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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
A DARING CRIMINAL
Charles Williams, an English
man, Is Known as the
'BoIdest Crook.
KNOWN AS "OLD TIMER -
(American News Service)

London, Nov. 13.-Charles Williams
described as the most daring criminal
of the time. has been once more con-
victed of feTony-this time receiving
stolen goods. AS his criminal career
began in 1867. Williams is perhaps
getting past his heyday of burglary,
etc.
OF this master-criminal it has been
said by DR.. Albert Wilson, the brain
specialist, that his mental faculties
are superior to those of the average
Cabinet Minister He is so clever
and intelligent according to the doc
tor that he might we'll have risen to
be Prime Minister if he had chosen
politics instead of crime as a profes-
sion. A more expert cracksman new
er lived.
He would don evening dress to
perpetrate his crimes, and passing
himself off as a peer would mix in
the best society. So daring and des-
perate a criminal was he that the
Home Office gave orders that he was
never to be dealt with single-handed: :
two policemen, heavily armed being
always commissioned for the purpose. ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
MORE PROBATION
At UNION DEPOT
IS A NECESSITY
Nine Trains Arrive Within
Twenty-Five Minutes, But
People Allowed to Roam
About Train Shed.
SAFETY GATES WOULD
IMPROVE CONDITIONS
As It Is Now Station Agent Is
Kept Busy Warning People
Of the Constant Danger Ex-
posed to them.

With nine trains within twenty-five
minutes, including one limited train.
whizzing through the city like unre-
strained bronchos, the apparent need
of safety gates at the Pennsylvania
depot is readily noticed by frequent
visitors. Every day there are narrow
escapes from injury and possible IA
talities, because of the lack of such
protection to the public The occur
renee is so frequent that it no longer
eXcites interest, but railroaders pre-
dict that some day there will be an
accident which will convince the Off
cials that better protection is requir-
ed.
One of the company employees at
the station says that it is necessary
for station master Mayhem to go up
to many passengers every time a train
arrives, warning them of possible
danger. This employe said, Just
watch Mr.. Mayhem some day and
count the number of persons he warns.
Some one, some day Will rightfully
nominate him for a Carnegie medal.
Could be Avoided.
With safety gates all this danger
would be avoided. The average pas
senger when the train pulls in seems
simbued withsths ideA that it j. theirs
and go rushing onto the platform. re.
gardless of personal danger The time
mentioned when nine rains pass
through the city is between 9:35 and
10 o'clock in the morning. These
trains bring in and receive hundreds
OF passengers.
Trains No. 81 and No 80, two of
the new twenty-four hour trains be.
tween st. Louis and New York have
not been stopping here. They whiz
through the depot, No. 81 on track No.
3, at 9:55 O'Clock in the morning. and
No. so at 1:25 O'Clock in the morn
ing, without even bidding "us" good
morning. These fast trains will be
required to stop here, hereafter, now.
ever. as in tossing out the mail for
the local office it has been distribut.
ed all over the depot, making lots OF
work for the depot agent and also
making it possible that one of the
mail sacks will get under the car
wheels and derail the coach.
Trains No. 10, No. 40 and No. As
which arrive here at 5 D. m. 3:03 D.
m. and 6:25 a. m. respectively. are
also new ones, with fast schedules
but they have been in the habit" OF
stopping here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
Reformatory Superintendent
Complains to the Post
Office Department.
A PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE
RESULT OF THE NEW ALBANY
BANK MURDER AN OFFICIAL
POINTS OUT THESE NOVELS IN
FLAMED MURDERER's MIND.
(American News Service)

Louisville. KY, Nov. 13.-Superin-
tendent Peyton of the Indiana reform.
atory has directed attention of Post.
master-General Hitchcock to the per.
nicious influence of dime novels as
shown by the New Albany bank mur,
cluded from the mails.
President John X. Woodland of the
Merchants Bank at New Albany, who
was shot Thursday by Thomas x
Hall, youth believed to be demented
by dime novels. is making brave
fight for his life. Today it was an
nounced that there was hope for him
James R. Tucker, the negro chauffeur
whom the boy impressed for his dash
from Louisville and then shot, was
worse today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
HELP THEIR CAUSE
Suffragettes Yesterday Whip
ped Winston Churchill at
A Station.
HIS WIFE WITNESSED IT
(American News Service)

