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VOL. XXXII. NO. 85.
Richmond, Ind., Sunday Morning, April 7, 1907.
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SIX PERSONS TO
JAMESTOWN FAIR
RESULT VERY PLEASING
Saturday Was a Good Day for
The Y. M. C. A.
COFFEE INTERESTS
SOFFER FROM THE
THE. WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Partly cloudy with proba
bly showers tonight or Sunday,
Rising temperature.
OHIO Partly cloudy and warmer
Sunday.
larger Edifice
secored for the
revival meetings
BOY WAS BADLY HURT
PRESIDENT SAYS
ONCE AGAIN HE
WILL NOT RIM
Thrown From His Bicycle by
A Muddy Street. "
ABSOLUTELY FREE
WAR NOW
NO COMMITTEE MEETING.
STRUCK ON A WATER PLUG.
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RAGING
Contest to Decide Winners
For This Privilege Begins
Today and Will Continue
Until June 1.
GREAT EXPOSITION AND
MOST INTERESTING TRIP.
Successful Candidates to Get
The Best of Board and See
Everything Which James
town Has to Offer-
The Palladium and Sun-Telegram's
contest to determine the most popu
lar man and woman school teacher,
the most popular man and woman
lactory employe and the most popular
saleslady or woman clerk and sales
man or man clerk, is on and commenc
ing with tomorrow all contestants
should provide themselves with the
coupon vote books furnished by this
newspaper. The fortunate winners in
this contest will be sent to the James
town exposition at the expense of this
paper. Their railway fare both ways,
their hotel expenses and the cost of
sulniission to all the concessions on
the "War Path" will be paid by tho
Palladium and Sun-Telegram.
Trip Would Cost $100.
The trip as planned, could not be
made by a fair goer for less than $100.
It is a splendid offer and well worth
trying for.
The contest will close on the even
ing of June 1, and in next day's pal
ladium and Sun Telegram the names
of the winners will be announced.
The six lucky winners will see one
of the finest expositions that has ever
lieen iriven in the United States. The
Jamestown exposition's object is to
celebrate the foundation of the first
permanent Knglish speaking settle-1
men t In "Aniirica.v "whichT was laid at
.TmnDdnwH 'f roinia Mav 12 1607.
Roosevelt to Open Fair.
President Roosevelt will be the fea- j
ture of the opening day at the expo
sition which is April 2G. The presi
dent will reach the exposition grounds
at 11:30 o'clock,, after passing on the
May f lower, through columns of salut
ing foreign and American warships in
Hampton Roads. He will be escorted
to the reviewing stand on Lee's par
ade, in the rear of the auditorium
building. The speechmaking feature
of the program will begin at once and
in the open air, should the weather
permit. An invocation by the Right
Rev. Alfred Magill Randolph, bishop j
of the diocese of southern irginia
end a brief introductory address by
Harry St. George Tucker, president of
the exposition company, will precede
the President's remarks. ,
Will Press a Button.
When the President has concluded
lie will press a gold button and im
mediately the machinery of the great
show will be in motion, a thousand
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luiss w in ue uniurieu on uie exuosi-1
lion buildings, and a salute to the na- i
tion will be fired by the foreign and
American ships in the roads and by
the gorrison at Ft. Monroe. At the ;
conclusion of the salute the exposi-
tion bands will play "The Star-Spangl- j
cd Banner," the troops will "present
arms," and the throng will standWith
uncovered heads.
Description of the Exposition.
The exposition site contains approx
imately four hundred acres of land
space, a forty acre enclosed water ba
sin and the one hundred and sixty
square miles
of water surface of
Hampton Roads.
