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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
The JONESBORO
HORROR GROWS
ARREST OF A MAN SUSPECT
ED OF THE HEINoUs sCRIME
HOUNDS ON THE TRAIL
Great Throng Of People Visit Scene
Of the Awful Crime-Many
Suspicious.
HOUNDS ON THE TRAIL

Greensboro, Ind, July 12.- Haley
Gipe, 21, was arrested last night,
charged with the murder Of Mrs
Mary Starhuck and her infant child
Saturday night.
Gipe was taken by Sheriff Christo-
pher to the Henry county jail at New
castle
Gipe is said to bear bad reputa
ton. His father, Henry Gipe, has
been in the penitentiary. When he
was arrested he denied any knowledge
Of the crime, but was visib.y affected.
He turned pale, trembled AMI stam-
lmered as he told Prosecutor Ed Jack
lson that he could prove an alibi. He
was put into buggy and driven zap
idly to Newcastle.
Tomorrow Sheriff Christopher and
jackson will come back to Greensboro
and arrest two others who re be-
! lieved to have been associated with
| Gipe in the murder.
\ Gipe said at the Newcastle jail that
| he had been in Knightstown Saturday
night and had gone to Greensboro
about o'clock and had gone to his
home and gone to bed about 9 o'clock.
He said he knew nothing of the MUIR
der until z o'clock Sunday morning.
When he was questioned he made
several conflicting statements and ad-
mitted that he was up at l O'Clock
in the morning, although he explain
ed it away by saying that he got up
to take a walk. Several stories Gipe
told before his arrest got him under
suspicion.
Many people believe that Gipe had
a hand in the murder. Gipe was rear
ed in the neighborhood of the Star
buck farm and knows the farm as
we'll as does it's owner.
The haste with which Sheriff Chris.
topher took his prisoner out OF
Greensboro prevented any demonstra
ton. The fact that an arrest hat
been made was not known until lat
in the evening 'and consequently tn
. people were not advised of the arres
until too late to wreak vengeance OF
the prisoner.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
CONFESSES ALL
Woman Accused of Causing the Death
of Two Girls is Under Arrest.

Evansville, Ind, July 12-Marie
Steiler, midwife, has confessed to
performing an operation which result
ed in the death of 19-year-old Belvia
Smith. The woman is under indiet-
ment for causing the death Of Della
Nann last March, and is now charged
with another crime.
Late yesterday evening Mrs. Louise
Cooke a wealthy widow of high stand
ing in the city, drove to police head
quarters and furnished bond for Mrs.
Steiler. AS the old woman saw her
daughter approaching she uttered a
cry and fell unconscious into her
arms.
II am 60 years old,' Mrs. Steiler
said yesterday, ~ have been in bus
mess long time and have made lots
of money. 1t is all gone. I have not
dollar. | want to go to prison. ]
have not long to live anyway"
Zoe Rogers, at whose house the
Smith girl was taken after the oper-
alton was performed, was arrested
charged with completely in the crime
George McGregor, an uncle Of the
girl, who made the arrangements fol
the operation, was released on a ST.,
600 bond. He returned to Somerville
where he conducts a drug store. Nc
Gregor is a widower and for the las
three years his niece has been keep
ing house for him. He denies respon
sibility for the girls condition.
Before the death Of the girl he toll
the detectives rambling story abou
a man at Princeton having been tn
author Of the girls downfall. Mis-
Smith protected her uncle to the last
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
IMPROVEMENTS
ON PANHANDLE
BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM BE-
i. TWEEN TWO TOWNS
WORK SOON STARTED
Other improvements to be Made Lo-
cally Double Tracking of the
Division Goes On.
WORK SOON STARTED

The latest thing inthe Improvement
line that is being done by the Penn
sylvania railroad is the installing of
the block signal system, single track,
between Columbus, Ohio, and Indi-
annapolis, Ind, through this city. The
work will be started in the near fu-
ture, said one of the road officials
this morning here, and from the mo-
ment Of starting the work will be
pushed forward with all speed. The
block signals will be put in by large
force of men and the work is not ex-
pected to take very long considering
the Importance of the work, although
over a month will be probably con
sumed. For about one-third Of the
distance the division is double track.
ed, about three miles on either side
of this city being so, a very large
per centage of double tracking fol
this part of the country. It is sale
locally that soon the entire division
will be double-tracked, as work OF
different parts is always going on ano
the various sections of double tract
will soon be joined together.
Block signals are to be established
and besides this, other improvement
in the way Of new telegraph stations
ETC., are to be made, and the division
will be gone over in a general way b.
the improvement gang. At some tim
soon the division will be fixed up wit
double track block signals, but no
until the double-tracking is CON
pleted.
Safety caused by the block signal
is the chief cause of their being in
stalled, as, by the use of them, n
train can enter upon stretch Q
track between the block signals unit
all other trains are out of this pa,
ticular stretch.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
WAR NEWS

