Richmond Palladium (Daily), 18 October 1904 — Page 1
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TLE SUNDAY
WHICH WAS NOT WHOLLY UNFAVORABLE TO THE JAPANESE. Wu:
LONELY TREE HILL
Captured and Eleven Japanese Taken
Cannonading All Along The Front.
THE VILLAGE OF FISHINPU
One Half Taken by Russians, While Japs Hold tle Other Half General News of the Battle.
v,; (By Associated Press.) Fakkeberg, Denmark, Oct. 17. The Russian battle fleet of twentyfour; vessels passed the southern extremity of Largeland Island this morning . flnd anchored to take coal. Three steamers wore awaiting them. Berlin, Germany, Oct. 17. A correspondent of the Tageblatt, at Mukden, reported that a battle raged all day yesterday and was not "wholly tinfavorable to Russians. It began at twelve miles south of Mukden. In the afternoon General Slakelberg was report ed attacking the Japanese right. St. Petersburg, Oct. 17. The official report to the war office says the battle was resumed this morning. The
I Russians still hold the right bank of
I the, JShakhe river. Hie pressure on ;f the Russian left retired the Japanese attempting to break through the I center,-to rout the army off from I Mukden. 'General Sakharoff telegraphs that the Russians yesterday 1 recaptured Lonelv Tree Hill and got
Jeleven Japanese guns and one quick
I firing. " ' ' I St, Petersbur, Oct. 17. General
I Sakharoff reports that a cannonading
I was opened along the whole front this morning. -At midnight Saturday the fRussians captured half the village of Fishinpn, but the Japanese held the other half, having fortified the Budd-
fhist temple. 'In' the afternoon (Sunfiday) the Russians compelled the Jap
anese to abandon the village of ITn-
for a long time and it is likely that they will have a chance to fill in the vaeant -date. It is not known whether the game will be played here or at Alexandria. The local college has
notning to gain Dy tne game and such
a thing might occur that one of the
Ea rlham stars would be laid out to
such an extent that he would be un
able to play in the crame with the
heavy Wabash team which plays iere
one week from Saturday. Plenty of
practice with no rame for the next
two weeks would put the men in better condition for the Wabash game.
DEATH3 AND FUNERALS Mitchell The funeral of Mrs.
Marv Mitchell took place at 9 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Mary's
church. The Rev. J. F. Mattingly officiated. The pall bearers were
John Lawler, John Kenney, Ed Quinlivan, John McXerney, William Ilines and Thomas Conniff.
Bilman The ten-months-old child
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bilman died at
their home, 700 North Seventeenth street, yesterday morning at 7:30.
The funeral will be held at the home
today at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Mr.
Shirev will officiate.
GENTERVILLE
Will Havs a Rousing Meeting This
Evening. (Special to the Palladium.) Centcrville, Ind., October IS. The
argest" campaign meeting of the year
is expected to take place in this vil-
age this evening. The Hon. Frank
osey, a Avell known Republican
peaker, has been engaged to speak in
the town hall and a large delegation from all ever the county, and especially froiri; Richmond, is expected to be in attendance. The Richmond Glee Club has been engaged to furnish the musical entertainment for the evening. The Centerville Drum Corps went to Fountain City last evening to take part in the Republican
rally at . that place. -The corps made a fine -appearance when they left here. They all wore new uniforms and were seated in an immense wagon drawn by fcur coal black horses. COBSIOlRS
CLAIMS ITS CITY COUNCIL
BURDENSOME REGULAR ROUTINE
PETER HUSSON PETITIONS THE NOTHING OF VERY GREAT IMCOUNCIL FOR RELIEF j PORTANCE CAME UP
FOR CURB AND GUTTERS THE TREASURER REPORTS
Says an Injustice Has Been Done
Him and He Would Like City to Make it Good.
Last evening Peter Husson peti
tioned council to relieve him of the
burden of paying for the improvement made on the gutter and curb
opposite his property at the corner of Main and Thirteenth streets.
He said in his petition that when
lis building was built in 1S03 he got
Border Nut-Lock Company given a Switch Right Across State ; Street Minor Matters.
