Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 325, 23 December 1906 — Page 5

Page Five. Social and Personal Mention

The Richmond Palladium, Sunday, December 23, 1906.

Mr. Fred Johnson entertained with a Btag dinner last evening at his home on East Main street. The table was beautifully decorated in green. At each end of the table were tiny

Christmas trees, bearing lighted candles, and at each plate was a green n haded candle. Covers were laid for Messrs. Omer Whelan, Ernest Hill and Geo. E. Willis and Sam Wyley of Indianapolis. A pleasant surprise was given Mr. end Mrs. William Campbell, the past week at their home on East Main street, the occasion being their twenty-third wedding anniversary. Whist was played during the evening and a tupper was served. Mr: -and Mrs. Erie Reynolds will entertain at dinner today at their home on East Main street. Covers will be

laid for twelve. The decorations will bo in green and red. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kaufman entertained at dinner "Friday evening at their home in West Richmond, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison E. Howe, of Chicago. The guests were Mr. and Mrs.' Elmer Eggemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Earle Mann Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Deuker and Miss Belle Scott.

The first of the series of dinner parties to be given at the Country ; Club was held last night. Among the guests were Mr. and- Mrs. Howard ; Dill, Mr. and Mrs. Guy McCabe, Mr. mul Mrs. John H. Nicholson and Mr.

und Mrs. S. E. Swayne. j. j. -jt Mr. and Mrs. Earle Mann entertained at dinner last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison E. Howe of Chicago. r $b Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson entertained at dinner last evening at their home. South 13th street. The table appointments were in the Christmas colors. In the center of the table was a cluster of red roses surrounded With a wreath of holly and from the chandeliers was suspended a scarlet Christmas bell. The place cards were

dainty 4 Christnuis cards. The table was lighted with red shaded candles. Covers were laid for sixteen, guests.

PERSONAL MENTION. Morton Drown of New Paris, Ohio, was in the city yesterday. 1 1 I . TC..1U..t. ... ....... s ,1 f -- Cm

l lorn, Iowa yesterday.

' Mr. D. M. Moeller of New Paris

I was in the city yesterday on busi

ness.

Miss M. Dull of Dayton, O., spent the day yesterday in the city. James Tleman of Sharon, Pa, is in the city to spend the holidays with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vorhees of Drookville, O., spent the day in the city yesterday. Mrs. Pert Hatfield of Greensfork was in the city yesterday. Miss Florence Ratlin! returned -this morning from Anderson to spend the

holidays.

Mrs. Eva Reeves left yesterday to

spend -the holidays with relatives at

New Burlington, O.

Misses Zelda and Ada Clark of

Xenial O., was in theNcity yesterday

the guests of friends.

Miss Blanche Godsey left yester

day for Hamilton, O., to spend the

holidays with friends.

Miss Caroline Stahl left yesterday for Dayton to spend Christmas with

relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Klotz west of

the city left yesterday for Hamilton,

O., to spend Christmas.

Mrs. Katherine Henry left yester

day morning for her home in Chica

go, after a visit with Mrs. Sherer.

Miss Florence Diggs of Winchester

arrived last evening and will spend the holidays with Mrs. Howard Hart

and family.

Mrs. F. W- Watkins of South Bend

spent the day In the city yesterday

Mr. Fred Johnson arrived In the

city last evening from Indianapolis

to spend Sunday with his parent? Mr,

and Mrs. B. B. Johnson on East Main

street.

Mrs. Eva Johnson, of Elwood arriv

ed in the city yesterday to .spend

Christmas with her sister Mrs. Ed

ward Weidner and family.

Horace Starr left for hi3 home in Indianapolis yesterday to spend the

holidays with his family.

John Morhead of Westville was In

the city yesterday buying Christmas

presents.

Ned Hiatt arrived last night to

spend the holidays in the city the guest of his sister Mrs. Frank Gil

bert.

James Tyler of Knightstown spent

yesterday mthe city.

Griffith Ellis of Chicago arrived

last night to spend the holidays.

Roscoe Cook arrived last evening

from Indianapolis to spend Sunday

with his parents George Cook and

wife.

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TiAeys! Chicken

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For everybody, the finest you ever saw, and all tho trirrxningssuch as Fresh Oysters, Cranberries, Celery, Genuine

Jersey Sweet Potatoes. Florida Oranges, Bananas, Fa icy Belleflower Apples for rating, Figs, Dates, Table Raisins, Olives, Imported Pickles, 15 kinds of Cheese, the best line f Canned Goods to be had in the land. Try Curtice Bros. Peas and Stringlcss Beans, and Empson's Cclorad Peas. Try Wedding Ring White Heath Peaches, Cher

ries, Peeled Apricots anci Pears. Fresh Nuts, Walnut Pecans, Filberts, Brazil Coaoanuts, Shelled Walnuts, Shel

led Pecans, Almonds, Shelled Almonds.

