Richmond Palladium (Daily), 11 May 1898 — Page 1

1ICHMONB DAILY PALLADIUM, WUKLI liTAHUIHlD 1BS1. RICHMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1898 1 Cent a Copy.

UNDER THE FLAG

The Philippines Are Com In fir Jteady to Take the Oath of Allegiance to Uncle Sara. . New York, N. Y., May 11. A Hong1 Kong dispatch ays the Philip pine insurgent chief Aquinaldo issued a manifesto commanding insanrenta at Manila to obey the orders of Admiral Dewey and Consul Williams. Wealthy Philippine families are leaving Ilong Kong for Manila and will ask Consul Williams to administer the oath of al legiance to the United States to them One family offers palaces at Manila for United States officers. LANDED IN CUBA. Two Companies of Soldiers landed on the Cuban Coast YVItbin Fifty Miles of Havana. New York, N. Y., May 11. A Key West special says, two companies started on the transport Gussie yesterday and safely landed on the Cuban coast within fifty miles of Havana. YN UP. Spanish Torpedo flout Destroyer lielieved to be Illown UpAll on Hoard Lost. London; England, May 10. The Spanish torpedo boat Destroyer is believed to have been blown up near Gibraltar with the loss of all aboard. ON TO TAMPA. All the Troops at Chattanooga Leaving; for Tampa to .Join the Movement on Cuba. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 11. The third and sixth cavalry got away today for Tampa. The sec ond cavalry probably will get away to-day. Two infantry regiments will march to Ringgold to take cars there for Tampa. The indications are that all the commands will be gone by Friday. FOR DEWEY. Supplies ami Ammunition Start From San Francisco Today for Manila. Washington. D. C. May 11. The - with ammunition and supplies for Ad miral Dewey. She will sail today from San Francisco. No Word From Sampson. Washington, D. C, May 11. No word from Sampson has been received today. MAY RE A SPANISH TRICK. lteport That the Spanish Fleet is at Cadiz Not Uelieved on the Loudon Stock Exchange. Loxnov, England. May 11. An inquiry aboard vessels recently arrived from the Canary islands, the Madura Teneriffe and Gibralter, shows that nothing has been seen of the Spanish fleet. The report that the fleet is at Cadis is not credited on the stock exchange. Hear Admiral Ievey. Washington-, D. C, May 11. Commodore George Dewey has been nominated Hear Admiral. ANOTHER INDIANA REGIMENT Ordered to Prepare For Immediate Service Will Probably Start South Sunday. Indianapolis, Indiana, May 11. Governor Mount has received aa order to prepare another regiment for im mediate service. It will probably start Sunday for Mobile. THE MARKETS. Chicago Stock Market. Chicago, Illinois. May 11. Hogs active, $3.95 to 4.10; cattle steady, beeves $3.90 to $j.2o. Grain and Produce Market. Chicago. Illinois. May 11.Wheat. $1.79: corn, 30?; oats, 31i. Toledo, Ohio, May 11. Wheat, 1.52. CiNCissAii Ohio, May 11. Eggs, 9. Richmond Market. Whrt. per buhl 5c . M JSC Sac ( c ctow seed, vt bushelBatter, per lb . Lard, per lb Evsm. per do Chickens, per lb U Turkey Potatoes, per ba.. ftdee, per lb Floor ellima M . Sc 10c c 9c . Mc . ?.60 ! 2 S Tax on Cigars and Cigarettes Reduced. Washington, D. C, May 11. Senate finance committee decided to redace tax on cigars from $4 to $3.50 a

