side walls followed. It was soon
mass Of debris.
The building was quite
land mark and was being
patched up by the owner,
who was trying to make it inhabit-
able A look at the structure will con-
vince one of the danger of the exis-
tence of such a structure. There is
duty there for the fire chief to look
after.
Fortunately no persons were under
the building when it fell, for, if there
had been some one or more would
have suffered serious injury. The
building, at best, is an old one and
the safest thing to do would be to
raze the structure to the ground.
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WONLD'S FAIR
A Few Notes of General Interest to
Our Readers.

A Few Notes of General Interest to
Our Readers.
The cadets Of the Virginia Military
Institute Of Lexington, Va, with 275
officers and men, will camp at the
Worlds Fair from June 10 to 49,
The National Dairymen's Associa-
ton has been allotted October 20 as
its day at the World S Fair.
Holland is erecting a building at
the Worlds Fair of typical Dutch
architecture. The building was put
together in Holland and then taken
apart and shipped to the fair in sec
tions.
A Wyoming exhibit in the Mines
and Metallurgy building at the
World s Fair is a 7-foot cube Of coal
In a single piece The block is used
as the base of a pyramid, showing
every grade of bituminous coal fuel
In the state.
An invitation has been extended to
Alice Roosevelt to be present at the
celebration of Oklahoma Day at the
Worlds Fair, September 5. The date
is the sixteenth anniversary of the
creation Of Oklahoma as a territory,
and an elaborate program has been
planned in which the number 16 will
figure extensively.
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OVER THE PAPER MILL
His Back Badly Wrenched and He is
Suffering Very Much.

Last evening about 7:30 Yardmas
ter M. F. Conway was going over the
bridge Of the c.. C. & L. that crosses
the river. near the paper mill. He
had a lantern on his arm and was go
ING over as carefully as possible, but
the lantern was swinging and would
make a light and then a shadow, and
it was during the shadow period that
he stepped on a weak spot and he
was precipitated headlong, striking
the rail with his back, badly wrench
ing it and sustaining other injuries.
He pulled himself off the bridge as
best he could, getting as far as Gaar s
shop, and, after rest started I'M
aided for the depot When he ar
rived there he was unable to proceed
farther, and he was taken to his home
on south seventh street. in a cab. DIR.
Grant attended him. and he is doing
as well as could be expected today.
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conducted by DR.. S. R. Lyons. The
pall-bearers we're: John M. Coat,
Harry Porter, Harry Keelor, Louis
Emmons, James Milford, G. A. Knoll
lenberg. The increment was at Earl
ham cemetery.
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REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

Prepared by Nathan S. Lamar, Alb
stractor of Titles and Justice of the
Peace. Office over so Main street.
Jesse E. Reeves, trustee, to John
f. Miller, lots 1872 and 1913 in Starr s
addition to Richmond.
$4,000
Sheriff of Wayne county to Peter
Algert, north one-half lot 30 j. r.
Mendenhall's addition to Richmond
$675.
Sarah A. Detman ct al, to Lovetta
NJ Miller, part lot 70 original plat of
Centerville.. $175.s
Mary Evans to William F. Davis,
part southeast quarter section 30,
township IS, range IA east, containing
5 acres. $500.
WILLIAM A. Bragg, James Baker,
William f. Booth, trustees, to Benja-
min Tanner, lot 3, block 9, Milton.
so.
Collesta Chandler ct al. to Charles
V. Thompson, lot 6, Cyrus G. Gates
addition to Richmond. $500.
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The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louis
vile railroad is having a tough time
of it these days. Last evening there
was wreck on the south end and one
on the north end Trains were de-
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StOryOf the Honey
Comb Candy
A Delicious COnfectiOm

Come to W ur city, you will always
know me after you once taste me.
| am all the rage in the East al d.
West where l have been for some time
Just eat me and you will then undeI
stand why am pr. nounced simply
delicios, and will not wonder why
you want more of me. am the pur
est and most wholesome piece of
CANDY in the market. There is only
one firm In this country that can
n axe me. Every other firm who ha
tried to initiate me has given it up
I am for sale in your city at
BEEHIVE GROCERY Co
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layed and service impaired. The late
rains have been severe. and the road
bed was greatly damaged. The only
injury done in the wreck was to the
rolling stock.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-08

The Filipino colony at the worlds
fair is fast becoming aeclimated.
When they first arrived in st. Louis
the weather was trifie chilly for
these children of the tropics and they
were given quarters in a large steam
heated structure. They chafed at the
confinement, however. and now they
Joyously romp over the 40-acre Phil
ippine reservation as scantily clad as
when they are on their native islands.
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OUR STORE WILL BE OPEN TO
VISITORS THIS EVENING AND
SATURDAY EVENING.
JONES HARDWARE co.

