Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 231, 18 September 1906 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXI. NO. 231. LIBERTY FIENDS STILLJT LARGE Mrs. Miller Is Still Confined to Her Bed and Shows Little Improvement. A CLUE HAS DEVELOPED IT IS SAID THAT TWO NEGROES WERE SEEN IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF MILLER HOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Liberty, Ind., Sept. 17. (Spl.)-r Mrs. Ora Miller, who was viciously assaulted Saturday niht. is still confined to her bed, ani shows no improvement over yestsrday white her assailants are still it lar.e, with little prospect of catchin,; them. The two negroes arrested at Connersville -will not he brought to Liberty as it has developed that they are well known in Connersville. and gave a satisfactory explanation of their whereabouts at the time the deed was committed. Cbie Ha? Developed. A clue has developed which Marshall Lines is now following. Two colored men were saen in The neighborhood of the Miller born: Saturday afternoon at the time the auction was being held there. It is thought that they are the fiends and tha;. just after dark, when Mr. Mi.ler was still busy In settling up his affairs that they slipped into the house. Marshal Lines has found that the robbers hid behind the bed. an.i were probably In the house at the time that Mrs. Miller took precaution to lock it Marks of mud on the floor show where they stood, while the bed was moved away from the wall more than the customary distance. Negro Answers Description. Mr. Miller says thi-t one of her assailants had cn a blue cent with brass buttons. Ona of the negroe? seen here Saturday is said to have had on such a garment. One story relative to the two strange negroes is th.it they were brought into town Saturday morring by a colored man living south of hereAn effort will be mads to lin 1 ?f this is tn-e. " The horse and surray which Louis Puckett missed shoriiy ifler dinnerSunday came into towi lats . in the afternoon without a driver. It is now thought that the horso wandered away from the grove in -which Mr. Puckett was hunting paw par.s and was not stolen. Every possible clue is being run down by -Marshall Lines but the peo pie here fear that the guilty men will never be found. BIG REAL ESTATE TRANSFER IS MADE John B. Dougan Buys the Vaughan Block on Main Street for $40,000. IT WILL BE MODERNIZED 3LOCK INCLUDES ROOMS OF MARY BROTHERS, N. A. KIRKMAN, EMPIRE CIGAR STORE AND PART OF CITY RESTAURANT. A deal was consummated yesterday whereby John R Dougan purchased from William Voughan and Anna whereby John R Dougan purchased "Vaughan, the Vaughan block on the and Eighth streets. It is stated that the property brought $40,000. This block is one of the oldest in jthe city and its business rooms on the ground floor are occupied by the Mary Brothers" notion store, the Kirkman bicycle store. Cavanaugh & Emmons cigar store, and the dining room of the City Restaurant. It is reported that. Mr. Dougan secured the property for the Second National Bank .and that In the near 'future the block will be remodeled. Officials of the bank last evening refused to deny or affirm this report except that it was probable that , the building would be improved along with some change to be made in the bank. Lawler on Vacation. Officer William Lawler and family will leave today for Indianapolis to spend a week. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Tuesday; Wednesday Increasing cloudiness; light, variable winds. OHIO Fair Tuesday; Wednesday in- - creasing cloudiness; light south

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CONTROLLER PARRY'S ESTIMATE OF MONEY NEEDED BY THE CITY FOR COMING YEAR.

