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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
CONTRACT WAS LET
To O. A. Lauck for the De.
tention Hospital.

The contract for the construction OF
the county insane detention hospital
which will be constructed south of the
county Jail on South Second street.
was let on Wednesday by the board of
county commissioners to Otta A.
Lauck, of this city, who bid $5,164.75
to both construct the building and
equip it with the plumbing and heat
ing system. The amount appropriated
was $4,000.
There were but two other bids, con-
tractors generally having so much
work just now that they could not
bid on the county job and start work
on it at once, in the event they receiv.
ed the contract. The other two bidders
Stimson, Centerville, $5.642 and Mil
ler-Kemper company, this city, $5,942
Lauck will begin work on the struc-
ture within the next few weeks and
hoped to have the structure we'll un.
der way towards occupancy by ANU.
airy l. 1t will include accommodations
for six patients, which is believed to
Do du1pte lOi lilS "dhto III tdio Souhey
1t will be modern in every respect and
will meet a great need in this coun'
ty. Insane people will only be confined
in the county institution until such a
time as they can be admitted to the
state hospital at Eastnaven, west OF
the city For the dangerous insane the
county Jail has been the place of con
fnement for the men and the Home
for the Friendless for the women, dur
ing the time they were waiting admit
lance to the state institution.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
CALL HAND SHAKE
MENACE TO HEALTH
DR.. Stevenson at Medical
Meeting Enters Resolu-
ton Against Custom.

"Since Sanitary and Medical Science
have proved that nearly all contagious
diseases are carried from one individ-
ual to another by direct contact, while
very little contagion is proved to be
purely airborne:
Thereby resolved by the Wayne
County Medical Society that we rec
ommend to the Public to abstain from
hand shaking as much as possible, es-
pecially during the Fall and Winter
months when Pneumonia, tuberculosis
contracted 1t is further resolved that
hand shaking is fully as dangerous as
the roller towel and the Public Drink
ing Cup. or dipper. all of which ought
to be retired to oblivion"
This was the startling resolution
that DR. David w. Stevenson present
ed at the monthly meeting of the
Wayne County Medical Society held
yesterday afternoon at the CONNER
cial Club. His reading was the cause
of lot of heated discussion on the
subject, but as most of the doctors
present thought the resolution had
been suggested as a joke the matter
was laid on the table until the next
meeting. DR.. Stevenson accompanied
the reading of his resolution with a
speech setting forth his reasons for its
adoption He said "all the best medical
authorities in the country are agreed
on the value of move of this sort
because more cOntagion is spread in
this way than in any other. Typhoid
fever especially Is carried in this man.
ner. Supposing man wipes his nose
with his hand, and a few minutes later
shakes hands with some friend. There
is a strong probability that he will
pass whatever disease germ he may
have directly over to his friend. People
should shake hands the way the Chi
nese do. The latter clasp their own
hands together, and shake them before
their friends. This does Just as well az
a salutation and runs no chance OF
spreading disease"
Dr. Stevenson added, that resolu
ton was laid on the table at the meet
ing, but l am going to push it through
the next meeting and force its adop
ton. Just calling the attention of the
public to the matter will be enough te
get people to thinking about the un
sanitary hand shake. I'm afraid most
of the members of the association die
take the matter as joke yesterday
This was DR.. Stevenson's own version
of the story.
DR.. A. l.. Bramkamp, one Of the
other physicians at the gathering sale
"Dr. Stevenson goes around shaking
hands with everybody in town; hi
| wouldn't live up to the rule himself"
DR.. Stevenson believes there is M
question about the necessity of some
such ruling, and he intends to see i
adopted by the society.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
CHANGES MADE N
REtvEST0A PLAN
Sewers and Streets to Be
Made in Estate After
Houses Are Built.

