Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 179, 25 July 1907 — Page 1

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MOND PAIXAMX7M 10 PAGES TODAY M TODAY AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXII. NO. 179. RICII3IOXD, IXD., THURSDAY" EVEXIXG, JULY' 25, 1007. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. J. F. TAGGART INDICTED Bf KING LEOPOLD WILL LOSE CONGO POWER HEATING PLANT WILL BE BUILT AT ONCE ADOPT A NEW SCHEME TO ADVERTISE THE CITY Commercial Club Vill Soon Issue a Pamphlet. SENT OUT IN LETTERS. VITUPERATION WAS REAPED ON ORCHARD WILL LOSE CONTROL IN BELGIUM. Johanning Given the Earlham College Contract. Beginning of the End of His Rule Over This Rich Country at Hand. Attorney Clarence Darrovv Expended All His Energies In This Line. , AMOUNT INVOLVED $12,000.

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Charged with the Embez zlement of Funds Belonging to the Indiana Municipal League. BOND IS FURNISHED BY JAMES W. WILSON Amount Involved is $162.35 and Arose Over Printing Bills Due Nicholson Printing Company of This City. Late Wednesday afternoon the grand Jury returned an indictment against John P. Taeeart. city clerk of Rich mond, charging him with embezzling $162.33 of the funds of the Municipal League of Indiana. Warrant for Taggart's arrest was issued by County Clerk Harry E. Penny and was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Mashmeyer, who immediately called upon. James Wilson, father-in-law of Taggart. Mr. Wilson, who was aware of the fact that a warrant for Taggart's arrest had been issued, was informed that Taggart's bond had been fixed by the court at $1,()00. Mr. Wilson promptly furnished bond. Wednesday evening about 8 o'clock Deputy Mashmeyer located Taggart on Main street between Fifth and Sixth streets and placed him under arrest. Taggart had little to say to Mashmeyer concerning his case but he roundly upbraided the men he charges with being responsible for the action taken by the grand jury. Deputy Mashmeyer refused to enter jnto a discussion of - the case wii2i T.aggar-t.aa4 advised Vdm not to talk too much. Mashmeyer and Taggart then, entered the Gates cigar store where Taggart signed the bond furnished by his father-in-law. After doing this he was released by Mashmeyer. Not as a Surprise. The action taken by the grand Jury in the Taggart case does not come in the nature of a surprise. Last month when the annual Municipal League of Indiana meeting was held at Logansport it was openly charged in the press of this city that Taggart had embezzled money of the League given to him to pay bills held against the League by the Nicholson Printing company. In a speech before the league Taggart denied this charge, notwithstanding that the League officials are said to have had irrefutable proof that he had embezzled $102.35. After this charge against Taggart had become public Prosecutor Jessup began an investigation of the case. When the call for the grand jury was recently issued It was the general impreseion that the Jury was to consider the case of Lon Fisher, charged with murder. The fact that the jury was called to investigate that case and the Taggart case also was not generally known. The witnesses who testified before the grand Jury in the Taggart investigation were John L. Rupe, attor ney for the Nicholson Printing com pany, J. Fred France, president of the league, Loring W. Mellette of Elwood, treasurer of the league, John H. Nicholson, James W. Wilson, Walter Baker and Roy Cannon of the Nicholson Printing company. What Indictment Charges. The indictment charges that Taggart as officer of the league, which is an unincorporated association, did felon iously, unlawfully and fraudulently take, purloin, secrete and appropriate for his own use $102.35 of the funds of the league. All of this amount is money alleged to be due the Nicholson Printing com pany of this city for various kinds of printing charged by Taggart to the credit of the league. A bill of $02.35 for printing a directory of state, city and town officials and a bill of $72 for incidental expenses the Nicholson Printing company claims are still unpaid by Taggart. Treasurer Mellette of the league furnished proof by receipts signed by Taggart that Mellette had forwarded him league money for the payment of these bills. Mr. Nicholson has in his possession a statement signed by Taggart last May, one year after the bills were first presented, that the Nicholson claim was valid and unpaid. Considering the fact that Mr. Mellette has Taggart's receipt for money received to meet these bills, the statement secured by Mr. Nicholson a year later from Taggart that the claims were unpaid, is considered most damaging evidence against the city clerk. Taggart has not yet tendered his res ignation as city clerk but it is hinted that he may do so. Prosecutor Jessup states that he is ready to try the Taggart case any time so it will probably be heard some time in August. The claims against the league held by the Nicholson Printing company, it is stated, have been paid by James JWIl-

