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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
A CR|NN|NG IDOL
WORSTS BURGLAR
Negro Drops Tools and FIees
When He Sees the Gro
tesque Features.
COULD STAND BlLLlKEN
BUT THE NOISE HE MADE WHILE
ABSENTiNG HIMSELF FROM
cHAPULTEPEcco AWAKENED
THE FAMILY.
COULD STAND BlLLlKEN
(American News Service)


st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 9.-The gro
tesque features of an Aztec idol
frightened a negro burglar into hys-
terics while he was pursuing his vo-
cation at the residence of Charles H.
Tucker early this morning. Stepping
upon the front porch the burglar broke
small hole in the window pane, turn
ed the lock, opened the sash and went
in.
He took the bedrooms on the second
floor first, opening the bureau draw
ers, turning back the sheets and look
ing in the conventional places for
pocketbooks and jewelry. Somewhat
disappointed In this, he threw some
clothing into pile with the intention
Of taking that If nothing else offered.
eiiliken Watched.
The intruder. thus far, had been
working under the friendly gaze of
Billiken. He now went to the library,
where desk promised better. Just
as his hand was inserting the jimmy
he chanced to see Chapultepecco. the
idol. sitting on the mantelpiece. This
little fellow, in his time may have been
the Aztec Billiken. The smile is there
but owing to the crudeness of art in
that epoch the expression is some
what strained.
The burglar dropped his flashlight
and jimmy with a crash and awoke
the family with the noise he made in
getting out Of the house.
The idol. with other relics OF a dead
people. was brought from Mexico last
winter when Mr.. Tucker made a busi-
mesa tiQ to that county,.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
IT WAS INSPIRING

party of we'll known local citizens
including Sheriff Linus Meredith. Ell
mer Eggemeyer, Wood Bricker. John
Bayer, Ben Price and Albert Morel
went to Cincinnati yesterday in an
automobile. AS they entered the city
at fast clip one wheel of the machine
ran into a ditch which had been COW
cred up, but was still in soft con-
dition. Imagine with what delight
Cincinnati residents gathered around
the stranded machine and watched the
autoists using shovel and pick The
machine was finally righted and the
party continued on their journey. The
innati-Philadelphia baseball game
was witnessed in the afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
MANY WILL ATTEND

A large number of local residents
have signified their intention of at
tending the automobile races at In
dianapolis August 19-aO-21 A local
autoist said today that every owner OF
a machine who could possibly leave the
city would be at Indianapolis. 1t will
be the first time that the majority of
the local autoists have ever had an
opportunity to witness races of such a
nature. Owing to the dusty condition
of the roads it is probable that local
parties will not go ina body.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
Amazing Spectacle Dumb
founds Officer and He TeIe-
phones to Headquarters for
Chiefs Orders.
STAUBACH THOUGHT HE
WAS BEING "KIDDEO"
City and County Officials Now
Pondering II Young Howard
Ashley Really Violated Any
Of Laws.

Hen" westenberg stopped in as
constituent
Then he shaded his eyes and looked
harder.
Next he closed his eyes and aimed
his index finger at his nose, then
hoped about On one foot-yes he was
sane.
There being nothing else for him
to do the policeman said he would be
burned" and began walking rapidly
in the direction where the apparition
appeared. So astonished his speech
was almost lost, Westenberg bore
down on his prey.
It was a young man In an automo-
bile 1t was on North D street. Is
there anything uncommon about a
young man in an automobile being
on North D street?
Was Limit Reached?
Well rather. In this case the auto
mobile the young man was driving
happened to be on the sidewalk. And,
also. it vas on the wrong sidewalk.
Westenberg thinks the limit of all
things was reached this morning. To
see a man driving an automobile on
the sidewalk, skillfully avoiding tele-
phone poles. buildings and other min.
or obstacles was too much for the
veteran of the department. He tele-
phoned to headquarters for instrnc-
tions.
hopping the perspiration from his
brow. the superintendent was in no
mood for joking. OTIS dreadfully hot
at headquarters all the time and es-
pecially when the fan in Dan Gates s
store is off dutyD
Police Repartee.
Say, there's a fellow down here
riding in an automobile on the side.
walk. Do you want him?" phoned the
guardian of the moth end.
'What-Don't you know it's against
orders to drink. when on duty. Re.
port up here at once"
"No. honest. SO help me-this isn't
any joke"
"Joke.-who said joke-I thought
you're old enough to see."
well. tell me if YOU want him, he's
gettin' farther away all the time. and
am not very good at running"
Bring him up here. and let's see
what you're got"
And the chief remarked something
about calling out an extra as the heat
had got Westenberg and he would
have to be brought off his beat.
But the chief was wrong. Weston
berg really had seen an automobile
making use Of the sidewalk and this
afternoon Howard Ashley. the young
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
RAILS WERE SPREAD

