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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25

Today day. greatset holiday of the year the
happy Yesterday acting
Claus delivered $50 boxes of things foods and cloth
children throughout the city He drove up to
his big II 80 and the gifts
aboad the remainder the afternoon by him
Today Army
poor families each basket there will be enough Christmas
fare feed five people Many of the other charitable organizations of
the city will provide cheer for the poor and needy
lively The big building was crowded with men, women ana
children about the and general delivery windows era
thousands sent OF town friends and all over the
When the carriers started their routes their big leather
mail pouches filed overfowng and they fairly staggered under
their burdens.
majority shoppers
purchasing Christmas gifts until the last minute They warmed in
store muteng "I wonder what had better
the kicking inward because the best of everything had
dashed about the Streets groa under their loads OF Christ
gifts until a late hour.
said that he believed nearly the market
of disposed Monday December &C.
the and dentists will get for then rushed mad out and
of holiday business.
Every pulled city Handle,
L. R. L. from the south, carried
who will spend today visiting relatives and friends
Richmond Many will be the family that will take place
the heart that will be made glad simply by looking
who has not been The
trains last evening carried far and nearly
The hotels practically deserted by the
davis ri5 left Yesterday to spend Christmas with his family
the nerban but the
ion lines will do their biggest business today transporting people to
and from nearby towns.
the has the old gentleman obliged to
make his annual trip automobile
ss in their night by the thought they might
glimpse of Saint Nick Mr. Claus paid the Palladium office call
Cnee and he his word that boy
him, though he admitted that there
several
every church the has special services this morning and
tonight and the seating capacities at all of them will be taxed AT nearly
all of the gifts will given the students Truly
in the
mails of Richmond as a day OF great thanksgiving
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25
1 VERY BAD M|xUP
Four of the Participants Are Locked
Up as a Christmas Gift-Out-
of-Town Guests.

A free-for-all fight at a dance
last night caused four young fellows
from the country to spend Christmas
eve in the police station. The fell
lows arrested and locked up were
Tell Eckman, Lester Parker, Sam
Gibson and Dennis Gibson.
1t has been the custom for several
months to give dances which were
semi-public at the corner of South
Second and B streets. Dances are
also given on the north side and the
two amusement institutions have
been great rivals. Last night the
four young men arrested were either
sent or went of their own accord to
the dance on the south side with the
idea of breaking it up and "clean-
ing out" the people. They succeed
ed in breaking it up all right, but
they We're on the wrong track when
it came to cleaning properties for
shortly after the young men arriv-
ed at the scene of the dance the po-
lice We're notified that trouble was
| brewing and before an officer could
reach the place three different calls
came to police headquarters that a
general fight was going on and that
somebody would surely get hurt if
it was not stopped. Patrolman Nc
Nally had already started for the
scene of the trouble and he was soon
joined by Patrolman Edwards. The
bad men soon disappeared after the
appearance of the officers, but Pa
trolman McNally found the four
who were locked up. They all claim
ed to be from the country. When
searched at the police station it was
very evident that they had been in a
very bad mixup. Eckman had 6
knife cut in his arm about three
inches long and the others We're bad
| ly beaten up. The officers ordered
the dance TO cease at once. The mar
who was running the dance claimed
last night that the men had beer
sent there from the north side t.
break up the dance as the nortl
siders were very jealous of the soutl
side dances.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25
COMMITTED THEFT TO
EAT IN JAIL CHRISTMAS

Lacrosse, Wis, December %.
Hiram E. Tracey, an old
, man, who had planned to eat
, Christmas dinner with his sons
today took a novel method to
, carry out the plan. Arrange
ments had been made at the
, home of the father, but both
sons got into trouble, and were
sent to Jail. Their terms of i'm
prisonment continue over the
: holidays, and their father was
, very lonesome. Then an inspir-
, alton came to him, and today
, he deliberately stole jack
, screw from the ST. Paul rail
, road company. The theft was
} so ostentatious that he was
, promptly arrested, and when
, called to account made no deni-
, al of the act, explaining that he
, desired to be sent to Jail where
, he could eat Christmas dinner
, with his boys. His wish was
, gratifed and the three will
, come out together.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25
ACTRESS Walls
In HER CELL
NAN PATTERSON SPENT REST
LESS NIGHT IN TOMBS
while AWAITING HER., FATE
She Gnaws Her Nails to the Quick
is Seized with Severe Attack
of Nervousness.
while AWAITING HER.. FATE

