Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 183, 10 May 1909 — Page 2

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THE ItlCZZIOND FAL LABIUM AND 2TDNDAY, MAY 10, 190

REFUSED ASSIST THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO MOVE '-vf.. - ' v pgai -T-0 ... County Council ; Would Not Grant a t50 Appropriation

On Ground That It Was Not Lawful. AN ALLEGED PROMISE , MADE TO THE SOCIETY Petition of the Sheriff for Fees For Serving Commissioners' Notices Was Flatly Turned . Down. Upon the advice of the county attor ney, the county council at its meeting today refused to allow $50 to the Wayne County "Historical society. The money was wanted to defray the ex pense of removal from the former quarters, in the court house, to the library building. The county attorney advised, also, against the claim of the county sheriff for reimbursement for serving notices from the commissioners' court. He told the commissioners to let the sheriff go to court with his claim and let the court decide before any money be paid. The council was in session todav to make appropriations to meet several requirements. The chief item of importance is a reouest from the commissioners for $1,200 for the repair of Sugar Grove bridge. The official court reporter, wants a telephone in his office and money is asked to pay a man for firing the furnace at the county JaiL The county auditor would like to have, an electric adding machine. Alleged Understanding. It had . been understood between members of the Historical society and the county commissioners that when the former organization gave up the room it occupied in the court house to the Grand Army post, , it should; receive financial help in seeking new quarters. The society secured a location at the library building. The room is not In condition for occupancy, however, and repairs will have to be made. The society has asked the commissioners for an appropriation of $50. - The commissioners put the matter before the council, but the county attorney holds such an appropriation would be illegal. He Bays the law, allows an appropriation to a historical society for ; the purpose of constructing a vault, building a room , or. other specified purposes. '. . The county commissioner may devise some other plan by. which they can set aside the money. It may be taken from some other appropriation, which is not exhausted. What Sheriff Wanted. The county sheriff has asked for fees for serving the notices of the commissioners in such cases as ditch improvements. He claims the law allows him pay, for this kind of work. He believes he ought, to be paid for road notices, also. Attorneys differ as to the point Involved. The sheriff has counsel and Is advised his position Is correct under the law. . The county attorney opposes and would secure an opinion from the court before any money is paid out. In the list of appropriations asked for Is an Item calling for $100 for In and out tees for the county sheriff. These fees which have been the source of so much contest throughout the state and caused considerable trouble in this county were restored by the last legislature. The arrange ment is not as before, however. In this county, the new. law will allow about $100 per year. The list of appropriations which council had under consideration this afternoon was: , " " Adding machine, auditor's office, $480; expenses connected with ditch cleaning, . $200; cost of renewing school funds, $300; in and out fees for sheriff, $100; firing furnace, county Jail, $56; repair Sugar Grove bridge, $1J00: court room and Twnartjtr'a supplies, $25; law books. $25. SHOVEd BATH FOR THE PLAY i rccx wi.i aiso be Maris a Quarter-mile One. The school board has ordered ser era! Improvements to be made on the public play grounds, South Twentysecond street. One of the most Important is a shower bath to be installed la the dub house on the grounds. This ha long been needed as the school children had to journey to the high school In order to take a shower. The other Improvement will be the enlarging of the track from a fifth of a mile, to a quarter of a mile, and grading it UULLtUt SIAK SltiNkD. SSSSSSSMM Princeton. N. J- May 10. Bobby Vaughn, who for two seasons played t second base for the Princeton team, and wae waa elected captain of the ,- 1SC9 nine, but was not allowed to play nr rsifiniTT vssarwiMrumsi tima been sizned by the New York Ameri-

