Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 December 1902 — Page 1

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VOLUME XVII.

FRANCHISE ON GOUHTY ROADS

STOTJE & WEBSTER GET VALUABLE GRANT FROM COUNTY COMMiSSWNEffiS

TRACKS LAID LAST NIGHT

MANAGlEiR CLARK LOST NO TIME •r IN,FORESTALLING OPPOSITION TO HIS FLANS

THE USE OF GRADE GIVEN AWAY

Event Said To Assure interurban Line To Paris and Too Will Influence /•V"" the Sentiment in the Case of the New Bridge.

Late yesterday afternoon the commissioners of Vigo county granted a franchise to diaries A. Stone and Edwin. S. Webster 'to construct, maintain and operate ar interurban electric railway npun the National road running west of the city and upon the St. Mary's or Clinton ro uL, running north from the National road, to the state line dividing -Indian*, and Illinois. The franchise is for a period of fifty years and practically is unincumbered with legal instructions or qualifications. The granting of the franchise is said to mean that ttie Paris

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interurban line will be built in the ,'near' future. The franchise, as granted, gives the

SI,one & Webster company the right to build an electric line on the south side *of the National road, including the grade across the river. Tlu franchise also gives the company permission to construct and operate a line on the Clinton or St. Mary's road, from the corporate •limits of Vest Terre Haute, north-west to the state line, passing through the towns of St. Mary's and Sandford. A temporary railroad can be established on .the National road for the purpose

Of hauling material with which to build road bed for the interurban. In return for the right of way the •-•company agrees to build a durable and attractive fence along both sides of the grade and to establish a separate roadits tracks, which roadbed shall "no!''interfere in any way with the present. Wagon road. The fence on the south side" of the grade will be built either north or south of the interurban tracks, as the commissioners may designate and no cars shall be run over the tracks until ,'the fence at the north of the grade is -^complete. Cars are not to be operated at a speed greater than 8 miles an hour 'on the temporary road bed.

Work on the new interurban must begin within 30 days from the time of granting the petition (yesterday) and must be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The request, for a franchise -\vas presented by Lamb & Beasley, local attorneys for Stone & Webster and McjNutt and McNutt.

CLARK ACTED"QUICKLY

Forestalled Opposition and Rival Lines by fcaying Tracks on Grade Last Night.

The first rails of the new interurban line rimlfclg west of the city were laid last night, an hour after the town board 'of tV'-tei Terre Haute had granted Stone A- W«5ss*er permission to lay tracks IthwupU- the town. The county commissioners gave the permit to lay tracks almig tha National road yesterday afternoon and at 9 o'clock last night the .\Vest Terre Haute town board took similar action.

During the day, in anticipation of the action of the boards 100 men and 25 (teams: were engaged to report at the car barns last night. As soon as the action of the West Terre Haute men was mn.&e: known the men were put/to work '"across ille river By daylight a temporary track had been laid over most, of the distance between Terre Haute and West Terre Haute.

The work was carried on under the light of a number of gasoline torches, placed on poles along side of the tracks. General Manager J. P. Clark superintended the construction in person. Material .was hauled to First street and Wabash avenue on the street cars and here wagions, took the ties and rails across the bridge, distributing the material where, it was needed. The ties were laid on the top of the ground and the rails spiketd to them, there being no attempt

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will be strung later. The work was begun last night because the company feared opposition in laying its tracks if work was postponed. A Paris company has been securing franeluKes and talking of an interurban but with tracks laid along*-die wagon grade thfer^ls little chance of any other syndicate -receiving permission to construct and operate an electric road. Jt is /claimed that the permanent line will be built at'-once.1

^sg-'M^0fflciaIs VjMfltejttman of the board of comr niifJp^^vE- in discussing the matter

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CONGRESS HEARS MESSAGE READ

THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS RECEIVED WiTH MARKED ATTENTION'

ISSUES ARE SQUARELY MET

DOCUMENT HAS TRUE RING AND POINTS NATION TO ITS DUTY

ADVOCATES ANTI-TRUST LAWS

President Confident That Congress Can Eliminate This Menace Without Restraining Legitimate Enterprise.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Owing to the fact that the president's message was to be read in the house today, the galleries were sparsely filled and many members were absent from their seats when the hour of meeting arrived. Rep-resentatives-elect Russel and Swan, who were elected to fill the unexpired terms of the late Representatives DeGraffenreid of Texas and Cummings of New York took the oath of office.