Owing to the fact that the company
which recently purchased the Reeves
ton place, in the southeastern part of
the city, and which Will divide the es.
tate into building lots, has changed its
plans, the city will be obliged to ex-
pend quite a sum of money. Represen-
tatives of the company appeared be-
fore the board of public works this
morning and informed that body that
the company had decided to make the
had been built instead of before the
houses were erected, In this event the
city will have to pay for the intersec-
tions of each street. The plat was ap-
proved by the board.
The streets will not have to be made
until the addition is built up and the
taxes paid in by the property owners.
These taxes probably will amount to
several thousand dollars which will
more than pay for the improvement OF
the street intersections. There will be
no alleys, as each lot will be wide en-.
ough for driveway. The company &
representatives declare that this will
tend to make the addition clearly, as
no one will care to litter his lot with
trash, whereas if alleys were in the
rear of the lots the property owners
would not hesitate to throw trash into
them.
There will be but seven intersec
tons for which the city will have to
pay. The intersections will be at Sew
enteenth. Eighteenth, Nineteenth
Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty
boulevard running east and west; &C
cording to present plans.
Representatives of the company con
ferred with the board and City Attor
ney Gardner in regard to the dedica
ton of the parks in the streets of the
addition. It is believed that it will moi
cost more to place small parks in the
streets.
The board confirmed the resolution
for the construction of cement side
| walks on the west side of NORTH
| Twelfth street from I to ] streets ant
on both sides of South C street from
Fourteenth to Fifteenth street. Thu
| final assessment roll on the improve
ment of South G street by gravelint
the roadway and constructing cemen
sidewalks on both sides of the stree
from South Eleventh to Thirteenth
street was adopted, as was that OF
South Fifth street from Main tt
South E which called for sidewalks OF
both sides of the street. The final as
sessment roll on the cementing of thu
alley between South Fifteenth ant
Sixteenth streets from B to c wa
adopted. Approval was given the pri
mary assessment roll on the vacation
of North F street. The engineer re
ported to completion of the improve
ment on South Fifteenth street, o
sidewalks on both sides of the stree
from Main to E street. A petition wa
received signed by twenty-one resi-
dents, asking for an electric arc ligh
at the corner of Kinsey and Nortl
West Fifth street. Bills for the mont
| were allowed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

The Sells-Floto circus, which gave
two performances here yesterday be-
fore two big audiences, was one Of the
best attractions OF its kind ever seen
in this city. The show was lively and
interesting from start to close, and the
feature acts among the best on the
road.
Having accepted an invitation from
the head of the commisary department
of the Sells-Floto show to eat dinner
with the actors, the reporter was out
at the dining tent at half past four in
the afternoon, the hour at which the
performers have to eat in order to
have time to dress before the even-
ing show 1t is practically impossible
to get into the eating place without
having proper credentials, for there is
an eagle-eyed man at the door whose
sole duty is to keep out intruders. All
the show folks have regular meal
tickets which they have to present to
the door keeper in order to get inside.
AS result of this rigid watch, the
management very seldom has to feed
an outsider.
The menu at the circus is as good
as one could wish for. In the first
place, every diner is offered his choice
of roast beef and mashed potatoes, or
roast pork with apple sauce and sweet
potatoes. 1t is an interesting fact that
almost everyone took the pork. This
part of the repast is accompanied by
plenty of bread and butter, and the
meal is concluded with one OF va
riety of favored ice cream.
To one unaccustomed to this man.
ner of eating, the most interesting part
of the dinner is not the food-for that
is just the same as the food served
at home-but what fascinates the out
slider Is the run of conversation that
goes on among the actors. The man
who sat next to the reporter at the ia
BILE was the clown that impersonated
policeman. He was one Of the best
humorists of the show when in the
big top" but once off the arena, he
was about the worst pessimist that
one could find.
Last night he was thinking about
leaving the show because some of the
4
others were making life miserable fol
him by waking him up at five O'Clock
every morning. One of the candy
butchers" as the peanut vendors are
called, stated afterward that Jack
Harris, the policeman-clown, was the
biggest crouch in the show, even
though his business was to make peo
pie laugh. In the course of the CONVEX
sation it developed that Harris was al
war with everybody in the company
and had at one time threatened tC
beat up everyone that slept in the
same car with him. At this moment
however, he was not worrying about
threshing anyone; he was merely for
ming his plans for quitting the circus
business. Just then, one of the ticke
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
Star Clown Really a Crouch
Is a Reporters Discovery