Owing to a small wreck near Ham,
ilton early this morning, it was neces-
sary to detour all the passenger trains
both to and from Cincinnati via Xenia.
Spreading rails caused the derailment
of seven cars of freight train. The
cars jumped the track while the train
was going at fair rate of speed and
were considerably damaged. The
wreck crew from Hamilton was called
and the debris was cleared away from
the right of way in time to allow the
afternoon trains to pass.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
With Unabated Fury Old SoI's
Rays Bombarded SWeIter-
ing Humanity, Many of
Whom Flee to Woods.
LIVERY BARNS DID
A GREAT BUSINESS
Heat Wave Was Still in Evil
dence Today But Mercury
Dropped Few Points and
Breeze Sprang Up.

Was 1t hot enough for you yester-
day?
Accoring to the official thermome-
ter at the waterworks pumping sta
gistered 81 degrees yesterday after
noon from so to Q so o'clock. 1t was
the hottest day Of the year by de-
grees and no one who was. compelled
to remain in the city will dispute the
fact. 1t is to be remembered that i.
was hotter in the city thai at the
pumping station, b
Isn't it fierce" and This is the
worst ever" were common expressions
on the streets yesterday. The parks
and he woods OF the surrounding
county were just fil1edZwith swelter-
ing humanity who sought relief from
the suns hot rays, and the liverymen
did a land Office business. 1t was i'm
possible to get a horse or vehicle of
any description after noon yesterday.
Every one wanted to get out in the
country and liverymen of the city re-
port the largest business of any day
this year. The ice man. viewed the
mercury in the little glass tube with
beaming countenance while the coal
man wore that woebegone expression
as he wiped away the beads of perspir-
alton from his brow and wondered IL
winter would ever come.
Cool Breeze Arrives.
A cool breeze later in the afternoon
helped matters somewhat and tended
to make life bearable. Many of the
thermometers of the city registered as
high as 96 and 81 degrees and one
thermometer reached the 100 mark
during the hottest part of the after
noon 1t sure was some" hot day
and here's hoping Old Sol may be more
lenient in his distribution OF
heat in the future. and consider the
feelings of those who own no automo-
biles and must grin and bear it"
While it is plenty hot enough today
the fact that we are living in the tenn
perate and not the torrid zone is more
easily realized. At noon the official
thermometer at the pumping station
showed sc degrees with prospects OF
going up. The weather man offers no
relief tomorrow, the forecast being
fair and continued warm"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
Sporting Song in CoIored Re-
sort Aroused Officers
Of the Law.
DOOR WAS SMASHED OPEN
IN THE MixUP JOHN HENRY
WHITE AND CHARLES MILLER
WERE CAPTURED, BUT OTHER
GAMESTERS ESCAPED.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now
present to you our best act OF the
evening, duet sung by Messrs. John
Henry White and Charles Miller, Roll
dem Bones"
That is the announcement the cop
pers heard indistinctly Cor thought
they heard eminating from the pool
room for colore dsports on Fort
Wayne avenue yesterday. And then
the coppers attuned their applause to
the music of the dice on the pool ta-
bic and with mighty heave against
the door went in.
Both Were Released.
They corralled John Henry, who for
all his name is very black, and Miller
who is of a lighter hue The others
%, they got away in the shuttle and
the coppers didn't see them going. AS
for the White & Miller company, they
were caught without the goods. that is
the spotted bones, and as there was
no evidence they had to be released
this morning
The police say there has been fire.
quent complaint against this pool
room. 1t is alleged games of chance
are played there often. The pool
room is SO arranged with tables as to
make it difficult of access BY the
time the front door is opened the oc-
cupants of the back room may have
obliterated all traces.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
We'll Known Cambridge City
Young Man Is Believed to
Have Drowned Himself in a
Suicidal Attempt.
IGRlEvED GREATLY
OVER MOTHERS DEATH
ut Is Thought by His Father
: That Young Mans Constant
Brooding Caused Him to
- s6eCome Insane.

