Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 152, 25 June 1907 — Page 1

BICHMOM) A AMlUM 8 PAGES TODAY TODAY AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. XXXII. NO. 152. KICII3IOXD, IXDJ, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1907. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. HEARD 110 DIVORCE CASES HEARD IH PRIVATE ARNOLD HOTEL WILL BE REOPENED JULY 10 MRS. CHAPMAN IS BEAD OF BLO0DPOIS0NING Wife of Evangelist Expires After Long Illness. OF FREIGHT III CIRCUIT COURT Harry Porter and- Lum Reynolds Secure.lt.

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INDIANA RAILROAD COMMISSION TESTIMONY ON INTERCHANGE

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FAVOBABLE TO IT & Visit Was First Paid to the Site of the Proposed Physical Connection of the Two Local Railroads. PENNSYLVANIA REBUKED FOR CONDUCT OF CASE. jCommission Considered It Had Not Presented Proper Argu- . ment in Support of Complaint. Union B. Hunt, W. J. Wood and C. V. McAdarns, members of the Indiana j railroad commission, arrived in the jcity this morning at 10 o'clock and went at once tothe site of the propos ed physical connection between the P., C. C. & St. L. and the C, C. & U rail- ? roads, the plot of land just south of where the Panhandle track9 cross overhead the C. C. & L. tracks and Just west of the Panhandle freight station. All of this land except a trlanjgular portion at the southwest section (on North D street, is owned by the 'Panhandle railroad. After looking over this site, the ; members of the commission, accompatnied by representatives of the two I railroads, went to the meeting room of tb-Commercial club in the Masonic temple. The session was attended by ,a large delegation of local shippers, in- . eluding manufacturers, jobbers, retailiers, fuel dealers and commission men. ! It is believed by many that there is little doubt the connection will be ordered. Union B. Hunt, chairman of the comi mission opened the session by explaining that the commission was in session in account of a complaint which had been filed by the P., C. C. & St. L... Tail road against the proposed connection with the C.f C. & L. in this city. The session was a most Interesting one, in the course of which the comjmlssioners took occasion to rebuke the IP. C. C. & St. L.., for not presenting proper arguments In support of the complaint which it had filed with the commission. Rupe for the Pennsylvania. John I Rupe spoke for the P., C. C. i'& St. I He said that the situation 'here, briefly stated, is that there are two railroads, the C. C. & L. and the Panhandle. The latter, he stated, has been here for a number of years and has invested a large amount of money. 'Now, Mr. Rupe stated, the new road, the C, C. & I, desired a physical connection here with the Panhandle. Some of the shippers. Mr. Rupe stated, who are not financially interested in ;the cost of making such a connection, ,also desired this action. Mr. Rupe stated that the relative freight business here would show that the Panhandle had 75 per cent, of the inbound business and 94 per cent of the outbound business. He said that the C, C. & Ih had an average of two cars per mile, white the Panhandle had thirty-one cars per mile. Then Mr. iRupe stated that in 1S99 to accommodate the local shippers a new freight 'house had been built and the old 'freight house north of the tracks had I been torn down. He further said that (the company has just appropriated ! $17,000 to enlarge this freight house and that the property on which the proposed connection would be made is to be the site for the enlarged freight house. He said if the commission forced the Panhandle to make this 'connection, it would seriously disturb and interfere with the plans of the ; company. Mr. Rupe stated that his company did not think there was sufjflcient reciprocity in such a eonnecition as the C, C. & I, would gain everything and the Panhandle gain aljxnoet nothing by such action. Mr. jRupe concluded by stating that to make such a connection a considerable j grade would have to be made and that ithe estimated expense amount to $5,000 which included the amount the i Panhandle would expect for the ground on which the connection would 'be made. i Interruption by Wood. Commissioner Wood interrupted Mr. Rupe at this point by asking him to discuss what advantage such a physi-j cal connection would be to the public and by stating what were the nearest points to this city where the Panhandie had connections with the C, C. & Ij. Mr. Rupe then yielded the floor to Superintendent Neff of the Richmond division. Mr. Neff stated that he thought the shippers should be called upon to an(Continued on Page Two. -

