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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24

Condo and Woodfill of Decatur, to ex-
press their opposition for them. With
the coming over of Edwards from
passive support Of the bill to active
leadership, of course came Web Wood
fill, as his lieutenant. The two were
busy every minute of the day yester-
day and their anti friends were kept
thinking, Edwards and Woodfill, nat
urally knew of influences that would
effect these men. that the admins
tration republicans did not, and they
saw to it that these influences were
brought to bear
There is only one man in Indiana
that could persuade me to vote for
county local option" Billingsley is
quoted with having said in an unusu-
ally loquacious moment yesterday.
That very afternoon the one man re-
ferred to called on Billingsley His
identity had been correctly guessed.
1t was reported that as a result Bill
lingsly had been won over to vote
against indefinite postponement and
probably for the bill.
No change had been effected in the
attitude of Schroeder and Geiss the
had not brought them into line Rumor
circulated last night that Schroeder
had said that he would vote for the bill
ii called into caucus on il, but that he
would then Immediately wire his resig-
nation as candidate for reelection to
the county organization. This rumor
was counterbalanced by the knowledge
that Schroeder had declared positively
to friends that he would remain in a
caucus long enough to explain his po-
sition, and would then walk out, re-
fusing to be bound.
Money Changes Hands7
A story which gained considerable
freedom in the legislature today was
that two members of the lower house
were offered $4,000 by enemies of the
county local option bill So the story
goes one received $4,000. while the
other received $4,000. This money is
to be paid the legislators in question
on the defeat of the bill. Report has
it that the two men were taken, one
at a time. to the fair grounds in a
large automobile and that the deal
With them was closed while driving
aIDund the race track.
Republican, State Chairman James
B. Goodrich today admitted that he
had pretty positive evidence of the
transaction and that an effort would
be made to secure affidavits in the al
legged bribery case.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
Addresses Monster Meeting
Held in Chicago Last
Night.
GREETING.
ONE BY ONE REPUBLICAN CAN
DIDATE TELLS OF HIS DECIS.
IONS-THE PLATFORMS ARE
COMPARED.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-William Howard
Taft started his march through the
West last night with a speech to or
ganized labor at Orchestra Hall in
which he discussed in detail his atti
tude on injunctions.
In an address that is considered one
of the campaign on account of the tre-
mendous fight the democrats are max
ing to capture the labor vote, he re
piled to William Jennings Bryan and
Samuel Gompers, foremost of the crit
les who have sought to assail his rec
crd as a judge in settling labor dis
putes.
One by one he took up the cases he
had decided on the bench, working his
audience up to a high pitch Of enthusi
asm as he explained that the decisions
he had handed down have since served
as precedents in the settlement of la
Dor controversies and have been ap
proved by conservative leaders of la
Dor. He compared the records O
both parties in the interests of labor
and, contrasting the anti-injunctioI
planks in the two national platforms
brought a demonstration from his lis
teners by declaring that the platform
promises of the democrats are "eithe
meaningless or deceitful.'
Big Labor Representation.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the Independent Railwa.
Mems Taft club, representing ever.
branch of the transportation service
The audience was composed of the la
Dor element, which the democrats hav
made particular efforts to land by us
ing the railroad strike decisions o
Judge Taft as campaign ammunition
On the platform sat more than 200 &C
tive railroaders, conductors, engineers
| firemen, brakemen, switchmen an
| foremen from all parts of the westerl
| states, while in the auditorium sa
more than 1000 members of labor or
ganizations, both railroad and other
wise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
HUSBAND MADE
THREATS ON HER LIFE
Mrs. Stephens Seeks a Di-
V0rCe.

Charging her husband with brutal
treatment and threats upon her life,
Reba L. Stephens had entered suit for
divorce from Harry Stephens in cir
cult court. The plaintiff asks the Gus
tody of a minor child Mrs. Stephens
says on September II her husband
struck her with his fists about the
head and face and that night tore up
her clothing to prevent her leaving
home. 1t is charged that last Decem-
ber the defendant threatened the life
of the plaintiff with razor after he
had choked and cruelty beaten her. He
< accused of drinking to excess.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
Roosevelt Hot Shot
ON HASKELL.

