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OOCflATIC wiuy THIS MOUTH WILL IHVAOE RICHMOND

On Wednesday, May 25, the Democratic District Con gressional Convention Will Be Pulled Off Here. FIVE CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD FOR JOB Kuhn, Gray and Mull Looked Upon as Strongest Entries, Out Fetterman and Chambers Are Very Busy. . , ' Tto sixth district democratic conETwrttonal convention, which will be hld In this city, Wednesday, Mar 25, ' promises to be the warmest held by the party In this state. There are five candidates .In the field, and each one of them claims a strong following. Preliminary arrangements for the affair were made last evening at a meeting of the Jefferson club. Next Wednesday night the club will hold another meeting and at that time a reception f committee will be appointed and final arrangements made. At the meeting last night the following committee on general arrange ments was chosen J R. O. Allen, Will Schuerman and Charles B. Beck. The following were appointed to the fi nance committee: W. B. Dye, Mark Pennell and Henry Farwig. It Is probable that the convention will be held In the Pythian temple. but In the event this hall Is found to be too small, the convention will he held at the coliseum. Expect a Large Crowd. 4 Democratic hosts from over the district will begin to roll Into this city the day before the convention and a very large crowd Is expected. The Westcott hotel will be headquarters for nearly all of the candidates. It Is thought that the Rev. T. H. Kuhn of. Richmond, Lon Mull of Marata ana uayer nniey Gray , of Con nersvllle have the best show of land log the nomination, each of them hav ing a strong and enthusiastic follow : Ing, but supporters of Walter Cham bers, editor of the New Castle Democrat . and Attorney Fetterman : of Franklin county, say their candidates are very much In the race and are not to be counted out until the last . minute. Lon Mull will come to Richmond with the Rush and Shelby delegations solidly behind him. Local democrats say the Rev. Kuhn will on the first ballot make a showing that will star . tie all of his opponents. They claim that he will have the solid Wnvne county delegation, 'the largest In the district; that he will control the ma- " Jorlty of the delegates from Union and Hancock counties and that he will have a scattering of votes among the otner delegations. Mayer Gray Popular. Whether Editor Gray will get the MOlld support of Union countv l question. Other candidates claim they control various Henrv detente. Ma v. or Gray oLConnersville Is one of the , shrewdest democratic politicians, in the district and a verv nonular mui Fayette county will sunnort him aoiirt. ly and he entertains hopes of gaining , many recruits from lukewarm benchmen of opposing candidates. : ; ' Fetterman of Franklin Is of th opln fleo ETAOI ETAO ETA ETAET opinion that his home county - Is for him. first, last and all the time, but nis . opinion . Is not shared by other candidates, notably Kuhn and Gray. There are one hundred an tM-f. one delegates to the convention, mak ing sixty-six votes necessary for choice. KIM JRRESTER Local Railroad Man Unjustly Charged by the Police, in Cincinnati. :. .. . 1 "" - ; - , FATE PLAYS NASTY TRICK Because there was absolutely no case against htm, Thomas Forrester, the Pennsylvania railroad engineer of this city, who was arrested at Cincinnati Monday night on a serious charge with a young girl, has' been released and the case against him dismissed. According to the evidence. Forrester was approached by a young girl who said her mother was 111 and wanted some money to buy medicine. The railroader refused to give her any money, but stated that he would buy her some th3T to eat When naked by the Judge If .nay - Improper advances had been made ty Forrester, the , girl replied TJft" and tns) case was promptly diaxzlssed. The girt is 10 years of age and has been married. It appears that Forrester, who bears an excellent repu tliioa, was the unfortunate victim of cf resist an tial evidence while endeav13 to act In the role of "Cao4 -

