Richmond Palladium (Daily), 25 August 1904 — Page 1

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J5T CORONER J. C. RYDER RENDERS A VERDICT THAT PLEASES COMMUNITY After Hearing Evidence the Following is the Result: "In Justification and Self Defense." Yesterday the Palladium printed the story of the killing of John Y. Miller, in Preble county, 0., by his seventeen-year-old son. The follow ing additional facts have since been earned : The tragedy is the culmination of a long series of family quarrels and a desperation promulgated by continu ed abuse and threats of the father against his wife and three children. Miller, who it is stated, was ill dispositioned, abusive and mean and more or less given to the use of intoxicants, had several times separated from his family, the last estrangement occurring about ten days ago. Mrs. Miller and the children then moved to a farm adjoining that of her father, Robert Banta, near Lewisburg. The family formerly resided at West Alexandria, where Miller was employed on the section of the Cincinnati Northern railroad. Tuesday afternoon Miller again showed up, and in his bad frame of mind. His approach to the residence was noted by the wife who, through fear, locked herself and two children within. Miller demanded admission and declared that his wife had to live ynth him emphasizing his remarks by wicked demonstrations with a 32calibre revolver. Non-compliance with his demands only further enraged the man and he broke into the house and threatened to kill his wife and the children if they did not ac company him, and started off down the road with them. The son Harry, who was working away from home at the time, was informed of his father's action by his grandmother, Mrs. Robert Banta, whereupon he ran into a neighbor's and secured a shotgun and hastened to the assistance of his mother. Ar riving in close proximity to the parents the father threatened to kill the boy, and was about to carry out his design, when the son fired, the load taking effect in the face and breast of the elder Miller. Though prostrated and stunned by the discharge, kgB attempted to rise and shoot the I boy, when the son administered the death blow upon the man's head with the barrel of the gun, which fractured, the skull and caused death. 'The young man was taken in custody and Coroner J. C. Ryder called, who after hearing the evidence, as herein outlined, rendered a verdict "in justification and self defense,' ' and the boy was released. Besides the revolver, Mr. Miller had on bis person five, extra shells, a quart of whiskey and an ounce of carbolic acid, which gave testimony of his wicked designs. Te sympathy of the community is with the boy, and the only deplorable fact is that the son was compelled to commit the deed. identified With Chicago's Business Kfe xm-eresis ueaa. Chicago, Aug. 23. Alfred H. Blaekall, known as the oldest merchant in Chicago, died yesterday at his residence, 513 Dearborn avenue, after fifty years of active business life in this city. Hecame to Chicago when 25 years old, and from then until his death at SO years of age- he was enI gaged in the tea and coffee business. Until three weeks ago Mr. Blackall's extreme age had not impaired his health, and he spent almost as many lurs in his office at 42 State street as in the days when he was building up his business. As tnen end apjjjoached he faded away slowly and

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without any apparent illness. i Mr. Blaekall was born in Oxford, England, Oct. 24, 1S24. He came to the United States in 1842, and reached Chicago with the intention of making this city his home in May, 1S40. He leaves a son, E. S. Blackall, who is associated with the business under the firm name of A. II. Blaekall & Son, and two daughters. The funeral will be held from the residence at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Interment will be in the family lot in Graceland.

