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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13

desiring such Offices and board can
have the same by SO providing by ord
nance of the city council. II not so
provided, the city council performs the
duties of the board of public works;
the city clerk performs the duties OF
the city controller, and the mayor per-
forms the duties of the city Judge. He
has a right, however, with the consent
of the city council to appoint a justice
of the peace to act as city judge. The
salaries Of all oficials of the cities Of
third and fourth classes are reduced.
A High License Bill.
The county local option law will be
repealed, If at all, apparently by bill
which Senator Mccullough is arrang
ing to introduce in few days. 1t will
be practically a high license bill but
will restrict the saloons to certain
districts. Senator Mccullough has
given out an outline of what his bill
will be, and this is what he says it
will contain:
No saloons will be permitted except
in Incorporated cities and towns, and
saloons shall be confined to the busi-
ness districts or the fire limits. This
would in my opinion, do away with the
road houses which are a menace in
every community.
THE number of saloons shall be
limited to one for every 900 inhabi-
tants. and when a saloon license ex.
pires it sail not be renewed until the
lott Inc
"a license fee of not less than 81 900
shall be charged. and perhaps in the
cities this fee might be higher.
The license should be granted by
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the Judge Of the circuit court on prop
er showing by the applicant that he is
a At person to have a license When
there has been a violation Of the law
the circuit Judge shall at once revoke
the offenders license, and he shall not
be permitted to engage in the saloon
business for two years. In event OF
the death or total disability of hold
err Of license, l mean disability tn
conduct the business. the license is
sued to him can be sold to a competent
person. but the Judge of the circuit is
to pass on the competency Of tie per-
son desiring to purchase the license
just as If he were an original app!i-
cant. The license in case of death
shall become a part of the estate of the
decedent salable by the administrator
or executor. always. of course. under
permission of the Judge Of the circuit
court.
NO bond except that of surety
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13
Bats In q Bedroom.

An army Of bats invaded the bed
room of a rectory in Dorsetshire, and
from every part of the room they
could be heard plunging against mir
rors and glasses, knocking against the
ceiling, while too often to be pleasant
one would hit against the head of the
bed. The rector struck a match and
lit candle. This served to attract
the creatures nearer to that particu-
lar part Of the room in which the bed
was placed. Then the reverend gen.
tleman placed the candle near an open
window. only to find that other bats
began to come in, SO that 1t was i'm
possible to count how many there
were in the room. Another plan was
tried. All the curtains were drawn
aside and the east window opened
wide. The light was put out, and the
visitors gradually dispersed.-London
STANDARD
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13
Every Voter In County
Cast Ballot for Taft

sealed shows that Taft's electors re-
ceiyed every vote cast in the county.
No votes were recorded for the electors
of any other candidate for the presi-
dency or vice presidency. .-..
Curiously enough, too. this vote was
not cast in a strongly republican state
or in a northern state.
Zapata county contains less than 5000
inhabitants, and it cast its AS votes
solidly for the Taft and Sherman
electors. The county is down on the
Mexican edge.
Careful examination fails to disclose
similar case in the history of AM
arican political elections.
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Washington, Jan. IA curious and
interesting fact is disclosed by an an
alysis of the returns Of the recent
presidential election It is that one
county of the United States-Zapata
county, Texas-cast its vote unani-
mously for the electors Of William H.
Taft, the republican candidate.
This fact was stated recently to
Franklin K. Lane, one of the inter
state commerce commissioners and he
investigated the matter.
In substantiation of the statement
he is in receipt Of certificate OF w
r. Davis. secretary of state of Texas
The certificate duly signed and official
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Senator Tillman's arguments de

