Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 109, 9 May 1906 — Page 3

Page 3. Brans NOW PERMAKEHT Alumni of the High School Met Last Night and Effected na Organization. ANTIQUATED FRENCH EXCAVATOR AT PANAMA. u' . . . . Jo ii a -'J i7 is n 23 m ez ea ? as 27 ta s ao 31 3t 33 a za 3a 37 as &a to 4.1 z 43 40 xi 7 A4j-iits. FRED GENNETT PRESIDENT GRADUATING CLASS WILL BE ENTERTAINED THIS YEAR AND A MEETING ARRANGED FOR THE CENTENNIAL.

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Local American League Teams Did Not Have Much Business Yesterday. .PHILADELPHIA WINS GAME ATHLETICS SCORED SEVZ7T RUNS IN THE NINTH INNING AND ,TOOK GAME FROM BOSTONNEW YORK LOST. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING. Won. Lost. PCt. Philadelphia 12 6 .632' Washington 11 8 .579 .Detroit 10 8 .556 Cleveland .. 8 8 .500 New York 9 10 .474 St. Louis 9 10 .474 Chicago 8 9 .471 Boston 6 13 ,316 RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington. 8; New York 3. Philadelphia, 11; Boston, 4. Detroit vs. '-Cleveland,- postponed; rain. - , . ?t. Louis vs. - Chicago, postponed; rain. t Publisher' Tress Chicago, May 8.- The game here today between the St. Louis and Chicago Americans was postponed on account of rain. Cleveland May 8. Rain called oft . the game today oetween the Detroit and Cleveland Americans. HEAVY HITTING IN NINTH. Boston, May 8. With the score a tie at the beginning of the ninth Inning, the Philadelphia Americans landed on Tannehill, knocking th eball ' all over the field, scored 6even runs and defeated the Bostons. Score: V R. H. E. Phlla. .. 00001210 711 19 6 Boston .00010003 0 4 5 2 Batteries Coakley and Schrck; TannehllJ and Graham. Umpi Sheridan. ..NEW YORK'S FAULTY GAME... New York, -May 8. By hammering the ball hard all through the game and knocking Clarkson out of the box, The Washington Americans scored a victory over New York today. The ocal team made eight errors, losing the game by this alone. Score: R. H. E. Wash. .,2012002108 12 1 New Y'k 010000020 3 2 8 Batteries Kltson and KIttridge; Clarkson, Leroy and Klelnow. --s plres Hurst and Evans. TEARS STOOD IN MITCHELLS EYES (Contlnued From Page One.) till his hearers. Ills remarks were received with an enthusiastic burst of applause, and were in part as follows: "Before final adjournment It may not be amiss for me to say, probably for the last time I may have the privilege of addressing you, that while I feel some disappointment that we have not secured an advance la wages or material Improvement in the condition of employment. I nevertheless believe that you have taken a most advanced step and have secured for yourselves and your constituents advantages never before secured In the history of your movement. You have an agreement not only with the United Mine Workers' of America, but with its officers. The operators may claim that they have not recognized your union, yet they have signed an agreement with the national president and district presidents and secretaries of the union." Ataxy liver leads to chronic dyspepBlaJMnd constipation weakens the rjile system. Doan's Regulets (23 tents per box) correct the liver, tone pie stomach, cure constipation.

RAIN INTERFERED WITH TWO GAMES

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Games Today. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston at Philadelphia. New York at Brooklyn. Chicago at Pittsburg. St. Louis at Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGUE. St. Louis at Chicago. Detroit at Clevelanfl. Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Boston. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville at Kansas City. Indianapolis at Milwaukee. Columbus at St. Paul. Toledo at Minneapolis. A GAME IS Hoosier Team Wins Out Last Inning in Contest With Kansas City in TOLEDO REACHES SECOND BY DEFEATING ST. PAUL, THE MUD-HENS ARE NEXT TO HIGHEST POSITION MINNEAPOLIS WINS FROM COLUMBUS.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIAT'N STANDING Won. Lost. PCt. Lousville 11 6 .647 Toledo 10 8 .556 Milwaukee 8 7 .533 St .Paul 10 9 .526 Columbus 10 10 s .500 Kansas City 9 10 .474 Minneapolis 9 11 .450 Indianapolis 6 12 .333

