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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
Municipality for Local Young
sters Will Be in Charge of
R. ]. Horton and OrviIIe
BrunSon.
WILL HOLD ELECTION
ON THE FIRST DAY
Accommodations Will Be Pro-
vided for About Fifty Lads
And Expense Attached Will
Be Reasonable.

The plans of Orville Brunson, boys
Y. M. C. A. secretary, and r. J. Hor-
ton, physical director of the Y. M. c..
A., for the boys city, to be held in
connection with the chautauqua as
sembly, August 2O-29, Glen Miller park
have been approved by the directors
of the association. Mr.. Horton and
Mr. Brunson will have charge of the
boys and will be responsible for their
welfare. Arrangements will be made
for the accommodation of about SO
boys.
The omst interesting event in con-
nection with the boys city will be the
election of officers on Saturday morn.
ing at 10 O'Clock. There will be no
parties formed among the residents of
the city but two or three candidates
will be nominated for each office. The
elective offices are as follows: May
or. city clerk, treasurer and six coun.
cilmen. The following offices will be
filled by appointment, either by the
mayor or other officials: Three mem.
bers of the board of works. city con.
lAoAOA, SAIy dltOAhC olA0CI NOIllAlS-
sioner. city health officer, librarian
and chief of police
Location Of City.
The city will be located at the south
entrance Of the grounds in the catalpa
grove. The city hall will be large
tent located near the gate. Around
this will be the homes of the citizens
formed in the shape of a crescent
The residences of the boys will be
tents IL by IA feet and sufficiently
large to accommodate four or five
boys.
Different athletic events will be
planned by the residents of the city
Among these will be tennis tourna
ment. baseball games, track events
swimming contests, etc. Camp fires
will be held on certain evenings. The
affair will be eliminated by circus
The Hawkins pond has been leased
for certain hours during the day By
Messrs Brunson and Horton.
Only boys between the age of II ant
1S years will be permitted to become
citizens The privileges will cost 81
| This sum including entrance fees, tar
assessments and the like
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
HOLD CAMP MEETING

A ten days colored camp meeting Is
to be held In the Hawkins grove BE-
ginning next Sunday. 1t II expected
that many visitors from without the
city will spend the entire period in the
city 20 ~ to take advantage Of the
meetingA This is the first time In
several years that . genuine camp
meeting has been attempted In this
city. The Hawkins grove In located
north Of Glen Miller park. The east
fork Of the river flows through the
grove and plenty a water = supplied
Tor baptismAl parpooeA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
Old Settlers Picnic Will Meet
Next Saturday for Its Fiji
tieth Time and Big Crowd
Is Expected.
PLAN TO MAKE EVENT
AN AUSPlClOUS ONE
In 1859 the First Meeting
Was Held But There Are
But Few Living Now Who
Attended Picnic.

The semi-centennial Old Settlers
picnic will be held at Centerville the
third Saturday in this month. This
picnic is an annual event and the only
one of the kind held in this part of the
county. Because It celebrates its half
century birthday. 1t is the intention
Of the association to make 1t the most
auspicious of all. Special effort is be-
ing put forth to provide an unusually
interesting program.
The old settlers picnic Is to Center
vile what the fall festival has come to
be to Richmond. II is the one big
thing OF the year. For six months
each year, Centerv;lle citizens plan for
the event and for the succeeding six
months they recall the incidents that
marked the day. Large crowds al
ways attend and interest is general
throughout the county. persons com.
ing from all parts. Richmond always
is represented by several hundreds. II
is the intention this year to send over
a delegation of fall festival visitors
and this means there will be plenty
of enthusiasm.
The First Meeting.
1t was in 1859 that the first meetins
was called for the old settlers Of the
county. But a very few Of the men
and women who attended that gather.
ing will be present to mark the ami
versary. But the intention is to Sc
cure as many of these old pioneers a
possible. When the first group assem-
bled. 1t was in the Jones grove north
Of Centerv1lle. The gatherings were
held there for q few years. when the
old fair grounds site south of town
was selected. But later the place oi
meeting was again removed. This
time Kings grove north of Centerville
was selected and this has been the
meeting place for the last twenty-five
years. The first meeting was held
there August 81, 1886. The fiftiett
anniversary Of the picnic will be held
on the same calendar date, August
q. as the first in Kings grove. Only
| one meeting has been missed, because
of weather conditions, that was in
1906
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
A DELAWARE TOWN
IS RAzED BY FIRE
Little Town of Milton Now
Has Only Twelve Build
ings Standing.
LOSS RUNS OVER A MILLION
IN ANSWER TO APPEAL MADE ~
TAPPING TELEGRAPH WIRES,
GOVERNOR SENDS soLpiERo
TO THE SCENE.
(American News Service)

