Richmond Palladium (Daily), 23 August 1904 — Page 1

INDIANA WEATHER. v Cloudy, warmer tonight and on Wednesday, probably showers in. north Wednesday.

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ERS MEET NOT TO LOAF

BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PRESENT LOAF

FLOUR $6.50 A BARREL

They Say There is No Profit in Present Prices and Size of BreadTo Meet Again.

The local bakers of the city held a meeting at the Westcott last night, the object of which was to consult with each other and if possible devise some plan whereby their interests could be protected against . the high price of flour prevailing. It is

quoted today at $6.50 per barrel. The meeting was well attended, and considerable interest was manifested. ;. It was stated at the meeting that the different bakeries all over the country were raising the price of bread and at the same time reducing the size of the loaf. It was the consensus of opinion of those present that to continue the manufacture the size loaf they are now making, and at the same price would mean a heavy loss, and that it looked to them as if something ought to be done. It was the sense of the meeting that it wag folly for Richmond bakers to hold back any longer, and the thing to do would be to change the price of bread, and that as soori as possible. "Along this line there was nothing

definitely done. ; In llik " forward movement, the bakers have been

- waiting one on the other to act, but a? it was stated, this city is slow to

-t-r act in everything pf this kind, it mas

AN ATTEMPT

BYNAITE

HEADGATES OF ST. MARY'S RESERVOIR WAS MADE

. ;;:-C:,:.:-.,v--.v:-:-. TRIPLE FUNERALS. . v-.. :" Last Rites Over, the Remains of th Victims of the Railroad Horror of " Last Friday.

FAILED TO BLOWUP

The Bulkhead No Reason Assigned For the Outrage House Blown To Atoms.

St. Marys, 0., Aug. 23. About 1 a. m. the headgates of St. Marys

reservoir Avas blown up by dynamite. Window glass was shattered here. There is imminent danger of a flood. Intense excitement prevails. An attempt to blow up the bulk head failed. This is the lock through which the Miami and Erie canal bed. No reason is assigned for the outrage. It endangered the elives of the inhabitants of St. Mary's which ies five feet lower than the lake. Bloodhounds was used to track the dynamiters. A house near by was blown to atoms and a state boat wrecked.

Edward Kearney, formerly of this city, now of Kansas City, Mo., arrived this morning for a brief visit. Mr. Kearney traveled in his private car of the Friseo line, of which he is now a hi-rh official.

CONTRACT

END

Three of the saddest and most touching scenes that have been seen in this city for a long time, the funerals of the three victims of last Friday night's satl accident, were witnessed today at the homes of the young people who were killed. Throughout the entire city there was a feeling of sadness the whole day long and at the homes of the intimate friends of the dead persons the grief of Ihe friends was pitiful.

Mamie Hill. The funeral of Miss Mamie Hill took place at 10 o'clock from the, home of her parents, in South Thirteenth street. The obsequies were attended by many of the sorrowing friends and relatives of the young woman and the scene was very touching. There was a great profusion of flowers and beautiful emblems, tokens of grief that were sent by sorrowing and sympathetic friends. The coffin was literally covered with the beautiful blooms. A quartette composed of Miss Clara Myrick, Mrs. Cora Bartel, Messrs. Ben Bartel and John Taggart sang with great feeling. The funeral cortege went to Earlham, where the last sad rites were performed by Revs.1 C. A. Francisco and Luke Woodward, of Fountain City. Th? pallbearers were Messrs. W. A. Sample, Frank Reed, E. R. Beatty Milton Craighead, J. J. Dickinson and Charles. Jenkins..

Charles Sherer. At 1 o'clock occurred the funeral of Mr. Charles L. Sherer from his home in North Ninth street. Rev. I. M. Hughes officiating. Large numbers of beautiful floral emblems were strewn over the coffin and the sight to both relatives and friends, was one of extreme sadness. Miss Stella Brush. Mrs. Krone, Frank Braffett and Otto Krone rendered several beautiful songs. The interment was at Earlham, the pallbearers being Messrs. C. A. Blair, Harry Kates, Ed Zimmerman, Milton Craighead, Ira Wood and Fred Snyder.

John T. Moore. At the home of John T. Moore, in West Richmond, the scene was one of extreme sad qualities, the grief of the aged mother, the sole surviving relative, being especially pitiful and touching to the hardest hearts. The funeral was a simple, but beautiful one, conducted by the Hicksite Friends. The choir that sang in a feeling way was composed of Mrs. Charles Neal, Miss Luring, Miss Clara Myrick and Mr. Dean Jacques. The burial was at Ridge Cemetery and the pallbearers were Fred Price, Paul Ross, Ora McMeans, Worth Clark, Turner Hadlev and Wavland Kelsev.

