Richmond Palladium (Daily), 26 January 1904 — Page 1

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SAFE SYSTEM OF FIRE DRILL Recommended by the Board Three Hundred Pupils in High School Other Notes. The Board of School Trustees of Richmond at their last meeting expressed the desire to make every school building as free from the danger of fire as possible. Since the High school is the largest school building and the only one in which the third floor is used, the board requested Chief Parsons and Architect Kaufman to make an inspection of the High school and to report to the board any changes that might be necessary to insure the safety of the building from fire. The committee did so and have reported. All the other school buildings are only two stories high, or at least, only two stories are used by the pupils for recitation and study rooms, therefore they are all safe and the only place where a panic might be fatal would be in the High school, which uses three floors. The committee reported that they considered the building practically safe in case of fire or fire panic, and it also did not see Avhere any improvement could be recommended. The building has three stairways leading from the third to the ground floor, all stairways and exits are wide and roomy, all fires are situated in a boilerhouse isolated from the main building and that all regular study rooms are located on the first or second floors. These facts indicate the ample precautions that have been taken to insure the safety of the school house. The only thing that the committee did was to recommend that a system of fire drill be established, the point being to clear the building of people in the shortest possible time. Such drills are being established in all theatres and other buildings devoted to public use all over the state and this drill would be of great benefit in case of fire. At present the High school has some three hundred students and, while the exits are roomy and wide, the possibility of some one's being hurt in ease of panic is very great unless some systematic order is arranged for getting out the pupils as quickly as possible. SCHOOL MUSIC To Be Bettered in the Public Schools. There is a tendency all over the state to discard cheap music in the public schools and "replace the same by acceptable selections. At a meeting of the music committee of the state board of education in Indianapolis it was decided that the stand ard of music in the schools should be raised, and, for this purpose, a committee consisting of W. J. Berger, Lafayette; W. J. Stabler, Noblesville; W. E. Fisher, Peru; E. M. Linpit, Connersville and Clinton Routh, Montieello. W. J. Stabler was formerly teacher of music in the public, schools here t-,and Clinton Routh is a Richmond boy. ROOSEVELT'SIIONS On the Way A Gift From Em perbr Menelik. Port, Said, Jan. 26. The United States' Consul General R. M. Skinner failed today for his port at Marseilles, ' France, on return from his expedition to -Abyssinia. The United States gunboat Machias is expected here J-omiary 30 from Jibuti with two lions .ud' other gifts which Emperor MefteJik is sending to Presideut Roosevelt.

WF -r GOVERNOR TAFT, Who Will Soon Take the Secretary of War Portfolio. MICH HE BETWEEN 180 AND 190 BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED NOBLE BAND OF RESCUERS Lose Their Lives in an Attempt to Save, Others Colorado Mine Accident. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 26. Between ISO and 190 are believed to be dead in the Haruch mine. Only one has been brought to the surface and he is still unconscious. One of the rescue party is dead and one unconscious. Selwin M. Taylor, first of the rescue party to reach the bottom of the shaft is dead and his body was brought to the surface this morning. He was one of the best known mining engineers fn this part of the state- and was thoroughly familiar with this mine. Four men went down with Taylor. One of these came up unconscious the other tried to save Taylor but failed. He rescued the only living miner, Adolph Nunez, before he was overcome. Fourteen Killed. Victor, Colo., Jan. 26. By the falling of a cage in Stratton's Independence Mine fourteen men were instantly killed today. STOCK II SM South Bound G R. & I. Thirteen Hours Late. The southbound G. R. & I. train which is due here at 4:30 a. m. was thirteen hours late yesterday, not getting here until after 5 o'clock last evening. The delay was due to the fact that the train backed into a siding near Sturgis, Mich., in order to let a northbound train pass, and ran into a snowdrift six feet deep, with the engine and mail car still remaining on the main track. These were run back several miles and then returned and tried to pull the train from the drift, but the efforts of one engine were of no avail, so firmly lodged was the train in the drift. Three engines were necessary to finally piill it from the drift. The accident occurred about 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and the train was five hours late then. Yesterday the temperature was fourteen degrees below zero at Sturgis and about fifteen inches of snow had fallen. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Richey. David M. Richey, aged 7G vears, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 24 north fifteenth street. The funeral services, which will be in the charge of Richmond lodge F. and A. M., will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Friends may call tomorrow between the hours of 2 and 4 and 7 and 9 o'clock.

