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o HP RICHMOND PA ABIITM A VOL. XXXI. NO. 164. Richmond, Indiana, Monday Morning, July 9, 1903. Single Copies, One Cent. SEN. LA FOLLETTE FIGURES PREPARED BY CENSUS BUREAU LIVERY BARN RUBBED OF CHARLES WAS PROSPEROUS DECADE IS INJURED WHILE THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Monday and Tues day; variable winds. OHIO Partly cloudy and warmer Monday; Tuesday fair, warmer in central and southeast portions; variable winds. PIERSON ROBBED II BAD FIRE AT CAMBRIDGE INCREASE IN COMMERCE Stable Belonging to Arthur Hodfon Consumed by Flames and Seven Horses and Fourteen Ris Were Lost Origin of Fire Unknown. Exports Have Increased 83 Per Cent and Imports Have Advanced 71 Percent The Greatest Increase Was in Manufactures. His Attack on Senator Hemen way is to be Followed on Others Elsewhere. Shows That One in Every 1,200 of Population is blind More Being Negroes. Thief Saturday Night Got Five William Waking Thrown From Motor Cycle on Eaton Race Track Yesterday. Dollars in Money and Much Cutlery HIS PASSES ARE CUT OFF DOM HOW Oil CAMPAIGN M G RECORD IS HOT AFTER RILROADS WISCONSIN SENATOR WILL DE LIVER THE rSAME SPEECH AT MANY CHAUTAUQUAS THAT HE GAVE AT EVANSVILLE. Publishers' Press Milwaukee, Wis., July 8. (Spl.) . Senator La Follette's attack oil Hemenway at Evansville, Ind., Satur day Is but a part of his campaign against all Senators who opposed his Ilailroad Rate bill amendments. He Includes Dick and Foraker in his per gonal attacks which will be repeated fn all Chautauqua addresses in the country. THE EVANSVILLE ATTACK. j Evansville, Ind., July 8. (Spl.) Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, made an attack on Senator Hcnien way, of Indiana, in a Chautauqua ad dress here Saturday. Although Hem enway introduced the Wisconsin man and occupied a position on the plat form while the latter was speaking, Senator La Follette time and time 'again arraingned the senators who re fused to support, his amendments to the railroad rate bill. Hemenway was among this number. :fc In liis discussion of the railroad rate 'bill La Follette declared that the bill did not have a leg to stand on. He 'said all it could do was to make the rates reasonably equal, but that it had not the power to make them reason ably Just. i -In discussing the eight amendments 'to the rate bill which he offered he read the roll-call of the sanate and showed how each senator voted. He said that he intended to do that on all the lecture platforms of the coun try this summer and let the people know Just how the senators voted In favor of corporations. Called the Roll. The first amendment he offered he Bald was one to give tho interstate commerce commission power to hire expert engineers so that they could And out' the actual physical value of railroad property and the actual cost Df maintenance. Upon information thus gained the commerce commis sion could determine Just what a reasonable rate was. Without such information, ho said the commission could not set a single rate and make good their claim that It was not un reasonable should they bo attacked .Upon the rate set. La Follette then called the roll of senators who voted to lay this amend ment on the table. Included in the list was Heraenwar. The audience laughed when Heinenway's name was read. On another amendment where La Follette wanted a provion in the rate bill making It Impossible for any judge who owned railroad stock to hear a rate case, the speaker again read tho roll of senators whovoted to lay the amendment on the table. Hemenway did not vote and when his name was skipped, some one in the crowd cried, "Where was Hemen way?" Friends of the Indiana senator express themselves as" displeased over the lncdcnt. PRESIDENT AT CHURCH A CROWD WELCOMED HIM For the First Time Since Return to Sagamore Hill Roosevelt Goes to Divine Worship Shook Hands With His OJd Neighbors. Publishers Tress Oyster Bay. N. Y., July S. Presi dent Roosevelt attended church to day for the first time since his return home, coming down from Sagamore fcltll to morning service ik-'ft station Ttyagon wth Mrs. Roosevelt, Archie and one of the latters little cousins. A large crowd of villagers and sum mer visitors was lined up on the lawn before Christ church when the President arrived and he shook hands with a dozen or more of his old nei ghbors before entering the edifice. Rev. Charles Henry