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WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1881. DAILY KSTABLISHEU 187fl. RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1904. ONE CENT A COPY.

MAIN ST. BRIDGE

CONTROVERSY

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THE LOWNESS OF THE C. C. & L. OVERHEAD BRIDGE DISCUSSED.

BY JAMES S SMITH

He Thinks the Interurban People Should Raise the Structure.

To the Editor of the Palladium: I have read a number of articles in the city papers that reflect upon the city authorities, and citizens, because of the C. C. & L. bridge being1 too low to permit the high cars used on some lines to pass, and I think the criticism does some injustice to our city and citizens. When the order

was made by tlie county commissioners for the building of the big bridge it. was, generally understood that no street cars were to be run over the bridge, and at that time such cars were not run on Main street Avest of fifth street, but after the Richmond Street Railway Co., sold their property to the Richmond Street and Interurban Railway Co. the city council granted that company the privilege of laying their tracks through Main street and over and across the Xew Main Street Bridge. The tracks of the C. R. & M. railroad Co., now the

C. C. & L. R. R. Co., being located as at present, and the overhead bridge being as it now is and so far as is known to me no objection was made by the R. S. & I. Co. either to the location of the tracks or height of the bridge, and our people, many of them thought that our city council were very liberal, even generous, to permit them to use the bridge, under the circumstances. The Richmond Street & Interurban Co. have been using their tracks along Main street, their interurban ears passing under the low bridge and are now doing so. It has become known since the Richmond Street & Interurban R. R.

Co. and the Indianapolis and Eastern Interurban companies affiliated that the C. C. & L. overhead bridge is too low to allow the high cars used by the I. & E. and some other roads to pass and that is what all the fuss is about. As understood by me the squabble is about who shall pay for raising the bridge and railroad tracks, under the statement of facts (as I believe them to be) made herein it seems to me that the interurban people manifest a

superabundance of cheek, or gall in the matter. I believe that aside from the facts of the case they, the interj urban people, are the ones to be bene- " fitted, if any body is, by using the large high cars and should incur all

the expense attendant upon their use, and I think no liberal minded person who is disposed to do to others as he would have them do to him would ask what is being demanded by the interurban people. It does appear to me that after the city council has granted them the use of our streets and bridges without any rent or remuneration therefor and the conditions being as they were when the franchise was granted to them, that they do not manifest a proper ap preciation of the favors that have

been granted to them when they cavil and fuss about the expenditure of a

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.ui;ui sum mat is lor their

own benefit. For myself I say that I

nave no sympathy for them, and think them very exacting and selfish, and I f . would let the bridge across Main street be as it is, unless the interurban companies so arrange the matter that the trouble can be remedied. James Smith.

inent members of the church, who are

also leading politicians. The minis

terial candidates' slate is made up of Presiding Elder C. U. Wade, of Mun-

cie; Elder Herriek, of Ivokomo; El

der George Hill, of Richmond; Elder

. II. Daniel, of Fort Wayne: the

Rev. W. I). Parr, of Ivokomo, and

the Rev. Leslie J. Xaftzger, of Koko

mo. lhe .North Indiana eonterenee

meets at Muneie April S.and the elec

tion will take place. The ministers

who are named are not all who are anxious to go, and many of the other pastors will probably attempt to smash the slate, in a good humored contest for the honors.

FILEY HUM

SUED DAYTON

HE WAS A RICHMOND MAN

AND LIVED HERE FOR YEARS.

TEMPORARY INSANITY

Was the Supposed Cause He Was

Married Buried at Dayton.

MILLERSRHHE

TRANSFERRED

TO THE PERSONS WHO COMPOSE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

OF REID MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL

The Deal is Closed and Ere

Work Will be Begun.

