Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 182, 28 July 1906 — Page 1

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ABIXJMi V VOL. XXXI. NO, 182. Richmond, Indiana, Saturday Morning, July 28, 1906. Single Copies; One Cent. BUT TEH PIERS SECOND MARRIAGE AT ftGE FIFTEEN THE WEATHEft PROPHET. INDIANA Show'rs nd cooler Saturday; Sunday fair; light to fresh sou'h winds, becoming variable. ATTENDED RtSAW WASHINGTON

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)0ld Settlers of 1827 Held . .Their Annual Picnic at the Glen Yesterday. ARE FAST PASSING AWAY IN VIEW OF THIS, RESOLUTION WAS INTRODUCED TO DISCONTINUE MEETINGS, BUT IT DID 'not PASS.

OHIO Part cloudy Saturday, warmer Rare Distinction, that Belongs to a Delaware County Girl. Man Living at Washington, In north portion, showers, and cooler at night or Sunday; light D. C, Saw the Father of Country in Coffin. l fresh winds, becoming variable. FIRST MATCH AT ELEVEN A REMARKABLE INCIDENT; ;.

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The pioneers of Wajp county, -who were born, in 1827, held their six teenth annual reunion at the Glen

yesterday. The old people assembled In the morning and related many experiences and at noon an elegant dinner was served. In the afternoon they assembled In the upper room of the pavllllon where a short program was given by the old members. The organization is one of the most unique in Indiana, as no one can hold membership unless he was born in 1827 or is the direct descendant of a member of the organization. Only ten of th!-Klnal members of the organization: present at the reunion yesterdayff hough there are at present twehtyy Ie ; living members. Those presc "'yesterday were John S. McGraw, njchmond, Elizabeth Lupton, Richmond, Anna M. Votaw, Richmond, Ruths Ann Wiggins, Richmond, Mahalah Jay Richmond, Ruthanna Hunt RatclitT, Richmond Joseph C. Ratllff, Richmond, Edam Pike, Fountain City, Dr. R. K. Haughton, Richmond and Joseph Bron of Fountain City. The organization was perfected in 1890, Just sixteen years ago, and has each year, with the exception of one. met at the Glen for its reunion. There was a strain of the pathetic in yesterday's meeting; for the realization that several of the members present, probably will have passed away by the time of next years' meeting, Impressed the minds of all present. In fact one of the members ' stated that he thought it would be ndvlsablo to postpone any other meeting as many would not be able to be present at another gathering, owing to sickness or death. This, however, ' was voted down as the general opinion prevailed, that the organization should continue until the last member survived, the death roll finally to be written by their children. t " ' The minutes of the meeting, whlch are unique, are as follows: . Richmond, July 26. 1906. At Glen. The Association of 27eners. met on this day for the transaction of business. Dinner was first served and enjoyed. Jos. Drown Pres. and Dr. Haughton, Sec. Pro-tem, by the request of Jos.RatlifT read minutes after the meeting had been called to order. These were of the fourteenth meeting as one meeting was omitted. Roll call and. absent ones noted. John's. Yeargan was present and was made a member by vote. He made a statement that when he was six years old he witnessed the scene of the falling stars Jn 183$. or the meteoric display of November -12 and 13. 1833. 'The members were asked for an Interpretation of the meteoric display men tioned. Dr. Haughton, Jos. Ratllff and several owners epoKe on mis uuDjeci. , Mrs. Votaw then read a poem on "The Voyage of Life," a tender reference to the life we now live and the history of the future. At this time Jos itatllff mentioned the death of Mrs. Cook who was avfaember and also Sam Meredith who Aave passed away to. the home from which no traveler returns. Mrs. Votaw pVesented a poem by Miss Louisa BoyS a relative of Dr. Boyd of Dublin who is a member of the organization. Mrs. Jay, John McGray and Jos. Ratlta were appointed to prepare papers for, the next meeting, the paner of Mr. McGraw being on the "IHstcty of Mission Ridge." The next meeting will be held the last Friday In July, 1907. Mrs. Haughton was to have read a 1 paper but she (Continued on Tag Two.) THRESHER TOO HEAVY IT FELL THROUGH BRIDGE Geatin's Threshing Outfit Crashed

4.' Through Floor of Bridge Spanning , Elkhorn CreekEngineer Ji .nped and Escaped Injury.

