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Richmond, Ind., Wednesday Evening April 3, 1907.
Single Copy, Two Cents.
VOL. XXXII. NO. 81.
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TODAY .
MICH
BRIDEGROOM OF
BUT TWO WEEKS
KILLSJIMSELF
Everett Whiteley, a Young
Farmer Living Three Miles
East of Hagerstown Sui
cides in Tragic Manner.
APPARENTLY NO MOTIVE
FOR COMMITTING DEED.
Shot Himself Through the
Heart- Had Laughingly
Said at the Breakfast Ta
ble He Was Tired of Living.
' 'Hagerstown, Ind., April C. Appar
ently "without any motive, Everett
Whiteley, a young farmer and a brider
groom of but two weeks committed
suicide this morning on the old Theo
dore Shafer farm three miles east of
here on Martindale creek. A shot
gun was used, the discharge from
the gun penetrating "Whiteley's heart
and tearing a large ugly hole in his
Side. .
The body was found about nine
to'clock but the deed had probably
been committed over an hour prior to
that time. A singular circumstance
connected with the sad affair is that
Whiteley laughingly said to his wife
bt the breakfast table this morning
that he was tired of living and guess
ed he. would kill himself. Jlrs.
Whiteley did not take the remark ser
iously at the time.
Went to Plant Oats.
Whiteley after eating breakfast left
for the field with his hired hand : to
plant oats. Tie did not stay long in
the field saying that he had to return
to the barn. It was there tha he se
cured the gun and took his life. Cor
oner Bramkamp was notified at once
and Is making an investigation of the
case. , ,
The deceased was " married two
weeks ago at New Castle to a Miss
Wrinkle, whose parents live at Bry'an,
O. Neighbors, say. , that ihc ; .young
couple got along splendidly and having
started in housekeeping in a comfort
able manner, apparently had a bright
future before them. Whiteley came to
Hagerstown from Ilillsboro and before
that time had worked on farms near
New Castle. He always "bore a splen
did reputation. His parents live at
Fennvllle in Jay county, Indiana.
"MIKE" KELLEY TRIED
TO CATCH "HUGGER"
Looked Into a Big Revolver
And Stopped.
ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Michael Kelley, the well known res
ident of North Sixth street had an
experience with a supposed "Jack the
Hugger," Monday night and according
to his own story he wants no more of
the same kind.
Mr. Kelley was standing in his front
yard after supper Monday evening
when a neighbor woman who was
passing along tho street to iier home
called out to him to help her. Mr.
Kelley rushed from the yard and in
quired what was the trouble. The
woman told him that a man who was
but a short distance from her had
struck her on the arm and attempted
to speak to her.
T would like to see that fellow,"
said Mr. Kelley as the man made his
way across the street to the Morris-Bon-Reeves
library.
"Well come ahead," replied the
stranger as he took up his stand inimght as they can then work durin
front of the library easily handling a
large revolver. He stood about six
feet and his bulkiness to "little Mike"
looked every bit of seven, with three
hundred pounds of avoirdupois attach
ed. Mr. Kelley stopped. His anxiety
to see the man had subsided. The
Stranger men auuressva a lew woras , hi3 work in Indianapolis, and
to Mr. Kelley saying that he was a;,r twci...- t.in.. ,w-
i-fsrxf tuhlf travplincr man atut hnil no!
intention of harming auy woman. He
paid however that it was always his
jlan to defend himself whenever in
nny trouble until a reasonable expla
nation could be made.
Mr. Kelley accepted the explanation
as satisfactory, -watched the gun re- j
turn to tne stranger s pocnec with a
great relief and returned to his own
front yard.
Meeting of the Elks.
At the meeting of the Elks lodge j
Thursday night saveral applications
for membership will be acted upon and
the new officers will be installed.
Will Meet Earlier.
Owing to the lecture at Reid Mem
orial church hy Dr. C. O. Tayldr. the
prayer meeting at the First Baptist
church will 1m? held at
pt 7:30 on Thursday.
p. in. instead
MASQUE CARNIVAL AT
COLISEUM TOMORROW
Over Twenty-five Dollars Of
fered as Prizes.
