Richmond Palladium (Daily), 17 January 1902 — Page 1

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THE FIRE.

A $5,000 BLAZE AT THE PAPER MILL.

The Fire Burns While the Jury at the Court House Still Considers the Lawsuit Involving the Property. Th alarm of fire last bight from box 59 was caused by a blaze at tho Nixon paper mills. The mills have been running niht and day since the first ol the year, and were - in operation last night. The alarm was turned in by one of the workmen. The cause of the fire is not clearly known. The building which caught " fire is a two-storyt briek with a shin- ; kUj roof, and sheas between the enjfine room and the river, under the new bridge of the C, K. A M. railroad. Though but two-story it has three floors and is used for the working up of rags. On one floor are the machines for cutting the rags up, and for working them into pulp; another floor is used for storage of ttu rags as they come in, in bundles; the other is the storing room, for picking the rags over. The main belt for this buildinjr.for the engine, comes through a hole in the wail, and the fire seemed to break out about this place. How, h not known, possibly a hot boxing. This is on the first floor. The tire quickly, spread to the other two floors and soon involved the entire building, but did not spread to any of the others. The department were out promptly and did excellent work Foui streams of water were soou on the tire, which was soon put out. The building was badly damaged, and so was the machinery and contents ol the building. A new roof will be necessary also. Chief Parsons esti

mates the loss at between $3,000 and $5,000. It did not take Ion to pat the fire out, but the blazirg cinder scattered so badly that members ot the department were kept up until morning, putting out little isolateo SJ-OtS. There was no insurance. . It is vf.wil ., hat ihi )iiiwiii ' mpa cancelled their polities atser me bridge went over the mill, and would not renew until an iron roof was put on. and that the railroad company b&d agreed to put one on, but bad not dc ne so owing to the suit now pending in circuit court. Ttiat suit was, after three weeks' of trial.giveu to the jury yesterday, who were still considering it when the five occured Tbey bad cot jet returned a vtrdict at opening of court this moruiog. J S Ostrander, who had the insurance on the pioperty forroerly says that he had insurance pol cies on the property for thirteen years past, at about" 25 000; that there vi as $000 on this buildiog aod con t. n s. The bag null is still insured for 7 000. 'When the railroad bridge was put over this mill," siys Mr. Ostrander, "the conditions were such that the companies ordered their policies canceled. A paper m 11 with a shingle roof and a railroad running right over it was a rik such that the premium would have to be so high as to be practically p ohibitive. " Since ' that time o ily the insurance on the big mill has been in force. The appraisers in the award of beueti s and damages bv the placing of the bridtre over the mill gave the owners of the mill property $450; but it is said this was not for damaires to the mill, but for the land of the mill owners which was taken by. tte railroad company. Six Hundred Killed. Laredo, Texas. Jan. 17. A dispatch from the City of Mexico says the city of Chilpancingo in the state of Guerrer j suffered severely from yesterday's earthquake shock and six hundred persons were killed. German Goods Boycotted. St. Petersburg, Russia Jan. 17 The Polish boycott of German goods is spreading. Agricultural and cooperative societies of several provinces around Vilna passed a resolution not to purchase any more German products. Many firms heretofore handling German agricultural machinery are now ordering exclusively from America. Storm on the Lake. j Ludington, Mich., Jan. 17. At Pere Marquette the steamer No. 3 is j on the beach. The wind is blowing ; 75 miles an hour. Steamer No. 3 struck a bar at the mou'hof the harbor and was scuttled in nine feet of water. Nine passengers and the crew of thirty-five were taken off by the life saving crew with breeches buoy in two hours. They were drenched with Icy water. The

