Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 152, 27 June 1906 — Page 1

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iMOMB FAIXABIUM VOL. XXXI. NO. 152. Richmond, Indiana, Wednesday Morning, June 27, 1906. Single Copies, One Cent. JOS. WESStL WEIIT TO QUEER CONTRACT THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair in South, showers in TAKE LUST LOOK IS DISPOSED OF north portion Wesdnesday; Thursday showers; variable winds.

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THBILLIHGHOLD-UP Two Thugs Attacked Him at South I and Eighth Street Sunday Night.

HAD FIGHT WITH THEM WESSEL MADE GOOD USE OF HIS FISTS AND BROKE AWAY FROM HIS ASSAILANTS MEN WERE ROUGHLY DRESSED.

Joseph Wcssel, a clerk at the Lahrman Bhoo store, was the object of a vicious attack on the part of two thugs Sunday evening at the corner of South I and Eighth streets while he was returning to his home, 707 South E. street. Wessel gave battle to the two highwaymen and so stoutly did he defend himself that both - men retired from the conflict, badly , the worse for wear. Mr. Wessel, after disposing of his two adversaries, took to his heels and lost no time reaching his home. He confided in no one until yesterday, when the police were Informed of the attack that had been made upon him. Mr. Wessel states that the reason he kept the matter secret, was to avoid undesirable notoriety. Were Three In Party. In telling of his fight, Mr. Wessel states that while passing the corner of South Eighth and I streets Sunday evening, he noticed three men standing in a shaded spot by the large vacant lot where the Red Men's carnival was held two years ago. Suddenly two of the fellows crossed the street In his direction, while the third man remained on the side of the street where ho was standing. Mr. Wessel says that he had a premonition that trouble was In store for him as the mon, both big fellows, were roughly dressed and had the appearance of thugo. Two of the Men Made Attack. When the men caught . up with him, one man, without warning, assaulted Wessel. After a fierce scuffle Wessel sent a right hook to his opponent's Jaw which retiredhlm from the conflict. No sooner had this man been disposed of than the second man assaulted, Wessel .with, a club, hitting i biro a terrible blow on the v shoulder, narrowly missing his head. ' Wessel closed with his second assailant and In a hand to hand scrap succeeded In rendering him hors de. combat In a short space of time. Wessel , then remembered that discretion is the better part of valor and made for home and friends. Wessel does not bear-a scratch as a result of his "doublehead." battle. . . . .

FELL FROM A CHERRY TREE "Mrs. Margaret Fuller, of Center Street, Met With a Very Painful Accident Yesterday. ' Mrs. Margaret Fuller, of " Center treet, fell from a ladder yesterday morning, while picking cherries,' and received some very troublesome In juries. Several arteries were - cut, and the loss of an unusual quantity of blood, rendered her weak. CITY HAS T THRESHER SHOP Charles T, Bond Makes a Threshing Machine at His Home on N. 17th St. Atrial run at webster IG MACHINE WAS RUN TO LITTLE CITY YESTERDAY ON ITS OWN. STEAM MAKER IS A -SKILLED MECHANIC Charles T. II. Bond, 210 North Sev cnteenth street, has just completed Ttmaking a thresh!iigTj;tehlne that 1s as complete In every oart as ma chines made by the best threshing machine companies In the city. fiery part of this machine was made by Mr. Bond himself and yesterday it was sent under Its own1 steam to Web ster, where It will be riven a trial. If it meets all the requirements demand ed of it, Mr. Bond will probably dis pose or the thresher. Made Thresher Last Summer. Last year Mr. Bond made a thresh fng machine, which rendered most nt. isfactory service throughout the sum mer. Alter us summer camnaien M Bond took it to pieces and remodeled it extensively. The machine that was sent to Webster yesterday is the old thresher with the new irnprov e ments attached to it. , Mr. Bond one of. the most skillful mechanics the city and his little work shop North Seventeenth street is a hive is In on of industry.- Other machines and im plements besides the thresher have been made by. hinv