Crushed fruit strawberry ice cream
and four other flavors at Prices.
Ice cream sodas and the best ice
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For Goodness sake, eat 'sIdea
Bread" made only by R;chmont
Baking Co
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-08

You get more for you- money when
buying Ideal Breli" Eighteen
ounces of "pure Fool.''
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Fresh oysters served at Prices as
You like them best.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-08

Gold fish for your aquarium at
Prices.
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cream at Prices.
Price Is for box of nice chocolates.
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SWEET PEAS IN BULK.
BURPEE'S. ALSO NASTUR-
TIUMS. PHONE 292.
aI3 HADLEY BROS.
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Worlds Fair. These Souvenir Coins of
Admission are of artistic and appropri-
ate design, are invaluable as mementos
of this greatest of all Expeditions,
and are similar to the Colum bian Half
Dollar. aside from their intrinsic value.
We Will accept them in exchange for
regular tickets of admission to the
World s Fair, and for this purpose will
maintain ticket office at the main en-
trance to the Fair Grounds, which will
be open every day during the Worlds
Fair period. Everybody wants one of
these Souvenirs. but only a limited num-
her will be offered for sale Price go cts.
With every Souye mir Coin of Admission
purchased we allow one estimate to be
made and fled, of the total number of
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paid adm1ss1ons to the Fair. No one
has any advantage in this contest. YOU
as any one. 1t is all pure luck. should
there be more than one correct estimate.
the $4,000 will be divided equally be-
nearest correct estimates. There may
be no ties or dividing of this money; the
enormous sum of $4,000 may be received
by one person. WHY NOT YOU? The
Lucky Winner will be notified the In
slant the official announcement of the
total number of paid admissions is
made by the Louisiana Purchase EXPO
sition Company. We will also pay all
of your expenses to St. Louis and Will
deliver the $4,000 IN ONE GREAT
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The Board of Directors of the Louisiana
Purchase Souvenir Coin Company will
set aside an appropriation of $4,000,
which will be presented, in its entirety,
mate of the EXACT number of paid adj
missions to the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, which opens at ST. Louis April
Both, and closes December LIST, 1904.
Should no one succeed in estimating
the exact number, the money will be
presented to the one who sends us the
nearest correct estimate. This Golden
opportunit to secure magnificent for
tune costs NOTHING. Our object in
making this unprecedented offer is to
advertise and promote the sale of our
Souvenir Coins of Admission to the
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-08

The National Dairymen's Associa-
ton has been allotted October % as
its day at the Worlds Fair.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Ss22SSHlss1GHs2Ss

course. he began practice in Boston,
and his success was instantaneous.
For ten years after the death of his
wife. Peter Burt conducted the farm
of his forefathers. One after another
of his sons and daughters, as they
became of age, left the old home.
eve to return. One night after sup
per Peter Burt informed the remain
ing children that he was going to sea.
He had bought an interest in a whal.
ing vessel, and would sail from New
Bedford in a week. To ~Sarah--the
eldest Of the children-he gave three
hundred dollars, together with in.
structiOns concerning the manage
ment of the farm. lie did not know
how long he would he gone-it might
be "A year or it might be FIVE. With
some tenderness he kissed the weep.
ing orphans, and tramped down the
road in the direction of bingham.
Five years later the Segregansett
dropped anchor at New Bedford. None
of the crew that went on with her re.
turned. Peter Burt sold the cargo.
paid OF his men, disposed of his in.
terest in the ship, and on the follow.
ing day walked into the Burt farm
house. He was greeted affectionate.
ly by his son Joscuh. who for a year
had lived alone in the old house. A
week later the boy was sen to school
III Boston. and Peter Burt began his
solitary occupancy Of the ancestral
home.
Shortly before Peter Burt's return,
Robert had married, and the old man
was delighted when the young couple
made a visit To the old farm. The
following year John Burt was born,
and Peter Burt j%ourneyed to Boston
to witness the christening.
Two years later Robert Burns Burt
and his wife were instantly killed in
a railroad accident. The train crashed
through a bridge. II was winter, and
bitterly cold. OF the fifteen passen
gers in the a occupied by Robert
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
CHAPTER THREE.
John Burt's esyhood.

