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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
TRAINS MAY Be
DISCONTINUED
RUMOR THAT PENNSYLVANIA
MAY DROP UNNEcEs-
SARY TRAINS.
TOO CLOSE COMPETITION
Is Not ed-Retrenchment the
Cause of Dropping the
Trains.
TOO CLOSE COMPETITION

The wave of retrenchment that has
swept over most of the railroads
seems to have subsidized with regard to
the laying eff of men and other meas
ures will be taken to reduce the OPP
Grating expenses to correspond with
the present earnings of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west. The Pennsylvania
dismissed LOO men a few days ago
from the various divisions and others
have been discharged on their becom
ing unnecessary. In Richmond on
this division only about thirty men
were laid off, and these were few of
them regular men. Most belonged to
"extra' crews and their services can
readily be dispensed with. There will
be little done towards discharging
the regular men as the situation does
not warrant this step.
But is rumored that things will be
"evened up' by dropping of trains
which are not absolutely necessary,
or those which compete too closely
with other and more profitable trains.
The rumor says that the G., r. & I.
train which arrives here at ; 40 p.
M. leaving for Cincinnati at 3 Al ,
will be discontinued on account of
the fact that No. Is, the Cincinnati
Chicago mail, arrives and departs on
" seven minutes after and IS a much
more profitable train. For the same
reason the g.. r. & [. train which
arrives here from Cincinnati at 10 80
p. M, will be stopped, as fast Gin
cinnati- Chicago train arrives only ten
minutes after. The g., r. 4 | trains
will not be entirely stopped, but viii
only run to Richmond, instead of Gin
cinnati, from the north.
No. 80, from Columbus, at 10 100 a
m. will be run only to this city in
, stead of through to Indianapolis, a.
, No. 81, the fast train to the west, i
/ only ten minutes after. No. 81, from
t indianapolis at 3:45 p. M, will ru1
5 only to this city instead of to Co
lumbus, as No. 90 is just behind il
If. according to the rumor, thes
changes are made, they will be mad
in the next few days. The def
mite announcements as to thes
changes (f they take place., will b
announced at that time.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
HAGERSTOWN.

Will Font and wife. of Newcastle,
visited Mrs. Henry Presbaugh last
Sunday.
Jessie Newcum returned home af-
ter a three months stay in Toledo,
Ohio.
Will Prcsbau@h went to French
Lick sanitarium for his health.
George Twitchell has a relapse and
is not expected to live.
Claude Pierce has returned from
an extensive trip through the west.
Major Ostrander, Of Richmond
Gen. ACT. or the Penn Mutual Life
ms. Co., was here last Saturday on
business.
Will Claper and wife, Of Dayton
Ohio. visited Daniel Nicum and fam
lily last Sunday.
Twenty-one of the Cordel famil,
went to Modoc last Saturday an'
took dinner with a member of thu
Cordel family.
Caleb Lamb, Of Newcastle. pai'
this place a visit a few days ago. II
formerly lived here.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
BULLA REUNION
l Splendid One Held Saturday at
Home of Winfield Smelser.

The Bulla reunion was held Satur-
day at the home Of Winfield Smelser.
A short program was rendered. The
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Executive commit
tee-Mrs. Sarah Crockett. Mrs. Abb
iah Pyle, Miss Lucia Druley, Chester
p. Bulla.
Program committee-M Will
Haughton, Misses Grace Druley and
Elizabeth Smelser.
Corresponding secretary-India H
Smelser.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
1.-THE Way to Go.

Every Sunday, excursions via the
Dayton & Western to Soldiers home
and Dayton, $1.0O Trains every
hour. Go any time you wish. A clean
and cool Sunday outing. No smoke,
no cinders, no dust. TIT
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07

Beware Of cheap limitations. The
original Ideal Bread is made only By
Richmond Baking Co. Red, White
and Blue Label on every loaf.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
1.-THE New Way to Health. -

Vitona, the wonderful medical dis
covery. has cured thousands of suf-
ferers from Liver, Stomach and Kid
ney troubles. Written guarantee to
benefit. 800 per bottle. For sale by
Afford Drug Co.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
LIGHT BILL
Against the G. G. & L. For Nine
Hundred Dollars.