Married in Milton. Jesse Howland and Miss Hester Wiseman were married by the Rev. Jensen at the parsonage in Milton Tuesday morning. The groom has been principal of the township high school for several years and the bride is a popular young lady of the neighborhood east of Milton, whose parents are dead and who has been living at the home of J. W. Judkius. They will reside at Plain city, 0. Nominated for Congress. Princeton, Ind., August 25. Democrats of the first district today nominated Albert G. Holcomb, of Ft. Branch, for congress to oppose James Hemenway, chairman of the appropriations committee. IN THEIR FUNDS THAT AMOUNT NEEDED TO DEFRAY EXPENSES. GEN. COUNCIL REFUSES To Make Good the Amount Twenty Tour Members Will Have - to "Dig." r-:--vi: Louisville, Aug. 2S,. The general council will not make up the deficit in the funds of the Biennial Association of the Knights of Pythias. The executive committee of the association met with the joint finance committee of the general council in the mayor's office yesterday afternoon and asked that a deficit oft between $4,000 and $5,000 be made up by an appropriation from the city. The joint finance committee declined to recommend to the council that the desired appropriation be made. Their reason for refusing to make the recommendation was that the Pythian Association is a private corporation and that if an appropriation is made to make up their deficit in funds the same might be made for any business firm which shows a shortage of funds. The determination of the general council not to make up the deficit will make it incumbent on the twentyfour members of the general committee, who are incorporators of the Biennial Association, to make up the deficit out of their own pockets. There is no doubt that the committee will make good on all shortage. The members of the finance committee of the Pythian Association continue to state that they are still uncertain as to exactly what the financial status of the association is. Joseph Woerner, of Eaton, Plays That Game Saturday. Mr. Joseph Woerner, of Eaton, O., Avho is well known in this part of the country as a good advertiser, springs a new one for next Saturday. His ad in today's Eaton Register is as follows : "We have 100 men's and boys' straw hats which we do not wish to carry over to next season. They will be thrown from the top of our building over the store on Saturday afternoon, August 27, at 2:30 o'clock. "If you will be in front of our store on that day you will get a straw hat and all you will have to do s to piek it up and take it home. ' ' -

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MIC OF. TYPHOID HAS BEGUN TO SUBSIDE NO DANGER NOW SIX RECOVERED Out cf the Ten Cases and Three Are Convalescing Uneasiness is About Over. The epidemic of typhoid, which threatened for a few days to assume proportions well calculated to cause alarm, seems to have subsided to a degree which no longer causes fear. For several days the number of cases of this essentially "hot weath er" disease grew at the rate of one or more a day, unil there were ten or more cases in town,with a prospect of a regular epidemic, which would have been very disastrous. Of. late, however, but few new cases have been reported and these are so slight that the assertion that the typhoid epidemic is on the decline seems warranted. Quite a good deal of alarm Avas felt among the health officials and the people at large during the height of the epidemic, but since the number of cases has decreased so has this general alarm. The feeling that Richmond might be the center of a typhoid epidemic caused a great deal of uneasiness. "During the month of August," said Dr. Davis this afternoon, "ten cases of typhoid fever were reported in Richmond. Some of these assumed proportions tfaatro;wlriie wereserious, but they all subsided. Of the ten cases six have recovered entirely, and no person contracted the disease from them, three are convalescing and one, that of Dan Nolte, was just reported this noon. One important thig to be remembered is that of the ten, one half were contracted in other towns than Richmond, a fact which argues well for Richmond's health state." A Nice Display. Mr. R. Haboush of Demascus, a student in Oxford College, has a nice display of Oriental goods, in the millinery store window of Emma B. Rust. Mr. Haboush attends school during the winter and sells Oriental goods during the summer. He is a refined gentleman, very intelligent and some day will return to his native land hiffhlv educated. Police Court. There was not an item in this bepartment today. The time of court is taken up with the Allender trial. THE TEACHERS Of Monroe County Organize Order of Pestalozzi Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 25 Not to be outdone bv other fraternal organizations of Bloomington and Monroe county, the school teachers of the county have joined a secret order to be known a.s Mr nroe lodge Xo. 2S, order of Pestalozzi. The order has its signs, grips.i-.i-s-words and ritulastie work and school teachers only are elligible. The organ ization in this county was effecied by Mr. Porter of Indianapolis, formerly principal of the' Paragon schools, and the new lodge starts out with over fifty members. The purpose of ihe organisation is said to be another step toward making teaching a profession. There are a number of other lodges of the kind over the state. Mrs. J. T. White, of Spring Grove, left yesterday for the sanitarium at Spiceland, in the hope of being benefitted in health. She will remain a few weeks. Mrs. White was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Stephens. :

