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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
earthquake Stock in Maine.

Portland, Me-, March 5.-An earth
quake was felt yesterday. In several
parts of the city the shock was ac-
companied by rumbling which lasted
several seconds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
New National Committeeman.

indianapolis, Ind, March 5.-Tom
Johnson will be the democratic ma
tional committeeman from Ohio, sue
ceeding John r. Mclean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
DIES MONIES THEATRE BURNS
Grand Opera House and Observatory
Building Damaged $4,000

Des MOines. Iowa, March 5.-Fire of
unknown origin destroyed the Grand
opera house and did S25 1000 damage
to the Observatory building early to-
day. The total loss is $4,000. The eff
fects of an opera troupe were de-
Stroyed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
VIII Not BE Rushed.

The Germans intimate things are be-
ing rushed so they do not intend being
pushed. They are counting upon
France losing patience and making a
false step which would throw the onus
of a rupture upon France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
Fight Pastors Pool Tables.

Baltimore. Md, March 5.-Saloon-
keepers of this, city have protested
against an Episcopal rector putting
pool tables in his chapel for young
men, because it hurts the saloon busi-
ness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
Illinois Farm Drainage
Measure Approved
by Court.
CASE AT WASHINGTON
Senator Clark Keeps Public
Lands---L0uisiana Wins
Boundary Suit.

Washington, March 5.-The constitu
tionality of the Illinois farm drainage
law was today sustained by the s;i-
preme court of the United States in the
case of the Chicago, Burlington *
Quincy Railway company VS.. the state
of Illinois, involving the right of the
state authorities TO compel a railroa /
to remove distractions 10 the drainage
of lands. Under the opinion delivered
by Justice Harlan the law is upheld as
in accordance with the police power OF
the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05

daughter were with him. With the
death of Gen. Schofield the last surviv-
ing army commander during the civil
war has passed away.
He was born in New York 60 years
ago. His father, clergyman. removed
to Illinois when his son was u years
old, and John went to West Point as
a cadet from Freeport Stephenson
county. He graduated from West Point
in 1858, standing seventh in the class,
which included among its members
Gems. Mcpherson, Sheridan, Sill, Ter
rill. r. o. Tyler, and the confederate
Hood
Entered Volunteer Service.
When the war broke out he was
serving as professor of physics at
Washington university, ST. Louis, af-
ter many years of service in the south.
He promptly entered the volunteer
service of Missouri, and in November.
1861, he was appointed brigadier gen
eraI of volunteers. For several months
in 1862 he commanded the district of
the Missouri.
In the early part of the next year be
organized and commanded the Army 0f
the Frontier, which saw hard fighting
in Missouri and Arkansas. He went
back again in 1868 TO the command of
the department of the Missouri, which
he retained until Jan 81, 1864. On
that date he was assigned at the re-
quest of Gen. Grant to the command
of the department and army of the
Ohio, forming the left wing of Gen.
Sherman's army in Georgia. In Octo-
Der of that year he commanded the
troops opposed to Gen Hoods army in
Tennessee. In April, 1865, Gen. ScnO-
field received the surrender of Gen.
Johnstons army.
Relieved Sheridan mt Chicago.
During President Johnson's admins
tration he was secretary of war from
June, 1868, to March, 1869, then taking
command of the department of the
Missouri with the rank of major gen
eral. He held this for one year, with
headquarters at San Francisco. In
1876 he became superintendent of the
West Point Military academy 1881
he was assigned to the command of the
department of the gulf, where he re-
mained but three months In 1882 he
returned to the Pacific department, re-
naming there until ordered to Chicago
to relieve Gen. Sheridan, III command
of the department of the Missouri. He
was made lieutenant general in 1883
and retired in 1895.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-05
Louisiana Gets Land.
Washington, March 5.-The Su

Washington, March 5.-The supreme
court today decided the case of Lou
isiana VS.. Mississippi, involving the
water boundary between the two states,
in favor of Louisiana. The dispute in
volved the peninsula of ST Bernard,
and the opinion held the peninsula and
adjacent islands are part of the terri
tory of Louisiana.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
THE ROYAL BOX.

