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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
FATHER ARRESTED
FOR STEALING SON

Memphis. Tenn, Dec. 3.-Divoroed
and given custody Of his four.year-old
child week ago; married Monday
for the second time within i've years.
Robert W.. alias Roy. Scott, his bride
Of three days and James Reginald VIII.
son Scott. who says his name 10 Jim
Thompson" are at Central police
headquarters.
Scott 10 being detained by detec.
tives on a circular from e. Willis, the
chief Of police Of Windsor. Ont, charg.
ing kidnapping Of the boy.
Scott, who until recently was travel.
Ing salesman for a piano company. al.
legged In q petition for divorce last Sat.
urday. that he was deserted by Mrs.
Scott No. I, the mother of the boy.
The divorce was granted.
Mrs. Scott No. 2. who. until last
Monday morning. when she was mar.
ried to the salesman. was Miss Mabel
Claire Bennett Of Brooklyn. declares
that Scott received word that his wife
was untrue and that he furnished
funds for Mrs. Scott No. I to visit
relatives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
TEMPERANCE BEER"
SOMETIMES Is REAL

Indianapolis. Dec. 3.-Statistics in
the current report of the food and
drug laboratory Of the state board Of
health. covering the fiscal year. ended
Sept. 80. show that Temperance beer
10 not always temperance bear. Dur.
ing the year, the laboratory authori.
ties had occasion to analy1e several
dosen samples Of so-called temperance
beer ssissd by its inspectors or by
peace ohicers engaged In closing blind
tigers In territory dry" under the
county option law. Malt liquor with
from 81 to per cent alcohol, by vol
ume. 10 scientifically accepted az beer.
Some Of the samples examined con.
tanned much moro than that percent
age OF alcohol.
Much OF the liquor analysed In the
laboratory was found by the inspectors
and other officers In bottles without
labels. especially where offered for
sale In dry" territory, and all such
liquor was labeled. by the SEEKING au-
thorities. temperance beer" since to
label It otherwise would have been to
presuppose illegal custody Of the II.
Quor. In many instances, however.
liquor with over s per cent. alcohol
was labeled temperance beer. Tenn.
perance beer 10 accepted by scientists
- malt liquor containing less than
one-half of I per cent. or only traces
Of alcohol.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
THREE METHODIST
BRANCHES TO MERGE

Baltimore. Dec. 3.-That the dream
Of many Methodists to sec all the fol.
lowers Of John Wesley united into one
body would soon be realiased. was the
opinion expressed today by Rev. DR..
L. NJ. Jennings Of the Methodist Pro
testant church Of Pittsbure. In an ad-
dress at the second days session of
the joint commission on Methodist
Federation.
The fraternal sentiment Of the
three churches Of Methodism, the
Methodist Episcopal. the NJ. E. South
and the Methodist Protestant is al.
ready crystallizing around two con.
captions Of union-organic union and
federation" said the speaker.
There 10 . trend toward union Of all
churches. not only at home but In the
foreign mission fleld. s...
The afternoon was devoted to q
secret session. the church was cleared
OF all non.members Of the several com.
missions. after which the doors Of the
edince were locked. Tonight equally
private meetings Of committees were
bald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
BUYS MOST PERFECT
HORSE FOR $4,000

Chicago. Dec. 3.-The worlds cham
pion Shire horse-Dan Patch, declared
to be the most perfect specimen of
heavy equine alive--has been acquired
by President John ]. Mitchell OF the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank. Mr..
Mitchell paid the record price of &c.
900 for the animal. according to well
authenticated reports.
The announcement that the banker
had added Dan Patch to his string of
blooded horses now housed at Geneva
was made by Mr.. Mitchell at the In
ternational Stock Exposition at the
stockyards. Thousands of stockmen
and farmers showed their enthusiasm
by cheering both the horse and its
new owner when they heard the news
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

