RICHMOND PALLADIUM
AND SUN-TELEGRAM.
VOIi. XXXIII. NO.
RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, 3IAKCII '., im)8.
SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS.
BUSINESS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE
SMITH-VAUGHAN CASE
MAY BEPOSTPHMED
The Counsel for the Defend
ant Is III.
NO ARRANGEMENTS
FOR PROSECUTION
TAGGART IN WITH
A DETERMINATION
SWEPT THE BOARD
BANKER STRUCK BY
THE "BLACK HAND"
TED
EXTERIOR
DOORS
INDIANA SALOONS
HIT BY RULING
ON STATE LAWS
County Auditors Can Refuse to
Accept Breweries as Surety
On Bonds for Retail Liquor
Dealers.
SHOULD ALWAYSBE
KEPT UNLOCKED
County Treasurer Yet Unde
cided on Question.
Blackmailing Assassins Made
Assault.
CONVENTION BEGINS
At Eleven O'clock This Morn
ing Hundreds of Followers
Of Jeffersonian Beliefs Assembled.
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE
ARE ON THE HUSTLE.
Grand Hotel, the Democratic
Headquarters, Is Plastered
With Literature Emanating
From Various Factions.
Judge H. C. Fox of the Wayne cir
cuit court has taken no action in re
gard to a continuance of the Smith
VauKhan case until the April term,
but St is probable the trial will he
postponed. Thomas J. Study, counsel
for the defendant is ill at his home
with the grip and although improving,
stated in a letter to the court this
morning, he does not. feel as if he will
be able to conduct the case next week.
The trial is set for Monday.
BANK OFFICIALS
SECURED LOOT
OF
Indianapolis. Ind.. March 20.-Tcmo-crats
from every section of the state
have been pouring into the city all to
day and last nipht. and at the present
time the hotels are taxed to capacity.
The convention formally opened this
morning at 11 o'clock, but no business
other than announcements was trans
acted. This afternoon meetings of
delegates hy district for the purpose
of organizing and naming committee
members. This evening ihe conven
tion will again be in session for the
purpose of hearing the reports of the
various committees.
Realizing it was only a matter- of
hours until the battle will be won or
' lost, candidates who will go before ihj
'democratic state convention tomorrow
; morning to ask for places on the tick-
ct for the campaign of V.m have set
i tied down to real hard work and with
'.the arrival of party leaders from all
t parts of the state, and many delegates
"the situation became one of genuine
political war.
The headquarters of the various caji
iidates are swarming with visitors
'and campaign literature, announcing
platforms and proposed reforms, is be
ing passed out by the bushel. Pict
ures of the candidates, and cards bear
ing the numbers of the rooms of all as
pirants to office, adorned every pillar
and nook and coiner in the lobby and
on the stairways of the Grand, and
lieutenants were stationed at the doors
and stairways by the candidates to
distribute badges and buttons to the
visitors.
Deny Combination Stories.
Talk of combination between various
candidates for the governorship nomi
nation are being passed around
Ihrough the corridors of the Grand
hotel, but. there is nothing to indicate
there is the slightest truth in the re
port that any of them would combine.
It was admitted on all sides that com
binations may come before the dele
gates convene to nominate the ticket,
tout such actions, politicians say, will
not come before tonight.
Reports of combinations always have
Samuel M. Ralston against the field in
Ihe race for the nomination for govei
nor. and it has been given out unau-,
thoritatively several times that Thom
as R. Marshall and L. Ert Slack have
formulated a plan to fight him togeth
er, with the provision that Senator
Black gets the nomination for lieuten
ant governor. Mr. Slack, however,
stoutly denies that such a plan is. in
prospect, and furthermore he declares
he wouldn't have the lieutenant-governorship
nomination. Mr. Marshall al
so puts the untrue stamp on the re
port and says he will have nothing to
do with any scheme that would tend to
promote discontent with the party. "If
I thought for a minute." Mr. Marshall
paid, "that I am in danger of doing
Anything down here that would lose
me one single friend, I would pack tip
and go straight hack home."
MORE THAN MILLION
Unusual Situation Has Been
Disclosed in Affairs of the
Farmers' DepojU National
Bank of Pittsbig.
resources of Concern
ARE AMPLE IT IS SAID.