Webb, of Astoria, who is spending his vacation in camp with 50 boys from his Sunday school, preached the sermon In place of Rev. II. II. Washburn, the regular pastor. She half hundred boys from Astoria was In the waiting line outside the church when the President arrived. After the service President and Mrs. Roosevelt drove back to Sagamore Hill where they passed the remainder of the day. Raymond Kain Sick. Raymond Kain, of S. W. 2nd street, .was removed to the Reid Memorial Hospital yesterday evening where he will be operated upon this morning for appendicitis. MAYOR QUITS HIS PLACE Executive of An Iowa Town Don't like Working of New Railroad Rate Bill And Quits his Office Causing Special Election. Publishers Press Des Moines, Iowa, July 8. Iowa Is having a strange experience with her anti-pass law which went Into effect July 4th. The law forbids the ac ceptance of railroad passes by all public officials and delegates to politi cal conventions. The result is that public officials and delegates to politi cal conventions are resigning their positions by the score all over the state and announce that the pass is of more value to them than the office and the emoluments thereof. The mayor of Tama, one of the largest towns on the Milwaukee railroad has resigned which will necessitate the calling of a special election at con siderable cost to the taxpayers. SOLD LIQUOR IN COURT HOUSE YARD William Engelbert Arrested for Violating the Liquor Law Yesterday. HE HAS BEEN SUSPECTED A HALF PINT OF WHISKEY WAS FOUND ON ONE OF THE' MEN ARRESTED WITH ENGELBERT POLICE COURT TODAY. The Court House yard has been converted into a '"beer, and liquor garden." At least that seems the nat ural supposition arising from the ar rest of "Ginger Bill" otherwise known as William Englebert, yesterday af ternoon for selling whiskey without a license In the above stated place. He was brought to the "Shrouded Place" where sits Supt. of Police and ar raigned behind mysterious portals along with two others, whom it is claimed passed the -hecks to '"Ginger niH" and received the demanded por tion of 'llooze." One of these "other two" had a fresh half pint bottle of pale sizzle water in his inside pocket and it is intimated that he, Jn order to save himself from being locked up, will appear this morning- at the city "bar" and hand over some more checks only of a different nature and stamp ed somewhat as "State's Evidence.' The police "department has had a good sized hunch for some time that "Ginger Hill" has teen impersonat ing a Rartender and it was only by the wily work of Dan McManus that the theory was run to earth and the fact, that whiskey was being sold on Sundays, in the Court House yard es tablished. THE GROUNDS" ENLARGED Several Members of the Chautauqua Executive Committee Laid Out Larger Grounds. Several members of the executive committee of the Chautauq.ua formed a "laying-out" party at the Glen Sat urday. They decided on the addition to the Chautauqua grounds which is as follows: From the walnut tree at the end of the street car tracks into the grounds, to the National road, thence west along Main street to a point directly opposite the new hoijse on the sec ond lot west from Z? street; thence straight north to a tangent point on the serpentine road in the Glen, thence straight east to the point of contact with last years grounds. This aauuion wnicn xaKes in a inangie oi ministers of the d;strict will be in good area has been necessitated by vlted to preach at various times dur- the many applications which have flooded the executive committee's chambers in regard to accommoda tions for this season. Is Recovering Nicely. Mrs. George Zuttemeisfer, who has been confined at the Reid Memorial ; with the country-side as it has the Hospital recuperating from an oper-; frasrrance of the old-fashioned camp ation which was performed upon her j meeting and affords them the oppor 8ometime ago, has been moved to her ! tunity of meeting on both a religius home, 1007 S. A street ' and a social nlanev PERCENT OF DEAFNESS MOST OF THOSE WHO ARE DEAF BECAME SO FROM CATARRH THE CAUSES OF BLINDNESS. Publishers' PressJ Washington, July 8. The propor tion of blind in the United States is one in every 1,200 of population, and the totally deaf one in every 850 per sons. These figures have just been prepared. by the census bureau. Among the total number of deaf 2,772 were also blind and 24,369 dumb. In the census of 1800 there were 1,9.'