Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 207, 9 September 1908 — Page 2

Tir RICHMOND PALXiADlU3l AD SU.VTELEGRA3I, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1903. MISHITS DEATH BY SUICIDE PACT WHO WILL WIN? School Days Begin Monday, September 14th We Mire m IP(SnitS(in ave fifoe E3y Such Seems to Have Been the Case, Judging From Testimony of Woman.

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CLAIMS MAN PROMISED TO AID PHYSICIAN AND MAY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AGREEMENT BY MURDER ON PORCH. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 9. Dr. Frederick Rustia who was found dying on the front porch of his residence early W7A n cm rl a v mnmfna "tvra t Vl V f P t TTl of a suicide pact, according to the tes- j timony given at the coroner's, inquest, j Whether he shot himself or was ! slain by another person who failed to I arry out the complete arrangement is not definitely known. The former theory is weakened, however, by the testimony of physicians, who declare the wounds from which he died could not have been self inflicted. The person who revealed the suicide pact was Mrs. Abbie Rice, sometimes known as Miss Leona Burnley, who has been detained for the last four days in connection with the case. In a statement made to the police she declares the physician had. induced her to promise to kill him and then commit suicide. He had taken this method that his life insurance of $73,(MX might be collected by his family. Says Man Promised Aid. It was at first agreed that the double shooting should occur on Friday night, August 28. Her nerve failed, bhe said, and she refused to become a party to the crime. On the Tuesday night following, she says, Dr. Rustln pointed out to her on a street car a man, who, he said, had promised to do the deed, saying that it would be done that night. In accordance" with their prearranged plan, Mrs. !Rlce says she purchased a bottle of laudunum and one of morphine with which to-imi.berself. She did not have nerve enough to take the poison and attempted to stop the physician's suicide, but failed. The poisons were found in the woman's room. FERN LEAVES. They Are Valuable For Preserving At tioUs of Food. 'The fern plant, which grows almost everywhere, is an excellent, preservative for packing articles of food, fruit, etc. People who have lived in England knowvthat the English have used It successfully for many years. Valuable fruit,- fresh butter,' etc., are no longer seen in the English markets packed in grapevine leaves, but almost always In fresh fern leaves, which keep the articles excellently. This is; done where grapevine leaves are to be had in abundance. Every one posted well in botary knows the high preservative power of fern leaves with reference to vegetable and animal substances. On the Isle of Man fresh herrings are packed In ferns and arrive on the market in as fresh a condition as when they were shipped. Potatoes packed in ferns keep many months longer than others packed only In straw. Experiments made with both straw and fern leaves in the same cellar showed surprising results in favor of ferns. While the potatoes packed in straw mostly showed signs of rotting in the spring, those in ferns were as fresh as if they had Just been dug. Fresh meat is also well preserved by fern leaves. It would seem as If the highly preservative qualities of fern leaves nro due to their high percentage of salt. No larvae, maggots, etc., approach ferns, as the strong odor keeps them away. New York Times. 1 Postmaster Not to Be Hurriod. A nobleman's new land agent And steward, who went to live on the estates about fifteen miles from Granada, sent letters to the village postofflce every day for three weeks, but got no replies. Thinking this very strange, he rode over to the village and interviewed the postmaster. 0h," exclaimed the postmaster, "you are -the new agent on the ducal estates! Well, your letters are all safe. The villagers rarely write letters, and as I have to ride on my donkey four miles to the railway station to catch the mall train you don't suppose for one moment, do you, that I am going to undertake this pilgrimage every day with your stupid letters? I have them all here in a broken Jug, and when the Jug gets full I shall take a ride to the station and post the whole lot at once." Couldn't Keep Track of Them. Martin Littleton, the famous lawyer of New York, is one of a family of ninetee children, so they say. born to a hiage of poverty and pluck. When he was a small lad down in Texas he fell Into the creek one day, and Michael, the next younger brother, ran whimpering to Littleton, the elder: "Dad. dad! Martin Is drowning!" "Martin. Martin !" repeated the father of nineteen. Then he turned dubiously to his wife. "Nora." he inquired anxiously, "have a Martin?" It Grew and Grew. "My pa caught a wonderful fish." said little Willie. "After it was deari it kept on growing." "It couldn't do such a thing." "Oh, yes, It did. for every ' time pa told about it it was bigger than It was before." What Ha Meant. jflonsewlfe Why don't yon get a Job and keep it? Hobo I'm like de littie bird dat keeps fljin' from limb to limb. Housewife G'wan! You're onlv a bum! Row could you fly from limb to limb? Hobo I mean de limbs '