Last evening at Council meeting the city controller submitted an estimate of the amount of money required by the city for the year 1904 and recommended that a tax rate of $1.06 be levied. Tho matter was discussed by council, but no action was taken. It was referred to the finance committee and the city attorney, whowill submit a report to council at an adjourned meeting which will be held Friday evening of this week. The following is the report of the city controller: Richmond, Ind., Sept. 17. 1906. Hon. Richard Schillinger, Mayor of the City of Richmond. Indiana: I herewith submit to you my revised estimate of the amount of money required by the city for the year 1907: Salaries Councilmen Mayor 0 00 Treasurer 1;?J ? Clerk 100 00 Attorney A Controller - v WJ0 00 Sinking Fund Commissioners Surety Bonds for Sinking Fund Commissioners.. -.. .. M Office Expenses for Clerk JJ0 00 Office Expenses for Treasurer w Office Expenses for Controller Witness Fees and Sundry Legal Expenses Printing Briefs, Transcripts, etc., 200 00 Interest on City Indebtedness Commission and Exchange Rebates on Liquor Licenses "V Rent of Ground dr? School Fund -o0 00 Beard of Public Works. Salaries Members of Board 3' Clerk of Board JJ0 00 Office Expenses V" Miscellaneous Expenses 1UU vu Salaries nn Janitor "O 00 Sanitary Inspector 20 00 Meat Inspector 4S0 00 Dairy Inspector 0 00 Flush Tank Inspector , 60 00 Superintendent of Pest House 144 00 Market Master 720 00 Miscellaneous Expenses Market Master . . 275 00 City's part of 'Streets and Alleys 5,000 00 V Water Rents for City Hydrants 15,000 00 Lighting City and Parks 24,000" 00 Public Buildings and Grounds 1,500 00 Pay Roll for City Parks - 4-000 00 Sundry Materials for City Parks 1.000 00 Street Commissioner Account. Salary of Superintendent 1.000 00 Pay Roll .. 17,000 00 Crushed Stone "000 0 Sundry Materials LJ00 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 500 0 Civil Engineer's Account. Salaries Civil Engineer . O00 00 Chief Clerk 20 00 Inspector 4o 00 Rodman - 50 00 ' Office Expenses 360 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 150 00 Fire Department. Salary of Chief i-100 00 Pay Roll .. 17500 00 Feed i'500 00 Miscellaneous Expenses , Crematory. Salary of Superintendent ... J.20 ? Coal " o0 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 500 00 Hauling Garbage 00 00 Public Advertising 4uu uu Municipal Electric Light and Power Plant. Pay Roll JOOOO Building and Equipment W " S:?rlrs -v..:.:::r: .v i3SS! Miscellaneous Expenses uu Department of Health and Charities. Salary ' rtA .n Secretary " J President and Treasurer -i-u uu City Physician - 00 Miscellaneous Expenses uu City Court. S3laSe . $1.200 00 . -S3X:::: For Special Judge Miscellaneous Expenses bU m Police Department 1 Salary of Commissioners .' J50 00 Pay Roll 'S0 00 Extra Police J" Feeding Prisoners na Feed for Patrol Horse Miscellaneous Expenses lo(J uu Total ..-.HS4.964 00 Considering the fact that practically the city's only sources of revenue are taxes, municipal light plant and liquor licenses, and taking into account the amount received from the last two items during the last year, it seems to me advisable that a tax rate of $1.06 be levied for the year 1907. You will notice that no mention is made in the above estimate for money for the payment of the appropriations heretofore made for the extension of the Municipal Electric Light and Power Plant, or for the subway under the Pennsylvania Railroad in West Richmond, nor for the Reid Memorial Tiosnital Respectfully yours. HOS,plta1' WEBSTER PARRY, City Controller.

MANY STRIKE ON WABASH WANT INCREASE IN WAGES At Springfield, Fort Wayne and Decatur, Boilermakers and Machinists Lay Down Their Tools What the Men Are Asking. Srr:n?-eld, LI., Sept. 17. Boiler makers and machinists are on strik? at the Wabash railroad shops here The men demand an increase in wages. They are getting 26 to 3? cents an hour and want 35 cents an hour. Between 300 and 400 men are out here. Fort Vayne. Ind., Sept. 17. One hundred and thirty-two machinists and boilermakers, in addition to helpers at the shops cf the Wabash railroad struck on refusal of the company to pay 22 cents per hour. Decatur, Ills., Sept. 17. Seventyone machinists and boilermakers employed at the shops of the Wabash Railroad company struck for higher wages. '.-"

WILL IT BE CHURCHILL?

FATE IS DECIDED TODAY New- Hampshire Republicans Will Hold their Nomination for Governor in Which There are Five Candidates for Position. Concord, X. H., Sept. 17. The ca before the Republican state conven tion found members of the party in a state of anxious uncertainty as to ths outcome of the five cornered contest for the gubernatorial nomination, which for months has involved the ftate in one of the most intense campaigns in its history. Xot one of the five avowed candidates for nomination as head of the ticket at the convention would make any claim of hav ing a majority of the delegates. Win ston Churchill, the novelist. Is one of the five cani - fc nomination. Fred Fromme and George Bayer left yesterday for Winona Technical

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RichmondIndiana, Tuesday Morning. September 18, 1905.