Superintendent T. A. Mott of
Local Schools Makes Rec
ommendations to the School
Board.
LOCKED DOORS ARE CON
SIDERED FIRE TRAPS.
Other Changes Which Will Aid
The Children in Escaping
From Local School Build
ings Are Set Forth.
Only the Stocl
Affected b'
And They
)lders Will Be
'the Shortage
Lose Divi
dends for Sme Time.
Pittsburg, Pa.Iarch 2.".. -More than
$1,000,000 has appeared from the
vaults of the Ftners' Deposit Nation
al Bank of thirty, according to in
formation relvantly divulged by of
ficers of the and officials of the
Federal gocnment. The arrests
made of Uef Reiber, paying teller,
and John Yibg. auditor of the bank,
are followery this amazing disclos
ure, rcniuuemeni is tne cnarge
against the and in the indictment it
is alleged at they misappropriated
$fi."i,H of bank's money.
Hut thisim is a mere bagate ;
when enoared with the entire
amount w..h. it is said. has disap
peared, e chief officers of the bank
naturally e reticent and so are the
Federal aiorities. who prepared the
charges linst the teller and audi
tor, but. se who are familiar with
all the fB in the case do not deny
that theia a shortage of more than
." timese sum which Reiber and
Voting aformally accused of embez
zling. tich in Resources.
Fortitely the Farmers' National
Bank is rich in resources that it will
be enab to continue business as usu
al. Itjs deposits approximating
L,,00,( and while .1,hh,ko is a
tremerts loss, the bank is able to
stand I A shortage of $1.0tH.ooo or
tnerea's represents perhaps two or
three rs' dividends to the stock
holder? the Farmers' Hank, although
it. doeM signify that the stockhold
ers, v not receive some dividends
durine next two years.
SISTERS-IN-LAW
E BATTLE
Children and Hubbies Figure in
The Case.
Mrs. Selby King resented tiny ac
tions of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Lota
King, toward her children, so ye step
4av she called upon Mrs. Lota King
and assaulted her with her fists. It is
alleged. Mrs. Lota King valiantly de
fended herself with a water dipper
and confusion reigned supremo in
Fairview, it is said. Judge Converse
Tvill sit as a board of arbitration in
this family disturbance Friday morn
ing in the city court.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lota King
appeared at police headquarters and
after telling of her combat with her
lster-in-law, filed an affidavit against
her, charging assault and battery. The
as promises to be extremely inter
esting. The husbands of the two wo
men will be star witnesses.
Wll FIGHT A
ANITYJOMMISSION
With Doney Does Not Like
i The Idea.
Recommendation of an important
nature are included in the list prepared
by T. A. Mott, superintendent of the
city schools, and submitted to the
school board for consideration. The
board at its last meeting approved of
the suggestions made and if not soon
er, it is probable that extensive im
provements will be made at a number
of the buildings during the vacation
season. One of the most worthy of
the many suggestions or the superin
tendent is that which provides for
some arrangement whereby the exte
rior doors of the buildings would be
kept unlocked at all times. These
are double doors, but it has been custo
mary for many years to keep one pair
locked and bolted in position. This
leaves an exit by means of the single
entrance only. All buildings are
equipped with a set of swinging doors
several feet within the outer doors and
usually at the top of a short flight of
stairs. In case of fire this space be
tween the single exit and the swing
ing doors might become jammed and
prove the same firetrap as that be
tween the partition and doors in the
Collinwood school house disaster.
Removal of Locks.
Removal of the locks on windows or
a change in their location is advocated
by Mr. Mott. At present these locks
are attached to the upper and lower
sashes, where they are beyond the
reach of children. Additional stair
ways in buildings having but one and
the removal of heating plants from the
basements of all buildings is also stip
ulated as one of the requisites for the
removal of great danger from fire.
With the exception of the omission
B. R. Myrick, Jr., stated this morn-
i ing he has not made anv arrange
ments toward undertaking prosecution
of persons guilty of poll tax delinquen
cy. He stated further he does not
know when he will be able to take up
this line ofMhe work. It is probable,
therefore, that nothing will be under
taken until after the close of the tax
paying season next May. The treas
urer and all of the office force are busy
and with each succeeding day mill be
come busier. About May 1 it will be
necessary to keep the office open after
supper in order to accommodate the
late comers.
