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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
Board of Works Has Been Con-
Quoting an Inspection
The Past Few Days.
AIDED BY THE FIRE CHIEF.
BRICK STRUCTURE ON SOUTH
SIXTH AND A ONE-STORY STRUC-
TURE ON STATE STREET ARE
DECLARED UNFIT.

The board of public works at coun-
Gil meeting Monday evening submit
ted a report concerning a recent in
spection of buildings made in con-
junction with Fire Chief Miller
In this report an old brick building
on South Sixth street, formerly used
by the Schneider Carriage Company,
was declared to be unsafe The south
wall of this building bulges out nearly
foot and is badly cracked. Other
parts of the building are in an unsafe
condition and the report adds that in
case of fire in this building the lives
of the firemen would be endangered
on account of it's condition.
The report states that a small one
lot 6S of the Hannah A. Leeds addition
is in a most dangerous condition. All
the plaster has fallen off the walls and
ceilings and the roof has caved in.
Children play in this building at a
great risk to their lives. The board
recommends that council take some
action in regard TO these two buildings.
Under the state law council has the
authority to order the condemned
buildings torn down. Another build
ing on Ft. Wayne avenue came under
the ban but was not mentioned in the
report because the owner has prom
ised TO have it repaired at once.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
WILLIAM MAJORS is
ARRESTED IN A BARN
Man a Hopeless Victim of
Drink, Apparently.
WAS GIVEN FINE OF SIS.

William Majors, an old man who for
the past few years has been the
source of much trouble TO his rela-
tives, and who is now suffering with
a mild attack of deiirium tremers.
faced police court on the charge of
vagrancy. That he might be kept
away from liquor until he sobers,
Prosecutor Jessup recommended TO
Judge Converse a fine that would
keep him within the confines of the
county Jail for some time He was
given SIS and costs.
The old man has since Friday been
sleeping in a barn owned by his broth
er-in-law to the rear of $40 North
Fifth street. Monday night the man
was attacked with delirium tremens
in a mild form. and created such a
disturbance that his sister and broth
er-in-law decided to turn him over to
the authorities. thinking that proce-
dure best for the mans good Officers
Yingling and Edwards went to the
barn at three o'clock in the morning
anu 1OuUu the Oiu IDdH ~ luS lHtIt III d
semi-conscious condition. He was
shaking frightfully. The man was all
but carried to the police station
where he was slated as a vagrant.
When asked of his actions previous
to his arrest the old man told a tangl-
ed story He stoutly maintained that
he was in barn to the rear of the
Eggemeyer grocery when arrested
and was at no time near his brother
in-law'S house. He maintained that II
Judge Converse would allow him his
freedom he would never touch a drop.
but when officer Vogelsong stated
that he had called for a half pint
while still in jail, all doubts as to
his early imbibing were removed.
On two previous occasions Majors
has suffered severe attacks of delir-
ium tremens.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
Situation at Tangier Is the
Gravest Since the Trou-
BILE Began There.
THE TOWN MAY BE RAZED.
THE MOORISH LEADER is WILL
ING TO SURRENDER TO THE
FRENCH CONSUL.

Tangier, Morocco, Aug. 6-French
warships have bombarded Casablanca
as result of the Moorish tribesmen fir
ing upon troops landed to protect the
French consulate. Many casualties
are reported and the situation is the
gravest since the beginning of the trou-
BILE. The Moorish leader has been
ordered to surrender to the French
consul under threat of the town being
razed by French guns
When the French marines landed
and were proceeding to the consulate,
a bushwhacking fire was directed at
them. The force was small and did
not engage the Moors. As soon as
the engagement became known by the
fleet. the section of the town held by
the Moors was shelled. The Moor
ish leader is not expected to surren-
der Europeans are leaving the city.
Seven Frenchmen were wounded in
the first attack. The combined
French and Spanish force thereupon
cleared the city of hostile tribesmen.
and the Gallilee opened fire on the reb-
els. Villages surrounding were de-
stroyed and many tribesmen killed and
wounded. The town battery opened
fire on the ships. but was soon silenced.
The Moors asked parley and sought
the commander being told the only way
to stop bombardment was to surrender
absolutely to the French consul.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
"VALUABLES' TURNED
OVER TO THE CORONER
O'Brien'S Possessions Were of
Little Consequence.
A BOOK FOR FAKE NOTES..

