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Richmond, Ind., Thursday Evening, March 28, 1907."
VOL. XXXI. NO: 363.
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PA
TRAINMEN INTEND
TO POT A STATE
.TICKETJN FIELO
,Wi!I Begin an Aggressive Cam
paign Toward Selection of
A Gubernatorial and Gener
al Assembly Nominees.
SENATOR KIRKMAN IS
ON LABOR HONOR ROLL.
Representative Walter Rat
liff, of Wayne, and Repre
sentative Elliott, of Wayne
and Fayette, Blacklisted.
Jndianapolis, March 2S: Announce
ment i3 made that the Brotherhood of
Railroad trainmen will begin an ag
gressive campaign immediately look
ing to the selection of a gubernatorial
nominee and" candidates for the next
general assembly. Agents of the bro
therhood will start out April 1 to can
vass the state. Meetings to be ad
dressed by prominent worker? of the
order will be held in large cities and
Jn most of' the county seats. These
will culminate in a state meeting to be
held in this city at which a candidate
will be sprung for the governorship
Kirkman on Honor Roll.
The trainmen have kept close tab on
the members of the last general as
sembly and have classified their
friends and enemies. In the publish
ed list of friends are found the names
of Senators Bingham, of St. Joseph;
Kirkman, of Wayne and Representa
tive Moon of South Bend. The list of
enemies contains the names of Repre
sentatives Ratliff. of Wayne; Gilbert
Elliott, of South Bend; Kelley, of St.
Joseph, Starke and Pulaski and Elliot
of Fayette and Wayne. The "ene
mies" are slated for retirement by the
brotherhood.
The legislative work of the train
men was handled by a board compos
ed of F. L,. Feick, of Garrett; E. St.
John, of Ft. Wayne and William
Knowles of Indianapolis. These men
will travel over the state and conduct
the meetings of the order prior to the
fctate meeting for the selection of can
didates. In reviewing the work of the
legislature the board members do not
mince words in declaring who are the
friends of the order and who are its
enemies. Explanation of why the
board membsrs found it necessary
to remain at the state house during
the entire time that the general as
sembly was in session is given as
follows:
Object is Set Forth.
"As Is well known the object of
these legislative reports is to inform
our membership fully upon the pro
cess of state legislation, and the perils
which constantly threaten our craft,
(Continued On Page Four.)
Passenger Conductor III.
Wm. Mandeville. passenger condue
or on trains number IS and 1! on the
Pennsylvania, between Cincinnati and
Ix)gansport, is ill at his home with
the grippe. In his absence E. Castor
is assuming the .duties of the runs.
M. Ludlow Is Off Duty.
M. Ludlow, passenger conductor on
Ihc Little Miami division of the Penn
sylvania, running between -Richmond
and Springfield, is off duty. J. J
Gest is taking his place.
LIQUOR MEN ESCAPED
BY THE JGANIARD LAW
No Prosecution of Saloon Men
' At Bloomington.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Many Richmond people are familiar
Tvith the fight that has long been
waged against saloons in Blooming
ton. Ind., and news of the latest move
In which the saloon element escaped
prosecution after having been indicted
will be of much interest.
Nearly all of the saloon keepers
there were up for trial on the charge
of having sold liquor by means of pri
vate clubs and restaurants which they
conducted. Their attorneys contend
ed that the passage of the Ganiard
law exempted their clients from prose
cution and Judge Wilson sustained
them, saying in his decision:
"Senate Bill Xo. 90 (Ganiard law)
repealed all laws in conflict there
with and by an emergency clause
went into effect immediately. It con
tained no saving clause for the prose
cution of pending suits. It provided
that it shall repeal all former laws
regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquors, and all laws and parts of
laws coming in conflict therewith;
prescribed new jwnalties and 'added
new offenses."
The derision is of the utmost im
portance in that it affects all state
liquor law violations, th.2 prosecution
of which is pending.
The Man to Whom
Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury.
WOMAN KILLS A SNAKE
AND SAVESJER CHILD
Thrilling Experience of Mrs.
J. W. Brown.
MEASURED OVER 4 FEET.
Mrs. J. W. Brown, living just south
of the car barns on South West Fifth
street, had a thrilling experience Wed
nesday afternoon with a blue racer
snake. The reptile was in the act of
wrapping itself about the body of her
small daughter when Mrs. Brown grab
bed a large stick and beat off the
snake.
She called to her little son to run to
the wood shed and secure an ax with
which she killed the snake. It meas
ured four feet and two inches. A num
ber of blue racers have been seen in
the neighborhood of the Brown house
recently. They are very dangerous at
this season of the year, and those liv
ing in that part of the city are much
alarmed.