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KING LEOPOLD AT THE HOOSIER PLANT Structures Now Being Erect ed Not Enough to Meet The Demand. MUCH WILL BE INVESTED. LARGE STORAGE AND ASSEM BLY ROOM, 200 BY 50 FEET, AND A DIPPING BUILDING ARE INCLUDED. Although the Hoosier branch of the American Seeding Machine company has already expended thousands of dollars for new buildings in this city, just as soon as the buildings now under the course of construction are completed, three more new structures will be started which will entail an expenditure of several thousand dollars in addition to that already spent. Among these buildings will be a large storage and assembling room which will be two hundred feet long, fifty feet wide and three stories in height. This building will be constructed on the same substantial lines as have been all the other new buildings at the plant. In addition to the storage and assembling room, a dipping building and an extra storage building will be erected. These buildings are still being planned and therefore the officials of the company have not as yet positively decided on the size. However, they will be put up along lines corresponding to others By December First. The Hoosier officers expected to have all the buildings now under course of construction, done by September 1, but it is hardly probable that the contractor on the job will be able to do this. The officers of the company do not expect all to-be in readiness for occupancy until Decem ber 1. The huge tank at the factory, which supplies the water for the automatic sprinkling apparatus, and which is used in case of fire, is now being torn away and a new tank will be erected. The old tank was struck by lightning recently and it is largely for this reason that the new one will be placed so soon. The old reservoir held 16,000 gallons of water but the new, one will have a capacity of 60,000 gallons. This tank will "be the largest in the city and most substantial as it will be constructed entirely of steel. This will give the large plant excellent fire protection in addition to the city water mains. JAPAN NOWJ CONTROL New Agreement Has Been Signed With Korea. Tokio, July 25 A new agreement between Korea and Japan was signed today and Japan was given control of the government. HODGE AT THE OLD STAND. He Has Repurchased the Twentieth Street Grocery. Chas. Hodge has bought back the grocery which he sold to R. A. Howe, two years ago, and will continue the business at the present stand, 203 North Twentieth street. Mr. Howe will likely locate in the West, probably Oregon. Mr. Hodge is a practical groceryman and would not have sold his store had it not been for failing health. He is now in position to make an active bid for his. hairt of i tlx -fiTocery? trad.

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P00LA1D0ILLIA0DS IN LOCAL y. M. C. A. Both Games Will Be Provided For in the Basement Of the Building. SOME ARE OPPOSED TO IT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BOWL ING ALLEY STATUS OF THE PLANS BOTH FOR THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. There has been y md'cli ald a3 to whether pool and billiard tables would or should be installed in the Y. M. C. A. building which will soon be erected and the interior plans for which the building committee will soon accept. The new plans call for a billiard and pool room in the basement of the new Y. M. C. A. building also a bowling alley. Some church members have maintained that pool and billiards should not be allowed in the association building stating that It would teach the boys something that might later lead them Into saloons and pool rooms where the games are played. As practically all of the Y. M. C. A.'s in the country have pool and billiards In connection with the other features, there is a large coterie of people who maintain that long ago these would have been banished had they been as detrimental as some Richmond people appear to think they are. A supporter of the pool and billiard proposition expressed himself by saying that there is no reason why the best game on earth should be turned in to the "devil's" hands exclusively. He said that there are many young men and boys in Richmond who play pool and like the game so well that they will go to the saloons and play it. They have already acquired the habit, he said, and should there be good tables in the association building where the games could be played free, all these would be attracted there, taking them out of the bad environment of the pool rooms and saloons. The new plans also call for a bowl ing alley and this too has been spoken against by some, but without effect. Architect Hussey has returned to his home in Lansing, Mich., after hav Ing conferred with the local building committee in regard to the plans, and will return next week with the local men's suggestions incorporated In a new set of drawings. These probably will be the plans first thought of per taining to the general arrangement of the building, will be materially alter ed when they are adopted. Nothing is kown definitely of the interior arrangement. The plans for the exterior of he building have not been drawn, as 'the architect has not been selected to do thi3 work. Just when these plans will be in shape for adoption is not known by the building committee. MOTHER KILLED HERSELF Will Be Substance of Margaret MagilPs Testimony. Clinton, Ill.y July 23. The mystery as to the whereabouts of Margaret Magill was solved today when she was found at the home of Attorney Lemon who will defend her father when he Is arraigned on the charge of wife murder. Miss Magill will testify that her mother killed herself. The Australian premiers conference disapproved the proposed transfer of the northern territory of South, Aus tralia to-the commonwealths

BELGIUM TO TAKE REINS.

AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE BELGl AN AND THE CONGO GOVERNMENTS. Brussels, July 2". The close of King Leopold's long struggle to stave off the annexation of the Congo to Belgium and to retain the personal sovereignty over this rich and extensive African state, i3 foreshadowed In the agreement reached oa July 12, between the Belgian and the Congo governments, elaborating the terms upon which the Consro Free state will pass into the possession of Belgium. This transfer will mark an import ant epoch for the Congo, as heretofore the entire conduct of affairs, civil and military, had been under the personal direction of King Leopold and a cabi net of Congo officers entirely separate from and independent of Belgium, where' the new regime will make the Belgian government, instead of the king, individually responsible for the conduct of Congo affairs. The British and American governments have favored placing this governmental responsibility on Belgium, as the British offi cials have made the point that there was great difficulty in dealing with the Congo, in view of its anomalous po sition, as a personal dependency of the King, whereas foreign governments could deal with it through the usual diplomatic channels if the Belgian gov ernment assumed responsibility for its administration. No difficulty about the treaty of an nexation itself is anticipated. Tm real fight will follow upon the terms of the colonial law. The indications are that the whole subject will be thrashed out in Parliament during the fall and that January or Ffcbruay, VMS. will cee the Congo Free State a colony of Belgium instead of personal dependency of King Leo pold. NO WORD IS RECEIVED Astonishment Has Been Cre ated at New Paris, 0. AFFAIR NOT EXPLAINED New Paris, O., July 23. Robert Hough, who left town Tuesday evening of last week, instructing his clerk. Will Barber, to care for the restaurant until his return, has not appeared here since and the matter has caused the ut most astonishment on the part of his friends and business associates. Mrs. Hough and their three children returned the following day from a visit to her parents at Cox's Mills and Mr. Barber has been secured to assume the management of the business. Mr. Hough had always been known as a reputable gentleman in both pub lic and private life and it is said that he was prosperous in his restaurant and ice cream business. Former em ployers and old friends found it fair ly impossible to believe that he had in Ieed gone and left all. Naturally, all sorts of stories have been aflot, many of which have already been found to be without foundation in fact, while the one thing known ab solutely is that he is gone. ARRANGE UNION SERVICES First Presbyterian, Grace M. Reid Churches Join. E. and Grace M. E., Reid Memorial U. P., and the First Presbyterian churches have arranged for union evening services the next three Sunday evenings at 7:30. Rev. S. R. Lyons. D. D., will preach at Grace church Sunday even ing. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Friday partly cloudy; light to fresh winds, mostly southwest. OHIO Friday partly cloudy; variable winds. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. WEDNESDAY (July 24) Total Circulation 6,301 6,036 Net Circulation ........... LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU LATION. LARGEST Paid circulation.

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At the recent meeting of the building committee at Earlham college it was definitly decided to go ahead with the new heating plant which has been contemplated for some time. In ac-

