Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 363, 19 February 1907 — Page 1

MOOT VOL. XXXI. NO. 3G3. Richmond, Indiana. Tuesday Morning, February 19, 1907. Singte Copies; 3 Cents.

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INCUMBENTS WILL HOT BE AFFECTED

Dhanges Are to Be Made in City and Towns Law, Effective at Later Date. WO THIRD CLASS CITIES RICHMOND TO BE PLACED IN THE FOURTH CLAS3 AND TERRE HAUTE AND SOUTH BEND MOVED UP TO THE SECOND. (By Demas S. coe.) Indianapolis, Feb., 18. For the third time In the last five days the house City and Towns committee members announced tonight that they hud agreed on a composit bill which Is to take the place of the present cities and towns law. .The bill, which it is announced they have finally agreed on, Is in brief as follows: Terre Haute and South Bend are to be taken from the third class and placed in the second class. Provided however that the present city officials are to serve out their terms of office at salaries under -which they were elected. The remaining cities of the third class, which includes Anderson, Muncie are to be taken from the third class and placed in the fourth class, where Richmond remains. This will make the third class a blank as there are no cities remaining in it. .The fourth class cities are to have the office of city controller abolished. The salaries of mayors cut from fifteen hundred to twelve hundred dollars. ' The office of police judge is to be abolished and the mayor of these cities will again become the head of the city police courts. The bifj provides, also that by a two thirds vote of the city council there may be created a board of public wprks. In the case of city .treasurers, the till will provide that-where the city is Ricounty seat the "county treasurer is to act, but in case the city is not reooirtf mV provisions are, made, Xorl the election of a city treasurer. The fact that the action of the cities and towns committee Friday night had been of such a nature as to practically leave the bill In Its present form raised such a storm of protest from all parts of . the state, that. in-1 stad of .reporting the bill out Saturday morning there was a hasty conference and it was decided to postport action. Monday morning there was. a second conference and it was decided to hand it out during the afternoon session of the house, but at the last memrnt It was again decided ta listen to Ihe wave w-hich went over the state and the result was a complete chanpe In program and the bill, which it Is , said will be handed down by the com- ; mittce tomorrow morning will along the lines mentioned above. be HOMER CASE IS VENUED Damage Suit Against Public Service Companies is Taken to Henry County Court. The case of AYilliam C. Converse, administrator of the estate of Joseph Comer,, against the Richmond Street and Interurban, the Light, Heat and Power company, for damages in the sum of $10,000 damages, has been taken to Henry county on a change of venue. Comer , was electrocuted at the plant of the Minck Brewing company while handling an incandescent light. UNION MEETING OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR The second rally of societies in the local Christian Endeavor union was held Sunday afternoon at Second Presbyterian church. A very good attendance was had. The instructive feature was the open discussion on "How to Secure New Members, which was very ably led by Mr. Edpar Mote. The banner of honor was presented to the C E. society of the Second Presbyterian church, they having had the greatest number present of their enrolled members. REV. CALDWELL TO SPEAK Representative of Millionaire Nelson to Address Wayne County His1 torical Society. A large crowd Is expected to be present at the court house Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock to hear the Rev. Caldwell, of Dublin. Mr. Caldwell is the representative of millionaixe Nelson, of St. Louis. His subject will be "Co-operation and Profit Sharing."

v speaKer will : there for students, who it is thought lege Hill Sanitarium. Cincinnati, explain the trork now in progress at have been pilfering the dormitory lar-j where he has been undergoing treatDublin. The meeting Saturday U the der. Luckily, from the students ' ment for several .weeks. Roling has February meeting of the Wayne conn- viewpoint, none of their number vis- recovered his reason to a great extent ty Historical society. A cordial in- ited the kitchen Saturday evening, and and It is thought that he will in the vitation has bren extended to the pub- the policeman had his long, and un- course of the next few weeks have lie to hear this interesting address, 'comfortable wait all for naught. his mind fully restored.