HAS DREADED DISEASE
King Alfonso Is Sick With Tu
berculosis. COURT IS APPREHENSIVE.
Rome, March 28. Private informa
tion' received at the quirinal intimates
that King Alfonso," who has been in ill
health for some time, is suffering from
tuberculosis, which has worked such
havoc in the Bourbon family. It is
said that the Spanish court is extreme
ly apprehensive-as to the result of his
condition.
ADDITIONAL STREET SPRINKLING
NEEDED IN CITY FOR SUMMER
Suorested That Small
Order That Richmond Might Own
Sprinklers Dust Offensive.
Art agitation is now being made for
the addition of one or two sprinkling
carts to the street commissioner's de
partment. At the present time the
city does not possess a sprinkling cart,
and for several years the principal
streets in the city havebeen sprinkled
by a contractor who receives '27 cents
each week from each-.person who has
a home or place of business on the
street sprinkled, which is all right as
far as it goes, but conditions are not
fully met.
In every city the size of Richmond,
the street cleaning department is pro
vided with one or more sprinkling
carts. In Richmond nearly all the
streets are macadamized and in the
spring, summer and fall these streets
become so dusty that their condition is
very annoying. The only time the
dust on these streets is laid by water
i when the suffering citizen turns his
hose upon them or when the weather
man furnishes rain.
Says Main Is Filthy.
A city official makes the statement
that Main street is the filthiest street
in any city in Indiana. Kvery even
ing the street is thoroughly cleaned.
but during the day time it is neglected.
Each c vening by six o'clock. Main
street is littered -with, dirt ad refuse.
1
Wall Street Looks.
STEAMER WITH CREW
MAY BEJLOST AT SEA
Reported That the Greenland
: Has Gone Down.
WERE 183 MEN ABOARD.
St. Johns, Nt B.. March 2-S Reports
received here stateN that the steamer
Greenland, with 183 men aboard, has
been lost off the coast of New Found
land. The Greenland has been en
gaged in the seal fisheries and broke
her main, shaft during a heavy storm
last Saturday. She was driven sea
ward by a blizzard on Sunday and has
not been seen by other vessels of the
fleet since. , '
SIGNS COMMUTATION
ON BEDJF SICKNESS
Governor Hanly Spares Life of
A Greek.
MAY ALSO SAVE ANOTHER.
Indianapolis, March 2S. On a bed of
sickness today Governor Hanly signed
his name to a commutation of sentence
of Constantine Stratepoulous, Lake
county murdered, who was to have
been hung sometime after midnight to
night at Indiana prison. The Greek
government interposed lnr favor of
Stratopolous and- Governor Hanly, by
a stroke of his pen, - white suffering
from gastritis, saved his neck. Soon
after doing this, Governor Hanly be
gan to consider action of commutation
of sentence of John Lapitat, a Rouma
nian, who is to be hanged sometime
after midnight tonight. It is assum
ed he will commute both sentences, as
the governor has declared his intention
to make hanging in Indiana a dead
letter. The governor's condition to
day is about the same.
Tax Be Levied in
In other cities the size of Richmond,
where the street cleaning departments
are provided with street sprinklers,
the principal thoroughfares are
sprinkled two and three times each day
so that they will at least present a fair
ly respectable appearance. If Street
Commissioner Ed Dye were provided
with at least one street sprinkler and
men to do some cleaning, he might be
able to assist in checking the daily
dust storms that sweep up and down
Main street, casting filth in the face of
everyone, on the street and coating a
dull grey finish the interiors of homes
and business places that are in the
pathways of these dust storms, to say
nothing of the danger of disease
germs.
Favors Small Tax Rate.
Said a physician: The ordinance
compelling people on the streets to ex
pectorate on the streets instead of the
sidewalks, is ridiculous so long as the
streets are allowed to remain in their
present filthy condition. The expec
toration with its disease germs, dries
in the street filth, and is blown here
and there into people's noses and down
their throats. I think if a small tax
rate were provided for the better niain
tainance of the streets of .this city,
there would be but few citizens who
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Showers Thursday night
and Friday warmer in north
portion.
OHIO Partly . cloudy and perhaps
cooler.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
WEDNESDAY
Total Circulation 7 (Y7A
Net Circulation
6,848
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION,
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
BY CARRIER. - .
Seven Papers for Seven Cents.
ASK THAT SOLOMON
LOCKE BE PARDONED
A Petition That Is Being Cir
culated in Hagerstown
Gets Many Signers.
IS BELIEVED INNOCENT.
