Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 346, 19 October 1908 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, 3IOXD AY, OCTOBER 19, 1908.

HOOSIER SALESMAN

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First Convention of Traveling Men of United Plant Begins Tuesday. TESTS ARE TO BE MADE. MEN WILL BE INSTRUCTED IN THE USE OF MACHINES WILL BE WELL ENTERTAINED WHILE HERE. The first annual convention of tho traveling men of tho new Hoosler branoh of the American Seeding Machine Company, incorporated, will open in Richmond tomorrow morning. This is the fir3t time that the traveling men of all three branches of tho manufacturing concern have met, and the officers of the Hoosier Drill Company expect to show the visitors a time of their lives. While the men are in Richmond several dinner parties will be given in their honor at the Wescott hotel, and It is probable that they will attend tho theater one evening in a body. An excellent program has been arranged for the three days of the convention, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. There will be some thirty-two traveling men in tho city. The reception committee consists of the following officers of the firm: Fred J. Carr, manager; Walter H. Bates, general sales manager; J. W. Lamson, assistant sales manager, eastern territory; A. H. Rice, assistant sales manager, central territory; W. IL Keisker, assistant sales manager, western territory; A. W. Rees, manager of collections and accounting; S. H. Jone3, manager of Improvements and patents; E. Christman, assistant manager of improvements and patents; H. H. Hunt- - ington, assistant manager of improvements and patents, and E. S. Ralph, advertising manager. Today all the men wcro entertained at the Wescott hotel. Tomorrow the men will be taken on an inspection trip through the local factory, and in the evening they will meet at the hotel for the discussion of matters pertaining to the manufacture and the sale of machines. On Wednesday tho field trial of all the machines manufactured by tho company will take place at the experimental field northeast of tho city on the New Paris pike. Here the workings of the machines will bo explained to the men. On Thursday morning the machines made by ' the Kentucky branch will be exhibited and in tho afternoon the Shortsville drills and cultivators will be shown. The men. who arrived today were: W. T. Connelly, of Chattanooga; M. C. Fitzgerald, Albany, N. Y.; J. A. Frost, Jr., Indianapolis; C. C. Geib, Millersberg, O.; J. T. Harris, Franklin, Ky.; C. V. Holderman, Nashville, Tenn.; Edgar Hubberd, Saginaw, Mich.; D. B. John, Xeaia. O.; B. W. Leo, Trenton, N. J.; D. C. Legget, Big Rapids, Mich.; A. E. Murphy, si. Louis, Mo.; S. . E. Metzger, Williamsport, Pa.; C. A. Marsh, Watertown, N. Y.; J. A. Moss, Baltimore, Md.; S. K. Miller, Jackson, Mich.; T. W. Noble, Lynchburg. Va.; A. T. Newton, Columbus Grove, O.; G. L. Perkins, Pittsburg; H. Potee, Jr., Madisonv Wis.;' Marion Rose, Vinton, O.; George D., Rogers, Louisville, Ky.; H. W. Rawdon. Fredonia, N. Y.; M. J. Sebolt, Louisville, Ky.; L. L. Sterling, Meshoppen, Pa.; N. A. Stedman, Greensboro, N. C; H. P. Spencer, Butler, Pa.; S. E. Shearer, Sidney, O.; H. B. Thompson, Indianapolis; J. W. Thompson, Baltimore, Md.; E. W. Traux, Columbus. O.; F. E. Traux, Zanesville, O.; D. Vincent, Baltimore, Md., and. A. L. immerman, of Des Moines. Iowa. REED IS ASSAULTED Evangelist Who Is Known in v Richmond, Victim of Four Masked Men. HE PUT UP A GAME FIGHT. The Rev. J. Fen wick Reed, an evangelist of Greencastle, who is well known in this city, where he has appeared and lectured several times, was made the victim of an assault by four masked men in that city, midnight, Saturday. The Rev. Mr. Reed delivered his celebrated lecture on the dance In this city at the First M. E. church and is known personally to a large number of local citizens. About midnight, the minister was awakened by a knock at the door, and hurriedly dressing himself went down stairs. He had been told a messenger awaited him. Upon opening the door

and upon giving an affirmative answer was seized by four masked men. He was pulled to the veranda and his assailants fought to overpower him. The minister showed.his mettle and Xput up a game fight. He endeavored to explain his identity to the strangers and finally summoned a large shepherd dog, which barked savagely at the strangers and frightened them away. The motive for the affair remains a mystery, t The Rev. Mr. Reed has been a leader In temperance agitation and in many places in America and England has led fights against the saloons.

