Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 56, 3 January 1910 — Page 2

THE RICH3IOXD PATXAD I U3I AND SUX-TELEGRA3I, MONDAY. JANUARY 3, 1910. CONTEMPT CHARGE TO BE INSTITUTED BIG POSSUM FEED AT BETHEL SOON Retiring Supt. of the Municipal Plant COLISEUM... Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Morning, Afternoon and Evening Ladles Admitted Free Seventh Annual Event for the Little Town Will Be a Big Affair.

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Attorney Feemster Will Bring Action Against Attorney Medsker. FAILS TO ENTER REPORT ON THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JAMES METZ, ALTHOUGH THE COURT ORDERED HIM TO DO SO . LAST SUMMER. '

Attorney "William, A. Medsker of Cambridge Cif."' better known as "Bert"' will be charged with contempt of court tomorrow morning, in an affidavit, to be filed by attorney A. R. Feemster of Cambridge City, according to the latter's announcement this morning in the circuit court. The action which has caused Mr, Feenifeter to announce that he would charge Mr. Medsker with contempt, Is the fai-ive of the latter to report to Judge Io:, how accounts stand in the matte.' of the heirs of James Metz, for whom !: s guardian. The American Bonding company, which went on Mr. Med3ke s bond and which is for a comparatively small amount, is not satisfied with Mr. Medskcr's methods in carrying out his trust, and has employed Mr. Feemster as attorney, to be relieved from its bond. The case was filed several months aso and Mr. Medsker was ordered by the court to report last June just how accounts stand in the matter of the Metz estate. The report has not been forthcoming and the bonding company is tired of waiting longer. BASHFUL STANLEY. His Response to a Speech of Eulogy at a Banquet. William U. Uideluy tells in McClure's Magazine of a dinner of the rapyrus club iu Boston at which Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, was the guest of honor: "Whether he (Stanley sat or stood, he fldyeted and answered iu monosyllable: not because he was unamiable or unappreciative, but because he this man of iron. t!od's instrument, whose word i;i the Hold brooked no contradic

tion or evasiou. he who defied obstacles and danger and pierced the heart j of darkness was bashful eveu In the , compuiy of fellow craftsmen. T-TI.j ..Itil iVuln.i,it .rwn n R.tiAn a f -

1119 imutii Ni3.iiiciil feicrtv nucu uii cr dinner the chairman eulogized him , to the audience. He squirmed and verted "Bis face as cheer after cheer confirmed the speaker's rhetorical ebullience of praise. "Gentlemen, I introduce to you Mr. Stanley, who.' etc. The hero stood up slowly, painfully, reluctantly, and. with a gesture of deprecation, fumbled in first one and then

auotuer or uis pocuets wunout nnmng what he sought. "It was supposed that he was look-

r Ing for his notes, and more applause took the edge off the delay. His mouth twitched without speech for another awkward minute before, with a more erect bearing, he produced the object of bis search and put it on his bead. It was not piiper, but a rag of a cap, And with that on be faced the company as one who by the act had done nil that could be expected of him and made further acknowledgment of the honors be had received superfluous. It was a cap that Livingstone bad worn sud that Livingstone bad given him."

; ISLAND COMES AND GOES. Rises In August and Disappears Regularly In February. One of Michigan's uusolved mystertes is the Island that every summer comes to the surface of Lake Orion and every winter goes back again to the depths from whence it arose. Its periods of appearance and disappearance are uearly regular. It comes to the surface about the middle of August and goes down again about Feb. lo. What causes it to act thus strangely is a. conundrum that none has been able to solve, but to keep it above water cr compel it to remain in the depths have been alike without results. On one occasion a uumber of farmers and teamsters resolved to put the island out of moving business. In their efforts to do so they hauled many loads of stone and deposited them on It during the early part of winter, believing that wheu it went down in February it would go down for good, weighted as it was with the stones. But the following August saw it bob up serenely from below minus Its load of stones. . At another time an effort was made to keep it on the surface, and it was chained to the surrounding country wltb heavy log chains. When its time for departure came it departed, and the log chains departed with it. The log chains were never recovered. The island is composed of soft mud and rushes, and there are some skeptical souls who att Ibute its formation and appearance and disappearance to the gathering of vegetation In one spot by the currents of the lake and its subsequent decay. Boston Herald. "Window Leaves." . In South Africa Dr. R. Marloth discovered six species of plants possessing what are styled "window leaves." They are all stemless succulents, and the egg shaped leaves are imbedded la the ground, only the apexes remaining risible. This visible part of the leaves Is flat or convex on the surface and colorless, so that the light can penetrate It and reach the interior of the leaf below, which Is green on the todde, With the exception of the Moot apex, no part of the leaf Is permeable to the light, being surrounded by the soil la which it Is burled. The first of these plants discovered Is a csMclsa of bulblne. Wnq?n orepnic.