NEW MUSIC FOR EVENT
The masque carnival to be held at
the Coliseum Thursday night promises
to be the event of the local rink sea
son, unusual preparations are Dein.s
made for the affair and a good list of
prizes has been offered thus insuring
many contestants. Prizes are. to be
given away as follows: First, finest la
dy's costume SIO in cash; first finest
gent's costume, first best lady s
character costume, S-l.OO; second best
lady's character costume, -2; first best
gent's character costume, ".
. The grand march is to begin at S:4-
and masks are to be taken off at !
o'clock. .- No one will be allowed to
skate until after ft o'clock, except those
masaued. The general admission to
the affair is fifteen cents. A coupon
will be given with each ticket and the
prizes awarded by popular vote. The
skating season will close Saturday
night at which time the prize winners
at the carnival will be announced. A
number of new musical numbers have
been secured for the orchestrion and
will be played Thursday night for the
first time.
The next event of importance at the
Coliseum following the carnival will
be the indoor circus given by Prof.
Holder, The circus will be here three
days, April 15, 1G and 17.
HARD WORK HEEDED
TO SECURE AMOUNT
Returns From This Time On
Must Average More Than
$1,000 2l ' Day.
TOTAL TO DATE $62,090.
MEETING OF WORKERS TUES
DAY NIGHT AT THE FIRST ENG
LISH LUTHERAN CHURCH WAS
,VA, PROFITABLE ONE. .... l.i".
Last report .. $61, 19G
Reported Tuesday S9i
Total up-to-date $62,090
Just twenty-three working days re
main and $37,910 is yet to be raised
before $100,000 for Y. M. C. A. is secur
ed. Of this amount $22,910 has to be
raised before Daniel G. Reid's condi
tional offer of $15,000 can be clinched.
The committee has not yet received
the $1,000 , per day which has to be
raised, if the campaign is successful
but an endeavor will be made to land
some of the large subscriptions in
the course of the next fewtdays so that
the average may be sustained.
Meeting Was a Success.
The young men's meeting at the
First English Lutheran church Tues
day night was a success in every way,
and a heart-to-heart talk among the
workers followed the bounteous ban
quet prepared by the young ladies of
Oliver Nusbaum's Sunday school class
and served in the dining hall of the
church. Every man present pledged
each minute of his j;pare time until
the campaign is closed, and the work
will be carried on with greater vim
than has . before- characterized the
campaign. The spirit of self-sacrifice
was also evident as one prominent
young business man pledged himself
to the work one day each week, taking
the time away from his-business, to do
the canvassing.
It was also decided that the meet
ings of the young men should be held
from eleven to one o'clock each day
instead of holding the meeting at
the evenings.
Cartoons to be Used.
Artist Wiley of the Indianapolis
Star, has been engaged by the exe
cutive committee and will draw a ser
ies of three cartoons for each of the
local papers weeklv
He will do all
was
OH i
jthe local situation. The executive
I committee feels that in this manner
much can be accomplished for the
work and greater interest attracted.
As the result of the excellent Y.
M. C. A. addresses given Tuesday
night before the Commercial club, one
prominent man of the city immediate-
ly went to headquarters w here he
made a voluntary subscription of $50.
A NEW NATIONAL BANK.
Charter Issued for Institution at Wil
liamsburg. Washington. I. C, April S. "Wil-
liamsburg, Ind., will have a new na-j saloon remonstrance there hs indi
tional bank, a charter for whith wnsjeated that he will probably attack the
issued today by the controller of the constituti5haiitv of the Moore amend-
currency. It will be called the First
National Bank of illlamsmirg. and ;
will have S25.X capital; Its officers
will l as follows: President. William
A. Lewis-; vice-president. - Asher
iPcarce; cashier. Wilfred Griffith.
(& Wapie Ceity
The Palladium and Sun:Telegram has made ar
rangements to take a party of six Wayne County
people to the great Jamestown exposition which
opens this month. Every item of expense is to
be paid for by this paper; including the trip from
Richmond to the fair and return and full enter
tertainnient while at the exposition. The six who
will be permitted to take advantage of this offer
are to be elected by popular vote, and will include
a man and woman school teacher, a man and
woman shop employe and man and woman clerk.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS SEE
Smday s Palladium! Smn-f elegram
ANDREW K. REID IS
DEAD AT RIPE AGE
He Was One of the Most Re
spected Residents of
Preble County, Ohio.
