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VOL. XXXII. NO. 78.
Richmond, Ind., Saturday Evening, March 30, 1907.
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TRUSTEES OF THE
HOSPITAL PREPARE
PUBLIC STATEMENT
.Those in Charge of Reid Mem-
i orial Institution Will
I lighten City Council to
Fullest Extent.
En-
the
Boy King Has Tuberculosis.
AROUSED BY LATEST
; VETO OF THE MAYOR.
Contend Hospital Is Public
One and Deserving of Mu
nicipal Support Draw the
Line on Politics.
At a meeting held Friday evening by
Ihe trustees of Reid Memorial hospital.
to consider the action of Mayor Rich
ard Schillinger in vetoing the ordi
jiance passed by council appropriate
J,.)) for the hospital, a communica
lion was prepared which will be pre-
fcented Monday night at the city coun
cil meeting.
This communication will give the
rouncilmen all the facts and figures
concerning the cost of maintaining the
Institution and it will be pointed out
that the support of the city is essential
la maintaining the hospital.
Is a Public Institution.
City Attorney Study has intimated
lhat Reid hospital i9 not a public, but
ft. private institution, and for that rea
fcon the city of Richmond should meet
only the expenses of the sick poor actu
ally cared for at the Institution. In
the communication that is to be sub
jnitted by the trustees to the council,
exceptions will be taken to the stand of
the city attorney, and it will be stated
tn positive language that Reid hospital
is a public Institution and should re
ceive liberal municipal support, not
only for. the care of the sick poor, but
elso for Its maintainance.
Statement by Mr, Rupe. .. .
President John L. Rupe, of the. board
bf trustees, states that in other cities,
municipal hospitals are provided for
find the total cost of the maintainance
jof these hospitals met by the city gov
ernments. Mr. Rupe states that the
Reid hospital is as much a municipal
institution, as any owned and main
tained by other cities, and the financial
support asked of the city by the hos
pital is small in comparison' with the
Expenses of hospitals built and main
tained in other cities.
Can Be No Politics.
Mr. Rupe alsotates that if the ad
ministration is dissatisfied with the
3nanagement of the hospital, it has but
jto pass the word and its objections will
le considered. However, the trustees
will never submit to having the institu
tion placed in politics.
It is asserted by many that conn.cIl
will vote the, appropriation ordinance
icver the mayor's veto at council meet
jiasr Monday night because that body
Tealizes the people of this city are thoi
kughly in favor of the institution re
volving municipal support.
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ALFONSO XIII.
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Great apprenension is felt in court circles of Spain on account of the
admission by physicians that King Alfonso has the dreaded tuberculosis
which has played such havoc in the Bourbon family. If Alfonso were in
America he would be a first voter, but in his own country he has been
king for over two years.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Fair Sunday; cooler.
OHIO Cooler and fair, Sunday.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
FRIDAY
(March 29)
Total Circulation
Net Circulation
7,083
6,857
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
Richmond's greatest newspaper.
Doesn't skimp its news columns to ac
commodate advertising. The more
advertising carried, the greater the
number of pages to the paper. Fresh,
live news on every page, therefore of
greater value to subscriber and adver
tiser. Read the best paper.
HELP TO BELIEVE
FREIGHT CONGESTION
Handlers From Other Cities
Will Be Brought to Rich
mond Over Sunday.
CONDITIONS GROW WORSE.
OPENING OF SPRING WEATHER
MATERIALLY ASSISTED IN PIL
ING UP THE SHIPMENTS AT
THIS POINT.
BALL ASSOCIATION
ELECTS DIRECTORS
MURDERER PATRICK IN
STAT0F COLLAPSE
It Is Believed He Will Not Live
The Year Out.
IS HOPEFUL OF FREEDOM.
Ossining, X. Y., March 30. Albert
T. Patrick, the convicted murderer of
the millionaire, William ' M. Rice,
whose death sentence was commuted
to life imprisonment by the late Gov
ernor Higgins, is on the verge of col
lapse and according to the prison au
thorities is not expected too live the
year out. Patrick's strength has been
failing fast. k
The convicted lawyer has not given
up hope of a new trial and spends his
time going over legal papers and pre
paring data on which to base his fight
for ultimate freedom. The work is
telling on his health.