When King Edward was Prince of
Wales he was known in familiar cir
cles as Teddy Wales"
King Leopold of Belgium delights in
a collection of ancient timepieces. one
of the most valuable being a master
piece which belonged to Marie An
toinette.
The late Gar Alexander III. Of Rus
STA was once considerably embarrassed
by a circus of performing fieas, sent
him by Prince Henry of Reuss as a
birthday present.
The young king of Spain is an expert
in the use of the sword. When a child
he practiced with wooden swords with
the young mobiles Of his court. His
marvellous ability was even then no
ticeable, and he is now considered one
of the most expert of the royal fencers
of Europe.
What is undoubtedly the largest col
lection of picture postal cards in the
world is the property of the Prince of
Wales eldest son. The collection in
cludes cards from every country in the
world and is now growing almost too
bulky for convenient handling, there
being more than 10000 cards.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
GLEANiiiGS.

Korea Ia taking more to beer drink
ing than either Japan or China.
There are caught annually on the
German coast 100000 pounds CT
shrimps, most of which are netted at
depths of thirty or forty feet.
In order to put a stop to the practice
of binding women's feet the Chinese
board of education has issued an order
prohibiting the sale of small shoes.
Hungry vultures have attacked men
and women In the valley of COUGHS,
canton of yalais. A bull was so seri-
ously injured in fight with them that
it had to be killed
Exactly a hundred lives were lost in
fires which occurred in London last
year. Forty-six Of the victims were
under eight years of age. and fourteen
were over sixty. In almost every ip-
stance the fire was due to carelessness
and the lack Of ordinary precautions.
A British trades unionist has sued
for an injunction to prevent the labor
organization to which he belongs from
levying assessments upon him under
pain of expulsion from the union to
pay the salary voted a labor member
Of parliament who belongs to q party
hostile to that of the injunction seeker
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
THE AUTOMOBILE.

An English medical authority says
fast automobile riding has much the
same psychological effect as getting
drunk. Automobile temperance might
not be bad plan.-Buffalo Express.
A bill in the German reichstag pro-
vides that automobiles must pay life
annuities to those dependent on per-
sons killed by their motor cars or to
persons permanently injured by such
accidents. 1t sounds like an extreme
measure. But is it?-New York World
Legislation respecting the automobile
Is new and experimental, but brief ex-
pertinent has demonstrated the necessi-
ty Of broader public safety legislation,
legislation that will cover all possible
conditions, legislation that will protect
the prudent automobilist and punish
the reckless and negligent.-Schenec-
tady Star.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
THE WRITER'S.

Jerome X. Jerome has the middle
name of Klapka.
Kipling was christened Rudyard be-
cause his father proposed to his mother
on the lake of that name.
II. G. Wells in his youth often wrote
5000 words a day, but now he con-
fines himself to 1000 words-300, 900
words q year-two books.
Mark Twain is very fond Of collect
ing odd obituary poetry and has a
scrapbook, which he prizes very highly,
containing 5000 specimens.
The memoirs of General Kuropatkin,
q work covering the Russo-Japanese
war, are being published in Moscow
under the direction of the author.
The most remarkable thing about the
career of Justin Mccarthy is the ire
mendous amount of work he has been
able to accomplish. Novelist, journal
list, historian, politician and party lead
er. he has found time to travel widely
and to cultivate delightful social rela-
tons with most Of the leading literary,
artistic and political people of his time.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
APPEAL FOR HISTORICAL DATA
Indiana State Library Board Issues Circular Letter Asking People
to Assist in the Work of Collecting Valuable Material.

