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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01
More Gordon Consistency

little Gordon has not
been retention Of the light plant by the city
all right Here are extra
n the editorial column of the
We from editorial August 1904his is the concIus
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WE HAVE sTEADFAsTLY MAINTAINED THAT
THE PLANT WILL PROVE WHITE ELEPHANT ON
THE TAXPAYERS HANDS, AND WE WILL SEE OUR
STATEMENT INDICATED INSIDE OF FIVE YEARS.
BUT THE WAY TO HAVE EVERYONE SATISFIED is
THROUGH BITTER END TO AWARD
THE CONTRACT FOR CITY LIGHTING TO THE
LIGHT, HEAT POWER COMPANY At THIS
TIME WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR CHARGES OF
CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY. A GREAT MANY PEG
WOULD THINK THEY HAD BEEN SOLD
OUT AND THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE THE FEEL
ING THAT MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP HAD NOT BEEN
GIVEN FAIR TRIAL IN THIS CITY. NOTHING
COULD MORE ROTTEN AND THOROUGHLY COR
RUPT THAN THE CONDITIONS WHICH MARKED
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUNICIPAL PLANT,
BUT BECAUSE 1T WAS CONCEIVED IN INIQUITY
AND REARED IN CORRUPTION IS NO ARGUMENT
WHY 1T SHOULD BE ABANDONED IN THE SAME
MANNER.
GIVE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP ALL THE
CHANCE ON EARTH. THE TAXPAYERS PUT
UP FOR THE EMPTY HONOR OF OWNING THEIR
OWN LIGHT PLANT UNTIL THEY GET GOOD AND
PLENTY OF IT. LET E cry ONE BE ABSOLUTELY
SATISFIED THAT NUM- IPAI. OWNERSHIP is A
SNARE AND A DELUSIt ~ THE SCHEME OF POLL
TICIANs, THE OPPORTt NIFTY OF PUBLIC GRAFT,
AND THEN HAVING Lee RNED OUR LESSON WITH
SADDER, BUT WISER EARTs, MAKE A DECENT
BUT BUSINESS-LKE &C NTRACT WITH A PRIVATE
CORPORATION TO FJRNl FOR THE CITY
AND TO PRIVATE CITIZENS AT RATES PROVIDED
IN A FRANCHISE AND TURN OUR 100000 PLANT
OVER TO THAT CORPORATION. WE LEARN ONLY
BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN THE ITEM AUG
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

(Atchison tkan) Globe.)
Bad habits are always stronger
than good resolutions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

A woman looks prettier getting (;
baby to sleep than she does on a pub
lie platform.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

Before demanding your own way II
is well to consider whether, you would
be willing to grant every one else the
same privilege.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

There is an old saying that a
woman who persistently refuses to
get married, though she has chances.
will be compelled to mend all the old
bachelors clothes In the next world.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

A good woman's idea of something
disreputable is to make a practice of
attending more than one church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

A girl who has been engaged a.
many as three times must have q
heart that looks as badly musSed as
the top bureau drawer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

You can't make us believe any
woman loves her husband when she
refers to him as he instead Of by
his name.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

Do you need better evidence?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28

Whites bull terrier. The canine first
 dug his teeth into her right ankle, opening up four incisions. On his sec ond attack. in her efforts to get away, she fell to the ground hurting her spine to such an extent that she was compelled to remain in bed for four months, and in the house for half a year, under the care of a physician. The fall caused a great shock to her nervous system. which according to her physician will be permanent At the present time she is compelled to ascend or descend the stairways side ways Her husband. William McGiT states that he has paid out large sums for doctors bills. and will continue to do so. and that he has to hire a house. keeper Suit was filed today in the Superior court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
ONE YEAR IN
 JAIL PORTION OF PERSON
Jury Out 15 Minutes Finds Father Guilty of Heinous Assault Upon His IT. Year-Old Daughter.