The exposition site
has a frontage of two miles on Hamp
ton Roads and one-half mile on Boush
Creek. The exposition is a great
white and red city Corinthian col
umns flanking walls. In the exhibit
buildings of the exposition will be
gathered the choicest selection of In
dustrial arts, of transportation devices
and of historical displays. Twenty
foreign nations will participate in the
exposition by sending representative
fleets from their navies and crack
regiments from their armies. These
foreign warships combined with the
great navy Uncle Sam will send, will
form one of the largest collections of
warships ever before seen in one har
lor. And Hampton Roads offers an
ideal harbor for so large a fleet, be
sides offering an additional reason in
that the first battle between iron clad
ships took place in its waters, when
during the .Civil war, the little Moni
tor defeated the Merrimac. A repro
duction of the great battle between
the dor.ghty little Monitor and the
Morrimae will be one of the features
of the exposition.
Prize Worth Working For.
He-sides these there will be hund
reds of other features, too numeious
in fact to mention. But those who
have followed the newspaper reports
of this great exposition well know
that it will be worth the while of con
testants to turn to and work with a
will to land the pri2e of a froe trip to
the Jamestown trositioii and a stay
of a week there at the Expense of this
A Y. M. C. A. executive committee
meeting did not take place Saturday
afternoon as scheduled, owing to the
fact that it being Saturday a majority
of the business men who are members
could not find time to attend.
The result of Saturday's work was
pleasing to all those' interested in the
campaign and should the subscriptions
continue in the same proportion, the
Y. M. C. A. will be realized before the
month shall have been passed. All
the workers are encouraged.
DAVID BRUIWLEY IN
JDRED IN ACCIDENT
Passenger Train Sideswiped
The Tender of the Night
Switch Engine.
LEG IS TWICE BROKEN.
ACCIDENT WAS FORTUNATE IN
THE REGARD THAT IT COULD
EASILY HAVE BEEN OF MUCH
WORSE NATURE.
In a side swipe collision between the
night switch engine and passenger
train No. S, about 7:10 o'clock Satur
day night, David liruniley, the fire
man on the switch engine, was hurled
to the floor of the tender and when the
latter turned over on its side, he was
thrown to the ground, suffering a bro
ken leg 1h two places. Both frac
tures are below the knee.
Brumley was in the act of firing
when the engine went to take a switch
between
s"1. X"?Z? lilS- HILARIOUSLY HOPEFUL.
avenue.
No. 8, the passenger train,
(was coming around the curve, near the
j point of the accident, and the switch
engine crew -was endeavoring to maue
the switch before the train puiled on
to them. The " engine cleared" th6
switch, but the rear end of the tender
was struck by the engine of No S, and
llie iormer was lurneu oei" uu us sme,
throwing Brumley to the ground. The
accident might have terminated more
seriously than it did, for had the en
gine been farther on the main track,
it is probable that both the passenger
and switch engines woula have come
together with a crash. Engineer John
Shea, of the switch engine, escaped un
injured. Mr. Brumley was immediately re
moved from the scene of the accident
in the city ambulance, and a physi
cian was called to attend his injuries.
He was suffering much pain Saturday
night and it was feared that he had
also suffered some internal injuries.
New School Superintendent.
Liberty, Ind., April G. Thomas W.
Records, of the Evansville schools,
has been elected superintendent of the
Liberty school, vice J. W. Short, who
has served in the capacity for twenty-
've years..
New Executive
GOVERNOR EDWIN S. STUART.
The bookseller in politics Is a rare bird. As a rule, the man who devotes
Lis life to the buying and -selling of literature in the original package has no
taste for the practical things of life, but Governor Edwin S. Stuart of Penn
sylvania is an exception. Governor Stuart ha been a bookseller or connecter
with bookstores ever since he was fifteen Tear of age, and he is now fifty-three.
He was born In Philadelphia, where he hs remained, lie was mayor of his
native city for four rears. Last fall, after a sharp eouiest, he was elected gov
ernor of his state. Governor Stuart is one of the trustees of Girard college.
Isham Sedgwick Sends Word
From Nicaragua That Hard
ships Are Being Worked by
The Present Conflict.
EXPORT FACILITIES
ARE INTERFERED WITH.
