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PAGE EIGHT. THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUK-Tl..o a, IX'ESiJAl'. DECESM&h. a, 115 BODIES HAVE BEEHJECOVERED Not All Bodies Have Been Tak en From Ul-Fated Mar ianna Mine. GHOULS ARE AT WORK. PREPARATIONS MADE TO MAKE SHORT WORK OF ANY CRIMI NALS CAUGHT OPERATING MONEY STOLEN FROM BODIE8. Marianna, Penn., Dec. 1. One hun dred and fifteen bodies are now in the Improvised morgue, the remains of the victims of the ill-fated mine haft a few feet distant. There remain at least 40 bodies at the bottom of the shaft, but there is no hurry to bring them up. The facil ities of the coroner and of the under takers' assistants already have been overtaxed with caring for the bodies that have been brought up. Several of -these men have fainted from "ex haustion. Frank Ellinger, in Memorial Hospit al, at Monongahela, is in a critical con dition. It is now feared that his mind may not survive the shock of 12 hourB In the pit of death and darkness. A yace of nearly 4,000 miles is now on to the bedside of the injured sur vivor. Ellinger's wife and four chil dren ta an interior town of England, have been cabled for by the company, which hopes they will arrive in time to help him back to life and strength by preserving his reason. Survivor Tells of Disaster. $ Frank Ellnger, the only miner to es cape after the explosion, said today: "When the explosion happened, I did not see the beginning of it, and for that reason I cannot assign a cause. I did hear, however, a hissing sound, and instinctively conculuded some thing: was wrng. This was the burn ing" of the gas preceding the report of the explosion. I Immediately buried my face and head in tne dirt and mud and then pulled my coat over my head. The explosion came along. It struck me and threw me with terrific force gainst one of the mine walls. For ten minutes, as far as I can judge, I was unable to move. "I never lost consciousness, although I was badly stunned, but I was unable to move. Every part of my body ached. As hour after hour passed. I heard my comrades groaning all around me, but gradually the groaning grew les3 and less and I knew that they were all dead. I was in the mine twelve hours after the explosion and was ultimately rescued by Fire Boss William Underwood." i W&Ie the officials at the mine as sert that they do not know what caus ed the explosion, many of the rescuers who had been at work on another shlf in the mine, profess to have reached a satisfactory conclusion. They as sert, that, while the hydraulic drill was at work, it opened a pocket of gas, and while the gas was escaping Into the mine the drill struck a piece of rock, caused a spark and the explo sion followed. In spite of the two squads of state constabulary on the grounds and the 85 deputy sheriffs, which surround the mine mouth, human ghouls have invaded the town and have reaped a harvest. The pockets of at least a score of persons were picked. Coroner SIpe was robbed of $250 in cash while he was examining a body. Someone Jolted him as he bent over the corpse, and when the coroner gtft his glasses again his money was gone; so were two young men who had jolted him. The state constabulary forces have loaded their guns with ball artridges and announce that they will make a "good job" of the first ghoul caught. Money Belts Rifled. Coroner Sipe said that money belts on many of the bodies had been rifled. majority of the miners carried their savings in such receptacles. PILES Cured Quickly Without Pain, Great Cost, Operation or Trouble in the Secrecy of Your Own Home. Trial Paekage by Mail, Free. Every druggist carries Pyramid Pile Cure in stock. Why? Because pile sufferers buy it in such quantities that the druggist is compelled to supply the demand, or lose this class of pat ronage. These little cones perform their du ties bo quickly as to be almost an over night relief or cure. Testimonials unsolicited come to us daily of the great success Pyramid Me Cure is making. Cases of ten and fifteen years have been cured after a short time by these little healers. No worry is necessary, the dread of pain and hospital and operating table Is removed. Don't be skeptical, buy a box at snce, and give yourself relief. It will hot take months to prove their value. t)ne or two applications is all the troof you will need. Any druggist, anywhere, will sup ply you, or if you prefer, send us fifty ents and we will send you a box by hail In plain wrapper, or send us your sme and address and we will send Kro a trial package by mail free. AdV press Pyramid Drug Co., 152 Pyramid tld, Marshall, Mich. Million Ties Up Butter Market Comer Is in Large Measure Responsible for High Prices Ill inois and Eastern