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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
TWENTY CASES PENDING
Criminal Docket For April Has Been
Prepared-TweIve Arrests Yet
To Be Made.

The criminal docket for the april
term of court has been prepared.
There are 20 casesof the state against
persons charged with various crimes.
Indictments have been secured
against:
Levi NJ. Jones. embezzlement.
Arthur c. Knott, assault and bat
terry.
John Locke, grand larceny.
William A. Medsker, embezzlement.
Lemuel Crockett, appeal from con-
-viction for assault and battery.
Louis Simson, assault and battery.
Barton Bell, burglary.
Edward Driscoll, burglary.
No arrests have been made in the
other twelve cases.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
TO Be USED FOR KITCHENS
Delaware and Hudson Company is
Preparing to Protect Its Property
Any Trouble.

Scranton, Pa, March 29.-It is I'M
derstood that Delaware and Hudson
Company will shut down all it's COLI
cries on Saturday unless an agree
ment satisfactory to the operators is
reached. Six camps are under con-
struction and large number of cook
ing stoves are being placed in box
cars to be used in kitchens at the
mines in order to have property pro-
tected.
During the week a S35OO00 contract
was awarded local electric light
company for equippixg the collieries
with searchlights and other illuRlin-
ating facilities. 1t is not intended to
have the shutdown affect engineers,
firemen or pump runners, but in case
of trouble with these the company de-
clers that it has a sufficient force to
take their places.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
ENGAGING MEN
TO BREAK STRIKE
COMPANIES HAVE SENT OUT A
SCHEDULE THAT THEY WILL
I PAY FOR WORK.
GIVE BOARD AND LODGING
Lowest Wage That Is Offered is So
Per Day While the Best Workmen
Will Get 81.
IPnhlisherS' PresS1

Hazleton, Pa, March 29.-Agents
are now in this region making a des-
perate effort to engage men to go to
the soft coal fields to work in case of
strike. Here is the schedule of
wages they offer:
Regulation guards or watchmen n,
$3.50; roundsmen, guards or watch
men, So; chief guards or watchmen,
$3.50; timekeeper and storekeeper,
$3.50; firemen. $3.50; firemen and wa
ter tender, $3.50; ash men, boiler
house, 81; coal men, boiler house, So;
hoisting engineer. $3.50; stationery
engineer, So; electrical engineer. 81;
motormen. inside, So; pump runners,
$3.50; steamfitters, S3; machinists,
So; carpenters, So; miners, with GER
tificates, only. $4; rockmen, diamond
drill and machine. 81; laborers, out
side, $S; laborers, inside, S2.25; cooks,
So; walters, So.
The above pay includes board and
lodging, and in most cases transporta-
ton to the mines.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
J. J. ELY AT EARLHAM

Mr.. ]. j. Ely, member of DR.. E. A.
Whites famous Bible class in New
York City, was the chapel speaker at
Earlham yesterday. Mr.. Ely spoke
in behalf of the Winona summer
school, pointing out the benefits stu
dents gained by attending there. He
mentioned particularly the course in
Bible teachings DR.. White offers at
the school this summer, and the great
advantage gained by taking instruc-
ton along this line. Mr.. Ely also
spoke in the Y. NJ. c. A. room after
dinner.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL
Congressman Brownlow and Henry
Clay Evans Want to Be Boss in
Tennessee.

Bristol, Tenn, March .9-The
fight between the friends of Congress
man w. P. Brownlow and tn friends
of H. Clay Evans for the control of
the Republican party in Tennessee,
grows warmer; and the indications
are that the party will split in twain
and that each faction will nominate
set of candidates throughout the
state.
In the first senatorial district today
two conventions were held at John
son City and two candidates were
nominated. The Evans men, who it
is said. largely outnumbered the
Brownlow men, passed resolutions de-
nouncing Brownlow, apd declaring in
favor of nominating candidate to OPP
pose him for congress in the event
that he continues the fight on Evans.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
TWO WORKMEN KILLED

tPallndiun Special
Dayton, Ohio, March ga derrick
used in the construction of the
steeple of the new st. Mary's Church,
on Xenia avenue, East Dayton. COL
lapsed and George Elliston and Chas.
Sanders were precipitated 13O feet to
their death.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
LOVER A MARRIED MANI
On Learning That She Had Been De-
ceived, st. Louis Girl Took Car
boIic Acid and Will Die.
Publishers Press1