The engineer running the threshing machine of Mr. Geatin of Thorn Station, had a narrow escape from death yesterday on the old covered bridge spanning Elkhorn Creek, southeast of the city. The threshing outfit had left the farm of C. Larsh, and as the engine started to go across the bridge, It crashed through the flooring. The separator was not damaged, but the engine fell to the creek below, damaging It very much. When the crash came the engtneer jumped just In thb nick of time. The old bridge has been in an unsafe condition for several months, and the old flooring which .was beginning to rot, could not withstand tfc heavy weight

THE CIRCULATION OF THE PALLADIUM YESTERDAY WAS 2,762 The Palladium hereby invites and urges the business men of Richmond to investigate the accuracy of the Palladium's circulation figures. The Palladium Is the only newspaper in Richmond that publishes in its issue a sworn statement of its circulation each week.

TWO SCHOOLS GET HEATING PLANTS Work on New Systems Is Pro gressing at Whitewater and Finley Buildings. POINTS OF DIFFERENCE ALL OTHER SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY ARC UNDERGOING A THOROUGH CLEANING AT PRESENT TIME. The work of Installing new heating plants in' the Whitewater and Warner school buildings is progressing 1 and is expected to be completed by the middle ,of , September. The plants at the two buildings are not exactly alike, the one at Whitewater having its hot air blast from over the furnace, while that at Warner will have'a steam plant with the hot air coming from over steam coils. The general plan of heating and ventilation will be trie same as that used in the High school building. Last year there were two buildings furnished with the heating plants, and ths year two are under construct tion and next year, if the finances hold out two more buildings will be fittl out. All of 'the other school buildings are undergoing a thorough scrubbing, airing, varnishing and washing in preparation, for the opening of the City Public Schools on September 17. f 55 PARKS GETS RING Winner of Second Prize In Eagles' LtmS Contest Awarded Her Present Last Night. ' : I Ray K. Shlveley, on behalf of the Eagles' Lodge, presented Miss Freda Parks with a diamond ring at the carnival last night, she having secured the. second largest number of votes in the contest recently closed. The only remaining donation Is to be made tonight to the holder of the number which draws the horse and road wagon. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS TENNIS TOURNAMENT ON Players in Doubles Met at the Palladium Office Last Night and Drew ""heir ;, Opponents Fifteen Teams Have Entered. Final arrangements for the city Tennis Tournament to be n at the Country Club courts tomorrow morning were made last night at the meeting held at the Palladium office. Following are the opposing teams for the preliminaries: O. Harlngton and : K. Meyers vs. Wiggins and Gardner. T. Campbell and J. Harrington vs. McCabe and Neff. Jenkins and Herbert vs. Bartel and Welchman. , C. Cates and J. Starr vs. Reller and R. Hamilton. ' Ray and Isaac Wilson vs. Malsby and E. Wilson. Green and Hawley p. Davis and Nixon. Braffet and Strattan vs. Elmer and Hlbberd. Hill and Thornburg will not play till the second round.

