Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 302, 27 November 1906 — Page 1
SEE THE OPENING CHAPTER OP "THE PHLOGPEE IB ALL" OA7 PAGE 7 THUS USQUE.
RICHMOOT) AT ,ABIUM H WOh. XXXI. NO. 302. Richmond, Indiana, Tuesday Morning, November 27, 1905. Single Copy, One Cent. MAY TRY AGAIN TO BOY LIGHT PLANT CHICAGO NEGROES SEEMINGLY SIGHS OF SILVER CLOUD THE WEATHER PROPHET. MAKE HARD FIGHT INDIANA & OHIO Cold and generally fair, except snow near Lake Michigan, brisk and high winds.
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AGAINST LECTURE
:irst Threaten to Enjoin Senator Tillman From Speaking and Then Offer an Indemnity of $5,000.
BLOODSHED AND RIOT
FEARED BY AUTHORITIES
woman Promoter of Affair De
clares the Senator Will Speak and She Will Act as His Body Guard.
Publishers Press. Chicago, Nov. 26. Threats of legal roceedings to prevent Senator Ben
fillman from speaking tomorrow ev-
ning at Orchestra Hall, and promises f $5,000 indemnity to the promoters they would "call off" the lecture,
Lnade by a delegation of colored lead-
rs in a dramatic interview with Mrs.
Kdele J. Keeler, financial agent of the
hicago Uniform Hospital, occurred
In her office today. Th cored men
V ho called on Mrs. Keeler by appoint
ment were The Tie v. A. J. Carey, of
Bethel church; Dr. Charles K. Bent-
K"3 a dentist and juiius r. iayior,
ditor of the Broad Ax. Fear Bloodshed and Riot.
"Senator Tillman will speak," de-
lared Mrs. Keeler to the committee.
"Maybe he will," muttered Rev. Mr. 'arey. chairman of the committee.
Irs. Keeler Informed the committee
hat the eneraeement would not be
ancelled.
The best thing the colored people
an do is to attend tne lecture ana "have," said Mrs. Keeler. "That
ill make the best impression possible
br the race. I will not be intimidated
this committee or any one else." "We cannot be responsible for cer
tain elements of the negro population n Chicago," Carey said. "We fear
loodfched and riot."
The Offer of $5,000.
The committee announced that they ill endeavor to have the Senator cn-
oined from speaking in Chicago.'
Why, if Roosevelt himself, after
e retires irom tne presidency was nnonnced for a lecture, you would
ry to stop him," said Mrs. Keeler to he colored committee.
No. 'he has made only one recent
Mistake. ' There ar only three pub-
c speakers whom we want to stop,"
eplied Dr. Carey. "They are Varda-
han, tne governor or .Mississippi;
ohn Temple Graves and Tillman, the
rchbishop of opposition to the ad-
ancement of our race, the, man who
ould strip the colored men of all in-
ellectual qualities and make him out
Tamte."
The example or Cleveland women
sas cited to Mrs. Keeler bv Carev.
The woman there had engaged Till-
lian for a cnarity lecture, but when
hey saw it created feeling, they can
died the date." said the colored pokesman. "Can't Chicago women o as much? Finally th colored men offered Irs. Keeler the sum of $3,000 for the ospital If she would have Senator
"illman's lecture cancelled.
The First Blood Spilt. First Blood has been shed as a re-
ult of the bitter dispute over the
foming lecture.
Arthur Kehoe, a white man, is near
leath In the county hospital and John
'leming. a negro is under arrest, harged with shooting Nehoe in a
attle which was started by a dispute
ver Tillman. Folowing the first bloodshed inci-
Dent, missionaries werp sentthrou?h
he"blaek belt today by the colored
Ministers association urging that the
egroes remain away from the vicin-
ky of Orchestra Hall tomorrow even-
ig. "Unless the colored people igore the words of the ministers,"
aid Rev. A. J. Carey, "there will be
o demonstration when Senator Till-
han lectures."