St Louis, Mo-, March 29.-Learning|
that a letter carrier, John ]. FowIer,i
for whom she had left her home
March 9, was married man, after
she had waited in vain for two days.
for him to join her, Mamie Ellerbeck,l
fifteen years old, drank the contentsl
of bottle of carbolic acid at the Conn
fort Hotel Thursday. She was takenl
to the city hospital, where it was said
she would not recover.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
BIG RAILROAD DEAL
National Railroad Company Of Mexi.
co Buys the Northwestern Rail.
lSs, road for $6,2oo,ooo.
IPuhlishers' Pressl ]

Mexico City. March 29.-Arrange-
ments have been practically COM
pleted whereby the National railroad
company of Mexico will purchase the
Hidalgo and Northwestern railroad
from Gabriel Mancera and others for
$6,200.000. The deal will have to be
ratified at the annual meeting of the
shareholders of the national railroad
company of Mexico. to be held at Salt
Lake City next Monday. Among the
reports circulated In connection with
this deal is that line viii be extend
ed south to Vera Cruz and North TO
Tampico and Brownsville.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
REMONSTRANCES APRIL II

The Board of Public Works will
meet at its office Wednesday. April
IL, and hear any remonstrance which
may be flled against the Improvement
OF South Thirteenth street from Main
to A, by the construction of cement
sidewalks.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
EARLHAM STUDENTS TO WE'D
Palladium SncoioIl


Milton, Ind, March 29.-Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Ferris have issued invi-
tations for the marriage of their
daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr.. Leroy
Mills, at their home on South Cen
trail avenue, Milton, on April 4th.
Both Miss Ferris and Mr.. Mills are
former Earlham students.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
SUBSTITUTE WILL ACT

Jesse Thomas, the well known mail
carrier of rural route No 2, has ten
dered his resignation TO take effect
April 1. In order to fill the vacancy
a substitute win be appointed until
regular carrier can be secured In the
civil service examination which will
be held on April Z. Mr.. Thomas will
go to Chicago TO live with relatives.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30

Huge piles of coal are being stored
along the tracks OF the c. c. & l.. in
Peru, for use during the miners
strike. The purchasing agents of the
road have been busy for weeks ard a
large supply has been accumulated !,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
MRS NEWLIN RESIGNS

Mrs. Finley Newlin has resigned
from the presidency of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Reid Memorial
Hospital. Her place will be filled at a
meeting next Thursday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
SCARLET fever RAGING
Palladium Special. ]

Palladium Special
Greensburg. Ind, March 29.-Owing
to the prevalence of scarlet fever the
schools and public library have been
closed. One death has resulted.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
MOVED LUNCH COUNTER
palladium Special.1

Centerville, Ind, March 29.-Na.
than Rentfrow moved his lunch coun-
ter and pool room from the McCona-
ha building to William O'Melia's bus
mess room on Main street, on We'd
nesday.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
HELD UP" A WOMAN

palladium Special
Washington, Ind. March 29.-Herb
Buzan was arrested today on the
charge of beating and robbing Mrs.
Margaret Tucker, wealthy widow.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
WAS UNABLE To GIVE AID


palladium Special.l
Greensburg, Ind. March 29.-Her-
man Stumpart, aged Is years, was
drowned within sight of his home,
while his father watched him drown,
unable to give aid.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
DROVE MASONIC PARTY
IPaliadinnn Snecial1

IPaItJEiIEl NpectdI j.
Centerville, March 2S.-William
Weller took party of Masons to
Williams burg on Wednesday evening
the occasion being work in the lodge
at Williamsburg, followed by sump-
tuous banquet.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
ARE NO APPLICTIONS

No liquor license applications have
as yet been filed with the County Au-
ditor. to be acten on next Monday
at the meeting of the Commissioners.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
SECURED SEEM
TO INDICATE THAT BODY
WOULD OPPOSE SALE.
POLL IS NOT POSSIBLE
Councilman Deuker Suggests That
Committee of Citizens and Council.
men Make Investigation.

