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AEROPLANE FOR IIAIIDLIIIG MAILS WTO NICARAGUA Methods Now Employed So Slow That It Takes Three Weeks to Deliver Mail a Distance of 70 Miles. FOREIGNERS ARE TO n OPEN RtcH COUNTS Natives' Have Been So Busy ;:",'. f American w Service) ' ' Blueflelds Nicaragua, Dec. 1. Arrangeinsnts are now being made. It Is Mid,' for the Importation of a cargo of aeroplanes. They are to be used In carrying mat! between Managua, other cities on the west coast and Interior towns, and the ports along the east coast. At present the transportation of mail la aa slow aa the natives can make It n'tUcNed and Port Zelaya are about 70 miles apart, both being on the east coast, yet it frequently takes three weeks or a month for mall to reach one point from the other. Residents In lUuefields desiring to send mall to Cape Graclas, 120 miles to the north, find the best plan is to end It by steamer to New Orleans, thence back on the same steamer to the Cape. In this manner a letter will reach Us destination in about two weeks. Mall sent from the City of Mexico, tho middle of October, 1909, for Dluefields reached there less than ten days ago. Mall from lUuefields for Mangtia Is frequently sent to New Orleans, thence to Sun Francisco and down the coast on a Pacific mail steamer. This can be accomplished In a month, and Is much less time than Is required to get mall to the Interior. But the elimination or the railway and the Installation of the airships will Insure rapid delivery of
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Tflcaraguana Jave been too busy flghtlnt among - themselves for personal gain to plan Industrial development. Lying along the 'river or tho east coast are still millions of , undeveloped acres that could' be made to yield fortunes. Hurled but a foot beneath the surface at the headwaters of these streams are untold quantities of j gold, silver and other , metals. More nuggets or pure gold have bee a picked up along the mountain streams of Nicaragua . than in any other republic or monarchy of the world. In no other climate does fruit, oranges grape fruit , pineapples, and bananas reach such - a stage of perfection. Knowing these facts, the natives, In dians -and- Spaniards, a mixed: breed oft 57 varieties have gone along seeking out an existence with, a possible exception here and there. Graft has been their watchword, their Idol, their one aim In life. , Work is a new word for them. There is plenty of liquor In Bluefields, and all other settlements in the Republic, Whiskey may' be . purchas ed In practically every store. There are nearly as many saloons in Blueflelds as .residences. .They x are oniy anotner inaex on tne moral con dltion of this people. - Immortality Is tho curse of the nation and before Nicaragua can ever assume a sitting posture among nations, its moral code must be reversed. The United States' government may lend assistance, and by the use of 'the ' iron 1 hand, keep down revolution, but before It becomes a real nation, the white man who comes Inside Its gates must be clean and wholesome. Therein rests the blame of the immorality of the natives, Tide of Immigration. , . From the Incoming tide of immlgra tlon those foreigners who have flick ed here since hostility ceased, and the United States Government , recognlz ed Estrada as President, much is expected. For the major part they are men who have Invested and are Invest ing money In agricultural or mineral lands. Just at present a revival In the banana Industry Is taking place. Men from the middle west and north are Investing heavily in' bananas, rice and fibre lands. Along the Rio Grande river, Jungle are being cleared and planted In bananas. A customs house Is being built there for the handling of products and a large boat is now plying back and forth on the river. Steel barges are on their way to the river to be used in the banana trade, Blueflelds has 'within its grasp the wherewithal to advance to one of the treasure lands of the world. Whether It does fo or not remains to be seen. RED CROSS SEALS Red Cross seals are now on sale, a largo number have been sent to Richmond to be disposed of. v The Palladium has these seals on sale. Call for them at the business office. Each penny spent for a Red Cross seal goes Into the. war fund for the campaign against the great white plague. " - ,
