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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
CORNSTALK IN HIS NECK
Piece had Been lmbedded in Flesh
for Period of Three
Years.
Palladium Specia1.1

Fountain City, Ind, June 6.-Thos.
c. Hough, a gardener living one-half
mile south of this place. had piece
of cornstalk, one and one-half inches
in length and over an eighth on an
inch in diameter removed from his
neck and jaw, which had been i'm
bedded in the flesh for nearly three
years. Three years ago Hough was
the victim of a peculiar accident,
falling on the stubble of cornstalk
which had been trimmed so as to
leave a sharp edge. The stalk was
a large one and made a deep incision
just under the jaw. Since that time
he has been troubled until he was led
to believ that a particle Of the stalk
still remained beneath the skin. This
was found to be the case by physi
clan, who removed the piece of 'fod
der"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
TRUCKS OFF THE TRACK
G. r. & I. Train had Narrow Escape
From Being Wrecked Near
Fountain City.
Palladium Special. ]

Fountain City, Ind, June 6.-.Wkile
running at a mile minute rate down
the long hill just south of this city
the front wheels of the rear truck OF
the coal tender on G. R. e /. passenger
train No. 3 left the track and the train
was run for more than half a mile
before the break was discovered.
Even the engineer did not notice any
thing wrong until the train began to
SLOW down when striking a rising
grade In the course of the trains
run while the wheels were of the
track large railroad bridge was pass
ed and every railroad tie for the en-
tire distance was destroyed by the
two ploughing wheels. 1t is consider
ed little short of miraculous that. the
train did not leave the track and that
it went safely over the bridge. Two
passenger coaches were carried and
both were crowded.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
Aged F>eident of Milton Run
Down While Returning
From Fishing Trip.
DID NOT HEAR WHISTLE
HE WAS DRAGGED ABOUT THIRTY
FEET AND HIS BODY HORRIBLY
MANGLED-LEAVE WIFE AND
STEP DAUGHTER.

Almost totally deaf and unable to
hear the approaching train, Horace
John, an aged resident of Milton, was
struck by mixed passenger and freight
No. SO on the old Valley Railroad,
south of Milton, yesterday afternoon
and instantly killed. John. who was
nearly 20 years of age, had been fish
ing along the creek south of his home
town and was returning in the
evening when the accident occurred.
AS soon as the engine struck John,
the engineer commenced to bring It
to a stop, but it was found that the
old man was dead. He had been drag
ged about thirty feet and was horrib-
ly mangled. The engineer and fire.
man both testified that they sounded
the usual warnings which he did not
hear, on account of his deafness.
The remains were taken to his home
in Milton. John leaves a wife and
step daughter. He was a we'll known
man in the town, having lived there a
number of years. He was born and
reared in Connersville, where his
father was prominent man.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
QUARTER OF CENTURY OLD
JOY AT CENTRAL ACADEMY
Friends School Will Close its Work
For the Year on Friday-A New
Building is to be Erected Which
Will Cost $4,000.

Plainfield, nd, June 6.-The school
year of Central Academy, which closes
Friday evening of this week, will
round out a quarter of century ex-
istence of this institution The acad-
emy has had many trying experiences,
not the least of which was the fire
last January, which destroyed the
building. The Friends church was at
once thrown open to the students, and
the work continued without nterrup-
ton.
Hundreds of young men and women
have gone out from the academy and
are today occupying prominent posit
ions. The great factor for good which
the school has been in the community
has caused the people to rally to its
support, making it possible for the
trustees to erect modern building
work on which will begin at once. The
estimate cost is $4,000.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
demonstrators Against the
Vacating of Fourteenth
ST., Get a Hearing.
SESSION OF ARGUMENTS
SMALL FACTORY OWNERS EF-
FEcTED CLAIM THAT BOARD
OF WORKS CAN NOT LAWFUL I
LY CLOSE STREET.

