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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
IS EXECUTED TODAY

Columbus, O., Oct. o9-Harry E.
Crooks. Al years old, Dayton painter.
was electrocuted in the penitentiary
at 1910 a. M, today. He was pro-
nounced dead officially at 1915 a m
by DR.. ]. W. Clark. chief physician of
the prison. After singing the last
verse of God be with you till We meet
again." Crooks was led to the death
chair and electrocuted.
Crooks said the governor had made
q mistake this time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
RUPE BLAMES MCDONALD.
But Young RaiIroader Insists That He
Is innocent.

John l.. Rupe, local attorney for
the Pennsylvania railroad stated this
morning that he was positive Ralph
Mcdonald, head brakeman on freight
train No. rs, opened the switch that
caused such a catastrophe at Collins
vile, o. Mr.. Rupe has been making
an investigation and declares that the
evidence proves conclusively to his
mind that the blame has been proper
ly placed and that Mcdonald threw
the switch, probably in a moment Of
abstraction, without realizing what he
was doing.
According to Mr.. Rupe, witnesses
have been procured who testified to
the fact that Mcdonald was in the
station at Collinsville when the whis-
tie of No IS blew, and who declare
that Mcdonald with the ejaculation,
My God, the switch is open,' sprang
for the door and ran out of the de-
pot in the direction of the switch 1t
is alleged by Mr.. Rupe that Mcdonald
admits throwing the derail and in Or
der to have done that, must. of ne
cessity, have been near the switch.
Peculiar Incident.
tion with the affair which tends to
prove that Mcdonald opened the
switch, it is said, is the fact that if
the switch had been left open, the
engineer of freight No. IS and fireman
also would surely have noticed it and
reported the matter to the operator.
calling his attention to the act At the
carelessness
If Mcdonald did realize that he had
left the switch open while he was in
the station talking to the operator. and
ran out of the depot in the direction
Of the switch. on hearing the whistle
of No. IS, as witnesses say he did, it
bears out the assertion of a farmer
who chanced to be in the vicinity of the
station at the time of the wreck and
who stated that he saw man running
towards the switch, frantically waving
a lantern.
In an interview with Mcdonald. this
afternoon, he declares that there is
just as much probability that the en-
gineer and fireman of freight No %
would see him throw the switch, as
there is that they would notice the
switch was left standing open. Nc
Donald deplores the fact that Fireman
Jackson and Conductor Brown of the
freight train were given a two and
three weeks lay off. respectively
claiming that it is an injustice. and
that both of the men were at thei.
places of duty. He stated that had
they left their places they would have
met the same fate of the others who
were killed.
Mcdonald refused to state upon
whom he thought the responsibility of
the catastrophe should be placed. He
declared, however that the crew of
the last train to leave the switch was
usually responsible for the condition
OF the switch. and it was their busi-
ness to see that it was closed Freight
train No 81 vas the last to leave the
switch and Mcdonald asserts that it
was the business of the rear brake
man and conductor OF that train to
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
TERRIBLE DISASTER
Worst Tragedy in the History
Of Welsh Mining Is
Reported.
FORTY MEN IMPRISONED
(American News Service)

(AmeriCan News Service)
Cardiff. Wales, Oct. 29-One of the
worst disasters in the history of Welsh
mining occurred today in a pit near
Bargoed, when terrible explosion i'm
prisoned forty men.
Efforts to orescue the imprisoned
men were Immediately begun. but il
was believed, Judging from the situa-
ton about the mouth of the mine, the
task is hopeless.
Nineteen men. who were near the
surface. were saved. They reported
that from the brief glimpses they had
into the inferno in the mine below
their companions were doomed.
Rescuing parties were organized i'm
mediately. all of the Inhabitants OF
Bargoed joining. Works from othes
points in the vicinity. swelled the band
and within q short time hundreds
were on the scene
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
THE WEATHER.

iN0iANA-Fair tonight and Satur.
day; rising temperature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
Street Car Company Repairs
Lines, But Fails to Re-
pair the Street.
RESIDENTS ARE KICKING
IT is ALLEGED THAT THE THOR.
oUGHFARE is NOW DANGER.
OUS-No RED LIGHTS ARE DIS
PLAYED At NIGHT.