Laborers Have Been Con
scripted for Service in-the
Army Thus Far Property
Interests Are Not Molested.
Word has been received in this city.
from Isham Sedgwick, a former resi
dent of Richmond, that the operations
of Nicaraguan troops in the war now
raging between that country and Hon
duras and the latter country's ally Sal
vador, have caused considerable dam
age to the coffee plantation owned by
local capital, which is located in Mata
galpa, Nicaragua, and is operated by
Mr. Sedgwick
Mr. Sedgwick reports that all his la
borers have been conscripted for army
service by the Nicaraguan government
and that at the present time he has no
men to assist in havesting the immense
coffee crop, which threatens to rot on
the trees. Mr. Sedgwick also states
that owing to the unsettled condition
of the country he has been unabje to
export the coffee he had prepared for
shipment to the United States before
the outbreeak of the war.
The Nicaraguan troops have been re
ported as devastating the property of
Americans, but Mr. Sedgwick states
that the Richmond company's planta
tion has not been molested by the sol
diers and that he has not had to ap-,
peal to the American minister for pro
tection. Fortunately for Mr. Sedg
wick and his associates, victory has
fighting has taken place entirely on
Honduran soil. Had the Monduran
troops been successful in the earlier en
gagements. Nicaraguan soil would
have been over-run with the Honduran
soldiery and " it is probable thut the
property of the local company would
have been destroyed.
Among the local people interested in
the plantation which is managed by
ivir. oeugwicK., are xvirs. ivuna ueesoa . game opinion.
and Clem Ferguson. Mr. Beeson and ! xhat he will not be convicted of
his family have resided in Matagalpaj murder in the first degree seems cer
for over two years. tain but that he wiU escape scott
Attorney Jesse S. Reeves, who was!free s doubtful owing to the fact that
terested in La Richmond planta- j tne jury is made up of New York busi
tion in Nicaragua, which some years ; ness men who are familiar with the
ago was sold by the local stockholders seamy side of New York life and be
to Chicago capital, went to Nicaragua : cause of this fact they may say Thaw
four or five years ago, and he talKs
most interestingly of that warlike
country. Mr. Reeves states that crush
ing defeat administered by Nicaragua
to Honduras and Salvador in this last
war was no surprise to him as Presi
dent Jose S. Zelaya of Nicaragua is
the most- powerful man in Central
America. He has ruled that country
after the fashion of a dictator for the
past fifteen years and by his brilliant !
generalship has crushed all plots and
insurrections against his authority. By
his latest victory, Mr. Reeves states.
Zelaya holds Nicaragua. Honduras and
Salvador in the palm of his hand. '
In Pennsylvania.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
SATURDAY
(April 6)
Total Circulation . .
Net Circulation
7,058
6,830
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE C1RGU-
LATION.
LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
DO YOU
SOMET
Turn to PAGE 2
and look through
the Classified col
umns. It's a ten
to one shot you'll
find what you want
LAST SATURDAY IN A
PRISON, THAW THINKS
Convinced That He Will Be
Freed This Week.
New York, April 6 Finally con
vinced that this is the last Saturday
night in a 'prison.. cell, Harry, K, Thaw,
slayer of Stanford White," went to bed
tonight in a hilariously hopeful mood.
n(nrHin(r in tho tpenprs in thp TYimhs
C
prison, his wire ana attorneys wnoi
1
... . - ... .
visited him early today are of the
waited too long before wreaking ven
geance and bring about a hung jury.
It is expected that the argument
will not start before late Tuesday. It
is possible that Delmas intends bring
ing in conditions not expected by Jer
ome at the last moment so as to
spoil all preparation for argument hy
the state's attorney.
ESCORT FOR ROOSEVELT.
Regulars From Three Army Posts Or
dered to Indianapolis.