The second meeting of the Richmond city council met last night in the council chamber with four mem
bers absent. Councilman Henry W. Deuker called attention to the fact that North Second v street, between B and C streets needs repair before winter
Melvina Blue. Judgment for $13.31
II. R. Downing & Son against the estate of Myrtle Cook. Judgment for $69. In the case of Mary A. Boyd against Alfred Ilebble and others, for foreclosure, the tourt named W. E. Floyd as receiver. A marriage license was yesterday
p"""1-" v.iiunrs r. iavenv and
Mamie Pearl Shepard. Tomorrow- the circuit court will
consider three cases on settlement of estates, viz. Charles F. Black against
the estate of Elizabeth Black; Caroline Isenhour against the estate of Elizabeth Black.
HOLDUPS
Declined Bishopric. (By Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky., October 17. A telegram received here savs the Rev. Dr
A.S.Lloyd of-New York has declined
the bishopric of Kentucky to which
he was recently elected.
Attention Bugle Corps. All members of Bugle Corns will
report at. headquarters at 7:30 this
evening in full uniform to prepare for trip to Winchester Thursday.
0. E. Dickinson, Pres.
IN CITY
ONE MAN IS ROBBED OF HIS COIN AND IS ROUGHLY HANDLED
ANOTHER ROBBED
Of His Hard Earned Dough Only One of the Cases Reported to the Police.
not be forced to make further ini-
rovements. He savs that the citv
grades from the city engineer and a sets in. Referred to committee on
hrst class stone curb, gutter and side" streets and alleys.
walk and was assured that he would Councilman II. H. Englebert called
(attention to the need of an arc light ' at the intersection of North Eleventh
- J engineer made misrepresentations to and North E streets. Referred to
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mm. witiiin t lie Jast tew months committee on lights, council, says Mr. Husson, has per-j Councilman II. W. Deuker called mitted the improvement of North attention to the sewer inlet on North Thirteenth street and he claims that Second, street at Carpenter's Mills. City Engineer Weber instead of The water hows on private property making the grade conform with that and needs attention. Referred to the of Main street has raised Thirteenth city engineer and committee on
i.vvi. -.. Mian ii, aa ungmaiiy streets ami awevs. j and according to a contract let by Councilman Leftwick called atten- first ,or with the ca1)le Avhich con-
me eir. mr. iiusson says that he. taon to the need of a crossing at the has been compelled to put in a new intersection of North Fifteenth and curb and gutter not as good as the E streets' on the north side. Refered
NARROW ESCAPE Clem Gaar Came Near Being Crushed to Death.
Mr. Clem Gaar had a narrow escape from being crushed to death by a large iron pulley yesterday morning. Mr. Gaar was at his livery stable in North Eighth street, and was running the large elevator which is used to lower vehicles from the second floor. He was standing on the
old ones. Referred to committee on strets and alleys.
(Continued on Page Four.)
J Tokio, Oct. 17. A reliable private
rHiice says tne .Japanese are contin
uing their advance. General Oku is flow operating to block the Russian 'retreat along the railroad. I Paris, October 17. The French foreign office says official information
Vhows Russia will not consider medi
ation from any quarter, being deterJnined to vigorously prosecute the Vvar.
Let Contract Yesterday for Building Four Bridges. The board of comity commissioners
yesterday let contracts for the build
ing of four bridges, all of them inexpensive structures. The Newcastle Bridge Company was awarded three "of the four contracts. The bridges to be built by this company and cost are as follows: Paulin bridge, Webster township. $7S3. East line bridge, National road east of Richmond, .$1,00.1. Elstro arch, Boston pike, $520. The Pan-American Bridge Company got the contract for the Tillson bridge in Fi ankliu township, to cost
$1,224.
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would be crushed and rendered useless, one free. r ' " ,
pic-
tho carriers; besides they Call any time and secure
SODTHERN RIOT RI'CLELLAM FINED
trols the elevator when the large pul
ley fastened to the top of the barn broke and the elevator with a vehicle was thrown to the basement of the building. The pulley followed the flight of the elevator, but it struck the second floor and instead of.
going to the right of the shaft where Mr. Gaar was standing, it glanced to the left. Mr. Gaar was not injured in any way, but remarked that it was a very close shave. The bu"-r which was on the elevator was not even -scratched.