REPUBLICANS HAVE MEETING

MEW FACTORY STARTED TODAY

AT INDIANAPOLIS YESTERDAY

A. M. , GARDNER PRESENT

BEVERIDGE FOR RICH'D

Speakers Secured For Wayne County

And This City Splendid Talent.

thought advisable to go slow in this

particular. .-' -C;; -.-: . - One of the bakers, in speaking of the affair, said to the. Palladium: "We have been very liberal in our wholesale methods. We have been giving boarding houses, lunch counters and saloons, the benefit of whole- , sale prices, just I he same as persons who sell bread. It is our object to go after the wholesalers first and raise the price on them. Then if that is not sufficient to keep us from losing money, we will have to give our customers a sixteen-ounce loaf. We have been giving seventeen, and find that other cities have reduced to sixteen. The difference in the size of the loaf would scarcely be perceptible. "However, nothing has been done

definitely and nothing will be done

until another meeting is held."

THE RICHMOND

HOME AGAIN

Cleveland Pyle and Joe Blose Spend Week at the Fair. Cleveland Pyle, of Whitewater, in company with Joe Blose, of the same place, returned this morning from St. Louis, Avhere they had spent a veek visiting the Fair. Mr. Fyle says the fair is simply grand and a peison could spend a month there and then not have seen all. He says the storm of Friday was very severe. He was on the Fair grounds at the time and the storm did not visit that part of the city. But the storm of the following evening did visit the Fair and caused considerable damage. Several fine

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ypicn-s vi Mauiary were blown over and destroyed.

SEPTEMBER 1ST.

LIGHT, HEAT

& POWER CO.

GIVES UP CITY LIGHTING

What a Business Man Says About City Plant and Its Management.

YEARLY MEETING Of Friends at Waynesville Mrs. Breckenridge Assistant Secretary. (By Associated Press.) Waynesville, O., August 23. The Yearly Meetincr of Friends Wl o

. , ! ' VI . large attendance today. A. B. Chandler, of Waynesville, was appointed

clerk and Margaret M. Breckenridge. Ik T? 1 1T-1 . ''

xvicnmona, xna., assistant.

On September 1, the city will begin using its own light, the contract with the Richmond Light, IIea,t & Power Co., expiring on that date. Everything is now in readiness for the change, and ere long the citizens will have an opportunity to see the outcome. The Palladium bad an interview with a Main street business man in regard to Municipal lighting. He is a man who knows something about the business, too. He said: "There

is no good reason why the municipal plant shouldn't pay if properly managed. I don't believe there ourht o be any sticks or drones connected with the institution. It will take live, energetic, hustling men to make it a success. There is need of men who will make a thorough canvass of the city and interest the people in electric

lighting. It is a good light and a cheap light and if the citizens will support the plant it will be a success.-

! All that is needed in the oflW i n

competent book-keeper. The other persons connected with the plant should be seekers after business. It is

Dusiness that is needed, not bosses. Charley Rodgers is a good man, and is thoroughly competent. He is also a hustler." j

There is no difficulty in seeing that the genileman is right. If the plant is the success that it ought to be it will require hustling. And that is what is required in every business to make it successful.'

Rev,

Madison

May

Swadener

Enter Lecture Field

Though trained for the ministry more sunshine in the lives of all and eminently successful in the work classes Avill solve the vexing and difDr. Swadener, may enter the lecture ficult problems that need solution at field. His lecture entitled, "A Par- the present time. He has some flatson's Philosophy of Life," is one of tering offers from the Lyceum Bureaus his most popular ones and is the one and has the matter under serious conhe will use should he decide to give siderat ion. up the ministry and enter the larger j Dr. Swadener will be missed in the ministry the lyceum platform. church, but his sphere of usefulness Dr. Swadener is a man of fine per- would be enlarged if he adopts the sonal appearance, genial manners and lecture field and he will scatter more

Mr. A. M. Gardner, chairman of

the Republican County Central Committee, was in Indianapolis yesterdav

attending a meeting of the Republican leaders. Theprime object of the meeting was to talk over the matter of speakers for the state and for the various counties. It was determined to have Senator Beveridge here between the 15th and 20th of September. If it is decided to have Senator Fairbanks speak in the state, Wayne County will be one of the places assigned him. It was-also decided to ha;e the following speakers for Wayne County: Spooner or Dolliver, E. D. Crumpacker, Chares B. Landis, Daniel E. Storms, Hugh Miller. There will be plenty of good speakers, and after the opening on September 1, the campaign of 1904 will be on in earnest.

THE

PROJECT

ABANDONED

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C.; H. & D, SYSTEM GIVES UP IDEA OF BUILDING ROAD

TO LOUiSVlLLE, KY.

It Was Planned by the C, C. & and Would Reduce the Distance to Cincinnati.

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REV. MADISON SWADENER.

DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Gregory The funeral of Mrs. KImira Gregory, widow of the late Edward Gregory, who died at Hume, Missouri, will be held at Greenville. Ohio, this afternoon. Mrs. Gregory was very well known here.

a pleasing disposition. , To these qual- sunshine than he can possibly do in ities he adds a rare culture of mind any single community. Men with disand heart that brings him into close Minguished abilities are always distouch with the public in every walk covered, for, 'bv their works ye shall and condition of life., . .know them." Many people enter the He is an orator of note and is lecture field without beinr called, but

conspicuous tor his ability as a con- Dr. Swadener. is called and if he re-land south line, the Queen & Crescent

v.u,,,,.,!,,!. iie 1S an optimist or spon as. ne win ie remembered tor the

uie nignest order and believes that srood he will d

President Eugene Zimmerman, C,

II. & D. svstem. vesterdav faid the

line which the Cincinnati, Chicago &

Louisville had proposed building to

Louisville had been abandoned. Asked in what manner the C, II. & D. system would get into Louisville, Mr. Zimmerman said the present traffic arrangements with the Louisville & Nashville would be continued The route which the C, C. & L. surveyed to Louisville was one of the most important lines in the original scheme of that company. The bee line to Chicago is practically completed. The next in order was a direct line to Louisville, through the extreme

; southern tier of counties in Indiana.

This proposed line would have reduced the distance to 105 miles. The survey provided for a line from Miami, about fifteen miles northwest of Cincinnati, southwesterly through Valey Junction and Lawreneeburg and Aurora. Continuing southwesterly the survey passed through Dearborn and Switzerland counties to Madison, thence in a straight line to Jeffersonville and the bridge across the

jOhio to Louisville.

The abandonment of this project will come as a surprise to al transportation circles. It is supposed that the C, II. & D. system looked upon

this line as superfluous, owning as it does a half interest in another north

RICHMOND CANNING COMPANY COMMENCED OPERATIONS

WITH PLENTY PRODUCE Brought in Everything Starts OS Finely Without a Single Hitch Many Hands Employed.

Promptly this morning the Rieh-

moiui tanning company s factory in the south part of the city began operations in full blast and another of the

city s manufacturies had commerced.

operations.

The canning factorv has been com

pelled to delay the starting of the plant for several weeks and it was hoped to have begun ere this, but circumstances prevented.

The machinery is all iu idace. the

feeders, ovens, cutters, grinders and

all the other machines all purchased

and installed in their places, and ev

erything started off finely this morning. The building, a large, roomy.

frame structure,- has been gone over

and fitted up in a' highly commend

able style and represents an outlay of a good deal of monev. All the

unnecessary debris has been cleared

away and the building has a fine ap-

Yesterday and today manv farm

ers and gardeners, with wagon loads of corn and tomatoes, appeared at the

factorv. and tbero i onrmo-li ri, Jmu

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iiiai me nrxi season win ue a good, one. The farmers are srlad to have

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v , A vta. L-uAj. JUVUUVCj JI LlKX 111X3 factory- is a sure steady buver at

ood prices. Several of tlie'

farmers around the south part of the

city have planted acres in produce to

be purchased by the canning com-'

pany. " The factory employs a good many "hands," in the cutting ami peeling rooms, where everything must be done by hand. The cannihsr "and caDnin? machinfs.

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as Well as the vats for boiling, are all in operation and working fine. The-first day started out exceptionally wellj according to reports from the factory. The new addition to the list of TJichmond's manufacturies will b-J welcomed. ""

17. C. B. COOK

Is Called to

the Richmond Bethel Church.

Rev. C. B. Cook has been called br

r. unanimous voice to the pastorate

of the Richmond Bethel church for the coming year. Rev. Cook has just completed his year's work at the Bethel church in Darke county, Ohio, and tho members of his church speak very highly of him and his work. Rev. Cook leaves this evening for

Dayton to attend a conference ami

following that will take a vacation for two weeks.

D.G.

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Grand Rapids Won. Two Richmond men play with the Grand Rapids base ball team and that

is why a note of the game is made. Yesterday Marion played with Grand Rapids and lost. Clarence Jessup and Casey Horn are the men referred to.

In Business Again. Philip Schneider " has once rnore started up in the carriage repairing and order work at the old stand, on North Eighth street. .

H. C. Starr Interviewed bv Indiana

polis Corespondent. The Indianapolis Star of this morn

ing has the following:

Harry Starr, of Richmond. Daniel

G. Reid's closest friend in Indiana, who was here last night, said that Mr.

Reid probably is in midocean en route

from Europe to this country. It is expected that his attitude on jthe United States senatorship will be learned soon after his arrival. As yet Starr has no light on the subject, he savs. " !: ..-,... -;-. , - The Palladium will state that- if r. Reid is not In midocean. He does not leave the old country until September 2nd. , .