Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 355, 5 February 1908 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND Si X-TL'LLO R AM, WEDNESDAY. FEDnUAUY 0. 190S.

JESSUP IS IN HAMILTON TO GET BACKING

Desires to Stimulate Interest There in the New IndianaOhio League That Will Mean Completion of Plans. GREAT SPORT PROMISED FOR NEXT SEASON. Richmond Will Be Lined Up Against Hereditary Enemies, Muncie and Anderson, But This Will Add Zest. Manager .lefchup went to Hamilton; )., this morning, and before returning; 1i Richmond he experts to have completed arrangements for pawing an Indiana-Ohio league team in that city. There has been sorno difficulty in securing a suitable park in Hamilton, but it is thought, that this difficulty can be overcome. D'Armond and other baseball enthusiasts will be .seen by Manager .lessu today, and it is probable that a stock company will be formed. Hamilton is one of the largest cities in the circuit and is a splendid baseball town. Local fans are delighted over the action taken by the promoters of the league in eliminating all the tank towns which were included in the circuit last season. The coming season "Richmond will be lined up with its hereditary enemies. Muncie and Anderson, and this will add great interest Jn the championship race. All the cities are tirst-class ball towns. The two smallest cities in the circuit are 1'iqua and Van Wert, each having a population of about VJ.oon. These two cities will support their respective teams as well as the larger cities, v.hieh have an a vera pre population of about. U'i.OOo. Van Wert and Anderson will be the only eiiies where Sunday games are not permitted. There Is a possibility that Sunday baseball will be permitted thin season in the latter city. The Muncie fans aer delighted over the action of the league in granting that city a franchise in the I.-O. league. The Muncie Star in Its Tuesday issue has the following to say: , "There was great rejoicing in the Shamrock camp last nij.ht when the news was received of the favorable consideration of the club's application for a franchise in the I.-O. league. The members of the local organization assert that they will do all within their power to give Muncie lover of the diamond sport the real baseball article. As soon as the weather will permit the park will undergo cosily ami extensive improvements and the control of the local club will be formed. The Shamrocks will seek players early and already a number of good men are under obligations to sign Shamrock contracts. It is predicted that many local faces will be embraced in the line-up." The league certainly took a wise action in electing Prank Uamble of Van Wert president of the organization. Mr. ('.amble is a thoroughly honest, conscientious and unprejudiced gentleman, and above all a typical sportsman. He takes the keenest interest in the league and if it is not a success in every respect it will not be his fault. I'hil O'N'eil is a same type of man as Mr. Gamble. RELATIVES OF THE MURDERER WILL FIGHT FOR RELEASE (Continued From Pago One.) following to say about the latest developments of the case: "A telephone message from Hartford City brought conclusive evidence that the Terrell family had decided to heed to the appeal of John W. Terrell and aid him in securing: his release from Easthaven asylum so that he may again be tried for the murder of Melvin Wolf. When Mrs. Lucy Wolf, daughter of Terrell, left Bluffton, Monday, it was naturally supposed that she was on her way to Richmond to see her father at the asylum and it was not until late Monday afternoon that the object of her visit was known. She spent the forenoon in the office of Attorney Jay Kindman at Hartford, consulting him In the case and whether she returned home from there or continued on to Jliehmond is not ltnOwn. "The result .of her interview with the attorney at Hartford cannot be learned at this time, but it. is thought fc received instructions to take up the case and bring about another trial t the murderer. Of all the six lawyers engaged in the defense. Hiudmaa was engaged after the iirst trial and until the new trial, should one be secured, he will handle ;r.e matu r n;o;.. "Whatever the family is planning ; ,o in ii, e mant-r tney are Kept g I mIom. Xot one attorney it: P.kuTlen has bi tni consulted iu the ia a'.though Jay Hinuman. f Hartfoid City, or Creory. of Muncie. who was concerned in the defense at the original trial, may have been already employed ;u this time to take steps lor the centring of a now trial. J. N. Wolf, father of Mr-lvhi Wolf, ihe tnunif i i d man. v. as in nin iT' .)', nud tilactissfd the- rcct ipt of the Terrell letter and its contents with friends. He thinks now. as he has always thought, that Terrell Is perfectly sane and that he has been shamming fcll these years.

