Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 54, 9 April 1908 — Page 5

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MILLER WAS THE

OP THE HOUR Brave Man Was Overcome Three Times But Fought To Get Back. STRONG MEN TOUCHED. HE MURMURED AND RAVED LIKE A MANIAC BETWEEN HIS ORD ERS TO MAYOR SCHILLINGER WHO ACTED AS HIS ASSISTANT. Tleroi.sm of the genuine sort was Bhown by Fire Chief Kdwarrt Miller. Throe times prostrated by the iinjriense. volume of moke, Hie man fought to pet back in command. This be, did about four o'clock this morning. About 7 o'clock he collapsed tinder the strain and was taken to his home. When he was taken out of the smouldering building the third time Jn a semi-conscious condition ho raved like a maniac. At the Macke furnishing store he was propped tip in a chair and between intervals, when he. was completely out of his reason, thn man issued orders to Mayor Sehillingcr who executed them. Strong men were touched by the pathetic scene when strong and brave-hearted Miller mumfc'ed strange things and then in crying tones, ordered "Get at the building from the basement;" "No. 1 play your hose against the Seventh Street nail;" or "My God. let me out of this; I want to get back. 1 want to get back. Jt me go. Let me go." Later he was taken to his home "here a physician was summoned Bnd attended to his injuries. T'nder ftrenuous treatment he began to revive and his first thought was of the burning building and informed his ife that he must get, back. He could Sot be restrained and he left his home on the run for the scene of the fire. "When he arrived there the small groups of men gave a cheer for the plucky chief. Miller from the very start to the last held his position and fought the fire in an admirable manner. His directions to his assistants were sharp 8nd brief. He handled his man in supreme menner, but notwithstanding lis excellent work of directing the fight, his efforts to reach the Beat of the blaze were unavailing and it was several hours before any headway could be gained. The heroism displayed on the part cf Miller was the one big topic of conversation. Cct t ncir'ta ouii "Ah, dearie me!" sighed the woman vrhen Mrs. Pipkins, the sympathetic parishioner, called upon her. "Yes, there "was worse men than my poor Jllll, but there, 'e's took now gone. 'E ad his good points, ad Bill." "I am Indeed glad to hear it," said Mrs. Pipkins. "Poor Bill," went on the bereaved woman. " 'e well, 'e weren't exactly andsome, but 'e were soft 'earted enough to smoke like a chlmbly whenever left the 'ouse." " "Indeed!" broke in the visitor. "But X fail to see the connection between moking and" "Tbat'a beco you never seed my poor BI1L" put in the widow. "Bill weren't pretty, and 'e knowed it but there sooner than scare hinnercent little children into a fit Bill always 'id that terrible mug o' 'is in a cloud o' n moke. . Yes, 'e was soft 'earted and thoughtful for others, was Bill." London Answers. Corporal Punishment. Corporal punishment formerly had a wider significance than mere whipping. Henry de Bracton, chief justiciary of England in the reigu of Henry III., dirldedt corporal punishment into two kinds those inflicted with and without torture. The stocks and the pillory would rank as corporal punishment; also mutilations and other grim tortures when imposed not to extort confessions, but as penalties, and the branding in the band for felony, which was not abolished until George III.'s time. A Permanent Place. There was not even standing room in the 6 o'clock crowded car, but one more passenger, a young woman, wedged her way along Just inside the doorway. Each time the car took a sudden lurch forward she fell helplessly back, and three times she landed in the arms of a large, comfortable man on the back platform. The third time It happened he said quietly, "Hadn't you better stay here?" New York World. Their Standard. "Say," asked the first messenger boy. "got any novels ter swop?" "I got 'Big Foot Bill's Revenge, " replied the other. "Is it a long story?" "Naw! Ye kin finish it easy in two messages." Philadelphia Press. HI Reasoning. Bobby I believe you are engaged to Mr. Snooks at last. sis'. Sis What makes you think so? Bobby Because he's stopped giving me pennies! London Opinion. Itching or Psoriasis Vse Blanchard's Eczema Lotion. At CONKEY & MONMNGER'S Richmond, Ind. After exhausting your patience by trying various skin remedies, why not write to Prof. J. Blanchard, Skin Specialist, 3S11 Cottage Grove Ave.. Chicago, for a symptom blank to fill out and let him instruct you according to your malady. H costs you nothing and you will know what to expect from day to day under his treatment.

