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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15
BIC DIAMOND THEFT

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE theft OF diar
monds valued at $4,000 from Mrs.
william r.. Harper, widow Of the pres
ident Of the University OF chicago vas
revealed today when the police arrest
ed Leonard Martin. colored, who stole
= chatelaine bag from Mrs. Henrietta
Oday Of Chalmers Place. Martin con-
fessed to the theft and also confessed
that he robbed Nrs- Harper . year ago
while he was porter On Z Chicago
Northwestern train On which 4rs-
Harper was . paseengee. MIA Harp
e kept the matter seerse uu0 nOws
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15

The more the proposition for new
contract submitted by the Richmond
City Water Works Is studied the more
nlarinq does the audacity Of the COM
pany seem In It, incorporation OF Jok-
ers Into its contract. Even the rev
clauses In which II appears to give in
10 the public sentiment aroused BY
.the Palladium, II becomes apparent
that Il 10 the poor man and the mer-
bchant who will bear the burden OF the
inew contract 40 submltted to the
Board OF Works yesterday morning.
The maenanimous water works COM
spany throwing the veil Of free meter
rental over IL scheme has gone tit
''<le too far to entirely reassure the cit
ixens Of Richmond.
POOR MAN PAYS.
The ordinary citizen who buys wat
ker from the company even at the pres
lent rates which are regarded a. high,
does not pay a. 4 rule, very far either
way from $5.4o per annum for his wat
or. Under the plan submitted with a
minimum rate OF Is cents per month
tess than $500 year to the water cor.
poration no matter how little water
he uses. There is no difference
whether q mans meter shows he used
only $4.oo-it is $500 that the man
has 70 pay.
There will be Joy IN the poor mans
heart when he knows that no matte'
how much he tries to cut down hi'
meter statement he cannot get ava,
from the $500.
HITS MERCHANT HARD.
The merchant will be pleased 4
learn that he will have to use $54.O'
worth Of water before he can get th'
present rate cf IS cents and this NJ
matter what his meter shows. He i
In the habit of paying from five t
twenty dollars per year for the Wate
that he uses under the present rates
Il makes no difference now. o
course the merchant will not use s.
worth Of water IN all probability whe
he has been paying five or ten In pr
yicus years so that the rate will !
reality be advanced from fifteen cent
20 twenty-five and half. Under thes
provisions for the increase in rates
will be seen that Il Is hardship o
the small consumer-the very ma
who does need the reductions an
does not get them.
This being the case i Is saight'
lronlcal to read in the last contract
SECTION 81 AMENDED sEPTER
Der 2fST, 1092:-And II the ct'
shall elect to further contract wit
said company. said company. it's su
cessors or assigns. shalt be held
contract with said city for the us'
and privileges Of water, with all rlgh
connected Herewith. upon ~ fave
able terms ~ now herein fixed for q
said period OF twenty years.
City Water Contract.
It is found on examination Of {
contract submitted that the compal
has u mind joker which win ri
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15
zuGG WAS ARRESTED

Thomas Zugg, resident of River
dale, was arrested at Twelfth and
North E street last evening by Officer
Edwards for safe keeping. A charge of
drunk was placed against him also.
Edwards said that Zugg was running
around the north part of the city ac..
ing like a crazy man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15
Have Made Rapid Strides in
Supplying the Public With
Pure and Substantial Dairy
Products.
MANY WILL ATTEND
THE STATE Meeting
Dairy Dealers Over the State
Watching Richmond's Ex-
pertinent in Creating Milk
Inspectors Office.