AFFAIRS IN THE CITY BOWLING LEAGUE -ARE NOW BECOMING INTERESTING

TEAM STANDING. Won Jxjfc Rottermans :! 0 Entre Nous - 1 Hunts. 1 2 Bortous ' Pet. l.ooo i j : The JJnons were weak in the match in the City Howling league last evening and let the Kottermans win without trouble. Three straight for the Rottermans put them in top position with a perfect percentage. The next game is between the Idlemans and Richmonds on Friday night and should be a good contest. Summary

BORTONS IstO. 2dG. Hodge Vl's l:;2 Youngflesh P'.X 147 Kelt man 1 "i::t King ir.l lr.J Borton i:S Totals T.'.Tt S1 ROTTERMANS IfO. 2(10. Rotterman 14:? Denny !::." 1ST C'runi p 1 s." ... liOehr Ho IIS Hites l:'.S i:U Brownlee 1st Jot'. Totals 7S2

3r0. J v. nr. 1 is 1 35 70'J G. 1 14 100 179 150 1 65 708 two The drawing for partners in the PRETTY TOKENS TO FOOTBALL HEROES Three Members of Earlham Team Given Small Silver Footballs. E'S WERE AWARDED. FOURTEEN MEN OF THE 1907 SQUAD, WERE AWARDED THE INITIAL. LETTER THIS MORNING IN COLLEGE CHAPEL. The chapel hour at. Earlham yesterday was devoted to giving out of the large while foot ball H's, which are given to everyone ylaying through three whole Raines, one of which is successful to Earlham. President Kelley and Professor's Hadley and Trueblood made rousing talks. Professor Trueblood going bacic to the time of the first game which was playen at. Earlham iu lssif with Miami. Professors Trueblood and Kenworthy were both members of the first team. Prof. Kenworthy bringing the idea, rules and regulations west, from Haverford college. Mr. Trueblood mentioned the names of sonic of the playeds, that will be engraved on the athletic records of the college forever, Shilly, Murray. Peacock, Griffin, Harm Elliot. Kenworthy, illedt Stanley, the two Macyv, Wilson. Finlay Clark, Wann and now Elliott and Thistlethwaite. In recognition of the services of Wann. Elliot and Thisllethwaite. the Athletic association presented each with a small silver football, with the name and position of the player engraved on one side. Professor Trueblood was presented with a small gold football in recognition of the services which he has rendered the college and the teams from the beginning of athletics in Earlham. The men who received the E's were Glenn Thistlethwaite, (('apt) '07: Norman G. Wann, (Capt.t I'.;; William Elliott, Lowell Wilson. Hubbard White, lawrence Barrett. tCapt.t l!KS; John Hancock. Ralph Guyer. Mi.e) Harrell, Oliver Swain. Kupert Stanley. Ray Carroll, Philip Bruner. NOTICE. Hokendatiqua Tribe of Red Men No. ltt', will give a social and entertainment in their hall Friday evening. Fob. 7th. For the members and their families and visiting brothers in the city. All are cordially invited to attend. The lodge will meet at 7 o'clock. j-'Jt TWO KILLED B FALLING WALLS Fire at Xenia Causes $100,000 Damage. Xonia, Ohio. Feb. a .luseph P. Fletcher and Martin Cilery, tiiemeu, were crushed to death beneath a falling wall, and Fire Chfrf William Uu k les was sever ly injured in a lire which destroyed the three-story brick building occupied by the wholesale grocery of Eavey & Co.. in h center in Is! iiu ii 1 Oo, 000. I Passing ; hot Coflb' Chi ng his. w bet! S' file! ! I"'!-. nutss fee. ; mg I ing. j less j and j Chi. i crm va.i oi Vebont w amir, to a siia neons of brick, .vas broken. wete I.,,. :v W.; 'fli i -bed Royal Arc tice! The w i ing, Feb. 7;h P e take no ;-i si ; !o has been " r rmay even postponed. There is no medicine o etie and at the same time so pleasant to take as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, the positive care for all diseases arising, from stomach trouble. The Drimiemn