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Finley Xixon better and familiarly known as "Fin," aged about 44 years, committed suicide in Dayton, O., his home. Mr. Nixon had been

despondent for some time, and his health had been bad; his friends were alarmed, because his mind, seemed to wander and they feared the worst. Last Tuesday night he procured a revolver and shot himself through the temple, death following immediately. Mr. Nixon was married and his wife survives. The deceased was a brother of the Nixons here. -41 j:f The remains were interred in Dayton.

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CONTEST ON.

There is an earnest campaign on in the North Indiana conference of the Methodist church, for the honor of representing the conference at the general conference of the church, the quadrennial session of which will be held at Los Angeles, Cab, in Mav, of I this year. The conference is entitled to six ministerial and six lay delegates, and among the aspirants for Jay delegate places are several prom-

NOTED FORGER

Arrested For Raising a $5.00 Check to 1,500. Portland, Intl., March 4. II. R Gordon, a notorious forger, was arrested in this city Wednesday as he! presented for payment at the Citizens' bank a check which had been raised from five dollars to fifteen hundred dollars. Gordon, who is a very smooth appearing individual, wearing the demeanor and dignity of a millionaire.

had been in and out of Portland the past two weeks and had pretended to be in the market for prospective oil territory. In this connection he was

soon on a pretended deal with Arthur, Meeker & Gaunt, the wellknown oil brokers with offices on the fourth floor of the Bimel block. They showed him about over their leases,

and he was particularly impressed with some territory in Noble town

ship. He put up at the Hotel Adair, spent his money freely and played the part of a gentleman and good fellow. He made a number of trips to Muneie, and the deal with the brokers here hung in suspense for many days, each day promising that the deal would be closed the next. He was to pay a fancy price for the oil territory and the brokers, of course, thought well of him. They introduced him to their friends and every fellow whom he met seemed to be impressed with his imperial look.

The gentlemen who are the incor

porators for the Reid Memorial hos

pital met last night and perfected an

organization. The transfer of the

property was made today and the first

oayment on the property was also

made today. It is the intention to be-

in work as soon as possible. Fol

lowing is the result of last night's meeting: President John L. Rupe. Vice President Clements W. Fer-

Secretary John II. Johnson. ' Treasurer Adam II. Bartel. Building Committee George II. Eggemeyer, John II. Johnson, Adam II. Bartel. Hospital Committee Rev. II. H. Hadley. Charles E. Marlatt, Matthew II. Dill. Finance Committee S. S. Strattan,

jr., Samuel . Uaar, Matthew II.

Dill. Committee on Buildincrs and

Grounds Charles E. Marlatt, Clements W. Ferguson, Rev. II. II. Had

ley.

t PAVILION

I GLEN MILLER

CITIZENS GENERALLY FAVOR

THE MOVEMENT AND SAY IT WILL BE A

FINE THING FOR THE CITY

People Have Recovered From the Purchase of Glen Miller What John L. Rupe Says.

RFVER FALLING. Pittsburg, Pa., March 4. The crest of the flo6d was reached at S o'clock this morning at 20 feet. It is now slowly falling, the cold wave bavins

checked the rise. The damarre bv the

flood will not exceed $2."0,000. It is

expected all railroads will be open before night.

HEALTH OFFICE. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. James

House a son. 14th child.

Dr. Watts reports a case of measles

in family of Elbert R. Kemp, 710

north tenth street.

SOLDIERBOYS

Those Who Have Enlisted for Service

With Uncle Sam. The following young men who en

listed tor mlantry service of the United States left yesterday for Indianapolis, and later will go to the barracks at Columbus, Ohio. Geo. W. Connor, Xenia, Ohio. . Charles W. Jarrett, Anderson, Ind. Edward R. Thomas, city. Charles L. Loyd, city, (heavy artillery.)

