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The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

"In an Ohio town sixteen women at
tackled one man and whipped him because
he persisted In brutally beating his wife.
Anybody find fault with the ratiO?' asks
the Commoner. The ratio Is, perhaps, a
trife old-fashioned, but the story does not
disclose an altogether bad state OF affairs
in Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Fate

He wrote a rondeau on her arms,
A sonnet on her face;
IN gu" trains he described her charms,
In trIJlets her grace.
He wrote an octave on her hair,
A couplet on her nose.
And then he lost the maiden fair
By stepping on her toes.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Good Hands Needed.

FT0m the Ohio Sun
Dispatches from Springfield say, Can
non sees the boys" Judging from the
reputation Uncle Joe enjoys out Wash
ington way. the boys will need to show
down pretty strong hands when he secs"
them
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Reviving Old Memories.

From the St Louis Republic.
The occasional train hQld-up in the far
West is about all we have to remind us
Of the days when the buffalo. the bear,
and the redslIin disputed with the pioneer
prospector and bad man the possession
Of that glorious domain.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Exchange ef Courtesies.

How about that article you wrote es-
pecially for the Brain-storm Magazine?'
Il didn't get the usual printed card
back with il. The editor sent a polite
note written especially for me-"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

The Johnstown Pa Journal excites our
admiration. When il gets ready to pur-
loin a supply of paragraphs from The
Washington Herald Il does not take
few; it takes a column or so at a whack.
The Journal should enter financial circles
and become a captain Of industry.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
A Chance for Tesla.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
NilSola Tesla, in letter to a New York
newspaper. says he can invent anything
he wants 10. We wish he would invent
some way to make the Pennsylvania leg
islature keep the pledges made to the
people
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
THE OPTIMIST.

care not whether one regards the
Scriptures as divineTy inspired OF rs
merely literature. To every man trying
TO live an honest. decent life they are a
well spring Of inspiration. We all know
that fine utterance of ST. Luke:
He hath put down the mighty from their seats; and
exalted them q low degree.
That is fine thought. Unfortunately.
some Of the ultra-socialists have quoted It
rather often as a sort of commendatiOn
or Justification for their doctrines. They
often couple it with the passage about
the came. passing through the needle s
eye and tire difficulty of a rich man In
getting into the kingdom OF heaven.
The principle enunciated in the verse
from st. Luke is comforting to such Of us
as are humble and meek" who read IL.
But l fear that in this day and age few
Of us can be so described
Ana we have learned too, in these lat
ter days, that while It is good TO pray, it
is better far to strive. One lesson that is
borne in on us every day is that If We
wish to be exalted we must pull our
selves up by our boot-straps.
like that speech credited TO an Old
Norsemau: Il believe neither in idols
nor demons" said he; Il put my sole
trust in my own strength of body and
Soul "
What most Of us want nowadays is to
be engraved. as was the Northman' 2
pickax, with the motto;
I viii either find a way OF make one.
To he exalted. then. means that one
must exalt oneself. THE truest wisdom
is a resolute determination" said Ma
poleon. and, being determined. he rose
His watchword was Glory" that Of his
great opponent was Duty" but both
arrived at fame. Buxton, who led the
fight against slavery in Great Britain
wrote:
The longer ] live the more ! am certain that
the great difference between men, between the feeble
and the powerful. the great and the Insignificant
Is enerC-inTincible detemInatiUu-a purpose once
fixed. and then death or victory, That quality will
do anything that can be done in the world; and
40 talents. no circumstances. oppJftunities will
make a tWOleggpd creature a Man without II.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE OLD-TIMER.


You mebbe think this spring is bad.
You oughter been alive
To see the weather that we had
The spring of 45.
The snow wuz banked In early May
Above our kitchen door.
We had blizzard every day
Fer seven weeks or more.
Talk about snow.
&c, &c. &c.
An when at last the snow wuz gone,
Il started In to rain.
The skies would open up at dawn
An never close again.
A feller had to learn to swim
An navigate an dive.
Or it was stay at home fer him
The spring of IS.
Talk about rain.'
&c, &c, &c.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Poets and Meals.