Firms Engineer Deal. Chicago, 111., Dec. 1. Manipulation of the leading butter markets of the country by a coterie of Chicago, Elgin, and eastern producemen is said to be responsible to a large extent for the present extravagant prices for butter. While supplies of butter are larger than is usually the case at this season values are materially higher than a year ago, with prospects good for fur ther advances before there is any re lief. Rumors of a corner In June storage butter, which is the best of the sea son's pack, have been circulated for some time, and while vigorously de nied by the principals, the fact re mains that the stock of choice storage butter is tightly held, with prices high and on the up grade. Leading commission firms in Chica go, Boston, New York and Elgin are credited with being the engineers of the so-called deal. T. E. Purcell & Co., a South Water street commission firm, is given the credit for handling the local end of the (iterations. At Elgin the Fox Rivei Butter company is reported to have had charge. Dates Back to Last June. The alleged "deal" dates back to last June, when the production was unusu ally heavy, with receipts at the princi pal markets enormous. Representa tives of the above firms were heavy buyers here and in the other leading AND CHILD ARE FOUND DEAD Appearances Point to Murder And Suicide. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 1. Mrs. Nich olas Errington, wife of a prominent traveling salesman of Chicago, and her , seven-year-old daughter, Theresa, are dead from carbolic acid poisoning, evi- j dently administered by the former who j was despondent over ill health. The mother was found dead on her bed at the PePabody hotel this morning, after the hotel employes had been attracted by the child's moans. The child died soon after being taken to the hospital. They were enroute to Hot Springs for the winter. $500 in currency and much valuable jewelry were found In the room. Marriage Customs In Savage Africa. The charge which is sometimes brought against white men of "marry ing for money" cannot be used against their sex in Africa, for there it is the other way about, husbands having to purchase their wives. When a man has a wife bestowed upon him as an act of charity he feels that she is not properly his own, and she, if she will, can treat him with contempt. This custom of wife purchase, although it is to be decried as tending to lower marriage to the level of a commercial contract. Is an incentive to young men to work. Lazy youths cannot com pete with energetic ones In the matri monial market, as they are despised by the young women and rejected by their parents as being unworthy of their daughters. Wide World Magazine. Sea Roses. The sea rose is a leathery looking creature which attaches Itself to a stone at the bottom of the sea In its infancy and ultimately attains a size about three Inches In length and an Inch and a half in breadth. When quiet and feeding under water its top opens and blossoms into the semblance of a large pink rose, with petals fully an inch Jong, a really handsome ob ject. As soon as It is disturbed, how ever, It shuts Itself resolutely into its leather pod. Southern Spoon Corn Bread. Tour two cupfuls boiling water over a cupful cornmeal; cook five minutes, stirring continually; add a tablespoon ful butter, two eggs well beaten, a cup ful milk, a teaspoonful salt; beat thor oughly, pour into a well greased bak ing dish and bake thirty-five minutes in hot oven. Serve from the dish in which it is baked. What to Eat. Overburdened With Memory. Your son tells me that he is going to take lessons to cultivate his memory." "I hope not," answered Farmer Corn tossel. "He can remember every fool tune that was ever whistled." Wash ington Star. Quite Light. Marie I think Chollle is a delightful dancer. He's so light on his feet! Lil lianWhen you're better acquainted with Chollle you'll discover that he's light at both ends! Town and Country. An acre in Middlesex is worth a prin cipality in Utopia. Macanlay. New Prosecutor Charles Ladd, prosecutor-elect, has gone in training for a fearful ordeal. So heart-rending are the tortures that Mr. Ladd is quietly, but courageously preparing himself to confront, that their description is more fit to be wo ven Into a tragedy entitled, "From Homespun to Gjlad Rags," than into mere cold-blooded newspaper tale." An abrupt, undramatic statement of the unknown terrors Mr. Ladd Is fac ing with Spartan like fortitude and gameness are a boiled shirt, patent leather pumps and a dress suit He has agreed to pry himself into the said high falutin dude outfit on the occasion of the Policeman's ball, which win be pulled oft vita. greaU butter markets." Their buying was re