Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 167, 13 July 1906 — Page 1

AJDIUM VOL. XXXI. NO, 167. Richmond, Indiana, Friday Morning, July 13, 1906. Single Copies, One Cent. I M. C. iV EUIL CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICT SCHOOLS iW DANGER OF A GENERAL UPRISING THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Friday and probably Saturday; variable winds. OHIO Showers Friday and Saturday; variable winds. IS State Organizer Brown Comes Here to Stay Till Needed Money Is Raised. L. 0. Anderson Reads Fine Paperon Subject Before Strikes Are Spreading in Russia and Cossacks are De serting the Crown. Township Trustees.

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THEIR NUMBER TO BE INCREAS ED TO ONE HUNDRED CAM PAIGN FOR $80,000 IS TO BE MADE WANT 4 STORIES. Richmond Is to have one of the finest and best eaulpped Y. M. C. A. buildings In the State. This can be said without fear of contradiction as the Y. M. C. A. committee which was appointed some time ago has-raised a guarantee fund to secure the services of Charles J. Urown, of Plena, state organizer for Ohio, to come to Richmond and stay till the Association is put on a permanent basis. A member of the commlmttee last night stated that no active campaign for funds would be made till September 1. lip till that time nothinc will bo done by Mr. Urown and the committee other than promulgated plans iby which the work will be carried on. The first amount which the committee hopes to raise is $X0,000 but it is thought that a still larger amount can be raised if It Is needed. When asked If Daniel O. Reld had made any financial offer to the new project It was said that so far as known he has not but nevertheless they expect some help from him. Has Long Needed Y. M. C. A. Richmond has ions needed a place "whero the young men of the city could spend their idle mordents without loafing: on the streets and in the poo! rooms. The organization of a Y. M. C. A. has long been talked of but no decided move has ever been made. The first great stimulus to forming an 'association in this city was given in 1900 when the state Y. M. C. A. contention was held in this city. The convention was held here for the purpose of stimulating interest In the 'Y. M. C. A. movement. At that time the convention appointed Sharon E. Jones, Timothy Nicholson. Adam H. Partel, Geo. II. Knollenberr. E. G. Hill and Richard Sedgwick as a committee to push the movement In this city. About six months ago Ix members were added to the committee they being K. O. McMahln, E. K. Shera, J. S. Harris, Jesse S. Reeves, Arthur L. Smith and -John H. Johnson. Since a large number of representative cltiens have been placed on the commlmttee the work has made rapid strides. The Style of Building. E. A. Stack, Indiana State Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. was in the city about July 1, conferring with the local members about the style of build,1ng that would probably be erected, lie showed them the plans of the new South Rend Y. M. C. A. building and the local menwero vpry favorably Impressed with the stylo of fconstructlon. The Idea of the committee Is to build one of the best enulpned buildings in the strte. So far as planned It will be four stories high and will contain Association rooms, gymnasium, modornly equipped with running track and swimming pool. In addition to the regular apparatus required. 'There will also bo reading rooms and clubrooms. Kvery little detail has been planned and will be carried out if the citizens of Richmond respond to the call for financial aid. when it Is made. The present local committee consisting of twelve members will be enlarged to one hundred and the work towards the organization of the association and the housing of the savne will be pushed with a vengence. Mr. Urown will arrive here Monday and permanent offices of the association will be opened in the Masonic, .Temple. PULLMAN HERE FOR ELKS FIRST ONE OVER C., C. & L. Colored Porter on Car Declares Tat He Has Been All Over Country, but Had Never Heard of the Richmond Soad Before. The first Pullman car ever run over the C. C. (c I. R. R., came down from Griffith yesterday afternoon and was Bidetrackd to await the pleasure of the Elks who are going ti Denver Saturday. Enoree is the name of the sleeper, and it la one of the late builds, having modern improvements and equipment. This ar will carry the Elks over the C. O. & I,, via Hock Island to Denver. Officials iT the local route say that the passengers will find that their road bed is ia excellent condition and will be as easy riding us any other they may pas's over. The porter on the car stuck his head cautiously around a brass rod. vien it arrived, and wanted to know where he was and how he got here. . When he was told he said: "I'so done bin all ovah dis country, but I sureeh did .bear, of dis xrawJ-xo-oadV