From the Omaha Bee.
A New York poets wife is suing for
divorce because her husband wanted her
to cook meal at a. m. The average
poets wife is glad enough to cook a meal
at any hour her husband will supply the
materials.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Instead Of tipping around In automo-
biles, people prefer 20 howl at the umpire.
There is no accounting for tastes says
the Birmingham Age-Herald. But IL only
costs . cents TO sit on the bleachers and
howl al the umpire
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
No Helm for Him.

I fear" said the poet, that / am writ
ing over the heads Of the people"
Cant see any help for you. old man. 8"
replied the critic. you'll never be able
to have your desk IN anything but an
attic"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Hon. Hoke Smith says he will have only
ernor, and they must know the differ
ence between q sword and a turpentine
ak" Anybody who now doubts that the
Hon. Hoke is a real reformer cannot be
convinced that the sun shines
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Alfred Austin says there are no poets
in America, and Mrs. Humphries says
there are no gentlemen. IL will be admit
ted that Mrs Humphries is as good a
judge Of American gentlemen as Mr.. Aus
tin is of American poets.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

An Oklahoma Republican paper an
nounces that it will not lie for the Re
publican party" Uneasiness will not COM
pletely vanish, however, until the paper
further binds itself not TO tell the truth
about H.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

A burly negro who attacked a New Je--
sey girl a few days ago was tried, con-
victed, and on his way 10 the penitentiary
before sundown of the following day
Judge Lynch cannot travel fast enough
TO overtake that sort OF justice.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Got 'EnI All.

In the late John Sherman's last race
for the Presidential nomination, Repre-
sentative w. p. BrownlOw. Of Tennessee,
was made the manager Of the great
Ohioan's interests I'm that State. Sherman
was never popular with the Republicans
Of Tennessee. and Mr. BroWnlOw. who
was not as experienced in the political
game then as he Is now, had "a hard
task. He succeeded. however, after siren
uous effort, in getting three Sherman men
on the delegation. one Of whom was him
self After Sherman had been defeated
in the convention he met BrOwnlow and
criticised the Tennesseean severely for
the poor showing made In his State.
There were just three Sherman men
in the whole State Of Tennessee" de
clared Mr.. Brownlow, in defense, "and
l got every one of them on the dele
cation"
Mr.. Sherman bad nothing more to say,
and he never again permitted his name TO
be used for the Presidential nomination
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
What They wanted.

And now in sunny Spain
On zap is Joy,
. Let the guns boom again.
IL was a boy,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

and we who find the real things Of life
beneath humble roof-trees need have no
envy for the costly mansion, one of the
burdens of wealth.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
An Indication,

Van Dobhs inherited a fortune. didn't
he?"
II cont know. Why do you think he
did?'
He has one"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Is Il a square DenIs

From the Kansas City Journal
Kansas is moving It's saloons TO Missouri,
and Missouri bucket shops are migrating
to Kansas. Which State is getting the
better Of the exchange is matter of
opinion
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

II Is 10 be hoped that the person who
discovered a heretofore unpublished lbsen
manuscript will turn his attention now 20
something else. Sometimes the discover
ing business is not a good thing TO fool
with
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Whatever else is wrong with Senator
Foraker they do not refer to him as
Uncle Joe" notes the Memphis NeYs-
Scimitar. Certainly not: there is only one
Uncle joe in this country, and he is
cOpyrighted.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

That Connecticut man who reports hav-
ing seen a red-headed octopus may not
be prevaTicatlng Between the President
and the courts, the octopus has had
enough trouble 10 make 1t red-headed
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Hard 10 Sfihe.

From the New York Telegram.
Not even the simultaneous eruption Of
Etna and Strombol can stihe the lament
of Senator Platt that he ever made Mr..
Roosevelt President
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

A schuetzenfest is an affair with a
queer sounding descriptive title. but as
long as Charleston, s C., has it in charge
there are apt to be some good times going
while Ii is IN progress.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Senator Platt says he wishes TO be left
alone I'm order that he may enjoy life In
the fiat he has taken The Senator must
be pretty much Of an optimist, after all,
to imagine he can enjoy life in a fiat.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Bernard Shaw says people do not want
great plays-that is. plays that cause them
70 think. Bernard writes the kind the
people like. all right
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Revenge for Pete.

