Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 293, 18 November 1906 — Page 1

A ADIUM. OL. XXXI. NO, 293. Richmond, Indiana, Sunday Morning, November 18,1906. Single Copies, 3 Cents.

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COMER

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.Grasped Electric Light Bulb

and Either Was Killed by

Electric Shock or Died from

Broken Neck in Fall.

tT MINCK'S BREWERY

Believed that High Tension

Wire of Interurban Line

Came in Contact with Ser vice Wire of the Brewery.

Joseph Comer, ZZ years of age, re

siding at 203 North Second street, was almost Instantly killed last night shortly after 9 o'cloek, In the bottling

room of the Minck Brewing Co., on

West Main, street- Comer probably

was killed by an electric shock which

ho received as a result of grasping hold of the brass fixtures of an incan

descent lirht bulb, the current from a

high tension wire of the interurban

company having entered tne service

wire of the brewery as a result of a

contact between the two lines just

west of the brewery. It Is possible however', that Comer's death may not have been caused ' directly by the shock, for it was found by the coroner

that the man s neck had been broken

and a deep gash cut in the back of the

neaa, tne result or laumg upon me ce

ment floor. Worked at Piano Factory.

Comer was an employe of the Starr

Piano company and was a well known and popular man. Last evening ho had cone Into the botling room of the

brewery as frequently was his cus

tom, and .was conversing with an employe of that department. As the i . - i a r

evening a worK was comiiieieu, conitr went to the Main street door for the purpose of removing the incandescent electric light .which had been hung

outside while wagons were being load

ed. The bulb was attached to a long silk-insulated wire and Comer probably grasped hold of the brass fix-

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Local Contributions, to San Francisco Earthquake Sufferers NotPart of Graft.

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syM OF $1,128 SENT TO THAT ORGANIZATION AND ONLY $11.50 WENT DIRECT TO SAN FRANCISCO OFFICIALS."

While evidence of graft are being uncovered in connection with the distribution of the funds sent to San Francisco, it may be of Interest to

'Richmond people to know that Rich-!

roond contributions to the fire and earthquake sufferers fell Into good hands. There is every reason to believe that every penny sent by Richmond people, through the agency of the Palladium, went for the cause Intended. The Palladium collected a total of $ 1,1 39.50 which came In voluntary contributions from the people of Richmond. Instead of sending the money direct to San Francisco, as many cities were doing and thus taking a chance of getting it into wrong hands, the Palladium sent two installments, aggregating $1,12S to the treasurer of the United States Red Cross Society at Washington, as President Roosevelt requested should be done in his message to the people of America. The Palladium received receipts for tbese installments and they are on file In this office as also is the full list of the contributors. The sum of $11 -

50 which was received by the Palla-

dlum after the other money had been forwarded to the Red Cross society, was sent to Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco. This official sent a receipt to the Palladium. However, the great bulk of Richmond's contribution went direct to the Red Cross society and there can be no question that with this organization looking after the funds, the Richmond money was well spent. In the stories of alleged graft that have taken place in San Francisco, it appears that much money sent direct to that city may have fallen into bad hands. It was to safe-guard the Richmond funds that the Palladium did as President Roosevelt directed sent the money to the Red Cross society. -

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Snow in north; rain or snow in south portion Sunday; much colder; Monday probably fair, fresh northwest to north winds. OHIO Rain or snow and colder Sunday; Monday local snows and much colder; fresh to brisk west to northwest winds.

WAS KILLED BY BROTHER

DISTRESSING

ACCIDENT

Burrell Gartin, of Greensburg, Shot and Killed by His Eleven-Year-Old Brother Playing With - a Loaded Shot Gun.

IPubllshers' Press Greensburg, Ind., November 17. Burrell Gartin, fourteen yeas old. was accidentally shot and killed by

his brother, Beecher Gartin, eleven years old, at their home in this city today. The two Gartin boys and a

neighbor hoy, jonn Meyers, were in a

room alone, when Beecher picked up a

single-barrel shot gun and ran to the

other side. In some way the weapon

was discharged, the load striking Bur

rell in the side of the head and neck, tearing away the jugular vein and

causing almost instant death. The

Gartin boys were stepsons of Joseph

Wamsley.

GOLDFIELD HOTEL

RUINED BY EIRE

Judge James M. Ellis Among

Those Who Lost -'Their Lives in Flames.

SEVERAL WERE INJURED!

FIERCE WIND PREVENTED FIGHTING THE BLAZE SUCCESSFUL

LYSEVERAL BODIES - WERE

COVERED FROM RUINS.

