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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
SOCIETY WOMAN
KEPT A "RESORT"
Leader In Fashionable st. Louis Church
Unmasked In Divorce
Court.

With tears streaming down her face
and pleading vainly that she be per-
mltted 10 shield her daughter. Mrs.
Florence Knecht. wife of Samuel
Knecht of the Laclele Gas Light COM
pany of ST Louis. was compelled. in
the circuit court. before Judge Taylor
to drop the mantle of responsibility
which she had worn for years and re
veal herself as the owner of one of the
most notorious resorts in the city.
The revelation came as Il terrible
shock to the social set in which Mrs.
knecht moved. So perfectly had the
woman kept up her dual role that none
of her friends suspected she was any
thing but what she pretended to be
until she was compelled to admit her
dual life on the witness stand in the
suit for divorce which she brought
against her husband.
After the direct examination ii look
ed as though Mrs. Knecht would OBJ
tain her divorce Her story of her
husbands cruelty had additional
weight because she had prefaced 1t
with a list Of the charitable institutions
to which she belonged. Her lawyer
made her dwell ut length on her re-
ligious devotion.
The first question asked in cross ex-
animation was, Were you ever known
as Florence Osborne?"
Mrs. Knecht turned pale and said
Yes" in q shaking voice.
Are you the owner OF house in
Lucas avenue. between Twenty second
and Twenty third streets?" asked the
lawyer.
1T is true, but l ncv>r lived in the
house." the witness replied.
The spectators pricked up their ears
at this admission, for the street in
which the house is situated Is the most
notorious In the city.
Have you ever been arrested on any
charger" was the next question.
Before the lawyer could ask another
question Mrs. knecht burst into tears
and, turning toward the court. said:
"Oh. please don't let him question
me any more. / can't stand this expo
sure. am educating my daughter in a
convent, and she will be disgraced for
ever. My daughter is eighteen years
old. and it will be terrible when she
finds out how her mother got the
money with which to educate her"
After Mrs. Knecht finished Judge
Taylor said:
There Is no use hearing further tes-
timony in this case. The bill is dis
missed"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
COURT HOUSE ROUTINE

On account of the volume of work
which now lies before the grand jury,
it is possible that the petit jury for
the April term VIII not be called for
next Monday. -. ,-.....
Milton Fl. Gaar. administrator of
the estate of Mary A Slant, deceased.
has filed report of final settlement.
J. w. Judkins. administrator of the
estate of the late Elizabeth A. Way
mire, has filed report of final settle
ment.
Judge Fox yesterday set two cases
for trial in the April term of court.
They are Bowman VS.. Spekenhier. re-
ceiver, ct al. May 5. and Fletcher VS..
Fletcher. April II.
Attorney John c. Dodson has filed
the suit Of Harriet Boughner VS.. Will
liam Carpenter, complaint on note.
The suit of Joseph E. Moore VS..
Hannah Mote, ct al. was filed yester-
day. Foreclosure for $3.50.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10

ner of much skill. For a long period
he was in the Timing business for
himself conducting a shop on Main
street just east of the Westcott no.
tel. His great industry was chief
characteristic and his sterling homes
ty and integrity made him friends
among all classes of people. The fu-
neral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Wesleyan
church. Burial will be in Earlham
cemetery.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10

Seven Koreans at Hilo. Hawaii. have
been convicted Of on amazingly afro
cious murder Of fellow countryman
suspected OF having stolen $50 from
another Korean. Instead Of notifying
the police the friends of the robbed
man beat and stoned the suspect. LAGER.
ated him with a saw and rubbed sale
and japanese soy into his woundA
This having failed to force a confess
sion. the torturers brolled their victiu
over a fire until he died.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
THE CITY IN BRIEF