!j deaf persons per million of population. Of the total number of blind 57.2 per cent were males 42.8 per cent were females. About 53 per cent of the blind re ported were totally, and about 45 per cent partially blind. About 6 per cent of the blnid be came so aft?r 20 years of age, and only a lttle more than 30 per cent be fore 20 years. Many Negroes Blind. The number of blind per 100,000 of population was greater among negroes than among whites and greater among the foreign born whites than among native whites. Negroes constitute 11.6 per. cent of the general population and only 5.2 per cent of the deaf. The percentage of persons engaged in professional pursuits, trade and transportation, and in manufacturing and mechanical industries is larger Lamong the totally blind than among the general population. In these cfiisses of occupations the totally blind show a higher percentage en gaged than do the partially blind. About Deaf and Dumb. It is shown that 23 per cent of tnose born deaf can speak and about 62 per cent of these becoming deaf between the ages of five and ten can speak perfectly. The most important causes of blind ness were cataract, injuries, accidents and operations for congenital blind ness, old age and sore eyes. Of the diseases which resulted in deafness the most important is cat arrh. Other diseases in the order of diminishing importance were scarlet fever, disease of the ear, meningitis, Colds, measles, typhoid fever, brain fever, influenza and malarial fever and quinine. AT AT There were Twenty Conser tions at the Big Tent Revi val Yesterday. MEETING VERY POPULAR MINISTERS FROM OVER THE DIS TRICT WILL BE INVITED TO TAKE PART LARGE CROWDS EXPECTED THIS WEEK. The Reed Evangelistic Meeting held its initial Sunday services yes terday at Dublin. The attendance was estimated at 1,000 persons and is claimed as the banner opening night of this section of the state. Rev. Reed preached at the morning, afternoon and evening services. A short sermon was preached by Rev. Nelson, of Grace M. E. church. There were twen ty conversions last night and it is expected that there will be many more before the end of the week. Persons from Richmond, Hagersf town, Centerville, Knightstown, Cam bridge City, Greensfork and other points along the traction lines, were present. All of the large tent has not yet arrived but it is expected sometime today. When this is put up it is thought that the large crowds ex pected during the week wil be amply protected under the canvas. No regular program of services has been prepared but tt.e order for today will be: Praper meeting this after noon and preaching by Rev. Reed in the evening. It will be the plan to have meetings as many mornings as possible and every sfternoon will be devoted to some sort of service. Many ing the week and the Rev Reed may be heard every night. Already the meeting has taken on the tone of success and it is expected that there wil be hundreds of people visit Dublin this week for the ex press purpose of attending the ser vices which have attracted wide at tention and interest. This sort of ! meetinsr seems to be very popular OA DUBLIN SUNDAY Cambridge City, Ind., July 8. (Spl) The livery-barn conducted by Ar thur Hodfon, was burned to the ground tonight about 10:30 o'clock. The loss is estimated at ?3,500 which is partially covered by insurance. Six or seven horses were burned to death. About fourteen rigs of vari ous descriptions were also consumed. At one time the fire began to leap around a large gasoline tank which was partially full, but by the quick work of the fire department an ex plosion was avoided. The origin of the fire is unknown. The property was owned by Al Bradbury. IS READY FOR WORK Special Committee to Investi gate Mail Matter Rates has Organized. A PROGRAM IS OUTLINED EACH ORGANIZATION OF PUBLI CATIONS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE REPRESENTATIVES TO PRESENT ARGUMENTS. Publishers' Press Washington, July 8. The special congressional commission created to investigate, consider and report rec ommendations to cure existing evils inthe second class mail matter for mally organized today selecting Sena tor Penrose, chairman; Representa H. H. Glassie, secretary. The first meeting will be held October 1 in the Holland House, New York City. The commission will particularly investigate: 1. Whether the revenue from the second class mail matter should not be made commensurate with the ac tual cost of the service rendered in handling it, and whether Its classifi cation should not accordingly be grounded upon practical rather than ideal distinctions. 