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man tournament took place last evening and resulted very satisfactorily. A few of the teams appear to be a little stronger than the others but as a whole they are very evenly matched. The games will be played immediately after a few more preliminary arrangements .lave been made. The teams will be as follow;-: H. Martin Marklcy. Hahrman Youugflesh. King Bun tin. Denny Gloynes. Hunt Felty. Morel Sprouse. Borton Crump. Idletuan Meyer. Carman Peltz. It. Dichteniels Strati an. Smith -H. While. Roberts Hodge. Waldrip E. Lichtenfels. Coin nions Far low. Range Kinsey. Hadley Feltman. Owens E. White. Parry Harrold. Snaveley Ward. Brownlee Pound ston. The prizes offered will be ns follows: First prize $7; second prize $5; third prize fourth prizo ?2: fifth prize $1. A prize of f I will also be. given for the highest individual score made by a bowler in the first class and $1 for the highest individual scon; made by a bowler in the second class.

NORTHERN INDIANA

LEAGUE ANNOUNCED Manager Runyan of Bluffton, And His Cohorts Heralded Its Birth. BLUFFTON BECOMES ANGRY ASSERTS THAT THE REPORTS THAT BLUFFTON, KOKOMO AND MARION WERE KICKED OUT OF LEAGUE, ARE UNTRUTHFUL. Frank Runyan of JJluft'ion, Hany Hall of Mariou and Dan Lannigan of Kokomo, evidently had a hunch when they left the I. O. league meeting at Van Wert, Monday, that the other magnates would promptly attach the tinware to the towns which they represented. When the trio arrived at Ft. Wayne they got busy with the long distance telephone and, after inducing Huntington, Decatur and Frankfort to join their "kindergarten league," came forth with the statement that a new league called the Northern Indiana, had been launched in the troubled and crowded baseball ocean. The Buff ton Banner, smarting under the expulsion of Bluffton, Marion and Kokomo, from the I. O. league, has the following to say on the subject: "The garbled, untruthful report, of the meeting that appeared in the metropolitan papers Tuesday morning was sent out by Jessup and Gamble. In the report they stated that the Muncie Shamrocks and Anderson were to form the league along with Richmond, Hamilton, Piqua and Can Wert, but the Shamrocks will not play protected ball and will come into the new Northern Indiana league. .Jessup and Gamble may be able to make their littleold league a go but it is rather doubtful. "In the new Northern Indiana association will be the cities named, all of them good base ball towns and capable of supporting teams that will make the game faster than the ordinary minor league. Upon arriving here today Mr. Runyan left at once for Muncie to bring the Shamrocks into line and he will work unceasingly to put the new circuit on a strong basis." TWO DOG FANCIERS wm ribbons 'Duke," Fine English Mastiff, Pride of Bench Show. Two Richmond dog fanciers. L. M. Emmons and J. II. Drown, took honors at the Indianapolis bench show. "Duke." the big mastiff owned by Mr. Emmons, captured his fourth first prize blue ribbon. "Duke", his English mastiff, won easily from a big kennel to pick from. Mr. Drowns dechsundi- took tho .second prize rid ribbon for bis class. "Duke" has twice won bine ribbons at Indianapolis and lias pulled down lirst prizes at tin- Cincinnati and Chicago bench shows. HAMILTON PROMOTERS THROW OP SPONGE Claim They Cannot Get Street Car Service. Hamilton. O.. Feb. 5 Hamilton will not be in the new league. Local pro rooters threw up the sponge, claiming that they could not get street car serria to the park ou which they had an option.

