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AND SVN-TELEGRAM.
VOL. XXXI!. NO. 109.
Richmond, Ind., Wednesday Evening, May 8, 1907.
Single Copy, Two Cents.
8 paces ro
A
PARDON GRANTED
WM. JANUARY BY
THE PRESIDENT
Action Was Taken on the Rec
ommendation Made by At
torney General Bonaparte
After Much Delay. j
DECREE IS EFFECTIVE
IN JULY THIS YEAR.
Criticism of Bonaparte Has
Driven Him to Make State
ment President Said to
Have Called Him Down.
Washington, May 8. The president
today pardoned Wra. January to take
effect July. 1907, on the following
recommendation from Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte. T think the petition
er ought to serve some appreciable
time in prison to show clearly that as
matter strict right still belongs taere
but I also think the period should ap
propriately be a short one."
It is , understood . today that the
president felt resentment yesterday
when Mr. Bonaparte told him he
had not time to go over the papers
in the January case. Without a dis
senting voice from everybody connect
ed with the case, January had been
promised pardon but the attorney gen
eral did not act. Bonaparte's atten
tion to private business at Baltimore
has not permitted him to give twenty
working hours since his appointment.
No trust prosecutions have been tak
en up. In this connection It is re
called today that the senate hesitat
ed to confirm Bonaparte's nomination
last fall because' he said the trusts
are not a bad thing after all. Bona
parte is the only cabinet member w ho
does not live In Washington.
Bonaparte Makes Statement.
Stories in eastern newspapers at
tacking the methods and laxity in his
department finally drove Bonaparte to
make a written statement today, in
part as follows:
"I assume full responsibility for
the condition of the department be
ing languid and ineffective. I do not
consider it any part of the depart
ment's duty to furnish a liberal daily
supply of headlines for newspapers
and the department is not administer
ed with that laudable end in view.
But for this opinion.no one is respon
sible but my unworthy self."
Gossips are saying Roosevelt "call
ed down" Bonaparte in the cabinet
meeting yesterday and for this reason
Bonaparte stayed here to work at his
office today.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES .
IN M COLISEUM
No Chances Will Be Taken on
The Weather.
WILL ASK PUBLIC AID.
Chairmen of the various committees
of the Cons of Veterans met Tuesday
Eight in the office of County Superin
tendent Jordan at the court house and
affairs pertaining to the celebration of
Memorial day were thoroughly gone
over. Differing from the custom in
past years, the finance committee will
this year ask for donations to defray
the expenses of the exercises. The
celebration wiil be held in the coliseum
In order to prepare against the rain
which frequently falls on decoration
day. The committee appointed to pre
pare a program for the exercises met
at the court house this afternoon and
all the minor details of the event prob
ably were arranged for.
ONE BAIJDITWAS TAKEN
Hounds Traced Him Success
fully for Officers.
Butte. Mont., May 8. After blood
hounds had trailed him to Woodville,
one of the masked men who held up
the Northcoast limited train on the
Northern Pacific railway, near Welch
Spur, a siding eighteen miles east of
Butte, was captured Tuesday after
noon. The prisoner gave his name as Wil
liam Powers. He aid he meant to
board a train at Woodville and beat
his way out of the country. He de
nied all knowledge of the murder and
holdup, but was sent to Butte by the
sheriff.
Goodlin Is Improving.
Jesse Goodlin. the brakeman who
had his arm cut off Sunday in the
east end yards and who is at Reid
Memorial Hospital, is improving rapidly.
IF PRESENT VOTING KEEPS ON
WEEK WILL BREAK RECORD
Wednesday's voting further carri
ed out the promise that this week
would be a record breaker for the
total number of votes cast since the
contest began. Two of the contes
tants have passed the 60,000 mark.
