Richmond Palladium (Daily), 11 May 1904 — Page 1
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The Matter Given Publicity Through a Private Conversation.
The report was circulated about town last night through the medium of one of the evening papers about a peculiar discovery that was made in reference to some of the tax returns iu Wayne township for the past year. The affair was not the discovery of a reporter, but was found by the proper officials and was being discussed in the treasurer's private office yesterday when a reporter happened along. The whole affair is deplorable, and it was not the intention to make public talk out of it, but since one newspaper has published it, the truth had better be known. The facts are these. About 700 assessment sheets have been tampered with in such a way that the figures have been increased, in some cases as much as $1,000. How this was done or why it was done, is a matter of the gravest conjecture At some time the assessor's office was
entered by some party or parties and j due publicity, hoping that the matter the assessment sheets changed. The could be adjusted without the public assessments sheets were turned over j being worried about the matter. No to the treasurer and auditor, as is , one but the county and state could the custom, and the amounts changed ?ain anything by such a move, and accordingly. The surplus money thus the only motive a person could possicollected has been distributed pro bly have would be spite work.
THE 0L1 RED ill Is George L. Weast, the Regular Night Mail Clerk at the Peen. Depot. The oldest lied Man in the State of Indiana lives in this city, although this fact is unknown to many. The bearer of this honor is George L. Weast, the night mail clerk at the Pennsylvania Depot. Mr. Weast perforins hisduties regularly and enjoys good health in spite of his age. Indeed in a way Mr. Weast is quite a celebrity. The Sun mentioned last night that a Whitewater man was the only living veteran of the Mexican War in Kich mond. This was false, as Mr. Weast served throughout the Mexican War as a private and was a lieutenant in the Civil War. During the Mexican War he was on the staff of General J'aehary Taylor and was a personal friend of the General, eating and drinking with him. Besides being the ddest l?ed Man in Indiana Mr. Weast is a Mason and one of the oldest of that order in Indiana. His memory of the events of the two great wars is still clear and when in a reminiscent mood his tales of life during the wars would make 1he fortune of an author. MEMORIAL DAY At Bethel Will Be Observed May 28. on The citizens of Bethel and vicinity will hold memorial services on Saturday, May 28. Rev. Aaron Worth, of Portland, will leliver the address. . 1
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WN TO COURT HOUSE OFFICERS Only Motive rata, the state treasurer receiving his share. It will now devolev upon County Treasurer Spekenhier to go to Indianapolis and explain matters to the state treasurer. Warrants will have to be issued in each overcharge, the books will have to be corrected, and the whole affair gone over before it is straightened out. All the officials who handled these sheets are innocent, and the extra labor and worry comes to them as a reward for being painstaking and worthy. It was a trick of the meanest kind, and it is safe to say the perpetrator will never say he did it. There is no punishment too great for a person who will deliberately enter the private office of an official and garble the records. The officials about the court house deplore the unfortunate occurrence, anl it was not their intention to give the matter un His Time Will Be Pretty Well Taken I Up the Next Month. Hon. Charles E. Shiveley will visit the Grand Lodge of Kansas, leaving here a week from next Friday. The following week he will attend the Pythian festival at Minneapolis. Then on June 3 he will leave for Providence, K. I., to attend a meeting of the Grand Lodge to be held there. Of India Retail Furniture Dealers. The annual convention of the Indiana Retail Furniture Association will be held at the large banquet room of the Grand Hotel at Indianapolis, Monday, May 10th. The business session will be open at 2 p. m. The reports of the officers will be received and discussed, followed by a general consideration of the matters pertaining to the interests of the trade. The officers for the ensuing year will be 'elected, after which an open session , "in nuu mni me uiciuucia ui wc j Indianapolis Furniture Manufacturers' Association. At the close of this meeting,, the retail furniture dealers jof the state will, at 7 p. m., sit down (to a banquet at the Grand Hotel, as the guests of the Indianapolis Man ufacturers of Furniture and Stoves. All the retail furniture dealers of Indiana are asked to be present at this banquet whether they are members of the state association or not. Only a Few Items Found There. A marriage license was issued to Charles F. Porter and Clara L. Howell, of this city. Nellie Skillen was granted a divorce from Charles Skillen.