That members of the Richmond
city council vary in their opinions as
to the advisability of permitting a
private corporation to buy the muni-
cipal light plant, even thought a fam
cy price may be offered, was indicat-
ed in the Palladium's effort yesterday
to ascertain the sentiment OF council
to undertake poll, for these were
several members who could not be
placed upon one side or the other at
the present time. they giving as their
reason for failure to take definite
stand that they had not given the
matter thorough consideration. Sew
eral councilmen declared themselves
to be in favor of selling the plant.
providing that the franchise granted
the private corporation should em-
body such safeguards as would leave
no reasonable DOUBT that lighting
rates in the future would not be ex-
orbitant.
One or two councilmen came out
in fiatfooted declarations against the
proposition to sell. 1t might be fair To
presume that from the tone of council
at this time, an advance of formal
proposition from any corporation to
buy the plant, there is little likeli-
hood of the council voting to submit
such a proposition to the voters OF
the city
When council receives the formal
offer next week it is likely that the
sentiment that now is hard to define
with accuracy will quickly come to-
the surface and some idea of the way
the body will stand when it comes to
deciding whether the voters shall be
called upon to settle the matter, can
be ascertained.
Expressions Made.
Expressions of councilnlen to the
Palladium yesterday We're as follows:
Councilman Deuker-'I suggest
that before council takes any action
on the question committee of three
councilmen. a committee of three
members of the Commercial Club and
committee of three members of the
South Side Improvement Association
get together and investigate what the
actual profits of the plant have BEEN
and what the business outlook for the
plant is
Charles s. Neal, Sixth Wsrd-"G
have always been in favor Of munich
pal ownership of the light plant in)
this city not so much that ] am anl
advocate of municipal ownership a%
that 1t was the one plan that offered
relief to the public from exorbitantI
prices for light ! am now IN favor od
making the best showing poasible'
with the plant and would not favor
entering into any negotiation hastily
or without due consideration. If therej
is some one who really wants to pur-l
chase the plant, and the deal could
be made in such way that the In,
terests of the CITY were fully guarded
let the proposition be submitted inl
writing and accompanied by suffii
cient evidence of GOOD faith, and
then it might be well for the council
to tie 1t up. / am opposed to con-,
sidering the matter at all unless II is
Continued on Page Two.) |.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30

and finally. it is asserted, forced her
to leave school and marry the man.
They did not get along we'll and she
went home, taking employment to
support herself.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
ALDEN NOTES EXHIBIT

Alden Mote, the well known artist,
has several pictures on exhibition in
the sales room of the Starr Piano Co
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-30
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

rndiana--Snow or rain Friday; Sat
.-.Aax fair. and warmer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
CROOKS LEAVING THE CITY.
Five Started for Boston on the Fall River
Boat After Lecture by Chief OF Detectives.

Five Started for Boston on the Fall River
Boat After Lecture by Chief OF Detectives.
After the batch Of forty crooks arreste d
on Wednesday by Inspector McLaughlin's
men were released by Magistrates, Mo
Laughlin lined them up and told them
emphatically that they must leave the city
or submit to arrest every time n Of his
men came across them. The orooks APP
parently decided that he meant what he
said. When released from Headquarters
last night five Of them went to Bo ston.
They took the Fall River Line.
The five have long records. They are
Big Patsy Hill, Coke Holden, Denver Hop,
Joe Watson and Johnny Tighe.
George Ieeson, the river front detective,
was sizing up the crowd that was hurrying
down the Warren street, North River, pier
to take the boat when he felt some one
pluck his sleeve. 1t was Big Patsy Hill.
Patsy looked crestfallen and there were
tears in his voice.
"Do you want to go back to M~cLaughlin's
Sunday school class" asked Lesson.
Nothing to it." said Pat. Me and me
pals want to go to Boston,
where's your tickets?' asked Lesson,
full Of suspicion. The five produced tickets
and were allowed to go aboard,
Others also are departing. Joe Murray,
who was picked up for the thirteenth time
the other day, has left for the South.
Black Prince Egan has also left for parts
unknown.
They're fading fast, was the way the
inspector summed up the situation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
CRAZY MAN SHOT s AT FUNERAL
Turned Pistol on Mourners, Fired House,
Then Killed Himself.

