Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 189, 6 August 1907 — Page 1

T BIG MOOT AJDHJM 10 PACES TODAY TODAY AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXII. NO. 189. RICII3IOXD, IND., TUESDAY EVEXIXG, AUGUST 11,1907. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. MEAT IIISPECTIOII REMAINS III QUITE A MIXED IIP MESS WILL STRIKE BLOW AT THE DAVTOtl l WESTERN BRANCH WILLIAM MAJORS IS ABfiESTM A BARN Man a -Hopeless Victim of ; Drink, Apparently. PROMISE TO PAY IS LOOPBOLEJF ESCAPE Boarding House Keepers Have Their Troubles. PROTEST AGAINST THE OPEIIIIIG OE NORTH FOURTH ST. Senior Indiana Senator Will Wed

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Council Heard a Long Winded

Discussion and at the Close There Was No Progress Ap parent as a Result. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO THE SITUATION City Attorney Study and Attor ney Henry U. Johnson Take Issue With City Health Offi cer Charles S. Bond. City Health Officer Dr. Charles ytond Is of the opinion that it is now time to put the ordinance regarding the inspection of meat, passed by council last June, into effect. The delay in enforcing the ordinance Was to give the local butchers time to prepare to meet the requirements of the ordinance. Dr. IJond appeared before council Monday evening to see what the coun- " cilmen thought about declaring the or dinance in force. He left the council chamber befogged as to the inten tions of council so did the handful of spectators. Even the councilmen themselves were at sea on the oues tion, owing to the fact that City At torney Study, who appears to grasp ever opportunity to make light of gov ernment Inspection of local slaugh tering houses. Interposed objections and engaged in a debate with the health officer, which threatened to last until the early hours of the morning. Mr. Study was assisted by Attorney Henry IT. Johnson, who appeared for Henry Holzapfel, who owns one of the two local butchering establishments Dr. Bond stated that the govern xnent is ready to furnish an inspector for the local butchering establish ments providing that the slaughtering floors meet government require ments and the butchers themselves apply for an Inspector.' Dr. Bond stated that William Stolle had improved his slaughtering establishment and desired government inspection, but that Holzapfel did not want it. Difference of Opinion. Mr. Study then entered into a long winded argument to the effect that the ordinance could not be declared Into effect until an inspector had been secured. Dr. Pond stated that the enforcement of the ordinance would require government inspection. Mr. Study denied this. He said that the ordinance did not require federal inspection. The city clerk then had to re-read the ordinance, which sustained the stand taken by Dr. Bond. Mr. Johnson took the floor and stated that he was appearing for Mr. Holzapfel. He said Mr. Holzapfel had gone to much expense in remodeling his butchering establishment but that If he attempted to meet all the requirements prescribed in the city ordinance, which is modeled after the Inter-state commerce law, it woul3 financially embarrass him. He said that his client Is not in favor of government inspection but that he probably would consent to it. Councilman Deuker knew of some good veternarians and he wanted to know why one of them could not be appointed inspector. Dr. Bond Immediately explained that he did not know of a man in town capable of inspecting meat as required by the government. Following this Study. Johnson and Bond argued pro and con the meat inspection question, debating on refuse tanks, tuberculosis germs, whether or not the govern ment would supply a government inspector and other points too numerous to recollect. Council adjourned with its members yawning and looking suggestively at the clock. The meat inspection question has been referred to Dr. Bond and at the next council meeting the city fathers will again wres-tie with the cuestion. Dr. Bond will have a conference with Holzapfel Wednesday and he hopes to get him in line to apply for government inspection. FELL QUlTEJ DISTANCE Mrs. Anna Bloom Badly Hurt At New Paris. New Paris, O., Aug. 6 On Thursday night of last week, Mrs. Anna Bloom fell down a flight of seventeen steps, Injuring her arm and sustaining many bruises. She was in the dark and on taking the first step missed it and fell to the bottom. Her condition Is not thought to be serious. TWO ARE FINED FOR DRUNK. Alonzo Bratton and Jack Ersman In the City Court. Alonzo Bratton and Jack Ersman arrested by Officer Lambertson were arraigned In police court on a charge of drunk and each drew a fine of $3 and costs after entering pleas of guilty. Both fines were paid by JLendaipfthezae, ...

Miss Katherine Eddy, and Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana,

whose marriage takes place in Berlin, on August 7th. Miss Eddy is the sister of Spencer Eddy, first secretary to the American Embassy at Berlin. Senator Beveridge is forty-five years old. He is a widower, his first wife having died in 1900. It was necessary to overcome a great deal of red tape,

so as not to conflict with the German marriage regulations, regarding residence.