Bristol. Eng, Nov. 13.-Winston
Churchill, member of the cabinet. was
horsewhipped here this afternoon by
suffragettes. AS he stepped from
train. accompanied by his wife. a par
ty of suffragettes. bursting through
the lines, attacked him. One welded
whip. AS she attacked him,
Churchill closed in with her and after
struggle. wrested the whip away.
Then he handed it to his wife One
of the blows of the whip landed ca
Mr.. Churchill's head. but his hat broke
the force of the blow. The suffra-
gette with the whip refused to give her
name to the police. Mrs Churchill
was in danger, being threatened by
the women also. The suffragettes ac-
cuse her of influencing her husband
against their cause The police re-
stored order with difficulty. after ar
resting the suffragette leader.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
TOOK PHOTOGRAPH
OF CAIRO RIOTERS
Will Be Relied Upon by Author
tiles to Discover the
Leaders.
SNAPPED BY FLASHLIGHT
SOLDIERS ARE STILL ON GUARD
IN THE CITY AND THE SALOONS
REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE TIME
BEING.
SNAPPED BY FLASHLIGHT
(American News Service)

Cairo, Ills, Nov. 13.-Photographs
of the mob that lynched Will James,
the negro murderer of Miss Annie
Pelley, and Henry Salzner, the White
wife-murderer, will be the main reli-
ance of the authorities in the discov-
cry of the mob leaders according to
the states attorney and Mayor Par
sons today. Pictures were taken by
nashlight when the excitement was
at it's height, they say. and several
prominent men of the town were rec
ognized when the plates were de-
veloped. The city is still patrolled
by soldiers and they will be kept
here, though Arthur Alexander,
James accomplice, is in Jail at Kan
kakee, whittier he was taken under
military guard. The saloons are also
closed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
WAS SUICIDE PACT2.
New York Police Think Dead
Man and Woman Planned
To Die Together.
ONE VICTIM WAS MARRIED
(American News Service)

Hartford, Conn, Nov 13.-The DO
lice today declared that they were con-
fident that the woman found dead from
poison. taken in a suicide pact, was
Blanche Ferguson, of Langley. Va.
They declared also that her compan-
ion. who was found dying at her side,
is F. ]. Reid, of Washington. D. c. The
manager of the Long Brothers hotel,
where the couple were found. could
throw little light on them today. 1t
was learned. however. that Reid. who
represented Cleveland iron company.
at Washington. has been missing q
week. A search for Blanche Fergus
on has been going on for an equal
length of time. The couple spent some
days together at a Washington hotel
Reid has wife in Cleveland. His
condition today was regarded as hope
less.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
After Two Hours of OeIiber-
alton the Jury Entered the
Court and Dramatically
Gives Its Verdict.
NINE. STEINHEll is
OVERCOME WITH JOY
Verdict Was Reached at an
Early Hour This Morning
and Court Room Was Filled
With Curious People.
IAmerican News Service)

Paris. Nov. 14.-Mme. Margherita
Steinheil. the tragic widow, was ac-
quilted at an early hour this Sunday,
morning, by jury, of the charge of
numbering her husband, Adolph Stein
he'll, the painter, and her stepmother.
Nine. Japy. The jury brought in its
verdict shortly before 1 o'clock, after
deliberation of over two hours. The
jury ceased their deliberations three
times to get explanations of the case
from the president of the court and
this was taken as an indication that on
the first ballot the majority probably
was for conviction.
The rendering of the verdict was
fraught with dramatic features. Ev-
cry one in the court room was keyed
up to a high state OF nervous tension.
because of the delay. AS the jury fill
ed into the court room the expression
of relief on the faces of several of it's
members conveyed the instant impress
sion that the verdict was acquittal.
A Dramatic Moment.
In intense silence the judges and at
torneyS entered the court room and
took their places. Only Nine. Stein
he'll remained to make the picture COM
plete and every eye was turned toward
the door from whence the prisoner
was to enter like the star in some
great drama. But the door remained
closed. With a grave face. NJ. De-
wales. president of the court. ad-
dressed the jury. Have you reached
verdict he asked.
The foreman stood up and said slow
ly and distinctly:
''On our conscience We answer no
to every question"
The questions to which he referred
We're:
is Nine. Steinheil guilty of the vol
untary homicide of her mother!''
us Nine. Steinheil guilty of the vol
untary homicide of her husband:'
Were these homicides premeditat-
ed?"
Did the second homicide precede,
accompany or follow the first:"
Much cheering greeted the verdict.
and Nine. Steinheil, when told the
news was overcome with joy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
WAITING FOR DUMA
(American News Service)

