Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 348, 29 January 1908 — Page 1
RICHMOND PAL1LABIUM AIMD SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXII. XO.H18. KICIIMOXD, IM)., WKDXESDAV EVENING, JAM AKV i, UH)S. SINGLE COPY, CENTS. MILLIONS LOST BY BIG FIRES IN MANY CITIES LAST NIGHI DAIRYMAN DENIES SWEEPING CHABGES fOULKE WAS BiG SPEAKER AT THE Young Men .Will Take Up Business Cares of Their-Millionaire Fathers Soon T
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Indianapolis, Chicago, Kansas City and Detroit Have Fires In Which Losses Will Aggregate Over $3,000,000.
BIG WAREHOUSE BURNING IN INDIANAPOLIS. Flames Started Last And Have Not Yet Checked Various mates of the Losses. Night Been EstiIndianapolis, Ind.. .Ian. -!. This afternoon has not brought an end to the all night fight, of the fire which rages in the warehouse of the Henry Coburn Storage and Warehouse company. Tic? los-s is roughly estimated at 1. . m m , it 10. but may go higher. Klames which have guticd the entire Georgia street .side of the building are spreading south. Owing to tlie number of concerns doing business with the Coburn company Mid the many interests sheltered beneath the roof, an accurate estimate of the loss was impossible t'his morning. However, according to the most conservative, it will reach ,s; l ,01 m ,ooo easily. Some men, members of linns having1 goods either stored in the great warehouse, or being shipped through, place the loss at $l.r.on.MW. Hundreds of farming implements and hundreds of barrels of sugar, groceries by the carload, paper and dry goods In great quantities, together with the merchandise of a score of other varieties--thousands of dollars' worth owned by the commercial concerns of Indianapolis and elsewhere-burned or is burning. Three firemen were injured by falling walls this morning. The Coburn warehouse was one of the biggest of its kind in the middb; west. Fronting on Georgia street, it reached back fully ,",cn feet to the railway yards and coveted a half square of ground. It contained store rooms leased by firms of this city as well as general shipping rooms used for the accommodation of shippers, all of which were well filled with thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise temporarily stored or being held for shipment. Many of tin firms who will feel the loss are concerns of the East and elsewhere doing a general agency business in Indianapolis and the state. THIRD CHICAGO FIRE. Disastrous Blaze Does $1,000,000 Damage. Chicago, Jan. 2!. The third disastrous fire in the business section of the city in as many days caused a loss last night estimated at over $1.P00.000 in the almost complete destruction of the building at 114 Wabash avenue, occupied by Alfred Peats A. Co., dealers in wall paper; the building adjoining on the south, occupied by John A. Colby & Sons, furniture dealers, and that in the rear, occupied by the millinery firms of Edson, Keith &, Co. The losses, as apportioned tonight niong tho various firms, were: . Alfred Feats & Co.. $250,000; John A. Colby & Sons, $200,000: Edson, Keith & Co., $600,000; Cage Bros., 325.000: Theodore Ascher Co., 825,i00. Others who suffered losses, chiefly by smoke and water, were: Carl Net chert, artificial flower dealer. $10,000; Remington Typewriter Co. $.,000 and John A. Bryant Co., pianos, ?5,000. STANDARD OIL LOSES. $150,000 Fire Destroys Tank in California. San Luis Obispo. Cal.. Jan. 29. Tire, which was started yesterday afternoon in an oil tank belonging to the 1'nion Oil company at Port Harford by a stroke of lightning, burned all of last night and until this afternoon, consuming with their contents the innk which was first set on fire and three ot'.iers belonging to the Standard Oil company. The total loss is roughh estimated t $150,000. NELSON MORRIS . CO S LOSS. The Canning Department Is Ruins. in Kansas City. Mo., January 29 Fire of unknown origin started in the can-! ning department on the second floor! of one of the main buildings of Nelson, Morris & Co.. Kansas City, Kan., last night, threatening destruction of the entire plant, and caused a loss estimated at $500,00rt before it was under control. The building in which the fire started contained the canning department. The coolers, the dressing rooms, the wholesale department tnd the killing beds, and the contents supplied the fire with fuel which made the flames difficult to combat. Tlie box factory in the rear of the main building was entirely destroyed. The I Continued on Tase Seven)
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A nuuiner of America's most famous financiers eitner recently have retired or an- on the eve of retiring from Active business, leaving the conduct of their gigantic interests in the hands of their sons. In this picture are shown four of the young men who are now to take up the work laid down by tlu-ir distinguished and successful fathers. From left to right they are J. Pierporit Morgan, Jr., John I). Rockefeller, Jr.. 11. H. Rogers, Jr., and Earl 1. Shaw, sou of the former Secretary of the Treasury. Their fathers are in the sketch standing behind the young men.
DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO BE SELECTED FRIDAY Men Who Will Represent Voters of City and County in District and State Conventions to Be Selected. TIME OF MEETINGS HAS BEEN ARRANGED. Township Conventions Will Be In Afternoon and Ward Meetings at Night District Convention of Importance. Delegates and alternates to the republican district convention at Cambridge City February 4, and to the republican state convention at Indianapolis April 1 and will be chosen by the republican voters of Wayne county Friday of this week. There will be the same number of delegates and alternates to the state convention as to the district convention. Eight townships will hold joint meetings. These townships and the plates of meeting are as follows: Abington and Boston at Abington. Perry and Dalton, at Economy. Harrison and Clay, nt Greeusfork. Webster and New Garden, at Fountain City. At each of these joint meetings one delegate and one alternate to each convention will be chosen. Wayne and Jackson township will each select two delegates and alternates respectively to t Hisitriit anil wtiito rnnvpntliint All the other townships in the county will each choose one delegate and one alternate to the district convention and the same number to the state convention. In Richmond, the fourth, fifth and sixth wards will each select two delegates and two alternates to tlie district convention and two delegates and two alternates to the state convention. One delegate and one alternate to each convention will lie chosen at meetings in the first, second third, seventh and eighth wards. All township meetings will be held Friday afternoon at ' ::i o'clock. Ward meetings in this city will be held l ridav evening at 7::i o'clock. Voters in Wayne townsOip outside the city will meet at. the court house. The following are the places where I the various ward meetings will be held: First ward Court House. Second wardCity hall. Third ward- G. A. K. hall. 1 Fourth ward K. of P teirmle Fifth waul -No :: Ho:-e house, sixth wind -never' hon Seventh ward Little's barn. Eighth ward-W. S. II. club. At the district convention two deiegates and two alternates to the republican national convenion will be chos en. One of these delegates will probably be R. G. Leeds of this city. At ! the district convention there will also be chosen a presidential elector, subject to the approval of the republican state con vein ion. At the state convention a ticket will be nominated and a platform adopted. C. W. Fairbanks' candidacy for presidem will also be endorsed.
DOYLE WILL NOT U FOR NEW TRIAL
Sentenced to Term of Two to Fourteen Years. Anderson. Ind., Jan. 2:. Shirley Doyle, convicted of attempting to murder his sweetheart, .Miss Lida Scott by cutting her throat and then slashing his own throat in attempt at suicide, will not ask for a new trial. Judge McClnre sentenced Doyle to a term of two to fourteen years in prison and fined him !fl. CONFEDERATION AGITATED Important Conference in London Today. London, Eng., Jan. 29. An important, conference was held here at tho instance of Edward Page of Chicago, In view of forming a world's prohibition confederation. POLES SHOULD BE STREET Members and Directors of the Commercial Club Think So And Adoph Resolution to This Effect. i O'NEAL 0FP0SED THE ADOPTION LAST NIGHT. Said that If Bell Company Was Forced Off Main Street It Could Place Wires Underground with Open Franchise The board of directors of the Com mercial club met yesterday afternoon jam! unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the Main street pole- ordinance. This resolution was reported to the club at the meeting last evening and after considerable discussion the club endorsed the action of the executive board. W. P. O'Neal, a member of the board of public works, during the discussinn of tlie resolution state'1, that, he opposed to i-. Mr. O'Neal held that fl' removal of tk'Ics from Main stiee-, would permit ;h-' Central Union telephone company to place its wires underground under the terms of the open franchise it now holds. He said that this comnanv should never be permitted to go underground i until it had accepted a franchise sim-ji-ar to t-ae frne Ilow held by the Home j telephone company, which contains a maximum rate clause, , Mr. O'Neal was the only one who cpjosed the pole ordinance. W. A. ; Bond. John I. Hupe. W. K. Bradbury, j kay K. Shivele and others spoke in i:t ftror.