Senator Tillmans arguments de-
livered in the senate in reply to Pres
idsrt Roosevelt's attack would have
been more convincing if he had de-
voted more time to the defense OF
himself and not so much to the de-
Tense of the senate and to the abuse
OF the president. Tillman, not the
senate, was under fire at this particu-
lar time The senator from South
Carolina could we'll have centered his
attention upon the task OF clearing
up that Western land deal scandal.
Instead he lost precious and useless
time in declaring that Roosevelt
Lives in glass house with a glass
floor and Keeling off yards more OF
such rubbish The people have heard
that before. This is not the first
time that Mr. Tillman has used vitu-
beration. The trick has ceased to
have novelty. The last few days the
people have been informed that TILL
man is a CRATER.
What they expected Monday was an
generation of himself. Instead he
gave them mere words and then re-
firing behind the barrier of his long
career. declared that since he had
conducted himself honorably for sixty
one years he could not possibly go
wrong in public life now. Well, we
have heard of cases which tend to
disprove the senator's theory. We
prefer facts about that Oregon land
deal to any theory of the man accused.
II the senator has the facts which
will exonerate himself. he had better
give them an airing and be In haste
about 1t. Otherwise that promised
vaudeville stunt of making President
Roosevelt sit up and look at himself
may never come off. Instead we may
have substituted the rare spectacle of
the t"Pitchfork" senator sitting up,
looking at himself and not recognizing
the likeness. Theodore Roosevelt is
not the man to waste words. He has
made mistakes but he has also risen
above them. In this instance his
charges seem to be borne out by the
weakness OF the South Carolina mans
defense. If this is true it is safe to
say that the president will take full
advantage of his OF. unity
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13
THE CABIN BOY.
He Has Become Practically 4 Thing
Of tho Past

Hs Has Become Practically a Thing
Of the Past.
An old sea captain who brought his
ship into port recently after a long
voyage from the east was talking about
the changed conditions in the merchant
marine since he entered it fifty years
ago.
II was thinking particularly" he
said, 'of how the cabin boy has COM
pletely disappeared, or at least how ex-
tremely rare he is now l went to sea
when I was twelve years old and got
my full share Of the many duties and
few pleasures that belonged to the job
took. I waited on the officers, or
the passengers If we had any, helped
the steward in the pantry and even
had to assist cookie despite the chron-
ic kicking 1 put up over that imposi-
ton. Besides all those things, of
course. the crew made me run errands
for them, and everybody in general
seemed to regard the boy as the
scapegoat for anything that went
wrong. All new cabin boys we're un-
mercffully laughed at IL they were
either homesick or seasick, aud there
were various practical jokes which had
to be tried on them by the seamen. /
remember we'll how was told the first
day came aboard never to throw any
thing to windward except hot water
and ashes and how I was green enough
to follow these orders implicitly. The
sight of my red and streaming eyes set
the crew into roars Of laughter
Those times are gone There's no
place at sea for any one but an able
bodied man now. Even the mess boys
SO called on the liners and in the navy.
are all men. The modern changes in
the build Of vessels have left no work
at for boy. and l don't believe you
could ind one now unless on some very
small craft. Philadelphia Ledger.
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extra fare every time passenger gets
on board a train without a ticket.
Senator Fleming of Fort Wayne, intro
duced one bill and Senator Kistler of
Logansport the other. They say the
railroads wish the law in order to dis
courage the habit Of getting on train
without a ticket. and that the rail-
road organizations wish it because it
lessons the burden of the conductor
and gives him better opportunity to
handle his train properly and to make
reports in better time.
Home Government Measure.
The bill introduced by Senator Nc
Cullough of Anderson to change the
metropolitan police law proposes to do
the job by simply taking from the
governor the appointive power and
placing it in the hands of the mayor
and common council to name the po-
lice commissioners of each city. This
is about the only material change the
bill makes in the present law. The
system of handling the department
will be the same. 1t is believed this
bill will surely pass.
1t is proposed by the bill of Senator
Stotsenburg to take South Bend and
Terre Haute out Of the third class OF
cities and place them in the second
class, leaving New Albany, Muncie and
Anderson in the third class, and there
is no change in the law affecting cities
of the first and second class. In cities
of the third and fourth class the bill
abolishes the Office of city judge, city
controller and board Of public works
1t contains a provision however. that
any city of the third and fourth classes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13
TIME IN TURKEY.
The Hours Are Always Changing and
Holidays Are Numerous.

