Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 134, 7 June 1906 — Page 1

;.T ICHMO PAT Vtit. XXXI NO, 134. Richmond, Indiana, Thursday Morning, June 7, 19 6, Single Copies, Two Cents. flfrmiiF -strikr three die-.hum. hem IT IS ALL

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BOARD TO DECIDE IIEXTWElESDAf Remonstrators Against the? Vacating of Fourteenth St., Get a Hearing. SESSION OF ARGUMENTS,

U I J UU 1 1 L. J I 1 1 1 1 lv tin n i i nnnnnr AT HhflH II I.H NNr FATALITIES IN CHICAGO HLnii un uiiuuul Many Prostrations Were Reported Terrible Havoc was Wrought i To the Police and the Crowds Sought the Parks to Get Relief From the Oppressive Sun. It is Very Probable That Democrats in Convention Will Endorse Him. at Stoddard and Coon Valley, Wisconsin.

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DAYLIGHT LIMITED ON BURLING 'TON ROUTE WARNED OF DES TRUCTION OF BRIDGE BY WILLIAM MILLER, A FARMER. Publishers' Tross ; LaCrosse, Wis., June 6. A terrlffic cyclonic storm swept bare a large section of country 15 miles south of here tonight, killing and injuring sev cral people, wrecking buildings, wash lng out railroad tracks, up-rooting trees and destroying vegetation, j At Stoddard, wis., one man was Wiled and thus far four are reported fatally Injured. Heavy damage re suited at Coon Valley and Chassburg, Wis., and Reno, Minn., across the Mississippi river. The man killed at Stoddard was H. Halverson, aged 33 years. The injured are Carl Sheck, Mrs. Carl . Sheck, Mrs. Louis Sheck and William Jones. When the storm struch Stoddard a forty foot span of the railroad bridge .was torn up and hurled more than 100 feet into a marsh. The new Day light Limited of the Durllngton Route was saved from dashing its burden of 200 souls to certain death at this bridge by Wlllam Miller, a farmer Miller's home, which stood on a side hill near the bridge was demolished, Miller saw the destroyed bridge and know that the limited was overdue and he started down the track through tho storm. The train was making up time and running at a rate of 50 miles an hour when Miller heard tho shriek of the whistle in the distance. He had no lantern but the powerful elec trie search light on the engine re vealod him to the engineer. The heavy train was brought to a stand within 100 feet of the chasm. The storm was accompanied by a furious rain which drove vegetation into the ground and transformed the lowlands into lakes. All the standing grain In Coon Valley is thought to be totally ruined. The dead and injured at Stoddard were sheltered in a brick houso owned by Carl Sheck, one of the injured. The building was crumb led by the gale. Fourteen houses were destroyed at Stoddard. MUNCIE TO GET HOSPITAL Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturers Will Erect a Beautiful Memorial to Their Mother. Palladium Special. Muncle, Ind., June6. Ball Brothers, the millionaire glass manufacturers of Muncle, have offered Delaware county of which Muncle Is the seat, $50,000, or whatever sum may be needed, for the erection of a county hospital, tho only condition of the gift being that It be regarded as a memorial to their mother. It is probable that the hos pltal will be built on the site of the present Children's Home, Just north of Muncle on MInnetrlsta boulevard, the site being on a high hill overlook ing White river. James Laboytaux, a wealthy farmer, has given $10,000 for use In the construction or main tenance of a hospital.

' WALSH IN BAD WRECK

The Multi-Millionaire Reported Injur ed Last Night Near Colorado Springs Details Meager. (Bulletin.) . uenver, uoi., June e. -it was re ported here tonight that a special train bearing Thomas F. Walsh, the multi-millionaire, and his party had .been wrecked. Mr. Walsh is included in the list of injured. The wreck la re ported to have occurred in the vicin ity of Colorado Springs. FORMERLY LIVED HERE BenJ. Elliott who was Drowned a few Days Ago In the River at Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Rurk and daughter, Mae. have returned from Hollansburg, O , whero they attended the funeral of Renjamln A. Elliott, the young man who was drowned In White river at Broad Ripple park, Indianapolis. While out. boating ,hi3 canoe capslzed.hls companion was rescued but Elliott sank before aid came to him. Elliott was well known in Richmond as he formerly resided here. He was the brother of Mrs. it. II. Burk. Mrs. . Richard Whitman and ' Fletcher .- Elliott, alll of this city; Mrs. Henry Posther, of Kokomo, formerly of this city, and Mrs. Alf. Harrison, of near New Paris, O.. His parents reside

