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PALLADIUM
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VOL. XXXI. NO. 363.
Richmond, Ind., Wednesday Evening, March 27, 1907.
Single Copy, Two Cents.
RIGHMOM)
DEMOCRATS SORE
OVER THE ACTION
OF POLICE BOARD
Believe They Should Have!
Been Consulted in Refer
m
ence to ADDOintment ot a
f-
Member of Police Force.
COMPLAINT WAS MADE
BUT WITHOUT RESULTS.
To Help In Digging Roosevelt's Canal.
Teeling Toward Governor
Hanly for Failure to Name a
Successor to C. W. Merrill
Not of Kindest.
Ixcal democratic leaders are "sore"
over the action of the board of metro
politan police commissioners in ap
nointinc Oscar Brown, a democrat,
a n. mpnihpr of the Dolice force. The
democratic powers-that-be have noth
ing against Mr. Brown, as they know
him to be a loyal democrat, but they
are indignant because the police com
missioners made the appointment
without consulting them.
It is learned that after the an
nouncement had been made of
Brown's appointment. President Mer
rill of the board of public works
went to see Edgar F. Iliatt. one of the
members of the police board, and he
told Mr. Hiatt that inasmuch as the
democrats of this city were not rep
resented on the police board he
thought it would have been only just
and courteous on the part of tue com
missioners to have consulted with
Major Schillinger, B. B. Johnson. City
Attorney T. J. Study, himselt ana otn
er democratic leaders as to the demo
crat to receive the appointment.
It is stated that this plain talk on
the part of Mr. Merrill slightly ruf
fled Mr. lliatt, and as a result Mr.
Merrill was Informed that the com
missioners were sorry their action did
not meet with the approval of Mr.
Merrill and his associates, but that the
board of police commissioners had act
ed as it saw fit and would continue to
do so.
Governor Hanly Condemned.
It has now been over seven months
since there has been a democratic
member of the board of police commis
sioners and the things the local demo
crats are saying about Governor Han
ly would probably not make a hit with
him. His failure, to appoint a suc
cessor to Mr. Merrill, who resigned
last September, was first excused on
the ground that the governor wished
to see what action the legislature
would take on the metropolitan police
law. The legislature has met and ad
journed and the metropolitan law is
still in force but the governor has tak
en no steps toward filling the demo
cratic vacancy on the board. Mr. Hi-
atfs commission expired on January
1, but he still continues in office until
the governor sees fit to reappoint him
or name his successor. Just what rea
son Governor Hanly has in refusing
to fill the vacancies on the local po
lice board are unknown.
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THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Showers this afternoon
and probably tonight.
OHIO Thursday probable showers
and cooler.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
TUESDAY.
Total Circulation
Net Circulation
7,069
6,843
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
BY CARRIER.
Seven Papers for Seven Cents.
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KSIONJET
TO PLAIi WORK ON
SAHITY OF THAW
MAJOR GAILLARD, PANAMA CANAL ENGINEER.
'Major David Du Bose Gaillard, one of the two army engineers appointed
by the president as assistants to Lieutenant Colonel Goethals in constructing
the Panama canal, Is a South Carolinian by birth. He was born in 1859. He
was graduated from West Point in 1SS4 and became an officer in the engineer
corps. During the Spanish war he held the rank of colonel in the volunteer
army. Major Gaillard has done highly important engineer work. On Lake Su
perior, the Columbia river and at other points the river and harbor work
under his direction testifies to his ability. The major is married to a South
Carolina belle who was Miss Katherine Davis of Columbia.
SECURES BIG INDUSTRY
Hamilton to Have a Gigantic
Coke Furnace.
CAPITAL OVER A MILLION.
TAKE PARK GROUND
TO ENLARGE YARDS
Pennsylvania Railroad Has
Condemned a Strip Fifty
Feet Wide at the Glen.
CITY HAS NO RECOURSE.
CHANGE WILL BRING THE COM
PANY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY ALMOST
TO ROADWAY AT NORTH OF
THE RESORT.
The P., C, C. & St. Ij. railroad has
Just completed plans for the enlarge
ment of its east end yards in this
city. These plans Call for the addi
tion of two new tracks and the com
pany will condemn a strip of land in
Glen Miller park, fifty feet wide and
about 500 feet long, to place these
tracks as the right of way the com-
jany owns is not large enough for the
addition of new tracks.
President Merrill of the board of
public works states that he regrets
the action of the railroad company in
condemning this land, but he says the
city has no recourse to prevent such
action as the railroad has this author
ity under the law.
