Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 213, 9 June 1909 — Page 2

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WORK OF SESSION

IMS LAST NIGHTS Richmond Lodge of Masons Enjoyed an Excellent Entertainment. , - ,...; W . " WAS A LARGE ATTENDANCE CROWD WAS SWELLED BY DELEGATION S F ROM NEIGHBORING towns Meeting was closed "vith a banquet. ' Richmond Lodge N'a 'l!W, F. & A. M., closed . its work for tbe season last evening,' when Masler Mason deggree was ' conferred on " three candidates. The lodge has enjoyed a very successful' - year. The Increase in membership has been large-and the finances are in an excellent condition. The ceremonies last' night-were attended by; a, large crowd. .The largest delegation from without the city came from Hageretown. " Other? visitors were present from Centerville, Cambridge City, New Paris and other nearby towns. The rural districts supplied a liberal contribution. Among the visitors were several delegates to the general synod, which now is in progress in the city. The church men were accorded the well known royal welcome of the lodge and appreciated the courtesies shown them. "But," remarked one of them, "We knew what would be extended to U3 as Masons visiting Masons." Who Candidates Are. The three candidates raised are John K. Sherman, Burnie L. Benbow and John S. Maxwell. The acting masters participating in the work were Bert Russell, O. K. Karns, and George Smith of . Richmond Lodge, Harry E. Penny, of Cambridge City lodge, but a local resident, and Joseph Blose of the Whitewater . lodge. - The stereopticon lecture was delivered by George Smith past master of Richmond lodge. A spread was laid in the banquet hall and refreshments, cigars and speeches occupied the time and attention of the crowd until almost 1 o'clock. The welcome from the lodge was extended to the visitors by Master O. K. Karns Responses were made by a number of the visitors. It was a visitors' night tnd they did all the talking. Among those who spoke were Brother Lansinger, a , deputy district master from Lancaster, Pa., and Past Master C. T. f. Bass, of Ancient Landmarks lodge, Indianapolis. ' . - ; ,, , Weil Known Man Discovered Prone i on Floor, His Face Downward. PROBABLY HEART TROUBLE "Say that fellow's breathing very heavy, he must have an awful case of asthma! said George Kindler a rail roader to his companion upon retiring about 2 o'clock this-morning at their boarding house, the residence of Mrs. Flora Conley, 2$ South Ninth street. About a halt hou later. Mr4 Kindler went to the bath room and found John Conley lying face downward on the floor, dead. " Coroner' Bramkamp investigated the case this morning but up till noon had not determined what his: verdict : would be." ' although he thinks that it will probably be heart trouble. : Mr. Conley, , a " brother of ? the late Aaron Conley, former township trus tee, was well known in. this city, be- . lug a photographer of considerable ability. He was 54 years of age. His death was very unexpected, as upon retiring last evening he appeared to be In' the best of health. - He is sur vived by one sister. The funeral . will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the resi dence of Mrs. Flora Conley. The burial will be at the cemetery in Bos ton. Both the funeral and the burial services will be private. Rev. W. M. Kellon will officiate. MAY PAVE EIGHTH ST. Board of Public Works Will Take Action on the Matter Today. .v. AWARD SEWER CONTRACT If the resolution adopted by the board of public works today prevails without a successful remonstrance, it is likely Eighth street for a square each way -off of Main will be paved. The surface will be covered with, either brick, asphalt, btthulithic or wooden block. On South Eighth from Main to A streets, cement curbs and gutters are to be put in. On North Eighth tho improvement will be to the roadway only.; ' The board has contracted for -. a sewer and vacated State street from Hunt to North West Second streets with John F. Cronin. The price named Is 11.50 per lineal foot A contract for a sewer on South G street and in alleys north and South between Sixth and " Seventh streets sras awarded to Schneider Brothers tor 63 cents per lineal foot

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The Indians of southern Mexico have a passion play even more realistic than that of Oberammergau. It ends in the mock crucifixion of one of the players. At the recent celebration, which occurs on Easter Day, Tiburcio Zambrana, who was cricifled, died of lockjaw as a result of the play. Picture shows the crucifixion of the Tuxpan Indian, Tuburcio Zambrana. "