(AmerlCan news SefV1ceD
Dover, Del, Aug. 13.-M1lton, a
banking post town of 1000 inhabitants
thirty-eight miles south Of here, was
wiped out by fire today OF 10 build
ings-business establishments and resi-
dences-only IL are left standing.
The fire which started in the busi-
ness section in the northern part of
the town, had gained considerable
headway before it was discovered.
The headquarters of the two fire com.
panies were destroyed and the firemen
were powerless to do anything to
check the spread Of the flames until
aid arrived from nearby towns.
All Are Homeless.
Practically all the Inhabitants are
now homeless, and in answer to an
appeal for aid Governor Pennewill
started a troop of soldiers to the scene
with tents an provisions at daybreak
Relief expeditions are also being or.
ganized in neighboring towns.
Shortly after the fire was discovered
the entire business section was ablaze
and the flames were sweeping every.
thing before them. The fire attacked
the Pender house, the biggest hotel In
the town and many of the guests mar.
rowly escaped with their lives. The,
fled in scant attire to the street, leav.
ing behind their clothing and valua
bles.
The Sussex Trust and Title com
pany. where $4,000 was on deposit
was destroyed. the fire proof vault il
which the money was kept alone re
naming intact
The value of the property destroyed
is estimated at 81 100000.
A Bank Destroyed.
| The handsome home of Governor
Pender was among the buildings des
troyed. The house was in charge o
servants, the family being out Of town
and not thing was saved. The Mil
ton National bank building, where /,
| large sum was on deposit was raze.
to the ground.
| When the fire was discovered effort!
were made to summon aid by tele
phone, but it was discovered that tn
wires were down. The telegraph
wires of the Maryland, Delaware 1
Virginia railway were then tapped
and a special train was started from
Cheswold. with volunteer firemen an,
/ fire fighting apparatus. 1t was foun.
however that the tracks were blocket
for New York. The apparatus was theI
transferred to q steamboat, but tn
town was destroyed before they ar
rived.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
SOCIETY WILL MEET

The Wayne County Hosticslturx1
society win meet Tomorrow afternoon
lin the new rooms at tie court 1ouso
|at o'clock. II b important hat .
large attendance be preseat Tho -
|ciety has been asked 10 couDof1fo q
the TAN festival arraneemeats - t11s
matter wiIl be brought up for enaa1G-
GRAFTON. There Vim - . pguGE1D =
|inteEeot
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
Friendship for the United
States Costs Popular Off
cial His Office and He May
Lose His Head.
CHANG YIN TANG-TO
ASSUME THE BILLET
Greatest Offense of Retiring
Diplomat Was His Failure
To Drag America Into the
Eastern BraWIs.

