Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 8, 23 February 1908 — Page 1

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RICHMOND PAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IXD., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1908. SINGIiK COPY, ,i CENTS. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 8. ANOTHER EFFORT TO BE MADE TO REMOVE EYESORES WORK PROGRESSING ON ST. JOHN'S CHURCH Heating Plant to Be Installed Soon. NO ANSWER YET FROM REV. RIDENOUR Has Not Decided to Take Charge of Wernle. I'S EIGHT CANDIDATES FOR Beautiful German Actress Bitten By a Savage Dog WITH RAILROADS ATTRACTS INTEREST WORKING HARD

RICHMOND

CONGRESS ARE NOW

Surface Indications Do Not Show It, But It Is the Truth Nevertheless and It Is Being Done Quietly.

;late CONVENTION TO HAVE ITS EFFECT. (Delegations From the Various Counties Will Feel Freer to Act Than If State Convention Was Pending. Who will be the republican nominee for congress in the Sixth district V This is a question of absorbing interest just now and if one could accuratcdw foretell what the convention that meets at Bhelbyville on April 'J, would do, it -would be easy money. Iiut that is the beauty about matters political, when a contest is on no one knows until after the smoke clears, just what is going to happen, although a lot of people bob up immediately afterward and tell how they knew all the time it was going; to bo just that way. The surface indications may not bo sufficient to show it, but it is true that r great deal of work is being done quitl5 by the six candidates for con gress. J hey are going aoour, mucn In the "gum shoe" style and aro driving a nail wherever they can find sufficient room. Evidently the decision to hold the convention after the state convention is going to have its effect, as the delegations in the various counties will feel freer to act than if the Ftate convention were impending, and 1hoy had to be careful not to jeopardize the chances of any candidate for state office who may reside within the confines , of their respec tive counties, before the state convention it might have been possible to do some advantageous trading, but afterward this will not figure so prominently in the contest and the delegates will have to be lined up through personal reasons or through some political affiliations that may exist between the various counties. There may be some political debts to pay or there may be some political favors to ask for, looking toward the future. Friends of the Rev. J. O. Campbell. "Wayne- county's candidate, express great confidence in his ability to win, but of course they are not showing their hand in a game of this kind. There are several things that are counted on to operate to the advantage of Mr. Campbell and it is apparent that he is going to have the help of some of the very best politicians the county can boast of. to say nothing of the solid support of the Wayne county delegation. , POSTMEN HAVE FEAST Employes of Uncle Sam at Local Postoffice Held Their Annual Banquet. WAS LARGE ATTENDANCE. The annual banquet of the male emTloyes of the Richmond postoffice was Jield last night in Odd Fellows' hall. All city carriers and the entire force of rural carriers, as well as office clerks and Postmaster Spekenhier were present. In addition to these "regulars" there were several invited guests who have no connection with the postoffice. Covers for fifty were laid and the "spread"' was served promptly at 6 o'clock. The menu was elaborate and the force of men who serve the public from Uncle Sam's local branch of the postal department did ample justice to the several courses. There was a season of peeoh-makhig in which everybody participated and the balance of th eveping was devoted to a general irood time. Before the adjournment, several of the vaudeville stars playing at the Phillips this week made their appearance and gave the postal employes a short program. MORE. FOREIGNERS ARRIVEDJHAN LEFT Millions Arrived in Port of TJew York. New York, Feb. 22 During January 35,000,432 Immigrants arrived at this port, and C8.7S7 alien steerage passengers went away. In the corres ponding? period last year there were iv'ca as many arrivals as departures.

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Mrs. A. C. Fox, formerly Miss Kete Parsenow, the most beautiful Getman actress who ever came to this country, whose nose was torn off by a Siberian wolf hound, while she was visiting at the dog show in New "York. The surgeons hope to save her beauty.

PLAN TO GATHER IN TAX ABANDONED County Treasurer Says Suits Will Be Filed. Myrick Not MANY BEHIND IN TAXES. ESTIMATED THAT IF ALL OF THE DELINQUENCIES WERE COLLECTED, COUNTY WOULD BE ENRICHED $25,000. County Treasurer B. B. Myrick states that the proposed action of prosecuting people who are delinquent on their poll tax by civil suits, has for the time being been abandoned. "Owing to the fact that the hard times that existed during the past three months threw so many men out of employment it would be a hardship, and in many cases, an impossibility for them to pay their delinquent taxes." stated Mr. Myrick. He said that when the financial condition improved and the delinquents were better able to pay their back poll : assessments, the contemplated action would be taken. Mr. Myrick states that there are three or four hundred men in Wayne county who are delinquent on their poll tax. Of this number the majority have been delinquent for a period of five or more years. If all the delinquent poll taxes could be collected this year the county's treasury would be enriched, it is estimated, more than $2r.X'N. A complete list of all delinquents has been prepared so Mr. Myrick is in a position to turn it over to Prosecutor Jessup at any time with thfl request that he bring suit against all delinquents. If suits were filed against all the people on this list at one time the Wayne circuit court would actually be swamped. A large number of delinquents, when It was first announced that the county would I file suits to collect back poll taxes, could not get to the office of the county treasurer with their money quick enough. GEN. FRED GRANT IS NOW IN CHARGE Will Guide Indiana Army Maneuvers. Washington. Fob. 22- There will