CHANGE III SHOE FIRM

CURME'S STORE IS SOLD Charles H. Feltman of the Richmond Shoe, Company Buys Interests of ; Messrs Curme, Oavis and Gray To j Open Tomorrow Morning. Charles II. Feltman, 0 the Richmond Shoe company yesterday purchased Curme's shoe store at 724 Main street. He will take personal charge, of "the store which will be opened for 'business Wednesday morning, it being closed at present for an Invoice. The present owners of the rtore Messrs Curme, Davis and Gray will probably engage in another business enterprise later but as yet they have announced no plans. For the present Mr. Gray will continue with the new concern in the capacity of a clerk. Charles Kolp, who was connected with the "stand" when owned by J. M. Williams will remain permanently with Mr. Feltman. The new owner Is one of the most experienced shoe dealers in" the 'city. He was with Fred Lahrman for five years, at Ed Humpe's shoe store for three years '.and with the' Richmond Shoe company for the past , three years. He is popular and obliging I and his personality will tend to at tract much trade. Mr. Feltman an nounced last night that he would con; tinue to handle the same high grade of goods that has always characteriz ed the store, KILLS LITTLE ONES AIID THEN HERSELF Connersville Mother Cuts Throats of Two Children With a Butcher Knife. HUSBAND FOUND BODIES ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO A PREMEDITATED , ACTMURDERESS TWISTED KNIFE TO MAKE SUBBOF DEED. fr"Connersville, Ind., Feb. 18 (Spl.) Mrs. J. S. Muddell, thirty-five years old, killed her two little daughters, age four years and seven months, respectively, just before noon today, then committed suicide. The deed was done with a butcher knife. The throats of the little children were cut from ear to ear, while'the wounds in the mother's throat indicate that after putting the knife into the flesh she twisted the blade to make sure of death. . Mr. Muddell, the father and husband, moved to Connersville with his family from Oxford, O., a year ago. He is a graduate of the Oxford College and at one time was mayor of Oxford. He was employed here at the F. & M. Roots foundry. When Muddell went to work this morning his wife asked him -what time he would return, to which question he replied that he would be home at noon. He arrived a few minutes before 12 o'clock, and found the doors and windows to his house locked. With the aid of neighbors he gained entrance to the house and, going to into the bed room, a terrible sight met his eyes. Three Bodies Stretched on Bed. Stretched out on the bed with their little throats cut from ear to ear, lay the lifeless forms of his two children,; while beside them lay his wife in the last throes of death, with a gash in her throat. Medical aid was summoned, but it was of no avail, as the mother died within an hour after committing the deed. No reason can be assigned for her act, unless she became mentally unbalanced. When the husband and father left home his morning, he said his wife was in good spirits. The fact that she asked him what time he would return is the only indication that she premeditated the deed. On the kitchen table were potatoes partially peeled, and meat ready to be cooked. Curtains of the House Drawn. The curtains throughout the house had been drawn, and the children plac- ! ed side by side on the bed. A heavy bedspread was tacked at one of the windows, it is thought to deaden the sound should either of the children make an outcry- After carefully planning for the deed, it Is thought the mother lay beside her children, and after drawing the sharp blade across their throats, wielded the knife across her own and lay dow n to die. AN UNUSUAL ASSIGNMENT Big Policeman Was Hid in Pantry at Earlham Waiting for a Hungry Student. A big Richmond policeman had an I unusual assignment Saturday night. Tie was hid in th nantrv nf ihp flnrmi. tor v at Earlham cmi nnrt ivait

TWO STUDENTS GET HOTICEJO LEAVE Isaac Lewis and Leslie East- - erling Suspended from Earl-