II anv of the Richmond dairymen
go to Indianapolis. September 1th TO
attend the second annual convention
Of the State dairymen's association,
they will hear some pointed remarks
from H. E. Barnard, State food and
drug commissioner, concerning un-
sanitary methods in handling milk.
Richmond dairymen are now regard
ed as among the foremost in the State
when it comes to bringing about
changes for the good in the caring
for dairy products, and the fact that
this city has regularly employed In
spector of dairies probably will do
much toward giving the dealers in
milk here a place OF honor when the
next state report is issued.
earnard's Statements.
Commissioner Barnard. however,
will have some things to say with re.
spect to dairies in general as they ex.
ist in Indiana and the proprietors OF
dairies will be told that the brewer
who has been running the gantlet oi
popular disfavor in Indiana for sew
eral years, is able to give them valua
BILE advice as to how a food-producine
establishment ought to be run, and
to show them, in his own much-hated
establishment, what a food producer
can do when he once gets 1t into his
head that he must report to cleanli
ness or lose in the fight for trade.
/ Under the definition of food as uset
in the Indiana food and drug laws
beer and whisky are included, and th'
state food and drug commissioner hai
the same power over the brewery an,
distillery as it has over a bakery o
an ice cream mandatory. Mr.. Barn
ard has inspected all the brewerie
and distiileries OF the state, and 1
preparing to hold up to the marke
milk and butter men these establish
ments as object lessons and urge hi
: hearers to study the sanitary cond
tions of the creamery and adopt IL
sanitary methods, both as a healt
and as an economic measure.
Ought to Visit ereweries
"The milk and butter men Of Il
, diana ought to go In body and Wis
. the breweries Of this or other states
said Mr.. Barnard. "iA order to se
, how clean food-producing establisl
{ ment may be made. The brewers.
/ order to protect their trade. have bee
compelled to resort to the clsanel
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15

The first airship annual. entitled
"An the Worlds Airships," is to be
published in England in October.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15
SUBMARINE EXPLODES.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-two per-
sons killed and forty wounded in an
explosion on a Russian submarine
boat at Neva today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15
THE WEATHER PROPHET.

iNplANA-continued cloudy and pro.
babIe thunderstorms.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15
POOR Man AND MERCHANT Will
SUFFER MOST UNDER CONTRACT

The More the Proposition Submitted Yesterday by tne hc
rnond Water Works Company Is Considered tne more
GIaring Does the Audacity Of the Corporation Seem'
Through Its Incorporation of "jokers' Into 1ne rro-
posaHPlib|ic Sentiment Not Appeased.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15

Continued on Page Four.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15

Now that Richmond is having SO
much trouble in the renewing of its
water works contract it may be some
what disheartening to notice that the
company in this contract, as submitted
does not even pause to consider the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
Bishop Marre is
 Visiting His Children

New York. June Two distinguish ed members of the Trappists' order are visiting here as guests of Mgr. Lavelle at the Archdiocesan residence on Mud lson Avenue. They are the Rev. Ed mond M- Obrecht, Abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane, Gethsam- ane, Ky, and the Most Rev. D. Angus tine Mare, who comes from Constance, Germany, where he is Bishop and Ab- bot General of the Trappist order there.
 Bishop Marre came here to visit his children as the members of the Trap In the abbey, which is bare of all car pets and contains little furniture, the monks live. They sleep in gowns, and chant the prayers each morning when the rising bell sounds at 2 o'clock.
 About o'clock at night every one is asleep. The fields around the monas- tery comprise 1,700 acres, and all Kinds of vegetables. and poultry are raised by the monks. At the entrance to the monastery a large sign hangs over the heavy iron gate, which bears this in scription: "If. you desire to enter here 1e:tve your body at the door. Here there is space only for the soul"
 In the dining room at meals the places, which have names marked up- on them. A knife. tin cup. and plate is laid, and the bread, which is, of course, brown, is passed to them. Meat, fish, and eggs are forbidden them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

There is, it is said, a tropical fruit 4rust which last year scored a profit |uf about $e,ooo,ooo on capitaT of s25.- 0o0 900, or about 25 per cent. This is somewhat less than the u Apparent Fprof1ts of some of the other trusts, but 1t is larger than the average percen- lHage of profit in industries which are not controlled by trusts. syu
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