In Fresh Vegetah'cs Head Lettuce, ILeaf Lettuc Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Radishes, Green Onions, Green Beans, Oyster Plant, Egg Plant, Cauliflower, MusJfrooms, Green Mangoes, Spinach, Brussell Sprouts. This is

only a few of the good things we have.

Don't Forget the Famous Bee Hive Mocha and Java Coffee, 25c a Pound

THE

XMAS SHOPPING AT ITS HEIGHT

1 j - ( Yesterday Witnessed the ! Heaviest Trade of the Hol- ; iday Season.

5ALL THE STORES CROWDED

TOMORROW WILL WIND UP THE ' BUSINESS AND ANOTHER BRISK RUSH IS EXPECTED BY THE MERCHANTS.

g Most of the Christmas shopping has leen done, and the public will spend a 1 large part of today canvassing their purchases and speculating upon the rifts they will receive at the hands of ) friends and relatives when Santa -.oines Monday night. Business among ...he local merchauts was very heavy .-Saturday and while it is probable that v .nuch buying will still be done tomorj ow, there is no doubt the great rush I over. This Is especially true among jhe country people, who And Saturday g-.he best .day to come to town and gyanie yesterday In preference to tomorrow. There are many townspeog. )lc who put off their buying until late rjind they will be in evidence Monday. i Incidental to the holiday season, V, ravel Is very heavy, and yesterday the

fteam roads and the interurbans had! iilly as much business as they could fake care of. Hundreds of people left! " jhe city and other hundreds came in. i '0V special two-cent rate went into ef-j oct on the Pennsylvania yesterday. I

If It is believed that when the books ue balanced the present holiday business In every line will be found heavKt than in years.

MANY TEACHERS IN CITY

Pedagogues From Various Parts of

The County Spent Saturday In Pursuit of Xmas Gifts.

The following teachers of the

Wayne county schools were shopping

in the city. yesterday:

Mrs. Elnora Root, of Hagerstown,

Miss Daisy Leavell, Hagerstown, L.

L. Parks, Doston, Miss Maude Ball, Milton, Miss Jennie Grace, Center Township, Miss Bessie Meadows, Green Township, Miss Mamie Grace, Green Township, Pierre Helms, Cen

ter Township, W. D. Cook, Greens

fork, Mrs. Pearl Varnauf, Jackson

Township, Miss Lizzie Rothermel,

Franklin Township, Wni.- Robbins, Abington, Laurence Smelser, Abbing-

ton, Everette Hunt, Whitewater, A.

M. Tschaen, Williamsburg, Miss An

na Williams, Williamsburg and Miss

Nellie Hodgii Chester, v

PATRICK STILL

SEEKS FREEDOM

'Commutation of Death Penal

ty for Life Imprisonment Does Not Suit.

SENDS LETTER TO PUBLIC

ALLEGED MURDERER, WHO

CLAIMS INNOCENCE, BEGINS UPON HIS SENTENCE IN THE NEW YORK PRISON. s

JS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH 7, 71 joy Peck Writes From Florida He ;- is Touring With the Barlow Minstrels at End Man.

01 Hoy Peck who is now traveling ; through the South with Barlow's Miinstrels has written to his father, N-ash Peck from St. Augustine. Fla.,

Enclosing In his letter some rose lea-!

es which he said he plucked from a ! ush growing In a yard. He says !

r he members of the minstrel troupe ; 5ire still wearing their strav hats and ; 'e 'cannot think of ChistniRS bein.se near. Mr. Peck is meeting with Lpiendid success. He has been put

n nrst eiHi ana nas signed a con-

ract to go with Haverly's minstrels

Kter his time expires with Barlow in

siprll.

The various township trustees of 1

HjHayne county, win nave tne scnoois lproughlj' cleaned during the Christ

mas holidays, ine noors win , do oiif-d

ncnd buildings renovated. The work jjfill start next Wednesday in order 'iat it may be completed h-efore JanuHjy 2 Use artificial gns for ht and heat h F iott n

Miti-o.-.ary Statistics.

