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JANUARY. Jan. 1 Caldwell and Mobley, contractors, fail with between $10,000 and $12,000-liabilities and small assets. Jan. 2 Post office financial report shows 1908 receipts to be $C3,263.38 as compared with $56,818.59 for the year 1007. Jan. 4. Petition for local option election was presented to county commissioners but no date for the election was set. Commercial club points out imperative need of better fire protection for the city. Jan. 5. Y. M. R C. elects officers for the year with R. G. Leeds as president and Edward II. Harris secretary and insures the success of the sixth district corn school by subscribing for 200 season tickets. Jan. 7. Gaar Scott and company urges congress in a communication to reduce tariff on foreign built thrashers, claiming there is no competition with American built machines. S. S. I. A. elects officers for the year with Adolph Ulickwedel as president. Jan. 9. County commissioners set Feb. 5 as date for holding county local option election. R. G. Leeds gives $2,500 to meet $15,000 deficit for Y. M. C. A. building fund. Jan. 10. Henry K. Robinson, prominent manufacturer, commits suicide by shooting;. Jan. 11. After an absence of over a year Dayton and Western freight cars again appear on Main street. Jan. 14. Walter C. Dennis, son of Prof. David W. Dennis of Earlham college, is appointed assistant attorney general of the United States. Greater Richmond Poultry and Pet stock show oiiens at Pythian temple. Jan. 17. Palladium starts agitation for celebration of Abraham Lincoln centennial. Jan. 18. Mayor Schillinger makes annual report to city council showing bonded indebtedness of the city $231.000; municipal light plant in good condition and city generally in best shape of its history. Jan. 22. E. H. Humpe, prominent shoe merchant, sells business and announces he will locate in Kokomo. FEBRUARY. Feb. 1. Sixth District Corn School was formerly opened at Centerville, with brilliant prospects for success. Feb. 2. Sun shines brightly; groundhog takes to cover. Gerhard Henry Wefel dies from burns. He was a wealthy retired merchant. Feb. 5. County local option election results, in great victory for "wets" by 751 majority. Wayne was the first Indiana county to return a "wet" majority and was responsible

jor great apprenension in me AimSaloon league, which feared that legislature would repeal county local option law. Economy women raid three rooms, where jt was alleged blind tigers were operated, without result. Feb. 10. Elwood Clark, of Economy and prominent in Wayne county dies at home of son in Philadelphia. Feb. 11. Henry Deuker is the first to announce his candidacy for the republican nomination for mayor. Lincoln centennial celebration is held at the coliseum, William Dudley Foulke, Isaac Jenkinson and Dr. S. R. Lyons being the speakers. Feb. 16. Walter S. Ratliff, Wayne county's representative to the 1909 session of the legislature, is formally read out of the party because he voted for the repeal of . the county local option law. Feb. 18. Kramer Manufacturing company asks the appointment of a receiver on claims, totaling $25,000. Feb. 22. Washington birthday is celebrated by appropriate exercises in : the public schools and a program of interest at Earlham college. Feb. 23. Women of Greensfork and Economy pass resolutions to boycott Richmond merchants because of their attitude in the county local option fight. Feb. 24. Pearl Edsall killed by a fast mail train at the Twelfth street crossing. Spreading rail on C. C. & ! 1 railroad causes serious wreck near Economy in which M. C. Merrill of Cincinnati was seriously injured. j Feb. 27. Jeremiah L. Meek, aged 90 and a "forty-niner" dies at his home of senility. Feb. 28. At the quarterly meeting of the Dublin Friends, a resolution is passed asking for the removal of Prof. W. N. Trueblood from Earlham college because he voted "wet" in the local option election. MARCH. March 1. Rev. William Walters has a sensational street fight with A. R Feemster at Cambridge City. Robert K. Scott, former Richmond man, is arrested at Anderson, charged with be ing a party to a counterfeiting plot to defraud Argentine republic. March I'.-Otto L. Zeyen commits su Icide by shooting. March 4. Albert J. Gosselin. travel Ins salesman for th Richmond Abbatoir, embezzles large sum of money and leaves for parts unknown. March S. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman and J. Bennett Gordon announce their candidacy for mayor. Organization of West Side Friends, which body decides to build a church. Temperance people of Perry township join Dublin Friends In demanding Prof. Truebloods resignation at a mass meeting held at Economy. March 9. Opening of Lackey horse Bale at Cambridge City. March 11. Edward H. Harris enters mayoralty race and announces that he Is in a favor of a business administration. Interchange switch between C, C. & L. and Pennsylvania railroads, is completed. March 13. Frank .C. Vaughan, well known Insurance man, commits suicide In a Boston, Mass. hotel by shooting. Prof. William N. Trueblood declares that he will ask aid of government to put a stop to the deluge of anonymous f "A received threatening him because

