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VOL. XXXI. NO. 3G3.
Richmond, Ind., Tuesday Evening, March 26, 1907.
Single Copy, Two Cents.
KICHMOM)
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DANIEL G. REID'S
. LIBERAL OFFERING
TO LOCAL Y, M. CI
He Will Give $15,000 Provid
ed the People of Richmond
Subscribe $70,000 for the
Same Cause.
COMMITTEE IS MUCH
ENCOURAGED IN WORK.
Proposition Is Accepted and
The Success of the Under
taking Is Now Believed to
Be Fully Assured.
Two members of the Y. M. C. A.
executive committee having occasion
to be in New York City last week on
private business called at the office
of D. G. Reid to pay him their re
spects. The question of the Rich
mond Y. M. C. A. was brought up and
Mr. Reid expressed himself as being
Jn sympathy with the enterprise and
was very much interested in' the re
port of the progress of the work to
date. After going over the matter
carefully, in which the need, the
lienefits, the cost of the building and
Its equipment and the maintenance
of the same were considered, he of
fered to cive fifteen thousand dollars
for the cause provided $70,000 addi
tional is subscribed by the citizens of
Richmond, making the total amount
available, $85,000.
Proposition is Accepted.
These men reported thi3 proposition
to the executive committee at a spec
ial meeting held Monday evening and
It was unanimously decided to accept
Mr. Reid's offer the'eommittee relyim
on the loyalty and liberality "of this
city, and feels certain that with this
gift success is assured and Richmond
will have what is now its greatest
need for the moral and religious life
of its people. To show the reason
ableness of this conclusion it is only
jiecessary to look at the rerults of the
canvass tup to the preseiit time. There
are now turned In about T.OOO pledges
amounting to $3S,000; three condition
al pledges $7,500; Mr. Reid $15,000
making a total or $60,500. leaving a
net amount of about $25,000 unnrovid
c-d for. The committee has reason. to
believe that there are a number. of
persons, firms and corporations in this
city who have not yet given but who
are in position to. and who will give
liberally; forae have done something
but will, the committee believes, add
to their gifts in order to make the pro
ject a - success.
Duty is Manifest.
The thing to do now is for every
man, woman and child, old and young
to help the several committees by giv
ing cheerfully, liberally and prompt
ly. The canvass must close April SO
and let every citizen of Richmond
make it a duty to assist in the cause to
the best of his abilitj-, encourage the
committees and canvassers by volun
tary subscriptions and aid and , Rich
mond will have the very great pleas
ure of seejng reared a building that
will be a credit to Richmond from an
arcnueciurai standpoint and more
Btill from which an influence will go
out that will be a benefit to the com
munity whose value no one can esti
mate, not only for the present gener
ation but posterity.
Richmond s substantial prosperity
will be greatly helped by the success
of this movement and the committee
says. It must and will not fail.
HAVE RECOURSE IF
Opinion by the City Attorney
Regarding Colored Peo
ple and Theatres.
ARE AMPLY PROTECTED.
MR. STUDY SAYS THERE IS NO
NEED OF AN ORDINANCE TO
REGULATE THE POINT IN QUES
TION. City Attorney T. J. Study at council
meeting Monday evening, stated that
he had inspected the ordinance regulat
ing the government of theatres, as he
was ordered to do at the last council
meeting, and that he found that there
was nothing in this ordinance which
would discriminate against colored
people.
No Ordinance Needed.
Mr. Study stated that it was unnee
ssary for the city to pass an ordinance
regulating the accommodations for
colored people at local playhouses. He
stated that they were protected from
discrimination by the constitution of
the United States the bill of rights and
two or three state laws. He said that
if any colored person thought he was
being discriminated against he could
evoke the support of both the federal
Bad state governments. j
IS DISCRIM ATIOII
Sec'y Taft's Boom
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Cincinnati, March 26 Charles P. Taft, brother of the secretary or war.