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by the members of the Richmond and is desirous of these days of rest, Country club on Wednesday evening, ; afforded by this season. April 22, promises to be a very pretty j and enjoyable affair. i Miss Mary Dundon. will give a dinThe cotillion which will inciude ner party this evening at the Robinson about one third of the dances, will af- j cafe, to a party of five in honor of ford a most delightful hour both for Miss Julia Shader, of Anderson. Indithose who desire to participate and ana, who attends school at Otterbein. those who wish to look on. All per- and who is a member of the debating sons attending will be at liberty to . team which will debate with the Earltake part in thecotillion, which will :arrL pirs this evening, be devoid of any 'intricate figures and : ( .jl

will consist of four favor and two figure dances. Any one. who dances can without hesitancy take part in the enlire cotillion. Xo effort has beea spared by Mrs. i,ovo, Mrs. W. W. Gaar, Mrs. John Nicholson, Mr. Guy Scott and Mr. Harry -Thorn burg, w ho compose the entertainment, committee to make this the climax of the winter seasons entertainments a complete success from every standpoint. It will be especially attractive, on account of the excellent, orchestra and the color effects o fthe cotillion favors, vA very pretty reception was given last night at the high school hall by the Freshmen in honor of their parents and friends. The rooms were attractively arranged with festoons of pink and white crepe paper. All the columns on the lower floor were wound in an exceedingly pretty manner with the paper. Flowers made from paper which resembled pink and white sweet peas were used in profusion. A large banner of pink with the letters 1012 in white, covered the bulletin board. The following teachers were in the receiving line: Miss Nolte, Miss Augusta Meting. Miss Hawkins, Miss Stall, Miss Juliet Robbins and Miss Curtis, Messrs. Torrence, Thompson, Iemare, Kllabarger, Waldrip and Morris. About one hundred and fifty guests were received during the evening. The orchestra which was stationed on the second floor, gave beautiful selections from several operas. Punch and wafers were served. The affair was quite a success in every way. The Athenaea Literary society will give a musical tomorrow afternoon in the Starr piano parlors. The program has been arranged by Mrs. Jean Mills and Mrs. Turner Hadley. The following women will assist: Mrs. Garver, Miss Grace Forrey, Mrs. Clarence Hadley, Miss Grace Miller and Miss Halcey Harold. v& tJ" fc. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Buntin will receive their many friends after Wednesday, April 8, in their newly appointed home, 227 Xorth Xinth street , An interesting evening meeting has been planned for tonight by the members of the Occult Research society. ti5 Mrs. Doloff, who resides north of the city, is entertaining the members of the Helping Hand society this afternoon. Mrs. Thorn burg is entertaining the members of a whist club this afternoon at her home on South A street. 4 Mrs. George Cutter was hostess for a meeting of the Martha Washington society yesterday afternoon at her home on South Seventh street. The hours were spent at needlework. All the members were present. A luncheon was served by the hostess. The society will meet In two weeks with Mrs. E. E. Barnes, 225 South Fifth street. j j The members of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity, are making preparations for their annual Easter dance to be given in the Commercial club parlors at Marion, Indiana, April 22. Several Richmond people will be in attendance. A large number of out of town guests have been invited. J J Mr. and Mrs. John Aufderheide who will leave April 14 for Xew York from whence they will sail for Italy the 18th of April, are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kaufman of the Wayne flats for a few days. i2t t The Women's Relief Corps is meeting this afternoon at the G. A. R. hall. Mrs. Chase of North A street, is hostess for a meeting of the Thursday Afternoon Card club today. J J A ' The Thursday Evening Euchre club will hold a meeting this evening at the home of Mrs. Oscar Williams, ?,'2i South Fourth street. 0 J k4 There will be a dancing party to morrow evening at the Odd Fellows hall. t It, was openly whispered last fall in Queen Wilhelmina's court that her majesty had sent to hot- friend, the czarina, for advice regarding the preservation of her beauty. Though little more than a girl. Wilhelmina found herself growing fat. easily fatigued, thin of hair, and thick of waist. Nothing remained of her girlish beauty but her bright eyes and ruddy complexion. The Czarina's wonderful knack of keeping her beauty through her trying scenes has been the subject of much curiosity on the part of her royal friends and relatives, and many have been the queries ad-dressed to her. Though living in a cold climate, subjected to much anxiety, with constant Illness in her family she has kept her good looks. Even her own illness for she surfers from chill has not marred her complexion. J This has been the dullest lenten season in the way of social affairs that society folk have experienced for a rumber of years. Not only is Richmond the sufferer, but the same holds true in Indianapolis and other cities It may be due to a wave of religiousnefcs w hich is coming over the hostess

