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Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-24

a HEAVY FIRE LOSS
The Blaze at Port Limon Renders
1000 Per, ons Homeless.

1000 Pers ons Homeless.
Mobile. Ala. Oct 24-Details Of the
Port Limon fire have reached here
from Inspector Cherry of the Mobile
quarantine board The fire began Mt
. o'clock on the morning of Oct. IA. and
ragged for more than eight hours. com
pletely destroying four blocks of
buildings and partly destroying two
other blocks. The property loss Is
gold and there are about 1000 natives
homeless
The progress of the fire was only
stopped by the blowing up Of buildings
with gunpowder- The fire IS supposed
to have been of incendiary origin,
started by an escaped convict. 1t Is
reported that the governor came upon
n negro stealing In one of the burnin.
stores and shot him. leaving the body
in the burning building. 1t is believed
that this negro was the incendiary.
The day after the fire all the negroes
went on strike and the United Fruit
company was importing laberers from
Zent, a small town in the interior. On
the morning of the 10th a Spaniard
killed his mistress by stahhing her in
the heart which added to fhe excite
ment. The principal losers are the
United Fruit company, Lindo Bros.
and a Chinese named Esua Yyen the
latter's loss being estimated at $780,
100.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-24

A REVOLVING CRIME
Houmg Girl as Paterson. N. j., Most
Feuliy Murdered


New York. Oct. Acknowledgements
show that the circumstances surround
lnr the death of Miss Jennie Boss
chister OF Paterson. n. j., form one
of the most remarkable and revolving
erfmee which has ever been brought
e. light In this section. The police have
che flvp perSons more or less concerned
N the AFFAIR In custody. They are An
drew Campbell. George Kerr. Walter
NcAlister and William Death. all
oromtnently connected. and cabnan
They have been held without bail.
From the confession of the eahman
and one other. 1t is revealed that the
9irl was inveigled into saloon where
Skncckout" drops were administered 10
her. The four men then called cab
and ordered Ii driven out OF town In
: lonely spot the hack was stopped ana
che GIRL lifted our of IL and laid upon a
blanket by the roadside
In what followed the hackman ana
one or the four, IL Is said. had no part.
The story is too revolving to describe.
The hackman claims that he did not
l,aye his seat on the cab. He was un-
able TO say whether the girl was alive
or dead when she was lifted back into
ehe cab He remembers that he was
told TO drive down by the river bank.
Here the girl. apparently lifeless. was
lifted out of the cab and her head and
face bathed with river water After
= long time spen, In trying to revive
Aer the men held a consultation. Tneir
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TO END This WEEK
Such Is the Hopeful Tone of
President Mitchell's Re-
marks On Strike.
MINERS WILL WIN OUT
The Labor Leader SAYS That His
Men Will Gain Every Point
Contested For.
MINERS WILL WIN OUT
Belief Express ed That All Compa-
nies Will Post Favorable
Notices at Once.

Hazleton. Pa. Oct o4-In q speech
at PotfSsille yesterday afternoon
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers said that he believed that in
a few days all the operators will have
posted notices guaranteeing the 10 per
cent Increase. He also added that he
believes that by Monday at the latest
all the men will have returned to work
and viii have won everything they
struck fer. This declaration is received
with much pleasure by the mine work
ers and the mine officials. Ii is be
lieved that nothing will now intervene
to delay the ending OF t'fe contest
which has run more than five weeks
President Mitchell WIS asked III
what he based his belief that the strih
would end this week. but he declined
10 say anything other tlan the pro
position Of the miners was 80 fair that
he could not see any valid reason why
the operators should not accept. The
national president was much pleased
when he learned the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western. the Delaware and
Hudson. the Lehigh and Wflkesharre
and the Hillside companies had signi
fled their Willingness to pay the 10
per cent increase until April 1. He
also expressed satisfaction that the
Forest Mining company. whose men
have been on strike since january, had
acceded to the demands.
President Mitchell declined to say
what course would he pursued If one
or more companies refuse to guarantee
the payment of the increase until
April !.
A member of the national executive
board of the United Mine Workers of
America and the officers of the three
anthracite districts are here today for
the purpose of thoroughly canvassing
the situation. He would not say
whether the conference would take any
positive action looking toward the call
Ing off of the strike. If any action
will be taken. he said. 1t would depend
entirely upon what the canvass would
show In answer TO another question
the labor leader said he would not
take the responsibility upon himself
Of calling Off the strike. but would
ratpser have ss~--..s sasss.s~ssa..-ss-a
QllaU the question.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-24
TAX FERRET CASE.
Supreme Court Decides That Cities
Have Right e Emoloy

