Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 344, 14 January 1907 — Page 1

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Richmond, Indiana, Monday Morning, January 14, 1907. VOL. XXXI. NO. 344. FAST BECOMING' A MAY GET FIVE YEARS "COOII" THIEF RECOVERED FOUR HUNDRED AT DIG MASS MEETING Man Discovered Richer Than Rockefeller. HOUSE DIVIDED . AGAINST ITSELF HECOGIIIZED POWEH WAS CAUGHT AT LAUREL

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White Winged Dove Not on Duty in Democratic Legislative CampFACTIONS IN BATTLE ARRAY

THE BREACH BETWEEN ADHERENTS OF "OILY TOM" TAGGART AND THE ANTIS CONTINUES TO WIDEN. f (By Demat S. Coe.) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 13. On tne eve of the second week of the general assembly there Is a general feeling that both business and party politics will cut considerable figure In the deliberations of the legislators, especially In the lower house, where the division between republicans and democrats Is so close that the leaders of both sides dare not doze for an in'rtant. 'Politically, the legislature Is in a peculiar way. Not only do the democrats have ' to watch the corners of .Mi)iinc tn Tirpvent the reDublicans from planning and executing a coup, but there apparently la a wide breach between the Taggart and anti-Taggart wgtgs of the democratis party itself. It the house where the republican nfiljority Is very small, a few bolting publicans might give the democratic manipulators the winning hand, While it also is true that on a purely political issue some of the democrats antagonistic to either-Taggart or the anti-Taggart forces might line u$ with the republicans. In the senate he democrat are badly worsted, the republicans having 37 members to their opponents 13. There is no danger, therefore of serious conflict there. But there are mutterings of war to the knife between the two factions of the thirteen democrats. With united front the thirteen might not be able to do anything In the way of effective opposition for or against any proposed legislation, but united they could wage a fight that would prove to the democratic forces In the state at large that they are here to ao what they can in sticking to Jeffersonian policies. However, there is a division In the democratic senatorial forces. The caucus placed Senator uai vooa Bomra?-jj?.tw4i)4. floor leaders because the aommaung power of Thomas Taggart so willed it, thereby sidetracking Senator Ert Slack, the man who stands head and shoulders above Wood In brilliancy, it Id asserted. Slack, by his courageous stand against bossism in his pari- - tha lastine Tiatrpri of L y uas xzai iu the Taggart forces and they determined to give him a lesson. Leaving Slack and Wood out of consideration, there are eleven other democrats 'in the senate. Six of these stand by Wood as leader; five will cling with tenacious loyalty to Slack if occasion requires. There is a" feeling" that Slack will not openly oppose the Taggart forces. He will endeavor to make his record by standing for or opposing good or bad measures no matter whether they emanate from republican or democratic members. Recognizing that In politics he is not lined up with the wing that is in control of the machinery, Slack probably will not intentionally burn his fingers In political play but will jstlck , to business. . , '-, ; Owing to the fact that Senator Martin Hugg and Senator Roscoe Kirkman, of Richmond, both have presented anti-trust measures, and they are practically identical, the judiciary committee which will consider them likely, will discard one or the other. Senator Hugg's bill being the first to (Continued On Page Four.) FUNERAL OF JOHN KEYS Aged and Venerable Resident of Centerville Will' be Laid to Rest -Tuesday Afternoon. The funeral of the ased and venerable John W. Keys of CenterviUe will take place Tuesday at 1:30 o'clock from his late residence in CenterviUe. The Rev. Charles Francisco paster of the Whitewater Friends church of this city will officiate at the services. The burial will be in the CenterviUe cemetery. " Mr. Keys is the father of Charles A. Keys the harness merchant of 616 Main street of this city. A REALITY BEFORE LONG Indianaporfs and "Hamilton Traction Line is Now Busy Buying its Right of Way. Indications are that the proposed new traction road from Indianapolis to Hamilton, O., will be a reality before long. Agents of the .. road iave within the past . few days bought rights of way between College Corner and Liberty and have paid for ' the ground in , cash. " This' looks as though there ' would soon be action on the construction of the road. The road will connect at Hamilton with lines for Cincinnati and1 other Ohio

ILLINOIS . LAWS SEVERE Car Breaking is Punished With Stiff Sentence in Illinois and John Locke is Likely to Languish in Pen for a Time. . -