ham College. A NUMBER OF CHARGES FINAL ONE, ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT KELLY. WAS UNBECOM ING CONDUCT AT GENNETT THE ATER LAST WEEK. . . As the result of a chain of offenses against the peace and dignity of Earl ham college, two young men of that 'oistitution, Isaac Lewis, a freshman, of Urbana, Ohio, and Leslie Easterling, a sophomore, of Kokomo, this state were suspended from the college yes terday morning. The proximate cause of the suspension was their unwonted actions at a performance at the Gennett theater last - Thursday evening. The faculty of the college had been much annoyed by the refractory esca pades of these students. A hazing af fair, committing disturbances in the dormitory, and cutting classes were 1 enumerated in the list of grievances. that, culminating in the affair at the theater, called for their dismissal from the college, , according .to President Kelly. . , On last Saturday the -young men were. given notice, to immediately give up possession of their rooms in the dormitory which they did, and they thought the affair ended. But yester day morning they were , called before the faculty and, told that they could not retain their places in the Institu tion until further arrangements regarding them and their future behavior could be made. . According to the statement of President Kelly last even ing, It is likely that Lewis will return to school next term, but it is not known whether Easterling will or not. The conduct of the Earlham stu dent' te theater last week, was the subjtt . of much unfavorable comment, and so 'out of keeping with the discipIt,, .was eyBftck ed the entire party would be expelled. Lewis and Easterling, it is said, were members of the "ducking" committee who gave Sydney Hutton and Clyde AUee' a cold plunge in a bath tub at the college last week. Hutton and Allee had rooted against the college basket ball team and the act was distasteful to some of the more, loyal students. THINK BUCHTEL LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR EXPLAINS Former Richmond Man Tells the Methodist Ministers, Association at Denver on How he Stands in Regard to Temperance. Publishers' Press.! Denver, Col., Feb. IS. Gov. Buchtel appeared before the Methodist ministers association to explain his attitude proposed local option which he favors, in opposition to the temperance organizations. Claims have been made in political circles and legislative halls that the administration favors a weak temperance bill in return for the help he received from the republicans from the liquor interests in the election last fall. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT Joseph Thompson Must Face Judge Converse on Charge of Treating his Wife Roughly. Joseph Thompson, who is in the employ of the Home Telephone company In the capacity of a lineman will be given a hearing in the city court on a charge of assaulting his wife last Saturday night at their home in the Gaar flats on Main street. An effort was made to have Mrs. Thompson swear out a warrant for his arrest but she refused to do so, and Superintendent Bailey made the affidavit. JOHN R0LING IS IMPROVED Has Returned From the College Hil Sanitarium Complete Recovery Now Likely. John Roling who several months ago fell down a stairway at the Arnold hotel and received a hemorrhage of the brain, has returned from Col-

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA & OHIO -Tuesday colder; Wednesday fresh northwest winds, continued cold. ACT OF PROVIDENCE SO THAW DECLARED Doctors Evans and Wagner, on Stand Repeat the Words of White's Slayer. LAWYERS ARE RECONCILED 4 MRS. WM. JHAW ACTS AS PEACE MAKER AND DELMAS CONT1N UES TO HANDLE CASE AFTER THREATENING TO .QUIT .Publishers Tress. New. York, r eb. 18. Serious differ ences among the lawyers engaged In the defense of' Harry Thaw were patched up and it is probable that during the remainder of the trial there will be truce among them. For a time it looked as if the trouble reached a stage where Delphin M. Delmas would withdraw from the case. The inter cessiqn' of ) Mrs. ; William : Thaw, defendant's mother, is said to be respon sible 'for th'e Reconciliation. An opeit rupture Ahiong- the lawyers would be a 'very 'serious matter for Thaw, and realization 'of sthls fact doubtless had tuuen to do with the settlement of the difficulty. !' 4 , ' ; , After in, interruption of four days the trial was. resumed onday. Joseph B. Bolton, the death of whose wife Thursday, morning caused postpone ment of the case and release of the jury from close confinement, was ear-" ly at court declaring he felt perfectly able to go to ahead with the trial. All " of the six attorneys for Thaw were- at his counsel table consulting together as usual. ..Even Mr. McPike, who was not Included in Mrs. William Thaw's official list of attorneys, was in his accustomed place. Mr. McPike Is a partner of Mr. Delmas. Dr. Britton D. Evans, superintend ent of the New Jersey, state hospital for insane, who was on. the stand last Thursday when the trial was adjourn-

