Richmond Palladium (Daily), 17 March 1906 — Page 8

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OPERATING EXPENSES LOWER THAN USUAL .DURING WIN- . TER MONTHS. "

PROFITS HAVE BEEN LARGE Conditions Have Been Exceptionally Good for the Company, Over Entire West. One cause for chuckling on the part ;f the officials of railroads which enter Indiana, exists strong enough to overshadow any opposite feelings tl'ey may have owing to the shortage of freight cars which has troubled them all winter. This is the fact flint never in the history of many of the oldest employes of these roads l as there been, a winter during whih so little trouble vas caused by unfavorable weather conditions. The Pennsylvania railroad .is a good example. Operating expense on this road have been practically on a summer basis where as usually the winter months witness' a large increase in the cost of running the trains and maintaining the time schedules.' An engine which will run well at freezing temperature, may be very hard to handle when the thermometer touches the' zero point, but this has caused railroad men' little worry the past winter. : There has, in fact, been a minimum I of expense to the railroad companies and annoyance to the public' on account of weather unsuitable to 'good running. While there is no way" to compute the exact . amount saved by the mild conditions of the present winter, railroad men know that the sum has been great. ', ; MISSED RICHMOND FORGERS IN TOILS AT CHICAGO WORKED IN INDIANA. They Duplicated Pay Checks, Smeared Oil on Them, and Then Palm-' , ', ;r' Them Off Easily. ' : Chicago, Mach 16. (Special.) The confessions made here today by Charles S. White and George Grant, under arrest for fprgery, clear up the forgeries of Standard Oil checks in Marion, Muncie, Hartford City, Montpelier and other Indiana oil cities. Jeff Davis, who was arrested on the same charge, denies being a member of the gang. White was caught in Lima Ohio. White and Grant confessed to total forger- . "The first job we did," said White," "was worked on the Ohio Oi company, a part of the Standard, at Marion, Monpelier, Hartford City and Muncie, Ind. In those . places Davis and I secured $1,500. I . got the check and Davis made a duplicate. We wasted 750 barrels of oil so that Davis could get enough to rub on those checks to make them look genuine. I was told by the company to pay for the oil, or give up ray job and I quit, after getting 1,100 in St. Louis, $3,500 in Cincinnati and $1,500 in Joliet, 111. From thee we came to Chicago and we worked the , duplicate pay check game on the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago for about $0,000." HEAOHEETS BYUPBIL Local ofTicals of , the railroads do rot expect to receive the new. interstate passenger rate sheet before the first of April. It is a monumental task to prepare tliese sheets as rates to every village and city in the country .must be made anew. JOHN GRAY WILL RETIRE John" E. Gray, agent of the Pennsylvania Lines at Cambridge City, will retire May 1 after many years of faithful sdhjeopr GraynS'q of the best linlemoyesJon t one the roa d and all of the trainmen will

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S?iAT0S;' BDLLIVZn, LEADER M RATE BILL FIGHT. Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa, who is a member of the senate committee on Interstate commerce. Uas been' conspicuous as an advocate of the Hepburn' bill and will doubtless be the leader of the Republican advocates of that measure in the senate. Mr. Dolliver, who was a member of the house twelve years and lias been In the senate for six, is considered one of the most eloquent speakers In congress. lie is a native of West Virginia.

TO TEAR DOWN TWELVE HOUSES PANHANDLE CO. MAY ENLARGE ITS : FREIGHT FACILITIES IN RICHMOND. MORE TRACKS ARE NEEDED Agent Slifer Desires That Four More ' Tracks Be Laid With Additional .Driveviys; j v " p ? ' . In case the request of Freight Agent Slifer of the Panhandle railroad , company, for. more tracks on which to handle freight cars is complied with, the houses on the west side of Fifth street, north of D. and several houses west of Fifth street, on the north side of D, will be tprn down. The houses twelve in number already belong to the railroad company. . ' '" i The business at the local freight house has increased so rapidly of late that the capacity is not great enough for handling it. With a view to caring for the present and future needs of the company, Agent Slifer has asked that an extension be made. He wants two more tracks, built directly west of the sheds and have them; covered; with ' floor - space between, and beyond them, west, have several raore tracks: with drive ways to each, so that) cars could be loaded and unloaded Without , having .the freight pass through' the depot. It is not known how soon work will be commenced on the improvement, as the matter has not yet been referred to the executive board of the road. The residents . of the houses owned by the railroad claim to have received . no notice to vacate. . Trading 'tetamyr or trading checks withMiTgrocwies' at HARMIER'S, No. 1030 Main. v . '.;v' V RATE HAS ITS EFFECTS Passenger men of Ohio say that already the two cent rate is having its effect on traffic and more -tickets are being sold than ever before. CONFINED TO HOME B. W. Carlos, extra conductor n the Little Miami Division'rjfeUhe Pennsylvania, . is ill r and coriSned to his home.'

