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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
THREE FATALIT Is
FROM LIVE WIRE
coIored Men Touch Wire
Fence Charged with EIec-
tricity at RushviIle.
DEATH CAME INSTANTLY.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR THE
POWER HOUSE OF THE INDIAN
APoLIs AND CINCINNATI TRAC-
TIoN COMPANY.
DEATH CAME INSTANTLY
Publishers Press1

Rushviiie, lHu-, sept II. - Three
men were Killed by coming in contact
with a barbed wire fence that had
been charged with electricity from
the plant CT the indianapolis and Gin
cinnati Traction company. The dead
are: Oliver Gore. 65; William Petit
lord, colored, 45, and Reuben Bolt
right, colored. 43.
The accident occurred near the
power house of the traction company.
Pettiford and Boltright were walking
along railroad track to a gravel pit
at which they had been working. Bolt
right started across lots through a
barbed wire fence ahead of Pettiford.
AS he touched the wire he screamed
and hung helpless. Pettiford received
a shock in trying to rescue him and
came in contact with the wire. Before
the current could be shut off his body
was badly burned and both men were
dead. The body Of Oliver Gore was
found hanging to the fence 600 yards
away. A bolt of lightning had burned
an insulator which allowed guy wire
leading to the fence to become
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mrs. Ogden Goelet, though a very
wealthy woman, is much averse tC
extravaganza and positively shoulders
ut anything that savors of ostenta-
ton.
The yearly income of Bertha Krupp
who inherited the famous iron works
at Essen, Germany, is steadily increas
ing, it having amounted in 1905 to
about s5,OoO,OOO.
Miss Louisa Catherine Adams Glenn
ent, a great great granddaughter Of
President John Quincy Adams, has
presented some interesting specimens
used by her ancestor to the presiden-
tial collection of china in the White
House
The Baroness Burdett- Coutts, who
has just passed her ninety second
birthday, has enjoyed the remarkable
experience Of seeing her husband re-
turned to parliament from Westmin-
ster ON the centenary of her fathers
first election for that constituency.
DR.. Mary Bidwell Breed. newly
elected dean of the womans depart
ment of Missouri university, resigned
similar position in Indiana univer-
sity, where she has had charge fol
five years. She is a graduate of tho
Pennsylvania College For Women and
took her doctorate at Bryn Mawr.
The most successful business woman
in the state of Indiana is said to be
Mrs. Davis of Shelbyville, who when
quite young girl opened a small mil
linery store in that city. In a few
years she was at the head of large
esta blishment, and her business is
now estimated to be worth 5000
Miss Christine la Barraque of Cali
$ornia, now twenty eight years Of age,
who has been blind since she was q
baby, is practicing lawyer. She
graduated at the head of her class at
the University Of California She is
an accomplished linguist and is at
present in New York completing her
education.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
THE ROYAL COX.

King Edward has taken to eques-
trian exepcise as a means of keeping
his weight down. Since the rabbit hole
mishap( which famed him. his majesty
has ben unable to take walking exer
cisey
The young Duke of Saxe-Weimar,
he(r presumptve to the throne of Hol.
Ind, is immensely wealthy and has
tmore invested in private business en-
terprises than any other royal person
age living.
The young sultan of Johore possesses
one great popularity. Many years age
an accident with a horse resulted in
the loss Of nearly all his teeth. These
were replaced by teeth of solid gold,
In each of which a large diamond was
placed.
Even as a child Emperor William
was fond of the pomp Of militarisn.
It Is said that 1t was a source of gres {
pleasure to the little prince that seHti.
nels had to present arms to him, sc
much so that he sometimes did not
wait till he was fully dressed. but
fastened down into court to receive
the military honors which he loved SO
vroil
Oyster Beds q Ia Pompeii.
There was calamity Of the vesuvius
eruption which was not chronicled, at
least by cable. That is the extinction
Of the Neapolitan oyster. The bay Of
Naples produced an oyster esteemed
by epicures as the choicest in all Italy
For the present at least the Neapoi-
tan oyster is an extinct species. Ac-
cording to Professor Doru, director OF
the aquarium of Naples. the ashes from
the volcano falling in the bay have
covered the bottom to such an depth
that every oyster in the beds was
smothered and the beds themselves
hopelessly buried
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Mrs. Emily Heine of Cincinnati
Has Two AuStrians Ar
rested in New York.
GOT S48, 900 OF HER MONEY
SOLD RUGS AND PAINTINGS
AND NEVER DELIVERED THEM
TO CUSTOMER.
publishers Press1