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OF AMBASSADOR HILL Mrs. David Jayne Hill, wife of the a morion Ambassador to Germany who will be the hostess at the dinner n h fHvf.n former President Roose velt during his visit in Berlin.- After Col. Roosevelt's visit to the emperor he. with his family will be the guest of Ambassador and Mrs. Hill during thnlr. two davs remaining stay in the German capitol. The dinner to Roose velt will be given on May 11. A UIIIQUE DISPLAY Will Haughton, the Westcott haber dasher, had an unusual advertising feature Tuesday in his west show window. One of the chambermaids was cleaning up the room, immediately ov er the show window and stepped into a hole in 'the floor which had been left open by the electricians. Her foot. went through the plastering and remained fast until assistance could be secured. ' ASK FOB PAYMEIITS Commercial Club Sends notic es to Subscribers to the Factory Fund. TO RAZE RQBINSON HOME Notices were sent out yesterday, by E. M. Haas, secretary of the Commer cial club, to those who had pledged contributions . toward the purchase of the old Robinson homestead at Tenth and North D streets, asking that re mittance be made at once. , The pur chase has been made and the deeds to the property transferred ' to the Rich mond Underwear company, recently or ganized, - which company will erect large factory building on the site. Sev eral of the largest subscribers to the fund of $3,000, which the citizens rals ed. have already remitted. On Tuesday, May 10, the contract for the raxing of the old Robinson property will be let. The home is an unusually valuable one and it is expect ed there will be lively bidding. It Is required that the building be complete ly raxed in four days. After this has been done the work on the erection of the new factory will begin Immediate ly. AMBASSADOR HILL TO BE ROOSEVELT'S HOST Sttltl VXMN If' "V3 J David Jayne .Hill, the American-Ambassador to Germany, who will tender a formal dinner to Col. Roosevelt during the coming, visit of ; the ' former President In Berlin. Emperor William of Germany Is expected to be a guest at the affair. ,

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FBAI1CIIISE GIVEII

TO ASHE C0MPAI1Y BY COUIITY BOABD 'erpetual Right to Supply Electricity to People in Eleven of Fourteen Townships in County. - . FRANCHISE DOES NOT HAVE A RATE CLAUSE Electric Lighting and Power Will Be Furnished Farmers, Who Appear to Be Pleased Over Prospect., ' A perpetual franchise was granted Robert S. Ashe yesterday afternoon by the count commissioners, permitting the grantee to supply the citizens of the townships of Center,' Jackson, Washington, Harrison, Clay, Green, Jefferson, Dalton, Perry. Webster and those living in Wayne township on the National road west, with electricity. The wording of the franchise, rela tive to the rights vested in the grantee in the carrying out his plan of furnish ing practically every farmer in the county with electricity for lights and power, is as follows: Tne full r!gntf power, authority and privilege as completely and fully as said board of commission ers can so grant, to erect, construct. equip, maintain, perpetuate, and oper ate polees, standards, wires, guys, mains, conduits, conductors, and elec trical equipment in . connection there with over, along and across and upon all the highways within the said, town ships, for the purpose of conducting, and transmitting thereby and there with electricity and electric currents from the city of Richmond, and for delivering and supplying electricity to persons within the said several town ships. - , Will Build at Once. " Mt. Ashe will begin-his ctnwtructlos work within a snort time, in all probability. The farmers seem pleased with the prospect for good lights and power, and there have been many who stated they would patronize the com pany. The franchise does not contain any reference to the rates which shall be charged. It is stated in the franchise that all construction work is r to be ; set and placed on the highways, so as not to interfere with travel or public or private drains, nor the egress and ingress from and' to any property. The grantee is not relieved of any liability to any person or corporation, by the terms of the - franchise. No under ground systems are required. There is one clause which provides that the franchise shall be null and void in event any of the provisions are not complied with. Another rather important section, and dealing with the small towns, is that the corporation must alter or remove any of the apparatus on demand of municipal authorities. . MAY GET A CHANCE John Gabriel May Be Allowed to Have Custody of His Children. IS HELD FOR DESERTION John Gabriel, the carpenter, who deserted his small children, who is now in the county Jail,, awaiting trial for this offense, will probably be given another opportunity, providing he will make amends and satisfies-Judge Fox that he will support the children. Judge Fox and Prosecuting Attorney Charles. Ladd, had an open discussion about the matter this morning. At the time the children wer placed In the Home for Friendless, it is alleged that Gabriel and his second wife were separated. The authorities have every reason to believe that this was done to get rid of the children. When the state's attorney talked to Mrs. Ga briel about the matter, she said that she would be perfectly willing to take back the children, if it would prevent her husband being sentenced to the penitentiary. It was explained to her that such a concession on her part would not have any effect in a settlement oat of court. Gabriel Is saia to be a good workman, but that he was unfortunate last fall -in being seriously Injured, which prevented him from earning any money for several months. The authorities believe that' it would be better to give the man another opportunity, if he In turn will observe the duties of a parent. . . FRACTURES HER LEG. Mrs. Dora. Thomas fell from a stepladder Tuesday and broke her left leg. She was removed to Reid Memorial hospital.