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L. ERT SLACK WILL ViORK FOR
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He Desires to Democratic Governor of Be the Nominee Indiana Next for and Will Lay Plans to This End. UP TO DATE HE HAS BEEN A RECEPTIVE CANDIDATE. It Was Not Until the Past Few Days That He Decided to, Enter the Race Made Favorable Impression Here. L. Ert Slack, state senator of Franklin. Ind., announced last evening, jus before his address to the Commercial club, that lie would be a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor. Some time ago Mr. Slack asserted that he was a receptive candidate for this office, but last night he said he had reached the decision to make an active canvass for the nomination. Mr. Slack will make the race on a good government and prohibition platform. He says that the democratic party in Indiana has too long borne the stigma of being known as "the whiskey party." To redeem itself in the eyes of the public, he holds, it will be necessary for the party to take a firm stand for prohibition. Slack lias always been a firm advocate of good government and in years past he has, on several occasions, openly rebelled against the actions of the state democratic leaders in allying the party with the liquor interests. He is confident that at the stae convenlion the democratic party will clear it - sell of the "whiskey stigma In his address before the members of the Commercial club last evening, Mr. Slack liiade a most favorabi" impression. He i. a splendid speaker and he handled his subject. "Expenses, Debts and Taxes" in a most able manner, although some of the local bankers took exceptions to his remarks on the American banking system. ' He spoke on the present financial depression, its cause and the remedy that should be applied to relieve the condition. He held that the financial depression was the result of over borrowing. The great volume of business transacted in this country, stated Mr. Slack, was not based on the material wealth. To place the business of the nation on a sound footing bu.-iness men must be more conservative and borrow less. Mr. Slack presented many statistics, many of which were of a startling nature. To some of these statistics local bankers took exceptions. REVIVAL 0FJNTEREST. Tlie service at Grace M. K. church was well att?nded last evening and nine",: interest manifested in the theme "The Nov.- Hirth." Sen-ices will tegin this evening at 7:30. being preceded by a union Sunday school teachers' meeting at 6:30. ; THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Much colder Wednesday night: Thursday, fair, not quite so cold. OHIO Much colder Thursday: snow i im northwest portion.
MEN CARRYING GOLD PLACED UNDER ARREST
Confessed to Robbing Express Employe. Mansfield, O., Jan. 29 Carrying three thousand in gold in a grip, John McCue and John Stevens werg taken from a Big Four train at New London today. They confessed implicating Frank McGinity, an Adams Express employe, who claimed he was held up. KATTE WILL CARE FOR HIS WIPE Was-Settled Out of Court, Causing Surprise. The petit jury reported this morning to hear the case of the state against William K. Katte. charged with wife desertion. The jurymen on arriving, much to their surprise, found that the case had already been settled out of court. Katte has agreed to provide tor his wife, who some time ago filed divorce proceedings against him. GRIP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISAPPEARANCE Aged Colored Woman Wanders Away From Home. Mrs. Joe Kakston, an aged colored woman who has been seriously 111 witii the grip, left her home Monday and is still missine It is hclievpd ti nt ch" Uas b.,.OIiie demented from the disea.vChief P.riley stated this morninig that he had been unable to locate the mitoiturate woman, bur was of the opinion that she had gone to Cincinnati, where has some at l vea. RESIGNATION RAS BEEN ACCEPTED Timothy Nicholson No Longer Member of Board. Indianapolis. Jan. 2!. The resigna-j tion of Timothy Nicholson, of Rlch-j mond, as a member of the board of j state charities, was accepted today.! John H. Holliday, president of the Vnion Trust company was appointed to succeed him. PREPARATORY SERVICE. ! The last preparatory revival service v.iil be hr-ld tonight at the First M. K. cnurch. Rev. T. M. Guild, D. D.. win preach. The meetings on Thursday and Friday nights will be at Grace church under the leadership of Evangelist A. A. Small.
