Richmond Palladium (Daily), 16 August 1904 — Page 1
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COUNCIL
A LONG SESSION CHARACTERIZED LAST MEETING
W. M. ST. IMPROVEMENT
Ordered Attention Was Called to Several Bad Places in Streets Routine.
The regular session of Richmond's city council was called to order at
7:30 with Mayor W. W. Zimmerman
in the chair and eleven members present. Dr. Bowers and W. P. O'Neal and II. W. Denver beinjr absent.
All duly certified bills were ordered paid. Mr. A. W. Blackwedel called attention to bad condition of South C street. Referred to proper committee. Mr. II. Crowell called council's attention to bad condition of Sheridan street under Panhandle viaduct. Referred to streets and alleys and railroads committee and city engineer. "William Drifmyer called attendtion to bad condition of South Third from Main to D streets. Referred to committer. Mr. .Henry Farwig said that inlets at South Sixth and A are iu bad condition. Referred. Mr. Norris presented a recommendation that the alley back of 810 '..North G street be fixed. Referred. . Mr. Rosa called attention to the inlets to sewer on the comer of Eleventh and . C streets. They are , filled with gravel and sfone. Referred to ,
street commissioner " Board of Public Improvement of- ' fered a resoluUoiuthat. sidfrdksratfd . ' gutters be made 6n. Viest-Main street "f rmTTFirst' to Third streets. Adopted. This is the improvement over . which there bas been so much controversy. Two weeks ago the board of public improvements was ordered to bring- in a favorable report, which was complied with last night. In regard to the communication presented at last meeting for furnishing garbage boxes for city, Health Officer Davis advised council not to aAvard contract to any one person.
City Treasurer Tennis reported a balance in the treasury of $12,558.37.
City Treasurer Tennis presented his bond to council for its approval. The bond is for $250,000 and is sign
ed by John B. Dougan. Samuel W. Gaar, S. S. Strattan, Jr., Chas. H.
r Land. C. W. Elmer and, Geo. II. Eg-gemeyer.
CONTRACTS ' t For Improvements Let by City
Council Last Night.
The following contracts were awarded by the city council at its meeting last night: Lateral sewer in alley between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets. Contract let to Mr. John F. Cronin. .' Improvement both sides of of South Twentieth, with sidewalks and cross walks. Contract awarded to John F. Cronin. Improvement of alley between North Nineteenth and Twentieth streets from C to D streets. Contract let to Henry Nolte. Improvement of alley between Nirth Fifteenth and Sixteenth and North E to P., C, C. & St. L. railway. Henry Nolte was awarded the contract.
EXPRESS MEN'S
COMPLAINT
HEARD
PAVING OFF FT. ffAYNEAIE.
PETITION PRESENTED ASKING REPEAL OF ORDINANCE
WILL BE OF CANTON BRICKSO DECIDED.
LINDEN AVENUE
I
GRIEVANCES
THAT PASSED COUNCIL BY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT
Request Granted and New Ordinance
Will be Drafted Remarks Byram Robins.
Report of Committee That Visited Various Cities is Favorable to Brick.
COLD STORAGE
PROVISIONS
TO BE EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE GOVERNMENT.
AONTHER POISON SQUAD
To Be Organized A Class of Twelve
Young Men to Determine Results.
A petition was presented to council
last night signed by at least 150 Main .street and other business men, asking for a repeal of the ordinance passed compelling alj express men to use the market' house lot for "standing in" purposes. An ordinance to repeal an ordinance was prepared by City Attorney Robbins and read the three times re
quired and put on its passage. Council concurred, in the order to repeal. A new ordinance will be prepared and presented later. While the repeal
was being prepared Attorney Byrana Robbins addressed council for the express men. Mr. Robbins presented a very convincing argument in a nice way. His remarks were couched in the choicest English and favorably im; pressed his hearers.
The matter of new ordinance was referred to city attorney and ordi-. nance committee.