Issued a statement today relative to the latter's candidacy: "We believe
that the overwhelming sentiment in Ohio is favorable to Secretary Taft for
the presidency and our efforts are to give this sentiment concrete form so
that it shall be expressed emphatically at the proper time. Furthermore,
it is obvious that Governor Harris is his own logical successor as governor
of Ohio and should have the unanimous support of his party."
KICK OF HORSE
PROVED FATAL TO
J. UENOIEL
Aged Resident of This Town
ship Attacked by His Fav
orite Animal and His Death
Is the Result.
CRAWLS LONG DISTANCE
ON HANDS AND KNEES.
An Operation Performed at
Reid Hospital But the Pa
tient Suffered a Relapse
And Died Early Today.
Jacob Klingenbiel, an aged resident
of this township, died at the . Reid
Memorial hospital this morning about
1 o'clock as the result of being kicked
in the groin Saturday night by a
horse. Mr. Klingenbiel died m terri
ble agony after an operation had been
performed on him in a final effort to
save his life. He was 0 years of age.
Mr. Klingenbiel resided on a farm
northwest of the city pear the old Se
vastopol school house. Saturday night
he drove into the city and after trans
acting some business returned to his
farm at a late hour. After he had un
hitched the horse, which Mr. Klingen
biel had been driving for some time,
he started to lead the animal to the
barn when it suddenly turned on him,
kicking him in the groin with ooth
hoofs.
Crawled Long Distance.
Mr. Klingenbiel was prostrated by
the blow and was unconscious for
some time. When he recovered his
senses he started for the nearby home
of a neighbor. It was a long, tedious
journey for the old man as he had to
cover the entire distance on his hands
and- knees. When he arrived there
he gasped out the story of his accident
then lost consciousness again.
Operation not Successful.
The aged man was brought to the
home of relatives iu Richmond and
medical aid was promptly 'summoned.
An examination revealed the fac that
Mr. Klingenbiel had received terrible
injuries as a result of the attack made
on him by his favorite horse and Mon
day noon it was decided to remove him
to Reid -Memorial hospital so that an
operation could be performed in the
hope of saving his life. Mr. Klingen
biel came through the operation in
goon condition but a short time later
he suffered a relapse. Gangrene or ;
the bowels is given as the cause of j
Mr. Klingenbiel's death. He leaves a j
widow, five sons and four daughters. I
The body is now at the home of rela-j
tives, 729 North Fourteenth
Funeral arrangements will
nounced later.
street. ;
be an-
Nesbit Here on Business.
C Li. Xesbit. traveling passenger
agent for the Pennsylvania line, with
headquarters in Indianapolis. was t
here Monday in conference with local j
Pennsylvania men. '
Becomes Formidable
' V' "si. e ,.
DANCING PARTY'S
COMPLICATIONS
A Final Airing Was Given This
Society" Event in the
City "Court
ATTORNEYS AT VARIANCE.
WILL RYLE FINED FOR ASSAULT
AND BATTERY AND HOMER
DRAPER FOR SELLING REVOLV
ER UNLAWFULLY.
Prosecutor Jessup and Attorney B.
C. Robbins in the city court indulged
in an argument as to? whether testi
mony should be introducted in a case
where the accused had entered a plea
of guilty. Mr. Robbins maintained
that it was a useless - procedure and
the prosecutor said that it was custo
mary in many cases so that the court
could judge on the gravity of the of
fense. Cause of the Argument.
The dispute arose because a witness
in the case of Will Ryle, colored, testi
fied that Ham Thomas, colored, was
present at the time Ryle committed
his offense and that Thomas was car
rying a gun. It so happened that Mr.
Robbins was appearing for Thomas,
who was in court charged with carry
ing concealed weapons. Judge Con
verse ruled that testimony could be
introduced in a case where the aceus
ed plead guilty whereupon Mr. Rob
bins instructed his client to take the
stand and tell everything he knew.