The speaker announced a number of committee appointments, among them that of Mr. Hill of Connecticut, to be a member of the ways and means committee to succeed the late Mr. Russell of Connecticut.

The committee appointed to wait upon the president, Messrs. Bingham, Hitt and Richardson, reported that he would submit a message to the house. This was at 12:10, and the message not having been received, a recess was taken to 12:30. At 12:30 the house resumed its session and the president's message was. promptly submitted. The reading, began at once and members gave it close attention.

The house committee on judiciary today decided to refer all bills dealing with trusts to a sub-committee of which Mr. Littlefield of Maine, whose antitrust bill is one of the important ones pending, is the chairman.

Among the comments on the president's message the following from members of the house axe interesting:

Payne of New York, Republican floor leader: "His prosperity statement is admirable. The message deals only with the living questions. The country will understand his recommendations on the tariff and the trusts."

Richardson, of Tennessee, Democratic floor leader: "The president is very general in his recommendations. He tried to ride on both sides on nearly every proposition."

Dick, Republican, Ohio: "A good message because a conservative one.' Underwood, Democrat, Ala-.: "In what he says about trusts and the tariff,, the president is simply shooting a blank cartridge. It's ineffective."

Representative Hopkins, Republican, 111.: "A very able and patriotic document. His treatment of the trust question is very conservative and meets the needs of both, capital and labor."

Hitt, Republican, ifl.: "The president has succeeded again in placing all his individual force into ilie message. He departs from the monotonous system of the last hundred, years nnd puts the fresh est th.ought in the freshest manner."

Senate Hears Message.

The senate today had lost part of its holiday appearance, though upon the desks of Senators Simon of Oregon and Senator-elect Alger of Michigan reposed elaborate floral remembrances. The public galleries were well filled, but when the gavel of the president pro tem fell at noon there was but a fair sprinkling of spectators in the members' gallery, ix'.any being immediate relatives of General Alger. The credentials of Senator Alger were presented by his colleague, Senator Burrows, who escorted the new senator, to the president's desk, where the oath was administered and the senate roll signed. He was then escorted to. his seat on the Democratic side of the chamber, flanked on either side by -Senator Beveridge and Senator Drvden and immediately in the rear of Senator Foraker. There^ii informal handshaking reception was--held until the reading of the president's message was begun.

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Senator Piatt (Conn.) and Senator Jones (Ark.), the committee appointed to wait upon the president, wei'® Tecog-j nized. They .reported that they had fulfilled their mission, and that the president had informed them that he had a message to present to congress. Immediately thereafter the president's special messenger, Mr. Barnes, entered and announced: "A message froifj the president of the United States.*

The message was then read. The message as read will be found on page 9. In accordance with the request of the Taft commission' and the Secretary of War, Senator Lodge today introduced a bill to make the tariff between the Philippines and the United States 25 percent of the Dingley rate instead of 75 per cent as at present. He expects to secure the passage of the bill without discussion.

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GULLOM PRESENTS HIS TRUST

AiN ANTI-MONOPOLY MEASURE WAS INTRODUCED IN SENATE TODAY

AMENDS THE SHERMAN ACT

MEASURE IS SUPPOSED TO EMBRACE PRESfOENT ROQSEVELT'S POLICY

IMMEDIATE ACTION EXPECTED

Indications Arc That the Administration Expects to Dispose of the Truet Issue This Session

Without Delay.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—What has been heralded as the administration's anti-trust bill, was introduced in the senate today by Senator Cullom. Because the Illinois senator was for someyears chairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce, and therefore very familiar with the operation of the laws on the subject it was announced some time ago that President Roosevelt had entrusted to

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WAS READ IN C0NGRESS

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of the bill which was to embody his views. There has, therefore, been much curiosity to see the results of Mr. Cullom's labors. He proposes to add nine new sections to the Sherman law. A

Section nine, the first of the proposed new sections, provides that "no article of commerce produced, manufactured, owned or deait in by any person, corporation, association, joint stock company or partnership, organized or carrying on business for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing the manufacture, production or sale of any article of commercc, or for appreciably affecting the cost of such article of commerce to the consumer or for the prevention of competition in the manufacture, production or sale thereof, shall be transported or carried without the consent of the state or territory in which produced or manufactured. etc."