Miss Elizabeth Lashley has again as
sumed the lead in the woman teach
er's class with less than 2,000 lead
over her nearest competitor. Miss
Elizabeth Sands, a fact that bears out
the contest editor's prediction that
this week would be one of even run
How the Vote Stands
WOMAN TEACHER,
Miss Elizabeth Lashley, Centerville school 60,115
Miss Elizabeth Sands, Starr school 58,493
Miss Fannie Silver, Centerville school ... ... ...22,937
Miss Lucile Mayr, Hibberd school '. . ... "...10,213
Miss Daisy Petty, East Germantown school 2,619
Miss Mary Lemon, Whitewater school 1,750
MAN TEACHER.
Elza Stevenson, Economy school 27,045
Joseph M. Richter, St. Andrews school 21,231
J. F. Huntziker, St. John's Lutheran school... 20.957
W. O. WisrJer, Garfield school - 18,889
Orville Brunson. Garfield 16.043
Walter S. Davis. High school 15.683
A. T. Elliott, Boston school 3,231
L. B. Campbell, Business College 3,136
Joe Burgess, Whitewater 2,589
Lawrence Smelser, Abington school 1,544
B. W. Kelly, Fountain City school 699
Jos. H. Blose, Jacksonburg 538
WOMAN CLERK.
Miss Elizabeth Hershey, Mary Brothers... 53,454
Miss Nellie Williams, Singer Sewing Machine office 24,117
Miss Emma Johnson, milliner at Nolder's 12,321
Miss Hazel Hoffman, Modl Dept. Store 1,208
MAN CLERK.
Harry Suntin, Fox, clothier 61,793
Howard Smith, Model Dept. Store 10.S42
Howard Thomas, Emmons Tailoring Company 3,314
Joe WesseS, La hrm art's 2,793
Ulam Lamm, Hassenbusch's .. .. 1,210
Ben Hiser, postoffice 1,031
WOMAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
Miss Marie Hodskin, Bartel's Overall factory, Cambridge 51,134
Miss Codie Danner, Seidel Buggy Co 50,556
Miss Zssie Ellis, Adam Bartel factory 6,296
Miss Bessie Shute, Watt and Keelor Casket factory...... ... ... 817
MAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
William Russell, Hoosier Drill.... 27,003
Geo. Knight, Starr Piano 18,424
George Matthews, Gaar Scott .. 18,234
Fred Reynolds, Starr Piano 6,763
Edmund Stidham, Safety Gate Co 6.266
Abraham Schissler, Wayne Works '. 614
REUNITED AFTER
TWENTY-SIX YEARS
Finds His Sister After Separa
tion of More Than a
Quarter of a Century.
DUE TO A NEWSPAPER.
J. C. SCISSLER OF PITTSBURG
SAW MENTION OF HIS SISTER'S
NAME AND CAME TO LYNN TO
FIND HER.
After a separation of more than
twenty-six years from her immediate
relatives, who reside in Pittsburg, Pa.,
Mrs. John Hudson of Lynn, was
Tuesday found by her brother, J. C.
Scissler of the ''Smoky City" and the
usual happy meeting took place.
Mrs. Hudson is the wife of a Lynn
blacksmith, and when but a child
drifted away from her relatives at
heme and came west with another
family. She grew to be a young wo
man and was then married to her
present husband. After leaving home
no trace could be found of her by the
anxious relatives, and as jear alter
year rolled by they gave up all hopes
of locating her.
A few weeks ago her brother pick
ed up a copy of a newspaper and his
eye chanced upon an article in which
her maiden name was given. He im
mediately set out on his journey from
Pittsburg, to meet his sister, and the
latter was more than overcome by the
surprise he created, as he walked in
to her home and made himself known.
The brother was equally affected and
wiil spend several days, the guest of
his sister in the little town to Rich
mond's north.
WORK OF Y. M. C. A. AS
SOCIATIONS AT EARLHAM
At the meeting of the Earlham col
lege Y. W. A., on May !. the toute
will b "A Vision of Service," led bv
Mrs. II. 1-r. Racket t. The Y. M. C. A.
meets today with Loren C. Petry as
leader. On May there will be a
joint meeting with the topic of "For
giveness," and t?crward Eaton to lead.
ning with more or less see-sawing be
tween the contestants for position.