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'CYCLE THIEVES i i i i i 4 Two More Boys Brought Into Court. Two j-oung lads were ar rested for stealing bicycles from a Mr. Frank Cooney, the paper hanger. The boys at- J tended Wallace's circus, and, J after the show, became very tired and decided to take a j couple of wheels that weren't c co working" and ride them home, and, if the wheels suited, keep them. 4$ a They suited all right, for the & boys kept them until the po- J K nee iouna out mey naa mem. m mi - l a i -i t The boys, were arrested and the wheels recovered. The young fellows were aged thirteen and fourteen respectively. One of them cried piteously and told Superintendent Gormon that he had learned a lesson that would do him good, while the other boy was not, apparently, so tender-hearted. The superintendent acted Avisely in giving both some good advice and letting them go on their future good behavior. Huttfc-rfTfc AAA d&uficj4kj0 aSkffc A.i. FIRST COACH EXCURSION OF HE YEAR PASSED THROUGH HERE THIS MORNING WITH SEVENTEEN COACHES SEVEN HUNDRED Least Were on the Train and These Were From the East. At The first coach excursion run by the Pennsplvania Railroad Company to St. Loviis passed through here this morning. The special was in two sections and was run as second and third sections of No. 25. The first went through at 0:05 this morning land was composed of nine coaches, all comfortably filled. The second section was composed of eight coaches and these also were well filled. At the lowest estimate, six or seven hundred people took advantage of this excursion. Tickets were only sold east of Pittsburg and the round trip fare from New York was $20. The excursion was under personal supervision, and, so far, no accidents had taken place. The travel to the fair is beginning to increase in such a manner that extra coaches as supplements to the dining car have to be added. The dining car conductors say they are j doing the biggest business for several years. NEf WORMS Pennsylvania Railroad Employes Will Don Their Summer Garb Sunday. Next Sunday the employes of the Pennsylvania will shine resplendent in their new summer uniforms, which will be donned for the first time that day. This is a little later ia the season than in most years, but the change was postponed on account of the chilly weather. Even a Stoic Groans under the torment of neuralgia, when every nerve in face or limb throbs and jumps. Philosophy cannot endure this agony but Perry Davis' Painkiller relieves it. Bathe the affected Parts freely, keep them warm and do not expose yourself to cold and dampness. Medical science marches right along, but it has not found the equal of Pain Killer in the treatment of neuralgia.
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This' cannot h called an irreligious age. Nine men in ten, if asked to speak from the heart, B wTould deny that they were un- a believers. They would affirm Jj their sympathy with the church A IT anu meir Denei in its teacmngs. flint.-.- "wIiiIa fTiav An nnt. a fiend church "regularly, they are not 4 W wholly unmindful of their pray- Q ers, and silently petition God for Q the visitation upon them of His 4 mercies. It is natural for a man 2 to nave a certain amount oi retigiuus seuuuieui iu 111x1. xi xuajr u there, i It' may be more or less dormant, but is not dead. Why, fi1 then, does not the young man go to church f It is because he has not been convinced that it is his j duty to db so. Duty is probably 4, the strongest impelling force in nie. ffiv service may not De at- u tractive, the preacher may pos- jj sibly be a bore, the music may jj be discordant, bnt if the man is convinced that it is his duty to B 8 be in attendance he will be there. Savannah News. J J S III PORT ARTHUR IS DESTROYED BY THE RUSSIANS THEMSELVES, SAYS A DISPATCH. CASUALTIES OF YALU Battle as Given in Jap Report Russians Attacked Wilfu Japs Fighting Bravely. (By Associated Press.) Che Foo, May 11.-An unofficial Japanese dispatch has been received v,0,.o ha offaf at ihc i?cC;Qc have destroyed their Port Arthur. own fleet in Antung, May 11. An official Japanese report of the battle on the Yalu river gives the casualties as follows: Japanese officers killed, 31; wounded, 29; men, 100 killed and 0(50 wmnded. Russians, 1,302 men found dead on j the field; 475 wounded in Japanese, hospitals; 138 taken prisoners. The j Russians who have since died in prison have been buried with Japanese guard of honor. Seoul, May 11. A Russian force estimated at two hundred yesterday attacked Anju, sixty miles southeast of Wilfu, Korea. The small Japanese garrison is reported to be fighting bravelv. GILLESPIE TRIAL Jury Secured Motion to Shut Out Splaan and McMullen Overruled. Rising Sun, Ind., May 11. Oscar Jones, one of the jurors in the Gillespie trial was excused on evidence that he was a relative of the defendants. This morning was spent in argument on motion of allowing Shay for defense that McMullen and Henry Spaan be not permitted to assist the prosecutor. Judge Downey overruled the motion to shut out McMullen and Spaan from the prosecution of the defense and then moved for a discharge from custody of all defendants on the ground that they had been put in jeopardy by the acceptance of a jury to try the case and now to put the cases before another jury would be putting them twice in jeopardy. A long argument was made on the motion.
