Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 62

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MAN

EATS GRASS

FROM JAIL LAWN

Has to Be Restrained From Swallowing Small Pebbles.

SAN RAFAEL. Cal., Sept. 27. Deputr Sheriff Jack Donahue has a "wild man" in custody. He was captured near Camp Taylor. Not a word has the prisoner spoken; not a question has he answered with the exception of one, and that was when he asked to write hia name he scribbled the words "Ani Bey" on a bit oT paper. It is thought that these words may be a corruption of the name "Anthony Beno," found on a card when iifee man's cabin was searched. The unknown's first attempt at escape was made when newspaper photographers posed him outside the county jail for a picture. He started wildly at the camera and then broke away from Donahue and dashed toward the hillside. He was captured after b short sprint, but protested violently by signs alons against being returned to his cell. Soon after his attempt at escape he made signs indicating that he wished to sit down on the court house lawn. He was allowed to do so, when he immediately began tearing up grass and dandelions by the roots and eating them. He was allowed to do this, but when he attempted to swallow several small pebbles he was restrained. Dr. Juser, county physician, and Dr. Stone, made a close examination of the prisoner and they agreed that he was sane, but neither could account for his evident lapsa of memory and his reversion to mankind's primal instincts. In the hermit's hut, south of Camp Taylor, officers found a stock certificate of an old mining company issued on March 14, 1863, to "F. Hlrth." They also found a wallet containing a card on which was written the name "Anthony Benko." No steps toward disposing of the unknown have been taken as yet, or will they be until after further inquiry has been made into the strange case. John L. McNab, former United States district attorney, as attorney for the estate on which the hermit made his home, filed the complaint on which the "wild man" was taken into custody.

Initial Movement to Establish Earlham by Friends in 1832

ROBERT L KELLY. partments, the Philosophy and His-

The Initial movement to found at tory group, the Language group, the t Richmond an institution of higher Mathematics and Science group and; learning was made at the session of the Literature group. The educa- j Indiana Yearly Meeting in 1832 feigh-; tional work is done by thirty men and j ty-one years ago. Those were pioneer women, it being one of the policies of j days in Indiana history. It was a hardy, the institution not to use student as- i rugged brave race of men who had sistants in teaching or laboratory j

f ettled here. They were noi men 01 wum. preat resources financially speaking, j Campus of 40 Acres, but there were among them men of j The number of buildings has inMen and generous sentiments. creased with the development of the

They did not wish their children to ! institution and it is generally recog- i grow up in ignorance. Their life con- j nized that the physical conditions at : sisted in a hard battle with the rough j Earlham are attractive, convenient . elements of an untamed nature, but ' and modern. There is a beautiful they aspired not simply to exist phy- j campus of 40 acres, with an 80 acre 1 shally, but to expand intellectually, farm in the rear, and on this campus , socially and spiritually. 'are Earlham hall, the original build-j in tt.o t:,ce of inertia, of discourage- ling now a women's dormitory, Lind-

CITY BUYS PLATTE Wiesbaden Acquires Historic Shooting Box.

WIESBADEN, Sept. 27. Within tLe next few days an interesting transfer of landed property will take place. The Platte, the well-known shooting box of the former dukes of Nassau, will pass, together with two hundred acres of forest land, from its present owner, the grand duchess of Luxembourg, to the town of Wiesbaden, for the comparatively small sum of 400,000 marks ($100,000). This sale forms the best

solution of a somewhat knotty question, which has been before the public for some time. The Platte is situated on one of those forest-clad hills of the Taunus mountains, which protect Wiesbaden bo well against the northern winds. Only five or six miles distant from .Wiesbaden, it has always been a favorite spot where visitors flock to enjoy the natural beauty of the panorama it affords right down the silvery stream of the Rhine toward Rudesheim and Niederwald. The history of the Jagdschloss as the Germans call it, is both interesting and melancholy, for it Is here that Duke Adolphus of Nassau der cided to join Austria against Prussia in 1866. lie lost the game and his ducal crown in consequence. After the annexation of Nassau by Prussia. Duke Adolphus left his country and never entered it again during the

many years which followed until his death in 1905. In 1890, on the death of William III. of Holland, Duke Adolphus ascended the throne of Luxembourg, and thus it came about that the present grand duchess of Luxembourg is the owner of the family's estate in Germany. The young and beautiful grand duchess hardly knows the country where stod the cradle of the race, nor does she seem to sympathize much with its people. Rumor has it that, owing to the fact that the former subjects of the house of Nassau in general, and the Wiesbadeners in particular, having become too easily Prussianized. Her royal highness intends to dispose of the whole of the family's property in Germany as quickly as possible. The old residential palace at Biebrich with its magnificent park, is also on the market.