Liam Dian, Sian, July 12.-Head-
quarters men say that Count Keller
is now eleven miles west of here,
where the two armies are facing each
other on the opposite height either
side of Liank river, ready for battle
whenever ordered.
Trieste, July 12.-The American
battleship squadron arrived today
and exchanged salutes with the land
batteries.
st. Petersburg, July 12.--k men,
ber of the general staff says the result
of the loss at Kai Chou will probably
be the evacuation of New Chwang.
Kuropatkins position is more difficult
than General Robertson's in South
Africa. 1t will be long time before
Kuropatkin will have enough sup
plies and men to assume the offensive.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
MERGER Is
COMPLETED
ZIMMERMAN PRESIDENT OF G.
G.. & L., G. n. & D., AND P. M.
GENERAL OFFICES
Of G. G. B. L. Are Done Away With
G H. & D. Cincinnati Termi-
mails Used.
GENERAL OFFICES
Especial to the Palladium

Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12.-The
merger of the C. c.. & L., the G. H. &
D is at last entirely completed, and
this morning President Eugene Zim-
norman Of the c. Fl. & D., took up
his work as president of the c. III. &
D. system, which includes the three
above named roads.
The general offices Of the G. G. &
L., in this city, will be done away
with entirely, and but a few en-
ployees will be kept.
The three roads will be operated as
one, with one set of general offices,
but the Pere Marquette Offices in
Chicago will still be run as more than
common terminal Offices. .
The c., c. & L. will hereafter use
the c., H. & D. terminals in this city
exclusively, both freight and passen-
ger.
The nine miles of track between
Griffith, the present northern terminal
of the c., c. & L., and Hammond,
Ind, when entrance into Chicago can
easily be made, will be built at once.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
WALTER WBLLMAN
SAYS SHEEHAN
WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF NATION
AL COMMITTEE.
WESTERNER
He Has Been a Disappointment to
Parker Managers-Not Up to.
Chalk Line.
WESTERNER

Chicago, July 12.-Walter Well
man, writing to the Record-Herald
from St. Louis, says: Judge Parker
has imposed his will upon the new
national committee and forced it un-
willingly to defer the election Of a
new national chairman till the COM
mittee can meet in New York, ten
DAYS or two weeks hence. The friends
Of Taggart, of Indiana, somewhat sore
over the gold telegram annex to the
platform and fearing that Taggart
will not be chosen chairman. wanted
to force the fighting and elect him
yesterday, despite the wishes of the
candidate and in defiance of the rule
that the nominee for president is
always permitted to name his national
chairman and campaign manager.
"When he gets around to it Judge
Parker will choose his chairman, and
all indications are that his choice
will fall not upon Taggart, who led
the fight for Parker in the West, but
upon Sheehan, the judges personal
representative in the convention.
"August Belmont is ambitious for
political honors, and he, like Taggart
has been Of great service to the
cause. But it is plain that Judge
Parker knows what he is about He
is out to win, and those who are best
informed as to his views believe he
will make Sheehan his campaign man
ager and ask Belmont to serve a:
treasurer Of the national committe,
or as chairman of the finance com
mittee.
81 am told on good authority it i
Judge Parker's idea, or was ten day
ago, to have the headquarters in New
York and a western bureau to max
the contest for Indiana and Illinois
\ to be presided over by Taggart
"Taggalt has been a disappoint
e ment to the Parker managers in tn
last few days. When they talked O
forcing gold plank into the plat
Y form by means of an appeal from tn
committee to the convention Tagga1
told the mplainly he would not stan
for it, He declared gold plan
( would cost them Indiana, where S
: many of the faithful still adhere
the Bryan ideas. He alsobalked o
t the Davis vice presidential program
] The talk here is that Taggart, lik
e the wild rose Of Milwaukee, has con
J. mitted political hara-kiri by failir
J. to toe up to the Parker chalk line
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
INDIANAPOLIS
TO PIqTSBURG
THROUGH INTERURBAN TRAV-
Ell VIA RICHMOND SOON
WHAT PROMOTERS SAY
The Local Lines Will Sell Traffic
Rights, Probably, and Are
Willing to Eenter System.