The supreme court yesterday re-
versed the decision in the case of the
City of Richmond against Samuel
Dickinson, holding that cities have
no power to employ "tax ferrets" to
search for omitted property and add
it to the tax duplicate, and implicitly
held that the same power may be ex-
ercised by counties. The city council of
Richmond had made a contract with
William G. Young, by which he
agreed to ferret out property owned
by residents of the city which was
illegally escaping taxation, and was
to receive 20 per cent. of the taxes
collected by reason of his services.
Young assigned his contract to NJ.
NJ. Lacey, who added to the tax du-
plicate property belonging to a single
estate, on which taxes to the amount
of $1S, 240 were assessed.
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New York Bank Teller Has
Flown With 100000
In Cool Cash.
HE HAD 4 NEAT SYSTEM
Being Skilled Accountant and q
Cool Hand He Befogged the
Examiners For Years.
When the Chances of Discovery Be.
came Too Numerous He Went
to South America.

New York. Oct. 24.-Charlas l.. Al
word, Jr., note teller of the First Ma
tt0nal bank of this city, Is fugitive
and q defaulter to the extent of $780,
60.
The announcement OF the defaica-
ttOn, which WAS made yesterday after
noon created the utmost excitement
In the financial district OF the city.
lint the Well known stability of the
First National and a statement issued
by the bank had IL quieting effect.
AIvord had been In the employ Of
the FIRST National bank for 20 years.
Ills Opera ions have continued for n
considerable period. and have been
sktilfus'y concealed through "A manIpu-
lafion Of his ipalance book The dis.
covery was made 10y one of the bank .
employees few days after the COM
pletion of an examination of the bank
by the United States examiners. Dur
Ing the continuance of his peculations
periodical examinations have been
made by several distinct corps of ex-
aminers representing the controllers
department. all expert accountants and
the bank has also had frequent fnde-
pendent examinations, neither of which
had developed any irregularity. The
aggregate of the false entries amount
Ing to 100000 has been charged Off on
the books OF the bank out of the re-
serve fund.
Alvord was one of the most trusted
men In the institution. His stealings
extended over n long period, but no
suspicion of the truth was known until
10 days ago when he sent word that he
was III Mt his home. After he had
been away for n day or two the bank
put experts mt work and some irregu-
larities were found. AS the experts
delved deeper and deeper into Al
words books the extent of the robbery
began to dawn on the officers until
they were overw helmed to find that 1t
reached the enormous figure Of $780,
600. Whether that sum is all that he
took IL not yet known.
1t has not yet developed how the
note teller was able TO put his hands
on 90 much money. But one Of the
directors Is reported to have said that
Alvord was enabled to take such
large sum because as note teller ne
was IN charge Of the mail. This he
opened every morning and he had |
ample opportunity TO abstract notes.
TRAITS and checks as well as money ]
Of course. he had to be especially skill /
III to make lafr accounts bafnncc He Is
Imars ~sss nave snNeu pnSsnEe Tor Soutu
America 10 days ago.
Alvord IL about 20 years old and has |
4 wife and three children. His home |
was mt Mount Vernon and he was re-
spectcd there as well as In the street |
His habits We're good. II Is believed
that he lost money In stock specula-
tions. and that some OF the money can
he recovered. He disappeared week
or 10 days ago.
The crime has been known long
enough to the officers now to enable
them to say with some assurance that
Alvord did his work alone. No one
else is under suspicion.
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Minis.e,s Hold a Retreat. -