he voted "wet" at county local option election. March 15. President R. L. Kelly of Earlham college refuses Walter S. Ratliff a degree because he voted for the repeal of the county local option. March 1. New police board asks for the resignations of Chief of Police Bailey and the entire force. March 10. Harry McFail, a local man arrested for forging over .1,XH worth of express money orders. March 21. F. & N. Lawn Morwer works suffers a $r0.K loss by fire. March J;. Earlham Cemetery association secures the Country Club site and plan eventually to make it a part of the cemetery. March "2S. Contract is let for the dredging of West River in Dalton and Perry townships. APRIL APRIL. April 1-2. Report of the fiscal year of the postoffice shows the net sales to have been $iT,825.S8, a net gain of $T, 172.72 over the fiscal year 1!X7 and 1WJS. April .j. Webster Parry, city controller, in his annual report, urges purchase of the water works plant by the city. April . At annual meeting of the Associated Charities officers are elected; reports show that hundreds of poor people were cared for and that $1,8iW!.12 were expended for the needy. April S. Edward Shaw, aged 04, died after a long illness. Was engaged in manufacturing business. April 11. Easter Sunday celebrated in a very quiet, yet impressive manner. Wilson Kendall, a youth, mentally unbalanced, set fire to his parents' barn, also a neighbor's and ransacks his parents' home. April 12 George Schepman. a prominent merc hant is awarded .8,H damages in a compromise proceeding with the Pennsylvania railroad company, after long litigation. Schepman had his leg cut off in 1905 when a passenger. April 14. Mrs. Mary K. Zeller, wife of the late D. K. Zeller, prominent cracker manufacturer, dies at her home at age of 87. April 18 Dr. E. G. McDivitt and Mrs. Sol Fox, both prominent in this city, die. April If). Council abolishes city judgeship and appropriates money for purchase of two lots on West Fifth street for location of west side hose house, which was subsequently clone. Great audience hears Madame Nordica, world famed singer, at Coliseum. April 21 Bakers e'ecrease size of loaf of bread from 15 to 14 ounces and subsequently raise wholesale prices, both actions being due to high price of wheat at that time. Saturnalia is given by Young Men's Business club at the Coliseum and during the evening announcement is made that a census of the city shows population to be April 27. Goldie Ken worthy, age 14, reads dime novel and runs away from home to obtain some experience in the world. Later she returned to this city. April 21). Hon. Isaac Jenkinson celebrated his 84th birthday anniversary. Theodore R. Woodhurst, one of the best known merchants of city, died after long illness. MAY. May 1. John Nicholas Zeyen, prominent German resident and mer

chant dies at home at age of 69 from heart trouble. Clean-up day is celebrated but was not altogether suc cessful owing to inclement weather. May 3. Republican primary held in city with the result that Dr. W. W. Zimmerman was nominated by plurality of 421. May 4. Richmond Commercial club holds annual banquet at Masonic temple with more than 400 present. May 7. School board raises tax levy for school purposes in order to meet ? 175,000 bond issue for the expenses in ihe construction and equipment of new high school building. May 8.' Eli Stubbs, aged 86, died at his home from heart trouble. Before retirement was prominent insurance and real estate merchant. May 9. B. B. Myrick, Sr., a pioneer citizen and prominent insurance agent died. May 10. Mrs. Nellie Leroy. was arrested at Economy and taken to Cin cinnati to answer to the charge of stealing $3,000 worth of diamonds. D. W. Marmon, prominent manufacturer of Indianapolis, who was born and raised in this city, dies. May 11. Coal dealers announce that coal will be sold in future for cash. Mrs. Ella Leora Wade, wife of Rev. R. J. Wade, pastor of the First M. E. church dies from pneumonia after short illness. Y. M. B. C. takes hold of Fall Festival project. May 17. Alexander Meek and his son Raymond were killed almost in stantly by Joel Railsback. as a result of a ouarrel over a line fence. Frank O. Railsback and his brother Joel were slightly injured by bullets from weapons handled by the Meeks. Joel Railsback gave himself up to authorities. Council adopted a milk ordinance and fixed salary of inspector at $1,000. May 19. Public funeral of Alexander and Raymond Meek, victims in the line fence tragedy was held at Fifth Street " M. E. church. Annual meeting of Y. M. C. A. held with yearly reports by officers showing association to be in excellent condition. May 20. J. Bennett Gordon, editor of Evening Item, is badly thrashed by Byram Robbins in street fight at Seventh and Main streets as a result of an editorial of Mr. Gordon in which reference was made to Mr. Robbins. May 25. County Sunday school convention opens at Williamsburg. May 26. Notice served on J. Bennett Gordon to retract statements made in an editorial entitled. "A Civic Uplift" by Byram Robbins, Paul Cornstock and Robert Study, the three attorneys concerned. Loss of $50,000 in