At the last regular meeting of the eity council a special committee was appointed to visit several cities that have paved streets and report to council their observations. This action was taken in order to determine what material to use in the improvement of Ft. Wayne avenue. Mr. Norris, Mr. Sudhoff, Mr. Alexander and Citv Engineer Weber composed the committee. The observations of the committee as reported to council last
night were:
After visiting several cities it was concluded that for streets, curbs and gutters, nothing equalled cement. But for a street like Ft. Wayne avenue, brick ought to be used. - The report of the committee was adopted and a motion prevailed to use Canton brick. Owing to the fact
of some misunderstanding between petitioners and council in regard to assessment the letting of contract was deferred to a special meeting to be held August 29.
ANOTHER LOAN
In Anticipation of Fall Taxes a 25,000 Loan is to be Made. The finance committee of the ! council, Mr. A. AV. Blackwedel j
and Mr. Edgar Norris, presented j a resolution asking that council !
order a loan of S2.000 tn he
used in the next three months ' EXPLOITED IN THE COUNCIL
for improvements, in anticipation of fall taxes. Council ordered the major and city clerk to negotiate for such loan at an interest not to exceed five cents per annum.
CHAMBER LAST NIGHT
Police Court. Richard Netingola, Henry Thompson and Thomas Mitchell were arraigned this morning each charged with drunkenness. They were assessed $1 and costs each.
TO BE CONSIDERED
At an Adjonrned Meeting to be Held August 29th Squire Spink's Remarks.
CRDISER PALLODA SOI BY TORPEDO
DURING THE ENGAGEMENT ON, AUGUST 10.
SANK WITHIN FULL VIEW
. Washington, Aug. 13. Dr. Harvey
Wiley, chief chemist o t. the. derrtxtsJ-- -
laU Now a Part of the
HORTH SKTH
Paving to be Examined by Committee of the Whole. Some complaint was made at previous council meetings in regard to brick used in paving the street in and around the Gaar, Scott & Co.'s plant. It was thought the company ought to make good for poor brick used in construction of said imprevement. It has been questionable whether any kind of street would stand the test given by the heavy engines of Qaar, geot t & Co. City Engineer Weber
has been in communication with the company and last week a Mr. Leffler ;was here and examined the work and : found a good many faultv hnVV. TT
said his company was willing and Veady to remit whatever council
thought would be right. The subject w;as discussed at meeting of council last night. After some discussion Mr. Norris moved that council examine work as a body and report back what amount would be asked of the Canton Brick company. The same was concurred in.
riments with a class of twelve young
.men, clerks in the laboratory and other divisions of the deaprtment to determine what is good and what is not good to eat in the line of cold storage
provisions. The effects of borax and other chem icals used as preservatives in foods have been tried on what became konwn as the "poison squad" under the direction of Congress, which asked the department to make these experiments. This time all artificial elements will
be eliminated. The real article will be served. It will be of the cold storage variety, but the quantity will not be
lacking. The subjects will be served with cold storage chickenvcold storage beef
cold storage fish, cold storage vegeta
Iff PLAT
APPEAL. fo "lL5 ,'.
Any Vessel Entering Tsing Tan Harbor at Night Will be Fired Upon.
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City. The streets and alleys committee of the city council last night presented
to council a plat of the Jenkins addition to Richmond. It was made bv
the Dickinson Trust company trustee.
llie plat was examined by council and adopted.
ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE
The Sharkitt Provoke Case Taken to Circuit Court.
The case of Francis Sharkitt, charged with provoke on Ezekiel East in Kenhepohl's restaurant, continued from yesterday, was brought up in mayor's court this morning. Mr. Sharkitt plead not guilty, but was fiound guilty and fined $1 and costs. Mr. Sharkitt, through his attorney,
Mr. Wilfred Jessup, took an appeal to circuit court. Sharkitt was placed
under a continuing bond for $50.
.( By Associa ted ; P, rjpss,) j jf.
