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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-15

silver gifts. The guests were Messrs
and Mesdames Chas. Mccain, Thomas
Broadway. Sam Gerber. Walter Wood
ward, Frank Elliott. Will Floyd. Dr.
c. e Mckee, Fred Germany, Clifford
Mason, Hibben Trusler, c. T. Swain,
Frank Hoffman, Geo. Murray, Rev.
Goodwin Oliver Morris, P. H. Wilson, S.
S. Wilson, J. e Scott and Mrs. VIM.
Faucet and son George, Miss Olive
Morgan. Herbert Morgan, Gertie Cox,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Swift OF Corners
Vile Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Clark Of
Williamsburg. Mrs. LOttie Swift OF
Connersville and Mrs. Dale Of Corners
Vile. Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Mills OF
Chicago and MI. and Mrs. WEOrton OF
Noblesville regretted they could not
be present.
Mrs Verne Prichard and little
daughter Lucille of Cambridge City
were the guests of her mother, Mrs
| Mary l.. OgbOrn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Murray went tC
| Richmond Thursday.
| Mrs Ernest Reid after a few days
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HAGERSTOWN, IND.

Hagerstown, Ind, May 15.-Onc OF
the most successful events of The sea
son was the reception rendered the
Hagerst own home talent minstrel CluD
bv the Daughters of POcOhOnt3S at
their lodge parlors in the |. O. 4. VI.
hall Wednesday evening. The club
had given a minstrel last week Tor
the benefit of the POcOhOntas which
order is endeavoring to complete pay
ment on a new piano. Each member
of the minstrels was entitled to a
guest. Also the families. of the order
were invited Over one hundred were
present. At $50 o'clock an elaborate
banquet consisting Of two courses was
served The tables were decorated
with tulips Dancing and music by
the club and by Will Dingworth. flute
accompanied by Simon Miller were al
so features of the evening. Those
who participated in giving the min
strel were Mrs. Fred f. Smith, plan
list; Miss Mable Teeter, Fred Shum-
ard, Ray Deeter, Chas. Walters, Frank
Thomas. Dorwin Durbin, Clyde Gels
Ter, James Canada, John Feely, Theo.
Sells. Dr. H. w. Allen. Richard Wcrk-
ing, Brown Burns.
H. c. Teetor made a business trip
to Anderson Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Working have
gone to the home of her parents El-
liott Fewell and wife, north OF Econ
omy, where they will reside. They
have been the guests Of his mother
/; for the past three weeks.
DR.. F. c. Lamar attended a meeting
of the state board of health at Indiana
| polls Thursday.
Mrs John Reploge will be hostess
to the Young Ladies' Missionary soci
ETY. of the NJ. f church at her home
near Economy at an all day meeting
July I. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Ida Lawson, June >.
! Mrs. Elmer Farlow and daughter OF
Laporte. Ind, are visiting her sister
Mrs. Florence Nicholson and family.
Mrs. Peter Terhune, formerly OF
this place is dangerously i'll at her
home at Muncie with typhoid fever,
Miss lone Thornburg has been visit
ing friends at New Castle
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Fred hurry
south of town, a son; second child.
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WRIGHT BROTHERS
MACHINE WRECKED
Former Wayne County Boys
Have Bad Luck With
Aerial Craft.
ERROR CAUSES DISASTER.
Will Bur WRIGHT WORKS LEVER
WRONG WAY AND SENDS MA
CHINE SAILING TOWARD THE
Reconnaissance LUCKILY.

Manteo. n. c., May 15.-After a
great airship flight yesterday after
neon the machine OF Wilbur and Or
Vile Wright was smashed into an I'M
RECOGNIZABLE mass. The navigator,
Wilbur Wright. escaped from the acct
dent practically unhurt, having receiv-
ed nothing more than a scratch on
his face. The machine flew eight
miles in seven minutes and forty sec
onds, under beautiful control.
The disaster was due to an error on
the part of Wright. Proceeding slight
" in a downward course it was in
tended by the navigator to elevate the
course, but instead Of working the lev
err to accomplish that result he work
ed it so as to direct the course OF the
machine still farther downward.
Responding instantly to the influ
enCe of the lever, the machine ShO'
down with great rapidity, and strong
~ as it was put together 1t was crush
ed like an eggShell. Wright's luck
"n1cn mas SLOOu ny ulll even olll1t liz
commenced his ascents in air, was
still with him. The machine was
wrecked behind a sand hill two miles
from the point from which it was
started
Rising from near the house in which
it was stored, the machine flew away
finely It's course was dire cted nOrtf
along the beach for mile and half
when it was turned to the westward
flying high over a small Sandhill ant
passing between two large ones. |
was then made to circle still another
sandhill, the farthest point in the cir
cling movement being two miles from
where the machine started. The
course of the machine was then direct
ed back toward the starting point
Wilbur Wright kept the machine III
and continued the flight following the
identical course that he did when the
machine first got under way.
The Wrights will pack up the
wreckage of their machine and shil
it back to their home in Dayton, 0.
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CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND.