TIME TABLE CHANGES
ON THE PENNSYLVANIA
They Will Go Into Effect
March 31.
on
TRAINS TO CINCINNATI.
SOUTH BEND EXPECTS
FULLY 3!500 TEACHERS
Northern Indiana Association
Meets Next Week.
Nearly All of Needed Stock Is
Subscribed and Pros
pects Are Bright.
THREE SITES FOR A PARK.
GRAND STAND TO BE ERECTED
SEATING 500 PLANNED TO
START THE SEASON WITH A
MIGHTY HURRAH.
The congested freight condition on
the Pennsylvania in Richmond hao
grown so critical that thirty-five to
forty freight handlers from Anderson,
Hamilton, O., Elwood and Kokomo
will come to this city tonight and
Sunday morning to help relieve the
condition. Easter Sunday will have
no meaning to them, other than work
all day, to once more get the blockad
ed freight moving out of Richmond.
Between one hundred and fifty and
one hundred and seventy-five loaded
cars are standing alongside the local
freight house, waiting to be unloaded.
The cars as they stand, are loaded
with merchandise for different points,
all small shipments. These will ixave
to be unloaded yad all freight for
certain points from several cars
loaded into one. Under existing con
ditions the rafflroad has not been able
VILLAGERS DRIVE OFF
ROBBERS WITH GUNS
Economy Telephone Girl Hears
The Burglars.
SHE AWAKENED CITIZENS.
UANUHtU HULLtrl
JETER UK CHASE
AND GREAT RISK
Insane Man Was Overpowerec
By Turnkey Ray Harris,
Who Dodged a Vicious Blow
Made With a Hedge Ax.
IN A CHICKEN HOUSE.
to furnish th
separate can,
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS.
South Bend, Ind., March CO. Sourh
Bend will entertain the Northern In
diana Teachers' association next
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The
convention probably will be the larg
est meeting ever held in this city, ful
ly o.oO teachers being expected. It
is not generally known that the organi
zation is supposed to be the largest
body of teachers united in the world,
about. 10,hm being within its territo
ry, which reaches as far south as In
dianapolis and includes that city.
Accommodations for more than 2.000
have been provided in the homes of the
best citizens of South Bend, the ho
tels being unable to care for all the
teachers at one time. The Business
Men's association of this city has
pledged its support to the convention,
and has co-operated with the school
teachers' committees in raising the
funds for holding the convention here
and in providing the necessary enter
tainment. The various stpres will
have chairs and restrooms for the vis
itors, and will otherwise add to their
comfort during their stay here.
A meeting was held last night of the
stockholders in the Richmond baseball
association which has been organized
by Clarence V. Jessup. There are
now fifty-four stockholders with a cap
ital stock of $2,800. It is the intention
to raise 3,000 and incorporate for $10,
000. The directors chosen for the associa
tion are: John Bayer, Jacob Lichteh-
fels, Wm. Kelley, Will Bartel, Will
Jamieson, Henry Farwig, and C. W.
Jessup. The directors will meet Mon
day to choose their officers.
The association has not fully decided
on the site of the grounds. Three
places are under consideration. One
is the Gilbert field, south of the Main
street entrance to Glen Miller, one a
plot of ground in the Beallvicw addi
tion and another which the association
does not care to make public. The di
rectors will decide soon on the location
of the park and commence work on
getting it ready without unnecessary
delay. A grand stand, seating 1,.jOo,
smaller shippers with
and have loaded all
"pickup freigEit" promiscuously and
as it all has to be unloaded, separated
and loaded again by the local freight
handlerB, numbering about fifty, they
have become swamped and it is neces
sary to call in help from other freight
stations on divisions running out of
Richmond.
Conditions Grow Worse.