SEASON'S EVENT

AT HAND

RICH

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The Great Fair of the Rich

mond Elks Will Be Open to Public Tomorrow.

THOUSANDS WILL ATTEND

SUCCESS OF UNDERTAKING IS AS

SURED AND PUBLIC WILL DERIVE THE BENEFIT OF MANY WEEKS OF HARD WORK.

Tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, the

doors of the Richmond Coliseum will

open upon the most stupendous . Indoor fair that "Indiana has ever witnessed.

AH day yesterday the Elks . were

busy as bees in a hive, that is a large number of them were, and today and tomorrow the finishing touches will

be put upon the decorations and the

building of booths, etc. There is lit

tle that can be said of the Elks' fair now. Everything has been told that possibly could be in advance of such an event, and tomorrow night the public will be given a chance to see whether the opportunities for wonderful bargains are there or not. Ad

mission ten cents, ana - everytnmg sold will be ten cents.

rPubllsher Pressl

Goldfield, Nevada, Nov. 17. Three persons are believed to have been cremated and a" number ' of others were more or less injured in a fierce

fire that destroyed the hotel Golfield shortly after six o'clock this morning.

Seventy-five other guests had to jump

from windows of the burning struc

ture for their lives. .The missing are

undoubted dead are:

JUDGE JAMES M. ELLIS, former city attorney and police magistrate of

Denver, Colo.

MRS. BOELLIER. residence un

known.-

A. H. HEBER, of A. II. Ileber and ComDany. Investment Brokers, Cali

fornia. Among those injured are:

C. D. Neunq. of Los Angeles and

San iTrancisco, capitalist.

F. B. Woods, Spokane, Washing

ton.

The loss incurred by the burning of

the hotel which was a modern struc

ture, is $140,000: insurance between

$30,000 and $40,000. , Fierce Wind Blowing.

A fierce cold wind blew while the

fire was in progress and for a time it

was thought the entire residence section " of the ; town which the flames

were" carried would be destroyed. The hotel was three stories in

height and so rapidly did the fire Col. Benton Silloway Will Now

spread that within thirty minutes af

ter it was discovered the building was

practica'.ly in ashes."

"A ser ch of the ruins disclosed the

remains of several human; bodies but

so badly burned that identification

was impossible. 1

Judge Ellis was a. member of, the

brokerage firm of Marshall,. Ellis and Company. He retired early last

night feeling ill.- None of 'those in the missing list have been , seen to

day despite of vigorous search. . That

they perished Is beyond all doubt.

PEARY'S HOME AGAIN OR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES.

SOLD HIS INTEREST

III WESTCOTT HOTEL

Retire Permanently from JHot el Business.

MRS. LOVE IS PURCHASER

FIRM WILL NOW BE GAY & LOVE

AND THE HOTEL WILL BE MAINTAINED AT THE - SAME HIGH STANDARD.

VICTIM OF ASSASSIN

Russian Military Official

Way of Many of His trymen.

Goes the Coun-

IPubllshers' Pressl St. Petersburg, Nov. IS. Advices re

ceived from Poltava, the capital of the

government of that name, state that

General Polkovinokoff, chief of the

garrison in that city, was assassinated

last night. The murderer escaped.

Gambler to Open an Art Gallery.

Col. Benton Silloway yesterday dis

posed of his interests in the Wescott

hotel to Mrs. Love, widow of the late

George Love, and the firm's name now will be Gay & Love, Mr. George

Gay to retain the same interest he has

held for sometime past. Col. Silloway will permanently retire from the hotel business and will go to Califor

nia to reside. He came to Richmond some years ago with Mr. Bayfield and

they purchased the Wescott from George C. Love. Later Messrs. Silloway and Brayfield took charge of the Delaware - hotel at Muncie and Mr. Bayfield disposed of his interests In the Wescott hotel to Mr. Gay and Mrs.

Love. Recently Mr. Gay sold his interest in the Delaware hotel in, Muncie and a few weeks ago Mr. Silloway also disposed of his interests. He has been here for several days and the deal whereby Mrs. Love takes his holdings in the Wescott and consumated yesterday. The Wescott hotel will be maintain

ed at the same high standard that has given it great prestige in recent years and Mr. Gay and Mrs. Love as the sole owners, have the best wishes

of Richmond people as well as the traveling public. Col. Silloway,

though coming to Richmond but a

few years ago, made many warm

friends during his brief residence and

their kindest wishes follow him to

his new home in the "golden" west.