CITIZENS WILL PAY RESPECTS TO

L Held Public Banquet Will Be Commemorating His Eightieth Year and Excellent Public Service. COMMITTEES HAVE COMPLETED PROGRAM. Several of the Most Prominent Speakers in the City Have Been Selected to Give Toasts to the Occasion. To commemorate his eightieth year and his long and distinguished public service, the citizens of Richmond will lender a banquet to Timothy Nicholson at the Reid Memorial church mi the evening of Tuesday, February 11. Several hundred invitations to this event v ere sent out today by the committee which has arranged for the banquet. Everyone who attend.-; will be charged $1, and it is imperative that tickets be secured from the treasurer. W. K. Bradbury not later than next Saturday. It is expected that this banquet will be attended by at. least L'oo of the many friends of Mr. Nicholson, who take delight in this opportunity to show him the high regard in which he is held by is fellow townsmen. The following excellent program for the event has just been announced: Toastmasier. D. W. Dennis: "The Boys," S. R. Lyons; "The Promoter," Robert L. Kelly; "The Inspiration of Character," Miss Sarah A. Hill: "The Man of Affairs." John L. Rtipe: "The Fearless Citizen." J. B. Gordon: "Richmond," John F. McCarthy; "Reform Movement." Mrs. James W. Morrissou; "My Neighbor in Business," George H. Knollenberg; "The State Charities and the Citizen." S. E. Smith ; "A Prophet Not Without Honor." W. 1). Foulk Not withstanding tlu excellence of the program, the menu as decided on will equal it in every respect. It is as follows: Tomato Bisque and Wafers, Orange Ice. Escalloped Oysters. Colled Hani. Creamed Hot Roll:;. Pickles. Salad and Wafers Ice Cream, Cake. Coffee, Mints. Peas. GOD WOULD ENGULF CITY WITH RELIGION "If God would have his way, a tidal wave of Teligion would engulf Richmond and sweep away many places of licensed sin." This was; a statement made last evening by Tillman Hobson, tho evangelist who is now conducting a union revival at the Grace M. E. church. A large congregation heard the sermon delivered by the Rev. Hobson. Owing to adverse criticism the congregation last evening did not attempt ; to whistle hymns, choir singing being substituted. After the services last i evening the "Do Something Club," ' wa.s organized. In speaking to the club members the Rev. Hobson said: ''I like clu.bs and spades, don't you?" Tho members agreed with him. "Ah. : now I know bow many of you understand cards," he said. "Sometimes while I am here at a special service I want to tell you about tho language of a deck of cards. 1 obtained the knowledge of the unwritten meaning at the peril of my hf' thopsands of dollars.'" and several ' OWLS IDE GROWING Monday, the local nest of 'Owls lie .1 a banquet, at which time a. committee was appointed to draw up a constitution and by-laws. The nest now has 2 members, as 42 new candidates were taken in. By special di ens: tion all candidates taken into the r for the next thirty days will only assessed an initiation fee nf $5. on. Acting Like a Wan. The curtain had just gone down ou the second act. leaving the heroine in the viliain's clutches. Lp in the balcony a sentiraenta! womau burst; into tears. "Don't cry, dear." said her husband. "nememler. it's only a play. Act like a man:" "Very well. John." s-mi'rig through her t cise rv? for a m-m-' said the lady. "Y "I V a mr.sr lie-he: .:n out a u. "i Th? Trouble Y.th Carr. ear friend. ",v nftt-r '.! "I r.-'.tber i'.ke ; ui,l sraei.v,: get!" h.l;;i?. 'lie i Mr. r hnI z .in I a-.Teeublc, b-.'C :. . ;in't c .".';' !.::: a brilliant conversn'inar-t. The I.awtn cir:s talked a" round him." I":if'rT'i!-:ate!y." repli'-l Mr. !-". "Carr . anno' talk vn a subject uniess he knows something about it." If you are troubled with sick headache, constipation, indigestion, offensive breath or any

