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VRICHMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1906. 1 ' r DAILY E8TAUL1 IIEU .870 SINGLE COPIES-2 CENTS. FIEWD TRIES TO ASSAULT A CHILD CITY TO BORROW $20,000 COUNCIL FAVORS THE CELEBRATION WILL CHANGE ITS PRESENT SYSTEM BOURSE THE CITY BONDED DEBT OF CITY m BURDEN COUNCIL VOTES TO GET SOME READY CASH. LI-HT PLANT IS NOW MAKING MONEY.

ATTEMPT MADE TO HARM LITTLE GIRL NEAR TENTH STREET PARK.

FATHER HUNTSMAN WITH GUN But Got Away Child Gives Description of Man Who Was White ; . And Well Dressed. - An unknown" field attempted to commit a criminal assault on an eight year old girl, whose name "is withheld, last . evening about six o'clock,near the corner of SouthB street and the alley between South Tenth and Eelventh streets. The little girl made her. escape from the brute and ran to her home on -South Tenth street, where she told her father of her terrible experience, lie quickly took a revolver and ran to the alley, in hopes of locating his daughter's assailant, but was unable to find any trace of the man. While the little girl was on her way home last evening, she met her assailant in the South Tenth street park. He stepped up to her and inquired whether she had seen a certain little boy. The girl told him that she had not iiud then he took her by the hand and,' smarted to walk south on Tenth street -with her. lie quickly won her confidence and when South B street was reached he turned east, persuading the little one to .accompany him. When the corner of the alley was reached he suddenly grasped the girl around the waist and started to tear her clothing from her. The girl's screams evidently 4 frightened the brute as he released her and ran south down.'an .alley. When the' little girl reached her home she at once told her father of the fiendish attempt made upon her; and without waste of time he started out . to capture the man. An hour's" search . proved fruitless. The fatherl, last evening stated that, had . he

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lie woum .nave snoi jum. i The victom of the attempted as sault is able to give a fairly accurate description of the man. She. says thjj he was a white man dressed in a dark suit of clothes, wore a light top ovefr coat and, a black cap and had arjtUr. dy com pi mplexion. . , - 'r icttcd nc iDDDcniiTinrrLLi i en ur Hrrntuia i iuiit CITY TO THANK JAMES PAItSONS, EX-FIRE CHIEF.11? ta' 1 13 a&tAi .. . Mayor Zimmerman Appoints C. man O'Neal to Draft "1 Letter to Him. Councilman O'Neal was named by the Mayor last evening as the chairman of a committee to draft a lete of appreciation to James Parsons who recently resigned as chief, of; he fire department. A suitable present as a testimonial of the esteem 1he people of Richmond hold him. in, will be purchased and sent to Mr. Parsons who is at St. Petersburg, Fla $ne present time. . . , . $s STORMS QUIT; SIMS NfflD, Indianapolis, February 10-Dan-iel E. Storms resigned his position as Secretary of State this merging after a ten minutes conversittob -with Governor Uanly. The resignation -was accepted immediately! fttirneyGeneral Charles W Millc into tl a executive room immec ''ly after btorros hit. Follow infIL-rred Sims, Republican candidate,, for, ,the nomination of-Secretary of -S&LeJbe fore the next State convention Varhe into thrliv' ' room.,' -Hef'liai been ' i'o succ litrm to mi oui.r --rtstpirea lerm. s

Money Can Be Paid Back When Revenues of Current Year Cone In.

An ordinance was introduced and passed on suspension of the rules the city be authorized through its department of finance to borrow the sum of , $20,000 at not to exceed 5 per cent interest per annum in anticipation of the revenues of the current year. The said amount is to be borrowed from time to time as needed. ...The proper obligations of the city for the temporary loans will be executed by. the Mayor and Controller on behalf of the city for the amounts so borrowed. i FIRE IN LAUNDRY : STOVE. .A telephone call took the fire department to South Eighth streef last night about eight o'clock, an after- a little investigation, the fire was allowed to continue on ffi w? as it was safely confined withjji the stove in the Monarch Laundry office. " GIVE MATTER JO A COMMITTEE NORTH END OF CITY WILL REMAir?t7ET- FOR THE I TIME BEING. MANY ARE DISAPPOINTED .'ji.hfxi--Big Lobby Assembles in Council . With Expectation of Residence - Ordinance Passing. 3 v. Will H CJLast evening the ordinance ' prepajfed by the citizens of the Fifth rth. de'hce portions of the city, was preienteq to council. 1 lie ordinance was gvn ii second reading ana men on k" motion referred to the ordinance eonjmitiee to be reported. on later. , r . :.Jhere was a large number of citizens from the Fifth and the north half of the Third ward present in the expectation that the matter would be decided upon last evening, and all of them were greatly disappointed over the action takeu by council. . The city council stands about equally divided upon the question. There were two petitions supporting the ordinance presented to council at last night's session. One petition was from the residents of the north half of the Third ward, and was sign ed by 129 property owners, by four manufacturing concerns and by the Pan Handle Railroad shops. A petition from the residents of of the Fifth Ward signed by sevens tenths of the property owners, was also presented. In the Heinze copper deal, the brokers figured in "30,000,000 worth of ' liquid assets.' " We do not mderstand just what "liquid assets" mean, unless it is the alias for watered stock. Tom Patterson's notion seems to be that the constitution follows the. flag into the Senate as well as to the Philippines. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Temperature. February 19, 1905. Morning 21 iNoon 31 Night .33 February 19, 1906. Morning 32 Noon .......... ..........52 Night .......... .46 Forecast for Richmond and vicinity : Warmer and possibly showers.