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NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet New York 77 46 .626 Pittsburg 79 43 .617 Chicago 78 51 .605 Philadelphia 67 55 .549 Cincinnati 61 67 .477 Boston 54 73 .423 Brooklyn 44 81 .352 St Louis 44 82 .349 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet. Detroit 73 52 .5S4 Chicago 72 55 .567 St. Louis 71 55 .564 Cleveland 9 " 59 .539 Philadelphia 62 63 .496 Boston 62 65 .488 Washington 54 68 .443 Hfew York 40 86 .317 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won Lost Pet. Indianapolis 86 60 .589 Louisville 86 62 .581 Columbus 83 66 .557 Toledo 80 66 .543 Minneapolis 72 74 .493 Kansas City 69 78 .469 Milwaukee 68 80 .459 St. Paul 44 102 .301 CENTRAL LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet. Evansville 84 56 .600 Sooth Bend 80 -60 .571 Dayton 77 63 .550 Ft. Wayne 75 65 .536 Zanesville 71 69 .507 Grand Rapids 66 73 .475 Terre Haute 65 73 .471 Wheeling 40 99 .288 RESULTS YESTERDAY, National League. Chicago, 3; Cincinnati, 2. New York, 1; Brooklyn, 0 (11 innings). Philadelphia, 6; Boston, 4. Pittsburg, 2; St. Louis, 0.

AmertMn League. Boston, 3; Washington, 1. Chicago, 5; Detroit, 2. St. Louis, 2; Cleveland, 0. Philadelphia, 6; New York, 5. American Association. Indianapolis, 3; Toledo, 1. St. Paul, 6; Kansas City, 5. Minneapolis, 3; Milwaukee, 0. Louisville, 3; Columbus, 2 -(13 in nings.) Central League. Evansville, 15; Terre Haute, 12. Ft. Wayne, 7; Dayton, 4. South Bend, 2; Grand Rapids, 1, (11 innings.) Zanesville, 6; Wheeling, 2 (first game). Zanesville, 2; Wheeling, 1 (second game). GAMES TODAY. National League. Cincinnati at Pittsburg. New York at Brooklyn. Chicago at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Boston. American League. Chicago at Detroit. St. Louis at Cleveland. New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Washington. American Association. Toledo at Indianapolis. Louisville at Columbus. Milwaukee at St Paul. Kansas City at Minneapolis. Vaudeville at the New Phillips Thea tre afternoon and night. 8-5t HUGHES HIT HARD IN EARLY RETURNS Primary Results Show Kings County Delegation Solidly Against Him. GAINS NEW YORK COUNTY. OPPOSITION THAT DEVELOPED FOLLOWING RECENT ATTITUDE OF GOVERNOR BEAT HIM IN CERTAIN SECTIONS BY VOTES. New York, Sept 9. Indications today are that only seventy-three delegates from New York county will be instructed for Hughes, while the solid delegation from King's county is against him. In the primaries of the democratic and republican parties in the city of New York, Governor Hughes made gains in New York county (Manhattan) and loses in Kings county (Brooklyn), but in the latter county the results are not sufficiently clear yet to indicate that he will not get substantial support from that section. He carried enough districts in NewYork county to indicate that his strength of 23 delegates can be raised to 73. The vote in the selected districts of King's county was heavily against him 703 to 576 in the Eighth, 621 to 159 in the Twenty-first and 599 to 451 in the Twenty-third but It is believed the King's county delegation will be divided, 57 for Hughes and 81 against him. MRS. CARPENTER RELAPSES The physicians of Mrs. Walter Carpenter who has been seriously sick for the past several weeks state she is not as well today as was hoped for. The first part of the week she was better but at present she is very sick and her relatives have little hope for her recovery.