Cambridge City, Ind, May 15.-Prof
c. w. Dodson is here for few days
visit with his brother John DOdson
and family. Mr. Dodson is superin-
tendent of the schools at PaoH. Ind.
George Neff Of Alexandria, Ind, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wallick
for several days.
Port Enyeart, one of our Cambridge
City boys, has completed the course
at the Richmond Business College.
Thomas Peet has returned from In
dianapolis where he attended the grad
uation exercises at the Indiana Dental
College from which institution his
brother Will graduated.
Mr.. Joseph Weigle went to Lewis
vile Thursday to visit his daughter,
Mrs. Wild Forkner.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Zehrung of Con
nersville visited in this city on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Harry Hobbs, of Bridgeport, is
here for a few days visit with her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Boyd.
Mrs. E. NJ, Druly and Miss Mary
Nolin of Bentonvile, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William 'Ogb0rne, on
Wednesday. Master Stanley Druly,
| who has been here for several weeks
accompanied them home.
Charles Hill came over from Ind
annapolis and is greeting old friends
| here.
The Helen Hunt Club held its meet
ing this week with Mrs. Virginia
Meredith. Two comprehensive and
we'll written papers were read Mrs
Judkins, treating of the "RelatiOns O
Home to Civic Life showing the de
| pendence of the one on the other
| Miss Mary Mathews gave a most in
| teresting talk on constitutions for the
Teaching Of Home Economics. She
also made a practical demonstrated
of this through the exhibition Of WOrl
done in the Industrial School in which
| she has been employed this past year
| Mrs. Amanda Smith of Summitville
was the guest OF friends here, OF
| Thursday.
The Presbyterian Guild will cele
brate it's anniversary on the tenth 0
June by a party at the Pythian Tenn
pie.
Mrs. Ossian Galloway and Mrs. j. L
Wright were in indianapolis OF
Thursday.
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DUBLIN, IND.

Dublin, Ind, May 15.-Mr and Mrs
James Thompson invited number of
guests to Homecroft Wednesday even
ing to celebrate with them their
25th wedding anniversary. Invita-
tions were sent TO about fifty. The
rooms were prettily decorated in pot
ted plants, Ozro Thompson furnished
several selections on the piano About
ten O'Clock the guests were invited in
TO the dining room and seated and
Miss Irene passed the favors, tiny sill
Yer bells, after which a splendid three
course luncheon was served. Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson received many useful
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WILLIAMSBURG. IND.

Williamsburg, Ind, May 13.-Hazel
and Inez Oler and Herschel Bunnel at
tended the commencement exercises at
Fountain City.
George Neuton Of Arba was in town
calling on Old friends recently.
Bert Oler and family visited at
James Ladd and family recently.
R c. Martin, late of Joplin, Mo. has
accepted a position in Richmond
Warren Meadows and family visited
their son in Richmond recently.
Several people from williamsburg
attended the commencement at Greens
fork.
Mark Duke and family visited with
Grant Kennedy and family recently.
Several people from williamsburg
attended the Sunday school convention
at Centre.
Dor Cuykendall visited with his
daughter in Richmond.
Grandmother Weller is quite feeble.
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.TUBEHCUL|N IS FREE
Indiana State Board Of Health
Makes Announcement
Of Interest.


Announcement has been made in the
monthly bulletin of the Indiana State
Board of HEALTH that free tuberculin
tests for dairy cattle may be had. This
announcement will be Of interest to
the dairymen of this vicinity in view
Of the recent agitation in regard to the
infection Of milk. The bulletin says:
Free tuberculin tests will be made
on private herds by an assistant from
the office Of Stat Veterinarian, upon
one condition, namely: The owner
shall dispose of reacting animals as
may be directed by the state veterina
rian. The state pays the travelling eX
pcnses Of the operator and furnishes
the tuherculin. The owner must pay
low per diem for the services. An
inals which react to tubeyCUlin we us
uaIly recommend to be slaughtered
and if found to be not affected or light
" affected. the carcass may be used
under direction for food. This is Ger
| tainly fair to the owner" For fur
Their information address Dr. A. w
Biting, state veterinarian, Lafayette
| Ind.
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MILTON. IND.

