Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 301, 13 December 1907 — Page 2

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THE KICIOIOND PAIJ.AD1U31 AADSUX-TELEGRA31, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1007.

ends of the car to avoid further trouble. Wingate then said he. deplored having been forced to deal with the man as he had, because of the state his own nerves was in. He said that while he was in Richmond he had called on a ?ocal doctor, believing he had rheumatism in his legs. This doctor, after examining him had pronounced his case locomotor ataxia, and the seriousness of this disease, he said, had put his nerves all in a jangle. The men were kept apart until Dayton was reached, and it was so arranged that Wingate got off the car several blocks before the other man did. in order that further trouble might bo averted.

ENSIGN PRITCHARD FELL FOB WOMAN Escapade in Pittsburg Cost His Naval Position. MAY RESULT IN DIVORCE. Pittsburg fa.. Dec. l.J. It was because the navy department did not believe an ensign should register at a hotel with another man's wife, boldly using the Initials "U S. N," and because high times with women at Asbury Park. N. J., were not for "the good of the service.' that Earl W. Pritchard of Indianapolis was asked to forward his resignation. Pritchard is believed 10 be now in Pittsburg. He is keeping in seclusion. He appeared here first, on Oct. 21. when he stopped at the Henry for a day. A week later lie reappeared at this hotel accompanied by a handsome woman. The couple remained there two days. The ensign's trouble dates back to last. August, when, on leave of absence he visited Asbury Park. X. J. There he cut a wide swath in company with three women, two unmarried the other a bride of three months. Pritchard borrowed from a Pittsburger a friend who was spending a vacation at the resort, and for several days he entertained his feminine friends after the manner of a Pittsburg millionaire. A letter to the husband of the recent bride Interrupted the Asbury Park entertainment r Has Acquaintance Here. Pritchard has several friends and acquaintances in Richmond who regret very much his actions. CARD OF THANKS. I wish , to thank tho street car employes and citizens of Centerville for iheir kindness in the sickness and death of my; daughter. Louie Gorman. U DAVID GORMAN. An .; Appropriate Text. A elergypian in a country towu was jftked to lill the pulpit for the pastor of church not far from bis owe He accepted the invitation. Bcfo. . the aerviees began he was handed several notices which he was asked to read and was told that they were usually (riven out just before the sermon. Among' them was a long and elaborate apology to the congregation for the abseuee of the clergyman who had been expected to speak to them and whose nlace this minister had been called nnon to till on an emervenev. It was the ! last one. and he read it without com - menf or ehai.sro of countenance. Then ! openlug the Rude he announced his text. 'Wherefore, then, be ye content with what ye have." A USEFUL GIFT For any gentleman is a RAZOR. You will find our stock complete on anything in the ordinary razor from $1.25 to $2.25. Also Gillett Safety, $5.00. Keen Kutter Safety, $4.00. Pilgrim Bros. Cor. 5th & Main. LONG BROS CASH Meat Market offers you the benefit of the falling markets. For cash you can buy: Pur own kettle Rendered Lard at per lb 10c Pest Cuts Pork, per lb 12' ,c Fresh Pork Sides, strip 10c Beef to Boil, per lb 7c Best Short Rib Roasts, lb... 10c Pork to Boil, per lb 10c Full line of Sausage. Special prices on purchases of whole hogsDressed Chickens and Turkeys. Baltimore-Oysters. Phone your orders. Phone 2299

