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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-01

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 30.-The offi-
cials of the HenneDin county Jail are
keeping close watch on Frank Sher-
clifte, the noted desperate, VINO Is
about to be tried on the charge OF
having been implicated in the roD-
bing of a Northern Pacific train at
Nortbtown Junction, on April Is OF
this year. Shercllne, who is a man
of many aliases and has q long record
of crimes in all parts of the country,
was located and arrested at Knox
vile, Tenn, a short time ago. The
authorities of Colorado and of Mime
sofa made requisition for the prison
er's extradition and the request or
the governor of Minnesota was hon.
ored.
The charge upon which Shercliffc Is
about to be tried IS based upon the
confession of Owen Ball, now serving
sentence at Saltwater, who stated
that Shercliffe had been his partner
! in committing the robbery on the
Northern Pacifis train in April. 1t Is
charged that Shercliffe and Bail
boarded the train at Minneapolis and,
| after the train had covered a few
miles, entered the Pullman sleeper
1 anu nelu up Jne occupants BAL was
arrested in MaTshalltOwn. Ia, charg.
ed with the hold-up. He confesses
and implicated ShercIiffe.
In Colorado Shercliffe IS wanted
on The charge of having murdered
John Walsh a saloon keeper in Lead
vile. He was arrested in Lansing
Mich, when he tried TO dispose o.
some stolen gems in May of this year
He was taken to Colorado, tried and
convicted OF murder and sentenced
to twenty-five years in the peniten
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-01

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S-The bu-
reau of the census has just completed
is quickly responsive to changes IN
marriage and divorce covering q per
tod of twenty years from 1887 to 1906,
inclusive. This Is the second statis-
teal Investigation Of this character
authorized by the federal government,
the earlier inquiry being carried out
through the agency Of the department
(now buFeau) Of labor, under the al
rection of Carroll d. Wright. who was
then commissioner of labor. Mr.,
Wright has also been associated with
the present inquiry, acting as an ex-
pert special agent OF the census ou-
reau. The detailer report presenting
the results of the present inquiry
and including also q SUNNI marization
of figures presented in te former re-
port, which is now out of print, Is tn
ed a compilation of the statistics OF
press; but in the meantime the cen
sus bareau has issued a bulletin. pre-
pared by Joseph A.. Hill, which pre-
sents z summary of the results of the
inquiry with as much detail as will
probably be desired by the genera
public.
over i~Stkc uftittOU WtdGEldSSS-
The total number of marriages re
corded during the twenty years from
1887 to 1906, inclusive. was 1882,
s44. The number annually reported
increased from 4S3 ,069 in the yea
1887 To 853, ,290 in the year 1906. Th'
increase year by year was by n
means uniform. The marriage rat
economic conditions. A small increas
shown for 1898 and an actual decreas
in the succeeding year reflect the II
iuence of the panic of 1892, and moi
NAL conditions do pot appear to hay
been restored in the matrimonial NAL
ket until the year 1899. II is compu
ed that IL the average annual increas
in marriages during the five yeaI
ending with 1892 lad continued fc
the next six years, the aggregate nun
ber of marriages contracted dur1n
the latter period would have zee
greater than It was by 259,Sl3. 1t
to be presumed that a considerab
number of persons in this large tot;
never contracted marriage. This su
gests q loss to the community her
tofore little considered In connectic
with periods - '7aTcial depresslo
Marriage Rate.
The marriage rate in the Unit
States In the year 1900 was SO p
10000 population. Based upon Il
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-01

precedents that the supreme court re-
fuses to grant writs of certiorari in
cases decided by United States cir
cult courts of appear un.ess at issue
involve the Interpretation o. the con
stitutionality of the law. The govern
ment contends that under the rate fl
ing provision of the Elkins act, which
plays an important part in the Stand
ard Oil case, one circuit court OF ap-
peals may place one construction up
on it, and another court in another
circuit a conflicting construction, and
that it is possible tnat nine different
constructions may come from the nine
circuits. The complications that
could arise have been used for their
full effect in the petition of the gov
ernmenI. and the )1icials of the de
partment Of justice are confident that
the court win grant the request for
construction of the law.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-01
pRospeRIrl FEAST.