LOCKE HAS BEEN IN PRISON FOR
NEARLY TWO YEARS ON THE
CHARGE' OF STEALING HOGS
FROM JOHN MACY.
Hagerstown, Ind., March 2S. A pe
tition to the state board of parole,
which is being signed by practically ev
erybody to whom it is presented, is in
circulation here. It asks for the im
mediate parole of Solomon Locke, who
was sent to prison in May, 1905, for
participation in the stealing of a num
ber of hogs from ex-County Commis
sioner John Macy.
The theft occurred one night just
prior to the attempt by Rirhmond of
ficers, seven policemen, headed by a
deputy sheriff, to capture John Locke
while he was resting in his father's
house in. Hagerstown one Sunday after
noon. The attempt was followed by
the sensational escape of John Locke
and his cousin, Harris, after many
shots had been fired at them by the of
ficers and the pursuit had stretched
over miles of country. Suspicion
pointed to John Locke and his "gang"
as the officers persisted in describing
his associates, and John Locke, Harris.
Solomon Locke and two others were in
dicted by the grand jury for the theft
of the hogs. John Locke and Harris
had left the state and when the trial
came on, Solomon Locke was convicted
upon the state's evidence of one of
the others indicted with him.
Sol Locke has a wife and one child.
a boy . twelve years of age. who is
bright and popular. The boy is liv
ing with his grandparents here and
the wife is said to be living in the
home of Prosecutor Jessup, near Cen-
terville.
The belief is general here that Sol
Locke is not guilty of the crime for
which he was sent to prison.
REPORT BAD HAIL STORM.
Grand Rapids & Indiana Conductors
Say Hail Was of Unusual Size.
Conductorscoming into Richmond
over the G. R. & I. railroad report
heavy hail storms along the line,
about seventy miles north of Rich
mond. They say that the hail was of
unusual size, some being almost an
inch in diameter.
Board of Education Meets.
The State Board of Education met
Wednesday at Indianapolis to consid
er the new Normal School and teach
ers'- wage scale laws with a view to
formulating an interpretation of them
for distribution among the schools.
Much of the time yesterday afternoon
was spent in discussing a uniform
course of study for the noncommis
sioned high schools as provided for
in the new uniform high school text
book law. No action was taken,
however.
GO TO ASSIST BONILLA
Several Americans Said to Be
In the Party.
A FILIBUSTERING OUTFIT.
Havana, March 2S. -Filibustering
expeditions is said to have left here for
Honduras to assist President Bonilla in
his war against Nicaraugua. Several
Americans are said to be in the party.
For several weeks a Honduras agent,
has bet'n at work in Cuba, but he fail
ed to secure many recruits. A small
sailing vessels accompanies the filibus
tering party. which is reported to
have sailed from the vicinity of San
tiago de Cuba,
STRANGER IS HELD
ON SUSPICION OF
BEING A MURDERER
Man Giving the Name of Rob
ert McKnight May Be John
Murphy, Who Is Wanted at
Allegheny.
DESCRIPTIONS TALLY
ALMOST COMPLETELY.
McKnight Enters Strong De
nial of Any Connection with
The Crime But Says He
Knows John Murphy.
A one-legged shoe string peddler,
giving his name as Robert McKnight,
was arrested Wednesday by Officer
Vogelsong. McKnight tallies almost
perfectly with the description of John
Murphy, alias "Horse" Murphy, alias
"Pegleg'' Murphy, who is badly want
ed by the authorities of Allegheny, Pa.
to answer to a charge of murder, al
leged to have been committed on
March 6.
Murphy, the alleged murderer, is 35
years old, smooth faced, light sandy
hair, blue eyes, scar on his cheek,
right leg off and sometimes we;)rs a
cork leg but at other times abandons
his cork leg and uses crutches. The
description card states that Murphy's
home is at Bethem. Pa., but that he
is a "yeggman" and goes from place
to place, selling either shoe strings or
collar buttons.
Descriptions Tally Well.
McKnight answers perfectly this de
scription except the small scar in the
face. When Chief Bailey wired to
Chief John Glenn, of the Allegheny
police, that he was holding a man sus
pected of being Murphy, he asked
whether the reported scar in Murphy's
face was a permanent one or a recent
ly healed cut. In reply to Chief Bai
ley's telegram the Allegheny chief of
police wired at noon that Murphy had
a scar on his jaw from an abcess and
requested that a picture be sent to
Allegheny, McKDight - had. : on 1 him
some photographs of himself and after
Chief Glenn's telegram had been re
ceived these photographs were care
fully inspected and they distinctly
show a sore on the jaw. This discov
ery almost convinces the local police
that in McKnight they have landed
the badly wanted "Pegleg" Murphy.