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showers at night or Thursday; variable winds. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The barometer registered about thirty yesterday and the day was warm and sultry. For today showers are promised with variable winds. For the same period last year the thermometer registered about ten degrees warmer. Northern cities are not hav ing exceedinlg warm weather and even in the South the weather is quite moderate. FINAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN FRIDAY Centennial , Association Will Hold Important Meeting on that Night. MAY ASK LEGISLATION IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE CELEBRATION BE POSTPONED TILL NEW MUNICIPAL LAW IS MADE. Prof, llodgin, of the Centennial Association, Issued a call yesterday for "a meeting of that body to be held in the rooms of the Commercial Club at the Masonic Temple Friday night. In as much as the City Council did not find It lawful to make an appropriation of $5,000 to act as defrayment of expenses, a doubt has been raised as to the expediency of giving a celebration. It has been suggested that the Senator and Representatives of Wayne county frame and introduce a bill in the next legislature making it lawful for municipal appropriations of money for centennial celebrations. If this should go through and the celebration be postponed until next year then fitting rites might be performed In a becoming manner to the city. AH? matters pertaining to the Cen tennial will be discussed at the meeting and some conclusion will be arrived at. CORPORATION WORK DONE BEGIN- ON BANKS TODAY Board of Review Yesterday Finished r The Work of Assessing Corporations in County Valuations That Were Made Yesterday. The'work of completing the assessments on private corporation in this city, and county was completed yesterday by the board of review. Today "assessments on the banks of the city will be made. The following is the list of assessments made yesterday: Standard Pattern Mfg., Co...$ 1,000 The F. & N. Lawn Mower Co. 15,060 The Wayne Works 56,950 The Seidel Buggy Co 13,280 Wescott Carriage Co 32,360 The Union Ice Co 9,5590 Richmond Overall & Shirt Co 4.360 The B. F. Wlssler 'Co 5,000 The Palladium Co. .. 2,740 FELL FROM STREET CAR HAD VERY NARROW ESCAPE Mrs. Charles, of Sptceland, Gets Off Street Car in Woman's Fashion, and but for Officer Lawler, Would Have Been Run Over. Mrs. E.' II.- Charles of SDiceland narrowly escaped having her lower umbs cut off by a trolley car yester day afternoon about 4:15 o'clock. As the Earlham car from the west was drawing across the junction at Eighth and Main streets, it was stop ped to allow a wagon to pass. Mrs Charles attempted to get off when the car was again started, throwing her to the pavement. Had It not been for the quick work of Officer Lawler in dragging her from in front of the wheels, Bhe would probably have been maimed. The accident was probably due to her trying to get off the car back wards. Position in New York. Walter Fulghum will leave some time this week for New York, where he will take up his future residence He goes to take charge of the advertis ing department of the De LavaJl Cream Separator Co.