Best Story Yet. - . y On page 7 of this issue" the' Palladium begins the best story that it has yet published. It is none other than 'The' Filiggree Ball", by Anna Katherine Green, perhaps the premier of authors who write detective stories. It is a-story of murder and mystery told in ' the best vein of the genius that gave "The Leavenworth Case" to unnumbered readers. The story is known' to many booklovers of- Richmond "and- to those who have not read it, the Palladium urges the persual of the first chapters and to those who have already read the absorbing story it will not be time wasted for them to make a second study of the serial. The story will be published in installments, daily except Sunday until finished. v
Board of Works - and Supt.
Neff Agree, Now up to the Higher Officials.
YESTERDAY'S CONFERENCE
CHANGES MADE IN WEST SEC
OND STREET VIADUCTS
AGREEMENT, SATISFACTORY
TO BOTH PARTIES.
WEEK OPENS SPLENDIDLV
FUND IS NEARLY $12,000
Secretary Brown Highly Encouraged, Enthuses Young Men's Committee at Meeting Last Night Modern Woodmen Lodge Votes $100.
This week opened most auspiciously Mr the Y. M. C. A.. Last evening a meeting of the Young Men's committee was held and a canvass of funds showed that 1,585 had been raised during the day. This with the money raised last week brings the fund up to $11,613. Reencouraged by the words of Secretary Brown who sees nothing but success ahead, the members of the committee went out to do better work than ever before. Although not , counted in the fund raised yesterday, the Modern- Wood
men at their meeting last night vot
ed to give $100 to the movement"a3 a lodge while the members individually were urged to give in a generous manner.
AN EARLY MORNING RUN
Fire Laddies Called From Cozy Beds . to Respond to Fire From a Defective Flue.1
The fire department was called to the residence of R. Hall at S20 North
Sth street early this morning where j a small blaze originated in a defective flue in the kitchen. The damage will i
not exceed fifty dollars.
Supt. Neff of the' Richmond divis
ion of the Pennsylvania, left last
night for Pittsburg to confer with
hieher officials relative to the West
Second street viaducts. He took with him the agreement submitted to the city by the railroad company, which was gone over thoroughly yesterday at a conference between Supt. Neff and the Board of Works. Numerous changes were made, although in a general way the city and the Pnnsylvania company seem to agree as to the manner in which the West Second Street Improvement shall be executed. Yesterday's conference lasted the entire afternoon and at the conclusion both sides had practically reached an agreement, though
it was verbal, neither side signing the document in hand. When the higher Pennsylvania officials and the city city council ratify the agreement as entered into yesterday then the con
tract will -'be signed. Board Wants to Know Cost.
The Board of Works insisted that it
would not enter into an agreement with the Pennsylvania until a relia
ble estimate on the cost of the via
ducts were made and submitted to the
city for its approval. Supt. Neff
agreed to this.. In a rough way, has
ed on previous estimates, it is figured that the cost of the two viaducts together with street improvements will be about $42,000. of which the rail
road company is to pay 60 per cent,
the city the balance.
Other parts of the agreement are
much the same as formerly and in a
general way are as published in the
Palladium some days ago.
One of the special provisions is that in the event that an interurban or
street railway line is built along West
Second street where the improve
ment is made, the Pennsylvania
wants it understood that such com
pany must pay halt ot the cost now levied against the Pennsylvania. State street which is encroached upon by the railroad company wtyl not prove a serious obstacle. In the event that a part of the street is va
cated, the property owners affected will have their interests protected by the city. Council will hear the agreement in full next Monday night and the matter will finally be adjusted within a few days thereafter. The
MUCH RAIN LAST WEEK According to the records, Walter Vossler, local weather observer, last week's righest temperature was 6S degrees, on the 21st. The . lowest was 20 degree, a record made on two days, the 23rd and 24th. The rain fall was 1.02 inches on the ISth; 1.33 on the 20th and .12 on the 21st.
construction of the viaducts and the improvement of the street will take place early next spring.