Cambridge City, Ind, Aug. 9.-The
nysterious disappearance of Charles
1Zelms of this place. has at last been
solved. After a day of diligent search
neighborhood. the body of the young
man was found SeS<erday morning by
Mr.. Ingerman, 1 floating in the old
Whitewater canal, indrthwest of the
city. The body was removed to the
home of the young mans father, Char
les Helms. Sr., and Coroner Bran
kamp was Immediately notified of the
discovery. The suicide theory is ad-
Nanced.
disappeared from his home early Sat
Nrday morning. 1t is the belief of the
boys father that for the past few
weeks, since a recent illness. his son
has been mentally unbaI Ianced. 1t has
been necessary to keepIa close watch
pver the young man. al it was feared
that the impulse of self destruction
was uppermost in his mind. Both
father and son had been sleeping to-
gether at nights and ion the morning
of his disappearance The father awoke
early to find that bis son was gone.
The boy waA scantty attired. wearing
no shoes. hat>or o6at. The alarm was
immediately given by the ringing of
bells and searching parties were at
Dnce instituted. He was seen early In
the moSni1g By several persons. The
canal was dragged and the search con-
tinued throughout the day but no trace
Of the nxissing boy was discovered
until early Sunday morning.
Mourned Mothers Death.
Circumstances surrounding the
death are very pathetic. The boys
mother died only couple of months
ago and the son brooded over this fact
considerably, having frequently ex-
pressed desire that he was where
mother is" It is the general impress
sion that the loss Of his mother so
preyed upon young Helms's mind as
to cause him to become mentally de-
ranged.
Coroner Bramkamp spent a part of
THE day yesterday in Cambridge City
Investigating the matter and gaining
all the information possible relative to
the disappearance and discovery. He
stated that the evidence in the case
bore unmistakable proof of suicide
and q verdict that death was due to
eelf destruction will probably be re-
burned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
SPEKtNH|ER TO co

Postmaster ]. A Spekenhier will at
tend the National convention of the
first grade postmasters at Toledo,
Aug. 10, 90, 21. He will be the only
representative from this district as
there are no other post offices of the
first grade. One OF the principal ev-
ents before the convention will be the
dedication Of the new federal building
of Toledo by Postmaster General
Frank Hitchcock. The sessions of the
convention will be devoted primarily
to the discussion OF subjects Of bene-
tit. to ,pQstmasteA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
BLACKSMITH VS.. TOOTH.

Milton. Ind. Aug. 9.-Willis Lev
erton, who runs blacksmith shop
here, has on exhibit large three
rooted tooth of his own. that he
pulled himself, Friday. Mr.. Lever
ton stated to his friends that he
tied a string round the tooth and
began to pull. He said he pulled
himself around the shop three
times and was making the round
for the fourth time when he came
up against the vice bench in his
desperate struggles and that caused
the tooth to come out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
PROGRESSING FAST

The contractor erecting the new
dormitory for the Wernle orphans
home southeast Of the city, has pro-
gressed very rapidly with the work and
is now engaged in finishing plaster
ing the building. The work will be
completed in time for occupancy by
November 1. It is probable that If the
home of1cials desire. the building may
be dedicated and occupied In October.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
THEATER CHANGES.

Work on the repairs of the Gennett
theater have been started and will be
completed within a few days. The i'm
provements are confined to the stage.
A new lighting system is being in
stalled which will improve the stage
effects.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
Beautiful Fall Festival Adver-
tising Will Soon Be
Ready.
WORK OF MRS. EGGEMEYER
DESIGN THIS YEAR WILL BE
LARGER THAN THAT USED
LAST YEAR AND WILL BE SOLD
At MODERATE PRICE.