The local authorities are very well pleased over the capture of the notorious John Locke, and express the hope that he will have no further opportunities to slip through the clutches of the , law. As stated yesterday there is no question but that Locke will be tried at Mattoon, where he is wanted for car breaking. He stands a chance of getting a long sentence in Illinois, as the punishment for breaking the seal upon a car Is very severe In that state, the minimum penalty being five years. He is under indictment in Richmond for grand larceny, and the local authorities can easily get him when his time at Joliet expires. KNOWN IN LOCAL CIRCLES Frank Braffett Highly Recommends Gwylin Miles, Who Appears at Pythian Temple Tonight. "1 take great pleasure in recommending Mr. Gwylin Miles who appears in song recital at the Pythian Temple tonight. He Is generally recognized as one of our few really great singers, and his work tonight should be a rare treat. "FRANK BRAFFETT." YOUIIG RUIIAVAYRETURHS WAS GLAD TO GET BACK Herbert Freeman Decided That His Thirty Cents and his Companion's $10 was not Enough, Money to Make Contemplated Trip. Herbert Freeman the fourteen year old boy who last Monday decided to start out into the world on his own liuofc - ratio r-h& ?v4iri"ti Ah'a ?I1 ar military academy at Germantown, O. has returned to his home in this city, fully appreciating the meaning of the phrase "rubbing up ' against the world." Young Freeman got as far as Louisville, Ky and at that point, according to his statements In regard to the trip, decided to return home as his clothes were not heavy enough to protect him against the severe winter weather which he encountered. He also said that finances were running low as he only had thirty cents while his companion, and former room mate at school only had $10. He will probably return to school at Germantown. ASKS FAIR CHANCE FOR CHRISTIANITY The Rev. Wade Declared That the Church Had Not Had Square Treatment. IT WAS MUCH HAMPERED DECLARED THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAD COUNTENANCED UNCHRISTIAN ' LIKE MEASURES. In a discourse that abounded in apt illustrations, and which held the at tention of his auditors until the final word fell-from his lips, the Rev. Raymond Wade, last night, at the First Methodist church, made an eloquent plea for a "fair chance for Christianity in 1907." In his opening remarks he laid stress upon the fact that there was a twin relationship between things-that were for material good, and those that contemplated spiritual frood. The speaker urged upon his hearers the uplifting of the banner of Christianity, and declared himself as being of the belief that the church during the year just closed had noi had a fair chance. There was a great and growing need for spiritual sani tation as well as physical sanitation Great placards warned humanity against houses in which there was in fectlons disease, but that the youth of the cities and towns of Indiana ev ery day passed dens of iniquity that were ready to draw them down to ev erlastlng perdition. There were no warning signs here. Members of tho general assembly who claimed to be christians introduced into that body under the guise of temperance legisla tion measures that they contemplated the continuance of these infamous places under an increased license. The speaker longed for the day when they would cease to be a blot upon

Frank Horning is Returned to Rich, mond to - Face Charges Brought Against Him by Harry MeU To be Arraigned Today. ' ;. ,:-

On a warrant sworn out in this city and carried to Connersville by Harry Metz, Frank Horning was arrested in Laurel, Ind., by a Fayette county official on the charge of petit larceny, Horning having stolen a "3pon" dog and two "coon" hides from Henry Korvis and Harry Metz, two trappers of this city. Horning made his "get away" from this city last week, but Saturday morning MerJ.z armed with a warrant went to Connersville and tbenca to Laurel where his man was rounded up. Horning was left in Connersville last night but will be brought to this city today where he will face charges brought against him. j recovered his hides and dog. - the Metz IS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED Sharon Jones Sends Telegram Concerning the Condition of Dr. Gilchrist at Pittsburg. J. A. Seaton received the following telegram yesterday from Sharon E. Jones concerning the condition of Dr. Gilchrist of Pittsburg: "His condition is slightly improved but he Is still very ' sick. He' sends love to all of his Richmond friends." ; SERVES WARNING Oil THE IIEGBOES First One Caught Insulting White Woman at Richmond, ; . Va., Will Be Killed. SO DECLARES NEWSPAPERS AN ALARMING STATE : OF. AF STATE FAIRS IN METROPOLIS OF THE OLD DOMINION. Publishers' Press.l Richmond, Va., Jan. 13. Several times within the past two weeks white women and girls have been accosted in Insulting and threatening manners by negro men. These inci dents have occurred In several sections of the city, and with special frequency along Grace and Franklin streets, which is a very secluded residential section, and invariably in the late afternoon or early evening. Heretofore it has been the boast of Richmond people that women might go about the streets unattended - and with perfect safety. Now there is a kind of panic among the white women, who don't dare to move out of doors at or near nightfall without an escort. In discussing the alarming state of affairs," the News Leader makes use of the following editorial comment: "This is a new condition for Richmond and it will not be tolerated. We don't believe the offenders are our own colored people. The Rich mond negroes have lived here too long and have the habit of decency and self respect and good behavior so well established that we .cannot imagine them guilty of such acts. We are inclined to think the offenders are some ten or' fifteen loafers from outside who have straggled in here. The first of these who is caught fcy any white man will be killed. There are no two ways about that. Our people are not used to such conduct and will not stand for it. The streets of Richmond will be kept safe for women day and night. We want no Atlanta business here and will not have it." REJOICING ON SAN JUAN Passengers and Crew Hppy When They Learn That Sister Ship is Safe. ; Publishers Press.! .New York. Jan. 13. There was great rejoicing on board the steamer San Juan among the crew and pas sengers when she arrived at quarantine this afternoon from Ponce on learning that their sister ship the Ponce had reached Bermuda in tow of the German steamer Elizabeth Rickmers. The San Juan has search ed the ocean enroute for the Ponce, but of course without success. Rates for Students. The Indianapolis and Eastern rail way has placed on sale a coupon book for the benefit of students under 18 years of age attending various schools and colleges. This book is based on 1 cent ner mile rate and contains 44