TABLET IIOW PLACED Richmond's Tribute to Lincoln Attached to Big Glen Bowlder. IT WAS A DIFFICULT TASK The . Lincoln .. r Memorial .. tablet was" placed in position on the large bowlder at the east end of Glen Miller park today. The-placing of the tablet rep resents weeks of indefatigable toil on the part of the stone mason employed in cutting, the bowlder. X The granite formation was found to contain a large quantity of flint and iron so that the chiseling was done with great difficulty. The weather interfered largely with the work. The tablet which was put on the bowlder bears a medallion of Lincoln and the famous Gettysburg speech. The tablet Is made of bronze and was presented to the city by Rudolph G. Leeds. Mr. Leeds de frayed all expense in connection with the making of the tablet and placing; It on the rock. No ceremony of an kind has been ar ranged for the unveiling of the tablet. It will be kept- covered with , canvas for a few days as a protection until the cement In which it is embedded will have dried. The face of the bowlder fronting on the road was chiseled off and holes cut in, in which were Inserted lugs. By the use of cement the attachment will be made permanent and disintegration by frost will be reduced to the minimum. - The tablet weighs about fifty pounds.' CASE WAS DROPPED Because Rachel Lantis failed to ap pear in city court at the proper time this afternoon the case against her husband was dismissed. Lard Lantis was charged by his wife with profani ty., .The case was set for trial at 1:30 this afternoon. .When the proecuting witness and others failed to appear, when the court was ready to hear the case the prosecutor asked for a dismissal and it was granted. A few minutes after such action had been taken and Lantis had left the building, his wife appeared. She said she Tiad been delayed by a wait for friends to accompany her to headquarters. She seemed to regret very much that she did not get to see her husband tried. DIRECTORS TO MEET Directors of , the Y. M. C. A. will meet tomorrow night at the association" building in regular monthly meeting tor the purpose of considering business. In order to get through early, the directors will take supper at the spa. It is probable that a report will be made on the negotiations for final settlement ' between Caldwell and Drake, the contractors erecting the building and the building committee. . SHE WANTS DIVORCE After forty-four years of married life Rebecca Sebring of Cambridge City has applied to the Wayne cir cult court for a divorce fni George Sebring. The couple was married in November 1S65 and the complaint al leges they separated In 1903. The plaintiff charges abandonment and failure to provide. The litigants are the parents of several children. IS NOTARY NOW. i Dr. A. E. Ehle of East German town, this afternoon -took out a commission as a notary public. The commission was Issued by the county clerk.

Play of Mexican

LITE HE FLASHES Indianapolis, June 9. Fire destroyed the paint shop of the .Indianapolis Traction Terminal company including thirteen city cars and two interurbans. Loss is estimated at $50,000. SHRINER ELECTION. Louisville, Ky., June 9. Mystic Shriners today elected Geo. L. Street, Richmond, Va., Imperial- Potentate. This Indicates all the officers will be pegged up one notch. Ellas J. Jacoby of Indianapolis, has a good chance for outer guard, which is entering a wedge to the highest office. JURY DISAGREED. Connersvllle, June 9. The jury trying John Wilson on wife murder charge was discharged this morning, being unable to agree after forty hours deliberation. Sit were for and six were against. ETTINGER FOUND DEAD. Chicago, June 9. The body of Charles N. Ettinger, one of the founders of the University of Chicago, was found this morning in Lake Michigan. He has been miscing for two weeks. He was a prominent magazine writer. Recently he told bis friends he feared he was going insane. He was sixtyfive years of age. STRIKE SETTLED. Chicago. June 9. A 6trike of eight hundred freight handlers of the Illinois Central was settled by reinstatement of two of the discharged employes. QUAKE HAS VICTIMS. The Hague, June 9. An earthquake and a tidal wave hare killed two hundred and thirty people and injured many more at Korlnchi, in Upper Padang, Summatra, according to the official dispatch of today. BLACKHANDER CAUGHT. Bellefontaine, O., June 9. Charles Vicarrlo, the . alleged ringleader of a band .of black hand operators, was captured . here early this morning in connection with a round up at Marion and Cincinnati. ROB POST OFFICE. Bellefontaine, O., June 9. The post office at West Mansfield was robbed of $50 during the night. The explosion awakened the citizens. COUNTY ENTERED FLOWER BUSINESS The county commissioners were inspecting geraniums this morning. It is but once a year the county deals in flowers and that is when the beds in the court house yard are filled. A florist brought a number of samples before the commissioners this morning and they took their choice. The flowers are to be planted about the yard. Recently the paths that have been worn across the lawn were blocked by wires. The dirt was dug up and grass seed sown. The new grass is now making Its appearance. The sheriff has been instructed to break up the habit of boys playing about in the yard and ruining the grass. "Keep of the grass" sign boards have been placed in conspicuous places about the lawn. DAll IS BUSY AGAIN A party of automobilists was arrested in the city yesterday afternoon upon the request of Dan Driachel, deputy sheriff at Cambridge City. Supt Staubach telephoned to Marshal McKee at Cambridrt City and the latter said he did not want any automoblllst Thereupon Supt Staubach released the party. After they had gone Drischel phoned to see if they had been caught The members of the party said they stopped at Cambridge City to make repairs and did sot violate any ordinance.