New rga6 wit
3bhing Mrs. Ea4iiy L. Eieine of Gin
ianati Of ss9.791 by means of a frauG
,ent sale Of costly rugs and painting
10 Austrians were arrested her
4 the eve of sailing for Ell
ope. The prisoners gave the
anes as Frank Kiss and Samu
o5enfeld, both of Chicago. Accordia
. the complaint S,ee0 Of the mono
lat the prisoners are alleged to haY
tolen was on the false sale to MIS-
ieine of oriental rugs owned by I'll
irm of Van Gassbeek and Arkel o1
# paintings owned by Knoedler & c.
both of New York. 1t is alleged tha
Kiss and Rosenfeld persuaded thcS
irms to allow them to take the goos,
N the representation that they had .
customer and Mrs. Heine was pc.
'uaded to buy them. After they ha
'eceived the money from Mrs. Heino
is alleged, Kiss and Resented sen
The rugs and paintings back to tn
owners.
Kiss and Rosenfeld were arraigne.
n police court and remanded for 81
lays to await the arrival of extradi
ion papers from Ohio.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
~ Mrs. e. W Lang and mrs. S. Eroke

E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me. When first wrote to you had suf-
fered for years with what the doctor called
kidney trouble and congestion az the female
organs. My back aehed dreadfully all the time,
and suffered so with that bearing down feel
ing could hardly walk across the room Ibid
not get any better so decided to stop doctoring
with my physician and take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and am thank
full to say il has entirely cured me. l do all
my own work, have no more backache and
all the bad symptoms have disappeared.
/ cannot praise your medicine enough and
would advise all women suffering with kidney
trouble to try il.
Mrs. j. w. Lang. of eee Third Ave
nue., New York. writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
l have been q great sufferer with kidney
trouble NY back ached all the time ard /
was discouraged. l heard that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound would euro
kidney disease, and began TO take it: and it
has cured ME when every thing else had failed
have recommended it to lots of people and
they all praise it very highly.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing In.
vitatiOn.
Women suffering from kidney
trouble, or any form OF female weak
ness, are invited to promptly communi-
cate with Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn,
Mass. The present Mrs. Pinkham 10
the daughter-in-law of Lydia f. Pink
ham, her assistant be fore her decease,
and for twenty-five years since her
advice has been freely given to sick
women. Out of the great volume of ex-
perience which she has to draw from,
it is more than likely she has the very
knowledge that will help your case.
Her advice is free and always helpful.
M
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
BASE HITS.

The Baton Rouge franchise and team
In the Cotton States league have been
transferred to Monroe, La.
Ex-Pitcher George Hodson has been
added to the Pacific Coast leagues um-
pire staff by President Bert.
Guess Ed Phelps never thought that
be was much of a player until Presi-
dent Dreyfuss made the fight for him.
Not one Of the Pittsburg Pirates has
been bencheG so far this season in
spite of their fierce aspect on the .dia
mond
1t is not the high salaried players
that always play the best ball Often
the reverse is tie case in the major
leagues.
Kid Gleason OF Philadelphia has been
released dozen times in print, but he
Is still on the job. Kid is the Patti Of
baseball
Both Jake Stahl and Jimmie Collins
must get better results or soon be
classed with the average managers
Collins loo,-cd GOOD wsiile he was play
ing good ball. but as p bench manager
alone he has not FLIED rhe bill.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

OF all the diseases known, with
which women are afflicted, chronic
kidney disease is the most fatal. In
fact, unless early and correct treatment
is applied, the weary patient seldom
survives.
Being fully aware Of this. Lydia
E. Pinkham, early in her career, gave
exhaustive study to the subject. and in
producing her great remedy for
woman's ills - Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound-was careful to
see that it contained the correct combi-
nation of herbs which was sure to con-
troll that fatal disease, woman's kidney
troubles. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is the only one espe-
cially prepared for women, and thou
sands have been cured of serious kidney
arrangements by it. arrangements of
the feminine organs quickly affect the
kidneys, and when a woman has such
symptoms as pain or weight in the
loins, backache, bearing-down pains.
scalding or burning sensations or de-
posits in the urine, unusual thirst,
swelling of hands and feet. swelling
under the eyes or sharp pains in the
back. running through the groin, she
may infer that her kidneys are affected
and should lose no time in combating
the disease with Lydia E. Pinkhams
remedy for woman's ills.
marvelously successful it is.
Mrs. Samuel Frake, Of Prospect
Plains, N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
cannot thank you enough for what Lydia
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
CURRENT COMMENT.