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GENERAL FUNSTON IS THBEaTEMHY LETTER Parade of Troops' Will Mean His Death, They Say. San Francisco, June 25 General Funston says he has received twenty anonymous letters threatening him with death if he parades with troop3 July Fourth. They were received before he made reply to the committee asking that the troops parade. HARDEST TASK IS BEGUN Auditor's Force Works on the Tax Duplicate. County Auditor Hanes and his assistants have started decidedly their hardest task of the year, preparing the Wayne county tax duplicates. They will be engaged in the work till January 1, lixvS, on which date the duplicates have to be filed. The work will be somewhat delayed till after the closing session of the board of review. WILL BRING A CARNIVAL Eagles of Richmond Plan for This Event. Eagles of Richmond are planning for a great carnival to be held late in the summer. Nothing but the best carnival company obtainable will be brought here. Arrangements for the affair are not yet completed. FURNITURE DEALERS MEET. Indiana Men Will Gather at Indianapolis Wednesday. Furniture dealers from all over the state will go to Indianapolis' Wednesday to attend the fourth annual meeting of the Indiana Retail Furniture Dealers' Association.

I 1111 V r AN ENORMOUS CLASS COMINGJR EAGLES There Are Already 165 of the Applicants. The local order of Eagles has not yet decided on what date its record breaking class of candidates will be given the work. Uptodate there have been 165 applications. It is possible that the initiation will be held in about three weeks. VERL HUNT OF ECONOMY IN DOMESTIC TROUBLE Claims Father-in-law Is the Cause of It All. ARRESTED FOR TRESPASS. Alexandria, Ind., June 25 Verl Hunt, of Economy, Ind., was arrested here yesterday on charges of trespass and assault and battery, preferred by his father-in-law, E. H. Perry. Hunt and his wife have been having diffi culty, he claiming that her father, E, H. Perry, of this city, is trying to separate them. Mrs. Hunt recently came here with the two children from Economy, Hunt following Sunday, he came over from Muncie and, taking the children, started to drive home. Getting as far as Muncie, the children grew uneasy and yielding to their desires Hunt- drove back to this city with them, where he found a warrant awaiting him, - as above stated. He was locked up over night. Hunt seems to be well related and up to snuff, and sympathy is locally largely with him. He has been communicating with well-to-do relatives in Marion, Winchester, and elsewhere, and has secured Luther Pence, of Anderson, to defend him. SECOND DEGREE ON ; ONE. Richmond lodge of Odd Fellows conferred the second degree upon one candldate Monday, night.