, property value of city shown, by assessor's report. S May 31. Memorial day is observed by entire city, exercises held at coliseum with Judge Ira C. Christian of i Noblesville, principal speaker.

JUNE. June 2. J. Bennett Gordon severs connection with Item. General Evangelical Lutheran Synod convenes at coliseum. June 4. Dr. Richard E. Haughton, age SI, oldest practicing physician in 'city dies. Major James S. Ostrander. I former mayor of city and Civil war veteran, dies at the age of 71 years. June 7. Grand jury reports to Judge Fox and fails to indict Joel Railsback for the killing of Alexander Meek and his son Raymond. Jury holds that Railsback acted iu self defense. Railsback is released from county jail. Last case of smallpox is released from quarantine. June 8. Thirteenth annual exhibit of Richmond Art associations opens at Garfield school building. Young Men's Business club meets and announces that it will boost the Fall Festival and also offers prize for best slogan for city. June 13. D. & W. traction car crashes into buggy at West Alexandria, Ohio and fatally injures Mr. and Mrs. Dick Prunhagen. June 14. Flag day is fittingly observed in the city. Miss Mary Emily Smith bequeaths $20,000 for the purpose, of endowing or establishing an orphan's home. Delegates to Baptist State Sunday school convention and B. Y. P. U. convene at First Baptist church. June 15. Earlham trustees at meeting ignore petition of Dublin quarterly meeting of Friends and other petitions demanding resignation of Prof. W. N. Trueblood, because he voted "wet." Earlham college celebrates semi-centennial anniversary. June 1C. Orville and Wilbur Wright were honored by Earlham college conferring master's degree on them at graduation exercises. June 22. Richmond Art association closes its exhibit after great success. Charles Wiggans was struck by passenger train in Pennsylvania yards and instantly killed. June 25. Indiana Municipal league meeting at Iafayettp, chooses Richmond as place for 1910 meeting. C. W. Merrill, elected secretary. June 28. Dr. John Littleton Adams, aged G3 years, a prominent druggist for 18 years in this city, dies. June 22. Y. M. B. C. selects Oct. 6, 7 and 8 as the date for the Fall Festival and appoints principal committees. JULY. July 4. July the Fourth, falling on Sunday, is celebrated in a very quiet manner. July . Monday, which was designated as a legal holiday was celebrated in a fitting manner. It was a safe and sane holiday, there being very few accidents. Rain and cold weather greatly hampered the exercises. July 4 Joshua Hunt, aged 83 years, a Mexican war veteran, and veteran printer, dies from complication of diseases at the Reid Memorial Hospital. July 5. William M. Mitchell, aged 74 years, prominent employe of the Hoosier Drill, dies from a complication of diseases. July 7. Council takes steps for the improvement of Eighth street between North and South A streets and orders cement sidewalks, curbs and gutters along South A street from Second street to Twenty-first street. July 8. Harry Rife of Boston, Ind., murders Mrs. Lida Gr Is wold at Eaton in the public library and afterwards attempts suicide by shooting, but is unsuccessful. Jealousy the cause. July 9. Richmond Home Telephone company takes out a $Trf)0,)iO moragage. a record breaker for this county. Frank R. Adams, when seen here denies that he is the husband of the woman who killed herself at Indianapolis. July 11. Pennsylvania railroad company takes action to acquire part of Eastern Indiana Hospital land for the purpose of establishing a double tracking system between Richmond and Indianapolis. July Hi. Representatives of the Richmond City Water Works meet with the board of works and announce willingness to negotiate for a newfranchise. South Side Improvement association offers bonus of $'J0.O0O to officials of National Automatic Tool Works, of Dayton, Ohio, to locate the factory in Beallview, which is accepted. July 24. Ed Dye resigns position as street commissioner. Young Men's Business Club selects ' Richmond, the Panic Proof City." as being the best slogan for this city. July 27. Twentieth annual fair opens at Hagerstown, Ind., with good attendance, and under excellent weather conditions. July 29. Edmund Herbert Bell, nurseryman and proprietor of the Auto Inn. dies at his home east of the city from heart trouble, at the age of 37 years. July 29. Cash Peck, former councilman, dies from injuries received in a fall July 15. July 30. Great damage done in the city and county by severe wind and rain storm. Lightning strikes in several places. AUGUST. Aug. 4. Semi-annual meeting of the State Horticulture Society opens at Centerville. Aug. 5 Fred Denny, a car inspector on the C, C. & L. died from injuries received on the railroad, at the D street crossing. Aug. 7. Charity Board inspects jail with the view of building an insane ward and making other needed improvements. Aug. 8. The body of Charles Helms, a young man of Cambridge City, is found in the old canal north of Cambridge City. Aug. 9. The thermometer registers