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ITALIAN ARRESTED Wanted at Cincinnati for Carving Up a Fellow Countryman. HAD A DANGEROUS KNIFE Gaetano Camarco, an Italian, was placed under arrest in the new' yards Of the Panhandle yesterday afternoon upon instructions from Paul M. Millikin, chief of police at Cincinnati. Ca marco is wanted on the charge of cutting to kill one John Delappo, a coun tryman, February 22, 1909. The local police were furnished with a descrip tion of the man and the belief of the Cincinnati officers that he would be found working in one of the railroad construction gangs. The man made no resistance to arrest. The only possession he had with him at the time was a dangerous looking knife. It has a curved blade about four Inches long, was as keen as a razor and equipped with a safety attachment, so that when open it could not be closed un til a spring was released. Sergeant Eikelberger of the Cincin nati police came to the city today and this afternoon returned with the prisoner. He said the man is regarded as a bad actor. He carved Delappo as the result of a quarrel.. The prisoner is about thirty-three years old. ASSESSMENTS MADE The Board of Review has made the following assessments : 1909. 1908 Wayne Co. Lumber Co. r a AMA A M AAA ureensiora ...... t.uzu s t.uuu Milton Mfg. Co. Milton 2,450 2,450 Centerville Creamery Co., Centerville....... 1,300 new Dunbar Bros. Co., Centerville 4,500 new G. O. Ballenger Co., Richmond 3,540 new A. H. Bartel Co., Rich mond 91,610 94,526 A H. Bartel Co., Cam bridge City 3,270 3,375 Brown Darnell & Co., Richmond 750 7S0 Champion Roller Mills, Richmond 27,340 26,000 Craighead Plumbing & Electric Co. 4.500 5,000 J. M. Coe Printing Co.. 3.210 3,210 Chandelier & Art Brass Works, Richmond . . 19,360 18,060 Dllle & McGuire'Mfg. Co., Richmond 24,380 18,230 Geo. W. Davis Car riage Wks. Rlchm'd 32.200 32,800 Entre Nous, Richmond 130 130 Eureka Fence Mfg. Co. 710 1030 Cambridge City Corporations. American Casket Co..; 4,340 2,360 Cambridge City Casket Co. 7,060 8,370 Hall Mercantile Co... 5,160 5,250 Ideal concrete Co. ... 530 500 Paul Casket Co. . i. . . . . 1,760 1,780 Cambridge Lumber Co. 13,700 11.950 National Drill Co 16,720 19.350 Scott Stove & Furnace Co. .- -. . .. 5.130 8,000 Standard Mfg. Co..... 12.090 12,090 Hsgerstown Corporations. Light Inspection Car Co. 30.040 20,000 Hagerstown Nat Gas Co. - 2,000 2,000 PRESENTS DOG LIST Township Trustee Hnnrt). placed in the hands of the mMemtin attorney the list of dog owners who a . - are aeimquent in the payment of their tax. The prosecutor sava he wfll ti ter proceedings, so it probably to com ing; unre ior troume in the canine world becanse at lost aftwihwi -Vnn mess old dog. get oat of here, I dont iQwini yon anynow.