RESULTS YESTERDAY. Milwaukee and Louisville, no game; wet grounds. Minneapolis, 4; Columbus, 3. Toldo, 3; St. Paul, 0. Indianapolis, 2; Kansas City, 1. Publishers' Press Kansas City, May 8. In the game between Indianapolis and the local American Association team this afternoon, the visitors won in the last inning, by scoring one run. Hits were few and scattered. The score: R. H. E. Indpls. .01000000 1 2 6 0 Kan. CityO 1000000 0 1 5 3 Battrles Kellum and Weaver; Frantz, Leahy. Umpire Kane. SHUT-OUT FOR ST. PAUL. St. Paul, May 8. By superior work o nthe part of Pitcher Gillen, for the Toledo team .that organization shut out the local team here today. Toledo played an errorless game. The score: R. H. E. Toledo ..0 001200003 6 0 St. Paul .0 000000000 4 2 Batteries Gillen and Abbott Parkin and Drill Umpire Haskell TEN INNINGS. Minneapolis, May 8. A ten inning game was won today by Minneapolis from the Columbus team. The game was hard fought and was tied by Columbus In the ninth. The score was as follows: R. H. E. Col. .. 01000010103 7 1 Minn. . 0001 1100 01 4 8 1 Batteries Itobertaille and Ryan; Cadawallader and Shannon. Umpire Sullivan. Can't Resist Some. "No man of good taste will kiss his wife in public.' "Well, that depends on the wife." PERT PARAGRAPHS. Host people would rather have a dollar than a Morocco bound volume of advice. Art Is long, and it Is the only thing: most artists are long on. If money making is a disease lots of men would like to know where they can get bitten by the germ.

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General.. REDS DID HOT LOSE YESTERDAY Owing to Rain in Cincinnati, Game with St. Louis Was Postponed. GIANTS BACK TO LEAD NEY YORK NATIONALS WIN FROM BROOKLYN AND CHICAGO LOSES TO PITTSBURG GIANTS AT THE TOP.

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Won. Lost PCt. New York 16 6 .727 ! Chicago 16 7 .696 Philadelphia 13 10 . .565 Pittsburg 11 10 .524 Boston 10 12 .455 St. Louis 8 11 .421 Cincinnati 9 16 .360 Brooklyn 6 17 .LCI i

RESULTS YESTERDAY. New York 5; Brooklyn 4. Boston 7; Philadelphia 1. Chicago 2; Pittsburg 3. St. Louis vs. Cincinnati, postponed; rain. tPalUiltti.n Special. 1 Brooklyn, May 8. The New York National League team hit Brooklyn's pitchers hard today and by defeating the Trolley Dodgers took the lead which Chicago had temporarily wrested away. The score: R. H E. Brook ...0 0300100 04 12' 0 N. Yk. ...0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 05 7 2 Batteries Scanlon, Mclntyre and Ritter; McGinnity and Marshall. Umpire O'Day. QUAKERS SCORED ONCE. Philadelphia, May 8. The Boston Natlonas had an asy time defeating the Philadelphia team today. In only one inning did the Quak''S get a chance to score. R. H.E. Boston .000300130 7 10 2 Phla. ...01000000 0 1 3 3 Batteries Linderman and Needham; Pittinger and Dooin. Umpires Emslie and Conway. PITTSBURG BUNCHED HITS Pttsburg, May 8. Bunchnij; the hits in the second inning, the Pittsburg Nationals turned the tables on the Chicago team today and the latter were forced from the lead. The score: R. H. E. Chicago .0 01010 0002 5 2 Pittsb'g .0 2 0 0 0 0 OLx- 331 Batteries Bowing ancrKling; Leever and Gibson. Umpire Johnstone. WOULD NOT FAVOR "PETS' PRINCE MAKES AN ATTACK Republican Congressman from Illinois Objects to Putting Army Generals on Big Pension Would Favor Small Veterans of the War. rPublishers Pressl Washington, May 8. A fiery attack upon a proposition to retire as major generals those officers of the army now holding the rank of brigadier general, who served in the Civil War, was made in the House today by Representative Prince, Rep., Ills. The proposition is a Senate amendment to the army appropriation bill and Mr. Prince practically secured the consent of the House confreres not to accede to the Senate amendment when the bill is brought into conference . which was ordered after Mr. Prince concluded his remarks. The Illinois member ' declared that there are six or seven "pets, in the army who will benefit by the measure. "They are holding office positions and the amendment simply- seeks to legislate for them individually" he said. "It would be better to legislate for the men who are drawing pensions cf ten and twelve dollars a month and who performed services . that warrant some benefits from congress, instead of pampering to the . pets of the army."