However the legal spat proved to be
for naught as when Thomas was ar
raigned the prosecutor stated that he
was a good boy and moved that the
case against him be dismissed. The
court took this action.
Ryle Given a Fine
Ryle was fined $5 and costs for
breaking a beer bottle over the head
of one Howard Hiatt, colored, Satur
day night. One witness testified that
after Hiatt had been hit he went to
his knees, jerked his hands out of his
coat pocket and discharged a revolver,
whereupon those present at the dis
pute "went south," which is a slang
phrase for "skidooed."
Draper is Also Fined.
It so happened that the gun which
exploded in the hands of Hiatt had
been sold to that young man. -a minor,
by Homer Draper, a second hand store
man. This was an unlawful act on
the part of Mr. Draper so after the
hearing of the Ryle case Draper was
fined $5 and costs for the offense,
Hiatt being the prosecuting witness.
Draper stated that he had not sold the
gun directly to Hiatt but that a
stranger in the store had been employ.
ea m tne transaction, said stranger
handing Hiatt's money to Draper and
Draper's gun to Hiatt. This was the
usual method pursued in getting
around the law, Mr. Draper stated.
Hiatt stated that a third party had not
been employed in the deal.
Kelsey to Ft. Wayne.
Mather Kelsey has left for Ft.
Wayne, where he will take a position
with -Harry Weber, who was formerly
vity engineer of this city, and who is
now connected with a traction com pa
cy at Fort Wayne.
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THE WEATHER , PROPHET.
INDIANA Generally
tinued warmer.
fair and con-
OHIO Wednesday rain, and colder.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
MONDAY
Total Circulation ... .
Net Circulation - ...
7,067
6,841
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION.
LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
BY CARRIER.
Seven Papers for Seven Cents.
OFFICERS CROSEN
FOR NEW CONCERN
ON MONDAY NIGRT
There Will Be Very Little De
lay in Beginning the
Manufacture of Brick.
STOCK SELLING RAPIDLY.
AN OFFER FOR THE LAND THAT
IS TO BE OCCUPIED WAS MADE
BY AN INDIANAPOLIS FIRM BUT
WAS REFUSED.
At the first stockholders' meeting of
the Richmond Brick Manufacturing
company, neia juonaay nignt, oincers
for the new concern were elected, and
it was announced that the entire capi
tal stock of $25,000 would be fully
paid, while actual operations will be
gin at the plant in about, ten days.
The first shipment of brick cannot be
made, however, until about thirty days
from the present time.
The brick company has secured con
trol of the old Mather and Kelsey site
in West Richmond, wThich is consider
ed one of the best near the city. There
are thirty-six acres on the site and
after an examination by an expert last
week, he pronounced the clay, from
which the brick will "be made, the best
that he had ever seen. The quantity
is also liberal and there is enough
to last, according to predictions, for
ten years with operations at full blast
all the time.
Had Offer for Ground.
The Richmond company was recent
ly offered a considerable amount .in
addition to what they had paid for the
site, by. an Indianapolis real estate
firm, which wished to turn the proper
ty into lots. The offer was not accept
ed but when the clay is exhausted, the
factory will be torn down and the lots
sold. It is thought at the time the
clay is consumed the entire portion
of the thirty six acres will then be
within the city limits and will com
mand a high price. The stock in the
concern is being sold rapidly, in fact
there is a clamoring for it, as It is be
lieved that since Richmond has no
other brick manufacturing concern,
the divindends paid by the new con
cern, no doubt will be large.
Old Machinery Used.
The old machinery used in the
Mather-Kelsey plant will still be used
in the new factory, as the officers have
received assurances that it is in first
class condition. This does not mean
that new machinery will not be plac
ed as such will be the case. The ef
forts of the concern will be devoted
to the manufacture of common red
brick at the start, but as business in
creases sand bricks will be manufact
ured. The output of the factory is
estimated at between six and nine mil
lion yearly, the same being used by
both local and foreign builders.