Boys' clothing to fit the boy and make his school days comfortable. Boys clothes to make the least call on your purse, too, considering the sound value that is represented. Richmond mothers and many other mothers also have proved by actual test that they get more actual wear and better fit out of Rosenbloom-Buntin clothes for boys than out of any other clothing they can buy, even for much higher prices. Test it in these winter suits. We are glad to submit this clothing to critical judgment whenever the opportunity offers. Boys9 School Suits 2.50, 3, 4, 5, 6, 07

BRYAN IS GOING So Raymond Declares About Nebraskan's Visit to New England States. CHANCES ARE ALL AGAINST FACTIONAL DIFFERENCES WILL; MAKE NO CHANGE IN ULTIMATE RESULTS OF COMING NATIONAL ELECTION. Writing from Boston, Mass., in the Chicago Tribune today, Raymond says: So far as I can judge Mr. Bryan's intended attack upon solid New England must have been inspired by just such sort of rainbow chasing as has induced certain republican leaders to believe there is a chance of Taft carrying Arkansas and Tennessee. It is true there are certain factional differences and some local disturbance In the southern part of New England, j but the chances are the entire north-! east section of the country will swing i into line for Taft and Sherman in November beyond the possibility of a doubt. Massachusetts has elected a demo cratic governor now and then and ; Rhode Island has done ihe same thing. Connecticut used to be considered a doubtful state, and the conditions there are certainly somewhat disturbed but in spite of iese facts, the repub- j licanism of the whole of New Eng- j land on national issues is not a thing j which can be seriously questioned. MOUNTAIN SLIDING: Hawaiian Small Boys Simply "Drop Down the Edga of the Scenery." Water sports are by no means the only vigorous athletics Indulged in by the boys of Hawaii. Mountain climbing is a favorite pastime, for there are peaks 4,000 feet high within easy walking distance of any part of Honolulu, and on the island of Hawaii there are two mountains fully 14,000 feet in height. Not infrequently the Honolulu schools give picnics on the mountain sides that the pupils may gather land shells. It is on these excursions In search of land shells that the Hawaiian schoolboys revel in the once national sport, mountain sliding. A very steep mountain side is selected, where the grass is long and sloping downward. Every one gathers his own ti leaves. The ti leaf is something like the banana leaf, but not nearly so long. With a bunch of ti leaves. In his hand the first boy steps to the edge of the side, grasps the leaves by the stems in both hands, places the leafy part under him and sits down, gives himself a start and drops down the edge of the scenery like a flash. I was assured that it was an easy matter to regulate the speed of descent by merely grasping the ti stems firmly and lifting them upward, this acting as a brake. I longed for the thrill of dropping down over the edge of a mountain and upon my brief sled of ti leaves began the descent I went like the wind. It seemed as though my breath would be taken away from me or that I would plunge head over heels, to be dashed to pieces among the trees below. I thought of my brake and drew up on the ti leaves with all my might and came up with a jerk that Jarred every bone in my body. There I sat, looking downward almost perpendicularly, held la position only by a few leaves resting on the smooth, slippery grass, but the sliding grass is nearly a foot long, and it is only after it has been repeatedly slidden over and beaten down that it approaches perfection In the eyes of the Hawaiian small boy and sometimes leads to accidents. When, for instance, the thin layer of ti leaves wears out beneath the slide a gentle tug at the stalks parts the sled and sends the slider whizzing downward in a most uncomfortable and ungraceful manner, all arms and legs. Lucky Is the victim of each an accident if he is not stopped In his downward career by the trunk of a tree. St. Nicholas. There Is no medicine 3 fare and at the same ttme so pleasant to take as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup rvpvm. cue poiinvr core rar Kit mwommvm busuii try res

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DEMOCRATS TO BE EMBARRASSED If Plans of Republicans Carry Through.