New York, December 24.-Nan
Patterson spent a rather restless
night in her cell in the Tombs and
is quite depressed in spirits today.
She had counted upon spending
Christmas with her family in Wash
ington, but the failure of the jury
to acquit her Of the charge of hav-
ing murdered Caesar Young compels
her to remain in prison here.
After she arose, at 7:45 O'Clock
this morning, she was seized with a
severe attack of nervousness. A ply
sician was summoned, and after he
had given her a sedative she be-
came restful. The physician also no.
ticed a slight rise in her tempera-
ture, but he said this was probably
due to the excitement through which
she passed yesterday and the day be-
fore.
After her counsel had left her late
yeterday afternoon Miss Patterson
paced her cell crying and moaning
and waving her hands. She was
inconsolable. Matron O'Brien, no
ticing her condition, attempted Ito
soothe her.
"Nan, rest yourself. Take things
easy,' she said. Everything will
come out all right.''
To this Miss Patterson replied
~ can't, I can't. can not sleep
and I can not shake off this terrible
feeling of disappointment.
The restlessness, it was discover
ed later was partially due to irrita-
tion of her finger tips. She had
gnawed her nails down to the quick
in her extreme nervousness while
awaiting for the verdict. They are
quite sore but the inflammation is
subsiding.
A pathetic incident occurred in
her cell this morning. A few days
ago she had packed all her toilet ar
ticles in two small bundles ready for
removal when the verdict Of acquit-
tai was announced. This morning
when she was about dressing herself
she spied the bundles in a corner
and broke into tears.
Lawyer O'Reilly of Miss Patter-
sons counsel visited her this
morning. He told her new trial
would soon be granted and that hel
acquittal was assured. The kind
words of Mr.. O'Reilly had a con
soling effect upon her.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25
GIVEN DAYS REPRIEVE
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER

= New Orleans, La, December
, 23--Before going behind prison
= walls for terms ranging from
= 10 to 80 years the ten convict
, ed whiteeappers of Lincoln
= county, Miss, are to be allowed
. to eat one last Christmas din
y ner with their families. Its
. was intended to send the pris-
. oners, some of when are among
, the most prominent men in the
= county, to the penitentiary yes
= terday, but the jailer at Brook
. Haven, who has been a lifelong
. friend of the convicted men,
= asked the State authorities to
= allow him to give a Christmas
= dinner to the whitecappers and
= their friends. This afternoon
. he was notified that his request
. had been granted. The ten
= men will be taken to the peni-
= tentiary Monday. Their fam
. lilies will also be numbered
. with the guests at this Christ
. mas dinner.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25
MANY MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED

While everyone in Wayne county
has been planning for a great time
Christmas day, Mr.. Dan Cupid has
not been idle. The following Christ
mas gift marriage licenses have been
granted at the county clerks Office: ::
Glenn E. Harris and Laura Marie
Tracy, Richmond.
James Byron Kahle and Mary vi
ola Garvin, Cambridge City.
Frank B. Strawnaker and Flossie
Tallman, Richmond.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25

Woodson Clayborn Weddle and
Bertha Campbell, Greensboro.
George II. Lemon and Margaret
Rankin, Fountain City.
Otto Cox and Nora Olive McCul-
Tough, Hagerstown.
William E. Luker and Emma NJ.
Lamb.
Frank J. Murray and Nora Hiu-
man.
Harry Robertson and Lillian Y.
Stout.
John c. Yean and Lena Pickett.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25

p George Lloyd, the man who was
arrested on Friday night while in
toxicated and who displayed large
horse pistol of very ancient pattern,
was fined 81 and costs In police
court yesterday morning for cary
ing concealed weapons. Lloyd
staid the fine.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25

Harry Hobbs, of Earlham College,
has gone to his home in Bridgeport,
to spend the vacation.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25

Phillip Robbins is home from De-
troit University to visit during the
holidays.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-25

Miss Emma Rust is spending
Christmas In Indianapolis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
ENGINES TESTED IN SHOP.
Ingenious Arrangement for Giving Locomotive Trial Trip Is to Be
 Found at Swindon, Eng.