And we begin ATTENDANCE AT HIGH SCHOOL 352 First Day of Getting Ready Is Over and Work Begins at Once. FRESHMEN CLASS LARGE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTYTHREE ARE ALREADY ENROLLED AND MORE ARE YET TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST. The High School opened yesterday morning with an attendance or . . , i 11 Ai1 00-. 1 nis, now ever, is uui iue iuwi number expected to enroll for the term. Although the students went to their different classes in the afternoon, it will be today or tomorrow before they begin their regular work. The Freshmen class now has ii members which, when added to the few that will yet enroll, will without doubt, be the largest class in the history of the school. Usual Cry Was Heard. The usual cry that is heard on the first day of school was not missing, for on every hand you could hear a Freshman asking an older student or a teacher where to sit, and after being explicitly told, would invariably get in the w-rong room only to be told again where to go. The faculty remains the same as last year with two exceptions; the re tirement of Mrs. Edgar Hiatt and tne anoointment of Mr. J. O. Edgerton, as assistant in the Commercial department. . The commercial department is meeting with greater success this year than ever, and the number, of classes has had to be enlarged. Although only Juniors and Seniors are eligible to the course, a large percentage of the boys and girls see tEe advantage in it and where it is possible, they are taking the whole course. The Music Work. The Ladies Chorus and the High School Orchestra are preparing to or ganize this week and both hope to in crease their, membership and have a profitable year. These two organizations are a credit to the High School, and deserve support in all of their undertakings. NINETEENTH TO REUNE Old Soldiers Will Gather at Winchester October 3 -JoeI Bales Preparing Program. Winchester, Ind., Sept. 17. (Spl.) The Nineteenth Indiana regiment will hold their annual reunion in this city on Wednesday, October 3rd. A splendid program for the meeting 13 being arranged by Joel Bales. Over two hundred invitations to , members of the regiment have been sent ouL Unheard of for Thirty Years. Jacksonburg, Ind., Sept. 17. (SpL) Phillip Miller, of Los Angeles, Cal., is ihe oiest of his brother. J. J. Miller, whom he had not heard from fcr thirty years.

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THE HUNTING SEASON IS ON. to get the usual reports from Mr. Reckless Hunter.

JESSE MATTHEWS DEAD THE END CAME YESTERDAY Noted Jockey Passed Away at His Home in Hagerstown Until a Few Years Ago Rode Many Winners and Had Lately Trained Horses. Jesse Matthews the noted jockey died at his home in Hagerstown yesterday from a complication of di-; seases. He was 34 years of age. Last spring Matthews was compelled to give up active work at his training stable on account of failing health. Since then he has steadily failed in health. His wife survives. Matthews was one of the best known jockeys in this part of the country. He rode many gallant horses in his day and for several years was -identified with the Hardy Durham stabie at Lexington, Ky. Of late he has been . training horses. He owned some good animals perhaps 1 the best one being Capt. Gains. REPORT ON LIGHT PLANT OWES CITY A LARGE SUM City Controller Parry Submits Statement to Council Which Shows that City has $44,250.51 Coming from Plant. The City Controller last evening submitted to council a report on the condition of the Municipal Light Plant up to and including September 17. The report is as follows: Amount due city of Richmond from said plant, Sept. 3 $47,067 93 To which amount expended since Sept. 3 Pay Rolls .. ..$ 433 48 Coal 475 02 Building and Equipment .. 15 60 Meters 262 70 Repairs 15 93 Total $ L249 80 Grand total $48,317 84 Credits. By receipts of plant since noon, Sept. 3 - 4,067 33 Leaving balance due city from plant $44,250 51 ROCKEFELLER STILL SICK John D. Has Return of Indigestion and Is Not Able to Attend Favorite Church. Cleveland. O., Sei,t. 17. Owing to a return of the attack of indigestion with which he was stricken about two weeks ago, and from which he has not fully recovered, John D. Rockefeller did not attend service at bis favorite place of worship, the Euclid Avenue Baptist church. Rockefeller expects ta take his departure from his Cleveland home about the middle of next month. He will go direct to his country residence at Pocantico Hills.

