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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
WOMAN KILLS A MASS
of WRITING SNAKES
Experience of Mrs. Burton, of
HagerStOWn.
SHE is AN EXPERT SHOT.

Hagerstown. Ind, March 22.-Doc
Burton had a remarkable experience
with snakes Thursday afternoon at the
West River bridge, east of town.
Accompanied by Mrs Burton, he
went fishing and stopped at the bridge
to cast a line in the deep water at that
place He went down the stone
steps at the east side of the river and
observed two or three black water
snakes glide away from under his feet.
He killed one, and as he went on more
snakes slipped into the grass and rub
bish on the bank of the creek. At the
edge of the steep bank he saw a dark
mass, which at first appeared to be a
large clod which had become dislodged
and rolled to the waters edge. Upon
observing this more closely he saw
that it was mass of snakes. inter-
twined and woven together into bunch
that would fill bushel measure, shak-
en- together, pressed down and running
over. There were actually hundreds
of them, all lying quiet in the warm
sunshine and evidently associating to-
gether in the utmost harmony. Mrs.
Burton carried a small gun loaded
with bird shot. She is an expert shot
and fired time and again into the mass.
A horrible writhing and kissing en-
sued and the bunch of snakes began to
break up. The uninjured slipped into
the water but the bank was covered
with twisting forms that had been
struck by the shot. twenty-five were
killed. These were about two feet
in length and the others were appar-
emily about the same size. They were
of the variety known as black water
snake and are harmless.
The river bank is honeycombed with
snake holes which lead to the winter
quarters. The warm weather of the
past week has aroused the dormant
faculties of the snakes and they gather
ed near the openings of their den to
warm up. Mr.. Burton has hunted in
nearly every state in the union, but he
declares he never saw such a sight of
snakes in his life before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Sears ROebuCk Had to DiSCOn-
tinue Grocery on Account
Of Pure Food Law.
A MORAL SHOWN IN THIS.
TIONS THE PATRONS OF SUCH
CONCERNS TO AVOID BEING DE-
CEIVED HEREAFTER.

The following from the last issue OF
the Indiana Retail Journal is worthy
of persual by every reader:
Sears, Roebuck & Co have discon
tinued their grocery department. Will
those of our readers who have been
accustomed to send their good money
to this concern kindly pause long
enough, to let that statement sink in +?
You may, and you may not, know
what caused Sears, Roebuck & Co. tC
discontinue their grocery department
For fear you don't know we will tell
you; the pure food law was the cause.
The groceries that this firm sold came
under the ban of that law: in other
words, they were inferior gOods-adul-
terated, without exception. And the
pure food law puts such severe re-
Striction on the sale of impure or adul-
terated groceries that Sears, Roebuck
& Co, (and many other similar firms)
had to quit that branch of the busi-
ness. This firm sold groceries mighty
cheap-that's so. But when you
bought coffee you got Drowned bread
dough; when you bought horseradish
you got sawdust; when you bought
sugar you got glucose; when you
bought deviled ham or potted chicken,
you got the Lord knows what But
these things were cheap, and you
bought them. The pure food law re-
quires that such commodities shall be
labeled exactly what they are. Sears,
Roebuck & Co. decided to quit. Now,
if these are facts (and we opine they
are) concerning the grocery depart
ment, is it not fair to presume that
other departments of their huge estab-
lishment were conducted on the same
plan? For instance, they offer a
steel range at SIS to s25 less than
honest goods can be sold for. You
could put all the steel there is in those
ranges in your eye without needing
the services of an oculist to give you
relief. Should our law makers put a
law as stringent as the pure food law
on all other commodities handled by
the mail order houses they would
have to quit business entirely The
moral of this story is-buy your gro
ceries, dry goods. clothing. boots and
shoes. hardware, harness. implements,
furniture, etc, of the home merchant
the man who handles honest goods,
who doesn't have to quit business on
account of the pure food law Hon.
est. now, friend. isn't it about time
You realized you were up against a
brace game when YOU patronize a
house that offers to sell goods for less
than good goods can be sold for?
Stick by the home people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Executive and Program Com
mittee Held a Session
Thursday Night.
GOV. BUCHTEL is COMING.
FORMER RICHMOND PASTOR
WILL RECEIVE A CORDIAL
GREETING-DAVID STARR JOR-
DAN AGREED UPON.