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hibit Yesterday Afternoon ancf Last Night. PLAN PERMANENT GALLERY ART ASSOCIATION WANTS RICHMOND TO HAVE A CONSTANT EXHIBIT AND ALSO AN ART INSTITUTE. Last evening the exhibit of the Richmond Art Association for the sea son of 1906, .came to an end. Hundreds of people paid farewell visits to the exhibit yesterday and expressions of regret were heard on all sides that the beautiful works of art had to be returned. The exhibit of art in Richmond will not always be a loan exhibit and of annual occurrence. The aim of the Richmond Art Association is to establish an art gallery and an art institute in this city some time in the future, and it Is with this end lr w that a picture is annually being ad ded to the collection of the Associa tion. At the present time there are fourteen paintings In this collection. Mr. Foulke's Comment. The Hon. William Dudley Foulke, who takes the keenest Interest in the local art exhibits, in a conversation with Superintendent T. A. Mott, of the public schools, said, "The Richmond Art Association is doing splendid work, and when the day arrives that the city will be able to build an art gallery, the Association will be In possession of the finest collection of art in the West." When an art gallery is established in this city, Richmond will bear a unique reputation, being the only city in America to own a public art gallery and a public collection of art. In many cities in the country there are numerous private art galleries, but there are no public art galleries, which are so common in European cities. RICHMOND SETS EXAMPLE Indianapolis Is To Have an Art Exhibit Which Will. Be, of Pop- . ' jar Nature. , Following the example and the success of the local Art Exhibit, Indianapolis was represented in the city this week by Prof. Fox, of the Heron Art Institute, who has been making 'arrangements for an exhibit in the Capital City in October. In conjunction with the Im itute a new art Building has been completed recently and It will be in this thai the display will be held. The pictures of the Indianapolis artists which have graced the walls of the local exhibit, will be hung there. PROSTRATED BY HEAT Motoman on the Indianapolis and Eastern Overcome While Repairing a Broken Motor Car. Greenfield, Ind., June 26. (Spl.) The first prostration by the heat of summer this season, in this city came yesterday afternoon. Jesse Slifer, motorman on the Indianapolis & Eastern interurban railway, was overcome while repairing a broken motor car. He emalned in a critical condition for several hours. GREETNGS ARE EXCHANGED New York Meeting of '.Friends and Hicksites, Communicate, After a Long Period of Silence. At the recent two hundred and eleventh annual .meeting of the New York Meeting of Friends, an unexpected surprise came to that body in the form of a greeting from the Hicksite Friends. This was the first communication of the sort that has passed between the two bodies since 1828. The New Yorker s returned the compliment SHE HAD LUCKY ESCAPE Mrs. Lawrence Davis of Silver Point Exhibits Much Nerve by Staying With Runaway Horse. Mrs. Lawrence Davis of Silver Point, luckily escaped Injury Monday night with a runaway horse. In crossing the Doran bridge her horseVas frightened by some cars on the C. C. & L. tracks and broke Into a run. The horse tore along for several blocks but was finally stopped by the driver. Wilson at Michigan. Waiter C. Wilson, athletic director at Earlham College is spending the summer at Michigan university. He writes that he Is enjoying the work .very much, .

EXCITEMENT AMONG OUR POETS, The Poets of America What's that about the American Shakespeare? H. G. Wells, the English writer, says that America will produce another

TO HELP Meeting Will Be Held at Republican Club Rooms to Organize Tonight. HOPE1 TO DO GREAT WORK WOMEN OF. FAIRVIEW FEEL THAT BY HELPING THE MEN THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH WONDERS FOR THEIR SECTION. Mrs. C. C. Smith, 118 Hunt St., and Mrs. Elmer Towle, 231 Linden Ave., are the leading spirits of a movement to organize the women of Fairview into an auxiliary of the Falrview Civic Improvement Association. This evenig the women of that part of the city will meet at the Republican club rooms at 7:30 o'clock and steps will be taken toward effecting a permanent organization. It was stated last evening that the object the Fairview women have In view is to assist their, husbands, fathers, sons and sweethearts in booming Fairview and any improvement that is deemed necessary for that part of town. Trie south end has been greatly benefited by the work of the South Side Improvement association and the Fairview women figure out that if the men of the South end were able to accomplish this good work without the aid of the women of that section of the city, that "Fairview should put the South' End "boom" In the shade, by the combined efforts of both the men who live in that part of Richmond. POSTPONED INDEFINITELY Suit of McLaughlin vs. Louck Hill, Is Put Off by Request of Defendant's Attorney. . Marion McLaughlin's suit of damages against Louck & Hill contractors, which was filed in the Winches ter courts, has been postponed In definitely, on application of Louck & Hill for more time to. prepare for trial. In December McLaughlin as a sub-contractor, rented the elevator, of Loucke & Hill at the Reid Memorial Hospital to handle his stone . work. He alleges that the elevator fell and he sustained injuries to such extent that his limb, has been, stiffened for life. , The damages "are for . $7,500. Buy New Hymnals. The First M. E. church purchased a new Installment of hymnals put out by the Methodist-:- Episcopal Book Concern.- This is the affiliated work of the Methodist Episcopal and. the Methodist .South church. ' With this adoption the services of both enur