(Amerlcan News SerVlce)
st. Petersburg. Nov. 13.-Laborers
throughout Russia are looking forward
with considerable interest to the an
tumn session of the Duma, when a
plan for the relief of the employees of
Russian railways. who are disabled by
accidents. will be presented to that
body for its approval
The project which has been formu-
lated by the Ministry of Ways and
Communication. provides that any
workman will be entitled to remuner-
alton, even if the accident is the result
of his own carelessness. The amount
of relief will equal the workman's 5
earnings for the whole time of his dis
ablement. In case of death, the wild
ow will be entitled to a pension of
three-eighths of his earnings, his child
to one-sixth and an orphan to one
fourth. the total pension not to exceed
three fourths of the victims earnings
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
TERRIFIC STORM
SWEPT SCOTLAND
It Battered the Ports and
BoWIed Over Piers and
The Docks.
TOWN OF MARIN FLOODED
MANY VESSELS WERE SUNK AND
A BIG CONCRETE PIER WAS
DASHED DOWN By THE BAT
TERlNG OF THE SEAS.
TOWN OF NAIRN FLOODED
(American News Service)


Edinburgh, Nov. 13.-North Scot
land today and last night was swept
by terrific storm which did wide
spread damage. Tidal waves batter
ed the ports, destroyed piers and
dykes and creating havoc.
The country about Nairn and the
town itself is flooded as the result of
the breaking of the dyke near there by
a monster wave. and the country in
the vicinity of Dingwall is also under
water. The big concrete pier at
Nairn. protecting the harbor. was al
so smashed by the huge seas, which
had the town at their mercy From
other points also. reports of heavy
damage were received today. Many
vessels were damaged by the storm.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
NO QUAKE RECORDED
u. S. Weather Bureau Knows
Nothing OF West India
Disturbance.
FRUIT CROP DESTROYED
(American News Service)

Washington, Nov. 13.-The United
States Weather bureau has no record
of the reported earthquake in Hayti.
The only recent seismic disturbance
recorred by the instruments at the bu-
reau was the slight earthquake in H.
linois a few days ago.
The fruit crops on Jamaica and
Hayti were ruined. 1t is estimated
that 100000 stems Of bananas were
destroyed, and the result will be a
serious shortage.
The railroads on the islands also
suffered heavily, the lines being
washed away and disrupted by tremb-
lers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
SHIPS ARE MISSING
tAmerican News Service,

(American News ServiceD
St Johns. n. F.. Nov. 13.-Many veo-
sells afe missing today ~ the result Of
the terrific storm which. holding New
foundland in its grip for three days
and night. did Widespread damage.
Forty men and women who were
swept to the sea on three vessels were
found and brought here by the steamer
Portia, sent out BY the govesnmens.
Today the search for other vessels wno
taken up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
Another Examination Wanted

1908 Mr. Clarence Austin representative of the
Advertisers examined the circulation
the period from Oct l.
The Palladium at that time published
result investigation circulation. The other
newspaper time since examination
publ the investigation its circulation Mr.
circulation
year
circulation the Palladium if examined today would
5400 circulation
of Palladium pleased
has been obtained without the
of premiums only the merits of the
Palladium would like to have another examination Of
it's by A. A. committee of Richmond
merchants.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
BR|T|SHER IS MAD
(American News Serv,ce)

Washington, Nov 13.-The DEPART
ment OF justice today recei.ed a COM
plant from Edward L Mckenzie. a
business man of Plainfield, n. j.. pro-
testing aE /ast the police order reuuir-
ing him to remove a British flag
which he flew over his home in honor
OF King Edwards birthday last Tues
day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14

To stop runaway horses, Michigan
man has patented a brake. consist
ing of a pointed rod. to be hung under
a vehicle and attached to the reins
in such a manner that unusual pres
sure upon them will force the rod in
to the road
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
TEDDY HEARD FROM
fAmer,can News Service)