The committee on claims of the
Richmond City Council has a bill
against the C. C. & L. railroad for
5000 for lighting five crossings for
two years at 800 per light per year.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07

shot through window when she was
the parlor for the meeting
of literary club to which she be-
longed. Her brother, her sister and
Two cousins were indicted for the
crime and the trial has res,.-ad in a
hung jury, seven jurors holding that
the defendants were not guilty.
Daughter Acquitted.
A Mrs. Ireland, an aged woman
who had become great care to her
daughter, Mrs. Cora Weeks, was
found dead in the house. Mrs. Weeks
and her husband were charged with
the crime, and it was contended by
the state that Mrs. Ireland could not
possibly have shot herself, as claimed
by the daughter. The jury acquitted
her of the murder, and her husband
will doubtless never be tried, for the
state admitted that its strongest case
was against the daughter.
In Warrick county two men quar-
relied and left the hotel, and a mo-
ment later one Of them shot the other
down. The murderer was acquitted.
James Steward came running out
of his house one day and called to
neighbors, saying his wife had been
murdered. They found the wife dead,
having been struck over the head
time and again with club. The
| instrument of death was found a few
steps from the house. After two
weeks of investigation the husband
was arrested, charged with the crime.
The jury found him guilty, but only
of second degree murder, and he goes
to the penitentiary only for brief
term of years.
Tramp Shot by Farmer.
Several days ago a farmer returned
home and found that his house had
been robbed in his absence Of $40
He suspected that it was the work of
a tramp, and armed himself with q
shotgun and proceeded to the railroad
track. Just as the station was reach
ed a freight train drew up, and the
farmer started down the tracks along
side of the train to see if there We're
any tramps aboard Five men jumped
out of box car and ran. The farmer
leveled his gun and shot one Of them
killing him instantly. He proved tC
be a yonue man who was returning
east. and the place where he was
murdered was the nearest he had ever
been to the farmers house.
One night less than a week ago, ant
in different sections of the state, two
men were cut to pieces with knives
and at another place one was brutal,
murdered from ambush as he stepped
from an interurban car, the ASSASSIN
throwing a heavy stone out Of tn
darkness and killing his victim in
, stantly. *--'" -:
Record in Crime.
Such a record of crime as is en-
braced in the foreboing, which is bu
q partial list, was never before mad
in Indiana in so short a time, and tn
people are asking themselves wha
u can be the cause. 1t goes withou
saying that the criminal class doe
' not fear the law.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-07
Record in Crime.

Such a record of crime as is en-
braced in the foreboing, which is but
partial list, was never before made
in Indiana in so short time, and the
people are asking themselves what
can be the cause. 1t goes without
saying that the criminal class does
not fear the law.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
The "pead-Beat" and the Pass.

Among the after-dinner speakers.
says Harper's Weekly, Joseph Jeffer-
son ranks as one who can tell good
story in a dry, Telightful way. His
stories deal principally with tbeatri-
cal subjects Here is one of his best:
while starring through Indiana sew
eral years ago. he said at dinner
the other night, my manager was
approached by man who had the rep
utation of being 'pass-worker,' or
'dead-beat' He told the usual yarn
about being an ex-actor and ended by
asking for professional courtesies.
"I would be glad to oblige you,
said the manager, but, unfortunately,
| haven't a card with me- Just then
happy thought struck him, and he
added: I'll tell you what I'll do. |
Will write the pass where it will be
easy for you to show it
Leaning over, with pencil he
wrote, Pass the bearer on the fellow S
white shirt front, and signed his name.
The beat thanked him and fastened
to the gate The ticket-taker gravely
examined the writing and let him take
few steps inside, then he called him
back and said, in loud voice:
Hold on, my friend; / forgot. 1t
will be necessary for you to leave that
pass with me-"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
JEFFERSON GUARD UNIFORM.
Mt the Worlds Fair VIII De an
Attractive One.