From the Philadelphia Public LedgcI.
It would be too bad for the White House
dog to die without having sampled the
facetious correspondent who has exploit
cd him.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

A scientist predicts that automobiles will
be unknown ten years from now. and that
every one will travel IN airships. II this
man ever runs for Office, he will get the
entire pedestrian vote,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

The Charleston News and Courier thinks
a Texas year equals IN length three years
elsewhere Perhaps it doesn't. really; but
doubtless il seems 20.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Politics.

The upstate senator claims to be op-
posed to the bill"
Then I'll vote for Il.
Hold on. Maybe that's what he's
after"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Good Gness.

'The New York papers have an extra
on the street"
What do you suppose is in it?"
Yesterdays news"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

The Irish are very mnch dissatisfied
with the new home-rule measure. The
trouble seems to be the usual One-little
Joker In the bill
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Peace was thought 10 be firmly located
in Ohios midst until some one looked
around. and there was Mr.. Longworth,
waiting at the church"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
when the Sowing Is Done.

Some young men seem to think it is use
less to sow wild oats unless they can get
crowds Of people 10 look on.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Roof Garden senson.

"Oh come into the garden. Maude,'
And Maud said she was willing to take a
little stroll abroad, and maybe see a
killing.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

'To a man up a tree, 1t looks as II Ohio
is for Taft" says Mr. William Loeb.
Perhaps Mr. George b. Cox will admit
that IL also looked that way 70 a man up
a stump.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Prof Olive Brands crticises the tend
cncy of our colleges TO athletics The
professor is an undesirable citizen"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Since in every other respect he proved
himself such an excellent gentleman. the
Spanish stork will be forgiven for mix
ing his dates as he did
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
BY Their Works We Mar KNOW Then

Who is the sleek, prosperous-looxlng
mann"
That's Jossherley. He made $4,000 out
Of a book he wrote. showing how TO live
on % cents a week.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

4 will not stand for reelection" says
Senator Platt. Which is very we'll, as il
is not at all probable that New York
would stand for It. either.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

The proper punishment for the watch
trust magnates would be a sentence to do
time IN some penitentiary.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

Sh-h-h-h. Don't say a word, Three
days, all In a row, If YOU make noise
about il, Gentle Annie may "skidoo"
again,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

"What has become OF the Green and
Gaynor ease?' asks contemporary Why
should one seek 10 know?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Inr v

You can't make cigars without proper
filings"
"Hey?"
We'll, that IS sometimes used.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Momnn,r Privilege.

"Burke's Peerage, eh?'
Yep"
Thinking of buying a duke?"
No. But mother and the girls do love
TO shop"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13
Mr. S. G Rothschilds. collector Of Gus

Mr. S. G. R0thschilds, collector Of Gus
toms at indianapolis, was seen by
a Washington Herald reporter last
evening. Mr.. RothsChilds is the
lieutenant and devoted personal friend
OF Senator BBeveridge. vino Clev-
erly got him appointed 10 his present
office by getting promise from the
White House a year i'm advance Of the
expiration Of the term of the previous
incumbent MI Rothschilds is as keen
a politician as inhabits Hoosierdom. He
says that Indiana is solid for the nomi-
nation Of Mr. Fairbanks 10 the Presi-
dency. and that the Vice President will
be supported by his home delegation to
the national convention in the most
earnest and enthusiastic manner.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-13

New York Office. Nssssu-Iieekman Bldg. LaCoste q
maxwell. Managers
Chicaso Ofioe, Marquette Bldg. LaCosts & Max.
UeIl Managers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
.CARELESSNESS CAUSE
OF TRACTION WRECK
Track Employees Will Have to
Shoulder Blame.
POLES HID THE SWITCH.