Sunday School Teachers are Instructed How to Care for Their Scholars, f

LIST OF GOOD SPEAKERS STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE URGED THAT ALL CHILDREN BE MADE TOTAL ABSTAINERS. The Sunday school mass meeting held yesterday afternoon at the First English Lutheran church was a decided success and more than four hundred Sunday school workers of the city gathered in the new Sunday school auditorium of the church to hear the brief but excellent addresses given by the Richmond ministers and Ulysses G. Humphreys, state -superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league and Mrs. M. J. Baldwin, elementary grades superintendent , or me bum i Sunday school association. The Rev. Conrad Huber pastor of the St Paul's Lutheran church spoke first on the "School for the Church; He showed that the Sunday school was the great training school for the future members of the church and it was the nursery of feeder or the church. He said the Sunday school brings a harvest in the training of the young and it is the duty of the old to see that this training is properly given." . Dr. S. R. Lyons of the Reid Mem orial church spoke on the "Parental L Responsibility for Christian Instruction" he pointing out the duty of the parents in cultivating the tendencies of the children toward the right, and how they could do this by im pressing the importance of the Sunday school work upon the lives of the children. The Rev. H. Allen ; Leader paster of the Second English. Lutheran church spoke briefly on "Sunday School Training for Missionary Activity." Mr. Leader showed how the missionary spirit was imbued in the children while under the care of the teachers of the Sunday school, and how the Sunday school laid . a firm foundation for missionary work. Prof. W. A. Fiske spoke on1 "The Teacher's Responsibility for 'lletter Teaching," the entire nature T of Jhis remarks w&Dlii&jLrL .m ',Trpsponsfbility which fell upou he teacher's shoulders, in the teaching and developing the lives of the children, along proper and correct lines. In his address on; "The Sunday School and Temperance Reform" the Rev. U. G. Humphreys of Indianapolis said that the temperance idea should be instilled into the lives and thoughts of the children attending the Sunday school. They should be warned against the evils of intem.perance and if possible ( should be brought to signing the pledge of total abstinence. The children, he said should have temperance Instilled into their lives to such an extent while young that they would carry the teachings with them through life. Mrs. M. J. Baldwin in her address on the topic "The Sunday School Meeting its Obligation, to the Child" dwelt on the duties of the teachers and parents in the Instruction of the child from the time it was a cradle roll member until the time It entered the department for adults. The Sunday school work in its connection with " the children was traced from the beginning and all the shoals, dangers and snags on which the frail craft of the child might be wrecked, pointed out and helpful suggestions given the teachers as to the best way to tide the children over these places in their religious lives. ' NO PENALTY ATTACHED A PECULIAR OVERSIGHT Law Which Prohibits the Killing of Rabbits From October 1 to November 10 Does Not Provide Penalty on Conviction. The law which prohibits the killing of rabbits between October 1 and November 10 contains no penalty for the offense. This is due to a peculiar omission either by the franler of the bill which became a law or by the carelessness of the clerks of the legislature. The section reads as follows: J "Whosoever shoots or destroys or pursues for the purpose of shooting or destroying, or has in his possession any wild dove at any time from the first day of January of any year to the fifteenth day of August of the same year and from the first day of October of any year to -the tenth day of November of the same year, or whoever hunts, shoots or destroys, or has In his possession, any rabbit from the first day of October of anr year to the tenth day of November of the same year, shall, on conviction, be fined ten dollars for each, wild dove so shot or destroyed, pursued or had in his possession. - "While there is a penalty provided for any wild dove killed, there is nothine said about ftbbits in the