Frank Keever, city. Charles Fowler, city. Wm. E. Miller, city. Marcus D. East, city. These young men will likely see service in the east. saloIsTlosed

Today on Account of the Democratic Nomination. The Democrats have a solitary member in the city council, and, after his election, Judge Abbott made the

remark that the Democracy in Richmond was a party of Reckers, that being the name of the councilman. They do not want to lose this one office, so they are holding a nominating election in the first ward today with the following candidates:: Henry Farwig, Joseph Reckers, Adam Brinker, Henry Bode, jr., and William Drif-meyer.

Clark Thomas is the Republican candidate.

A Palladium representative has interviewed a number of business men in regard to the building of the pavilion in Glen Miller. Most of the men seen favor the proposition. Some say it would be a nice thing to have, but they would rather see more park

grounds added. The concensus of opinion is that the pavilion should be

built, and, in building, a good sub

stantial structure should be erected. It is as Mr. John L. Rupe said at the

Commercial club meeting' the other night: " People Avho can't see the necessity for it now will live to real

ize it later on."

Mr. Rupe was mayor of Richmond

when Glen Miller was purchased,

and people then said Mr. Rupe would never be able to live down the odium

le placed upon himself and the city

by the lavish expenditure of the city's

money. Lint, said Mr. Rupe, "the

people who talked that way are all dead now, and I am still living."

It is certain that if the taxpayers are willing the city council ought to be. Let the good work go on, and encourage one of the best movements ever made in the city. Some persons may say it will leave an odium, but like that of Mr. Rune, will die out! before very long1. - J

EARL HUNTLEY Bound Over to Circuit Court in the Sum of $500. Earl Huntley has at last been

bound over to court in the, sum of

fo00 for the stealing of .-?lothin:r from

a fellow boarder at their boarding

house on Richmond avc'.pc. The

charge of theft was preferred against him and he had his airing in police court this morning. Mayo- h-wiier-man bound him over to circuit court in the sum of $500. Earl is a bad

has traveled nearly 30,000 miles through the United States and in Mexico, and found everything most prosperous. On landing in San Francisco hexwas banqueted by the Shipowners' Association of the Pacific

Coast. Dr. Coding says that there is no question about the unopposed nomination of Roosevelt as the candidate for the Republican party, and that his election is assured."

la printing the death notices of

parties who die, each separate family issue an invitation to their friends to

attend the funeral. The front page of

the paper is devoted to advertising

exclusively.

DOES SILENCE

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CONSENT

WAYNE

COITY

MEDICAL SOCIETY

HELD ITS REGULAR MONTHLY

MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

PAPERS BY DRS.

BOWERS & BRAMKAMP

Society Has New Rooms at Last and Held Its First Meeting in Them.

The reguar session of the Wayne County Medical society was held yesterday afternoon at the court house. The society has ,at last got its private rooms which it has been trying for

so long, and the meeting yesterday was the first held in them.

It . is probable that some of the ooms will be equipped with apparatus

and made into laboratories. Papers were read on "Intestinal Organs," by Dr. L. G. Bowers ,and on "Scarlet

Fever," by Dr. Bramkamp. Last year scarlet fever caused more deaths than airy other disease in the month of Februai-y. The papers were both short and with no especial points. ' Those present were : Drs. Bond, Bowers, Boyd, of Cambridge City;

Bramkamp, Davis, Ewing, Gentle, of

Milton, King, Markley, Meek,, Morrow, Stevenson, Stotlemeyer, Sweeney, Watts, Weist and Young.

SENATOR FAIRBANKS WOULD NOT TALK WHEN INTERVIEWED

ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENCY

Indiana's Senior Senator Held His

Peace When Approached on Subject.

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SENATOR FAIRBANKS.

(By Associated Press.) Washington, March 4. When Senator Fairbanks was shown the dispatch saying he had decided to become a candidate for Vice-President, he declined to make anv statement.

MINERS STRUCK. (By Associated Press.) Huntington, W. Va., March Miners have struck in East

mines on the branch of the Norfolk

and Western.