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Told Parents She Would. Elope; Causes-Surprise When She Does So

" Not Jong ago Miss Jennie Wine informed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ledger Wine, 1117 North G street, that it was her intention to elope if she ever got married. Her parents paid but slight heed to the statement, passing it off as the romatlc idea of young girl. ' Saturday Miss Wine, who is only seventeen years of age, showed mother and father that matrimonial statement she had made to them was no idle talk. On that day the romantic young woman met her lover, W. P. PROHIBITION DDES NOT MAKE GENERAL CONDITIONS WORSE (Continued From Page One.) making inquiry. There is a marked contrast in the Information requested. For foreign countries the inquiry is: 'How does it affect the morals of the people; what effect did it have on crime?' The Inquiry from the several states is universally: 'What effect docs it have on business? "I shall try to answer both of these questions. There were bankers and merchants, real estate men and lumbermen, and in fact all classes and professions. The bankers said it would lessen deposits and cause a tight money market. The merchant said it would cause the people to go to Kansas City, Mo., to trade where they could get their drinks. The real estate man said it would decrease our population, render vacant many houses, cause rents and prices of real estate to fall and otherwise ruin the town. The lumberman said it would stop the progress of the town and the erection of new buildings would cease. Evils Have Not Happened. "What is the result? Have any banks failed? Has the price of real estate declined? Are there vacant houses? Has work on new buildings stopped? Have taxes increased? Has our city ceased to grow and are we losing in population? No man can truthfully say that any of the prophesied evils have happened. "The bankers who said it would injure the banks have returned to admit their mistake and now say it has helped them. The real estate man says rents are higher than ever before. The lumberman says so many new buildings "are being erected that it is almost impossible to supply the demand, especially in mid-winter. The tax payer finds that It has put money into the public treasury instead of Increasing taxes. The furniture dealer finds that he Is selling more furniture than ever before. The shoe man reports likewise. Recently Mr. Newton of the firm of Dengel & Newton, stated to me that one astonishing feature of the increase in their line was that it was largely in footwear for women and children. Why is it that when the saloons are closed the women and children buy more shoes? "The timekeeper of one of the large packing houses tells me that if the saloons are kept closed they could afford an increase in wages because of the increased efficiency of the men. Similar statements have been made to me by the superintendents and managers of other large institutions. I have personally talked with many of bur business n?5n and almost without exception they report an improvement in business since the closing of the saloons. Some Lines Injured. "There are some lines that unquestionably were injured. For instance, the ice man was injured. The proprietor of our local plant said the closing of the saloons decreased his sales thirty tons a day. The saloonkeepers and gamblers always patronized the tailors for expensive suits, while those of legitimate professions must be content with hand-me-downs. The barbers who were located in or near a saloon have been injured, but those in the rural districts report a greatly increased business. I do not know a single grocery man, dry goods merchant or furniture dealer, but that has an increased business. "In twelve months after the . saloons were closed the combined deposits of our banks increased one and one-half million dollars. Does that indicate a ruined business and a bankrupt city? In dealing with the effect on crime, Mr. Trickett says that since the saloons were closed the city is running at a reduced expense of criminal prosecutions of more than $25,000 a year. Crime is so lessened that the city saves an additional $25,000 through a reduction in the police force. Works a Saving. "The fact is," says Mr. Trickett, "that we are now saving in the various departments for the suppression of crime more than we ever received in revenue from the saloon. An examination of the criminal docket of the district court will reveal the fact that before the joints were closed it required six or more weeks to try the criminal cases. Since the closing of the joints at no term has it .required to exceed three weeks. The same pro portion holds good in every other court having criminal jurisdiction. We no longer need a detective force. Thieves and burglars have followed the saloon out of our city. City Clerk's Statement. Mr. Trickett quotes U. V. Widener, assistant city clerk of Kansas City, as follows: "In twenty-one months Kansas City, Kan., almost recovered from as many years of saloon oppression. Two hundred and forty-five thousand forty-two dollars and fifty-three cents of the city's debt was lifted during the last year, when no revenues were