It further provides that every person, corporation, etc.. carrying on business for any of the purposes aforesaid may be perpetually enjoined.

MOB CARRIE NATION

That Was the Intention pf An Iowa Crowd for Her Words Against William McKinley.

SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 2.—In an address to 2,000 people in the First Methodist church last night Carrie Nation declared that McKinley put less brains into the office than any other president and called him the brewers' friend. The crowd arose to mob her and would have dragged her from the pulpit had not Evangelist English protected her.

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Lord Hope in Court Again. LONDON, Dec. 2.—In the bankruptcy court today Lord Francis Hope sought to have the claim for £9.000 against hirn entered by Miss Yohe, his former wife, set «sid«. Miss Yohe claims that she advanced the money to Hope and that she has his promissory note for the amount. Lord Francis repudiates the claim. The court will consider the application tomor-

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Damage Suit Withdrawn, tSpfciS to The Tribune.] INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 2.—The damage suit of T. J. Carpenter, of Terre Huute, against the pentraJ Union Telephone company, for'fcen thousand dollars for personal injuries, was withdrawn from the federal court here today.

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OLD BRIDGE—GREAT GUNS I CAN SEE MY FINISH.

COLD WAVE COMING TO TERRE HAUTE

WEATHER MAN SAYS IT WILL ARRiVE SCMETiME TONIGHT

THROUGH MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

RAIN WILL BE FOLLOWED SOON BY SHARP DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE "V

.THURSDAY MAY BE COLDER

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Sharp Gale Prevails on tRe Lakes and .the Frost Man is Headed in This Direction—Tip to the

Coal Man.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The weather bureau issued the following special bulletin this afternoon:

A cold wave will overspread districts west of the Mississippi tonight and tomoirow. The central valleys rain in the south and snow in the north will be followed on Wednesday by a decided fall in temperature. In the lake region high northeast winds with snow will be folIpwed Wednesday night by colder, clearing weather.

In the Atlantic states piioav in the northern and rain in the middle district Wednesday will be followed by much lower temperature Wednesday night and Thursday.

WOMAN LAID :PL0T

ALLEGED TO HAVE PAID MAN TO KILL BRAUM

RECENTLY LOST DAMAGE SUIT

Planned Revenge Against the Electric Company and Its Officials— Now Under Arrest.

BELLEVILLE, 111., Dec. 2.--Mrs. Mary Adamson, 50, a widow, and Edward Weill crt and Abraham Beck, were arrested last night for alleged conspiracy against the electric railway which runs between Belleville and East St. Louis. A stoiy of "mysterious assault" upon Max Braun claim agent, proves to have been a hoax, concocted to trap the suspected trio. The woman and Weinert declare they are innocent but Beck says Mrs. Adamson gave him $35 to kill Braun and a receipt for the amount was found in her possession.

An indictment for-perjury against'Mrs. Adamson following her unsuccessful suit for da.mages against the company was recentiyiglplshed. Braun was an important witness in the damage suit. Revenge is the supposed motive for the alleged conspiracy to kill Braun and damage the company's property. When arrested the woman and her alleged hica"lings were walking along the tracks, she havine.tv^R horae shoes which the officers belief she intended to use to derail cars. Mrs. Adamson conducts a saloon on the rock road between Belleville and East St. Louis.

The British Invasion.

LONDON. Dec. 2. —It is stated in semiofficial circles today that the British government is negotiating with several smoping companies regarding the development of the coast and river ports of China in order to forestall any plans wl/ich tfce continental .nations may be ar-

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ACTRESS MURDERED RY HER ADMIRER

TRAGIC END Of MISS HASSETT OF THE KIETH STOCK COMPANY

SLAYER THEN SHOT HIMSELF

IS BARRY JOHNSTONE AND HE IS C-STILL ALIVE, ALTHOUGH 's. MORTALLY WOUNDED

AFFAIR CAUSES A SENSATION

Woman Was the Wife of a Chicago Business Man and Had Promised To Soon Desert Her Profes-

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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.—"She, was false to me and I killed her." This is the only statement the police have been able to secure from Barry Johnstone, late of Richard Mansfield's theatrical company, who last night shot and instantly killed Mrs. Everett E. Beckwith, known to the stage as Kate Massett, and connected witri* the Keith stock company in this city. The two bullets which Johnstone fired into his own body after Miss Hasset.t fell dying in the street lodged jus^ above the heart, and the surgeons at the Halienmann hospital were unable to remove them. Tliey hold out no hope for his recovery.