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Case, Which' Was to Be Heard Today, Will Be as public as Any Other. . DIVORCE'EVIL IS A ' SERIOUS ONE LOCALLY Judge Fox Has Some Sugges tions That He Thinks Would Be Beneficial If They Could Be Carried Out. Judge H. C. Fox was today to hear the divorce case of Ella Westcott against Harry Westcott. Judge Fox was asked if the hearing "of the West cott case would be private. He replied that it would not be. "No divorce cases in my court are heard in pri vate. The Westcott case will be as public as any." While speaking on the divorce ques tion Judge Fox remarked that it is a most serious one in Wayne county, but that it is not in his power to sup ply a remedy. "Failure to provide and cruel and inhuman treatment are the grounds of complaint in the majority of the divorce cases heard in this court and four out of the five cases brought before me are without merit," stated Judge Fox. "However, the state di vorce law is so lenient that it is quite easy to secure a divorce. "In the majority of cases I think if the parties concerned knew that it was not an easy matter to secure a di vorcs there would not be so much do mestic unhappiness. Now days, for instance, a man grows tired of his wife, leaves her, and a short time later brings suit for divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. If that man knew he had to overcome stiff, almost uncompromising divorce law, I do not think he would leave his wife." - Remedies for the Evil. 'What remedy for the so called 'di vorce evil would you suggest?" Judge Fox was asked. "I would suggest several remedies, he replied. "In the first place I would make it necessary for any person bringing action for divorce to have been a resident of the county in which the suit was filed at least five years prior to the filing of the suit. "In the second place I would have each and every divorce suit pend in court for at least a year. That would give the aggrieved plaintiff am pie time to think things over and I venture to say a number of suits would be withdrawn before the end of the year. "I would also require that both par ties to a divorce complaint be present at the hearing. In other words would make the plaintiff an incompetent witness unless the defendant were present. These are my suggestions for an improved divorce law. You do not want to get at the divorce evil by online thf marriace laws. You want to strike at it through the divorce laws. Habitual drunkenness, in my mind, is the best cause for di vorce." . 0. 0. F. RAISES Big Sum Is Secured to Erect a New Building. C. N. Williams, president of the Farmers' Trust' Company, of Indianapolis, has filed in the Marion county re corder's office, a mortgage for .47o,(00 executed by the trustees of- the grand lodge, I. O.'O. F., the funds to be used for erecting a fourteen story building at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets. This is the larg est real estate mortgage ever filed in Marion county. The mortgage on the Claypool hotel was given for $40,X, and the ore on the Stevenson building was for a iirx.ilar amount. The trustees of the gi.-tnd lodge expect to have their buildfng finished within twelve months from the preseut time. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Thunder showers Wednesday; light variable winds with an occasional squall. OHIO Thunder showers Wednesday; light variable winds. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. MONDAY (June 24) Total Circulation Net Circulation .......... 7,271 7,066 LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. LARGEST-PAID CIRCULATION. "

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PROVIDE NEW EQUIPMENT.

Harry Porter and Lum Reynolds, the latter of Williamsburg, have secured the old Arnold hotel and will convert it into first class hostelry. New fur niture win oe placed in the rooms throughout. A first class restaurant and bakery will' alsd " be conducted HBoth men ' are well and favorably known in this city and county, and will enjoy liberal patronage. They expect to reopen the hotel about July 10. ORCHARD RECALLED DY THE DEFENSE Introduction of Evidence by The Attorneys for Haywood Has Begun. LIED about; HIS CRIMES. DEFENSE DECLARES ORCHARD DID NOT COMMIT ' MANY OF THOSE OF WHICH HE BOASTSMONUMENTAL LIAR. Boise, June 25 Harry Orchard was recalled today by the defense and asked an impeaching question. The first two witnesses for the defense were Mrs. King and her daughter, who testified that Orchard frequently visit ed the mine owners detectives at night. In his address that occupied two ses sions or the District court iMonday, Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, outlined to the jury the detailed plot and de fense of William D. Haywood, to the charge that he murdered former Gov ernor Steuneriberg. In broad descrip tion, it is' to-be' a denial of every ma terial count in the testimony of Orchard, with a showing that Orchard killed Steunenberg because of a private grudge borne by the loss of a rich share in the great Hercules mine. Haywood will take the stand to make personal denial of Orchard's accusations; Moyer may be called to testify solely to events and circumstances affecting the Western Federa tion of Miners, but Pettibone will not be a witness in this case. Mr. Darrow explained that Moyer and Pettibone must stand trial for this same crime and declared that ev ery lawyer knew the danger, whatever the circumstances,, of exposing men awaiting trial under like circumstanc es. Denies a Conspiracy. Darrow denied the existence of the great conspiracy to murder alleged by the state with Orchards testimony as basis; denied that the federation was anything except an earnest fighting labor organization with higher wages, shorter hours, tolerable work ing conditions and the care and safety and education of its members and their wives and children as its high and only Motives; denied the intimacy with the three co-defendants that Orchard laid claim to; denied the sever al conferences and conversations that Orchard swore to; denied that Orchard fcnrt pvpii committed . many or tne crimes he had boasted, and promised to make proof of his contentions with many of the men named by Orchard when on the stand and many witness es of creditable character not connect ed by any tie with the federation or its leaders. COAL LAUD SHARKS PUT UNDER ARREST Grand Jury at Denver Has Rounded Up a Good Sized Bunch of Them. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY THERE IS A TOTAL OF SEVENTYTHREE INDICTMENTS, INCLUDING PERSONS IN SIX DIFFERENT STATES. Denver, Colo., June 2-3. Ten prom inent citizens of Colorado were arrest ed Monday in connection with the Indictments made by the special grand j