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DEMOCRATS ARE

TO There Are Gubernatorial Aspirants Galore at the Present Time. C. G. CONN THE LATEST. FAMOUS BAND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURER SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT NOMINATION WHY SO MANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? Evidently the democrats are m a ft very hopeful frame of mind in Indi ana, judging by the anxiety that some of the big ones have to be governor of this great commonwealth. The latest aspirant for the gubernatorial nomination is Charles G. Conn, of Elkhart, who is having a boom just now. At least five men are mentioned in this race at the present time. They are the Rev. T. H. Kuhn. of Richmond; L. Ert Slack, of Franklin; Charles G. Conn. Elkhart; Samuel Ralston of Lebj anon, and C. K. McCullough of Anderj son. j A dispatch from Elkhart tells of the j Conn boom as follows A secret meeting of Elkhart county ! democrats, attended by forty persons, j was held at the Hotel Bucklen, Saturday, at which a boom was launched for Charles Girard Conn, for the Demjocratic nomination for governor. A i committee was sent to Conn, who said he would make the race and enter the canvass with vigor if nominated. Conn is just sixty-four years old. a.nd lias served as mayor, as stale legislator and as congressman in 1S03-"PC. In j 1M4 he was renominated, but then , madehis acceptance conditional on the embodiment in the platform of certain ' ideas, which the democratic organiza- : tion did not wish to adopt, and Lleweilen Wanner, of Goshen, was substituted. He was defeated. Conn is a big manufacturer of band instruments and owner of the Elkhart Daily Truth. Some months ago Conn's paper contained a signed statement that he would not accept the nomination on a silver platter. j charge of the department of the lakes in which Ft. Benjamin Harrison is situated. Gen. W. II. Carter will be transferred to the Department of Missouri at St. Louis and he will be succeeded by Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant. This means that Gen. Grant ! will be in charge of the proposed army maneuvers at Ft. Benjamin Harrison

ANXIOUS

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Board of Works Will Attempt

To Push Through D and E Street Paving Improvements Next Summer. PENNSYLVANIA WILL DO ITS SHARE IN WORK. Will Probably Pave the Street Around the Freight Station, Showing the City How To Do Things. The coming summer the board of j public works will make another effort j to secure the consent of the property owners on North E street, between Tenth and Sixteenth streets, and on North D street, from Ft. Wayne avenue to the river, to have these streets paved. Last summer the board had this project in mind, but it was so vigorously j upimocu ujf lac ji ui'ciij uniiria tuni' ed, the majority of them manufacturers, that it was dropped when the remonstrance was filed. It was to benefit the manufacturing interests of the city that it was proposed to pave North D. Street and to extend the paving on North E street and, in consequence, the board was considerably surprised at the action taken by these manufacturers. Since the beginning of the wet season, North D street and the unpaved portion of North E street, which two thoroughfares are used more for heavy hauling than any other two streets In the city, have virtually been quagmires and eyesores to the city. At the present time the heavy drays and other vehicles which ply to and from the Pennsylvania and C, C. & L.. freight stations, have cut up Nrth D street to such an extent that it is in a terrible condition. These deep ruts are covered by a sea of mud. The unpaved portion of North E street is in as bad a condition. A prominent railroad official stated yesterday that in the near future the Pennsylvania company would set a good example to the city by paving the property surrounding the freight station. He stated that the company was heartily in favor of the paving of North D street and the unpaved section of North E street. He added that the company had last summer signed the remonstrance against this improvement because many of the principal local shippers had petitioned the company to- do so. The condition the two streets in question are now in has caused several manufacturers to regret their action in remonstrating against the improvement. 'It seems to me," said one of these manufacturers last evening, "that if the business men of Richmond intend to take seriously to heart the preachings of Clinton Rogers Woodruff, that public improvements are a city's best asset, they should begin practicing this doctrine by petitioning for the paving of North D street and North E street from Tenth to Sixteenth street." DRY AS A BONE . IS INDIANAPOLIS Saloons Closed There Three Days. Indianapolis saloon keepers have more to complain about than the Richmond men in the same line of business. There the saloons had to be closed for three days Friday, primary day, Saturday, Washington's birthday, and today. There is some suspicion that a drink or two was sold in the capital city within this time. CASKET MAKERS BUSY " BECAUSE OF GRIP. Although other businesses may not be prospering on account of the hard times, Richmond's coffin factories are doing exceptionally well. The epidemic of grip and other throat diseases which is sweeping over the entire country is the cause of the Increase in casket manufacturing. Indiana has more casket factories than any other state in the union, the total number being thirtyone. The business of the Richmond factories is surprisingly active. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Sunday; warmer. OHIO Sunday, partly cloudy and wirmer; probably anew near Lake Erl,