Per Orlando Pierson of Hollister avenue, charged with indecent as- sault on his IT year old daughter, Sigma. was found guilty of the charge this afternoon by the jury, and sent enced to one year in jail by Judge Ralph Wheeler Assistant States At torney Galen A Carter in arguing rebuked the defense for their al- legged efforts to keep Miss Pierson out of the state so that she could not testify against her father, and thus have the case dropped.
 The jury was out but fifteen min- utes- Before, sentence was imposed on Pferson, the court asked him if he had ever been arrested before Pierson replied. with tears, that he had been arrested for drunkenness, and for breach of the peace. The court in imposing sentence said: "The testimony and my observations denote a condition Of degeneracy, probably brought on by the use of liquors 1t is my belief that he ought to be kept away from his daughter, yet I do not think I will sentence him to states prison Let the sentence be one year in jail"
 When Attorney Merva told Pierson. the sentence that had been imposed upon him smile appeared upon the prisoners face. He shook hands with his attorney and said: '.I deserve it sons were in court He bade them all gooy-bye with a hearty hand shake, and was led away to his cell. Under the complaint Pierson's sent ence could have been 10 years in states prison.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
WORRY DRIVES RAILROAD MAN
 INSANE TODAY
Vice President Bail of Phil adelphia 6 Reading, Yak
 en to An Asylum
Overcome By Tremendous Strain in Keeping Traffic Moving During Storm.
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tSpecial from United Press
 Philadelphia, Dec 2S.-Worried wity, the incessant demands made on his office and overcome with the tremen-. oous efforts he put forth to keen traffic moving during the big Christ mas storm, B. H. Bail. newly elecfe,5 second vice president of the Philadel- pnla & Reading Railway in charge of the freight traffic depa artment sudden " became insane in his office in the terminal building here today He be came so violent that police were call eo ana ne was later removed to an in- sane asylum.
 Since the storm began the freight department of the road has been threatened with a general tie-up MT 6all mas been constantly at work fry. ing to relieve the situation and 1t was que to his unfiagging energies that IraInc IS in its present good s1un Wdth little sleep and with the grea demands from shippers and agents resting upon him. MT. Bail came to the office this morning in an extrerleIv nervous state, and collapsed soon af- ter.
 B. H. Bail is one of the most wide " known and best liked of the higher onclals Of the Philadelphia & Read Ing system From the time he enter ed the service of that road in 1888. m til the present time. his work has se- cured him advancement from one inn portant post to another. A few weeks ago he was named second vice presf- cent and he was to have begun the duties Of his new office on January ?. chaos caused by the blizzard was fo have been his last big job in the posi- ton as head of the freight trafic de partment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
DRUMM RID OF
 END WIFE WOULD
 DIVORCE FIRST

Mortimer Drumm. a resident of Broad street. who only a week ago had his marriage of June 6. 1908, to Ica Jordan of this city. annulled be- cause he had found out that he was married man. though he thought himself divorced at the time of the nuptials. is now seeking a separation from his first wife, from whom he thought he had the decree Drumm on Oct: 10. 1896. married Bertha Mo Masters in Cobleskill. SchOharie coun- ty. New York They lived with each other until October. 1899. Then both went to Attorney John J. Finder of their home town and mutually agreed to live apart Papers Of separation were drawn up. which both parties thought were papers of divorce. The matter never went to the courts Drumm came to this city where he wooed and wed Ida Jordan on, June 6. 1908. A month later to the day he became conscious of the fact that he was not divorced from his first wife From the date this information was conveyed to him he has never lived with the second Mrs. Drumm.
 Drumm wants the decree on the ground of assertion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
FREED WHEN POVERTY OF HOME IS
 DISCLOSED TO COURT.

Out Of work and with his sick wife and two small children to care for, Stephen Almishea was arrested yester- day at State street and Howard ave nue after raising a disturbance while under the influence of liquor. He had very little to say in court this morn ing except to ask for mercy owing to the illness of his wife and the poverty of his home.
 He was fined g and costs for breach of the peace and $5 for resisting Pa trolman Lundberg. When the facts of his home life were investigated and found to be true. judgment was sus- pended and he was released from jail so that he might look after his wife.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
SUITS FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
 AGAINST TROLLEY COMPANIES
Nine Year-Old Boy Asks $1OOO0 for Loss of Leg Nathaniel Wood of This City, Seeks $2,ooo for Rup- tured Kidney

Charles L. Pardee, a nine year old youth Of Danbury, has brought suit Tn the Superior Court against the Danbury & Bethel Street Railway Co. Tor S1O,O00 damages. On April 4. 1909, Pardee was run over on Main street by one of the cars of the com pany receiving injuries which neces- sitated the amputation of his left leg. aooVe the ankle He alleges that the car was going at a high rate of speed. ana was about to round a curve.1 He states that there was no contributary negligence on his part.
 Nathaniel Wood, a resident of Jane street, this city, has brought suit for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
LIQUOR DEALERS
 IN CITY COURT
ARRESTS ON EVIDENCE FUR WISHED BY EAGLE DETECTIVE AGENCY - TRIAL OF LEUNG CHICK CHUNG CONTINUED.