Washington, April 6 The War De
partment has issued orders directing
that ona battalion of infantry from
Ft. Wayne, Mich.; one battalion from
Ft. Thomas, Ky., and one light battery
from Ft. Sheridan, 111., attend the un
veiling of the Henry Lawton monu
ment at Indianapolis on Memorial day
The request for the troops came from
Representative Overstreet. These
regulars will act as an escort and
guard for the President while he is
in the city.
John Elliott Is 83.
John Elliott, one of the oldest resi
dents of Richmond, celebrated his S3d
birthday anniversary Saturday at his
home, 102 Lincoln street. A large
number of close residents and -friends
gathered at Mr. Elliott's home to help
him celebrate the event. He is in the
best of health.
NEW EARLHAMITE OUT
It Came-From the Nicholson
Press Saturday.
BY THE Y. M. AND Y. W. C. A.
A new number of the Earlhamite,
which came from the Nicholson press
Saturday is the Christian Associa
tion's number and it is a most attrac
tive one. This number contains the
annual report of the presidents of the
Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A., al-
WANT
tiING ?i
so an excellent cut or tne M. C. A.?little degree, because of poor light. At
cabinet The leading article is "The ;the Municipal plant the men were
Outlook for College Men and Women t working on the new turbine engine
in Spanish Speaking Countries," by an(j up untii 9:19 last night, before
Sylvester Jones of Chicago. There is they got it running smoothly. Up nn-
a clever little siory by Miss Ruth
Rogers, '00, entitled Yearly Meeting
Suhdas." Two or three other inter-
stinr articles taf hor n ttli ttio m.'
ual good editorials and personal news.
complete the contents of the number.
Messrs. Wilson and Lintt Will
Go From the Christian
, Church to the East Main
Street Friends' Church.
FIRST SERVICE THERE
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT.
At That Time a Large Delega
tion Will. Be Present From
New Castle to Aid in the
Services Larger Choir.
Owing to the inadequate size of the
local Christian church, the official
board of that congregation met with
the trustees of the East Main Street
Friends church Saturday afternoon
and entered into an agreement by
which the revival meetings will be
begun at the East Main street church
Thursday night. The present quart
ers are not large enough and the
great interest already shown in tlie
meetings was considered sufficient
warrant for securing a larger church
edifice. The coliseum was considered
for a time, but owing to the very
great expense which would be involv
ed, and owing to the fact that the
church would have to turn over three
nights a week, for the use of the coli
seum management, the project was
given up and efforts directed toward
securing the splendid edifice of the
Friends. Had this not been success
ful there were steps under, way for
the construction of a tabernacle,
which would seat at least two thous
and people at the corner of Tenth and
Main streets.
Evangelists Confident.
Evangelists Wilson and Lintt, who
are conducting the Christian church
revival, are confident that they are
going to do great things in Richmond
and hence asked for a larger audi
torium in which they could conduct
their meetings.
On Thursday night the chorus will
be augmented , by at least fifty new
voices, making one hundred all told.
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meinuers oi ine nrisiian cnurcn at
New Castle are taking great interest
in the local revival and on next
Thursday night a body of two hund
red strong, headed by the Rev. L. C.
Howe, will come to Richmond to lend
whatever aid they can toward boom
ing the meetings in this city. At New
Castle Messrs Wilson and Lintt had
more than two hundred additions and
on the last night there were twelve
additions to the church. The New!
Castle delegation will arrive Thursday
evening and will return to their home
city at midnight.
Interest is Great.
The interest manifested in the meet
mgs during the past week has been
great and although there have . not
been many additions to the church.
the interest shown is warrant for the
belief that there will be a large num
ber during the coming week. '
Vast crowds are expected each ev
ening as soon as the services are in
nauguraiea at tne East Main street
church, and the evangelists expect to
give Richmond a thorough religious
awakening. Rev. Wilson's sermons
are of great power and Prof. Lintt's
solos have already brought forth mer
ited praise.
SKATING SEASON OVER
Saturday Night Marked Close
Of This Sport.
PRIZES WERE AWARDED.