For two hundred years the Burt
house had withstOod the blasts OF
winter and the whitening heat OF sum
mer. Time had worked upon the
rough exterior until it seemed like a
huge rectangular rock, w~eather'worn
and storm beaten. The small plateau
on which it stood sloped Inv
to the sea. Rugged rocks to the west
stood as a wall. frOwning at Tho quiet
beauties of salt marsh and cedar
swamp below. To the south were
matches of meadow wrested from
wood and rock by generations OF toll.
Through this fairer section a rook
wandered between banks festooned
with watercress. Old settlers knew
the locality by the name OF ROCKY
Woods.
When Hczekiah Burt died, Peter
Burt inherited the hold homestead IN
Rocky Woods. He was a young giant
with the shoulders of a Hercules. Al
the age of thirty he took to wife the
fairest maiden of the surrounding
country, and to them a o was born
and christened Robert Burns Burt, A
year later the mother sickened ant
died. The grief of Peter Burt was
terrible as his strength. For a year
he remained a prisoner In his house
then returned to work, and for two
years labored with the energy OF q
demon. His second marriage followed
He led to the altar the daughter OF Q
poor farmer, and of this prosaic unior
seven children were born.
After fifteen years OF work and sor
row the patient wife folded her tired
hands. closed her weary eyes ant
sank into that sleep which awaken'
not to toll. If Peter Burt loved MI
second wife, he never told her SO.
he loved her children. his expression
OF affection took a peculiar form. III
made no secret of his favoritism 10
Robert Burns Burt, the only child o
his first wife.
Robert was a boy of whom an!
father would be proud, AT twelve h,
vas sent to school in bingham. A
nineteen he entered Harvard, gradu
ating in four years with honcys. Al
ter two more years devoted to a Law
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
ALL CONFIDENTIAL
General Bristow Testifies Before
House Special Committee
HAS CONVENIENT LOOPHOLE
d. mnging T~estinony was Unesrthed
by CLERK Hire Section OF the
postomcs Department

Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Bristow, in ~testifying before the
house special committee on postofice
report claimed for himself response
bility for only the first seven pges OF
the report which was sent to the post
Office committee and said the other
portions Of the document were the
work of other officials Of the depart
ment.
The clerk hire section. he said, was
prepared in the Office OF the first assist
ant postmaster general, and that part
relating to leases by inspectors and
others in his W department.
Mr.. Bristow's testimony threw con
siderable light on all phases of the
inquiry. He practically cleared mem
bers OF congress from wrongdoing,
touching the clerk hire section on the
report by stating that II was the duty
Of the first assistants Office to asCer-
| tain the condition of the work in an
Office where an increase had been rec
commended.
The committee was in executive SEES
sion part Of the time General Bristow
was present.
Mr.. Bristow was a kcd particularly
as to how the committee was to get
possession OF certain OF the confidential
exhibits connected with his report on
the ~postofice investigation. These ex-
hibits have been kept secret because OF
their bearing on pending prosecutions
They were used in making up the re-
port touching members that was sub.
mitted TO the house.
Mr.. Bristow told the committee tho
reports would be submitted to it fol
confidential inspection.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
A Luxurious Bed.

An Indian %potentate recently order
ed from Paris a bed which will rival
the rajah's bed in the Arabian Nights.
1t is of satinwood, richly carved. and
ornamented with silver plates In re-
pousse work, adorned with bouquets
of roses, pink and corn. the rajah's
coat of arms being placed at the head.
At each corner stands a statue of a
girl II French. one Greek, one Span.
ish and one Italian. Each Is tinted ac-
cording to the complexion OF her ace.
and wears n suitable hued wig, either
black, blond, chestnut or auburn.
These maidcns have movable eyes
and their only ornament Is a gold
bracelet round one arm. which waves
over the sleeper head either a fan
or a yak's tail fly fiapper. The fur
Their enjoyment is heightened by an
ingenious arrangement in the mat
tress. which, as soon as any one lies
down, plays a selection of Gounod's
airs.-Ohio State Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25