Marshall, aged 24 years, and without taking anyone Into their confidence, boarded a train and went to Newport, Ky., where they were married. When the youthful bride and groom notified Mr. and Mrs. Wine of their action it is needless to say that the girl's parents were somewhat startled, but promptly extended their forgiveness. Mrs. Marshall is a popular young woman as is shown by the fact that she was one of the successful candidates in the Palladium's Niagara Falls and Canadian trip contest, held last summer.

obtained from the liquor joints, because there were none. The city tax levies have been reduced 20 cents for each $100 of assessed valuation. The police force has been reduced from eighty-four to fifty men. The fire department is larger and better than ever before. The police and firemen were formerly paid by the $90,000 a year collected in fines from the joints. They are now paid in cash by the city." The Commercial club of Kansas City has published the statement of Mr. Trickett indorsing every word he said. HUMORIST'S ODD GRAMMAR. Captain Derby Provided Literally For Figurative Expression. Among the pieces- which made up the quaint output of . Captain Derby, whose too early death deprived America of one of the most original humorists, was one entitled "A New System of English Grammar." It seems never to have attracted much attention; bat, though there are in the volume containing it articles more broadly amusing, there are none in which wit and wisdom are more fully blended. After the lapse of years the exact words and the particular illustrations employed escape me in part, but the line of reasoning adopted will not vary materially from what is about to be given. The humorist proposed to have all descriptions and epithets marked on a sufficient scale of comparison not the beggarly three to which we are now limited, but to a number large enough to indicate every variation of character in the object under consideration and every possible degree of human conception in regard to its nature. The lowest conceivable amount of any human quality consistent with Its being at all would be indicated by 1. Its maximum would be represented by 100. Here, then, would be a wide range between the perfection of the idea expressed by the one number and Its bare existence merely implied by the other, as well as the feelings of the speaker about it. in which all shades of thought and feeling would be fit tlngly represented. By prefixing to each epithet a figure between 1 and 100 the precise truth in regard to it as It appears to him uttering It would be conveyed to him hearing it. For example, you are asked about your health. Instead of replying pretty well, tolerably well, very well or some other ambiguous expression, you would sny, bearing in mind that 100 indicates perfect health, I am 15, or 50, or 75, or 90 well, or any other number, as the case may be. By this means the inquirer learns definitely what he wants to know. He has not been put off with formulas of speech whose general applicability to different conditions of bodily health conveys nothing precise to the mind. The moment this method of expression comes into general use we shall speedily become exact, mathematical, truth telling in the highest degree. How well the rule would work can be best Illustrated by the narrative of a simple Incident of news communicated by a man to his friend in some such words as these: "On a 76 fine morning I was 55 slowly walking down the 33 clean avenue when I chanced to meet the 22 young and 85 charming Miss Smith, about whom you ask. We at once exchanged the 91 usual meteorological observation. 'It Is a 76 beautiful day,' I remarked. 'Indeed, it is a 95 beautiful day, she replied, 'and I am 97 glad to have met you, for it is a 99 long time since I have seen you.' I felt 77 flattered by words like these coming from a 79 lovely girl, but proceeded to make the 71 usua'l Inquiries about her health, for I knew that on that point you had been 89 anxious. She told me In reply that it bad been 78 poor, but she was 100 glad to say that it was now 87 good." Professor J. E. Lounsbury in Harper's Magazine. A Large Salary. Mr. X., a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia, was much addicted to the habit of lecturing his office staff, and the office boy came in for an unusual share of admonition whenever occasion demanded and sometimes when It did not. That his words were appreciated was made quite evident to Mr. X. one day when a conversation overheard on the elevator between Tommy and another office boy on the same floor was repeated to him. "Whatcher wages?" asked the other boy. "I get $10,000 a year," said Tommy. "Aw. gwan!" ejaculated the other boy derisively. "Quitcher kiddin'. "Ilonest I do." said Tommy; "$i a week in cash and the re6t In legal advice." Harper's Weekly. Blenheim. A very "famous victory" was that of Blenheim, which is our corruption of Blindheim, the village on the upper Danube where John Churchill won big dukedom, his magnificent palace In Oxfordshire and his yearly pension of 5.000. This is still enjoyed by his heir, the present Duke of Marlborough, who annually places a French fleur-de-IIs flaglet over the bust of his ancestor in the guardroom of Windsor castle, the condition of his tenure of the estate of Blenheim. London-Answers. this cone;P! rom. read caieTnDrs Vr Swell's Syrup Pepsin W cositiseiy tfoartir. i to core indigestion. constipation, sick bead -. offensive breath, malaria ana all disease;