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FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER, LUMBER KING. A man richer than John D. Rockefeller, It Is said, has been discovered!. He Is Frederick Weyerhaeuser of St. Paul, head of the lumber trust. Mr. Weyer..o.ui i Kflid to own about 30.000.000 acres of timber land, an area sir times

the size of the state of New Jersey. 1 He takes nobody into his confidence and has many partners In his various holdings, so that nobody knows Just howmuch land he owns. It is computed that his holdings are worth nearly a bili tia-o norhnm moro. The lumber trust Is abont to be Investigated by

congress. Mr. Weyerhaeuser is a native been in the United States since 1852. FIVE MOUTHS TILL BUILDING IS DOIIE Much Timet Required on the . New Home of the Home . Telephone Company ; ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF - - rjn- w-. 4 fo - .-, "1 : . . mm M 11ILJC Rl I PART OF THE BUILDING WHEN COMPLETED AND IT WILL DO LITTLE DAMAGE. Construction of the new home of the Richmond Home Telephone Company on North Ninth street is progressing rapidly. A large force of men is engaged in the work and the concrete gangs when necessary to finish their "heats" work overtime. Saturday night they worked until nearly morn ing. The concrete work win De nnished with the completion of the roof and a layer on each of the floors. The great care which is being taken to make the building absolutely fireproof requires more time than would the construction of an ordinary building. It will be probably three months before the building will be ready for the installation of the exchange which will take another two months. If there should be Inclement weather for a very long period of time It will lake still longer to complete the building. ' . ,. This edifice will be unique In that it will be the only absolutely fire-proof building in the city. Supt. Wm. Bailey says that it will be possible to build a fire on the floor In any room in the building and go off and leave It without fear of damage, or the spreading of the flames to any otner part of the building. BLOCKED BY A SLIP Traffic on the Wabash Stopped and Creek Shoved Into Field. Publishers' PressJ Steubenville, O., Jan. 13. Traffic on the Wabash railroad is blocked by a slin 700 feet long and fifty feet high on the West Virginia side of the Minero bridge. The ground is a mi on quicksand formation and such a quan tity of earth has fallen tnai it nas filled West Virginia Cross Creek and LhvA the creek over into a cornnem The slip took place just as a freight train was nassing and all ot tne train got over but six cars and the caboose which went over the hill. One brakeman was injured. . When Engineer Long felt the ground give he put on full head of steam and nearly all the train went over with the earth creeping. The part that got over the. slip ran out on the bridge before stopping. WITHOUT A COLD-LUCKY Druggists Say That the Sale of Quinine has Increased Much in the Past Two Days. The Richmond citizen who is not afflicted with a cold in the head may be looked upon as a fortunate indi-

Si of Germany, born la 1834, and has HOT SO MAHYCALEHDARS A NOTICEABLE DECREASE Richmond Firms are Not Using the Customary Manner of Advertising Their Business This Year Deem It Inexpedient. - . . - According to postal clerics and cor riers, the number of calendars going through the mails tLls year Is Ipbs i than formerly at this season. ' rr? ihu.? lit to-iCjtw... This ... of faith In this mode of advertising, For many years It has been the custom of almost every' kind of firm which advertised to send out a , large number of calendars bearing the advertisement of the firm. The insurance and printing firms are the principal advertisers of thlfs kind and nearly all of them have conformed to their usual customs but other manufacturers are favoring different modes nf Advertising:. It is notlcable this year that the calendars, while fewer, are much finer. , 4 HTLWITIC ZEPHYRS DELAY GREYHOUNDS Arriving Steamers Show Evi dence of Encounter With Very, Heavy Gales. ." FRENCH LINER IS DAMAGED PASSENGERS WHILE SLUMBER Kirs PCiCEPULLY GET RUDE AWAKENING IN MID OCEAN. - Publishers Press New York, Jan.' 13. All steamers arriving In port today? report encoun tering very heavy, storms on the trip across and LaSavoie, of the French Line, from Havre showed plenty of evidences of her encounter with thpr in mid-ocean. , On January 9, while most of the passen gers were asleep at 2 o'clock in the morning, an immense sea smashed overboard across the starboard bow when a huge body of water rushed aft filling .the decks and carrying away everything not securely lashed. The promenade deck was forced up, the heavy rods of the railing being -buckled, several stanchions snapped and more than one hundred feet of rail carried away. The teak deck was splintered and shattered and bad ly buckled, while the electric light ing system was put out of commission. All of the passengers on board were in a state of utter panic, but this was quelled by the ships company. From two o'clock until noon the big vessel fought the waves which time and again raked her from end to end. The Savoie was off the Hook Satur day afternoon but on account of thick weather her captain did not attempt to come up to quarantine, although the American liner St. Louis from Southampton, which came about 12 hours later, did not hesitate but came straight up through the lower , bay at 1 a good lively-clip.