Residents of South Eighth street
are vigorously complaining over the
condition of the street, primarily due
to the failure of the street car CON-
pany to place it in proper repair after
making repairs to it's line. 1t is al
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
PILGRIM IS PROUD

Harry Pilgrim. pressman at the
Nicholson Printing company. on North
Ninth street. is perhaps the proudest
man in the city at present The stork
left a big, baby boy at his home the
other night, which is the second child
in the family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29
DEEP WATERWAY CONVENTION TO
OPEN IT'S SESSIONS SATURDAY

President Taft Is Due to Arrive in New Orleans Tomorrow
Morning at O'clock, and With Him Will Be Group OF
National NotabIes, Including Thirtytree Governors,
More Than One Hundred and Fifty Congressman, United
States Senators, Foreign Diplomats and Representa-
tves of Eight South and Central American Republics.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-29

Mexico.
The 1.2O0 mile cruise of the presi-
Dental party down the Mississippi riv-
er from ST. Louis to New Orleans con-
stitutes the most remarkable public
junket in the history of the nation
More national and state executives
and lawmakers are called together by
this trip than at any other time with
the possible exception of congression-
al sessions in Washington.
To Arrive Tomorrow.
With President Taft on the trip and
due to arrive here at 8 a. M, tomor-
row, are the presiding officers of the
senate and house of representatives.
twenty senators, thirty-three governors
and more than $50 congressman, be-
sides hundreds of delegates from vari.
GUS parts of the nation, named to rep
resent public bodies at the waterways
convention. Prominent among these
public men are eight representatives
of Central and South American repub-
lies.
Eight stops were scheduled between
st. Louis and New Orleans. and to
make preparations for receptions at
these various places, the Atlantic tor
pedo boat flotilla preceded the presi-
Dental fleet.
The fleet, as it left St. Louis, was the
most imposing that ever steamed down
the Mississippi river. Following the
torpedo boat flotilla came the steamer
Oleander, on which were the president
and members of his party. Strung
out behind the Oleander were other
vessels of the fleet, steaming at some
distance apart at a rate of from twelve
to fifteen miles an hour.
The steamer Erastus Wells, carrying
the Secretary of War, Postmaster-Gen-
eral Hitchcock, Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Nagel and Mayor Kriesman
of st. Louis. had the place of honor
next to the presidents boat. The
other boats of the fleet steamed down
the river as follows:
Old Roosevelt Ship.
Steamer Mississippi. carrying mem
bers Of the Mississippi river Commits
sion and the United States Army and
state engineers. (The Mississippi was
the Roosevelt fleet flagship when Colo
eral years ago.
The steamer st. Paul, carrying thir-
ty-three state executives special guests
Of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water
way Association, and the numerous
newspaper men.
Speaker Lily. with the foreign diplo-
mats and Central and South Ameri-
can representatives.
Steamer Quincy, carrying Speaker
Cannon, members of Congress and
John Barrett, director Of the Interna-
tional Bureau of American republics.
Steamer Alton, with members of
the St. Louis Business Mems League.
Steamer Saltillo, with officials of
the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway
Association
Steamer Cape Girardeau, carrying
East st. Louis, Missouri. Alton and
Belleville deep waterway delegates
and their wives and ladies'
Steamer Hill, with members of the
Chicago Deep Waterways Convention
and members of the Illinois Manufac-
turers' Association.
Steamer Eagle, carrying members
of the Kansas City deep waterways
delegation.
Other steamers Joined the flotilla at
various points, among them the steam
er Illinois, carrying members of the
Illinois legislature and state officials;
the steamer Grand, carrying the Little
Rock delegation; the Rapids, carrying
an Arkansas delegation: the Florence
H.. carrying representatives of Chi
cago newspaper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22