BUILDINGS UNSAFE THE REPORT STATES Board of Works Has Been Con ducting an Inspection The Past Few Days. AIDED BY THE FIRE CHIEF. BRICK STRUCTURE ON SOUTH SIXTH AND A ONE-STORY STRUCTURE ON STATE STREET ARE DECLARED UNFIT. The board of public works at counil meeting Monday evening submit ted a report concerning a recent inpection of buildings made in conunction with Fire Chief Miller. In this report an old brick building on south Sixth street, formerly used by the Schneider Carriage Company, was declared to be unsafe. The south wall of this building bulges out nearly foot and is badly cracked. Other parts of the building are in an unsafe condition and the report adds that in case of a fire in this building the lives of the firemen would be endangered on account of its condition. The report states that a small onestory building located on State street, lot 6S of the Hannah A. Leeds addition is in a most dangerous condition. All the plaster has fallen off the walls and ceilings and the roof has caved in. Children play in this building at a great risk to their lives. The board recommends that council take some action In regard to these two buildings. Under the state law council has the authority to order the condemned buildings torn down. Another building on Ft. Wayne avenue came under the ban but was not mentioned in the report because the owner has promised to have it repaired at once. A MOVEMENT AGAINST FUNEBALSJN SUNDAY Eaton Ministerial Association Does Not Want Them. OUTCOME IS UNCERTAIN. Eaton, O., Aug. C. The trustees of Mound Hill cemetery held a meeting Monday night and besides the allowing of the regular bills 'discussed, a petition that had been filed by the undertakers and liverymen, in con junction with the Eaton Ministerial association, which petition asked that Sunday funerals be'abolished and prohibited by the board. The matter was taken under advisement and owig -to the -fact that there is. some

TRENCH WARSHIPS OPEN BOMBARDMENT

Situation at Tangier Is the Gravest Since the Trouble Began There. THE TOWN MAY BE RAZED. THIS DEPENDS UPON WHETHER THE MOORISH LEADER IS WILLING TO SURRENDER TO THE FRENCH CONSUL. Tangier, Morocco, Aug. 6. French warships have bombarded Casablanca as result of the Moorish tribesmen firing upon troops landed to protect the French consulate. Many casualties are reported and the situation is the gravest since the beginning of the trouble. The Moorish" leader has been ordered to surrender to the French consul under threat of the town being razed by French guns. When the French marines landed and were proceeding to the consulate, a bTishwhacking fire was directed at them. The force was small and did not engage the Moors. As soon as the engagement became known by the fleet, the section of the town held by the Moors was shelled. The Moorish leader is not expected to surrender. Europeans are leaving the city. Seven Frenchmen were woundd in the first attack. The combined French and Spanish force thereupon cleared the city of hostile tribesmen, and the Gallilee opened fire on the rebels. Villages surrounding were de stroyed and many tribesmen killed and wounded. The town battery opened fire on the ships, but was soon silenced. The Moors asked parley and sought pardon, but the request was refused, the commander being to:d the only way to stop bombardment was to surrender absolutely to the French consul. question whether or not the board could entirely prohibit such funerals, it is likely that they will pass a resolution at a special meeting next week, condemning funerals on Sunday and asking that such be not held. They also took under advisement the closing and locking of the cemetery at night. An English sea captain who died the other day at eighty had crossed the English channel ..( h times in his fifty-three years of service. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers .Tuesday .night and Wednesday in the north portion, fair In south; fresh west kinds. OHIO Wednesday showers; fc southwest to south-winds fresh