ury. The charges against them arelwnjch waa given originally as a safe-

conspiracy to defraud the government j under the coal and timber laws. Of the seventy-three persons indict-j ed by the grand jury, fifty-five Individ- j uals are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States under the coal and timber laws. The persons

come from six different states. So guage. pointed to it as the great stumfar no warrants have been issued for bling block of greedy and illegal corthose, residing outside of .Colorado,- jporatioris -

HUSBAND IS PROSTRATED.

Warsaw, Ind., June 25 Mrs. J. Wilbur Chapman, wife of the noted Presbyterian evangelist, died this morning of blood-poisoning. Two weeks ago one limb was amputated. The remains will be buried at Albany, N. Y., the former home. Mr. Chapman Is seriously ill in his room adjoining where his wife died. He is afflicted with heart trouble and the shock may result in death. ASCENT IS MADE DY BARNARD AS YET Hagerstown Balloonist Has Been Disappointed Up To This Time. FAILURE IN TWO TRIALS. HOWEVER, BARNARD IS PERSISTENT AND SAYS HE WILL MAKE A THIRD ENDEAVOR LIFE IS IN DANGER. Hagerstown, Ind., June 25. Charles Barnard, the local character, who sold his household goods and bought a balloon, has not yet made an ascent. He advertised that he would leave the earth at 5 o'clock Saturday evening, and a great crowd turned out to witness what promised to be a tragedy. The business men made up a purse of $T0 and offered every encouragement. The big balloon was inflated and was swaying in the evening breeze, the crowd waited with anxiety for the ascension and everything was pro-

nounced to be ready. At last the! lie works, but he received no relief ropes were thrown off, Barnard was 'from the existing conditions. The

tied to the horizontal bar beneath the parachute and the balloon arose amid a cloud or black smoke. When the ropes tightened, and before the aeronout was clear of the ground, there was a snap and a crack and the para chute had broken loose from the balloon. The big bag soared aloft, emitting smoke, but the balloonist remain ed behind. A ring had broken, which caused the parachute to leave the balloon. A Second Trial. This failure embarrassed Barnard greatly, and he later declared he would make an ascent Sunday evening. Accordingly on Sunday evening another crowd turned out to witness his at tempt. The big bag was inflated as before, but just as ' the signal was about to be given to let go, the balloon burst across the top and the gas poured out in volumes. The second failure was caused by the rotten cloth of the balloon being too weak to stand the pressure made by the gas. The balloon is old and pronounced danger-! ons, but Barnard says he will try again this evening. His persistency may result in his own destruction, for the balloon is unsafe, having been abandoned and out of use for years until purchased by Barnard a few days ago. E IS WITH THE NATION Senator Knox Says Congress Has Right to Regulate Interstate Commerce. TALKS TO YALE GRADUATES FEDERAL POWER THE GREAT STUMBLING BLOCK OF GREEDY AND ILLEGAL CORPORATIONS, SPEAKER DECLARES. New Haven, Conn., June 2.". In a comprehensive address before the grad-; uating class of the Yale law school Monday, Senator Philander C. Knox; plunged into the momentous question of "The Development of the Federal." Power to Regulate Commerce." Close-;

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ly drawing the line between the rights deal cf interest, as ;c was thought theof the states and the rights of the fed- searchlight would be thrown on the

eral government, the senator took the decided stand that congress has the the states. He spoke of the growth of the power guard against commercial 'hostilities between states, and showed bow it has! lain dormant until recent years, wh-n it has become capable of development j