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CARNEY-FERRIS WEDDING Two Well Known People go to Cincinnati and Have Nuptials Perform- , ed by the Rev. J. W. Kapp To Reside in Chicago. - Formal announcement " was made yesterday of the marriage of Miss Adah Ferris, of this city and Mr. William Carney, formeny of this city, now of Chicago, 4 which took place Monday afternoon at Cincinnati, the officiating minister being the Rev. Jacob W. Kapp, 'formerly pastor of the. First English Lutheran church this city. The young people surprised their families and their friends completely as there had been no intimation that the nuptials were to take place at this time. Mr. Carney had been in Richmond about a week spending his vacation and on Saturday he went to Cincinnati, procured a marriage license and made preparations for the carrying out of all plans. Monday morning Mr. Carney and Miss Ferris left for Cincinnati at 10 o'clock and toward evening a telegram came to the . bride's mother, Mrs. C. E. Ferris, 404 N. 15th St. announcing the marriage. The bride is a well-known and most estimable young woman and for . a number of years has been employed with the Home Telephone Company; as toll operator. Mr. Carney who is a Richmond young man was formerly employed in he Richmond division offices of the Pan Handle but now holds a responsible and lucrative position in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Carney went direct from Cincinnati to Chicago where they will reside and they certainly carry with them the best wishes of a host of Richmond friends. ARTHUR DUNN IS COMING Little Comedian, Starring in "The Little Joker" is Booked to be in Richmond This Year. Arthur Dunn, the well-known comedian, has signed a contract of which he Is both the party or the first part and the party of the second part. He will star in Ta new musical comedy by Herbert Hall - VWinslow known as "The Little; Joker." Dunn was the star of - the "Runaways' which has bbeen . showed . through this section with remarkable success. The same route will be followed by "The Little Joker. DEATH OF MARTIN - LANDIS An Aged Resident of Greensfork Succumbs to a Severe Attack of 'Apoplexy. Greensfork, Ind... June 26. (Spl.) Martin Landis, an aged citizen of this place;' died at his home Monday morning of apoplexy. He was found "unconscious in the r yard Saturday afternoon. Funeral 1 services will be conducted by Rev.tM. V. Foster, of Carthage, Wednesday afternoon - at-two o'clock, at ttteC hxistlan churchyry

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RUE CARNIVAL IS. ft. . " Eagles Cancel Gaskell Date and Contract With Robinson Amusement Co. SEPTEMBER THE DATE SET YESTERDAY WAS SPENT BY THE PROMOTERS IN SEARCHING FOR GROUNDS BUT NONE WAS DECIDED ON. ' The contract signed with the Gaskell. Carnival Company has been annulled by the Wayne Aeria of Eagles and yesterday a contract was closed with the Dan Robinson Amusement Company. The committee m charge of the carnnival state that the Robinson carnival is the largest in the business and it was for this reason it was secured. Yesterday was spent in searching for a suitable location for the carnival but none was decided upon. The carnival will be held either the first or. second week in September and will be open day and night for six days. Among the attractions will be the following: Royal Japanese theater. new production of Fighting the flames. Electric Dome, Johnson Con cert Company, Pallace of Ellusion, Electric Fountain, Katzenjammer Castle, the Spanish Wheel, Electric theater, Trip Through Egypt, Reptile Castle and a " reproduction of the St. Louis, exposition . cascades. The last named attraction is one of the big features of the carnival. . PROJECT IS NOT GIVEN UP Pan Handle Officials Are Still Con sidering the Matter of a Club House for Men. The Pennsylvania railroad officials have taken th matter of establishing a club house for their employes, un der consideration.' It was stated last night that. there, were many other cit ies that had made application for such recreation rooms and that they would naturally come under consideration. This fact will probably hold the local movement off for some time but the project has not been given the mark of disapproval. S. B. Fisher May Retire. " Cambridge City, Ind.. June 26. (SdI S. B. Fisher has sold his entire stock of footwear to N. Max and Co. of Cincinnati, who have shipped the stock to their storerooms In Cincin natl. Mr.- Fisher has been In the shoe business twenty-three years and will probably- retire. Closing Work Tonight. The Master Masons Degree will be conferred in Webb Lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M.. 'Wednesday evening. This closes the work for the season, Re freshments will be, served