sellers, a man who has been several
times around the world, came in for
his dinner. He caught what was going
on and at once joined in. You've got
to quit worrying about what they do to
YOU" he said. Somebody has always
got to be the fall guy, and it's just
your luck to be it now You are having
the best year you ever had in the cir
Gus business, and you know that If
Jimmy took all mis- elephants and tried
to pull you out of the show with them,
he could not do it," This sort of talk
kept up until the clown left to get in
to his costume for the evening perfor-
nance.
A large part of the discussion is on
the matter of fines. The circus people
are fined for every petty deviation
from the fixed rules of the managers
| One of the band men was forced to
give up Eve dollars out of his pay for
| failing to appear for the parade. An
other man paid two dollars because he
wore street pants instead of the trous-
ers belonging to his costume, in the
parade. Everyone is grumbling against
the managers for this system of fines
but no one ever dares say anything
about it openly.
BY half past FIVE, all the people are
through with their evening meal. and
move from the dining tent out on the
open field to enjoy what is their real
vacation time-the two hours between
dinner and the evening performance
| Most of the number spend their idle
time walking around the grounds
chatting with other actors here and
there, and just going where their in
clination leads them. A few go Off
into town for various purposes.
Quite crowd of the show folks
were gathered around the baby lion
as the latter was playing in the oper
field with it's trainer. Everyone was
closing in around the animal, when its
trainer said, Come on Babe, let's
widen this circle little" He Their
gave jerk to the chain, by which the
lion was attached, and the little beast
hardly larger than an ordinary dog
started after everybody in sight. The
crowd scattered, but not before the
baby had seized one man by the leg
and had chewed his. trousers leg te
bits. The little lion is playful
thing, and is the pet of the whole
show. The escape of bear cub from
its cage engaged the attention of the
idlers for time. The animal was
not big enough to hurt anyone, ant
the circus hands had most enjoy
able time chasing him around the tent
The people do not spend all theil
spare minutes with the animals, how
ever, for there are three little child
rem in the company who attract quite
a little attention. The men are es
pecially attracted by the little ones
and many are the toys that the hand!
improvise for the youngsters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETS ON MONDAY

The first meetinf of the members of
the Richmond Commercial club for the
autumn season is scheduled to be held
in the club rooms in the Masonic TEN
pie next Monday evening. Owing to
the long interval since the last meet.
ing, made necessary by the vacation
period. many important matters have
come up which viii have to be attend.
ed to at this time. From now on the
meetings will occur at the regular time
on the vening of the second Monday
OF each month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
TO HOLD MEETING

The Wayne County Horticultural
society will meet next Saturday after
noon at the residence of Mr.. Thomas
Elleman, 422 Randolph street. An un-
usually fine exhibition OF grapes and
other fruits will be shown. The Rev.
Truman Kenworthy OF the East Main
Street Friends church will deliver the
principal address Of the occasion. As
the meeting promises to be especially
interesting it is hoped that all the
members will try to be present
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
City Statistics
Births.