ot1 louis, March 20.-Within a
month the officers of the Jefferson
Guards expect that the members of
the Worlds fair military forces will
be resplendent in the new uniforms
that nave been adopted by the police
committee of the exposition
Two styles of uniforms have been
adopted by the committee and ordered.
The first is a dress uniform of blue
Lloth. the other a fatigue uniform of
regulation khaki. One thousand of the
first style have been ordered and 500 of
the latter.
The first consignment of the fatigue
uniforms have been received, and as
the guard is daily being recruited to
greater numbers these will be given
out to the new recruits. shipment
of the dress uniforms is expected 10 be
received soon. The police committee
has decided to arm the guards with
side arm, consisting of short sword,
patterned after those worn by the po-
lice of continental cities
The dress uniform adopted for the
jefferson Guards is said to be re-
splendent affair, with froggs, brass but
tons and other military trappings,
which will make of a Jefferson Guard
on parade a truly impressive figure.
These who have seen the model say
that it will eclipse the dress uniform
worn by the Columbian Guards at Chi
cagO.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
DECOYED TO HIS DEATH.
Albert Ferguson, n Non -.'nicn Hack
Driver Shot and MOrtaFS Wound
ed at Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, Mo, March 20.-Albert
Ferguson, a non-union hack driver,
was shot and mortally wounded, Sat
urday, by one of four men, probably
strikers, who had decoyed him into the
outskirts of the city. The quartetts
escaped. Ferguson answered a call
from a downtown hotel, where the
four men, one dressed as woman, en-
tered the carriage. When they alight-
ed, later, they attacked and finally
shot Ferguson.
In another part of the city Andrew
Movers. a non-union hack driver. was
badly beaten by strikers, ana at still
another point hack driven by strike
breaker was demolished by union men.
No arrests were made.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON.
Death of Member of the House From
the Fifth Alabama District,
MT Washington.

Washington. March 21-Representa-
tive Charles w. Thompson, of the Fifth
Alabama district, died Sunday after
noon of pneumonia.
Mr.. Thompson had been sick just
one week, having been attacked first
last Sunday night. Toward the end he
suffered intensely Accompanied by
his one son, Charles w. Thompson,
Rev. E. j. Prettyman, the pastor OF
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal church, south, where Mr..
Thompson worshipped while in Wash
ington, and the congressional commit
tee, the remains will leave here Mon
day night for Tuskegee, where the in
terment will take place in the city
cemetery some time Wednesday.
Representative Thompson was in the
forty-fourth year of his age, and was
serving his second term in the house.
Two sons, his mother and several
brothers and sisters survive him.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
FIFTY-SIxTH DAY.

The lower house session in the
morning was devoted to the Circuit
Court redistricting bill passed by the
senate several days ago, which Mr..
Smith, of Holmes. had succeeded in
having made the special order for the
morning, despite attempts from numer-
Gus quarters to knife the measure.
The first amendment offered to the
bill was to take Calhoun county from
the district of Judge Stevens and
place it in the district of Judge Cook.
This was promptly voted down. with
all other amendments seeking to
change the district formations. The
members next turned their attention
to the features of the bill prescribing
the time for holding court sessions,
and several amendments of a minor
character were adopted and the bill
passed.
The senate spent a greater portion
of the morning on the bill providing
for an issuance Of s1.000,000 in bonds
for the purpose of refunding the
Chickasaw school fund at a lower rate
of interest The State pays s per cent
interest on these bonds and it is be-
lieved that they can be fioated in the
form of new issue at or So per
cent. The matter was left pending at
tho noon adjournment.
The house has defeated the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses of the investigation of the
books of all State institutions and the
prison board of control, to be conduct
ed by the State revenue agent, and
this means that no investigation will
be made.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
Rich. Resonant EnaIish.

English is put to strange and elo-
quent uses in the Orient Here, for
Instance, is a letter addressed to a
native gentleman by youth seeking
the hand of his daughter:
ITO Baboo -, Paternal Father of
Miss Dear Sir-It is with a
faltering penmanship that | write to
have communication with you about
the prospective condition of your dam
sci offspring. For some remote time
to past secret passion has firing my
bosom internally with loving for your
daughter. | have navigated every
channel in the magnitude of my ex-
tensive jurisdiction to cruelty smother
the growing loveknot that is being
constructed in my withinside, but thu
humid lamp of affection, trimmed by
Cupid's productive hand, still nour-
ishes my love-sicke1ed heart. Need
less would it be for me to numerical
ly extemporize the great confagration
that has been generated in my head
and heart. Hoping that having de.
bated this proposition to your preg-
nant mind, you will concordantly cor
roborate in espousi1g your female
progeny to my tender bosom and there
by acquire me into your family circle.
Your dutiful soh-in-law. '-Harper's
Weekly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
EIETY-FouRTH DAY.

