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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-16

Had it not been for the number of
reports submitted to council last .ev-
ening by the heads of the various de-
partments OF city government, there
would have been little business done
by that body. 1t required consider
able time to read these reports. all Of
which were concurred in and will be
printed in the year book Of the city.
The reports contained invoices of
all the property owned y~theS depart
ments. The various lists were exceed
ingly long in some instances and
enumerated everything from furnace
poker to incandescent electric light
bulbs Each report indicated that the
respective department is in good con,
dition.
+ A congested review OF the reports
followS:
HOSPITAL BOARD.
Report of committee to examine
books of treasurer of Reid Memorial
hospital for calendar year 1905:
Receipts.
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.ADimpIe Maker

Find a child with dimples and
chubby arms and legs and you
find a healthy child. Find one
with drawn face and poor, thin
body and you see one that needs
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SCOTS Emulsion

Your doctor will tell you SO.
Nothing helps these thin, pale
children like Scott s Emulsion.
1t contains the very element of
fat they need. It supplies them
with a perfect and quickly
digested nourishment. II brings
dimples and rounded limbs.
Send this advertisement. together with name of
paper in which II appears your address and four
cents to cover postage. and we viii send you \
Complete Handy Atlas Of the World" :: ::
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl S.-eet. New York
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$e7.se:.s4
MARKET MASTER.
To the mayor board Of public works >
and common council
GentiemensL herewith submit the
annual report OF the market master.
and sealer of weights and. measures.
for the year ending December 81.
1905:
Receipts.
Rent of market stalls ......$ SoS.s5
Rent. East End market place. $50
Awning .SV
Miscellaneous expenses S..... 1880
Total expenses ..-....... .$l,o.S-So
Receipts ............-... S"S--S
Net cost to the city OF Rich.
mond for year 1908 ......$ scs.eS
Under inspection OF foods the fol-
lowing was condemned: so gallons q
oysters: IS pounds of mackeral: 10
pounds of fresh pork: , dressed chick.
ems.
Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH WATERMAN
Market master and seaIer OF weights
and measures.
CITY CONTROLLER.
General eund-Jan. I, 90.
Cash on hand last report. ..$ls.oSl-ss
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-16

You CART fall with Gold Medal Flour.
NORA.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-16

CITY CONTROLLER.
General eund-Jan. I, 90.
Cash on hand last report. ..SlS.OSl.1s
Receipts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 14.slS-5s
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1858
$e7,S2e-s4

Balance 1858
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05
eV OGNLE 72X4lNE7
Ssos s zzE nav se1eSHo1R o
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Harvard where Col.
Rupert Winter, u. 5. A., visiting, saw the
suicide OF young Mercer. He met Cary
Three years later, in Chicago, in 1906,
Col Winter overheard Cary Mercer APP
parently planning to kidnap Archie. the
Aunt Rebecca Winters millions. A Miss
Smith was mentioned apparently as
conspirator. A great financial magnate
was aboard the train on which Col Win
ter met his Aunt Rebecca, Miss Smith
and Archie. Col. Winter learned that the
financial magnate is Edwin s. Keatcham.
trated a hold-up on the train. He took a
great liking to Miss Smith, despite her
alleged kidnapping plot Archie mysteri-
ously disappeared In Frisco. Blood IN a
the boys life. The lads voice was heard
over the telephone, however, and o min
ute later woman's voice-that OF Miss
Smith. Col Winter and a detective set
out for the empty mansion owned by
Arnold, Harvard graduate. They were
met with an explosion within; Mercer
appeared. He assured Winter that Archie
had returned. The colonel saw a vision
fitting from the supposedly haunted
house 1t was Miss Janet Smith. Col:
Winter to himself admitted that he loved
Archie had overheard plans for coup
and had been kidnapped. One OF MERGERS
friends on returning the boy TO his aunt
had been arrested for speeding and when
he returned from the police station to his
auto the lad was gone. Mercer confessed
he was forcibly OBTAINING Keatcham.
Mercer told his life story, relating how
Keatcham and his scoundrel secretary
Atkins, had ruined him. the blow killing
his wife. Mercer was holding him prison.
er an order that he could not get control
of a railroad which was the pet project Of
the father of his college friend. Endicott
Tracy. Aunt Rebecca saw Archie in
cab with two men. Then he vanished.
She followed in an auto into the Chinese
district and by the use of a mysterious
Chinese jade ornament she secured
promise from an influential Chinaman
that the boy would be returned. Archie
returned and told his story, Atkins. for
mer secretary to Keatcham, being his
second kidnaper. Col. Winter and Tracy
returned 20 the haunted house." They
found Keatcham, apparently stabbed to
death. Keatcham was not dead. how
ever. Cary Mercer appeared on the scene.
Winter believing his actions suspicious
and observing blood on his cuffs and
trousers. Mrs. Millicent Melville, in let
tiers to her husband. revealed that she al
lowed information to leak" to Atkins.
Suspicious directed themselves at Atkins
In the Keatcham assault. Unknowingly
Mrs. Melville had made herself a tool for
Atkins dark scheme in stocks. The par
~ having removed to the Arnold home,
lived In constant fear of bombs and in
fernal machines from Atkins gang.
Keatcham, convaiescing, told Winter his
life story and its tragedy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05