Project Moving Nicely. The West Side park project is moving along nicely and the members of the West Side Improvement association feel assured that the . city will take favorable action when the time comes to present it to council in a formal manner. s
Founder of the Coal Tar Industry.
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SATAN f have a pretty bad name, b ut I'm not as mean as that! The President is the moving spirit of the new investigation of the graft scandal in San Francisco, here over $1,000,000 of the earthquake relief funds is missing. News-Item
GREAT TRACT! MERGER FORMING
Practically All of the Interurban Lines in Indiana Included in it.
AFFECTS RICHMOND ROADS
MRS. D W. WALTERS WON THE FINE TURKEY GIVEN AWAY BY PALLADIUM
Contest Exceeded fondest Expectations, Two Hundred and fifty One Persons Trying for the Prize A Similar Contest Next Sunday.
HUGH McGOWAN HEAD OF GREAT SYSTEM, THE" INCORPORATION PAPERS OF WHICH WILL BE FILED SOON.
SK LIGHT PUNISHMENT
ENGELBERT CASE TODAY
ttorney Perry J. Freeman Will Represent the Prisoner and Will Present Petition Signed by Many Richmond People.
The case of Theodore Englebert. a iember of the city letter carrier rce. now under indictment for rifling te mails, will likely be called in the
?deral court at Indianapolis today. A
tition signed by many Richmond
eople, will be presented to the court
sking that leniency be shown the efendant because of his previous
xkI record. Attorney Perry J. Free-
Iian. ex-postmaster, will present the
k?tition and will urge that litrht nun-
hment be meted out.
Palladium's Story.
Every reader of the Palladium lould follow Anna Katherine Crcen's, The Filigree Ball." which begins in lis issue. Beyond doubt 'ho best ory yet published br the Palladium.
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SIR WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN. A notable British visitor to the United States Is Sir William Henry Perkln. famous among chemists and manufacturers as the founder of the coal tar .color Industry. When en!r eighteen years old. fifty years ago. he discovered the mauve dye. upon which the immense production of coal tar colors is based. Since then 'r William, who was knighted years afterward forTHs great service In this discerery. has devoted his time to chemical research. His writings on tcientlflc subjects are voluminous and valuable. . .
The Richmond Street & Interurban
Company and the Indianapolis Ac Eastern and Dayton & Western traction companies, which were "made
one, by tne merger wnicn was consummated .some months ago, are
again to figure in a traction combine, this time to be merged with practi
cally all of the Indiana lines.
Plans for the organization of the
gigantic holding company are gradually being developed by Hugh McGowan, of Indianapolis, and it is thought that incorporation papers will be filed
before the first of the new year. De
tails of the big, merger are now being
worked out. Daily conferences are, being held at Indianapolis and lawyers are actively engaged in preparing volumi3us documents. No official announcement of the merger has yet been made.- but it is known that the syndicate men hope to complete their plan next month. They have been working on it for a year or
more. The new holding company -will include eigUt interurban -main lines. The main lines to be merged are those of the -Indiana Union Traction, Indianapolis & North western, Indianapol & Western," Indianapolis & Martinsville, Indianapolis Coal Traction, Richmond Street & Interurban and Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley traction companies. These roads, with the numerous ttranch lines controlled by them, will make the largest, or the second largest, traction system in the world.
BURGLAR FOUND AN
EMPTY CASH DRAWER
The winner of the Turkey Contest
in the Sunday Palladium was Mrs.