The last night of roller skating for
this season, was indulged in by the
skating enthusiasts at the coliseum
Saturday night. About sixty couples
entered the grand march. The fortu
nate ones in the mask carnival hell
last Thursday night were announced.
Those winning were: Finest dadieri'
costume, Delta Maxwell, number loS;
finest men's costume, John Van Tress,
number 1S!; best ladies character
costume. Goldie baffer; best gentle
man's character costume, Chas. King,
number l'.,; second best ladies' charac
ter costume, Rudolph Hill, number
114.
COMPLAINT MADE OVER
POOR LIGHTING SERVICE.
Patrons of both the Municipal and
Light, Heat & Power companies were
Saturday night discommoded to no
til that tme tho nhi eneine could not
carry the load " and lights were otit
across the river. The new turbine ran
smoothlv during the remainder of the
night. Up until that time, however,
complaint was generaL
Adolph Getz. the twelve-year-old sou
of John J. Getz. JO. North Tenth street
was painfully, but not seriously injured
Saturday afternoon on North Eighth
street. While the lad was riding at a
fast rate on his bicycle, the wheels of
the machine slipped ' in the mud.
throwing young Getz from his wheel
against a water plug. The boy struck
his chin violently against the plug and
as a result received an ugly cut and
had nearly all his teeth loosened.
Young Getz was carried to the office of
Dr. H. H. Weist, where his injuries
were cared for.
INAUGURATES HEW
PLAN OF CLUING
Big Street Sweeper Was Used
On Some of the Principal
Thoroughfares.
RESULTS SATISFACTORY.
WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
MEN AND THE TIME USUALLY
REQUIRED IN DOING THE AN
NUAL CLEANING,
Street Commissioner Edward Dye in
augurated a new system of street clean
ing Saturday, which he states was en
tirely satisfactory, and it will be tised
in the municipal '"house cleaning"
which starts Monday and which will
continue for at least two weeks.
Every street in the city is to be giv
en a thorough cleaning and Mr. Dye
will use the big btreet sweeper whicn
formerly has seen no service outside of
the two paved streets. When Mr. Dye
stated that he intended to use the
sweeper on the gravel and macadam
streets, he was advised on all sides
that this would not only ruin the
streets, but the sweeper as well.''"
' Saturday the sweeper , wasV used fn
cleaning South Fifteenth, Sixteenth
Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets, and as a result
when the work was completed, thtve
streets looked like they had been gone
over by a corps of thrifty house
wives, armed with scrubbing brushes.
The sweeper was not the least th
worse for wear. ,
Cheaper Than by Hand.
"Several brushes on the sweeper may
be worn out In cleaning all ttfe streets
I nronose to clean this spring." said
Mr. Dye, "but at that, this new method
will be much more economical than
employing an army of men working
from four to five weeks, which meth
od has been used in this city for years
past. You can buy a dozen or more
sweeper brushes and it will be cheaper
than cleaning the streets by hand."
All the streets south of Main street
will be cleaned first, then the streets
in the north end and west end will be
cleaned in the order named. The no
tice given by Mr. Dye that the streets
would be cleaned by the street sweeper
was a sad blow to the small army of
day laborers who have been employed
by the city each spring in past years.
Mr. Dye told them that he would need
only a few shovelers and teamsters and
that the work of cleaning the city
this year would be done in two weeks
instead of four and five weeks, as in
the past.
NEW LAWS RECEIVED
Volume Much Like That of
Two Years Ago.
IS NOT QUITE AS LARGE.
The 15i07 laws of the state of Indiana
passed at the sixty-fifth session of the
general assembly, begun on January
1 1007, have been issued and several
copies have been received in the city.
The books came into the hands of
County Clerk Harry Penny on Friday
forenoon. They, were immediately
distributed among the attorneys of the
city, county and township officials. The
books are for distribution into the
hands of those persons who have im
mediate use for them.
The book 13 practically the same Li
binding as the one issued in 1&05. It
is probably not as large, but the pa
per is of the same texture.