During the past week the amount of
small freight centering in Richmond
has been of great quality, all due 'to
the warm weather which has had a
great stimulating effect upon all
freight movements. This has tended
to make local conditions radically
worse. The freight congestion has
been practically relieved in the yards,
but nevertheless the yard crews are
required to work constantly to prevent
further congestion. Several times
this year the freight conditions have
been threatening in the yards but by
-Economy, Ind.. March ; Through
the bravery and quick wittedness of
Ida Lamb. the telephone operator
here, three robbers were put to flight, j
Thursday night. The robbers were'
heard trying to break into Frank Bly's ! .
drug store between eleven and twelve
o'clock by Miss Lamb, and she quickly j HOLLER IS LOCATED
awaKenea as many or ner suDscnuersi
as she could. She directed the or
ganization of the party over the tele-
j phone and soon a number of residents
j well armed, made for the drug store.
The robbers, hearing them approach,
dropped their work . and quickly left,
running east out of town. No clue to
their identity has been found.
The robbers first tried to get into the
rear of the postoffice and having fail
ed at this, went to the front of BIy's
drug store, where they broke a window.
This noise attracted the attention of
Miss Lamb. If the men were profes
sionals, they are short of fools, for be
fore beginning their operations " they j
went to Cook's blacksmith hoi where
they secured a crowbar and other
tools.
Race that Ensued Was a Spir
ited One Sheriff Meredith
Was Put Out of the Running
By a Wire Fence.
M'KIIIGHT RELEASED;
IS MOT THE
MA
Suspected Murderer Turns
Out to Be Only a Ped
dler of Shoe Strings.
HE TOOK IT CHEERFULLY.
THANKS THE POLICE FOR THE
CONSIDERATION AND KIND
NESS HE HAD BEEN SHOWN
WHILE DETAINED HERE.
By a football dive tackle Turnkey
Ray Harris of the county jail Friday
evening saved his life and at the sanio
time captured an insane man, William
Holler, who whs resisting arrest with
a razor sharp hedgi- ax. Holler is
now back at Kasthavcn insane hospit
al and he will be watched closely in
the future to prevent him from making
another escape.
Sheriff Meredith made an unsuccess
ful effort Thursday to capture Holler,,
who was at the home of his parents,
south of Abingtou. Friday the sher
iff determined to make another elfort
to catch the insane man so Friday
night in company with Turnkey Har
ris he drove to Abingtou. where tho
horse and rig were eft and then they
walked to the Holler home.
Found in a Chicken House.
As the sheriff and his turnkey
stealthily entered the gate a dog made
an attack on them but before he could
emit many yelps the animal was sil
enced bjj a blow from the sheriffs
mace. It was hoped to capture Holler
in the house, so Harris took up his
post on the rear porch while Meredith
entered the house by a side door. The
house was searched by the sheriff but
no trace of the Insane man was found.
As Meredith oiened the, back door to
consult with Harris the ttturdy turn
key tripped over a box, making consid
erable noise. Just then the head of a
man protruded from the chicken
house, about twenty feet dlntaut. It
Robert McKnight, who was held by;
the local police on suspicion that he
diligent work on the part of the yard was "Pegleg" Murphy, wanted at Al-was iIoner and he looked Intently at
iegneny, ra.., for murder, is once j the house for a minute then stopped
more peacefully selling shoe strings ;ut of the chicken house, which In hi
have been handled
crews, the cars
satisfactorily.
In view of the fact that the local
force of freight handlers does not
seem able to care for the rapidly
growing freight business, especially
the small consignments, it is prob
able a large number of men will be
added to the present force permanent-
The men will work all day Sunday
and it . is probable that in case the
working for.ee of near one hundred
men cannot clear the cars and reload
them some of the foreign helpers will
is to be erected, and in addition to this, j Remain In Richmond until the bad
JVK1HCIE YOUTH TO BE
BROUGHT TO ASYLUM
Fart He Took in Athletics the
Cause of Insanity.
CHANCES FOR RECOVERY.
Justice of the Peace, Isaac H. Gray, of
Muneie was in conference with the of
ficials of Easthaven hospital yesterday
with a view of having Homer L..
Broyles, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Broyles, of Washington township
Delaware county, admitted to the insti
lution for treatment.