Extravaganza in dress has reached
q point where a halt should be called
for reflection, If not for retreat.-Lon-
don Lady.
How easily millionaires become So
cialists, but how tough a proposition
for Socialists to become millionaires!-
Boston Transcript.
In ten years we have made as great
an advance as a buyer and seller in
the worlds markets as we made in
the 1O7 years preceding.-New York
Tribune.
Ar. Carnegie's prophecy that the
United States, Great Britain and Can.
ada will become one nation is >eason.
able enough, except thav ucthIng o;
the kind is likely to happen.-Kansas
City Journal.
1t may be true, as the English army
tailor says, that American soldiers
don't know how to dress, but nobody
seems disposed to criticise them when
they take their coats off.-Brooklyn
Standard Union.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL
sTENSLAND TRIED SUICIDE
Defaulting President Of Chicago Bank
Lies Sick as Result Of His Effort to
Take His Life Before Leaving for
His Home.
Publishers Press1

Iangier, Morocco, Sept 11.-An I'M
successful attempt to poison himself
was made by Paul o. Stensland, the
defaulting president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank of Chicago. who
Is awaiting return to the United
States. Stensland is seriously i'll as
a result of the attempt A heavy
guard is now kept on him to prevent
further attempts on his life. He is
expected to sail for home on the Prinz
Adelbert
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

headaches, dizzy or fainting spells, is
nervous and easily startled, has gnaw-
ing feeling in stomach, sees imaginary
floating specks, or spots before her
eyes, has melancholia, or cblues," or a
weakening disagreeable, catarrhal drain
from pelvic organs, she can make no
mistake by resorting to the use OF Dr..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t wiz
invigorate and tone up the whole sys-
tenn and especially the pelvic organs.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
a scientific medicine, carefully devised
by an experienced and skillful physi-
clan, and adapted to woman's delicate
system. Being made of native American
medicinal roots, and without alcohol,
it is perfectly harmless in its effects
in amy conditio,lof the female system.
As powerful invigorating tonic, vFa-
vorite Prescription" imparts lasting
strength tQfehe whole system and to the
organs d tinctly feminine in particular.
For oybf worked, wworn out,n rum
down y debilitated teachers. milliners,
hou/e-keepers, nursing mothers, and
feSble women generally, DR.. Pierce's
EGvorite Prescription is the greatest
Earthly boon, being unequaled as an
cordial and restorative tonic.
As soothing and strengthening ner-
vine, cFavorite Prescription" is I'M
equaled and is invaluable in allaying
and subduing nervous excitability, ir-
ritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous
prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms,
St.Vitus's dance, and other distressing,
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic disease of
the womanly organs. 1t induces re-
freshing sleep and relieves mental anxi-
ETY. and dependency.
No woman suffering from any of the
above symptoms can afford to accept
any secret nostrum or medicine of an
knorn composition, as a substitute for
medicine like DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, which is OF KNOWN CON-
POSITION and has record of over forty
years of cures and sells more largely
to-day than ever before. Its makers
withhold no secrets from their patients,
believing open publicity to be the very
best guaranty of merit.
DIR. Pierce invites all suffering women
to consult him by letter free of charge.
All letters of consultation are held as
strictly private and sacredly confiden-
tial and all answers are returned in
plain, sealed envelopes. Address: DIR.
r. v. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel aud Sur.
gical Institute, Buffalo. N. T.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
SiRES AND SONS.