Officers are chosen.
The officers elected Monday night
are:
Ebon Louck president.
Richard . Sedgwick vice-president.
A. D. Gayle treasurer.
Mr. Gayle was also appointed sec
retary until the office could be filled
permanently
GRAVEL PITS HAVE
BEEN OPENED EARLY.
Grand Rapids & Indiana Starts Work
I , . Sooner Than Usual.
' The G. R. & I. railroad has opened
its gravel pits along the line and. the
active work of ballasting the roadbed
will begin within the course of the
next' few days. Arrangements have
been made this year for beginning the
spring work at an earlier date than
ever before in the history of the road.
MRS. T. R. ADAMS IS ILL.
Fear Expressed Over Condition and
Her Daughter is Summoned.
Mrs." T. R. Adams Is seriously ill
with lung trouble at her home and
there is not much chance for her re
covery. Mrs. Maggie Hoover, of
Greensfork. is at her bedside. Mrs. A.
G. Stonner, who is a daughter of Mrs.
Adams is expected soon. Her hdme is
in Ft. Smith, Ark.
DEMANDS WILL BE
REFOSED; A STRIKE
ALMOST CERTAIN
Prospect That Fifty Thousand
Employes of Forty Western
Railroads Will Go Out With
in Short Time.
MANAGERS WILL PERMIT
STRIKE, IT IS CLAIMED.
Demands Are Presented and
All the Affairs of the Train
men Are in the Hands of
Their Two Chiefs.
Chicago. March 20. Demands of ..
ooo employes of forty western rail
roads, will, according to reports of the
railroad managers, be rejected and
higher wages and shorter hours refus
ed. In this contingency a strike :s
certain. The managers held a secret
conference Monday, and, it is stated
agreed to permit a strike rather than
incur a further increase in operating
expenses of $f.x xXOoo per year, which
they say, would be the result of grant
ing the demands.
Demands Are Presented.
Demands of the men, who have vot
ed in favor of a strike, if they are not
granted, were presented to the rail
roads this morning. The intention of
the railroads, it is said, is to place lead
ers of the union in position of reject
ing a substantial wage advance al
ready tendered by the railroads and
thereby losing the sympathy of the
public in a strike. Representatives
of the employes decline to accept this
as the true position of the railroads
They said they expect to receive a fur
ther wage increase although it may
not be granted until diplomacy on both
sides has been exhausted in the confer
ence negotiations which the men hope
will last several days.
Tvo Chiefs in Charge.
Monday afternoon committees repre
senting the conductors and trainmen
hplri a. lone- session: and formulated
their demands and placed entire charge
of their side of the controversy in the
hands of Chief Morrissey and Chief
Garretson of the two brotherhoods.
VIGOROUS PROTEST
OVER All INCREASE
Councilmen Believe the Police
Force Large Enough
As It Stood.
ENGLEBERT MAKES KICK.
VON PEIN OF THE OPINION THAT
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COURTE
SY FOR THE POLICE BOARD TO
CONSULT COUNCIL.
At council meeting Monday- evening,
Councilman H. H. Englebert vigorously
protested against the action of the
board of police commissioners in in
creasing the police force. Mr. Engle
bert stated that he did not think It ex
actly right for the commissioners to
appoint additional police officers un-rrr-r-tifi
board of public works and oth
er city officials were first consulted.
Mr. Englebert stated that he under
stood the salaries of the police offi
cers were to be increased. He
thought this no more than right, but
at the same time he did not think the
force should be increased at the same
time the salaries were boosted.
Is a Law Abiding City.
"Richmond is a law abiding city, and
I don't think that there is enough
crime in the city at the present time
to warrant an addition to the police
force," said the councilman-at-large. "I
don't think the commissioners should
take such action."