BOARDING HOUSE ROBBED

THIEF GETS IN TRUNKS

Loots Stivenson Place on North Seventh Street and Mati Haul of About

$40 in Cash -Police Working . the Cace.

on

The Stevens boarding house, No. 333 North Seventh street, robbed yesterday by an unknown thief getting into the trunks, of three roomers, and getting in all about $40,, In cash. The thief was-a smooth one. He unlocked the trunks, took out the money and relocked the trunks. The robbery as reported to the police, and they, are working on the case.

All AUTO ACCIDENT INJURES ATHLETES

REMOVES

DEATH

LOUIS S. DAVIS

An Aged and Highly Esteemed

Citizen of Richmond Died Last NighU

LIVED HERE FIFTY YEARS

NATIVE OF FRANKLIN, O., BUT

MOST OF HIS LIFE SPENT IN

RICHMOND WAS 86 YEARS

OLD. ' '

Football Players of Washington College Were in Bad Smash Up.

NONE ARE FATALLY HURT

FELL THROUGH THE DOOR

LEE THURSTON'S MISHAP

ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT PITTSBURG FOLLOWING A FOOTBALL GAME IN WHICH INJURED MEN HAD PLAYED.

Slipped and Struck Face.'. Against

Plate Glass and Completely Shatter ed it Nose Was Badly Cut -The Accident Was a Peculiar One.

PAT SHEEDY AND ONE OF HIS ART TREASURES. Patrick F. Sbeedy, who for many years was a gambler and was noted In hit craft as a square man. has become something of an international character. TTn acquaintance with shady people enabled him to find and restore the stolen painting by Thomas Gainsborough, a portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire, which had been missing for a quarter of a century. ; Mr. Sheedy is now about to realize a lon cherished dream opening an art gallery in New York. ; lit ays be will deal only la the work oTthe old masters.--

Lee Thurston, of New Paris, an em

ploye at the John Y. .Crawford Dry Goods store, at 52S Main street, fig

ured in a very peculiar accident last

night, in .which his face was sadly disfigured. ...... . ...

ThurstcC way stalling on the side

walk, in the front of, the store, talk

ing to some friends and when he turned suddenly to return within the store

his foot slipped "upon the wet step and he' fell forward into " the plate glass door. His face struck the plate glass With terrific force completely shattering it. Thurston's nose 1 was badly cut across the bridge - "-

Publishers' Press J Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 17. flushed with victory on the gridiron over their old time rivals .three players and a rooter of the Washington and Jefferson college football team' are nursing serious injuries and a gloom hangs over the Red and Black headquarters as a result of an automobile accident late this afternoon. A big automobile carrying five members of the team and six rooters, enroute from Exposition park shortly after the game, was struck by an electric car at Fifth avenue and Wood street. The automobile was slightly damaged, the fender torn from the car and the front cab of the car partially demolish

ed. -. . . ..

The injured: .Kerr Price, quarterback of the W. &

J. eleven, bruised about the head and shoulders, right leg badly wrenched.

1 William Seaman; left guard, bruised about the hips and head. ... Harry Newman, right tackle, brujsed about the body, hurt internally. .William Mcechnie, - third baseman of the Washingt6n ball team, injured about legs" and hips.. , - -

Louis Sidney Davis, SG years of age, a resident of Richmond for a half cen

tury and a man who was held in high

esteem by a large circle of acqualn

tances, died last night at the Arling

ton hotel where he had been making

his home with his daughter, Mrs. Jos

eph P. Iliff. Mr. Davis had been bed

fast but a short time and his death

comes as a shock to family and friends. He waVa native of Franklin Ohio but the greater part of his life had been spent herp. Besides Mrs. Joseph Iliff the surviving children

are Thomas C. Davis, of Richmond; E. W. Davis, of Logansport; Sol. C.

Davis, of Richmond; James E. Davis,

of Chicago; Mrs. Geo. P. Boyes, Hv

ing north of Richmond and Mrs. T. J.

Bloom, of New Madison, O. He was a brother of Benjamin Davis, who at one time was owner of the

Palladium with David P. Halloway.

George M. Davis died last March, was also a brother. The funeral will be arranged later.

WRECK

TWO DIE IN A

OTHERS ARE INJURED

SHERRICK BACK

AMONG

FRIENDS

AND TO HAPPY Former State Auditor Was Released from Michigan City Prison Yesterday and Arrived at Indianapolis.

Bad Mishap on the Illinois Central Near Memphis, Tenn., Yesterday Afternoon Wreckage Took Fire.

TO DELIVER MEMORIAL

Dr. T. H. Kuhn to Speak at Connersville This Afternoon Will Preach Here Today Also.