BY MR3. F. W. 8TEPHENS. - It is the aim of sanitation to get control of wastes as soon as possible after- they are produced and maintain this control till they are permanently disposed - of. In Cologne the contractors must promptly remove street dirt and that collected from homes. In London all refuse has to be taken away the same day or early the next. "Make Athens beautiful" for beauty is now the victorious power In the world." If the people aspire to loveliness it has taken the surest road to obtain the civic beauty and dignity it seeks. The ideal is city clean, city convenient, city provident, city healthful, city righteous and so city beautiful, city happy, city prosperous.

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LD BE SPORTS Grounds for Divorce If Man or Woman Does Not. Have v Sporting Blood. ;. OPINION OF A MINISTER (American News Service) Providence, R. I., May 3. For a man to have a wife without true sporting blood in her veins or for a woman to have a husband without the true sport ing nature, ought to be grounds for divorce," declared the Rev. Robert B. Parker in an - address on "'The true sport," before the young men's Chris tian League ana the Beneficent Con gregational church. "The true sport doesn't play for money," he continued. "It is a mongrel or half breed who goes out and plays golf for a dollar a hole. The true sport is, first of all, a lady or a man with a high sense of honor. He hates the fellow who will play a lowdown trick in a game. Some times I have to believe that England manifests this spirit better than we do. I pity the fellow who hasn't any sporting blood in his vefns." r GETS AJEAL SIIOB Siteirrfrcss Stersr end Asks Reporters for Quiet, But Is Rebuffed. BALLINGER ON THE STAND WAS QUESTIONED AT LENGTH REGARDING HIS. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR i IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN MANY PLACES (American News Six vice) BULLETIN. Washington, May 5. Secretary Ballinger caused the reading of the letter he had received from President Taf t last September in which Taft wrote that while he valued Pinchot's service as chief forester highly he had made up his mind to fet rid of him at the earliest opportunity. This tends to confirm the suspicions of Pinchot's friends that the president meant from the beginning of - his administration to depose Pinchot and used the incident of Pinchot's letter to Senator Dolliver merely as an excuse for carrying out his well matured plan for Pinchot's undoing. ' Washington. May 5. Effort was made today , to establish a new form of press censorship when the Ballin-ger-Pinchot investigation committee resumed its hearing. After Ballinger had taken the stand Mrs. Wickersham, wife of the Attorney General Wickersham walked up to the press table and took a seat, informing the newspaper ' correspondents she hoped-they would keep quiet as she was veryt anxious to hear the testimony. She wore a handsome striped flannel gown, s She was informed that if she would occupy a seat in a less conspicuous position she would not be annoyed. Ballinger was questioned at length by the members of the committee in reference to . the recommendations which had been made for various irrigation projects in the different states. What Flint Sought. Senator Flint of California sought to show that the projects had - largely been undertaken because of the press ure brought to bear by senators and members of the house from ; states where the work was to be done, rath er than recommendations of the direc tor and chief engineer of the reclamation service. Flint also brought out the fact that at the time the bill projects were authorised Director Newell whom Ballinger has criticised waa not in charge of the reclamation service, hut he thought the projects were approved by late Secretary Hitchcock. The senator also wanted to know what recommendation had been made which ted the interior department to establish the irrigation works where only private land would be affected. He thought there had been too many projects approved. Ballinger said the , secretary of the interior was responsible for the recla mation service but he had to rely on the officials of the service.