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Plan an Organization For Mutual Benefit Object Explained by Mr. Clark Committee on Con stitution and By-Laws.
In response to the call about fifty business men assembled at Knights of Pythias Temple Last night for the I purpose of organizing a retail mer chants' association. Mr. R. B. Clark, editor of the In diana Retail Merchant was present and explained the object of the call. Mr. Freeman Haisley called the meeting to order, and Mr. C. B. Hunt was elected temporary chairman and Mr. Haisley secretary. An expression in regard to a peimanent organization was called for and there was a unanimity of opinion among those present that it was well to organize. All expressed their opinion as to the benefits to be derived from such HEARST WILL BFj FROZEN OOT INDIANA DELEGATES WILL BE FOR PARKER AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION This Fact is Indicated by the Action of the State Committee. Indianapolis, May 11. The action of the Democratic state committee as j to tlie admission of delegates to the i caucuses of the districts to select twentv-five delegates to the national ; convention indicates Parker men will be chosen and will control the organization of convention. 60 PER CE will be Paid to Creditors of the Kessler Bank Failure. Oliver II. Beeson, who is in charge of the Elijah Kessler affairs, made his report to the court and the same was approved. Mr. Beeson reports that the creditors will receive sixty per cent of $9,727. This is a better showing than was expected could be made. BATTLE WITH THE MORAS Two American Officers Killed and Several Men Wounded. Manila, May 11. Lieutenant Winfield Harper, and 39 men of company F, seventeenth infantry were caught in ambush by several hundred Moros on May 8th. Two American officers and fifteen men were killed, five wounded. It occurred at Simpatem, Island of Minlanao. Charles Glover returned yesterday evening to Baltimore where he will join the Minneapolis. He has been here with his parents on a two weeks furlough while the ship was undergoing repairs. , ,
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AT PYTHIAN TEMPLE LAST . TO association for mutual good. The following committee on constitution and by-laws was appointed: C. B. Hunt, Cash Beall, George II. Knollenberg, Timothy Nicholson and J. B. Gordon. This committee will report at a meeting to be held next Friday night at the same time and place. It is the desire of the promoters of the organization that the business men in all parts of the city be present at this meeting. The organization is confined to no special line of business, and all grocery-keepers, meat men, clothing men, etc, are expected to turn out and swell the organization. Let there be a rousincr meeting on Friday night. TEMPLAR Richmond Commandery Leave for Indianapolis. About Feventy-five members of Richmond Commandery Knights ( Templar, left this morning for Indianapolis to attend the Golden Jubilee of the Grand Commandery, K. T., of Indianapolis. The Richmond delegation was accompanied by the Richmond City Band and the train which bore the local Knights was of entirely new cars, this being the first run since leaving the Pennsylvania shops. A banner was stretched along the sides of the train. This evening J. L. Rupe v. ill make an address before the assembled Knights. The meeting at Indianapolis was most enthusiastic and was one of the largets attended gatherings of the order ever held. A dispatch from Indianapolis says the parade which started at 3:30 this afternoon was a magnificent affair and very large, neary two thousand knights from the following commanderies being in line: Raper, No. 1, Indianapolis, with band: Baldwin, No. 2; Lafayette, No. 3; Fort Wayne, No. 4, band; New Albany, No.i 5, band; Richmond, No. S, band; Knightstown, No. 9, band; Greencastle, No. ll,band South Bend, No. 13; Terre Haute, No. 10, band; Muncie. No. 18, bond; Marion No. 21, band: Madison, No. 22; Franklin, No. 23; St. John, Lo-rnns-port. No. 24. band; Crawfordsville. No. 25; Frankfort No. 29; Anderson. No. 32, band: Kokomo, No. 30: Wabash. No. 37: BlnfTton. No. 35. band; Greenfied, No. 38; Delphi. No. 40; Lebanon. No. 43; New rncHn Vrt. 44: Brazil. U. D band; Clinton. V. D., band New Dentist. Mr. L. S. Chenoweth, brother-in-law of Mr. C. W. Jordan, has been graduated from the Indiana Dental College, and will establish an office in the Aldine block, between Ninth and Tenth streets, on Main. Mr. Chenoweth is an excellent young man, and will, no doubt, meet with suc cess.
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