WINTER TERM AT COLLEGE OPENED Prospects Are the Enrollment Will Be as Large as In the Fall. DORMITORIES ARE FILLED AND MANY OF THE NEW STUDENTS WILL BE 'FORCED TO SEEK QUARTERS IN THIS CITY THE PROSPECTS. . The fifty-first annual winter term opened at Earlham college this morning with good prospects for a larfe enrollment, and an active term. Although but few students are at the college today, a large majority of them will arrive by tomorrow mprning, when recitations begin in all the departments. As has been customary during the past few years, all the students during the fall term, who intend to return, are requested under a penalty of a fifty cent registration fee, to register at the close of the fall term. As a result but few of the students of last term have not signed, which means that most of them will again attend the institution. Several Registered. A substantial number of new students are expected to enter for the coming term. This morning several had registered, but the number is incomplete and it will be impossible to learn how many new students will register for several will enter a few weeks after the term begins. All students who wish to enter Earlham but who have not made application for rooms, will be forced to seek quarters in the city since all the rooms in the dormitories are engaged. Several students at the college last term will j room in the city this winter. ! The number of students from Ivich- ; mond is not expected to be increased this coming term. THE EARLY STAGE. Coys In Female Parts and the First English Actress. Not long since a critic, noticing the ad vest of a new Ophelia in London, observed that, while the actress acquitted herself very well, she could hardly be considered "Shakespeare's Ophelia," which was undoubtedly the case, inasmuch as Shakespeare's Ophelia was a boy. either a chorister or a page in the service of one of the theater's patrons. No English actress made her appearance before the restoration. On Jan. 3 Tepys records. "To the theater, where was acted the 'Beggar's Bush.' it being very well done, and here the first time that ever I saw women come jpon the stage." But these, it is suspected, were mere "walking ladies." A few days later the diarist went to see a performance of "The Silent Woman." "Among other things here Kynaston, the boy, had the good turn to appear in three shapesfirst as a poor woman in ordinary clothes to please Morose, then in fine clothes as a gallant and in them was clearly the prettiest woman in the whole house." He had a year before declared that "Kynaston as Olympla made the loveliest lady that I ever saw In my life." The distinction of being the first English actress has been variously ascribed to Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Knipp and Mrs. Davies. They all appeared the same year (1661). Mrs. Davies, together with the principal actresses in Sir William Davenant's company, being boarded in the manager's "own house." London Strand Magazine. If yon are troubled with sick headache, constipation. Mifeatioa, offulre breath or any disease ariaia-from stomach trouble, set sSOc or SI bottle of Dr. CaldweU's Syrup Pepsin. It . Is positively guaraat a to cars soa

CHARLES H. ROGERS

TO HOLD ELECTION The Young Men's Business Club will hold its annual election of officers tomorrow evening at the council chamber, city building. It is important that all members of the club be present in order that they may vote for the officials to assume control of the club during the ensuing year. There are two tickets in the field for election. The candidates, which were selected by nominating committees, are known to the club members, as both lists have been published. It is probable that other business will be considered fwhich interests all members. CALL ON PRESIDENT Six Railroad Presidents Visit White House Regarding A Message. RESULTS ARE NOT KNOWN (American News Service) Washington, Jan. 3. President Brown of the New York Central and five other presidents of big railroads called on President Taft this morning to talk with him regarding his proposed special message to congress dealing with an amendment to the interstate commerce law. Nothing could be learned as to the results but one of the railroaders stated that certain objections were laid before the president. Taft's message on this subject was sent to the government printer today. GRANTS INJUNCTION Wilbur and Orville Wright Win First Blood in Court Fight. CURTISS IS DEFENDANT (American News Service) Buffalo, Jan. a. United States District Court here announced today that a preliminary injunction had been granted to Wilbur and Orville Wright, restraining the Herring Curtis company of Hammondsport. N. Y. from the manufacture of the present type of Curtiss aeroplane. This means a loss of thousands of dollars to Glenn H. Curtiss, whom the Wrights claimed infringed their patents. Vindicated. "Who," asked his wife, directing a suspicious look at him, "was that woman who just bowed to you?" "I don't know. She must have bowed to you. I can't remember ever having seen her before." "John, don't lie. Tou have a guilty look. You and that woman" "I beg your pardon,'" the woman said after having hurried back. "I just want to tell you, Mrs. Wldgekin, that I will not have your dress ready to try on until next Monday." As soon as he could decently break away John hurried into a convenient place and hugged himself four times in rapid succession. Chicago Record-Herald.

