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, .. " ABXUM rrp FA VOL. XXXI. NO. 75. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 281906 Single Copies Two Cents. BETTER :IJIUIJ FIRE AT JOHNSTOWN PA. BED CLOTHING STOLEN THERE IS PEACE; TROUBLE AT MOTHER CAME TO CITY SPEAKER CAIIIIOII ENTERS A DENIAL EIRE IS AVERTED THAU LAST YEAR WORKMEN FIGHT BLAZE ROBBER LEFT SILVERWARE THOUGHT SON WAS HURT

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TOURTEEN BUSINESS BLOCKS ARE DOOMED AND ONE LIFE IS ALREADY LOST.

FLAMES BEYOND CONTROL iFire Companies Are Being Rushed to the Scene From Neighboring Cities on Special Trains Other Fires. (BULLETIN.) ' Johnstown, Pa., March 28. (3 a. in.). At this hour the flames continue to spread and the loss has already reached' $1,000,000. Publishers' Press . Johnstown, Pa., March 28. (2:30 a. m.) Fourteen city blocks are doomed and one life has already been lost by the worst fire In the history of Johnstown which broke out at one o'clock this morning In the five story fcrlck building at Main and Bedford Weets. The building occupies a square and Is one of the most Imposing In the city. The property loss In the fire bids fair to rival the loss In the Johnstown ' flood. William Campbell, a fireman was killed by being caught by a falling wall. His body was recovered. Wires are down and the city is without light. The fire company of jthla city Is unable to control the .flames and companies from Altoona 'and Windburn are being rushed to jthe scene on special trains. I G. II. Fantamore, telegraph operator for the Publishers Press is mlssfnhg ,and it is believed that he has perished in the flames. Lumber Yard Fire. Publisher' Press ': Philadelphia, March 27. Fire, rhlch started shortly after 8 o'clock In the lumber yards of J. Gilbert Mci Ilvaln, said to be the largest in the United States, located at 56th and Woodland Avenues, southwest section of the city, and covering more than twenty acres or ground and . up . to 12 o'clock bad caused more than $500,000 damage. $250,000 Loss at Albany. Publishers' Press Albany,. New York, March 27. Fire tonight destroyed the Temple Court and Colurr.'jus business blocks In the heart of the business district. The loss totals $250,000. OFFICIALS EXECUTED Russians Suffer at Siberia For Part They Took In Recent UprisingAll Were Shot. .Publishers' Press St. Petersburg, March 28. The report from Chita, Siberia, that thirteen high officials who participated In the recent uprising there had been executed for treason is confirmed. They were tried by court martial Monday found guilty and executed at dawn on Tuesday. All were shot COMMITTEMEN NAMED Democrats of Jackson Townchio Get Ready for Approaching Conven- ; , tion Those Chosen. rrPalUilium Fpec'aV Cambridge City, March 27. The Democrats of Jackson township met here this afternoon in J. F. Hazzelrlgg's office and committeemen for six precincts were chosen. George W. v. Drischell was chairman of the meeting with Dr. J. B. Allen, secretary. The twelve committeemen will meet on March 31, next Saturday, and select delegates to district and state conventions. I The following were named as pre,clnct committeemen: First. Claude Kennedy and William ! Smith; Second. Tobias Moore and Amandus Mason; Third. William Kepler and tt. W. Drischell; Fourth, 'Merrlman Strawn and Dr! Alen; Fifth, Reuben. Bertsch'and Frank Inwan: Sixth, R. lZ Swallow and "ni Swisher. IIATIOIIAL CEMETERY ; ' rPublishers' Pres .VashJugton, March 27. The House ..jmmittee on Military. Affairs today reported a bill directing the Secretary of War to accept the tract of land near Greenville, Tonn., where He the remains of Andrew Johnson, and establishing 'the same 'as a national

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Room in Mahony Home is Robbed While Family Sits in the Adjoining Apartments The Thief Got Away Safely.