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ONLY 6NE LOGICAL WAY TO SETTLE THE MATTER AND THAT IS TO

BUILD A GOOD BRIDGE Benefit Would Accrue to the Whole City From Such a Movement. City Engineer "Weber has completed plans of the proposed South Side bridge and they are now being inspected and will later on be presented to the County Council and County Commissioners, and it is hoped these officials will give the matter the consideration it deserves. The plans call for a 900 foot bridge to span Whitewater at south II street. The cost of the bridge is one of the matters to be considered and the same is being considered not onl3T by the members of the South Side Improvement Association, but by all other-interested parties. The bridge will cost less than $100,000, and will add ever so much in value to lands and improvements not only in the south part of the city, but to the business of the whole city. The E. & R. Railroad is not a dead project by any means, and the plans for the new bridge were drawn with the object in view that some day this road would want to cross this same bridge. The South Side Improvement Association should be encouraged in their endeavors for good and aided in every material way. The advancement of the city doesn't mean any more to them than it does to the remainder.of the people, but they have taken the initiative and the least we can give them is encouragement. $22S,000 LOSS By Fire at Louisville, Ken tucky. (By Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky., Jan. 26. Fire today destroyed the Goddard storage warehouse, causing losses aggregating $225,000. It produced a slight panic in the Gait house. The principal losses are: W. R. Benedict, coffee, $50,000; A. E. Engelhard & company, coffee, $50,000; H. Wedkin & company, grocers, $40,000; Toebett's, Castleman, $20,000; E. II. Bowen & company, commissioners, $30,000. RAILWAY WRECK Forty Miles From St. Louis on The .Burlington. (By Associated Press.) St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 26. An accommodation train crashed into the rear of the Denver express forty miles from St. Louis on the Burlington railroad, killing three and injuring five people. The dead are: William Conover, Denver; Elmer English, Mason; Benjamin Bennett, porter, St. Louis. The express had stopped for water and snow obscured the lights. Old Officers Re-Elected Delegates Named. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 26. President Mitchell, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer Wilson, of the United Mine Workers were re-elected. The delegates to the American Federation of Labor are: John Mitchell, T. E. Lewis, W. B. Wilson, W. II. Hoskins, William Ryan, John Fahy and John Demnsey. WHEAT DECLINE. Chicago, Jan.' 26. There was a decline of 2U, cents in May Wheat today. It, afterward recovered one cent. This was caused by heavy sales.

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LAST NIGHT ONE OF THE MOST DISAGREEABLE ON RECORD.

OLD-FASHIONED BLIZZARD The Needir Being Taken Care of by the Charity Organizations of the City. Yesterday and last night occurred perhaps the worst snow storm and the bitterest cold that Richmond has had this winter. It was an old-fashioned blizzard, with a keen cutting, cold wind which made people stick close to their warm firesides. The streets were almost deserted. The thei-mometer was about as low as it has been . thus far, keeping close to the zero mark all day. As usual the cold snap entailed a considerable amount of suffering among the poverty-stricken. Yet, conditions are very much better than formerly, much better than anyone has any idea of. The Associated Charities are doing an untold good work in this city, as are also the other charitable organizations of the city. Formerly the police reported anv cases of destitution that happened to cross their notice, and thus many j cases were not attended to, as the police could not find all. Now all is changed. The Associated Charities look after each particular case, and thus it is rarely any person suffers from lack of aid from the Associated nn'tioo V : " - "j - The sno Continued falling all night and this morning between 6 and, 7 o'clock the worst blizzard we have had in jears raged, and an army of men were at work cleaning sidewalks, both private and public. The street car people were out early with their snow plows, as was also street Commissioner Genn, but as fast as the walks were cleared they were filled again with the "beautiful." iAYORHAllSON Brought Before the CoronerGave Bond of $5,000 (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Jan. 26. The coroner has issued warrants for Mayor Harrison, Manager Davis and six others, city officials and stage employes, as a result of the investigation of the Iroquois theater fire. The accused, when arrested, will be taken before the judge to give bonds. Later. Chicago, Jan. 26. Major Harrison presented himself at the coroner's office and then went before Judge Walker and gave a bond of $5,000. KILLED Saw Mill Operator Loses His Life (By Associated Press.) Ironton, O., Jan. 26..Toseph Walters, operating a saAv mill near Russell, Ivy., was killed today by Alfred Keaton, an employe, who used a crowbar. . ; .v - THE WEATHER Princeton, Ind., Jan. 26. Fourteen inches of snow stopped the cars on the Evansville and Princeton Traction line .Steam roads have no trains except locals. W. I Shafer, who has been ill with rheumatism for the past two months at -his home in the McConaha Flats, on onth fourth street, is convales-eei-t. i

