Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-07-01
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Oar indianapolis Correspondents
Writes Of Persons and Things

Osp indianapolis Correspondents
Writes Of Persons and Things
indianapolis. July Ia prominent
state official has in his possession II
letter written by the American Bank
ersf Association TO Hugh Doueherty
of Rluffton in which the association
says that 10 MIR. Dougherty. more than
To anybody else. does IL owe the Ell
actment by the last legislature OF the
law which virtually prevents the ex
amina tion of bank books 10 discover
whether or not property of any person
is withheld from taxation This state
official expects that the Democrats in
the state campaign next year viii at
tempt To hold the Republicans respon-
sible for the enactment Of this law,
and he will read the letter from the
bankers association To hr. peugherty,
who is a leading Democrat, To dis
prove this assertion He does not ex-
plain how he came To have possession
OF the letter.
The well known Republican poiiti-
clans w..o have been in camp at Hem
lock lodge" Montgomery county. for
over week have returned to their
respective homes much benefited by
the outing. Their host WAS A. X. An
derson of Crawfordsyilie. and the
camp was close TO the Shades OF
Death. In the party were Congress
man Charles Il. Landis. John X. Bon
nell. Frederick Sims Editor Burns of
the Frankfort Crescent. j. A. Math-
.,rs Sana,.r Eairl,uES' privata Saer.-
.ary. Postmaster F. r.. barnard Of Del
phi. James Statesman. Attorney Fin
ley Z. Mount of Cr;awforisville Jesse
Sims, editor Of tine Charlottesville
journal. and others Representative
Henry W. Marshan rode down from
Lafayette in his automobile and re-
manned with the party two days. Ii
is announced that politics was not dis
cussed and that fishing. hunting and
boating were The forms of amusement
observed
Representative \. o. Reser of La
fayette. who was here yesterday. was
at the scene of the disastrous wreck
on the Wabash railroad a short time
after It occurred. He said: There
a.
great deal of credit for its part in that
wreck. although the newspapers seem
TO have overlooked it altogether. The
chair car bumped against it and stop
ped, and the cars behind il We're thus
held on the track and possibly a much
greater loss of life was ayerted." Mr.
Res:r OWNS farm of 300 acres near
Lafayette. but he was here looking for
work as eagerly rs IL he were not well
fixed in this worlds goods. He is Il
splendid shorthand reporter. and he is
about to land the contract of reporting
the annual session of the state tax
board.
Indiana q. A. II. veterans are en-
tirely AT sea over the commiSSionerShiI
Of pensions. Colonel l. y. Walker OF
this city is Il candidate and the ap
pOintment is said to lie between him
and Mr.. Peters of Kansas The in
formation has reached the Indiana
men that there Is n big row on il
Kansas over the candidacy of Peters
who is being pushed by the politicians
1t seems that the q. A. II. department
of Kansas has indorsed Colonel Walk
er, and the veterans are declaring that
they will not stand for the appoint
ment of Peters.
Senator Fairbanks has agreed to de-
liver Fourth of July address at War
saw. Later in the year he will de
liver ChautauIua address touching
on the Spanish American war and the
questions growing out of II.
Congressman Charles r. lands will
deliver a Fourth of July address a,
Ottawa, Kan. On July he will speak
before a Chautauqua assembly in Ne
braSka.
Nathaniel Powell of Madison. who is
prominently mentioned for the Repub
lican nomination for secretary of state
was here yesterday.
Mrs. Eislein on the Stand.
Evansville, Ind, July 1.-The habeas
corpus proceedings to have Mrs Lou