TAMPA is SUED
BY LABOR UNIONS

Tampa, Fla, Dec. Suit has been
hled against the city of Tampa by the
trustees of the Central Trades and
Labor Assembly for $4,000 damages.
1t is alleged that the assembly has suf-
fered damages to this extent by the
closing OF the labor temple for q per.
iod Of three weeks during the strike.
to prevent gatherings. and by damage
done to furniture and the loss of valu-
able papers.
Tie temple was closed by order Of
Mayor Mckay to prevent gatherings at
which violent speeches were made and
at which. it was alleged. irresponsible
speakers melted the strikers.
Governor Gilchrist is here to make
a personal investigation OF charges
made by Samuel Gompers that the
strikers are not being protected. He
met a committee of union men and
after hearing their charges asked that
they reduce their complaints to writ
ing 80 that they could be properly in.
vestigated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
MOTHER SEES HER
CHILD CREMATED

Pittsburg. Pa. Dec 3.-Alone on the
second door Of his home four.year-old
Alexander Levin burned to death today
while his mother. Mary Levin. fought
frantically to save him. entering the
burning house twice and sustaining
serious burns.
The child was left alone on the Sec
ond floor. and in his play he probably
knocked Goals from crate FIRE to the
rug. Then frightened at having start.
ed the fire he hid In a cupboard and
swung the door after him.
AS the flames spread the childs
screams were heard by the mother
When she ran up the stairs the room
was q mass of flames and the FIRE was
spreading through the house. She
searched the room. but could not find
the boy,
The house was destroyed and when
firemen had cooled the ruins enough
to search for the body they found 1t
charred to q cinder.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
NO COMMON CREED
FOR JEW AND GENTLE

New York. Dec. 3.-"The time 10 not
yet for . common religious platform
upon which the Jew and the Gentle
can stand" said Jacob H. SchiR to-
night in addressing the Young Mems
Hebrew association.
THE distant future may bring even
this" he continued. Indeed. I pray
for It. But 20 long as Christianity
means to . large number Of our CO
religionists oppression and prejudice.
II not persecution. the Kingdom Of
God has not yet arrived on earth. nor
has the brotherhood Of man become an
actually"
In this belief Mr.. Schih urged that
We draw the line at efforts to intro
duce other than Jewish worship into
our camps alike. because We have too
much respect for the religions Of 9TH
srs TO permit them to be brought un-
der the mistaken impression that we
have ground to meet on and because
it 10 our right and duty carefully to
guard our own fences"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
FRIED SKUNK ON
COLUMBUS MENU

Columbus. Ind. Dec. 3.-Row w.
Emig. great junior sycamore Of the
Indiana Red Men. who 10 IN attorney
here. 10 spending few days camping
on White river. and has just pulled on
. joke on some friends that has left
them In . dased frame Of mind. He
invited several 10 spend the night
with him and housed them under tent
and blankets. When morning came he
said he had something In the way Of .
treat and presented them with fried
meat. which they decided was possum.
After breakfast vas over and they
we're complimenting Emig on his abil.
ny - . host and cook. he told them
The truth. They had been eating fried
skunk. The men insist that fried
skunk 10 excellent. but they do not
Wish any more.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
TAKES HIS LIFE ON
EVE OF WEDDING

New York, Dec. 3.-While friends
were gathered at ST. Lorimore street.
Williamsburg. to witness his marriage
to Miss Carrie McAllister. George Loe-
fler committed suicide in the home
which he had ltted up at % Devoe
street for his bride to be.
Loe1ler put on his wedding clothes,
placed in his mouth . tube leading
from q gas jet and turned on the gas.
According to an aunt Of Miss Nc
Alister. at whose homo the wedding
was to have taken place. Loeffler had
told his finance that business was not
any too good of late, and the girl. who
is a stenographer for a mercantile
house, had tried to persuade him from
marrying until his affairs improved.
He would not consent to this. how
ever.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
GETS DAMAGES FOR
LOSS OF TROUSERS