Mayor Schillinger at this point in
terrupted Mr. Englebert with the
statement that the police commission
ers did not have to consult with the
city officials in regard to increasing
the force or on any other police mat
ters. "The commissioners are only re
sponsible to the governor," said May
or Schillinger. Then in an undertone
he remarked; "This wouldn't be the
case if we had home rule."
A Matter of Courtesy.
Councilman Von Pein took a hand
in the debate with the statement that
the city had to pay the police expenses
and that he thought it would at least
be a matter of courtesy on the part of
the commissioners to consult with the
board before it increased the force,. Mr.
Bartel asked if there is not a certain
amount appropriated for police expens
es each year. He was told that such
Is the case. j
Under the existing police law It Is
provided that if ioliee commissioners
in any city increase the police force
and the fund appropriated by the city
is not sufficient to meet this additional
expense, it shall be paid out of the gen
eral fund.
CORONER INVESTIGATES
DEATH OFJ'OEBMOn
He Was An Aged Resident of
Cambridge City.
NO PHYSICIAN WAS CALLED.
James MeDermott. one of the oldest
residents of Cambridge Citv. died Mon
day at his home in that city. Coroner
A. L.. Bramkamp was summoned to in
vestigate the case and reports that the
old man had resided for some time pri
or to his death with his daughter. An
na MeDermott. who, Dr. Bramkamp
states, is not strong mentally.
Dr. Bramkamp says the old man's
death resulted primarily from senility
but that during the brief illness which
resulted in his death Miss MeDermott
did not summon medical aid for her
father and the neighbors were not in
formed that he was ill On the death
of Mr. MeDermott his daughter report
ed the fact to an undertaker and the
news of the aged man's unexpected
death spread rapidly about town. Sev
eral neighbors then telephoned Coro
ner Bramkamp and asked him to Inves
tigate the case.
ADVERTISING FOR MEN.
The Rowlett Desk Company
Many Orders Coming In.
Has
The Rowlett Desk Works is exper
iencing a season of great prosperity
and the factory has been forced to ad
vertise for cabinet makers that it
may keep up with the large number of
orders coming in. The Rowlett df sk
is being shipped to all parts of the
country.
Had No Candidates.
The Druids met Monday night in
their hall, but nothing of importance
was transacted. There were no can
didates. COUNCIL LIKES UP
Oil THE MATTER OF
A FREIGHT ROUTE
All Local Interests Are Now
Standing Together Against
The Traction t Company in
Present Struggle.
MUNICIPAL BODY IS
QUICK TO GET IN LINE.
Mr. Bartel Explains Why He
Favored Suspending the Or
dinance Englebert Object
ed to Glen Miller Route.
At the adjourned meeting of council
Monday evening the city fathers
gracefully backed water from the
stand they had taken at the previous
meeting a which they passed an or
dinance to supend the ordinance pho-
hibiting the operation of interurban
freight cars over Main street. Mon
day evening the report of the board
of public works on the, outcome of its
conference last week with General
Manager Reynolds of the traction com
pany, in which the traction company
refused courteously but firmly to con
sider the North 23rd street freight
car route was received. The report
was accepted by unanimous vote.
Reconsideration Moved.
Following the acceptance of this re
port 'Councilman Leftwich took the
floor and made a motion to "rescind
uy an ordinance an ordinance sus
pending .the ordinance prohibit
ing the operation of freight cars
on Main street." , City Attorney Study
after a consultation with Henry U
Johnson, ex-congressman, as to parli-
mentary rules, suggested that the best
thing for council to do would be to
reconsider the ordinance suspending
the ordinance prohibiting the oper
ation of freight cars on Main street,
passed a week ago Monday night. Mr.
Leftwich then withdrew hi3 motion
and moved that the ordinance referred
to by the city attorney be reconsider
ed. Tangle Is Untangled.
By a unanimous vote it was decided
to reconsider the ordinance, then City
Clerk Taggart read the ordinance and
(Continued on Page Nine.)