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A LIFE SENTENCE BEGUN BY DEUKER Assistant. Postmaster , Today Is Placed Under Regulations of Civil Service. 'Henry Deuker,., appointed assistant postmaster, when E. M. Haas was an-1 pointed to succeed A. J. Spekenhier, In July, began hia "life sentence," i in'; that office this morning. .. Beginning today, all the assistant postmasters go under the regulations of the ..civil service. Mr. Deuker ,, will y therefore hold the position his entire lire if hei so desires. ; -It was at first believed that Deuker would not be able to take . the office as the ruling placing the ; assistant postmasters under the civil service had been drafted some time before Mr. Deuker went into, office. Had the regulation become effective before the beginning of the present regime, Jos. L.; Smith,' who was rformer, assistant, would have taken the position for life. Mr. Deuker has charge ctf the money order department. PHYSICIANS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Indorsement of the state board of health's views in regard to the prevenUon of rabies, and diseases of the eyes of small children, also the inspection and examination of the physical condition of school children, was given on Thursday at the meeting of the Sixth district physicians. The meeting was held In liberty at the Presbyterian church. Dr.' J. N. Study of Cambridge City had a paper on the penalties which should be exercised for uncleanliness. Several physicians from Richmond attended. . . PARENTS INVITED TO VISIT SCHOOL Invitations have been Issued by the faculty of the high school to the parents of the pupils and others to visit the school on Friday evening. Prof. J. F. Thompson, head of the botany department, will give a stereoptlcon lecture on the subject "The Woods of Maine." "A reception In the gymnasium will follow. THE WEATHER 8TATE AND LOCAL Fair and continued colder tonight and Friday.
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no choice but to jump to the pave- ' . - - - -' . . . . . J RICHMOND IS. Ill GRlNF-WHITER Sudden Drop in , Temperatil re Has Caused Suffer-" s ing Among Poor. The rapid drop of temperature in Richmond and . vicinity has caused much : suffering among the poor, and has impededl the -interurban- and railroad' schedules to a ' serious extent. Yesterday - evening - there was ;.a "young" blizzard, and show' was driven f by terrific northwest winds into small drifts all over the city,' although there .was not enough snow to block local (traffic- - - ' Want and suffering among the poor and. destitute in.Richmond has brought a constant stream of -persons to the office ot ; the ; Salvation - Army, Associated Charities," and County Trustee, Howarth, in the court house. . Coal ahd rood is - mostly demanded by the destitute families. There are many ramilies", it is said, who, ? although' the father" and mother are both working, are in need of assistance. It is even claimed that there are families in the city who have been out of fuel for several days and are keeping warm as well as possible, huddled in blankets and comforts. - The county - and- charity organizations are doing their best to allay the suffering; but to make all conditions satisfactory, is almost impossible on account of the suddeness of the blizzard. Pennsylvania and C. & O. trains were held up by the snows, which were very heavy in the northern part of the state. Some morning Pennsylvania passenger trains did oof arrive in the city until afternoon. Some traction cars on the T. H.. L & e.. and Dayton and Western lines ware as much as an hour late. DISMISSAL OF THE CASE TO BE ASKED (American News Service) Louisville, Ky.. Dec. 1. The attorney for Joseph Wendling announced today that as soon as the State concludes its presentation of evidence he will ask that the trial be discissed on the ground that a good and sufficient case has not been made. A DUKE VERY ILL (American News Service) London. Dec 1. The Duke of Manchester, husband of Henela Zimmerman, of Cincinnati. O., is in a critical condiUon today, as a result of an operation for appendicitis.