POLICE NOW HAVE A TANGIDLE CLUE

Finding of Two Beer Bottles May Help Them Solve Spier Death Mystery. REWARD OF $1000 OFFERED AUTHORITIES THINK THAT C. L. SPIER SUICIDED AS HE RECENTLY TOOK OUT INCONTESTABLE INSURANCE. Publishers' Press New York. May 3. Uy the finding of two empty beer bottles in the rear cf the house, the Staten Island police this afternoon got their first tangible ciue in the death mystery of Charles L. Spier, confidential agent of H. JI. Rogers, at 7 Tompkins Avenue. New Brighton. The bottle1? wore wrapped in a newspaper dated last Sunday and the shooting happened early Monday morning. Blown in the glas? of the bottles was the name of a Tomkinsville saloonkeeper. The proprietor of the place and his bartender remembered selling the good:? and gave a description of the voing man to whom they were sold. Insist It Was Suicide. Despite this new' and promising clue, however, the police still insist that Spier shot himself although Mr. Spier's widow and friends, the coroner and the New Brighton officials declare that it was a case of foul murder by a burglar surprised in his work. The Richmond borough authorities have offered a reward of 31,000 for the apprehension of Spier's assailant. The police base their suicide theory entirely on the fact that Spier recently took out life insuninco amounting to $75,000, the policies being of the incontestable character, ai:d in the belief that Mr. Spier lia.-j been on the wrong side of the market lately. Mr.' Spier's funeral will take place tomorrow, burial being in the Moravian cemetery at New Brighton. prams GATHER AT (Continued From Page One.) shall not become involved in complex manner of living, either socially, industrially or civilly. The type of manhood presented for the Pythian to imitate is that of plain, every-day honesty and willingness to do his part as a good citizen. No man is a good member cf the Order of Knights of Pythias who is not a good husband, a good father, an honest man and a patriotic citizen. No Tolerance of Shirks. We repudiate the type of manhood that shirks the responsibility of caring for his family and the duties of .honest plain citizenship. The vio lator of law or reputable rules of society is not welcome to the ranks of our order. The portals of our lodgeroom sstand wide open for every man who s honest, industrious and lawabiding, regardless of his station in life. We draw no distinction of wealth, poverty or rank, but we do insist that every applicant who desires to affiliate with us shall be a man in every sense of the word. "Our order stands upon the basic principles of friendship, charity and benevolence, and these cardinal principles .when applied in their broadest sense, take in all the qualities of manhodd that go to make a perfect man. We do not seek to influence either the form of religion or politics in any one. While ,as an organization, we have existed less than half a century, yet the fundamental principles upon which our order is founded are as old as the human race. . "The magnificent building in which we have today laid the corner stone, will stand as a monument to the Immortal principles of friendship, charity and benevolence, and should inspire all members of the order who come within its walls or influence to cherish sacredly these undying tenets. And so In the language of Webster, 'Let it rise; let it rise till it meets the sun in Its coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild it and the parting day linger and play on its summit."

INDIANAPOLIS

Reorganized on a basis that insures permanency, the Richmond High School Alumni Association promises to arouse new interest among its membership and also among those who are eligible to affiliate but who from various causes have failed to take more than a passive notice of the association. Last night a large num