The sole valuables of Hank"
O'Brien. alias Frank E. Taylor, alias
Chas. II. Havens and several other
aliases. will be turned over to Coroner
Bramkamp. His entire list of belong
ings consists of an old pair of rusty
"specks,' two or three lead pencils, an
old comb and a few other little trink-
cts.
Among the things found on the dead
mans person was a receipt he had
given the Wayne Supply company for
fifty cents collected for giving SO called
pure food inspection. There were sew
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PROMISE TO PAY IS
LOOPROLE OF ESCAPE
Boarding House Keepers Have
Their Troubles.
PROSECUTION IMPOSSIBLE.

Daily the police authorities are be-
sieged by boarding house keepers. re-
questing them to arrest such and such
a person for beating board bill. In
the majority of these eases. when the
details are ascertained, it is found
that they allowed the owing ones to
leave on a promise that they would
pay at some time in the future. UnS
der these circumstances a case of
board beating cannot be made against
persons failing to pay. The state law
governing this invariably is bitterly
attacked by boarding house keepers.
who sometimes lose small amounts
simply because they have allowed their
boarders to leave on a promise that
they would pay up in the near fu-
ture.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
Abraham Cohen Died in Hos
pitaI at Dayton Without
Making Statement.
MYSTERY UP TO FAMILY.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN
NAMED "HARRY" WHO is SUP
POSED TO BE THE STRANGLER
OF THE GIRL.

Dayton. O.. Aug. 6.-Abraham Co
hen died in the hospital at ten O'Clock
this morning. He was conscious, but
made no statement about the mystery
and the solution rests with the mem
bers of the family, so the police think.
Brothers and sisters of the dead girl
Anna Markowtz. are still in jail.
Late last night Cohen said. that looks
like the man who did it, as Jacyb
Markowitz was led from the bedside
of the dying man. Mrs. Elizabeth
Virus, colored. who lives near the
scene of the crime. heard the shots and
a woman's voice cry. Harry. Harry,
oh Harry" The sheriff is looking for
Harry" on the theory that he is the
double murderer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
A MOVEMENT AGAINST
FUNERALS ON SUNDAY
Eaton Ministerial Association
Does Not Want Them.
OUTCOME is UNCERTAIN.

Eaton, o., Aug. 6.-The trustees of
Mound Hill cemetery held a meeting
Monday night and besides the allow
ing of the regular bills discussed, a
petition that had been filed by the
undertakers ard liverymen, in con-
junction with the Eaton Ministerial
association, which petition asked that
Sunday funerals be abolished and pro-
hibited by the board. The matter
was taken under advisement and ow-
Apg to the fact that there is some
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eral pages of small note paper. on
which there were unintelligible
chicken tracks supposed to be short
hand. While making threats at diff
ferent places he took notes in this
manner in his endeavor to bluff per-
sons from whom he wanted to extract
money. Some of these. too, are sup
posed to nave been taken while he
was playing the role of an Indianapolis
Star reporter.
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question whether or not the board
could entirely prohibit such funerals,
it is likely that they will pass a reso-
luton at special meeting next week.
condemning funerals on Sunday and
asking that such be not held
They also took under advisement
the closing and locking of the ceme-
terry at night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
TWO ARE FINED FOR DRUNK
Alonzo Bratton and Jack Ersman in
the City Court.

Alonzo Bratton and Jack Ersman
arrested by Officer Lambertson were
arraigned in police court on a charge
of drunk and each drew a fine of So
and costs after entering pleas of
guilty. Both fines were paid by
friends=of the men,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
FELL QUITE A DISTANCE
Mrs. Anna Bloom Badly Hurt
AT New Paris.

New Paris, o., Aug. 6-On Thursday
night of last week. Mrs. Anna Bloom
fell down a flight of seventeen steps.
injuring her arm and sustaining many
bruises. She was in the dark and
on taking the first step missed it and
fell to the bottom. Her condition is
not thought to be serious
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
MAY REOPEN THE SPRINGS
The Stockholders Held a Meet
ing on Sunday.