E. H. Harris secretary of the Fall
Festival association who was in Cin-
cinnatf Saturday, contracted with a
large lithographing firm of that city
for the printing of 5000 posters to
be used as window displays in adver-
tising the festival, to be held here
October 6, Z, s. The Autographs are
to be the exact reproduction of the
design furnished by Mrs. Maude X.
Eggemeyer.
The posters will be larger than
those of last year, the dimensions be-
ing % by AZ inches These will be
large enough to fit into the average
size store door in case the merchants
When placed in a show window they
will be even more attractive. The
posters are to be printed on the best
of paper. Owing to the expense at
tached in getting them out. it will be
necessary for the association to sell
them. The price will be 25 cents
each.
Miss Stewards Work.
One of the posters which received
honorable mention and was nearly
equal in beauty and nearly as appro-
pirate as that furnished by Mrs. Egge-
meyer was the work of Miss Marie
H. Stewart of Indianapolis. former
Richmond young woman. At the time
the awards were made no one knew
who furnished this design but Post
master J. A. Spekenhier received a
letter today in which Miss Stewart
stated that it was her design. It
frame. In the back ground Is line
of factory buildings. At the woman's
feet are different products of the
SOIL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09
HAD NARROW ESCAPE

S. e. Swayne while driving his auto
mobile north of Centerville Saturday
hight, had a narrow escape from a
serious accident. The road at one
place is very narrow and in giving it
TO woman who was driving he ran
his machine into the ditch along side
the road. Fortunately the machine
was not overturned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-09

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11

In Gov. Weeks veto of the bill pro- hibiting any tobacconist from serving upon the New Haven board of police commissioners, there occurs the fol- lowing sentence:
 It is salutary principle of our form of government that each locality shall have to the highest degree the right of self-government, limited only by considerations of general welfare.
 This is somewhat in the nature of a new departure.if the Governors words may be accepted as voicing princi- pie of his party. It has not been, and is not now, the practice of the Gen dominance, to accord to cities "to the highest degree the right of self-gov- ernment;" the practice is to allow the least home rule possible. How do prop erendum to charter amendments. for instance, fare at the hands of Repub- lican Legislatures, the referendum constituting the highest and best i1- lustration of home rule?
 Doub tless, Gov. Weeks is sincere in his statement of the justice of the right of self-government in the high est degree, but before he can place the principle in the Connecticut Republi- can faith and secure its honest ob- servance, he must undertake a deal of effective educational work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11
FAIRFIELD
The Beach Season -Dr. Cutler of Bangor Festival Last Night = Our Elm Trees-Moyements of Citizens = A Subscription Paper.

The dance which was to have been given on Wednesday night in Beck with's hall was postponed until last night.
 It is thought the hard times in Dam bury, owing to the prolonged strike of the matters, will have a bad effect up- on the season at Little Danbury beach. Up to date there is not much doing along the coast.
 MT. washburn of Chicago, who has been a student at the Hargrove school, having passed his examinations. will enter the University of Virginia. But for the storm there would have been much larger attendance at the Jubilee singing and the strawberry festival held at the town hall last night.
 An additional story is being placed upon the top of the restaurant in the Kinsella block. %>S>> iE-t
 Frost & Bartlett of Stamford have the contract for spraying the elm trees, and it is thought no less than 175 will be taken in hand in various parts of the town. Mir. Betts alone received applications for the spraying of 121, which shows that the people of the town are alive to the situation.
 Yesterday W. H. fMcNally and fam fly, of New York, arrived at the Han son cottage at the beach.
 City water is being put into the house occupied by Geo. Jennings.
 It is quite a feather in the cap of Fairfield that it's enterprising citizen, A. Holland Forbes, won the prize in the recent balloon races for staying the longest time in the air.
 Next Sunday the Fairfield baseball club will play the Westport club.
 Work began yesterday upon the garage which MT. Davis is having built lon his new place at Mill Hill.
 The house being built for MT. Beach is approaching completion. and will be decorated by A. J.. Benway & Go.
 A subscription paper is said to be circulating among Greenfield Hill res idents for the purpose of soliciting funds for the purchase of an Ajax chemical engine.
 There is rumor that a summer ho- tel may be built near the beach in Southport. or possibly at Greens Farms.
 Erastus Oakley and E. Northrop went to Louisville to attend the Im- periaI Council of the Shriners.
 MT. and Mrs.. Harry Edwards are back from their wedding tour and will be at home to their friends in Strat- field.
 It is stated that Misses Harriet and Inez Hull have gone to Europe for the summer.
 Rev. MT. Olmstead has been visiting in Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11