THE CIRCULATION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM YESTERDAY WAS 2,569 The Day Previous It Was 2,526

WANT O'HEAL ON OF Petitions Are Now Being Circulated for Councilman f from Sixth Ward. GETTING MANY SIGNERS MR. O'NEAL SAYS THAT HE WILL ACCEPT THE POSITION IF TEN DERED HIM IS SAID TO STAND A GOOD SHOW. Petitions for the appointment of W. P. O'Neal to the new -Board of Public Works are being circulated among the business men and property owners in all sections of the city, by his friends. Mr. O'Neal has represented the Sixth Ward in the city council for several years and his work in that body is said to a strons recommendation for him in the eyes of Mayor Elect Schillinger. It is understood that of all the Republican candidates Mr. O'Neal now has the best show of being named. When Mr. O'Neal was asked whether he would accept the appointment if tendered to him. he said that he would. There have been many applicants for the appointment and three petitions have made tneir appearance thus far. These are for O'Neal. Richard Sedgwick and John It. Palmer. When the petitions are completed they will be presented to Mayor-elect Schillinger for his consideration and action on them. IS E HUNTINGTON IN TROUBLE Mrs. Van Zant Says that Her Son Earl Huntington, Has Been in the Habit of Disturbing Her and Her Neigh'bors. Earl Huntington was arrested last night on a peace warrant sworn out by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Zant. Mrs. Van Zant says that Earl, who is about 28 years old, has been in the habit of getting drunk and coming to tier house and raising a disturbance until the family and neighbors have come to fear him. The warrant was sworn out last week when Earl went to his mother's house and made some very bad threats and attempted to extort money from his mother. Not succeeding, there he tried to make a raise out of his seventeen-year-old half-brother. At one time he engaged in a friendly bout with Mr. Van Zant just to show him what he could do to him if he interfered, so Mrs. Van Zant says. Huntington will be given an opportunity of presenting his side of the case in police court this morning. APPOINTMENTS IN AUGUST Mayor Elect Schillinger Will Announce Official Family Thens Going to Silver Lake. Mayor-elect Schillinger intimated last night that he would - have a. list of his appointments rt;ady for publication, bythe first of, August. The Mayor-elect will leave in a few days for Silver Lake where with a few lawbooks and a flshins tackle he will while away the time until "Dog-days" and the political dulies of tb.e Office call him hence