NEW YORK, Nov. SO-The Eco
nomic club has completed elaborate
arrangements for its prosperity
feast at the Hotel Astor tonight
Leading financial, Industrial and Geo
nomic authorities win be heard in a
symposium of addresses on the cut
look for prosperity. President Men
oIas Murray Butler of Columbia uni
versity will speak Oh Conditions Nee
essary 20 Prosperity" Cyrus McCor-
mick, president of the international
Harvester company. on ~The Nation 5
Agricultural Interests" and Augustus
Thomas on High Tarin. Prosperity.
Z. II. Hartman was asked to speak
on The Outlosl. for the Railroads.
hat he declined the invitation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
THE GIANTS OF OLD
ANCIENT RACES MARvELS OF PHYS
icAL DEVELOPMENT

The barbarians of One thousand
Years Ago Were All Remarkably
Proportioned Men - The Giants of
Ancient Greece and Rome.
That the human race has degener-
ated in size as we'll as longevity is a
fact well attested by various authori-
ties. A prominent Washington physi-
clan who has made a life study Of
brain and cerebral developments, says
that, on visiting the catacombs of Par
is, what struck him most In those vast
repositories of the contents Of the
city's ancient graveyards was the
great size of the skulls in comparison
with those Of more modern mankind.
This superiority Of development in the
men who lived 1000 years or more ago
the scientist attributes to the open air
life then in vogue and the physical
sports and exercises INDUCED In.
There are several races of giants
mentioned in the Bible, and the Greek
and Roman historians have recorded
many examples which serve to show
that these specimens of elongated hui
mainly were by no means rare at one
period of the worlds history.
Thus 1t is mentioned that the Emper-
or AIaximian was eight feet some inch
es high. The body Of Orestes, accord
ing to the Greeks, was eleven and a
half feet In height. the giant Galbora.
brought from Arabia to Rome under
Claudius Caesar, measured near ten
feet, and the bones of Secondilla and
Pusio, keepers Of the gardens Of Sal
lust, were but six inches shorter.
The probability is that outside Of cul-
tivated Greece and Rome among the
semibarbarous of the greater part of
present day European nations ply
development reached often to more
wondrous proportions.
The Chevalier Scory In his voyage to
the peak of Tenerife says that they
found In enc of the sepulchral caverns
OF that mountain the head OF a
Guanche which had eighty teeth and
that the body was not less than fifteen
feet long. The giant Ferragus. slain
by Orlando. nephew of Charlemagne.
was eighteen feet high
Rowland, a celebrated anatomist who
wrote in 1914, says that some years
before that time there was TO be seen
in the suburbs Of st. Germane the
tomb of the giant Isoret, who was
twenty feet high.
At Rouen in 1909, In digging in the
bitches near the Dominicamo, there
was found a stone tomb containing Il
skeleton whose shin bone reached up
to the girdle OF the tallest man there,
being about four feet long, and conse-
quently the body must have been sew
enteen or eighteen feet high. Upon the
tomb was a plate Of copper upon which
was engraved. In this tomb lies the
noble and puissant lord. the Chevalier
Ruon de Vallemont, and his bones.
There Is, indeed, evidence in the pom
derous armor and two handed swords
which remain TO us in museums to
prove that the knight Of the ages of
chiylary wa~. heroic specimen of hu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
VIM. Waking Takes Undertake
er to Cincinnati to Get
Relatives Remains.
BLUNDER IN TELEGRAM.
WORDING CHANGED AND WAX.
ING FASTENED TO QUEEN CITY
SECOND REPORT OF DEATH
CORRECT, HOWEVER.