FATHER OF PETTIS REID.
WAS A FIRST COUSIN OF DANIEL
G. REID DEVOTED HIS ENTIRE
LIFE TO. THE WORK OF AGRI
CULTURE. Andrew K. Reid, one of the oldest
und most respected citizens of Preble
county, Ohio, died early this morning
at his home two and one half miles
north of New Paris, O., in the Pleasant
Hill neighborhood. He had been ill
for the past seven weeks, the first
symptoms of his trouble being pneu
monia, and after this attack he never
gained to any degree his former health.
His condition during the past week
had been serious and death was expect
ed at any time. He was 70 years of
age.
He was the father of Mrs. LeRoy
Little, Pettis A. Reid and Mrs. S. C.
Lovin. all of this city: L. H. and James
E. Reid of New Paris, are also chil
dren, as are Mrs. Lon Morrison and
Mrs. O. R. Jordon, residing a few miles
north of New Paris. -
Mr. Reid was a first cousin of Dan
iel G. Reid. formerly of this city. Un-
like many other of his relatives, he
pursued the vocation of farming, dur-
nig uis eutu e me. J if us j-icei na
tively engaged in any other field.
Mr. Reid was a member of the Chris
tian church of New Paris, and up un
til the past few months had been act
ive. He was well known in this city,
where he had many close friends. ,
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced.
TEST MOORE AMENDMENT.
This Probably Will Be
dianapolis.
Done at ln-
Indianapolis, April S Joseph E.
Bell, representing the saloon interests
of the Fourteenth Ward in the general
sment to the Nicholson law, passed by
the last legislature. This amend
ment was designed to place the burden
of proof as to the validity of names
on a remonstrance upon the saloon
Kecrer attacking: it-
FREE TRIP
EVERY ITEM OF EXPENSE
FULLY COVERED.
TO BENEFIT
MERCER IS NOT GUILTY
Relieved of Charge of Burn
ing a Barn.
INTEREST IN THE CASE.
Jonas Mercer, who resides in Fay
ette county, just over the Wayne
county line, is again a free man. Mer
cer was charged with burning the barn
of his father-in-law. Joe May, and his
trial lasted for over a week. This
trial was of great interest to people in
the southern part of this county as
Mercer is a well known man. Between
fifteen and twenty residents of Wash
ington and Jackson townships testified
in this case.
WATSON TO GREET CHANEY
"Whip" Will Attend Congressman's
Meeting at Bloomington.
Bloomington, Ind., April 3 Con
gressman James E. Watson, a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees of In
diana University, who is here attend
ing a meeting of that body, will re
main in Bloomington today to attend
a meeting at which Congressman
John C. Chaney is scheduled to speak.
Congressman Chaney is making a
tour of the Second District in com
pany with Prof. Spillman, a represen
tative of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, who is deliver
ing a series of lectures on scientific
farming.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Showers and thunder
storms tonight and Thursday.
OHIO Thursday showers and fresh
south winds.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
TUESDAY '
(ApVil 2) - r' ;
Total Circulation . i. .1 .-. ;y Q76
Net Circulation
.---.6,848
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. .
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
. LATION.
LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
Richmond's greatest newsoaoer.
Doesn't skimp its news columns to ac-led
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.
T0
Expdisiti!
Peple
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SEARCH OF HUSBAND
Mrs. Amelia Rose Alleges Wil
liam Rose Is Guilty of the
Crime of Bigamy.
WANTS HIM PUNISHED.
HAS VERY LITTLE MONEY BUT
WILL BE GLAD TO COME HERE
TO PROSECUTE HER RECREANT
SPOUSE. .
Mrs! Amelia Rose of Leavenworth,
Kan., has written to Sheriff Linus
Meredith inquiring if her husband,
William Rose, is In the city. Mrs.
Rose charges her husband with be
ing a bigamist and she is very anxious
to have him apprehended. Mrs. Rose
states in her letter that she is a poor
girl and has to work for her living
but if Rose is captured here she will
if necessary, take the money she has
saved and come to Richmond for the
purpose of prosecuting him. Mrs.