5,600 IN TWO YEARS It has taken us two years to get our .",H subscribers. Your Classified Advertisements will reach all these ZM subscribers within twelve hours from the time the paper comes from the press. Turn to pasc seven and read over today's Classified Advertisements. . J
0. L. Daily Claims That There
Are Sanitary Dairies in the County and Points to His as An Example. GOVERNMENT INSPECTION ' IS NOT FAVORED NOW. As He Sees It Milk Prices Will Necessarily Have to Be Increased if Conditions Arc Met. as Asked. O. L. Dai'y, proprietor of the Wnvne tiairy, denies tne twceping cnarg; recently made by Dr. J. T. Weller that there was not a model dairy in Wayne county. Mr. Daily says that the Wayne dairy is a mod; I one and that he thinks there are several others in this county just as good as bis. Mr. Daily is not in accord wit:i the plan proposed by the local health authorities and physicians for the inspection of milk sold in this city. He states that he would not favor inspection of dairies by federal inspectors until ho understood government inspection better than he does now. He op-toses the plan of compelling all dairymen to deliver their milk in bottles and he is also opposed to the plan of superceedlng the milk tickets with coupon books. "Milk Inspector Hoover. Dr. Weller and Dr. Bramkamp recently inspected my dairy and when they left Dr. Hoov-' er told both myself and hired hand that he was well pleased with everything that he had seen and that he didn't see how the conditions existing at my place could be improved upon," stated Mr. Daily. He took exceptiors to tho statement made by Dr. Weller that in all the dairy barns which he had Inspected he found no cement floors, no whitewashed walls, low ceilings and poor ventilation. Mr. Daily says that the floors of his barn are cemented and kept clean; that the celling is at least 12 feet above the floor; that the walla are whitewashed and that the ventilation i.s good. "Particular pains are taken to keep the cows clean. I believe this is done in nearly all the dairies," he says. Mr. Daily states thftt after the milk is drawn in sterilized
cans it is taken to the house, one hun- here. That saying, uttered by undred yards distant from the stable, known lips and foully attributed to one and is there strained and eoole!. .of her own son, that "all bright men It is the opinion of Mr. Daily that if come from Indiana. nd the brighter
nniti dealers were compelled to deliver milk in bottles and to substitute coupon books for tickets, the price of milk would jump from tj -4 to 10 cents per quart. This would lie a prohibitive rat"- for a largo class of people, lie thinks. He says that at the present time nearly all dealers furnish milk in bottles on demand but a large class of K'opIe insist on having milk furnished to them out of the can. NO CARO GAMES n CAinnuc OHLUUIld
j wickedness of onr metropolis. Would i t..at I could describe the traits and th Supreme Court Rules Thatl,riumi'h8 of Indiana's output in liter
This Is litegal. Indianapolis, Jan. The supreme court ruler? it) the case against John R. Mason, of Frankfort, convicted of violating the liquor laws tee--iUF-" he had a cardroom in connection with b.s ealooii. that v.ktn a room is u-ed for saloon purposes it cannot be used for anything else without violating the statutes. WHIPPING POST IN SHELBYVILLE i Unruly Boys Will Get a Good Spanking. Shelbyville. Ind., Jan. 29. Mayor Swain has instituted a whipping post in tae basement of the city building. giving parents of unruly boys the a!4 ternative of administering punishment in the presence of r'.ie jjohce or paying a fine. Last right Ehrfcart Hey was found guilty of assault on Miss Clara Kippliiiger. His fa.ti.er, In the presence of the chief of police, gave tlie laJ a whipping he will long remember.