ber of the alumni met at the high school to consider plans for rejuven ating the association and there was much enthusiasm displayed. Supt. Mott of the Richmond Schools declar ed the meeting to be the largest and most enthusiastic business session that the association ever held. The New Constitution. The new constitution adopted last evening, has one feature that Is of special Interest to the membership as it insures permanency of the organ! zation. It is provided that the president of the senior class of the high school shall, immediately following the jraduation of the class, become president of the alumni association. By this means there always will be a president, a head to the association without the formality of an election Officers Were Elected. Officers elected last night were as follows: President Fred Gennett. Vice-President Miss Ruth Mash meyer. Secretary M!ss Grace Smith. Treasurer Ben Hill. Mr. Gennett will serve as president until the graduation of the present senior class, when, under the provis ion of the constitution the president of the class will become the head of the association. Entertainment Committee. A committee of five members was selected last night which shall have charge of the entertainment to be given in honor of the graduating class in June. On this committee, in addition to President Gennett are Walter Eggemeyer, Mr. Harrington, Miss Kessler and Miss Jessie Beeler. It was decided to have a meeting of the alumni association during the Centennial celebration at which time many of the former students of the school who now live outside the city will be here. This meeting will be a pretentious affair and arrangements for it will be more fully made at a later date. Epworth League Officers, At a meeting of the Epworth Lea gue of the First M. E. church last evening, officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year. The new officers will be installed at a meeting of the League on May 20. Those elected are as follows: President, C. W. Isenberger. First Vice Pres., Miss Iva Comer. Second Vice Pres., Miss Laura Mc Man is. Third Vice Pres., Miss Maude Buck ingham. Fourth Vice Pres., Miss Lucile Gwyne. Secretary, Miss Mable Ballinger. Treasurer, John Heeter. Choirister, Dempsey Dennis. Pianist, Miss Nellie Threewlts. NEW PARIS HAS (Continued From Page One.) or directions, this was all the note contained. David Had Been III. David, the elder brother, has been ill for a long time, and Isaac was supposed to be nursing him. David had the larger interest in the small farm and in the money, but a dispute jirose on this score and it was to beV-sub-..... .. .... . . V .. mittea to tne aisinterestea commit tee to settle. There had been reports of Isaac's mistreatment of David, al so, and as the latter is a member of the Mason's Lodge it had been arranged to take him to the Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio. The lodge members were to have taken him to New Paris today and then to Spring field. The arrangements were made without consulting Isaac and when he discovered the plan, he was in rage. It is thought that he then has tened his crime in order that ha might thwart the friends of his brother. A Brother Near Abington. There are two other brothers in the Mackey family, one of whom, Joshua lives in Abaington township, W3yne County. The other, John, lives near Eldorado, Ohio. All are aged men and highly respected in their comma nities. David has two daughters who reside somewhere in Ohio, but so far, they have not been located. Isaac was a member of the Odd Fellows and David a member of the Masons, each having joined his lodge years ago. It is taken as certain, that Isaac, th' fratricide, was of unsound mind probably caused by the long drawr out quarrel with his brother. They did not live in peace and this may have preyed upon his mind until he finally lost all control of himself. The queer habits of the two men, living alone as they did ,kept others from having an accurate knowledge of the mental condition of either.

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of which are arriving nearly every week. The American engineers consider these old machines but little better than hand shovelers. but use them for

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engaged in drilling and breaking up the rock and dirt preparatory to the work of the steam shovels in lifting the debris from the excavation and loading on

the cars to be hauled away. HISTORIC DARK DAYS ONE THAT BROUGHT TERROR TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND. It Wai Frldar, Mar 10, 1TSO, and In Sfauy Communities It Was TtaoocM That the Day of Judgment Waa at Hand A Brave Legislator, Friday, May 19, 1780, has become generally known in history as the "dark day," and, although it has been traced to natural causes, its coming brought terror to many communities whose inhabitants, thinking the day of judgment at hand, made haste to settle their affairs as best they might before the trump should sound. A Boston woman in the tumult of hei fears sent a messenger to Rev. Mather Byles, tradition says, to inquire the cause of such an alarming occurrence The minister claimed no special Information as to the unusual visitation and replied that he was "as much in the dark about it as any of his parishioners." The darkness came on between 1C and 11 o'clock and speedily had become so dense that candles were lighted Id the houses, and men on the streets could navigate only with lanterns. The birds, having sung their evening songs, disappeared, fowls retired to roost, and cocks crowed, apparently deeming 11 the darkness just before dawn. In the Connecticut legislature some of the more timorous membets, unable to see one another's faces, sought an adjournment, but a certain Mr. Daven port gained undying fame when he arose and said: ' "Mr. Speaker, it is either the day of Judgment or it is not. If it is not, there is no need of adjourning. If it is, I desire to be found doing my duty. I move that candles be brought and that we proceed to business." The ai'ea of the phenomenon extend ed from Falmouth, now Portland, Me., as far west as Albany, N. Y., and from the northernmost settlements of New Hampshire south along the seacoast to New Jersey. It varied in intensity, the darkness being greatest, according to one writer, Dr. Samuel Tenney of Exeter, N. H., in the county of Essex, in that state. Although Herschel asserts that no adequate explanation of the occurrence has been found, other scientists have accounted for the phenomenon upon the supposition that fires in the dense forests of York county, Me., and also in New Hampshire, which had been raging for two or three weeks with un precedented stubbornness and extent, sent up enormous clouds of smoke and vapors, which, held in suspension over the earth at about the height of the highest hilltops, prevented the sun's rays from penetrating. For several days previous to this "black Friday" the air had been full of smoke and vapor and the sun and moon were abnormally red. The clouds were ofAmusual colors, and it was observed that green objects took on a deeper green, verging into azure, and that all objects usually white were tinged with yellow. "Objects appeared to cast shade In every direction, and there were several coruscations In the atmosphere, not unlike the aurora borealis, but no uncommon appearances of electric fire," says one writer. The vapors were decidedly noxious, for after' the atmosphere finally cleared it was found that many small .birds had been suffocated. Rain descending In some locations was found to be black as Ink, and upon the surface of rivers and oth er bodies of water appeared a scum which had the odor of burnt leaves, This undoubtedly proves the theory of the forest fires. The darkness lasted all of Friday, and it is recorded that when the time for real darkness had come it was such as literally could be cut with a knife, equaling the Egyptian article of old. One writer observed that a sheet of white paper held a foot from the eye was no more visible than a piece of the blackest velvet. ; A poem supposed to have been" written about that time is In part as follows : Of month of May, the nineteenth day. In seventeen hundred eighty. Day turned to night a doleful eight! And caused transactions weighty. The whippoorwlll mung notes most shrill. Doves to their cotes retreated. And all the fowls, excepting- owls. Upon their roosts were seated. The herds and flocks stood still as stock Or to their folds were hying. Men yeung and old dared not to scold At wives and children crying. The day of doom most thought was coma Throughout New England's borders; The people, scared, felt unprepared To obey the dreadful orders. . Philosophy, with curious eye. While viewing the phenomenon. Like all the rest, freely confessed t It was a most uncommon one. j