Young Broyles, who was pronounced
insane Thursday afternoon, came of
Unsound mind either from the effects
of an injury he received while playing
with the champion Alexandria high
school football team more than a year
ago. or by excessive brooding over
Ms failure to make his grades in the
year he was to hae been graduated
from that school.
Physicians who have examined the
young man are of the opinion that he
possibly can he cured and for that rea
son the father is anxious to have him
placed in the asylum at once. Broyles
has alM been treated in a private san
itarium." The Easthaven officials would give
Broylfs immediate entrance, but for
the fact that the iuMitution is crowd
ed with WJinatcs. Owing to the fact
that Broyles is a young man. and
cham cs for recovery are in his favor,
tie Easthaven authorities will endeav
or to make room for him.
Profits at $6,000,000.
(New York Journal of Commerce.)
Daniel O. Reid's profits were last
night said by one of his associates to
have rcachrd the colossal sum of
iH0.ouit. The -Moore Bros, have like
wise ruade several million.
. -. - , ... .
The local Pennsylvania ticket offices
have received the new time cards
which will go. into. effect March 31, on
all lines running out of Richmond.
One of the mbst noticeable features is
that Richmond travelers going to Cin
cinnati, will have the advantage' of five
morning trains, which will leave at
4:50, r:0.", r:., 7H and 10:10, the last
mentioned not running ' on Sunday.
The trains are all goo'd and afford the
best of accommodations for the. trip.
The' charges on. the. new cards are
not numerous, but those made are im
portant. It is thought the, recent decision-
of the railroad s officials, to
lengthen the running schedules on fast
trains , is largely responsible for the
changes. ' ' ' " ,
The Chicago express., which is due in
Richmond each morning 'at "4. -05, will
not arrivetill 4:4. after "Monday. The
Cincinnati train which leaves now at
4:15 a. m..- will not- leave -until- 4:.iO.
The accommodation arriving in Rich
mond from Logansport at 5:15 each
evening,' w ill not arrive until 7 o'clock.
The Logansport accommodation, which
leaves at 7 o'clock each morning, will
not leave Richmond until t:40 here
after.
E
COU RAGED
BY - GIFTS
Former Richmond Boys Give
To Y. M. C. A. Fund.
SECURED BY PROF. HISER.
Those soliciting funds for the Y. M
C. A., are much encouraged by two
subscriptions secured by Prof W. S.
Hiser, .while in Indianapolis this week.
.The subscriptions , were from Fred
Johnson and Mark Thistlethw aite, for
mer. Richmond, boys. , now, occupying
splendid positions on, the' staff of the
News. Each. subscription was for $'J5.
Both young men-, expressed the hope
that Richmond would be-successful in
her canvass f pr funds.
Picture of Torrence.
This morning's Indianapolis Star
contained a good likeness of Prof. F.
Ij. Torrence of- the local: high school,
who has : been attending the teacher's
convention at Indianapolis.
good sized bleachers
Clarence Jessup will manage the!
team and he already has a line on sev-'
eral good, players. A schedule ofj
games is now being made out. It will
include a game here each Sunday, sev
eral week day games and a number of
games away from home during the
week. The opening game here will
probably be the first or second Thurs
day in May. " The season is to begin
with a hurrah, featured by a parade
and the mayor throwing the first ball
at the park. The manager of the-Port
land team has written to Manager
Jessun In order to secure the club to
open a new ball park in Portland, May
1. Jessup will probably accept the
offer.
: imditions are entirely relieved.
A STRIKE IS IMMINENT
Five
Thousand Teamsters
May Quit Work.
Boston, March 30. There is now
little hope that a big teamsters' strike
will not be caused next Wednesday.
Color was lent to this today by , the
arrival of C. P. Shea, international
president. The union has 5,000 mem
bers here.
ALEY MADE PRESIDENT
Indiana Professor Chosen by
The Teachers.
CONVENTION IS CLOSED.