single volumes or complete files of
newspapers published in the State,
especially the earlier publications;
maps of any portion of any State;
manuscript narratives; diaries: and
any original document that may throw
any light upon the history Of any of
the United States and particularly up
on the history of Indiana or the North
west Territory. We want pamphlets
regardless of age or subject; reports,
in sets or single numbers, of any So
ciety, secret order or institution; cata-
logues of educational institutions in
Indiana regardless of date; minutes
and proceedings of any church organ
ization of any date or denomination;
proceedings or programmes of any So
ciety or club.
Being ephemeral in form and u.s.
ually thought to be worthless as mat
tiers of history, pamphlets are espec-
tally difficult to collect even in a very
short time after their issue. In fact,
however, pamphlets more than almost
any other form of publication reflect
the spirit of their time and occasion
ana are frequently more VdiudDle IN
reproducing the sentiment of their age
than more pretentious publications
and they are quite indispensable in a
reference library where students, his
torians, biographers, seek most ardent
ly what to others appear of little
worth.
Help us to collect what may be col
lected and to locate what can not now
be collected.
"Old letters throwing any light upon
the habits or conditions of life among
the early settlers of any part of the
State are valuable for historical pur-
poses. Even private documents will
be longer preserved and better cared
for in the State Library than if kept
in private hands. Every person who
contributes such materials to the State
Library will be rendered the most val
liable service to his own and future
generations.
1T would be well for all our people
if we could in some way prevent the
destruction of any book, pamphlet or
document without it's first being refer
red to some one who knows whether
or not it possesses historic value"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
Paper Handkerchief.

'"The paper handkerchief. unlike the
paper collar. is here to stay" said a
physician. 1T has a good reason for
remaining. and that Is what the paper
collar never had. The paper handker-
chief comes to us from Japan, where
for centuries it has been in use. 1t is
soft and thick and strong. and it looks
like silk. 1t costs a cent-less than the
cost Of laundering a linen handker-
chief. The linen handkerchief. physi-
clans agree, is the most dangerous ar
ticle in the human wardrobe 1t
swarms with billions of germs of con-
sumption and grip and pneumonia, and
hence. instead of being Numbered, it
should be destroyed. But 1t can't be
destroyed: it is too expensive. The pa
per handkerchief is destroyed. 1t is
thrown into the fire The rarity Of
consumption in Japan is attributed,
with some show Of justice. to the ex-
elusive use of paper handkerchiefs by
the japanese. New York Press.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

If the earth must quake, why doesn't
it turn in and rip a nice, wide crack
across Panama? - Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Smoot trial has cost the govern,
ment $23, 900. Sometimes 1T takes more
money to get man out of the senate
than it does to put him in.-Toledo
Blade Qnd).
Some day somebody will invent a
model street car, and then people will
complain because it doesn't provide
any place for anybody to stand up
Boston Globe.
There is a crying demand for reform
of bridge rules. Like all other games,
the bowling need Is for some rule by
which the loser will not have to lose
Washington Post.
Indiana Dunkards recently decided
that the telephone was a device Of
Satan. They must have been trying to
get somebody when the wire was busy.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
NAVAL DISCIPLINE.

Puuashments That Are Melted Out to
British Sailors.
For infraction Of regulations some
curious punishments are melted out in
the English navy 1t Is an everyday
occurrence, says London Tit-Bits, to
see half a dozen sailors lined up on
deck facing the paint work, holding
their hammocks on their shoulders. At
first the hammock isn't heavy, but aft
er an hour or so it drags on ones shout
ders like lead. Besides, it is not at all
entertaining to stare fixedly-at square
foot of painted woodwork for an hour
or more at a time.
Another punishment that Jack de-
spises is bailing with a spoon. He is
placed upon the deck, with two large
wooden buckets, one filled with water
and the other empty. With spoon he
must dip all the water from one buck
ct and transfer it to the other, being,
meanwhile, the butt of his comrades
jests and jeers.
Sometimes a delinquent is made to
walk slowly backward and forward
along the deck, nursing in his arms q
six inch projectiie. weighing a little
over 100 pounds. Once a sailor, who
laughed at the stammering speech of
his commander, was made to stand up
ON the forebridge, In full view of the
ships crew, and laugh for an hour and
a half
Splitting upon the deck OF a manor
war is strictly prohibited. Cuspidors
are placed at intervals along the deck
and these must be used. Upon some
ships, when a sailor is caught splitting
upon the deck, small tub is strapped
to his chest, and he is made to wear it.
Any one who chooses may use this
walking receptacle The offender thus
punished rarely repeats his offense.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30

