Richmond Palladium (Daily), 27 January 1906 — Page 1

10 1 W0WB B AILT FALLABIU 1 WEEKLY r-STAI-MIIKD 1831 DAIJL.Y ESTAUL1 IIED iB7, RICHMOND. INDIANA. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1906. SINGLE COPIES CN8. i FIFTH WARD WILL ,--'. ... . ... ,,- - .-. - ' GAS CASE APPEALED PRES. BRADFORD HAS SUED P. EL GOLD BRICKED WAS THE CITY LOST LAW SUIT ROUND TRIP RATE WILL HAVE TO GO TRY ONCE AGAIN BEING ANGRY SHOT PARTY TO THE LITIGATION. BY CITY TO THE SUPREME V COURT.

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TO BRING ITS SECTION OF CITY

INTO THE TEMPERANCE RANKS. THE PETITION IS PREPARED And Will Be Presented to Council Monday Night Saloons Look to Be Doomed. Although defeated two years ago when they made an attempt to have Council declare the Fifth' ward a residence ward a committee of citizens from that part of the city has made arrangements with a councilman to present another petition to the council at its meeting Monday night. The new petition-is, in substance, th same as the one presented two years ago. A committee composed of Arthi'V Smith, chairman, J. 11. Unthank, Dr. C. M. Hamilton, John Dietz and W. K. Russell, has been appointed to draw up ft petition and ask the voters of the ward to affix to it their signatures. The committee has been going, about its work quietly and has succeeded in having a number or the most prominent citizens of the ward to sign. It is not the purpose to try to secure the signatures of all the voters in the ward as was done last year, but only a few, and it is thought that the petition will meet with us much favor as if there were ntllxed the names of all the voters in the , ward. J , Arthur Smith, . chairman of the committee, said that he is hoeful f the outcome of the'petition, thinking that the views of many of the councilmen have changed during the past two years.- The argument that the hhop and, factory men are in favor of having the Fifth ward a residence district will be introduced. If council does not recognize the petition and does not declare the warjf a residence ward, a remonstrance wjll be circulated and presented to the county commissioners. This will serve against all applicants and as the law is mandatory to them to refuse all licenses applied for, for a period of two years, it is thought that the two saloon keepers in the Fifhtvard cannot escape the efforts of the citizens to drive them out. RICHMOND TALENT AT CAMBRIDGE CITY iEntertainnient Given by Miss Gaston a Success Many In N Attendance. A (Palladium Correspondence.) Cambridge Cty, Ind., January 2G. Over two hundred people were in attendance at the music recital in the Christian church here tonight. A large number were here from Richmond, Milton and Hagerstown and the whole audience was greatly pleased with the program. Miss Florence Gaylc, who was the principal performer on the program, was well received. Miss Gayle is quite young1 and her piano playing was nothing short of the remarkable. The quartet composed of the -Misses Marie Kaufman, Lena Coffin, Jessie Heeler and Josephine Cates also -rendered several admirable selections. 1 Miss Cates-sang two solos which drew much applause. COURT HOUSE.

The case of Phillip Schneider Against T. J. Ferguson and S. W. Gear, filed in 1900, was dismissed yesterday in the circuit court. In the case of Walter G. Holly against the P. C. C. & St. L. Railroad the defendant has -filed a demurrer. . Tbe first teachers examination of the year will be held in Superintendent Jordan's office today. - ..... -.

Judge Macy LV.UC3 For Gas Company But Gives The City the Right To Appeal. .Judge J. W. Macy of the Randolph circuit court presided yesterday as special judge of the Wayne circuit court in the absence of Judge Fox who is out of the city. Judge Macy filed his judgment in the case of the City of Richmond on behalf of itself and the consumers of natural gas, from the Richmond Natural Gas Company against the Richmond Natural Gas Company. He sustained the demurrer filed by the defendant and ordered the city to pay the costs of the case. Judge Macy granted the city, an appeal of the case to the supreme court. This appeal was granted after the reading of the judgment when City Attorney Gardner filed a bill of exceptions to the court's ruling and the case will be taken before that body at once as the city council. has authorized the city council to take such an action.