| The executive and program commit
| tees of this years chautauqua met
Thursday night in the Commercial club
rooms and conferred with James A.
Shaw, who will have charge of the
Richmond gathering again this year.
Much of Importance was transacted
and in addition to the appointment of
w. S. Hiser, secretary of the associa-
tion, several speakers were selected for
the program and the executive COM
mittee made arrangements for the
tents to be used in the white City,
this year
The selection of Mr.. Hiser as secre-
approval of all. and he was selected
over large field of candidates for the
place. Mr.. Hiser is a man of tact,
ingenuity and push and will make one
of the best chautauqua secretaries
Richmond has ever known He will
Immediately begin carrying on the cor
respondence of the association and
during the summer months will devote
his entire attention to the promoting
of the work. The meeting Thursday
night was an enthusiastic one and
some of the best talent on the Ameri-
can chautauqua platform today was Sc
lected
Buchtei Is Coming.
Probably greater local interest will
attach to the appearance of Governor
Henry Buchtel of Colorado. former
Richmond minister. who has been en-
gagged to deliver an address or address
es here during that week The exact
date has not been arranged as only the
talent was passed upon last night. The
famous campaign of the preacher-poli-
tician of Colorado was watched with
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
TREASURED W|FE'S ROSE,
BURTON OUT OF JAIL
Former Senator Has Been Re-
leased at Ironton.
RELATIVES ATTEND HIM.

Ironton. Mo-. March 22-There was
a faded rose on former Senator Bur
tons coat lapel when he left the Iron
ton Jail this morning. That was pin
ned on me the night | entered the jail,
by my Wife said Burton reverently
And | have kept it all these months
to wear the day l walked out a free
man"
Burton was driven from the Ironton
Jail accompanied by his wife. his niece,
Miss Willie McConaly, and his grand
niece, Dorothy Mitcnell A small
crowd watched him depart.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
OIL TRUST LOSES OUT.
Court Balks Efforts of Lawyers to
Exclude Evidence.

Chicago. March 22-The Standard
Oil company. in its trial before Judge
Landis on a charge of accepting re-
bates from the Chicago & Alton rail-
way. met with defeat on nearly every
hand. Every ruling of the court
baked the efforts of the comnany's at
torneys 10 bar technical evidence. on
which the governments case is princi-
pally based. and the almost continuous
series of objections on the part of at
torneys for the defense were met with
a series OF oyerruiings by the court.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Light, Heat & Power Company
Would Be Willing to
Buy or Sell.
RATES COULD BE FIXED.
FORCING THE FIGHT ON THE
MUNICIPAL PLANT NEITHER
MAKING MONEY.

Manager Lane. of the Richmond
Light. Heat & Power company, states
that Richmond is not large enough for
two light and power plants. He states
that if the two plants were combined
now it would be impossible to declare
5 per cent dividend on the annual pro-
fits of the merged concern, but he stat
| ed that later on with one plant in the
rates and go after all the business pos
/ sible, it might prove to be success.
Makes a Proposition.
Here is a proposition we will make
to the city: That the Richmond Light,
Heat & Power company and the city
each appoint an appraiser for its plant,
then have these two appraisers appoint
third appraiser. Get the actual value
of each plant to be appraised, then an
agreement could be reached as to
whether my company buy the city
plant or whether the city should buy
the Light, Heat & Power plant said
Mr. Lane.
Rates Could Be Fixed.
Mr.. Lane also stated that if the
Light Heat e Power company was
given the opportunity of taking over
the municipal plant the company would
agree to the passage of an ordinance
stipulating the minimum and maxi
mum rates to be charged for electrical
lighting and power.
Property Is Valuable.
sit seems to be the feeling on the
part of the press. public and city Off
cials." stated Mr.. Lane that the Light,
Heat * Power company should leave
the city bag and baggage and give the
municipal plant a free field. 1t must
be remembered that the stockholders
in this company have property here
valued at least at S30OO0 and that it
cannot be expected that this valuable
property be given up just because the
plant is the competitor of the munich
pal plant
Not Forcing the Fight.
Mr.. Lane further stated that his COM
pany is not forcing the fight against
the municipal plant and he added that
he would promptly discharge any of
his employees found singing mud" at
the city plant in an effort to secure
business. Mr.. Lane frankly admitted
that the Richmond Light Heat X Pow
and he states that he knows the city
plant is not making money.
Proposition Is Too Late.
Mr. Lane has not long been in Rich
mond and may not be familiar with
events that preceded his coming. In
such case he may not know that the
city once desired to purchase the pri-
vate plant and that an effort was made
TO secure what was considered a fair
appraisement but that this effort did
not end satisfactorily. II is now too
late TO talk of the city buying the pri-
vate plant or of selling to a private
company. With the city plant enlarg-
ed and equipped TO meet the demands
that exist it would not appear that Il
need to worry about the situation but
let the other fellow do the worrying.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
The Pope Is Decorated.