There can be no doubt that Johnstone, filled with jealous rage, came here from New York for the express purpose of killing both the woman and himself. He first visited her room and, finding her absent, searched it thoroughly, tearing up her clothing and apparently many^ letters. Then he went to the Keith theater and waited for Miss Hassett until the close of the evening performance of the "Dancing Girl." Then he induced her to take a walk with him into the heart of the Tenderloin, where the shooting quickly followed.

Prior to leaving New York, Johnstone made all arrangements for the disposal of his effects. v-

Who Woman Was.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—News of the'murder in Philadelphia of Mrs. .Everett Beckwith, who was known to the stage as Miss Kate Hassett, came as a shock to her husband, Everett Beckwith, manager of a department in a large business concern in this city. Mrs. Beckwith was given everything needful to make home attractive, but chose a professional- career. Heir husband reluctantly consented to her leaving Chicago to fill engagements elsewhere, but yielded to the wishes of his wife after being assured that she would soon abandon the life of an actress and live quietly at home. She left after several successful local engagements in company with another actress who was her constant companion. Beckwith knew nothing of any relations between the woman and Barry Johnstone, hesr jealous slayer, other than those of acquaintance. Mrs. Beckwith's father and husband will go to Philadelphia, to bring the body to Chicago for interment.

CLASH IN RUSSIA^-

Three Thousand Workmen Strike and Engage in Battle With Cossacks.

ST. "PETERSBURG, Dec. 2.—It is officially announced this morning that 3,000 workmen on the Vladi-Caucasian railwaj have struck. At Roetow, the statement continues, the strikers collided with Cossacks on November 27, and one officer

HORRIBLE TORTURE INFLICTED BY TURKS

CIVILIZED W0«!LD SHOCKED AT THE NEWS FROM MACEDONIA

INFANTS ARE SLAUGHTERED

ELDER NICHOLAI WAS ROASTED DEATH WITH HIS TWO DAUGHTERS ,Y

PRIESTS AND SISTERS* SUFFERED

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Tortured in Unmentionable Manner and Left to Eie of Cold and Hunger—Awful Conditions

Made Public.

VIENNA, Dec. 2.—The Evening Post, a Bulgarian paper, today prints a story of further and horrible atrocities inflicted on Macedonian Christians by the Turks. According to the Post the Turks among^ other things, placed red hot iron caps on the heads of the Christians 'pour burning petroleum over their feet and in some cases bind sixty or seventy prisoners together and leave them in this helpless state to starve to death. The paper give's some particular cases of cruelty inflicted by the Turkish emissaries in their efforts to stamp out Christianity in Macedonia. It says: "A priest named Stefana of the village of Padesh, was forced to drink filth from a chalice. Sisters Zauka, Saveta and Magda expired as the result of unmentionable 'tortures.. Elder Nicholai, of the Village of Leshko, after beincr forced to witness the tortures of both his da ugh ters, young women, was himself roasted to death. "A priest named Christo, in the village of Seltha was compelled to oversee the murder of infants. He went mad as a result of his awful experience. "The inhabitants of the villages of Kardhasjro, Loyadash and Klessoni flew to the hills to avoid the Turks and are now dving there of cold and hunger

KNOX'S REPORT ISSUED

Recommends That Building for Department be Built and That Sal-4"' i'^ aries Be Increased.'. V, j.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Attorney General Knox submitted to congress today his annual report. It shows that during last year his department disposed of 375 cases in the Supreme court and that tfcere are 3W cases now. A brief explanation is given of the case involved and the courts decision in the more important cases. Mr. Knox calls attention to the fact tha.t his department is occupying rented quarters and asks that congress provide for the erection of a suitable department building. Mr. Knox strongly recommends that an increase be made in the salaries paid the judicial officers of the government.

FRANCE^T WORLD'S FAIR

Chamber of Deputies. Today Voted a Sum to Defray the Expense Of An. Exhibit.

PARIS, Dec. 2.—By a, vote of 430 to 30 the chamber olf deputies today voted a credit of 150,000 francs for a government exhibit of public instruction and fine arts at the St. Louis exposition.