rnents. of actual back-sets this band of educational promoters, sometimes dwindled to a very few, persevered and fifteen years after the plan was proposed the first session of Friends' Boarding School opened in the west wing of what is now Earlham hall. This was on the seventh day of June, 1847. A Distinct Atmosphere. The school had a distinct "atmos

phere" from the very first. It was a coeducational institution there was not the ordinary discrimination against women. The founders were advocates of the principle of peace, of civic righteousness, of moral and religious training as well as intellectual development and while we would smile now at some of their rules and regulations, not only have the dominant ideas been preserved here during the past sixty-six years, but each one of them has gained recognition as a necessary feature in any well organized system of American education. These men were more than pioneers and promoters they were prophets. The school was not large but the quality of work done was good. The old Boarding school produced such men as William Penn Nixon, for many years managing editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean; Joseph Gurney Cannon, of Danville, 111.; Francis T. White and Mordecai Morris White, bankers, of New York and Cincinnati; Judge Vincent Carter, of Indianapolis; Achilles Unthank, civil engineer who constructed important works in Asia and South America; and Hiram Hadley, a great teacher in Indiana and elsewhere, and the "Father of Education" and State Superintendent of Public Instruction of New Mexico. At the recent home" coming of old students, despite the passage of more than a half century, some fifty or more of these old Boarding School students were on the campus of the college. The great personality in the teaching force of the Boarding schol was Bardabas Coffin Hobbs. one of Indiana's distinguished educators and state superintendents, and the first president of the college. .... Chartered in 1857. The college was chartered in 1859, and was christened Earlham. Away back in 1837, Joseph John Gurney, an English banker and prominent minister among the Friends gave $50.00 to

the Boarding School fund; later his widow made a larger gift and the name of the ancestral seat of the Gurney's at Norfolk, England, "Earlham Hall" was adopted by the committee. The officers and teachers of the new college were men and women of such refinement, scholarship and character that the college at once possessed an enviable prestige among educational institutions. It would be fair to say, I think, that this prestige has been maintained during the years.

Earlham not only was a leader in the field of co-education, but in the field of advanced practical instruction in science. For instance the first Chemical laboratory in the state for college purposes was established at Earlham as well as the first collection of material for a museum of natural history and the first college

observatory, at which for many years the transit instrument taken from Ft. Sumpter and loaned to Earlham by the United States government has been in use. Has Remarkable Museum. Earlham also was the first college of liberal arts in the state to grant credit for work toward a degree in manual training and domestic science. Today the college has not only a remarkable museum named in honor of the second president, Joseph Moore but six well equipped scientific laboratories in chemistry, biology, physics, geology, phychology and domestic science. It is not true of course, that Earlham is technically a scientific school. The work is organized now into no less than seventeen departments in

cluding physical training and music. There are four general groups of de-

ley hall, the chief administration building, Bundy hall, the men's dormi-! tory, the Library, the Observatory, the j Central Heating and Power plant, the j

Gymnasium, Reid Field with grand stand and the barns. The ph-sical plant is estimated as being worth over $400,000 and the permanent endowment is now over $426,000. The annual budget is $135,000. Many thousands of dollars annually are brought to Richmond and put into circulation by non resident students and many thousands of dollars are kept in Richmond annually because Richmond boys and girls have the best of educational opportunities of college grade brought to their very doors. One of the things of which the management is distinctly proud, is that the local patronage is, compared with other institutions, remarkably large. Confers 1,168 Degrees. 'Earlham has many famous sons and daughters. During the fifty-four years

of its history, 1,168 degrees have been ;