'City Council Shows Its Hand

For First Time in the Traction Fight and Will . Back Board of Works. CITY ATTORNEY STUDY SAYS D.& W. TRESPASSES As Far as He Has Been Able To Determine, That Company Has No Authority to Operate Cars on Main St. "Resolved, that the city attorney examine and ascertain by what right the Indiana, Columbus & Eastern Traction company and the Dayton and Western traction company operate their interurban cars upon the Main street of the city of Richmond, and if upon such examination he shall conclude that the said traction companies or either of them have no right to operate their interurban cars upon said Main street, he Is ordered and directed to prepare and present to the council at its next meeting an ordinance prohibiting said companies from operating their cars upon said Main street." The above resolution was introduced before council Monday evening after an address by the city attorney, reviewing the traction situation, it was unanimously adopted. It was the first time council has shown, its hand in the fight that has been waged against the traction syndicate by the board of public works. City Attorney Study after the reading of a resolution adopted by the South Side Improvement association to the effect that the traction syndicate should be made to accept the terms of the city or be prohibited from operating its cars on Main street took the floor and gave an explanation as to why he had not prepared an ordinance to this effect. Mr. Study Explains. Mr. Study stated that an examination showed that the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern controlled the franchise of the Richmond Street Railway company and that it operated cars as far east as the loop between Glen Miller park and the old driving park. Mr. Study stated that Prosecutor Jessup had recently secured the articles of incorporation of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern from the office of the secretary of state and that an examination of this revealed that the interurban line operated into the city from the east to Eighth and Main streets was the Indiana, Columbus & Eastern. Mr. Study stated that it was shown that the Indiana, Columbus & Eastern had leased to the Dayton & Western this line for a period of ninety-nine years. Has no Right. After explaining this puzzling re lation of the subsidary traction lines to each other and to the parent line, the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern, Mr. Study stated that so far as he had been able to determine the Dayton & Western had no right to operate cars In this city. He said that the city could test this right by filing injunction proceedngs " in the city court, but he did not recommend J that this action be taken. Mr. Study stated that such action would mean much delay. Mr. Study recommended that the council pass a penal ordinance making it unlawful Tor the Dayton & Western to operate cars in Richmond. Mr. Study stated that it Is not an assured fact that council could take such action against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern but that he felt certain that the city would be acting on its rights in compelling the D. & W. to cease operations in Richmond. "In other words, the Dayton & Western would prove an easier 'victim' than the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern," Mr. Study explained. Everything to Gain. The city attorney stated that the city in passing such an ordinance as he advocated would have everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose. He said that in driving the interurbans off Main street the city would have to act carefully and be absolutely sure of ever step taken. "You can't just take the traction cars from Main street and pitch them over the buildings", he said. The resolution adopted by council means that at the next council meeting an ordinance making it a penal offense for the Dayton & Western to i operate cars along Main street will be passed. The ordinance will provide a stiff fine for each violation and if the company attempts to operate its cars the police will have the authority, as they have under the ordinance prohibiting the operation of freight cars on Main street, to arrest the crews. King Leopold has offered a prize of $30,000 for a remedy for the sleeping sicKness which is wiping out his sub jects In Africa. - , .

WAS GIVEN FINE OF $15. William Majors, an old man who for the past few years has been the source of much trouble to his relatives, and who is now suffering with a mild attack of delirium tremers. faced police court on the charge of vagrancy. That he might be kept away from liquor untill he sobers, Prosecutor Jessuy recommended to Judge Converse a fine' that would keep him within the confines of the county jail for some time. He was given $15 and costs. The old man has since Friday been sleeping in a barn owned by his brother-in-law . to the rear of 310 North Fifth street. Monday "night the man was attacked with delirium tremens in a mild form, and created such a disturbance that his sister and brother-in-law decided to turn him over to the authorities, thinking that procedure best for the man's good. Officers Yingling and Edwards went, to the barn at three o'clock in the morning and found the old man lying there in a semi-conscious condition. He was shaking frightfully. The man was all but carried to the police station where he was slated as a vagrant. When asked of his actions previous to his arrest the old man told a tangled story. He stoutly maintained that he was in a barn to the rear of the Eggemeyer grocery when arrested and was at no time near his brother-in-law's house. He maintained that if Judge Converse would allow him his

freedom he would never touch a drop, but when Officer Vogelsong stated that he had called for a half pint while still in jail, all doubts as to his early imbibing were removed. On two previous occasions Majors has suffered severe attacks of delirium tremens. it VALUABLES" TURNED OVER TO THE CORONER O'Brien's Possessions Were of Little Consequence. A BOOK FOR FAKE NOTES. The sole valuables of ""Hank" O'Brien, alias Frank E. Taylor, alias Chas. H. Havens and several other aliases, will be turned over to Coroner Bramkamp. His entire list of belongings consists of an old pair of rusty "specks," two or three lead pencils, an old comb and a few other little trinkets. Among the things found on the dead man's person was a receipt he had given the Wayne Supply company for fifty cents collected for giving so called pure food inspection. There were sev-

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Mrs. William G. Roelker, who has the satisfaction of knowing that she is considered the best dressed oman of . the "ultra-Women of Newport. Mrs. Roelker was awarded a palm hen she wore a Parisian creation of .white flannel ;with. a small white sailor hat and a short white tulle jeiL.

PROSECUTION IMPOSSIBLE.