DUKE AND FORREST VICTIMS
Reticence on the Part of the Peopli Robbed Thwarts Speedy JusticeSmall Amounts.
John Pop and Policemean Jamison One Dollar and Costs for Assault and
Were Killed. (By Associated Press.)
-Memphis, uctober It. lhree po-
l
Battery.
I The jury in the case of the State vs. Theodore McCIellan for nssnnlt
lice officers undertook to arrest John aml batler' n Theodore Smith, re-
iiirneu a veruict ot guilty yesterday
Pop, negro fugitive from justice, on Mosby street, when Pop fired on
LOUISA LLOYD Her Will Was Filed Yesterday for Probate and Record.
The will of Louisa F. Lloyd was filed for probate and record jesterday. She bequeathes $300 in money to her brother, Henry Hessman; $100 to her sister-in-law, Hannah Hessman, and $10 to her son, John W. Lloyd. The will provides that the i
share of the deceased in the.Hessman I occurred Sunday
them with a rifle. The policemen re" from one townshin tn nnnflic oi n
turned the fire. John Pop and Po- cupied the time of the jury here for lieeman Jamison were killed, Patrol- two days. Study and Comstock man Monereith was shot through the looked after the interests of the leg. Police Captain O. II. Perry was State in the case while Jessup deshot through the ehand. fended McCIellan
afternoon nml nccnccn.i o e li i homestead. 31 North Fifth street
. wnv -"oi.u it xiixr; J 1. 'J1 1. ' " - 7 and costs. The case has been shifted (livi(le1 in eflnal sliares between her f j ... .. l..-v4l, -..,, TT II'mi- m
"1"U1C1) Jicury, winiam, unarles and Louis Hessman. The residue of
DECLARED OFF
s the Football Game Betwen Earl-
Viam UrtA "VA7 iton Voi-rr ' '
j jhe managers of the football team AVittenberg College notified" the
,anagrs ot h.arlliam yesterday that 'i'e game which wns f ln
laved next Saturday has been called T. The. Wittenberg people offered reasons whatever for cancelling e date mh! the Earlham managers e at a loss to understand their ac;pns. The only thing that could Assibly have caused th0 cancellation i the fact that a number of the
pmbers of the faculty have been opsed to loi-tball all the season, and ihaps "lieir protests against the ,me. have carried sa 'much weight
("tit the team has been disbanded. ie team has not made much of a fnving ?o far this-year. A heavy iateur team from Alexandria has pd for a date with the Quakers
CITY ATTORNEY
Consulted About the D. & W. Accepting Transfers. City Attorney J. F. Bobbins was asked at council last evening for his opinion as to whether the Dayton & Western Traction company could be compelled to accept transfers and tickets from city cars. He said that he was unable to find
any decision on the subject of accepting transfers, but said that the Dayton & Western company would
be obliged to accept tickets of the city car lines and to cany the passengers presenting them within the citv limits.
TENEMENT HOUSE SHOT AND KILLED J Fire Causes the Death of Six People While Talking With His Bride of a
the estate is left tQ her two granddaughters, Nellie Lloyd Grosvenor and Elizabeth Louisa Lloyd. Louis Hessman is named as executor o the estate, no bond being required.
Few Days.
(By Associated Press.) Wheeling, W. Va., October 17. Columbia King, of Parker, Wetzel county, was shot and killed by an unknown nerson tx-li i i.
" 1 "eu wiruugii a; 1CM A , . . window, while Kin- wae tll-; isl,K'e lSS wns panted in the circuit
GETS $1,735
For Services Rendered Since the year of 1889. Bernedina ImhofFs petition ask
ing for compensation from William Tmhoff and others for services done
Wont Accept.
The Be v.4 Mr. Doepper, of Ohio, who was recently extended a call by the board of Wernle Orphans' Home to take the superintendency thereof, has notified the board that he finds it impossible to accept. The board will meet within the next few days and endeavor to make another selection for the place.