One of the greatest triumphs of engi- neering skill is to be found at the Great Western railway works at Swindon, England, where an ingenious contriv- ance for giving locomotive its trial trip without leaving the scene of it's con struction is in operation. The feature Of the testing plant is that the engine, after being placed on the machine, runs on wheels fitted with tires which correspond to the trend and section of the perma- nent way. A clever braking arrangement secures a representation of the dificul- ties encountered in running on the met als and all the tests usually made on a trial trip can be conducted inside the works with all the appliances at hand The dangers of a breakdown and subse- quent blocking of the main line are thus obviated and the. work of experimenting is sirnplified This machine is the inven- ton of the locomotive superintendent, J. G. Churchward, and is said to be the only one in Europe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
NOTICE.

The Bureau of Assessment of the City of Waterbury, in the matter of the assessment and determination of benefits and damages aceruing to all parties interested in the layout or Hawthorne avenue. from Greenmount terrace to the Naugatuck road, and the establishing of a grade for said ave nue, between the aforesaid points, as the same was accepted by the Board of Aldermen July II, 1904, operative July ,22, 1904, made report to the Board of Aldermen, setting forth that they had caused reasonable notice to be given to all persons interested in the proposed public improvement, in all respects pursuant to the provisions of the charter of said city, to appear before them and be heard in reference thereto. and that they fully heard at the time and place specified in said no tice all persons who appeared before them, and thereupon they did assess and determine that each of the follow ing named persons pay to the City of Waterbury, for benefits accruing to them and each of them by the pro posed public improvement, over and above all damages, the sums written OppOSptC IlSh AdnhOSS sACSpCSAANOly, CO witt
 North Side-Wm Byron, Wm J, By ron, $416O; Mattatuck Land & Impt Go, $357 60; Joseph Beaulieu, $12.S0; Philip J. Farrell, $42.OO; Mary E. Don. ovan, S3O.O0 Gertrude Nichols, $14.00; Rock Fecteau. $14O0: Mary G. Par tree, $14.OO; Clara Brenier. $43.57.
 South Side:-Mattatuck Land & Impt Go, $164.OO; Francis A. Ruel $12. 80; Julia Reichenbach, Rosa Reich enbach. $19.20; John H. Thomas, Anna Thomas, $19.2O; Mrs Edward w. Shan non, $41.60; Lewis N. Wright, $14.O0 Mary Dunphy, $14.O0; Thomas P. Kel- ly, $28OO; Eliza Keefe. $14OO; John F. Grimes. $14.00; Joseph Beaulieu. $28.- %; Philip Debanieu, $28O0; Charles White, $14.OO; Anna Rasmussen, SAP. 0O; Ebenezer J. Lewis. Catherine A Lewis. $27.20; Thomas Dugerette $51.6 Total. $1,1O1.21.
 Report accepted, assessment of ben efits and damages confirmed and adopted, by the Board of Aldermen July il, 1904, operative July 22, 1904 Payable August 5. 1904, at the office of the Collector of Taxes, Edwin s. Hunt, City Hall building.
 Attest:
 GEORGE H. NETTLEToN, 7-23-3 City Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
CREEDMOOR BURNED
Oil and Naphtha Laden Ship
 Destroyed at Sea.
CREW RESCUED---ONE SAILOR LOST
Fire Supposed to Have Originated From Spontaneous Combustion. Vessel BIaxed From Stem
 to Stern and Sank.