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Polo gr.oih SKH DJAWOHD -d ALU CLUQS, TREMED au 4f5 . Pi-AW " . f-AvJORtte-(By Tad). New York 'May 10. It is now 214 days since Umpires Klem and Johnstone were offered a bribe at the Polo grounds and President John T. Brush has nothing to say. New Yorkers want a winning team. We have the biggest city and we want a winning team whether it be the A $707 JUDGMENT AGAIIISTCAMPFIELD Standard Accident Insurance Company, However, Had Asked for $2,200 EXCEPTIONS ARE TAKEN ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF QUE8TI0N COURT'S - DECISION, SAYING THAT THEY COULD NOT OBTAIN EVIDENCE. Judgment against the defendant was rendered in the case of the Standard Accident Insurance company against Edwin M. Campfield In the Wayne circuit court ' today. The , plaintiff sued for $2,200 and judgment was rendered for 1707.73. Interest is allowed from March, of last year. Campfield admitted his indebtedness for the amount awarded. The court said the plaintiff deserved more damages but the necessary evidence to establish the claim was not present. The Insurance company was represented by Shiveley & Shiveley. Charles Shiveley took exceptions to the court's decision. He declared the best evidence obtainable had been intro duced. He said the plaintiff could not obtain possession of the defendant's books and there was no other record. Shiveley maintained Campfield claimed to him the books had been taken away from him when his contract with the state for the erection of the Madison insane hospital was forfeited. The suit was the outgrowth of a policy insuring the defendant against liability in case of accident, to employes engaged in the construction of the buildings at Madison and also buildings at Ann Arbor, Mich., for which Campfield was the contractor. The American Breakfast. As to the British breakfast, what is that meal albeit proverbial-compared with the American? The writer has kept, as a document to serve in the curious international accusation t of overeating, the menu cf an American breakfast. It is the bill of fare at a great Calif ornlan hotel and it contains well, everything there is. But the heme 4tmerten does likewise; an orange begins the meal, porridge urged it on to beefsteak, a chop, large potatoes in their skins, flab, stewed fruit 'and bread hot from the oven and heavily buttered. The weight, the substance, the variety, the length, the heat ef the repast, seem to give the slendei name of breakfast a new meaning. London Chronicle. Subtle Advertising. -A temperance society in the middle west. said a temperance worker, "once had a splendid lecturer, a reformed drunkard. This lecturer, after a year or so, was . discharged. An admirer asked why he bad been released, and the society's president answered: " Don't yon remember how he centinnaUy referred to the irresistible sednetions of a certain brand of beer, attributing his downfall to it? WelL It turns out that the brewer paid him a quarter for every time he rang in the beer's name.' Oraer Gold KeOal Fieur swat

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Yanks or the Giants. Last year the Giants made the greatest fight ever for the pennant but crookedness marked the final play and took the edge off the joy. New Yorkers want to win a pennant and win it on the level. Mr. Brush has to dig out the man who attempted to pull a crooked deal. The baseball world is watching him. A. G. Mills at one time president of Baseball Results NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Won Lost Pet. Pittsburg. ... ......13 7 .650 Philadelphia ..10 - 6 .625 Boston .v. . .. .... j .. 10 7 .588 Chicago . . .. .. .. , .12 10 ' .545 Cincinnati .. .. .. ..10 13 .435 Brooklyn .. .. .. .. .. 7 ,10 .412 St. Louis .... ...... 9 14 .391 New York .. .. .. .V 6 10 .375 : 7 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet. Detroit .. .. .. .. ..14 - 5 .737 New York, ...... ..11 . 7 .611 Boston .. .. .. .. ..10 8 .556 Philadelphia .. .. 8 8 .500 Chicago . '. 9 10 .474 Cleveland .. . 9 10 .474 St. Louis .. 6 12 .333 Washington. ....... 5 11 .312 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won Lost Pet. Milwaukee .. .. .. ;.14, . 5 .737 Louisville ...... ..14 8 .636 Indianapolis .. .. ...13 10 .565 Toledo .. .. .. .. ..10 11 .476 Minneapolis .. .. .. . 9 11 .450 Kansas City .. .. .. 8 12 .400 Columbus . 9 14 .391 St Paul.. .. .. .. .. 6 12 .333

RESULTS YESTERDAY, National League. Chicago 2; St. Louis 5. Cincinnati-Pittsburg Rain. American League. Chicago .41; Cleveland 24. St. Louis-Detroit Wet grounds. American Association. Milwaukee 6; Louisville 0. Minneapolis 8; Columbus 3. Kansas City 13; Indianapolis 14. St. Paul-Toledo, postponed account of injunction. CITY BASEBALL LEAGUE FORMED Mason Byers Has Been Elected President. At the meeting of the managers of the City Base Ball league it was decided to open the season May 14 and close September 4. Mason Byers was elected president of the league and under his patronage it is an assured success.' There are four teams in the league, including the Starr Pianos, Easthaven, Y. M. C. A. and Athletics. Each club will play fifteen games. A schedule will be - adopted at a later meeting of the league officers and the team managers. It Is also probable that some arrangements win be made to arrange a schedule between these clubs for curtain raising contests on Sunday afternoons. . FOOTBALL PRACTICE. New Haven, Conn., May 10. A new plan of the Yale football management Is the calling to the preliminary football practice in the autumn of members of the incoming freshman class who are proficient In football and candidates for the freshman team. They will be called on the thirtieth of September. Ui CITY LEAGUE. " -. 1; . .. . , .. Beallvlew will be represented in the city baseball league with a strong team. Several of the player In the old a and B.s will be member of this