rith ice as Mysterious Explosion. Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 17. J. W Martin, a postoSiee clerk, was in jured today by the explosion of a package of powder, tiiro glycerine or an infernal machine while stamp ing a package ndd-e&sect to a hardware house. It bore the name of a New York smokeless powder firm The hardware firm ordered nothingof the kind and has not been receiving samples of explosiv- s by mail. St. Louis Exposition Delayed. Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. It is now conceded by Messrs. Francis and Buscb of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition that it will mt be held un'il 1904 at St. Louis. This is became it will be impossible to get" the forvigc exhibits wanted sooner. St. Louis, Jan. 17. A. dispatch from D. R. Francis from Washington says he has not talked about a postponement of the exposition till 1904 By the Richmond Orchestra and Chorus on the 20th-. Full Program. The next concert of the R;chmond orchestra and chorus will be ifiven at the Gennett theatre on the even ing of the 20rh, nx Mondav. It will be the finest concert of the snries, which fact is -a wliknown that the sale of tickets is unpreo - dented. The seats are voioir off with a ruh. These mid-winter concerts are alwavs the best because both organizations have had plenty of work both in rehearsals and in public performance, and are smoothed j p. The program for Monday evening is as follows: PROGRAM. March, The Men Colonial R. B. Hall. Overture, Semiramide Rossini. Chorus, Lift Up Your Heads. O Ye Gates Handel. Peer Gynt Suite 1 The Morning . 2 Aaf-e's Death. 3 Anitra's Dance I In the Hail of the Mountain King Greig. Chorus, Liberty Gibney-Faning. Chorus, Thanks be to God (Elijih) Mendelssohn. v f lmatidn' aTajdserMrv Weber. - -. Descriptive Fantasia, A Trip to Coney Island Theo. Moses-Tobani. Chorus, Polonaise from "Life for the Czjr" Glinka. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Weinland Mabel S. wife of Clarence R. Weinland, died yester Jav afternoon at the home of her mother, Mrs. Lvdia Stubbs, 42 south tenth street, from consumption, at the age of twenty-six years aud nine months. Her husband, mother and sister survive. . Services will be held at the house Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the remains will be taken to West Elkton, Ohio, on Monday morning for ourial. Ebert The funeral of Theodore Etx-rt took place this afternoon, and was attended by many friends. The Rev. A. J. Feeger fflcitted. The pallbearers were Fred Bode. Fred Kaing, Cbas. Paust, Chris. Bailey, Chas. Posther and Chas. Hofheintz Interment was made at Wernle cemetery. Brown The funeral of little Hazel Brown will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the East Main Street Friends church, and interment will be at Earlham. Friends may call this eveuicg from 7 to 9 o'clock and tomorrow morning from 8 to 10 o'clock. McAdams The funeral of Mrs. William McAdams will take place from the house, 724 north eighth street, Saturday at 2 jp. m., Rev. Hughes officiating. Interment at Earlham. Please omit flowers. Lemox Hattie B., wife of Everett K. Lemon, died at their home, 24 south seventeenth street, at 7 o'clock this morniig, from consumption, aged 25 years. The funeral will take place from the home, Monday, at 2 p. m. Rev. F. M. Kemper and Rev. Geo. H. Hill will officiate. Interment at Earlham. Friends will be welcome to call any time Monday morning. More Trouble for the Manchesters. Cincinnati, Jan. 16. A suit in attachment against Miss Evans, aunt of the Duchess of Manchester, was filed her8 today by A. A. Tanquin, banker, of Pari, France, for 2,860 francs. The suit is on a draft on herself not paid. Her real estate here is attached.

vessel is already covered the waves dashed over it.

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CONCERT

R,ni j , ! The Jo Lewis referred to in W. T. DOT1H ouspniOS. (Whitridge's letter was formerly a Albany, 6a.. Jan. 17. The Com j bartender in Richmond. He was mercial oank did not open today. It here for the holidays and was taken suspended payment pending action j ill, and became so bad it was some of the state authorities on its sppli- j time before he was well enough to go cation for a receiver. Its assets arelback. As he left for the home he said to be $191,000; liabilities, $123, -1 said he would go direct to the hos000, " ; .- ;" '.;4pitl there. . -

D.1REID Extending His Financial Domain Becomes Direc-1 tor of a Denver Bank. j iD. rw, Tolo-, rot, Jn. 14.) ' - f . Daniel G. Reid or New York City a prominent stockholder in th United Sates Steel corporation and aniifliential director in the Rck Island roarf, will twcoin-; a direetef-