You don't think Mercer Is at all
he tapped the side OF the head.
"No more than you are"
COR you?"
ooh. we'll" the colonel TESTED. I'VE
all have prejudice in favor OF our
own sanity. What / meant was that
Mercer Is n bit OF fanatic: his hard
luck has-well. preiudiced him"
Keatcham's cold, firm lips straight
ened into his peculiar smile, which
was rather Of perception than of
humor.
One might say Of him-Aunt Rebec.
ca Winter did say OF him-that he
saw the incongruous, which makes up
for humor. but he never enjoyed r.;
possibly II was only another factor in
his contempt Of mankind.
Colonel" said Keatcham. do you
think Wall street is a den OF thieves
Il do" said the colonel promptly.
Il should like to take machine gun
OF two and clean you all out"
Keatcham did not smile; 81 biinked
his eyes and nodded. Il presume a
good many people share yosr opinion
of u.s."
Millions" replied the co;;hel.
Again Keatcham nodded. - thought
So" said he. "Of course yoy are all
on; Wall street is as necessary to the
commonwealth as the pores 20 your
skin; they don't make the r-rson in
the system any more than the pores
do; they only let It escape. Ard | sup
pose you think that big financiars who
control the trusts and the railways
and"
U.S." the colonel struck In, 'well?"
You think we are thieves and liars
and murderers and despots?"
IAN OF that" said the colone, placid
ly; "also FOOLS"
you certainly don't mines your
words"
You don't want me to. What use
would my opinion be in a oie-thou.
sandth attenuation? You're no homeo-
path; and whatever else you may be,
you're no coward"
Yet. you think ! surrendered 10
Mercer? You think | did It because
was afraid he would Kill me? ! sup
pose he would have killed me II
hadn't, eh?"
He can speak for himself about
that; he seems--well, an earnest sort
of man. But don't think you gave in
because you were afraid, II that is
what you mean. You are no more
afraid than he was. You wanted to
live, probably; you had big things on
hand. The Midland was only a trump
in the game; you could win the odd
trick with something else; you let the
Midland CO."
Pretty close, "-Keatcham really
smiled-"but there is a good deal
more of IT, / was shut up with the
results Of ny-my work. He did II
very cleveriy. ] had nothing to dis
tract me- There we're the big type
written pages about the foolish peo-
pie who had lost their money. in some
cases really through my course, most.
ly because they got scared and let go
and were wiped out when, II they had
had confidence in me and held on,
they would be very much better of,
now But they didn't. and they were
ruined and they starved and took
their boys out OF college and mort
gagged their confounded homes that
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05