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the New York Athletic crab ana a foremr president of the National leagueleague was very strong for an investigation of the bribery charge when seen today. "Either Mr. . Brush or the National commission should take that thing up immediately," said the former president, "and find the guilty parties. The umpires have named the man who attempted to bribe them. He said he RAINFALL RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED Since Saturday Afternoon Nearly Three Inches of Precipitation. IT BENEFITED GREATLY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR THE RIVER DID NOT RISE TO ANY GREAT EXTENT RECORD OF WEEK. Approximately three Inches of rain fell since Saturday afternoon, according to the records kept by Walter Vossler, government meterological observer located at the pumping station, east of the city. , The last time the rainfatl was measured' was Sunday at midnight when two and six-hundredths inches were reported. As it rained all last night and a little today, it is probable the total amount will reach three inhces. Contrary to expectations the river showed little indications that a hard rain had been experienced. It rose only a few Inches and has been higher two or three times before this year. The rain will do a vast amount of good in the rural communities, as It thoroughly soaked the ground. Weekly Record Broken. - All weekly records of the year have been broken by the past two days' rain. Last week according to Mr. Vossler's report, the rainfall totaled forty-eight hundredths inches. On Monday, election day, the hardest rain of the week was experienced, thirty-six hundredths inches falling. The rainfall of Saturday evening and night is not included in the weekly report. The variation of the temperature from rather chilly weather at the first part of the week to summer weather in the last part is shown by the report. Thursday and Saturday, the two warmest days of the week, were characterized as partly hazy. Sunday was the only cloudy day, Wednesday and Friday were classed as clear and the other two days as partly cloudy. The Daily Report. ' The daily maximum and minimum temperature for the week is as follows: High Low Sunday 52 34 Monday.. .. .. ........ K 38 Tuesday .... ... .. .. .. .. 65 34 Wednesday.. .. .... , .. 79 38 Thursday S3 .61 Friday 76 42 Saturday.. -.. 77 44 GARFIELD MEET. Boys of the Garfield school are preparing for their annual track meet, to be held on the play grounds. May 29. As yet no phenoms have sprung into existence, but the boys and faculty of the school are promising an interesting meet.

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TENUIS POPULAR III BICHMOIID IIOW Many Courts Are Being 1 Constructed for Sport. The popularity of tennis this year will far outstrip that of past season. Private courts are being prepared in all parts of the city. Probably the most pretentious plans are being made at Twenty-second and South A streets where the City Association has engaged a half acre on which to construct courts. The space has been fenced in and it is probable that electric lights will be installed in order that games may be played in the evening. . - At the play grounds the four courts are occupied all the time, two of them by the girls of the Garfield and high schools, and the other two by the boys of these two schools. The Garfield pupils have arranged contests in doubles and singles. Other teams will hold tournaments on these courts later in the season.. "My 'font lost FrotnerT sfie cried with Joy. "My long lost sister!" he cried, with more Joy. . "Now, look here, interrupted the surprised witness of the happy reunion, "which of yon wa it that was lost T Exchange. To Get an a r osAxost

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BOMB OF DISCORD WAS FIRED AMONG DR!DGEBUILDERS Central States' Representative Alleged Crookedness or That County Engineer Does Not Know Business. LATTER RESENTS CHARGE AND SCOUTS ALLEGATION