Gov. HaskeIrs utter unfitness for
any public position Of trust or for as
sociation with any man anxious to
make an appeal on a moral issue to
the American people has been a6und-
antiy shown.
As an American citizen who prizes
his Americanism and citizenship far
above any question of partisanship.
regard it as a scandal and disgrace
that Gov. Haskell should be connected
with the management Of a national
campaign.
have shown you fairly and honor
on every account I have named is un-
worthy of any position in our public
life.
TO BRYAN.
In my judgment the measures you
advocate would be wholly ineffective
in curing an evil, and so far as they
had any effect at all would merely
throw the entire business of the coun-
try into hopeless and utter confusion.
put Mr.. Taft's deeds against your
words. ! ask that Mr.. Taft be judged
by all his deeds for he wishes none OF
them forgotten. ask that you be
judged both by the words you wish
remembered and by the words that
seemingly you and your party now
desire to have forgotten.
! hold it entirely natural for any
great law 6efyins corporation to wish
to see you placed In the presidency
rather than Mr.. Taft. Your plans tc
put a stop to the abuses Of these cor
porations are wholly chimerieaI.
ON TAFT.
hope and believe that all far sight
ed citizens who wish to see this coun
try prosperous in material things viii
support Mr.. Taft, but above all I ash
for support for him because he stands
for the moral u2Iift Of the nation, be
cause his deeds have made good hi,
words, and because the policies 4
which he Is committed are of immeas
urabIe consequence alike to the honoI
and interest of the whole American
people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
AGED WOMAN
BURNS IN HOME
Being So Old She Was Unable
To Save Self.

Brookville, Ind, Sept 24.-Mrs.
Dora Thrine, aged so, was burned to
death late Wednesday afternoon near
Hamburg. The old woman lived alone
in small house on her farm. Neigh
bors saw the house wrapped in flames
and rushed to the rescue, but the roof
fell in before their arrival Mrs.
Thrine had been feeble and senile for
years and the fire is supposed to have
been the result of an accident The
money loss on the property . small
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
GIVEN FIRM WARNING.
Menzies Goes to Jail, so He Won't
Come Back to City.

William Menzies is stranger in the
city, who wants to go to Dayton. He
will have to spend eleven days in the
county Jail, however, to remind him
not to come back to Richmond. The
man claims his home is at Terre
Haute, but yesterday he became un-
der the influence of intoxicants and
was arrested His plea for clemency
and promise to leave the city were
futile in the ears of the court.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
TO EXAMINE WELLS.
Reported Several on Fort Wayne
Ave. Are Bad,

Certain wells on Gort Wayne ave-
nue. have been reported In Dad condi-
tion. The attention OF the police de-
partment has been called to the mat
ter and the sanitary inspector asked
to make an investigation The wells
are dug. The inspection win he made.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
VOTE TAKEN AMIDST GREAT EXCITEMENT

GALLERIES AND AISLES WERE PACKED WITH PEOPLE
coNGREssMEN ON SCENE WORKING AGAINST THE
MINORITY REPoRT-sPEEcHEs TABooED AT cRITI-
CAL STAGE OF PROCEEDINGS -WHITE REFUSES TO
VOTE EITHER WAY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA AND OHIo-Friday fair;
Noht variable winds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
MOVE To POSTPONE HOUSE
ACTION ON OPTION BEATEN

MINORITY REPORT RECOMMENDING Indefinite POST
jPoNEMENT TURNED DOWN BY CLOSE VOTE OF FOR
TY-NNE TO FIFTY -oNE-FoUR REPUBLICAN MEN,
BERs VOTE IN FAVOR OF PosTPoNEMENT OF CON-
LIBERATION.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
LARGE SUMS OF MONEY NOW CHANGING HANDS

Enemies of Local Option Bill, 1t Is Declared, Offer Two
Members of House $4,000 to Oppose Measure-State
Chairman Goodrich Says He Has Pretty Positive Evil
dence of the Deal and Effort Will Be Made to Secure
AffidavtS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24