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up the direct examination, thus resuming' his position, leading counsel. Dr. Evans was asked to relate the conversation he had with Thaw dur ing his first three visits to defendant in the Tombs. Evans heretofore testi fied that as the result of these first three visits he reached the conclusion that Thaw was of unsound mind. Dis trict Attorney Jerome submitted to the court the contention that the wit ness should produce any notes he may have taken at the time of the inter views. "That is a matter for general cross-examination," suled Justice Fitz gerald. "Although I am not compelled to do so," said Mr. Delmas, "I will examine the witness on the points so as to satisfy the learned district attorney." Dr. Evans said he did take some notes of one visit, but they were meager, and were lost after he turned them over to his stenographer. He took along his assistant. Dr. C C. (Continued to Page Eight.) DIRECT SPEECHES AT THE GOVERIIOD Republican Members of Senate Decide to Turn Down His Pet Measure. INSURANCE BILL CAUCUS ANTI-HANLY FORCES SUCCESSFUL IN FIGHT AGAINST INSURANCE COMMISSION APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR. ndianapolis, Ind., Feb., IS, (Spl.) The senate insurance committee together with the republican members of the senate in caucus tonight decided to report the Farber-Babcock insurance bill out, owing to the clause which asks for the establishment of an insurance commission, one of Gov. Hanlys pet measures. It was a deliberate slap in the face to the executive from those members of the senate who are opposed to Hanlys policy in dictating to the legislature what it should do and what it should not do. The anti-Hanly forces were victorious and when the bill makes its appearance in the legislature it will carry with it numerous amendments, ! among which will be the striking out of the objectionable clause establishing an insurance commission. The caucus recommended that the auditor of the state carry with his present ! duties, the duties which would have been performed by the commission. Many of the speeches made tonight by republican legislators were directed against Hanly and bis policies. The discussion of the merits of the bill was a secondary consid eration

THINK THEY HAVE All IIIHUMAII FIEIID

Police Arrest Frank Hurshfield on the Charge of Insulting Many Women. ALLEGED ACTS REVOLTING HURSHFIELD, WHO IS A MARRIED MAN. TAKES HIS ARREST CALMLY AND PROTESTS THAT HE IS INNOCENT. Figuratively speaking the police department is shaking hands with itself over an arrest - that was made late yesterday afternoon. They claim that in the person of . Frank Hurshfield who resides on ' South E street between Eleventh and Twelfth they have the man, who by his indecent conduct and actions has terrorized women and young girls in various sec tions of the' city, "who happened to be on the streets without male escorts after nightfall. They assert positive ly that he is the fellow who grossly Insulted a respectable woman about a month ago at an early hour of the evening in the full glare of the electr ic lights that surmount the entrance of the Wescott hotel. They claim that he has " patrolled the thoroughfares of the eastern section of the city night after night, and made himself so obnoxious that fathers, brothers and husbands were on the point of organizing a vigilance committee to hunt him down with the object of Inflicting upon him if captured sum mary vengance. , "When Sergeant Dan McManus plac ed him under arrest at his home on South E street last evening Hursh field did not seem to be greatly per turbed. As a matter of fact he took the matter very cooly even after he had ascertained the nature of the charge upon which he had been apprehended. He denied his guilt how ever, and gave a cash bond for his appearance in court this morning. Hurshfield is employed at ' the El liott and Reed fence company, Is mar ried and about 30 years of age. The police say that this is not the first time that he has been in their clut: ches. They state that he was brought in one Sunday afternoon last Decem ber as a result of the complaint of a Fourth street, but owing to the refusal of the complainents to appear against him in the city court he was released the next morning. His. arrest yesterday was due to the complaint of a couple of women residing on the south side, arid both of them have promised to appear against him. FEW HEAR HELEN GOUGER LEGISLATORS STAY AWAY Lafayette Woman Harps on Her Old Hobby in the Halls of the Legislature Effort to get a Law of her Making Fails. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb., 18, (Sp!.) Helen Gouger addressed an"audience at the house of representatives to night on "Womans Sufferage. She made an urgent appeal to the Indiana legislators to enact a law at this session giving women the ballot and declared that women were equal ly Intelligent and interested in the government affairs of this country with the male sex. A bill introduced recently in the senate in favor of Woman Suffrage was promptly killed and a similar bill in the house was laid over till the afternoon of March 11th. As both branches of the legislature ad journ on noon of that date the bill will never be taken up. The meeting tonight was poorly attended, the legislators ' especially avoiding a possible "roasting" for their actions in the matter by remaining away. CUT ON BACK OF HEAD William Sullivan, Aged Resident Found Lying on Sidewalk Opposite Police Station. William Sullivan, an old man who lives with his brothLr-in-law, John McManus, on Richmond avenue was found lying on North Fifth street almost opposite police headquarters with a cut in the back of his head early Sunday evening. No amount of questioning on the part of the police could induce him to tell how he re ceived the injury, and although there was a report that he had been struck by a stone thrown by small boys of the neighborhood, who are in the habit of teasing him it is believed that he fell down. He was removed to his home in the city ambulance. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Morris returned yesterday afternoon from Milton, where they attended the funeral of I Aaron Morris-