Births.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. King,
$50 North A street, a son, Harvey
Hubert King.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Meyers,
Katherine Meyers.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tur-
ner, sos North West Third Street, a
daughter, Helen Turner. @. .- -
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry L.
Walls, 1912 South B street, daugh
ter. Elizabeth Walls.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Herman J.
ter, Agnes Anna Bowling.
Deaths and Funerals.
CLARK-The remains of A. b
Clark will be shipped to Minos Falls
New York. to his brother for burial
this evening at s p. m. Friends may
call any time at Doan and Klute par
lors.
MARSH-Catherine Marsh died last
night at her home three miles south
of the city on the Boston pike, at the
age of So years. The funeral will be
Friday morning, at eight o'clock at the
home The remains will be sent te
Hamilton, Ohio. later on Friday, and
burial will take place in Hamilton.
HAWORTH-Hyram H. Hawortt
died this morning at the age of six
ty-four years in his home, 2027 NORTH
F. street, as result of consumption
Resides HE wife two SONS Harry apf
Clifford, survive him. The funera
win be held Saturday afternoon at the
Whitewater Friends church, at TIVE
o'clock. Interment will be at Earlhau
cemetery Friends may call at tht
home at any time.
Typhoid.
| A new case of typhoid fever has de
veloped at 500 Main street. Johr
Rather Ia the nationt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
DIES ON WEDNESDAY
Abraham Harris Called
Well Known Man.
palladium Specially

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind, Sept. T.
Abraham Harris, aged "a, widely
known over Wayne county. who prob
ably served as executor or admins
traitor in the settlement of more es-
tates than any other one man in the
county. died Wednesday afternoon
about 4:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
I. Collins, where he has lived since
he retired from active business. The
funeral will be held on Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the New Garden
Friends church. The burial will be in
the cemetery of the same.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
TURNED THE BATTLE.
Impulse That Moved the British Ian.
GERS at Aiiwal.

UAI WsOvVO IuS 0SSesSU A0u-
GERS at Aliwal.
The Sixteenth lancers, than whom
there is no more famous regiment In
the British service, performed a fine
feat at the battle of -Aliwal, in the
Punjab, in January. 1S46.
The gallant Sikhs had thrown them
selves into squares and in this forma
ton for a time resisted the desperate
charges Of the English cavalry just
as stubbornly az the British infantry
had resisted the French curaissiefs al
Waterloo.
Again and again did the Sixteenth
lancers strive to break through the
masses of the Sikhs. and again and
again scores OF saddles were emptied.
and the British were beaten back with
slaughter. As the 1ancers got close
enough to deliver their thrusts their
weapons would SPLINTER like match
wood UPON the stout shields Of their
swarthy foes. Suddenly an inspiration
came tO the troopers.
Without receiving any orders to that
effect, but as IL controlled by unani-
NOUS impulse, they shifted their lances
to the bride hand and charged in
once more. The Sikhs, entirely UMPIRE
pared for this sudden and mastery
maneuver, received in their bodies in.
stead Of on their targets the spear
points OF the horsemen.
Into and through the squares swept
the Sixteenth. with lances as crimson
as their TUNES. Even so, it Is record
ed that the resistance was SO desper
ate and sustained that the Sikh square
had to be ridden through again and
vet again before It was finally over
come.-Exchange-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
BOTH INJURED MEN
ARE RESTING EASY

The fact that Bert Miller, the young
man who was shot, and Emil Weist,
the motorcycle racer who was injured
at the driving park. are resting easier
today than either have since their re-
moval to the hospital. gives the au-
thorities of the institution ample rea-
son to believe that ultimately both
will recover.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

According to Danish laws. automo-
biIes are forbidden to pass trolley cars
at a rate faster than one mile an hour.
Nearly twenty-three thousand nine
to Canada from England through the
agency of the Bernardo homes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

Senator Joe Castellot, of Mexico,
says that women should vote and that
he hopes they will be permitted to
vote in his country. Woman is the
stronger sex" he says, for though
man may be the strength Of the nation,
he is the slave of woman"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
TO THE STATE FAIR

Interurban cars are leaving this city
for Indianapolis as early as O'Clock
in the morning to accommodate peo-
pie who wish to attend the state fair,
In progress this week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

The clock In the tower Of Trinity
church. New York, Is one hundred
years old. Rust and age have played
havoc with 1t. 1t II to be replaced by
one Of modern make. having four dials.
each six feet In diameter with nuner-
als inscribed In stone.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

Twin tunnels for vehicles and pedes.
TRANS are being built under the River
Elbe by the German city of Hamburg
The cost will be about two million
1--we hundred thousand.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
BASEBALL WAR Is
AVERTED BY ASSIGN
fNation.l News Associationl

'e
CHICAGO Sept IA baseball war
was averted by the American associa-
ton withdrawing its petition recently
submitted to the national commission
This was decided at special meeting
of association magnates today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

The number of passengers transfer
red from the immigration station on
mainlan averages now about $500, 900
each year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

During the last year 1,200.o00 miles
oe telegraph wire were added to that
already standing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07

Palladium Want Ads Pay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-07
Typhoid.