Rome. March 22-The Pope received
Father Maria Bernado, of the Ca
puchin Order, who presented the Pom
tiff with an autograph letter from
King Menelik of Abyssinia, comforting
on His Holiness the decoration of the
Star of Ethiopia The letter was an
answer to a communication from the
Pope. asking the Abyssinian King TO
protect Catholics in Abyssinia
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
STALLED ON THE CROSSING
Three Were Fatally Injured in an Ac
cident at Detroit.

Detroit, March 22-Through the
breaking of trolley an electric
street car became stalled on the Four
teenth street crossing of the Michigan
Central railroad today. The car was
filled with workmen and children, the
latter on their way to school An en-
gine struck the car, cutting it in two,
fatally iniuring three.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Yale Was the Winner.

Princeton \. J.. March 22.-Yale won
the intercollegiate wrestling champion
ship last night with IL points. Prince
ton and Columbia tied for second place
with points and Pennsylvania third
with , points.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Fell Dead Holding Doll.

Evansville. Ind. March 22-Irene
Hartman, aged years. fell dead in
her parents yard. When found by her
mother doll was clasped tightly in
her arms The coroner Will try to as
certain the cause OF death.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
BRADFORD MAKES DENIAL
Will Not Tap the Kentucky Coal Field.
He Says.

Milwaukee. Wis. March 22-Presi-
dent w. A. Bradford. Jr.. of the Wis
consin Central Road, denied a report
from Cincinnati that he is planning
to build into and tap the Kentucky
coal fields. President Bradford will
probably spend the balance of the
week in Milwaukee
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
ASKED FOR INDICTMENTS.
As Result Pelican Hall Fire at EngIe-
wood, New Jersey.

New York. March 1.-THE coro-
ner's jury. which Investigated the Peli-
can hall disaster at Englewood \. J..
today asked the prosecutor TO have the
grand jury indict the managers of the
place because no fire escapes were pro-
lided.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Havoc of a Hurricane.

Rome. March PA violent hurrf-
cane, which has caused serious dam
age. has swept over Italy Several
vessels have been wrecked.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Beveridge at Yale.

Senator Beveridge will deliver an ad-
dress 10 the students of Yale uniyersi-
ty on May 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
jerome Pleads in Vain.