William Waking of this city, was
called to Cincinnati, Saturday by =
telegram stating that his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Anna Smith, Of Osgood, Ind,
had died in the city hospital at that
place as a result of being overcome
by heat. On arriving there with To-
cal undertaken, Waking learned that
his mother-in-law was not dead, but
appeared to be on the road to fecov-
cry. Mr.. Waking with the undertaken
returned to Richmond and last even
ing he was again notified that Mrs.
Smith was dead. He was skeptical at
first, but soon confirmed the report.
The Cincinnati Enquirer yesterday
printed the following concerning Wax
ing's first trip to Cincinnati:
Joy and Indignation were mingled in
the feelings of William Waking,
merchant of 400 Main street, Rich
mond, Ind, who was a caller at the
City Hospital yesterday. The JOY
was caused by the news that his moth
er-in-law, whom he believed dead. was
still very much alive, and the indigna-
ton was due to the fact that some
body had Numbered and put him to
great and needless expense and grief.
Mrs. Anna Smith, of Osgood, Ind, is
Waking's mother-in-law. On Taft day
Mrs. Smith enroute from her home to
Richmond to visit her daughter and
son-in-law, suffered heat stroke and
was taken from the Little Miami depot
to the city hospital. Her case seemed
hopeless, and on Thursday the ply
sicians in attendance believed her dy-
ing. The hospital authorities imme-
diately sent the following telegram,
copy of which they preserved: "Wil-
liam Waking, Richmond, Ind: Anna
Smith Is dying; come at once" Instead
Mr.. Waking received this telegram:
William Waking, Richmond, Ind: An
ma Smith Is dead; come at once"
Waking lost no time, except to wire
the sad news to other relatives
throughout Indiana, and, taking an
undertaken from Richmond with him
came to this city. Before calling at the
hospital Waking and the undertaken
from Richmond went to the undertake
ing establishment Of Rebold & Son, on
Harrison and Western avenues, en-
gaging their services to prepare the
body of Mrs, Smith for shipment The
trio then drove to the hospital with
the dead wagon following them.
The surprise Of Waking can better
be imagined than described when he
was told that Mrs. Smith was not
only alive, but on the road to recov-
eery Explanations followed and the
meeting of son-in-law and mother-in-
law was pathetic. He did not tell her
of the mistake that had been made,
but told her had come because he
thought that he could take her home.
Waking left again last night for Rich
mond, vowing to make somebody suf-
fer for the anguish his family had nu-
dergone and the expense he had in
Cured through this gross mistake.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
Deaths and Funerals.

LEWIS-Lottie Lewis, the wife of
John w. Lewis, died at their home.
73s North Fourteenth street, after a
long illness at the age of 81 years.
She is survived by her husband, John
Lewis, mother, Mrs. Joseph Shu-
craft and a number of other rela-
tives. The funeral will be Wednes-
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the home. The burial will be in
Earlham cemetery.
SMITH-Mrs. Anna Smith died Sun
day evening at the City Hospital at
Cincinnati at 7:SO at the ago of b5
years. Mrs. Smith was on her way
from Osgood, Ind. to Richmond
when taken seriously Ill at Cincin-
natl last Tuesday. Tho remains of
the deceased arrived here this after
noon at the Doan & Klute undertaking
parlors. The funeral will be Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock from the
undertaking parlors. Burial In the
Lutherania cemetery. The Rev. Con-
rad Huber will officiate.
ELLIS-The funeral of Edna. the
tour-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Ellis was held yesterday morn
Ing at the family residence In the Reid
flats on South Seventh street. The
services were in charge Of Rev. ]. O.
Campbell. The body was taken to
Cambridge City and inferred in the
beautiful cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
FACTORIES WILL
THROW OPEN SHOPS
Farmers Will Have 0pportuni-
ty of Visiting Big Con-
Germs Saturday.
PLAN A BIG RECEPTION.
THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE At
TENDING GOOD ROADS CON-
GRESS WILL BE WELL PAID
CONTRIBUTIONS START.

Arrangements for making GOOD
Roads Day." August 8, big success
are progressing in a most satisfactory
manner. Headed by the Young Mems
Business Club the citizens are falling
into line to assist in giving the hun
dreds of out of town people who will
be in the city a royal welcome.
This morning the entertainment
committee of the club called on the
four financial institutions and receiv-
ed all told $50 as a starter for an en-
tertainment fund. Tomorrow the com
mittee will make a canvass and it is
thought the entertainment fund will
be greatly increased.
The Gaar, Scott & Company, the
Starr Piano company, the Robinson
company and the Hoosier Drill branch
of the American Seeding Machine com
pany and other concerns have inform
ed Secretary Harris of Young Mems
Business club that they will KEEP
open shop" next Saturday and thai
visitors will be shown over these
large manufacturing plants.
The club has ben greatly disappoint.
ed by its failure in securing Governor
Harris of Ohio to deliver an address
at the meeting. Governor Harris has
written that 1t will be impossible fol
him to attend, but he hopes the meet
ing will be a great success. He strong
ly advocates good roads.
Most attractive programs for the
meeting are being printed. These
programs set forth the many point:
of interest in this city and inform the
public what a good town Richmond
is. The advertisement committee Of
the Good Roads Congress meets thi:
evening at the Palladium Office a
7:30 sharp.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
Tire Greatest of Rivers.

