Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 363, 22 March 1907 — Page 1

T MOM) AJDIUM 10 PAGES TODAY TODAY VOL. XXXI. NO. 363. Richmond, Ind., Friday Evening, March 22, 1907. Single Copy, Two Cents.

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VOTE WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS FORM USE OF 23D STREET

Property Owners in Session at The City Building Express Their Views as to Route for Traction Freight Line. REPORT OF THE ACTION TO BE MADE TO COUNCIL. Board and Special Council Committee Will Meet With Representatives of the Traction Company. At the public meeting held Thursday evening at the council chamber there were over one hundred property owners along the line of the proposed north end freight route to tal over, the traction situation with the city officials and to decide on the best route to be taken for the freight line. On motion made by one of the prop erty owners a vote was taken as to the most desirable route and by an almost unanimous vote the following Toute was selected as the choice of the nronerty owners: North Fifth street from Main street to D street. east on D street, Ft. "Wayne avenue and E street to Twenty-third street, thence north on Twenty-third street to Main street. East End Well Represented. The east end was well represented at the meeting and with but one exception all of these representatives were opposed to running the freight rar line down either Twentieth, Twenty-first or Twenty-second streets. Elwood McGuire, Robert Study, E. E. Brown, W. II. Campbell, Charles A. McGuire and others all speaking in favor of the Twenty-third street route. At a meeting held at the close of the public meeting by the members of the board of public works and the council committee appointed to assist in the adjustment of the traction difficulties it was decided to make a report to council at jts special meeting next Monday night rocommending that the route voted for at the citizens meeting be incorporated in the ordinance franchise that is being prepared for the traction company by City Attorney T. J. Study. Meeting With Officials. This evening the board and the council committee will meet with representatives of the traction company, probably Messrs Peck, Reynolds and Iappel, and these officials will ba informed that the city will insist on running the freight car line on North Twenty-third street. It is not known now the company will receive this edict. but it is known that President Hugh McGowan desires to run the freight cars down North Twentieth street. inursday evening at the public meeting Attorney Henry U. Johnson ppoke in behalf of the men who have remonstrated against running freight line down Ft. Wayne avenue, the thoroughfare, which is one of the busiest in the city, would become congested and that the retail dealers would feel keenly the effects of such n traction line as it would mean the loss of nearly all their country trade, Argue for Ft. Wayne Avenue. C. C. Cain of the Richmond Candy company and Jonas Gaar of Pogue, Miller & Co., and other jobbers on the avenue, spoke in favor of running the line on that thoroughfare, stating that It would be a great benefit to all shippers. Jacob Abel of North Twen ty-second street objected to running The line on North Twenty-third street ' In fact Mr. Abel objected to running the line anywhere in the north end of town as he said that it was undesirable because it would reduce the value of propert3". He suggested that the line be run in the extreme south part or the city. A new point was also brought up at this meeting. It was stated that the traction company, under the franchise granted by council to P. J. Freeman and John Lontz, had a right to run a freight line on any street in the city on which cars of the old Richmond Street Car company were not being operated at the time this franchise was granted. BRADFORD MAKES DENIAL. Will Not Tap the Kentucky Coal Field, He Says. Milwaukee, Wis., March 22 President W. A. Rradford, Jr.. of the Wisconsin Central Road, denied a report from Cincinnati that he is planning to build into and tap the Kentucky coal fields. President Bradford will probably spend the balance of the week in Milwaukee. ASKED FOR INDICTMENTS. As Result Pelican Hall Fire at Englevvood, New Jersey. New York. March '22. The coroner's jury, which investigated the Pelican hall disaster -at Englewood. N. J., today asked the prosecutorto have the grand jury indict the managers of the plate because no fire escapes were provided.

David Graham Phillips.