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 3.-Dr. Carlston
L. Norton OF Adrian. who sued the
Pullman Car company for damages be-
cause his trousers were stolen while
he was asleep In q car on q side track
in Jacksonville, Fla, got verdict to-
day.
It was jury trial In the United
States court. The verdict was for the
full amount asked. 343e.60, the value
of the trousers, cash, gold watch and
other things which were in the peck
cts. ...
The jury added interest from the
date of the robbery. Feb. s, 1908.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
BURIED ALIVE IN
CORN ELEVATOR

Celina. Ohio. Dec. 3.-Arthur p. Dull
Of Rockford. had narrow escape from
death when he was buried under Is
feet Of corn at the Dull elevator in
that village. Corn had clogged In the
chute to their big corn crib. and Dull
crawled In the end Of the chute to
loosen the obstruction. As the corn
gave way he lost his hold on the chute
and went into the crib. II was several
minutes before the accident was dis
covered. A portion Of the wall was
sawed out to realease the imprisoned
man. He has an arm broken and 10
badly bruised, but 1t 10 not believed
he II seriously injured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
SAMPLE OF MEDICINE
CAUSED IT'S DEATH

Fond du Lac. Wis. Dec. 3.-After
having been out - hours the jury in
the case Of Martin O'Donnell Of Ocon.
to. against the NJ. w. Marshall Medi.
cine company of this city. returned =
verdict awarding ODonnell $685.. but
also finding that relative of the plain
till had been guilty OF contributory
negligence.
The case involved the acts of .
travelling agent of the medicine con.
Germ In distributing samples Of q rheu-
matism nniment in Oconto. A small
daughter fed to an infant the contents
of the bottle left at the house by the
distributor.
The baby died and the father sued.
blaming the medicine company under
the law forbiddinE promiscuous hand
ing out Of medicine samples.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

KLEIN-The funeral Of Emily Klein
will take place from the homo Of her
brother. George Klein. corner Ninth
and National avenue Sunday after.
noon at o'clock instead OF ~ O'Clock
a. announced In the Friday evening
Palladium.
HIRE-James Harvey Hire. aged IS
years, died last night at the Reid Ne
mortal hospital. He lived northwest
OF the city. A brother Mr.. Charles
Hire, and q sister. Mrs. Lzsie An
derson, survive the deceased. Fune-
raj services will be held Sunday morn
ing from the home and burial win 10
In King cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
GETS $11,5OO FOR ..
LOSS OF HIS LEG

South Bend. Ind. Dec. 3.-Through
. decision OF the Supreme court OF
Indiana In amrming q decision Of
Judge Richter in the Laporte circuit
court David Norman Poole Of South
Bend, 10 awarded damages to the sum
Of $11.500 for injuries received while
working for the Grand Trunk railway.
Through defective frog into which
he stepped on Oct. 8. 1906. Poole lost
leg. being held fast as train bore
down upon him. To save his life he
fell to one side and allowed the leg
to be crushed.
The case has been In the courts
practically al Of the time since that
date. The verdict OF $11,500 carries
per cent interest from the time the
appeal was made for . reversal Of the
decision. Tho damages asked were
$4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

Little 10 known Of divorce among
primitive peoples: consequently an ar
ticle contributed By a writer Ia a
French review on the traditional rules
for divorce practiced among the Bou-
douina people. dwelling about Lake
Chad, 10 OF interest. II the husband
demands divorce we learn that he has
to generally renounce the dot This Is
always the case II he be z prodigal
A wife demanding divorce without
good reasons must restore to her hus-
band double the value of his settle
ment upon her. II she cannot do SO
he must wait until she again marries,
and tho new husband has 70 take this
liability. II the wife has good grounds
for divorce sbe retains the dot.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
A Coed Trap.