PROVIDENCE, R. T., July 22.-The | ship Creedmoor, laden with oil and l naphtha, caught fire at sea about half 1 past ' o'clock, when the vessel was l about twenty five miles southeast from Shinnecock light, and after hard work the flames apparently were controlled. l At half past 10 o'clock, however, the blaze again started with renewed wig or, and all .e4ldeavors to conquer it were unavailing.
 Captain William Humphreys and the crew then put off in the two boats of the ship and remained in the vicinity of the burning vessel until about 1
 o'clock, when the schooner Joseph B. Thomas of Thomaston Me, attracted by the fire, came to their assistance and picked them up.
 After the men, eighteen in number,
 had reached the Thomas it was found that John Marx, a Portuguese, one of the crew when the ship left New York, was not accounted for. It Is believed that he went down with the burning ! ship.
 Captain Humphreys, M. Adams, the rnate, and the other sixteen of the crew 1 were landed in Woods Holi, Mass, by 1 small steamer which took them off 1 the Thomas at Marthas Vineyard. They started at once for New York and passed through this city yesterday aft ernoon.
 One of the party, the cook, had his hand badly burned. The others es- capped injury. The crew was made up of men of widely differing nationalities,
 and none could speak English inteili- gibly. Barring the clothing they wore and the log, but little was saved from the ship.
 The fire in the Creedmoor started, 1t
 is believed by her officers, from spon- taneous combustion of gas arising from l her cargo of oil.
 Relative to the fate of the missing
 man, one of the English speaking mem
 bers of the crew said that it was prob able that he had been burned to death Some difficulty was encountered in the endeavor to lower the boats, sev-
 eral sWampfng as soon as they struck the water. When the men had finally
 succeeded in getting away the Creed 1 moor was ablaze from stern to stem, and the violence of the explosions of the cargo of naphtha had lifted DOT
 tions of the deck high into the air. When the blaze was discovered much of the cargo was thrown overheard in an effort to get at the fire, but on the 1 second breaking out Of the flames
 hopes for the salvage of the vessel were given up, and she was abandoned
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22

Here is another piece of informa- ion that may be valuable, and that is how to make an inexpensive. but en- tirely reliable, filter, For this pur- pose one had better Iake a stone jar, though for that matter most any re- ceptacle will do. A hole sufficiently large for the stream of water one de sires to enter the filter should be bored in the bottom and after this is accom- plished the receptacle must be filled, first with layer of sand several inches deep, then a layer of bits of sponge, and on this. to a level even with the top of the jar, plenty of small gravel or pebbles.
 When the recepta cle has been filled piece of wire screen is to be fasten- ed over the top. made secure with bands of wire The homemade filter must then be inverted over another receptacle into which the filtred water is to drop, the little orfice attached to the hydra1lt by means of small hose, and it is ready for business ready to purify the water and render it as clear as the proyerbial crystal Except for the original cost of the jar and hose, which may be used in definitely, the entire cost of the thing will not be more than a couple of cents. and the filtering ingredients may be cleaned each day with hot wat CT without very much trouble, or new sand and gravel used frequently, just as one may Iect"-From St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
MAN WITH THE HAT DID WE'LL


 He was a bold man with a wide nat, and he drove up to the corner of Twen- ty-seventh street and Fourth avenue and laid out big board with holes in it.
 Then he tossed tennis ball into the air.
 Roll. bowl or pitch, he said. Every shot is a winner. You can't lose"
 Six men began to win fuentIy. Yes, they were confederates. But the money they won was good-to look at. Which is all they did with it.
 If they had tried to spend 1t Bill with the hat would have hurt them.
 A real player arrived.
 He played and lost $15 at 30 cents a throw.
 Then he asked permission to make $15 bets.
 Granted.
 He made another request:
 "Keep your hand from under that layout, you no-account child of sea- horse," said he, For will be cross.''
 He next proceeded to win all his money back and $45 to boot
 Oh, yes; 1t was gambling game, but the policeman on post had no axe with 1 him. m.-Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
CHICAGO MAIL SAVES MAN.
Prompt Delivery of Special Delivery Letter Thwarts Plans of
 Would-Be Suicide.