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TO PRISON FIRST MARRIAGE ANNULLED, Muncle, Ind., July 27, (Spl.) Mrs. Bessie Miller, nee Yingling, who resides near Reed, in the western part of the county, probably enjoys the distinction of being the only 15-year-old girl in Indiana who has been twice married. Her second husband is William Miller, a young farmer of Mt. Pleasant township. They were married by 'Squire Danner, of Reed. The bride is not only the -youngest person in the state to have a second husband, but she was probably the youngest person eyer married in Indiana, being only 11 years old when she wed William A. McKlnney, of Anderson. However, the circumstances of the two weddings are quite different The first marriage caused quite a sensation and resulted, indirectly In McKinney being sent to prison. When she was but a small girl she was taken from the Madison county children's home to become a mem ber of William A, McKinney's family in Anderson. She was given every attention by McKlnney, but she was innocent of his vile intentions. Two weeks after the death of Mrs. McKinney the husband decided -to marry the little girl. Without telling her of his plans, he took her to Tipton, where, in February, 1903, they were married. At that time she was but 11 years old. j The wf dding was performed by a Tipton minister on the porch at his home. McKinney was about 35 years old, but he had the license and the preacher did not object to the girl's tender years. Marriage Was Annulled. Upon his return to Anderson he was unable to keep his secret and the case was investigated by the authorities. The bride was taken in charge by the board of children's guardians and the marriage was annulled. McKinney was arrested a few days later on a larceny charge and sentenced to prison for a term of one to three years. He has been released, but he failed to locate In Anderson again. The girl soon after went to live with a family in the western part of the county, where she became acquainted with William Miller, who is now her second husband. COMPANYTO REMOVEPOLE ORDERED BY, THE BOARD Home Telephone Company Will Com ply With the Order of the Board of Works Growing out- of Complaint of John Carrell. Action on the complaint of John Carrell, 414 North 17th street, the board of works yesterday called representatives of the Home Telephone Company to its office and requested them to remove a pole from the rear of Carrell's property. The pole was so placed that it obstructed a gateway. The company acquiesced to the report of the 'board and suggested further that when the maps , of the various companies, namely, Richmond Light, Heat and Power Company, Municipal Light Plant and all the telegraph companies and the street car lines, were in, that one large map should be made indioating by colors the various pole lines. This will enable the Board of Public Works to 'have a graphic Idea of the pole situation in the city, and when complaints are sent in reference can be made and the difficulty adjusted without the loss of much time. MUST COMPLETE. REPAIRS Board of. Works Notifies Light, Heat and Power Company to Hurry Work on 12th Street. The Board of Public Works has notified the Light. Heat and Power Co., that they will give them five days in which to complete the repairs on South 12th street which the company has started. Owing to the desire of the property owners that these repairs be made the order was issued. In case that the company does not comply with this order the city will take hold of the work and the cost will be charged to the Light, Heat & Power company. - More Miners to Work. Publishers' Press Wheeling, W. Va., July 27. The miners ,and operators of eastern Ohio this afternoon reached an agreement that will result in ten thousand miners returning to work next week after being idle four months.

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The Russian policeman's lot is n ASKS CITY TO PHI FOR HIS SERVICES Ellsworth Livelsberger Has Been Driving City Ambulance Without any Pay. PRESENTS BILL FOR $700 FOR SEVEN YEARS LIVELSBERGER HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE AMBULANCE AND DRIVEN IT TO A THOUSAND CALLS. Patrol Driver Ellsworth Livelsberger, of the local police department, presented to . the Board of Public Works a bill for $700 yesterday afternoon. The claim is for services rendered in the taking care of the city ambulance, its horse, and answering calls. This work is out of Mr. Livelsberger's line as he is emplojjfid under the metropolitan , police laws, which do not make any provision for an ambulance, but only for the patrol. All work in connection with the ambulance, Livelsberger has done for the past seven years and he i states that he has answered over 1,000 calls in all kinds of weather and times of day or night, not receiving a cent of money in payment thereof. He bases his cl?.lm on $S 1-3 dollars per month. The ambulance was given to the city by the American Association of Wheelmen of this city, who gave a charity circus at the Glen about' eight years ago to raise the purchase funds, with the understanding that the city should stand all mainttainence expenses of the wagon. Livelsberger drove the ambulance in answer to the first call which was to 13th and Main streets, July 10, 1899, where Marshall Binford had been hurt. COLORED WOMAN FINED One Accuses the Other of Setting Fire to House and a Fight Fol-. lowed Blood Flowed. Etta McConnel and Bessie Burns, colored, were fined $5 and costs and $1 and costs in city court yesterday afternoon, being found guilty of assault and battery upon Mrs. Florence Harris, colored. - The trouble arose as the result of Mrs. Harris ordering the mother , of Che McConnel woman from her house where she had come, so it was stated, to accuse Mrs. Harris of setting her house afire. The two daughters of the old colored woman entered the house, and after some strong conversation, attacked Mrs. Harris with a lamp. The assaulted woman received a very bad cut on her head which, - necessitated several stitches being taken. His Wish Gratified. "I want to be arrested" said Elmer Dawson to two patrolmen at the City Hall yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. "You do, hey?", gasped Officer Golden. - . . "I do." ; "By ginkes, come on," exclaimed Officer Golden.