PRESIDENT URGES
CONGRESS ON TO
VISIBLE ACTION
Asks for the Passage of Hep
burn, and Modification of
Sherman Anti-Trust Meas
ures in Special Message.
REVISION OF TARIFF
IS ALSO ASKED.
Would Have Congress Put
Wood Pulp on the Free List
And Reduce Tariff on Paper
Made From Wood Pulp.
MESSAGE IN FULL.
President Roosevelt's special mes
sage to congress today, will be
found complete on page four, of this
issue of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram.
New York. March 2.V Santo Malal-
Dominating DayS Of PlutO TOm'lib. a wealthy bankvr. was struck down
;iih Knives by three blackmailing as
! sassins. while on his wav to business
this morning. He had turned letters
over to !he police, for which he had
been notified he was marked for
death. The banker was removed to a
hospital where it is said he may re
cover. The nssas.-ins escaped.
Recalled by the Battle
Which Was Waged for Supremacy.
PREDICTED RALSTON
WILL WIN THE PRIZE.
Asserted Taggart's Victory
Last Night Will Nominate
Lebanon Man Another
Fight to Be Waged.
Washington. D. C. March 2.".- In a
special message to cong s today,
President Roosevelt makes a strong
plea for the passage of the Hepburn
bill to modify the Sherman anti-trust
of a detailed description of the various! law. so that contracts now illegal lin
ing irpuu sun- rip fh. ,..,,,.. ,.
buildings of the city
mitted by Mr. Mott to the school board
was as follows:
To Board of School Trustees,
Gentlemen: After a careful study of
the school buildings of our city with
reference to the protection offered
from the dauger of fire. I submit the
following facts and recommendations:
There are ten school buildings be
longing to the city of Richmond, all of
which are built of brick with slate and
iron roofs. The partition walls with
in the buildings are all of brick except
in case of a few small closets or cloak
rooms, where the needed partitions are
of frame. The floors and stairways
are all of wood and are not fire-proof.
Each building has two or more exits
with doors opening outwards in all
cases. These outside doors are usual
ly double and open into a vestibule;
between this vestibule and the main
hall of the building there are in all
ases double doors swinging both ways.
These inside double doors have no fas
tenings nor locks. The outside doors
are locked at night, but our rule for
bids their being fastened or locked
when school is in session.
The buildings are all two-story
buildings except the high school and
Finley school, which are three stories.
In the Finley school the third story is
not used for regular school work. Oc
casionally classes recite on this floor,
or parents' meetings are held there.
The third story of the high school is
occupied by three recitation rooms and
the large school auditorium seating
about five hundred people. This au-
Itexpected that the petition for j nitorium is used once or twice a week
will become le
gal and recognized by the law. The
message recommends that temporary
injunctions against the labor unions
striking, should be prevented and that
the injunction in such cases, should
not issue until a week after the appli
cation is made. The president sug
gests that contracts between corpora
tions now held illegal, could be made
legal by- submitting a contract to the
commissioner of corporations for his
approval. This is the meat of the
message, which also urges revision of
the tariff by the next congress. He
also asks congress to put wood pulp on
the free list at once and reduce tariff
on paper made from wood pulp in for
eign countries.
ENQUIRY
E
RESUMES SESSIONS
Reuterdahl May Appear Be
fore It.
the ointmen t of a sanitary commis
sion examine William Doney. of
Carfge City will be contested by
Mriey. A Cambridge City a Her
niated this morning he believes
sucjtion to be intended.
STE CASE HAS
ENDED AT LAST
JtGave Verdict in Favor of
I The Defendant.
by the whole school and frequently for
evening entertainments. It is also used
daily for recitation purposes.
In all the buildings the windows
open upwards by lifting the lower sash.
The windows are fastened by the usual
form of catch between the upper and
lower sash.