There are many interesting changes
in the laws which are brought to light
in the issue of the books. Attorneys
on Friday morning could be seen de
vouring the contents of the new book.
A number of the books will be stored
away for future use as there are fre
quent calls for books by attorneys and
other persons. ,
Stricken With Paralysis.
Cam bridge City, Ind., April 6 John
D. Gayton, a well known resident of
this place, was stricken with paraly
sis at his home on East Main , street
j at 5 o'clock Saturday morning and is
mow quite-feeble. - -
Friends Declare However That
Roosevelt Will Be Impelled
To Run as Common People
Want Him.
SIGNIFICANT REMARK
BY STRONG SUPPORTER.
Investigation of the $5,000,
000 "Rich Man's Fund'' is
On in the Characteristic
Roosevelt Way. ,
Washington, April C -With mr lh
ardor and determination he Is eapablo
of. President Roosevelt is investigating
the "rich man's conspiracy" which h
has publicly declared is being formed
to thwart him in the perpetuation ot
certain reforms which he has begun.
His close personal friends inlimate to
night that the president will feel im
pelled to stand as candidate for re
election. It is said that the iuves
tlgation to corroborate certain damag
ing facts now in his possession will
make this necessary. They gleefully
point out the fact that Roosevelt will
soon stand as the only.ono against his
re-election and that the common ieo-
ple will insist that he again becom
nresident.
' Senators at White House.
Senator HanslKJiough, of North Dr
kota and Senator Andrews of New
Mexico, who were guests at the noted
Bourne dinner, and Senator Dourna
himself, saw the president today. They
would give out no statement, but it U
evident another sensational statement
is ready for the public It in evident
that the president does not resent tho
condition he is now In, and that he
realizes conditions and not the man.
rule this nation.. He is not now ko
outspoken and seems to feel he mut
make a fight for a vindication.
The president favors the noinin-
tion of Taft for he must have some o;ie
who will carry out hi plans. Taft
Is the man the president thinks will d
so, and he Is for him.
President Again Denies Candidacy.
The president tonight again repeal
ed his assertion: "I am not a candi
date," but this statement simply caus
ed the senators to become more vigor
ous in their stand that Roosevelt must
run again. -
Senator Nelson made a nignlfieant
remark' tonight. He said: "What do
you think would happen in the next
republican convention if some one
would enter the hall carrying a
huge Roosevelt banner?" ,
WILL CHAHGE ENTIRE
LAHD-OWNERS' CLASS
Important Bill Before English
Parliament.
BENEFITS COMMON PEOPLE
London, April 6. A bill will be ft
troduced in parliament next week
which will change the ' entire' land
ownersj class in Great Britain. It
is designed, to permit mall holders to
purchase farms and real estate,. The
bill is favored by the Liberal leaders.
There is strong feeling that the
main plank of the government plat
form should be made to agree to the
proposition to help the back. bone of
the nation, the email land holder. The
bill has a widespread scope and it
enacted would change the entire land
ed entries of the kingdom. The new
law will have a decidedly effective
change in the relation of land owners
to tenants.
GREENFIELD WILL WAIT.
No Request for the Methodist Confer
ence Until 1908.
Greenfield, Ind., April 6. The Meth
odists of this city have determined to
make no attempt at the session of the
North Indiana conference at Logans
port next week to secure the 130 ses
sion for this city, bat will remain in
line or 1 $09. Members of the local
congregation made a strong fight at
Alexandria last year for the session
that went to Logansport. The con
ference next year will have a lay rep
resentation, and is considered too big
an undertaking for Greenfield. The
pastor of the Bradley church. In this
city, the Rev. Wallace ,W Martin, has
been considered for presiding elder in
one of the Indiana districts, and the
congregation has been ' considerably
worked up over the rumor thai
would not ha returned. He says,-however,
that he would not consider mic'i
a nronotritiou shuld-it be, prcccafed.