Terre Haute. Ind. Oct. 2i.-About
10 ministers of the Greencastle dis
trict of the Northwest Indiana confer
ence Of the Methodist church are hold
ing a devotional retreat" IN this city.
1t Is something new In the church,
and was recommended at the late gen.
eral conference as preparatory part
Of the Goth century movement. whic'
is to include L forward movement"
and thank Offering" The forward
movement has for its object the con-
version of 100000 persons and the
"thank offering" the raising of $2O,-
100000 for the endowment OF church
benevolences
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indianapolis. Oct. 24.-The conven-
ton of the American Public Health as
sociation is In session In this city. DR.
Peter III. Bryce of Ontario Can, pre-
siding. The number of delegates at
tending the meeting is unusually large
due undoubtedly to the central location
of indianapolis. Among the number
are several men of international
alrona Ia s1ax.s. in fl1Ss
ssssfefi9.n sssfefff Z. and medicfne There are men
here who are noted for important dis
coverieS and others whose regulations
are based upon the authorship of
books having high standing in the
literature Of the profession.
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vIcrim was again irrea inro the can
and the haetnan was ordered to drive
like mad 10 tie baatse Of physician
Here n was aScersatned that the girl
was dead and the men drove back 10
the spot Of their horrible crime and
dumped fhe body along the roadside.
The funeral IF the girl was held
yesterday after noon. To avoid
crowd II was announced that services
had been postponed ny the coroner 1t
" claimed af Paterson that the affair
is only one of series of crimes in
which mill girls Of that city have been
victims. but this is the first ease known
In which any of the girls have lost
their lives
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Wabash City Council Wins a
Point .igalllst Natural
Gas Company.
A BITTER CONTROVERSY
Gas Company Determinedofo Substi-
tufe Meters For Contract Sys-
ten nj Is Resi- ted,
New Order Was to Go Into Effect
Nov. 1, But Has Now
Been Deferred.

Wabash. Ind, Oct. 24--The contro-
versy between the city council and the
Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas
company, growing out Of the deter
mination Of the gas company to sub
stiture meter measurement for the con-
tract system IN supplying natural gas
here. is Ia "a fair way of settlement
The order of the gas company re-
quiring the installation of meters Is
effective Nov. 1, but conference of
the citizens committee. appointed at a
public meeting. was held yesterday,
with General Manager Murdoch. and
IL was agreed to allow the contract
system to remain IN force until Feb. l.
Meters Will be put In a number of
residences. "A test of the quantity Of gas
used will be made, and at the expira-
tfon OF the period, an agreement salts
to both sides will be effected.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-24

Minneapolis. Oct 24--Father G. An
DIRE OF the church OF Notre Dame des
Lourdes. noting that the poor box In
the church was being robbed, had 1t
fitted with burglar alarm. When
this rang yesterday he dashed into the
street In pursuit of the robber. The
priest finally overlook the thief and
handed him over to the police. His
name was NJ. Landry and he was n
cigar maker OF respectable antecedents.
About an hour after being locked up
Landry was found I'm his cell dead. He
had committed suicide.
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-
Beers Guerrilla Tactics.

Cape Town. Oct. 24.-Guerflla at
tacks by the Beers are still giving
great trouble. Gen. French encount-
cred continuous opposition in his
march from Carolina to Bethel. his
casualties numbering 36 After the ar
rival of Lord Methuen at Zeerust there
was reconnaissance in force north
ward. which resulted On Sunday In the
discovery of large numbers of Beers.
who We're only dislodged after artillery
and rifle fire lasting four hours. The
British had four killed and 10
wounded
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nncr Has oppo.itfon.

Havana. Oct oi-At last evenings
meeting Of the ayuntamiento some op-
position developed TO the right of Mike
T. Dady. the Brooklyn contractor. TO
out in sewers. DR. Gabriel Casuso was
granted the privilege to inquire Off
.iallv of the department of engineer
ng whether the plans submitted were
notifications of Ar naay'S original
alans and whether Mr.. Dadv had paid
anything for having the plans drawn
n. He was also efanaweres. TO ask
ar an estimate of the cost of the
sewers
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Express Robbery Charged.

Colfnx Ind. Oct. 24.-T. G. Shipman.
alias T. G. Kemp. who says his home
Is IN Indianapolis. was arrested here
yesterday by o. c. McMindes. local
agent of the American Express COM
pany. on a charge of rohbing express
packages. Kemp's operations. II Is
said have extended over a wide range
of country in this part Of the state.
For the last month he has made his
headquarters here and at Delphi, wor'-
ing between the two towns weekly. l.
has been lodged in jail at Frankfort.
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nawie Gets a Scoring.