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EARTHQUAKE. (By Associated Press.) Lima .Peru, March 4. A tremen

dous earthnuake Avhieh did mnrli A.

age occurred here at 5:30 this morn-

mg. Jt was the most severe in the past thirtv years.

' ' 9 Rev. William Satterlee Packer of

Cincinnati will rtro-ir.ii of i r.,,.i

Episcopal church this evening at

:30. Everyone welcome.

young man and this is his third offense. He stole money from the Item office, later purloined an. overcoat and this time stole clothing.

DB. BALLARD

Improving and Able to Ride Out

j-jr. x. rj. iiauaru, wuose . severe

illness was mentioned two weeks sii.ee

is able to ride out. The doctor's

great love for children is well known

to his rcquaintances and one of his greatest pleasures while slill very sick was to listen to the messages of love

and sympathy sent by young friends

and many touching instances might

be cited where the children of his home city manifested their love in various ways, especially on Washington's birthday was he remembered by them.

AUSTRALIAN PAPER. Mrs. A. M. Taylor gave us a copy of the Sydney (Australia) Herald that is very interesting in many respects. The Dr. Coding mentioned below is a relative of Mrs. Taylor's. His reference to President Roosevelt is interesting: "Dr. Coding, the United States Consul at Newcastle, was a passenger by the. steamer Sierra, which arrived in Sydnev on Friday, and be proceeded to Newcastle by train without delav.

His absence from Australia extended over six months. During i

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THE LAST CHANCE

To See Earlham's Eest Team Play Basketball. The last basketball game which Earlham has scheduled for- the season will be tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 with Shortridge high school, of Indianapolis. Shortridge has been playing great basketball this year, and, since the Quakers have not lost a game, fast playing is expected. Earlham's team is somewhat crippled just at present. Thorp, who

plays center, being bothered by two injured fingers, and R. Wilson, forward and captain, has a sore arm. Fridd is a great utility man and can take any place on the team, so that

Earlham has fine prospects of winning. Manager Maple has tried several times to secure a game with Purdue university, which now has the best claim to the state championship in basketball, but, so far, has not been successful. Earlham now holds the championship for the smaller colleges of the state.

CONGRESS

(By Associated Press.) Washington, March 4. The com

mittee on privileges and elections re

ported in favor of seating Sims, Dem

ocrat, of Pennsylvania, in the case contested by Davis, Republican. The

report was adopted.

The naval appropriation bill was

taken up in the senate.

The committees appointed to solicit

names for the building of the pavilion are busy securing the names.

TRACTION LIE

Through Preble County to Liberty and Finally to Indianapolis. Last Monday the county commissioners of Preble county granted a franchise to the Interstate Traction Railway company, of Dayton, through Preble county The company proposes to build an electric road from Dayton to Indianapolis via Camden and Liberty, Ind. It is to pass through Preble county, beginning at the eastern boundary line at the intersection of the half section line of section 13, Gratis township; thence west with said rection line to the Middletown and Winchester pike; thence along said pike to the town of Gratfs; thence west along the Camden and Winchester pike to Camden; thence west along the Fairhaven

pike to a point on the state line at the intersection of the half section line of section 12, township 11,

range 1, in Union county, Ind.

CHANCE FOR RECOVERY. Washington, D. C, March 4. Indications now are that Robert Manning the war department messenger shot yesterday by O'Brien, has a good chance for recovery. MRS. WEHRLY DEAD. Christena Wehrly, mother of John A. Wehrly, of this city, died last Saturday at the home of her son, near New Hope, Ohio, aged 78 years The funeral occurred Monday from Gettysburg M. E. church.

GAS CUT OFF. Cleveland, O., March 4. Washing out of the gas mains of the East Ohio Gas company destroyed the supply of natural gas for many citizens, causing great suffering and inconvenience. The same experience befell Akron and other places which were supplied by these mains. Geo McWhinney of south of the city left yesterday for Chicago where he will visit relatives for a few weeks