House Painting Ia Glazing. John L.
Owen. No. 1914 North Ninth st, Set
Webb Lodge No. "a, F. & A. NJ, will
have work in Entered Apprentice de-
gree Wednesday evening.
Just what youpFant. Small place
in the countNbfor sale, s1,400. Call
on Woodhurst. 913 Main.
A Chicago electrotyping Arm, Both
and Moran, has leased the rear rooms
OF the old Palladium building on Main
street. -,
Money to loan on firm or city prop.
erty on favorsblepterms. We do not
loan more than one half the value Of
property. Dickinson Trust Co.
Miss Kate Moelk has bought the
store room at the corner Of Twelfth
and Main streets in which the Doan
grocery Is now located. There will
be no changes for the present.
Harvard Deasssfs, 9th and Main. If
Union Ice Co., for both artificial
and natural i@ 9S'the best quality,
Oto Rettig, Manager.
Phones: Bell, 10R; Home. 94i.
Sol Smelser, formerly of Richmond,
now sheriff of Madison county, is
protesting against the construction of
q $25, 900 elevator in the Anderson
court house. Sheriff Smelser says that
Il is only for the benefit of tired law
yers. and the money could be expend.
ed with better resufs, in other plac-
%.
Spalding's Ase Bail goous
tells Stationary store. 7-2t
Remembcs sBartel Office Supply
store makes Rubber Stamps to Order
7-2t
Congressman who oppose the pres
ent Civil Service system are making
an effort TO put through bill which
will allow the government employees
to go home to vote at all regular cleo
lions. James E. Watson. of the
Sixth Indiana District, is at the head
OF the movement, and IL the step is
constitutional, It is probable that the
employees will be allowed to vote the
same as civilians
Telephone afe Richmond Steam
Laundry to get your laundry. If
Have your way paper and frescoed
rooms cleano1Sdnd re-decorated by O.
L, Price. Phone 7S7.
walter 3. Fulghum. who IL N~~'>a'.
iig history of the Richmond Bust
Ness College. Is looking for informa
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
Fought Cougar. For Lunch.

John Leamy. n back fagman on the
Kettle Valley railroad survey. now en-
gagged on the North Fork, In Oregon. a
few days ago risked his own life to
protect the lunch Of the party. Tho
young nagman upon returning to camp
ut noon found cougars enjoying the
sandwiches which had been left In his
charge. and. choosing to risk his life
rather than face party Of twenty
hungry surveyors, he made rush at
The animals and secured the majoe
portion Of the eatables.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
Was Well Known Man.

Thomas Fl. Johnson, whose death
occurred Sunday night at his. home,
No. 221 South Tenth street, was one
of Richmond's most widely known
colored citizens He was. sixty-two
years of age and his home had been
in this city many years. He was one
Of the first colored men in the city to
acquire a trade and he became a tin.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10

Thirteenth Birthday Fatal Hoodoo.
Within an hour after she had mailed
invitations to her thirteenth birthday
party little Edith Ridge of McKees-
port, Pa. died Of heart disease, brought
on, the physicians say, by the excite
ment of the occasion.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
Select Members Tomorrow.

There will be a meeting of the Ma,
Festival Chorus Wednesday evenine
and all members are urged to attend
1t is probable that the makeup of the
chorus will be finished on Wednes
day night, and after that time, no one
can become a member, as those who
now belong have learned the music
and there would be much trou.sfe in
training others.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
PRICES GoINP

Copper is going up II price but we
propose to sell thiSweek over one
hundred all eopp4 wash boilers.
Heavy goods Wth/patent cold handles
and full sizes fN$l.ss each. They are
worth every cent of $500 and should
not fail to get one of them.
lifts,
Sixth and Main Streets
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10
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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-10

Palladium Want Ads Pay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24
Topics Of the Times