By the addition of the fifty feet
Etrip of city property the right of way
of the railroad compans' In the east
end yards will run almost to the road
way which skirts the north end of
Glen Miller lake. Local railroad of
ficials state that the increased freight
traffic in this city demands that the
east end yards be enlarged.
While Richmond is hoping for more
factories word comes from Hamilton,
Ohio, that a deal has been closed for
the immediatrection. ofa gigantia
blast furnace at Cokeotto, near the
Hamilton Otto Coke company's plant.
The sum of $rN,04K has been sub
scribed by Cincinnati, Pittsburg and
Hamilton capitalists, and is immedi
ately available for construction work.
The furnace will have a daily sup
ply of 25 tons of pig Iron. Ultimate
ly, and within a very short time, capi
tal to the amount of $1.,"U0,nh will be
brought into the new industry.
WILL OPEN TOMORROW.
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Southern Indiana Teachers' Associa
tion at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, March 27 The offi
cers of the Southern Indiana Teach
ers' Association will open their head
quarters at the Grand Hotel tomorrow
morning. The first session of the
teachers' association will be held at
Caleb Mills Hall tomorrow night.
Few of the members of the associa
tion have arrived aside from the Ev
ansville delegation, which came Mon
day. The reduced railroad rates on
account of the association meeting do
not go into general effect until tomorrow.
MAYBE ITS COMING NOW
Governor Hanly Is Considering
Appointments.
RICHMOND HAS VACANCY.
PASSION WEEK SERVICES.
They Are Being Held Nightly at the
First M. E. Church.
Passion week services are being held
at the First M. E. church. Tonight
S. H. Jones will be the leader, the ser
vice to begin at 7:". o'clock. - Tomor
row night. Henry Luring will be the
leader. Friday the services will be
held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in
stead of at 7:i;o.
Indianapolis, March 27 Governor
Hanly is today considering a number
of possible appointments for positions
created under the "Taws of the past
session. He is also taking up for con
sidcration the names for vacancies on
various metropolitan police boards.
Reports are reaching this city that
his own appointees on various boards
throughout the state are allowing en
forcement of the laws to become lax
and probably this will be looked into.
Too Sick for Business. t
Although it had been planned for
the governor to take up consideration
of these appointments and he expect
ed to do so, he was not able to stay
at his office and is now confined to his
bed, due to a nervous breakdown.
Acute indigestion also has something
to do with his condition. Papers in
appeals for clemency from two men
who are to be hanged at Michigan
City, Friday, were taken to his house
and he is now considering them. It
is understood he will commute the
sentences.
CARS NOT YET RECEIVED.
Street Car Company Is Improving Its
Local Tracks.
Justice Fitzgerald Has Ex
cused the Jury From Any
Further Duty Until Next
Monday Morning.
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL
FOR IMPROVEMENT
ON THE WEST SIDE
Pennsylvania's Plans and
Specifications May Be Sub
mitted Some Time During
The Present Week.
BANK BUILDING WILL
NOT START FOR YEAR
March 1 Time Set for Begin
ning the Work.
AN UNEXPECTED DELAY.
DIVISION OF THE COST
ALREADY AGREED UPON.
City Engineer Charles Will
Turn His Plans Over to
Supt. Neff Whenever the
Company's Are Ready.
UNION OF HARRY AND
EVELYN HELD PERFECT.
Clara Morris Gives Out an In
terview With Wife of the
Accused Man That Shows
Devotion of the Two.
New York, March 27 Justice Fitz
gerald today excused the jury in the
Thaw case until Monday. At that
time if the lunacy commission has not
filed its report the jurors will be ex
cused again.
The lunacy commission met at
Their Union Is Perfect.
Clara Morris, former actress, in a
published interview with Evelyn Thaw
today presents a most interesting
story of the girl's present life. Noth
ing is said of the Thaw trial but the
story is brimful of Evelyn herself.
'Let it be known," says Miss Morris,
once for all, that whatever did not
begin with 'Harrysaid,' ends with 'Har
ry did.' Harry was nevrr two breaths
away. Harry l naw ana nis wire Eve
lyn are mated as well as married. That
they waded through sin and shame and
blood to secure their perfect union, is
but mere detail to the young egotism
of their passionate love. And if any
one is cruel enough to desire to pierce
too loving hearts with one poisoned
lance to their great suffering, they
have but to hint at annullment of the
Thaw marriage 'It's cruel, cruel, Ev
elyn gasped, 'it's the one thing Harry
cannot bear quietly. While there is
breath in Harry's body no one will take
me from him. No one. "
Plans and specifications for the via
ducts over the Richmond and Indian
apolis division tracks at the West
Second street crossing, which were to
have been submitted by the Panhan
dle to City Engineer Fred Charles the
first of this week, have not yet been
received, but It is expected they will
be submitted to Mr. Charles some day
this week.