WILL OPEN FEED STORE

LEASES BR00KINS' ROOM Omer Whelan, Former City Controller Decides to Locate His Store on South Sixth Street Instead of North Ninth. Omer Whelan yesterday leased the store room of Phil Brookins on the east side of South Sixth street and will open an up to date feed store there, March 1. Mr. Whelan had at first contemplated using the room now occupied by Theodore McClelland's laundry on North Ninth street for his store but found that the Sixth street location would be better. The room was untl recently used by tho Mather coal company and there Is a large scales on the street In front of the place. Mr. Whelan will handle a full line of feed stuff as well as seeds. He intends to make a strong bid for pat ronage and bids fair to do a splendid business. Hannah Johnson Will. The will of Hannah M. Johnson was admitted to probate yesterday. She leaves her. entire estate to her broth era and sisters. WATSON SATISFIED BILL WjLL PASS Meaning Immigration Measure which Excludes Coollie Labor from Our Shores. WORK OF THE HOUSE GENERAL STATUS OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL A SUBJECT OF NO LITTLE ANXIETY TO MEM BERS THEREOF.? ' Publishers FressJ Washins- ao. After an hour spent in conference with Presi dent Roosevelt Representative Watson of Indiana, the Republican whir in the house of representatives, said there was absolutely no doubt regarding passage of the immigration bill, including the amendment to exclude coolie labor from continental United States. "The presidtnt was very anxious," Mr. Watson said, "that the bill be taken up Monday, and I sent out special notices to all Republican members to be in their seats." The conference report on the Immigration bill as ratified by the senate Saturday was read in the house. Representative Burnett of Alabama made points of order against the first provision, which undertakes to regulate the incoming of Japanese coolies by giving the president authority to refuse to recognize their passports and also against the whole of section 42, having re'ajicn to the air space in vessels in bringing in Immigrants to the United States. The points of order were overruled and the appeal of Mr. Burnett aga!nst the ruling of Speaker Cannon was laid on the table by a strict party vote; ayes 196, nays 104. The conference report of the immigration bill was agreed to by the house; ayes 187, nays 101. After devoting some time to bills on the calendar, the house proceeded with consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill, general debate to 1 cose at noon 1 uesaay, dui 11 is prooable that the bill will not be finally passed before a late hour Thursday. The general status of the appropriation bills i3 the subject of no little anxiety on the part of members of the house, who generally appreciate that they are about a week behind the the 14 large budgets, 11 have passed the house and two, the sundry civil and the general deficiency, have fail ed to receive any attention whatever. Ouly six of the bills have received the sanction of the senate and none have yet been approved by the president. Both houses regard night sessions as among the strong probabilities for the latter part of this week and all expect to sit almost every night next week, A house session is expected next Sunday If the ship subsidy bill Is not disposed of by that time. Senator Beveridge will renew his effort to secure the enactment of a law requiring meat packers to put the date of canning on their packages and to transfer to the packers the cost of Inspection, cow paid by the government. After one sitting, the senate committee on naval afTairs authorized a favorable report on the naval appropriation bill. A number cf Increases In appropriations were recommended, the most Important of which was the addition of J3.000.000 for the armament of new battleships, the Increase bringing: the total up to $12,000,000. The house provision for two battleships of the British Dreadnaugbt type was not changed.