FIRE ENDANGERS

CHILDREN SLEEPING AT WERNLE HOME Big Barn, Situated Near the. . Dormitory Destroyed by Fire j Causing Loss of $3,500 to $4,000. CHILDREN FORM BUCKET BRIGADES TO SAVE HOME. Lack of Sufficient Water Pressure Was Responsible for Danger May Have Been of Incendiary Origin. Thursday evening about 10:45 o'clock fire originated in the hay mow of the big frame born, at the Wernle Orphane' Home, south of this city, completely destroyed that structure, a crib filled with over MiO bushels of corn, a largo wagon building and the big noultrv house. For over an hour the dormitory building, which is located only about thirty yards from where the barns and other buildings stood, was threatened by (he fierce blaze which could be plainlv seen in every nart. of the city, turning the southern sky into a brilliant, scarlet. .No. 4 ' hose company went to the fire as soon j as notified, which was not until the buildings were almost totally destroy-1 ed. It rendered valuable service in j holding the conflagration in check. The loss is estimated between $3,000 ( and $4,000 and is partially covered by j insurance. 1 he tire burned ongtuiy for about two hours. Just how the fire started in the barn hay mow is not known or probably never will be perhaps some (ramp sleeping in the hay is responsible. If 1his is the case the tramp has not yet. been located. Had it not been for the prompt work of George Chapman, a young man who lives on the farm of his father, William Chapman, just a short distance from the home, the loss would have been much larger. When Chaunian arrived, the blaze tlio Kuril 1m. 1 jrnfKdi iimlnr loo1 111 l lit: OCII II u'l'l c ' headway, but none ot the sleeping ; children or the officials in the dormi- j lory were aware of the terrible dan-j ger which threatened them. Young J Chapman sounded the alarm and then without awaiting assistance entered ' the burning barn and began the work ' of saving the tet ror-f tricken animals.! Five valuable horses and ten cows ' Chapman led out. About two minutes i after he had removed the last animal ! to a place of safety, the roof and mow j of the barn collapsed. The young; man and his father next turned their! j attention to successfully saving the i I fmi r waeniw iii tbr hiir wasrnn shed J ! which with the corn ciib, is just a j feet west of the barn. few ; t

While the Chapnu'.ns were doing! Hie term ot olticc !or a road supertheir salvage work. Instructor Schmidt! visor is two 'P:irs tlie -ob !" who is temporarily in charge of the ! S1-"'" ler day for sixty days each year.

hom- took cha,! ot' t,1ft work of get,lnK thf' "hans out of the dormitory, Thanks to a perfect tire drill, the chlldren got out of te threatened building quickly and without confusion, leaving by fie main entrance and the fire escapes. A bucket brigade was organized by the orphans and in this manner they rendered valuable service to the city firemen. So fierce was the blaze o the burning buildings that the tin roof on the brick dormitory building became red hot and it was necessary to station some of the boys on the roof with buckets of water to keen th tin cooled. . I Fortunately while the fire lasted, the stiff breeze blew from the south-i east. Had the wind been from the! north it is almost certain that, the dormitory would have been destroyed. In fighting the blaze the city had to contend with the lack of sufficient i water pressure. A hose wps placed in a large water tank but this would I have been of no avail had it not been that the tank stood on a rise of ground ' i above the burning barn, which was j in the southern part of the county. WILL F!LEDF0R PROBATE Pierre Gray Was a Wealthy Man. The will of Pierre Gray, filed for probate yesterday names the Security Trust company as executor. The estate, valued at from $75,000 to $100.000. goes to his mother and his brother, Bayard Gray. The widow gets ?200 a month. The executor is to control the entire estate and act in conjunction with the wishes ot the family. The will is drawn with unusual exactness for detail in its various bequests and reflects the characteristics of fairness and uprightness of the decedent in particular items, one of which bequeaths $472.50 with interest from 1S7G to his mother, and the other. Sl.Oui) with interest from 1SS4, to his brother. The $472.50 represents a sum given to Mr. Gray by his mother more than thirty years ago, and the $1,000 represents a sum given him by his father, the late Isaac P. Gray, nearly twenty-five years ago. The will provides that the income from the personal estate and real estate shall be kept in separate accounts. A considerable part of the estate was in bank stocks Lamps cause five hundred tires in s year in Loudon; gas 21U: chimnevs 170.