The large vote cast today shows
the result in many cases of the
friends who have taken out vote
books for their favorite contestants
during the past week. Noteworthy,
too, of the interest the contest is
arousing is the fact that several mail
subscriptions have been received with
requests that the votes thereon be
cast for certain contestants.
(Continued on Page Two.)
NO BIDS RECEIVED
ON SEWER SYSTEM
Delay Encountered in West
Side Improvement by the
Board of Works.
TO READVERTISE FOR BIDS.
UNDERSTOOD THAT CONTRACT
DID NOT APPEAL TO BIDDERS
BECAUSE. MONEY WOULD BE
TIED UP.
Xo contract for the building of the
big sewer system in West Richmond
south of Main street was let by the
board of public works for the reason
that no bids were received, the pro
ject evidently not looking good to
local and out of town contractors.
City Attorney Study states that the
sewer system will be built and that
the board w ill again advertise . for
bids. The news that contractors ne
glected to bid on the sewer will be
most disappointing to residents in the
part of town where the big system
is to be put in as it was confident
ly expected that work on this sewer
would be started early this summer.
As things stand now it is probable
that it will be some time before the
residents of the south part of West
Richmond will have a sewer system.
It is understood that the work did
not appeal to the contractors owing
to the fact that the money involved
would be tied up for a considerable
length of time, as the successful bid-
der would, naturally, not receive pay-
ment for the work until it had been
completed and accepted.
City Engineer Fred Charles has
completed most elaborate plans for
the new sewer system, which will be
a model when comnleted. Aeeordinz 1
to the estimates prepared by Mr.
Charles the system will cost in the
neighborhood of $4S,000. The plans
call for a filtering plant, to be located
where the trunk sewer empties into
Clear Creek.
Riley Shows Improvement.
Phil Riley is still confined at Reid
hospital from injuries suffered sev
eral days ago in a runaway accident.
He is improving each day.
THE WEATHER. PROPHET.
INDIANA Showers Wednesday night
and cooler; Thursday fair.
OHIO Thursday showers; light
fresh east to south winds.
to
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
-TUESDAY
(May 7)
Total Circulation ,
Net Circulation ,
7,094
6,863
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCU
LATION. LARGEST PAIO CIRCULATION.
REFUSE CLAIM BY
SERGEANT MiANUS
County Commissioners Will
Not Pay Cost of Returning
Lipscombe to Richmond.
POINT AN IMPORTANT ONE.
COMMISSIONERS ALSO THINK IT
IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO PAY
ITS CRUSHED STONE BILL.
The County commissioners have
refused to allow a claim presented by
Sergeant McManus of the Richmond
police force for his expenses in re
turning George Lipscombe, a prisoner
who was arrested at Columbus, O.
The commissioners state that they did
not authorize the expenditure of
money for the return of Lipscombe
and say Sheriff Meredith had no au
thority to "O. K." McManus 'claim.
The refusal of the commissioners to
authorize the expenditure of the coun
ty's money for the return of fugitive
criminals to this county and the state
ment made by the police that they
have no fund to draw from for return
ing fugitives to the city, brings up an
interesting question and an important
"one.- ( , , . : v .
If both the city and the county re
fuse to appropriate money to meet
the expenses of returning criminals
captured outside the county all that
remains foY a clever crook to do is to
violate tho law then make a rapid
exit beyond the boundary lines of the
county, as the sheriff and police offi
cers cannot be expected to pay the
expenses of returning criminals out
of their own pockets.
The commissioners also think that
It is high time for the city to pay its
cracked stone bill. Last spring the
Zimmerman board of public works en
tered into a contract with the county
whereby the city agreed to pay 25
cents for each w-agon load of stone
cracked by prisoners at the county
jail, the city supplying the stone.