District Attorney Jerome pleaded
for permission to examine DR.. Allan
McLane Hamilton orally, but in the
absence of a waiver of professional
privilege on the part of the defense,
Justice Fitzgerald said he would not
allow the doctor to be examined fur
ther at this time
Justice Fitzgerald added significant
ly that he would take judicial notice
of everything which had been adduced
in evidence during the nine weeks of
the trial.
DR. Hamilton, it will be remember
ed. testified that in his opinion 1haw
is not at present capable of directing
his defense. The question was put to
Dr. Hamilton by Attorney Gleason, of
the defense, and Mr.. Jerome now con-
tends that the defense thus waived
the matter of professional privileges.
Various interpretations.
The refusal of Justice Fitzgerald to
allow DIR. Hamilton to be interrogated
in the proceedings to enlighten the
conscience of the court as to its duty
in appointing commission or order
ing a resumption of the trial. was in
terpreted in various ways by those in
court The attaches of the district at
torney's office were inclined TO the be-
lief that DR. Hamilton, having already
stated his opinion to Justice FitZger-
aid. the latter deemed it unnecessary
to precipitate an argument as to the
waving of professional privileges.
The defense seemed inclined to the
view that Justice Fitzgerald had held
DR.. HamiIton's evidence could not be
taken into consideration and that con-
sequently the district attorneys posi-
ton was materially weakened. DR..
Hamilton was first called into the
case by Thaw's lawyers and it was
while he was in their employ that he
had made his examination of the de-
fendant
Gleason BIames DeIn1as.
John B. Gleason. of counsel for
Thaw, said today that Mr.. Delmas is
responsible if commission is appoint
ed. as it was he who called DR.. Allan
McLane Hamilton to the witness
stand '*and told Jerome to go ahead
and ask the witness anything he wish
ed to-
Mr.. Delmas said he would gladly as
sume all responsibility. Daniel OReil-
ly, OF Thaw's counsel, said that
Thaw.s counsel, had no doubt of being
able to convince the court or an ir
sanity commission Of Thaws sanity.
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
1.-THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Saturday generally fair
and continued high temperature.
OHIO-Fair and slightly cooler Satur-
day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22

LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCu-
LATION.
LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
BY CARRIER.
Seven Papers for Seven Cents.
A newspaper for every day in the
Week-more for your money than any
other newspaper in Richmond or the
state of Indiana will give you.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Justice Fitzgerald Orders An
other Rest in the ThaW
Court Proceedings.
DEFENSE LAWYERS FUSS.
GLEASON SAYS THAT DElMAS
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE LUNACY COMMISSION, IF
1T is APPOINTED.

New York. March 22.-Justice Fitz-
gerald at 1880 excused the Thaw
jury until Monday.
There will be no further hearing on
the matter of the appointment of a
lunacy commission unless Justice
Fitzgerald so directs after considering
such affidavits as are to be offered.
court Thursday, the jury having been
excused until this morning at 1913
o'clock, when there was a brief ses-
sion and a formal adjournment. By
Monday Justice Fitzgerald is expected
to be ready to announce his decis-
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Rates Could Be Fixed.

Mr. Lane also stated that if the
Light, Heat & Power company was
given the opportunity of taking over
the municipal plant the company would
agree to the passage of an ordinance
stipulating the minimum and maxi
mum rates to be charged for electrical
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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-08
Home Trade Idea Not New.

Day after day the people are awak-
ening to the fact that the only way
the evils of trusts can be combatted
is by an adherence to the home trade
doctrine. 1t is nothing new 1t was
the sentiment that prompted the
founders OF our government to sound
the clarion of Liberty from the sum-
NIT OF Bunker Hill. Then, it was the
forcing of people dependent on an
other government to pay an unjust
tribute for necessaries of life. To-
day it Is one class of people of ma
tion, and the greatest nation on earth,
to compel the other classes to pay un-
just tribute in commercial way The
wrong was righted by blood in the
first case; the wrong can be righted
in the present case by the people with
out resOrting to serious trouble, by
merely exercising their prerogatives
and the means that lie in their power
to prevent the concentration of great
wealth in the big financial ccnters by
keeping their surplus earnings at
home. 1t is the draining the dollars
from the country to the large cities
that assist in building up the great
combines, the great trusts, which are
manipulated to the deteriment of the
people of the country at large. 1t
does not require special Legislation for
the farmer to buy -four made in his
home mill: to use other products made
in his county or state, or to DatrOniZe
the merchants of his home town.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-08
OPPOSED TO LOCAL PROGRESS.
Journals That Help to Concentrate
Business in Large Cities.