Rose asks the sheriff if it will be nec
essary, in case Rose is apprehended,
for her to journey to Richmond. She
would prefer to have him sent to Leav
enworth but if this is impossible she
states that she will gladly give up her
position, journey to Richmond and
spend every cent she has in making
unfaithful hubby pay the penalty for
his alleged crime.
Rose is a Printer.
Rose, according to his wife, is a
printer. She states in her letter that
she , married him in Leavenworth in
September, 1904. She says that he
went' out on a strike last September
and left Leavenworth. Since that, time
sne.'has never seen him but she re
cently, was informed that he had mar
ried' a young woman in Crawfordsville
Ind., and had then come to Richmond
to seek employment. Officers of the
local branch of the printers union
state that there, is no one answering
the description of William Rose em
ployed at the local newspaper or
printing establishments.
Short, Fat and Dark.
Mrs. Rose describes her missing
mato as a Khrrt fat. dark comDlexion-
man with a mustache In conciud-
Ing her letter to Sheriff Meredith Mrs.
Rose states that she i anxious to
bring her husband to-jasiiee for his
unfaithfulness to her and that when
this is accomplished sire is done with
KANSAS WOMAN IN
Shim.
THE LID IS OFF AT
. FRENCH LICK AGAIN
Alf Brown Runs Gambling
Joint in Full Blast.
RESEMBLES MONTE CARLO.
French Lick, Ind., April 3. The lid
is off at French Lick again. Alf
Brown has another big gambling place
in full swing and the atmosphere of
the place is not unlike it was before
Governor Hanly got in his reform work
nine months ago.
Alf Brown,' the gambling king. Is at
the game again. About a year ago he
built the sweil new Brown hotel. -within
a stone's throw of Taggart's hostel
ry, and in the decorations he lavished
the money he had made In former days
at the Casino. In building the new
Brown hotel, its owner did not over
look the fact that the day might come
when Governor Hanly would relax his
vigilance and gambling could be car
ried on again, and on the second floor
he provided magnificent gambling
quarters.
The main room is about 100 by 50
feet. A thousand electric lights stud
the frescoed ceiling and walls. Brus
sels carpets cover the floor. Oil
paintings help out the scheme of dec
oration. Big easy chairs are every
where. It tallies fairly well with de
scriptions of the famous Monte Carlo.
MRS. JOS. KEYTOII
KILLED BY A CAR
Fatal Accident Occurred on
Tuesday Between Dublin
And Straughn Station.
THE VICTIM QUITE DEAF.
SHE WAS WALKING ON THE
TRACK AND WAS NOT OB
SERVED IN, TIME TO PREVENT
HER BEING STRUCK.
" ' Mrsx Joseph Keyton a well 'known
woman living near Dublin was almost
instantly killed Tuesday forenoon by
a work car on the Indianapolis & East
ern between Dublin and Straughn
Station. Mrs. Keyton was quite deaf
and Tuesday morning she was walk
ing down the tracks to a rural mall
Ijox. Tho work car approached from
behind her at a rapid rate and every
effort on the part of the motorman to
stop his car and warn the woman of
its approach was unavailing. Mrs.
Keyton never heard the car whistle
or the gong the motorman was con
stantly sounding. When the car
struck the unfortunate woman she was
hurled into the air, and when picked
up from the road by members of the
car crew she was breathing her last.
Came From Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Keyton had only lived
in this part of the country for a short
time but made many acquaintances in
the western part of the county. Mr.
Keyton is a farmer and well to do.
He and his wife moved to this country
from Illinois and purchased the large
farm belonging to John M. Hall,
which is located north of Dublin.
Mrs. Keyton's death was unavoida
ble. She was not noticed walking on
the track by the motorman in charge
of the car until too late for him to
stop the car. He resorted to constant
use of his whistle and gong to att
her attention. . .
WORKMEN LIVE IN TENTS.
Newcastle Short of Accommodations
For Men Who Are Arriving Daily.
Newcastle, Ind., April 3 Tent ho
tels are expected to spring up in var
ious parts of this city for the purpose
of accommodating the large number of
men who are coming in to work on
the several big projects under way. At
the present time hotels and boarding
houses are crowded and it is with
great difficulty that men coming here
can find eating and sleeping accommo
dations. Several large hotels and flats are to
be erected soon. Until these are
completed temporary quarters will
have to be provided, and with the ar
rival of warm weather tents form the
only solution to the question.