Councilman J. E. Harris presented a petition from free holders on Linden avenue asking .council to correct the assessment made on property owners by the city commissioners. -, Mayor Zimmerman called the attention of council to the matter, and said if there was any remedy for the pe
titioners that remedy should be applied at once. City Attorney Nubbins gave.it as his opinion that the matter had gone too far for any redress from council. The matter had been regularly gone over, the property owners were prop
erly notified and no one had a grievance. The only thing to be done now would be to take an appeal or ask the treasurer not to collect assessments until the matter be settled. In order that readers may understand something about the situation an explanation will not be amiss. When people purchased lots'' in 'the Knollenberg & Kemper addition, they did so with an '.' understanding ' that they' were not to be assessed for im-
!prpjmcnts::D
met uiey assessed uenenTs a
damages for opening of Linden a.wnue and awarded KnolIenberr & Kemper $145 damages in excess of benefits. This caused surprise to r..t only the property owners but to Knol1 ui e. tr
ENCAHPKNT
bles and cold storage fruits. They will be allowed all the appetite craves and notes will be made of their phy
sical condition from time to time.
Dr. Wiley is now in corespondence
with persons operating cold storage
plants, with a view of learning all that is possible about the business. He
thinks by so doing the work he is
about to undertake can be brought to
a more successful end.
It has not been decided where the
cold storage plant will be located, but
the chemist hopes to find a place in
this city. He has had offers from
New York and Philadelphia, and one
ot these cities will be selected unless
the Washingtonians come to the front offer cold storage quarters for the use of the government experts and thns
help along the efforts of the depart
ment to determine the right kind of food to eat. The plan to be followed has not been determined at his time, as Dr. Wiley has been busy with-the preliminarv
work, correspondence relative to quar
ters, loods to be tested, the person
nel of his class and other things inci
dent to placing his experiment on a
solid basis. One thing has been deter
mined, that all members of the class will be fed on cold storage foods.
A plan for conducting the experi
ments is now being outlined, and will be submitted toSecretarv Wilson in a
few days for his approval. It takes
Archbishop Ireland Writes to Terre Haute Minister and Explains. Terre Haute, Aug 15. The Rev. R. W. Rippetoe, who has been a persistently active member of the Anti-saloon league, wrote to Archbishop Ireland to ask if it were true that the
anti-saloon league idea originated with him in a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Kynett, a Methodist minis
ter. The archbishop replies as follows : "It is true that the Anti-saloon league movement came from a conversation between myself and Dr. Kynett while we were traveling. Beyond the
conversation no merit should be as
cribed to me for the growth of the
movement, as I have been so overbur
dened with work at home that I have
had no time to attend meetings of the league.' .", ."-. ... .
" "Of course, my sympathies are over
with the league and with any methods that may beprpposed for the suppression of intemperance. ' ' ,
Base Ball Notes.
Mr. W. S. Pyle, of Whitewater.
L-n11a1 of ilia Tal1 a !nm nff! i 3 i
I V v Ct . A l ( 1(1 Vt 1 lllli Mill V lUClO V " I t . . . , " V . -
to renew bis subscription. He says!lut s""Jp P m detail, and tens just that they are badly in need of rain illow the stnts will be treated, how
ana unless it comes soon corn will
be less than half a crop. Prospects were never better until the drought struck the country. J.r , t;
the enkl-sf ornsre food will be admin
istered and the results hoped to be ac(Continued on 4th page.) -
In the ball game at Grand Rapids yesterday with Dayton the latter won by a score of 4 to 1. Clarence Jessup and Casey Horn of this city play with Grand Rapids. Inability to hit at critical stages lost the game for Grand' Rapids.
Incorporated. The Wayne Oil companv, of Cambridge City, capital. $50,000; directors, John W. Hall, George Benedick. George W. Mun ay, O. II. Morris and Orange D. Hall, yesterday filed articles of incorporation with secretary of State at Indianapolis.
Of the G. A. R. at Boston The Great
Parade Today. j (By Associated Press.) Boston, August 16. The great parade of the G. A. R. encampment occurred today. It was witnessed by a hundred thousand spectators. It was reviewed at the State house by Gov
ernor Bates from a stand containing two thousand distinguished persons, including members of the legislature. At! one point two thousand children dressed to represent the American flag, sang patriotic airs as the veterans passed.