BROUGHT TO RICHMOND.
Elsworth Price Was Later Able to Re
turn to His Home.
Elsworth Price, of Brownsville, who
was injured at Centerville Monday
when his vehicle was struck by a lim
ited car on the Interurban, was
brought to Richmond for treatment.
It was found that his collar bone was
broken and that Tie had other m!nor
hurts but he was able to go home Mon
day evening. As stated, the horse
was killed and the vehicle was badly I
damaged. Price had a close call.
FITZGERALD
WILL APPOINT
COMMISSION
j AnnOUnCeS That He Will Name
Insanity Board to Examine
Thaw as Prosecution De
siresAction Is a Hard
Blow to the Defense.
THAW CONFIDENT AND
SAYS HE'S GLAD OF IT.
Report Current That One ur
The Jurors Said None of
Their Number Believed the
t-J r f s am 4m f i A I fr M M M
niouiiui iu dc inbuilt:.
New York, March 2G Justice Fitz
gerald this afternoon announced that
he had decided to appoint a commis
sion to investigate Thaw's , sanity,
thus sustaining Jerouio's motion. This
is a hard blow at Thaw's lawyers who
protested against it but Thaw him
self says he is glad of It. Ho says
that it wont take the commission long
to decide on sanity.
Investigating Report.
The entire force of the dis
trict attorney's office is investi
gating a report that "one of-; the
jurors of the Thaw trial, , while play
ing pinochle at a club house to which
he belongs, Saturday night expressed
i uc u(n u ijii iiiai. uui.uue ja me maw
jurors believes Thaw insane today. .
If it I proved that the juror said
this, Jerome will ask for the ending of
the trial without further ado and then
retry it. It Is declared that Jeromo
feels the present jury will surely ac
quit Thaw if it gets a chance, but that
If Evelyn is compelled to tell her sto
ry to a second jury it will lose much
of its dramatic power.
The Alleged Conversation.
The alleged conversation follows:
One of the juror's friends said:
I suppose you ares tired of your
Job?' 1 ,
Yes, I am tired of It was the re y.
"I shall be glad when the whole thing
is over. I have not been able to do
any business since the trial began."
"Is it possible your work Is finish
er?" aked another club member.
"I don't think so," Bait the Juror.
"There's no man on the jury who be
lieves Thaw Is insane today."
It Is pointed out that this juror
could not have known what the other
jurors thought unless tho opinion had
been expressed among them. This is
in direct violation of the judge's v
structions.
CONDITION OF BANKS.
Washington, March 2G. The comp
troller of the currency has issued a
call for reports of the condition of
national banks at the close of business
on Friday, March 22.
On Reception Committee.
Theodore Woodhurst of this city, is
a member of the reception committo
named for the forty-second annual
convention of the Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite valley of Indianapolis,
district of Indiana, which is now or, at
Indianapolis.
HEALTH OF TROOPS
VERY SATISFACTORY
Presence of United States
Regulars in Cuba Has
Benefitted the Island.
CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVED
YELLOW FEVER AND TYPHOID
FEVER HAVE BOTH BEEN ELIM
INATED BY SPECIAL ATTEN
TION TO SANITATION.
Washington. March IS. Much grati
fication is felt by Surgeon-G-eneral
O'Reilly over the continued good
health of the American troops in Cuba
and the excellent work the United
States medical officers have don in
cleaning up the entire island. Dur
ing tne six montns i. nuea fciatei
troops have been In Cuba there has
been only one case of yellow fever
among them and on the whole their
general health has been remarkably
good. f .
Good As in America.
The health of the troops In Cuba
has been Just as good as in America.
During the first few weeks the fdx
thousand odd American troops' In Cu
La develop! a few caws of typhoid fe
ver, but this disease has also been elim
inated. - Unusual care is being taken
'by the medical officers stationed
in
Cuba to maintain the city and island