Ruled Off the' Track.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2—Robert Hemingray the Kenttickian whose alleged wife committed suicide in a sensational manner here, has'been ruled off the track by the California Jockey club. President WilMams said he would allow no man who

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THE WEATHER.

Rain and warmer tonight Wednesday rain, colder in northern portion high Easterly winds

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GAMBLING PALACE RAIDED BY POLICE

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CANFIELD'S MILLIONAIRE'S CLUB INVADED BY JER0ME AND SQUAD'c$

NO PLAY WAS IN PROGRESS

TWO WAGONSFUL OF PARAPHERNALIA WERE CARTED AWA1 FROM THE PLACE

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SCENE DAZZLED THE COPPERS

Few Had Ever Beheld Such Marvelously Frescoed Walls and the Ar* Critics in the Squad Were

Simpiy Overwhelmed.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—New 'York awoke this morning to learn, of its seventh wonder. Richard Canfield's gambling house at No. 5 East Forty-fourth street, in the heart of the fashionable district next door to Delmonicos, was raided late last night by Police Inspector IJrooks, actng' with District Attorney Jerome. Administrations have come: policc transfers have been made by the wholesale and the metropolis has been raided from the Battery to the Harlem, but Canfield's has never closed. Its clientele was made up of millionaires and an introduction was necessary before one could enter. Professional gamblers were never admitted only blue bloodis and gentlemen with money had entree. Canfield's pull was «o strong and mysterious that it defied explanation.

A raid was also made on Frank Farreil's reputed .gambling pllace on Thirtythird street, intmlSf^Slf5 after the descent on Canfield.l

The- raid fin Qtnfipld'V'j'palace took place just before midnight. The dazzling sight that met the eyes of the police after they had effected an entrance, so bewildered the "coppers"' that the raid which started by the use of scnlingg ladders and the smashing of windows, ended like a reception to some foreign potentate. The raiders must have thought:. that they had forced entrance into a private picture irnllery, which vied in splendor with that at the Louvre and ttipy almost apologized for their presence.. There was no play in prosrress, and that was only by a streak of luck that the gamblnsr paraphernalia was found. Canfield had a long conversation wth Jerome in which both were exceedintrly courteous Canfield, who was evening dress, wag not arrested, but the police carted away two wagon loads of. expensive gambling material.

Canfield said that he would gladly show his visitors his "home". All through it he took them but nothing in the line, of a gambling outfit could be founds

Jerome seemed almost crestfallen. The coppers were lost in the admiration of the frescoes.

Canfield showed them the "drawing room.'" the "study," the 'library," tho "music room" and the "smoking room."

The third floor of Canfield's home brought devlopments. With little hammers the police tapped the walls and panels, krid when a hammer struck a curtain in one of the rooms oh the third t, floor it gave forth a metallic click. The curtain was pulled down and a steel door was revealed. The axe was brought into play and the police brought the door down with a crash. Disclosed to view were roulette wheels, fi poker tables and boxes of chips. Only for an instant did Mr. Canfield's manner, change, and he asked pleadingly thaj| the police be more careful of ..the dec orated walls. "Gentlemen," he said, "it is strange, if a man cannot provide entertainment fof his friends in his own private house without such unseemly interferencei from the police of this city."

Deteative Sergeant Jacobs, who had* visited the house not long before, waaj unable to identify Canfield as' havingi been present when he .was there, butf ne did recognize the faro dealer, a mart named Bucklin. who was placed under aTresti|jjjj

The^rews of the Canfield raid spread like wildfire through the Tenderloin, and the street around the house was soon blocked with people. While the raid was in progress late diners at Delmonico's and Bherry'3 poured into the street and patched with interest the proceedings.

Canfield is a Harvard graduate. He started gambling immediately after leaving, .school an Providence^ He soon, aifltf's&ed-M ^foHupc Canirela runs the famous Saratoga club in Saratoga, the Monte Carlo of America, and much of. •. his moneyr he has invested ia art works. It is estimated_that the decorations and art works in liis New York house cost about half a million. The house is undoubtedly the finest gambling resort in America.

Concha Refuses To Talk. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Senor Jose Concha, Colombian minister to this country, who suddenly departed from the diplomatic fields in Washington a Ad who it ia said, has been recalled appeared at th® Hotel Endicott in this city today, be re-,*