The Amazon is the king Of streams.
From first to last it receives over 1900
tributaries, Of which more than 100 are
large sized rivers and rise SO far apart
and have their floods and GIBBS at such
different seasons that the Amazon Is at
about the same height the year around
At some points on its lower course one
bank Is invisible from the other. The
beholder seems to be looking on a great
yellow sea Of fresh water. When dis
covered, some tribes of Indians on the
lower portion knew nothing of the ex-
istence Of the opposite shore and did
not believe that 1t existed, saying that
1.-The great river flowed all around the
world" Its mouth. including that of
the Para, Is $50 miles in width, and it
is navigable for large sized ocean
steamers for 1000 miles from the sea,
and so vast is the food that the ocean
is tinged yellow for 400 miles from the
coast of Brazil
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
man architecture.

iudu
Patterns. a famous physician, de-
clared that he saw at Lucarne the true
human bones of a subject who must
have been at least nineteen feet high.
Valance. In Dauphine, boasts of pos
sessing the bones Of the giant Bucart.
lyrant Of the vivarais. who was slain
by an arrow by the Count de Cabillon.
his vassal. The Dominicans had part
of his shin bone. with the articulation
of the knee, and his figure painted In
fresco. with an inscription showing
that this giant was twenty-five and
one-half feet high and that his bones
were found in 17O5 near the banks OF
the Moderi. little river at the foot of
the mountain OF Crusol, upon which
tradition says the giant dwelt.
On Jan. IL. 1888, some masons dig
ging near the ruins of q castle I'm
Dauphine, in a locality which had long
been known as the Giants field. at the
depth Of eighteen feet discovered a
brick tomb thirty feet long. twelve
feet wide and eight feet high, on which
was a gray stone, with the words
"Theotobochus Rex" cut thereon.
When the tomb was opened they found
a human skeleton, entire, twenty-five
and one-half feet long. ten feet wide
across the shoulders and FIVE feet deep
from the breastbone to the back. The
teeth were each about the size of an
ox's foot, and his shin bone measured
four feet.
Near Margarine. in Sicily. in 1919
was found giant thirty feet high.
His head was the size of a hogshead.
and each of his teeth weighed fivo
ounces.
Near Palermo. in the valley OF Ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03

gina. II sS-rIrs-, .secfcson OF n giant
thirty feet long was found in the year
154S and another thirfy-three feet high
in l55Q Several OF the gigantic bones
Of the latter subject are still preserved
by private persons In Italy.
The Atnenians found thirty-two ia
nous skeletons, one thirty-four and
another thirty-six feet In height.
At Touc, in Bohemia. in 75S. was
found skeleton the head OF which
could scarcely be enconpassed by the
arms OF two men together and whose
legs. which are still preserved In the
castle Of the city. were twenty six feet
long.
The celebrated English scientist. Sir
Hans Sloane. who treated the matter
very learnedly. does not doubt the
facts above narrated, but thinks the
bones were those Of elephants. whales
or other animals. But 1t has been well
remarked that. while elephants bones
may be shown for those of giants to
superficial observers. this can never
impose upon such distinguished anat-
omists as have testified in many cases
TO the mammoth bones being unmis-
takably humaa.-Philadelphia Record.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
BLACK FRIDAY.
The Mad Scene In the Gold Room OF
That Fateful Occasion.

That Fateful Occasion.
In the middle Of the gold room was a
small fountain. Around this the days
proceedings began. writes T. Hendrick
in the American Magazine. Jay Gould's
own brokers, pale, haggard. half dis
trustful and half ashamed of their
work, started the bids. Gold had closed
the day previously at IA. Now a
Gould broker offered 14o for 100000
gold.
HIS only response were the curses
and fist shakings of a bedraggled, per-
spring crowd.
zone hundred and forty-six for $780,
900 gold''
Still there was no response.
zone hundred and forty
Each advancing point meant millions
in profits to Gould and likewise mill
lions in losses to the community At
every advance the crowds, losing all
restraint, alternately roared and wept.
"One hundred and forty eight"
zone hundred and forty nine"
Above the pandemonium the monot-
onous voices of the Gould brokers could
be heard, quietly, remorselessly putting
up the price.
lone hundred and fifty"
zone hundred and fifty-one"
At this point the buying began. Hith-
erto the crowd had been held magical
~ spellbound. The audacity Of the
Gould brokers had paralyzed all. Board
brokers were particularly dazed. In
face of the clique's demonstrated pow
er no one seemed able to bid, even to
make the feeblest attempt to check the
terrible rise.
A few uptown merchants now, how
ever, started to purchase. Soon the
bidding degenerated into panic. Ev-
cry one scrambled to get his gold
now while the price, judged by what
had already happened and the unques-
toned power of the gang. seemed low.
All purchases, however, meant enor-
nous losses.
Fortunes accumulated through years
of self sacrificing toll were swept away
in moment. In their craze men ran
aimlessly about the room, moaning,
screaming, vainly appealing for help.
Outside, where the crowds breathlessly
waited announcements, the same scenes
were repeated. Ruined men, unable to
get into the building itself. pushed,
cursed and fought. At each rise in the
price the rage against Gould increased
When the bid reached $50 there were
cries of Lynch. Lynch
And meanwhile what was the plotter
of all this mischief doing? He was
selling gold. To whom was he selling
To Fisk and all his own associates. He
was the only man who really under.
stood the situatiou-who knew, that is
upon what timsy basis his corner
rested. He sent Fisk, Belden and
Speyer into the gold room to advance
the price ostensibly for the benefit of
the clique, and when it had reached q
| certain point unloaded on his own &C
| count. He had sold largely, unknown
to his confederates, the day before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
GRAYS WIN AGAIN
Cambridge City in First Inning
Scores Enough Runs
To Win.
BOYD IN VERY GOOD FORM.
BY Nose.