The p.emier baron Of England, Lord
de Ros, has just celebrated his seventy
ninth birthday. He can boast Of fifty
three years service to the court.
Amos Scripture Is the oldest acting
banker in the United States. He Is 100
years old and Is vice president Of the
Mason Village Savings bank Of Green.
Geld, n. III.
Congressman Littlefield has the rec
ord for the rapid enunciation Of words,
and when he gets up to make speech
the official stenographers know they
have their work cut out for them.
Representative James or Jim NJ.
Griggs, recently selected to be chair
man OF the Democratic congress cam
paign committee, has been successfully
Dchoolteacher, newspaper man and
lawyer His friends call him Grim
Jiggs."
The poorest member Of the house Of
commons Is said to be John Ward,
member from Stoke-on-Trent, who has
q wife and four children to support on
an income OF $12.5O per week, his sal
airy as secretary Of the navvies' Qabor-
ers) union
Robert c. Ogden at eighty is one Of
the most active members OF the great
Wanamaker firm. In fact, Judging
from the abundance Of his ideas, his
creative ability and freshness of view.
be Is one Of the youngest men in the
whole institution.
Manley Lawton of Pewee Valley, Ky,
who has just received his appointment
as q cadet to West Point, is the oldest
son OF the late Major General Henry
NJ. Lawton. At the tender age Of elev-
en- he was on the firing line and under
ere in the Philippines. where he had
gone with his father.
Viscount De Ate, the Portuguese en-
voy In Washington. leads the life Of q
recluse, and, although credited to this
country nearly four years. he is known
By but few residents Of the capital He
rarely invites his colleagues In the
corps to his home and still more rarely
accepts their invitation
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

Dub ID Is not SO much the purpose Oh
this brief article to advocate the just
rights and privileges due to the women
of this country, although it has afforded
the writer great pleasure to pen the fore
going brief tribute to their worth and
Just deserts, as it is to call attention to
the fact that when broken down in
health and strength by over-work, the
too frequent bearing of children, the
never ending toll, worry and care of the
household, or by whatever may over
tax the strength and delicacy of her
sensitive system, there is one, tried and
proven, safe remedy upon which she
may rely to regain health, strength and
the power to fully enjoy life.
That remedy is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescriptions remedy made wholly
from the roots of native forest plants
which have been proven to be most
efficaciouS, reliable and safe in the cure
of woman peculiar weaknesses, period
ical pains, Irregularities, wasting and
weakening catarrhal, pelvic drains and
kindred ailments. 1t is remedy, the
makers of which print its formula on
every bottle-wrapper and attest ats COM
pleteness and correctness under oath: a
remedy devised and adapted to woman's
delicate constitution by an educated
physician-an experienced specialist I'M
woman's diseases; remedy, 4Nery in1
gredient| which has received he writ
ten endPrselpent of the most mfnekt
medical Gritets of all theAeeveral echo/ls
OF practicA foA the cure<of wbmah's
peculiar disAesee; q remedy<Ththjh has
more bomo-fide cures to its chsdk <han
any other sold by 6ruggista pans
special requiremerks a&dAne ohly<Qne
which contains no alcohol Ms
make up ~
Delicate, weak, nervous women should
especially shun the use of alcoholic
medicines which, from their stimulat-
Ing and exhilerating effects may seem,
Tor a time, to do good, but which, from
The inevitable effects of the alcohol in
shrinking up the red corpuscles of the
blood, are sure to do great and lasting
harm in the long run. Besides they
beget a craving for stimulants which is
most deplorable. uFavorite Prescrip-
ton" is the one remedy for woman's
ills which contains no alcohol.
Only invigorating and nerve strength
ening effects can follow the use of this
famous medicine for women. II can
not possibly do harm in any state or
condition of the system.
If a woman has bearing down, or
dragging pains, low down in the abdo-
men. or pelvia. backache, frequent
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
They Eat Alone.

The Maldivian islanders eat alon,
Before meal they retire to the mos
secluded spot they can find and ea
with drawn blinds or surrounded by |,
screen. The explanation of this pre-
caution is more likely to be fear thai
modesty In days gone by the savage
no doubt concealed himself lest some
man stronger than he should snatch
his hard earned food away.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
SEEING HIM OFF,.