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Father Takes Grain and Mon

ey and the Step Son Gets Mother's Estate. AN UNUSUAL QUIT CLAIM EBNER HARLAN AND ATALASK VAN NUYS, PARTIES TO A SETTLEMENT WHICH WAS CAUSED, BY PECULIAR AGREEMENT. ' A rare document is now on file at the county recorder's office. It Is quit claim filed yesterday by Ebnerv Harlan in favor of his step son Atal-'; aska Van Nuys, both farmers. In the deed the statement is made that la November, JS97 Harlan r.nd Mrs. Vaa rye, widow of Solomon Van Nuys,) signed an ante-nuptial contract, thai terms of which contract were that la' case either one of the contracting; parties died after their marriage.' which took place November 4, 1S97J that the goods and the estate, of the deceased should not revert to -thai survivor. j Mrs. Harlan Died in June. j Mrs. Van Nuys-Harlan, died June 13 last and under the terms of the' contract between herself and hus band Mr. Harlan was not entitled. tat any share of her estate, although in? his quit claim deed to Atalaska Van Nuys. who is Mrs. Harlan's heir, thei statement is made by Mr. Harlan that he had put into the estate of his wife.' $250, had managed her estae withouc recompense and owned the wheat and oats growing on her land. . The contract placed Mr. Harlan la an embarrassing position but' he finally effected an understanding with Mr. Van Nuys, whereby Mr. Harlan gives him a quit claim on the estate of his mother and Mr. Harlan receives la return from Mr. Van Nuys the sum of $600 and all the wheat and oats now growing on the land of the late Mrs Harlan. ARCHITECT WORK STEADY A Number of Residence Are Being Built and Outlook is Good for Time of Year. ,, Architects report that for this time of the year business is steady. Theije are a number of houses and buildings going up and several - plans finished. A double house and a cottage Is being erected on Asylum avenue by Gurney. Hill. The contract for the proposed house of William Backemeyer on the Liberty road, has .been let to Miller and Gwers. Mr. Hasecoster has plans for Harry Gennetfs house at Twenty-first and South A streets, under work. John Evans will start work on his new house just east of the Old Ladies' Home on East Main In a few weeks. O. S. Yates hat completed the plans for a K.ot P. Lodge Hall and business roomsfto be built at Lynn. This building Is to be of common brick and white-sand mor tar, and will cost $9,000. HOUSE BURNED TO THE Residence of Edward Bethge, Near Thistlethwaite's Pond, Was DestroyedBABY NOTICED THE FLAMES CHILD SEES COALS FALL FROM STOVE TO FLOOR AND BEGINS TO CRY, WHICH ATTRACTS MOTHER'8 ATTENTION. " Fire totally destroyed the residence) situated on the banks of Thistlethwaite's pond, occupied by Edward Bethge and family, yesterday mornIng. The fire department was asked , to send the fire engine to the fire, but as the blaze was outside of the city limits, the permission of Chief Miller' had to be secured, and as he was out inspecting wires, considerable time elapsed before he could be located.; He at once gave his permission for the engine to go out, but it was then too late to do any good. The fire originated from the kitchen stove. While Mrs. Bethge was in' the yard some coals . fell from tbV stove and set fire to the floor. The blaze was noticed by a baby, who began to cry and attracted Mrs. Bethge' to the house. She tried to extinguish' the blaze, but her efforts were unavailtng. -. In a short time the entire house was burned to the ground. A few! household effects were saved. It is estimated that the loss will smnnntj o 800.

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