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BELIEVES MOVEMENT IS A RIGHT LEADING ONE Committee on Frame Fund Has Been Increased. GET $100 CONTRIBUTION. In the current issue of the American Friend is found the following additional paragraph regarding Nathan ar c! Esther Frame, Quaker " evangelists, of this city: We are more and more convinced that our movement ro rais-? a fund for our Friends, Nathan and Esther Frame, is a right leading. We all hope that their years of service may not yet be over, but whether they shall be physically able to continue their work or not, the iirne has come for the church to show its appreciation of what they have done, and to make it possible for them now to recover health and strength for the evening service which may remain for them to perform. In addition to the Friends named to assist in the collection and distribution of the fund, we would add Levi Mills, Wilmington. ()., and Elvira Parker, Haviland. Kan. We have received one contribution of MOO. WAGING BATTLE OVER ELECTION Candidates for Road Supervisors All Over the County Appearing. CENTERED IN WAYNE TP. LOW WACES HAS HAD NO EFFECT IN KEEPING MANY MEN FROM THE FIELD WHO DESIRE POSITION. In nearly every road district in Wayne township there is a fight on for the office of road supervisor. Saturdav road supervisors -will be elected HI eVOl'V road district n; the county. In the first and secnd road districts of Wayne township there is only one candidate for road supervisor in t.he field, but in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth districts there are two can-! didates seeking the office. The candi-j dates in the various districts of t his i township are the following: First district .lohn Van Zant. j Second district Edward Norris. Third district P. Miller (D.) X. P. Wilson (R.) Fourth district John Beane and Levi Meyers (R.i and 1,11111 district jonn usiennan und Jesse Meek (R.) sixth district ueor; ;e Shute ( I).) land Frank llodgin D.) Alore (iaVH m service are permitted under the law it the township advisory boards sees fit to allow it. Owing to low wages it was thought that there would be only a very few men in the held for these jobs, but this is not the case in Wayne township. EABLHAfvl HAS GOOD PROSPECTFOH TFAM COSCh Vail TlliflkS tch Vail Thinks He Will Have a Winning Bask. Ball Bunch. CLASS GAMES OF INTEREST. MUCH IS BEING DONE TO DEVELOP MEN, GREEN AT THE GAME, AND SOME OF THESE ARE MAKING GOOD WITH VENGEANCE. The prospects at Karlham for a winning basket ball team are very good this year and Coach Vail has high hopes for a better team than the Quakers put out last year. Only two of last year's players will be in school. Bertch, Kerlin and .Mote, having left at the end of last year. Captain Chambers will enter the winter term and Hotehkiss is already in school. Coach Vail says that several of the Freshmen whom he has been trying out. will develop into good shape by the time of the first game. Genu, who did not. play on the Varsity team of last year, will be given a tryout this season again and will make a valuable addition to the team. The interclass games which are now being played are doing much toward developing "gjeen" men into finished players. Several of the men new to the game have already given evidence of yersity powers and may land berths on the squad. The skin of th ingly sensitive, thickness. elephant is exceednotwithstanding its The Sunrise Of title. Infants and children are constantly needinfr 'axative. It is important to know tybat to give them. Their stomach and bowels are not strong enough for salts, purest ivo waters or cathartic P'Us. powders or tiblets. Give them a mCd. peasant, tentle, laxative tonic like Dr. Caldweila Syrup Pepsin, which sells at the- ainali srm of SO cents or 51 at drui stores. It is tht one gTeat remedy for you to have n tie fccuse to Zivc ckUcxa whcalhev uediL.

SCHOOL IS NOT BACKING THE TEAM Deficit on Big High School ; Game Tonight Is Confidently expected. THE FEELING IS POOR. ASSERTED THAT NEITHER FACULTY NOR STUDENTS ARE; SHOWING THE INTEREST THEY, SHOULD IN BASKET BALL TEAM ' The Athletic association Of the Richmond High School has evidently taken up a bad job in respect to the game this evening with Manual Training High school, to be played in this city. Very few tickets have been sold, in fact not one-third enowgh have been sold to bring the Manual team to Richmond, although it is a fact that if the students and basket ball enthusiar-ts knew what they would miss by not going to the game, they would very probably overflow the Garfield gymnasium, it is asserted. The apparent apathy with which athletics at the local high school is viewed by both instructors and pupils alike, is discouraging to members and managers of athletic teams. A member of the basket ball squad made the statement that one con'd not expect students to take a lively interest in sports when the faculty maintained its present coo! attitude. An earnest effort will be made to stave off a possible deficit on the Manual game. RENDERS DECISION FAVOR OP DEFENDANT! Judge Fox Rules That Hebble Note Is Genuine. WILL REMAIN GUARDIAN. Judge Fox. Thursda afternoon, ren- ! dered two .decisions in favor of A. L. ! Hebble. In the case of A. L. Hebble against the estate of Stella Hebble the i court decided that the rote held by the I plaintiff was valid, ruling that the signature of Stella Hubble attached to jit was in the handwritting of the de ceased. In the suit brought by t ho estate against A. L. Hebble, to depose him as the guardian of the three minor children. Clifford, Hichard and Klkt the court refused to take action. Clifford Hebble. testified that on the death of his mother he was over fourteen years of age and had conserted to the appointment (f his father as guardian for himself, his brother and sister. At that time Richard and Klla wore each under fourteen years of age. ANTI-TRUST LAW IS V0IDSAYS RULING Tobacco Company Files Answer to Government. MANY CIGARETTES SEIZED. Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 12. The Sherman anti-trust law is declared unconstitutional in an answer filed Thursday ty the British-American' Tobacco company to information filed in the United States District court by the government of the forfeiture under the law. of $.--.) worth of cicarettes seized by the collector of customs in this port in October, while in transit from the factory in Petersburg. Va.. and Durham, X. C. to London and Singapore. The reason given is that the law imposes excessive fines with arbitrary discrimination in the infliction of punishment making certain parties not liab'.e and placing power for arbitrary discrimination in the hands of persons who do not hold judicial power under the government. In employment requiring quickneand dexterity of the hands, women are far more valuable than men. WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY! APPENDICITIS Xow cured without an operation. Alo urinary and sexuaJ maladies of men and women cured in the privacy of their own homes by thi-4 new direct current system. Far superior to iy electric belt. l-iHu:g the Lungs by the continuous direct current cures any curable ca.-e of throat and hing tr-ible. Call on. or write j. Charles 24 ?. 13th St.. Richmond. Tnd.. for free bck.k srivin fail i Articulara.