Tn a recent Judicial decision. it was stated in substance. that the sensi- fiveness of a white man was superior to that of a negro, and that, therefore, the latter was not entitled to as heavy damages for laceration of feelings as the former would be under similar conditions.
 Now, Prof. Wilder of Cornell col lege asserts that it is mot possible to distinguish between the brain of a Black man and the brain of a white man." his assertion being applicable only to residents of North America. As mental sensitiveness must emanate from the brain, the judicial decision above mentioned and the assertion of Prof Wilder do not seem to harmon ize Nor does Prof Wilder's view CO., 1ncide with popular opinion which is based, not upon comparisons of the brains of deceased persons but upon the actual achievements of the two races through the world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

Hartford wants more docks and has asked the Legislature for power to un- dertake their construction. There is here that does not belong to one trans portation company" Commenting up on the situation. the Courant says, much of it being applicable as well to Bridgeport conditions:
 The greatest good of the .greatest number is the American motto; and Hartford, the city includes and is greater than all the minor corpora when this proposal for docks comes forward various corporations demand that the right of the city to take what it needs for the city shall be Specifcal- ly excluded from the amendment. Chipping off a bit here and another bit there, it has simmered down to permission to condemn a part of the Colt property and a prohibition against taking anything else.
 If it isn't humiliating for great city to be held up this way, then we do not know what humiliation is and the city itself does not care. The fact is that city ought to have the territory within it's boundaries as truly as the state has such right with in its boundaries. We go farther than that and believe that if a city needs a piece of property for munich pal uses, it should have the right to take it at the valuation which it's own CT swore to when he went to assume his proper share of the municipal ex- penditure. Why should a property be worth $25, 900 when the city needs to tax it, and worth S50,0OO when the city needs to own it?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

moral or the abstract right to decree that any given man shall pay more for an article than the price at which he may buy it elsewhere?
 / This brings the matter down to the point that governments must have revenues which must be raised by either direct or indirect taxation. The former is the more even and rightful way; the latter, the more popular way, because not. realized fully by the taxed persons. Tariff duties constitute the indirect way, and their imposition car- ries a greater or less degree of pro- lection which may be intentional, or ncidental-accidental if the word bet ter expresses the effect of the duties. Under Republican rule, protection in high, often prohibitory, degree has be- come intentional; under Democratic doctrine. it would be purely incidental and not high enough to further i'm crease already swollen fortunes at the cost of the people.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
CA TO @I R..,.tb.. 1Ihe Kind You Hava Always Bought COL. MCGUIRE DEAD
Stampeded Republican Convention That
 Nominated Lincoln in 1860.

Philadelphia, Penn.. June 7.-Col. Alexander Kelley Mcclure famous years ago as a National politician and newspaper man, died yesterday at his home in Wallingford, just after greet ing members of his family. who had since March.
 Col. Mcclure was born in Sherman's S Valley, Perry County, Penn, Jan. g, 1828 and spent the early years. of his life on his fathers farm, During these earlier years he divided his time be- tween the farm and the village school, and at the age of, II he was appren- ticed. to the tanners trade. In 1S46, on the urgent advice of his friends, the editor of the Perry Freeman, to whose paper he had contributed, he began the publication of Whig journal, The Sentinel. at Mifflin, Penn. The little paper did well from the day it was started. Its youthful editor started in at the first to master the details of the printing business. He went to the case. learned to set type, and took his hand at the press every week. At the close of the first year he dispensed with all &iie help of the office, and be- sides editing the paper. set the type, did the press work, and all the other newspaper with the help of single apprentice.
 His first political prominence was in 1858 when he was nominated and de- feated for auditor general by the whigs. A member of the Republican convention which nominated Lincoln in 1860. Colonel Mcclure was the one who suggested that the Pennsylvania dele gates should break away from Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania and vote for Lincoln This was done and Lincoln s name stampeded the convention.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
Gallant.