William J. Heaphy. proprietor of the Garde hotel. BPS South Main street, and James Mullaney. liquor dealer at 2s6 Main street, were arrested on warrants this morning, charging them with selling liquor on Sunday They were arraigned in the city court and had their trials continued until Jan. 19. They will be defended by Attor- ney Jacob B. Klein
 The evidence in both cases was fur nished to Prosecuting Liquor Agent Henry Greenstein, Sunday night, by the Eagle National Detective Agen- cy whose men had been in both places during the day. Warrants were sworn out last night against the accused and Patrolman Wagner arrested them this morning.
 The trial of Leung Chick Chung who is charged with assaulting Charles King, fellow Chinaman, Nov. g, was continued until Jan. f. Attorney Will liam Comley will defend him. Attor- ney E. K. Nicholson will appear for King and assist the state in the pros ecution of Chick Chung. Charles Hung. proprietor of a grocery store on lower State street, went surety for the appearance of Chick Chung, in court. Tuesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
REDUCED IN NUMBERS, BUT STRIPPED OF POWER, LORDS
 MAY REMAIN LEGISLATORS
Program of Liberal Party With Respect to Hereditary Upper Chamber of English Parliament Is Decided Upon-Its Execution Is Conditional Upon Victory In Coming General Elections.

titles will descend to their sons. but
 not their privilege to sit in the upper branch.
 As these peers die their places will
 be filled by new members. not neces-
 sarily titled, chosen by the House of Commons, either from among its own
 membership or outside of It. The
 present plan is that these members
 shall serve for two sessions of parlia-
 ment- The Commons will make their
 selections politically, in proportion to the political color of their own mem
 bership.
 The ultimate result will be that the
 House of Lords will include small proportion of life members. the balance consisting of two-session members of the Commons selection. The life peers will be nominally appointed by the King. but inasmuch as these appoint ments are always made in accordance with the wishes of the leaders of the party in power at the time. they will necessarily represent the majority of the people
 conservative House of Lords may att tempt to block this program at almost any stage by refusal to acquiese in the bill. Should this happen the Lib eral majority in the House of Com mons will solve the difficulty by call ing on the King to create enough Liberal peers to give them a majori- ty in the upper as well as in the low CT house. The King never refuses his peers request for new members.
 A threat of the King was made against the Lords by Premier Lord Gray when they attempted to tie up the famous English election reform bill in 1882. The threat alone proved sufficient. the Lords yielding rather than be swamped by an overwhelming number of mushroom members of their own color. The Liberals think his tory will repeaA itself in the present case.
 Titles will doubtless continue to be confined even after the reformation of the House of Lords but they will be mere honors and will carry no priv ileges Or rights. The general view is that they will gradually go out of fashion.
 King Edward is said to be seriously uneasy concerning the future of the crown itself. It is recognized that while the King remains satisfactory to his people 1t Is unlikely that any thing will be done toward depriving him of the figure-head post which he at present Should he give signs of reactionary tendencies, 1t wuoid be altogether unwise. The ten 1re of a monarch who undertook to -hwart his subjects will in England Tn the present day would be extremely short
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
BRAKEMAN BREAKS REMNANT OF MANS
 PREHISTORIC TAIL
Now He Believes He Is De scended from the Simian Family.

John Leavenworth, aged 33, of 70 Freeman street, a brakeman, is now convinced that the Darwinian theory has substance and bottom. One of the proofs that man is descended from an animal like a monkey con- sists in the presence of three extra cartridges at the base of the spine. which are useless, and are supposed to be the remains of a once flourish ing tail, which has withered away Leavenworth fell from a freight train in the East End yards. this morning, and fractured this rudimentary pro- cess where it joins onto the spine. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital up- on the order of Dr. J. M- Kiernan, of the Emergency hospital corps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
By Charles P. Stewart, European
 Manager of the United Press.)

By Charles P. Stewart, European
 Manager of the United Press)
 London. Dec. sS.-The English Lib- eral party leaders have finally pretty definitely made up their minds what to do with the House of Lords in case they win at the ocming National cleo tior
 The extreme Radicals have advoca- ted the complete abolition of the cham Der. Those of a more moderate type demanded an elective upper house. The element which may most accur- ately be described as conservatively Liberal. has argued for a combina- ton of the elective and hereditary principles.
 The group in favor of the single chamber system has been completely overruled- England is too conserva- tive for such an innovation. The oth- CT groups Of Liberals have effected compromise and the program is this:
 Assuming that the Liberals win at the polls in January the Lloyd-George budget will be re-introduced- It will unquestionably pass.
 That will dispose of the financial problem and leave the Liberals free to turn their attention to the reform ation of the legislative system A bill will be passed by the Commons de- claring the Lords unentitled to inter fere with any financial legislation pas -
 The next step will be the introduc- ton of a measure providing that any bill not a financial measure, passed by the Commons. rejected by the Lords, repassed by the Commons, again rejected by the Lords and then re-paseed by the Commons. after an intervening election, is to become law without further submission to the up per. house.
 Then will come the very last step. The House of Lords will be reduced by legislation to a membership of probably 150- This number will ina clude the off1ceholders whose positions carry peerages with them. IL Is as sumed that men who have risen to high positions in the government, may be taken to be competent legis- lators. The balance of the 150 will be chosen from among the present peers whom the Commons consider really to have done something for their coun- try
 The members who are peers by vir- tue of their government offices have always been what is known in Eng land as Hfe-Lords. Their titles do not descend to their children This same system will be continued under the new arrangements The innovation will lie in the fact that other peers will also only be lffe-Lords. Their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
BOSTON BULL TERRIERS ATTACK ON MRS. M'GILL
 MAY COST OWNERS S7.5OO