Indianapolis, March 30. R. J. Aley,
head of the department of mathemat
ics at Indiana university and secreta
ry of that institution, was this fore
noon elected president of the South
ern Indiana Teachers' association in
convention here. F. W. Cooley was
named chairman of the executive com
mittee. The selection of Prof. Aley
was in a measure a surprise, as it was
thought the nominating committee
would recommend Milo H. Stuart. The
teachers' sessions which are now at a
close, have been highly successful. The
attendance at the lectures in Tomlin-
son hall numbered three thousand.
about town.
This morning Chief of Police Bailey
received a letter from the chief of po
lice at Allegheny stating that Mc
Knight's picture had been received
and that it had been positively es
tablished that the man heldXy the lo
cal police is not Murphy.
When this communication was re
ceived McKnight was promptly giv
en his release, lie took his arrest
and incarceration in a most cheerful
manner and insisted that his picture
be sent to Allegheny to prove that he
was not Murphy, whose description he
answers perfectly. After his release
McKnight thanked the police for the
consideration and kindness he had
been shown then remarked that he
hoped his likeliness to the Allegheny
murderer would not in his future wan
derings get him in more trouble.
KENNEDY STILL III '
OF POLICE
BANDS
Veteran Became Intoxicated
A Second Time.
MAY BE SENT TO DAYTON.
Music for a Dance.
Paul White and Charles Stone fur
nished music for a dance Friday night
at Eaton, O.
MONTEZUMA HOTEL BURNS.
Willard Rupe. Formerly of This City
Was Interested in Concern".
Mineral Springs hotel located at
Montezuma.' InK has been destroved
by fire and it-iaj hardly likely that it
will bo rebuilt. The hotel was valued
at $20,000 and there was but :$".r.00
worth of insurance on it. Willard
Rupe. formerly of this city was inlcr
ebted in the hotel.
GRADUATION- CLASS AT EARLHAM
This "Year
There Are Thirtv-Nine Candidates for Decrees,
jYIost of Whom Will Receive A. B.
There will be thirty-nine candidates
for degrees at the annual commence
ment exercises, which will be held at
Earlhant college this year. Of this
number two will graduate from the
departnientof music, and two will be
Tountain City, March W.-Mrs. Ma-jgiven the master of arts desree- Tho
tilda Clements, who was hurt by fall- j remainder wm De given the regular
ing while "visiting relatives at
Was Hurt By a Fall.
The candidates for the bachelor's de
gree follow:
Roscoe G. Reals, Sheridan. Ind.;
Edna Boomershiue, Dayton, O.; An
dreas Bryne, Spavanger, Norway;
Arne Bryne, Spavanger, Norway; Jen
nie B. Cartlane, Poughkeepsie; Ethel
Cox. Richmond; Edwin S. Doan, West
field, Ind.; Burward Eaton, Liberty,
land,
yet.
Ind., is not able to come home
Ind.: Anna Eves. Richmond: Grace
Spice-J bachelor of arts degree. There will beiFrazee Newcastle; Frank K. Gard-
Business Section Burns.
WalcottviUe, Ind.. March ?ak The
business section was destroyed by-
fire today, loss $7,000.
six Richmond students who will re-j ner. Liberty; Marcellus B. Grahg,
ceive the bachelor's degree, they being ? Ridgeville, Ind.; Grover Grimes, Sa
Florence Shute. who was awarded thojleiu. Ind.; Ruth Hall. Elizabethtown,
Bryu Mawr soholavshlp, Ethel Cox. Ind.; Mary Hullowell. Pendleton, Ind.;
Anna Eves, Edna Hoover, Lawrences!. Hawk. Oskalttosa, Iowa; Edna
Smelst r and Margaret Thompson, j Hoover, Richmond; "Abbie Henby,
Loren C. Petry of New Paris. O. was j Greenfield, Ind.: Naomi R. Huber,
awarded the llaverford scholarship, j Richmond; Arthur C. Johnson, Dun-
reith, Ind. ; Edgar J. Llewelyn, Sheri
dan, Ind.; Eva M. Newsom, Elizabeth
town, Ind.; George E. McCreary, Cam
den, O.; Ethel Petersou, Richmond;
Ida B. Parker, Fountain City; Loren
C. Petry, New Paris; Olive F. Rogers,
Amo, Ind.; Florence Shute, Rich
mond; Lawrence B. Smelser, Rich
mond; Bernie D. Spradling, Rushville,
Ind.; Isaac Stanley, Carlos City, Jnd.;
Helen B. Tits worth, Canton, O.; Mar
garet Thompson, Richmond, Ind.;
Clara Zeigler, Cambridge City.