"Before the winter sets in it is
probable that one of the greatest
deals of modern interurban railway
management will be completed,
whereby through traffic will be in
stalled between indianapolis and
Pittsburg, through Indiana, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania, said a we'll known ia
terurban promoters at the Pennsylva-
MIA depot last evening.
"In this part the Richmond Street
& Ihterurban company and the Day
ton & Western tracks will be the
means for the through travel. This
probability of through traffic will at
all events be realized soon, as the
many intricate details of the merger
will take time.
negotiations to secure controll-
ing interests in the proposed route as
far as Wheeling, W. Va, have been
started and will result in something.
There are two methods that are be-
ing tried to gain the intervening
lines.' he said, purchasing them out
right. and absorbing them all into
one big road, or by securing the tlaf-
ic privileges. 1t is probable that the
latter way will be adopted. One rea-
son for this prediction is that there
were interchangeable mileage books
issued not long ago, which were good
on all the lines in the proposed sys-
tenn. and this has led good many to
think that the traffic rights only will
be secured''
The we'll known interurban official
said also "that the first way would
cost more money than the promoters
were willing to put into it, and that
for a very nominal sum he was sure
that the owners Of the various roads
would be willing to grant the rights
for the through cars on their lines -
The official has been going over
the proposed route and was on his
homeward way yesterday evening. He
says that the feeling is very favorable
through travel, and that it may be
= toward the proposed system of
: through travel and that it may be
| extended even further.
: Tn answer to a query as to whether
: the Richmond Street and Interurban
: and the Dayton and Western had been
: purchased or whether the rights had
: been leased. he would not vOuchsafe
statement, saying that these roads
l had not been considered as much as
/ had the ones in Ohio. 1t is probable
I he said, that the traffic rights of the
/ two roads would be secured. In ans
< wer to the question as to whether thu
two roads above mentioned were will
ing to enter this system he replied IL
S vigorous terms that they were, ant
), added that it would be a great thins
n for them both, as we'll as for all tn
y cities along the route. ''The East i
e full,' he said and the people will
h seek more profitable places Of work
It The interurban will open up tn
l. small towns to them much better thai
steam roads would do"
Is The Richmond Interurban peopl
l. think that the project is a very feas
o ible one, as all the tracks are laii
f and well ballasted, and the consent O
il the companies will surely be gained.
r.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
JOHN BROWN
Leaves the Scenes Of Festivity and
His Whereabouts are Unknown.

John Brown, of South Sixth street,
who a week or SO ago tried to kill
himself with bullets, and was unsuc-
cessful, has disappeared. Last night
there was "doin 81 at the Brown
home and John was to have done the
elegant, but when it came time for
John to don his dress suit he disap-
peared from the scene and has not re
ported since. Anxious vigil was kept
Iall night for his return and the
morning dawned with his smiling face
still missing from the table. The po-
lice We're notified, and will make an
effort to locate the absent one.
AS John is bullet-proof there are
no fears of death by shooting.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
DR.. EDMUNDS
Will Assist DR.. Pratt, of Harvard
Medical School.

DR.. c. w. Edmunds, who has been
spending his vacation here, has return
ed to Ann Arbor, Mich. The latter
part of the month he will 60 to Bes-
ton, Mass, for the remainder of the
summer, where he will act as assistant
to DIR. Pratt, of the Harvard Medical
School.
In the fall DR.. Edmunds returns to
Ann Arbor to resume his position as
instructor in pharmacology and ther-
apeutics in the university of Michi-
gan.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
THE QUERY PUT TO NEWSPA-
PERs OFFICES QUITE OFTEN
HAS NOT BEEN FOUND
Church People Have Put the Entire
Matter in the Hands of the Po-
!. lice.-Girl Theory.