BRADFORD MAY BUILD A TRACK

LOCAL HORSEMEN WITH PROSPECTS" ARE HOPING THAT HE WILL DO SO. "PRINCE DIRECT"-IS HERE George Amsden is Now Looking After Several Colts Two of Whom Have Good Marks. There is but little doing in local horse circles at the present time and the coming season also promises to be unusually dull. The sole topic of conversation now indulged in by Richmond horsemen is the Bradford stock farm, which will be located at the old Hawkins farm, northeast of the city. It is learned on reliable information that Mr. Bradford will build a half mile track and many of the speeders owned by horsemen in this city and county will -be trained there. Dr. Zimmerman now has three young colts of unknown quantity and he will put them in training within a week or two. One of the colts promises to develop into an exceptionally good horse and, it is probable that it will be campaigned this summer. . , Roe Rife of Boston also has two promising colts and they will in all probability be pui in training at the Bradford farm this spring. "Prince Direct,!, Mr.' Bradford's great stallion, who - has a Irecord of 2 :03i4 and holds all four-wheel in double harness records,. isjiow at the Bradford farm. He is in splendid condition but will not be campaigned this season,; perhaps never again. ;It is probable that ( Prince' , Direct " will be used only for breeding purposes. Mr. Bradford 's ' - string ' of eight fast horses which have wintered on' the Lackey farm at Cambridge City, arrived at the Bradford stock farm - this week. Among the lot are two colts"who have made 2:18 and 2:ll in trial heats and it is thought that they will develope ' under the. training of George . Amsden, into crack speeders.' The barn accommodations at the Bradford farm are1, ample ' for ; tne present stable of horses being i kept there, but it is planned. by' Mr. Bradford to increase the accommodations as soon as the weather permits. WILL SELL REAL ESTAAE Dickinson Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Jimes Smith petitioned court? yesterday to sell real estate to pay debts. X

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Profiit Tolls of Crime. f When seen last night at the city jail Proffit Avas composed and willing to talk about the crime that he had committed. He seemed not to realize l3ie enormity of his offens?, ,but.scv-ral-times as he told the details of the shooting, his voice trembled. This was the only "emotion he showed. "I have been working for my brother, Charles Proflit "- he said '.'and I have to get 'lin early in the morning to do the cooking at the restaurant. After supper tonight my brother told me that I would have to be down to the resruat earlyj.siRs one ' of the customers wanted some griddle cakes. I went down to my brother's home, where I board, and when I walked into the house I heard a racket in the sitting room. There were three colored men and three colored girls "in the room playing the piano and making a lot of noise. "I said to my brother's wufe, who was in, the back part of the - house, that I wished these people would shut up ttheir noise as I had to get up real early and wanted to get some sleep. . She went into the sitting room and asked them to keep quiet and I went into my room and undressed. About a year ago a burglar got into my room and since then .'I have kept a revolver. I had it tonight underneath my pillow. When I got in bed Emma came in and started to raise cain because I did not want her and the others 'to make a noise. She got to cussing me and I'll admit that I lost my temper and swore at her. She said that she was not afraid of mq ..and kept saying ' shoot me, go on and shoot: tne. ' Finally I sat up in bed, piijled my revolver out and shot at her. I, think three ' times. ; She turned about and ran out' into the sitting room . and I followed her and wps sroing to emjrty the rest of the gun into her. but Mrs. Proffit came running irv and kent me from doit" i." I "-ot dressed and said to Mrs.4 Proffit 'I am ! going to give myself ur' I then walked ? up to police headouarters and gave myself up." .,' Coroner Investigates. Coroner Markley spent much time in investigating the case late last night and early this morning. He examined the body of the woman and found that two of the bullets had taken effect, one in the center of her breast and the other in the left elbow. The other bullet went wild, hitting the transom. Coroner . Markley took a statement; from Profiit. He fwill not announce his vedict till he gets, all the facts in the case. 1 ' HAWKINS GETS AN OFFICE Richmond Boy is Elected Secretary -. - and Treasurer of Indiana Press Club. At the meeting of the Press Club of Indiana University held this week at Bloomington, Aubrey Hawkins, a Richmond young man who is attending school there, was elected secretary and treasurer of the organization. FRESHMEN-SOPH MEET The Freshmen at Earlham have challenged the Sophomores ' for a field meet to be held the second Saturday in April. . The challenge was accepted by - the Sophs and both classes will have tryouts soon, to select' the men for their terms. From March 1 5 The following