Boston, Dec. 22. A statement of the

evangelical forces engaged in efforts to evangelize the non-Christian world was made public by the secretary of

the American board. It shows a total

of 29,386 stations and out-stations,

6,750 men and 6.039 women mission

aries, 70.733 native laborers, 1,349,90S

communicants. 1,120.802 under instruc

tion and an Income of $1S,603,748. These totals show an increase over the reports of last year. The statis

tics of the principal foreign missionary societies of the evangelical churches of the United States show that women missionaries outnumber the men. there being 3.031 of the former to 2,043 of the latter. Native

contributions amounted to $1,282,299, and" the total Income was $8,260,321. The last enumeration of missionaries in China gives their number as 3,270. Female Corpse, Anyway. Phoenix, A. T., Dec. 22. A coroner's jury summoned to Investigate the death of Xicaolai DeRaylan, revealed the fact that the diseased was a woman, who masqueraded as a man, and returned the following verdict: "The person residing here since Nov. 4, 1906, as a male, under the name of NIcolai PeTTnylan. as a matter of fact was a frira'p. the body inspected at the mor: i:o by the jury was the same person and death was due to pulmonary tuberculosis." Dr. Rowe. DeRaylan's physlcfan. says he is positive the corpse is that of DeRaylan. He clares that no substitute could have directed the business correspondence with the Russian consulate and United States bureau as DeRaylan did. To Allay Race Hatred. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 22. Leading colored men of Dallas are said to be behind a recently formed organization of negroes, having for its object the allaying of race hatred. The plan is to deal summary punishment to degenerates of their own race and thus win the respect of the white. The movement is said to have met with favor in a numb?r of the larger southern cities where race troubles are common.

Publishers' Press. Osaiuin. ., ktc. zz. Albert T.

Patrick, convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice, was officially

notified by Warden Johnson of the commutation of death sentence to im

prisonment for life by Governor Hlgr;ins and was taken from the deaih

house, where he was confined for foar years and eisht months and placed ?n

a cell In the main prison. When taken to the prison clerk's office, where he was treated as a newly arrived pris

oner, he was measured, weighed and given a bath, after which the prison barber shaved .him and cut his hair. He was then given a suit of gray-

prison clothes. Patrick then was conducted by the warden to the door and sash factory and put to work.

Patrick gave to the warden a letter

addressed to Mrs. Patrick, which he

desired to have made public. In it he says: "It is needless to say that I am bitterly disappointed at the miscarriage of my hope for freedom, but I

am not discr.'iraged. I felt sure that the United" States supreme court would eventually declare that my conviction was secured without proper proof and by unfair andt disonest

means. I am so tired of delay and so moved by the strain of separation from my lo"ied ones that I listened to the suggestion that the governor would use his power jt pardon to rec

tify a miscarriage of justice. And so, against the advice of my attorneys, I dismissed my appeal and applied to the governor for a pardon. The gov

ernor in community finds in effect my conviction illegal and proof of guilt insufficient, or, in other word3, that I am presumably innocent. I shall peti-. tion the incoming governor to right this wrong, and 1 believe that his

knowledge of the law, keen judgment of facts, and love of justice and personal courage will enable me to prevail, and that he will soon set me free.

My health Is good except that I am

worn out and tire very easily, but mv

mind is clear, and I have been and w

be guided only by my own jndgme.

BLACK BEAR IS NO MORE

Big Wooly Fellow After Roaming Woods for a Year Ready to be Served For Lunch.

The black bear which has been hanging in front of Ed. Roser's saloon on Main street attracted considerable attention and when the story connected with it is known, it will no doubt be an object of even greater Interest. Last year Mr. Roser ordered a bear to be sent to him from Ely.JWis. He intended to use it for Xmas . lunch. The bear however, which was shipped alive broke from the car near Duluth. A few days ago Mr. Roser received a letter signed "Hunter", which said that his bear of a year ago had been shot and w as being sent to him. The unknown hunter, who so kindly sent Mr. Ros'er the animal undoubtedly was lead to do so by the express

company mark on its ear, which the

wooly fellow carried for a year. Mr. Roser now intends to serve the bear for lunch on this Xmas eve, and has, had it killed and prepared.

GREAT RECORD JT POSTOFFICE

Yesterday's Business Probably Exceeded Any Single Day in Its History. .

PACKAGES BY THOUSANDS

STAMP WINDOW WAS BESIEGED THROUGHOUT THE DAY REGISTRY DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO RUSHED AS NEVER BEFORE

E. M. CR0WELL VERY ILL

Former Portland Citizen Who is Now a Richmond Resident is Suffering From Heart Disease.

Carriers Are Interested. Local city and rural letter carriers are watching with much interest the reports from Washington in reference to increased pay for them. The latest of these reports is of an encouraging nature.

Sold Two Paintings.

Frank J. Girardin, one of Rich

mond's well known artiMs, ha sold two of his paintings which were

among those on exhibit at tfle Starr piano rooms and have bean greatly

admired.