Beautiful Widow-Do you know. I'm forty years old today. Gallant Bach elOr-Madam. you are just twenty never believe more than half of what I hear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
Oldest War Veteran .
 With Sheridan'S Cavalry

Mi6dletown, N. Y., June 7-Probab biy the oldest veteran on the United States pension rolls is Micajah Wise of Bea- yer Brook, Sullivan county, who has just applied for an increase in pension. Dr. John F. Curlette, a special exam iner, called upon him and was greatly surprised to learn that he was 1GS years old. The pension records give his age as only 10f, but his family say they have absolute proof that he is four years older.
 While hale and hearty, he was not able to travel to be examined, and the Government sent an examiner to him. He was a member of Sheridan's cav airy. He took part in the fighting in Shenandoah Valley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
Desperate Struggle to Save
 Wife From Drowning

Mia gara Falls, N. Y., June 7.-Aaron Cohn of Buffalo saw his young wife leap into the -;swirling river between Second and Third Sisters Islands yes terday afternoon, only 15O feet above the brink of the cataract. Without a moments hesitation he followed her, caught her hand, and struggled des- perately to save her.
 Mrs. Cohn probably died in her hus- bands arms. Before it was possible to bring efficient help an hour had passed, all of which time Cohn was making frantic attempts to reach the shore. But the str4ggle against the current-at this point'it is about twen- ty miles an hour-was beyond merely human muscle. Fortune aided him. With his wife tightly clasped to him he felt himself bump into. a grounded tree stump, and on this he got a grip with his one free hand.
 Cohn lustily shouted for help, and word was carried to the reservation police, but it was nearly an hour after Mrs. Cohn jumped into the river that Policeman James Martin arrived with ropes, with Representative James S. Simons and three other men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
THE SENTENCE OF
 CHAUFFEUR DARRAGH

h .rentencing Chauffeur Darragh to sano+ zs1ess than seven nor more than twenty years imprisonment TOT nav snr killed a. thirteen year old boy by ,-orlless driving of am Automobile, t1udee Muluueen of the Court of Gen lera, Sessions in New York city stated kh.ts the next man who came before him upon a similar charge might s.,av inc nenalty with his life"-that is, unir1t be sentenced to the electric achairs Tn the decision the court said:
 The automobile has come to stay. Rronerly used it is a source or health- s1,,1 recreation. It is an important fac- Eor in business. It affords remunera- ifire employment for many But It IS tclear that its use IS fraugnE w1n tne lEravest danger to skAe people. .I9ere- lEnachines must be- extremely careful.
 Recklessness and negligence will sup .dect them to severe penaItles- Ihey ;1nust not seek their own pleasure or 4 fGouvenience at the risk Of the puohc- m is the paramount duty of the State ifo protect the lives of our people
 This matter of the duty of automo-
 hflists. which is put so clearly by
 fudge Nulqueen. is precisely the point !, which has been urged by this and oth- <r Dapers In substance, it is that
 4he auto driver has not a. superior ;xiRht to the roadway. to which all pe- destrfans and all-drivers of other ve- hicIes must bow. On the contrary, the {. arto driver, having the superior -ve- htcle, must pay due regard to. the safe " of the others, precisely as a steam
 CT upon the water must pay due re- { gard to the safety of sailing vessels. row boats, etc. This is a point which i. evidently not understood by all .op-
 erators of autos. Its neglect or a dis regard of 1t may lead to very serious
 conseuuences, as in the caseSof Chauf-
 feur Darragh. Had he observed it, he,
 would not be now confronted by a
 prolonged stay in Sing Sing prison
 1t is very pleasing to add that here
 in Bridgeport autoists are very much
 more prudent in their driving than
 they were a few months ag6 < Speed ing is much less frequent and, when noticed, the offenders are mostly from I other states Passing trolley cars which are taking on or discharging passengers, is less frequent tand. when ldoing so, the auto Is generally on such | low speed as permits an almost in stantaneous stoppage; in this matter { also, the offenders are generally from other states.
 Possibly. the Darragh sentence will ,Berre to limit the recklessness of New lHork autoists passing through our ] streets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
More Than Pleased

