Richmond Palladium (Daily), 19 March 1906 — Page 1

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JOCftt CHANGE COUNCIL'S VOTE 3ENTLE PLEADINGS CAUSE COUNTY FATHERS TO VOTE MONEY FOB JAIL. 54200 VOTED FOR PURPOSE ?he New Structure is to be Built as 'An Addition to the Home, for ' the Friendless. - After Once voting lown an approriation .for the new jail for women. jllowinr n lnv of .heated arsniments n the Tnrt of both the members of .... . he County Council and the Board of tjaturday afternoon that 'the proposal improvement should be made and Vdered set aside,- $4200 for that iirpose. ,' ' , .;'.' . The meeting' of the Council Satur-' iiy was the one called especially-for ue purpose of settling this question id early in the day, there was on md at the Court House a large iowd composed of members of the ward of Charities, ; Board of the orae for the Friendless, and friends the women's jail movement, who ere anxious for its s success. When fie meeting convened, -the arguents commenced and all day, the bject was ; threshed ovec and over, e women members of 'the different eech-makinir. Early in the 'afternoon, a vote was j ken on the matter. J? our of the sevcouncilmen stood for the appropriion and the other three were equal--set against. lt.JThis seemed to setthe question and those interested; nwneneed to leave. Other matters re taken up by the Council and it is thought that all . was over in rerd to the jail. After all other busss was finished and adjournment ns. in. order, the subject was again oacnea. inis lime, possioie aeieav it an impetus to the work of those, 10 wished for the jail. They ared and pleaded, and ended by askr that n second vote.be taken,' withresult that the desired amount s appropriated and the women mbers of the Board, to whose efrts the success , of the movement h be attributed, are delighted. One of the members of the Board Charities, when asked what night about the change of opinion the Council and why the approprion was made after it had- once bn refused, said that it was nerely the change of opinion folyinjr a closer consideration of the tter.'V However, the. members the Council were in favor of the propriation from the start, and 1 it been a regular meeting the ount asked, would have been set de by the first vote of 4 to 3. The views of John F. Dynes, of the jard of County Commissioners, re the cause for much of the conversy. Mr. Dynes expressed himas being in favor of a House of ention in which respectable womand insane prisoners could be ced for an indefinite period. This n was seconded by all the others at the same time, they thought t the county, could not afford such lace at this time but assured him t it will not be long before ' Vyne county will nave sucn a Vie. - rhere will be" provisions made for,! separation of the different prisrs, so that young and innocent s will not be subjected to the comJionship of women who are ; old hardened to crime." ,r vim meet to mem rhe general body of the CentenAssociation will meet this evenat the Masonic Templt at 7:30 ock. A SPECIAL CONCLAVE Lnights Templars will have -special 'clave this evening for conferring order of , the Temple and Malta. ,

BRAKEMAN BADLY HURT

REX KEENE HAD NARROW ES- '") : CAPE FROM DEATH. Fell From Top of Moving TrainLeg Broken and Severe Cuts and : Bruises Sustained. Rex Keene, a freight brakeman on the Indianapolis "Division of the Pennsylvania Lines, had a narrow escape from ' death late Saturday giglit while his train was . running west near Glen Miller Park. As the train was just pulling into the city, the brakemen were standing on top of . the train awaiting signals from the conductor, who was in the engine cab. Keene fell from the "roof of the car, on which he -was standing, breaking a leg and sustaining severe bruises. With rare presence of mind, he commenced to shout and the rear brakeman, hearing his cries above the noise made by the train, sprang off and went to the aid of , his companion. ; . ; - " . The, other. brakeman found the injud maji a,nd: carried him to rthe' f ?1ep aixh ' tower at the west end of tjie. new yards. The Springfield-Richmond.; passenger train which was pulling into the yards was flagged and the injured man put aboard and brought to the city. In the meantime, the freight train pulled on through Richmond and not until Centerville was reached did the conductor learn that he was minus two brakemen; The train proceeded to Jackson's Hill and there waited for additions to its crew. ; f Keene was . removed ?,to". Reid JMemorial hospital. His right leg was broken in two places, one of the fractures being' at the hipV 5 " " ; HORSE FALLS IN A TRESTLE , i . UNABLE TO EXTRICATE ITSELF AND TRAIN SERVICE WAS DELAYED. WAS PECULIAR ACCIDENT Engineer of Fast Freight Narrowly . Averted a Serious DisasterWreck Crew Called Out. A peculiar accident, necessitating the use of a wreck train and crew, happened to. a horse last night on the Richmond Division of the Pennsyl vania, south of Eaton, and delayed all traffic over four hours. A horse that had wandered onto the right of way, attempted to cross a long trestle one mile south . of Eaton and falling be.tween the ties, was unable to extricate itself. In the headlight's glare of an approaching freight train, the engineer saw the prostrate animal on the trestle and realizing that a collision of the sort might derail the locomotive, the engineer reversed and applied the air brakes, bringing his train to a halt within a few j-ards of the horse. Sending back a brakeman to flag the passenger train from the south which was due, the freight conductor, Joe Brown, walked to Eaton and telegraphed for the Richmond Division wreck' crew, which responded immediately. After four - hours' work the animal was removed V and the trains went on their way. 'The horse was not badly injured. - George Mills and Kyle Gard, students of business college, spent yesterday with their parents at WinChester. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Temperature. . " . Forecast .for Richmond and vicinity: Fair and slightly warmer.