conferred, upon 1,105 different individuals. Of these many have become I distinguished as have many who did j not graduate. Many important posi- ; tions in the faculties of American col- j leges and universities have been and ! are being held by Earlhamites. Among ! the university faculties where Earl- i ham graduates are listed are Harvard, I Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Leland Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, New I York, Syracuse, Howard, Purdue, the State Universities of Michigan, Illi- j nois, Missouri, Wisconsin, California, Indiana, Wyoming, Iowa, South Dakota, the State Agricultural colleges

of Colorado, Oregon, Michigan, New i

Mexico and numerous law and medical schools. Earlham graduates have taught and are teaching in the following colleges: Vassar, Wellesley, Beloit, Haverford, Swarthmore, Goucher, Colorado, City of New York, Bethany, Illinois, Penn, Guilford, Whittier, Wilmington, Pacific and Friends universi

ty. Proud of Children. Other Earlham men and women in large numbers have entered the field of public education, of law, the ministry, medicine, journalism, library work, manufacture, business, reform work and public life. Among Richmond men formerly Earlham studends not naming many, men now in Richmond who have won distinction in various lines of the world's work, may be mentioned Robert Underwood Johnson, editor Century Magazine; Wm. T. Clark of the St. .Nicholas; Richard Jackson, president of the Rock Island railroad; George T. Nicholson, vice president of the Santa Fe; William C. Dennis, international lawyer; Joseph H. Kibbey, governor of Arizona; Hiram Hadley, State Superintendent of New Mexico; Lynn

Boyd, president Indianapolis Water company; Charles C. Perry of the Indianapolis Light, Heat and Power Co., and D. W. Morman and Sons of the Morman and Nordyke company. Holds to Good. One secret of Earlham's success undoubtedly is that she is progressively

conservative. She does not abandon I

ideas and methods because they are old nor take them on because they

are new. She attempts to hold fast to j that which Is good and true, and to ! keep abreast of the times. As illustrative of this principle it j may be pointed out T?.at Earlham is I leading most colleges of the literary I type in offering practical courses in j domestic science, manual training, ag-1

riculture and the fundamental cours-

SHEEP RAISERS HEAR POPULAR LECTURER

es for law, medicine and engineering. Not only is such work offered but it counts, as do the traditional lines of work, toward the baccalaureate de-1

gree. 'or instance a student can spend three years at Earlham and three years at a leading law school as Indiana, Michigan, or Chicago and receive both the A. B. Degree and the law degree. The Richmond colors yellow and cream-are the college colors and the college opens as the Fall. Festival is in operation so we have much in common.

KENDALL VILLE, Ind., Sept. 27. Leading the state outside of the state fa'r at Indianapolis, sheep men have made Kendallville meeting famous. The most sheep, the best sheep, and the most satisfactory results was the verdict rendered this afternoon, when C. A. Kurtze made final announcement. All day the big tent in which the mutton demonstration was held, was crowded and Miss Robert McNeil, domestic science lecturer from Purdue,

held the attention of the crowds and showed" them what science and in-1 telligent work could do. The lamb slaughtered was a purebred Oxford, from the prize flock of M. R. Purviance, of Huntington, and Curtis Brouse, father of Secretary Brouse, prepared the lamb for slaughter. Louis G. Price, of Lagrance, made an interesting talk on "Feeding Sheep on the Farm," while Frank G. King talked of the "Hot House Lamb." On the whole the sheep men are pleased with the work done and give Kendallville sheep men the credit of leading the state. Hot house lambs dropped in November, weaned early and fed plentifully wb,en shipped to market when three months old, will dress at about 35 to 40 pounds, and the price is 35 cents per pound. Just now this style of meat is in "great demand. The speaker urged . that more persons become interested In the proposition and follow it closely lot profit.

FEEBLE MINDED ORPHAN GENIUS LEAVES HOSPITAL

CHICAGO, Sept. 27. "Willie" left the hospital buildings, said good-by to all the nurses, the doctors, and the patients, stepped wonderingly into the first railroad train he ever had examined, and was whirled to the tuberculosis hospital in Oak Forrest. The boy, whose brain and heart and lungs are in such bad condition that not one doctor in a hundred will say he will live, immediately took possession. He's going to have the building torn down, or at least remodeled, and he is going to have charge of all the

electrical work. His first question on arriving was for the electrician, who was not at leisure at the moment. Plans Remodeled Bath. Charles Long, man nurse, gave "Willie" a bath. The bathroom did not suit the new owner. He's going to have a partition taken down and make an extension, and he's going to put

four or five bulbs over the tub. After his bath the new arrival was shown over the grounds by Mr. Long. They inspected the forests, the outdoor camps, the baseball grounds, the little rolling hills, the outhouses and other points of interest. It was all so different to the boy who for two years has known nothing save the dim corridors and long rows of beds in the county hospital. After the inspection, dinner was served, and Mr. Long introduced 'Willie" to several boys and girls and left him to play with them. It was probably the first time "Wil

lie" had seen anybody of his own age who was able to play with him. The hospital authorities were forced to keep him from other children for fear of contagion.