A Good Trap.
The members Of the Cumberland
club In Portland tell this story about
Tom Reed.
Reed aud q companion went to the
club one evening. hung their coats in
the cloakroom and spent the evening
talking politics. When they went to
get their overcoats on leaving. Reeds
friend thrust his hand In the pocket
for his gloves and pulled out pocket
book that was not his and that some
one had put in there BY mistake.
"What shall I do?" he asked Reed.
''If I 90 around the club With q peck
etbook In my hand It will look
strange"
That's all right" said Reed. keep
the pocketbook and set the coat again.
Well 60 back In the smoking room"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
GOTHAMITES MAY
HAVE NEW SUBWAY

New York. Dec. 3.-The building Of
an underground street, the first Of it,
kind in the world, under st. Georges
Hill. on upper end of Manhattan IL
land. il favored by Nelson p. Lewis. =
city engineer, in a report which he
made to the board Of estimates today.
The street would be more than 800
feet long. Is feet wide and is feet
high for pedestrians only.
Elevators are to be used to carry
passengers to the surface. The hill il
100 feet high.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
PLAYS WITH FIRE:
BABY BOY DIES

Charlottesville. Ind. Dec. 3.-As the
result Of burns received when he over.
turned lamp. Leslie DIN Swank, the
16-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Seth
Swank. living north of Darlington. died
in great agony. The little fellow tod
died out of bed Monday morning. and
seeing the burning lamp on a chair
nearby. imagined 1t was a toy and be-
gan playing With 1t. The lamp was
overturned and In Q moment his night
gown was ablaze. His screams at
tracted his mother. but before she
could smother the flames his body,
arms and legs were terribly burned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
WIDOWS KISS Is
WORTH $500 ANYWAY

Shreveport. La. Dec. Sin the Dis
tYict court Judge A. J. Mur6 held that
the kiss oe Z young widow was worth
$500.
The decision Vas rendered in the
case q Nrs. Grace Hunter against J.
X. Norman. Who Vas Postmaster at
on City. this parish. when the alleged
ODoooo Was committed.
Nh Hunter alleged that Norman
haooo1 ~ q The OIL CITY postomcs.
0ne ouo1 Tor $4,000. Judge Mur6 "a.
uoaooAe1 Norman that As looked old
ono0GA . hnoW beetee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
ARREST GANG OF
SAFE BLOWERS

Cleveland. Ohio, Dec. 3.-Nitrogly.
cerine enough to blow up an once
building. three pieces Of fuse and four
big revolvers were found among the
effects of three men and q woman who
are being held at police headquarters
here.
The police believe they have round
ed up band which has been operat-
ing for . month in Ohio. blowing safes
and stealing thousands Of dollars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
SLEEPING BABE
SEAT FOR A DRUNK

Texarkana, Texas. Dec. 3.-The babe
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Henry Of Pop
lar Bluff, Mo-, 10 dying In sanitarium
here Of injuries received on . train
which arrived here from that city.
While the infant was sleeping on car
seat, a drunken man reeled into the
coach and sat down upon the babe,
crushing it almost to death. He es-
capped unidentified.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
RED CROSS SEALS

Red Cross seals are now on sale.
q large number have been sent to
Richmond to be disposed Of. The
Palladium has these seals on sale.
Call for them at the business Of
ice. Each penny spent for q Red
Cross seal goes into the war fund
for the campaign against the great
white plague.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
An Artist.s Fad

A Partisan artist 10 lieu Of 1 picture
gallery has collection Of great paint
ers' palettes, some 500 in number.
among them being Corots. Isabey's
and Theodore Rousseau's. On many
Of the palettes are sketches By the
painters who used them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
NO SHAVE OR HAIR
CUT IN 80 YEARS

Nashville. Ind. Dec. Gilbert Mer-
ida, who lived his 80 years without
ever having his face shaved or his
hair cut. 10 dead at his home near
here Of typhoid fever. In his little log
house are q number of rattle snake
skins, to the wearing Of which 40 belts
he attributed his long life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
ELOPED WITH GIRL
TOBACCO STRIPPER

Newcastle, Ind, Dec. 3.-Miss Grace
Denning and Bernard Knapmeyer. en-
ployed in q local cigar factory 40 strip
per and foreman. eloped and were
married in Covington, KY, the groom's
former home. The girls parents OBJ
jected because of her age.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
FELL DOWN STAIRS
AND BREAKS A LEG