Construction work is going forward on the new structure that the copgre-

fon ?f st- 'fhus Lutberan church getting ready to install the heating plant. ROOSEVELT IS FRIENDLY TO JAPAN Wants an Exhibit at Exposition. Tokyo Washington, D. C, Feb. 22 President Roosevelt's desire to promote friendly relations with Japan, is shown in his effort to have Congress provide for an American exhibit at the coming exposition at Tokyo, that will eclipse the efforts of all other nations. ENGINEERS TO RESIST WAGE CUT Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Would Hold Conference. TO CONSULT WITH ROADS. ENGINEERS FEEL THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BORNE THEIR SHARE OF THE BURDEN AS EARNINGS HAVE DECREASED Cincinnati, O., Feb. 22. A general conference with representatives of 17 southern railroads has been asked by the national officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, to consider the proposal to cut wages on March 1, according to an announcement made here. The proposition was submitted to General Manager Horace Baker of the Quen & Crescent lin3 by Assistant Grand Chief Burgess of Atlanta, who is here, conferring with the officers of the Engineers' Brotherhood on that system. Mr. Burgess said: "The engineers feel that they havj already borne their share of the burden. The earning capacity has been decreased by a reduced mileage, upon which basis they are paid, and they do not feel that they should be sub jected to an additional reduction in the scale, such as a 10 per cent cut would create. "We have put it up to the 17 southern roads in this manner, and ask for the general conference in order to show the justice of our contention o recognizing the justice of the claims of the management that such cut i necessary. If we are wrong then we are willing to negotiate for an equitable revision." WATERWAYS AGITATION PRODUCING NO INTEREST Congressmen Do Not Become Enthused. Washington, D. C great movement for Feb. 22.-The . . improvement oi internal waterways, it is said, has produced surprisingly small results in actual effective' pressure on congress for the scheme of an annual appropriation of $oO, m.00. Members of the house committee say they have had small occasion to note that public opinion is any more insistent than ever. They are working away on the preliminaries, and there is a desire to have a small bill passed in order to establish the precedent of annual instead of biennial appropriation measures.

ADD TO YOUR INCOME Why not add to your income by taking in roomers. You have probably two or more rooms in your house that are very seldom cx cupied, so why not rent them out to roomers and profit by the additional income? It's a good way to help make both ends meet There are plenty of people In Richmond who would jump at the chance to get a good room. Nice, orderly people, too, whom you wouldn't object to having in your house. You're the judge, you know, of who shall have a room. Objectionable ones can easily be turned down, and the right sort gotten. Put a FOR RENT ad in the Palladium and youU get the right sort of roomers Palladium FOR RENT ads. always bring the right kind of results. Example: FOR RENT Furnished room, large and comfortable, steam heat and bath; price reasonable. Inquire 998 East Nth street An ad like that would only cost 18 cents for two insertions, or yoa could get seven insertions for the price of five, .45 'cents'. And" it would bring you the roomers and the additional income, too. Just look over today" ClafiUled Ads oa jpaja seven.

The Rev. I II. Ridenour, of New Lebanon, O., who has been extended a call to become superintendent of the Wernle orphans" home, w-aa here this week and visited the home, but did not give any definite reply to the call. Something is expected from him within a week or two. Affairs at the home are progressing nicely. There are 68 children there at the present time.