Washington, Aug 13.-For the Sec
ond time the friendship of WI Ting
Fang, the Chinese Ambassador for the
United States, has cost him his Off
cial position. and the hope Is held out
in diplomatic circles that it will not
cost him his head.
The popular diplomat has been re-
called by his Government, and he is to
be supplanted by Chang Yin tang. a
man who leans only to China and the
Chinese. and who is regarded as a
progressionist, as the word Is con-
strued by China.
DR.. wu's decided friendship for the
United States and his subsequent fall
ure to drawing the United States into
Eastern braw1s, as the Chinese poll
ticians wanted him to do. brought
down upon him once more the dis
pleasure Of his home office.
Two distinct failures are believed to
be charged up against the popular OF.
ficial in China, whether rightfully or
not.
One was the failure of China to get
the United States to take the initia-
tive against Japan in the Chinese
japanese row over the Antung- Muk-
den military road Minister WI un-
fortunately was not in Washington
when this came up, being on visit
to Peru.
Knox Called 8rowbeater.
Without doubt his Government ex-
pected him to swing the situation In
favor Of the Chinese Government, and
his absence at the psychological mo-
ment gave rise to the belief that his
leaning toward this country again In
terfered with the performance OF a
duty that for this reason would have
been irksome and against his grain
His critics at home openly claimed
that his office was browbeaten by Sec
retary Knox.
The other failure was in regard tC
the effort of the Chinese Foreign OF
flee to play into the hands of the Ger
man n-English-French syndicate in the
| matter OF the loan for the Hankov
! Railroad.
When China practically ignored the
American financiers and the State De
partment of this country took The
| matter up, WI was conspicuous In de
| tending his Governments action onl,
by his absence. and in washing his
hands Of the whole matter.
China could not see why its Am
bassador did not at once stop the pro
tests of the United States Government
| in regard to the loan and keep thu
| protestors mute before the mighty
power of the Chinese Government.
Again WI Was Blamed.
Here again Wu's friendship for tn,
United States was blamed for th,
back-down act performed by the Chi
nese In granting United States finan
/ ciers one-fourth of the loan.
The first recall of Minister Wu. an,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
NO COURT WAS HELD

Judge Fox spent today in his pri-
yate ONCE and there was no circuit
court. The Judge said he would mot
mind attending to what business
might come mp. but pointing to the
calendar he said he didn't believe any
of the lawyers would want to tackle
such odds.
us TriAay, he tAiEsssasA..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
Aoain WI Was Blamed.

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-13
TO HAVE EXCURSION

The Penny Club. in order to raise
funds for the work this winter, will
give an excursion to Cincinnati. Thurs
day. September ?. The round trip
fare will be S1.25. and a special fare
Of Go cents for children. The excur-
sion will be held over the Pennsyl-
yania.
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(Continued On Pacs Seven-l
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
Why Women Do Not Marry


1t is possible that the woman never
lived who was born without the in.
stinct of romantic love and its less ro-
mantle sequels, but the sharpened in.
tellectS of the modern female teach her
to observe not only that indulgence
in the primitive blessings is often pro-
ductive of tame happiness at best
but that ii is mere chance if she does
not waste several years of her active
youth for some man to exert his in
alienable right to WOO and propose.
A man may trample down barriers
make opportunities, persist, over.
whelm, but a woman, with double the
fascination and intelligence. must eth
er stoop to contemplate scheming or
proudly bide her time, as likely as not
to miss her one chance of happiness
because circumstances do not give her
the opportunity to reveal herself to
the kindred spirit.
If she cannot pursue a man as q
man pursueS a woman when he wants
her, If she has not the supreme at
fractions which bring man to WON
ans feet with a flash Of the eye, she
can at least avoid the mean subter-
fuges of the Observation-Disclosures, and lead
life in which man as love fac
tor is practically eliminated. She can
also enjoy much the same privileges as
men, until. perhaps-who knows?-one
day she may meet in this larger, fuller
life congenial, many-sided creature
who wants something more than re
production of his grandmother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
pfR9B oE4E,MzNSn

in her. To be sure, it is partly the
fault of the girl who permits man to
call upon her almost every night and
in other ways shows that her friend
ship is easily attained. On the other
hand, there are very young girls of IS
or 20 who are too hattered by such at
tentions to give them their proper
weight.
Usually the man belonging to this
class is very careful TO commit him
self to nothing. His eyes look unut-
terable things, but he is very careful
not to express them. He thinks OF the
girl as zone more conquest ard as
soon as he is certain of her interest
in him his own interest wanes Be
careful of these ''rushers," girls. Re-
member that when a man really cares
for you he respects you enough not to
take it for granted that your friend
ship may be had for the asking Do
not be too fiattered by sudden bursts
of admiration. True love is slow and
sure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
SMILING DUTCH WOMEN.
Engaging Natures Hidden BEHIND
Unpromising Fronts.