Yesterday the board of public works
after spending the entire day hear
ing arguments for and against the pet
ition of the American Seeding Ma
chine Company for the closing of
North Fourteenth street from f street,
to the right of way of the Pennsyl-l
vania Railroad. decided to postpone
final action on the case until Wednes-
day on next week.
Remonstrances were filed yesterday
against the vacation of the street byl
John A Evans, William y. Gartside,
Robert G. Thompson and James e.
Jones. Evans was represented by At,
torney Henry u. Johnson, Gartside1
by Attorney T. j. Study, thompson
and Jones by the legal firm of Jessup,
and Jessup. In his remonstrances
Mr. Evans placed the value of his
in his remonstrances stated that he
valued his property at $4,000 ALI
| four remonstrances were based on the
grounds that the property of the re-
monstrators would be damaged by the
vacation of the street. that no public,
| benefit would be derived from such
an action; that under the statutes OF
| the state the board of public works
| has no authority to order the closing
of the street unless some public bene-
| fit is thereby derived. Mr.. Jones in
his remonstrances added that the
damages he would sustain by the va
cation of the street were such as
could not be compensated for in
money.
Contention of the demonstrators.
! The contention of the attorneys
for the demonstrators were primar.
lily that the act passed by the last
legislature did not repeal the old law
which precluded the vacation of pub
lie streets except for public benefits.
Mr. Study in his arguments yester-
day forenoon stated that the closing
of the street would not be for public
benefit but for benefit of a private cor
poration He said that the American
Seeding Machine Company, as fan
as its petition was concerned, could
place about the street and use 1t fol-
a COW pasture.
Henry U. Johnson made substan
TALLY the same argument
The hearing of the case in the af
ternoon began at o'clock the first
arguement being made by Attorney
John F. Robbins for the American
Seeding Machine Company. Mr.. Rob
bins made a splendid plea, admitting
that the board had no power to close
street unless a public benefit was
derived, but stated that in this case
-
benefit and great one by closing the
street and that it was clearly withir
the power of the board to take suci
action. He cited the fact that two ol
three hundred men would be brough
to the city when the new Hoosier Drill
plant had been completed and tina
this meant several thousands of dol
lars more a year would be left in tn,
city.
CONTINUED to Page Eight.)
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
MUNCIE TO GET HOSPITAL
Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturers
Will Erect Beautiful Memorial
to Their Mother.
palladium Speclal.l

Muncie, Ind, June6.-Ball Brothers,
the millionaire glass manufacturers of
Muncie, have offered Delaware county
of which Muncie is the seat, $4,000,
or whatever sum may be needed, for
the erection of county hospital, the
only condition of the gift being that
1t be regarded as a memorial to their
mother. 1t is probable that the hos
pital will be built on the site of the
present Children's Home, Just north
of Muncie on Minnetrista boulevard,
the site being on a high hill overlook
ing White river. James Laboytaux,
a wealthy farmer, has given $4,000
for use In the construction or main
tenance of hospital.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
This Summer School Building Cost
ing $4,000 Will be Put Up West
of the Country Club.

A new brick school house to take
the place of the little building which
has been in use for so many years
House No. II, on the National Road
west of the Country Club, this sum
mer. The new building will cost
about 400 and will be one story high
and contain two large rooms.
1t has been decided to erect the
building this summer, as last year
there were sixty four pupils. far toe
many for the small school. The new
building will be modern and furnished
with the latest and most approved
desks and other furniture.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
Terrible Havoc was Wrought
at Stoddard and Coon VAL
ley, Wisconsin.
TRAIN SAVED BY A HERO
DAYLIGHT LIMITED ON BURLlNG.
TON ROUTE WARNED OF DEs.
TRucTIoN OF BRIDGE BY WILL
LIAM MILLER, A FARMER.
Publishers Press1