sponsible for unusually high prices during June, and other dealers to a large extent, were taken by surprise and did not buy their usual quota of butter. All through June and well in to July brokers were scouring South Water street for choice creamery 6tock, and succeeded in buying an enormous line. A large pert of these purchases is still in storage, although there have been free marketings at remunerative prices to the holders for several weeks Dollars Invested. Some estimates place the percentage of storage stocks of June butter held by the clique at 75 per cent, and the more conservative commission men say the amount is nearer 50 per cent. About $1,000,000 is said to have been invested In the operations. Stocks of storage butter" in the prin cipal warehouses of the country, are approximately 10,000,000 pounds larg er than a year ago, and about that much larger than two years ago, so there is apparently little reason for ex travagantly high values. Independent dealers who were for tunate enough to secure fair sized lines of butter are said to have sold their stocks to the big interests, which has given said interests a tighter grip on the situation. THIRTY-NINE ARRESTS E Considered "Loafing Month By Police. November was a loafing month for the members of the police department. The coppers were on their jobs the same as usual, but had fewer opportu nities to make arrests. The total number taken into custody for all causes was btit 30, divided as follows: Drunk, 16; suspicion, 2; superintend ent's order, 3; jumping trains, 3; petit larceny, 5; assault and battery, 5, and one each for carrying concealed, weap ons, forgery, bastardy, provoke, jump ing bond and runaway. 7T.3 -ss7an Joke TeHer. Story telling and jesting have al ways been counted the favorite amuse ments of semibarbaric people. To the first we owe the "Arabian Nights" and to the second the clowns, who were formerly the appendage of all great houses. In Russia the paid joker still flourishes, and the people pay so much an hour to listen to hi! jokes and witticisms. He provides himself with two or three hundred tickets, and, mounting a sort of ros trum, he announces that he is going to regale his audience with choice tid bits of mirth provoking lore. He be gins selling tickets at a penny each, and when he has sold enough to war rant his beginning he turns himself loose, and the audience remains spell bound by his humorous stories for an hour or two. A recent traveler who saw a number of these jokers in St. Petersburg says, "I listened to them several times, and, although I could not understand one word the Joker said, I was sure from the way the au dience greeted his stories with roars of laughter that the jokes were above the average." Adam, Eve and Some Apples. How many avples did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 1 0. Others say Eve 8 and Adam 8 also; total, 1 6. But if Eve 8 and Adam 8 2, the total will be 9 0. Now, If Eve 8 1 and Adam 8 12 the total would be 89 3. Then If Eve 8 1 1st and Adam 812 the total would be 1,623. Or, again, Eve 814 Adam. Adam 812 4 2 oblige Eve, total 8 2,056. Though we ad mit Eve 814 Adam, Adam, if he 8 1 8 1 2 4 2 keep Eve company; total. 8,182, 0 5 6. All wrong. Eve, when she 81812 many and probably felt sorry for it, and Adam, in order to relieve her grief, 812; therefore Adam if he 8 1 8 14 24 0-fy Eve's depressed spirit; hence both ate 81,896,864 apples. Kansas City Independent. GENERALLY OBSERVED. The noon prayer meetings that are being held every noon from 12:05 to 12:25 at the St Paul's Episcopal church are being well attended. The week of prayer is being observed more in Richmond than at first thought. The Baptist church will hold special services on Wednesday and Thursday. All the churches will observe special prayer services Thursday evening. There is a lighthouse to every four teen miles of coast In England, to ev ery thirty-four miles In Ireland and to every thirty-nine miles in Scotland. Faces Ordeal pomp and ceremony, on the evening of December 9, at the Coliseum. Mr. Ladd has consented to lead the grand march at the ball with Prosecut or Wilfred Jessup, who he will suc ceed January 1. Mr. Jessup will also be lit up in evening clothes, but this prospect has no terrors for him. The indifference displayed by Mr. Jessup is satisfactorily explained by him, as follows: "When I was in Washington I wore a boiled shirt and a dress suit frequently. You know there are a lot of places in Washington where you can rent such things." The police officers state that Mr. Jessup has already, by his past expe rience with glad rags, a great handi cap on his heir apparent, and that if he wears his top hat it will be rubbing ft la Mr.LaAA IT'S -'FOREIGN -TRADE