yeast or 'salt-emptins'-can you make
salt-rising bread?"
Il can--shall make you some to-
morrow"
I'D like It. My mother used to make
more money than my father; some
times when we children were low In
clothes and dad owed a bigger lot of
money than usual, we had a laundry
at our house as well as a bakery.
Yet, in spite of all the work. my
mother found time to teach all OF US !;
and she knew how TO teach, too; for
she was principal of a school when
my father married her. She was a
New Highlander; so was he; but they
went west. We're forty-niners. | saw
the place where our little cloth-and.
board shack used TO stand. After the
big fire, you know. 1t burned us all
up; we had saved a good deal and
my mother had a nice bakery. She
worked too hard; II killed her. Work
and struggle and losing the children.
They died?" said Miss Janet.
."Diphtheria. They didn't know any.
thing about the disease then. We all
had It; and my little sister and both
my brothers died; but I'm tough.
lived. My mother fell into what they
called a decline. was making lit
tie money them was 16; but
couldn't keep her from working. Per
haps it made no difference; but 1t did
make a difference her not having the
the right kind of food. Nobody knew
anything about consumption then.
used to go out in the morning and be
afraid I'd find her dead when | got
back One night did" He stopped
abruptly, crimsoning up TO his eyes
Il don't know why I'm telling you all
this"
II call that tough"-as the colonel
blurted out the words. he was con
scious OF a sense OF repetition. When
had he said those very same words
before. to whom? OF all people in the
world, to Cary Mercer. Mighty
tough" murmured he softly.
yes" said Keatcham, at was" He
did not say anything more. Neither
did the colonel. Keatcham obediently
ate his milk and biscuit; and very
shortly the colonel took his leave.
The next morning after an uneyent
full hour of sorting. reading and an
swering letters for Miss Smith to copy
on the travelling typewriter. Keatcham
gave his new SECRETARY a sharp sensa
ton: he ordered ia his quiet but per
emptory fashion: Now put that trash
away; sit down; tell me all you know
of Cary-real name is Cary Mercer
isn't it?"
The colonel said 1t was; he asked
him II he wanted everything.
Everything. Straight. Without a
chaser" snapped Keatcham.
The colonel gave IL to him. He be
gan with his own acquaintance; he
told about Phil Mercer; he did not sluI
a detail; neither did he, underscort
one; Keatcham got the uncolofec
facts He heard them impassively
making only one comment: "a great
deal of damage would be saved in this
world If youngsters could be shut M
until they had sense enough not &c
| fool with firearms" When Winter
came to MERGERS own exposition Of
his motives and his design II success
| full in his raid on the kings Of the
! market, Keatcham grunted; at the emf
he breathed a noiseless jet Of a sigh
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05
CHAPTER xvI.-continued.

Conscious and free from fever, he
was barely able to articulate, but
when delirious fancies possessed him
he could talk rapidly, in a good voice.
Very soon It was clear that ne was
calmer for the coloneis presence.
Hence, the latter got into the habit
OF sitting in the room. He would re-
quest imaginary ruined and desperate
beings to leave Keatcham in peace;
he would gravely rise and close the
door % their departure. He never was
surprised nor at loss; and his dra-
matte nerve never failed. Later. as
the visions faded, a moody reserve
wrapped the sick man. He lay motion
less, evidently absorbed by thought.
In one way he was what doctors call a
very good patient. He obeyed all di-
rections; he was not restless. But
neither was he ever cheerful. Every
day he asked for his pulse record and
his temperature and his respiration.
After a consultation with the doc
tor, Miss Smith gave them to him.
1T is against the rules" grumbled
the doctor. "but / suppose each pa
tient has to make his own rules" On
the same theory he permitted the colo
nel's visits.
Therefore, with no surprise, Winter
received and obeyed the summons.
Keatcham greeted him with his usual
stiff courtesy.
The doctor says | can have the
papers-will you pick out-the-one-
day after | was stabbed"
Miss Smith indicated a pile on a
little table, placed ready at hand. Il
kept them for him." she said.
Read about-the Midland" com
manded the faint, indomitable voice.
Want the election and the newspa-
per sentiments?" asked the colonel
he gave it all. conscious the while OF
Janet Smiths compassionate, per
picked, sorrowful eyes.
Don't skipl" Keatcham managed to
articulate after a pause.
The colonel gave him keen glance.
want It straight, without a chaser?"
Keatcham closed his eyes and
nodded.
The colonel read about the virtually
unanimous election of Tracy; the as
constituent OF the outsiders among the
supposed anti-Tracy element; the com.
posed and impenetrable front of the
men closest to Keatcham; the reticence
and amiability of Tracy himself in
whose fnien there could be detected nc
hint either Of hostility or of added
cordially toward the men who had
been expected ito drag his bleeding
pride in the DUST" finally of tho re
Spouse of the stock-market in o phe
nomenal rise of Midland.
Keatcham listened with HE ande
cipherable mask Of attention.; there
was not so much as the flicker Of an
eyeiid or the twitch of a muscle All
be said was Now, read If there Is
anything about the endowment OF the
new fellowships in some medical
schools for experimental research"
who gives the endowment"
Anonymous. IN memory of Maria
Warren Keatcham and Helen Bradford
Keatcham. Find anything?"
The colonel found a great dsA
about it, The paper was full of tnis
munifcent gift. amounting to many
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05
Dope on Pronunciation.