cordance with this decision the board let the contract for the construction of the heatinTT plant at $12,000, to Charles H. Johanning. At first rothing 'will be constructed other than the heating plant, as the college authorities have not enough money to in stall the electric light plant but this will probably be placed before the close of the next school jear which begins in September. The new heating plant will heat Earlham, Lindley, Perry and Bundy halls and also the library building. HO WORD RECEIVED AS TO INTERCHANGE Local Freight Situation Remains as Quiet As Can Be Imagined. NEITHER ROAD SAYS WORD. EXPECTED THE PENNSYLVANIA WILL STRENUOUSLY OBJECT WHEN IT CONSIDERS RIGHT TIME HAS COME. Members of the Commercial club are becoming restless, as both tho C, C. & L. and Pennsylvania railroads are remaining pecularily quiet on the freight interchange proposition, which has been the source of so much conflict In the past few months. Not once since the Indiana railroad commission requested that the inter change be granted, have tho club members heard from the C, C. & L. officials in regard to the matter. Neither have the C, C. & L officials or those of the Pennsylvania got their heads together on the proposition. Another thing which Is keeping Commercial club men guessing is the attitude of the Pennsylvania on the matter. When the Indiana commis sion first ruled that the interchange would have to be made, the Pennsyl vania railroad announced Its intention of contesting the decision, and slnctj. that time nothing has been heard one way or another in regard to the matter. The only way in which the Pennsylvania could contest the ruling would be to file an injunction against the proceedings when they were or dered. Just what they intend to do in regard to the matter Is not known and if local Pennsylvania precedents are followed, the big corporation will make no move until the last minute. Some members of the club have ex pressed the opinion that the Pennsyl vania will not under any circumstances make known its decision in the matter until the work begins on the new freight house and the ground over which the Epur between the two railroads will be run. Is cleared. The Pennsylvania then, according to some views will forget the interchange. WILLIAM PAY H E IS T Former Colored Employe of Dr. Charles Marvel Wanted by the Police. PROPERTY IS MISSING. APPEARS THAT PAYNE ADOPTED UNUSUAL AND BOLD METHODS IN TRANSACTING HIS BUSI NESS. William Payne, colored, has been the object of a search on the part of the local police for over a week, but up to the present time his location has not been revealed. Payne was employed by Dr. Charles Marvel as coachman and lived with his family in the resi dence portion of the well equipped barn Dr. Marvel has just had bull in the rear of his home on oNrtn Tenth street. Williams, nearly two weeks ago took French, leave of the city. He left be hind him unpaid accounts for house hold goods "purchased" from D. U. Atkinson and Joseph W. Moore, house furnishing dealers. Payne also bought a trunk from the Miller harness store, which he had charged to Dr. Marvel. I A beautiful .golL.5rat(2i and cjiainj the'

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course of the next few meeks, inausu rate a scheme to advertise the city of Richmond. Small pamphlets will be j printed, which will be of such shie ps to easily fit In envelopes. Thres printed circulars will describe glowing ly It.'chmond and her surroundings. The advertising material is to be distributed among the business men of the t'ny, and when tty write their business letters, they will be asked to always enclose one of the circulats I he members an 1 rff.cers of the club feel hnt this way ot advertising Will do much good. , WEST SIDE CLAIMS GET FRESHSUPPORT Trueblood Fire Added Argument to Need for West Side Hose House. TOO LONG RESPONDING. TERRIFIC RAIN STORM SAID TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ANY PART OF THE STRUCTURE. The burning of the home ot Trot. 12. P. Trueblood, Wednesday, is another evidence, so the people of West Richmond claim, of the necessity of the city locating a company of the fire department on the west side of the river. After the blaze at the Trueblood home had been discovered, it was fully twenty-five minutes before the arrival of the first hose company. This long delay was not altogether the fault of the long distance, the nearest hose company had to travel before reaching the fire. An alarm was sent In as soon as the fire was discovered, but the electrical storm had put the wires out of service, so the bells did not ring. However, when a telephone alarm was sent in to No. 2 fire house at the city building, it was found that the companies located there had responded to an alarm sent in from the Auto Inn. It was then necessary to telephone the alarm to No. 1 hose house on North Eighth street. Owing to the heavy condition of the roads It took this company at least ten minutes to reach the scene. Had there been a hose company In West Richmond, it is claimed this company would not have been called upon to answer the East Main street alarm, and a telephone alarm from the Trueblood home would have brought the company to the scene of the blaze in three or four minutes. In other words. West Richmond residents argue, had there been a West Richmond fire company, the Trueblood home would have escaped with nothing more serious than part of the roof being de-l slroyed. The terrific rain storm that! accompanied the lightning bolt which' ignited the Trueblood home Is said to be the only thing that kept the entire building from being consumed by the blaze. property of Mrs. Marvel, is missing, and it Is thought Payne appropriated this. Operations Were Bold. The operations of the colored man were so strikingly bold that he was never suspicioned by Dr. Marvel. When Payne was employed by Dr. Marvel as his coachman, he was told that he would be expected to furnish the residence portion of the barn. Payne immediately purchased household goods from Atkinson and Moore on the Installment plan. These goods were sent to the residence in the read of Dr. Marvel's home. Here Payne had them crated and some of them he had ship ped out of the city. The rest of the furnishings, it is alleged, were dispose! of to local people. Used the Telephone. When the time came for Payne to take his departure he went to the Miller harness store, where he ordered trunk for Dr. Marvel. The clerk re fused to give Payne the trunk unless he produced some authority from Dr. Marvel, for its purchase on credit. Payne returned to the Marvel home and then called up the Miller harness store over the telephone. Imitating Dr. Marvel's voice, Payne ordered the trunk sent down to the Marvel home. When it arrived Payne packed his belongings in it and then departed to points unknown. When it was discovered that Payne had left town Mrs. Marvel missed her valuable watch and chain. The property Payne secured from Moore and Atkinson, is said to be valued at over !. Parisians ate 4' O0O horses last year. The horse meat consumption has increased owing to the scarcity of beef., -