The Hours Are Always Changing and
- Holidays Are Numerous.
In addition to laziness in Turkey
there is inaccuracy The Turkish Of
fetal is naturally inaccurate, and habit
and conceit make him more so. This
perhaps is due to the way in which
Turkey measures time. Twelve O'Clock
in the day corresponds with sunset
that Is to say, whatever hour the sun
sets, it must always be II. Conse-
quently the hours change always, get
ting later the first half Of the year and
earlier in the last, which compels ev-
erybody to put his watch to daily tor
ture. So no one in Turkey can flatter
himself that he has the exact time.
The most strict of Englishmen soon
loses his national punctuality, SO when
two Turks make an appointment it is
within the limit Of half an hour or an
hour, and even then they don't gen.
orally arrive till after the time agreed
on, each one calculating on the utmost
possible delay on the part Of the other.
Consequently the state employees are
not bound down by very severe dis
cipline. No one expects them to arrive
at their Office at any particular time,
especially as the majority Of them go
hardly at all. AS for the most indus
trious, they appear for two or three
hours in the afternoon only, and rather
late. In the morning state Offices are
usually closed. Besides this workdays
are rather scarce for the race of off,
Gals. Friday Is the Sabbath Of the
Moha mmedans. Saturday Is the day
aftt a feast day, and one does not do
much then. Sunday the Greeks and
Armenians remain, like good Chris
tians, at home, and the Mohammedans
generally initiate SO good an example,
Monday is again the morrow Of a feast
day. Wednesday there is a meeting of
the council Of ministers, and few en-
ployees go then to the ministry. With
religious festivals added in, 1t is easy to
understand that out Of the 365 days of
the year there are not many left to con-
secrate to the interests of the Otto
man empire-Nicholas c. Adossides in
American Magazine.
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A very delightful bob-sled party
was given last evening by Messrs.
Glenn Whitesell, George Green. Galen
Hopkins. Ira Gift and Edward Cox.
Their invited guests We're Misses
Edith and Edna Hilbert. Rose Me
werth, Mabel Gains. Eva King. Mabel
Wilcox, Mildred Whitesell and Mabel
Bolmeyer. The party drove for some
distance west on the National road,
and returned to the City restaurant,
where supper was served.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13

company shall be accepted This would
prevent the brewers from becoming
bondsmen for the saloons and in6i
rectly engaging in the saloon business.
Local option shall prevail only in
cities and incorporated towns. The
country people will have no vote en-
the question. because there will be
nc saloons in the country"
Senator Mccullough has talked with
good many members of the legisla-
ture and he feels that his bill will go
through.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-13
KNIGHTS WILL
HAVE CEREMONY
This Evening CentervilIe K. of
P. Will Install Officers.

Centerville. Ind, Jan. 13.-The
Knights of Pythias. Centerville lodge,
No. 1874, will hold installation of Off
GERS tonight. A supper will follow
the ceremonies. The officers recently
elected are as follows:
r. E. McMinn. c. c.: c. T. Burris,
v. c.; William Robbins, prelate; Harry
Hart, M. A: John T. Lashley. NJ. F.;
A. H. Horner, M. E.: E. l.. Culbertson,
O. g.; Frank Lashley, O. G.; J. A.
jenkins, trustee.
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UNIFORM SYSTEM
OF BOOKKEEPING
WILL Be ADOPTED
lContinncd From PAGE Onel
Continued From Page One)
fully qualified to act as a deposition
for public funds.
Hanover College Bill.