Use artificial gas tor Vsbt and heat 10-tf

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Not only was yesterday a recordbreaking business day with the mer-

j chants of Richmond, but Postmaster

Spekenhier's "trade," which he Is conducting for Uncle Sam, was also the heaviest single day in the history of the Richmond institution. Not only were the stamp sales large, but the registry department established a new record and the clerks of that department felt that there had been something doing when night came. For hours yesterday, especially in the afternoon, there was a constant stream of people passing before the

stamp window. It was dusk before

e line diminished in length. Just

what the receipts of the office were was not announced, but according to

the testimony of the clerks it was the

most strenuous day that any of them ever experienced. In addition to thousands of Christmas packages mailed at the Richmond office yesterday, the incoming malls brought thousands in return and the accumulation today will be such that the letter carriers on Monday morning will be fairly swamped.

Dr. T. J. Dickes was called to Richmond Friday to give medical attention to E. M. Crowell, who was reported to be in a dying condition. Mr. Crowell who is well advanced In years, was for some time a resident q Portland, serving for a number of years as city treasurer and later following the capenter trade. A little over a year ago he sold his ea6t Main street residence to G. W. Bolds and left for Richmond where he has since resided with his son Hlland Crowell. Dr. Dickes came home on the afternoon train and reported lAr. Crowell's condition as slightly Improved. He has been ill three weeks, suffering from heart disease and Thursday it was not thought he could live through the night, but he rallied from attack and seemed brighter Friday. Portland Commercial.

CONTRACTS FOR

PIPING SYSTEM

Board of Works is Making an Effort to Close up Work at the Light Plant.

NEW BOILERS ARE READY

MASONRY WORK COMPLETED

YESTERDAY TURBINE 13 EXPECTED TO REACH THE CITY WITHIN A FEW DAYS.

ROYAL ARCANUM ELECTS

The List of the New Officers Chosen by the Organization for the Ensuing Year.

New officers just chosen for the Royal Arcanum are as follows: Regent, Charles , Newlln;' past regent, J. H. Pierce; secretary, R B. Myrlck, Jr.; treasurer, T. A. Mott;

collector, Arthur Purr; vice regen

Mather Kelsey; orator, J. II. Armstrong; guide, W. S. Kaufman jrhaplain, Frank J. Parsons; dorrreeper, T. J. Webb; sentry, E. R. rffover.

Use artificial gas torllSnt and heat.

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Plans and specifications for Ihe new piping system at the Municipal Light plant, which Is to connect the new turbine with the boilers and condensers were yesterday received by the Board of Public Works, from

.Meaa ana company, consulting engineers of Dayton, O. Duplicates of the plans and specifications were yesterday given ut to Zoller & Craighead, Charles JobannIng and the H. H. Meerhoff Plumbing Company. The bids for the work will be opened January 4th. The masonry work about the new boilers at the plant was completed yesterday and everything Is In fhape for the receiving of "the new turbine engine which Is expected in tho course of a few days. The Hoard of Works has received notification from the General Electric Company of Schenectady, N. Y., that the engine had been -placed in the shipping do partment but the Hoard has as yet received no bill of lading. After the powerful engine arrives it will require about tea days to set and connect it.

BEFORE YOU BUY XM

See our line. Lawall Jex

tlctan, N. W.- Cor. Mai

Streets.

Goes to Bloomington. i Prof. . Justin Leroy Harris, will leave tomorrow for Bloomington. 111. w-here he will be the guest of relatives until after, the holidays. He will return January 2.

"Incense parties" were a common feature of old Japan. Each the guests had a little furnace, a small wooden box, packed with sand. On the top of this was ft small charconlfire. Each woman in turn bumM sonie incense and the others had i.c guess what it was. After every burning the windows were thrown oik-ii and the room was cleared for the next experiment.

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jsa most extraordinary busdura the lastewLs.

Is abput all we have to

say fdr we have enjoyed

a most extraordinarv business durina the lastew Weeks. The oeorilp. have learned to

know that they can finjialmost anything in ogf line they want whether or not they see it

displayed and advertised.

BtjWc Aifo'Not Sold Ou

We have a large assortment of DRESS SH0ES,Rubt:er Bootfor the little folks. LEGQINS All kinds of WARM RUBBEfRS High Snw Zxcluoyfig Arctics for men, women and children, and SLIPPERS, SLaPPERS, SLIPPERS--AKkinds, sizes, prices and Colors. x r Come in tomorrow Seleoy what you want and CALL FOR ONE OF OUR HANDSOME ART CALENDARS. If Wi w You": christmas bjef sl msiBA vfi

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