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MISS MARY New York, May 5. Miss Mary Harriman, oldest unmarried daughter of the late E. H. Harriman, is engaged to Charles Cary Rumsey, of New York, although formal announcement of the betrothal has not been made. Miss Harriman, who was made an executor of the Immense estate left by her father, Bhowed that she had inherited a-good deal of his business capability when in the month following his death she and her mother decided that the -girK hereof should take personal charge of the operation, of the vast estate at Arden. She had always been Interested in sports and. in the natural life of outdoor excitement and pleasures which the American girl, when she has opportunity to do so, usually leads. But now she showed that she possessed a talent of no mean order for executive work on a large scale. . On October 28 she formally took charge of JUDGE HAHLEY IS a mm. jurist And He May Cite Governor Marshall for Contempt . of His Court. SLAPS FINE ON SHERIFF BECAUSE LATTER HELD MAN, SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON, IN JAIL UNTIL GOVERNOR HAD PAROLED HIM. (Palladium Special) Indfanapolis, . May 5. Governor Marshall may be cited by Judge Hanley of the Jasper circuit court for contempt of court. Last March Clinton L. Bader, president of the . Winimac Brige Co,., was found guilty of grafting from Jasper county in a bridge contract, the bridge constructed not being up to speciflactions. Bader was sentenced to two to fourteen years in prison. The court issued an order to the sheriff to take Bader to prison, but the sheriff kept Bader in custody until friends and attorneys came to Indianapolis and - obtained a parole from the governor pending the decision on the appeal by the supreme court. Judge Hanley learned - of the facts, and fined Sheriff Scherer $100 for contempt In not taking Bader to prison. Bader is now at large under bond , fixed by the governor in the parole. Judge Hanley Is questioning the law to see if be can cite the governor for contempt. It is a big sensation in Jasper county and the story printed here today excited much com ment. ' OLD PAPERS FOUOD ; A package of old backet shop re ceipts bearing date of April, 1852, was found on North Tenth street across the railroad yesterday after noon by Patrolman White. Despite their age the receipts are in an excel lent state of preservation. - If the owner hasn't forgotten his early indiscretions be may have the same by calling, at police headquarters.

HARRIMAN. tli a A MAn f o im o lalrv os-t1 trtstlr avas the management of the 45,mK acres of ! the Harriman - Orange County farms. And since that time she has actually been running them herself. The engagement of Charles Cary Rumsey to Miss Harriman is confirmed by his family at Buffalo. Rumsey is a graduate of Harvard, class of 1902, and studied art in Paris. He is said to be a sculptor of promise, and has a studio in New York. He quite k horseman, hunting with, the Genessee Valley Hunt. - His father. Laurence Dana Rumsey, is a wealthy land holder of this city. " " It was Rumsey's model that was accepted by the commission chosen to build a memorial to Harriman at Goshen, the county seat of Orange county, in which Arden Farms is located, in recognition of Ha rri man's services as-i a breeder of blooded horses and - a builder of good roads. STAHDPAT CHIEFS APPEAL TO TAFT Ask Him to Help Them Out of Hole Dug by the Insurgent Senators. FIGHT FOR ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY WHEN L THEY WILL SEE PRESIDENT AND ASK HIM TO USE THE ALL-POWERFUL PATRONAGE CLUB. Washington, May 5. Republican leaders in the senate have appealed to President Taft to help them out of the hole into which the combination .of Progressive republicans, aided bv the democrats,, has placed them on the railroad bill. Followers of Aldrkh will try to get an adjournment over until Monday to await the president's return. Then he will be urged to , apply the party lash to the halting : republicans who are classed as "near Insurgents, and by the use of patronage will save the administration . legislative program in the senate. Claims made by Aldrieh last night of forty-four republican senators lined up for administration legislative program is hardly - borne out by the plan of the republican leaders to force an adjournment - until Monday. Nor is the claim supported by the willingness of the republican senate leaders to join the democrats and accept Pointer's "long and short haul amendment. thus surrendering party prestige to the democrats rather than accept the amendment on the same subject by Senator Dixon, a near insurgent. Senator Root diagnosed the situation when he remarked with disgust: "The republicans no longer have a safe working majority in either bojuse of congress." , TO Evansvllle, May 5. Fearing the loss of his eyesight, George Eigenbrodt, fifty years of age. a prominent German, choked himself death early this morning with rope,