Author of "The Plum Tree" which Story the Palladium Will Publish in Ser

ial Form, Beginning MANAGER LAI ON LIGHT SITUATION Light, Heat & Power Company Would Be Willing to Buy or Sell. RATES COULD BE FIXED. HE CLAIMS HIS COMPANY IS NOT FORCING THE FIGHT ON THE MUNICIPAL PLANT NEITHER MAKING MONEY. Manager Lane, of the Richmond Light. Heat & Power company, states that Richmond is not large enough for two light and power plants. He states that if the two plants were combined now it would be impossible to declare 5 per cent dividend on the annual pro fits of the merged concern, btit he stat ed that later on with one plant in the city which would maintain reasonable rates and go after all the business possible, it might prove to be a success. Makes a Proposition. "Here is a proposition we will make to the city: That the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company and the city each appoint an appraiser for its plant, then have these two appraisers appoint a third appraiser. Get the actual value of each plant to be appraised, then an agreement could be reached as to whether my company buy the city plant or whether the city should buy the Light, Heat & Power plant," said Mr. Lane. Rates Could Be Fixed. Mr. Lane also stated that if the Light, Heat &. Power company was given the opportunity of taking over the municipal plant the company would agree to the passage of an ordinance stipulating the minimum and maximum rates to be. charged for electrical lighting and power. Property Is Valuable. "It seems to be the feeling on the part of the press, public and city officials." stated Mr. Lane, 'that the Light, Heat & Power company should leave the city bag and baggage and give the municipal plant a free field. ' It must be remembered that the stockholders in this company have . property; here valued at least at SHW.OOO and that it. cannot be expected that this valuable property be given iip just because the plant is the competitor of the municipal plant." ' Not Forcing the Fight. Mr. Lane further stated that his company is not forcing the fight against the municipal plant and he added that he would promptly discharge any of his employes found "slinging mud" at the city plant in an effort- to secure business. Mr. Lane frankly admitted that the Richmond Light Heat & Power company is being operated at a loss and he states that he knows the city plant is not making money. Proposition Is Too Late.; Mr. Lane has not long been in Rich mond and may .not be familiar with events that preceded his coming. In such case he may not know that, the city once desired to purchase the private plant and that an effort was made to secure what was considered a fair appraisement but that this effort did not end satisfactorily. It is now toj late to talk of the city buying the private plant or of selling to a private company. w un tne city plant enlarged and equipped to meet the demands that exist it would not appear that ft need to worry about the situation but let the other fellow do the worrying. Fell Dead Holding Doll. Evansville. Ind., March 22 Irene Ilarttnan, aged 3 years, fell dead in her parents" yard. When found by her mother a doll was clasped tightly in her arms. The coroner will try to as certain the cause of death.

Sunday Morning. 0L HUMBUGGERY BARED Sears Roebuck Had to Discon tinue Grocery on Account i Of Pure Food Law. A MORAL SHOWN IN THIS. INDIANA RETAIL JOURNAL CAUTIONS THE PATRONS OF SUCH CONCERNS TO AVOID BEING DECEIVED HEREAFTER. The following from the last issue of the Indiana Retail Journal is worthy of persual by every reader: Sears, Roebuck & Co. have discontinued their grocery department. Will those of our readers who have been accustomed to send their good money to this concern kindly pause long enough, to let that statement sink in? You may, and you may not, know what caused Sears, Roebuck & Co. to discontinue their grocery department. For fear you don't know we will tell you; the pure food law was the cause. The groceries that this firm' sold came under the ban of that law; in other words, they were inferior goods adulterated, without exception. And the pure food law puts such severe restriction on the sale of impure or adulterated groceries that Sears, Roebuck & Co., (and many other similar firms) had to quit that branch of the business. This firm sold groceries mighty cheap that's so. But when you bought coffee you got browned bread dough; when you bought horseradish you got sawdust; when you bought sugar you got glucose; when you bought deviled ham or potted chicken, you got the Lord knows what. But these things were cheap, and you bought them. The pure food law requires that such commodities shall be labeled exactly what they are. Sears, Roebuck & Co. decided to quit. Now, if these are facts (and we opine they are) concerning the grocery department, is it not fair to presume that other departments of their huge estab lishment were conducted on the same plan? For instance, they offer a "steel" range at $15 to $25 less than honest goods can be sold for. You could put all the steel there is in those ranges In your eye without needing tne services or an oculist to give you relief. Should our law makers put a law as stringent as the pure food law on all other commodities handled by the mail order houses they would have to quit business entirely. The moral of this story is :buy your groceries, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hardware, harness, implements, furniture, etc., of the home merchant the man who handles honest goods, who doesn't have to quit business on account of the pure food law. Honest, now, friend, isn't it about time yon realized you were up against a brace game when you patronize a house that offers to sell goods for less than good goods can be sold for? Stick by the home people. OIL TRUST LOSES OUT. Court Balks Efforts of Lawyers Exclude Evidence. to Chicago. March 22. The Standard Oil company, in its trial before Judge Landis on a charge of accepting rebates from the Chicago & Alton railway, met with defeat on nearly every hand. Every ruling of the court balked the efforts of the company's attorneys to bar technical evidence, on which the government's case is principally based, and the almost continuous series of objections on the part of attorneys for the defense were met with a series of overrulings by. the court.