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URGES THAT BIG CENTRALLY LO CATED SCHOOLS BE BUILT INSTEAD OF SMALL SCATTERED ONES AS AT PRESENT. If there have been any doubting Thomases among the township trustees In regard to the advisability of consolidating the district schools they were certainly won over yesterday at the meeting of the trustees in County Superintendent Jordan's office, by a paper Which Trustee L. O. Anderton, of New Garden township read. Mr. Anderson's paper dealt with the movement for the consolidation of the district schools and took in a comprehensive scope from the pioneer logcabin school house to the present email institution which the rural districts afford. He gave the history and slow advance of the country school, and showed how, at each imVrovement, the countryside offered objection holding that old methods of education were .sufficient. He showed how, in spite of this, improvement after improvement was made until the present facilities were reached. Present Methods Inadequate. In regard to the present methods he said I hat Uiey were inadequate, that there are too many school houses scattered around through the country and that too many teachers are need ed to principal them, and that owing to the number of instructors required and the small amounts of money expended in this manner, there were too many teachers who are not competent to instruct the children. He held a teacher has too many grades to look after and do each one justice. He stated that it is the common opinion that the small school does not justify the hiring of good teachers. He thought the small school to be in as much need of good instructors as the large one. Graded Schools'' Advantage. He. pointed out how the graded schools have the advantage over the district schools in that each department, as English, Mathematics and the like, has a man a, ll head of it who can give his time to the subject and thereby give the student a better lecture upon it. He also mentioned the generally poor class of school building which is to be seen through out the rural districts. Continuing, he said: "The idea of consolidation of rural or district schools is not a new' oe Fifty years ago the State educational department first looked into the mat ter and hav? been considering it ever since. The object of it, is to have one large and adequately furnished building centrally located in th township for the attendance of every school child within the township; tc have a man at the head of each de partment, to have grades and to furnish better results to the inhabitants for about the same expenditure as under the present system. In many counties where they have the consolidation system the children who live farther away go to and from school by means of hacks which run twice a day. Consolidation is a local question which must be decided by each and every person and trustee." Mr. Anderson's Proposition. In conclusion Mr. Anderson said: "As the old school houses give out and new. ones must be built, would it not be wise to consider the expense of many built as to that of one centrally located and built in the modern fashion? Surely this would insure better buildings, better sanitation, fewer grades, better teachers, longer terms and more effective work on the part of the pupil. After all the chief pur pose is to better the condition of ed ucation and if centralization will do this, and we certainly believe that it will, then let us put forth every effort to consolidate our rural schools that our rural children may have as good advantages as those of the cities." Church Closed Sunday. Centerville, Ind., July 12. (Spl) Services will not be held at the Methodist church next Sunday at Centerville or at Olive Hill on account of the camp meeting at Dublin, as the pastor, the Rev. E. B. Westhafer. and many of the congregation will be in attendance at the camp meeting . New Well Compelted. Centerville, Ind.. July 12. (Spl.) The new drilled well at the public school house is completed. The water is excellent and pronounced to be even better than that of the new well on north Main Cross streets. It is forty-two feet deep ar-d has twenty feet of water in ten feet of gravel. The cost of the well, including the pump. Is a little over fifty dollars. Resume Work in August. The work at the Richmond Hat factory will be resumed the first of Au gust. A new, superintendent will be in charge of the planL The demand for the Richmond hat is very great. the entire output of thg factory for Qne year, peio$ soi4-

HON POLES Central Union Telephone Corn pany Writes Letter to the Board of Works. A JOINT pOLE SYSTEM SAY THEY WILL BEAR THE COST OF PUTTING ALL WIRES WHERE POSSIBLE ON THE SAME POLEsI The Central Uuion Telephone Co. has submitted a proposition to the Board Of Public Works which, if favorably acted upon, will relieve the city of a number of unsightly telephone poles. In a letter from the "main office at Indianapolis, the telephone company proposes a joint pole proposition. Instead of having three sets of poles in different parts of the city as it now is: the company has offered to bear the expense of installing entirely new poles which will afford accommodation for the Light, Heat and Power company, the Municipal Light Plant and the Central Union wires. Each of the two former companies will be given two arilis on which to string their wires. The old poles and their fixtures are to be taken down by the telephone people and given to them in consideration for their work. The city electric wires will occupy the higher positions and a clearance of fiv'i feet will be between the high and low tension wires. This joint pole arrangement is to extend over such routes as mjjy be found necessary or desirable on account of local conditions. ' The Light, Heat and Power compa ny will probably be favorable to the proposition, as they already have an agreement with the city for joint poles. This plan will remove many of the poles which are now proving a detriment to many properties in the city, and instead of having three separate sets of poles there will be one complete set. The members of the board who have read the offer look upon it with favor and consider it to be a fair and good proposition to the city. To Take Eastern Trip. Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Campbell will leave next week for a three week's tour through the East. They will go to Detroit, Niagara Falls, up the St. Lawrence and from there to Montreal, thence to Boston. On their return trip they will touch New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Cincinnati. Exercises Sunday. The Children's Day exercises of the South Eighth Street Friends' church. which were to have been held June 10th but which were postponed indefinitely owing to commencement at Earlham, will be held at the church next Sunday morrfmg. Church Being Repaired. Centerville, Ind., July 12. (Spl) Extensive repairs are going forward at the Friends' church and will not be completed for several weeks, during which time the regular iserclaa jwill be suspended- .