WORSHIP THE SHARKS

South Sea Islanders Fear Them as the Abode of Ghosts. HOLD SOULS OF THEIR DEAD. The Natives Offer Gifts and Fosd, Sometimes Human, to Appease the Man Eatsre The Hawaiian Used te Feed Their Dead te the Monsters. In view of the wide distribution of sharks and their strength and ferocity. qualities which appealed to the savage mind, it is not strange that the cult of shark worship should have arisen. This worship is especially common In the south seas, where sharks are very numerous, ssys the Detroit Free Press. In the Solomon islands living sacred objects are chiefly sharks, alligators, snakes, etc. Sharks are In all these Is lands very often thought to be the abode of ghosts, as natives will at times before their death announce that they will appear as sharks. Afterward any shark remarkable for size or color which is observed to baunt a certain shore or rock is taken to be some one's ghost, and the name of the deceased Is given to it. Such a one was Sautablmatawa at Ulawa, a dreaded man eater, to which offerings of porpoise teeth were made. At 8a a certain food, such as cocoanuts from certain trees. Is reserved to feed such a ghost sbsrk, and there are certain men of whom it is known that after death they will be in sharks. These, therefore, are allowed to eat such food in the sacred place. In Saa and Ulawa If a sacred shark bad at tempted. to seize a man and he had escaped the people would be so much afraid of the shark's anger that they would throw the man back In the sea to be drowned. These sharks also were thought to aid in catching the bonito, for taking which - supernatural power was necessary. In the Banks Islands a sbsrk may be a tangaroa. a sort of familiar spirit or the abode of one. Some years ago Manurwar, son of Mala, the chief man In Vanua Lava, had such a sbsrk. He had given money to a Manwo man to send It to him. It wss very tame and would come up to him when be went down to the beach at Nawono and follow along in the surf ss he walked along the shore. In the New Hebrides some men have the power, the natives believe, of changing themselves into sharks. The Samoan native believed that his cods appeared in some visible incarnation, and the particular thing- in which it was in the babit of appearing was to him an object of veneration. Many worshiped the shark in this way, and while they would freely partake of the gods of others they felt that death would be the penalty should they est their own god.' The god wss supposed to avenge the Insult by taking up bis abode in the offender's body snd causing to generate there the very thing which he had eaten until It produced death. 4 In one village Teems, the war god, was present In a bundle of shark's teetn. These curiosities were done up In a piece of native cloth and consulted before going to battle. If the bundle felt heavy that was a bad omen, but if light the sign was good, and off they went to the. nght In the FIJI Islands. Via via and other gods claim the shark as their abode. and their devotees must never est of thst fish, for If they did they would be partaking of the god himself. It was in the Hawaiian Islands, how ever, .that shark worship reached Its greatest perfection. Its worship was quite common on the islands, each one having a special shark as his ancestral aod. The worship of sharks was due largely to the fact that the belief In the transmigration of souls is quite general among the Polynesians, and the Hawailans would feed their dead to the sharks under the supposition that in this wsy the soul of the deed would enter the sharks and so animate the lstter ss to Incline them to respect the bodies of the living. Several of the African coast tribes worship the shark. Three or four times in the yesr they celebrate the festival of the shark, which is done in this wise: They all row out in their boats to the middle of the river, where they invoke, with the strangest ceremonies, the protection of the great shark. They offer to him poultry snd goats in order to satisfy his sacred appetite. But this is nothing. An infant is every year sacrificed to the, monster, which hss been feted snd nourished for the sac rifice from Its birth to the age of ten. On the day of the fete it is bound to a post on a ssndy point at low water. As the tide rises the child msy Utter cries of terror, but they are of no avail, as it Is abandoned to the waves, and the sharks soon arrive to ftaieh its sgony and thus permit it to enter into heaven. The Polynesians have, an ancient fable treating of the flight of Ina; the daughter of Valtoringa and Ngaetna, to the sacred isle. After the sole dumped her st the edge of the breakers with such disastrous results to itself from the angry princess the latter summoned the shark and by its help succeeded in reaching the sacred island. Feeling thirsty during the voyage. Ina cracked a cocoanut on the shark's forehead, and this accounts for the bump now found on the forehead of all shsrks. Absolutely Hopeless. But you might learn to lpve me," he urged. . She shook her bead. "You've no Idea." she said, "what a poor student I am." Chicago Post Deaths and Funerals. McWHIXXEY Mrs. Sarah J. McWhlnney, wife of , the late John McWhinney, died yesterday morning at her home, five miles east of the city. Funeral services will be' held tomorrowafternoon at the residence. Burial will be In EarTham cemetery.