"What is there new in the Ellis
case?' is the query put TO newspa-
per reporters at least fifty times
day. Thequestion has become one OF
very popular concern, and if there IS
any possible way Of settling it, that
way ought to be sought out. 1t is
now a week since Rev. Ellis left home
and the family and friends, and with
out giving notice as to where he was
going. All kinds of theories have
been advanced as to his whereabouts
and the cause of his absence, and
the papers have been very conserva-
tive in dealing with the matter lest
the family of Rev. Ellis be injured.
It seems as though he didn't care for
their feelings near as much as the
public did, for if he did he would
not have left home in the manner at
tributed to him. The family will not
suffer as much from a publication
of what is known in the case as much
ans fro ma knowledge that everybody
is talking about the affair, and every
time the story is repeated something
is added. There is no better family with
in the confines of Richmond than the
Ellis family and none more deserv-
ing. The story that is being sent over
the State that they are in straighten-
ed circumstances does them real in
jury, inasmueh as it tends to advance
the theory that with several ambi-
tious children, and a wealthy church
back OF them, want would come to
them. Such reports have no founda-
ton in fact and should be given little
sredence. Newspapers all over the
country are devoting considerable
space to the subject, and the whole
affair is thoroughly advertised. II
appears to casual observer that with
the advertising the subject has re-
ceived it would be a small matter tc
locate the missing parties. Pictures
of Rev. Ellis have been printed il
nearly all of the metropolitan papers
and a description of him has been fur
nished.
The papers this morning and two
local papers last evening connected
Rev. Ellis absence with that of
Miss Slick, of South Fifth street, this
city, who has been missing since las
Tuesday. Miss Slick worked for th
Ellis family during the absence o.
Mrs. Ellis some time ago when sh
cared for her sick mother. 1t was a
this time she became acquainted witt
Rev. Ellis, who has been seen in he
company many a time by severa
parties here in Richmond. The dis
appearance of the minister and tn
hired girl on the same afternoon a
once aroused suspicion and the mat
ter became public talk. The churc
officials held a meeting and turne
the matter over to the superintendent
of police and told him to use ever
means to ferret the matter to the las
ditch. The truth must be know
sooner or later and vigilance on tn
part of the police is demanded by tn
public, who are and have been o
the anxious seat for week.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
THE CONVENTIONS REPLY. Z

= "The platform adopted by .
. by this convention is silent on Z
. the question of monetary stand =
. ard because it is not regarded Z
. by us as possible issue in this Z
. campaign, and only campaign Z
= issues were mentioned in the Z
. platform. Therefore, there is Z
. nothing in the views expressed Z
. by you in the telegram just re- Z
. ceived which would preclude a 4
= man entertaining them from ac- Z
= cepting a nomination on said 4
= platform. 4
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
TURTLE
Came to Life Again After Being De-
clared Dead.

"Chick" Dwyer, the proprietor of
the station restaurant, found a few
mornings ago that his pet turtle was
quite dead, or at least so the loung-
ers declared. He threw it into the
waste basket after vain efforts to re-
suscitate it and this morning he
found the dead turtle walking over
the floor, with a big piece of chicken
in its mouth.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
JUDGE PARKER'S MESSAGE

= ''I regard the gold standard
= as firmly and irrevocably estab-
= lished, and shall act according
. ly if the action of the conven-
. ton of today shall be ratified by
. the people. AS the platform
= is silent On the subject, my
. views should be made known to
= the convention, and if it is prov
. ed to be unsatisfactory to the
= majority, I request you to de-
= cline the nomination for me at
= once, so that another man may
. be nominated before adjourn
. ment.'
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
TELEPHONE pole
Fell to the Ground Injuring Frank
Dickson.

Frank Dickson, an employe of
the Home Telephone Company fell
fro m apole near the reservoir this
morning and was badly bruised. He at
tempted to attach wire to the pole
which was very old, and it toppled
over, throwing Mr.. Dickson to the
ground.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
GOOD POSITION
Richmond Boy Superintends Large
Concern.

Charles Mccullough, son Of George
Mccullough, of this city, has been
appointed superintendent Of the East
Chicago Electric Light Plant. This is
a splendid position and carries with
it good salary.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
BELL TELEPHONE

Company Organizing to Take Over
All Telephone Lines in Four States.
Boston, July 12.-The Bell Tele-
phone company is reported to be Or
ganizing a $2O,OOO,OOO company TO
take over all the telephone lines in
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12
EDITOR dead
FrederickLauenstein Expires Sudden
ly at Evansville.
ly at Evansville.
(Bv Associated Press

NDF CF5F5'I
Evansville, Ind, July 12.-Fred-
erick Lauenstein, Sr., aged 60, owner
of the Evansville Demokrat, "Ger-
man paper,' dropped dead today just
after boarding train for St. Louis.
Apoplexy was the cause of his death.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-12

Mrs. Couehlin and daughter, Helen,
Of indianapolis, who have been visit
ing Mrs. Murphy of east Main street,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-27
One Killed; Fifteen Hurt.
s(ByGAssociatcd Press al