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STARR TO BE CHAIRMAN SO LOUIS LUDLOW SAYS Political Writer for Indianapolis Star Says That Richmond Man1 is to Head State Executive Committee For Republicans. tjdilis Ludlow writing for the Indiana polls" Star yesterday said: "The names of three of the members of the- exeeutive committee of the Republican State committee were made known yesterday and a tin was given out as to the probable select tort for the other two places on what is known in State politics as "the big committee." "Harry Starr of Richmond will be appointed chairman of the executive committed and Charles Sefrlt of Washington and Elmer Leonard of Ft. Wayne will be members of it. "Harry Starr, who has been selected for chairman of the executive committee, has served in that capacity since the campaign of 1900. He is regarded as one of the shrewdest political generals Indiana has produced. He is in politics because he Is fascinated with the game and he would not accept an office under any circumstances." DRAWS THE FIRST MONEY Hospital Authorities Yesterday Got Half of the $3,000 Appropriated by Council. Half of the appropriation of $3,000 which council donated to the Reid Memorial hospital at Its last meeting was drawn from the city treasurer's office yesterday morning by the hospital authorities. Ths sum was' given toward defraying of the general expenses and the maintenance of the Institution. The June deficit of $264 at the hospital which was reported, at the last meeting of the trustees will now be liquidated. Anton Stolle Resigned. Anton Stolle tendered his formal resignation as director of the Richmond Abbatoir Co., at the meetins of the board of directors he'd Wednesday night. It was accepted. Bought Williams Home. Centerville, Ind., July 12. (Spl.) The house and lot belonging to the estate of Mrs. Rahama Williams, deceased, adjoining the residence of H. H. Peelle, on Main street, was recently sold by the executor to Joseph and Charles Doren, grandsons of Mrs. Williams. Option on Water Land. Only six weeks remain of Mayor Zimmerman's administration and he will not have time to "father" his hobby for the municipal ownership of a water works. Dr. Zimmerman is a firm believer that a water works owned by the city would pay much better than the light plant has done. He oolds an option on a tract of land on Khich are a umber of large springs, which he hopes to turn over to tie city some day for a water works-

WOMAN CRANK IS AFTERPRESIDEHT Asi L. Esac, So She Called Herself, Tried to Enter His. Private Grounds. WAS VERY DETERMINED

WHEN 8TOPPED BY SECRET SERVICE MAN SHE DECLARED HER LIFE DEPENDED ON SEEING PRE9iONT ROOSEVELT. Publishers' Pressl Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 12. ThO secret nervlce men, guarding Sagamore Hill had a PtrPttoua afternoon and evening preventing ii mysterious woman from breaking in on the privacy of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. "Miss Asi L. Esac," is the name she gave the secret service man, but afterward admitted that the family name was Case. Esac is Case spelled backwards. Miss Case t-ays she is a stater of Mm. Fairbanks, wife of the Vice President, and also a near relative of Brigadier General Tasker H. Bilwa. She reached Oyster Bay Sunday afternooii; retted a room next door to the executive offices" on South street, and on Monday Opened an account at the Oyster Bay Bank. She tried in vain to persuade officials of the bank to introduce her to the president and his wife, and failing in this, she made a trip to the home of Mrs. Reeves Merritt, a connection of the Roonevelta, to whom she made a similar request with lack of like success She made no attempt to see Secretary Loeb during her stay. Woman Argued for Hour. About fivf o'clock this afternoon she started out to Pnsamore Hill on foot, a distance of three miles, and was halted when within two hundred feet of the president's cottage. She argued the matter with the detective for an hour, and finally, not being able to shake his decision, said she would sit down beside the road and wait until she could see the president "It is really a case of ' e d death with me," said Miss Esac or Case. "If I cannot see the President or Mrs. Roosevelt, especially Mrs. Roosevelt, my life will not be worth a penny twenty hours from now." The woman remained eated beside the road below Sagamore Hill for two hours and a half before tiring of the vigil. In order to make certain that she did not return, the detective walk ed back to the city with the woman and saw her safely home. A semi-official announcement was made at the executive office today that President Roosveelt would maintain a strictly "hands off" policy in regard to New York political affairs. Plans for Many Churches W. S. Kaufman the architect has the contract for drawing the plans for the new $20,000 high school build ing at Aurora. Ind. He is also draw ing the plans for the new Christian church at Paulding, Ohio, which will cost $15,000. Mr. Kaufman has gain ed quite a reputation in Indiana and Ohio for his excellent architectural plans for chnrches and schools. The heating plant for the new school building at Raleigh, Ind., which Mr. Kaufman designed has been let to Johnson and Son of IndianaiK)lis.