A Slurred Effect. "How do you pronounce Xes Mise rabies?" "My method is to introduce such topics at dinner and do my pronouncing when I have a mouthful of spinach. It's very helpful to the accent" Louisville Courier-Journal. - .. I r ' ' ' .

CURIOUS GREETED CONVICTED MORSE

Ex-master of Millions Arrives In Atlanta to Serve a Sentence. HAD TO FORCE A PATHWAY THROUGH THE CROWDS THAT THRONGED ABOUT THE STATION AND WHICH NEARLY UPSET THE BANKER'S HACK. (American News Service) Atlanta, Ga., Jau. C Charles W. Morse, whose career was probably the most sensational in the history of American finance, arrived here in the custody of two deputy United States' Marshals at twelve-forty-five o'clock. He was immediately taken to the Federal prison in a common hack, where he will serve fifteen years, or practically the remainder of his life. At the railroad station a big crowd of curious citizens were anxious to get a glimpse of the man who juggled millions and fell from almost absolute control of banks containing hundreds of millions of dollars to prison convict. It was necessary for his custodians to hold back the throng and force a path through the jam. Little time was lost in hustling Morse into a carriage and driving swiftly away before the crowd became totally unmanageable and nearly upset the hack. At the prison the usual formalities were gone through without anything to indicate that the new inmate was entitles to any special distinction. TYBURN TREE. Lord Ferrers' Tragic Journey to tha Famous Old Gallows. Tark laue was Tyburn lane, and It seems as if the gallows described in an old document as movable at one time stood at its east corner. It was there the ferocious Lord Ferrers was banged in 17 GO for murdering bis servant. Horace Walpole's words paint the picture well: "He shamed heroes. He bore the solemnity of a pompous and tedious procession of above two boars from the Tower to Tyburn with as much tranquillity as if he were only going to bis own burial, not to his own execution." And when one of the dra goons of the procession was thrown ! from his horse Lord Ferrers expressed 1 much concern and said, "I hope there will be no death today but mine." On went the procession, with a mob about It sufficient to make its progress slow and laborious. Small wonder that the age of Thackeray, with Thackeray's help, set up Its scaffolds within four high walls. Asking for drink. Lord Ferrers was refused, for. said the sheriff, late regulations enjoined him not to let prisoners drink while passing from the place of Imprisonment to that of execution, great inde cencies having been committed by the drunkenness of the criminals in the hour of execution. "And. though," said he. "my lord, I might think myself excusable In overlooking this order out of regard to your lordship's rank, yet there Is another reason, which. I am sure, will weigh with you. Tour lordship is sensible of the greatness of the crowd. We must draw up at some tavern. The confluence would be so great that it would delay the expedition which your lordship seems so much to desire." But decency so often paraded by those who outrage it ended with the murderer's death. "The executioners fought for the rope, and the one who lost it wept, the greatest tragedy, to his thinking, of the day!" London Sketch.

FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSE

MONEY DERIVED FROM THESE FEASTS IS USED TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF HOLDING DECORATION EXERCISES. The seventh annual 'possum supper of the Bethel Cemetery association will be held at the town hal! of that place. Saturday evening, January 15 and the affair promises to have more glories than any of the suppers given heictcfore. The proceeds of the affair will oe used by the association in the Jecoration of the graves of old soldiers, who aro buried tho-c. Tfee association knows just what ia expected of it and since Thanksgiving has been gathering all the available 'possums in the vicinity of Hethel until :iow it has an assortment which will do justice for the occasion. Theie will be plenty of other meats, such as turkevs, chickens and ducks. A Profitable Affair. The association has always found that a supper of this nature is a very profitable affair and particularly so because Bethel Is the one place in Wayne county on that date. An attendance of 400 is not unusual. People attend from all parts of Wayne and neighboring counties. Few are familiar with the fact that the supper is given for a patriotic purpose. During the Civil war, a large portion of Wayne county's recruits were from the Bethel neighborhood and it is in honor of those soldiers who have since died that annually the younger generation of Bethel gives a supper, to raise funds so that the graves of these men, who so bravely defended the cause of the Union, may be decorated. The program of the decoration exercises, which are held the last Saturday in May, is not complete without some notable man to make the principal, address. The ex-i pense of the celebration is heavy but the large portion of it is made up at the 'possum suppers. A STRENUOUS MONTH The Associated Charities will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon at the office. South Fifth street at which time reports of expenditures of the association in giving assistance to the poor will be made. The necessity of having more funds in the treasury will also be considered. The expenditures during December were very heavy, as the cold weather caused a large number of appeals to be m.:de by the poor for coal, food, clothing, medical supplies and attention and the like. CALLS THE DOCKET The call of the Probate docket was made by Judge Fox this morning. The civil and criminal dockets will be called later in the week. The purpose in calling the docket this morning was to make up issues in cases which will probably be tried in the January term of court. TEL. 1178