91 degrees in the shade, the highest point reached by the mercury for th summer. Aug. 11. Richmond merchants are!

swindled by clever women agents on a fake advertising scheme, the swindler getting away with $200. Mary Davis, aged 12 years, is suffocated to death in a grain shute at College Cori ner- I I Aug. 12. R. G. Leeds presents plan ! for the municipalization of the Rich mond City Water orks company, which is looked upon with favor. Aug. 13. Warner B. Leeds, formerly of this city, but now of New York, j presents art association with gift of $500. ' Aug. 14. Water Works company presents franchise to the board of works. Aug. 15. Chas. Iand dies at Chicago from the result of an operation, lie was one of the leading young business men of the city, being treasurer of Gaar, Scott and Company for 23 years. Aug. 16. City Council passes resolution favoring municipalization of the Richmond City Water Works Company. Aug. IS. Two hundred and fifty descendants of David Hoover, the man who named Richmond, held a reunion at Jackson park, near Centerville. Aug. 19. Methodist centennial is held at the Chautauqua grounds in the Glen; is attended by large delegation of Methodists from all over the county. Sunday school rally is held at the Chautauqua grounds. Matilda Elderfn Strattan, aged 75 years, dies at the Reid Memorial hospital after a year's illness. Aug. 20. Seventh Annual Chautauqua opens under auspicious circumstances and with ideal weather conditions for a ten days' session. Mrs. Augusta Greenhoff commits suicide by drowning. Aug. 21. Fiftieth annual picnic of the Old Settlers of Wayne county is held at King's grove at Centerville. John D. Lancaster, a well known gardener, was shot with intent to kill, by William H. Harris while the former was entering his home north of the city. Harris was later sent to the penitentiary for from 2 to 14 years. Aug. 23. Wayne County Teachers' Institute opens its sessions at the Chautauqua grounds. Aug. 26. Col. John S. McGraw, aged 82 years, formerly of this city, dies at Philadelphia from paralysis. Aug. 27. St. Andrew's church is struck by lightning for second time, but suffers small loss by fire. Aug. 27 John Y. Coddington, of Greensfork, announces that he has new cure for rheumatism which is very successful. The cure consists of allowing bees to sting the afflicted parts. Aug. 29. Rov. Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina, delivers principal address at the closing day of local Chautauqua which was in every respect a great success. Aug. 30. Harry Rife is placed on trial at Eaton for. the murder of Mrs. Lida Griswold on June 8. SEPTEMBER. Sept. 1. Charles B. Beck enters the mayoralty race for the democratic nomination. At meeting of board of works, the Richmond City Water Works company announced that they will open their books for the inspection of an expert hydraulic engineer to be employed by the city. Sept. 2. Pettis A. Reid announces his candidacy for the democratic nomination for mayor in opposition of Chas. , Beck. Isabelle Bass, a well known young woman, horse whips Arthur Englebert for slander. Sept. 4. Whitewater quarterly meeting decides to observe the 100th anniversary of its founding at the East Main Street Friends church on September 30. Sept. 5. Jury sitting in the Harry Rife murder trial at Eaton find him guilty of the death of Mrs. Lida Griswold and inflicts death penalty. Sept. 6. Labor Day is celebrated by Central Labor Council with exercises and speaking at Glen Miller park. Sept. 20. City Council passes ordinance making it illegal for water works company to charge meter rent. Sept. 21 Eighty-ninth annual yearly meeting of Indiana Friends opens at East Main Street Friends church. Grand jury renders report and finds conditions for treatment of insane at the county jail, quite deplorable. Sept. 22. Pettis A. Reid is nominated over Chas. Beck for democratic candidate for mayor at convention held today. Sept. 2.".. Morris M. White, of Cincinnati, donates $10,000 to Earlham college. Sept. 2'.. Seismic disturbance is felt here although the shock Is slight. Sept. 30. Y. M. B. C. decides to employ Smittie's famous band of Cincinnati for Fall Festival and organizes local band of forty pieces. OCTOBER. Oct. 4. On the eve of opening of the Murray theater, a large section of the north wall falls while raising a sign, injuring rank Metzger. Oct. 6 Fall Festival is opened with great attendance. All shows had a large number of exhibits and the festival promised to be much greater success than last year. CapL Bumbaugh made the first of his successful flights In his dirigible balloon. Automobile parade in the evening and fire works display. Oct. ".Great industrial parade at noon in which there were 200 floats. Editors' banquet at the coliseum, at which governor Marshall speaks. A detachment of the Tenth regiment of the U. S. army arrives to attend festivaL Oct. 8. Burlesque athletic meet at the South Tenth street park in the afternoon. Festival closes with Mardi Gras parade and ball at night at the Coliseum. The festival ended in a