The Indiana State Library Board of
which Robert l.. Kelly president of
Earlham college is member has is
sued circular letter appealing to the
people of the state for aid in the work
of collecting historical data. A copy
was received in Richmond yesterday
and is as follows:
Through the kindness and generos-
ity of Mrs. Oliver P. Morton, the State
Library has just come into possession
of letter copy books and dispatches
Of Governor Morton covering portion
of the Civil War period. These do not
cover the entire war period, but in
many respects the most interesting
and vital portion, and will prove very
valuable as authoritative materials up
on Indiana's part in the Civil War.
Mrs. Morton has had it in mind for
some time to turn over these docu-
ments to the State, but for various rea-
sons the transfer has been delayed I'M
til the present. She had fully appre-
ciated the value of these papers, and
had kept them for some time in the
vaults of the Indiana Trust Company
IF all persons in the State having in
their possession documents relating to
the history of the State would follow
Mrs. Morton's example, the State Ii
brary would soon contain a great
wealth of valuable historical data.
THE State Library, like every other
institution, must depend upon assis-
lance from its friends to make itself
useful and in turn will be useful to
it's friends in proportion to the support
given to it,
Collecting historical material being
one of the functions of the State Ii
brary, which is the Historical Library
of the State, we desire especially to
collect and preserve, to classify and
catalogue all valuable historical mater.
ial relating to Indiana in every stage
and phase of her existence. 1t is nee.
essary that this material be collected
at the earliest possible date, as much
of it is being wantonly destroyed, sold
to institutions outside the State or lost
by accident.
Our history consists of all books
and pamphlets written by citizens OF
the State or by any person concerning
the State or any part of it.: complete
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
WAGE Law INTERPRETED
SEMI.MONTHLY PAYMENTS
State Supreme Court Holds That
Manufacturing and Mining Com
panies Can be Made to Pay Their
Men Every TWO Weeks. .-as ~.

The State Supreme Court yester-
day upheld the constitutionality of
the act requiring manufacturing and
mining companies and firms to pay
their employees semi-monthly in law
full money. A judgment for s11S. as
penalty Eat the rate of 81 a day. for
delay In paying miner his wages
and $50 attorneys fees, In addition to
$500 of wages admitted to be due,
was affirmed against the Seeleyville
Coal Mining Company.
The court declared the act not sub
ject to the infirmities for which the
weekly wage law" was held uncon-
stitutionaI. The court said of the law:
at fixes no price on any mans labor;
It leaves the parties to do that. y
The requirement to pay wages at
least semi-monthly only becomes
mandatory upon the employer on the
demand of the emp1oye to whom the
wages are due and owing. His right
under the law to semi-monthly de-
mand the wages then due him is a
matter wholly optional with him. In
no manner does the statute require
him to exercise this right against his
own free volition. = The assess
ment of a penalty for delay in pay
ment which can in no event exceed
twice the amount of wages due is
neither excessive nor oppressive
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
FIRST SENSATION ..., ...
OF THE ASSEMBLY

walls and the name of the Rev. w. w.
Lawrence is substituted for that of
the Rev. John A. Burnett
1t was asserted after the session
that the Rev. Mr.. Burnett is a min
lister held in high esteem and the
fact that he smokes was the only OBJ
lection that could be raised to his Sc
lection as the general secretary of
the Young Peoples Society. The ac-
ton was regarded as a most empha-
tic declaration of the belief of the
church In general that the tobacco
habit shall not be tolerated, especial
ly In the ministry.
Women as Deacons.'
There was another period of unu-
sual interest in the session yesterday
afternoon when the question of adj
hitting women into full fellowship as
deaconesses came up for considera-
ton. Previous to the session Of the
General Assembly and in accordance
with the order passed by the Assem-
bly, last year, this question was plac-
ed before the various Presbyteries
the delegates to these presbyteries to
pate.
1t was announced yesterday that
the vote had been officially counted
and that 1t stood 792 in favor of ad-
hitting the women as deaconnesses
and 115 against. Under an estab-
lished rule of the General Assembly
that body must ratify any action of
a majority of vote of the presbyteries
unless there is "some peculiar circum
stance that will not admit of such
ratification"
DR.. J. G. Carson, of Xenia, O.,
made an address against the PROPOSE
ton, basing his argument chiefly on
the ground that in 1878 the General
Assembly had adopted a resolution to
the effect that women could not be
elected as deacons and that until this
former action had been rescinded the
Assembly could not act. DR.. Carson,
however, seemed to represent a mi
nority of the delegates for all other
speeches on the point under consider
alton favored giving the women equal
rights with men as regards the dea-
conate. The consumption of time in
discussion had been so great that
there was not an opportunity for the
Assembly to pass finally on the mat
ter and 1t went over until today.
The Assembly will adjourn this af-
ternoon.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
CHURCH AND CLERGY,