Mombasa. British East Africa. Nov.
ia direct message from Theodore
Roosevelt was received here today. in
which it is stated that all members of
the hunting party are well.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
tAmerieap News servieo

fAmerican News ServiceD
Lasalle. ILL.,. Nov. l3.-An explosion
late this afternoon in the bituminous
coal mine at Cherry. ILL.,. eleven miles
southwest Of this city imprisoned 3SD
men. Fire followed the blast and It
is feared that mos: of the entombed
miners never will be taken out alive
Ten bodies have been brought up
from one of the higher levels by res
cuing parties, which reported that
many more corpses could be SEEN
Owing to the choking of the passages.
however. penetration of the shafts
and leads is extremely difficult and
tedious.
Were 2c5 Lucky Men.
When the whistle blew this morn
ing 5S5 men went down into the mine.
which is on the line OF the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St Paul railroad
These toiiers represented practically
the entire male population of the town
of working age. That all these men
were not caught in the cave-ins. which
followed the explosion. is due to the
fact that 205 of them came out a few
minutes before the accident
The explosion is supposed TO have
been caused by fire damp or gases.
although the management had always
boas,ed tina. IT had taken every possi-
BILE scientific precaution for the SAFETY
Of its hundreds OF employees.
Story Not Vet Told.
No man has yet come to the surface
with the story of just what occurred
In the tunnels of death The explosion
occurred shortly before sundown when
the men were ceasing work for the
day. The buckets were busy convey
ing the workers to the tops Of the
shafts. when suddenly the earth was
shaken by a mighty detonation that
was heard miles.
The cables attached TO the elevar
tors were snapped like threads and
the miners who happened to be as
cending in the cages at the time were
plunged to the bottom Of the dark
holes. Immediately smoke began pour.
ing from the shafts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
JUST BEFORE BLOWUP
2O5 MEN LEFT MINE
Practically the Entire Male
Population of the Little
Town Worked Where the
Tragedy Occurred.
BULLETIN.
(American News ServiceD

Bloomington, Ills. Nov. 1S.-The
Cherry. ILL.,, mine explosion was
caused by a torch carried by Alexan-
der Rosejack. the eager on duty at the
bottom of the new St. Paul mine. ten
miles southwest OF La Sale. this aft
ernoon. II precipitated one OF the
most frightful mining disasters in tho
history of Illinois. II is almos st GER
tain that every one Of the $50 miners
imprisoned met a horrible death by
suffocation. A rescuing party OF ten
heroes who attempted to save the
imprisoned men were quickly asphyx-
lated by the poisonous gases generat-
ed and at o'clock were hauled to
the surface dead. after they had been
engaged for an hour carrying the mip-
ers up the shaft to safety.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
OVER THREE HUNDRED MINERS ARE
ENTOMBED IN BURNING COAL Mine

Late This Afternoon in Mine at Cherry, III. There
Terrible Explosion Which Was Immediately Followed by
Fire and is Feared Late This Evening That All Of the
Three Hundred and Eighty Live Workers Have Perished-
Ten Bodies Have Already Been Recovered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-14
THE WEATHER.

sDiANA-Probabiy rain; colder Sum
day.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-17
MARRIED AND NOT MARRIED
Chicago Man in Quandary; 10000
Other Couples Affected.

Chicago, July 16.-Joseph Stanley
klewitz is facing a serious problem.
He can't get marriage license be-
cause he's married. and he is under
sentence to go TO Jail because he isn't
and he doesn't know wnere he's at.
And also 10000 couples are in the
same predicament.
Municipal Judge Better is the
cause OF all the trouble. Stanley
kiewitz was before the judge on a
charge made by Nora Pajak. To
avoid prosecution he took her to the
county building, got license and
was married by Justice of the Peace
Thompkins.
When he returned Judge Better
told him he was not married. because
the municipal courts nad usurped the
functions of the justices of the peace
in Chicago, and that Justice Thomp-
kins had no power to. marry him. SO
he went to the marriage license
bureau and applied for another IL
cense. Clerk Salmonson refused him
another and told him he was already
married.
Deeply perplexed, he returned
again to Judge BETTER and told aim
he couldn't get another license. The
Judge told him he would have to go
to jail
The young man obtained stay Of
proceedings in the case until the SUI
preme court can pass on It,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-17
MAJOR CLARKE DISMISSED
President Taft Approves the Sentence
of the Court Martial