John D. Archbold Says Stand ard's Greatest Business Is Abroad. TRUST AGREEMENT OF 1882 ' r ii New York, Dec. 1. The develop ment of trade of the Standard Oil com pany in foreign fields as a. subject of I evidence in the government's suit to dissolve the oil combination gave John j D. Archbold, vice president of the , Standard, an opportunity as a witness to spread upon tberecords some inter esting features of the Standard's busi ness in foreign countries. Of the total amount of illuminating oil retined byj thestandard in 19O0, Mr. Archbold' stated that G3 per cent .was sold abroad. Export figures of other years further showed thatthe Standard ex ported the major bulk of its illuminat ing oil. Testimony was given by Mr. Arch bold that during the period of the Standard Oil Trust the trustees poured millions of the company's earnings back Into the trust for the construc tion of new refineries and pipe lines. Mr. Archbold told of the trust agree ment of 1SX2, and said that all of the shareholders of the Standard and the beneficiaries of the Vilas, Keith and Chester agreement signed the agree ment. Mr. Archbold said that 20 trust certificates were issued for each sin gle share of Standard Oil Company stock. "The capital stock" of the Standard was $3,500,000," said Mr. Archbold, "but the plants and property were val ued at $70,000,000." He then gave thereason for the for mation of the Standard Oil Trust, say ing: "It was done as a simple and effect ive form of holding the property We were advised by counsel that neither the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, nor any other corporation could effectual ly "or safely, perhaps, hold the proper ty, which was widespread in many ; states whose laws were restrictive of I the rights of corporations. The trus- teeship was suggested as a simple method of bringing together the prop- erty and form a token of ownership j which .would have a market value and I enable the owners to have a more ef fective administration." As a Holding Body. Mr. Archbold said that the Trustees of the Standard Oil Trust, after its organization, formed the Standard Oil Companies of New York and New Jer sey to hold propertieis which had pre viously been held by Standard inter ests. The witness said the Standard Companies of New York and New Jersey were still the same companies as those formed iin 1882. The capi tal stock of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey was $3,000,000 in 1882, but increased in 1892 to $10, 000,000, and in 1899 to $110,000,000, of which $10,000,000 was preferred. DESIRES INFORMATION. Helms Would Like to Know Those Going to Omaha. The secretary of the State Corn Growers association has enquired of J. S. Helms of this county, who has had charge of the work of securing Wayne county's exhibits for the Na tional Corn show at Omaha, how many Wayne county people will make the trip to Omaha with the state delega tion. Mr. Helms wants everyone who intends to make the trip to communi cate with him at once so that he can notify the state secretary before Sat urday. The special train bearing the state delegation leaves Indianapolis over the Monon at 3:15 p. m. December 14. The railroads offer a round trip rate of one and a half fare. The round trip from Indianapolis to Omaha will amount to $20.55. WALK - SHOES Every Docs all's Bnnfiy When you buy a pair of Walk-ven0 The Walk-Over Man on the sole is the sign of satisfaction, and style. The store at which yoa bay ii is a guarantee of a comet fit $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 We are sole agents Neff & Nusbaum The Shoe Corner PEOPLE 111 A FRIGHT Flags Hoisted Over Port Au Prince to Warn Revo lutionists. GOVERNMENTS LOSSES. Port Au Prince, Dec. 1. Every hour brings the revolutionary army nearer to Port au Prince. The advance guard of Gen. Antoine Simon's forces is not more than twenty-five or thirty miles away and the insurgents are sweeping all before them. The government losses at Anse a Veau on Friday and the rout of the loyal troops have j caused consterna tion among theofficials with the ex ception.of President Nord Alexis. The aged president, who has faced many revolutions before, announces his de termination to fight to the last. Many of the residents of the capital, how ever, are panic stricken and the great majority of the natives have closed their stores. There Is an uneasy feeling among the foreigners, notwithstanding the presence in the harbor of the war ships of the United States and France, from, which forces will be landed if the insurgents succeed in passing the gates of the city. Flags of different nations are flying over the homes of many foreign residents, the markets are deserted and the country people have fled precipitately and efuse to returij. CITY IN BRIEF L. C. King's job printing of fice over 12 N. 7th St., is in charge of Mr. Geo. H. Kramer while Mr. King is confined in the hospital. Your patronage solicited and appreciated. 