Tor pubic FUNDS.
Hanover College Bill.
A bill introduced by Senator Nc
Callum is to recharter Hanover college
and make it a non-sectarian and also a
coeducational institution. Ever since
its founding Hanover has been under
the control of the Presbyterian church
and according to its charter it is AN
institution of learning for the sons of
citizens of Indiana" Young women
have never been allowed to attend the
college. and it is pointed out that in
many respects this has worked to the
detriment of Hanover. The board of
trustees believe the time has come to
revise the charter and make it read
IAN institution of learning for the chill
dren of citizens of Indiana.
1t has been found that the charter
must be revised before the college can
accept financial gifts from persons
viii wish to assist 1t.
1t is said the Presbyterian synod
has given up control of the college in
order that the charter may be revised
Benefit to Railroads.
II either one of two bills introduced
in the senate becomes Law railroads
will be allowed to collect ten Giants
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His Strono Point,

HIS strong Point.
ut is true" said a friend, ''that You
have amassed great fortune. But
your grammar
Never mind. the grammar" said
Mr.. Dustin Stax. This Is an era Of
Specifications. may be weak in
some branches, but I'm an authority
on the possessive case"-washington
Star
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Writing For Money.

Green--I hear your wife is an au.
thoress. Does she write for money
sBreen-I never receive a letter from
her that she writes for anything else
Flown Topics.
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For good. wholesome, cheap break
fast, always buy Mrs. Austin's pan
cake -four. Your grocer has fresh
supply.
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Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post
office as second class mail matter.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
BIG DITCH HALF FINISHED

Arkansas City, June 17-About half of the big drainage ditch in the Boggy Lake District has been completed leaving about four and one half miles yet to be dug.. The average depth is about 10 feet
 This is one of the most import ant drainage projects in the state SS,OOO acres Of land being af- fected. Land values are already increasing, and a great indus trial boom is expected to result when the work is completed Many factory sites will be avail ab.es Some of the richest alluv- ial farm lands in the state will be rendered fit for profitable cul- tivatiOn and the healthfulnesS of several counties will be ma terial- ly augmented,
 The cost of the big drainage 1 project is to be ill the neighbor- | hood of S175 .OOO, which will be paid out in 12 years. The drain age assessment is thirty cents on each acre of land or 10 cents or each town lot in the district, The work will be completed in Jan uary of next year. Work was be- gun by G. \. New WMlIamS. con tractor, January 2S of this year He is now working day and night shifts on the job.
 The completion of the dra mage c9DolS wi loWnp ROu1rV o i,p i . feet and drain all of it's tribuf taries, clearing ali the land ir the distr.ct Of standing water.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
A TOTAL ECLIPSE
 OF THE SUN TODAY
Will Be Visible in Prescott This Evening
 Beginning at 6 O'clock.

A total eclipse of the sun will bring night an hour earlier this evening. This will be the first total eclipse visible in Prescott since 1869, shortly after the close of the civil war
 The eclipse will begin about l e.1O. The time for sun set to- night is 7.1O so that the unusual and spectacular not to say un- canny effect of a total eclipse earlier in the day will be almost entirely lost.
 At the time the sun q disappears over the horizon the eclipse will have included about one half of the solar area.
 Owing to the lateness of the eclipse that small part of the state's population which is so ig- norant and illiterate as to know nothing of eclipses will be spared the fright of their lives, for the apparent eXtingu3sh shment for good and all of Old Reliable Sol in midday is well calculated to strike horror and despair to the breast of the most intrepid, who is ignorant 'of the natural cause.
 There are many who will read this who recall the fearsome eX- periences of the negroes and E. norant whites when the sun went into total eclipse in 1869. In broad daylight the sun began to melt away, apparently and the shade as of night began to darken hill and valley alike. When the cows came home and the chickens went to roost, the night birds came forth, bats and owls flew about, mosquitoes and frogs mingled ther uproar with the walls of human beings, many of whom upon their knees besought the mercy of Jehovah. thinking that the end of everything was at hand Soon it began to grow light again, the cock crew, the owls retired and the bats sought shelter while the human petition CTS for divine mercy brushed off their knees and went back to swapping horses and telling fish stories. There were many negroes who never would believe but that the world had very narrow es- capes
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17

of the engine, and turned just in time to see MT, May as he was knocked from the track to the creek below
 The train was stopped and MT May was found with his brains knocked out, and his lungs visible by an opening made in his breast,
 The deceased was about 70 years of age and partially deaf Although he was facing the train when it struck him it is suppos- ed that creeping along over the long trestle, with head downward he was not aware of the ap- preaching train until it was too late to escape
 A coroner's inquest was held this morning and the verdict of the jury was that he met his death by being struck by a pas senger train of the Iron Mountain railroadt
 MrI May was a respectable cit izen of this township and had been living ihere for a long num- Der of wears.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
IMPORTANT CASE IN
 CHANCERY COURT
Title to ArtesiOn Church Property Being
 Claimed by Two Factions.