Isn't it about time the Sioux City
Journal quit playing MOSQUITO?
II Mr. Burbank will develop variety
of corn that fourishes best in a tenn
pera ture of say sixty degrees, hot
weather cussing might be carried on
without conjunction.
In order to shake down eastern in
vestors cit will be necessary to offer
some assurance that the west coast will
cease to shake apart. The Chilean
quake was a hard blow to the Frisco
capital seekers.
A South American revolution where
thing from one of the ordinary kind.
Secretary Root who is telling the
Argentine women OF their "incompar-
able beauty will doubtless explain to
Mrs Root that il was a business mat
ter entirely.
Boston schoolma'anls who marry lose
their jobs as penalty. Marriage al
ways was next door to misdemeanor
in the case Of Boston schoolma'am.
The trade of toothstainer. followed
in eastern Asia, is as odd a calling as
any The natives prefer black teeth
to the whittier kind and the tooth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

One Of the strongest stays to NOR
atty and honesty is the desire of men
to stand well in the opinions of other
men. 1.-THE speech of people" means
much to us all and deserved social
ostracism is the keenest punishment
proud men and women suffer. But So
cial ostracisln as weapon against
wrong doing blunts itself against a
cuirass of gold and rarely pierces a
breast protected by bulky bank book.
Whatever may have been the life of
the person who has acquired large
wealth, however shady methods
by which 1t has been accumulated, he
need not fear lonesomeness. He will
have society and society" will have
him-while his purse holds out to burn.
consequently under present conditions
1t is unlikely that general acceptance
viii greet the plan reiterated by the
New York Sun when it says editor
tally:
The great, and for the present the
insuperable. obstacle to substantial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24

stainer with a little box of brushes and
coloring matter, calls on his custom
ers and stains their teeth. The pro-
cess is not unlike that of blackenlng
a boot. for fine polish is given to
the teeth The pigment used is quite
harmless.
People living near an arc light will
be surprised to learn that only 100000
different species of insects are known
to exist.
One eastern city makes no complaint
of high prices for ice. The lid is on
GAINESVILLE, West Virginia. and the
brewers are selling ice and giving a
bottle of beer with each cake.
Less than ten years ago congress
made the first appropriation for rural
free mail delivery. This year the
service will reach s,22s,oOO families.
some legacy some time ago from one
of his subjects. 1t amounted to 3,000,-
900 pesetas-which is more than $780,
600.
The oldest Mason in years and in
point of membership in the United
States will, celebrate on September s
his one hundred and fifth birthday and
the eighty-first anniversary of his en-
trance into Masonry. Always carrying
his cane and wearing high hat which
gives him the appearance of a vener-
Gregor is a familiar figure on the
streets of Newport, N. H.
Some years ago Senator Chauncey
Depew and Senator Northrup who was
president of the Northwestern Uni
versity, were guests at banquet given
at Newport. Senator Depew, upon in
Producing Senator Northrup, said: AL
low me to introduce Senator Northrup,
the cyclone educator of the west" Sen
ator Northrup arose and exclaimed:
1T gratifies me greatly to be intro
duced as the cyclone educator of the
west, especially by such great man
as Senator Depew, who is known far
and wide as being authority on wind"
The Kansas agricultural department
reports the states yield OF winter
wheat to be more than 91.0o0,00O BUSH
els. With the spring wheat the total
will exceed 1O0,oo0.o0O bushels. or the
greatest crop in the history of Kan
sas. The indicated corn crop is 2OO,-
100000 bushels
The laws recently enacted in France
and Canada aim at more general rec
ognition of Sunday. at least as day
Of rest In France it is made rule
for all commercial and Industrial es-
adjustments to close for this weekly
day of rest, and when in any case such
closing would be prejudicial to the
interests of the public the law requires
that an equal amount of rest be ac-
corded to all workers on some other
day, or by shifts in rotation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS IN IOWA.