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FOR DAMAGES OUT COURTGAVE $500 Suit for Alienation of Wife's Affection by B. E. Stubbs Against W. Eikenberry End ed Yesterday. UNSAVORY TESTIMONY FEATURED THE TRIAL Some of the Evidence Given Before Federal Court Jury Is Unprintable Defendant a Home Breaker. - rlla11um SpwUJ) Cincinnati, May 5. A lot of highly unsavory testimony was adduced . In the circuit court during the last two days in the S2",000 alienation of affections suit of Benjamin K. Stubbs. of Richmond. Ind.. vs. William Eikenberry. of. Eaton, O. The defendant was charged with having caused the v unvntlAn rt nlafnllM asai Kiss M .... and plaintiff introduced a large ar . ray of witnesses who testified to high-' ly improper conduct between the defendant and the Mrs. Stubbs that she was as she !s now divorced. Testi mony was given to show that, the defendant gave Mra. Stubbs the goods for sn expensive dress and then gave her ?10 extra to pay the dressmaker for making it. It was also asserted by witnesses that they knew of a ring, a watch fob. a fur muff and other articles that Eikenberry gave Mrs. Stubbs while she was the wife ?'aU"' Testimony -was also introduced that the defendant and Mrs. Eikenberry, came to this city together for several days; that ha called her his "Kid," and that they visited ever at other towns in the state tocs&er. . , Saw Him Hugging Her. One witness testified that he saw fofin.1knt with hla anna Km. 9 'mm Stubbs in her own home wits tv lived near Eaton. O. The ptaiiU worked tor Eikenberry far some Cstm and one witness said that Rkeafctrry made it a point to dispatch Etatts a business out of the city to get hist out of the wav whenever thla waa A. sired by Eikenberry. The latter was a married man at the time all this was going on, and it is stated that his wife became suspicious at last. All of the women witnesses remained throughout the entire hearing. Most of toe testimony was of such a nature that It is unprintable. When Stubbs was under cross-ea' amtnation he denied that he had bee an habitual drunkard, and that It was for this and other more potent rey sons that his wife left him end sought the shelter of friends. Te also denied that he had choked and beat his wife during their last quarrel prior to l heir final ' separation that afterward Eikenberry on ttand. . The defense placed on the stanl several character witnesses. Eikenberry went on the'stand In his bttatt During the cross-examination ho was asked about a birthday celebration " held at bis home, and when be Is supposed to have followed Mrs. Stubbs v out of ' the reception room -and - they were gone for some time, ho eoold not ior a lew minutes ten too oate or Cis birth. He i at first was : nneertxa Whether it was December 2 or January 2. but knew positively , that It bad occurred on a Sunday, and Caally said that it was December 2, lttS. A reference to a calendar for that year showed that - December 2 was on Wednesday. : At tbe conclusion of the testlaMmy Judge Hollister allowed each side half an hour for argument. Attorney EcV bins for the plaintiff, opened wtk s speech lasting id minutes, - and ; expected to take np the remainder of the time in answering the argtments of the defense, hot Attorney Brte&lsy declined to make any and left the mat ter with the court. This shut off s3 further argument and Judge IIc::Uter delivered his charce to the fnrr t about 15 minutes. ' The Jury was out an hour and hslf and brought In a verdict for $500. want v stoics avet Asfoe. The defendant In tbe ease of Wftfiam Nearbn vs. The Village of Eaton, Ohio, yesterday filed two motions la the clrcvtt eonrt. One Is to set aside the verdict for 9300 rendered against It, and the other Js to render judgment notwithstanding the verdict. . Nearan sued for 110,000 damages for severe bodily Injuries sustained ; by b&Smx over an obstruction on a sidewalk and secured the above verdict, and therefore the defendant . mnnidpaisty desires a new trial. ; PYTHIAfJ S1STEES LTZT. The asnmal convention of the PytV iaa Sisters of the Geveath djstrist was held Tuesday at New Cace. A large delegation front tOm dty attoKS ed. . - : tiis ieZm:zL STATE AfO LCCAL tr--.: iC3fr or tonft csJ FrLr.