2. In case second class matter is not put upon a cost paying basis what limitations should be placed up on the matter which may properly be embraced in that class. 3. By what amendments of exist ing law may the charges which ap pear to be advisable Tie most effec tually brought about. It is announced that owing to the great number of publications con cerned, it is impracticable for the commmission indiscriminately to ex tend the privilege of the hearing to Individual publishers. Each national organization will be heard orally by not to exceed three representatives designated by the organization; and those classes of publications not hav ing regular organizations will be heard through persons who may be regarded as fairly representative. The commission will likewise call for opinions from such other persons as may in its judgement be capable of giving valuable information or suggestions on the subject. In order to facilitate work the per sons designated to appear before the commission will be requested to fur nish in adVnce a brief statement of the points to which they desire to direct attention. NATIONALS WON TWO Defeated the Tigers and Then Beat a Team Made up Partly of Giants' Players. The Nationals tooK advantage of the Athletic Park not being In use yesterday afternoon and won two games, the first from the Tigers by a score of IS to 5 and the second from a team made up partly of Giants' play ers by a score of 11 to 2. riasecoster pitched both games for the Nationals fanning sixteen men in all,. Elstro caught him. Heck, Keiner and Slick were the batteries for the Tigers. Benson and Clemerts formed the battery for the Giants pick team. Hoelscher umpired the games. Next Sunday before the big game at Fair view the Nationals will play "Those Morgans." Expects Great Game. A great game Is expected at the Fairview diamond next Sunday when Liberty comes for the second time this season. In a twelve inning con test last month the Liberty team de feated Fairview. - - - MMSS DIDNT WANT SILVERWARE LAID IT NEATLY ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE INDIANAPOLIS STAR AND GREEN APPLES ARE LEFT BEHIND. The residence of Charles A. Fier- son, 4" South 18th street, was myste riously jobbed last Saturday night. Wares to the value of a hundred dol lars were stolen. Sometime during Saturday night a thief entered the house through an open window proctected by a screen in the rear of the house. Apparently he made his way directly to the sleep ing Quarters on the second floor where he entered the room of Mr. Pierson and took h' trousers, which were later found hanging upon the kitchen door with pockets turned in side out and 5 cents in chance miss ing. Mr. Pierson, wio travels for an Indianapolis cutlery firm, had his sample case at home and these were taken from the house to the barn where they were spread out and the thief selected 12 dozen pocket knives 3 dozen pairs of scissors, 3 dozen butcher knives and 1 dozen razors. Later it was found that a handsome pair of gold eyeglasses belonging to Mrs. Pierson were missing. The silv er ware, of which there was a quan tity, was left neatly laid out upon the dining room table and not a piece missing. The thief was of a peculiar temper ment as he left a bunch of green ap ples and an Indianapolis Star lying in the barn beside the empty sample cases. The police were notified yes terday morning. GIANTS DID NOT PLAY Models From Hamimlton Failed to Put in Appearance, Disappoint ing Good Sized Crowd. The Giants did not get to add an other victory to their ever lengthen ing list yesterday, on account of the non appearance of their opponents. The Models of Hamilton were sched uled to play here and notwithstanding that Manager Mitchell talked with the Hamilton manager over the 'phone Thursday, making all arrange ments for the game, the Puckeye team failed to show up. There was a good sized crowd on hand, which left and went to the Fairview game. Next Sunday the Giants will play the Day- ton Tourists, the team that played here on the Fourth. HEW JERSEY DRY FOR FIRST TIME Was not a Glass of Liquor Sold in Any Regularly Lic ensed Saloon Sunday. NEW LAW IS ENFORCED PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE NEW STATUTE IS VERY SEVERS AND SALOON KEEPERS TOOK NO CHANCES. TPublishers' Press Jersey City, N. J., July 8. The highest ambition of the temperance reformer has at last been attained :nd for the first time in its history the entire state of New Jersey was "dry" today. There was not a glass of intoxicants sold in a regularly lic ensed saloon in the state during to day, according to advices received here tonight, and the victory of the reformers is a most complete one. The cause has been the enforcement of the new Sunday closing law, enact ed at the last session of the New Jersey legislature, and which went into effect today for the first time. Under the law the entire interior of all saloons must be exposed to public view and any saloon keeper violating the law forfeits his license. Not only that but it is impossible to obtain a license for the same place for a period of a year and this latter pen alty Is the one that assured the sa loon keepers living up to the law. With large suni3 of money invested In bar fixtures, etc., they were not will ing to take a chance so they just let matters rest and those who like a drink once in a while, and who failed to lay in a supply on Saturday either went thirsty today or went to New York where the authorities were more lenient. I Publishers' Press Washington. July S. According to the bureau of statistics the decade from 1S95 to 1905 wrs highly prosper ous in the export and import trade. In that period the ".ireicn commerce of the United States has grown from 1,540,000.000 dollars to 2.036.000,000, an increase of 71 per cent; the im ports have grown from 732.000,000 to 1,118.000,000, an increase of 53 pr cent, and the exports from S0S.OOO. 000 to 1,519.000,000, an increase of SS per cent. The imporation of food and live animals increased 17 per cent, crude articles for use in manufacturing. 93 per cent: articles manufactured whol ly or partially for use in manufactur ing 72 per cent; articles manufac tured ready for consumption 19 per cent; and articles of voluntary use, luxuries, etc., 5S per cent. In exports products of agriculture increased 4S per cent; manufactures 196 per cent; products of mining. 175 per cent; pro ducts of the forest. 117 per cent; pro ducts of the fisheries, 36 per cent, and miscellaneous, 66 per cent. A FOR AUTO PARTIES Hotel and Garage Accomoda tions Make This an Ideal Stopping Place. ELIZABETH FOWLER HERE LAFAYETTE WOMAN STOPPED TO GET SOME GASOLINE ON WAY BACK TO LAFAYETTE FROM NEW YORK Richmond is getting popular as a haven for tired and hungry automo bilists. Yesterday the city was the hostess for many motor parties which hailed from Cincinnati, Muncie, Laf ayette, Marion, Anderson, Dayton, Hamilton, Indianapolis. It is stated by motor enthusiasts that Richmond is one of the prettiest little spots in Indiana and owing to its good hotel accommodations, parks and general air of tranquility makes a pleasant stopping place on the journeys and pleasure trips. Richmond is the only town between Dayton and Indianapo lis that can offer visitors the best of garage and hotel accommodations. Elizabeth Fowler Here. Elizabeth Fowler, of Lafayette, passed through this city yesterday morning on her trip home from New York. She has the reputation of be ing one of the best women drivers of a machine in the state and handles her White Steamer as though it were a needle in a bit of fancy work. Clad in a leather suit and gogles she stop ped at one of the local garages and asked for a quart of gasoline, jumped back into the machine and with one twitch of her arm, sent the huge car streaking out of the shed. A few weeks ago she decided that she would drive to New York and back home for the experience and fun of it. She has made the trip so far without serious accident although it has been spiced with some humorous happenings. FAILED TO WEIGH THE ICE Two Officials Arrested at Indianapolis Under Court Ruling by Judge Whallon. Indianapolis, July, 8. (Spl) Harvey Koonse. secretary of the Koonse &. Taylor Ice company, and Charles W Donson, superintendent of the Con sumers' lice company, were arrested Saturdav. charged with selling ice without weighing it. The arrests resulted from Police Judge Whallon's decision that the managers of the companies instead of the emploves should be held respon sible for the violation of the citv or dinance. STOPPED AT CENTERVI'JLE Stockscheaeder Family Gave Two Concerts in