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DICKINSON TRUST OOES NOT KNOW THE TWO FORGERS

(Continued. From Page One f. 'rgrry. !" ;i Wi'l'.uIR, t:. Mm; v in :. . is '' .-' ! to i (i w. dr.--'i a d r.ig TiK m; !t! u;p ward Mm I'll k i" at '.' ' a ft.v wiil K in va. I cU cii e Wh.iVy him this morning. Th Murphy is probably a police a profess lona! til let ami thai he l in the East and Mid itii; to U-iitTs found wanted iu '! ie est. Ace n bis po ssioli. Murphy jumping About ed youii.i ers bote is wan d iu Cincinnati U bail. ; a week ago a stylishly dress-j : coup'.e appeared at Hi- Pow-' 1 and registered as Mr. ami Mrs. Frank Ilud. Two uuy.ed at the clerk drawn on the ,lwards. of Richmond. ; later the mail jreents desk a cheek for f l'l Dickinson Trust com pany of Richmond, lnd . to Edwards, and signed made payable l.v th. F. 1M w ards 1'resco! t King companv. Tincluck was mail.1 out on i I'nion Trust company bank. Edwa-ils said that he was connected with the vi'.ix eimipaiiy. The check was cashed. The day following Edwards presented a cluck for $15.50, drawn on the same trust company and signed in the same manner. That check also was cashed. On Sunday afternoon Edwards left (he hotel, saying he was going to NewYork ami would return in a day or two. Yesterday morning the young woman went to the desk and asked the clerk to cash a check for ?25. The check, like the others, was drawn on the. Richmond trust, company, but the money was made payable to herself. Tin; clerk decided that the checks were coining too fast, and refused to cash it. The woman pouted and left the desk. Woman Resents Questioning. House Detective McSweeney reported the case to Office Detective Macguire and detailed Detective Witaley to investigate and he went to the hotel. The Dickinson Trust company was queried by telegraph as to Edwards and the Edwards Preseott Ring company. The reply said that the person named had no account there. In the afternoon Mrs. Edwards telegraphed to her husband. Whaley and I eeu - "eul "e woman room. lien Haley began to taiK to Mrs. Edwards she became very indignant and demanded to know why her room should be invaded by strangers. She eaid her husband had gone to New York. but. that she expected him back to Rochester last night. Whaley saw the woman's sealskin coat, hanging on the wall. He searched it and found several blank checks, as well as one made out for $25. The blanks were from the Union Trust company. Next the woman's trunk was searched, and in it was found evidence that the couple had boon in Syracuse and Cleveland recently. While the woman was protesting that she was being abused, a bell boy came to the door and informed Mrs. Edwards that a man named Murphy wanted to talk to he: over the telephone from Geneva. Whaley had the girl at the telephone exchange inform Murphy that he would have to wait a few minutes. Mur;Ny evidently became frightened. He hung up the receiver. Prompt Work in Geneva. Whaley telophonedv to Chief Kane, of Geneva, telling him of the situation. Returning to Mrs. Edward's room, Whaley asked her who Murphy was. She replied that he was a cousin. In the trunk was found letters showing that the couple went by the name of Murphy. At this juncture Whaley was notified that Murphy had been arrosted in Geneva. He was found at the New York Central station, where he had purchased a ticket, for Lyons. When he was searched a telegram was found in his possession. It read: "Could not get it. Phone "me immediately at hotel. Ethel." Whaley told the woman that Murphy was under arrest in Geneva. She then said that she was Murphy's wife and had been married u him for four years. She said her home was in Holyoke, Mass., but she had not been there in years. She was ia,en to police headquarters and turned over to the matron on the charge of forgery in the third degree. Tho woman wept when arrested. SEVEN INJURED IN FIGHT WITH FIRE Men Found Beneath Ruins in Fa st Freezing Water. New York. Feb. .". Caught b tween collapsing rkxjrs. seven firemen w. injured la.-:, night while lighting a tire which, destroyed a !i e-.-.tory st. rue! lire occupied by dry goods Ji: ims at 1." Worth sweet in the h art of thwliolesale dry goods distric'. Fireman Frank Eglanton is missing and beM.-ved lo lie ir. trip ri?:?!-. iieved to 'arv loss be The '200,rr. ' ii estimated at iff in iii ;i.lp ,.ei- -p; r.i Ho, were 'I IX Ml' e ;i,e i: t, !!-.:. 1 (neat 1 n Tile 1 he iter ; re found I' ORDER TO QUIET TITLE. iu "i t- circuit court in the case of Mollie Deardorff and Susan Deardorff vs. Mary Ann Evans and others, .in order was made to quiet Titl, cancel three mortgages and that the plaintiffs pay the costs.