Did Miss Flavilla seem pleased when you asked her to go to the thea terT
 Pleased. She wanted to keep the tickets for fear something might hap pen to me."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

Many of our citizens are drifting to- wards Bright's Disease by negiecting symptoms of kidney and bladder trou- ble which Foley's Kidney Remedy will quickly cure. F. B. Brill. local agent.
 3 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
GIVE FEM THE EARTH
(Hartford Courant.)

The surprising statement that the Judiciary committee of the Legislature is divided (and more surprising still quite evenly divided) as to the hog gish law about letting a neighbor have electricity is difficult to explain.
 The present law. which got on the statute books by some accident of mis- apprehension, is manifestly not satis- actory to the monopolists. It was they who began the movement for its amendment. They were so hun gry and exacting that they stuck their feet into the trough. Now that they have pulled their feet out, they per >sist in demanding the trough and all that they think goes with it. They wanted a. special penalty for violating the law they had secured, and, as if that was not enough, they wanted in junction proceedings so that the vio- lation of the law should not be tried in court but should become contempt of law. get punishment without trial, and thus do it's little all to lessen re- spect for law itself.
 When they were exposed, they with drew all their extraordinary demands and insisted on being let alone. The
 
 towns in all of Connecticut and says that iT those twelve towns no person who happens to have an electric gen. erator on his premises shall share cleo tricity with his next-door neighbor. No person in any town is authorized to cross street with a wire or a pipe without special permission. The electric companies are all fenced in and protected as to their monopolies. Nobody with an electric generator can do more than furnish some electricity to customer in the same block. He can furnish gas heat. It is only electricity that he cannot furnish and that prohibition holds in only twelve places in all Connecticut.
 What poppycock! There are two ways to settle the difficulty. One is to abolish the law, which is what fair minded people all over the state are demanding. The exposure of the situ- ation las caused no little indignation. The other way is to come out flat footed and forbid anybody from mak- ing any electricity at all, either for himself or his neighbor. Make the monopoly monopoly. Give it the earth. If it wants anything more, give it that, too. and then explain why.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

Saturate yourself with the philoso-
 phy of optimism. It softens the kicks
 and takes the jar of the bumps.-De-
 troit Free Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

Beef, veal, mutton, pork, bacon. lhams, etc, are all to be ''protected'' by higher tariff duties, if the will of f1he Senate prevails. There is a short FAge of beef cattle, says the Beef Trust An explanation of advanced prices; it must not be remedied by importations,
 says the Senate. Wages should be reduced in order to lessen the cost of manufactures and to thus stimulate t1the market, say the great capitalists; Ethex cannot be reduced unless the cost tOf living be also reduced, says Labor. tHhe Beef Trust and the Senate agree
 that the cost of meats shall not be re- duced, but rather increased.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

If Ite Made of Rubber We Have It."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07

Senator Rayner recently declared that fin his opinion, Congress does not hold the power of levying prohibitory tar in duties. Might he not have added that Congress does not hold the pow CT of levying any protective duties whatsoever? However these questions may be decided by expert constitu- fionalists, there is another upon which any man holds the right of afi opin-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-07
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Dangling From Tree
 Within Sight of Capitol

Tallahassee, Fla, June 7.-Dangling from a limb of tree in the county jailyard and within sight of the dome of the Florida State Capitol, the life less body of Maik Morris, a negro, met the gaze of the people of this city yesterday. He was condemned to death for the murder of William Lang ston, late sheriff of this county, and within 8. few weeks would have legally paid the penalty of the crime with his life.