Milton, Ind. May 15.-Mrs. Oliver
Ferguson was at Connersville Wednes-
day.
Park Ilantz is making a tour of the
Kentucky colleges playing third base
in the De PAW University base ball
team.
Mrs. A J. Hart and Mrs. l.. w, Bee
son were at Cambridge City Wednes-
day.
Mesdames J. l.. ManlOve, Edward
Wilson, Elizabeth kimmel. w. P.
Moore. Alice II. Gresh and Oliver Fer
euson were at COnnersville Wednesday
attending the district federation OF
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MAJOR LACEY MAKES
DEBUT IN CASE
Fountain City Man doctor OF
Crime"

NJ. NJ. Lacey of Fountain City is
among those who have written letters
to Sheriff Shutter of Laporte, Coroner
Mack and other officials offering 10 To-
cate Mrs. Guinness. the noted murder
ess. Lacey states he is doctor Of
crime" and offers to produce Mrs.
Guinness alive for consideration Of
5000 The mails have been crowded
with such letters and the authorities
are giving them no consideration.
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What Did She Meap7

MY dear" asked the overworked
business manager Of his wife as he
tried to write a check for her. answer
the telephone. receipt the expressman
and give instructions to Il foorwalker
at one and the same time-"my dear.
In that great beyond do you suppose
any of the elegant leisure of which the
preacher tells us will fall to my lot?"
Sure, john" said his wife sweetly:
you'll doubtless have leisure to burn"
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next Tuesday night. the proceeds to
he used for new uniforms.
Mrs. F. NJ. Jones and Miss Mary
and Thursday.
Mr.. Bailey of Bentonyille was in Mil
ton Wednesday.
Fred Lantz has returned to Pendle-
ton. -
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clubs. The Cary club of Milton is one
Of the oldest in eastern Indiana. hav-
ing been in continuous existence more
than quarter OF a century. The
Milton delegates represented that or
ganization and the Home club of this
place.
The Bentonyille band will give a
supper at the town hall at that place
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visit with her parents, has returned to
her home at Richmond.
Miss Elizabeth Bundy was the guest
OF her sister, Mrs. Margaret Steffen-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Raft and children
Of New Lisbon visited in town Thurs
day.
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\ cert"l" 0-ontIs assured her bus
band she never told him lie anc
never would. He told her he did not
doubt it. but would hereafter cut 8
notch in the piano when he knew she
deceived him. NO, you WON'T" she
screamed. I'm not going to have my
piano all ruined"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Valley Savings bank of Fresno,
California, has failed.
George Buxton, aged "a years, was
gored to death by buck deel recently
in Olalla canyon, Oregon.
Mrs Caroline Hofer of Colfax, Wash.
died recently as the result of being
stung in the palm of the hand by bee.
James K. Thomas of South Beliing-
ham, Wsah. has confessed to the kill
ing of his former wife. He claims it
was in self defense.
Colonel Stewart of the coast artillery
stationed at Fort Grant, Ariz. has re-
ported to the war department to deter
mine his physical fitness for service.
Accidents in coal mines of the
United States during the last calendar
year resulted in the death of 1926 men
and injury to 1914 more according to
statistics.
Probably the Oldest member of any
secret order in the United States died
Monday at Lynden, Washington. He
was Rev. Alexander Leclarie, 90 years
old, who had been for 20 years a mem
Der in good standing of the Masonic
fraternity.
After six "black hand" letters de-
manding $4,000 had been ignored, Mrs.
J. b. Wood, wife of a Nome mining
man, was shot at as she was lying
asleep at her home IN Seattle. The
bullet lodge within a few inches of her
head. A long tress of hair was clipped
off by the bullet.
Medical scientists representing every
civilized nation united this week at
Washingtno, ID. c.. with their brethren
in America in an effort to solve tho
problem of how best to cope with tu-
berculosis. The occasion is the Off
cial opening of the sixth triennial con-
gress on tuberculosis.
The supreme court of Idaho has
handed down an opinion recognizing
the anti-Duboise ticket, headed by
Moses Alexander for governor on the
democratic ticket. The McClear con.
vention majority of the regularly
elected delegates, who, it is shown, did
not bolt but adjourned to convene at
another hall.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
OREGON SQUIBS,