Publishers' Press! Chicago, June C. Three deaths, due

directly or. indirectly to hot weather, were reported to the police today. ' Several cases of prostrations took place yesterday and when the sun rose high today and the air remained 'muggy" and oppressive, discomfort was even more pronounced. The noon day crowds crawled lazily along the streets and sighed for the parks. The mercury stood at the 90 mark at 2 p. m., equalling the high mark of the season, made May 17. The dead are: Clara Syrucholas, 3 days old. John Burns, 24 years old, a saloon keeper. Mrs. Joseph Glllen, 51 years old, Ashland Avenue. PROSTRATION AT ST. LOUIS. Publishers' Press St. Louis. Mo., Juno 6. F. H. Wil son, 50, a traveling salesman of Toledo, Ohio, was prostrated by heat today. He was taken to the Cltr Hospital unconscious. The temperature reached 88 today. MORE SKELETONS WERE UNCOVERED Interstate Commerce Com mission Reveals More Secrets of Pan Handle. CLERKS GET COAL STOCK ONE CLERK RECEIVED $46,000 IN THREE YEARS FROM COAL COMBINE AS TONNAGE RAKE OFF REFUSED BUSINESS. Publishers' Press Philadelphia, June 6. More skele tons were uncovered in the private of Sees of the Pennsylvania railroad company at the coal hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission to day. Chief Counsel William B. Glasgow, Jr., turned today from the New York Central, which was under the search lights yesterday, and today resumed the investigation of the Pennsylvania business. It developed that the two chief clerks have been wonderfully liked by coal operators. Ore of them J. B. Boyer, chief clerk to Chief of Motive Power GIbbs, at Altoona, calm ly admitted that he had received $46,000 in the past three years in a ton nage rake off on coal purchased from Ave separate producing concerns. He said other producers wished to do business with him but that "he had enough and did not like to deal with strangers." Received Big Checks. Besides the income to supplement his $2,500 salary he had coal stocks presented to him on which he receiv ed between $100 and $22o a month and extra checks frequently. Boyer declared that while he had a good ueai to ao wun purcnasmg company fuel coal, he was not official ly influenced by his presents. The records showed that companies which dealt with him had large increases in fuel orders. Mr. Gibbs, Boyer's chief, later took the stand and expressed chagrin and sorrow at Boyer's testimony. He said he knew nothing of Pennsylvania em ployes receiving presents and sup posed what stocks they owned were properly purchased. A Charge of Cruelty. Mrs. Elizabeth Candler, who has made a thorough investigation of the case, will recommend that charce of cruelty be filed against Mrs. Ella Staub, wife of Toney Staub. North 4th street. It is said that Mrs. Staub abused and mistreated their eight year old adopted son, George Pechtold. Jackson Park Popular. Jackson Tark is more popular this year than ever before and is one of the best drawing cards for the Indi anapolis & Eastern Ry. on the line. There Is a darce scheduled for the park every night this week and on several nights next week. During tho day, many picnic parties make use g! the park ftn account of its conveni ent location and excellent advantages. Damages for Dog Bite. Medsker and Medsker yesterday filed the suit of William H. Ervine a junk dealer, vs. Alice Elliott and Mary Hoover, for $2,000 damages, on ac count of a bite he received from a dog belonging to the defendants. He al leges that he was following his usual vocation on May 1, when he wa attacked by the dog and seriouslr bit ten. He claims that his Injuries are worth $2,000. .