Carelessness on the part of track
employees in leaving q switch open is
held responsible for the wreck Of the
nOrthbOund interurban car No. 316 on
the Shelbyville line at Acton Park
yesterday morning at 9:55 o'clock
which killed Donald NJ. Sleeth, %
years old, a Shelbyville attorney, and
the injuring of a score Of other per-
sons.
The injured are as follows: Frank
McCray. Rock Lane, ribs broken and
internal injuries; Mrs. ]. T McLaren,
Shelbyville, bruised about head and
body; Mrs Downey Van Pelt Sehlby-
vile, badly bruised and cut by glass;
A. l.. Guthell. Shelbyville. hips wren
ched; Mrs. GutheIl, minor cuts and
bruises: DR.. c. l.. FeatOn, Chicago,
artery in wrist cut; DR. Tom G. Ken
nedy, Shelbyville, leg injured; VIM.
Fleming, Shelbyville, face cut; Mrs.
Mary Gratner. Acton, gashes on head
and face; John TempletOn, Green's
burg, minor cuts and bruises; Neal
Means. Shelbyvile, hip hurt; James
r. Slemens. Greensburg. right leg cut
and bruised; Mabel Plillippi, Shelby
Vile. right arm wrenched: c. c. Lyon.
Of The indianapolis Star editorial
force. bruised
The car was running at the rate of
about thirty miles an hour when it
struck the open switch. Poles hid the
switch stand from the view Of James
Battreall. the motorman. until the car
was within Seventv-five feet of the
open switch. He turned off the cur
rent and applied the emergency
brakes, but within the twinkling of an
eye almost the car, carrying seventy
two passengers. had struck the switch
and turned over on one side
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
RUFF MAY co FREE
VIA IMMUNITY BATH
Former Boss May Go on Stand
At Own Terms.
TO BE MADE STAR WITNESS.

San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 13.-From n
statement made by Assistant District
Attorney Francis J. Heney. it IS be-
Iieyed that the prosecution is contem
plating granting Abraham Ruef i'm
munity, in order to prosecute success
fully the bribery graft cases by getting
the former political boss TO take the
stand and furnish the link between SUI
pervisor James l.. Gallagher and pub
lie service corporation, who through
Ruef. are alleged to have done the
bribing.
While not saying in so many words
that Ruef's demand for immunity
would be granted and the former pOlit-
zeal chieftain be made the star witness
in the trial of Patrick Calhoun, presi-
dent of the United railroads. which
has been set for Jan $. District AttOr-
ney Heney said today: Two juries
have declared that Ruef's testimony is
necessary to return verdict Of guilty.
Public opinion seems to demand that
Ruef shall testify even if he has to be
granted immunity. II the public
wants it it may be necessary to put
Ruef on the stand on those terms"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
BROTHERS ACTIONS
PULLING OFFICIALS
They Did Not Go in Search of
Murdered Sister. 1t Is
Asserted.
MARKOW;TZ CASE I'M COURT.
FAMOUS DAYTON MURDER MYS-
Terry SEEMS NOW INSOLVABLE
-RELATIVES ARE UNDER SUS-
PICION.

Dayton, Ohio, December 13-Mem-
bers of the Markowitz family have Civ
en- their respective versions Of the
WITT and her escort. Abraham Conan
were slain west of the city before the
Jury chosen to determine the fate Of
Layton Lines, the negro charged with
the crime.
Today Harry Markowitz. who recent
ly has been employed in Cincinnati,
was severely crOss-examined by At
torney c. II. Kumler for the defense
Il saw Anna lying on the ground"
said Harry MarkowitZ, and picked her
up. | could see that she was hurt, but
did not know she was dead. | begged
response. | then found that she was
dead"
Jacob Bremen, who entertained the
Markowitz family on the fateful Sun
day, cOrrObOrated the testimony of the
! brothers as to their having been at
his home with their parents and sis,
ters at the hour the girl and COhan
were killed.
Attorneys for the state declare that
the MarkOwitz brothers did not go in
search of their sister until after the
crime had been committed, but the rig
id cross examination of the defense in
dicates the attorneys will lay consider
able stress upon the actions of the
brothers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
Complaints of Unjust Charges
And Law Violations to
Be PrObed.
MANY PEOPLE INTERESTED.
CORPORATION DECLINED TO
MAKE ANY EXTENDED REPLY
TO ORIGINAL COMPLAINTS PRE-
SENTED.