Cambridge City, Ind, Aug. 3.-It
was the six runs that the Grays took
off for the mselves in the initial frame
at Capital Hill park yesterday after
noon that made it possible for them
to hand defeat to the Shirley team.
The score was 6-5. Both teams played
a loose game in the field and were
chuck full of misplays, which made
the contest anything but interesting.
The Grays were in exceedingly bad
form but at that they were good
enough to give the visitors a beating
Boyd was the pitcher for the Grays
and hurled a good game. He had
grand control of his deceivers and
struck out 16 men. Bunkle of the Wis
ttors made a home run on a hit to
deep center in the eighth, the ball be-
ing lost in the high grass. The Grays
take on the Connersville K. /. o. lea
que team next Sunday. Summary:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
The Achaean League,

The Achaean league was formed by
the twelve towns Of Achaea for mu.
tual protection against foreign aggres-
sion. 1t was broken up by Alexander
the Great, but reorganized B. c. 2SO
and again dissolved B. c. 147. The
second Of these leagues comprised all
the leading cities Of the Peloponnesus
and, indeed, most Of the cities and
states Of Greece. 1t was this league
which commended with the Romans for
the independence of Greece; but, its
troops being defeated by Metellus at
Scarphaea and by Mummius near Cor.
inth. the league was dissolved, and all
Greece submitted to the Roman domi-
nation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
GLEN M|LLERS
HAVE BATTING STREAK
White Sox TWirIers Driven Out
Of Box.

The Glen Miller baseball team de-
feated the White Sox easily Sunday
afternoon at North Twenty second
and streets by the lop sided score
of 23 to 1. The White Sox were ham,
mered all over the lot and driven out
of the box early in the game. The
east enders showed no mercy to
Townsend. who followed Gee sending
him to the stable after two rounds of
bombarding. Nolan who followed
Townsend in the box. Jared but little
better than his predecessors. Along
with their heavy hitting the Glen Mil
lers also stole twelve bases while
Nolan was catching. One of the feat
ures of the game was the fast fielding
OF Craig, the right fielder of the Glen
Millers. who threw out two runners
at first base from the outfield on what
looked to be sure hits.
Score by innings:
r H E
G. NJ. ....4 4 o 6 8 2O4 .-23 % l
w. S 30 0 0 0 oO1 3 o. 8 !
Batteries-Glen Millers. Hiatt and
Hawekotte. White Sox, Gee, Towns
end, Nolan, and Nolan and Townsend
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
Tough Eating.

Those who have partaken of peacock
declare that gorgeous bird to be decid-
eddy tough eating. while it is said Of
the swan that the fact Of its ever hav-
ing been familiar dish speaks highly
in favor Of ancient English cutlery.
Moreover, it should not be forgotten
that when bustards' and boars' heads
were as common as sirloins and sad
dies now are there were scarcely any
vegeta bles to eat with them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-03
ASKS PHONE BIDS.

The Richmond school board has
asked the Richmond Home Telephone
company and the Central Union to
bid for ten telephones in the school
buildings in the city. AS there is now
little competition between the two
companies in the local field it is very
probable the Home company will be
favored.
Mr.. Mott stated that he expected the
bids from the companies in a few
days. and the board at its next meet
ing, Wednesday. Aug. L., will be able
to take some action.