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CARE OFJOBJECTS Calls on Russian Government to Insure Better Protection Along Baltic GERMAN RESIDENT KILLED EXCESS OF THE REVOLUTION ISTS CULMINATED IN' THE t DEATH OF A RICH MANJFAC1 TURER TERROR ACTIVITY. St. Petersburg, Sept. 17. The inse curity of life and property in the Bal tic provinces which culminated in the niurch of Herra Busch, rich German manufacturer and a leader of the Ger man colony at Riga, has led the Ger man embassy here again to make en ergetic representations to the foreign office concerning the adoption of measures for the protection of Ger man subjects. Busch was killed by agents of the revolutionary organiza tion engaged in levying tribute. Dr. Von Miguel, first secretary of the German embassy, called at the foreign office and presented the report of the German consul at Riga, regard ing the killing of Busch, who was struck down in his own factory. He called attention to the length of time the reign of terror has lasted. Al though the armed revolt was crushed, and the country reconquered by the forces under General Orion last winter, robberies and murders have continued unchecked for over a year and a half. There are 5,000 German subjects living in Riga. Tho .mri?s3 consul at Riga has not joined In this demand for protection. There are scarcely any Americans there. From Odessa, where the conditions are almost as bad as in the Baltic provinces, the embassies have been Informed that guards have been fur nished for the consulates and the resi dences of the various consuls. The mlnisteries of the interior, Jus tice and war have sent commissions to Investigate the recent massacre at Siedlce. The commissioners have been instructed to investigate espe daily the charges of unrestrained looting and killing by soldiers, and to fix the responsibility. KID BANDITS PUT AWAY Young Band Fashioned After Jesse James, Suffer for Thefts Which They Made. Easton. Pa.. Sept. 17. Two mem bers of the "Jesse James, Jr., gang" of Hellertown, which had planned among other crimes to wreck a train, burn a mill and blow up a hall, were arraign ed before Judge Scott, pleaded guilty to the larceny of books and other things from the public school build ings at that place and were sent to the house of refuge. They were William Bast. 15, who was captain cf the "gang, and Floyd Ettweln, 16 years of age. The latter's father is dead.

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EXPLOSION WRECKS Six Are Killed and Many Wounded as Result of the Work of Incendiaries. DYNAMITE MADE USE OF. PARTY OK EMISSARIES LEAVE HAVANA FOR EL CANE TO NEGOTIATE PEACE WITH GEN. DEL CASTILLO. i Havana, Sept. 17 A violent, explo sion occurred here and -wrecked two brick buildings. . Six persons were killed and many wounded. No details of the causeare-yet at hand. An in vestigation is Jbc inc made. The ex- . plosion Is thougbt'to bevthe work of incendiaries. The buiklings at one A caught fire. Dead and wounded aro still being taken fromithe wreckage. The buildings were insured. Some alcohol wasin storage in ono of the damaged buildings, but the force of the explosion1 causes the belief that' deliberate use of dynamite was made. Word has just reached here. of tho first fighting in Santiago province. Four hundred rebels under Colonel Dubois met the rural guardsmen at La Maya. The result of the engagement is not known. The inaurgenUleaders, Campos Marquettl and Carlllo, have withdrawn their forces from Guananjay and have agreed to the 'suspension of hostilities pending peace negotiations. Other Insurgent leaders, so far as they have been heard from, also are agreeing to the suspension of hostilities. Another party emissaries left Havana for El Cano for the purpose of negotiating with General Del Cas tillo, but it will be impossible to reach and confer with all the rebel leaders before Wednesday. The most hoped for now Is that Secretary Taft on his arrival will find matters In readiness for him to begin adjudication. The Moderates are not willing to make large concessions, and neither are the Liberals, considering their strength in the field, willing to recede much from the original demands. The government Is making earnest efforts to restore peace and avoid Intervention by the United States. The object of these endeavors, it is stated, is that it may be able to say by the time Secretary. Taft arrives hat peace is secured and that therefore there is no need for Intervention either to re store peace or Insure permanent tran quillity. Members of the government say they are making the effort in accord ance with the advice contained In President Roosevelt's letter; that they have no objection to the friendly as sistance of the United States In the matter if it becomes necessary, but that they believe they can settle it between the government and the revolutionists without the necessity of Intervention. At least they say they are making an attempt to accomplish this end unaided, and with fair pros pects of success. CHABLES WETTIG SUCCEEDS O'NEAL He Is Elected to Represent the Sixth Ward in the City Council. WERE FOUR CANDIDATES CHARLES NEAL, FORMER COUN CILMAN, RAN WETTIG A CLOSE RACE CIGARS WERE PRODUCED. Last evening the city council elected Charles Wettig. Republican, to fill out the unexpired term of W. ' P.; O'Neal, formerly councilman from the sixth ward, who, resigned to accept a position on the Board of Public Works. There were four candidates for the office, Harry Kauffmen, Wil liam Rhodes, Charles Neal and Charles Wettig. On the first ballot Kauffman, Neal and Wettig each re ceived three votes, throwing Rhodes out of the running. On the second ballot Wettig received five-votes, Neal three votes and Kauffman one. May or Schillinger then declared Wettig elected and he was sworn into office. After council meeting Wettig produc ed a box of cigars and "set 'em to the citv officials and newspaper men. requesting the latter to.be sure to spell his name righL Goes to Notre Dame. John Farager. who has been in charge of the club house at Cedar Springs, left last night for Notre Dame where he will complete his course la law.

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