TRUSTEES BALKED ON THE HANDLING OF SCHOOL BOOKS
Township Officials Complain This Duty Is a Nuisance and Their Remuneration Quite Laughable. ADOPT NEW METHOD; HOPE IT IS LEGAL Plan fb Have W.. Bartel, in Chargexit tLiCounty Depository, T4 Owing to the present inconvenience, the .small remuneration and frequently, the receiving of no money at all. the trustees of Wayne county will probably arrange for a different method in the handling and distribution of histories, spellers, geographies and language books which are used in the district schools. W. H. Bartel. who has charge of the county depository for school books, has consented to handle the books, even though there is no money in it for him, it being a matter of accommodation to his patrons. The trustees were in the city on Thursday making settlement for the school books which they distributed during the present term. AH were in favor of the change in the method and will see that it is done, If the law will permit, so that hereafter Mr. Bartel will handle the books exclusively. . Fees are $5 a Year. According to the law, the trustees are required to distribute geographies, histories, spellers and language books to the pupils in the district which they sell at the cost fixed by law. The trustee Is allowed $5 a year for handling the books. The township officers found that often the pupils, or parents of pupils, would come to them for books and ask ror credit, forgetting ever afterwards that the bill was unpaid. - There is not a trustee in the county who has not lost from $10 to $15 a year as a result of the extension of credit. County Superintendent C. CL.. WIk! ,5.. .v.. ...... a book concern the other day, it would be possible for the trustees to turn this business over to Mr. Bartel. It is only necessary that the county superintendent's boon be sufficient to protect the publishing houses from all possible loss.. As it Is now, the superintendent's bond protects the book concerns from loss by unscrupulous trustees and it would only be a matter of altering the provisions of his bond. Mr. Bartel really wants ' the business even though he does not get more than 5 per cent on the gross receipts from the sale of the books. He says it is a matter of accommodation to his patrons. As It Is now, he han dles the books by purchasing them from either Superintendent T. A. Mott or Wayne " township trustee James Howarth. SENTENCEjUSPENDED Erring Banker Is Given An- . other Chance. (American News Service) Indianapolis, , Dec. 1. William Swormsted, cashier of the CiUzens' National bank at Evansville, Ind., indicted last June for false entries, and who pleaded guilty, was permitted to go .on suspended sentence today by Judge Anderson of the federal court. S. PGillett, president of the bank, committed suicide a few days ago. HOTEL WAS BURNED I AT WATERLOO, IND. . (American News Service) Auburn. Ind-, Dec 1. The Locke hoteL., .Waterloo, Ind., was destroyed by fire early today. The fire originated in the kitchen and spread rapidly but the guests and help managed to escape. The loss is ifteen thousand dollars. COUNTESS TOLSTOY SAID TO BE DYING (American New Service) St. Petersburg. Dec 1. Countess Tolstoy Is reported to be dying In a dispatch from Ysanaya, Polayana, today. Psllsdino's Total Dally Average Circulation . (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Nov. 26th. 1910 City ClrccUlica showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not include, sample copies. 5,511
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EXCEPTIONAL IS CASE WHICH NOW BAFFLES DOCTORS Although Robert Shoop, an Aged Dependent, Suffered with Gangrene a Year, He Is Still Living. WHERE TO PLACE HIM BOTHERS OFFICIALS They Think He Should Go to Hospital but Shoop and J His Wife Insist on Going to County's Farm. Robert Shoop. an aged and Infirm charge of the Wayne township trustee, who was operated on last winter for gangrene poisoning at Reid Memorial hospital, still lives and furnishes one of the most remarkable cases of its kind known to medical science. The disease is usually hasty in its action and after it is well developed it Is not often that the patient lives more than a few weeks. The man is again in dire need of attention and the township author! ties will endeavor to prolong his life by sending him to the hospital for treatment. It may be necessary to perform another operation and cut away more of his leg in order to ale viate the pain and temporarily stop the progress of the poisoning, al though it is now entrenched through out his entire system. Rather than go to the hospital Shoop prefers admittance to the poor farm He was an Inmate there laJt winter for a few weeks before being taken to the hospital. His wife wishes to ac company him to the poor farm but as yet it has been impossible for su perintendent Brumfield to make ar rangements' for their accomodation and transfer. Visit the Shoop Home. . Trustee Howarth and city mission ary, Mrs. Elizabeth Candler visited the Shoop home on North Thirteenth street, near the railroad., on Thursday morning. They endeavored to have him consent to removal to the hos pital,"Where the v township physician 6ays"ithe proper place 'tor hf treatment. Inasmuch as Mrs. Shoop cannot accompany her husband to the hospital, they object to being separated, it is said. The trustee