In continuation Of the topographic
surveys begun a year ago in Iowa, the
director of the United States geolog-
ical survey has sent a party into the
field in Des, Moines and Dallas coun-
ties. 1t is expected that this party
will do preliminary work in surveying
roads and determining elevations by
level over an area of about 220 square
miles in the vicinity of Waukee and
Immediately west of the Des Moines
area mapped last year. The resulting
map of this region will be drawn on a
scale of about 1 mile to an inch and
differences of elevation will be shown
for every change of height of 20 feet.
Permanent marks consisting of met
al tablets bearing the name of the state
and of the government, and the ele-
walton, will be established at distances
of about three miles apart. All these
lines of levels as well as those run by
the topographic parties will furnish
datum upon which to base any leveling
which may be done hereafter by rail-
ways, mill companies, etc.
It is believed that these maps will
be of great value to the people of the
state in the development of it's natural
resources. They form the base maps
for the study of geology and for, the
work of the bureau of soils of the
department Of agriculture. They
are basis for the development Of the
forests and the good. roads of the state.
and are Of great use to all municipal
officials DESTROYS of building reservoirs
and water works, as well as to engi-
neers and surveyors who wish to lay
out and construct electric roads and
railroads. In time these maps will
doubtless be used in the schools to
teach children the physical geography
of the country in which they live.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24
Iowa Newspapers
. A@a.s-s>.es-s.s-ss~sss.e-s,
IN AN IOWA NINE.
Hampton Chronicle.l


Did YOU ever go out into the center
of corn field, right into the heart OF
an Iowa gold mine? If not then you
have missed it, you have missed some
thing you will regret If you will take
the time to do So AS you ride along
the rural lanes and see the long rows OF
greenish corn stretching away over the
hills, its tasseled tops swaying slightly
in the August breeze, you imagine that
here are chances for a large crop or
corn: you may even reflect that the
rapidity with which this crop has
grown has been great, but if you would
know and see it all you must crawl
thru the barbed Wire fences and walk
into the fields. These stalks that now
tower above your head seemed not
nearly so large from the road. AS you
look around you ard see that the top of
your head measures but half way up on
the stalk, YOU begin to feel that this is
a tremendous growth of vegetation.
Look down at the roots of the hill and
see the gnarled and twisted bodies of
the corn. here where but few weeks
ago tender shoots We're bursting forth
under the influence of the July sun you
behold with wonder four massive stalks
with the strength of a two-year-old
tree. From the road you believed the
ears were of good size; look at them
now. This one il; fifteen inches in
length and the silk is commencing to
become dry. This forest of green stuff
shuts out the light of the sun, and the
eartb here is moist and black.
Viewed from the roadway, field of
Iowa corn is pleasing; seen from the
center of the field it is interesting and
instructive. 1t is lesson to walk OBJ
servantly thru ar Iowa gold mine in
August.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24
Bride and Groom Dress Alike.
Miss Vermillion Dewitt of San Frar

Miss Vermillion Dewitt of San Fran
cisco became the bride of Chief Forest
Ranger Harry War; at Carson, New.
the other day, in an unusual ceremony
Both were dressed exactly alike, in
khaki knee trousers. long riding boots.
rough hunting coat and mems shirts
Judge Murphy of the district court
performed the ceremony, after which
followed by a curious crowd, the cou-
pie went to hotel for dinner. Their
dining was so disturbed, however, by
the banter to which they were sub
jected that they left in disgust be-
fore the meal was completed.
The bridegroom was discharged from
the Floriston mills some time ago be-
cause he divulged inside information
as to how the Truckee river was be-
ing fouled by refuse from the paper
mills, problem involved in a suit now
pending in the federal courts. He was
member of sRoosevelt's company in
Cuba, and on the latter's visit to the
west, made himself known to the pres
ident. The appointment as chief
ranger, with headquarters at Tahoe.
followed few months ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24