at 2 & or it may be that she is simply tired The missionary society of the First. English Lutheran church met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Lee Xusbaum. of Xorth Eleventh street. Several interesting papers were read. The club meets every two weeks. . .. The Bann'-r Social is meet in:, afternoon with Mrs. Dunham. J c The Tourist club will conrlud this the year's work. Friday, April the twentyf'ourth. At this meeting reports and election of officers will take place, after which, an elaborate banquet will be served. vA fashion editor says that "the newidea emphasizes the simple classic forms of dress. Paris is looking to ancient Greece for her inspiration." Surely that is stepping back a bit. J J A novel idea in the way of a luncheon was the one given yesterday at Indianapolis by Mrs. William English. An original scheme which gave full play to her discriminating taste in art and literature had been devised. There were six tables, the first, that of the hostess, being the nature table. Others were dedicated to art, literature, music, the drama and travel. A different flower was chosen for each table, pink roses for the nature lover, daffodils for the art devotees, lilies of the valley for those who worship at the shrine of literature, forget-me-nots for the dramatist, violets for the musicians and deep red' carnations for the travelers. The flowers filled low baskets and formed garlands which were festooned from the baskets to the ceiling. At each cover rested a corsage bouquet of the special flower. The name cards were hand painted designs adorned with fancy beads. For the nature table the favors included a Rockwood vase", decorated with trailing arbutus, a copy of "Our Country Home," and a copy of "Poetic Interpretation of Mature," exquisitely bound in flowered chintz. For the art table, a Fra Angelico, a copy of Mme. Le Brun, painted by herself and etched in color by Ruet, and a dainty little head mounted on old brocade. One of the quotations for the drama table was from Lemaitre. the favor being a handsomely bound copy of "Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era." The other favors were an old French print of Mrs. Siddons, a celebrated actress of another day, and a beautiful little bronze statuette of Cleopatra. For the latter there was a quotation from Shakespeare. For the travel table a bronze bust of Shakespeare accompanied by a verse from Victor Hugo. The other favors were bits of landscape. Those who had places at the music table were complimented with musical quotations and the favors were bronzes of'favorite composers and pictures of musical subjects. The varied nature of the quotations soon started the conversational ball to rolling merrily. J The ladies of the South Eighth St. Friends church will give an Easter market on Saturday, April 18. It No Need of Them Come uay. At a monthly examination a boy of fourteen failed to spell 13 per cent of his words correctly. The tutor told him this was surprising and must not happen again. The boy replied that he thought he had done pretty well on the whole. "You must study those words over and over again," replied the tutor. "This must not occur at any future time. Study them so that you can remember them forever." The boy Btood still in silent contemplation for a few moments and then remarked: "I was just thinking that 1 wouldn't live that long." Harper's Weekly. Private Theatricals. In some private theatricals a fugitive from Justice was supposed to escape from his pursuers by concealing himself under a table. The table was small, and the terrified fugitive was somewhat lengthy. The commander of the pursuing party rushed on the stage and fell over the legs of the man he was searching for. Picking himself up and ludicrously rubbing bis shins, he convulsed the audience by exclaiming in true dramatic style: "Ha. ha! The dastardly villain has eluded us again!" Philadelphia Inquirer. Bobby's Reason. Little Bobby was saying his prayers at his mother's knee, but so rapidly that she asked him why he did not speak more slowly. "Because, you know," he replied, "it would keep all the other children wraitlng." Lippinoott's. Pointed. Lady (at railway station, to porter) Now, porter, are yon s'ure I have all my luggage in the train? Forter Yes. ma'am. Lady Nothing left behind? Porter Nothin" ma'am not even a copper, ma'am! London Scraps. It is the mind that maketh good of ill. that maketh wretchedness or happiness, rich or poor. PARLOR MILLINERY. Mrs. Chas. E. Flook. 43 South lTtb. street. Home TeL 2278.