and city missionary expect to visit the Shoops again in a few days. In the mean time the township is furnishing medical attention and food and fuel. Shoop is in great pain at all times. As a result of his disease and impoverished , circumstances he Is greatly emancipated and practically' a helpless invalid and criDDle. The Shoops first came to the attention of the charitable association of the city in the fall of 1909. Then they were living in a hovel in the south part of the city. He was sick in bed and unable to work at his vocation of rag picking." The place was filtliy, but they did not want to better their condition and refused to until the authorities had to threaten to- starve them. On one visit of the authorities the two barricaded their home. Mrs. Shoop went to live with a daughter in Centerville. He was taken to the poor farm where his condition kept getting worse, finally necessitating his removal to the hospital where his leg was amputated. After several weeks at the hospital he went to live with a son-in-law in this city. During . the fall the latter left the city and the Shoops again became public charges. BENEFIT FOR THE FESTIVAL FRIDAY On Friday, December 2. the Theatorium five cent theater at 6g0 Main street will give a beneit performance for the Fall ' Festival. The receipts will be turned over entirely to the association and added to the fund towards meeting the deficit. Mr. Cook, the manager, has arranged for the exhibition of special films and It Is felt that the affair will be a profitable one for the association. The vocal numbers will be rendered by the old Quaker quartet, including Cal Lankert, frst tenor; S. F. Cook, second tenor;-Will Horn, first base; and Frank Hebbler, second base. UNVEIL MEMORIAL TO CONFEDERATES (American New Service) Rocky Mount, Ya., Dec. L A handsome monument erected In memory of the Confederate soldiers of Franklin county was unveiled today, with Impressive ceremonies and in the presence of a large throng of spectators. Samuel W. Williams, attorney-general of Virginia, delivered the oration of the day; ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROOSEVELTS i American News Service) New York, Dec. L Many messages of congratulation from friends throughout the country reached Sagamore Hill today to remind the former President and Mrs. Roosevelt of their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary.
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WHITE SLAVE EVIL Above is a photograph of a secret agent of the United States, who travels as a Hungarian girl, second class; and below is Assistant Attorney General Harr, who is at the head of the great investigation now being carried on by the department of justice in an effort -to free from bondage 300,000 white slaves within the domain of the United States. Mr. Harr, through the secret service and its hundreds of sleuths through out the principal municipalities of the country- will conduct a progressive war upon the white slave traffic which is expected to put '.an end once and for all to t'ue importation of peasant girls for immoral exploitation in the large cities ot the United States. i OF COAL FAMINE Unexpected Cold and Heavy Demand Will Exhaust ; ; the Supply. j , : ,. American News Service) : - . Chicago, Dec. 1. A coal famine threatens Chicago today because of the unexpected arrival of winter, ac. cording to many fuel dealers. At; the same time an advance in the price of butter and eggs was looked for today or tomorrow. , No immediate warmer weather was in sight, the of ficial ' forecast for Chicago and vicinity being "generally fair and continued cold today and Friday; brisk' northwest winds." "Chicago is face to face with a coal famine as a result of low supplies and the sudden demand caused "by the cold," said G.I H. ' Cushing, a dealer. "Few of the railroads have profited by last year's - freight blockades to the point of adding enough equipment to forestall a repetition." TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED. South Bend, Ind., Dec. 1. Traffic is paralyzed here aa a result of a thirty-six-hour fall of snow. The storm 19 still raging. CHANGES Oil C, X Re-arrangement of Train Service Is Made. - Several Important changes have been made on the C. & O. railroad, which will greatly ' improve, the service. The north-bound, midnight train has been removed from the schedule and a train leaving Cincinnati' at 5:15 in the evening arriving at Richmond at 7:57 Installed.. At ; Richmond, a sleeper will be placed on , the train, which will run through to Chicago." Cafe service will be -placed on the north-bound passenger, , .leaving r Citk cinnati at 8:30 in the morning and arriving in Richmond at 11:16. This train , goes through to Chicago. , The train leaving Chicago in the morning and arriving in Richmond at 4:30 in the afternoon will be furnished with caie service. A train rormeriy running between Richmond and Peru, leaving : here at 7 p. and coming back at 9 o'clock the following morn ing will run through to CincinnaU in the future. Arrangements have been made so that the 8:56 a. m. train will connect with the Hamilton-Indianapo lis train at Cottage Grove. F. JACKSON PAROLED Frank Jackson the youth who was sentenced to Plainfield reformatory about a year ago for the theft of some tobacco has been paroled.