A Score Injured. New York, Oct. 17. Six lives were
lost and nearly a score injured in a fire in a tenement house in-Brooklyn today. It' is thought to ha of incendiary origin. The lives of a hundred others were endangered. The dead
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are Jiella (.lass, aged 20 and three his bride of but n f. ! court.
children a.sed 6 and 11. home. The motive is i,nlcnn-n Bernedmn TmboflF ttA w
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1SS0 she Lad done household duties for the family besides acting as a nurse to her invalid sister and mother. She asked -$2.50 a week from that ve.ir tn dnto --1iir.T-s it-o mnn4.
Shucraft and Kroma Were Sentenced Several Cases Disposed of in Circuit !e1 her- The total amount that she
GET THEIRS
DAILY" GRIND
Two holdups are alleged to hav? taken place Sunday night in Kickmond. James Duke, a fireman at 1L Kastern Indiana Hospital for the insane Avas in the city Saturday and Sunday .nights viewing the sights. He picked up a boon companion som-:. h'me Sunday night and Duke, acting iho part of the good fellow, exhibited a large roll of money at various time5 during the evening. While making a tour of investigation of the red liht
district Duke alleges that his companion enticed him into an, alle back of .the Jones 1 lard ware company in North E street, and there robbeJ. him of $27:50. Before the robbery took place, however, Duke's companion gave him several love taps or. each side of the face, the marks oz which were still visible yesterday. Duke did not report the matter to thepolice, but claims that he know; -who robbed him and will endeavor to get the money back without the as
sistance of the officers. ' - ,
In the other holdup Win. Forre-
plaved thc goat. He claims that h lost between ten and twenty dollar in the transaction. He was arrested yesterday morning by Officer McManus and was too drunk to know when the robbery occurred or jast how much he lost. He thinks that ir
ni"llt, in ihn -ran-
ot Schell's saloon, but is not positive of that fact. The police do not pu: much faith in his story as he contradicted himself several times. H was locked up and perhaps will b ' sober enough this morning to te" something more definite about ihi matter.
The Tank is Filled. The large" tank which the Pennsylvania company recently erected in its yards wan filied for the first tin yesterday. The water mefer on tl:? side of Jhe tank showed that when, the water was a foot deep the ytari: contained 3,000 gallons. I f f J J
IS NOTIFIED
Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon Judge Fox pronounced his sentences on Frank Shucraft and Herman Kroma. who
were convicted on the charge of horse
stealing last Wednesday. Shucraft j
gets trom one to fourteen years in the Michigan City State Prison, was fined .$3.0:1 and disfranchised for two years. Kroma wis fined $1.00 and gets from one to fourteen years at the Jeffer-onville Reformatory.
Court Yesterday. Yesterday in the circuit court the following cases were disposed of: Nellie Booth against the estate of Mary Van Sickle. Dismissed. Andrew O. Spaeth against the same
estate. Dismissed.
Fred Spaeth against the same estate. Dismissed. Delia Meyer against the estate of Marguerite Turner. Judgment for $43.
II
will receive will be $1,733.
Leak in Water Main. The Richmond Water company had
a larire force of men work-in 7oCf
night repairing a leak in the lare main at Twentieth and Main streets.
All of the water between Sixteenth and Twentieth south of Main street was shut off all evening. This is the main that a Dayton firm put in and it is the second time that
II. -Peelle against the estate of J leak has occurred in it.
Clerk of Court Informs Sheriff of the
Coming Election. Yesterday afternoon the' clerk of the cour, E. M. Haas," in his official rapacity" informed Sheriff Smith, much to the latter's astonishment and surprise, that there would be an election on the Eighth' Dav of November.
1004. "DickM is expected to recov
er from the shock.
The law requires" that the Secre
tary of state ofiiciallv notifv nil
clerks of the ronrt in the state of an election IS days prior to the election. It is also required that th clerks of court give all sheriffs twenty days warning and in their turn the sheriffs are obliged to post notice? in every voting precinct 15 days before the eelection for the benefit ?
tne pubJu.
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