Los Angeles has given to the world
the officially correct pronunciation OF
its name. The first section is pro-
nounced 'Loce." as in was list LOST"
The rest of 1t is pronounced like the
pink stun the manicure lady puts on
your nails.--Cleveland Leader
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05
The Preachers Advice.

my friends" said an itinerant
preacher, "the scriptural rule for CIV
ing was one-tenth Of what a man pos
sessed. II you feel you can't afford so
much. just give a sixth or a fourth, ac-
cording to your means. We will dis
pense with the next hymn and take up
the collection. '-Lippincott's.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
PRICES SOARING
OVER At PIONEER
IN REAL ESTATE

Sheriff j. j, Owens returned from
Pioneer last evening, and reports the
camp as rushing ahead. While there
Mr.. Owens invested the sum of $4,000
in town lots and before he left he
was offered $4,000 for his holdings.
Every lot is sold and many of them
have been sold at a handsome profit.
Trains coming to Springdale are
loaded with passengers enroute to
the new camp, and yesterday 200
tickets were sold in Goldfield. The
contract for removing the hotel at
Beatty to Pioneer was let yesterday
to V. Carlson of this city, and the
work of tearing the structure down
Will be started Immediately. It is
expected to be on its new site ready
for business within thirty days.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
TONIGHT'S GAME
TO DECIDE THE
CHAMPIONSHIP

Tonight at $40 o'clock one Of the
fastest basketball games ever seen in
Tonopah will be played at the Ne
vada theater. The contesting teams
are Goldfield high school and the
Tonopah Basketball club. Both teams
are champions, one of Goldfield and
the other of Tonopah--and the af-
fair will be for the championship of
southern Nevada. The winners stand
a good chance of securing a match
with the team from the University
of Nevada, and with this object in
view the Tonopah boys are determin-
ed to add to their laurels. The
theater will be comfortably heated
and the spectators will suffer no dis
comforts. Time will be called at
$3.50 O'Clock sharp.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
lBy speelaI Correspondent.

CARSON, Feb. Nothing of any
especial Importance was accomplish.
ed in either house of the legislature
today. That teapot tempest, the
anti-Japanese resolution, reached the
senate and was referred, in the usual
routine, to the judiciary committee
where it will probably be buried in
that official mausolium known as .
pigeon hole, as every one seems tC
consider the act of its introduction as
ill-advised. An effort is being made
to place the responsibility of its or.
iginal conception on Governor Dick.
erson, but he has promptly side.
tracked that political brick bat, by
stating publicly that ne not only
didn't start the row, but disapproved
of the whole proposition as being OF
no benefit to this coast. and harmful
in so far as it embarrassed the ma.
tional administration in its diplo-
matte negotiations with Japan.
The seante passed some sort of an
irrigation bill, recommended by the
state engineer, regulating the use OF
state waters, which went to the as
sembly. The other business trans
acted at the short morning session
related to private and county bills
No afternoon session was held.
There was a spirited and at times
a trihe bitter discussion in the as
sembly over the bill raising the sal
aries of the secretary of state. attor-
ney general, and the governors pri-
vate secretary. AS stated in this cor
respondence yesterday, the measure
was approved in committee of the
whole, but was not properly passed
by the house when the committee
arose. To-day, when 1t came up for
final passage, Folsom, of Reno, had
to fight to have it so amended as tc
exclude the last named official from
its provisions, which effort was final
~ crowned with success by the small
margin of two votes. Those who sup.
ported the bill in its entirety claim
that there was some parliamentary
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
ROOSEVELT and
GOV. GILLEYT
WIN A POINT