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HUMAN HEAD FOUND IN ALLEY SUNDAY

Rested on Doctor's Window Ledge Till Pushed Off, Owing to Stench. USED IN AN EXPERIMENT. PHYSICIANS INVESTIGATE, THEN PERFORM OPERATION ON LITTLE BOY WHICH PROVES SUCCESSFUL. Just about as grewsome sight as one can find in the city today is to be seen by removing the newspaper wrapping from an object in the waste paper basket- in the office of the street commissioner. The object is the upper portion of a human head. The top of the skull and the brains have been removed but the glaring eyes stare forth into space the nose and upper lip loota up ghastly and a portion of the skin and flesh has been torn from the right temple. The section of a head was removed from the cadaver of a negro at Indianapolis. It was found yesterday on the step at the side door of the Arcade theater by a party of boys, who reported its presence to the police. The crematory will be the final resting place of the skull. Officer Vogelsong had visions of a Gunness murder, when his two sons Walter and Wilbur and Carl Hanning, Leonard and Paul Connerton rushed into headquarters and reported finding a human head. The patrolman was acting desk sergeant and at first he believed the boys were joking. They assured him their story was not imagined as the result of fright and Officer Hebble was sent with the lads to investigate. Hebble found things just as the lads described them. He was awed and felt some timidity about picking up the hideous object, but mustered up courage and took it to headquarters. Investigation revealed the circumstances. In order to experiment as to the proper way in which to operate upon John Brooks, little son of Archibald Brooks, of Chestnut street. Drs. Grosvenor and S. E. Bond sent to Indianapolis for the head of a cadaver. The etperiment was performed at the office of Dr. Grosvenor in the Westcott block and afterward the head was placed outside the window on the sill. The sun's rays caused such a stench to arise from the head yesterday, that occupants of the rooms above the doctors office removed it. Someone picked it up from where It fell and placed it upon the steps at the Arcade. With their knowledge gained from the experiment the surgeons performed the operation on the little Brooks boy and it proved remarkably successful. It was necessary to remove one of the lad's eyes. While standing on a chair cutting grapes last August he fell and the point of a pair of scissors, which he held, penetrated the eyeball. The sight was destroyed and It was found necessary to remove the eye. The lad underwent the operation to prevent the sight of the remaining eye from being impaired. NO MARKED CHANGE IN WEATHERJCDNDITIONS Report of Last Week Prepared by Observer. With' the exception of the drop in the mercury to 25 degrees Monday, there was nothing of distinction about the weather of last week. Clouds obscured the sun on Sunday, Friday and Saturday for a part of the time, but the other days were reported clear by Observer Vossler. The maximum temperature was 81 degrees reached on Saturday. The greatest daily range was 47 degrees, recorded on Tuesday. The daily temperatures were:

High. Low. 59 25 73 26 74 38 7 4G 78 42 81 39

Sunday Monday Tuesday . . . . Wednesday . . Thursday . . Friday Saturday .. .. Cynical Jowett. Professor Jowett's comments on the young men of Ballot often took the form of crushing sarcasms. "The college, Mr. X, thinks highly of you," he once said, "perhaps too highly, but not half bo highly, I am sure, as you think of yourself." After a lengthy survey of one's person, as If one was some rare animal, he has been known to ask of the Instructor, "Mr. A. is an intelligent young man, is he not, Mr. Y.7'