betterment III public life is the apathy
and influence of society. So long as
society approves, countenances ana
tolerates scoundrels who have success
fully eluded the police, the criminal
courts and the jails so long will ras-
cality continue to thrive. If society
would refuse to .know" men of known
tagitious lives and of established evil
regulations; if it would drop them from
its visiting list, cut them in the street
and avoid them at the club: II other
wise reputable and unbesmlrched men
would refuse to serve with them on
the directorates of corporations or on
vertries or in all honorary associations.
then we should see very different
state of affairs. Avoidance of the
ruder penalties of the law would not be
the only solicitude of the criminal
rich" for there is one thing that they
dread more than the courts. more than
the penitentiary and more than all
else, more even than they dread pow
erty. and that is society's formal de-
cree of non possunus.
It is good theory albeit it is not new.
However, it is impossible while society
measures success by millions and use
fulness by standard of dollars and
cents When the old farmer in the an
cient primer had exhausted persua-
sion and thrown grass without effect
it will be remembered that a single
volley of stones brought the bad boy
quickly out of the apple tree. In the
case of the "crifninal rich" persuasion
has failed They laugh at the ~ads OF
grass represented by fines and toss
a roll of bills from their perch OF safety.
1t is time to throw stones
Put the rich man who defies the
law against minor criminal offenses
in jail Send the rich law-breaker to
the penitentiary Not for eighteen
months for looting bank. where an
ordinary burglar would have got eight
cen years, but for term commensur-
ate with his offence. Let the wel-to-
do aw-breaker dig dandelions six days
with his copnpeer who had not the
money TO pay uIS. NJSt past eAAS 49,
wark of his money and get at the real
man. A dozen convictions and conse-
quent sentences imposed and carried
out would work revolution. There
isn't a great actual difference between
the physical ability to resist and pre-
vent arrest and the ability to pay for
the privilege of breaking the laws. Nor
is there any essential difference be-
tween the bank president who delib-
erately wrecks the institution Of which
he is the head and the masked expert
with the drill and dynamite, and there
is an equality of desert between the
impecunious- fool racing plug team
thru a crowded street and the rich
sneed maniac in his $4,000 automobile.
They should both go to JAIL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-24
THE HEATED TERM.
[Des Moines Capital.1

The heated term is a good thing.
One would never imagine it, however,
If the sole evidence was in the whole
sale fault-finding with which the as
cending mercury is ever greeted. 1t IS
SO easy to give a vigorous outward
movement of ones pedal extremities.
The heated term was designed for a
specific purpose. Those esteemed in
dividuals who seem to think that the
chief end and aim of the created uni
verse should have been to cater to
their individual comfort, were not con-
suited when Nature was designing
the plans for her wonderful economy.
Surprising you do perspire copiously!
What do you suppose the pores of your
delicately formed cuticle are for? What
If your garments do take an affection
ate and even pertinacious hold upon
your noble physique! Is it utterly i'm
possible to convince you that your case
is not as serious as you pretend to be-
lieve?
Quit beefing
There never was more glorious
summer than the one thru which you
are now passing. In Iowa the year
Se1AtCN Jul Cts liz II NSIS pLSdt@
ranged program to break all records.
Season after season the most magnifi-
cent crops had been gathered, but
with the dawning of spring the ele-
ments appeared to conspire together to
lead the commonwealth to a harvest
more bounteous than the. people had
ever before seen or known. The spring
was not too early or too late. The
calamity bowler would no more than
get his mouth puckered for predic-
ton of drouth than the gladstone rain
would fall and the green earth would
smile under the refreshing. If the same
prognosticator of woe should begin to
EXPRESS fear of an excessively wet sea-
son, the clouds would part above him
and his very words would seem to dry
up in the glory of the sunburst.
Thus it was thru capricious April,
blithesome May, rare June, and even
rarer July; and now August is hasten-
ing on toward the completion of her
course in manner to establish faith
that there will be no discordant note
in the song which the seasons are
singing.
To be sure we are in the midst Of
the heated term. SO be 1T. August is
the time for Natures most caloric me-.
neurological demonstration. If you do
not like it, HE away to the mountain
or the shore for few days. If you
cannot do that, make a bee-line for the
nearest cornfiald and lie down beneath
the shade of The massive stalks which
in the morning seem so much taller
than they did the night before. 1t will
do you incalculable good to get that
close to Nature. The Wgor Of the soil
will be transmitted to your own veins.
Languor will give place to energy and
you will feel physically and mentally
as tho you had been born again.
Within a few short weeks the heated
term will have ended, and from one
end of the state of Iowa to the other
the air will be tremulous with the song
of Harvest Home"