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VALUE OF FINGERS. I frj ' ' , i

What the Varioa Countries of rope- Allow For Their Loin. The different fingers are far from ! having the same value iu the eyes of ' the law with reference to their functioual utilization. Much the most important is the thumb, for without it ' prehension would le rerv imperfect. ' The baud is no longer pinchers, but ' merely a claw, when deprived of the thumb. It may be estimate,! that the thumb represents fully a third of the total value of the hand. The Trench ; courts allow Z to Ho per cent value for the right hand and 10 to IT. for . the left. The Austrian schedule gives from lf per cent for the left to 25 per ; cent for the right. In Germany 20 and 2 per cent and even as high as 33. 3 per cent hag l.eeu awarded. The percentage is based on Phi as the total industrial value of the hand previous to the accident, a loss of "0 per cent representing half of the value, etc. The total loss of the index linger causes an Incapacity estimated at lo to 1j per cent in Austria, 1 to 2o per cent in Germany. I," per ceut for the left aud 2u per cent for the right by i Italian courts. The French allow 15 j p?r cent. ; The middle finger Is of much more ! importance than the index, states Dr. Meiguari, whom we are citing and who is no small authority, for a rreat loss of force is observed in the hand when the linger is amputated Yet almost all the authorities ascribe less Importance to it than the index. The Italian law allows 5 per cent, the Austrian 5 to 10 per cent. The ring finger is the least important. Its total loss often does not cause incapacity. The Austrian tariff assimilates this linger to the middle one. The Italian law Is liberal, with S per cent. The French and German tribunals often refuse indemnity, considering the incapacity result. ng from the loss as very slight. The little finger mliy le compared to the rin?, except in the professions in which It serves as a point of support for the hand. It may be remarked here that tue artist has not heeii taken iutc consideration in these cases. Philadelphia Iteeord. INSECT SUPERSTITIONS. The Koran says all flies shall perish with the exception of one. the bee fly. It is reparded ns a death warning; in (h rmauy to hear a cricket's cry iu tinnight. The Tapuya Indians of Pouth America assert that the devil assumes the shape of a fly. The grasshoppers are said to fore warn people in Germany of the visits of strange guests. The Spaniards in the sixteenth century thought that spiders indicated the existence of gold wherever they were in abundauce. Although a sacred insect among the Kgyptinns. the beetle receives little notice iu folklore. It is unlucky in England to kill one. The ancients believed that there wa.s a close connection between bees and the soul. An old Welsh tradition is that lees came from paradise, leavtnr: the garden when man foil, but with God's blessing so that the wax Is necessary in the celebration of the mass. The Clook'x Tirk. "Not all people," said the Jeweler, 'like the ticking of a clock. It is a pleasant sound to most people, but not to all. Some people, clock lovers these, couldn't sleep without a clock in the name room. Its ticking is company, and it scares away the spooks. Such people would wake up if the clock should stop in the middle of the night. Rut there are other people who can't sleep with a dock in the same room and who, if they found themselves iu a strange place anywhere with a clock in their sleeping apartment, would stop the clock before they went to bed. Of course there is much of habit in this, but we have our fancies about clocks, as we do about nil things else." Cleveland Plain Dealer. All Oat of tlie Surue Unrrel. Three Americans traveling in the French provinces thought at dinner that they would go a little higher thai, the vin ordinaire included In their three franc table d'hote, and accordingly one ordered a bottle of Margaux. the becond ordered I'ontet Canet, ai the third ordered Haut P.rion. The wait er, suitably impressed with these or ders. retired, but he incautiously n he retired left the door open, and thus it was that the three stupefied guestheard him give their order in these terms: "Baptiste, three bottles of the red." Argonaut. Optimlfltie London Onmim. In spite of all the compassion legitimately excited in his behalf, the Ion dou street child seldom looks on himself as an object of pity. He has an unfailing fund of good spirits, a well developed sense of humor and a boundless capacity f ar getting enjoyment out of the most unpromising materials. London Guardian. t nostmtnllon. "Is that all the work you can do in i n day?'' y?kel the discontented em- j ploycr. "Well, suh," answered Erastus Pink- j ley, 'I s pose I could do mo', but I never was much of a hand foh showin' off." Washington Star. Jnt Well. George Washington had just announced that he couldn't tell a lie. "Well." responded h'" father thoughtfully, "as long as you were going to iaarxy a widow it wouldn't do you any good if you could. New York Times. A r.ew side-tipping wagon for the handling of refuse prevents the escape of odors. The contents, f-ays Popular Mechanics, can be discharged from either side by means of a tipping geir. so arranged that a ruil or any part of a load can be dumped at any angle desired without the box slipping. The largest percentage of organized workers is found in Denmark. Sweden is a close second with Germany next. ! PALLADIUM WANT AOS PAY.