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RESENT INSULT OGDEN : TjTHITFIELD "TAKEN IN" BY WOMEN GAVtl HIM FLOGGING And Then Brought Him to Jail and Had-Hixa Locked Up Claim X of Insult. 3 I Terre Haute, . Ind., August 25. 'Because they were insulted by a man while driving' in '"Lovers' Lane," I near Terre Haute yesterday afterjnoon, three, prominent women of this j city captured their offender, gave him a severe flogging with a buggy I whip and brought him to the Terre j Haute jaih; where he was confined. The women , were Mrs. Daniel Fasig, ! wife of the sheriff; Mrs. Lon O'DonInell, wife of the Vigo county jailer; j and Mrs.' Anna Palmateer, police maI tron. j The man who is alleged to have in sulted -the three women is Ogden Whitfield, a police character. The three women were; driving in two buggies on "Lovers' Lane," when they met another woman' who was pale and seemed t$jhave been frightened. She said hothi&g of what she had encountered upof the quiet and out-of-the-way roadl but drove on. A 'short time afterward they met a man in a buggy who, they claim, offered an insult to them. The women started to seize the man but feared that he: might overpower and injure them. ; They drove rapidly" north to the national . road and there met. Ofartesattersori, wTibacco'mpamed them back to where they had seen Whitfield. An exciting chase in buggies followed. Whitfield whipped his horse and the chase began. He gained a lead on the pursuing party and sought shelter near a farm house, but was captured. The women, with their assistant, marched him back to the rigs. Mrs. Fasig held the horse attached to his buggy while he was compelled to stand with his coat o ffand watch the preparations made for his whipping. Whit field pleaded, begged and apologized but the women were determined to punish him. Mrs. Palmateer and Mrs. O.'Donnell each took buggy whips and gave him several lashes on the back. His pleading ceased and he began to cry. Whitfield was then placed in a buggy and brought to the jail by the Avomen, while Patterson went after Mrs. O'Donnell's horse, which had run away. The women surrendered their prisoner to the police and he was locked in jail. LOG-ABORT GIRLS Resolve to Steer Clear Wads." of "Tight Logansport, Ind.. August 25. Twenty girls, on pledge that thennames would not be made public, today signed a petition which they presented to a local paper for publication voicing an indignant protest against penurious sweethearts. The girls are members of good fam ilies. They term their petition appe-1 for relief from "tight wad" sweethearts. The petition says: "This is a complaint from representative girls of Logansport, who cry for relief from the condition that has prevailed since Logansport was founded. "We refer to the utter selfishness of the city's young men. They are content to sit around our homes, allowing us to fan them, sing or play fcr them, to et our 'iidge,' and in retur nto bectow thp blessing ol tli"ir company upon Bat whea any thing conic i:p involving an expenditure of msney, that Is a different matter. "If smiles .--est young men anything they would not be so generous, even with them. 5vch a thing as taking

'i -lr sweetho--s buggy riding, or to the theater, or sending them sweets, ilowers, book nr music is unknown. ''Boys in rlher Indiana town-. c:c not this way. "v are t'red of I: aui wish to say .-. in plain English " The original twenty signers of the petition announce their intention of crusading against "close-fisted" sweethearts and effecting a boycott of stingy lovers as soon as their number is sufficiently augmented to make the step effective.