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The laborers at work in the picture are Soon it came out. to ease all doubt, . In space of half a minute. I Though dark the day, full of dismay No miracle was In It. 7 In New Hampshire, the woods on ft re, ) Sent smoke up dense and smothering' Spread round the sky a canopy . O'er all the Yankee brethren. y With one consent they did repent And" promise reformation; But. danger o'er. Just as before. R-a Their sins regained possession. History has recorded three other notably dark days in the United States. It is of record that Oct, 21, 1710, was so dark that "candles had to be lighted so that people might eat their dinners., A ug. 9, 1732, was another, th cause of which is supposed to have been a forest fire in Canada. On Oct. 19, 1702, It is said that citizens of Detroit were in darkness at midday, and it Is sup. posed the cause also was a great forest fire. Chicago Record Herald. Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH THE MOVING PROBLEM in i in, n , ft To move , Or not to move, That's the Question. Some say It's cheaper to flit away; On the first of May Than to pay Kent, but they, I dare say, Own a dray. Which makes them see It that wl Still, If we stay Where we are. There Is far Less excitement. Which some think is the only thlnjg That makes life worth livlns. Still, giving That due weight. There are things to compensate The quiet man who sticks Until his mother-in-law pick . Out a house . And presents it to him .. With her compliments. ' It is better to sit Where you are than to hit ? Tho pike and flit, f Never part . " ' With your old home unless . Tour landlord is so hard of heart That he Insists on every cent Of the rent. The new one may be as bed, f Because that Is quite a tad With landlords. . 'ty If you so greatly desire ' v Excitement, hire "lr A good, strong, wide awake y nan xo oreajt , Tour furniture At so much per day. Tt Tnfl v - Not be quite as much fnnf But it will be cheaper . in tne long run. . ..vikr "I wouldn't bother about him; bea only a small potato anyway." "He'll be a roasted and mashed one, too, if I get my bands on him."- - ..f'snv Vagaries. Win right and laughing glance around Sweet April comes a-trlpping; The wrens are hopping on the ground Brown coats from bud are slipping Last week perchance a skit of snow Blew In, the soft air cooling; A joke It was to let us know . TI inrfl foil, a.nnllnoBut April's tender as can be; It 111 becomes to doubt her. The budding life of shrub and tree Would hardly thrive without her. For April drops are pearly tears That come with promise freighted And whisper through the changing yeart Of new life recreated. Better Trick. ' "She was going to marry the sleighf of hand performer." "But he has decided to give her up." "Why is that?" "Her father was so good at sleight ol foot." No Compliment. Some men are like a river. It has been truly said. The stream is largest at the mouth And smallest at the head. Couldn't Bear to See Him Suffer. "I feel that I could die In a gooi cause." "Well, I will try to hunt you up one." No Equality of Sexes. Ethel Do you think, it Is wrong tc flirt? Hand Yes, for men. V""? -

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