CLARK SPOKE LAST NIGHT

IT IS SAID THAT BAILEY DID NOT ATTEND THE STATE MEETING BECAUSE OF THE BRYAN ENTHUSIASM. Publishers' Press Indianapolis, Ind., June 6. Nothing but Bryan is to be heard amon; the Democrats that have gathered at the Grand Hotel preparatory to their State convention tomorrow at Tomlin son Hall. And if these unofficial remarks counts for anything at all the convention will adopt a resolution indorsing Bryan. Every element of the party in the State seems to be united on Bryan. The ultra conservatives, represented by Charles L. Jewett, or New Albany, who left the party in 1896 because of Bryan and free silver, are now in the Bryan fold; the middle grour.d mem bers of the party, represented by three out t)f every live of the Democrats that" are around the hotel lob bies last night, have their coats off for Bryan. That the old Bryan men, like John Sweeney, of Tell City, are still for their idol of ten years ago goes without sayins. Real Live Convention. Indications point to a real live con vention. For the first time since the organization of the State committee there was some sctive interest around the lobbies of the Grand hotel last night, and today, the addition number of delegates, candidates and friends made the interest greater. By noon today most of the candidates na(l opened their headquarters at the hotel and were out alter votes. It seems to be pretty well under stood that Bailey might have come to the meeting tonight, and staid over for the convention tomorrow, had It not been for the practical certainty that the convention would Indorse Bryan for the party leader In 1008. Bailey is said to be lightly fingering the presidential nomination himself, and is said to have thought that ihe indorsement of Bryan at a convention at which he was present might not help his ambitions materially. Champ Clark, of Missouri made the principal address at the meeting to night. He was introduced by Chair man O'Brien. Admission was free and without tickets. Mayer's Military Band furnished the music. CORNSTALK IN HIS NECK Piece had Been Imbedded in Flesh for a Period of Three Years. rPalladium Special. Fountain City, Ind., June 6. Thos. C. Hough, a gardener living one-half mile south of this place, had a piece of cornstalk, one and one-half inches In length and over an eighth on an inch in diameter removed from his neck and jaw, which haU been imbedded in the flesh for nearly three years. Three years ago Hough was the victim of a peculiar accident. falling oh the stubble of a cornstalk which had been trimmed so as to leave a sharp edge. The stalk was a large one and made a deep incision just under the jaw. Since that time he has been troubled until he was led to believ that a particle of the stalk still remained beneath the skin. This was found to be the case by a physi cian, who removed the piece of "fod der." WILL INSPECT HIS WORK Tiffany's Ecclesiastical Decorator to be Here This Evening to Visit Reid Church. Edwin Stanton George, of NewYork, the ecclesiastical decorator in the famous Tiffany studios, will be in Richmond this evening and will pay a visit to the Reid Memorial church to inspect the edifice. . Mr. George designed the memorial windows and other features cf the decorations of the beautiful church. He comes here ex pressly to inspect the work and will be in the city but a few hours, leaving at 9: OS o'clock on his return east. RAINFALL OF THE WEEK Inch of Water Approximately has Fallen in Richmond and Vicinity During Past Few Days. The bad effects of the long-drawn-out "dry spell" have been overcome by the series of showers during the past few days. Monday the rainfall as gaged at the waterworks Pumping Station was .36 of an inch; Tuesday the amount of water that fell was .51 of an inch. The croD conditions through Wayne county and Indiana have improved wonderfully during the past ten daji

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In spite of hte Russian Revolutionists idea of firing the Czar, we observe

day IS KILLED BY TRAIN Aged Rodent of Milton Run Down While Returning From Fishing Trip. DID NOT HEAR WHISTLE HE WAS DRAGGED ABOUT THIRTY FEET AND HIS BODY HORRIBLY MANGLED LEAVES WIFE . AND STEP DAUGHTER. Almost totally deaf and unable to hear the approaching train, Horace John, an aged resident of Milton, was struck by mixed passenger and freight No. 89 on the old Valley Railroad, south of Milton, yesterday afternoon and Instantly killed. John, who was nearly 70 years of age, had been fish ing along the creek south of his home town and was returning in the evening when the accident occurred As soon as the engine struck John, the engineer commenced to bring It to a stop, but : it was found that the old man was dead. He had been drag ged about thirty feet and was horribly mangled. The engineer and fire man both testified that they sounded the usual warnings which he did not hear, on account of his deafness. The remains were taken to his home In Milton. John leaves a wife and a step daughter. He was a well known man in the town, having lived there a number of years. He was born and reared in Connersville, where his father was a prominent man. BIG. CROWD IS EXPECTED Horticultural Society's Meeting at Reidston Tomorrow Promises to be Rare Treat. As announced yesterday the June meeting of the Wayne County Horti cultural society will be held Satur day at Reidston, the beautiful coun try place of George Dougan, near Centerville. A special car on the interurban line will leave Richmond at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning to accommodate those persons who desire to attend the meeting. The affair promises to be one of great enjoyment to the members of the society and their friends. AS FOR TOTAL OUTPUT San Francisco Dealers Want All Desks Rowlett Company Can Manufacture for Them. The Rowlett Desk Company of this city is feeling directiy the effects of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, although not in the way it was felt by the people of that stricken city. The entire output ofthisTactory has been ordered by San Francisco dealers. For months, the local plant will be busy supplying orders from San Francisco alone. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Indiana Fair continued warm Tlmrsday; Friday partly cloudy, probably showers and cooler In north portions; brisk to high southwest triads becoming northwest by, Friday,