MAYOR HARRISON, One of the Persons Held Responsible For Iroquois Disaster. SPORTING MAI RICHMOND F. V. LENNON, PROFESSOR OF GOLF AND THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED GOLF IN INDIANAPOLIS Visits This City He Says Richmond Stands Good Show of Winning Polo Pennant. Mr. F. N. Lennon, of Boston, Mass., a manufacturer of golf goods, was in the city today. He is quite a golf enthusiast, and speaks in the highest 4praise - of the Richmond links. He says it is certainly one of the finest in the country. It will be remembered by those interested in this fascinating game that Mr. Lennon introduced the game in Indianapolis and taught the game two years. He is pretty well up on all sports and watches the games closely. He is now and has been for some time a manufacturer of golf goods in Boston, Mass. Mr. Lennon paid the Palladium a call this morning, and we had a very pleasant chat with him in regard to sports in general. "What do you think of our Richmond golfers?" was asked. "Oh," said he, "you have some fine players here. Dudley Elmer is a splendid player, and I think he ought to have had the last championship game. I thought he was entitled to it. Then you have Mr. S. S. Strattan. He pla's a very good game." "How are you on polo," was asked by way of diversion. "Polo is certainly a fascinating game, and I have been watching the games in the Western and Central leagues with considerable interest." "Have you paid any great amount of attention to the playing of the teams in the Western league," we ventured-to ask. "Yes, indeed, I have," was the prompt reply. "Then, since you are interested in 'the Western league, vou might ven ture an opinion as to who will win the pennant." "Well, that is a thing we can not predict with certainty, but, from my observation, I would say that the contest lies between Richmond and Marion, with the chances strongly in favor of Richmond. You have a splendid team here, and you should be proud of them." Mr. Lennon is quite well up on these matters, and we trust his prediction will come true. MISS SCHAEFFER Her Funeral Held at Elkhart This Morning. (By Associated Press.) Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 26. The funeral of Miss Schafer was held today in the Methodist church. A great crowd was present. There were many floral tributes. -

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IN" THE INTEREST OF THE INDIANA BASEBALL LEAGUE.

EIGHT CLUB CIRCUIT WANTED Schedule Will be Arranged as Soon as Central League and Other Schedules Are Announced. At the meeting of the Indiana Baseball league at Muncie Saturday, Ehvood, Indianapolis, Anderson, Montpelier, Bluffton and Muncie were represented. "Andy" Hart, of Indianapolis, and Sherman Crolley, of Muncie, were appointed a committee to visit Richmond and Rushville next Wednesday to invite those cities into the league and make it an eight club circuit. Fort Wayne and Hartford City promoters have withdrawn. All teams, it was decided at the meeting, Saturday, will be composed of local players, with the exception of two, who may be salaried. The league will work on the percentage plan of dividing receipts. Holiday games will be played in the cities drawing the largest crowds, receipts for these games to be divided equally among the clubs. The president of the league will appoint four umpires from the cities of the league. Each club Saturday pledged a guarantee to finish the season. The schedule will be arranged as soon as the Central league and American association schedules are announced, to avoid conflicting dates in this territory- President J. A. Stuart, of Muncie, will call the next meeting within a month. Sherman Crolley, owner of the Muncie franchise, announced that "Ruby" Goldstein, of the Southern league, a fast second baseman, would manage the Muncie team. IT MAKES With Some Peoole, But it Does With the Railroads. The snow plaj-ed havoc with the schedule of the C, C. & L., the P., C, C. & St. L. and the interurbans last night and this morning. All the trains from the north on the railroads were from two to seven hours late this morning. The G. R. & I. trains from the north were ony a trifle late as a snow plow was run over the northern section all last night. In the northern part of the state the snow was very deep, and all the trainmen said, this morning, that they had all had the time of their lives in getting through the blizzard. C, C. & L. train No. 3, which leaves here for the north at 5:50 p. m. struck a fierce blizzard north of here and was forced to stop as the train could hardly make headway. It was thought that it would have to put back to Richmond, but it fianlly went on, although with great difficulty. The interurban service between New Paris and Richmond was discontinued for the day, as the first car struck a drift and ran off the track in the cut at Westville. A. snow plow was run over the city tracks of Richmond Street & Interurban Railway company last night, attached to the work car aand this made it possible for the street cars to run today. They are giving fair service today. BEAT THE PRISON. (By Associated Press.l London. Jan. 26. Whitaker Wright, a noted promoter, on trial for fraud, was found guilty and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. After leaving 'the court room he had a sudden attack and died of heart disease.

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