BALTIMORE, March 23.-Friends and rela-
lives Of John Potee had just assembled for
the funeral Of Potee's boy baby at his home
in Brooklyn, just across the Patapsco
River from this city, this afternoon, when
Walter Potee. a demented brother OF John,
rushed in with a revolver In each hand
and began firing.
The mourners fed in terror. The crazy
man then b~arricaded himself in the house
saturated the carpets with kerosene, set
fire to them and then shot from the up
stairs windows at every one who approached.
Policemen and citizens fired back at him.
The fremen feared to encounter the
maniac at close range and could not get a
stream on the house. Finally Potee dis
appeared from the window. Policemen
and fremen then hurried into the house.
Meanwhile the mother and sister-in-law
of the crazy man., who had locked them
selves in a room, escaped through q window.
The fremen dashed through the blaze
to save the coffin. 1t was singed, but the
flames had not touched the dead infant.
The man who had turned the funera into
a carnival OF blood was found shot through
the heart. He is supposed to have killed
himself.
His victims are John H. Potes, his brother,
shot in the kidneys; William H. Miller, a
brother-in-law, shot in the eye; Chief Of
Police Irwin, shot in the hand; Bud Nc
Pherson, a brother-in-law, shot in the
lungs; Alexander johnson, shot in the
face; Policeman Frank Scheleski, shot in
the breast and face: Mrs. Charles Donnell
and William NJ. Smith, slightly wounded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
BOTH DIVORCES BOGUS.
MIR. and Mrs. Coppinger Now Seek to Have
Marriage Annulled.

Edward II. Coppinger and his wife, Alice
applied to Supreme Court Justice Davis
yesterday for the annulment Of their mar
rage. which occurred six years ago O n
the ground that they were induced to get
married by false representations made to
them by lawyers who assured them hat
they had each been legally divorced.
Involved in the complication is a firm
Of lawyers which has made a specially of
undefended divorces.
Coppinger told Justice Davis that he
came here from Sydney, Australia, several
years ago. He left his wife in Sydney and
here he met Alice NJ. Christmas, who had
left a husband in Birmingham, England.
Coppinger and Mrs. Christmas fell in love
and confessed to their prior marriages.
Then they sought the divorce law firm
and were told that for $3.50 they could both
be set free.
Co ppinger paid over the money and in a
few weeks he got through the mails an
important looking parchment which de-
clared, over what purported to be the seal
OF the Supreme Court, Kings county. and
the signature of Justice Lambert, that
Coppinger's marriage had been annulled,
"for good and sufficient reasons
About the same time Mrs. Christmas got
a similar parchment, which recited that
her appli cation for a divorce had been
granted by Il pennsylvania court.
Thu pair & OF married then, and they now
nave a child three years old. They wan
Justice Davis to declare the child legitimate,
Some weeks ago Mrs. Coppinger suspected
the legality Of her divorce, talked with
Coppinger about it, and together they again
consulted n lawyer, c.. Nj. Parsons. He
' examined the alleged divorce DEGREES and
pronounced them fraudulent. On his adj
vice they applied to the court for the annul-
ment of their marriage.
George NJ. Conriedy, equity clerk in the
County Clerks office in Brooklyn, appeared
before Justice Davis and declared that a
search of the records showed no trace Of
any annulment suit entitled "Coppinger
vs.. Coppinger." He also declared that both
the seal and the signature on the alleged
decree were fictitious. The seal, he said,
is merely that Of a notary public with the
name erased.
Lawyer Parsons also testified that he
had been in communication with the Secre-
tary of State of Pennsylvania and had
learned that there was no such court Of
original jurisdiction as appeared in the
heading of the decree granting Mrs, Christ
mas a divorce.
Justice Davis said that he was satisfied
that a gross fraud had been perpetrated OBJ
Mr.. and Mrs. Coppinger, and he directed
that the members of the law firm which,
it was alleged, had procured the bogus
DEGREES, be subrpnaed to appear before
him for examination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
WHO HAS MRS. GAIR,s MINK MUFF
Mrs. Gair Thinks She Knows, and Will Set
q Lawyer on Her.

Unless the mink mufI taken from ladies' dressing
room OF the Knickerbocker Club; Fla,bush, Wednes-
Fiatbush, Brooklyn. the party who stole same will
be exposed and arrested, as she Is known.
This notice, which appeared last evening
in a Brooklyn paper, and deeply interested
the members of the Kn~ickerbocker Club,
as well as many other residents of the
Flatbush district, was inserted by Mrs.
May Gair, the owner of the missing muf.
There was a dance at the club on Wednes-
day night. Mrs. Gair was one of the guests.
She lett her muff, which she had recently
purchased, and her other wraps in the
dressing room, receiving Il check for the
articles. There were probably a dozen
more mink muffs in the dressing room
awaiting their owners. At the close Of the
dance there was the usual scramble for
muffs and wraps, and when it was over, It
was discovered that Mrs. Gair's muff had
disappeared, and, as no other muf had been
lett behind. it was sur1nised that 1t must
nave been stolen.
Mrs. Gair, in fact, not only reached that
conclusion but was satisfied in her own
mind as to the identity of the thief.
Il put the notice in the PAPER Ms;
expectation that It would result in the
prompt return of the muf and the probable
explanation that it had been taken by mise
take. So far the muff has not been re-
turned, and | have instructed my lawyer
to take such action as may be necessary
TO secure its recovery, | am confident
that it was deliberately carried of, and I
think something should be lone to keep
a person capable of such mean conduct
from such assemble ges in future.
An official of the Kniclerbocker Club
said last night that there was no doubt
whatever that the nun had been taken
nv mistake, and that il would be returned
to the owner to-day, if it had not already
rea ched her. When this statement was
repeated to Mrs. Gair late last night she
said that the muff had not yet been re-
stored, and that II it were not sent back
to-day the police would be notified.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
HOOK AND LINE FISHERMEN WIN
No New Pc und Nets TO he Placed without
Consent OF the War Department.