Lacrosse, Wis, June Ga terrific
cyclonic storm swept bare a large
section of country Is miles south of
here tonight, killing and injuring sew
eral people, wrecking buildings, wash
ing out railroad tracks, up-rooting
trees and destroying vegetation.
At Stoddard, Wis, one man was
killed and thus far four are reported
fatally injured. Heavy damage re-
suited at Coon Valley and Chaseburg,
Wis, and Reno, Mimi, across the
Mississippi river. The man killed at
Stoddard was II. Halverson, aged 80
years. The injured are Carl Sheck,
Mrs. Carl Sheck, Mrs. Louis Sheck
and William Jones.
When the storm struch Stoddard a
forty foot span of the railroad bridge
was torn up and hurled more than
100 feet into a marsh. The new Day
light Limited of the Burlington Route
was saved from dashing it's burden OF
200 souls to certain death at this
bridge by William Miller, a farmer
Miller's home, which stood on a side
hill near the bridge was demolished
Miller saw the destroyed bridge and
knew that the limited was overdue
and he started down the track through
the storm. The train was making uE
time and running at a rate of so miles
an hour when Miller heard the Shrek
of the whistle in the distance. He
had no lantern but the powerful elec
trio search light on the engine re
vealed him to the engineer. The
heavy train was brought to stand
within 100 feet of the chasm.
The storm was accompanied by &
furious rain which drove vegetation
into the ground and transformed the
lowlands into lakes. All the standing
grain in Coon Valley is thought to be
totally ruined. The dead and injured
at Stoddard were sheltered in bricl
house owned by Carl Sheck, one o.
the injured. The building was crumb
led by the gale. Fourteen houses wers
destroyed at Stoddard.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
II IS ALL BRYAN
At INDIANAPOLIS
1t is Very Probable That DEM
ocrats in Convention
Will Endorse Him.
CLARK SPOKE LAST NIGHT
1T is SAID THAT BAILEY DID NOT
ATTEND THE STATE MEETING
BECAUSE OF THE BRYAN EN-
THUSIASM.
Publishers PresSl

Indianapolis, Ind, June 6.-Nothing
but Bryan is to be heard amonc the
Democrats that have gathered at the
Grand Hotel preparatory to their
State convention tomorrow at Tomlin-
son Hall. And if these unofficial re-
marks counts for anything at all the
convention will adopt resolution in
dorsing Bryan.
Every element of the party in the
The ultra conservatives, represented
by Charles L. Jewett, OF New Albany.
who left the party in 1896 because of
Bryan and free silver. are now in the
Bryan fold; the middle ground mem
bers of the party, represented by
three out of every i've of the Demo
Gratis that are around the hotel lob
bies last night, have their coats off
for Bryan. That the old Bryan men,
like John Sweeney, of Tell City. are
still for their idol of ten years ago
goes without saying.
Real Live Convention.
Indications point to a real live con-
VellllO1l. fOT lH6 III 81 lline SllICe LllS
or ganization of the State committee
there was some active interest
around the lobbies Of the Grand hotel
last night, and today, the additional
number of delegates, candidates and
friends made the interest greater
BY noon today most of the candidates
had opened their headquarters at the
hotel and were out after votes.
1t seems to be pretty well urder
stood that Bailey might have come &c
the meeting tonight, and staid oyel
for the convention tomorrow. had II
not been for the practical certainty
that the convention would indorse
| Bryan for the party leader in 1908
Bailey is said to he lightly lingering
the presidential nomination himself
| and is said to have thought that tht
Endorsement of Bryan at a convention
at which he was present might no
help his ambitions materially.
Champ Clark, of Missouri made the
principal address at the meeting to
night He was introduced by Chair
man O'Brien Admission was free ant
without tickets. Mayors Militar.
Band furnished the music.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
THREE DIE FROM HEAT |
FATALITIES IN CHICAGO
Many Prostrations Were Reported
To the Police and the Crowds
Sought the Parks to Get Relief
From the Oppressive Sun.
4 TPnhlishers' Press1

Chicago, June 6.-Three deaths, due
directly on. indirectly to hot weather,
were reported to the police today
Several cases of prostrations took
place yesterday and when the sun
rose high today and the ai- remained
"muggy" and oppressive. discomfort
was even more pronounced. The noon
day crowds crawled lazily along the
streets and sighed for the parks.
The mercury stood at the 80 mark
at p. M, equalling the high mark OF
the season, made May II.
The dead are:
Clara Syrucholas, days old.
John Burns, "a years old, saloon
keeper.
Mrs. Joseph Gillen, 81 years old
Ashland Avenue.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
WILL LAY AFFAIRS BARE
Series of Private Conferences will be
Held About the C. c. e. L. A.
Cincinnati.