A new case of typhoid fever has de-
veloped at 500 Main street. John
Rather is the patient.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-19
SUFFRAGIST LAUDS
MEN OF COLORADO
Mrs. Grenfell. Candidate fol-
Congress, Gives Address.

At a meeting held at Lafayette Arms
last night under the direction of the
College Equal Suffrage League. Mrs.
Helen l.. Greufeu, who is a candidate
for Congress from the Denver district
of Colorado, made a favorable impress
sion on a large audience.
The speaker was introduced by Miss
Mabel Foster president of the league,
as a woman elected for three terms as
State superintendent OF public instruc-
tion.
Mrs. Grenfcll paid a high tribute to
the Colorado men. claiming they are
little better than any others while the
women there are just normal women
and citizens, no better, but certainly
no worse for exercising the right to
vote. She stated that from - to 4S
per cent of the vote cast in Colorado
is from women and arraigned Mr..
Barry. of the Ladies' Home Journal
for his articles on the subject of cleo
tons in Denver. Mrs. GrenfelI emu
merated the eighteen laws that have
been enacted since the women have
had the franchise. all for the better
ment of the condition of children and
those mentally or physically deficient.
She refUt' d the charge that no law
has been enacted to prevent child labor
in factories. saying there are no fac
tories in Colorado. and the compulsory
educational laws have safeguardcd the
children.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-19
DAVID H. MOFFAT
DIES IN NEW YORK
Denver Financier Victim of
Heart Disease.
KNOWN AS THE SILVER KING"
On Business Trip to East He l.
Stricken with Complication of
Grip and PneumOnia-WeaIt Be
yond EstImate-Hcad of Big Rail-
road and Banking Enterprises.

New York, March 1S.-David II. Mof-
fat, the multi-mllionaire financier and
railroad builder. died to-day at his apart
ments, at the Hotel Belmont, after only
L few hours illness. Although died at
1O:4O o'clock. the news did not become
public until late in the afternoon. Doc
tors said heart disease was the cause.
Mr.. Moffat came to New York from
Denver in January with William G.
Evans, a former governor of Colorado.
The two had been closely associated for
a quarter of a century in railroad and
mining enterprises. The chief object of
their trip to this city. it is said, was to
finance the proposed extension of the So
called 'Moffat short line, which Mr..
Moffat, following the example of II. w.
Rogers with his Virginia railroad, had
originally started to build alone.
Mr. Moffat got an attack of grip and
went to bed, but was up in a day or
two, and said he would fight on his feet.
Doctors Called In.
The fight did not go as well as he ex
pcctcd. ana Evans called in Dr.. Peter J.
Gibbons, the Hotel Belmont physician.
DR.. Alexander Lambert next was sum-
mOneu, and the condition OF the patient
FILLING to improve, DR.. a. 4. Smith was
added to TIE force of cons atlantis. The
trouble was diagnosed as a complication
Of grip and pneumonia.
Thursday Mr.. Moffat had a bad day.
Friday night, while in bed, he had a Sc
we're chill, and this morning he appeared
to rally, and at n. m. grew cheerful,
iOked with the doctors and nurses. and
chattered with F. G. Moffat, a nephew.
The Improvement was so encouraging
that Mr.. Evans left the hotel and went
TO the Wall street district At 1910 the
Silver King" beckOned to one of the
nurses.
please give me a lift" he said. Il
think I'll feel better il am turned over"
While the nurse was shifting him in his
position Mr.. Moffat closed his eyes and
died