BABYLON, l.. l., March 23.-Adecision just
rendered by Secretary Taft ends a contro-
versy that has been going on for years
between the pound fishermen Of the Great
South Bay and the hook and line fishermen,
the latter being mostly wealthy summer
residents living in the vicinity. 1t has been
alleged that the long poles planted by
the pound fishermen were an obstruction to
navigation, but the men who fish for a living
have always maintained that the oppo-
sition to them was the result of the com
paints of the amateur fishermen that their
sport was spoiled by the Use Of nets by
the pound fishermen. The matter was
brought to a head last summer by Julian
T. Davies and others, and Col, Livermore
of the United States Engineer Corps gave
a hearing at Islip. Subsequently the con-
troversy was carried to the War Depart
ment at Washington. The pound fisher
mems interests were locke after by the
Islip Town Fishermen's Association.
Secretary Taft decides that no more
pounds shall be placed in the Champaign
Creek sluiceway, in the main channel near
Fire Island or in Dickerson's Channel g..
1t Is said that the pound fishermen ave
always been willing TO make these conces-
sions and that In that respect the decision
is not unsatisfactory to them. The Secre-
tary further decides. however, that no
new pounds shall be placed by the fisher
men without the consent Of the War De-
partment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
BOYS WAYLAY FOREMAN.
One Had Lead Weight on Copper Wire to
Belabor Man Who Discharged Them.

Joseph Santer, II years old, of 2oe4 First
avenue and Nicholas Pughlin, 10 years
old, Of 2o72 First avenue were discharg ed
two weeks ago from a cigar factory at 7
Chatham Square by Max Glass, the FORE
man. They threatened to get square with
Glass.
At $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon Glass
quit work to go home. AS he passed
through the hallway to go downstairs he
brushed against something with his foot.
He reached down and touched a human
face A boy jumped up and started to
run, but Glass caught him by the collar.
The boy was Santer. He at ono began TO
cry and said that he had been led to the hall
by Pughlin. Glass searched around and
found Pughlin lying down in a corner.
Glass dragged both boys downstairs
and handed them over TO Policeman
Wheelan. At the Elizabeth street station
house a five ounce fishing sinker was found
attached to Pughlin's wrist by a long piece
OF thick copper wire. The police say that
Pughlin told them he had entered the hall
for the purpose Of hitting Glass on the head
with the sinker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
LUTTE ESTATE INJUNCTION.
Friend and HonstOt Can Not Sell Property
swear lutte Was Insane.

P%IrTsBrRd, March 23.-Judge John D.
shafer to-day restrained James w. Friend
and Frank \. Hoffstot from selling the
stocks and bonds Of the estate of William
{, lutte, the coal operator suicide, until
Ten Gays after he renders a decision in the
case ha Is now hea ring.
DR.. c. {, kinehart Jutte's family physi-
can, testified to-day that during all the
time in which the transactions with Friend
and Hofstot took place lutte was Of I'M
sound mind and had to be watched con-
SANITY O prevent him from killing himself
and members Of his family. Other wit
heSSas made affidavit to the same effect.
Inc lutte concerns are all under control
Of Friend and Hoffstot, and they have re-
FUSED 10 permit the administrators to ex-
ammo he books. The books are now to be
oP-ned for an expert audit, and the value
o. thn securities turned over by lutte to
frend and Hohstot will be determined.
Next Thursday the examination Of wit
ness orally and by cross-examination
win begin, Friend and Hoffstot will have
10 60 on the stand.