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INDIANA Saturday generally fair and continued high temperature. OHIO Fair and slightly cooler Satur day. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. THURSDAY Total Circulation Net Circulation 7,143 6,917 LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION. BY CARRIER. Seven Papers for Seven Cents. A newspaper for every day in the week more for your money than any other newspaper in Richmond or the state of Indiana will give you. WOMAN KILLS ft MASS OF WRITHING SNAKES Experience of Mrs. Burton, of Hagerstown. SHE IS AN EXPERT SHOT. Hagerstown, Ind., March 22. Doc Burton had a remarkable experience with snakes Thursday afternoon at the West River bridge, east of town. Accompanied by Mrs. Burton, he went fishing and stopped at the bridge to cast a line in the deep water at that place. He went down the stone steps at the east side of the. river and observed two or three black water snakes glide away from under his feet. He killed one, and as he went on more snakes slipped into the grass and rubbish on the bank of the creek. At the edge of the steep bank he saw a dark mass, which at first appeared to be a large clod, which had become dislodged and rolled to the water's edge. Upon observing this more closely he saw that it was a mass of snakes, inter twined and woven together into bunch that would fill a bushel measure, shak en together, pressed down and running over. There were actually hundreds of them, all lying quiet in the warm sunshine and evidently associating together in the utmost harmony. Mrs. Burton carried a small gun loaded with bird shot. She is an expert shot and fired time and again into the mass. A horrible writhing and hissing en sued and the bunch of snakes began to break up. The uninjured slipped into tne water, but the bank was covered with twisting forms that had been struck by the shot. Twenty-five were killed. These were about two feet in length and the others were apparently about the same size. They were of the variety known as black water snake and are harmless. The river bank is honeycombed with snake holes which lead to the winter quarters. The warm weather of the past week has aroused the dormant faculties of the snakes and they gathered near the openings of their den to warm up. Mr. Burton has hunted in nearly every state in the union, but he declares he never saw such a sight of snakes in his life before. TREASURED WIFE'S ROSE BURTONJUT OF JAIL ormer Senator Has Been Released at Ironton. RELATIVES ATTEND HIM. Ironton, Mo., March 22. There was a faded rose on former Senator Burton's coat lapel when he left the Ironton jail this morning. 'That was pinned on me the night I enterea the jail, by my wife," said Burton reverently. "And I have kept it all these months to wear the day I walked out a free man." Burton was driven from the Ironton jail accompanied by his wife, his niece, Miss Willie McConaly, and his grandniece, Dorothy Mitcnell. A small crowd watched him depart. The Pope Is Decorated. Rome, March 22 The Pope received Father Maria Bernado, of the Capuchin Order, who presented the Pon tiff with an autograph letter from King Menelik of Abyssinia, conferring on His Holiness the decoration of the Star of Ethiopia, The letter was an answer to a communication from the Pope, asking the Abyssinian King to protect Catholics in Abyssinia. Y. M. 1 .. . C. A. $2,500 FUND. No, .. M. C. Henley. . .. ..Name Not Given. George H. Knollenberg. ? .. ..? . . ."i ? . .. .. .. .? - ..?. No. 2 No. 3 No No No, No, 4 5 6 7 No. 8 No. 9 ? No. 10 m.Z