The June term of the Nevada Chancery Court convened this morning with Judge Shaver pre- siding. There are several inn pOrtant cases on the docket.
 The first case called, and prob ably the most important is that o fthe suit between the Cumber- land Presbyterian church, and the Unionists over the title to the Artesian church property. This church is situated five miles southwest Of Prescott and is one of the oldest Cumberland Presbyterian churches in the StateA
 Associated with Messrs. Hamby X Haynie, attorneys for the Gum berlands is Hon. W. C, Caldwell of Trenton, Tenn, who was prominent as counsel in the night rider cases, and Messrs. McRae 6s Tompkins are assisted for the Unionists by Hon. John M. Gaut of Nashville. Tenn,
 The present suit .S considered a test case for Arkansas, and many other similar cases throughout the state will await any action until this Cne-is finally decided by the Supreme Court, where it Wml go in any event.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
NO DECISION YET

General Manager C. C. Hend- orson of the Memphis, Paris &
 ;uf railroad announced Tuesday morning that he had two sur yeyors in the field making a re- cognizance survey for an eXten- sion of the road from Murfrees-' boro to Little Rock, via Grayson- ia and Philadelphia
 There are three proposed routes for the extension, the one upon which the survey is now being made. and two from Murfreesboro to Hot Springs one via Amity and another via Glenwood and a de- cis.on has not yet been reached
 " to which route will be takenS Nashville News.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
I. |. MAY KILLED
 BY PASSENGER TRAIN
Accident Happened Between Prescott and Emmet This Morning at 6 O'clock.

TE l.. May, an aged farmer liv- ing five miles south of Prescott, was run over and killed this morn ing by passenger train No. s, a. bout 6 o'clock near his homG
 Mir. May was going to Emmet, two miles south of his place, and facing the train, and was walking along the track, midway of 100 foot trestle, when the train struck him. death resulting instantly.
 There was but one eye wit ness to the accident except the engine crew and that was Mir Joe Willingham who was coming to Prescott afoot, and had stop ped to talk to Nlr. May for afew minutes just before the accident During the conversation the train whistled for Emmet and in few seconds the men parted. In a few minutes Mr. lWillingham heard the rapid, short whistles
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
JACK THE PEPPER

JOpeSboro, June 17-HouseWiVes of JOnesborO are carefully pulling down window shades n bed cham bers these night for a Jack the Peeper't has appeared and is be- ing awaited by angry household CTS with loaded shot guns@ It is not known whether the inquisi- tive one is white or negrot He has been detected in hs mis- chievous operations upon several occasions but the frightened in- mates of the houses have never yet been abe to dist nguish his features suffic ent!y to identify him
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
A SPECIALIST SAYS:
Piles Cant Be Thoroughly Cured by
 Outward Treatment"

Dll j.. $, Leonhardt, of Lincoln, Neb.. the celebrated specialist, who has studied every phase of piles says: Piles can't be thor O4ghly cured by ointments, nor any other outside treatment. The cause is 6nternal and needs inter- nal treatment" Dr. Leonhardt perfected HemRoid the first in- ternal pile cure. It frees crcul- atiOn in the lower bowels and has cured 9S per cent, of cases.
 Sold under guarantee at Hest cry Drug Store. Price S1. ,Dr Leonhardt Co, Station B, Buff falo, \. IT,, prop, Write for book let.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-17
BOYS BREAK CAMP

Hot Springs, June 17-The ten days encampment of youngsters at Camp Roots, on the Ouachita river near here ended today The outing has been conducted under the auspices of the IM.C,A, It will be an annual feature and young men from all over the state will be given an opportun- ity to enjoy outdoor life under the protection of experienced men, at small cost