EICHMOND INDIANA, MONDAY 1 MORNING, , MARCH 19.M906

ASK A PARDON FOR SHERRICK RICHMOND PEOPLE IN' GREAT NUMBERS SIGN THE PETITION. VERY FEW HAVE REFUSED A Majority of the Persons Take the : View that Sherrick Has Had Punishment Already. j A large number of Richmond citi- '"- ' i zens. Democrats as well as Republicans, have signed a petition addressed to Governor Hanly, asking him to exercise his . executive clemency and grant a . ardon to David - Sherrick, former auditor ,01 btate, who last Friday . was found guilty of embez zling state funds and wrhose punish ment was fixed at from two to twen ty-one years in the penitentiary, j , The friends of Sherrick drafted petitions Friday, and Saturday morning's mails carried, them into every county in Indiana. The Richmond petition had one hundred or more signatures attached to it by OBSTRUCTING

The House: Ml give you warning, old man: it's loaded!'

Saturday night and few persons declined to attach their signatures. Most of the Richmond men who signed, and numbered among them were business men, manufacturers and professional men, expressed the view that though they believed Sherrick had been convicted justly, they also believed that the example was already far reaching in its effect and that no good would come of sending Sherrick to prison.' The additional fact that it is admitted that most Ojther state auditors did exactly what Sherrick was convicted of, yet they remain unscathed had much to do with creating, a local , sentiment favorable to Sherrick. . .Dispatches from : Indianapolis, Anderson, Muncie, Wabash,, Columbus, Marion, Rushville, Terre Haute, Ft. Wayne and a score of other Indiana cities indicate that the petitions , are being signed readily Before the end of the week fifty thousand names will lave been procured to the request for a pardon for Sherrick, and it is belieyed that Governor Hanly will be disposed to grant it. ' Among the signers to the petition Saturday were Samuel Gaar, H. C. Starr, George H. Cates, Edwin Cates, Joseph Mills, Harry Thornburg, Charles Commons, Walter S. Commons, King Williams, W. P. Hadley; Guy , Gottschall, Simmons Bros., and Benj. Emmons.

PLOT IS SOLO TO BIG TROST

REPORTED THAT AMERICAN , : t-r...-STEEL CO.. . HAS BOUGHT ELLIOTT REID PLANT. '.. t PLANT IS TO BE ENLARGED Secretary r Reid Says Arrangement j i . ,: j Has Been Made Whereby Trust Will Tike Entire Output. It was Reported; yesterday that the plant of Elliott and Reid of this city had been sold out to the American Steel arid Wire Company, which is the - steel wire branch of the United States Steel Corporation, one of the largest trusts in the country. It was also stated on reliable information that the local plant will be considerably enlarged arid the working force increased. Pettis Reid, secretary and treasurer of the concern was asked yesterday to verifiy the' report. He denied that the concern had beenv sold to the American Steel arid Wire' company but said that a deal had been completed whereby the trust had arLEGISLATION, -Minneapolis Journal. ranged to take over the entire annual output of the local factory. Mr. Reid refused to divulge furtherr information, stating that affairs were not yet in shape to give out any thing for publication. ' O Elliott and Reid's plant is located on ; the southeast corner of West Fourth street " and the Panhandle tracks and manufactures Royal woven wire, Richmond and Diamond lawn f enees. The company is also jobbers in-: iron and ornamental fence supplies, gates, posts, etc. D. G. Reid is president ; Pettis A. Reid, secretary and" treasurer ; Walter V. Reid, superintendent and James Kelley, assistant superintendent. ; D: G. Reid, who 'is .presidenf and one of the principal" siock holdersin the local concern, is a director and, a member" of the executive board of the United States Steel Corporation. GOES TO DIB FOUR : " Mather B. Kelsey left yesterday j af terrioon for Cincinnati to accept a position with the Big Four in the engineerng department. Mr. Kelsey has been taking a course in engineer5 ing and is well equipped to fill the position, r There will befa bridge whist Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Country Club. j : ,:i

HORSE LEAVES HOME!