in the National Bank of Comroe-c th;s evening He is a hilf brother to Dr. D. H. Dougan, cashier of the bank, who bas long been identifies with its success. II wiil t-ucceed Hiram G. WYltf. 1 No ot her bange in the board if tine t irectors is cod temp'atod. D il G. Reid is one of the fiau eial giants of America, although but 44 years old. He was formerly president of the American Tin Plate com panv. He is a heavy stockholder in num. -rous banks in New York, Chi? cago, Indiana and elsewhere, and is recognize as one of the shrew es barking men in this country, rlis presence on the board f directors of the National Bink of Commerce will greatly streegthsn the b nk. His prominence in R I-lind railroad affairs is nell known, anO this road will be more atfgre-xdve ii the future tan ever before, owing. it is said, largely to the ii.fLieioe of Mr. Keid and his associates, who control a majority of the stockIn the srugle for transcon Mnental business Mr. R id is de termined that the Rick I -laud shall secure a 1 rge share Mr. Red aid Pr Dugao 're b-th from Ric mood, I .d.. and Mr Reid is now a director in two banks there. Mr. R. id was boru in Richmond in August, 1858. He entered the Second National bank when he was 16 years old. and remained with It until he was vice president, in 1895 Then he resigned, other interests requiring his attention. In 1891 he became identified with the American Tin Plate company of Elwood, Ind. He was treasurer in 1898, when it was consolidated with the American Tin Plate company. He was also a director in the National Steel company, the American Steel Hoop company and tneAmer-! ican Sheet Steel company, all of which were recently consolidated with the United States Steel corpo--nstooi . -- - - '' Mr. Reid is a handsome, courteous man, with frieDds in all parts of the country. He lives in New York city. The board of directors of the National Bank of Commerce will prob ably be unchanged, with the exception of the retirement of Hiram G. Wolff and the election of D. G Reid. Its personnel is practically certain to be as follows: Charles Boettcher, president; David C. Dodge, vice-president; D. G. Reid, Henry T. Rogers. Philip Fieldhauser, Dr. John W. Graham, Jacob Savageau. directors; D. H. Dougan, cashier, William B. Morrison, assist ant cashier. To Be on a Saloon Keeper's Bond. Special to the Palladium : Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 17. The Appellate court held in a Shelby county case that saloonists' bondsmen are responsible for damages to the man who loses money gambling while drunk in a saloon. To the Republican Voters of Wayne County. On account of sickness, and dath of my mother, I find mvself unahle o make a thorough canvasof tbcountv, and therefore have' conclu led to withdraw from the race fr commissioner. Thanking all mv friends for the iuterest they have taken" in mv behalf aod with best wishes I remain Yours respectfullv, J. C. FCLGHI M. Will Not Recite. E litor Richmond Palladium: ' Several have received the impression, from a program printed in your paper, that I am going to recite at the Farmers' Institute, Centerville. I wish to correct this idea and to say that I have no intention of reciting. My name has been placed on the program without con suiting me and without my consent Hoping you will correct the mistake and thanking you to so do, I am, Siiss Bessie Buhl, Centerville, Ind. Jan. 16d, 1902.

DANGEROUS

1 B. LEEDS Leases Mrs. Emmons Blaine's Palatial Residence in Chicago. Illinois. The f-blowing appeared yesterday in the Chicajro News: " vrs Emmons Bliice has returned from a visit to ber mother, Mrs. CH. Mccormick, at the latUr's winter home in New Vexico. Mrs B'aine has leas d her hous. 433 Erie street, to W. B Lteds of New Yor."

Favorable to Ship Subsidy. ' W shinwton, Jan. 17 The senate committee on commerce today au borizr-d favorable report on Frye's bill for a ship sub: idy. Lumbermen's Trip. The Indian lumbermen are anticipating a del'trl tful excursion to Cuba next week. The excursion will leave Indianapo'is at 8:30 o'clock on the evening of Jan. 22. at the close of tie meeting f retail lumbermen to se heid there. About one bu ,dred and forty i eople have arranged tosro on the trip. The party will go ove the Pennsylvania road from there to Louisii'le and will there transfer to the LAN T ie special train will contain four sleepers. The trip Havana will be made via Tampa Returi ing, the P&rtr i'l come n way of Miami. Fl.. and will visi Charleston aud Ash. ville. N. O, Tbe annual meeting of tbe lumbermen will be held at the Grand Hotel, Indiai a polls. The trip will occupy 46Veuteen das. DAIMES Was the Amount Given Mrs. t White In Her Suit vs. vl the C.R. & M. Railroad Company. The jury in the White case at 2 o'clock this afternoon returned a verdict as follows: We, the jury, find for the defend ant, Laura H. White, and assess her damages at $900. . Robert B. Martin, -. Foreman. I. iw sun nas uecn a uaru luufjui i one, lasting three weeks. The suit was nominally for $40,000. The claim was that the paper mill plant, equipment, water power, etc . etc., was worth $55,000 before the bridge was built. Witnesses were introduced who thought the property was, since the bridge was built, damaged by the piers in the river, obstructions to the race, cinder nuisance, danger from tire, etc., until its present value was only from $8,000 to $20,000. The attorneys for the railrcad did some figuring claiming that the damage was this way: Cost for a fire proof roof $256 00 Cost to repair the race 35 00 Cost for new roadway 150 00 Cost to fireproof tub house. .. 128 00 Screens for windows 12 50 Total ..$581.5 This was a wide difference from $581 50 to $47,000 and seemed to start the jury figuring. These gentlemen went out at 9:30 yesterday morning and rendered their verdict at 2 o'clock this afternoon, making 28 hours of deliberation. A juryman states that in their room at the first oallot tbe amount of damages ranged betwee fl00and 1 ',000. Tb y final ly reached the aereement stated in the verdict. The jury also heard thi fire while at breakfast. of ENTHUSIASM. Earlham Confident of Victory in the Approaching State Contest. The students of Earlham held a mass meeting in Lindley hall yester day afternoon to discuss the arrangements for the approaching state oatoriede ntest to be held in Tomlicsoa Hall, Indianapolis, Friday, Feb 7th. The entire student body was present at the meeting and several enthusiastic speeches were made. The college spirit is running high over the coming event and indications are that Mr. Kenney, the representative of the college, will be supported by the largest delegation Earlham has ever sent to a state contest. A special train will be chartered and a rate of $1.75 will be secured for the round trip to Indianapolis Nearly a hundred students have already signified their intentions of attending, and a number of college v-lls will be prepared to cheer on Earlham s orator to victory. The subject of Mr. Kenney's oration is "L'Ouverture, the Emancipator,'" which is now in the hands of the judges. He expects to meet and find his hardest opponent in DePauw university, but the expectations of