Nebraska is to have a contest over the Mquoraquestion next year, and MT. BryaA annepnces that he intends to .takeSsa part in it. He says: "I shall do my part to keep our party from being controlled by the liquor inter estsY As may be recalled, there was an attempt made to connect him with the prohibition cause in some man. ner or degree, but whether well or i'll founded. did not conclusively appear. It served however, after the election,
 as the basis for an assertion that the liquor trades. influence was given against Bryan and for Taft, but no conclusive evidence was furnished. The Prohibition party's candidate for Pres tdent did, however, assert that the li- Quor trade supported Taft, and upon that charge he based a characterize fion of the Republican party as the %tRnm Party.'' Possibly. MT. Bryan's present intention of keeping the Dem
 Qcratic party from being controlled bx the liquor interests may be con- &f@1Eed hs at least a partial confrma- &1Hn of the above mentioned reports
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11

: Th@ Hartford courant calls atten- fion 3o the facts that ''the men who now say (with MT. Aldrich) that they arc oping to have their kind of tariff. whether 1t was written in the Chicago <p1ntf1Em or not disliked and feared
 6ESa year ago almost as much as khey hated Roosevelt" and that 'ff eheyksee any show for success, they (Wil1 work as hard against his renom- tnat56n as they did against his nomin- n1ion:'
 It 3s somewhat early to discuss the o6xA1raign of 1912, but not too early to c&11 zttention to the fact that ere then tho Ex-President will be back from his A4rlcan trip and may have something fo s4y. and to dos in connection with thAt campaign- There is possibil- fly that he may take cognizance of and resent the Taft abandonment of quite a number of Rooseveltian poli- cies, and consider the Taft policy in general as reactionary in fact and ef- feet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11
NOTICE.

HEARING ON THE PETITION. OF THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS COM PANY TO LAY A TEMPORARY SPUR TRACK ACROSS EAST HOUSATONIC AVENUE
 At meeting of the Common Coun- ciI held June 2, 1909, the following res Olution was adoDted:
 Resolved, That the clerk be and hereby is directed to notify the per sons in interest to appear before the Common Council, at the Council Rooms, City Hall, on the Fist day of June, 1909, at o'clock in the evening and he heard in relation to
 The Petition of the Bridgeport Brass Go. for permission to lay a temporary spur track across East Housatonic avenue, into plant of petitioner at a point just south of Grand street Ex- tension.
 Attest:
 L. J. GILL.
 Asst. City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11
NOTICE.

Bids will be received until 12 o'clock noon Saturday. June 18th, 1909, for the construction of the following named sewers:-
 Cherry street commencing at and connecting with the sewer in Bost- wick avenue and extending easterly a distance of about 300 feet. E In Main street from FairvieW, avenue to Thorrne street.
 In Savoy street from Main. street to Wayne street.
 In Westfield avenue from Main street westerly about 500 feet.
 Tn Brewster street commencing at and connecting with sewer in Fairfield avenue and extending southerly dis tance of about 300 feet.
 Iri North avenue from Lexington ave- nue westerly about 150 feet.
 CHARLES F. A. BILTZ, D g ss Director of Public Works.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-11
NOTICE.

HEARING DE LAYING OF PERMA- NENT PAVEMENT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET FROM ATLANTIC STREET TO SEASIDE PARK
 At meeting of the Common Coun- ci1 held June 2. 1909. the following res olution was adopted:
 Resolved, That the clerk be and hereby is directed to notify the per- sons in interest to appear before the Common Council, at the Council Rooms, City Hall, on the Fist day of June, 1909, at o'clock in the evening and he heard in relation to the con- struction of permanent pavement on Main street from Atlantic street to Seaside Park.
 Attest: l.. J. GILL,
 Asst. City Clerk.