Buby starts each night to travel
When the shadows on the gravel
Settle down,
Mothers arms his coZy station
And his far off destination
Sleepytown.
Simple are his preparations.
For he needs not grip or ration0
On the trip,
And for money he Is needless.
As he always finds 1t needless
He should tip.
Baby takes the train in waiting
While the family stands debating
In distress,
And we ask in CONSERVATION.
ibid he catch accommodation
Or express?'
Wilson In New York
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
kamauaa ReunIou

chIckamauea ReunIeu from Indiana
Leaves Indianapolis/f:1 p. m. Sep
TENDER 18th, ovF Pennsylvania
Lines via Louisville and Nashville.
and Nashville. Chattanooga & st.
Louis Railway over the Route to
the front b b." Get details about
fares. c4rom Pennsylvania Lines
agents, or address w. w. Richardson,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
As Washington street, Indianapolis.
cod to Sent Is.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
A Pin Head Artist.

Twenty-six letters of the alphabet
and nine numerals neatly engraved on
an ordinary pin head. This apparently
impossible feat of infnitesimal etching
aas been accomplished by Eugene
Wrenger. 2163 College avenue, Chica-
90, an expert steel and copper plate
sngraver. Every letter and figure can
be seen plainly through the microscope
Or without a glass il one has good
eyes. 1t has been placed on exhibition
u . public museum in~1Aiadelphia.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
WOMA ANS RIGHTS.
The Dignity and Sacredness of Motherhood.

Think of greatest who lived this earth and
then his mothers
possible that he should have become worlds
estimate and perhaps had erected his
world should
who bore him? The work is the mothers primarily and
recognition the dignity moth
Is-shoud be recognized
Why should not these good mothers be the right and
accorded
m ignorant Insignificant and vlest of
It we'll said great
bel first
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
To Pick Up StensIand,

Gibraltar, Sept. 1.-THE steamer
Prinz Adelbert, which is due here
Wednesday, will call at Tangier to
pick up and take to New York Paul o.
Stensland, former president of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chi
cago, who was taken into custody in
Morocco
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Cave of the Blues.

The island of Capt. possesses q
unique cave of the blues, wherein the
air is like twilight Of blue fire and
waves and grotto walls and boats and
people-everyt thing and every one
looks blue.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Ba rlCy.

Barley ripens to perfection on the
sides of the Himalaya mountains vi
to $4,000 feet above sea level. There
Ia no other place in the world where i
natures at a greater height than 9.0E
toet.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Perpiexinr.

She with exasperation)-I-l wish
had never married you,
The Brute-Censidcring the extraor
binary similarity of our opinions, my
dear, 1t is curious that we are not bet
ter Observation-Disclosures Magazine
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Depends on the Kind.

"How would you like to ask for
bread and be given a stone?"
"Well, If it were q diamond and
there was 4 pawnshop handy l think
] could survive the shock"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

Excuses are something that every
body makes and nobody wants, s,
what becomes of them?
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

'Phene or write a card to thf Paila-
dunn ct tbs little rloes OF neS~s your
nelahbor told you and Get y6ur name
In tho nsws "tIp" oentsH fer this
week.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

Some women elevate the stage,
But most with lace and feather,
Much to the men folks righteous rage
Do bury II altogether.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

Being plain everyday citizen
doesn't get your name in the paper.
but neither does it keep you awake
nights.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
CRlumhma-

The entire feet of Columbus was
worth only $1,000. and the explorers
salary was $500 a year.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

First Dramatist Ito second dittol-
Oh, l write only one act plays now.
You see, by the time the audience be
gins to boot aud whistle the act Is
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

When you feel that you have to be
disagreeable, visit your enemies.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

If there's anything a crooked indi-
viduGl does not want, it is a square
deal
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
cas cins. Of I,~aAr-..

We read tic scandals Gay by day.
Though most of them we've read before
Its awfuli''. we severely say.
Then turn the page ard sead some
more.
New York Life
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Mummy Wheat.

Mummy Wheat.
The Arabs. anxious to impose upon
travellers, often sell as genuine mum
my wheat grains taken from their
own fields.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
=. Mu.t ne notlt.~ Mad.

He Must He Doiling Mad.
sThey say he made cool million in
lee"
yes: that's why the trust busters
are making it so no. for him now
Chicago ecord-Heral0~
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Not If He Knows Il

Not If He Knows Il.
Aren't you afraid that Mr.. Titepurse
will give you trouble?"
thing"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

Thinking is very hard work, but few
people look wearied from that cause.
A thick skin isn't beautiful, but it ~
often comfortable.