RIGID INSPECTION OF ALL MEAT IS IIOW III PROSPECT

Council Shows a Keen Interest in Fight Made by the Palladium and Prompt Action - Was Taken. COMMITTEE IS ORDERED TO DRAW UP ORDINANCE City Health Officer Bond Appears in Council Chamber and Tells of Danger Which Also Lies in Milk. The vigorous campaign for a more complete inspection of cattle intended for slaughter, that has been conducted by the Palladium for the past week, bore fruit last night, when the city council, by unanimous action, took tho preliminary steps that must eventually result In the passage of an ordinance which "will insure; to the people of Richmond absoluto protection against impure or diseased meat. Mr. Deuker, very shortly after tho roll had been called, announced that he desired to bring before the meeting an important matter with regard to the inspection or rather tho lack of inspection of cattle In Richmond, He said that he had learned through a perusal of a Richmond paper, that cattle slaughtered under the jurisdiction of the city Inspector was inspected only on foot.- Such inspection he did not think was complete. Cattle that was to be shipped out of the city came uuier the observation and inspection of a man appointed to that position by the federal government Mr. Deuker was or the opinion that this In a way was discrimination against tho people of Richmond. He thought that it would be well for all of the local butchers to come to an understanding whereby they could have their cattle pass a government inspection either at the abattoir or some central point upon which they could agree. A Motion by Deuker. At the conclusion, of his remarks h bnreolTTfloHtfA lhar Tire Vntlre mat-' ter be referred to tho committee on public health, public morals and the city attorney, with instructions to visit the various local slaughterhouses, examine into conditions and submit an ordinance covering the matter. The motion was adopted without a dissenting voice although City Attorney Study asked to be excused from service on the committee. Mr. Leftwlck called attention to th! fact that any ordinance that the committee should frame up might be In effective by reason of the fact that there was a slaughter house at Greensfork, where a great deal of butchering was done, and this was far beyond the city limits. There was a look of surprise upon the faces of all his colleagues when - Mr. Engelbert arose from his seat and asked the mayor the meaning of "inspection on foot." Sev eral of the members thought he was joking, but his manner indicated that such was not the case. . Mayor Would Inspect Milk. The presiding officer explained that under the city ordinances the municipal inspector merely examined cattlo that were intended for slaughter before they entered the killing pen. , Dr. Schillinger said that it was impossi ble to ascertain whether the auinial were afflicted with diesase of any kind until after they had been killed, and their intestines examined. A cow might have an appearance of perfect health, and still be afflicted with some complaint ieculiar to cattle. - The mayor thought that It would be a good idea if some action could be taken looking to the inspection of milk. Baccllius multiplied by the millions in this liquid, but they became Inert when subjected to a certain degree of heat. There was a great quantity ol milk coming into the city from the outside, and he thought that it should be inspected not only with a view to ascertaining its purity, but whether or not It contained the proper percentage of fat. Mr. Study Is Overworked. Mr. Study, who is nothing If not quaint and versatile, was on his feet atthe conclusion of the mayor's remarks, with another modest request that he be relieved from the arduous duty of serving with the conirnitte-, and although he is not afflicted with any vocal trouble, his pathetic appeal was lost In the general clamor for recognition. Despite the fact that the adoption of the motion of Mr. Deuker had disposed of the matter, several members expressed a desire to hear from Dr. Bond, secretary of the board, ou the question of tuberculosis in cattle. Dr. Bond Thankc Palladium. Dr. Bond, in compliance with this rquest, said that he wanted to thank the Palladium for bringing this matter to the attention of the council and th general public. If he took issue with this paper at all, it would be because It had not brought up the question ol Impure milk, which vas a matter of as great Importance as that of tainted meat. He then called attention to the fact that milk was being shipped into Richmond In great quantities, from Jay and Randolph, counties, and would soon be coming in from LTnion coun ty. He thought that the council should