The plans and 'specifications pre
pared by the city engineer and his as
sistants for the city's share of the
work have practically been complet
ed and as soon as the plans and speci
fications of the railroad company have
been received, Mr. Charles will turn
his over to Superintendent Nettleton
Neff of the Richmond division.
Division of the Cost.
Under the agreement by which the
improvements at the West Second
street crossing are to be made, the
city pays 40 per cent of the cost and
the railroad company the remaining
t'.O per cent. From the estimates that
have been made by the city and rail
road engineers it is stated that the en
tire cost of the improvements will
amount to about $50,000, of which the
city's share will amount to about
120,000.
Some time ago the city council ap
propriated $20,000 for the city's share
of expenses but there is at the pres
ent time only about $13,000 in this
t J f undr .the other .$7,000, having been
transferred to various funds. It will
Owing to an unexpected delay, work
on the new building to be erected by
the Second National bank at the corner
of Eighth and Main streets, will not
begin until March 1, lis. According
to the plans now being drawn the
building will be four stories high, the
first floor being devoted to the two
banking concerns, the Second National
bank and the Richmond Trust compa
ny. The former will have the same
f oom as it now occupies and the new
company will have the room now used
by the McDonald drug store. There
will likely be a common entrance from
Main into the building, and it will be
possible to pass from one bank room
to the othec. without going outside the
building. The second floor of the
building will be retained by the law
firm of Robbins, Starr and Robbing
while the other floors will be arranged
to suit the prospective occupants.
Until it is necessary to begin the ac
tual work of construction. McDonald's
drug store will not have to vacate its
room.
WILLIAM HOLLER
AN INSANE
MAN
MAKES ESCAPE
With Nothing But a Blanket
For Protection He Is Wan
dering Somewhere in This
County.
DEPUTY SHERIFF AND
ATTENDANTS SEARCHING
Holler Was a Patient at East
haven Once Before and Aft
er His Release Created Ex
citement at Centcrville.
CONFERENCE MAY BE
ASKED BY PRESIDENT
Suggested Railroad Interests
And Interstate Commerce
Commission Confer.
MORGAN APPROVES PLAN.
IT ORIGINATED WITH JACOB H.
SCHIFF AND LOOKS TO FEDER
AL CONTROL OF THE DIFFI
CULT SITUATION.
Washington, March 27. President
Roosevelt is considering the sugges-
tion of Jacob 71. Schiff to Invite the
be necessary for council to make anjrailroa(1 interests to confer with the
appropriation to cover up the defi
As yet the local street car company
has received none of the new summer
cars which were ordered some time
ago. The work on the tracks has al
ready begun and they will be placed
in first class condition.
Ben Greet at Purdue.
The committee for the gala week at
Purdue university has signed a con
tract with the Ben Greet company of
Shakespearean players to give two
outdoor performances on the campus.
Will Lecture at Ovid.
he Rev. T. H. Kulin will go to
Ovid. Ind., Saturday, where he will
lecture.
ARSON CASE IS NOW ON TRIAL;
J. MERCER UNDER SERIOUS CHARGE
It Is Claimed That He Fired the Barn of
His Father-in-Law, J. H. May,
In Spirit of Revenge,
During- the past two days Deputy j in progress a man driving a horse at
Sheriff Oscar Mashmeyer has been j a fast rate.' in the direction of the lit-
seouring through Washington and! tie town of Orange, was noticed. Tues
Jackscn townships, serving subpoenas j day witnesses for the state testified to
on witnesses desired to appear in the 'this effect. It is alleged by the state
case of the state against Jonas Mercer, J that Mercer was on bad terms with his
a resident of Bentouville. a hamlet i fatheivin-Iaw. and th.it h. humot tv,
across the Fayette county line, which 5 barn to revenge himself.
TOOTH DROVE HIM INSANE
Hamilton Man Suffers Intense Pain
And Is Now in Strong Ward
At the Hospital.
Hamilton, O., March 27 John Ab
bott, Lindenwalk, tried to pull a tooth
with a pair of pincers. The teeth be
came ulcerated and neuralgia devel
oped. The pain was so Intense that it
almost drove Abbott insane. He was
removed to the strong ward in a lo
cal hospital today. It is feared that
he cannot recover.