PATRICK FLANAGAN DIED IN CHICAGO AFTER AN ILLNESS COVERING A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS. FORMERLY RESIDENT HERE Was One of Richmond's Best Busi ness Men Body to be Brought , , Here For Burial. Patrick Flanagan, of Chicago, for merly a prominent resident of this city, died at his home yesterday after an illness covering a period of almost three months. Mr. Flanagan has been living in Chicago for the past ten years but before that time he was a resident of Richmond for 45 years and conducted a dry goods store on Main street, near Rolling's hardware store. He was born in County Clare, Ire land,-in 1827, but when a young man came to this country. While in this city Mr. Flanagan accumulated considerable fortune, which he invested in real estate both here and in Chicago. He , was seventy-nine years of age and is survived by his wife arid one son, Bartholomew, who is a prac ticing physician in Chicago, a, step daughter, and a nephew in this city, Mr. Martin Faul. The remains will be brought from Chicago to this city on Sunday af ternoon and will be taken . to the home of James Griffin, 122 North Thirteenth street, where thev mav be viewed. The funeral will be held on Monday morning at 0 o'clock from St! Mary's Catholic church. The Rev. Father Mattingly.has arranged for a solemn high mass and he will bf assisted in the services by Rev. D. J. MeMullen, formerly of St. Mary's and the Rev. Father Spellman of New Castle, and probably other of the clergy. The interment will be in St. Mary's cemetery. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Temperature. January 26, 1905. Morning . .........14 Noon .................16 Night . .............21 January 26, 1906. Morning 26 Noon .......... .......... .....39 Night .....32 Forecast for Richmond and vicinity: Fair, not much change in temperature. -

WILL TEST IN COURTS VALIDITY OF HIS BOND ISSUE TO THAT ROAD.

ATTORNEY HENRY C. STARR In New York Looking After the C, C. & fi. Interests $3,500,000 Is Involved. William A. Bradford, president of the C, C. & L. Ry., has brought suit against the J. Pierpont Morgan interests for the paymeS of the bonds issued in return for the stock of the C. C.' & L. Vhich was acquired several mouths ago by the Pere Marquette Railroad. Henry C. Starr of this city, general counsel of the road, has gone to New York City, where the suit has been entered in the United States Court, and will protect the interests of his client, Mr. Bradford. Suit was entered through the banking house of Rudolph Kleybolte & Co., of Cincinnati. ' , The Pere Marquette Tjonds, amounSOMETHING LIKE THIS High Finance: "Somebody stop us. away!" , ting to $3,500,000 were given to Mr. Bradford in payment for the stock of the C. C." & L. but were later repudiated by the stockholders of the Pere 'Marquette and C. H. & I)., who declared the purchase illegal. It had been agreed that later a bond issue would be made which 'would shift half the expense of buying the new road on the C. H. & D. but this had not been done, and the burden of the acquisition rests entirely on the Pere Marquette. In case Pres. Bradford wins his suit, which is considered probable, the Pere Marquette will have to assume the responsibility of the bond issue. JOHN WlliGATE BACK INTO NEWSPAPER FIELD Bnys Shelhyville Jeffersonian and Will Make It a Morning Paper. -' (Palladium Special.) SheibyvUle, Ind., January 26. John Wingate, for many years owner of the Shelbyville Republican which he recently sold today purchased the Jeffersonian. and will conduct it as. a morning Republican paper. The name will beehanged to the Shelbyville Morning News.

WHEN THE HARMON TRADE WAS CONSUMMATED SOME TIME AGO.

VALUABLE LAND EXCHANGED For property on West and East Banks of River Interesting History Recalled. Condemnation papers are being drawn up by the city attorney for the property the Board of Public "Works desires to secure for the Municipal Lighting and Power plant on ;e east bank of the river, and it is e.vpt-cted that the iuioresttd parties iu the case will be" summoned before th'3 board some time early in February. The property that is desired by the board belongs to the R:ehmoiul Light, Heat and Power Company, and it is expected that it will object to the city taking over the land, in . which case suit will be brought in the circuit court. There is an interesting bit of history in connection with the city's atMAY BE THE TROUBLE. Durn our fool souls, we're running Minneapolis Journal.

temnt to secure the property that will connect the city's property around the plant to the city's property on the west and east bank of the river. When J. F. Davenport, one of the members of the Board of Public Works, Svas street commissioner several years ago, he purchased property for the city, part of which is now owned by the C, C. & L. and on which the north-end station stands. Some time later the city desired to Secure property on both banks of the Whitewater near the Carpenter Mills. Council negotiated a trade with D. W. Marmon )t Indianapolis,, one of the principal owners of the Carpenter mills, whereby part of the city's land near the C, C. & L. depot was given to Marmon in return for $50 and a section of land on the east and west sides of the river. ' The city officials who conducted the trade at that time thought that the land they secured from Marmon on the east bank of the river extended east 202 feet, which would take it to the pres ent location of the Municipal Plant. Instead, however, it developed that the land was only a strip 23 feet wide and 83 feet long, and that the property between this strip and the present location of the Municipal plant was owned by the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company. The city fathers then woke up to the fact that they had .been sold a "gold (Continued on Page 4.)

Cold Blooded Murder Takes Place at Bentonville, Ind. Excitement Runs High. (Palladium Special.) Boonville, Ind., January 26. Wesley Williams, and James Lay, have had a series of law suits and this afternoon one of them was decided in favor of Williams. An hour later he armed with a shotgun, called Lay to his front door and just as he placed his foot on the step he fired and Lay fell dead with a load ofbuckshot in his breast. The murder was premeditated and has caused a great deal of excitement. Williams isin jail. He says Lay was armed with a revolver but there is no evidence that he was expecting trouble when called to the door and shot down without warning.