Improving. Mr. Stiveson, who attempted suicide last week by cutting his throat, shows signs of improving. The attending physician says if the improvement continues he will iret well. Greenville Fair. The Greenville fair is on in full blast this week and it is one of the best ever held. A number of person from this city are in attendance each dav. Hot Day. The weather today is extremely hot. Although there is a good breeze stirring still there is humidity in the air that makes it oppressive. These hot days and cool nights are not the best from a health standpoint. JAPANESE LOST 10, IN THEIR ASSAULTS ON PORT ARTHUR 240,000 OF THE JAPS Opposing Kuropatkin Awaiting the Storming of the Port General War News. Shanghai, August 25. The dismantling of the cruiser Askold and destroyer Grozovoi is by direct order of Emperor Nicholas. He sent a message thanking the crews for saving the ships. Tokio, August 25. Two Russian torpedo boat destroyers struck mines at the entrance of Port Arthur harbor. The larger one sank. Paris, August 25. An official dispatch from Shanghai says the Russian consul has notified Taotai that Askold and Grozovoi have been disarmed. Authorises here are awaiting similar notice from Saigon of the disarraent of Diana. Che Foo, August 25. Russian advices received here say the Japanese assaults on Port Arthur August 21 and 22 were repulsed with tremendous losses. The attempt to capture the fort has now cost the Japanese ten thousand men, three thousand in the attack of Fort Etseshan. Port Dalny is said to be filled with wounded men. Los Palmas, Canary Islands, August 25. Fishermen report three Russian cruisers coaling from the German steamer Valentine at Cape Juby, off the south coast of Morocco. Liao Yang, August 25. Russian headquarters estimate the Japanese forces opposing Kuropatkin at 240,000 moving up the right bank of Liao river. It is believed they are awaiting the result of the storming of Port Arthur before renewing the attack on Kuropatkin. AN OPERATION Failed to Save the Life of Little Dean Brandenberg. Dean, the eleven-year-old son of Howard Brandenberg, who lives on the Bell farm, near Pleasant Hill, was taken sick the first of last week and Dr. Lyne was called. The doctor diagnosed the disease as appendicitis, and on Friday Dr. Marvel, of Richmond, was called in consultation. It was decided that an operation was necessary and this was performed Saturday morning by Drs. Marvel and Bramkamp. It was unavailing, however, and the patient died Sunday morning. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church, Rev. G. Wahl, of New Madison, officiating. New Paris Mirror.

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A BUSY PLACE EVERYTHHSG TO EE IN PLACE TONIGHT VERY PRETTY SIGHT White Tets Make a Fine Appearance Description of the Grounds Car Service Poor. By ( o'clock this evening the last tent stake at the Chautauqua grounds will have been driven, the las tent put up, and everything will be completed ready for the opening of the Chautauqua on the morrow. For a fair idea of the Chautauqua grounds imagine a soldiers' camp, with the tents in orderly rows, the whole surrounded by a wire fence about four feet hiTi and with a large oval tent. " Very Pretty Place. The "tented city," as one termed it today, is a very pretty sight, and the prospective campers' soul are filled with delight at the thought of nearly two weeks "at camp." Today the grounds were a scene of bustling activity. Stakes were being driven, the seats and platform placed in the speakers' tents, the meal tents were receiving their fixtures, and wagons and men were continually coming and going. Location. The grounds are immediately to the rear of the old cemetery, the only entrance facing the south, and the road to the entrance is the path just opposite South Twenty-third street. The grounds are surrounded by a wire fence enclosing an area of several acres, and in this enclosure there are something like one hundred and fifty tents, including meal tents, refreshment tents and the merchants' tents The tents for campers have board floors raised some inches from the ground, and are mostly situated on the western side of the grounds. From west to east there is a decided slant and in the center, on a level space, is the speakers' tent, the seats of which will be level, and not in tiers, which already is a source of some complaint. The living tents all face the east and are all the "side-A" tents save those that belong to private families and are not -rented. About seventy families will occupy tents during the Chautauqua and they anticipate a great deal of pleasure, the Glen being an ideal camping ground. A lunch and refreshment tent is in place, also a tent where meals will be served. The speakers' tent, an oval, about 150x100 feet, is the largest on the ground, the speakers' platform is in the northeast corner of this tent. The street car service is a cause of great complaint. The entrance, on the south side, is only about one hundred and fifty feet from Main street, but the street car company has discontinued the Driving Park service, which went right past the entrance, and all cars lead clear around the "loop," necessitating a long walk to the Chautauqua grounds. It is far easier and quicker to get ofi at Twentieth and Main streets and walk out Main street for two squares than to go around via the 'loop." At 1:30 tomorrow the Chautauqua BERTHA HILL Her Condition is Improving Each Day. Miss Bertha Hill, who is at St. Stephen's hospital suffering from in juries received last Friday night, is doing as well as could be expected. The attending physician says there is nothing between her and complete re covery, and just as soon as her condition warrants it she will be removed to her parents' home. ,Mi Hill said" this morning t"Thatean not happen any too soon. We are anxiously awaiting her return home."

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