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
Cambridge City to Have More Cement
Walks and Better Drainage.
Cambridge City, March 27 County
Surveyor Howard, accompanied by
Marshal Drischel and J. E. Gray, made
several important surveys on Mulber
ry. faoutn jones ana tasc cnurcn
streets, Tuesday afternoon by the ord
er of the town council. The above
streets were surveyed for making
drainage improvements. North Foote
and North Chestnut streets were sur
veved for cement walks.
EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED.
Keystone Flyer on the Pennsylvania
Left the Tracks.
is now on trial in Connersville. Mercer
is charged with arson. A dispatch
from Connersvills states that the state
has rested its case and that the de
fense has begun the introduction of
evidence. The state charges Mercer
One Odd Coincidence.
The day the barn was burned. Mer
cer had his horse shod, and the black
smith, according to testimony, placed
a peculiar cork tip on one of the
norses nmd slices. xt was broucht
with burning the barn, together with! out in the trial that the horse which
valuable machinery and live stock, of i was seen to be driven at a rapid pace
sidfS in the western part of Fayette
uutj iitar the liush county llii-.
Story cf the Fire.
On the night of January .". the barn
oi j . n. .ia was uestroyea ny ru e and j five neighbors, who will appear in his
the total loss resulting amounted to (behalf. It is not kr..-n u-h,f ti,o
While the fire was fense is. " -
during the fire, left tracks on the road
which showed that it had a cork tip on
one of its hind siu:.
Mercer is a wt-il known man. and
i there will be from twt-ntv to twentv-
Pittsburg, March 27 The Keystone
express on the Pennsylvania railroad
was wTecked early today after leaving
Pittsburg. ' The engine and three cars
left the track but no one was serious
ly injured.
TWO MASONIC CANDIDATES.
Richmond Lodge Followed Its Work
With Refreshments.
S,.W or $1M ..
Richmond lodge of Masons gave the
master Mason's degree to a class of
two candidates at its meeting Tuesday
night. They were A. 1. R. Lawrence
and Harry K. Young. At the close
of the initiation, there was refresh
ments and a social season.
ciency in the special West Second
street improvement fund. "
Representatives Will Meet.
As soon as the plans and specifica
tions for the improvement work have
been exchanged by the city and rail
road company, representatives of the
two will get together and make any
changes necessary so that everything
will be satisfactory to both parties to
the agreement. After this has been
done the working agreement will be
submitted to council for ratification
and to the Pittsburg officials of the
road for their approval. The company
has been put to considerable expense
in drawing up its plans for the im
provements and it is not thought there
will be any chance of the Pittsburg of
ficials vetoing them.
Dream May Come True.
After the working agreement has
been accepted by both the railroad
company and the city, bids for mak
ing the improvements will be adver
tised for. After the contracts have
been let the dream of the people who
live in the northwest part of town will
be realized because work on the im
provements will then actually begin.
It is thought this work will start
some time in May.
RECKLESS EXTRAVAGANCE.
How Can John D. Stand Such a Rapid
Financial Pace?
Lakewood, N. J., March 27 John D.
Rockefeller has Increased the wages
of laborers on his local estate 15 cents
a day. ,
Interstate Commerce Commission on
the general situation. Word comes
from London that J. P. Morgan has
cabled the president, urging that he
approve the plan. The president has
been conversing on the subject with
cabinet members and the Interstate
Commerce Commission and a public
statement may be issued shortly from
the White House.
Federal Regulation.
Schiffs plan contemplates a scheme
of congressional legislation to pro
tect the railroads from adverse and
conflicting legislation by the states
and conserve the interests of both
railroads and the country at large
through federal regulation.
It is agreed by the railroad interests
that if they had to look to only one
governmental head there would be
less liklihood of threatening financial
disturbances.
A COLD SNAP IS FEARED.
Great Damage Would Be Done
Fruit Now in the Bud.
to
The many fruit trees about the city
that are in bloom add to the theory
that spring is really here. There will
be serious loss to fruit and early vege
tation if there should be an extreme
ly cold spell now. This warm weath
er will do great damage, if a hard
freeze should now come, for flowers
and trees are budding rapidly.
William Holler, an inmate of East
haven insane hospital and who form
erly resided on a farm near Abington.
is now wandering unclothed somo
place in the county and Deputy Sher
iff Oscar Mashmeyer and employes of
the hospital are searching for tha
man. Up to- noon no trace of his
whereabouts had been obtained. Hol
ler is a dangerous man and the au
thorities are greatly worried about
his being at large and every effort
will be made to apprehend him speedi
ly. A Desquieting Effect.