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JOHN: HATFIELD JR., DEAD THE END CAME QUICKLY Former Richmond Man Passed Away at His Home in New York CityWilliam Dormer and Wife Have Gone East to Attend the Funeral. John Hatfield, Jr., son of John Hatfield, 144 Ft Wayne avenue, died yesterday' morning at his home in New York city. Word by telegram was received yesterday afternoon by William B. Dormer, who, with his wife, a sister of the deceased, left for New York last night. The funeral will be held at the New York home Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Hatfield was born and reared in the city and has many friends here. For the past several years he has been a member of the firm of Runkle Bros., chocolate manufacturers, New York City, and has had charge of their western business. The word of his death came as a surprise to his friends and relatives here as they had been receiving letters from Mr, and Mrs. Hatfield, who had been on a trip up the St. Lawrence. GET THE BENEFIT MONEY THOSE AFFECTED PAID Board of Works Takes Action Looking Toward the Disposal of the Fourteenth Street Vacation Matter Gartside Holds Out. Yesterday afternoon the Board of Public Works received the benefit money for the vacation of North 14th street from the American Seeding Machine Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Certificates of payment "were immediately drawn up and sent out to the various property owners interested in the vacation of the street. Although all those interested, with the exception of Gartside, have acknowledged their intention of accepting the damage money, Gartside is still obdurate. A member of the Board when, asked as to what effect Gartside's stand would have upon the advancement of thework, announced that it. would have none at all and that : the street would be closed up just as soon as the other ,; men had signed their certificates of payment. LEAVE IT TO NEXT BOARD President Zeller Notifies CincinnattI Company That Richmond Will Postpone Oiling Streets. Joseph v Zeller, president of the Board of Public Works, announced yesterday that he had ' communicated with the Good Roads Company at Cincinnati to , the effect that i owing to the short time of service.-which remains to the present body that the proposed ' treatment of the local streets with oil will be postponed until next spring,, when the new Board will assume the work. .

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if von FAIL TO report raj DUTY -YOU jtvt:R,LY. HENRY SMITH MS ACCEPTED OFFER Indianapolis Expert Will Audit the Books of City Treas urer Tennis. WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK HE IS TO GET TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A DAY FOR HIS SERVICES AND PAY ALL EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH WORK. Yesterday morning Councilman Henry Deuker received over the long distance telephone, the acceptance by Henry Smith, of the appointment of expert auditor of the City Treasurer's books. In orde.r . to take this Job, Smith will have to arrange for some other accountant to take the - work which he now has in charge, if it be not finished by the first of the month. Mr. Smith will come to the city next Monday . and stay a day or two, that he may look over the ground and make some estimate as to the amount of the work required, after which the contract will be attested. He will return Wednesday evening and Thursday will start upon the real work of auditing the City Treasurer's books. It was stated last night that the city will pay Mr. Smith $25 a day for the work. The figure of $15 per day as at first given, was with the provision that the city pay all of the accountant's expenses while engaged upon the work. Smith intimated that he would accept $25 per day and pay his own expenses. It was thought best by the committee to arrange the contract in this manner as it Is almost impossible to estimate the exact expenses. SIX BOYS WILL ATTEND Richmond Lads Will Spend Six Days at Y. M. C. A. Gathering at Lake Geneva Next Week. Finalarrangements have been completed for the delegation of boys which is to represent "Richmond at the Boys' Conference of the Y. M. C. A.,! which will last six days at Lake Geneva. The boys will .leave iiere Tuesday morning and will return the following Monday.;-, Those attending will be: Paul Magaw, Herbert" Cotton, Earl Spangler, i Stanler Schaefer, Carl Eggemeyer.and Harry Shaw. Prof. N", C. Heironemus and Orville Brunson will have charge of the boys on the trip. More Cement Walks. The Board of Public Works adopted a ' resolution calling for the . construction of cement sidewalks on both sides of Linden avenue, and for the vacation of the alley between South. 1st and 2d streets from A to the first alley running west,' at Its meeting yesterday. Trolley Cars Collide. Johnstown. Pa., July 27. As a result of the head on collision on the Windber-Johnstown trolley line this this evening, seventeen people are at Memorial hospital, two of whom will probably ; die. One motorman. was badly hurt.