In a region all of its own. ! court. case. -ost the county about K."i.(, In discussing tte federal power the' Judge Fox Is of the opinion that many: senator in clear cut and forcible ian-'tf the lesser cases should be held la

JURY WAS OUT FOR FIFTEEN HOURS III THE MILLER CASE, Forty-two Ballots Were TaKen Before a Verdict Was Finally Reached, It Being irv Favor of Acquittal. ONLY THE SOUTH SIDE HOUSE WAS BROUGHT IN,

Much Interest Was Attracted Because It Was Thought! The Entire Fire Department! Might Get an Airing. After spending fifteen hours In tha stuffy jury room, the twelve men upon; whose shoulders rested, the. tnoocence or guilt of Jeremiah Miller.-accused o assaulting John C. Brown, a member of No. 4 hose company, returned a vc r diet of not guilty. The men received! the case at 4:lb o'clock Monday afternoon and returned to the coart room this morning at 7:.'5. From the very, first ballot there was a deadlock anil during the night ttu case was agaim discussed by jury members and fortytwo ballots were cast before Miller was declared innocent of the charga placed against him. . . During the course of (he trial several interesting disclosures came to the surface in reference to the conduct of the firemen at the No. 4 hose houses It was shown that some of the men invariably kept liquor about the housa and on many instances became drunk." Miller stated during the course of his evidence that on at least twenty-five different instances he appealed, during the time he was captain of the hos company, to Fire Chief Ed Miller and! at least five times to the board of pub men persisted in their habit of drinking. Accusation Is Denied. Miller denied the accusation that had been made by Brown that In the search through Brown's locker, he was looking for liquor under a false pretense and he said that his motives were just in this case. The weight of the evidence by Miller tended to show; that the other firemen who had beea' drunk on different instances had noi influenced Brown that he took eidea with them against Miller. Brown, it? was shown, never drank, but had gob Into the affair between the men drinking and Miller, simply through sympathy, and when tho locker epifcode occurred, took advantage of tho occasion to hand Miller a few warm ones. This. it was shown, led to ill feeling betweeni the men which was brought to a cIimax the next day when Brown and hi witnesses declared that on eominjp dewn from the locker rooms, where: Miller had searched them tinder orders. In hope of locating whiskey, Brown accused Miller cf searching for? the whiskey the day before on the pretense of looking at some pipes. The witnesses for the plaintiff declared that Miller kicked viciously at Brown while the lattor was below him on the stairway. Euch of the witnesses, however, declared that Miller struck Brown in different places while Brown himself made the declaration, that Miller struck h!r.i on the thigh, a point which Attorney Bont for the defendant proved could nob have been struck by Miller if Brown? standing where the witness claimed It was Bbown during the trial that Miller was unpopular :it the hose house, beeuuse he persisted in telling' the officials that the men were drinking and on several occasions had become completely "euu'sed.' It wae for this that the grudge was held againat Miller. An Interesting Point. A very Interesting point came out tti the course of the evidence, when the, witnesses had tettifled a3 to the past record of MLier. Miller himself was on the stand and had declared that hehrid never been in trouble before. Prosecutor Jtstup turned to him anl said: Is it true that you were prosecuted for assault upon Charles Howes whea Bob Study was deputy prosecutor?" " Miller admitted that he was. 'Is It not true that Study was given $2 as his ite if the case was thrown, from the docket?" . Jllller asaia admitted It was correct. The Miller case has attracted a great fire department from bottom to top.. and fome sensational facta disclosed. the situation at the south efde house. and it was shown that liquor was crunk freely at this place. No other houses were brought into the trial tonspicuously. The Miller trial, although In itself Insignificant, and In reality a police

"he city court, where they belong, al. j though it is necessary, he said. thaJ .-jtome come, before the circuit ;court, -- .