Since that time there have been many
wagon loads used by the city for re
pairing and making streets but the
county has not yet received a cent.
The commissioners state that Ex
Street Commissioner Genn and Ex
Sheriff Smith did not keep a com
plete record of the amount of stone
used by the city while they were in
office.
MUNCIE MILITARY
BAND IS SECURED
It Will
Play for the U.
Memorial.
R.
AN INVITATION ACCEPTED.
At a call meeting of the Uniform
Rank, Knights of Pythias, Tuesday
night at the Pythian temple, the Mun
cie military band was engaged to play
for the memorial day exercises to be
held Sunday, June lf, at Glen Miller
park! The Uniform Rank also accept
ed an invitation to attend the memo
rial day exercises" of Silver Shield
company of Muncie, which will be he?d
Sunday. June 2. The C, C. & L. rail
road has made a rate to the rank of
$1.20 for the round trip.
Politician Is Sued.
Indianapolis. May S Making the
formal charge" that her husband had
been guilty of "cruel and inhuman
treatment" toward her, Mrs. Carrie El
liott has filed suit for a divorce againrt
Charles N. Elliott, former city clerk of
Indianapolis and a well known repub-
lican politician.
At the Spiceland Sanitarium.
Harry Simmons is suffering from in
flammatory rheumatism and has gone
to the Spiceland sanitarium for treat
ment. Erecting Several New Houses.
Chas. Smith, contractor, is erecting
several new houses on Charles street,
between Ridge and Coyer streets.
HUNDRED PERISH
III STEAMER WRECK
French Transport Met With a
Disaster Off the Coast
Of Uruguay.
OUT FROM MARSEILLES.
IN THE LIST OF THOSE WHO
PERISHED ARE BOTH PASSEN
GERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
CREW.
Buenos Ayres, May S The French
transport steamer Poitou has been
wrecked off the coast of Uruguay. One
hundred passengers and members of
the crew perished. The steamer sailed
from Marseilles for this part, April
sixth.
NINE CANDIDATES
FOR PAGE RANK
Coeur de Lion Lodge Reaches
400 Mark.
SURPRISE IS IN STORE.
Nine candidates were given the page
rank in Coeur de Lion lodge, Knights
of Pythias, Tuesday night, and the
lodge now numbers more than four
hundred, a goal for which the members
have been working for several months.
The candidates initiated Tuesday
night were W. R. Poundstone, Howard
J. Thomas, H. C. Waggoner, Judge
Henry C. Fox, Jacob Rosenbloom,
Richard N. Johnson, Arthur L. Ma
rine. Oral S. Beck and H. B. Messick.
It was announced that the surprise
committee will on the night of May
21, get in its work, but the nature of
the surprise was not announced other
than the fact that all members of the
lodge were requested to bring their la
dy friends on that night. The event
will be for the members of Coeur de
Lion lodge and their families.
GIVEN A SPECIAL RATE
Knights of Columbus Going to
Connersville.
The Pennsylvania railroad has an
nounced special rate for the Knights
of Columbus going to Connersville next
Sunday. It will be 88 cents for the
round trip. The special train bearing
the local delegation will leave this
city at eight o'clock and the special
will leave Connersville at 10:30 o'clock
Sunday night.
BRINGS A FORECLOSURE
SUIT AGAINST ARNOLD
Philip
H. Worrall Asks
$3,500.
for
ON NOTES AND MORTGAGE.
Phillip H. Worrall has brought suit
in the circuit court against Samuel G.
Arnold on notes and to foreclose mort
gage. His demand is for $.j..jOO. in
the complaint Worrall sets forth that
on February 28, 1002. Arnold executed
eight promissory notes, amounting to
2.400 in favor of Hannah H. Swift.
He also executed a chattel mortgage on
the furniture, fixtures, goods and chat
tels at the Arnold hotel, formerly own
ed by Arnold and Worrall. Worrall
states in his complaint that later Han
nah Swift assigned these notes and
the mortgage to Worrall and that
there is now due him, counting inter
est, $3,500.