FIRM HERE SINCE 1889. The Perry T. Williams Monument company, 33 North Eighth street was established in 1SS9 under the firm name of Nelson and Williams in the old Coffin Bank building at the corner of Fifth and Main streets. The business was brought to this city from Lebanon, Ohio.

i In 1S92 H. S. Nelson left the firm

and John Hollowell took charge for a year. Since 1S93 the business has been controlled by Mr. Williams The work, of cutting and finishing is all done at the factories from which Mr. Williams buys the stone, and the only remaining work is that of the lettering, which is done at the shop here. Mr. Williams has placed many of the finest monuments in Earlham tern-

j etery. i The entire work is superintended I by Mr. Williams and the setting of

the monuments is done under his direction.

Just as He Expected. His Daughter This paper says that Mr. Millions died 'intestate. Her Pa 1 expected it the uiinnit I neerd tbem dot-tors was gein to operate on him. Fuck.

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To Every Citizen, Every Prospective Buyer of Real Estate, Every Booster for Richmond We all admit, that according to the saying: "Hindsight is far superior to foresight, but always too late" but here is a chance to apply a little hindsight and use a good amount of foresight. Ten years ago it was impossible to rent a house in Richmond. But what are the conditions in this respect in Richmond today? It is worse than it was then. And this demand has increased steadily and continuously during the past ten years as any real estate agent will tell you. Rents are higher arid property scarcer than it was "Ten Years Ago Today." It is almost impossible to rent a house today

and real estate offices will average from 1 5 to 20 calls per day for rentals.

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Does This Suggest Anything to You 'Ten Years of Past Experience?" Now what have we done in the past ten years? More houses have been erected in Richmond in the las ten years than twenty-five years before. Companies have been organized for the purpose, private individuals have "Boosted the Game" Over 1,100 lots in new additions have been platted in the city. How many houses do you think have been erected in the city in ten years and not been able to get anywhere close to the demand, and still the cry goes on, "I can't get a house to rent" and it is true. Over 2,000 new houses and apartments and flats. Now What Have We Had in the Past Ten Years? Presidents have come and Presidents have gone Election returns in and over. Panics! Yes we have had them all around us. Floods, storms, cyclones, crops and crop failures. Everything the pessimist can look for and everything the optimist says that we can expect, but after ten years have come and gone, some of us are still here and the shortage of houses worse than ten years ago today. Scarcity and prices higher and we have done more building and have had financial depressions, crops, elections, floods, cyclones, and storms and everything else and more to, than is expected in an ordinary ten year life. Does this "Ten Years of Past Experience" suggest anything to you. If anyone tells you it's not a good thing to invest in Richmond, you tell them to look at the past ten years and he will change his mind. Now let's get together and use a little foresight based on hindsight from "Ten years of past experience" and Boost! for MdtaraoDMii Buy a home in Richmond. Invest in real estate for rental purposes in Richmond. Induce your friends to come and live in Richmond. Pin your faith in Richmond. Have them come during the Fall Festival and see what Richmond is doing. And last, but not least, come and see us, or our authorized agents about a home or investment. We can satisfy you in both. The Two Best Propositions of Today Are Boeao Mil AddMom amudL Glem View Park Adldffilffioe We are building New Modern Homes in these additions

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"Not Just Houses, But Homes" We are putting in the street, sidewalk, curb, gutter, gas, electric light and sewer. We want you to see Bungalow HilL More people have been surprised in visiting this addition at the beautiful, high, dry lots, saying they never thought there were such nice lots available. We will build a Bungalow on this addition to suit you. You owe it to yourself to see us about a home. We can satisfy you, as we have them in all parts of the city. We are always glad to show you.

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