Of the tree, Like sin, il leaves an inefaceable
saar and its toll Is death
Tree fungi appear TO play the part in the
arb0real world that other disutegrating forces
do IN the animal world causing the death Of
trees and reducing them 10 dust after their
stately forms have been laid upon the bosom of
Mother Earth. If some one could do for the
trees in a wholesale way what physicians and
surgeons are trying TO do for humanity, perhaps
the premature death OF trees would largely be
stopped and q greIter amount Of good timber
for the use of man be obtained. Apparently this
is a direction in which the conseryator Of nat
ural resources may look with advantage TO the
world Most OF the decayed trunks found In our
forests are due TO the presence Of fungous
grosths the trunks.
There are many persons who would like TO
know OF a method Of eliminating fungous growths
from wood. Some Of them are stockholders in
railroad and telephone and telegraph companies.
and taxpayers in communities using wooden
pavements. These curious GroWths, which are
often 50 picturesque, destroy railway ties and
telegraph and telephone poles, and If the cubes
are not properly creosOted The blocks of the
wooden pavement may be disintegrated, one
block Communicating another, as the Inhabitants
OF IN English city discovered a few years ago.
Artists and lovers Of art may be at once kindly
disposed toward and utterly opposed TO these
growtas for their impartialty in attacking wood
carvings regardless OF whether these be good
or bad specimens
The fungi which do this dreadful work are In
noceut looking enough. The brackets which
stand out from the tree trunks in such a pictur-
esque fashion. and the 'tOadstools" which poke
their heads out Of cracks in the bark or from
tie roots. have a harmless appearance No one
would suspect the deadly business they are
about The fungus has Two parts, the fine
threads which penetrate TO the heart OF the
tree. absorbing the choice fbres OF wood as
they worm their way inward and the fruit
bodies" as the brackets and 'toadstools' are
styled The tentac}es OF some Of the fungi are
able 10 creep several feet over brickwork OK
other foreign material from one beam or board
20 another by the development Of curious strands
containing specialized conducting character
istics
There are no IL winds FOR the fungi. Some OF
chem depend upon the alr currents for the spread
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22

OF their kind The numbers prOphesied for the
descendants OF Abraham seem hardly worth
mention when compared with the numbers Of
heirs Of single specimen Of the Polyporus
squamosus. as the fungus which produces the
big tree brackets is called The fruit bodies of
this fungus sometimes attain a length OF more
than two feet These appear in May. and when
the thousands Of vertical spore producing tubes
in the interior called hyInenial tubes are in OPP
Grafton the eruption Of spores is continuous for
from five TO fourteen days. going on day and
night, regardless Of the weather. With a count
ing apparatus it has been calculated that in
certain instance each hymenal tube produced
nearly two million spores. This particular fruit
body, It estimated. probably gave off alto
gether ten billion spores. From another fruit
body It was found that the spores were given off
at the rate Of about million 4 minute. As
rule the falling spores cannot be seen 10y The
naked eye, but the Poyporus squamosus Is the
rare exception. one specimen vas watched for
thirteen days. The spores fell continuously in
clouds which looked like steam or the most deli
cate white smoke. The wreaths Of spores drift
ed slowly away ana We're gradually lost 20 sight
at a distance Of about six feet
AS the rate Of fail. which has been measured is
very slow slight brrezes are able ID carry them
long distances before they settle. II is believed
that the spores gain their entrance 10 the wood
Of the tree through wounds These caused
by accident the tree through wind, snow,
lightning and frost by the axe OF saw in the
hand Of man, or the scraping Of thu bark by the
teeth Of some animal. such as the horse or
beaver once the spore finds Judgement it is
practically impossible TO get rid Of the fungus
without injury the tree. When wound is
made in a tree by trimming or by accident its
salvation may depend upon some such preventive
measure as painting over the wound with creo-
sOt..
The damage which tree fungi can DO Is Illus
trated in the Adirondacks. where forests OF
mature beech trees were found upon careful
inspection TO be practically valueless. owing
TO the fact that from 80 to IS per cent of the
otherwise merchantaDIe trees had been attacked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22
INSIDIOUS FOES OF TREES
rang Which LeUel Forests Some
Remarkable Tarietics.