CONTINUED on Page Five-)
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23

WATERFOWL. s. D., Jan. TT am glad
I am publishing a weekly paper because
Of the fun get out ~ II ana the good
can Al o+harsn e. sao,a.aa pahart n
81 ~ - ~ u1H IIus. ..oD.le ~, ~
ochaper OF the huuson Huusonte, IN ms
paper this morning before the South Da-
kota Press association, on '"The Pleasure
/ Get Out of Editing a Ncwsraper',
Declaring that he rms his na ne,- for the
Measure ha vots o,,t ~ a. ara ~ fnr
monstarv ain Mr. uu' s ~ anu o,+a mo' a au
llo,o.aiy gam, MI. Schaoer clteu sew
erai interesting phases OF the calling.
how pleased he was when, as devil
on a small country paper, he saw his
nrst local item in print to this day hold
ing that one item sacred as the most
choice bit of literature in the English
language. and how pleased he was when
he was first allowed to use the editorial
we, accorded only to editors and
potentates.
- never saw country editor In my
IRE VINO became rich man. In dollars
and cents, made purely out of his pub.
ication, put l have seen a number OF
editors IN the state who are rich indeed
10 the confidence and respect and esteem
OF the people because of the good they
40 with their optimistic writings. So II
there Is no big money In the newspaper
business, what does one edit e paper for
II not for the pleasure in It? It is there
tore Tor the run l get out II It for the
pleasure derive from the work, tnat l
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
Mrs. o'okApv GOES pREK.
Woran Accused Of Killing Her hus
band Believed 70 BE Innocent.

Woman Accrued Of KILLING Her Hus
band Believed to BE Innocent.
Mrs. Julia Ann O'Grady, who last
fall was arrested on the charge Of hav
ing murdered her aged husband. John
O'Grady, at the O'Grady home. north
Of Sioux Falls, will not be tried on the
charge OF murder, as had generally
been expected.
States Attorney Orr appeared be-
fore Judge Jones, Of the state circuit
court, and moved that the charge
against Mrs. O'Grady be dismissed II
appears that diligent search has fail
ed to bring forth anything in the
shape Of evidence upon which con.
viction could be based, and under
these circumstances the states at.
torney asked that the case be dis.
missed, and Judge Jones SO ordered
Mrs. OGrady was under a heavy
bond for her appearance in the state
circuit court, and this now win be re-
leased.
John O'Grady was mysteriously shot
and killed while seated in his home
One feature which pointed to the in
nocence of Mrs. O'Grady, and which
has not heretofore been printed in any
newspaper, concerned her actions i'm
mediately following her giving the
alarm at the home Of neighbor that
her husband had been shot and killed.
The neighbor and his wife returned
to the O'Grady home with Mrs.
.O'Grady.
A lighted lamp standing on a table
revealed the body of the old man on
the floor, but the neighhor and his
wife did not at that time enter the
house. remaining at the doorway and
peering into the room in which the
body lay.
Mrs. O'Grady, however, entered the
room without hesitation, and, going up
TO the body Of her husband, lifted the
head, and, placing her cheek against
that of the dead man, piteously called
his name and urged him to speak to
her. Those who have had much to do
with criminals declare that this action
clearly was an evidence of innocence.
and that had Mrs. O'Grady really
been guilty of the wanton murder of
her husband she would have shrank
from the body instead of caressing the
face and head of her dead husband.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
EDITOR ron FUN. NOT RlcHEs.
4 o. sshaber, of the Hudsonite, Runs
Optimism Plant.


Watsrtown. 8. D.. Jan. 1.-THE twenty
third annual meeting of the South Dakota
Press association. In many respects the
best in recent years. adjourned this even
ing after adopting resolutions to 60 to
Pierre Tor the 1909 meeting and electing
the following officers: President, r. r.
Dowdell, Artesian Advocate; first vice
president. Charles NJ. Day, Sioux Falls
Argus Leader; second vice president. Mrs.
Mana Gilbert. Salem Pioneer Register
secretary, John T. Cogan, South Dakota
Elk, Sioux Falls: treasurer, Robert o.
Schaber, Hudson Hudsonite; executive
committee, Harry Wentzy. Puckwana
Press Reporter; George Schlosser, North
western Newspaper Union, Sioux Falls:
G. A. Blake, washington Times; delegates
to the national press convention in st.
Paul in July, 1909, are Arthur g. Keene.
Huron Journal World: Harry Wentzy, j.
d. Reeves, Groton Independent: L. ID.
Milne, Mitchell Guardian; w. r. Donald.
Britton ScntineE George Schlosser, Fred
Durham, washington Springs, and Stella
Marie Stutenroth, Watertown.
Il am glad l am publishing weekly
paper because of the fun get out of 1t
and the good / can do Others" So de-
elarsd Robert o. Schaber Of the Hudson
Hudsonite, in his paper this morning be-
fore the South Dakota Press association
on 'The Pleasure Get Out or Editing q
Newspaper"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
In and About the State.
s7s" PIONEERS JEALOUS.
Society Refuses to Amend giinlblIMa
Rule to Let In "77'ers."