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ESTIMATE OF THE CENSUS DIRECTOR S NOT ACCURATE It Is Believed Durand's Estimate of 100,000,000 Under American Flag Will Fall 5.C00.CC0 Shy POPULATION OF 24 STATES COMPLETED Census of These States Indi cates Average Increase of 15.4 Per Cent During the Past 10 Years. BULLETIN. Washington, Dec. L -The popula tion of Pennsylvania for 1910 Is 7,665,111, a gain or 21 per cent; West Virginia has a population of 1,221,119. a gain of 2? per cent. Washington, Dec, 1. The population of the United States and its possession unofficially estimated by the census bureau to be 100,000,000 may fall 5,000,000 short of these figures according to careful computations made today. The population of more than, half of the states has already been announced and a computation based on the percentage of increase In these states, compared with the states whose population has not : yet been announced does not bear out the -census bureau's claim that this census will show 100,000,000 population under the American flag. '.' :;:?V'. .The population of 24 states has been announced and the total of these does not agree with the estimated population made by Director or the Census Durand before the beginning of the enumeration. His estimate was 90,000,000 in continental United States, and ,10,000,000 In Porto Rico, the Philippines and the other insular possessions. , Populations Announced. '! The population In each of the following states has been announced: Rhode Island 642,674 Michigan 2,810,273 New Mexico 327,49(1 Missouri ', 3,293,335 Delaware 202.322 , ViqifflMtV'trJ - r.VTf . 355,958 Arizona . 2t4,405 y Maine 742,371 Connecticut . . ; .1,114,756 Indiana ......... ....i. . . . . i 2,700,876 Iowa ' 2;224,771 Florida 751,189 Alabama .... .......2,138,093 New Hampshire ............. 430,572 Kansas ........1,690,949 Ohio 4,767.121 New York , . .... . i ........ . .9,119,279 Illinois .5,638.591 Maryland 1,294,450 Nebraska 4 .1,192.214 Oklahoma : . . . ; . 1,657.1 55 Minnesota . .....2.075.708 Tennessee . . . . . . . "... . .. . . . . .2,184,789 ' The total population of these 24 states . is 50,819,460. an Increase of 9,556,598 over the last census, or an average of, increase of 15.4 per cent during the-tens years. Estimate on 22 States. t The total population of the 22 states yet to be given out was at the last census 40,551.2124 EsUmatlng their increase during ..the, last ten. year to be 15.4 per cent, the average Increase - for' the r states already announced, these states would"show an approximate gain of 4,701,886. This would make a total for the states yet to be announced of 35,253,098. ' Thus the estimated population of the United States exclusive, of Alaska and its other possessions should he approximately 86,072,558. The population of the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Tutuila and Guam now unofficially estimated by the census bureau. Is 8.757,131. , According to the 1 gures and including the territorial possessions of the United States, the population, should now be approximately 94,829,689. The population of the United States as given under the last census was 76,303,346.; ::iy.l vH.;v .When these figures were shown to an official of -the census bureau today it was said that s the discrepancy of more than 5,000,000 between these estimates and the estimate of 100,000,000 made 'by. 'Mr: Durand probably would he explained by the fact that the , bureau's estimate ot the insular possessions of the United States may be .too low . and -some of the states whose' population has not yet been announced may , show a larger percentage than 15.4.' -. IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY ARE ORDERED Several improvements were sanctioned Jby the board of works Wednesday, including the improvement of South F street from Eleventh to Thirteenth street by grading and gravel-' ing the roadway, cement curb and gutter on both sides; the west side of North Thirteenth street from the . Pennsylvania; railroad ! to ' North : H street with cement sidewalk; South Tenth street from Main to ; South A street, with ; cement ; sidewalk. . There was a declaratory resolution for the opening of an alley between Ninth and Tenth street from North O to Elm Place, .
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