The gospel Of conservation OF natural re-
sources has been so industriously spread that
The enjoyment u the cheerful glow OF burning
wood IN the fireplace has been spoiled for some
10y the feeling that they are abettors in the de-
pleion Of the forests. However. man is not the
only despoiler OF the woodland. There is stiu
work Tor the Conservator, aside from that Of
teaching man how &c eat" his trees and have
them at the time.
The supply Of illustrations for use in Sunday
schools OF the ultimate corruption OF good man
ners 10y continued contact with bad morals is
not so nearly exhausted as the youthful at
tend2nts may imagine and hope The scentis.
has revealed another. in the shape of the fungi
that attack the wood OF a living tree Thus
Tar no one has learned how TO remove them
from 4 tree without injury TO the latter. Their
operations are memorable. The spores once
fastened upon branch through the activity OF
some ihoushuess zephyr. the tree is doomed
Prom The spores tiny tendrils radiate through
the wood toward the heart. Gradually the It's
sues are changed from their former irmness
lnto ''tOuchwOod." Ia course OF time the trees
nbre is weakened 10 the point where a stiff,
blast Of wind Is all that is required TO tOpple II
TO the ground Fungus is the insidious cancer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22

Fungus which was used by the negroes d
Virginia and other Southern states for lighting
their pipes and keeping their fires overnight
The sulphur colorcd polyporus which is readily
recognized by its bright orange top and yellow
undersurface. and which is found in large clus-
ters protruding from knot holes in the trunks
OK oak. cherry ash. locust and other trees. is
edible and is much appreciated by peasant i'm
migrants to America. II is sometimes called
vegetable salmon. ON account OF its delicate
pinkish appearance when cooked. American
boys have found it useful as punk ON the
Fourth of July
The Italians especially enjoy the honey
agaric yellow or brown fruit body. which
appears on old stumps and roots of trees It's
strands pass from root to another beneath
the soil. causing their decay and the consequent
death of the tree from starvation or its destruc-
ton by storm This fungus is plentiful about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22

by fungi In the New England States Colorado
and New Mexico it is almost impossible TO find
healthy groves Of aspen trees which have at
tanned any age because of fungous growths
What this means is better understood when il
is realized that the aspen, poplar. is grown
for pulp wood. The chestnut has been almost
exterminated over extensive areas adjacent to
New York City.
The fruit bodies find many uses One kind.
which IS shaped like horses hoof and has
hard. brown crust, is the famous finder fungus
of Europe. Before the invention of matches it
in great demand. 1t is found in the noun
tains of the temperate zone on trunks Of beech
and birch Another variety found on decaying
trunks Of birch trees IS used in Sweden for
sharpening rdzors on the black locust is found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22

New York in the autumn and IS eagerly col
Iected for food by the natives OF Italy
Some day possibly the scientist Will discover
the spring Of eternal youth for trees from
whose waters may be drawn that which win
Stay all the fungi from which trees suffer and
give them prolonged life. In the mean time
scientists have been studying how to supply
city Well country with trees, Among
these is William a. MlrriII assistant director
Of the New YorI, Botanical Garden. who points
out that the cultivation of trees in dcnsely in
habjted parts Of cities adds to the haaIthfIlness
OF those sections by cooling and purifying the
air. to their comfort by contributing shade and to
their pleasure by softeniug the hard lines and
relieving the moEotony Of color of the buildings.
There are two trees that have shown their
ability TO cope with nearly all the severe con-
ditions of city life" says Dr. Murrin They
are the plane tree and the afIantus. I have
seen these trees in the worst parts of European
cities. begrimed with dust and smoke. but ap-
parently healthy, and certainly of the greatest
value TO the crowds OF children beneath them
The plane tree is an excellent shade producer.
the leaves appearing at the proper time in this
latitude and remaining the trees long q
could be desired. when they give place TO tho
persistent and graceful fruit With 4 little pro-
lection it passes the northern winters uninj ured
and develops rapidly into a splendid and shape
iy tree large enough for the widest avenues or
capable of being adapted by pruning to which
II submits most readily. to very narrow streety
Such is the activity OF its young wood and bark
that the stem i at times completely Girded
without appreciate injury and the outer layers
Of its bark are annually siOuShed off during tho
late summer and autumn, leaving the new lay
ers beneath entirely free from SCOT and dirt &C
cumulated during the summer II is partly due
to this. perhaps. that it enjoys with the allan
tus the distinction OF being best adapted to
parts of cities where smoke and dust abound
In London it is considered by many to be the
only tree that Will thrive in the dirt and smoke
OF so large q city.
The Rilantus is another importation from
the Orient less common than the Oriental Pldre
trees, and. on account of some especially OBJ
jectionable qualities, very unpopular with the
public. Some of these qualities however. are
not serious faults. and may be entirely corrected
with proper care. For example, the unpleasant
odor at blOss9ming time is confined TO the male
flowers, and trees bearing these flowers need
not De cultivated. The qualities which make
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-03
AUTHOR SEEN IN AMERTCUS
IN CAST OF "ST. ELMO
Beautiful Play to Be Presented Wed.
nesday Evening.