A sneak thief made a darin? but not very successful robbery last night between 7 and 8 o'clock at the boarding house of Mrs. Mary Mahony, 417 North Eleventh street. Four or five quilts, a valuable bed spread and four or five hand worked silk pillows were taken from the front room of the house while Mrs. Mahony, her invalid mother and a few boarders sat in the next room. The burglar succeeded in getting away. with the goods without attracting the slightest suspicion of his presence on the part of those who were seated in the adjoining room. The door between the two rooms was closed but how the thief succeeded in getting all of the property out of the room without making any noise, 13 a mystery to Mrs. Mahony and the other occupants of the house. Mrs. Mahony stated last night that she heard a noise once in the room but at the time she thought it was In the north half of the double house in which she lives. Mrs. Mahony's mother, a confirmed invalid, uses the front room a great part of the time and the quilts, pillow and bed covers belonging to her. In the room the-e were several pieces of silver but the burglar left them unmolested. BOTH SIDES MAKE POSITIONS CLEAR MINERS AND OPERATORS MAKE APPEALS TO GREAT AMERICAN PUBLIC. NOTHING DONE YESTERDAY If Strike Comes it & Thought That It Will Not Last Longer Than Sixty Days at Most. Publishers' Press Indianapolis March 27. After an entire afternoon spent in making dramatic speeches, threats, bluffs and entreaties the joint conference of miners and operators adjourned at 5:30 this evening to meet again at 9 a. m. Wednesday when further discussion will be indulged in. A vote should be reached by tomorrow night. One of the purposes of the meeting this afternoon was to give both sides a chance to make their position clear before the public. The speeches were addressed to the "great American public." There was not a speech made but that it referred to the "final decision of the American public." Both sides at lastseem to realize that public opinion is going to settle this strike. And both sides admitted in their speeches that if there is a strike it won't last longer than sixty days because the public would not tolerate it. Probably if a strike comes or rather if a failure to reach a settlement comes th'e operators themselves' will be the first to ask the president for intervention. The Illinois operators especially want Intervention, ry the president. The operators figured tonight that by a suspensiaon of sixty days they have everything to gain and nothing to lose. All operators have an enormous stock of coal on hand due to the mild winter just passed. They want to sell this at a big advance. They can afford to stay shut down sixty days, sell their stores of coal at twice what they would get were there no strike Imminent or in progress and at the end of that time say to the miners we will accept your wage scale of 5.55 per cent advance. FIGHT WASA DRAW Publishers' Press Milwaukee. March 27. The eight round fight between Jimmy Gardner and Jack Dougherty in the Panorama Building before the Badger Athletic Club resulted in a draw. HOPPE WONTOURIIAMENT " Publishers' Pressl New York. March 27. Willie Hoppe won the world's billiard championship in a match with George SlosBoa at the Grand Cen-al Palace TocighL '

AMERICAN DIPLOMACY TRIUMPHS IN SETTLING THE MOROCCAN QUESTION.

TREATY TO BE Germany and France Settle Their Disputes Terms of the Agreement That Was Reached. Publishers' Press Algeciras, March 28. At last the war cloud which has threatened the peace of Europe for more than twelve months has been dissolved and the troublesome Moroccan question over which France and Germany have threatened to split has been settled and the result is once again a triupmh for American diplomacy, as it 'LET is fully agreed on all sides that to Henry White, ambassador of the United States to Italy, and head of the American mission to the Moroccan conference is due the bringing order out of chaos and the drafting of an agreement . satisfactory to the chief nations Interested in Morocco. The crisis was passed at noon on Tuesday when a rought draft prepared by Mr. White was approved by the representatives of both Germany and France, and immediately turned over to the sub-committee to be incorporated into their report, which is to be submitted to the full session of the conference Wednesday morning. When the French representatives Monday night announced that they were opposed to theAustrian proposition which provided for international control of the Moroccan police, Mr. (Continued on Page Eight.) STRUGGLE FOR POWER COUNT WITTE MAY LOSE Former Russian Minister Goes to Paris to Raise Another Loan If He Succeeds His Name Will be in Favor. Publishers Press St. Petersburg, March 2S. M. Kokovsoff, former minister of finance and a member of the Council of the Empire, is going to Paris in an attempt to raise another Russian loan." If he succeeds in doing this there is a possibility that he. will be able to- wrest the premiership-from Count - Witte. The struggle fol power which Is now on between, these' two men is the chief topic of conversation In govern

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Mrs. Wunder Comes From Carthage in Response to Telegram and Finds No Relative Here.

Mrs. Mary Wunder, of Carthage, O., an aged woman, came to this city yesterday in response to a telegram sent out from Richmond, to the effect that her son, Van S. Wunder, had been seriously injured in an accident Monday night. After a careful investigation the police found that no such man lived here nor had any stranger by that name been injured in this city. Mrs. Wunder, who left the side of her dead 'brother whose funeral was to have taken place from her home yesterday afternoon, was almost frantic over the news she had received. The police finally located her son at Middletown, O. He talked to his mother over the long distance 'phone and assured her that he was not injured in the slightest manner.

THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME.'

The manufacturer of adulterated foed should be made

BAILEY WILL GO FOR JOHN LOCKE REQUISITION PAPERS SECURED FOR WAYNE COUNTY FUGITIVE BY PROSECUTOR. WILL LEAVE THIS WEEK Big Four Railroad Company Will Probably Furnish TransportationReward to be Given. Prosecutor Jessup and Superintendent Bailey returned last night from Indianapolis, having made arrangements for returning John Locke to this county from San Francisco, where he is now being held. Prosecutor Jessup secured the necessary requisition papers from the Governor. Supt. Bailey made arrangements whereby a detective of the Big Four company and he are to go to San Francisco to get Locke and his partner, Harry Harris. The railroad company is to furnish transportation for Bailey. Harris will probably be brought as far east as Matoon, 111., where he will be prosecuted by the railroad company. In the. requisition papers Supt. Bailey is named as a special agent of the state. He will probably leave for the West the last part of this week. George Smith, deputy to Sheriff Smith said- last night that he thought his father, weuld pay the $100 reward offered for Locke as soon as Bailey gov him.

ON FLOOR OF HOUSE SAYS HE IS NOT "AUTOCRAT" AND "ONE MAN POWER."

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Since Day of Carlisle No Other Speaker Has Taken the FloorTariff Question Up. Publishers' Press Washington, March 27. Speaker Cannon did the unexpected today when he took the floor in the House and replied briefly to the charges made against him by Representative Shacklford (Dem. Mo.) that he was "an autocrat," and "the one man pow er in the House." Since the day's ol to live on H. Speaker Carlisle no other speaker has taken the floor. Mr. Shackleford, securing the floor during the general debate on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill denounced the speakers absolute dictation of affairs. He ended with this plea: "I appeal to you, Mr. Speaker, to give the people their representative government." The House was in committee of the whole. Speaker Cannon, his face showing anger that had possession of him, jumped to his feet from a seat In the first row. "Mr. Chairman just a second and a second only," he exclaimed. "I have listened to the gentleman from Missouri. If it affords him any consolation to make me a stalking horse on account of his quarrel with the minority leader, well and good." The Republicans applauded this (Continued on Page Eight.) GOV. PATTISON BETTER IS GROWING MUCH STRONGER Attending Physicians Say That He Can Recover While Other Doctors Think That is is Impossible A Brave Fight. j -i Publishers' Press Columbus, O., March 27. The condition of Governor Pattison continues more favorable than had been hopea and faint predictions are hear that he may yet recover. But non-attendant physicians assert that the case appears from indications to be hopeless while the attending physicians refuse -to discuss the chances. At 10 o'clock tae governor's condition con' Unites satisfactory.

Gas Ignites in Gaar's Basement and For Time it Looked as if Oil Room Would Catch Fire by Spread of the Flames.

What might have been a disastrous fire in the basement under the bolt room at Gaar, Scott & Co., was averted yesterday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock by the prompt action of the employes in that department, who applied fire extinguishers to the blare and succeeded in extinguishing it before the arrival of the fire department.. The fire was caused by gas from a leaking pipe igniting in the basement there was a large quantity of oil stored and it was feared for 'a time that the flames might spread to the oil, causing the destruction of the whole factory building. PASSED OHIO SENATE PaKa.liun Pppcial. Columbus, O., March 27. -The Ai ken bill to raise the tax on saloons from $350 to $1,000 passed the Senate today. The passage was a stormy one andllowed the most energetic lobbylna the session, lieutenant Governed Vrris was hissed and denounced! the floor by senator3 for refuse Irea and nay vote on a motion tcynsider. moreWoii ' SALE OF PLANT MAYOR ZIMMERMAN SAYS CITY WOULD NOT LOSE OUT IF IT SOLD "HIS HOBBY." WRONG PRICE GIVEN OUT Says City Will Get All She Put in the Plant and Make Interest Money by Cheaper Light. Mayor Zimmerman wishes to be better understood in regard to the offer which he has received for the City Light plant. In speaking of It, the Mayor said that he was offered every cent the city has spent for the plant, as the books show, and not $250,000 as was reported. The Mayor says that the plant did not cost a quarter of a milion dollars, but a figure somewhat less than that, and' the offer was the amount which the city has paid for the plant. As to the interest on the bonds issued to cover the cost of the power plant, Mayor Zimmerman says that the amount - saved on cheap street lighting will more than cover that expense. He says thattyhe city cannot possibly lose on the proposition. DR. WILLET CHOSEN Chicago University Man Will Deliver Commencement Address for Earlham Juniors in 1907. At a meeting of the Junior class of Earlham yesterday the commencement speaker was chosen for the exercises next year. The man whom the Juniors selected was Dr. Herbert L. Willett, Dean of the Disciples Divinity House," Chicago University. Dr. Willett is one of the foremost lecturers on the American platform. The Senior class of this year made an effort to secure Dr. Willett but was unsuccessful. CHIMESjARE HEAVY The chimes which are being installed at the Reid Memorial church are extremely difficult to handle owing to their enormous weight. There are ten of them and their combined weight is ten tons. LOCAL KHIGHTS PRESENT Over one hundred members of the Knights of Pythias went to Centerville last n'ght, where four candidates were initiated into the third degree. fhe Triumph Ledge degree team did the work. -