Daily the police authorities are besieged by boarding house keepers, requesting them to arrest such and such a person for beating a board bill. In the majority of these cases, when the details are ascertained,, it is found that they allowed the "owing" ones to leave on a promise that they would pay at some time in the future. ln der these circumstances a ' case of board beating cannot be made against persons failing to pay. The state law governing this Invariably is bitterly attacked by boarding house keepers, who sometimes lose small amounts simply because they have allowed their boarders to leave on a promise that they would "pay up" in the near futu re. CRIME IS DOUBLED; MURDERER OF TWO Abraham Cohen Died in Hospital at Dayton Without Making Statement. MYSTERY UP TO FAMILY. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN NAMED "HARRY" WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE STRANGLER OF THE GIRL. Dayton, O.. Aug. 0. Abraham Cohen died in the hospital at ten o'clock this morning. He was conscious, but made no statement about the mystery and the solution rests with the members of the family, so the police think. Brothers and sisters of the dead girl Anna Markowtz, are still in jail. Late last night Cohen said, "that looks like the man who did It," as Jacb Markowitz was led from the bedside of the dying man. Mrs. Elizabeth Virus, colored, who lives near the scene of the crime, heard the shots and a woman's voice cry, "Harry, Harry Oh Harry." The sheriff Is looking for "Harry" on the theory that he is the double murderer. eral pages of small note paper, on which there were unintelligible "chicken tracks" supposed to be short hand. While making threats at dif ferent places he took notes In this manner in hU endeavor to "bluff" pfcr sons from whom he wanted to extract money. Some of these, too, are sup posed to have been taken while he was playing the role of an Indianapolis Star reporter. '9 7 v- '.3 - V 'f Sift.-? 2 r 2.

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One Hundred Property Owners Have Joined in Asking the City Council That No Action In This Matter Be Taken.

ORDINANCE IS PASSED FOR TRACK INTO GLEN. Street Car Company Will Arrange to Take4Care of Chau.tauqua Business-New Doran Floor Bridge. One hundred property otmprs har signed a protest against the proposed opening of North Fourth street from Main to A. This protect was presented Monday evening to the city council and it was ih turn referred to ifc board of public works. Advised to Cut It. That notorious telephone pole BtrTX stands right In front of the side entrance of the homo of Mr. Chenoweth on South A street. Monday evening he appealed to council to have it removed. Mr. Study stated that he had informed Mr. Chenoweth to cut tho pole down if the company refused to remove it. The company states that the pole was erected before Mr. Chenoweth built his house. Bill for Antitoxin. The Ross Drug company presented a bill of $10 for supplying 6,000 units ot antitoxin which was used on a patient at the detention hospital. The bill was referred to the committee on claims. Like African Jungle. Councilman Ogborn ealied attention to the condition of North J street between Tenth and Twelfta. Ho staled that the drainage is poor and that tho water stands In the gutters until It resembles an ideal frog nd. He said the sidewalks on this street look more like an African jungle than walks in a city of boasted civic beauty. Ite$3,500 for Improvements. A communication from the board stated that cement curbs, gutters and sidewalks had been constructed on the following streets: North Twelfth from Main to K; North Fourteenth from Main to 12; North Ninth from Main to K; South Sixth from Main to A. The board recommended that these streets be Improved by being macadamized. Under suspension of the rules an ordinance appropriating $3,500 for Improvements on these streets and also on North Fifth street from Main to A street, where the street car company has recently lowered" Its tracks, was passed. The money will be used In purchasing crushed stone. Track Into the Glen. An ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules permittine the street car company to construct a temporary track Into Glen Miller to be used during the Chautauqua. A communication from W. S. Hiser. secretary of the chautauqua association, was read, recommending that thl3 action be taken. The ordinance provides that the company shall remove this track by September 2. New Bridg Floor. An ordinance appropriating $3,.r00 to place a new floor on the Doran bridge was passed under suspension of the rules. A communication from the board stated that at first It was thought this Improvement could be delayed a year but It had later been decided that new flooring Is required Immediately. The new floor will b of oak Instead of pine. Condition of Treasury. City Controller Webster Parry sub mitted the following reiort of the city treasury up to August 5: Sinking Fund. Amount on hand July 1 ... .$30,440.0." Receipts since then 10.93S.CS Grand total $41,378.73 Disbursements 18,708.54 Balance, August 1 ..$22,670.19 Sinkink Fund. Amount on hand August 1..$ 8,K9.S3 Special 'Fund. , Amount on handAugust 1. .$13,341.38 Cash Improvement Fund. Amount on hand August 1..$ 824.16 MAY BEOPEHTHE SPRINGS The Stockholders Held a Meet ing on Sunday. New Paris, O., Aug. 6 There are again prospects of Cedar Springs be ing opened. On Sunday the stock holders met at the Springs and from the tenor of affairs it is believed the place will be reopened Immediately to

be used mainly, as a sanitarium.