Tuesday evening Holler absolutely
without clothing, but carrying with
him a blanket, took out a window in
the room in which he was oou fined,
then dropped to the ground and dis
appeared into the night. It was not
for some time after Holler took
French leave that the attaches of tho
hospital became aware of his escape.
The news that an unclothed Insane
man was circulating some place In
the vicinity of the hospital had any
thing but a quieting effect on tho
people living in that part of the. coun
ty. A sharp lookout for Holler is be
ing kept In Abington and that vacinlty
as it is thought he might return to his
brother's home.
Excitement at Centerville.
Last January Holler escaped trom
the home of his brother, where he
had -been tal.en af,r -being discharg
ed from the insane hospital, and
with a large gun wandered into Cen
terville where he succeeded In keep
ing the streets cleared of citizens until
the arrival of Shrtff Meredith, who
brought the man to the county jail and
later had him removed to L'asthaven.
About two years ago while Holler
was living with his brother ho Kar
him wandering one evening about thrt
farm and the insane man tmmaglned
that his brother was a chicken thief,
whereupon he took a shotgun and
nearly succeeded in blowing one of his
brother's hands off.
HECHT ACQUITTED
Oil BRIBERY CHARGE
Tearfully He Embraced His
Wife and Children When
Jury Returned Verdict.
HE PASSED A TRYING DAY.
EX-MEMBER OF STATE PHARMA
CY BOARD WAS ACCUSED OF
HAVING OFFERED TO SELL EX
AMINATION QUESTIONS.
DEWEYS ARE QUITTING HOME WHICH
AMERICAN PEOPLE GAVE TO THEM
Wife of the Admiral Is Said to Be Respon
sible for the Move Furnishings
and All To Be Leasee.
Washington, March 27. Admiral
George Dewey and his wife are leaving
the home in Rhode Island avenue pre
sented to them by the contributions of
the American people, to live in future
at No. 1001 K street, the home of Mrs.
Dewey, before her marriage.
After her marriage to Admiral Dew
ey, the K street house was leased first
to the late Senator Alger, and later to
Secretary Hitchcock. Mr. Hitchcock
has given up the place and workmen
have begun making repairs and altera
tions. Their orders were so Impera-:
tive that they worked far into the
night and tby continurd twday. -s-terday
some of the personal btrlonging1?
f Admiral and Mrs. Dewey wt-re
transferred from the Rhode Island av
enue house to the K street home.
It is understood that non of the fur
nishings of the Rhode Island avenue
house will be moved. Mrs. Dewey's
home in K street is magnificently fur
nished, and it is said that the Rhode
Island avenue place will be leased fur
nished. The K street house was the
home of Mrs. Dewey during the life
time of her first husband, Gen. Hazen,
of the signal service.
Mrs. Dewej- is said to be responsible
for the abandonment of the Rhode Is
land avenue house as their home. Her
K street house Is much nearer the re5-
idenc-e of her mother, and sh likes
that location Letter than the Lou- pre
Rented by- the American p-ople to her
husband. The title to tli Rhode Is
land avenue house stands in Mrs. Dew
ey's name.
Winchester, Ind., March 27. After
being out about an hour and a half tho
jury in the case of David Hccht, of
Evansville. ex-member of the state
pharmacy board, who was indicted for
soliciting a bribe from F. B. Porter, a
drug clerk of Parker, returned a ver
dict of not guilty.
Scene Was Dramatic.
When the decision was read Hecht
sprang to his feet, his wife screamed
and clasped her husband to her breast.
Hecht then thanked the jury while the
tears streamed down his cheeks and
took them each by the hand. It -was
a touching scene and several men kiss
ed llecht's two little daughters, who
were crying with joy. The jury went
out at 5 o'clock and reported at
On the first ballot the vote stood ten
to two for acquittal.
Hecht is alleged to have offered to
sell the chemistry Questions prior to
the state examination and cix letters
passed between him and Porter.
A Trying Day.
It was a trying, day for the defend
ant. As the final hour drew nearer
and nearer, when twelve of his fellow
men should decide his fate the defend
ant, his tall form bent and his hair
whitened, although he Is but -17 years
of age, grew more nervous and at times
seemed on the verge of a nervous collapse.
Meeker at Hamilton.
Ezra M-ker aud Lis ox " team, r-
jcentlr in Richmond, have be-n spend
jing the week at Hamilton, O.. wheie
thev xufat with a pleasant retention.