A series of private conferences is.
to be held in Cincinnati soon, in the
Office of Receiver Harmon, of the c.
III. e. ID. Ry., and the affairs of the.
c. c. & l.. and the p. M. railroads
will be laid bare in these hearings
1t is the object of the Pere Marquette
Road to prevent w. A. Bradford from
disposing of s3.500,000 ef bonds which
the Pere Marquette gave in payment
for the c. c. & l.. 1t is contended by
the Pere Marquette that the C. G. & l..
was improperly constructed and that
heavy locomotives cannot operate up
on it.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
FORMERLY LIVED HERE
Benz. Elliott who was Drowned a few
Days Ago In the River at
indianapolis.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Burk and
daughter, Mae. have returned from
Hollansburg, O., where they attended
the funeral of Benjamin A. Elliott,
the young man who was drowned in
White river at Broad Ripple park.
Indianapolis. While out boating his
canoe capsized.his companion was
rescued but Elliott sank before aid
came to him.
Elliott was well known in Richmond
as he formerly resided here. He was
the brother of Mrs. Z. II. Burk. Mrs.
Richard Whitman and Fletcher
Elliott, alll of this city: Mrs. Henry
Posther. of Kokomo. formerly of this
city. and Mrs. ALT Harrison. of near
New Paris, o.. His parents reside
near .Hnllanshnrg. q.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
BIG. CROWD is EXPECTED
Horticultural Society's Meeting at
Reidston Tomorrow Promises to
be Rare Treat.

AS announced yesterday the June
meeting of the Wayne County Horti-
cultural society will be held Satur-
day at Reidston, the beautiful coun-
try place of George Dougan. near Cen
terville. A special car on the inter
urban line will leave Richmond at
1890 o'clock Saturday morning to ac-
commodate those persons who desire
to attend the meeting. The affair
promises to be one of great enjoy
ment to the members of the society
and their friends.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
WILL INSPECT HIS WORK
Tiffany's Ecclesiastical Decorator to
be Here This Evening to Visit
Reid Church.

Edwin Stanton George, of New
York. the ecclesiastical decorator in
the famous Tiffany studios, will be in
Richmond this evening and will pay
a visit to the Reid Memorial church
to inspect the edifice. Mr. George de.
signed the memorial windows and 9TH
er features Of the decorations of the
beautiful church. He comes here ex
pressly to inspect the work and will
be in the city but few hours, leaving
at 9:0S o'clock on his return east.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
Damages for Dog Bite.

Medsker and Medsker Yesterday
filed the suit of William H. Ervine a
junk dealer, VS.. Alice Elliott and Mary
Hoover, for $4,000 damages, on ac-
count of a bite he received from a dog
belonging to the defendants. He al
leges that he was following his usual
vocation on May 1, when he was at
tackled by the dog and seriously bit
ten. He claims that his injuries are
worth $4,000.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
Jackson Park Popular.

Jackson Park is more popular this
year than ever before and is one of
the best drawing cards for the Indi-
annapolis & Eastern Ry. on the line.
There is dance scheduled for the
park every night this week and on
several nights next week. During the
day, many picnic parties make use of
the park on account of its convent
ent location and excellent advantages.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
RAINFALL OF THE WEEK
Inch of Water Approximately has
Fallen in Richmond and Vicin-
ity During Past Few Days.

The bad effects of the long-drawn-
out dry SPELL have been overcome
by the series of showers during the
past few days. Monday the rainfall
as gagged at the waterworks Pumping
Station was SO of an inch; Tuesday
the amount of water that fell was 81
of an inch. The crop conditions
through Wayne county and Indiana
have improved wonderfully during the
past ten dayA
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
LOOK OVER WATER POWER
Francis ]. Roots, of ConnersviIle, May
Become Interested in Milton
Milling Property.

Milton, Ind, June Crank Roots,
of Connersville, and the Wayne coun-
ty surveyor have been looking over
and surveying the Hydraulic -four mill
site at Milton. The hydraulic mills,
owned by John North & Son, were
recently burned. Mr.. Roots is inter
ested in the water power of the canal
1t is thought he will in some way
utilize the power and an elevator
may be built here.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
THE OUTLOOK PROMISING
Hagerstown Fair Promoters Antici-
pate a Successful Show This
Year-The Arrangements.

Elias NJ. Hoover, president of the
Hagerstown Fair Association, and
other officers of the organization. an
ticipate that the rejuvenated fair will
be a great success. The dates are
July "a to q inclusive. The prelimi-
nary arrangements are well under
way and the management is highly
pleased with the outlook. The speed
ring features will be excellent and
every race event will be filled.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
CoIored Veteran Dead.