Society Refuses to Amend Eligibility
Rule to Let In "77'ers."
Looking backward through their
history Of nearly thirty-two yearp,
members of the Society OF Black
Hills Pioneers, gray-haired and feeble.
their ranks greatly thinned by the
hand Of death, rose almost to man
at the eighteenth annual meeting and
voted down proposal to amend the
constitution and accept as pioneers
those who came to the Hills in 1877.
The old "seventy-sixers" are jealous
OF their honor and spurned all offers
Of financial assistance through the in
crease of membership by the addition
Of late Corners All of the men and
women who came to the Hills in 1877
land there are many - have been
working for some time past to become
members of the society, but the senti-
ment OF the meeting was plainly
against 1t. The present membership
Of the society is 100, which includes
men and women who now are scatter
ed all over the country. The report
OF Treasurer X. G. Phillips showed a
present balance Of over $1.100 to the
sOciety's credit.
The election Of officers resulted as
follows: President, j. Goldberg; Sec
rotary, julius Deetken; treasurer,
kirk G. Phillips; historian, Sol Star;
marshal, Henry Brasch. vice presi-
dents, Lawrence county, J. N. Peter
son; Fail River county, f. b. Smith;
Meade county, v. p. Shoun; Butte
county, John Isaacs; Pennington coun-
ty, p. Soldering: directors. John A.
Blatt Of Lead. John Gray of Terrayille,
James Lawler, Charles Zoellner and
Otto Grant, of Deadwood.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
LAY DOWN PART OF BURDEN.
Bishop Hare Relinquishes a Part Of
His Diocese to Assistant Bishop.

Bishop Hare Rclinquishes a Part of
His Diocese to Assistant Bishop.
:. Bishop Hare is gradually relieving
himself of the manifold duties in look
ing after the affairs of the Episcopal
missions in South Dakota. For thirty
years or more Bishop Hare has trav-
eled over the entire state, including a
number of Indian agencies, admins
tering to the wants and needs of the
people of his church, and he has
reached the age where it is impossi-
bic, because of his falling health, to
minister to his people as he wishes,
and he finds it necessary to release
another portion of his territory.
A couple of years ago he was given
an assistant bishop in Rev. Frederick
Foote Johnston, who has attended to a
portion of the duties Of assistant
bishop. In circular letter which
Bishop Hare has just sent out to the
clergy and laity Of the Episcopal
church he announces the enlarged
scope of the work of Assistant Bishop
Johnston, as follows:
After conference with the assist
ant bishop cancel former assign
ments and hereby assign him until
further notice the sole right and duty
Of visitation as bishop Of that part of
South Dakota which may be described
as follows: All the territory in South
Dakota between the ninety-eighth and
the one hundred and third degrees of
longitude, with the addition of Day
county and the exception of the coun-
ties of Hutchinson, Bon Homme, Doug
las and Charles Mix, and the Santee
and Cheyenne River missions. This
assignment is to take effect Jan. /.
1908. and is subject to such modifica.
ton as the condition of the field may
from time to time seem to require"
Hereafter Bishop Hare will retain
for his work that Of the Indian field.
the Black Hills country and the ex-
treme eastern portion Of the state.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
RAILROAD FIREMAN is HERO.
Engineers Life 10 Saved by Man Who
Also IL Injured,

Engineers Life 10 Saved by Man Who
Also IL Injured.
Caught In the cab Of his wrecked
engine, his clothes on fire and suffer
ing from broken collar bone and 9TH
er injuries, Engineer Edwin c. Durkin
of the Milwaukee railroad was rescued
from certain death by his fireman, Ed
ward Nelson
The men were on one of the big
freight engines coming east from Het-
finger, NJ D., to Lennon, new town
on the extension just below the state
line, when the engine and tender
'jackknifed," left the track and rolled
down a high embankment with both
men in the cab. The fireman was
thrown out but the engineer was
caught by the levers and held fast.
The engine turned completely over
and the firebox, becoming dislodged,
fell on Durkin's shoulder and set fire
to his clothes.
In the meantime the fireman, al.
most stunned by the fall, made his
way to the engine, and although badly
bruised and shaken up, he managed
to drag the engineer out of the cab by
prying back the levers
Both men will recover from their in.
juries.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23