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a thousand. ' Peary Vessel .Safe. New York, N. Y., May 11. The steamer Windward, Lieut. Peary's vessel, supposeu to have been captured, arrived today. The Tobacco Tax Increased. Washington, D. C. May 11. The senate finance committee has increased the tax on manufactured t bacco from twelve cents, the bou-e rate, to sixteen cents a pound and to not tax stock on hand. BIG FIREIN PHILADELPHIA Several Lives Lost Property Loss f AOO,000. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 11. Three bodies were taken from the ruins of the McGadden toy warehouse. 81'J Market street, which burned today. Others are supposed to be in the ruins. The Reading Hardware company, National Wall Paper company and Brainerd & Armstrong Spool Silk com pany, in the adjom ng building, suffered loss from water and smoke. The total loss will be $300,000. Well insured. It is possible only three persons lost their lives. The killed are Miss Caldwell, a typewriter, William McCadden and Michael Quinn. Three others are missing the engineer, fireman and porter. Missionaries Leaving Loudau Mission. Sierre Leone, West Africa, May 11. The missionaries of the American Loudan mission arrived here from the Marampha district owing to the threatening attitude of the natives. Drouth Will Make California Wheat Crop Short. San Francisco, California, May 11. The drouth will make the wheat crop unusually light. Next Elk Meeting in St. Louis. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 10. The Grand lodge of Elks selected St. Louis for next place of meeting. FOOLED. New Paria People Came to Rich, mond to See tb.9 Troops at the Glen. Yesterday afternoon some one from this city telephoned to the central station at New Paris, saying that the Indiana troops frjm Indianapolis were coming to this city and go in camp over night at the Glen, east of the city. This information, or misinformation, was quickly rather spread quite drove over JNew i'ans ana a number of persons ; . l... f t f. 1,4. mad spent the entire afternoon looking m Kjokii in vain through the park and making inquiries concerning the whereabouts cf the camp. Of course they were dis appointed, and are now hu ting for the person who did the telephoning. The people there claim that it was one of the girls at the Central station in this city, but this is probably a mistake, as this is dirtctly contrary to the rules of the office. AGIDENTALLY SHOT. Silas Hastings Accidentally Shot llimself in the Leg. Silas Hastings, the engraver, was cleaning an old revolver Monday which hadn t been loaded for two years and of course it went off pre maturely and the bullet went into his leg just below the knee, inflicting a painful, but it is thought, not serious injury. The bullet has not yet been located. Two physicians attended him and made an effort to re move the leaden obstacle, but up to the present time their labors have been in vain. Mr. Hastings will be connned to the house for several days. He lives on Chestnut street West Rich mond. BAD MONEY Counterfeit Quarttrs now Afloat in This City- Watch for Them. There are a number of counterfieit quarters now in circulation in this city. The date is 1S94, and the imitation is excellent. It is supposed that some traveling mendicant or peddler has left the specimens now in the hand of the police and whatever other pieces there may be in the city. Merchants should look out for the spurious coins and not be taken in on them. ' REAL. ESTATE AT AUCTION. One Business Corner and One Good Residence. Ed Cates, who has been commissioned to sell the Hoerner property, will sell to the highest bidder the business house better known as the Bargiss corner, at fifth and Main streets, at 1 o'clock tomorrow. And the residence property at northeast corner of fourth and south A streets at 2 o'clock. These are both excellent properties and should invite numerous bidders. DEATHS AMI FISERALS. Grant Mrs. Charles F. Grant aged 55 years, died yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock at her home 417 north eleventh street after a long illness. Death was due to cancer. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house, the Rev. McNemer officiating. Interment at Earlham cemetery. Friends desiring to view the remains may call this evening trom 7 to 9 o'clock, and in the morning from 9 to 11 o clock. Lawn mowers, sickles, paints all kinds, varnishes all kinds. Lowest cash figures. M. C. Prick.

JONATHAN ROBERTS fO BE DECL VKBl) OF SOUND MIND OXCi: MOKE.