Fifty store and shop keepers of Port
land, representing practically every
class of business excepting saloons, were
placed under arrest Sunday in an effort
to put into effect blue law which has
been resting in undisturbed peace on
the statute books of the state since it
was enacted, some 35 years ago.
Monday afternoon the eastern Ore
gon district fair opened in Pendleton
for a week Is exhibit of the products of
Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Now that the HermistOn irrigation
project is about complete, and owing
TO the law that so per cent OF the
money derived from the sale Of public
lands in. any one state must be ex-
pended in the reclamation Of and
lands in that state, the government IS
making reconnaisances throughout IN
terror oregon with view to the early
construction of third irrigation proJ-
ect in Oregon, the second project being
that at klamath falls.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
MONTANA ITEMS

Railroad building in Montana is al
high tide. Thousands of men are 81
work on the coast line of the Milwan.
kee, while the state land board has just
granetd the Northern Pacific right OF
way for it's proposed railroad from
Glendive to Mondak, connecting the
Northern Pcaific and Great Northern
lines at Glendive and Mondak, respec-
lively.
The Sixth annual Montana state fair
opened Monday, with every promise
that this week will be the banner one
in its history. There was a crowd on
hand Monday morning eager to see the
agricultural, horticultural, live stock
machinery, poultry, kennel and many
other exhibits, which eclipse anything
of the kind Montana has ever had the
opportunity to see before. The racing
feature of the fair is the best Montna
has ever seen for a weeks meet. On
stake races $I5, 900 will be distributed
amnog the winners and $4,000 Oh
purse races.
Leo Stillway, the IS year old son of
E. o. Stillway, well known painter, is
the happiest boy in the northwest, for
he has the proud distinction of having
killed one of the largest deer ever
slain in Montana, or at least ever
brought to Helena. The animal when
hung, measured nearly ~ feet from
fore leg to hind leg and weighed in
the ueighborhood of 800 pounds. 1t
was killed Monday on the Big Black
foot, nearly 80 miles from Helena.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Albert Pierre Rene Maignan, the
French historian painter is dead.
The worlds good roads congress
meets in Paris, France, October II.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, principal of
the Tacoma schools. died recently at
Pittsburg, Pa.
There have been 300 deaths from bu-
bonic plague at Tong Shs, China, since
the outbreak of the epidemic.
Robbers recently blew open the safe
of the State bank at Ladysmith, Wis.
taking about $4,000. They escaped.
The cholera epidemic continues to
decrease in Russia. There were only
90 deaths in st. Petersburg on Tuesday.
The l0-months-old baby of S. o. Mid
dlemas farmer living near Spring
field M, was recently drowned by fall
ling into a bucket of milk.
Receips on account of the sale of
public lands during the fiscal year in
the U S amounted to $l1,492, 453.
There were 201 1868 entries covering
18, 938, 1886 acres.
Sixty pupils of the eighth grade of
the Lincoln school at Topeka, Kan
walked out on strike because they
had to attend school with negroes. The
whites and negroes are segregated in
the first six grades.
The strike in the Monitor mine in
the Occur d 'Alenes which was made
recently is proving to be one of the best
of the year.
Nels 9. Engdahl, miner in the
Snowstorm mine fell down a shute last
Tuesday and was killed.
The body recently found floating il
the river near Wyeth, Oregon was thai
of Henry Graves of Cotton Cal.
Charles e. Davis charged with tn,
murder of DR.. Fred Rustin at Omahs
is out under bond of $4,000. Rustir
was shot four weeks ago at the from
door of his home Mrs. Rice is alst
under suspicion.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Train Kills This Feudist.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 2s.-The body
of a man who was run over by a train
and instantly killed in the kentucky &
Indiana railroad yards was identified as
that of Thomas Cockrill, the notorious
Breathitt county (Ky.) feudist Cock
rill presence in the yards has not been
explained, but it is thought that he was
either on his way to or returning from
visit to his old home. He was a
brother of Jim Cockrill, who was at one
time marshal of Jackson, and who was
assassinated. Tom Cockrill was also in
volved in several feuds and battles and
had killed at least one prominent mem
Der of the Hargis faction.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Forest fires Monday completely de-
stroyed the village of Homestead,
Michigan. No lives were lost.
A gang of 80 men robbed train
near Wilma, Russia, recently getting
money to the extent of $4,000
Wilbur Wright the American aero
pianist made two successful flights Mon
day evening at Lemans, France.
j. A. McClain, workman at Los
Angeles, fell five stories last Monday
and only received few scratches.
An organized movement was started
Monday in Kansas City by an organiza
tion of Christian travelling men 10
place a Bible in the room of every
hotel in the United States.
A discharged Chinese cook at Stand
ford University poisoned 200 students
at the inn by putting some unknown
substance in the flour. All the students
suffered severe agony but none will die.
Charged with having chained his
demented daughter to the floor of 8
barn and leaving her there for weeks
at time with barely any food on
which TO subsist and only rags for
clothing, George Sloane, an Indian,
has been arrested at Tacoma. She is
l6 years old and never has spoke
word.
The appeal Of the Noble State Bank
of Oklahoma from the decision of the
supreme court of that state in the pro-
ceeding of the bank which was institut
ed to test the constitutionality of the
Oklahoma banking guaranty law was
docketed in the United States supreme
court last Monday. Governor Haksel,
as chairman of the state banking
board, is made the principal defendant.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
IDAHO NOTES.