D. V. Walters, 107 South 9th street. Mrs. Walters' coupon h.eld the number "26" which was the correct num
ber of times the word "turkey" appeared in the various advertisements in Sunday's Palladium. In all there were 251 answers returned to th.3 Palladium office before ten o'clock .yesterday morning. Of these 233 were incorrect and 17 besides Mrs. Walters
contained the right number "26". The names of the people who turned in
correct numbers are printed below In the order in which they were taken
from the box: 1 Mrs. D. W. Walters, 107 South 9th street. 2 Vesta Wilson, 226 South 9th street. 3 Raymond Jones, 412 North 21st street. - 4 Ethel O'Connell, 515 Sheridan street. 5 Rudolph Rife Knode, 42 South
8th street. 6 Earl E. Muhl, 327 South 8th street. 7 Harry Besselman, 107 South 2nd street. 8 J. L. Cones, Box, S. W. 2nd street. 9 Russell H. Noss, 100 South 22nd street. 10 Mrs. Harry Metz, 416 South 5th street. - - J , 11 Gloster Garrett, 1021 North "J" street. 12 Esteila' Nollarn, 426 South 6th street. 13 Chas. Winkler, 45 North 8th;
street. 14 J. M. .Staufer, 322 'North 5th street. 15 K. H. Walser, S. W. 7th street.
16 Elizabeth Kolp, 114 North 9th street. 17 E. V. Parry, 226 North 9th street. 18 Mrs. Wm. Kamp, 30.6 South 10th street. The following is a list of the advertisements according to page, In which the word turkey appeared and
its number: Page 2.
No
Want Ads., for sale, classification, D. E. Weller. l Page 3..
Lee B. Nusbaum's Ad.... 1 Page 4. Fred Lahrman's Ad 5 Page 6. Neff & Nusbaum's Ad 2 Page 8. Emmons Tailoring Co's. Ad 3 Ferd Grothaus' Ad 3 Page 10. ' Routh's Music Store Ad 2 Geo. Brehm Co's. Ad 2 Long Bros.' Ad 2 Page 11. The Starr Piano Co's. Ad. 1 Irvin Reed & Son's Ad l Page 12. The Peter Johnson Stove Store's Ad 2 Waking's Ad l
Total 26 The great interest this5 contest .has
aroused among our subscribers is so encouraging that we are' going to
have a similar contest in next Sunday's Palladium. " A turkey will be
the first prize and besides this there will be. two other prizes the nature
if which will be announced later on in
the week. We would suggest that in
next bund ay s contest you pay parti
cular attention to the conditions sur
rounding it and be sure you under stand every point. ,
Known That Eastern Syndi cate is Still After Richmond Municipal Venture.
A SALE IS NOT LIKELY
ON ACCOUNT OF RECENT REVEL. ATIONS OF THE TRUSTS PLANS CITY ADMINISTRATION IS ALL THE MORE CAUTIOUS. ,y
VALUABLE HORSES FOUND
Animals Thought to Have Been Stolen From Woods Stock Farm Had Strayed Away.
The stove store of the Peter John
son Co., was entered by burglars during Sunday night entrance being gained by prying open a rear door. The cash register was broken into but it
had been emptied of its treasure Saturday night as usual, and the burglar
got nothing for his trouble. The mat
ter was reported to the police yester
day. ,
The "two -valuable- horses thought to have been stolen from W. L. Woods owner of the Woodland Heights stock farm south of the city, have been found. The' horses broke from the pasture and went east to-
TIME OF VISIT UNKNOWN
English Teachers Will Not be Here
in November But May Come in December.
Supt. Mctt of the city bchools said yesterday that he has no definite information as to the time that the delegation of English educators will visit Richmond. He was notified re
cently that the party which will visit
LAURA SCOTT UNDER
ARREST FOR THEFT
Laura Scott a colored servant in
the home of E. G. Hill at 1315 South
A street was ' last night arrested for
pilfering money from the Hill home
The Scott woman has faced the po-
ice cour several times before on the
ward Dayton, the tome of "Queen ; this section of the countrywould not Lil," which mare had been entrusted j be here in November as originally into Mr. Woods by Adam Schontz, - the A tended and this makes it appear that well known fuckeye horse lover, the visitors will be here sometime They were found by Ed. Unger, a far- i during December. Until definite informer living near West Alexandria, j nation is received, however noth'ng He put them in his barn and seeing j wiI1 be done relative to preparing a
Mr. Woods ad in the Palladium sent word to him. The' horses had been going at a good pace and were fatigued. " -
Cottage Prayer Meeting.
reception for the Britains.