BLAME ON STEUNENBERG

DECLARED THAT MORE SEEDS OF STRUGGLE THAN GOVERNOR. HE SOWED STRIFE AND ANY OTHER Boise, Idaho. July 2.". Before m crowded court room, Clarence Harrow resumed his plea for the life of Haywood today and will finish today. Borah will close for the state. Indica. tions are that the case will go to tho jury Friday evening or Saturday mora Boise, Idaho, July 23. Expenflnirf all his powers of vituperation on th character of Orchard and Detect I vi McPartland. Clarence Darrow, associate counsel for the defensa In tho Haywood, trial, spent all of Wednesday in exhorting the jury to pay not attention to tho evidence given by tho state's witness. Darrow asserted, that Orchard's religion Is bogus and marked the last stap in his depravity. Passing finally from his tirade up on Orchard and McPartland, Mr. Darrow began to discuss some of the evidence In the case, taking up tho troubles In the Coeur d'Alcno district of Idaho In 1899. He declared Steunenborg sowed tho seeds of more strife and struggle than was ever sown by the governor of any, state down to the proseut time. Law of Might Rules. "There was no justification of If," exclaimed the attorney. "When such a course is taken by a chief executive of a state It Is high timo that all gov ernment should be submerged and tho only law be the law of might. There is not a man living who can defend It. Doubtless Governor Steunenberg felt that what he did was the only thing: he could do. I am not here to discus him or his motives, but I know thaf both inside and outside of labor unions. In ail walks of life, there wcro those who denounced and always will, denounce the acts of Stcunentterg so long as we pretend to have a governor by law in these United States." Defending tho articles printed In the Miners' Magazine, denouncing Steunenberg, Darrow said that they were written bv Ed Bovce. the first president of tho Western Federation of Miners a graduate of the smeltcm and not of the colleges, and an honeKt man for all of that, and a man who had a right to express his honest views of the unwarranted herding of, men in a bullpen, "surrounded by lice,! Pinkerton detectives and other ver min." With flaming words the attorney pictured to the jury the difference between the owners of the mines and smelters who rolled up their wealth, and bought their way into the United? States senate In the blood of the men, who worked for them, and the miners and smelter men, who, when their days of usefulness, through age. Injury, or disability, were oyer, wero thrown out In the scrap heap to perish and die. RACES WEREDECLARED OFF Rain Partly Spoiled the Hagcrstown Fair, Wednesday. EVENTS CARRIED FORWARD HagerMown. Ind.. July 23. Wednesday of the fair opened with a beautiful sunshiny day, but at 12:30 a severe electrical storm accompanied by considerable wind and rain left the track In such a condition that all races were declared off and as a result a great number of runners wilt start In the running events today nt Friday, as the entries in these event do not close until 11 o'clock on tho evening previous to the race. Tho Gilmore family of Freemont, O., gavo their regular performance In front oC the amphitheater. The cornet bandt of Losantsvllle furnished the au&io for Wednesday. PAYS PENALTY Russian Would-be-Murderess Hanged at Sunrise. St. Petersburg, July 23. Mine. Fromkina. who In Llarch attempted to kill General Rheinbot and later tried to murder a prison inspector was hanged at sunrise today. Born in Ambulance. New York, July 25. While being rushed to a hospital today in an ambulance, Mrs. Christopher Larson gave birth to triplets, all girls and all healthy children.

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