London. Oct. 24-The Daily Mail
this morning devores an editorial to the
aenunciation Of tile authorities for
encouraging and protecting Mr..
bowie. IF the students had succeed
ed in ducking this aged fraud 1t
says. no ereat harm would have been
slone. He Is able to rely on the whole
strength o. the police for no Other
purpose except to fleece the public
His meetin e should be stopped. Fl.
deserves II more consideration than
the -welchef' of the race course"
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The Fowler Chase Case.

CINCINNATI, O., October 2i.-Mr.
Chase of Lafayette. Ind., applied TO
probate court today for the appoint
ment OF guardian Tor the person
and estate of his son. Moses Fowler.
millionaire by Inheritance from his
grandfather. Young Fowler left his
father for his aunt, Mrs. Duhme, and
dropped the name of Chase Re-
Gently he escaped from q Paris.
France, sanitarium.
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Taken From jail TO Die.

Springfield. Ills. Oct c4.-Willfam
yanoy. former postmaster at Teutop-
oils Ills. who had been confined in
Jail here for several months on a
charge of embezzliny money while
postmaster. died yesterday at st.
Johns hospital, where he was taken
Monday evening from jail He showed
signs of insanity soon after being
brought to Springfield &
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AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS


Geneva, Ind, Oct 24.-Startling de-
yelopments are expected bearing on
the mysterious death of Miss Ger
trude Weetcr, which occurred about
three months ago Miss Weeter died
In commissions, and 1t was suspected
that her death had been caused by
medicine administered with criminal
intent. The body was exhumed by
the coroner and health officer of Ad-
ans county. and the stomach removed
and sent to an expert pathologist in
Fort Wayne. He at once Informed
the officers that their suspicious We're
well founded, and Dewitt Leggett
was arrested and placed under a
bond of 81 900. Miss Weeter lived in
Jackson township. Jay county. near
the Adams county line. and was bur-
led In Adams county. thus bringing
officers of two counties into the case
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Pfttsburg. Oct 24-A company com
posed almost entirely of Pittsburs
capitalists has been organized 10 en-
gage in blast furnace and steel manu-
featuring industries on a gigantic
scale The capital of the lew corpora
ton Is $lo0Oo.o 900 and included in the
enterprise are the operating of coke
ovens and the mining of coal in the
Monongahela valley. with the possible
building of a new line of railroad, coke
and coal works 10 Lake Erie.
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St Paul. Oct. 2I.-Yesterday after
noon at the Grand Opera house pub
lie funeral services were held for the
four firemen who lost their lives in Sat
urday nights fire. Rev. John Wright
of St. Paul's Episcopal church read
the service and WAS assisted by Rev.
DR.. s. c. Smith of the Peoples church
and Rev. \. r. Meldrum of Central
Presbyterian church. A great crowd
attended the services and Joined the
nrnceSSinn to the cemetery
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SECRET IS OUT
NOW Shrewd ManipuIators Outwitted
Chicago beard of Trade


Milwaukee. Oct. 24.-The mystery
surrounding the manner in which the
outside brokers and commission men
were able to secure quotations of the
Chicago board Of trade from Aug. to
Oct 10 was dispelled yesterday, when
the testimony of Chicago electricians
and telegraph operators were filed in
the United States court.
In brief 1t Is to the effect that the
quotations were secured by system
of messengers who went to various
blackboards and tickers and got the
quotations. They then hurried to a
convenient telephone. or else to a place
where signalling could be done. Then
an operator In a room opposite La
Sale street brokers' office. with the
aid of field glass. read off the quota
tfons as fast as they We're posted to an
operator at a telegraph instrument. In
this way the Chicago and other quo
tations We're furnished to various Gus
toners In Chicago and outside cities
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A Strong Case.