COUNCILMAN NEAL INTRODUCES RESOLUTION PLEDGING SUPPORT.

WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY Action is to .he Recorded .and Sent Eroadcast Over the . : 'Country. ' . . rt ' : ' ' ' ' bA - - . tJUstdi - - ;--i.r, :? ;aJoT. At its meeting lasl night, th4 city council ,.offipiJy"fdothe.' celebration pfj Rijand Centennial, which, is tphe,he4d in September. Councilman Charles S. Neal introdoesdjifi resolution which assured the Ctcrihial promoters of council's iipport and it was. passed without a dissenting vote. The resolution is to be printed and sent broadcast , over, the country, in the hope of interesting former citizens in the celebration. The resolution follows: j Whereas, The City of Richmond is DOES THE RAILROAD PASS

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approaching the one hundredth anniversary of its settlement and whereas its people have decided to appropriately celebrate that anniversary, and have fixed upon the week of September 11th to 16th inclusive, as the time, and whereas the event will mark a great epoch in the progress of the city's history and which will stand in the future as a landmark in the development of the city and should pro an incentive to higher achievement in the future and whereas it is desirable to have former residents return and join the celebration, Therefore, be it resolved, That the Common Council of the City of Richmond heartily endorse the movement and cordially invite all former residents to return to the old home and enjoy with the home folks the pleasures of the occasion. And be it further resolved, That the council pledge its support of the movement in all ways that it legitimately can, and urge the eitizens to enter heartily into co-operation with the Centennial Association in promoting the enterprise and making the occasion one of which the city may be proud and one long to be remembered. WILL READ A PAPER. . John S. Fitzg;.bbons wili:. read a paper on Longfellow at the meeting of , the Knights of Columbus tonight. A full attendance of members is desired. , - - -

BOARD OF WORKS WILL ITOT

ASSESS OWNERS .TOR, STREET INTERSECTIONS. REGULAR ApriCF DISCORD ' Fuss StartelOJvef Matter in Which .Mayor and? Conncilmen Ex- "'' .... .. . t--iRntetilli change Words. By a vote of 11 to 4 a resolution was adopted last evening by the council to the effect that the system of the Board of. Public Works, in assessing property for the construction of cement walks, was manifestly wrong, because the intersections are a public benefit. The resolution was warmly supported by Councilman Deuker. Councilman O'Neal spoke in opposition to the resolution, stating that the assessments for intersections to individual property owners would be small. INFLUENCE LEGISLATION? Mayor Zimmerman spoke in favor of the policy of the Board of Public Works, and incidentally remarked that if it had not been for the economy and policy of the board during the time they had been in office the tax rate would now be considerably higher. This remark resulted in much agitation among the city fathers - who took exception to the Mayor's remarks as they were interpreted to mean that the board's administration of the city's affairs had been wiser and more economical than when the government was in the hands of council. Councilman-At-Large , Englebert demanded of the Mayor if this was the way council was meant to interpret his remarks. "I must say that the city is in a better financial condition today than it was before the Board of Public Works took charge of the city's affairs," Mayor Zimmerman calmly remarked. f Councilman Bayer then took the floor with a jump. "I have only been in council a short time" , remarked Mr. Bayer "but it seems to me that the city does nothing hut borrow money. If I ran my business like the eky's business is run I would soon be bankrupt." LAST NIGHT'S POLO. 1 I . T ji: 1 " T 1 A derson. -' I Kokomo 3; Danville -2, at Danville.

This is to be Paid Into General Fund On Account of Sums . Advanced.