$900

the students are that Earlham will j carry home the first bocors nrx I month The public is ir vifed to take

advantage or the excursion rate. Fbose desiring to attend will please notify Prof. E. P. Trueblood. Health Office. Measles is reported in the following families: Caleb Price, 320 south ninth. One patient, asff'd six years. Etward K!ute,"402 south twelfth. Forr., at;ed nine years; Myron, ag d six years Jerome Smith, 1227 Sheridan street. Evart, aired four years. Tbeo. McCleilan, 300 south thirteenth street. Everett, aged nine vears. Mrs. Mendenhall, 704 south B strret. Clareoc, awd five years. W. E Cooley, 12 north sixth street. Rhea, aged three years. Clarence Hadlev, 120 south sixteenth street. Ruth, aged eiht years. S. M. Buckley, 200 south eleventh street. Hrlen, aged s ven years. Ora Benson, 304 north eighth street. Russell aged two years. Typhoid fever is reported in the family of Nathan Blue, 219 north third street. Essie, aged twelve years. There are over 100 cases of mcas'es in the city now, but all are mild. There has not been a single deatb. HE FKA Kl) HIS "FATE Tlmnrli Moiral All Turnuirli Hi Im-prUoiun-M He Accepted spiritual Miuintmrious At Lxsr. ! pMii'l Pierre t Hatisr, Here Amoiir the I.at Word He l"t lei cd to Cll. plain. Michigan City. Ind.. Jan. 17. John Rinkard. the Grant county wife murderer, expiated his crime on the gal lows in the state penitentiary here this morning at 12:09. This was the hour the drop fell. Three minutes later the physicians pronounced hint dead, and at 12:14 the body was cm down. Rinkard neck had been broken by the fall. The condemned man bad left a letter providing for hi body's disposition. In accordance with Instructions there given the body was today shipped to Marion for in

terment. ( more persona criminally responsible Rinkard'a last day was spent as the j for the deaths oi the victims of this other days have been spent since his disaster. It is your duty to nay whetlconfinement began. That he feared j er these victims tine to their death