There is no story that Postmaster F. E. Coyne, of Chicago, tells with more pleasure than that of how prompt mail delivery saved a mans life. If any verifcation of the story is needed let it be known that almost every pa trolman in Englewood will vouch for for it.
 One afternoon young man living in Englewood decided that life was not worth the living. Accordingly he made plans to kill himself. He wrote to his brother, who lives far out on the West side, that he would find his body if he broke open the door of his room. He put a special delivery stamp on the envelope. Then he turned his foot steps homeward. Hardly had he mailed the letter before it was collected and along with other mail it was put aboard trolley mail car.
 The mail clerk who handled it lit- tie dreamed of it's contents: He sorted
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
EAREST PARK

The presentation of the sensational and spectacular free attraction which the management of Forest park is ne gotiating to secure will probably be deferred until the latter part of next week or the first part of the week fol- lowing. Arrangements are now under way for bringing the big attraction here and the details will be made pub lie within a few days. It will be a real novelty in Waterbury and will cause thousands to visit the popular pleasure resort every day it is shown The bill for the open air theater this week consists of Emerson and Stone, juggling comedy act; Kitty Stevens, character dancer; the Norrises, colored sketch artists; Billy Hines, singing CO., median: and the Sisters De Graf, duet ists and comediennes. Tonight there will be the usual amateur performance directly after the regular show, at which prizes of s. $2 and S1 will be awarded to those receiving the great est amount of applause from the audi ence.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22

1t with other West side mail At Mad ison street the pouch containing the letter was tossed on cable mail train and was carried to the West side. There the special" was taken out and sent in the usual manner to the ad- dressee.
 Upon reading the letter the brother rushed to telephone. He called up the Englewood station, told his story to the desk sergeant. and the patrol wagon was turned out on riot call and quiet Englewood was thrown in excitement. The Wagon fairly flew to the address given. Without formali- ties the police broke in the door.
 On the bed lay the young man nearly dead from gas. He was revived and taken to the station. Later he was re- leased upon promising that he would not again attempt his life. He con cluded that inasmuch as Uncle Sam and the city of Chicago combined to defeat his plans that he w~uld make another attempt to find life pleasure He found it so, and Postmaster Coyne and his delivery system made 8 staunch admirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
A True Matchmaker.

Joaquin Miller, the poet, has a col- lection of original documents that shed light on many odd phases of early westrn life. Among these doeuments is letter that New England youth wrote in 1860 from Oregon. to his fath- er The letter treats at great length on the scarcity of women in the west and the general desire to marry that prevailed among the westerners of that day. It has for postscript: Say, pap, it might be a good idea to get the girls some new teeth and send them out here"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
CHEAP HOMEMADE FILTERS
Also How to Mend China and How to
 Remove a Glass Stopper.


 "In our business We come to acquire a knowledge of how to do many little things that the housekeeper would gladly welcome as additions to her store of information, but generally we don't even know ourselves the value of this miscellaneous knowledge until something arises that puts it in prac- tice" Judson A. Parker, who is i'll the housefurnishing trade, said to me
 "As all instance Of this. at my house last week one of my wifes friends, who is visiting us, found that the glass stopper in her cologne bottle was fast and she couldn't remove it. This Is an easy thing to overcome when one knows how I took a bit of cloth, soaked it in some hot water and wrap ped it around the neck of the bottle. Tn moment the glass had expanded sufficiently to enable us to remove the stopper with ease,
 'sThere is another thing that occurs 10 me which housekeepers might like to know, and that is how to mend china so that it will not be marred and will stay mended. Take some quicklime and powder it, then pour on this the white of an egg. A whey of vinegar and milk in equal parts must then be made and added to the lime and egg. after which the whole must be beaten well and slightly warmed. The broken edges of whatever is to be mended must then be exposed to heat for few seconds, after which the ce- ment may be applied, in only very thin coat, the broken edges pressed firmly together, and when the cement has dried twill he more enduring than he plate or cup itself I have seen broken fints so mended, and af- ter q few days hammered with an axe. The stone broke. Of course. under the hammering. but in other places than where the break had formerly been. That shows the enduring qualities o1
 if.