The Church of England has an in
come of $75,0OO,O0O a year.
There are within the United States
today 199.55S religious organizations,
with 3O,313,311 members, an average
of 160 members to a church.
The Methodist church on John street,
a few doors east of Nassau, New York
city. was the first Methodist church in
America. 1t was of wood and stood
somewhat back from the street. 1t
was built in the year 1854.
In recent speech at Taunton, Eng
land. the bishop of Bath and Wells
said it was sin for a man of leisure
to take the Lords day for pleasure.
but a hardworking man who never
had a chance for recreation except on
that day did no wrong to take it then.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
POLITICAL.

A politician in landing job is very
much like a woman in landing a hus-
band. He puts in all his work before
be gets the job and forgets to keep up
appearances after he has it-Atchison
Globe.
We have no word to say against pol
itics. Only it need not absorb US COM
pletely. Those who are interested in
other things and who make a decent
living by hard work can give too much
time to politics-that is. too much for
their OWN good-Indianapolis News.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
ROMAN MiLIlONAlRES.

Ihs Phenomenon, of Mammoth For
tunes Not a New Thing.
While 1T Is not a very tangible CON
ISOLATION to those of us who belong to
the less favored class commercially,
there is ut least sort of historic COM
fort in knowing that the phenomenon
of mammoth fortunes is not a new
thing.
A magazine writer goes back to an
cient Rome, when there were no rail-
roads orLtrusts or corporations, and
gives some figures on the individual
fortunes oefthat day which might look
attractive even to some of our modern
plutocrats.
Seneca, the philosopher and author
was worth $17,5oo.Ooo; Lentulus. the
augur. S16,6oo,o0o: Crassus. the poll.
tician who formed with Caesar and
Pompey the first triumvirate. had a
landed estate Of more than $4,000, 900;
the emperor Tiberius left fortune OF
S11S.0O0, 900, which the depraved Calig.
ula got rid OF in less than a year. A
dozen others had possessions that ran
into the millions.
1t Is true that these Romans did not
make" these fortunes in what we
would call regular commercial opera.
tons. But they got the money. and
they held on to 1t, which Ia about all
that can safely be said OF possessions
that run into seven figures in any age
or country.
And, speaking Of campaign contribu
lions and so forth, julius Caesar once
presented the consul Paulus with $780,
600 merely as a token OF esteem and
coupled with the hope that Paulus
would do the right thing In a certain
political matter that was pending. The
argument was effective with Paulus
and neither he nor Caesar suffered any
\ in popularity.
There are many things under tn.
sun that are not new.-omaha World
Herald. ~,..ret,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-30
AROUND THE HOUSE.

Soap and wood ashes are excellent
for cleaning zinc tubs and pals.
When laundering lace curtains If a
creamy shade is desired add clear
strong coffee to the starch.
Sprinkle the mating with Indian
meal and then sweep it thoroughly
sweeping out the meal and the dirt
with it.
Whiting and sweet oil mixed to a
paste and rubbed on silver with piece
Of flannel will brighten it. Wipe with
a soft cloth and polish with chamois
skin.
Widths of mating sewed together
with loose stitch, using carpet threaa
makes the floor covering look heater
and wear better than when staples are
used to fasten it down.