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IS III GOOD UOIIOITIOII JOHN H. JOHNSON VISITS ,.'".1.- ; , : ' ' . ; ; . ... Ju WHITE'S INSTITUTE. ':v- r. - , ............ There Are Now Twenty Children at the Home Prom Wayne County ' All Are Satisfied. John II. Johnson, a member of the Board of Trustees of White's Institute, returned home yesterday from a short visit to that institution at Wabash, and reports that everything there is in the best of condition. There is to be a semi-annual meeting of the directors in two weeks and the affair is under the control of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, and as a place in' which to care for small children and give them a good education, it is without parallel in its workings. This winter, there are over 150 . children there, more than ever before, but the large numbr has been accommodated , with ease and everything is going along satisfactorily. The J uvenile Court of Indianapolis, has sent about 30 children to' the Institution from the slums of Indianapolis, but in spite of the previous - environments of the small boys and girls, they are as easy to control as children from other cities. ,x -t'. ;r ' The twenty Wayne County chiV dren who are at the Institute are do ing well. , Three small boys were sent tlere ; recently from here and they are happy and satisfied with their surroundings. GEO. DAVIS' DEATH Was Formerly a Resident and Bus.1 iness Man of Connersville. Mrs. Joseph II. Huston received a telegram announcing the sudden death of her father, George Davis, at Richmond, this morninig. Mrs. .Huston went to Richmond on the 10 o'clock train, where she will remain until after the funeral. Mr. Davis 's death was due to paralysis with "which he had long been afflieted, but nevertheless his demise was a terrible shock, coming so unexpectedly. Deceased formerly resided in Connersville where he was engaged in the saddler business for many years. He was advanced in years and had long since retired from active life. Hi wife and four daughters survive. They are Mrs. Huston, Mrs. George Healey, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. George McCCullough, Richmond; Mrs. Charles Conner, Los Angeles, Cal.

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- 20C Dozen Nice Sweet SaleSaturdav ' - 1 ised ClitCkens Radishes Onions Lettuce Celery Rhubarb Spinach , Parsley CrcaritoWhipXKrvay) Baked Warn' (S?).. Floridai Oranges 50c doz . Teh phon orders carefully filled. HADLEY BROG. PHONE 292. SHAMROCKS Badges Wotch Pobs n flags Green Cafc Shades and Candles Tally Cards, Napkins, etc. Suitable for parties for St. Patrick's Day 1 HOORMAIIII'S BOOKSTORE justEieceived ' A new tojpE of ' reliable soaps dlrMt fromsolgato ana Company NawVork. Cashnpa DoquoV Kngllah Elder Flower, Palm and Turkish Bath. Prlees Right. ..DICKINSON PHARMACY., 1031 MAIN ST. NOTICE TO ICE CONSUMERS With our output of artificial ice and our houses well filled wilh natural ice of fine quality, we ale amply able to take care of the icf trade in Richmond. We have made no agreement with any otlfer dealer in rerd to prices but will guarantee thairour price for ice will v be no higher.nd if lowered to the heavykrade, Ach as butchers, ice cream dears saloons, etc., it will also be lowereoj the same proportions to all other, trade., Good service guaranteed. s , UNION ICE COMPANY. Otto Rettig, Mgr. CREAM TOjhraiP.

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