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sent Bills Framed by the Anti-Saloon League. SO SAYS REV. HUMPHREYS HE WITH SEVEN OTHER SPEAK ERS SPENT YESTERDAY IN THE CHURCHES ,'OF RICHMOND t WAS ANTICS ALOON SUNDAY. We are rapidly becoming recog nized as a power In the administra tion of Indiana affairs." 6aid the Rev. U. G. Humphreys, state superintend ent of the Anti-Saloon league, at the First English Lutheran church last night, "and this' Is Illustrated by the . . . . . . 2 1 - large uuiu ur i jk ichiswuii otuw umi; ask us for the privilege, of presenting our bills in the Indiana general sembly. Since the passago of the Moore law by tire-last general assem bly, people, have heard his nam lauded throughout the state to so great an extent, that many legislators would have their names placed In like position. Four" 'years ago we iad to beg the state law makers to present our bills. Today we cannot supply enough bills for the demand. Fifty men have, applied tQ uS for the privilege of presenting our bills during the preenf , session of the gensAsl assembly." . . The address, of Rev. Humphreys was very Interesting as he showed tho rapid growth of the prohibition cans' in the United States. He said that' over outs uui l ui iuo i it ecu v i vt. the United States was under prohl hition control, while the ranks werft making rapid Inroads into the other " halt. He said mat in inaiana miens . were four counties who boasted of having not a single saloon, they being Brown, Pike, LaG range and Washing- -ton. There are 666 dry townships In the state while only 350-townships are wet. He continued tor say, that there.; had been more progress in the state, n0 i.ji... .V ntiet voaf nlnnir nrn. hlbition' lines .than in, the past ten years, all probably due to the Moore and Nicholson ' temperance laws, Attacked -Blind Tigsrs." Mr.. Humphreys was very pronounc- - Cu 10 Ulo TiewB UU UID ; UI1UU, utci and said "If Indiana as a state Is mean enough, to sell liquor and UcenBO tho i raffle, It ourht o he eaoKr - and other Illegal places of selling. If the city of Richmond Is mean enough to license the traffic. It also ought to protect those who sell "the stuff." We have or will have pending before the general assembly a bill which will do away with the bling tigers In esse it Is passed. Ve will also present a coun ty remonstrance law which will pro vide for the privilege of remonstrating in all the cities, townships and wards of the county and will be the means of sweeping all the saloons out In any county where the remonstrances nave the required number of signers." Rev. Humphreys remarks were along the same lines followed by the seven other anti-saloon workers, oc 1 cunvinK pulpits In the city yesterday. The purpose of the meetings, seven teen all told, was to present the work of the league and tell the people of th ritv lust what the league was doing. .j PASSENGERS SHAKEN UP, mmmmmmm) - j Wreck on the Southern Railway If) florth Carolina But Nobody y Injured, y tubllshsrs' Prsssl Spencer. N. C, Jan. 13. North bound passenger train No. 40, on the Southern Railway, running between Washington and Atlanta, was wrecked two miles north of Spencer at five o'clock this morning. No one was se riously hurt. The train was running two hours late but, owing to a rough track, was making but 10 miles an hour when the wreck occurred. The cause Is said to have been a broken rail that gave way at a frog switch. The engine, tender and two cars were ditched. All the passengers received a severe shaking up, but fortunately nobody was seriously hurt. A BOOST FOR NEW MAN Marion Chroniele Says That the Palladium's New Advertising Man ager is O. K. The Marlon Chronicle has the following to say concerning the new advertising manager of the Palladium: Loftus Jones, who for the past several years has been connected with Marion papers, has taken a position as advertising manager of the Rich mond Palladium. Mr. Jones Is stlii- . . II.. mrm-lf urtit will Hvfl good satisfaction to his new employers. He will go to Richmond at once. ' :- - " THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA & OHIO Continued rain "With probable change for colder Tuesday. - .

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