Two prominent families of Danbury are at war over a Boston Bull terrier. Not for the possession of the animal. but because the canine attacked one of the parties, LeClair and Emma c. White, owners of the terrier, have been sued by Mrs. Mary c. McGin for s5.0c0 because of the injuries she has sustained. and for s2.500 by her hus- band. William M. McGill. for losing the services of Mrs. McGi1. as a wife and as a housekeeper. Property of the Whites has been attached to sat isfy the claims. Mrs. McGill in her complaint states that on Jan. 19. this year. while walking in Abbott street. Danbury. she was attacked by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
WANDER LUST GRIPS BOY OF
 ELEVEN YEARS
FILLING HIS POCKETS WITH CHRISTMAS GOODIES LITTLE FELLOW TAKES FREIGHT TO VERSAILLES. ARRIVING HALF FROZEN.

The wanderiust attacked little Peter Marona. aged II yearc. of 50 Good win street. Christmas day, and after he had emptied his stocking of the good things therein, and filled his pockets with them. he left his home. It was about 10 o'clock Christmas morning. His parents supposed he had gone out to play with the other children and did not think any more about him until dinner time, when he did not appear. They waited for him and then searched the neighborhood but they could find no trace of him. All Saturday night and Sunday they worried and fretted over the disap- pearance of the lad. They reported the disappearance to the police. This morning letter was received from an uncle, in Versailles, which is near Norwich. stating that Peter had ar rived there, late Saturday, aboard a freight train
 Covered with dirt and almost stifr from the cold he could hardly speak Peter will return home within a few days
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
MAD DEPOSIToRS
 BOMBARD BANKER
Put Herman Epstein, Whose Private Bank Failed, on the Run Today.
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New York. Dec. 2s.-Time has not turned the anger of the depositors who two years ago last their money in the private bank which Herman Epstein conducted in Brooklyn. and when Her man. who has been rather elusive since the failure of his bank. reappeared on the scene today, several dozen of his former patrons, mostly women. fell upon him with great agility and ask ed him to account for their money. Epstein appeared before Magistrate Riley on the complaint of one of his former depositors who alleged that he had lost $500 in the banks suspension.
 The magistrate decided that the case was one for the civil courts The crowd in the court scented defeat from afar and when Epstein. accompanied by two detectives, reached the side walk, there was a jury" of about 50 men and women feady to try his case.
 Epstein was pelted and mauled and but for the fact that he and his es- cort established a new record for the 100 yard dash in their flight or street car, he would probably have been cut up for souvenirs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28
UNCOVER MYSTERIES OF TWO CHINESE
 SECRET SOCIETIES
POLICE CAPTAIN CALVIN CAP TURES IMPORTANT PAPERS AFTER SHOOTING OF LOW NE PONG.
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 New York, Dec 2S.-JThe weird nsys- teries of the -Four Brothers and the ''on Leong Tongs-. the two greatest Chinese secret societies will. it Is be- lieved. be uncovered in the papers found today by Police Captain Calvin in a large iron box belonging to Low Jung. the withered. feeble Chinaman who was shot to death last night in a room at 3011 Pell street. at the same time Low Ye Fong. himself more than 70 years old--was fatally wounded
 The papers show that Low Jung was the treasurer of. the Four Brothers So- ciety. and that he with Low Ye Fong had been doomed to death by the On Leong Tongs.
 The Four Brothers is the oldest of the Chinese secret societies It dates back several thousand years. The Four Brothers Is also one of the strongest of the Chinese societies.
 Low Jung. Low Ye Fong and several other old men. members of the Four lived in a small room at 301a Pell street They made their living by running errands for other Chinese. Last night several Chinamen burst open the door and began firing. When the policemen reached the place they found Low Jung in a coal bin dead Low Ye Fong was fatally wounded. The police arrested four Celestials who are held for investigation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28

s2,0O0 damages against the Connecti- cut Co. for injuries sustained on the evening Of Nov. 3rd, election night
 Wood states that while on an East Main street car he signaled the con- ductor to stop at Jane street. The conductor obeyed his signal and the car began to slow up. As he was about to alight, the Conductor gave the signal to the motorman to start ahead With the motion of the car ne was thrown heavily to the ground sustaining several scalp wounds, and inJuring his elbows and knees He also sustained a slight rupture of the Kidneys, and because he is now 10 years Of age, the injury will be per- manent