New Paris, o., Aug. 6-There are
again prospects of Cedar Springs be-
ing opened. On Sunday the stock
holders met at the Springs and from
the tenor of affairs it is believed the
place will be reopened Immediately to
be used mainly as a sanitarium.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06

An English sea captain who died the
other day at eighty had crossed the
English channel 10000 times in his
fifty three years of service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06

King Leopold has offered a prize of
$4,000 for remedy for the sleeping
sickness which is wiping out his sub
jects in Africa.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
THE WEATHER PROPHET.

iNDIANA-Showers Tuesday .niqht
and Wednesday in the north por-
ton, fair in south; fresh west
kinds.
OHIO Wednesday showers; fresh
:, southweststo south-Winds-~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-06
Like African Jungle.

Councilman Ogborn called attention
to the condition of North street be-
tween Tenth and Twelfth. lie stated
that the drainage is poor and that the
water stands i'm the cutters until IL
resembles an ideal frog pond. He said
the sidewalks on this street look more
like an African jungle than walks in
city of boasted civic beauty. Re-
ferred to the board.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
LITTLE APRON FLAG
AND ITS HISTORY.

In the great parade on tho Sd of
June Major E. II. Mcdonald, of Charles
Town, w. Va, formerly of the Eleventh
Virginia Cavalry, Jones's Brigade, car
ried Confederate flag shaped like
a womans small apron. The apron"
flag has history, Which Major Nc
Donald furnishes for the Confederate
Column. He writes:
On the retreat from Gettysburg we
had marched all night on the flank
Of our wagon train to protect 1t from
any attack by the enemy When,
about sunrise the following morning.
we heard loud cheering in our front,
wa could not imagine the cause, as
we We're in the enemy's country. We
thought at first 1t was the return o.
General William p. Jones, our theI,
brigade commander who had been
captured during the night In repelling
an attack on our train. The cheers
were renewed as each$ regiment passed
the same point. When my regiment
reached the spot I found q young girl
standing III the doorway Of an old
stone mill, with an apron on in imita-
tion OF the Confederate flag, Our regt-
ment' cheered as the others had done,
Then i rode mp tp where. she was
standing, and asked for piece of the
apron that had done SO much TO re-
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nHrsher terms of foe on the field of
battle titan Abraham Lincoln demands
cd of the Southern Commissioners at
Hampton II ads
MIR Stephens tells about Ills sorrow-
ftll return to Richmond and how dis
appointed everybody wtls, aid none
more SO, or as much, as Jefferson Da-
Wis: and that lie believed this change of
policy on the part Of Mr.. Lincoln was
brought about by the fall Of Fort
F'isher.
There was no man III all the Con-
federacy whose prayer for peace WAS
more fervcnt that that of Jefferson
Davis. He knew the bcreavements OF
the Southern people, and syiiipathiaed
with them In all their affections The
failing fortunes of the Confedcracy
were brought to his door. and his very
scul was In torment. And now when
we rend of the indignities that were
heaped upon this man, who was brave,
truthful. and honest in I'LL the rela-
tons OF life that he bore to his fell
bowman, who. say. In all our South
land can read of the cruelties heaped
upon Mr.. Davis after his capture and
imprisonment Mt Fortress Monroe with
out the feelings of righteous lndIgna-
ton?
Milcs's Disgrace.
Who in all our Southland can read
or the cruel order or General Miles, in
sending a burly young blacksmith.
with squad OF soldiers, to the prison
coli of this man, broken in body and
spirit. to pinion his body. like that of
n wild beast. to the floor, and shackle
his limbs with heavy irons, that had
been made expressly to torture hts
very life out. without the feeling of
sorrow?
Who In all our Southland. without
the feelings of pity and shame, can
read DIR. Craven's (the prison surgcon)
account of finding Mr.. Davis lying
PROSTATE, with those irons already
eaten into his flesh. and his life slowly
passing away under the most intense
srffering?, DR. Craven, from his own
account, made the removal OF the
sllackles which were one-fourth of
ar Inch In thickness, Il condition pre-
Fcedent to the treatment of the pris-
cper, and has said that the moment
lie laid eyes on the suffering and
emaciated form of Mr. Davis, his own
soul went out in sorrowful sympathy
to the man who was being so grossly
mistreated
BY the grace of God, Jefferson Davis
die survive the long prison life OF .wc
years. and 1t was only his implicit faith
Il. Just and righteous God that en-
abled him to bear such sufferings. TIC
the great joy and comfort OF his
friends. he was permitted to 1.-Two many
years afterwards, and of him 1t ma,
be truthfully saidi
His overthrow hdap'd happiness upor
him;
For then, and not till then, he fel,
himself,
And found the bessedness OF being
little:
1 IN a
Than man could give him, he dice
fearing God"
JOHN A. ArNEEL.
Lexington, Va.
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yivc the spirits OF our men. sho
answered tliut might have 1t all. ]
replied that II should be our battle
flag as long as We were north of the
Potomac. A young soldier of COM
,pany -; Eleventh Virginia Cavalry,
Charles Watkins, seventeen years old.
asked that he might carry 1t. He
soon had 1t bound to staf and was
riding ut the head Of the regiment
with the apron for our flag. "A few
hours later we were In fierce fight
with tho enemy, WHO had attacked our
trains near Willinmsport. We charged
ovor the same ground several times
during tho fight, and finally drove tho
enemy away without Injury to our
trains. I then rode over the battle-
ncldtto find tho dead and wounded OF
my commands and among them was
Charley Watkins with tho surgeon by
his side. Gettitg down from my
horse ! said, Watkins are you, much
hurt He answered. mo captain; but
from it's staff and hud hid In his
bosom. from which, he took It and
handed 1t to me. Taking the surgeon
aside. asked II he was much hurt.
He replied that he was terribly wound
ed by n piece OF she'll, which had shat
tered his knee;fbut that he hisd been SO
anxious to return me tho flag that he
had not thought OF himself. We car
ried him back to the courthouse In
Hagerstown, where his leg was ampu-
stated, from the effects OF which he
died. He sleeps in an unknown grave
in Maryland. but his courage and de-
votion to duty helps to make the
splendid history of tho gray troopers
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or causes; and if slavery was the
cause, which side was guilty of wrong
doing in dealing with that cause?
CD Which was the agsressor In
provoking the conflict?
(c) Which side had the legal right
to do what was done; and last, but by
no means least,
(d) Which side conducted itself the
better and according to the rules Of
civilized warfare pending the conflict?
A less judicial mind could have
found ample opportunity for display
of partisan feeling in dealing with
such Il theme, but that woul9 have
weakened tho force of the work; hence,
Judge Christian sets forth his report
In calm and dlspassionate phrases, and
1t is as unanswerable as a prop osition
in mathematics.
There is, however. no hating or
hesitant note, no semi-apologetic, mol
llycoddling tone, but an array Of au-
thorities, with book and page tina,
settles controversy. establishes the
eternal truths of history, and vind'-
Gates every position of tho Southern
people,
| Such report is priceless contri'
button to the history Of a great peo-
|ple-and a marvellous era.-Houstor
| Chronicle.
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a MOST VALUABLE PAPER,
Texas Papers Comment on Historical
Report OF Geo. L. Christian mt
lleunl0n.