BY a vote of GA to 4S lacking IL
votes of the required two-thirds ma
jority. the house in the morning failed
TO pass the appropriation bill for the
State Normal School at Holly Springs
over the governors veto
The debate on the motion to pass,
notwithstanding the governors veto,
consumed two hours of the session,
and was not closed until IL O'Clock.
A motion to reconsider was entered
by Mr.. Mahon, of Marshall, but the
speaker ruled that such motions can
not be entered when effort is made to
pass measure over the governors
veto, ard this blights all hope of again
getting the matter before the house.
The vote on the bill was as follows:
Yeas-Bates, Bell of Union, Bell of
Washington, Blackwell, Brown, Bur
rus, Carradine, Caruthers of Yazoo,
Coleman of Carroll, Coleman of Le-
fore, Coody. Cowan, Cowley, Dalton,
Denton of Lafayette. Eddins, Ellis, Err
rington, Erwin. Estes, Fontaine of Pom
totoc, Forman, Foster, Garrison,
George, Greaves, Heidelberg, Hollings-
worth, Hooker, Kimbrough, Knox,
Kyle, Lantrip, Meharg. Millsaps, Mix
on, Morrison, Mcfarland of Jasper,
Mcfarland of Monroe, McGowen, Nc
Michael, Pope, Powell, Reynolds. Ring
old. Robbins, Robinson of Choctaw.
Sample, Smith Of Holmes, Smith Of
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
TWAS THE POPE's NAME DAY
His Holiness Received Consratuia-
tory Addresses From All Parts
of the World.

Rome, March 20.-Saturday being
st. Joseph's day, Pope Plus name day,
the pope received congratulatory aG-
dresses and kilograms from all parts
of Italy and from abroad. The MEM
hers of st. Peters club, which includes
the whole Roman Clerical society, as
is their custom, presented the pontiff
with a magnificent basket of the most
carefully selected fruits and flowers.
The basket represented a Venetian
gondola.
The pope, in thanking the givers,
made a most touching reference to
"his beloved Venice" adding: II pray
shall prove good helmsman for the
bark of st. Peters"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
SOUTH DAKOTA
MYSTERY SOLVED.
Miss Rena Nelson Sent the Box of
Poisoned Candy to Herself.
SHE HAD A PURPOSE IN VIEW
Wanted to Get Mrs. Dye In Prison,
So That Dye, With Whom She Wns
Infatuated, Could Get IA Di-
vorce and Marry Her.

Des Moines, Ia, March eo.-Rena
Nelson, telephone girl of Pierre, 5.
D., cied after eating poisoned candy
she mailed to herself in an effort to
get rid of Mrs. Sherman Dye, of Boone,
Ia, with whose husband she was In
love. Mrs. Dye was accused of send
ing the poisoned candy. She was In
dicted. but her extradition was denied
by Gov. Cummins.
An Authorized Statement.
Sheriff Laughlin of Pierre is in the
city. He authorized the statement that
it has been established conclusively
that Mrs. Dye was innocent and that
Miss Nelson herself prepared the poi
soned candy and mailed it to herself at
Pierre for the purpose of casting sus-
picion upon Mrs. Dye.
The officers have found the store at
which Miss Nelson purchased the
candy. The package, the wrapper and
the candy have been identified as we'll
as Miss Nelson as the purchaser the
day before the candy was received
from the post office.
The obvious Purpose.
1t was the obvious purpose to ac-
cumulate evidence upon which Mrs
Dye might be convicted of attempted
murder, and Dye would thus be en-
abled to obtain a divorce, which would
leave him free to wed Miss Nelson.
Understanding the deadliness of
the poison and in taking portion OF
the candy, which she supposed would
merely make her slightly i'll, she took
sufficient to cause death after an ILL
ness of more than week.
What Investigation Disclosed.
The investigation disclosed a series
of circumstances leading to the same
conclusion inevitably. chef among
which was the discovery, by means of
n microscopical examination, of the
postmark on the package containing
the candy. that the package had not
been mailed at Boone, although this
appearance was indicated.
Another link in the chain of evil
dence was the fact that the front OF
an envelope which had been addressed
to Miss Mellon by Mrs Dye. in sending
letter of protest against the formers
relations with the latter's husband,
had been pasted on the package OF
candy to conceal the address fer the
plain purpose of casting suspicion
upon Mrs. Dye.
More Developments Coming.
County Attorney Goodner says tho
developments in few days Will c1uso
surprise.
The officials have been unable to find
In Boone a candy box similar to the
one received by Miss Nelson. but they
have found such one in Pierre. The
cancellation stamp on the box is sim
liar to the stamp used in the Pierre
post office 1t is asserted that Miss
Nelson. in letters written to Mrs. Dye.
had threatened to take poison.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
EIETX.EIEIH DAY.