Quits the Senatorial Race.
Madison, Wis., May 8. Irvine L.
Lenroot of Superior, withdrew from
the senatorial race without making any
requests as to the future course of his
followers.
DEATH RATE DECREASED
IN CERTAIN DISEASES.
The typhoid fever death rate has de
creased 30 per cent, in this state in the
last seven years; scarlet fever death
rate has decreased 32 per cent, in the
last seven years and the diphtheria
death rate has decreased GO per cent
in the last seven years.
Ready for the Plasterers.
Work on the erection of the house
which is owned by Fred Schlagle, on
State street, is progressing rapidly,
and it is ready for the plasterers.
Not Yet Able to Work.
Walter Ratliff, who is suffering
from blood poisoning, is much im
proved but not yet able to work.
HARD TO GET FUNDS
FOR NEWJOUIPMENT
Interurban Railways Face Dif
ficulty of This Kind.
LOCAL LINE IS AFFECTED.
The interurban railways of the state
are having a hard time iu securing
funds to renew their equipment, the
prices of electrical machinery having
soared in recent months. Practically
all of the interurban lines are suffer
ing for, the lack of proper equipment
and the Indianapolis and Eastern
branch of the Terre Haute, Indianap
olis and Eastern, is no exception to tho
case. The rolling stock of this road
is being improved rapidly, but it is un
derstood that practically all of the re
ceipts of the road are turned back to
pay the operating expenses and im
prove the line.
RECOGNITION GIVEN
RICRMOND FESTIVAL
Cincinnati Enquirer Gives Con
siderable Space to Local
Music Event for May.
PRINTS WHOLE PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE ONLY CITY OF THE
SIZE THAT HAS GIVEN SUP
PORT TO SUCH PRETENTIOUS
PERFORMANCE.
The musical editor of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, whose field of observation
in musical matters has been extensive
and who has for many years assisted
in the preparation of the program for
the Cincinnati May festivals, has ac
corded the Richmond Festival associ
ation deserved recognition in his de
partment of the paper.
In addition to publishing the detailed
program for the entire series of con
certs which will be given in Richmond
on May 28 and 29, the Enquirer says
in part: "Richmond, Indiana, which
has gained.the distinction of being the
only city of 25,000 population In this
country which has for a period of
years given support to a May Music
festival, expects to achieve even great
er honors this year when on May 28
and 2V a series of concerts will be giv
en at which the famous Theodore
Thomas orchestra, with Frederick
StocK, conductor, will play and the so
loists will be Mrs. Kelsey; Miss Spen
cer, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wither
spoon." The Enquirer also states that numer
ous Cincinnati people as well as those
from other cities, will be among the
many visitors to the Richmond festi
val. AUTOMOBILE CLUB
WILLACT AS HOST
Cleveland Visitors to Be Well
Cared For.
TRIP ABOUT THE CITY.
Next Monday afternoon the mem
bers of the Commercial club of Cleve
land, O., that will be here will be
entertained by the Automobile club of
Wayne County. It is their intention
to show the members a fine time and
give them a good opinion of the town.
Almost eighteen machines will be
needed to take the visitors to the
different fa'ctories and to the places
of interest.
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
It Will Arrange for the H. S.
Commencement.
Elizabeth Sudhoff, Virginia Graves,
Ruth Thistlethwaite, Donald Grave,
Tom Campbell, Mark Pennell and
Walker Land will comprise the com
mencement committee this year at
high school, They will hold a meet
ing Friday noon to decide on. a suit
able program.
HENRY COUNTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN DECREASED.
New Castle. Ind., May 8. The enu
meration of children of school age in
Henry county shows a loss during the
year of over thirty. The number In
New Castle is in excess of l,2oO.
Knightstown has 408, Midd'etown 32.',
Lewisville 4, Sulphur Springs, feo.