Manager Morgan of the opera house
was advised yesterday that Neil
Twomey, who dramatized Mrs. Angus.
ia Evans Wilson's novel, est Elmo,
would appear in Americus with the
company presenting it next Wednes-
day evening, taking the leading role
The company is playing to enthusi-
astic audiences everywhere and espe-
cially in Georgia, where the scenes OIL
"St Elmo" are laid.
The success which has attended the
exploitation of Augusta ]. Evans
novel, "St. Elmo" in dramatic form
has revived popular interest in the
work of the famous southern author.
ess. So far as selling powers go, she
was one of the most successful novel.
lists in America.
When she was eleven years old hel
family moved from Columbus, Ca, tc
San Antonio, Tex, which soon be,
came the headquarters of the troops
sent to assist Gen. Taylor. Their gilt.
tering uniforms and exciting events
incident to war, with the exquisite
scenery about the place, furnished the
theme for "Inez, Tale of the Ala
no."
1t was not until she published
"Buelah," however, that she tasted
the fruits of substantial success. Tha
work ran through edition after edi
tion.
"St. Elmo" of course, was Mis-
Evans great success.
It's sale was tremendous, and ham
lets, hotels, steamboats, and couutr.
seats were named in it's honor. Th'
book contains a description of the Ia
Mahal, and a traveller visiting th'
spot records the fact that he discov
cred Parsee boy in the shadow o
the tomb reading the London edition
of one of the authors books.
For "Vashti" which followed, tn
author in a single check, while it wa
still in manuscript, was paid $4,000
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-03
GOV. BROWN TO REMAIN
IN OFFICE AT CAPITOL
Forced To Decline Many
Invitations
Finds it Impossible to
Accept the Many In
vitations to Attend
Gatherings.
lspecial 10 Times-Recorder !

=
Atlanta, Oct. 2.-Gov. Joseph NJ
Brown is forced by pressure of public
business to decline many invitations
of cities to attend fairs and like occa-
sions, for if he accepted half of those
extended him he would be away from
the capital fully one-third of the time
during October and November, and to
the neglect of official business.
And it is always business before
pleasure with Gov. Brown.
The governor has found it necessa-
ry, therefore, to decline practically all
such invitations, and aside from. a trip
to Carrollton next Tuesday to attend
the opening of the Fourth district Ag-
ricultural schol and a trip in No
vember to Macon, Augusta and Sa-
vannah with President Taft he will
not go away from his office, unless
important matters arise to take him.
While he would personally like to
accept the open-handed hospitality Of
fered him at so many places, Governor
Brown recognizes that duty calls him
to remain in his office every day pos
sible. People come from all parts of
the state every day to consult him
about matters of Importance, and he
feels that it would be an injustice to
them to be away so much.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-03
NOTICE OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given that no bids
made for the purpose of buying the
Windsor Hotel property at private
sale will be received after twelve
o'clock NJ, on the 10th day of October,
1909, and on that date all bids will
be opened and submitted to the Court
for confirmation All bids must be sub
mitted in writing, sealed and accompa-
MED by a certified check for one thous-
and dollars for full and faithful COM
pliance with the bid that may be ac-
cepted, after such bid is confirmed by
the Court, said sum to be forfeited as
liquidated damages if the bidder
whose bid has been accepted and
confirmed by the Court fails to COM
ply Herewith.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY,
9-3O-11t Receiver.