the Western Part of the County. Centerville. Ind.. July 8. (Spl.) The Stocksechlaeder family gave a musical entertainment at the opera house on Friday and Saturday even ings. The house was crowded on both occasions and the audience were highly delighted with the perfonnan "ees. The family was encamped on the grounds at the rear of tie town halL RICHMOND 1 CRASHED INTO A FENCE DARING LOCAL MOTORIST HAD BROKEN THE RECORD AT TRACK AND WAS TRYING TO DO EVEN BETTER. William Waking, residing at 43t South 10th street and a well known business man and sportsman of the city, met with a very serious acci dent on the Katori race track yester day afternoon when his motor cycle left the incline on tho home stretch: and hurled him into the picket fence rendering him unconscious for sev eral minutes. Waking in company with WMIHara Clark, left the city yesterday morn ing for Eaton to smash the reported record time of 1:5S on that track made by James Townsend. Waking succeeded in shaving the time by one second, doing the mile in 1:57. After making this record he had gone around the track working gradually up from a two minute clip with the intention of cutting down his first record. He had taken the curve sev eraltimes when in some mysterious manner, probably the intense veloci ty of the speed, the machine refused the curve and crashed into the fence hurling and pinning Waking between tae machine and fence. Was Thought to be Killed. At first it seemed that Waking had been killed and on the arrival of Dr. J. C. Ryder it was found that Waking was in a very critical condition. Con cussion of the brain was the first the- ory. The machine was demolished. As soon as his condition would per mit he was removed by wegon to an Interurban car which was met at 3 o'clock in this city by the ambu lance which conveyed him to his father's home on 10th street. Dr. Marvel of this city attended him and stated last night that he was resting very easily and that he thought that he would be out In a few dayg. Waking has done the mile in 1:52 1-5 on the Earlham track. This track is a quarter mile while that at Eaton is a half mile. On account of the bet ter time made on the local track Waking thought that on a longer and faster track he ought to ' be able to lower his mark. In Dare Devil Fashion. Waking does his record "'stunts" in the true and dare-devil manner. When making these runs Waking stands upon a small step about an inch long which are attached to the hub of the read wheel. With hands spread out wing-wise to the steering corks and his body bent In the shape of an "L" over the saddle he ad vances the throttle more and morej attaining great speed. Waking has been somewhat unfor tunate in his greetings to new inven tions along sportive lines. When the. coaster-brake first came out he was the first In the city to have one. In going down the west Main street hlll't the brake stuck on him and near the bottom hurled him headlong over the handle bars, Injuring his arm to such an extent that It was in a sling for several days. FIVE WEEKS FOR WORK: WALK TO BE EIGHT FEET) THIS WILL ENABLE THE PLOT OP GRASS ALONG THE STREET TO BE WIDER AND MAKE STREET. MORE PRESENTABLE. The Work of putting In new cement walks on the north side of Main street in progressing nicely and in about five more weeks the improvement will be completed. The cement work will be of the same quality as that used on the other new cement walks which have been put in during the last few years. Instead of the walk being as wide as the former brick one it will be one foot narrower, making It eight feet. This cut in the width does' not spoil the walk as much as it would seem at first though, but gives more room between the curb and cement, making the grass plot wider and thereby improving the natural quali ties of the street. From now on the work will be push ed as fast as it is possible, It being the intention of Contractor Burkhardt to work two gangs, one going ahead and preparing the way for the follow ing gang which lays the cement In this manner a great deal of time will be saved- Men who are accustomed to this sort of work are not very hard to find at this particular season of the year and the very best manual labor possible will be at work on this Job in a few days. Immediately following the completion of Main street the crew will 0 to Sheridan street la West Richmond where they will put la a long strip of cement walks. 7J