ORANGE SALE SATURDAY

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SWEET FLORIDA STOCK

TURKEYS, DUCKS CHICKENS

NEW FAT MACKEREL.

FRUITS and VEGETABLES Phone Orders Given Special Attention.

HADLEY t 292 Old. PHONE t 2292 New. FINDS LARGE PEARL IN AN OYSTER New Castle Man Is Now The Richer. $50 LARGER THAN A PEA. New Castle. lt;!.. W. Ice. a contractor lover of oysters and now richer bv "'". IV,'. 1.-..-Charles of this city, is a as a result he is Ice purchased ! a XlMS Ladies' Watches LVyear Gold Filled Caea jewel Elgin or Walthara for Gents'. Watches

:0 year Gold Filled Cases with sevenjewel Elgin for $10.00

Boys' Watches

As low as $1.00 A fine line of new Bracelets, Fobs, flrooches, La Vallieres, Relt Pins and Buckles, Pack Combs, Pearl Ear Drops, Scarf Pin, Cuff Buttons, Etc. Any of which would make an Ideal gift.

Clocks A good assortment of ?i-day Mantel clocks for ?4."iO and up. Sterling Silver Spoons, Forks, etc., in abundance, good, new and pretty patterns. Comb, Brush and Mirror Sets in Sterling and Silver Plated. Our store never was so full of pretty and useful articles as now. Buy early while assortment Is good. E. L. SPENCER, Jeweler. 704 Main

Week Enid Grocery Bargaining

Fr-su Country Butter, jer lb ..25c Home Grown Potatoes, per bushel....... ... .......... .7Se ( Ty bushel lots or more, per bushel) ....70c Fresh Ground N. Y. Buckwheat Flonr, t; lbs and 89 Stamps for.... ......30c Canned Tomatoes, solid pack, per can .... .....10c 2". lbs. Flour (any kind) 70c Home Made Apple Butter, per lb .AZyt Fresh Wine Cakes, ir dozen ...... .............Sc A No. 1 good Ginger Snap, per lb..... Best Square Cracker, per lb Best Vanilla Wafer, per lb ..I0 2'j lbs. II. c E. Granulated Sugar.......... .................. $1.25 Stamps with every purchase. SVSODEL DEP'T. STORE New Phone 1838 Bell Phone47 R No, 11 S. 7th St. Colonial Bldfj. Smith & Goodrich, Props.

PER DOZEN. Regular 30c sue

He REAM i TO WHIP. 2nl -"-3 at his home was partaking of & few Q. ihetn ra Kncountering a hard eu stance in one that was in his laoaU he investigated and found a good sire t pearl. The pearl is a shad lars than an ordinary pea. oval iu shap tht stualler end being of a delicate pun pie. ,ml the large end of a pur whlU Around the center is a gold colore, ba",!. The pearl is very even!; shaped and the coloring especially beautiful, making is polishing at easv matter. Miss Myrtle Click of Eaton, has r turned home after a several days' via it with her sister. Mrs. Jefse Scbulta Sixty tarloads of Canadian. n:ad hare ting machinery for Siberia. have beta o Brings Joy to the Hearts of Sweethearts Mothers Brothers and Fathers witTi nevrn movement $12.00

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