30-3t Furs Remodeled. Mrs. Bessie Den nis. 458 S. West 3rd St It Hear Dr. J. Everist CathelPs great lecture on Abraham Lin coln in the Coliseum Friday, Dec. 4, at 8 p. m. Benefit of Y. M. C. A. Admission 25c. Pbones 1198 1199 BEE DIVE GROCERY Phones 1198 1199 SHELLED Pecans English Walnuts Almonds Black Walnuts NEW NUTS OF ALL KINDS Dates, Figs Table Raisins 4X SUGAR For Making Candies OVER BoHar I BANK STATEMENT. No. 19SS. Report of the condition of the Second National Bonk, at Rlcumonfi la the State of Indiana, at the close of business, November. 27, 190S. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $ 946.9S3.42 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured .. .. 2.S3S.76 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 250,000.00 U. S. Bonds to secure U. S. Deposits .. 1.000.00 Other Bonds to secure U. S. Deposits ; 55,000.00 Premiums on other Bonds . . 5.000.00 Bonds, securities, etc .... . 317,593.02 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 25.000.00 Other real estate owned 1,600.66 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) $ 6.234.57 Due from State Banks and Bankers 53.295.04 Due from approved reserve agents 510,114.39 j Checks and other cash items 510.00 Notes of other National Banks 17.000.00 Fractional paper currency,, nickels, and cents 81.38 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie 143.000.00 Legal-tender notes 19,000.00 749,233.37 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) 12.500.00 Total $2,366,751.23 UABI LI TIES. Capital stock paid in $ .250.000.00 Surplus fund t 300.000.0ft Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid .. 110,410.03 National Bank notes outstanding 250,000.00 Due to other National Banks $ 11,401.79 Due to State Banks and Bankers 17.048.50 Individual deposits subject to check 1.330.8S0.65 Demand certificates of deposit 46,714.89 Cashier's checks outstanding .... 191.47 United States deposits 50,103.90 l,f5K.3tl.20 Total.. $3,366,751.23 State of Indiana, County of Wayne, ss: I, Sam'l V. Gaar, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the test of my knowledge and belief. SAM'L W. GAAR, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this l6t day of December. )0&. KATHERINE L. GIFT, Notary PMic. Correct Attest: - " , - HENRY GENNETT, GEO. W. MILLER. JOHN B. DOUOAN. Directors. BANK STATEMENT. No. 2680. "- - Report of the condition of the First National Bank at Richmond In State of Indiana, at the close of business, November 27, IfOS. RESOURCES. Loan 6 and Discounts .. .. .. .. .$ Overdrafts, secured and unsecured .. .. .. .. .. U. S. Bonds to secure circulation . . .. ... U. S. Bonds to secure U. S. Deposits.. .' Bonds, securities, etc .. Banking house, furniture and fixtures . Due from approved reserve agents ..$115,156.4$ Checks and other cash items 5.401.85 Notes of other National Banks 9,000.00 ' Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents .. .. 226.6!) Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie 79,300.00 Legal-tender notes 53.800.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) . . w . . Total ..IL312.869.S2. LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in . 100,000.00' Surplus fund 60,000.00 Undivided profltsless expenses and taxes paid.. 13,732.45 National bank notes outstanding 98,497.60 Due to other National Banks .". $ 12,635.66 Individual deposits, subject to check . 669,174.86 ' Demand certificates of deposit .. ... 322,245.28 Certified checks United States deposits Total. ... .. ..' i State of Indiana, County of Wayne, bs: x I, F. M. Taylor, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear t that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belUfc F. M. TAYLOR. CashUfr. , Subscribed and eworn to before JAMES Commission expires July 16, 1912. 1 1 If? flWt""""tHlMJW O. E. DICKINSON, 523 Main-Street Palladium Want S54.S9T.19 ' L7H47 looiooo.oo; 50.000.00 19,365.98 11,100.00 2S2.tt4.9ll 6.000.00 -. ... 1,583.57 - . 45,000.00 1050.634T . . JWUi69.81 me this IstMiay of December, If ODk W. WILSON. -KttarT TOW JOHN U KOPEJ, 8C'. SWAYNE, A. D. GAYtBL Dintk"'t It you want cosy cither by the ten or car load. TflsBier Bros. Compnay . Phones 1178 and 1179 Your Xmas Jewelry C&se Ss lost yearning- far gomeof$h trinkets we are nonr &ort&s YoaH yearn too Whyoa'S the pretty Tings Jocke. bYtrf. ee, scarf jAaxcuS twttcaj.wto. They are jut as6I&tya!aa be; just the thing that vie people are wearing- Croat ia and look aft them 'YlMpnbtil axe by no means' alarming. Ads-Cent a Word