Officers Elected.
A cottage prayer meeting will be
held this afternoon at 7:30 o'clock atiG.;
the home of J. W. Mount, 423 Rich- f Trustee, Chas,
The Richmond lodge of I. O. O. F. met at their hall last night for the annual elections of officers.- Joseph Coates was elected tr the office of N.
Harry Grand, V. G. Burdsall.
Miller, Treasurer and
That the time is coming and short ly too, when" the syndicate which owns the Richmond Light, Heat Com. pany will again make a strong effort to purchase the city light plant is be Jieved by members of the city admin, istration. In fact just following tha unsuccessful conquest which the eastern capitalists made last spring, it was stated by a representative of, the company .that though outwitted In the first battle, the campaign bad only started and thus indicated that sooner or later the attempt would again be made. The fight which th private corporation Is preparing to wage against iVe city plant Is but a preliminary to the offer of purchase;
a mere nirtatlon, in fact, but a style of flirtation that will make many peo
ple warmer backers of the city plant
than ever before: It is declared that
the Eastern syndicate is greatly put
out by the failure made last spring; to take in the city plant, and smarting'
under the fore of the defeat, a hot
ter competition than ever before is to be offered, in hope, it is said, that the city will soon tire of the battle
and surrender.
All Officials Against Sale. It has been said on the best of au
thority that there is no more likelihood of the city parting wij;h Its elec
tric light plant at any time In the
near future than last spring when
the tempting offer of the easterners was turned down without evca thanks. Every member of the coun
cil, it is declared, in addition to the mayor and the board of public works stands for the retention of the city plant and thus securely barricaded
against the threatened inroads of a big syndicate, the fruits which competition have brought to Richmond
licvpic Will UlJl BUVU UKT IU1VWI1 awjiv.
The discovery that the big financial
interests are trying to grasp all of tho municipal light plants in Indiana has done much locally to strengthen the position of the city officers who maintain that the city will be a loser should It dispose of its plant. W. H. Blodgett, of ho Indianapolis News, who has been uncovering nome of the evidences of the big trust's operations in Hoosierdom, was in Richmond yesterday gnd it is supposed that he was investigating the conditions that prevail hero with reference to the city's light plant.
FREEMAN CASE IS BEGUN STATE GIVES TESTIMONY Evidence Tended to Show That Prisoner Had Made Threats Against rtis Victim Prior to Their Encounter.
In the Wayne Circuit Court yesterday the trial of Albert Freeman charged with assaulting B. B. Williams with intent to commit murder, was called for trial before Judge Fox' and a jury. Freeman slashed Williams with a pocket knife during an encounter which occurred at Whitewater, Franklin township, on the night of October CI. Prosecutor Jessup is looking after the interests of the State and Freeman is being defended by Attorney Byran C. Robbins. Witnesses for the ?(:ate yesterday
gave testimony which tended to show that Freeman had made threats
against Williams some months prior to the actual encounter. The State will rest "this forenoon, probably. : There are a large number of Frank
lin township people in attendance.
some as witnesses and others who
came to listen to the proceedings.
Freeman's wife and children are with,
him in the court room.
LADIES CHORUS WILL
NOT GO TO MARION.
Richmond's Ladies Chorus, an or
ganization which received much favorable mention during the Stats
convention of music teachers at In
dianapolis a year or so ago, will not
take part in the coming contest of singers at Marion. Because of the inability of several members to take
part it was decided to abandon the
trip.
CHESTER AID SOCIETY
TO MEET TOMORROW
The Ladies Aid Society of Chester,
will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lee Fulgham. The bazaar which was to have been held next Friday afternoon Las been nostponed
same charge.
mond Avenue.
"I John Pierce, secretary,