ASSOClulcuI ISSo. ltlS1f
PEORIA, I'LL. Sept. 26.-TTA ashouts on !,
the Burlington Railroad near Elmwood
caused a wreck to-day, In which one man a,
was killed. three were probably fatally
and twelve seriously injuIed. The wreck x
took place at the junction Of q small small,
stream and the Kckapoo Greek. "A ter
rife rain-storm visited that section ana I1
the rondbed OF the track was washed out
for a short distance, leaving the rails sus-
pended In the air. The train struck the
unsupport rails at a high speed. The
engines shot across and left the track,
but remained unrght
The baggage car was hurled into deep
ditch and the smoker on top OF It. The
chair car remained on the track. The
KILLED. ohm Book; fatally injured the
Rev.fJ. Remission, Elmwood; Frank Reed
Ing, Galesburg; NJ. Lentz, Galesburg.
About a dozen Of the passengers re-
ceived bruises and minor injuries. The
engineer and fireman remained in their
engine. The track was torn up for a
distance Of 300 feet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-27
A new BANK.
IN RALEIGH.
Return After Fifty Years and all
Ainassing a For
tune.
\. SPEAKER COMING
rte parce,,+aoe ~ Tlliteracy in
SPEAKER COMING!
MAINE
The Percentage Of Illiteracy IN.
North Carolina Is Very Small.
Report OF Public Schools. ",
(spec,al q The rimes.Dlspatch.)

s Especial to inc IlmeS-DlspatcH.l5i Et
RALEIGH, N. c. Sept 2e.--The Wake
County Savings Bank was organized here
tonight With $4,000 capital subscribed.
the directors being T. p. Briggs, -. ..
.crowder, W. B. Grimes. w. W. Vass and
others.
The contract is let for the building on
Martin Street and 1t is expected to pegln
business November 1st.
58g The work is we'll under way now on the
now agricultural building for the North
Carolina College ,of Agriculture and Me-
fcfanic Arts, tho foundation being up 70
the level OF the first floor windows. IT
Is to cost $4,000 and is being built out
Of the funds Of the State Department OF
Agriculture.
Tom G. Gooch and wife, who left TINS
county nifty years ago. for the far West.
ana has afnnssed large fortune, growing
fruits at Severa, Cal, Is visiting relatives
here, this being his first visit since he
left to seek his fortune.
The annual report OF the superintendent
OF Wake County Public Schools to the
Co,,n ty Board Of Education, shows that
there are 910, 622 white and S,905 colored
children OF school ago in the county ana
that there Is q decrease of 344 In the en-
rollment OF white and $40 in colored chill
lren. AS to illiteracy. tho report shows
that there Is less than one-f1fth OF one
per. cent. Of white children who cannot
read and white and less than three-h fths
OF one per vcent. OF colored children W VINO
cannot rcad and write.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-27
FIVE HURT;
one KILLED
Wife Of Prominent Railway Of
fetal Meets Death i'm ;;s
Wreck.
THREE FOREIGNERS KILLED II Leo
While Walking on Track Were Were
Struck BY Train Wreck
Ell in Illinois.
inv 4 ssoc,atetl Press.)


d ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Sept. 26.--Six per-
sons who were injured in wreck on
the New Yorle Central Railroad short
distance east Of Lyons early yesterday
morning we're brought to Rochester nos
lpltals. Three slccpers on the western
express. fast train bound from Now
York for Chicago, left the track because
Of atsplit rail- and threw the passengers to
tho floors OF the coaches. Just as the
train came to a standstil a fast freight,
east bound, ran into tho derailed cars.
Mrs. Newman Erbs, wife of the vice
president of the Pere Marquette Railroad,
who was brought here with both limbs
cut Off died at the hospital. Mr.. Erbs
was bruised and injured. The following
arc the other injured passengers who
were brought here:
Sarah Lowen. s424 Woodward Street, De-
troit, Mich, bruised and cut.
Richard IIeany, Of San Francisco, a
brewer; bruised and cut.
Samuel Stern, Of Kansas City. bruised
and cut about tho head and shoulders.
Mrs. Stern, bruised and suffering from
shock.
67.A party Of three, Dr.. Ray Felt, Mrs:
Felt and Mrs. Paul p. Smith. all OF
Eureka, Col, who we're on the sleeper
ana who were shaken up and bruised.
stopped here and are receiving attention
Mt q hot ell ft{e5tlt NJ ytisl !, Il II t.aifif