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EXCUSES TNE JURY UNTIL NEXT WEEK Justice Fitzgerald Orders An other Rest in the Thaw Court Proceedings. DEFENSE LAWYERS FUSS. GLEASON SAYS THAT DELMAS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LUNACY COMMISSION, IF IT IS APPOINTED. New York, March 22. Justice Fitz gerald at 11:30 excused the Thaw jury until Monday. There will be no further hearing on the matter of the appointment of a lunacy commission unless Justice Fitzgerald so directs after considering such affidavits as are to be offered. Neither the jury nor Thaw was in court Thursday, the jury having been excused until this morning at 10:30 o'clock, when there was a brief ses sion and a formal adjournment. By Monday Justice Fitzgerald is expected to be ready to announce his decis ion. Jerome Pleads in Vain. District Attorney Jerome pleaded for permission to examine Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton orally, but in the absence of a waiver of professional privilege on the part of the defense, Justice Fitzgerald said he would not allow the doctor to be examined further at this time. Justice Fitzgerald added significantly that he would take judicial notice of everything which had been adduced in evidence during the nine weeks of the trial. Dr. Hamilton, it will be remembered, testified that in his opinion Thaw is not at present capable of directing his defense. The question was put to Dr. Hamilton by Attorney Gleason, of the defense, and Mr. Jerome now contends that the defense thus waived the matter of professional privileges. Various Interpretations. The refusal of Justice Fitzgerald to allow Dr. Hamilton to be interrogated in the proceedings to enlighten the conscience of the court as to its duty in appointing a commission or ordering a resumption of the trial, was interpreted in various ways by those in court. The attaches of the district attorney's office were inclined to the belief that Dr. Hamilton, having already stated his opinion to Justice Fitzgerald, the latter deemed it unnecessary to precipitate an argument as to the waiving of professional privilege?. The defense seemed inclined to the view that Justice Fitzgerald had held Dr. Hamilton's evidence could not be taken into consideration and that con sequently the district attorney's posi tion was . materially weakened. Dr. Hamilton was first called into the case by Thaw's lawyers and it was 'while he was in their employ that he had made his examination of the defendant. Gleason Blames Deimas. John B. Gleason, of counsel for Thaw, said today that Mr. Deimas is responsible if a. commission is appointed, as it was he who called Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton to the witness stand "and told Jerome to go ahead and ask the witness anything he wished to." Mr. Deimas said he would gladly assume all responsibility. Daniel O'Reilly, of - Thaw's counsel, said that Thaw's counsel, "had no doubt of being able to convince the court or ah In sanity commission of Thaw s sanity. . (Continued on Page Two.)

PALLADIUM

CHAUTAUOUATALEHT WILL BE UF BEST Executive and Program Com mittee held a Session Thursday Night. GOV. BUCHTEL IS COMING. FORMER RICHMOND PASTOR WILL RECEIVE A CORDIAL GREETING DAVID STARR JOR DAN AGREED UPON. The executive and program commit tees of this year's chautauqua met Thursday night in the Commercial club rooms and conferred with James A i Shaw, who will have charge of the Richmond gathering again , this year. Much of' importance was transacted and in addition to the appointment of W. S. Hiser, secretary of the associa tion, several speakers were selected for the program and the executive committee made arrangements for the tents to be used in the "White City this year. The selection of Mr. Hiser as secre tary of the association, meets with the approval of all. and he was selected over a large field of candidates for the place. Mr. Hiser is a man of tact, ingenuity and push and will make one of the best chautauqua secretaries Richmond has ever known. He will immediately begin carrying on the cor respondence of the association and during the summer months will devote his entire attention to. the promoting of the work. The meeting Thursday night was an enthusiastic one and some of the best talent on the Ameri can chautauqua platform today was se lected. Buchtel Is Coming. Probably greater local interest will attach to the appearance of Governor Henry Buchtel of Colorado, a former Kicnmona minister, wno nas been en gaged to deliver an address or address es here during that week. The exact date has not been arranged as only the talent was passed upon last night. The famous campaign of the preacher-poli tician of Colorado was watched with (Continued on Pge Two.) STALLED 0lTTHE CROSSING Three Were Fatally Injured in an Ac cident at Detroit. Detroit, March 22 Through the breaking of a trolley an electric street car became stalled on the Fourteenth street crossing of the Michigan Central railroad today. The car was filled with workmen and children, the latter on their way to school. An engine struck the car, cutting it la two, fatally injuring three. Beveridge at Yale. Senator Beveridge will deliver an address to the students of Yale university on May 30. Yale Was the Winner. Princeton X". J.t March 22. Yale won the intercollegiate wrestling championship last night with 11 points. Princeton and Columbia tied for second place with 7 points and Pennsylvania third with 3 points. Havoc of a Hurricane. Rome, March 22 A violent hurricane, which has caused serious damage, has swept over Italy. Several vessels have been wrecked.