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PERILS OF EXPLORERS. A Tragie Journey Across a Desert ef Centrsl Asia. One of the most trying of the central Asian adventures of Sven Hedin. the Swedish explorer, wss this: In February, 1S05. Sven Hcdln started eastward, exploring the country between the Kashgar and Tarkand rivers, proceeding in April to cross the Takla Makan desert between the Yarkand and Khotau rivers. Never before bad any known traveler attempted to exploit a course amid the eternal sea of shifting sand bills from river to river. The tale of that little, travel worn, bedraggled group, far beyond the last watering place, enveloped in dust, stumbling along through the dreary but agitated desert sea by crooks and roundabout ways, with desolation spread around and every trace of life departed, was a weird and pathetic one. "Not even a fly was to be beard in the air. not even a yellow leaf broke the monotony." And ever at their bead was the sturdy figure of the Swedish explorer, compass In hand, still enthusiastic, guiding them as best he could through the death shrouded wilderness. At length the camels had to eat their straw saddles, and the last of the bread was gone. Horrors followed. As men nnd camels dropped out of the line they were immediately enveloped in the whirling sand shroud and never seen again. The end came on May 5. when Sven Hedin. crawling ou all fours, dragged himself across the dry bed" of the Knot on river. "All of a sudden a duck flew Into the sir and water splashed, he wrote. Two of his followers were nil that survived, and it is doubtful whether even those two would have lived to tell the tale had not Sven

Hedin carried back water for them in his boots. MARKED THEIR TRAIL Two Bravo Women Who Outwitted a Band of Indians. One summer afternoon in 1776 Jomima Boone and two sisters named Callaway while boating on the Kentucky allowed their - canoe to drift close to the opposite bank. Here, behind a bush, five 8hswnee warriors were in hiding, and, although the spot wss not more then a quarter of a mile from Boones bo rough, .one of the 8bawuees struck boldly out into the water, seized the canoe and dragged It to shore with its screaming occupants. Once In the power of the Indians, however, these youthful daughters of the wilderness betrayed a wonderful self possession ' and resourcefulness. They knew enough of Indian customs to realize that if their atrencth failed them and they should prove unequal to the long march to the Shawnee towns on the Ohio they would be slaughtered mercilessly; So they stifled sobs and calmly accompanied their captors ' without - protest or struggle. At every opportunity, though, they secretly tore little pieces from their clothing and attached them to bushes on the trail. Nothing more was needed to Inform Boone and his fellow settlers, who had quickly started in pursuit, that they were o the right track, snd on the second day of the captivity they caught up with the Indians. A volley laid two Shawnees low, the rest fled, and by the close of another day the girls were safe in the arms of their thankful mothers. H. Addington Bruce In Smith's Magazine. - Stories ef W. S. Gilbert. When Sir Henry Irving and Edwin Booth were acting together In London at doubled prices, the story goes that Mr. Herman Vezin, meeting W. S. Gilbert in the street, asked him whether he had been to this quite exceptional show. "No," said Mr. "Gilbert; "I have sometimes paid half a guinea to see one bad actor, but I will not pay a guinea to see two." , Mr. Beerbohm Tree was playing the apart of Falstaff st the London Haymarket and the indispensable stuffing made him perspire profusely. Mr. Gilbert who wss In the theater, went behind the scenes to See the actor, who may. well have been expected to be congratulated on the excellence of his Impersonation. "How well your skin acts!" said Mr. Gilbert London Graphic Gold Medal Flour is real economy. FbcosxcsPALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY.

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