Indianapolis, Sept. 9. The Republican leaders have agreed the local option bill shall be presented in the senate by a Republican and In the House by a Democrat. The Democrat has been picked, but his name is not given out. The hope is by this to embarrass democrats. SCARED THE ROBBERS. Odd Incident In England In the Eighteenth Century. For a time during the eighteenth century in England there was a lull in the robbery industry owing to an odd incident. Shortly after the execution of an English burglar named Elliston a curious communication purporting to have been written by him was put into circulation. "Now, as 1 am a dying man," it ran, "I have done something which may be of good use to the public. I have left with an honest man the only honest man I was ever acquainted with the names of all my wicked brethren, the places of their abode, with a short account of the chief crimes they have committed, in many of which I have been the accomplice and heard the rest from their own mouths. I have likewise set down the names of those we call our setters, of the houses we frequent and all of those who receive and buy our stolen goods. I have solemnly charged this honest man and have received bis promise upon oath that whenever he hears of any rogue to be tried for robbery or housebreaking he will look into bis list and If be finds there the name of the thief concerned to send the whole paper to the government. Of this I here give my companions fair and public warning and hope they will take it." It Is said the hint was so effectual that for a long time pickpockets and burglars in that part of England went into panic stricken retirement. And, this being so, it is Just as well they did not know that the letter was a clever forgery, the work of that prince of wits and humorists. Dean Swift. New York Tribune. Climatio Changes. , There is plenty of evidence of the VAW Kaof msy nKUh tfwsvne ninr-A Vio not only Europe and North America, but the lands situated within the arctic circle, must have enjoyed a tropical climate. The numerous fossil remains found in those regions are those of plants and animals which, according to the present state of our knowledge, must' have lived under conditions now found only in the equatorial belt Nothing is clearer than the fact that the polar cold is steadily gaining on the temperate and tropical zones and that eventually the land will be all ice fields. Donald Knew. Margaret, aged ten, was a beginner In history. "Mamma," she asked, "what does 'behead' mean?" "To cut off a man's head, dear." There was a moment of silent study, then another question. "What does 'defeat' mean, mamma?" Little Donald, aged four, was interest ed. "I know, mamma," was his logical conclusion. " 'Defeat means to cut a man's feet off." Delineator. Very Different. "In the olden days a reformer was liable to be burnt at the stake." "Yes. and now we put him on the lecture platform and give him 50 per cent of the gross receipts !" Washing ton Star. Talking and eloquence are not tbe same. To speak and to speak well are two thincs. Ben Jonson.

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LABOR LEADERS ASIUURY TRIAL Claim No Intention to Violate Court's Orders Meant.

Washington, Sept. 9. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, representing the American Federation of Labor, have applied for a jury trial in the contempt cases growing out of the boycott of the Buck Stove Company of St. Louis. They declare publishing of the firm's name in the "We don't patronize'' list of Federationist was not intended as a violation of the court's order. VTAGE REALISM.' Why Joe .Tefferaon Didn't Hart a Real Dog Schneider. It was the privilege of the writer years ago to attend a reception at which Joseph Jefferson spoke on the drama. His treatment of the subject, was interesting, the utterance of a man who knew the art of which h spoke. But the most interesting part of the hour came after the completion of the formal address, when an opportunity was given to the audience to ask any questions they wished of Mr. Jefferson. Soon the familiar topic was introduced, the effect of the modern elaboration and realism in istage setting. Mr. Jefferson at once rose to the question. He spoke somewhat rapidly, with a quaint humor and sympathetic charm that were irresistible. He characterized the .modern fashion of stage setting as "a tribute to the weakness of the human imagination." "I am often asked," he went on, "why I do not have a real dog Schneider. But if I did none of you woulu be satisfied. You would go home saying, 'Well, Schneider never looked like that dog!' You love Schneider because you have ade him out of a piece of your own heart And then." meditatively, "if I had a real Schneider some one In the gallery would probably whistle to him at the critical moment, and he would bark and spoil the play. While If he knew his part perfectly and did just what Schneider ought to do" pausing and with his delightful smile "Schneider would be the hero and not Rip!" Then, with a twinkle of the eye, be summed up the whole matter with the quiet remark, "Realism with a tail to wag In the wrong place is a dangerous thing." New York Post. The Ilub Of The Body. The orean around which all the other organ volve, and upon which they are largely dendent for their welfare, U the stomach hen the functions of the stomach become Ira ired, the bowels and liver alio become &r ed. To core a disease of the stomach, Hvt iowels get a SO cent or $1 bottle of Dr. Cal ,'s Syrup Pepsin at your druggist's. !t nromptest relief for constipation and ' "jver ccrrounvi.