The house in the morning passed
the revenue bill making the State tax
6 mills. the same as it is today, and
authorized the governor to borrow
5000. 600 if it were necessary to meet
the expense of the government. A
resolution was introduced raising the
levy a half MILL but it was voted
down.
+ The senate in the afternoon passed
the insurance bill, which repeals the
valued policy clause of the present in
surance laws on property, but allows
it to remain on real estate and build
ings
Speaker Thomas at the morning ses-
sion reversed himself on his former
ruling in regard to the consideration OF
the vote on the governors veto of the
Holly Springs Normal bill, holding to-
day that the vote on the veto could
not be reconsidered and declaring the
motion to that effect out of order. The
matter will not come up in the SEN
ate.
When the house met the motion to
reconsider the vote whereby the
boundary dispute bill passed the house
on Yesterday evening WIS called up
by MIR. Barber The motion to re-
consider prevailed.
An amendment by Mr.. Brooks was
adopted, making the fee $4,000 in case
the State won. The amended bill was
then read a third time and failed to
pass, the vote being 76 nays and II
ayes.
House bill providing for thousand
additional copies of the statistical reg
lister was indefinitely postponed.
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 to
defray the expenses of an investiga-
ton of the books of the State institu-
tions and board of control was indef-
nitely postponed.
Senate bill appropriating S50.760 to
finish furnishing the capitol and beau
tifying the grounds. The amount was
cut in two and the bill passed.
House bill TO pay increase in the
salary of the governors private Sec
retary passed.
House bill prohibiting a State or
county officer from taking public mon
ey out of the State unless authorized
by law; passed.
Senate bill authorizing supervisors
to sell timber and wood off of six
teenth section Land; passed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-24
GEN. GRANT WAS MISQUOTED
Did Not Snub President Roosevelt
in His Chicago Speech.
mirer of the Presislent-What
He Did Say.

Chicago, March 20.-"Presidency and
president are distinct terms, said
Gen. Fred D. Grant, when asked If he
had been correctly understood when 1t
was reported of him that he declined
to toast the president of the United
States at the st. Patrick's day ban
que of the Irish Fellowship club. The
general made the following signed
statement:
Il am extremely disguised and an
noyed at the statement made with ref
ernce to my remarks at the banquet.
l had been invited to attend and to
speak at the Irish Fellowship club in
celebration of ST. Patrick's day. and
had accepted the invitation. but re-
quested that not be called upon for
a speech had understood that |
would not be asked to respond to any
stated toast, and had, therefore, gone
to the banquet without any prepara-
ton to talk on any subject.
after arriving there l found that
they had assigned me to respond to
the toast, The President of the United
States and when l arose | attempted
to give an excuse for not talking on
the subject My excuses were that |
was not permitted by the regulations
to discuss the president or other civil
officers, and reminded them of the dis
aster that had befallen some officers
who had come from the Philippines.
Another was that | did not know any
thing about the presidency, meaning
thereby that / had not studied up the
usual platitudes given to the office.
and, third, that | was no orator.
Il am particularly chagrined at the
way the report is put in the paper,
which would draw the inference that
l referred to the present president, for
whom l have the warmest admiration,
and with whom l have had a most
agreeable personal acquaintance. His
kind and thoughtful consideration
upon the death and burial of my moth
er has given me personal attachment
for him which will never grow less,
and anything that would be said to
indicate that | was not his warmest
and most devoted admirer would do
wrong to my personal feelings for the
present chief magistrate of the United
States