HARRY SHUTE LOST VALUABLE ANIMAL SATURDAY. Found tho Barn Door Open With Appearance That the Horse Had - Broken Out. A valuable horse belonging to Harry K. Shute, 215 Randolph street, disappeared Saturday night from the stable in the rear of his home and up to the present time he has had no clue as to its whereabouts. From the appearance of the stable Sunday morning, it was evident that the horse had effected its own release, although the idea cf horse thieves is not scouted by Mr. Shute. A - description . of the animal was handed tq the police early yesterday and every .effort 'was made, to locate it. but in vain., Jt is a full bay horse j four yearsi old, ; with , ,no especial markings to distinguish it from others. The horse was a valuable' animal," Mr. Shute having refused $175 for It LAST SERMON OF DR. HILL PRESIDING ELDER DELIVERS MASTERFUL DISCOURSE' AT GRACE CHURCH. CHRISTIAN LIFE THE BEST Real Glory Not in Wealth ; Nor Achieyement But in the Building -. 4,.; of a-Pure Character. Outlining what the life of a Christian-should be,' Dr. O. H. Hill delivered a masterly sermon at the Grace M. E.k church yesterday morning. It was the last sermon to be preached by Dr. Hill in his capacity as presiding elder of the Methodist church in this district. For this reason much significance was attached to what he said. " : "The text was taken from the second chapter of Paul to the Romans, the seventh verse. Dr. Hill ; painted the strenuous race mankind is now making for honor and glory and then with powerful strokes he depicted the purest and greatest life, that of a true Christian. The speaker showed the different kinds of honor for which people are seeking. In doing this he scored newspapers for. giving so much space to prize fights. As an instance of this Dr. Hill told of the convention at Indianapolis last week attended by many of the leading minds of the Methodist church, which on Thursday morning was given but a half column's attention by, what he termed the leading paper of this state, while in the same edition a column and a half was given to a prize fight. The statesman's idea of glory, the inventor's and the society leader's were all pointed out. "There is glory in wealth," said Dr. Hill, "but far greater glory ' in wealth rightly used." He regretted that wealth was coming to be, not a badge of honor, but a blot of infamy. ' "Be not entranced by the glitter of gold, be not intoxicated by power and prestige, but seek higher r honor, the glory ; of Christian manhood, a character which has no equivalent, " was the speaker's appeal to his hearers. :::. '''.V' v -V.. Vii The highest honor was defined as the approbation of God, and how to win that honor ' and true : Christian glory, the speaker held was contained in the simple sentence, patient continuance in well doing. In : thjs contended that creed should "be thrown aside and" faith would come with faithful - endeavors. After the sermon . a collection ' of $380 was taken. Dr. Hill had hoped to raise $500 the anlount needed to liquidate , the indebtedness of the cnurcn lor tue year.

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FOUND AFTER LONG SEARCH GEORGE EADLER, AGED TEAMSTER MISSING FROM HOME FOR 18 EOUjRS. Ill A CRITICAL CONDITION Dr. Kinsey Fears That Long j Expo-, ,; . sure to Cold Will Cause Ead- r ler to Have Pneumonia. -

I George AV. Eadler, aged G7 years,' disappeared from his home,, 730 North Fourteenth street, at an early hour Sunday ' morning and was not found "until S o'clock last ' night on , the C. C. & II. tracks; near the South End station, r The police and A the members of Eadler's family searched - for him all da' Sunday and he was . . finally dis(red3y.X)iIicer.n.Up.iv. , r ; Eadler was taken to police head-- ' quarters where he was'v met. by tIus ; ; two sons; Emanuel and Albert; tKe 4 old. man, who. has. been suffering with a bad cold for the past week, was in a 'serious condition as! the result of his exposure to the cold for" over eighteen hours. : Every part of his body "yas numbed and ' he was so weak that he could . hardly - peak . above a whisper, . .His hands -.vrere ' swollen to an abnortnal eizfAfter ' being : given som wl&ky.au .a ' cup of coffee Eadlerwas- temoted 'to his . ' home.': i.a"' i it; irthougiirnarEtf home between the hours of ?1 and 2t

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continued fpir;'fiW'jimy' iotbijjr'2 t Mrs.-Eidler thought: tgmt.&Wjband did riot leave Jhome Until 4 a. m.' . All the clothing Eadler -wore was a . . thin black coat over a wamus, and a worn pair. of jean trousers. ' He is a well known teamster and : his son, Emanuel, states tliat he has -been mentally unbalanced for the ;

past two weeks. 'The old man stated last night that he did nbt know why he wandered away . from home or where he had been, but it is thought that he had been on his feet constantly, since he left the house. Ead'ler's sons, when his disappearance was first discovered,; thought their f afhe'r "had fallen through the ice on the river, and they' searched for him along the river bank, from a point north of Glen Miller to Nixon 's "paper mill. ' "'. ',' Dr. Kinsey on examination found that Eadler bad his fingers and feet badly frozen. He states that the old man is in a critical condition and is threatened with pneumonia. Eadler also suffers from acute dementia and imagines that he wandered all over the country yesterday." HIGH DEGREE MASONS The Jubilee Coi;vention of the Scot- - - . -, , . i tish Rite at Indianapolis During Next Week. Richmond 's Scottish Rite Masons to the number of twenty-five or more will ; attend the jubilee convocation of the 'Indiana body- which i to be, .attended at Indianapolis . March 28, 29 and 29l , ' This convocation is intended especially for master Masons' living outside the city, but it is probable the degree of the order will be conf erred - on a few Masons -of the city .. who were unable to be initiated with the'.Jclass of ; .forty-two. that received the Consistory degree 'last Wednesday.' - ' - . Francis T. Holliday,., secretary of the Scottish" Rite bodies, says .indi-. applications possibly 100 and tr..-

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