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0Y AT CENTRAL ACADEMY riends' School Will Close its Work For the Year on Friday A New Building is to be Erected Which Will Cost $40,000. . Plainfield, nd., June 6. The school year of Central Academy, which closes Friday evening of this week, will round out a quarter of a century existence of this institution. The academy has had many trying experiences, not the least of which was the fire last January, which destroyed the building. The Friends' church was at once thrown open to the students, and the work continued without nterruption. Hundreds of young men and women have gone out from the academy and are today occupying prominent posit ions, i ne great ractor ror good wmcn the school has been in the community has caused the people to rally to its support, making it possible for the trustees to erect a modern building, work on which will begin at once. The estimate cost is $40,000. A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE This Summer a School Building Cost ing $4,000 Will be Put Up West of the Country Club. A new brick school house .to take the place of the little building which has been in use for so many years, will be built on the site of School House No. 11, on the National Road, west of the Country Club, this summer. The new building will cost about $4,00 and will be one story high and contain two large rooms. It has been decided to erect the building this summer, as last year, there were sixty four pupils, far too many for the small school. The new building will be modern and furnished with the latest and most approved desks and other furniture. ZIMMERMAN IS ELECTED Named to the Office of Worthy Physician in Eagles to Take the Place of Dr. Mottier. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman was elected last evening to the office of Worthy Physician in the local aerie of Eagles. The other candidate for the office was Dr. Frank H. Dunham. The election was held to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Dr. Mottier. After the election F. L Payton was initiated into the order and a smoker was given in honor of the degree team. There was a large attendance. Colored Veteran Dead. Henry Davis, 94 years old and formerly one of the best known colored veterans of the Civil war in Richmond was bured Saturday at the Dayton National Soldier's Home. For many years Davis was custodian of the G. A. R. Hall in this city and was known far and wide. He was born a slave in Kentucky but served n the army and was given an honorable discharge at the end of the war. He was buried at the Home with fulL honors,- -

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MANY CHILDREN HAVE MEASLES Disease Which Started Starr School Threatens to Become Epidemic. in FORTY ARE NOW EFFECTED CITY HEALTH OFFICER DAVIS URGES PARENTS TO USE GREAT CARE IN REPORTING THE DIS EASE PROMPTLY. An epidemic , of measles, which 1 ctnrtn l XMtt K O ..,. 1 1

Dia,lcu 111 "MbIns made a splendid plea, admitting and which is still mostly confined to that the board had no nower to close

pupils attending that school, is spreading over the city and every day, many reports or tne disease are received at me omce or wty Heaitn umcer I . Henry uavis. the disease is easily "taken" and hard to get rid of and unless immediate steps are taken to suppress it. it will spread over the city and increase the number of those wno nave It from forty to several hundred. City Health Officer Davis stated I., ,Ll ,1 1 - r . x I kuu cvcuiug umi ine mxiiy ui yartfiiio in reporting the disease, or of calling in a pnysician, nas caused the general snread of measles. There is a sta tute which prescribes that every case of contagious disease be reported to the proper authorities, namely, the , wu Uu uiuuib " report means a fine of $100. If this law were to be followed, many Richmond people could be punished for not making known the fact that their children had the measles The measles broke out several weeks ago in the Starr school and at first was in a mild, form. The children continued to attend school and others became infected. They had the disease in a worse form until now it is a serious matter. THE OUTLOOK PROMISING Hagerstown Fair Promoters. Anticipate a Successful Show This Year- The Arrangements. Ellas M. Hoover, president of the Hagerstown Fair Association, and other officers of the organization, anticipate that the rejuvenated fair will be a great success. The dates are July 24 to 27 inclusive. The preliml nary arrangements are well under way and the management is highly pleased with the outlook- The speed ring features will be excellent and every race event will be filled. i rrr rtrr mirrn nnuirn LUU.V UVCn WHICH rimtrt Francis J. Roots, of Connersville, May Become Interested in Milton . . .. wuiiing rropeny. . Milton, Ind., June 6. Frank Roots, of Connersville, and the "Wayne coun ty surveyor have been lookiAg over and surveying the Hydraulic flour mill site at Milton. The hydraulic mills, owned by John North & Son, were! recently burned. Mr. Roots is Inter - ested in the water power of the canaL It is thought he will in some way utilize the power and an elevator