Engaging Natures Hidden Behind
Unpromising Fronts.
Dutch women especially are full OF
precious amiability. They know the
secret of the ready smile. Even the
solemn, stOlid countenances OF the
Scheveningen girls. in their big cloaks
and their wooden clogs and their
white caps worn over middle-parted,
straight hair and kept in position with
knobs of real or imitation gold-even
they light up very quickly and reveal
an engaging nature behind an unprom-
Using front. says a writer in the Lon
don Mail.
The Hague keeps up its village
character by not having yet decided
what it will call itself. Officially 1t is
known IS IS Gravenhage.' Literally
this means the counts hedge" in al
fusion to the early times, when there
was hunting Enclosure of the counts
of Holland here. At the station, how
ever. and in the time tables the place
is called Den Haag" Rather con-
fusing to the foreigner. but not more
so than the habit which prevails in the
capital of keeping all unofficial CLOCKS
and watches twenty minutes fast.
When it is noon at the railway sta
ton and in the postofIlce, it is l2:20
in the streets, shops and hotels. How
ever. ole must be thankful that the
local time" as they call it. is not
twenty minutes slow.
The village aspect of the Dutch
capital was impressed upon me the
other day when ) paid visit to the
burgomaster, or lord mayor. | found
the head of the municipality alone.
reading a book. 1t was lucky for me
that he had so little demand upon his
time, since it gave me the chance OF
a long and interesting chat with
singularly charming man. But. nat
urally, | could not help contrasting his
leisured ease with the lives of violent
activity and hurried, never-ceasing
engagements which are the lot OF the
chief magistrates of other capitals.
And then, coming away from the town
heavily draped with black, was
driven by an odd figure in volumin-
Gus cloak and a seventeenth century
sombrero hat in silk. The village un-
dertaker of course.
Some one has compared The Hague
to Versailles before the French rev.
olution" That is scarcely apt, 1
think. But as | loiter through its
crowded narrow streets and by the
side of its sleepy canals; as / rejoice
in the sunlight on its ripe, red brick
buildings and tiled roofs; rs | wander
beneath its shady alleys and among
it's spacious. quiet "peins" or squares.
feel stealing over me a sense of rest
fulness. an old world quietude, rare,
indeed. in these noisy scurrying times.
The Hague. as BELTS the home OF the
famous, though futile conference. is
one of the last haunts of the spirit OF
peace.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09

Tie designers make no secret now
of the fact that they are making a
strong endeavor to launch the short
gown of Restoration days. Even we'd
ding gowns of splendid satin and
point lace clear the floor; not all of
them, of course; no fashion is abso-
lutte, and few new ones are anything
but experimental. Evening frocks in
all degrees of formality and in the
costliest fabrics clear the floor. These
are not permissible for the woman
over 40. but they will be suggested to
all debutantes and young matrons.
Just how far the style will be accept
ed it is hard to tell Many women,
especially those who are fond of dane
ing, will be only too delighted to ac-
cept it. Dignity and elegance can not
be claimed for it, but it holds the blue
ribbon of comfort, and that goes far
toward its general acceptance. Both
skirts to suits and one-piece frocks
under top coats, for street year, are
generally accepted. There is no sign
of going back to the trailing direc-
toire street skirts of last year. The
tailors are busy cutting off hens.
Their customers are only too glad to
have the fashion change. One year
was enough Of 1t.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09

One reason why living is high is be-
cause we are in an era of rising prices,
world wide and apparently progressive
to yet greater heights. Scholars at
tribute this to increased gold produc-
ton, multiplied demands of prosperity
and a reckless spirit that does not
count the cost of any indulgence that
one can afford.
Another reason why the cost of liv-
ing is high is because we live high.
The right economics and systematic
self-denials of former days are not now
practiced; are not, indeed, necessary.
even to those who amass wealth from
most modest beginnings. On the 9TH
err hand, lavish expenditure is the rule.
and the budget of the average family
discloses many forms OF outlay that
were unknown or tabooed a generation
ago. In the main this is we'll enough.
1t is all the accompaniment of pro-
gress and better standards Of living.
In spite of our increased OUTLAWS men
get richer and get rich more quickly
than they could possibly do forty years
ago. So the high cost of living is not
reducing us to poverty or depriving us
of our comfort and luxuries. 1t is idle
and perhaps wrong to go it" at this
pace and then complain that little is
left after we have bought everything
our hearts desire.-Indianapo Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
No Rent After Death.