Six of the buildings have but one
stairway each. These stairways how
ever, are broad and ample for all usual
uses. Four of the buildings, the high
school. Starr. Finley and Hibberd. have
two or three stairways each, connect
ing the upper and lower floors. It is
plain to all that each additional stair
way constitutes an important element
of safety in case of fire.
Heating Systems.
The heating systems in all the build-
SUIT CM TITLE.
Marshall M. Knapp has entered suit
vs. Israel Griffith et al. to quiet title
to real estate
he case of Clapp & Pegg vs.
Mian on trial in the Wayne eir
cpurt yesterday, the jury returned
a3ict in favor of the defendant,
llaintiffs sought to collect $20 as
tpst of a stove sold the defend
a1 The costs of the case will
ait to several times the value of ? two it is placed in the basement.
Washington, D. C. March 2.".-The
House Special Submarine Boat, Inquiry
committee will resume its work on
Thursday, and the senate committee
on Naval Affairs will give Mr. Reuter
dahl a hearing during the week if he
appears.
FORTY-ONE HURT
IN TRACTION
Car We,.
Off Track and Into
Building.
tjofe.
WEATHER PROPHET.
AND INDIANA Unsettled
reather Wednesday night; Thurs-
aju rain and warmer-
Detroit. Mich.. March 25. An inter
urban limited car from Jackson, on the
Ann Arbor line of the Detroit United
Railway system, jumped the track
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon on
Michigan avenue, near Thirty-first
ings have been put in with great care'slreet' and Plun?inS acr0s the PaTe
considering alwavs safetv from firp "ieuu crasuea into a-ounumg.
Four of the building are hnti hv ! the forty-one passengers
steam and but one fire is used in each, j
In two of the buildings the boiler is1
placed in a separate building and in t
The
All of
forty-one passengers aboard the
car were hurt, but it is thought that
only a few of them have serfbus injuries.
six other buildings are heated by fur
naces placed in the basements. Three
of the six- buildings, heated by furnac
es, are equipped with blowers for ven
tilation and three are ventilated by
he Smead gravity system. I believe
iCoiitinued on Pace SeveaJ
Motorniaa Miller is said to be critic
ally hurt and several of the passengers
have injuries which are serious.
PENROSE IS ILL.
Philadelphia. Pa.. March 25. Sena
tor Penrose's condition is reported
rtajra this morning.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 23. Un
less the anti-Taggart forces are mors
successful in the district conventions
this afternoon than they were here
last night Thomas Taggart will be re
elected democratic national commit
teeman from Indiana. The indications
are that be has won an overwhelming
victory in Indianapolis over the
Keachlloltzruan-Holt-Warrum faction.
Chairman Fogarty is unwilling to
admit that Taggart has won but Tag
gart's forces are enthusiastically over
running ihe hotel lobbies, where the
democratic hosts from throughout the
state are gathered. There is another
Taggart victory in the air, and it
would not. be surprising if his friends
should not only succeed in electing
two thirds of the delegates to the Nat
ional convention, but should bring
about the nomination of Samuel Rals
ton, of Lebanon, for governor.
At the local newspaper offices it is
practically conceded that Taggart has
swept his enemies before him in a ma
jority of the voting places in this
county. The like of the primaries
here last night was never witnessed
before in Indianapolis. The Taggart
workers went at their opponents with
the determination of men driven to
the last ditch. They were refused rep
resentation on the erection boards,
which were in the hands of Keach and
his followers.
Denied Watchers at Polls.
They were also denied watchers at
the polls. The result was that in sev
eral wards tho Taggart men took
charge of the voting places by force
and ran them to suit themselves.
In the Seventh ward William Kis
Bell, a well-known Taggart man, open
ed the voting place with an ax. His
followers rushed to the front and lit
erally overwhelmed the anti-Taggart
men. The votes were not counted in
the Seventh last night as it. was con
ceded that the Taggart slate had won.
Similar scenes were enacted in oth
er wards.
In his palmiest days Taggart never
had a better organization than he did
last niglt. He realized that his politi
cal future was at stake in the priman
ies, and he pulled every string he
could reach. It was charged openly
that the local republican organizations
and the brewers assisted him in near
ly every ward. Nearly all of Taggart's
old guard, which made him a power
here, was on its mettle, and it never
fought harder.