McKnight Stoutly Denies.
McKnight stoutly denies that he is
Murphy but states that he knows him.
McKnight also stated that when he
was in Wheeling, W. Va., he heard
that Murphy had murdered his room
mate in Allegheny but he says that is
all the knowledge of the crime he has.
Story of the Crime.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 2S. John
(Pegleg) Murphy killed Frank Carr
during a fight in a yeggmen's resort
in Allegheny on March 6. Carr at
tacked Murphy with a knife but was
in turn stabbed to death. After the
murder Murphy escaped. Had he sur
rendered he would have doubtless
been released on a self defense ;'ea.
During a big flood, Sadie Smith, claim
ing to be Carr's wife, killed herself in
the same house. Her body was found
guarded by a dog.
Calls on the Shippers.
R. M. Jenks, traveling freight agent
for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad, with headquarters in
Cincinnati, is in the city on business.
He called on local shippers, soliciting
business for his road.
ALF HALDERMAN, HAGERSTOWN,
TRIES WATER-DIET TWO WEEKS
Declares That the Sensation is a Pleasant
One and Makes Him Feel Lively
In Body and Mind.
Hagerstown, Ind., March 28. Alf
Halderman,- a resident of this place,
and well known in Eastern Indiana,
has just completed a two weeks fast,
during which he ate no solid food
whatever and did not lose a minute
from his regular business. This per
formance is regarded by Mr. Halder
man as unworthy of comment, since
he has performed similar feats at var
ious times in his life. Upon one oc
casion he abstained from all solid food
and lived upon water alone for three
weeks. These periods of self denial
are not anticipated with any degree
of dread, for it is claimed that after
the first pangs of hunger are over the
sensation i3 delightful and the body
entirely free from pains.
Thirty years ago Mr. Halderman, as
is well remembered by many citizens
of this place, was in the last stage.; of
consumption. He had gone to many
heal til resorts and - had tried every
remedy prescribed by a number of
physicians. Nothing gave him any re
lief and he resigned himself to his
fate. He heard of a man in New York
who had saved.Ms orca life under iin-J
HOW TH!HGSD0 CHANGE
Railroads Seek President to
Make Statement.
PLEADING FOR LENIENCY.
Washington. March 2S. Much pres
sure is brought to bear on President
Roosevelt in order to get him to make
a statement of his exact position as to
the railroads of the country. Numer
ous conferences have been held at the
white house and at all of them the
president has been urged to make a
public statement so everybody may
know where they are at. A year ago
if anybody had suggested the thought
that the railroad presidents and inter
ests of the country would be pleading
with the president for leniency or for
any kind of a statement, these same
railroad presidents would have scoffe
at the idea.
RUNAWAY BOY HELD
RY LOCAL POLICE
Lad Giving Name of Ambrose
Fultz Says He Was Abus
ed at Orphans' Home.
CAME FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
SAYS HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY
RUDOLPH CROMER, OF THIS
CITY WHO WAS ALSO IN THE
ORPHANS' HOME.
Wednesday evening Officer McKally
arrested a fifteen.year-old boy, giving
the name of Ambrose Fultz. The lad's
actions were peculiar and attracted the
attention of the officer, who took him
into custody at the F. & N. lawn mow
er works, where he was talking to the
engineer.
At police headquarters young Fult
6tated that he had run away from his
home in Indianapolis because of ' ill
treatment at the hands of his father,
Later the lad told a different sto
ry. He stated that his father was
dead and that up to about two yeara
ago he had lived, with his mother and
step-father, Fred Cook, on Van Buren
street. He said that his step-father
whipped him. Two years ago, the boy
states, he was admitted to the Indian
apolis Orphans home and that he had
run away from that place with ' Ru
dolph Crtmer, of this city, who was
also an inmate of the home.
When the lad was asked why he had
run away from the home he said that
the matron had mistreated him. When
he made this statement young Fultz
broke down and cried bitterly. He
states that young Cromer accompanied
him to Richmond, but they separated
after arriving here and that he does
not know whether Cromer is here or
has left the city The police have
communicated with the Indianaoolis
authorities and requested them to in
vestigate the boy's case.
Classes Did Not Recite.
On account of the absence of Prof.
Jones, there were no recitations in the
shorthand and typewriting classes at
high school today. Prof. Jones is at
tending the teachers' association meet
ing at Indianapolis. Several of the
teachers' will go to the teachers asso
ciation tomorrow, while .others will
visit schools outside of the city.
Annual Election Tonight.