I have paid rent all my life;
mean to quit when / die" declared
Warren Foster, OF Ogden, Utah. a
weil-known Socialist writer and speak
or, in a letter expressing his last wish
which was read after his death.
For the final disposition of my old
body" says the letter. my first wish
is that it be cremated- If this is in
convenient or too expensive, then lay
me away in what is known as the pot
ter's field. But in no event, under
any condition, am l to be buried in
any cemetery where they buy and sell
the lots or charge a rental OF any
kind for keeping the lots in condition.
Any evasion of this request will meet
with my hearty disapproval and for
which there will be no forgiveness
either In this life or the next.
IF my life service has not been
sufficient for the community to fur
nish a place to rest this body when
get through with it, then let them
feed it to the more merciful and more
kindly coyotes. Do not spend one
cent for a lot, directly or indirectly
want no landlord calling me up from
rest to pay his rent"
The body was sent to Denver for
cremation
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09

presently, 'that this viii show you how
right / was about him, and that You
will now put this wretched men who
has treated you so shamefully, entirely
out of your mind. There are other men
IN the world, IRENE
! have no doubt tf0t they are all
much the same-cruel and heartless
and wicked I--I-had thought that he
was dead. but he is quite we'll and APP
parently perfectly happy. / shall ind
it very easy to forget him. Dear Aunt
Anna, it is a terrible mistake for a girl
to fall in love with any man; girls who
look out for rich husband are much
more sensiblel That is what I'm go
ing to do"
"Oh. well; we won't exactly put 1t in
that way, Irene dear"
NO We won't put it in words. VIII
we? We will only do it" And Irene
laughed hardly and bitterly.
ITO be continued.)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
The Laugh OF Woman.

A woman has no natural gift more
bewitching than a sweet laugh. 1t
is like the sound of flutes on the wa
ter. 1t leads from her a clear, spar
king rill, and the heart that hears
it feels as if bathed in the cool, exhil-
arating spring. Have you ever pur-
sued an unseen fugitive through trees,
led on by fairy laugh, now here, now
there, now lost, now found? We have
And we are pursuing that wandering
voice to this day. Sometimes 1t comes
to us in the midst of care or sorrow,
or irksome business and then we turn
away and listen, and hear it ringing
through the room like a silver bell.
with power to scare away the evil spir-
its of the mind. How much We owe
to that sweet laugh. 1t turns the
prose to poetry; it filings showers of
sunshine over the darkness Of the
wood in which we are travelling; it
touches with light even our sleep,
which is no more than the image of
death, but is consumed with. dreams
that are the shadows of Immortality
Manford's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
AN HONEST CAPITALIST.

Incident Illustrating the Integrity
of the Late J. s. Kennedy.
The late John s. Kennedy, the New
York banker, was a sturdy man, one
who could be trusted.
In Wall street he was well thought
Of. He had been in some big deals.
In the Northern Securities deal OF
1902. which pushed Northern Pacific
stock from 800 to 700 in three days.
With an odd franticsale at $1,000. Ken
eedy stood with the Morgan syndicate
and helped that great undertaking.
With James ]. Hill, Lord Strathcona
and Lord Mount Stephen he held 2O0.-
300 shares of Northern Pacific certif-
Gates which the market could not
tempt from the strong box
These men had promised Mr.. Nor
gan that they would stand by him
against the effort to GUST him from
Northern Pacific control and with a
soaring mark they resisted the temp
tation to possess themselves OF ire
mendous fortune The opposition Of
fered them Sl4,000,O00 profit on their
holdings at the beginning of the move
ment and toward the end they might
have multiplied that twenty times.
Mr.. Kennedy was the mainstay in that
combination, which saved the proper
ty to the Morgan interest and assured
it the development that it afterward
enjoyed.
Northwestern development was al
ways Of keen interest to him. II en-
gagged his close attention for 80 years.
He was one of the pioneers with
James ]. Hill in that field. He had
part in the construction of the Greas
Northern road, and in 1881 was a
member of the syndicate that con-
tracted with the Canadian government
to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
For some years he served as di-
rector of that company. He figured
also in the Incorporation of the Union
Pacific