4 . t
II nothing else were done Mt the
annual reunion OF the cx-Confederates
but to receive and file the report Of
the history committee, the time and
labor and money would be we'll spent.
.Thls statement is addressed to those
who believe that there Is something in
life besides business and money-mnk-
Ing, and that 1t is just as essential
to the promotion of the truo glory and
greatness of people to preserve the
memorials of heroic deeds and per-
.petuate accurate history as 1t is 10
open mines and build factories.
Those things which are natural per-
ish-tfe heroic and spiritual endure
forevcr--and the deeds which the sons
OF the South wrought in council hail
evidences CT her natural greatness
have perished from the earth.
The report OF the history committee
prepared by Hon. George L. Christian
OF Richmond. Is n most valuable con.
'tr!bution to the literature which re-
lates to tho historical features OF the
war, the causes and tho conduct OF It.
1t IL so clear. so simple, 80 plain. 81
utterly unnnswerable and irrefutabIe
that as one reads It he cannot but
wonder that the question which 1t set.
ties could ever have been discussed OF
boon deemed debatable.
The Chronicle purposes at an earl,
day to give the report in full. but nj
present will content itself with q sum.
mary of tho leading points.
The report Is put forth in logica
and practical form. and the question.
1t not only undertakes to answer. but
does answer SO plainly that a wayfar
ing man. even though he be Puritan
historian, cannot err therein. arr
these:
ta) What side. II either. was respon
sible for the existence Of the cause
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
TEnRIERs FOR FOX HUNTING.
Much Used Formerly by Hunters to