Newcastle. Ind, Oct. 24.-The prose
cution is making strong case against
Alice Green. accused of blackmail.
Rose Green yesterday swore that she
was urged to charge William South
ard with being her child's father
Alice Green and Attorney Wilbur
Woods, and that she never saw South
ard but once when Woods wanted him
to act as guardian for her children. All
papers that she signed were signed
upon demand of Alice and Woods
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-24

Terre Eaute. Ind. Oct 24.-Many
former pupils of St Mary 's-of-the-
Woods, have arrived there 10 be pres
ent at the reunion and celebration Of
the Goth anniversary OF the establish
nent of the order Of Sisters of Proyf-
dence In the United States. Of which
81 Mary's Is the mother home The
sisters have provided Recommendations
for q large number Of visitors and ar
ranged a programme fer their enter
fainmsnt By the pupils now attending
the school
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Miners Return TO Work

Linton, Ind, Oct 24.-The strike at
Island City mine. No l. has been set
tied, the coad company agreeing to
give employment to man who was
Objectionable TO il, bet reserving the
right to employ any union miner in
the future. The settlement seems to be
satisfactory to both sides. Over 500
miners We're out
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Springfield. O., Oct. 24.-John T.
Schoonover, master of the Masonic
lodge at St Marys, o., and a delegate
to the Ohio Grand lodge. meeting here,
was assaulted here last evening as he
alighted from the train. He got of on
the wrong side of the train and was
mistaken by strikers for nonunion
molder. coming here to take place In
the Bettendorf shop. He was knocked
down and his skull fractured. He was
removed to the hospital. His condi-
ton Is serious.
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I.es.l ouihh,e overruleti.

Goshen, Ind, Oct. 23.-Lawyer j. s.
Dodge sought to have George Ayers
released on q writ of habeas corpus.
for the reason that the jury which
convicted him found him guilty of In
voluntary mans.aughter, when he was
charged in the indictment with muir
der In the first degree murder In the
second degree and manslaughter- Mr.
Dodge contended that the verdict as re-
turned was. In effect, an aequittai.
Judge Wilson overruled the motion.
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END OF 1HE WORLD
Northern Indiana Religfonists Have
the Event In sight.

Northern Indiana KeIfEfonfsts HAve
the Event In sight
I-aporte. Ind. Oct. 24.-The mem
bers of the unique religious sect known
as the Iazellette are arranging TO take
passage for Scotland. The prophets
OF the sect have fixed q near date for
the end of time aud the revolution Of
all terrestrial things The sect origin
ated in Scotland. and the fight OF the
faithful viii be taken from some noun
tain there Small communities Of
these zealots have been established In
northern Indiana and southern Michi-
gan counties The men and the wom-
en- are disposing of their earthly pos
sessions. and the money accumulated
will be expended in reaching Scotland.
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Fatally Sensitive.

Waynesburg. Ind. Oct. 24.-Becauxe
she believed mans life rested upon
her testimony. Mrs. Emma Swift yes
terday committed suicide. She was
an eyewitness TO the recent Barton
Beck tragedy and after giving her evi-
dence before the grand jury she brood
ed over the matter. She cut her throat
with razor
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Brisk Po<,a, Business.

Washington. Oct GA telegram re-
ceived at the postoffiee department
from Nome City. Alaska, shows that
up to Sept q the Nome pestoftfce had
sold 5000 money orders. The money
order service had been IN operation
then about three months. and officials
here estimate that the sales of money
orders for the quarter amounted TO
siUss 0n
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Philippine Postal Service.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. October IL
C. W. Cotterman of San Francisco
was appointed director general OF
posts in the Philippines to succeed
f. W. Vaille who resigned on ac
count of i'll health. Vaille's report
shows surplus of s19, 900 the last
fiscal year and the service was ex-
tended
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DowieStes Want An Injunction.

Mansfield. O.. Oct. 24.-Counsei for
Deacon Homer Kessler of Logansport.
Ind. have applied for an injunction
against the mayor and chief of police
to prevent them interfering in any
manner with the coming and going of
the Dowie ministers or the holding Of
religious services by the Zionfsts CON
gregations- Judge Campbell will hear
the application
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EDUCATIONAL
Growth I'm Our Island Pos
sessions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 24.-The
annual report of the United States
commissioner of education shows a
total attendance in the Manila schools
of 5, 100 September 80, 1899. In
March. 1900, there were J, 500 teach
ers and Is, 900 pupils enrolled. In
Porto Rico the total school enroll
ment is "A, 392. in Hawaii, 15, 4e0.