Chicago Prodigals Gathered
In Chicago Last Night and Richmond Man Made the Principal Address. HE SPOKE OF INDIANA'S OUTPUT IN ALL BRANCHES Praised the Authors, Business Men, Statesmen and Journalists and All Who Were Advancing Interests of State. Chicago, Jan. 'i.- The annual banquet of the Indiana Society of Chica j was given in the ballroom of the Congress hotel here laM evening. '. guests, practically every one of them Indianans. were at the tabic. John T. McCutcheon. whose fame a a cartoouist only equaled by his renown as a war correspondent, presided as toastmaster at the post prandial program which followed the discussion of tie menu. The principal address of the evening was made by William Dudle) Foulk.i of Richmond. Ind. Other sneakers were Booth Tarklnptou. the novelist, of Indianapolis; W. D. Nesblt. the poet, now of Chicago; Will T. Hodge, the actor, starring in "The Man From Home" and Daniel Frascr of Fowler. Foulke Talks of Output. Dudley Foulke of Richmond. Ind., was given a rousing welcome by the society. His theme was "Indiana's Output." He said in part : In a negro church in an Indiana town the pastor thus addressed hla congregation: "Bmdderen and Sisters: Ma sermon is divided into tree pahts -de subjeck, do subjlck mattah an da 'rousement.' As hour Is late w? will omit de fust two pahts and proceed directly to de 'rousement. " And he did. Now, with me. the subject and the subject matter of my toast, when I l'oniP to ,hink of if. are too gigantic for arter-dinner treatment. My Ideal of tho after-dinner speech Is that which corresjonds in length to the skirt of the ballet dancer "qui conimencait a peine et finissait deja." "Indiana's Output:" If I go Into that subject as I should, where shall I begin and when shall Iend? And, alas! I have not the Kthloplan qualifications for the "arousement." Indeed great a-s is my delight to be among you. I can not quite understand why I am they are the sooner thev come." U come, la a paying that naturally appeals more powerfully to a Hoosier who lives n Chicago, than to one who dwells in Richmond. Whre. indeed, could it j have greater vogue than here, where the luminosity of the Indiana coniinI gent Is the only thing that can pierce , the smoke, the gray sky and murky atniofpnere; now then, can tne potessors of this brilliancy call ujKti those miMlest souls who still abide 'n Iloosici dom? Why should an electric light solicit cooperation Irom a tallowcandle': It must bo from pity that do it. or perhaps, with the guileful purpose of tempting us to forsake our r rural joyt, and yhare with you lhi ature: i would do it with the tiympathetic touch of that artiat who. in the basement of No. 1 Washington street of your city. uiiir the figure of a charming lady, placed the Eed'Ktfve words. "John KolK-rtson. portrait p:ii:itr-bn titles arc :,tiutf-d ami Jil.enps preserved'." P.nt alas! my slender talents make such portraiture Impossible. I can only eay, "Circtimsplce." But is that not enough: When we look upon ourselves who of us la 'there that can remain unconvlncei I that Attica was barren indeed even j in intellectual achievements by the MdI of the Hoosier state! What was Aris tophanes in the shadow of Ale. Demosthenes at the feet of IJevcridge. or Pericles as the boss of a little Athenian toy machine, a rndim-r.tary wrew of Archimedes, in comparison with tbe Liisitanian turbine operated by the i n:i,!h,y Fairbanks? where I ParrahasiuB and Euxis whn compared with our gifted toa.s-master? TLer is an utter lack of perspective in calling Crawfordsville the "Athens of Indiana." A better sense of proportion will lead future ec-rerations to consider Athens as: the Crawfordsville oX a ruder and more barbarous race. Vear Violet Too Long. Led for fo many years through th va'lev of humility by the meek end lowly Hevcringe, we have worn tho violet too Ions. It i3 time to thmet the sunflower through our britonLoles. Welt Whitman sang himself let us. to more majestic measures ins ourelves. O that I had tho power of Zeus to compel, EOt the clouds, but the recognition of the universe for th heremony of Indiana in all things that spark'e with divine fire. In a school in Denmark the proVem v as given. "Name sis rtiinal nrtfve
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