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The Richmond Fire Fighting Force Battled Nobly With Fire Demon. ANOTHER COMPANY NEEDED THIS WAS THE UNIVERSAL OPINION OF THOSE WHO WITNESSED THE BLAZE LAST NIGHT BUSINESS DISTRICT THREATENED. Despite the fact that the fire was too great for a department the size of the Richmond tire department the local firemen arc the recipients of hearty congratulations on the excellent manner in which they handled the blaze. It was teen af the first that the fire was g.;ing to be an ugly o tie to subdue and Chief Miller without wate of time led his men to the heart of the conflagration. Despite the fact. that, the dense smoke drove them back time after time and many of the fire fighters were rendered unfit for service, the effort to subdue the blaze and keep it confined to the basement of the Cunningham Commission company store room was never given up until the flames burst from control. After this took place Chief Miller and Assistant Chief Sinex distributed their small force of right ers at vantage points to prevent the flames from j spreading to adjoining buildings. In I this effort they were more than suei cessful. but. Miller found it necessary j to appeal to out of town assistance. W ith such a leader as Edward Miller it is no wonder that the firemen were ' able to make such a gallant fight to save the heart of the business district from destruction. Many citizens are , of the opinion that this fire emphasizes the necessity of an addition fire company. After midnight the water j pressure dwindled and it was neces sary to use the engine of the Dayton detachment. WANT INTERVENTION Haitien People Think United States or Some Other Power Should Step In. VIEW OF AN OFFICIAL. Port Au Prince, April 9. There is reason to believe that measures are now being taken In this city to force the intervention of the United States, it' possible. Hostility against the present Ilaytien government is growing more intense. It is reported that those who arc opposed to the present government, including the better class of Haitiens, contemplate a movement which will bring matters to a crisis within a very short, time. They will take advantage of the presence in the harbor of the United States warships to make an sjrmed demonstration, not in the expectation of overthrowing the government, but in the hope of precipitating a landitrg of marines, and subsequently American intervention. A prominent Haitien official, who is highly esteemed in the foreign colony, said today: "At present conditions here are intolerable and it is impossible that they can continue beyond a few days. Fronipt intervention on the part of the United States, or some other power, is the only means of avoiding a condition of absolute anarchy. "'The Haitien people arc not able to maintain a stable government. The better educated of them realize this, and they would gladly accept provisional American control, if only as a guarantee of protection of life and property. I do not believe that there exists a single Haitien capable of exercising constitutional control as president. The resent government is merely a military dictatorship, perpetuating its power through sheer terrorism.' HER TWO PfTAYths. Both Were Answered, but the Results Were Discouraging. During and for many years after the civil war there lived in Franklin county, Mo., where the old state road, built lefore the days of railroads, crossed Itoeuf river, a Mrs. Samuel Hutton. who met with the misfortune of having two of her prayers answered, and thereafter, her neighbors used to say. she never prayed again. And this happened during the civil war. "Sam being away in the Confederate army," -was the way she used to tell it, "I got lonesome among so many bragging stay at home northerners that one day 1 got down on my knees and prayed for the southern boys to come and clean out the neighborhood, and it wasn't a week lefore along came General Pap Price's army, aud. it being near dark, the whole outfit camped alone the river, confiscated all my stock feed, robbed my chicken roost and burned half the fence rails on the place without asking my permission. As I didn't know where Sam was to tell him what the scamps had done, 1 prayed again, asking the Lord to send the Federals to chase Pap Price to the jumping off place. It was about sun down that day when I looked up the road aud saw my answer coming, and the northern boys stopped at the river for the night, ate what food the Confederates had left me and destroyed the balance of the fence rails." Buffalo TimeWmntro: Go4 Uadai Flour is best for pMtrr. Beatrice