Washington, D. c., Dec. IL II is
now the Pullman Sleeping Car cOmpa-
ny which the government has decided
to place upon the grill
Under an order made by the inter
state commerce commission an inves-
legation is to be made by Commission
er Lane to determine the right of the
company to provide upper berths. and
whether the charges it >pOses are just
and reasonable.
More than 13.UoO,O0o people are in
terested in the determination Of these
questions. that being the number
which annually patrOniZe the sleeping
cars The matter was brought 10 the
attention of the commission in the
form of three complaints filed by Geo.
f. LOTUS of St. Paul The complaints
were referred TO the Pullman company
for answer but that company declined
to make any extended reply. merely de-
nying generally the allegations made.
and declaring that it did not make I'M
lust and discriminatory charges. 1t
asserted furt her. that ii was not amen
able to the Interstate commerce laws.
cOntending that it is not engaged i'll
Transporting passengers. but merely in
the business Of providing them with
accommodations in the way OF chairs,
bed and food.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
City Attorney Study Says He
Has Investigated G. w.
Schupeck's Methods.
SECURES MONEY EASILY.
STUDY NOW MAKING AN EFFORT
TO FIND THE OTHER END OF
"RACkET" WHICH HAS BEEN
WORKED IN THE CITY.

The police are investigating the case
lay, and it is believed that evidence
enough can be secured to convict the
nan of securing money under false
pretenses. Schupeck has clever
come on" game and it is stated that
be has worked it successfully in this
sity, numerous people being his vic
Tins. He is out on bond.
This morning Mr.. Study stated that
he had discovered Schupeck had work
Id the following ingenious game in
Richmond.
SChupeck represents himself TO be
The agent of Chicago art school. In
nearly every case he has selected a
woman for his victim. He tells the
housewife that the institution he rep
tesents wants good photographs which
The art students can use as models to
make oil and black and white studies.
X the house wife will loan him a pho
her together with the oil or black ana
white study made from it.
After securing the photograph Sch
peck returns to the house wife with a
tough sketch Of the photograph. He
lells her that this is a rough draught
bf the art work TO be made from the
photograph. The woman then asks
Tor the photograph and Schupeck re
suctantly informs her that he has or
hers not to return it unless the woman
buys a frame for it, In order to SC
sure the return Of the photograph the
rictim nearly always pays for the
trame. which costs about $500. 1t is
,eedlesS to say that she never receives
The oil or crayon study made from the
photograph.
Mr.. Study states that an effort is now
being made to discover where Schu
peck secures his frames 1t is thought
they are made in this state Indianap
olis. probably. If the frames are
shipped to Richmond from outside the
state it is doubtful if any action can be
taken against Schupeck, owing to the
act that he would be protected by the
interstate commerce law.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
TO RUN TRAINS
IN TWO SECTIONS
Pennsylvania Will Inaugurate
System Next Week.
HOLIDAY BUSINESS CAUSE.

Beginning next week. two sections
of some of the more important through
freight express trains between New
York and St Louis will be run by the
Pennsylvania to handle the holiday
business. The express companies are
doing fully onG-third more business
since the holiday rush set in. Special
ARRANGEMENTS are to be made between
the express company managers and
railroad managers to arrange these
fast schedules for the holiday trade
These trains are to be put on next
week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
Elite Stock Company.

Miss Marie Freck. dainty singing
soubrette with the Elite players. who
open 2 weeks engagement at the Cen
nett Monday evening. has made many
friends in the various towns in which
this well known aggregation has APP
peared. The bill chosen for the open
ing performance, A Romance of the
South" gives Miss Freck opportunity
to display her talents as an artist,
The ladies' free ticket for Monday
night are limited to 3S6.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
TAKES A PER|LOUS RIDE
Girl CIings to Vestibule With
One Hand.

Peru. Ind, Dec. 13--Clinging to the
rail on the last car Of a train with one
hand, and holding her suit case in the
other hand, Miss Nellie Bailey, teach
err of AmbOy. was carried from Amboy
to Converse last night. The young
woman was on her way to Marion to
visit her parents. When she arrived
at the station at Amboy the train was
just leaving. Thinking she could open
the vestibule door she stepped aboard.
The operator at Amboy noticed her
perilous position and had the train
tagged at Converse. She was greatly
frightened by the perilOus ride.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13

Technical clubs among the employees
of large engineering offices are among
the most useful means of keeping men
interested in their work and acquaint-
ed with the problems that arise Ill
other departments than their own
They are generally encouraged by the
officers of such companies on account
of this good influence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-13
Vaudeville at the Phillips.

AS the New Phillips will not be OPP
en- next week. making practice OF
closing the week before Christmas,
lovers OF repertoire and vaudeville,
will find it expedient TO attend this
week and see the ROYAL Stock com
pany in combined repertoire and vau-
deville features. Three performances
remain, that of tonight, Saturday at
ternoon and night.