There are thousands of so-called ag-
ricultural papers published in the
United States. all of more Or less
merit Yet few are all that they should
be. There is an inconsistency about
them that invites careful study. While
they are supposed to represent the
best interests of the great class of
workers whom they gain support from
in the way of subscriptions, the ma
jority of them apparently work against
the progress of farming communities
by becoming the mediums. part of
the machinery which draws from
country towns the support which they
should have.
1t is to be regretted that many of
these so-callcd agricultural papers are
merely published for the purpose of
circulating the advertisements of con-
Germs which seek to secure trade from
residents of farming districts to the
detriment of the home towns. These
establishments take money from the
rural communities to the large finan-
cial centers. The thoughtful man or
woman can see how injurious it
is to the interests of the farmers to
take away the surplus earnings which
represent the wealth of the commu-
nifty. 1t requires but little observa-
ton and study to understand that to
a great extent farm values are de-
pendent upon the Importance of the
nearby town, and that any system
that takes away its business, will re-
suit in decrease of farm values.
Such papers as advise the farmers to
patronize other than home institutions
and which advocate systems that are
opposed to the up-bulding of indus
tries in agricultural districts are not
worthy of support.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-08
Animals Fight in Shack.

From Bristol's woods, in Southern
Prospect, a village near Waterbury,
Conn. wildcat pursued big deer
until from exhaustion 1t fell through
the Roof of the side hill hen shack OF
Edison Black. Guinea fowls set up a
great commotion, and with the deer's
desperate struggles for liberty, cooped
up in shack 15X12. with nearly SO
fowls. there was such a racket that a
trusty watchdog awoke Black. He
went to the henhouse to find SO fowls
trampled to death, every pane of glass
and all the roosts broken and the deer
Sying of a broken neck. Its flanks
were lacerated from the claws of the
wildcat, tracks of which were in the
coop, where it remained until fright
enad away by the approach of BLACK.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-08

princes of dozen wealthy countries
We are not as the common people; We
can not marry where we will. | shall
announce that the marriage will take
place next week.
DO not send my friend away" she
pleaded, apparently tanned.
81 will promise to give the matter
thought. Good night
She turned away without a word ant
left him. When he roared at her she
knew by experience that he was harm
less; but this quiet determination
meant the exclusion of any further
argument. There was no escape un
less she ran away. She wept on hel
pillow that night, not so much at the
thought of wedding Doppelkinn as at
the fact that Prince Charming had evi
dently missed the last train and was
never coming to wake her up, or if he
did come it would be when it was toe
late. How many times had she con
jured him up, as she rode in the fresh
fairness of the mornings! How manly
he was and how his voice thrilled her!
Her horse was suddenly to run away
he was to rescue her, and then de
mand her hand in marriage as a fitting
reward. Sometimes he had black hair
and eyes, but more often he was big
and tall. with yellow hair and the
blueTt eyes in all the world.
CTO BE CONTINUED3
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-08

ruined you. And l was fool enough to
send you to them. This is the end"
"Or the beginning, g,"-rebelliously.
"Doppelkinn is mild and kind
mild and kind. One would think
that you were marrying me to horse!
Well, | shall not enter the cathedral" F"
How will you avoid it?"-calmly.
Il shall find way; wait and see. }"
She was determined.
Il shall wait" Then with a sudden
softening. for he loved the girl after
his fashion: Il am growing old. my
child. If | should die, what would be-
come of you? l have no son; your
Uncle Franz, who is but a year or two
younger than l am. would reign, and
he would not tolerate your madcap
ways. You must marry at once.
love you in spite of your willfulness.
But you have shown yourself incapa-
BILE of loving. Doppelkinn is wealthy.
You shall marry him."
Il will run away, uncle,
Il have notified the frontiers, -
TRANQUILITY From now on you will be
watched. 1t is the inevitable, my
child, and even I have to bow to that
She touched the paper in her bosom,
but paused.
Moreover, have decided" went on
the duke, ito send the Honorable Bet
ty Moore back to England
Betty"
Yes. She is charming young per-
son, but she is altogether too sympa-
thetic. She abets you in all you do.
Her English independence does not
conform with my ideas. After the
wedding | shall notify her father"
'Everything, everything! My friends.
my liberty, the right God gives to
every woman-to love whom she will.
And you, my uncle. rob me of these
things! What if | should tell you that
marriage with me is now impossible?"
her lips growing thin.
u should not be very much sur
prised.'
please look at this, then. and you
will understand why l can not marry
Doppelknn" She thrust the bogus
certificate into his hands.
The duke read it carefully, not
muscle in his face disturbed. F:aslly
he looked up with terrifying sm,ta.