If the Prayer of Wayne Circuit His Son Ell to the Court Should Avail Anythlna-Attorney Emp'oy d and the Petition Filed With the Clerk of the Court. Charles E. Shiveley, attorney, this morning filed in the office of the Wayne circuit court a petition signed by Eli Roberts, to have bis father, Jonathan Roberta, declared of sound mind, and have the guardianship lately imposed upon him removed. In making his petition, Mr. Roberts jr. states that the matter of declaring his father a person of unsound mind and incapable of managing his own estate, he the son had fot been consulted at all, but that the thing had been pushed through without his consent. It was known at the time that Eli entered very half-hearted into the proceedings that resulted in the appointment of a guardian for hia father, anl now he wishes to have the previous action of-the court set aside and to have him declared of sound mind and the guardian removed. He is in earnest and states that the case will be fought to a finish. It was rumored some time igothat there would be such an action brought, but it was thought then that the suit would be brought by other parties, and that the sons would abide by the previous decision and subsequent action of the court. The appearance of Eli, one of the sons, as the petitioner to the court for the removal of the guardianship and the declaring of his father's sanity, lends a somewhat sensational aspect to the case, and will certainly complicate the family phase of the case. The previous action was the result of a petition by another son. Henry Roberts. Eli was at that time used as a witness, and it was with the greatest reluitance that he made statements tending to confirm the impression that his satber was a moooman'sc. The old getteman tus been th fin: nn!e. the restraint of a guardian, and has wished to be free to make such use of his money as he saw fit. E. II . Cates is the guardian appointed by the eourt and now serving in that capacity. The previous action created considerable comment and aroused much local interest, and this second one will bring about still more excitement and fill the court room when the case comes up fjr trial. Several parties who were not mentioned publicly in court in the previous instance may be produced at this time, which will add picturesqueness to the case. THINGS TO EAT LOCALLY AND WHAT THEY COST. Spring Vegetables Getting pawn to " Keaeh Them-'-Breaa Prospects--The Loaf -Has Been Decreased in Size and May go up in Trice. Richmond people as a ge neral thing, do not pay more on an average for their table living than do the citizens of other cities of the same size. The prices of spring vegetables are now getting down to the point where common people with moderate incomes can afford to eat such things j once in a while at least. Strawberries have got down to 12 1 cents per quart, and are fine at that price. They will go still lower, to 10 and perhaps 8 cents if the season should continue normal until home berries are in the market. Rhubarb is good this year, and sells at 5 cents per bunch, three bunches for "a greasy dime, ten cents, the tenth part of a dollar," as the street fakirs say. Onions are "strong" at two bunches for a cickel. No corner is possible on that article, owiog to their propensity for "giving away" their location. Cucumbers are large at 10 cents apiece. No doctor's coupons go with them this year, as the vegetables are especially fine. Usually the first ones in market r.re guaranteed to produce cramp colic at thirty feet. String beans are not very plentiful, just beginning to come in, and are fine in appearance. They are selling at 50 cents per peck. New peas are very good indeed, and sell for 40 cents per peck. Potatoes, just in, and rumpled up as to their little jackets, are selling at 45 cents per peck. BREAD OUTOOOK. The advance in wheat, now selling in the local market at $1.25, has re sulted in a corresponding advance in the price of fl ur. If wheat holds its present figure flour will advance to $S and $8 50, and if wheat continues to advance there is no telling where flour will land. Already tha advance in flour has affee'ed bread. In Chieago yesterday bread went np a cent a loaf. Two weeks ago, when wheat began to go np, considerable flour was bought ahead, but at present there is no buying for the future and in fact a slight falling off on regular sales. Already the size of the loaves of bread in this city have been decreased, and the bakers have agreed that in case tne present increase in tne pri?e of wheat continues for another week or so the price of common loaves of bread will be increased to 10 cents psr loaf, lhat would be a circumstance to be deplored, and it is not believed that such will be the case, as it is believed the price of the greatest of the cereals has reached iu limit. LATER. A local baker was asked today what was the prospect of salt rising, and he replied that there was none, according to the latest market report from the yeast. A CROWD And Its Mysterious Ways of Appearing aa If It Had Sprung From the , Bowels of the Earth. There u one peculiar thing about the gathering of a crowd on the occasion of any excitement that mav ari-ut-The crowd seems fairly to come np out '

of the earth, and no one can imagine whence came so many people in so short a time. On Saturday last when the bulletin relative to the arrival of the authentic report of Dewey, the idol, there was not a soul in the vicinity of the Palladium office windows, except the persons habitually transacting business in