Dunreith and other towns smaller
numbers. The total in the county fa
6.7S4. Although Nt-w Castle has
gained in population during the year.
many of those corning here to work f
have not yet brought their families.
hence the school enumeration was not
increased- .
TROOPS ORDERED
OUT AT 'FRISCO;
STRIKE IS SERIOUS
Eight Hundred Men Are Held in
Readiness in Case There Is
A Demand Made for Their
Services.
HALF THE POPULATION
IS OUT OF WORK,
Serious Rioting Took Place on
Tuesday in Which Several
Were Either Killed or Ser
iously Injured.
San Francisco, May S The Seven
tieth regiment of Los Angeles 'was ord
ered under arms for service hero. Tho
total enlisted strength is eight hun
dred men. The strike situation is ser
ious. Four hundred linemen of tho
Pacific Telephone company went on a
strike today to assist the striking tele
phone operators. Half of the labor
population Is idle on account of strikes.
San Francisco, May S. Nine men
were shot down and several of them,
were fatally wounded Tuesday in a
pitched battle between striking street
car employes and their sympathizers,
and guards employed by the Unite!
railroads to protect their cars manned,
by nonunion men.
The armed guards poured volley aft
er volley Into the crowds in the streets
in response to showers of bricks and.
stones hurled at them. The police
made little or no effort to disperse the
mob. Two of those shot were mem
bers of the police force. Finally tho
police arrested the guards on three of
the cars, and then turned their at
tention to beating back the mob.
It was in the afternoon that the com.
pany officials precipitated the battle
by sending out seven passenger earn.
All day long a crowd had waited
around the barns at Turk and Fillmore
streets, and no sooner had the cars ap
peared than they were greeted by
showers of stones.
First Shot Hits Youth.
The first shot was fired at the in
tersection of Turk and Ruchanait
streets by a guard from the rear plat
form of the car that headed the string;
of seven. The bullet struck a youn;;
man sitting on the curb and inflicted,
a flesh wound In his arm. The shot
was not fired until most of the win
dows of the car had been smashed,
with stones, several of which had
struck and severely bruised some of.
the guards on board.
The shooting of the man aroused the
mob to a pitch of frenzy. Paving
stones and other obstructions were
cast on the track, and in that way
the car was brought to a standstill
block further on. Hurling any mis
siles that came easiest to hand, hun
dreds of men and boys surrounded the
car. In a moment a volley of shot
rang out and the crowd fell back in, '
fear. The obstructions were cleared
away and the car proceeded, followed
a block behind by two others.
The sound of shots apprised thej
main crowd in the neighborhood of
Fillmore and Webster streets that a,
battle was on, and more than 1.0m
men and boys came running down,
Turk street in pursuit of the strike
breakers, who, standing to their posts.
shot again and again into the crowds
as repeated showers of stones struck;
them.
Competent observers of the rioting
expressed freely the opinion that the
tragic happenings of the afternoon
might have been in large measure
averted if an adequate police force
had been on hand and if the police hai
been more firm.
. 13,000 Persons on Strike.
With the street car men, the iron
workers, the telephone operators and
the laundry workers out, there are
more than 1300 strikers In San Fran
cisco at present. So wrought up have
the unionists become that it is
thought by many the militia will be
called out and possibly the federal
troops may be brought into the city.
General Funston is here now keeping
close watch of the situation.
Governor Gillette has announced
that he will order out the militia ua
soon as it becomes apparent that the
police can not or will not control the
situation.
Charles M. Schwab, who was in the
city, declared that his company would
never build another ship In San Fran
cisco as long as labor conditions re
main as they are at present. He says
the company lost f2.no6.OfO on the
last three battle ships it built for tho
government because of the increased
i demands of the employes, and tta.""
creased efficiency of their work.
- W. F. Yeo in the City.
W. F. Yeo, traveling passenger agent
for tbf Pennsylvania railroad with,
(headquarters in Denver, Col., Is in the
cttr "circulating among local railroad
men. He Is returnlug westward aftef
having spent his vacation in Coluin
bus, O.