Che Foo, August 16. A creditable report says the Russian cruiser Palloda was sunk by a torpedo during the engagement on August 10. A telegram from Tsing Tsu says the officers
, i ui i i -ii ,1 oqune opins ana aDout twentv-nve anese battleship sank. within full view Lfi, n " it other residents of Fairview were pris on the night of August 10. , 011f of 41, , L 1 L rri . x -r, . . ent flt the meeting last niffht, and
xuu, August iu.-it seems certain icnil: s:nv w,, 4u
protected cruiser Wpninmin WJ.Utf
remarks. Council decider! to taW nn
Russian
that the
Palloda was torpedoed and sunk dur
ms the naval battle on Anomst 10
One destroyer reports to Togo that she hit the vessel of the Palloda type and believed the vessel foundered and sunk. Togo's fleet is making search and the facts will soon be known. Tsing Tan, August 16. A Japanese destroyer entered the harbor today with the Japanese admiral, who visited the German governor. The latter assured the admiral that Russian vessels were dismantled and German cruisers would fire on any vessel entering the harbor at night without lights.
When the destroyer left the port the
German warships saluted.
FOUR YEARS
Last Night Fourth Anniversary of
the Burning of St. Andrew's.
CflORT
HOUSE
drew 's
Two Suits Filed With 'the Clerk of Court. Judge Fox is in Indianapolis. ;
A. R. Feemster filed the suit of Nel
lie M. Hebble vs. Alfred A. Hebble, for support.
Robbins & Starr and Medsker &
Medsker filed the complaint of Dan
iel Stonecipher vs. the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railwav
company for damages for personal in
juries. Demand, f 3,000. Stonecipher
is a resident of Cambridge City and the., accident occurred there.
Four years ago last night St. An-
s Catholic ehurch was destroy
ed by fire. It occurred on Fridav
night, August 15, at the close of the services in the evening. When the
bells in the tower of this reconstructs
ed edifice rang last evening about
8 :30 quite a number of . our citizens were reminded of that eventful night.
the grievances at an adjourned meeting to be held August 29. OLDlETTLERS
Of Wayne County Will Meet on Next
Saturday. - The old settlers' meeting will occur at King's Grove, north of Centerville, next Saturday. - The meeting will be called to order at 10 o'clock. The roll will be called and other routine matters attended to, including election of officers. At noon a basket dinner will be partaken of on the grounds. Then at 2 o'clock the meeting will
be called to order by President King.
Hon. Isaac Jenkinsson will have the principal address. Other old settlers
will speak. It is sincerely hoped that
a copious rain will have fallen before Saturday. The roads are awfully dusty and a rain now would be a great
blessin'
1 rr
Professor Mills, of the Dublin
schools, is in the eity today.
Cedar Springs. Sj. (Special to the Palladium.) New Paris, Ohio,; August 16.- The following persons are here for the day : v J. R. Cbnsthney, Cincinnati, O. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gossett. Rich-
mond, Ind. . II. Hostson, Dayton, O. To Remain a Week. Mr. P. M. Tross, Dayton, O. Mr. H. French. Dayton, O. Mr. Harry Arbor, Anderson, Ind. Miss Jessie Compton, Anderson. , Mrs. G. V. Heathman. Dayton, O. Mrs. C. A. Morton, Dayton, O. Mrs. Luella Heathman. Davt on, 01
Mrs. E. Allen, Dayton, O.
SECOND
Ordinance Passed 'for its Opening by Council. :
The .street and alley committee ot
council, Englebert, Crowell and Bleckwedel, to whom was referred the mat
ter of remonstrance against the opening of Second street, reported that the remonstrators against the improve
ment were scattered all over the ward and recommended that the improve
ment be made. An ordinance was presented for the making of the street
and the same was adopted.
Joseph Jefferson I1L (By Associated Press.) Buzzards Bay, Ausrust 16. Joseph
Jefferson's illness is indisestion. He
j is much improved today.
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