There can be no question about 1t
that the fox terrier proper is the dog
that was first brought into use for fox
hunting at date Of something like a
hundred and fifty years ago. Coun-
tries were much wilder in those early
times, and in the ordinary course also
foxes were wilder. They would brea rs
covert at the slightest sound. make
point to some distant earth not so
strictly stopped as in later years and
IL q terrier was introduced to disodge
the traveller there would be no hesita-.
ton about 1t, and the boiling would
be matter of a few minutes. The
altered conditions OF country and sNl-
van scenes apparently gave foxes the
desire to remain longer In the covert
that had always harbored them. md u
stronger pertinacity In sticking co
their earths when they got there.
That the terrier was always an es-
sential in every pack we learn from
Beckford in his noted description Of a
run. This proves two points at least-
namely, that terriers were in use with
hounds at that time, and the run.
which shows some evidence that 1t was
a long one, ended by the terriers being
we'll up at the finish.
It has been matter of contention
against the old-fashioned kennel ter.
fast enough to live with hounds. Fox
hunters of n past generation, though.
thought very differently: had one
talked to the Rev. Jack Russell about
lit a reply would certainly have been
that proper fox terrier was never out
of his place. The old gentleman had
kept his breed from his Oxford days.
when he hunted as often as he could
with the Heythrop In the time of old
Will Long and the sixth Duke OF Beau
| fort.
There used to be a special breed OF.
terrier at Badminton, brought there,
SO it Jwas said, by Philip Payne, the
| predecessor of WILL and so It was
quite likely that Mr.. Russell who was
always Of a very inquiring mind, got
them from that quarter. AT any rate,
he ever declared that he had his breed
1 OF terriers at Oxford and he believed
4 them ia be game. devoted to hunting.
almost from the time they were whelp-
!. ed. to be such Judges OF country as to
4 make it Impossible to lose them, and
4 at tho same time his terriers were
small enough to so to any fox, but In
mo case to be murderous.-Bally' s
4 agazlne. !.
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GENERAL LANE.

One of the Fighting DriGndicrs who
Still Lives.
Editor Dispatch:
Sir,-In the list of Confederate gen
erals living, published In your reunion
number, l looked for a dear old class
mate, graduate of the V. NJ. /. 1851.
Brigadier-Ge James II. Lane. but
did not find him mentioned. He com
manded a distinguished brigade of
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A Snnilerson shoe slime.

Tho one-legged man refused to pay
more than half price for a shine.
Contracts go by the foot in this State
he said.
call right" said tho bootblack, who
was u shrewd lad and went to night
school; ''by tho Sanderson system OF
measurement the polish on your lonely
extremity will cost you s7S,1S,
Nor was the customer able to provo
otherwise, and a compromise was
agreed upon.--P hilade lgh!a Ledger,
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First Principles.

eat last! AT last!" excitediy ex-
claimed the wireless telegraph opera
tor; "Mlrs Is calling!'
''About time" grunted the president
of the company, who happened to be
absent from Wall Street. Now, young
man, submit this schedule of rates t.
the Marian Company and find out 1!
they'll agree to stick to t.abefore W.
wasta any unneces worua.'--I'ue
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North Carolina troops throughout the
war, and there was no better fighter
In the Army of Northern Virginia.
He was severely wounded in battle.
He is native of Mathews county,
Va, and has been and is now a pro-
fession In the Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute, at Auburn, Ala.
r. p. PARsoN.
Abingdon, Va, June 18th.
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his running-mate. upon platform,
"boldinE dcnouncing he usurpation OF
the Washington authorities. opposing
States. declaring the war.to be n fall
ure in preserving the Union OF the
States as 1t was established under the
Constitution, and inviting Il general
convention of all the States for q prop
cr adjustment of the relations between
them"
On the sth day of November fol-
lowing, Mr.. Lincoln was elected the
second time to the presidency, with
Andrew Johnson. of Tennessee, as
Vice President.
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Abingdon, Va, June 18th.