}, me two large barns of the Panhan-
~e Lumber company at Spirit Lake
we're destroyed by fire recently.
with joint capacity of SO tons a
uay, the chop mills installed at Ito by
- Mime and R. S. Parker viii be
.eaoy to commence the season. IS run
this week.
me farmers of the Nez Perez coun-
y Will hold a meeting October 10 to
pau a pool of the grain of the entire
paairie country. The pool will be man
"seu by the farmers union.
a. "nlle working in the No. level of
NJ, Last Chance mine, at Wardner,
ay' George Dixon was caught by a
Sa hin and instantly killed. The body
NJ oeen recovered. His home was in
.ns Yakima, where he has a wife
av "nat is alleged to be a new and
0HSiVe swindle was disclosed recent
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

~ whom n ". Thompson, manager of
tne Paio Alto stock farm at Ro;se
luano, swore to a complaint charging
george H. Sheldon, George Lamb. ].
M Lamb and Major Ferris. all we'll
known Idaho county farmers. with
forming a conspiracy to dcfraud in
purchasing thoroughbred livestock. and
IL Is stated on good authority that
otner prominent northwestern farmers
and stockmen will be included in the
charges, which are growing with fur
ther investigation. 1t is alleged that
suthcient evidence has been secured to
SHOW that the alleged conspirators have
sought to defraud the stockmen of ap-
proximately 100000 worth of horses.
Jacks, mares and other blooded stock.
Harvey & Nelson, proprietors of the
Cloverdale ranch, 10 miles southwest of
Pullman, have rented their farm for a
number of years and will sell the live
stock and farm implements at auction
ON Tuesday, October 10. This firm be-
gan business on the ranch just leased
IN 1901, and since that time has made
profit of about $4,000 by farming
and raising live stock.
Word has been received in Wallace
OF the death in Chicago Sunday of ]. R.
Smith, president of the Hecla Mining
company, who succumbed to pneumonia.
One of the largest single transactions
in grain reported this year was com
pleted few days ago, when Daniels &
Wallace, Tammany farmers who own
several large ranches south of Lewis
ton, sold 100000 bushels of bluestem
wheat to the Vollmer- Clearwater com
pany at 80 cents bushel. The wheat
grades No. 1 and is a fine quality for
milling purposes.
Professor J. H. Grandson of the Agri-
cultural college, University of Idaho,
has been appointed by the management
of the Spokane Interstate fair as Judge
of dairy products.
Professor Terrill, for two years head
of the mining department of Oregon uni
versity, has come to the University Of
Idaho mining department as professor
of metallurgy.
The walls of the new administration
building of the University of Idaho are
now complete.
One of the important transfers in the
college circles of the northwest this year
occurred when Professor E. E. Elliott
left his position held for many years in
Washington State college to accept the
deanship of the College of Agriculture
in the state university.
Fraternity row on the Spokane fair
grounds will present busy scene dur
ing the week of October to 10, all of
the various lodges which were former
ly represented there already having ar
ranged to have their headquarters open
during this years fair. Several new
organizations are arranging to establish
homes on the grounds.