SMALL FACTORY OWNERS EFFECTED CLAIM THAT BOARD

OF WORKS CAN NOT LAWFUL LY CLOSE STREET. l esufi uty me uoaru oi puoiic worKS after spending 'the entire day hearing arguments for and against the petition of the American Seeding Machine Company for the closing of North Fourteenth street from E street . j . i . i . i to the right of way of the Pennsyl-1 vania Railroad, decided to postpono final action on the case until Wednesday on next week. Remonstrances were filed vesterdav against the vacation of the street by John A. Evans, William N. GartslcU?, Robert G. Thompson and James E.i Jones. Evans -was represented by.At-j by Attorney T. J. Study, Thompson' and Jones by the legal firm of Jessupj and Jessup. In his remonstrances! Mr. Evans placed the value of his! property at $21,000 and Mr. Gartslde'; in his remonstrances ' stated that ho valued his property at $12,000. All' four remonstrances were based on the grounds that" the property of "the re monstrators would be damaged by the vacation -of . the street, that no public benefit would be derived from suclf an action; that under the statutes of the state the -board of public workshas no authority to order the closing of the street unless some public bene fit is thereby derived. Mr. Jone,s in his remonstrances added that the damages he would sustain by f the va cation of the street were such as could not be compensated for in money. i Contention of the Remonstrators. ! The contention of the attorneya' for the remonstrators were primar-f ilv that the aot nassca bv the last legislature did not repeal the old law which precluded the vacation of public streets except for public benefits. Mr. Study in his arguments yester day forenoon stated that the closing, of the street would not be for a public hnfit hit fnr hpnpflt nf n nrivate cor-' poration. He said that the American t Seeding Machine Company, as far as its petition was concerned, could I 1 It M PIaC0 apout; me street ana use u lor, a cow pasture. Henry U. Johnson made substan tially the same argument. The hearing of the case in the af ternoon began at 2 o clock the first arguement being made by Attorney! """" 1 - I QonfUnff f nMn Pnmtinnv Mr Vt nh. 1 ". a street unless a public benefit was derived, but stated that in this case the citv of Richmond was deriving a! benefit and a great one by closing the gtreet and that it was clearly within the power of the board to take such action. He cited the fact that two or! three hundred men would be brought to the citv when the new Hoosier Drill! nl ant had hrn mmn1ftd nnd thaK this meant several thousands of dol-! iars more a vear would be left in tha I city. i (Continued to Page Eight) WILL LAY AFFAIRS BARB series of Private Conferences will boHeld About the. C. C. & L. At Cincinnati. A series of private conferences is. to be held in Cincinnati soon, in the' office of Receiver Harmon, of the C4 H. & D. Ry., and the affairs of the: C. C. & L. and the P. M. railroads iorfii ra loM h-ra in thaaa ho-iHra it is the obiect of the Pere Martmetta Road to prevent W. A. Bradford ffom1 1 I ?,''M0.rLlb,a" LSS for the C. C. & L. It Is contended byl the Pere Marquette that the C. C. & iJ was improperly constructed and that! I heavy locomotives cannot operate up-' I on it. TRUCKS OFF THE .TRACK? G. R. &. I. Train had Narrow 3 Escape. From "Being Wrecked Rear ' Fountain City. tPalladlum SpeclaLI I Fountain City. Ind., June 6. Jvll running at a mile a minute rate down the long hill just south of this cityi iruuL wueeia oi iub rear nuta. w it. a. t m i the contender on G. R. & I. passenger train Ko. 3 left the track and tho train was run for more than half a mile before the break was discovered. Even the engineer did not notice any tning wrong until tne train Degan to sIot down when striking 'a rising, grade. In the course of the train's - 1 run -while the " wheels were off the' I track a large railroad bridge was pass-; led and every railroad tie for the entire distance was destroyed by the two ploughing wheels. It is considerled little short of miraculous that. the j train did not leave the track and that, lit went safely over the bridge. Two I passenger coaches were carried and'

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