At every voting place two Taggart
men were stationed with indicators to
show the exact number of votes cast
so that their opponents could not stuff
the ballot boxes while the votes were
being counted. Men who were passing
the voting places were dragged in
whether they were democrats or not.
Hundreds Congratulate Taggart
Hundreds of Democrats called at
Taggart's headquartens at the Denison
hotel to congratulate him.
As a result of the victory here last
night it is predicted that Ralston will
land the nomination for governor on1
the first ballot, and that John W.
Kern and John E. Iamb, of Terre
Haute: Mayor Ed Fogarty. of South
Bend and Major G. V. Menzies. of Mt.
Vernon, will be selected delegates at
large.
The outlook is that the democrats
will declare for township and ward
local option and turn down the Anti
Saloon league demand for couaty local
option.
LIVED TWELVE
YEARS WITH SNAKE
HER
STOMACH
Death of Miss Nellie Harp
Brings to Light Remarkable
Story of Long Illness Due to
Slimy Thing.
FATHER SAYS A REPTILE
CRAWLED THROUGH BODY
In Some Instances the Creat
ure Forced Itself Into the
Girl's Throat and Bit Her,
Causing Blood to Flow.
OPTOMETRISTS HAVE
TAKEN LICENSES
By So Doing They Complied
With the Law.
Four optometrists practicing, in
Wayne county have complied with
the new state law and taken out li
censes to practice the profession.. The
quartet is composed of Miss Mary E.
Williams. Charles Jenkins. Oscar
Chase, Frances Edmunds, all ol this
city.
, No stranger story of human ail
ment, caused by the presence of a rep
tile living within the stomach and in
testines of a human being, has ever
come to light in the annals of this
city than that which was revealed1 aft
er the death of Miss Nellie Harp, aged
28, who died at a local hotel last
week. The father of the young wom
an and other relatives declare her de
mise was caused by a snake living
within her body. The local undertak
er that handled the body after death
stated today he was told a story of
snakes and1 worms that was astound
ing, but he believed death had actual
ly been due to nervous prostration.
The local physician, who attended the
young woman before her death stated
she died from dropsy resulting from
bright's disease. He attributed her
illness to an affection of the kidneys.
Miss Harp's body was sent to Green
ville, Ohio, for burial.
Miss Harp came to Richmond from
Palestine, Darke County. O., about
two weeks ago to he treated for some
chronic trouble which was supposed
to be sapping away her life. Her ail
ment was diagnosed by some as caused
by tape worm, and by others as
Bright's disease, for which she was"
treated. Five weeks ago her relatives
let it be known that a tape worm had
been removed from the unfortunate
young woman. She seemed, to get
better from day to day until last week
when she suffered a relapse and death
ensued. After her death, her father,
Charles Harp, a well-to-do and' emi
nently reliable farmer of near Pales
tine, told the relatives it had been a
live snake which caused the 2-years'
illness and final death of his daughter;
that he believed the girl had swal
lowed the reptile when drinking at a
spring near the school she attended.
No one attempts to deny the story
told by these people, but it is impos
sible to get a denial or confirmation
from the attending physicians. The
father of the girl claims to possess a
piece of the snake, which is seven or
eight inches long, and in circumfer
ence it is larger than a broom handle.
Removed in Pieces.
The snake was removed from the
girl in pieces and the one end. which
has the appearance of being cut off
with a knife, shows the flesh to be
white and similar to that of a chicken.
In telling the story to a relative
here, the father broke down and al
most wept as he related the terrible
suffering his daughter had endured.
He said the girl could feel the ser
pent pass from one part, of her body
to another and when under a diet the
snake would come up almost, in her
throat and actualy bit her until the
blood would issue from her mouth.
There is no way of estimating the
length of the snake when alive, but its
measurement around the body would
indicate it was two feet or more long.
This the father believes.
Relatives Confirm Story.
Greenville, O.. March 2Z. Relatives
interviewed here confirm the story of
a snake having lived in the stomach
or intestines of Miss Nellie Harp of
near Palestine, this county, for 9 to
12 years. J. C. Turner, a Broadway
harness dealer, and uncle of the dead
girl, says the story is true. Mrs.