blaze of glory and was a great success in every particular.

Oct. 9. First English Lutheran church holds opening service of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding. The services continued through the week. Oct. l. Murray theater is opened for vaudeville. Oct. 17. Joseph Ratliff. a pioneer of Wayne county and prominent resident dies at the Reid Memorial hospital at the advanced age of 82 years. Richmond merchants, with three exceptions, declare themselves to be in favor of a Fall Festival for next year. Oct. 21. Hospital tag day, the proceeds amounting to several hundred dollars, which will be used for the puriose of purchasing a conveyance for the carrying of persons to and from the Reid Memorial hospital. Oct. 22. Collinsville. Ohio, catastrophe, when Pennsylvania passenger train No. IS runs into open switch, causing a headon collision with freight train No. 81, resulting in the death of six persons and the serious injury of several passengers. Oct. 27. S. S. Saxton paving company is awarded the contract for the paving of Eighth street between North A and South A streets, with brick, work to start in the spring. Oct. 28. Ralph McDonald, front brakeman on Pennsylvania freight train No. 7.", is held responsible for Collinsville disaster by official probe of officials. Oct. 31. Corner stone of new St. Mary's church is laid. Oct. 31. Mary Elizabeth Hart man, seventeen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Killian Hartruan, dies as a result of drinking coal oil. NOVEMBER. Nov. 1. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman, re THE EARTH AS A MOON. Our World as It Appears to Venus and Our Own Moon. If we could be transported to the planet Venus a peculiar set of views could be obtained of our earth which would enable us to see ourselves, to some extent at least, as others see us. Venus is about the same size as the earth, is somewhat closer to the sun and has more atmosphere than the earth. When the earth and Venus are nearest together they are, of course, on the same side of the sun. and in consequence of this the earth does not see more than a very small part of the Venus illuminated, but Venus, on the other band, sees all of one side of the earth illuminated and consequently Is able to claim she has something that takes the place of a moon anyhow, for the earth to Venus at this time looks very large and bright, almost as much so as our moon does to ns. If we could see all the illuminated surface of Venus on these occasions we should have quite a distinct second moon. When we do see all of ber Illuminated surface she is on the opposite side of the sun from us and consequently at an enormous distance, yet she is so brilliant as to keep us from seeing her surface distinctly. But to our own moon we appear in the best light as a moon. A full earth as seen from the moon, according to Professor Todd and other astronomers, is a very inspiring sight on the moon's surface. It can at once be seen why this is necessarily true. The earth is several times larger than the moon and would appear in the heavens as a disk about fourteen times the size of the moon. It would shine with probably a variable light, due to the shifting clouds on the earth, though the light, of coarse, is reflected from the sun. and the reflecting is done in part by the upper surfaces of the clouds. The outlines of the continents of the earth appear veiy ctearly to. the moon TEL. 1178