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FORES! FIRES ARE FOUGHT FIERCELY BUI ALSO VAINLY Duluth, Sept. 9. Reports from the northwestern part of the state indicate the flaming forest is assuming the shape of a circle leaving but a small opening for the escape of thousand who are almost entirely hemmed In and terrible results are feared. Six hundred people at the village of Grand Marias are surrounded by fire. Men are fighting the flames with desperation. The fate of hundreds of widely scattered settlers is in doubt Fully a hundred square miles of dense forests are ablaze and strong winds blowing. A drenching rain seems the only possible salvation. OLD TIME ZOOLOGY. The Queer Insects Lawson Discovered In North Carolina! In the Raleigh state library is an Interesting old volume presented by President Madison In 1831. This quaint book is the first history of North Carolina, written In 1741 by "John Iawson, tlent," a surveyor general of the lorda proprietors. The history is well worth reading, but perhaps tbe most entertaining portion of its many pages that in which Mr. Lawson describes the flora and fauna of the new country. He is evidently the ancestor of tho railway conductor who decided that, according to (he rules of tbe road, "dogs Is dogs and cats is dogs, but turtles is insects." "We will next treat of Beasts," says the historian. "The chief are the Buffelo, or Wild Beef; the Tyger: the Bever; and the liearmouse. The Buffelo is a Wild Beast of America which has a Bunch on hla Back. These monsters are found to weigh (as I am Informed by a Traveller of Credit) from 1100 ta 2400 weight. The Bat or Bearmouse Is the same as in England. I have put this among the Beasts as partaking of both the Nature of the Bird and the Mouse Now I shall proceed to the known Id sects of the Place. "Insects of North Carolina: Allega tors. Rattlesnakes. Frogs, Vipers, Tor tois, Terebin. Rottenwood Worms (etc.) "The Allegator Is the same as the Crocodile. After the Tail of the AN gator is removed from tbe Body it will move freely for several Days. I have named these among the Insects be cause they lay Eggs, and I did not know well where else to put them." Pattt: Gold quality Medal Flour Is very highest see it. FIVE CENTS

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EXAMINATION OF SPECIAL PUPILS Large Number Took Extra Tests This Morning. Supt. T. A. Mott conducted the regular public school examinations at his office in the Garfield school building this morning. Some forty students took the examinations this morning In the hope of securing advance standing or making up back work. This number is somewhat smaller than the number taking examinations last year. The majority of the pupils taking the examinations this year are In grade schools. A Revelution. For three weeks a husband had borne all tbe horrors of cleaning without a murmur. Then his patience irn ve way and he became violent In his language. "Ah, this Is rtreadfnir said his wlfo sobbingly. "You used to tell me I wa i your queen. "Tes," rejoined her spouse, "but when a man finds that bis queen has used his best tobacco Jar for pale onk varnlnb and his meerschaum pipe for a tack hammer he le;ins to grasp the advantages of n i jvibllc!" rhlladelPamela: Be sure to use Gold Medal Flmir. ISABIt.LA. 10(0) STARTS MONDAY Hemrape's School Shoes Wear Bunker Hill Shoes for Boys and Little Wanderer Shoes for Girls and Boys are the World's Best. See our window. E. J. HUMPE 807 Main St THE PALACE Richmond's Most Popular 5c Theatre Vote for your favorite in the Baby Contest

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