George McClellen, another relative, ac
knowledged she had known of the
strange case for several days. Charles
Harp, the father, is a former school
INTERPRETATION OF LAW
HAS LITTLE EFFECT HERE
County Commissioners Would
Have the Right to Refuse to
Approve Bond, only in One
Instance.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
The Telephone is a Willing servant to bring
your Classified Ads to the Palladium office with the
least bother to you. Either Phone-1121 Automatic,
21 Old.
The name of but ono brewing com.
pany appears on the bond of a retail
liquor dealer in this county, as sure
ty. For this reason any decision up
on the part of the county auditor t
refuse to accept brewing companies
as sureties would not have very hrnai
effect in this county. Although only
the one brewing concern appear oa
the lists of sureties, the names of
part-owners and officers in such com
panies appear with frequent regular
ity, so often in fact that It may bo
construed it is the company the sign
ers of the bond represent, that as
sumes the responsibility rather than
the individual. At one time ih
Minck Brewing company of this city
was credited with owning and operat
ing thirteen saloons in Richmond. Th
company does not appear In name on
the bonds of the men, who secured th
licenses.
The auditor of Marion county, acting
upon instructions of the county attor
ney, has announced hereafter he will
refuse to accept brewing companies as
securities for bonds. The opinion of
John Ruckelshaus. attorney of Marion
county, is based upon the same stat
utes as govern the issue of liquor 1U
censes in Wayne and all other coun
ties of the state and therefore has lo
cal application. Referring to a ques
tion propounded by the auditor of Ma
rion county, Mr. Ruckelshaus says:
So much of Section 7270, R. S. lf1.
as applies 1o your question, reads aa
follows: The board of county commis
sioners at such term shall grant a li
cense to such applicant uj.Kn his giv
ing bond to the state of Indiana with:
at least two freehold sureties resident:
within said county, to be approved by
the county auditor, in. the sum of $2.-
"It is my opinion that bonding com
panies whose articles of incorporation
state that the purpose for which they
are organized is to do a general bond
ing business, can become surety on i
bond of this kind, and if such bonding
companies duly authorized to do bus
iness in the county of Marion. State of
Indiana, become surety on the bond of
any applicant for license as aforesaid,
the auditor would have the right an
power to approve such a bond.
Lack the Necessary Authority.
"It is further my opinion that cor
potations organized for the sole pur
pose of carrying on the brewing busi
ness have no right under the section
of the statutes above quoted to be,
come surety on the bond of any retail
liquor dealer applying for license un
less the articles of incorporation set
out and give said corporation the pow.
er to go on said bond (and this th
articles of a brewery corporation dm
not do), or unless it is in the line anf
regular course of the hutdness of ai
corporation doing a brewery business,
to become surety on the bond of a re
tall liquor dealer applying for )ieene.
"I am of the opinion that hereafter
no bond should be approved by th
auditor where the surety on the boni
is a corporation doing a brewery busi
ness."
Company Referred to.
The Jung Brewing company bv J. T.
Rowlett. its local agent is the on re
ferred to. This company appears or
the bond of Henry Rhoe, who operate
a saloon at 12 South Fifth street. Un
der the construction of the law as sC
forth by Mr. Ruckelshaus. the count
commissioners would have the right
to refuse to approve the bond. On th
bonds of ten other saloon men of thi
city appear the names of stockhold
ers, officers or agents of brewin? com
panies. The opinion quoted does not
set forth whether an aent for a brew,
ery, who is known to be acting; for
the brewery would be barred as sur
ety by the interpretation of the law.
Several out of town breweries claim,
to operate saloons in this city. Th
beer sold at these places is made by
the brewery, whose name appears
above the door. The name of the local
agent of an Indianapolis brewery ap
pears on the bonds of three retail deal
ers in linuor and that of a local man
on the bonds of even a greater number.
LEASED HOTEL.
New Castle. Ind., March 25 W. A.
Beal. a pracrical hotel man of Green
field, whose lease on the Columbia Ho
tel, of that city, h2s several months
yet to run, has leased the Bundy Ho
tel in this city and the receivershloi
Iwill be dissolved, - 4