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publican, is elected Mayor over Tetls I A. Reid, democratic candidate by 1.215 majority. Nov. 0. Two Austrians are murdered in eanfp at Hiser's station near Centerville, as the result of attempt made j to rob members of the camp. Nov. !.". Senator Albert J. Beveridge delivers address before the Commercial 'club. Daubney H. Maury, expert engineer, submits report on the condition of the water works plant to board of works. Nov. 1;. -John Fletcher Medearis. dies on his Pith birthday anniversary at his home in Greensfork. I Nov. 17. E. M. Haas is nominated by Congressman Barnard as iost master, and Henry Deuker is appointed as his assistant. Nov. 2.V Thanksgiving is celebrated

in the city in a quiet way. DECEMBER. Dee. 1. Hon. John- W. Foster of Washington. D. C, diplomat and former minister to Spain, sjaks at the Pythian temple on 'International Peace." Dec. 3. Several local persons injured when Pennsylvania flyer No. 21 is wrecked at Lewisville. Ind. Dec. 4. County council at special session take action towards the construction of an insane ward at ioor farm. Dec. 5. Elks hold memorial service at the Murray theater. Dec. 6. Residents of Washington township are successful in their blanket remonstrance against saloons In that township. Dec. 7. First cold wave strikes city. Dec. 11. Report 'of committee of Municipal Research Bureau on delinquent taxes shows that about onethird of such taxes are not collected in this county. as If they were formed 'of papier mache on a globe. Cities of comparatively large size could be made out with ease in case people were there to make them out. The intensity of the reflected earth light would be as much as fourteen moons and would enable the Selenites. if such they are. to read or work in comparative daylightSt. Louis Republic. bolflnga and Ventilation. Rooms with low ceilings or with ceilings even with the window tops are susceptible of more perfect ventilation than those with high ceilings. In such rooms the leakage at the windows, which is constantly going on. keeps the air in motion throughout the room, whereas if the ceiling Is higher only the lower part of the air is moved, and an inverted lake of foul and hot air is left floating in the space above the window tops. This lake, under the law of diffusion of gases, keeps actively at work, foaling the fresh currents circulating beneath it.

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Dec. 11. Dr. Zimmerman announce his appointments. Dec. H. American Seeding Machine company purchases the Starr llanie and Chain buildinc and C. & W. Kramer property for $27,500 anl announce that they will rect $100.000 building. rw is IVrrv J. Wee man Is ap

pointed receiver of the Abattoir which I cone, i n has liabilities to the extent of about SSO.OOO. lvc. 17. Mrs. Julia Sterrett commutes suicide by taking carbolic acid.

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Fall Festival deficit of $1,200 is made up. IVe. 25. Five inches of snow fall and a white Christmas is observed tB quiet manner. Dec. 2S. Joseph H. Githen. known local man ana rotireu nosuc dies at Indianapolis. William Seick. aged i'0. and Mrs. Sarah Lough, aged 60 both prominent residents of city, die. Dee. 23. Y. M. 11. C. nominations for new officers a:o made. Annual report of police department shows Increase i: intoxication for past year over 19S. City controllers report shows total amount of buildinc pei. mits Issued for past year to bo over one-half million dollars. Dec. 30. In second cold snap of winter thermometer reaches 10 degrees below tero. Yearly report of cases filed In the circuit court show that there were 221 of which S5 wer for divorce. Dec. 31. Frank C. Welgel Is accl dentally asphyxiated at his home, dm to defective artificial gas valve. In circuit court for the past year there were 337 cases disposed of. Coroner i Bramkamp'a report shows that there were 46 deaths which he Investigated during the year just passed. Masked Musicians. The Shakuhachl idarers of Janan

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