Master of Arts Degree Clara
Tebbetts, Whittier, Cal.; Oscar Booue,
Wichita. Kan.
Diploma of Music Mamie Huff,
Richmond; Mabel Stewart, Lewisville.
James Kennedy, the old soldier ar
rested Thursday night at the Panhan
dle station for drunk and disorderly
conduct, is again in the toils and be
probably will be sent back to the Sol
diers' home at Dayton, O. After
Kennedy was released Friday morning
he wandered toward the Panhandle
station to take a train to Chicago. On
arriving at the station he found that
his ticket was no longer good so to for
get his disappointment he again par
took of the cup that cheers.
The veteran finally became so drutk
that he fell over a bicycle standing pn
front of the engine house on Noth
Eighth street. Firemen came to his
rescue and it was some time berore
Kennedy was untangled from the
spokes and frame of the bicycle. He
was turned over to the police, who
think the best place for the old fellow
is back at the Soldiers' home, which
h should never have been permitted
to leave. ;
insane fancy he believed was to be
raided by chicken thieves.
Race an Exciting One.
Holler held something in his hands
which in the moonlight reflected Ilko
a rifle barrel. Just as he started to
move toward the house Harris and
Meredith made a rush for him. In
stantly the man took to flight, follow
ed by the two officers of the law
while the dog, which had tasted tho
sheriff's mace, brought up the rar,
yelping at each step. Over fields and
meadows sped pursued and pursuers.
After a quarter of a mile chase tho
sheriff sprinted like a rabbit, collided
with a wire fence and was eliminated
from the chase by being deposited iu
a clump of raspberry bushes.
Took Desperate Chance.
A minute or two after Meredith haflt
met with this misfortune Holler de
cided to make a stand and give battle
with his lone pursuer, Harris. As
Harris neared him Holler swung his
hedge ax over head and made a
swooping cut at Harris, who ducked
the blow, which would have severed
his bead, then dived straight for Hol
ler, tackling him about the waist and
hurling the frenzied man to the earth.
While the two struggled fiercely on
the ground, Meredith came to the as
sistance of Harris and Holler was led
struggling 'desperately to Abingtou
where he was placed In the ritf and
taken to the insane hospital.
FOLLOWED EXAMPLE
AS SHBY STAHL
D. F. Murphy, Old Time Bajf
Player, Suicides.
HAD COME FOR FUNERAL
MEETING OF IMPORTANCE.
Division of Seventh Ward Depends
Much on Session of West Side
improvement Association. '
There will be a special meeting of
the West Richmond Improvement as-
Tort Wayne, Ind., March .. D. V.
Murphy, an old time ball player, who
came here to attend the funeral of
Chid; ' Stahl. registered at the Ave-
iiui!. After a hearty breakfast, he
went to his room, swallowed a bottle
of aiLoIIc acid just as 'Chick' did.
ard was dead in fifteen minutes. He
said he had been desperate ever since
Stahi's death.
PURCHASE HALL'S STOCK,
John S. Brown and Joseph N. Sweaney
to Start in Hardware Business
for Themselves.
John S. BrtJwn and' Josepn N'.
Seaney, well known clerks at Jonea
sociation at the Baxter school build-'; Hardware company's store have pur-
ing next' Friday evening. Every res
ident of West Richmond is invited to
be present and sign the. petition for
the division of the Seventh ward. Orb-
chased the stock of Hall's hardware
store on Main street. The store will
be closed Monday for invoice. The
new proprietors are very popular and
er business will also come before the . know the hardware business thorough-.
meeting and a full attendance of the jly. They will no doubt mair a suc-
members is necessary. 'cess of their undertaking