Rev. T. H. Kuhn will go to Connersvllle this afternoon where he will deliver the K. of P. memorial address. Dr. Kuhn-will preach at the Christian church here, both this morning and tonight however, his morning sermon-being relative-"1 iielocal Y. M. C. A. project . -

Publishers' Press Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 17. Two men were killed and a third is said

to be missing as the result of a rear end coliission on the Illinois Central railroad near Ripley, Tenn., this afternoon. I . The dead: " WILL W. SCOTT, flagman. JOHN DRUM WRIGHT, Ripley, Tenn., passenger. The third supposed victim was an unknown passenger and a search Is being made of the wreck for his body. The more seriously injured are: A. F. Posey, Henning, Tenn., . and John C. Morris, Fulton, Ky. An engine and caboose running behind the local freight train which was carrying passengers is said to have run too close and dashed into tne latter. The wreck Immediately took fire. and the -greater portion ol the train was destroyed

FURNISHES BOND FOR APPEARANCE AT TRIAL

Sum of $5,000 Was Quickly Made Up and "Dave" Was in the Hands of His Friends and Relatives.

IPubllshers TTesaJ Indianapolis, Nov. 17. David H. Sherrick, former Auditor of State, released from the State penitentiary at Michigan City this morning, to be returned to the sheriff, of Marion county pending the new trial granted him by. the Supreme Court, arrived in Indianapolis at 10:20 o'clock this morning over the L.. E. & W. railway. He was in the charge of State Agent P. J.

Harvey, of the Michigan City institution, who but a week ago, came to Indianapolis for William Hinshaw. Sherrick walked out of the Marlon county court house at 11:35 o'clock a free man for the first time since he was convicted of embezzling State funds last April, having given bond before Special Judge James E. McCullough in the sum of $3,000. Five of his friends, all of whom volunteered for the service, made the bond for him. The men who signed the instrument were John B. Cockrum, William X. (Newton) Harding, William I Taylor, former Attorney-General of Indiana; Lorenzo D. Moody, real estate dealer, and Al. A. Womack, county assessor. 1 - He was met at the Union station by

a. ittxii) ui intruua iutu ouciiu-ivii ouui' bier, and as he entered John B. Cockrum's automobile In front of the Union station to be taken to the Marion county jail, a crowd of acquaintances

gathered around him. - As the automobile moved off across Jackson Place the crowd gave three tiger cheers for Sherrick. , Among those at the station to meet him were Auditor-elect John C. Billheimer, State Tax Commissioner Parks Martin, John B. Cockrum, J. A.

Gohen and Dr. Charles E. Cottingham.

He had hardly stepped off the train, when Gohen pounced down on him and placing both hands on Sherrick's shoulders heartily said:- "God bless

you, Dave; we're glad to see you back." And "Dave" speaking to all.

admitted that he was glad to be back. At the Marion county jail Harvey.

formally surrendered his man to Sheriff Sourbier.taking his receipt for him.

Ovation by Friends. Immediately after his arrival at the

jail, men and women crowded about

the former Auditor with expressions of congratulation and good cheer. Some of them put their arms around;

Sherrick's neck. The women were

all' smiles, but some of the men' cried.

The former Auditor of State toolc

the first opportunity to telephone to

his mother-in-law, Mrs. W. X. Manlove, and his sister-in-law," Miss CHf fie B. Manlove. Sherrick gave them a cheery greeting and made arrangements to lunch with them as soon as he could arrange .his bond. A moment later Sherrick brother, Howard, Sherrick, and the latter'H wife and little daughter, and Mrs. Walter Trin-

gle, Sherrick's sister, entered the Jail, and gave Sherrick an affectionate greeting. A dozen others followed in the space of five minutes. Sherrick appeared almost overjoyed to se. them and spoke to every one of hia. callers with a new note in his voice.

In Fine Spirits. "Yes, I'm feeling fine," Sherrick said

in answer to some of the observations

made by his friends. "The outdoor

life has agreed with me. As a fine

sanitorium, I think., I caa recommendthe "Reid Hotel" to, my I was going

to say I could recommend it to my

friends, but 1 guess that III change that and say that I recommend it to

my enemies." JEROME'S LONG LETTER

Takes 14,000 Words to Tell Gov. Hlg-

gins What Cannot be Done to Insurance Companies T'

IPufcllshers Pres, New York, Nov. 17. District Attor

ney Jerome today sent a 14,000 word letter to Governor Higgins, saying

that he had examined all the testi

mony taken befc.-- il e Armstrong

committee, and after examining the laws could find no law on which he could prosecute any of the insurance officiate.

Mr. Jerome said he could find no

evidence of crime under the laws and would therefore prosecute no one criminally except the officials of the mutual reserve, now under Indictment for forgery, and larceny.

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