The most eminent and leading med
ical teachers and writer's OF all the
several schools of practice have endorsed
each of the ingredients entering into DIR.
Pierce's medicines in the strongest pos-
sibleterms. The makers OF Or. Pierce 9
medicines believeNh intelligent people
do not wish to op\n their mouths like
. lot pf lyoung bifSs and gulp down
whateeef isl p1setted TO them. either in
the way d f606, NrMk or medicine,
without knowing sAWAthing OF the
properties and harmlesA character OF
the agents employed. They believe
that health is too sacred heyitage To
be experimenfed with, and Chat peOple
sE0Nld M0t TAKE msQlciMeS MI fhe COM.
R0sstl0a al arlsich f6eN Qre Kept iN tg,l0r-
qMce. DR.. Pierce's medicines are made
wholly from the roots of plants found
growing in the depths of our American
forests. They are so compounded that
they cannot do harm IN any case, euess
to the most delicate C0man or child. By
open publicity DR.. Pierce has taken his
medicines out of the list OF secret nos
trums, of doubtful merit, and made
sITIoN. They are therefore, in class
VII Wy tiNihSCisC6, 0NtAh6 dDSuluVCly hlU
in every sense Y0H-secret.
BY this bold step DR.. Pierce has shown
that his formulas are of such excellence
that he is not afraid to subject them to
the fullest scrutiny.
There is q badge of honesty on every
bottle of DR.. Pierce's medicines in the
full list of its ingredients duly attested
as correct under solemn oath.
No other medicines put up for general
use through druggists can make claim
to any such distinction, and none other
than DIR. Pierce's medicines have any
such professional endorsement OF their
ingredients. Such professional endorse
ment should have far more weight with
the afflicted than any amount OF lay, or
non-professional, endorsement, or testi-
monials.
OF course, the exact proportion of
each Ingredient used in DR.. PIERCE
medicines as well as the working formula
or manner of preparing the same, and
the specially devised apparatus and APP
pliances employed in their manufacture,
are withheld from publicity that DIR.
Pierce's proprietary rights may be fully
protected from such unprincipled imi-
tators as might be practically inclined.
The preparation of these medicines
without the use of drop of alcohol, 50
~
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23

The unprecedented rush for land in
the vicinity Of Rapid City caused q
splendid record to be established dur
Ing 1907 by the Rapid City United
States land Office, whose annual re-
port Is just ready. During the year
there were fled at the local ONCE 5,261
original homestead entries, more than
double the figure of any other land Of
nee Ia the state. while the cash re-
ceipts for the year were t234,475, the
largest In the history Of the Office.
Nearly 100000 acres Of the public
domain were appropriated from this
Office by settlers. The rush issnot yet
over, and the additional clerks have
all they can attend to.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
SUSPECTED or MURDER.

Arrest o. Man Nabbed for Alleged
Hold-up May Bring $500 Reward.
At the point Of revolvers two men
enticed Joseph stalcup, better known
AZ "Panner Joe" character living
nine miles north Of Custer, from his
cabin and then held him up and
robbed him OF $22 and 4 gold watch.
Later Charles Wanting, a young man
who was arrested, implicated d man
named Abel Worth Worth was taken
into custody at Mill City, and it is
suspected he is the man wanted for q
brutal murder in Midland. For the
slayer's capture reward Of $500 has
been offered. The brother OF the muir
idered man was unable to identity
Worth, but others will be brought to
Custer In an EFFORT to fasten the crime
upon the prisoner.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-23
70 TEST DRY FARMING.
Dusiness Mems Club Of Rapid Cit
Plan Agricultural Experiment.

Duslness Mems Club Of Rapid City
Plan Agricultural Experiment.
II the present plans Of the Business
Mems club materialize an experiment.
al station will be established near
Rapid City some time during the pres.
ent year to thoroughly test dry farm
ing in this vicinity. 1t is the inten.
ton to raise funds by popular sub.
scriptiOn and to purchase and culti.
vate two tracts OF land, one by the old
method and the other adjoining BY
the Campbell system of dry farming.
For more than quarter OF century
the land lying west of the Missouri
river In part Of the semi-arid belt that
extends from Canada, has been the
subject Of numerous experiments in
the agricultural line, with varying sue.
cess. It now is proposed to enlist the
aid Of some OF the thousands Of new
settlers who have taken up this land
In the last year in dry farming for that
whole section.