The annual election of officers for
the local lodge of Elksr will be held
tonight at the lodge hall In the Co
lonial building.
ilar circumstances by merely dieting
carefully and he communicated with
him. lie was advised to stop eating
altogether until he felt that hi3 system
was clear of the germs of consump
tion. Mr. Halderman acted upon the
advice and deliberately refrained from
every form of food for more than two
weeks. His health improved and he
actually seemed to gain strength from
his abstinence. When he again start
ed in to take food he began cautious
ly and partook of only the varieties
known to contain the essential ele
ments of human requirements.
, Mr. Halderman declares the pleas
ant sensation which follows the first
hunger after starting in to fast is
well worth the effort required. He
describes the feeling as one of Ihrli
ness and entire freedom from heavi
ness of mind or body. He recom
mends It for persons who are inclined
to feel age stealing on them or for
those who are constitutionally grouchy
and quarrelsome. He - declares it is
a cure lor drunkenness and will stop
the most confirmed smoker and chew-
cr. -
TWO WOMEN SHOW
JACK, THE HUGGER,
A TRICK OR TWO
Mrs. Mary Majors and Mrs.
Frank Waters Administer
Severe Punishment to a
Would-be Masher.
ELDER WOMAN PROVED
HANDY WITH A BIG BOARD.
Fellow at First Begged for
Mercy and Then Took to
His Heels Women Were
Not Afraid, They Say.
Mrs. Frank Waters and her mother,
Mrs. Mary Majors, who reside in the
McConaha flats on South Fourth
street, opposite the court house, ad
ministered such a beating to a jack-the-hugger
Tuesday night that ho
probably will bear the marks of their
punishment for some time to come.
The case was not reported to the po
lice by the two plucky women aa they
feared undesirable' notoriety. When
they were asked to give an account
of the beating the masher received
at their hands, both women were re
luctant to make a statement. How
ever, they finally told the story, which
suggests good tactics to be pursued by
all women In this city' who are in the
future subjected to the insults of
mashers.
Tuesday night Mrs. Waters and
Mrs. Majors had been In the south
end of town calling on friends. They,
returned to their home about 9:30
o'clock and when they reached the
corner of South Fifth and A streets
both women noticed a young white
man, who they state wore a light hat.
black clothes end had a small black
moustache. lie was of medium
heighth.
Used a Board Effectively.
Mrs. Waters and her mother turned
north on South Fifth street and the
man followed them. The first alley
south of Main street on the west side
of South Fifth street Is a blind alley
and leads to the rear of the McConaha
flats. Mrs. Walters and Mrs. Majors
frequently use this alley In entering
the building. When they turned In
the alley the unknown man followed
then and when the two women had,
nearly reached the rear door of the
McConaha building the man said,
"Wait a minute, I want to speak to
you." He hurried up to them but met
with an unexpected reception. Mrs.
Majors, who is about 60 years of age,"
grabbed a stout board and went after
the masher in a most vigorous man
ner hitting him over the head and,
body repeatedly. "Don't hit me" beg
ged the astonished masher and then,
he turned and fled toward Fifth street
as fast as his legs could carry him.;
While Mrs. Majors was beating the
assailant with a board Mrs. Water
searched the alley for stones to throw
at the masher but before she could
find any the man had fled.
Women Showed Real Pluck.
"Neither one of us was afraid," said
Mrs. Majors with a laugh, " and I
don't think that man will bother us or
any other women much In the future.
Mr. Waters Is a traveling man and
was not at home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Waters states that about twn
weeks ago a man answering the same
description as the one who Insulted
her and her mother grabbed a younc
woman . In front of the McConaha
building one evening about 7:3
o'clock. The young woman succeeded
In escaping from him.
SPRING OPERATIONS
BEGUN JM R. & I.
It Is Opening Up Gravel Land
Recently Bought.
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
The G. R. & I railroad has begun
its spring operations in the Parry
gravel pit adjoining the farm of Wal
ter Ratliff, northwest of the city, and
a new tract of gravel land, which It
secured from Mr. Ratliff is being open-
ed. The old pit, which has been Ins
service for twenty-five years, cover3
thirty-three icres. The clay covering
the new area purchased has been
scooped off and the steam shovel Is
now busy making a way for tracks
which will be layed into the new por
tion. This work will continue for
about ten days after which the hauling
will begin along the line from Rich
mond northward. The roadbed has
not been graveled for the past three
years, and is In needof it. Already
the company has graveled its track 3
twenty miles south of Ft. Wayne and
all gravel hauled from the local pit.
will be placet! from that point southr
toward Richmond. Th- road will be
placed in the best of condition during
the coming summer as H. was sorely J
need of new ballast, the winter playiaa
&a,TOC With, it. , -'