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BELIEVED HIMSELF GOD AND STARTED ON MISSION TOUR

Ben Eshelman Thought He It Was Who Should Convert Wicked Andersoti, Ind., and Started to That Point. ESCAPED FROM HIS HOME IN RICHMOND. Uflf Ortlifiate Man Was Cap tured Only After a Long Chase, in Northwestern Part of County. leiieing ! labonn mi' his mission , ini - !: o hi' God and r 1 1 : i iiniTession thai earth to dnc mu from i be w iched l'.en Hsheltn.Ui. his home on N'i Friday and his discovered until city of Anderson, lud. an insane man. 1 -ft uiU Sixteenth strict k I, cm a Itont s w as not j Monday. At that j time lie was captured alter hard ! chase in th,- northwestern part of tais county, near the farm of Lewis Si mini by Deputy Sheriff M:'bnieer. Eshelman when taken into custody was in a weak condition as a result of bis exposure in iie ien for two days and three nigats. He was cntouto to Anderson when captured. When Stamni notified the authorities of the presence of Eshelman at his farm, which is near the Henry county line. Deputy Mashmeyer was detailed to capture him. He met Eshelman on i the road near the farm but did not recognize him as the man he was af- ' ter. Arriving at the Stamni home he was surnrised to learn that th' person , he was after was the one he had just ; passed and spoken to. When Mashi meyer started after Eshelman he sped j down ih- road like a frightened deer, i Mashmeyer gave hot chase. Over fences, down lanes, across fields ami up bill sides, sped quarry and hunter. After crossing into ll-.Miry county at ' least a mile distant from the Stanun j home, Eshelman became exhausted and dropped into a thicket. ! Mashmeyer brought tho unfortuj nate man back to Richmond and placI ed him in the county jail. Eshelman has been preaching constantly since j leaving his home and was so hoarse 'when captured that be could scarcely i talk. After being iilaee.i In a cell he attempted to exhort the prisoners but his power of speech deserted him entirely. This did not quench his religious ' fervor, however, for lie waved his hat about and darned in religious ecstasy. Eshelman was adjudged insane in l!bti but was released from Lie Easthaven hospital in 1905. lie will be returned to that institution. WIFE DESERTER IS BROUGHT BACK Sergeant Mc.Mamia has returned from Sidney. ).. with Seth Cmclser, who was arrested there at the request oi the local police on a charge of wife desertion. The man will be tried on tnis charge- in the circuit court. At police headquarters this morning was Mrs. Smelser with her two little children, the oldest being about three years. She does not want her husband prosecuted for deserting her and the little ones. "I just want him to live with and care for us," said the little v omaiv "Seth has never treated us barilj",'' she continued. "He drinks, but when he gets drunk he never tries to beat me or the children. All he docs is to break up the furniture. Last Septeni-b.-r he told me to take the (Jiildron and go to the home of my mother, lie said that he was going to leave town and hunt for work. When he got employment lie said that he was going to s nd for us. Since the day he left I never heard from him. TWO TICKETS NAMED NeXt Monday night tion of directors "f Commercial club wj; polls Opel! at 7 o'cloe! cts decided on are as the annual lectin Richmond I be held. The . The two tiekfo!bW s ; F5r.-t Tic!,. i s II. F'-lin, tleton N ff. Sv. a;.r.e. YT. lb id Second Tie Sharon E. .It F. McCarthy : Howard A. Dill. Cba',a. Edgar E. Hiatt. NetWLliam tjnigg. S. E. ialii P. S'ar, PetlU A. -( b-oi g Kiiol nber g, NKtk-ton -Wff. John is. Johnson, Howard A. Dill, Koll. W. Craighead, Hans X.