Burt. but II escaped. A child, two
years old, was found warmly wrapped
in it's travelling blanket, uninjured, on
a cake of ice. a few minutes after the
car plunged beneath the water. Ii
was John Burt.
In the opinion OF his noighbOrs,
Peter Burt was crazy from the hour
the news came to him. Strange
stories were whispered concerning
Captain Burt, as he was then called.
Belated travellers along the lonely
road saw lights burning through all
hours of the night. They heard the
old man talking or praying in a loud
voice.
Upon the death Of Robert. Peter
Burt went to- Boston and buried his
dead. With fearless eyes he saw the
pride Of his old & lowered into the
grave. Robert Burns Burt was a care.
full lawyer. and his will covered every
contingency. II appointed his father
executor of his small estate, and in
trusted him with the care of his son.
Peter Burt placed the boy in the keep
Ing vi a 'oihltNCHt hulSts anu It-
turned to his farm.
Save for the occasional smoke from
the chimney, there was no sign that
Peter Burt existed throughout the
three months that followed. His son
Joseph called at the house, but was
not admitted.
At the end of this period the old
x,,, ,,~NrraI and u,nr uaan Il, II;,,
ham. For the first time in years he
| spoke to his n%eighbors, who noticed
that his hair was as driven snow,
and that his face shone with a
strange light. In the calm manner
of one controlled by an unalterable
conviction. he stated that he had
made his peace with God, and was in,
spired by Him. He had received the
gift of prophecy and of understand,
ing.
When John Burt was seven years
old his grandfather brought him to
the old farmhouse. With the boy
came his nurse and her husband,
William Jasper, the latter charged
with the duties of hired man. Thus
John Burt began his life on the farm.
When John had mastered his let,
te-s and primer he was sem to school
In bingham, taking the regular course
for five years. Then a private tutor
came from Boston. Five days in the
week the boy studied under this
young mans direction, and made rap,
i'd progress. With his stern old face
lighted with Joy and pride, Peter Burt
would listen To the recitations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25
Spool BuildinQ,

There is nothing more interesting
for an ingenious boy or girl. Given "A
lot Of spools and n ball of florists wire.
so much can be done that it is impos-
sible TO give a detailed description. To
collect spoolS is a much easier job
than the old.fashioncd practice of col
Letting buttons, Old buttons are
sometimes valuable in piecing out a
set, but empty spools are usually
thrown away. 4 person of enterprise
can always collect them. and the
smallest and most insignificant is not
to be despised. a coming architect
can plan a house. and the builder of
a suspension bridge can string his
spools securely on wire and produce a
complete and steady structure. Strong
little taborets may be made of them.
if there is solid wood for the table
part; the spools may be used for the
legs and supports. A trash basket
may he made Of them. strung one on
top of the other, with a wooden hot
tom. and lined with gay c%retDnne. The
smaller spools make pretty picture
frames, especially il painted white or
green. They may be used in a hun
dred ornamental ways, they may he
collected from q dozen different
sources. and they are SURF to provide
amusement for innumerable rainy
days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-25

elder Blake had purchased the ole
Leonard farm, and 81 had become the
nearest neighbor of Peter Burt. There
were several children in the Blake
family. but this narrative has concern
only with James, the eldest, a boy OF
John Burt's age.
The two farms were separated by
creek, which. at a place called the
willows, widened to n pool, famed as
a fishing and swimming place. One
June morning John was seated on a
log spanning the narrow neck Of this
reach of water. He had landed a
bass, when the cracking of twigs and
the swaylng of the underbrush on the
farther side of the creek attracted his
attention.
A moment later a boy emerged
from the thicket. He surveyed John
with an expression more OF contempt
than of surprise. The new conner was
a tall, well.formed lad, straight as an
arrow, quick and graceful in his
movements. He also carried a rod.
which he rested against the log; and
for a few seconds he calmly gazed at
John Burt.
Hello"
Hello" answered John Burt.
"Fishin'?"
No: swimming" replied John.
"Think you're smart, don't yc?" re-.
sponded the strange hoy as he baited
his hook. Crazy Burt's boy. ainf
ye? No objection TO my tishin have
you?"
There was a taunting sarcasm in
his voice. and defiance in his air.
without waiting for reply he cast
his line into the water.
You can fish as long as you please
on your own side of the creek said
John sullenly. For hall an hour no
word was spoken. John caught tour
bass during that time. while Jim
hooked only eel grass. Then he cast
his line across the pool, dropping it a
few feet from Johns line.
John Burt's face flushed angrily.
Keep on your own side" he com
manded.
"Ill fish where | darn please. This
isn't your creek" retorted jim Blake
with a defiant grin. IF it is, what
are o going to do about it,
As he spoke John brought his hook
near the surface, and by a sudden
twist %"snagged' Jim Blakc's line.
With "A jerk he whipped the rod from
his opponents hand. Young Blake
was furious. John calmly towod the
rod across the pool. unsnarled the
lines. and threw the rod on the bank.
Obeying a boys first instinct. Jim
looked for a stone, but found ous
Then he jumped for the log. Drop
ping his rod, John Burt also sprang
forward, and they met in the center
of the bridge.
(To be continued.)