BUILDING STONE FOR THE l M. C. A. Has Begun to Arrive Work Is to Start. and Building stone for the Y. M. C. A. structure has begun to arrive and the contractors promise that the work of construction will begin at an early date. With the opening of spring weather it can be hurried forward at a rapid rate. 'NEW CASTLE OR BUST" IS MOTTO "Girl From Broadway" Company Almost Stranded, Wants to Get There. IS A "BUM" COMPANY. PRESENTED ABOUT THE WORST ARTICLE OF COMIC OPERA EV ER TOLERATED IN THE LOCAL PLAYHOUSE. "New Castle or Bust." This is the motto of "The Girl from Broadway" company, which showed here yesterday afternoon and evening. It will probably be a case of "bust." If such is not the case it should be. in the opinion of those unfortunates who were enticed to the Gennett yesterday. "Will the company disband here':" was asked one of the members of the company, last evening as a hungry soubrette dressed in lobster red. warhlpd "Ixive Me and the World is Mine." "It probably will, but an effort will be made to keep the show on its legs : until Monday night, when we show at New Castle," was the answer. t The company consists of two alleged German comedians, who talk pretzel ! dialect and cut shine antics; two or . three other "principals." and a half ; (inipn chorus eirls. The business reD- ! rocpnlatlrca rf th nntflt Ktatfi that this has been one fierce season. Everywhere the Outfit has played the crowds have been scarcer than republican pluralities in Florida. Yesterday afternoon a hundred or so people attended the matinee. The crowd kept its temper admirably until the lastround-up of the companythen the storm of indignation broke loose. Cat calls and hisses were flung at the actors and actorines. Did they not flinch under this storm of disapproval? Yes they did not. Those actors and actorines just kept right on singing the final chorus until the mer ciful curtain rolled down and ended the misery. "Perhaps that hostile reception was misconstrued by the performers," re marked a member of the audience after i the matinee. "You know those hisses i and cat calls might have been such a im ..t in ,nmMrk,,n trw haf .". .. I they nave received eisewnere mat tney I labored under the impression that the ; crowd was indulging in uproarious ap plause." Hotehkiss, Colo.. 'Feb. 22. insane with rage because she objected to him scolding one of their children, M. I". Stoneburner. 41. a prominent, and wealthy farmer living near this city, shot and fatally wounded his wife, and then placed the smoking revolver against his own heart and committed suicide before his six little children seated around the supper table.

Both the Traction and Freight

Interchange Questions Will Mean Much to Other Indiana Cities. WILL THE COMMISSION'S RULING BE SUSTAINED? Freight Interchange Question To Be Before the Supreme Court for Final Settlement Soon. Through the two railroad cakes that are now pending in the courts or the' state, Richmond has beeu brought very prominently before tho country., for these cases have attracted attention not only in this state, but generally. as the points involved are of interest to many places. One of these Is ths traction case the fight between ths city and the Ttrre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern in which is involved the right of the company to use the streets for the operation of freight cars and the right of the city to limit th operation of interurban passenger ears on Main street, east of Eighth. This case is now In the federal court and it Is expected that Judge Anderson will hand down a ruling at an early date. The especially important feature of the ruling will be the attitude of the court in the matter of the city's right to control the operation of freight cars. Should he rule that the tractkm company has not to the right to operate freight cars through the principal portion of the city, which In the local case Is Main street. It will be an important precedent that will be used as such by many other places where the same point will be raised. The' right of the council to prevent the operation of the interurban passenger cars on a portion of Main street is a local feature of no special importance, provided the city gets concessions on' the freight matter. The other railroad question that ta of such importance that inquiries have come from many states, is that in reference. to the interchange of freight between the Pennsylvania and the C, C.5 At L. roads. Fights along this line are going to come thick and fat from thl time on and if Richmond is successful in this one, it will mean an easier time for the other cities in Indiana that. have to niake mllar struggles, as the companies would see the handwriting on the wall and would make concessions more readily. The superior court at Indianapolis has sustained the Indiana Railroad commission la ordering the Interchange made, and the case has been carried to the supreme court bj the Pennsylvania. A ; ruling is awaited with great interest. ! not only by the railroads affected, but by the general public. It Is believed the righUof the commission to act la a case of this kind will be sustained. POVERTY TALK IS AFFECTING CONGRESSMEN , Several Downhearted Over The Situation. Washington, D. C, Feb. 22. The. constant poverty talk which Is being put ! u- l"" " "' leaera purse strings ,s navmg a mosi uispiruing eueci ou me memoers m congress who have been counting on a liberal pork barrel this year. Chairman Tawney of the house committee on appropriations is especially bearing the market by declaring that' there will be no luxuries passed around at this session and that every money bill will be cut to the very core. PURE FOOD LAW AFFECTS SALOONISTS Cannot Adulterate Now. Whiskey Washington, D. C, Feb. 22. Tt pure food law is perhaps the most important piece of federal liquor legislation ever enacted. While this law was aimed at all sorts of adulterations, it was especially directed to the retail liquor dealer. In thousands of saloons throughout the country, a drink of real wblgkej was never sold. Adulterants were much cheaper and the adulterated compound tasted better to the average drinker than, the straight whiskey. But since the pure food law went Into (operation, it nrm be labeled tru to