that vicinity. There was hardly a sonl j 8tirrjng on the street at that particular time. In ten minutes, as if by magic, '.he street was lined from the windows to the curb, and the people were sttang along the pavement for a distance of thirty or forty feet, almost as thick as they could stand. That was one instance, and here is another. Oa last Sunday afternoon at the time when the streets were quietest, a man at the Arlington hotel looked out the window at the long, quiet stretch of north E street. There was not a person in sight. This gentleman was agent for a gramaphone, and having one of the instruments with him, he thought he would try with its magic to eon jure a crowd out of the surrounding nebulous blank. He pat the machine on the w indow sill, third floor, facing E street. The record he put on the? machine was Yankee Doodle," a I cornet solo. In ten minutes he count-1 ed 150 people lined up along the street at the opposite side, listening to the music IN SOCIETY. Turner-Runyan Weddintf-The Jolly Germans-Other Social Events. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock occurred the marriage of Miss Adaline Kunjan to Mr. John Turner, at her home east of the city, near the junction, the Rev. A. G. Noal officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Turner left yesterday afternoon for Cincinnati, where they will visit for a short time. They will reside east of the city. Mr. Turner is employed at the water works station. The Knights and Ladies of the Golden Cross had a very enjoyable social and entertainment last evening at Odd Fellows' hall. There was a good crowd, who were entertained with a literary and musical program of much merit. Refreshments were served. The Jolly Germans held their last meeting of the season last evening at the home of John Zwissler and wife, Main streer. The prizes were captuied by Mrs. J.H. Meyer and Joseph Geier. The society will meet for reorganization next Monday evening. The state convention of womans' clubs will hold a meeting at Bloomington, Indiana, today and tomorrow! The ladies who went from this city this morning to attend the mee.ing were: Mrs Dr. Johnson, from the Tuesday club; Mrs. Walter Hutton and Miss Elenora Robinson, from the Tourists: Mrs. Finley Nixon, Mrs. B. Union E. L. Cabinet Meeting. The cabinet of the Epworth League union he'd a meeting last evening at Grace M. E. church. Anniversary' day services were arranged for, to be held at First M. E. church next Sunday evening, and all the Methodist ehurche in the city will participate. The union devotional meeting will be gin at t:JU p. m. ana tne anniversary services at 7:30. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President Prof . T. A. Mott. First Vice President Miss Carrie Lesh. Second Vice President Miss Lillian Evans. Third Vice-President Miss Sallie Poe. Fourth Vice President Miss Anna Burkhardt. Junior Superintendent Miss Alice Towle. Secretary C. S. Wolfer. Treasurer Rev. L. H. Bunyan. Hannah Cavls Remembered. The Henry County Horticultural so ciety pass-d the following resolutions on the death of Hannah E. Davis, who has many local friends and relatives: Resolved, That in the death of Hannah E. Dayis, which occurred at Grand Forks, North Dakota, on the 24th day of March, 1S9S, this society has lost a friend and member whose contributions to its literature have been most valuable and highly appreciated, and that her devotion to causes of education, art, culture and the moral and religious advance mentofthe young, is worthy to be emulated and cherished by all. Resolved, That we will hold her many virtues and abilities in lively re membrance and that we are glad to learn that the preparation of a memorial volume for the preservation of the story of her useful life is in the hands of three of her life-long and able friend. Thero will be work in Webb lodge tomorrow evening, third degree, two candidates. Bought

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WILLIAM G REIVE. BETTER KNOWN AS "PIGEONTAIL, Assaol'ed by Jimmie Quinn and I Jack Collins Yesterday Near I Neon Arrested Last Evening and Heard This Morning On$ Plain Drunk. j Yesterday, just before noon, Jimmie Quinn, who is the best natured fellow i Indiana when he is sober, had filled op with liquor and was feeling in a fise mood to treat some one in the meanest possible manner. In other words, he felt like a Spaniard. He a(d Jack Collins were in the same sort of mood, and with that fellow feeling tsat makes ns wondrous kind to thost wtio feel like we do and wondrous mean to those who don't, they picked a fuss out. of William Greive, known to iey boys as " Pigeon- tail "-never a di 61 cult task, aa William ia of a very rasfibte temperament. This time, hrwver, " it was a plain ease of provocation on the part of the two men who were the ag gressors, and in a shcrt time they had Greive going. He naturally resented their conduct toward him. which was insolent and aggravating in the extreme, and that furnished th two roughs with the desired excuse for attacking the defenseless fellow, who is also a small man. They went at him tooth, fist and toe nail, and prettv soon they had him in a condition that rendered him entirely unseaworthy. Three of his ribs were caved in, and he was in such a seriously injured con dition that he wu unable to appear against bis assailants this morning in police court. The arrests were made by Patrolmen Betzold and Ford. The two men were bound over to circuit court in the sum of $500 each, to await the aetioii of the higher tribunal. They are now in the county jail. George Nye, a catch of Bundy's. was fined $1 and costs for plain drunk Awful Sounds. A number of sounds were current on the street in fact, the noise might have been honoied with the name "sound currency," as it was the L only stock in trade of a blind man and his little boy who carried a little red tin eup and asked tor a more substantial sound currency in the shape of nickels and dimes. A good many good people gave of their earthly store to help the man who claimed to be afflicted, and he had a very good day's harvest. POST OFFICE CHANGE. Cornelius McDonald, Stamp Clerk, - Removed, and Fred Brown ... '--yVttfiF -.mm- mtm Bpwindow in the Ilocal post office The late stamp clerk. Cornelius Me Donald, has been removed, and in his stead has been appointed Fred Brown, late of Chicago, formerly stenographer in the office of Perry -J. freeman, tne new postmaster t red brown nas been away from tnis eity for something like a year, and his return was somewhat of a surprise un til it was known that he came to take a position under the new oostmaster. Mr. Brown is competant for the p!a?e and should n ake an efficient and com petant stamp clerk. LDM AFFAIRS Discussed by Committed of the Ortiodox Friends Now in Ses&rn at Earlham College. i The issociated executive committee on Inrian affairs of the Orthodox Friend: of the United States, btgan a two days session this morning atarlham cc liege. The committee is cmposed of twenty-four members aid about one-half of that number wre in attendance this morning at thepening meeting, and it is expectedthat others will arrive today. Themeeting was held in the trustees room,lindIey hall, and was called to order x 10 o'clock, by Chairman Edward fM. Wistar, of Philadelphia. The fcommittee on nominations for I officers was appointed, also ob to audit the report of the trearr. The report of the committe on religious and educational interets was read and adopt d. IThe reporof George N. Hartley, general supeotendent ot the mission workU Oklahoma and Indian territory tas submitted and shows the total rollment in nine schools of the secieti 331. The entire report was oompfte and full of interest. The report Jf the government schools at Wyarifotte, Shawnee and Tuepaw, hieb are in direct control of this cOnmiJtee, was included in this report. b 7 the i