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iS0USA and His Band .Advance Sale of Seats on Sale at the STAR PIANO COS. SALESROOMS FRIDAY MORNING at 8:00 Ociock. IN GRAND CONCERT At Coliseum on Monday Eveninfl, Ecbruary 10th. ICE COMPANIES BOOST THE PRICES Two Local Natural Ice Concerns Decided on Increase Of Good Proportions. IS THERE AN ICE TRUST? THE SUPPOSITION IS THAT THERE IS AN AGREEMENT OWING TO STATE MEETING OF DEALERS HELD IN RICHMOND, Follow im; price of coal. osely on the raise in the comes the action of the two local ice companies, the Independent Ice company anil the I'nion Ice company, in boosting the price of natural ice. For the patt two years the price per hundred pounds of ice has varied from 12 l-'2 to .". cents. II y tho action of the two t ompauies tho first of this week the rates jumped to a scale of l. to .'"" cents. This raise in rates comes in conjunction with a meeting of ice dealer from various cities Jn this nection of the state, this meeting leiug held here yesterday.. P. Ii. .lohnon stated this morning that there was no truth in the report that these lee men were hero for tinpurpose of reaching an understanding in regard to tho price of ice. Ho tays that the increase effect" only KUh mond. When asked what the purpose of themooting was. Mr. Johnson Ktatfd that th out-of-town dealers met here to arbitrate a certain wint which had arisen betwwn the- tro local ice com panics. This difference was of a personal nature. Mr. Johnson stated, and that it. would be of no interest to th public. Mr. Johnson says that the Independent, and Cnion companies are not contemplating a merger. He sajs that the. increase in the ice rites was imperative for tin reason that neither company had ho u able to meet hihuks undr the old rules. For two years past, be aid. there hail been annualH only a half crop of ice and that to supply tons ofice are used in Richmond each summer. Vp to the present time the Independent company has utonly :,on tons, and Mr. Johnson states, the I'nion company has not cut this much. INSPECTION PLANS TO BE DISCUSSED At a meet i? of the Anti-TubertulOEis society last evening it was decided to hold a public meeting in the near future for the purpose of u qliaJntlng the pople of this city !u regard to the Ian on foot to have all milk Hold in this city properly inspected by government officials. At this meeting, which will Ins Leld in the-Commercial club rooms, every side of the question will be thoroughly discussed. City Health Officer Dr. Charles Bond will speag from th standpoint of a member of tho city board of health- Dr. Lee Hoover will ppeak from tho standpoint of a dairy inspector. I. I Commons will present the milk dealers t-Jde of th question, and Walter ItatJiff and others will speak from the f fandpoint ct the consumer!. Have you trooMe of ny It tod arfttsr from, a disordered stomach? Cio lo your 4rr" nd get a Sic or Jl bottle of Dr. CiMli 4 yrtsp Pep in. which i ponithrely suraat4 L ore you aod keep you waii. Little Edna What ii neNirre, rntav rsi? Mamma It's tb epare tlra woman has In which pbe en d wmb other kind of work, my der.