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HOW THE GOVERNMENT 13 "SOAKED" BY THOSE HAVING REAL ESTATE IT WANTS. (National News Service.) Washington, D. C. July 27.The only man living who saw the face of George Washington that Is the surprising title accorded to an octogenarian of this city, concerning whom certain interesting facts have Just been brought to light. Of course, it is not surprising that he should be the only one, but rather that, having seen the face of the first president who died in 1799 almost 107 years ago he should have reached .the age of only eighty. The figures hardly seem to jibe at first, although the explanation makes them clear. It was not during General Washington's life that Mr. Lane, of the eighty odd years, looked upon his features, but 72 years ago,? when in 1854 the body was removed' from the old vault to the tomb which it now occupies. The removal, which was made by stage coach, was an occasion of much ceremony, and in the crowd which gathered was the youthful Lane who had played truant in order to see what was going on. The little fellow climbed upon the driver's seat while the coach was waiting and was permitted to go along. At the tomb, before the body was laid away,' It being in a state of excellent pres-i ervation, one of the statesmen present lifted the boy up to look at the face, which was exposed. Thus It cornea ' about that Mr. Lane, though little over fourscore years of age. has looked upon the faces of Presidents who were elected and served In the different centuries the face of the first president, as well as that of the last. and many between. Some rather Interesting figures in the time-honored game known as "soaking the government" have 'just appeared, showing the tremendous premium which the government has to pay because it cannot transact business as a private corporation or individual. . According to ' these figures, when the land for the new Senate office building was bought, it was assessed at $232,000, and could probably have been bought by a private purchaser for $350,000. The government had to pay $748,000. For private purposes all the land between Pennsylvania avenue and the Hall an area ' of new and partially made land along t the river which is now being developed, may be worth $,000,000. But by those who have had to study the subject, it is asserted that this same land even under condemnation proceedings, would cost the government $50,000,000. And so the game goes on, it being a pretty well established axiom that a government, whether national or merely municipal, has to pay far more for - the acquirement and maintenance of property for the benefit of its citizens than would those same citizens in their private business capacities. And it all comes out of their pockets. Fortunately for the national pride', however, this ' merry game is played In other countries as well. Reports have just come from Scotland,' for example, stating that -after six years of continual financial loss, Glasgow has given up her attempt at municipalization of telephones. The city has been unable to compete with the private corporations and the people, tired of footing the, . bills, have decided to quit The significant part of the whole situation, however, lies in the fact that the unprofitable business , has been turned over, not to a private corporation, but to the postoffice. "Soaking the government" seems to be a universal game. BIG CROWD IS EXPECTED IS FRUIT SPECIAL DAY Demonstrations, for Preserving Fruit Trees and Other Growing Vegetation Will be Given at the Jsaac Dougan Farm. Tne Indiana Horticultural Society's "Fruit Special" win arrive In thli city today. The idea of the society In running this train Is to exemplify the work necessary to care for orchards, small fruit plantations, truck patches and gardens. Those who have charge of the train will go to the farm of Isaac Oougan in Spring Grove this morning where they will show how pruning, spraying, thinning and cnltlratlon should be done. The first .work win begin at ten o'clock and the afternoon session will begin at 1:30. Mr. and Mrs. Dougaa will supply a bountiful dinner to aO those who are on the grounds. It if ' expected that a large number of up ttf date Wayne county farmers will bl on hand to witness the exhibition.

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