CHAUTAUQUA COMMITTEE MET

AND DECIDED TO SPEND S2250 FOR TALENT, TO LAST ONE DAY LONGER Ten of Country's Best Speakers Are? Chosen for People to Ballot on Director Shaw Here. ', At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Chautauqua yesterday $2250 was appropriated for the use of the program committee for this year's f hautauqua. Director James H. Shaw was at the meeting and helped to lay the plans for the session. It was decided to allow one more day to the Chautauqua, so as to carry, the program over. Labor Day. Speakers will be secured to speak on an appropriate subject. Mr. Shaw also sug-. gested that arangements be made for including in the grounds a larger area so as to accommodate more tents with convenience. The program committee had a meeting last night and decided upon a plan for allowing the public a voice in the selection of speakers for the -program. Lists of names of lecturers will be printed in the newspapers, ballot form, and everyone can make a choice, marking the ballot and 1 sending it to Secretary Scott. Ten of the most prominent speak, ers on the American platform are chosen for the ballot, and although it is not known for a certainty that the can be brought here, an effort will be made to secure those who are chosen. The choice will be made from the following: William Jennings Bryan;' Sam Jones, the well known lecturer who spoke here two years ago; Gov. "Bob" Taylor of Tennessee; Capt, Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac; Dr. Gunsaulus, of Chicago; George R. Wendllng. of Washington, D. C; Gov. J. W. Folk, Missouri's reform executive; Father MacCorrey, a mission priest, whose subject is "The Story Beautiful"; Maude Balllngton Booth, of prison reform fame, who appeared here last year; and Senator Dolllver, of Iowa, who is Roosevelt's personal represen-, tative in the Senate, in the railroad rate question. TROOPS ORDERED OUT First Move Made by Government In' Trouble That Looks Certain to Come Between Miners and Opera-j tors In Pennsylvania. Publlhers.Pres1 j GreensBurg. Pa. March 27-Tfoop A, state constabulary, was startledj this evening when orders came fofj the immediate issue of arms to the members of the command. Quarters for the troops are being prepared at' Mount Odin, .near here. Captain "Ber-j land did not think arms would be Issued until the troop was permanently; settled. Everything except carbines' and revolvers were issued today. Ear-' ly tomorrow mornfng these will be handed out. Whether or not the strike situation; is responsible for the sudden prepara-; tion is a matter of conjecture among local officers of the troop. DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE Melbourne, Australia, Visited by? Terrific Storm Houses Sailed In Air Like. Kites. Melbourne, Australia, March 28. A cyclone covering r. wide area of territory and . wrecking hundreds of houses, swept over north Sydney on Tuesday. Many houses were lifted In the air and sailed like kites with the wind. The inhabitants in the devastated districts are in a state of panic and the women are prostrated on the ground praying for relief. A number o?Lpe?SOns were injured, some of them fatally while scores had narrow escapes from death. CARRIERE IS DEAD rPal!aUum FpecFaLJ Paris, March 28. Eugene Carrtere, the wellJknown painter, is dead- Th'e cause of death was cancer from, which, he had long been a sufferer. - WEATHER INDICATIONS. Indiana Fair Wednesday ,- and Thursday except rain Thursday la south portion. ! v - .

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