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LABOR IS OBJECTING

Does Not Move Beneath Political Whip of Samuel Gompers. HE WILL SPEAK TONIGHT. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will appear at the coliseum tonight in the Interest of William Jennings Bryan. Owing to the fact that the laboring men of this part of the country have taken but indifferent interest in Mr. Gompers' joyal command that they shall support Bryan at the polls next month, it has been deemed wise to hustle Mr. Gompers into this locality to stir up things. "I was for Marshall, but I now intend to vote for Watson," said a well known shop foreman yesterday. "When I heard that Gompers was coming here to tell us working men how we were to vote that is cast your ballot for Bryan and Marshall I just decided that I'd vote as I durned pleased. I always was for Taft. Now I am for Watson because Gompers is against him. I think that Mr. Gompers' duty Is to look after the interest of organized labor, not to monkey with politics. We working men are well informed on political conditions in this country. We know what we want and why we want it, and we do not have to look to Mr. Gompers or any other labor leader for instructions. The action of the democrats in sending Gompers here will cost a lot of votes for Bryan and Marshall." GERMAN SOCIETY COMES TO RESCUE OF T. MARSHALL (Continued from Page One) Barnard, Republican candidate for congress, remarked his opponent, the Rev. Thomas Kuhn although a minister of the gospel, has not touched upon the temperance question. Barnard said the temperance laws in this state are the result of Republican will and power backed by the sentiment of the best citizenship. The speaker ridiculed Mr. Kuhn's assertioni that ho is a. child of the trusts. HEARS COMPLETION Rapid Progress Being Made On New Y. M. C. A. Building. FLOORS ARE BEING LAID. Rapid progress is being made by the contractors on the Y. M. C. A. building. Tile floors are now being laid and the swimming pool is being pushed and will be finished by tomorrow evening. The decorators are working fast and it is now believed they will, be done with their work soon. ! The tile floor that is being put in on the first floor will be one of the beet in the city. It is of a special design and makes a very neat appearance. . The floor in the reception room will be completed today. The swimming pool which is expected to prove one of the most popular features of the building, will be completed tomorrow evening, although all the fixtures have not been Installed. The men have finished laying the white glazed tile on the sides and have the bottom half completed. His Curiosity Satisfied. A wealthy tradesman who had been drinking th waters of Bath. England took a fancy to try those of Bristol. Armed with a letter of Introduction from his Bath physician to a profes clonal brother at Bristol, the old gentleman set off on his journey. On the way he said to himself. "I wonder what Dr. Blank has advised the Bristol physician in regard to my case?" and, giving way to curiosity, he opened the letter and read: Dear Doctor The bearer Is a fat Wiltshire clothier: make the most of him. Yours prof"!"--'!v J. BLANK. ' Willie Good Pa, our teacher says that "collect" and "congregate" mean the same thing. Rev. Mr. Good Well, you tell your teacher that you have information that there is considerable difference between a congregation and a collection.

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RICHMOND Established 1895 RICHMOND. UNABLE TO SPEAK BEFORE CONFERENCE Timothy Nicholson Not at the Charities Meeting. Owing to the death of his son. the late Josiah Nicholson, Timothy Nicholson did rot attend tho conference of state charities at South Bend. Mr. Nicholson is one of the most prominent members of the conference of Charities and Corrections, and was on the program for an address. A resolution of sympathy will be sent him. THE CITY IN BRIEF Parsons Studio for Main St Phone 2209. Photos,' 704 14-7t The Hsb Of The Body. The organ around which all the other organs olve, and upon which they are litrraly e endent for their welfare, ia the stomach hen the function of tbe tomach beoeme iir ired. the bowel aad liver alio become tr need. To core a dlieeae of the stomach, live bowel ar.t a SO cent or SI bottle of Or. Calc 11' Syrup Papain at your drarsriat'a. H ipromptest relief for constipation and dyr sia ever cctopounWL

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