Wrangle Followed and Delay Ensued in Letting of Large Number of Contracts for County Bridges. Antiquated rout inn methods of awarding bridge contracts such as bave marked the process in this county for many years received a severe jolt this morning. The commissioners were in joint session with - the county council and soveral important contracts were to be awarded. The bomb of discord was fired by Jacob Troyer, of Indianapolis, representative of the Central States Bridge com pany. He charged the plans for the bridges had been prepared in the interest of some company other than his own or that the county bridge en gineer is wholly inefficient and does not know his business. Struck With Force. The charge of Troyer struck the commissioners and council with force that soon lost its energy. John Muel ler, the bridge engineer, addressed the body and said the entire affair was unwarranted and unfair. He advised Troyer, if he las a kick coming, to make it at the proper time and to wait and see if the work done in construction is not up to specifications before be makes his assertions. The commissioners declared they were acting in good faith and In a few minutes the ripple on the surface had passed away. But those few minutes in which the surface was disturbed were sufficient to acauaint the commissioners with the fact bridge construction companies are liable to be a little different in their methods from what they may seem. Breaks Up Practice. Today's awardsjnarked the first interruption to the staid system that had been pursued in Wayne county for years. It has been charged repeatedly that bridge trust methods had been worked here. When bids, for bridges , were advertised for only one or two companies had been accustom ed to respond. This strengthened the belief the bridge trust existed and that the state was divided into districts wherein the apparent competipetition was to be among companies of the trust only. . i But things were made to appear dif ferent this morning. Eleven firms presented bids. There was- some semblance of actual rivalry. In one Instance there was a difference of but 3 cents on a bid. Troyer began his mumblings about things being crooked in the auditor's office. He was told that if he had any complaint he should make it openly before the board. He was given the privilege and declared the plans gave indications they had been made for the purpose of favoring some company or else the bridge engineer did not know his business. He said he came before the board in good faith. It was evident to him the plans were made for some person's benefit. He claimed the plane called for structures too heavy in parts. He said two sets of plans had been drawn for the same bridges Acent or as EXALIPLES

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providing for different weight! He de clared the Central States company did not want to compete on one set of plans and the other companies on another set. Waa Nagging Him. Mueller who is an appointee of the commissioners said Troyer represents a firm that has been nagging him for several weeks. He said the company had tried to get him over to Indianapolls to talk things over. He averred the plans do not provide for structures to heavy in any part. He said the plans were made in good faith and not in the interest of any bridge company. He said the steel comnanies are In a

wrangle and are trying to drag him In. He asked what mas the use of Troyer kicking before anything is done. - He said to say things are crooked is a pretty serious charge and one wholl without proof as nothing has been done. He said If Troyer knew so much and was sure something would happea the thing for him to do was to watt and then expose It. He declared Troyer's company has been trying to get other companies out of the way of competition by all kinds of means. , Troyer complained that parts of the structures were made out of accord - With the nlans nf mil rmithl .n. neers. He said eight-foot concrete abutments were provided for and they m"fll1l tkA nut in fnr ahi-iiit - - - - depths. He intimated there would be an attempt to co rer up the defects un der the ground. Mueller said he would be riKht on the ground when the bridges are being built and will see to it personally that everything is in accord with the plans. List of Competitor. The Lafayette Engineering Company, Central States Bridge Com pany, Hackendorn Constructing Company, Martin c Meyers, Pan-American. Pulsse & Goehner. Boyd ft Kelsey. Smith and Frury. and Wlnamac Bridge Company appeared aa competitors. If three or more contracts were awarded the Lafayette company it offered a reduction of 5 per cent. The Hackendorn Company. If awarded all contracts, offered a reduction of $2a on each bridge. If awarded contracts for any two. a deduction of SIS per bridge pairs of contracts were allowed, the reduction was to be $20. . Martin ft Meyers bid only on one bridge. The Pan American stated the prices quoted did not provide for any payment on patents. The Wlnamac company bid on three contracts and offered a re-' duction if awarded all three. The lowest bids were received from the Pan American. Kelsey ft Boyd. Smith ft Drury and Indiana Concrete company. . The last named bid on plans of its own, however. The contracts were not awarded until late thia afternoon. A New Verslen ef It. Robert, the small son of Mr. Brant, has lately acquired a stepmother. BopIns; to win bis affection, this new parent ha been very lenient with him. while bis father, feeling his responsibility, has been nnnanaUy strict. - The boys of the neighborhood. wh had takes pains to warn Robert of the terrible character of stepmothers In general, recently watted on him In a body and the following conversation waa overheard: "IIow do yon like year stepmother. Deb? "Like her! Why. fellers. I Just lova her. All I wish is I had a stepfather toe. Woman's Boom Companion. Letting Him Oewii Easy. -'JL young man of very limited means attar the marriage ceremony presented to the minister 37 cents, all spread oat "OB the palm of his right hand. This la all I've got, parson." he said. Seeing a disappointed look in the minister's face, he added. "If we hare any children we will send them to year Bnnday cbooL"--8ucce Magazine. . Artificiality natural. "Don't yon men really know that women are very largely srtlflcialT" "Why, yea." "And what do yea think of ltr "That if natural, of land Flam Dealer. Z2r. Evcirj zvZl

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