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DEMANDS ARE MADE

Railroad Employes of 75 Systems on Increase in Wages. 75,000 MEN ARE INVOLVED Cleveland. Jan. 3. Formal demands upon each of the seventy-five railroad systems east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio rivers for wage increases were made today by the committees and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Seventy-five thousand men are involved. Railway managers will have until January twentieth to reply. The main feature of the demands is standardization of wages of conductors and their crews. No strike is contemplated, but referendum vote showed practical unanmtty In favor of presenting the demands. WONDERFUL RETRIBUTION. An Incident of the Workings of Can ada's Government Protection. In September, 11)04. two white men entered the Lesser Slave lake country, lo the Canadian northwest, ostensibly prospecting for gold. Subsequently the Indians reported that one of the men seemed to be traveling alone, an observant Cree boy adding. The white man's dog won't follow that fellow any more." The answers given by Charles King of Mount Pleasant, Utah, regarding his lost companion. Hayward, were not satisfactory. King was arrested, and there began one of the most splendid bits of detective work of which Canada has record. Sergeant Anderson turned over the ashes of a campflre and found three hard lumps of flesh and a small piece of skull bone. In front stretched a little slough, or lake, which seemed a likely plaee In which to look for evidence. Setting Indian women to fish up with their toes any hard substance they might feel in the ooze. Anderson secured a stickpin of unusual make and a sovereign case. He systematically drained the lake and found a ahoe wltb a broken eyed needle sticking in It. The campflre ashes examined with the microscope yielded the missing part of a .needle's broken eye and established unmistakable connection between lake and camp. The maker of the stickpin in London. England, was communicated with by cable, and the Canadian government summoned a Mr. Hay ward to come from England to identify the trinkets of his murdered brother. Link by link the chain grew. It took eleven months for Sergeant Anderson to get his complete case in shape. The mounted police brought from Lesser Slave lake to Edmonton forty Indian and half breed witnesses. The evidence was placed before the jury, and the Indians returned to their homes. A legal technicality cropping up. the trial bad to be repeated In Its entirety, and once more those forty men. women and children left their traps and fishing nets and came into Edmonton to tell their story. The result was that Charles King was found guilty of the murder of Edward Uayward and paid the death penalty. The trial cost the government of Canada over $30.000 all to avenge the death of one of the wandering units to bt found in every corner of the silent places, an unknown prospector. Agnes Dean Cameron in Centurv.

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MARITAL TROUBLE ENDS IN COURTS

Lela W. Wilcox Today Files Suit for Divorce from H. G. Wilcox. SERIOUS CHARGES MADE THROWING OF CARBOLIC ACID. RAZOR DEMONSTRATIONS AND CUSS WORDS FIND PLACES IN THE COMPLAINT. The troubles of Lela W. Wilcox and Harry G. Wilcox, which began, eveu before their marriage Slay 1!".. promise to culminate in a divorce, such action being filed in the circuit court this morning by the wife, who is now living in Randolph county. One of the mott serious averments in the complaint is that the defendant threw carbolic acid In the plaintiffs face and on her hands, which caused 6uch severe burns that she went to her parents" home. In other rcsiiects the husband's treatment was particularly cruel, providing the averments of the complaint are to be believed, it ia set forth that on one occasion Mrs. Wilcox was attacked and rut by a razor, handled by the defendant. She also says that on numerous occasions her husband struck lur and otherwise maltreated her. Such things as calling her vile and obscene names must have been in the list of daily events, according o the complaint. Such relations on tbo part of the two continued until Au?. 1908, when she was forced to go to her parents home where she now iesides. The police records show that t".e couple were arrested In 19KJ for living together as man and wife iu a Main street boarding house. Aft r their arrest, they were married HEALTH VERY GOOD Dr. J. E. King, county health officer, stated this morning that -the county was practically free of contagion at the present time. Diphtheria at Whitewater still holds prominence with two cases. With this exception and that of Webster township, in which there Is one case of scarlet fever. Dr. King reports that the health in the county is very good, so far as contagion Is concerned. A PETITION FILED The Dickinson Trust company filed' petition for administration of the estate of Ed White who died on Decern-' ber 23. The property left by the decedent is valued at approximately $!- 300. TEL. 1178

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