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I u4 d.lict i F07DZR Absolutely Pur ftOvtL 1WM POWOCW OO-. MW Horticultural Meeting:. The Wayne county Horticultural society meeting that was to ha-.e been held at the home of Alpheus Test on Saturday next has been ehanged from that place to the court house, on account of the illness of Alpheus Test, and will be held on next Saturday afternoon. The address will be by S. W. Gillilan. on "The Farmer and the Rest of the World." LOCAL ITEMS. Buy locust posts. Farnham. Fine jewelry repairing. Haner's. C. li. Davis, dentist, opened for business at Main lias 18 WONDERS OF LIQUID AIR. Experiment Performed by S. A. Tucker of Columbia Vniveraitjr. S. A. Tucker of tbe chemical department of OUorubia university said that the first apparatus for liquefying air was invented in 1890, but was not made known to tbe public until about a year ago. The lecturer had two or three gallons of tbe curious liquid in a tank, and he proceeded to show its peculiar qnalities to his audience. When tbe liquid was poured into a beaker, it began to boil and change into a gas, but it gradually subsided until its surface simply gave out a gentle steam. A glassful of the liquid when thrown on the floor did not wet the floor, but changed into vapor immediately. When a hand was dipped in it, no appreciable effect was produced on tbe extremity. A piece of tinned sheet iron dipped in the liquid air was easily broken in pieces in the hand. Copper was not at all affected. A piece of rubber tube became as brittle as glass when placed for a moment in the liquid, and a rose when submerged in it shivered into fragments when dropped on the floor. An onion, however, proved much more stubborn. It became ex tremely bard and could only be broken with a hammer. Tbe lecturer sMf tbat tbe exrloslve and that no apparatus bad yet been dis covered in which it could be confined. It blew a cork from tbe month cf small cannon instantly. It was shown to promote combustion with great ra pidity, and a piece of cotton batting soaked in the liquid and placed in blaze disappeared in a single-flasb. Tbe lecturer earn tnat in time liquid air would doubtless be put to great practi cal nse. A plant was now building at Aix-la-Cbapelle for its manufacture on a large scale. Its nse in decreasing eleotrioal resistance and in increasing the conductivity cf copper might prove ex tremely valuable in increasing the pow er of electricity. In the future, he said, the cook might go and get her pailful of liquid air and put it in tbe refrigera tor and make ice cream in 40 seconds. It might be substituted for steam, and its qualities as a high explosive might be found most useful. It might also be found to have valuable physiological properties, he added, one experimenter having declared that it cured him of rnenmatism. a tube ol liquid air was passed around among tbe spectators, and one of tbe university students, be ing in a playful mood, poured a few drops on his felt hat. When he dropped his bat a moment later, tbe top of it cracked like glass. New lork Tribune. Cossack regiments are being drilled in crossing rivers on a novel sort of improvised bridge. Seven or eight lancet, are passed between the handles and tops of a dozen cooking kettles and are held firmly in place by the handles, besides being tied together with forage rones. A dozen such bundles fastened together form one section of a raft or floating bridge and are capable of snstainina haif a ton of weight. A section can be put together in 25 remotes. SADDLES Christy saddles, $2.50. Wheeler Extra only, $2.50. Galvanized Sprinkling Cans 25 to sue. Croquet Sets 60c to 2.5a Hammocks 50c to 3 00. Dinner Sets 4 00 to 16 50. Household raitits pint can 10. Paint and Whitewash brashes S. 10c & 25c. Granite Water pails 40c alto'c AirCx

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