HIS HOME COMING SAD.
Franklin Divine, Now Abroad, Knows
Nothing of Father's Death.
Dr. L. P. Marshal, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Franklin, Ind.,
who 13 absent on a trip to the Holy
Land and through Europe, will be
greeted by sad news upon his return
next month. .
Since his departure his father, his
wife's mother and several close
friend3 and leading members of his
congregation tare died. No nes of
these deaths has been sent him. Dr.
Marshal is a member of the same par
ty that includes Rev. T. J. Graham,
of Richmond.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
BANQUET PROVES
PLEASANT AFFAIR
Attendance Was Large and
Many Speeches of a Profit
able and Interesting Nature
Were Delivered.
DUTY OF MEMBERS IS
FULLY POINTED OUT.
Support of the Y. M. C. A. Pro
ject Urged by Several of
Those Who Responded tot
Toasts Banquet Bountiful
Following the speeches which were
thoroughly optimistic for the growth
and good work of the Commercial club
during the coming year, and appeals
made by several prominent men of the
city to those who have not yet given
to the Y. M. C. A., the annual banquet
of the club held Tuesday night in the
dining hall in the Masonic temple,
was a success in every particular. Tha
spirit of enthusiasm manifested by
those giving toasts, was marked, while
mond's future welfare and the duty of
the Commercial club In all, were neg-
lected. The most vital questions con
fronting Richmond today were brought
before the gathering and although In
many instances no direct allusion was
made as to tho duties of the members
of tho club, they accepted such re
marks and the general feeling of "We
must do something" seemed to pre
vail in the minds of all. The toasts
were excellent, the banquet board la
den with good things, an assembly-of
more than one hundred and twenty
five present, all tending to make the
evening a most enjoyable one.
McCarthy Urges Activity.
In his short talk before introducing
Carthy, stated that In the past; the
Commercial club has been respected
for" what It had done and It was the
duty of every member to - do . more
during the coming year. ,He impress
ed upon them that the club had great
duties to perform and they should
not' be found wanting, . and lnk fact
should perform such duties as to
make the people of Richmond feel
proud of its commercial organiza
tion. President Kelly Speaks.
President Robt. L. Kelly the flrrt
on the program was very compliment
ary to the members of the club, and
stated that both their and his.' Inter
ests were mutual, in that they were
associated to further build up Rich
mond. He pictured the great facilit
ies and advantages of Richmond over
those of other cities its size and of
the work which all should do to build
up uio uiij. lie lum ui mt; u i a.u u i Ma
turing and industrial growth and how
a great future lies before, but . said
there is a chance for development
along other lines and that is the de
velopment of men, to a greater and
further extent, and if the members of'
the club desire better men and want
to advance their best Interests, a
chance is pending before Richmond at
present and the club should lend its
energies toward the realization of the
same. He indirectly referred to the
Y. M. C. A. in such a manner.
Reeves on Street Cars.
The city street car line which has
provQn such a '"bug bear" to the peo
ple of Richmond in the past few
months, was ably treated by Attorney
Jesse S. Reeves, who traced the early
history of the line to the present time.
He showed the different ownership
(Continued On Pace Four.l
PLANS FOR THE CANVASS
Meetings to be Held at Boston
and Elkhorn.
FIRST SESSION TONIGHT.
The church workers of Boston town
ship will make a house to house can-'
vass of the township the first of next
week. The purpose of the canvass
will be to take a free will offering for
the benefit of the China sufferers. The '
solicitors hope that the people of this
prosperous country will contribute lib
erally to this worthy cause. There
will be two meetings held for the pur
pose of organizing one at the-Christian
church at Boston "Wednesday evening,
April 3 and one at the Elkhorn Bap
tist church Thursday evening. April-;
. . . , . . r I A 1 . i
4. a coraiai inviiauun is exieooea io
alL The work is under the dlrectfon
of the ministerial association of Rich
mond. E. E. Hale has been appoint
ed superintendent of the work in Bos
ton township.
New Soda Fountain. :
A handsome new fcoda founiain in be
ing installed at the s-tore of C. T. Price
& Sons, Main street.