CIVIL WAR IN CAUCASUS

FROM ALL LARGE CITIES THERB COMES REPORTS OF MASSA CRES, DESERTION OF TROOPS AND UPRISINGS. t Publishers' Prosal St. Petersburg. July IS. With the expected announcement of the retirement of the olrt cabinet and the make-up of the new asain deferred, matters in the Russian empire are becoming more and more critical and even the official classes that have heretofore declared that there was no danger of any general uprising, are constrained to admit now that further continuance of the present state of uncertainty must have a most dangerous effect. Strikes are spreading everywhere and the discontented workingmen are murdering and pllalging while even the Cossacks, who have heretofore been loyal to tho crown, are declared to have served notice on their officers in many in stances that they will no longer act as police. Civil War in Caucasus. In thet Caucasus a state of civil war exists and in several instances the Cossacks have been defeated by the peasants after desjWato fighting and both sides sustainec heavy loss. So serious are. conditions "here that urgent appeals for more troops have been sent by tho Governor-to the au thorities at St. Petersburg, but In ev ery instance it has been neceB6ary to send word that no more Cossacka could be spared for service in the Caucasus. At Saratoff there has been practi cally a continuous series of fights be tween the peasants and the troops in which the latter have lost heavily. Because of the fierceness of the at tacks by the rioters "dum-dum" bul lets havo been served out by tho officers and are being used by the troops. During the fighting it is estimated twenty soldiers have been toll ed and twice -that number wounded while the loss to the rioters Is de clared to be three times these figures. Rise Against Their Officers. At Sebnstopol the gunners In the fortress tried unsuccessfully to secure possession -of the ammunition chamber, Intending if they had succeeded to turn the guns of the garrison on tlteir. -officers. The plot failing, three companies of artilfery mutlned.and at last accounts were confined In -their barracks while the officers were afraid to attempt to make them prisoners as the loyalty of the remaining troops in the garrison is seriously Questioned. At Warsaw there has as ret been no open outbreak, but the fight oi the Jews from the city continues. The police on guard have been reinforced by a strong guard of soldiers ar-d a state of sice has been proclaimed. All persons are kent off the streets at night while crowds are prohibited gathering on the thoroughfares. At Odessa and Moscow there have been a number of serious clashes between the troops' and the strikers but details are lacking:. It is understood, however, that there were no fatalities resulting from the fighting and that while numerous persons were hurt none were fatally Injured. "UNCLE JOE" IS COMING Speaker of the House Will Deliver Two Speeches in Coming Campaign Watson to Speak; ltushvllle, Ind., ;uly 13. (Spl) Congressman Watson stated last night that he expected Speaker Can non to make him nnG his family a visit this summer. "Uncle Joe" will make two speeches In the district during the campaign.' Congressman Watson will sneak in every county of the district during the coming cam paign. PROSPECT LOOKS POOi Kokom May Be Eliminated from th Fast Indiana Polo Belt Next . Season. The prospect for roller polo in K komo next winter is very poor, say vhe Kokomo Tribune. There is ab solutely nothing doing among Central league managers in regard to organizing for the season. . All of them teem of a mind to let the game go by the board. They had unpleasant experiences during the last two seasone and apparently fear a third would mean simply a repetition.

Make Inspection Tour. The officials of the Pennsylva. fa railroad have made an Inspection trip over the Richmond division Wednesday they w-ent over the south, end and yesterday they reviewed the north end ol the line. '