Washington, July l7.-President
Taft has approved The sentence of
dismissal imposed b court martial on
Major j. T. Clarke 26th Infantry on
conviction of conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman, in violation
Of tne 61st article of war. He was
also found guilty of conduct to the
prejudice of good order and military
discipline under the 62nd article OF
war. There are many specifications
charging irregular check transactions
and non-payment of debt.
Major Clarke entered the army as
private in the band of the 22nd IN.
fantry in 1870 He was born in Now
york on July 81, 1857 On March 81,
1882, he was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the 10th infantry He
has been attached to the Goth infantry
since July 20, 1903.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-17
HEART DIsEAsE-Its cause andoure

Heart disturbances and diseases
are usually caused by indigestion. so
closely related are the heart and sto-
mach that arrangements of the diges-
five organs always affect the heart. II
the digestive organs continue unneai
thy long, the heart may become dis
eased Make your digestive organs
healthy by using Rydale's Stomach
Tablets They will soon establish
normal healthy action in the digestive
tract and relieve the heart from all
strain and thus cure Heart disease
Shurtleff's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-17
pIRIGIBLE TORPEDO
Swedish Inventor Can Have Course
Altered While Submerged.

Stockholm, July ia new dirigi-
bic torpedo recently patented by a
Swedish inventor has aroused great
interest in Swedish naval circles. The
projectile is operated by electricity.
II is said to have a range of 500O
wards and it's course can be altered,
while submerged, from the point OF
departure at the will of tne operator:
Furthermore, it can be exploded
whenever desired. and it has speed
of 80 knots an hour at any depth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-17

Every reader of this paper suffering
from stomach or liver complaint can
get free sample of botd Rydale's
Stomach Tablets and Rydale's Liver
Tablets by writing to The Rydale
Remedy company, Newport News, Va
These two remedies are not claimed
to be Cure alls." One is for stom-
ach trouble only such as indigestion,
dyspepsia and mal-assimilation. The
other for liver and bowel troubles.
Both of these remedies are kept in
stock and sold on a guarantee by the
Shurtleff Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-17
HETTY GREEN ON PAY ROLL
But it Was Only Government En-
ploye Who Has Just Married.

Washington. July 16-Curiosity
was aroused throughout the treasury
department when it was announced
that Mrs. Hetty Green had been
placed on the payroll as an assistant
plate printer in the bureau of engrav-
ing at S1.50 a day. That the richest
woman in America" had been obliged
to seek and had obtained govern
ment job at first excited sympathy.
Excitement and speculation sub
sided when it was found that Hetty
Ross, a bureau of engraving empoye,
had married Mr.. Green. Under the
rules of the government her name
had to be removed from the payroll
and restored in its amended form.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-07-02
THE WITTY WARDEN.

You'd hardly expect to find sense
of humor in prison officials SAYS an
American representative on the Inter
national Prison Commission. according
to Lippincott's but during an inspec.
ton made by some Americans interested
in penal matters of a penitcntiary in
England one of us was thus surprised.
| presume, obsered the American,
that here, as elsewhere, you prison
officials find existence painful enough. ;"
" i think you may fairly say so, sir,
the warden, with grim
smile seeing the number of felons we
have on Our hands.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-07-02
The 81. Augustine Record had an

The 81. Augustine Record had an
article on its first page, June "a, headed
with great big type: Senator Talia-
ferro Forces Through Duty on Pine
apples" According TO the Record,
Senator Fletcher didn't have anything
to do with the matter. If we remember
aright-and we generally dot was
Senator Fletcher who made the speech
before Congress advocating the duty on
pineapples. II Senator Taliaferro has
made a speech advocating a duty on
pincapples, or for any other purpose
since he has so comfortably filled seat
in the Senate for the past twelve years.
We have failed to see it quoted. But
then the East Coast papers naturally
give Taliaferro all the credit for any
little favor that is shown to Florida,
According TO the same papers, it was
Taliafcrro who, a few years ago, took
the Republican Congress by the hind
legs and shook out the Indian war claims.
Poor lctchcr--he will have to look to
the people to approve his actions; not to
the papers controlled by the East Coast
railroa