Henry Davis, "a years old and form
erly one of the best known colored
veterans of the Civil war in Richmond
was bured Saturday at the Dayton
National Soldiers Home. For many
years Davis was custodian of the G..
A. R. Hall in this city and was known
far and wide. He was born a slave
in Kentucky but served the army
and was given an honorable discharge
at the end of the war. He was buried
at the Home with full honors.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
ZIMMERMAN Is ELECTED
Named to the Office of Worthy Physi
clan in Eagles to Take the Place
of Dr.. Mottier.

DR. w w Zimmerman was elected
last evening to the Office of Worthy
Physician in the local aerie of Eagles.
The other candidate for the Office
was Dr. Frank H. Dunham. The cleo
ton was held to fill the vacancy made
by the resignation of DR.. Mother
After the election F. L. Payton was
initiated into the order and a smoker
was given in honor of the degree
team There was a large atten-
dance.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
MORE SKELETONS
WERE UNCOVERED
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Reveals More Sec
rets of Pan Handle.
CLERKS GET COAL STOCK
ONE CLERK RECEIVED $4,000 IN
THREE YEARS FROM COAL
COMBINE AS TONNAGE RAKE
OFF-REFUSED BUSINESS.
Publishers Press !

Philadelphia, June 6.-More skele-
tons were uncovered in the private Of
fees of the Pennsylvania railroad
company at the coal hearing by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day.
Chief Counsel William B. Glasgow
n, turned today from the New York
lights yesterday, and today resumed
the investigation of the Pennsylvania
business. 1t developed that the two
chief clerks have~been wonderfully
liked by coal operators. One of them
]. B. Boyer, chief clerk to Chief OF
Motive Power Gibbs, at Altoona, calm,
ly admitted that he had received S46,'
900 in the past three years in a ton
mage rake off on coal purchased from
five separate producing concerns. He
said other producers wished to dc
business with him but that he had
enough and did not like to deal with
strangers"
Received Big Checks.
Besides the income to supplement
his $4,000 salary he had coal stocks
presented to him on which he receiv
ed between 800 and 1926 month
and extra checks frequently.
Boyer declared that while he hat
good deal to do with purchasing
company fuel coal. he was not official
ly influenced by his presents. The rec
ords showed that companies which
dealt with him had large increases il
fuel orders.
Mr. Gibbs, Boyer's chief, later tool
the stand and expressed chagrin ant
sorrow at Boyer's testimony. He sait
he knew nothing of Pennsylvania EN-
ployes receiving presents and sup
posed what stocks they owned were
properly purchased.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
A Charge of Cruelty.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gambler, who has
made thorough investigation of the
case, will recommend that charge of
cruelty be filed against Mrs. Ella
Staub, wife of Toney Staub, North 4th
street 1t is said that Mrs. Staub
abused and mistreated their eight
year old adopted son, George Bech-
told
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
AS FOR TOTAL OUTPUT
San Francisco Dealers Want All
Desks Rowlett Company Can
Manufacture for Them.

The Rowlett Desk Company of this
city is feeling directly the effects of
the San Francisco earthquake and
fire, although not in the way it was
felt by the people of that stricken
city. The entire output satisfactory
has been ordered by San Francisco
dealers. For months, the local plant
will be busy supplying orders from
San Francisco alone.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Indiana--Fair continued warm
Thursday; Friday partly cloudy,
probably showers and cooler in north
portions; brisk to high southwest
winds becoming northwest by Friday.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
PRoSTRATIoN AT ST. LOUIS.

Publishers Press1
st. Louis, Mo, June 6.-F. II. Will
son, so, a travelling salesman OF Tole-
do, Ohio, was prostrated by heat to
day. He was taken to the City Hos
pital unconscious. The temperature
reached SO today.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-07
WALSH IN BAD WRECK
The MuIti-MiIIionaire Reported Injur.
ed Last Night Near Colorado
Sprlngs-DetaiIs Measer.
tBulletin.)

Denver, COL, June Cit was re-
ported here tonight that a special
train bearing Thomas F. Walsh. the
multimillionaire, and his party had
been wrecked. Mr.. Walsh is included
in the list of injured. The wreck is re-
ported to have occurred in the vicin-
ity of Colorado Springs.