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See Our Ladiesv White Shirt Waists WOULDN'T WEARTiGHTS ANDETS $4,700 Was Not Until She Sued on a Breach of Contract. New York, April !. A verdict of i Si.7N was awarded by a jury in the supreme court to an actress who was discharged by a theatrical manager because she refused to appear on the stage in tights. The plaintiff was Henrietta Lee Morrisson, who is known on the stage as Henrietta Lee, and the defendants, Hurtiz Seamon, proprietors of a Harlem burlesque theater. Mrs. Lee and her husband, Charles F. Morrison, were engaged by Hurtig .V Seamon for a season in a musical comedy under a contract which provided that they were to receive ,S,!ir. At the end of three months the manuger'directed Mrs. Lee to make certain changes in her costume which would necessitate her appearance on the stage in tights.- When she refused to make the change directed she and her husband were discharged. The I'otary IrT l-rnce. The notary is a most important person in all small country towns In France. Everybody consults him. from the big landowner when he has discussions with his neighbor over right of way to the peasant who buys a few meters of laud as soon as he, has any surplus funds. We were constantly having rows with one of our neighbors over a little strip of wood that ran up into ours. Whenever be was angry with us, which happened quite often (we never knew whyl, he had a deep, j ugly ditch made just across the road ; which we always took when we were j riding around the property. The woods j were so thick and low, with plenty of: thorns, that we could not get along by j keeping on one side and were obliged, to go back and make cpiite a long de-1 tour. The notary did hifcbest to buy it for us, but the man woiid never sellrather enjoyed, I thinK, having the power to annoy us. Mme. Waddington in Scribner's. The Martian Sky. The clearness of thel Martian sky comes In to abet the greater transmission of Its air. From dawn till dusk day after day in the summer season and largely in winter the sun shines out of a heaven Innocent of cloud. No shield of the sort and only a little screen of air tempers Its l-eams to the soil held up to It. Stich an exposure far exceeds anything we have on earth, ( for with us, even In the tropics, clouds gather as soon as the heating grows excessive and cool the air by plumps of rain. Percl val Lowell in Century. Heard at the Drama. Mrs. Ryetrp John, how much time elapses between the second and third; acts? Mr. Ryetop The programme' says sis months, Maria. Mrs. Ryetop'; (aghast) Sis months. John? Lands,; we can't wait! Why, them buckwheat enkes I left to riz will have gone clear through the roof by that time! Chi cago News. I nvel ved. Rinks I notice that you have a; thread tied round ur finger. I sunpose that is to remind you of some-; thing. Jinks Not exactly, it is to re-1 mind my wife to ask me if I forgot something she told rue to remember. Harper's Weekly. Force of Habit. Lady (formerly a telephone girl Porter, why didn't you call me. as I instructed you: Sleeping Car Porter) I did, ma'am. Sure's you're born, I did. I said. "Seven-thirty, ma'am." an' you Mid. "Lice's out of order." Pick-Me-L-p. He that will not b? counseled cannot be helped. German Proverb. Open all day and evening all this week, the Christian church Bazaar. Dinner, 25c. Supper, 20c. Pythian Temple.

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RAILROAD MEN GET NO WORKING PLAN Conference in Chicago Avails Nothing. Chicago, April O. Managers of ten Western railroads conferred with representatives of the Order of Railway Conductors, Engineers, Firemen and j Trainmen today to consider the appllcation of the sixteen hour-work-day j law which will go into effect May 1. Nothing was accomplished in the way of a working plan. The conference will be resumed tomorrow. The railroads represented were the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; St. Louis and San Francisco; Union Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee .fc St. Paul; Illinois Central; Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe; Northern Pacific. Great Northern, Missouri Pacific and Chicago V Northwestern.

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