ht mpeTjiiT!fat.e pr. tJ-We J"y,,h?tlvo'ig1t. ciiminn! neglffeBe of jware-

remarks to the chaplain, which were few. He eagerly accepted the mln-j iatratlons of tbe clergyman who was 1 with him almost all day and night un- ! til he was taken from his ce!l.; He listened attentively to the reading of the Bible, prayers and spiritual consolations, and then said: "I don't deserve to hang. I lull Hi her, but she wouldn't live with me." PlHblO SYMPATHY Is With tbe Man Who I-(.mt -1 Mix Home Asrainst a Bully. Klrklin, Ind., Jan. 17. Clem A Pruitt, 26, known as a bully, was shot to death by William Pittzer at the la--tct's farm home a mile north of here. A dance was in progress and Pruitt, bis brother Cyrus and brother-in-law, Albert Aferrill. are said to have gone there without being invited. This brought on a row in which the Pruitts repeatedly knocked down Pittzer. He firally seized a revolver and shot Clem Pruitt in the stomach. Pruitt died an hour later in Dr. Kessler's office here. Pittzer and wife are highly respected. He was never in trouble before. Public sympathy is with Pittzer. He gave himself up and was taken to the Frankfort jail. Those who witnessed the tragedy say it was a case of selfdefense. Thrown Over the UliifT. Bedford. Ind., Jan. 17. William Hayes, a promim-nt citi.en of Coxton. five miles west of this city, is lying j dangerously injured from the effects J o' a runaway accident. The vehicle j in which he was riding struck the j approach fence of Salt creek bridge, j the horse running with all its might, j stripping the fence entirely to the entrance and throwing Mr Hayes j ever the bluff, a distance of 27, feet. Several ribs are broken and he is in Jured internally. Plnnsrd Down With Bridge. j Indianapolis, jan. it. The center span of the West Washington street bridge over White river went down late yesterday afternoon, carrying with it 11 men, two Traction company work cars, and four sand wagons and teams. The men were all rescued more or less hurt. None of them, however, is seriously injured. Two of the horses were drowned. Repairs on the bridge were completed Wednesday and it was opened for traffic yesterday. Strike Orowing. Jeffersonville. Ind.. Jan. 17. The strike among the passenger shop employes at the ptant of the American Car and Foundry company is spreading, according to the men. They say 600 men are now idle. Thirtysix men. known as body builders, precipitated the walkout. Wednesday evening 2"") men quit and yesterday 400 more, it Is mated, followed through sympathy.

FAULTY SIGNALS

Caue of KmMit Nov York Tunnel Horror leinj Looked In To. LIGHTS M i:ED DIMLY EvJfftnre PrHluced Brfure t'.ionr Showing- That On Fffry lay Sigual System Was Ih-fertive Alleged Criminal Nesrl'r'nee Oa th Part if Engineer U iskar Beinsr In vest iyaled. New York. Jan. 17. The coroner fnqueft to determine the responsibility for the death of 17 persons in the New York Central tunnel last week, was begun yesterday. Coroner Sctaolter presided. District Attorney Jerome and attorneys representing th various interest at stake were in attendance. The district attorney addressed the member of the jury, saying In part: "It may be that there were one or rrOTNFKR WlgRAB. person. : This is yotir proViiK a&a IV you go beyond it you yield, perhaps, to public clamor and yon do not there-" by aid the cause of Justice. , , -. William T. Devtne. a passenger oi the New Rochelle train, testified that the train had been standing still for -about a minute before the collision. Policeman Fox said he asked Wiskar, engineer of the White Plains train, what had caused the accident and WiRkar replied: "There was a train passing and the smoke and s tea in shut off the signals." During the afternoon session Jow. H. Franklin, manager of the Grand Central depot, was on the stand. T?ie district attorney questioned him. He admitted that he had received manycomplaints from trainmen regarding; the signal lights in ihe tunnel. Tneiwr men had called his attention to tbefact that on foggy days the light could be seen only a short distance. "So. especially during the winter months in New York." District Attorney Jerome asked, "there are many days on which the signals in the tunnel can be seen only a short distance?" Witness admitteo that this was ther case. On the day of the wreck, however, he said, be considered that conditions were very favorable. He said that ?.23 schedule trains ran through the tunnel every day. Mr. FrankHr said he was under the orders of Pres--iient Newman of the New Yorft CenvtraJ and President Hail of the Xewr York. New Haven and Hartford" roadi. He 8aid he had spoken to them about the tunnel lights when they had taken blm to task about trains being late. Nothing in particular, be said, had been done about the complaints of the engineers concerning the lights. Anawerine Mr. Jerome. Managerrranklin admitted that the murk ' morning on which the disaster occurred was the flrst time Engineer Wiekar had taken a passenger traits." through the tunnel. Ktaggrtat d tort. Washington. Jan. 17. Former Seerat or Henry B. Davis, chairman of the United States delegation to the PaneAmerican congress, who has Just upturned from the city of Mexico, callerf: on President Roosevelt yesterday. -Mr. Davis said that the report of dis sensions in the congress Lad been exaggerated. The influence of the American delegates in the congress was large and be looked for benefit? -to our commerce with South Ameri- -can countries to result from the congress. Mining Accident. Shamokin. Pa., Jan. 17. Mine Ia spector Edward Brennan's annual "report shows there were 60 fatal and: non-fatal accidents in the Seventh apt tbracite district the past year, on life being sacrificed for every 123,191.? tons of coal mined.