A fall down . long narrow stairway
q 80 North d street. resulted In
badly broken leg for Al Goodwin. last
evening. Goodwin was picked up in
On uncoascious condition and taken 10
the Reid Memorial hospital. The man
vas badly intoxicated when the fall
occurred. the police say.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
WESTERN STATES
GROWING RAPIDLY
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(American News Servicel
Washington. Dec. 2-The popula-
ton of Colorado az reported today n
799.124. q gain OF % per cent: Nevada
Sl,S75, gain Of 80 per cent: Idaho
325.594, gain OF 10l per csnt: Ore
gon 672.765. . gain Of 81 per cent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
MARTIN vs., HARUM
So Horse Deal Principals Are
Styled.

The deal In horse flesh between I'm
ion county parties. which 10 having its
airing on . change Of venue. In the
Wayne circuit court has been STYLED
the proceedings for 800 damages on
. breach of warranty by Abe Martin
against David Harum." The great re.
semblance which John Redd. the com.
plainant. bears to the famous Kin
Hubbard character has caused the at.
taches OF the circuit court to SO name
him. The case went to the jury on
Saturday afternoon, after three days
trial.
The arguments by the attorneys
were made on Saturday morning. Ray
X. Shiveley. representing Redd. open
ed for the complainant. John F. Rob-
bins. one of the counsel interested In
the case for the defense had an In.
genious argument to convince the
Jury that the defendant had not VIC.
lated the established procedure in a
horse deal.
He declared to the jury that evi.
dence had shown the horse was not
affected with the heaves, only wind
broken. While Gregory owned 1t 1t
worked satisfactorily. he said. But
the attorney argued that after Redd
secured the animal he put a collar
four inches too small on 1t, causing 1t
to choke and completely shutting OF
it, wind. He said there was no won
der any one blocks away could hear
the horse blow" In an attempt to get
its breath. He also said that evi.
dence had shown Redd had been offer.
Cd . hundred dollars since he had In.
stituted the civil proceedings against
Gregory. "a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
IRWIN FINED FOR
GIVING $4,000 REBATE
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Louisville, Dec. 3.-The Indictment
against Lucien Irwin, president Of the
Louisville. Henderson and 81. Louis
railroad. charging him with granting
rebates to the American Tobacco com.
pany. was dismissed today IL the fed
eral court, by Irwin accepting I 5000
fine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

PlIgo CURED IN Q TO ~ DAYS
your druggist win refund money II
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
case Of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Pro-
truding Piles In 6 to IL days. soc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
HAMPTON INJURED
IN C. & @. WRECK
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Cincinnati, Dec. 3.--Charles Hamp.
ton, an engineer. was fatally injured
and several others were seriously hurt
when the construction train on the c.
4 O. Of Indiana went over the en-
bankment at the top Of the high hill.
Many workmen we're injured in jump
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

0skter otilI.
"Don't you think you have . good
mamma to spread such . nice. big
slice Of besad With jam for your
asked the visitor.
''Oh. yea" replied little Lola. but
my grandma - sooder. She lets me
speead H. Jan myself.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

The other day . tramp called upon q
pronounced advocate Of woman's
rights. His tale was . very plausible
one. but did not seem to meet with
much sympathy.
why don't you 90 to work. asked
Tie sufragette.
Please. mum" explained the weary
cne. Il made so1emn vow tn years
ago that wo0A newer do another
stroke o wock till women was given
q vote"
He was taken in-so was she-Ex-
change.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

Although Norway IL . maritime na-
ton and has = larger percentage Of it,
Inhabitants engaged in seafaring than
any other country, agriculture II its
leading industry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03

George AIDE In the early days Of his
career. before the Fables In Slang
had brought him fame, called one
morning In Chicago upon . Sunday
editor on q mission from . theatrical
manager.
II have brought you this manu-.
SCRIPT" he began, but the editor, look.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-03
A HUGE BOULDER
CAUSES WRECK
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Bristol. Tenn. Dec. ga coal train,
drawn by two engines struck large
boulder and was wrecked near Clinch-
port, this morning. Three trainmen
were killed and three injured.