FRIENDLY ACTION FOR RECEIVER FOR CITY MILL WORKS

Business Has Been Temporarily Suspended But It Is Hoped to Resume Within Six Weeks Time at Least. WILLIAM DUDLEY F0ULKE FILES THE PETITION. Henry T. Burns Is Named as Receiver and an Invoice Has Been Ordered to Determine the Exact Condition. The Richmond Mill WorTcs. which has since 1S76 been one of Richmond's best known manufacturing establishments, has suspended operations and Judge Henry Fox of the Wayno circuit court has appointed Henry T. Burns receiver for the concern. The appointment of the receiver grew out of the petition of William Dudley Foulke, a large stock holder In tho concern. The plant for several years has not been operating on a paying basis, and as nothing was made by the operation, Mr. Foulke thought tho plant should be placed In the hands of a receiver to find just where tho company stood so far as assets and liabilities were concerned. The action of Mr. Foulke was taken through Attorney John L. Rupe and is entirely friendly. The owners and stockholders of the concern state that they wish it understood that the firm is not pressed by outside creditors, as many people would believe, but the action Is by one of its own stockholders whose motives are friendly, in that tho entire thirty-five stockholders and directors hope to resume operations within the course of a few weeks. ( Invoice is Ordered. According to the statement given out it will take at least plx weeks to finish up the business of the company as It stands at present. An invoice was ordered and the assets are expected to be large as only the finest of mill working machinery is la the plant. The real estate owned by the factory probably will be the largest asset, as this is of considerable extent as well as value. Outside of tho bonded indebtedness there remains about $30,000 liabilities, according to the statement of one of the stockholders. To liquidate this the assets can be called upon and the company would owe nothing outside of tho bemded Indebtedness, and operations can be resumed after the receiver makes his disposition of the case. Tho bond Issue held by the company Is secured by a mortgage upon tho works, and the bond holders In company with the present directors may resume operations of the plant jointly. This however is . indefinite and no nlnns have heen lalil for future nnor. ation. Competition Not Resoonsible. When asked as to whether or not the trust, manufacturing milling ma chinery is largely resionsible for tho closing of the operations of the plant, temporarily at least, Jesse S. Reeves met opposition on the part of its com petitors, and the fight has been a warm one, but this had no direct bearing upon the closing of the plant as during the past four years the machinery made at the plant has been placed at a profit. The great trouble Is a series of financial reverses to the plant about four years ago which greatly reduced the working capital. The operations since that time have ben carried on with limited canital. which has proved inefficient, in that it was not large enough for the plant to carry on an increased business, which was necessary to place machinery of such quality In the field as to protect the local concern against larger manu facturing companies. The competi tors however were not directly responsible for the closing up of the business of the works. As soon as the invoice of the hold ings of the company is made, the stockholders will have some working basis and the exact amount of tho liabilities will be known, and plans for future operation can be laid. The lat ter depends largely upon the size of the liabilities. All Paid in Full. The Richmond Mill works has for the past two months, been gradually pursuing a policy of retrenchment in its forces, and there were only fiftr men laid off Thursday evening. All were paid in full the amount which was due them. At the height of Its prosperity the works employed about one hundred. and twenty-five people, and the wages paid out in Richmond, since the date of establishment, have almost equalled $1,500,000. The factory has been a great benefit to the citizens of Richmond, and those men thrown out of employment, as well as the merchants of the city will feel the loss of the plant - keenly, even though operations may be suspended only for a period of six weeks President Reeves' Statement. Jesse S. Reeves,, president of the con cern, is autnorny ior ice lojiowing statement In regard to the actual situation of affairs of the company: "In the instance, of William Dudley