An ordinance was introduced last evening and passed by council to the following effect: When any funds have accumulated in the hands of the treasurer of the city from the earnings and income of the Municipal Electric Light and Power plant in' excess of the aniquut required j to pay the current expenses of operating the plant, that the'money shall be paid and V transferred from the special fund, to the general fund, in payment of the amounts due the city, on account ef sums advanced to the plant, by the city from its general fund. These payments and transfers are to be made by the city treasurer and the city controller from time to time until the entire amount due the city from the plant has been paid. ANOTHER STYLE OF GOLD BRICK STRANGER WORKS SEVERAL PEOPLE FOR $5 EACH AND THEN "SKIDOOS." MANY ARE LOOKING FOR HIM Gave Art Lessons With Art Supplies But Moved His Office and Can't Be Found. The south side of Main, "opposite the Westcott Hotel" was searched inch by inch yesterday by a seore or more of former pupils of the "famous" glass painter, Dalter, Dent, who disappeared Saturday from his former boarding place on North Ninth street and said that his address in the future would be opposite the Westcott Hotel. Dent advertised that he was teaching, free, the art of painting on glass or retouching photographs with color, also painting pillow tops and linen. All the pupil had to do was to buy the material, consisting of sundry bottles and paint tubes, for which $5 were asked. This proposition looked good to a great many young women and some married women, and Dent's contracts were signed by several. About twenty bought the "materials" and commenced to take the lessons. Then Dent left town, presumably and no word has been left as to his whereabouts. Only one young woman finished the "course" and she does not know enough about painting glass to help her. The others are left with their five dollars worth of materials and a little experience. WANTS TESTING OUTFIT. Engineer Charles Says " City Should Test Its Cement toAToidrBeing Beaten. , City Engineer F. R. Charles last evening at council recommended the consideration of the .eity securing a complete cement testing outfit, which the eity engineer , states can 'be obtained for $150. Many 'of 'the 'large cement concerns when" vthey wish to "unload" worthless cement, sell it to municipalities. This can be prevented by the purchase of ; testing machines. W. P. Firth of . this city, has gone to Chicago to manage the D. J. Braun manufacturing plant . in : the absenee of another official.

CONTROLLER NEEDHAM'S REPORT SHOWS FINANCES IN . GOOD CONDITION.

COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT Report Gives Every Item ,of. City. City Receipts and Ilrpenditutek; .... ' .-' Forhe: Past Yart yiv i The first annual report of Edward; ' B.i Needham, City Controller, present-?, ed to the, city , council: Jast night, -was the most exhaustive and at the same time the' mostf comprehensive-state- ' ment of the financial condition of the . . city, of Richmond' that has , been, made in many years, perhaps in tjie! entire history of the city. , The city controller, by virtue of his office, is entrusted with new duties in the financial department of the,, city. The office was created , by the . last General Assembly,' ' and Mr.' Needham was appointed by the pres-, ' ent administration to fill a niche in -the municipal household that hereto--fore had held no incumbent. Though' the duties of the office of controller of a municipality are outlined in a general way in the new cities and towns law, the position as a', whole depended upon the incumbent to ronnd it out, as it were, and this is what"-Mr. Needham appears to have done. The controller of the city is in reality the city's hook keeper; the otneer who keeps tab on the public expenditures; and the public receipts; who -must': look after'--the various': -funds and finally must compute the balances in each and.be 'ready at any 'time to-. show whether the municipal business is paying or is going to financial ruin. , . , .,;:;".,, .- ';:;;-.; '' j' Controller Needham 's treatment of the municipal light plant problem", which consists mainly of a plain and J lucid statement of its, finances, will constitute one of" the most 'xnterestri. ing portions of the-report a a-whole. -Owing .to, the fact that there has been more or less discontent evinced rela-f tive to the business of municipal lighting and because of the lack of; sufficient understanding by; mqny pf r-ri sons as- to the exact status of itsfinancial condition, Controller, Need-, ham's report will do much toward " correcting, the erroneous impressions that have prevailed. In his general review of the con-, dition of the sinking fund of the city' Controller Needham furnishes figures which show" what Richmond's fixed financial obligations for the next nine years will be and also points out that the present bonded debt of Richmond can be handled without proving a burden to the taxpayers, provided the city council shall exercise judgment and make the proper levies. Controller Needham says: . "By the end of the year 1915, all of the present bonded indebtedness of the city will be paid, except the Electric Light bonds amounting to $144,000.00, and due in 1927. "If the balance in the Sinking Fund together with the yearly amount of $8,500.00 due from the tax levy, is placed so as to draw interest at 3 per cent, and componded each year the amount in 1927 will be more than sufficient tojay the"" Electric" Light Bondswhenthev become due." t-W-detailedatemeiitof the apfivnauuus, cApcuuimies uua uaiances in the General Fund, covering the period from May 1, last year, up to the first of. January, ? shows the finances of each department. The expenditures of the department of finance, including the salaries of all city officers as well as their office expense ; the interest on bonds, etc., reached $65,187.63; the department ' of public works, $117064! health departing, $1,551.33; police department, $9380 and city court. $1,100. The expenditures for all of these de partments -vrere less than the appropriations for ach and the eitv on. treller .finds a balance ''from '-all funds -of $29,321.60. , t v. V, , In part, Controller NeedliamV de(Cohtkmed on Pago i.)

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