SACRAMENTO Feb. 5.--A debate
OF two and half hours in the as
sembly today resulted in victory for
President Roosevelt and Governor
Gillett for the stand they have taken
against anti-Japanese legislation, A
motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill segregating Japanese
children in the public schools Of the
state passed yesterday, was with
drawn and one to delay the whole
matter until next Wednesday car
ried unanimously Until noon there
administration supporters that they
could make any headway in the
movement to hold up the bin as the
president requested in a telegram to
Gillett. The latter sent special
message to both houses, urging a
reconsideration of the measure, but
It was not until Speaker Stanton
took the floor and made a personal
appeal to the members that the re-
quest was granted The speaker de-
elared that he Rad information which
he was not at liberty to reveal at
this time, but might make public in
few days, that led him to fear
grave consequences If the legislature
passed the bill He said they were
treading upon dangerous ground
Grove l.. Johnson, author of the mea-
sure, thereupon stated his willing
ness to submit the bill to the judici-
AIRY committee and attorney general
Of the state TO determine its consti-
tutionalty, and out of Difference to
the presiding officer would move a
delay as requested be granted Sena-
tor Anthony Caninetti introduced
the Johnson bill in the senate, issu-
ing a statement to the effect that he
wished the matter brought to a final
vote
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
.SPOILS SYSTEM
GIVEN A JOLT
BY PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press. !

WASHINGTON, Feb. EVIL ef-
fects of the spoils system and of the
custom of treating appropriations to
the public service, as the person per-
quisities of professional politicians is
peculiarly evident in the case of
great work like taking the census,
work which should emphatically be
done for The whole people and with
an eye to single out their interests.
In these words the president today
summed up message to the house,
returning without approval the mea-
sure providing for the taking Of the
next census, because of a provision
that appointments shall be made on
basis of non-competitive examina-
tions. AS passed by congress the
bill permits representatives and sena-
tors to designate persons for posi-
tions after they have undergone
single examination.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06

FINDINGS NOT
MADE PUBLIC
lBy Assaeiated Press. }

GIBRALTAR, Feb. 5.-The find
ings of the court martial that heard
the evidence against Captain Edward
Qualtrough, of the battleship
Georgia, on the charge of intoxica-
tion during the reception at Tangier.
was approved by Rear Admiral
Sperry this evening and forwarded to
Washington, The findings were not
made public but it is stated with Ger
tainty that the captain was not ac-
quilted. II is believed on the con-
trary that the findings are of so
grave a nature that he will not be
restored to duty.
It was learned tonight that Lieu
tenant Commander George Kline will
be in command of the Georgia, for
the voyage home from this port.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
FUNERAL OF MRS.
COTTRELL HELD AT RENO

Interment of the remains of Mrs.
May Josephine Cottrell took place
yesterday afternoon in Reno under
the direction of Nevada Rebekah
Lodge, No. Z, L. o. o. f., of Reno.
Deceased was the wife of BENJAMIN
f. Cottrell of this city, who for sew
eral years has been connected with
the Pioneer livery stable. She was a
native of Nevada, having been born
in Aurora. About eight years ago
the family made their home in Reno,
Mr.. Cottrell spending his time be-
tween that city and here. She is
survived by her husband, daughter,
Myrtle; her mother, Mrs. Clark, a
brother, Mr.. Pritcherd. and a sister,
Mrs. Jarrett of San Francisco She
was member of the Bodie Lodge of
Rebekahs and was well known
throughout the state, as were her
parents who were among the early
settlers of Nevada.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED
BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
I'm Associated Press ]

MlSSoULA tMont1, Feb b.
General Foreman james Donaldson
was killed, and laborer named w.
Eissner, fatally injured by an explo-
sion of dynamite at the lower Yell
low stone irrigation works this
morning. The accident occurred at
the rock quarry a mile from camp,
Where government employees are con-
structing big diversion dam pro-
lect A fire had been started to
thaw out fifteen sticks of dynamite,
when one of the men called the fore
mans attention to the fact that some
dynamite was burning. The latter
ran to the spot to save as much of
the dynamite as he could, and was
bending over 1t when the explosion
occurred Eissner was running to
help Donaldson and was only few
feet away.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-02-06
sen. FORAKER TO SEEK
RESIDENCE IN ARIZONA
(By Associated Press. /,

PHOENIX, Feb. 5--A special from
Washington says that members of
the senate are seriously discussing
rumor that Senator Foraker, in the
event of statehood, will seek resi-
dence in Arizona for the purpose of
representing that state in the senate.
Senators who talked this probability
express the hope it may result in the
return of Foraker to the senate, not
withstanding the interruption OF his
career in Ohio