T. P. A. SMOKER TONIGHT. Louis T. Le.Beaume, National secretary of the T. P. A.'s of America, will be in Richmond tonight and he will attend the T. P. A. smoker at their headquarters over 24 North Ninth street. TRUSTEES MAKE IRONCLAD RULES TO GOVERN ATHLETICS IN THE FUTURE AT EARLHAM COLLEGE. FOLLOWED THE "BIG NINE" ! In Its Stand For Clean Sport Profs. Hadley and Lindley Granted a Vacation. Earlham has the honor of being the first secondary college in the state to adopt . the recent athletic ruliugs of the "Big1 Nine" conference. At a meeting of the faculty athletic committee last week it was decided to adopt this ruling and to make it still more binding the local board of trustees voted for the same rulings in its session yesterday. Earlham has always been noted for her stand for her clean athletics and the new regulations tend to make their stand even stronger. The, rules as the faculty and board of trustees adopted them are: 1. Each student shall be a bona fide student doing full work (which is 15 hours.) 2. His class standing and moral attitude shall be satisfactory to the faculty. . t 3. No games shall be played before the regular college year opens and players shall not assemble before that time. 4. No student shall take part in intercollegiate games for more than four years, after entering any college. v 5. The football season shall close on Saturday preceding Thanksgiving. 6. It is proposed to place trie management of all athletics in the hands of an alumnus. 7. In no term shall there be more than five intercollegiate games be played. S. Those games played are to be with those institutions which have as high standing in athletics as Earlham or "approach it. 9. That the coach be a member of the teaching corps if possible.1'' The board of trustees also grant ed Professors Hadley and Lindley, leave of absence covering a "period of one year. Both will spend this time in Universities of high rank, but neither have decided where. Mrs. John Mitchell of South Twelfth street, entertained the J.; F. Club Wednesday evening. The time was spent in games and music. A two course lunch was served.

UNDER TWO CENT FARE SYSTEM, SAYS TICKET RE- " CETVER MOFFETT.

THE SAME WITH MILEAGE Ohio Senate Has Already Passed Rate Bill and Indiana May Follow Soon. In regard to the rate of two cents a mile which will probably govern the passenger fares in Ohio and possibly in Indiana William Motlitt, ticket receiver of the Pennsylvania Lines, said yesterday. "There will probably be no round trip rates and the odd-cent ' system , will be used. As the fares are now, the price ends with either a or a '0' but by the new rate, if the mileage between two cities is ISc, the rate will be 3G cents. The mileage book will be a thing of the past( as it is not probable that the railroads will grant any concessions when the regular rate $ two 'cents and all excursions will probably be done away with. '.The railroads will not lose much, if anythir,;-, by the new arrangement, as a great, per cent of the business at present is two-cent mileage, such as the majority of the traveling men use." The Senate of the Ohio state legislature has passed the bill to reduce passenger railway fares to a maximum of 2 cents a mile in Ohio. The bill was taken out of its order, so, that every member of the Senate might be allowed to vote upon it, and there Mas not a dissenting voice. The bill was sent to the House by the Senate, with the hope that this body , would also set aside rules and act upon the matter at once, but after its first reading it was laid over until next Monday. There 6eems to be no doubt but that the 2 cent rate will soon be the passenger rate in Ohio and Richmond railroad officials say that Indiana will probably follow the lead of the Buckeye legislature in making and enforcing a lower ratff. As soon as the Ohio bill is put into effect, as it no doubt will be, there will be a notable change in the fares of roads operating in that state, with greatly reduced prices on tickets. 1 The new rate will no doubt, cut heavy into the business of interurban roads.- Withfares about the same on interurban and steam roads, the one which makes the better time will probably be the more popular, and electric roads have, as; yet failed to make time equal to the steam roads. The rate from Richmond to Dayton on the Pennsylvania would be about 90 cents with no round trip reduction, and the interurban rate is SO cents on the local and 05 on the limited car. There would be no question as to which would be the more popular with the average traveling -man. Supt. Gordon, of the R. S. & L, said last night that the interurban roads would not lower their rates to put them below the rates on the steam roads. He thinks with the improvements , which can be made on the interurban roads, making faster time and giving better service, the electric lines will be the moreiopular. , BIG PYTHIAN DOINGS Iola Lodge Has Work and a General Good Time Thursday Night. Iola Lodge had big doings Thursday evening in their lodge rooms and over 150 Pythians were in attendance. After, three candidates - had been given the third rank in the most approved manner, the crack guard company of Triumph lodge, sixteen strong, gave a splendid exhibition of floor work. At- ;the conclusion of their drill refreshments were served.

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