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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
Nellie Long Gets Decree After
Her Husband Was Brought
Into Court by Sheriff Mer-
edith.
CARR HEARING PROVED
TOBE QUITE DISGUSTING
Evidence introduced Served to
Nauseate those Who Heard
The Proceedings Claimed
Brutal Actions.

The divorce court had the usual rou-
tine grind today. 1t was featured on
ly by the comment of the judge on the
absence OF Charles Long, defendant,
who had been subpoenaed by he sher-
if TO be present in court. Attachment
papers We're issued for Long upon the
of the court and the sher-
iff went out in search for him. After a
fine for contempt had been anticipated,
Longs offense was permitted to go
without comment from the bench.
A Habitual Drunkard.
Nellie Long claimed that her hus-
is an habitual drunkard. She claims,
also. that he has not provided for her
nor treated her as he should, If he had
remained true to the marriage obliga-
tion. who testified that Long likes his
liquor too well and is in the habit of
last offense was said to have been last
night Long admitted drinking and
said it has been his custom to buy a
"growler" of beer and he and his wife
drink it together. Long did not put up
much of defense and the divorce was
granted after Mrs. Long had told Of
being struck and knocked about by the
defendant.
Details Were Disgusting.
More sensational and at the same
time disgusting was the evidence in
the case of Blanche Carr VS.. Henry T.
Carr. The latter was not in court and
was represented by counsel, who made
no objection to divorce being grant
ed. Among other evidence of the same
nature. the plaintiff charged the de-
fendant had disowned his own child.
because it had not been girl. The
plaintiff admitted the defendant mar
ried her as the outgrOwth of pattern
ity charge. She said she had been
treated cruelty and abused by the de-
fendant and that he never seemed to
care for her and the child. She told
of subsequent occasion when she was
in a critical condition and the defend.
ant wanted her to submit to a criminal
operation and also to take medicine.
She said he forced her to take the
medicine against her will and when the
purpose was not accomplished he said
he would leave her unless she under
went the operation. She said she re-
fused persistently. because she was
afraid and defendant thereupon aban
doned her.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
BLOW SAFE
Daring Attempt of Robbers at
Galveston. Ind. Was
Frustrated Today.
LOCAL POLICE ON GUARD

Word was received by the Pennsyl-
vania detectives this morning that
safe crackers secured s. at Galveston,
9 miles North of kokomo on the Rich
mond division, early this morning by
blowing the postoffice safe. An at
tempt was made on the bank at that
place but a watchman fired upon the
robbers and they escaped leaving
their tools The local detective S
watched all incoming trains for sus-
picious characters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20

a marriage license here?"
The question was addre ssed to Miss
Peel. deputy clerk.
Why. / don't know. I'll look 1t up
and see'
The Questioner was rather preposs-
essing In appearance an Miss Peel
went to the record room and looked
through the hooks. ShA.fonade16a&-t tho
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
HE PETiTIONED FOR
SPECIAL LEGISLATION
Marshall Points Out in His Re.
port That Unless Counties
Make Advance Payments,
State Will Be Broke.
Palladium Bureau.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 20


Governor Marshall caused the sem
sation of the present session of the
legislature late yesterday afternoon
when he sent special message to
the house and senate informing the
legislature that Indiana is about bank
rupt and that before the end OF
March the state treasury will be en-.
urely empty and the state in debt
The message came like thunder
clap during the afternoon session and
made the members sit up and take
notice. They did not know that tbs
states finances We're in that condition.
Governor Marshalrs message said:
What Governor Said.
Il desire to call your attention to
the accompanying document which
has this morning been received from
the auditor of state. II discloses that
before the month of March has pass
ed, unless you enact some legislation
which will compel the county treas
urers to make advance payments upon
the revenues which will not be dns
as provided now by law, until the
semi-annual settlement in June. tho
treasury of this state will be bank
rupt. This will necessitate either the
closing OF all state institutions. both
penal and elemosynary. or contract
ing OF Indebtedness by them. or some
scheme TO be devised by the state
board of finance for the purpose Of
borrowing money with which to run
the affairs of the state until the
money has been received at tine time
Of the semi-annual settlement in June
of this year
Il understand there lis a bill before
you to require county treasurers to
make advancements prior to the semi
annual settlement. 1 am reluctantly
compelled to say to you that l see no
other way TO prevent bankrupt
treasury than for you to pass this
BILL
Thistiethwaite Read II.
Mark Thistlethwaite. secretary TO
the governor. read the message to the
house and the senate, and along with
il he read the following copy of a
letter which Auditor of State John C.
Billheimer sent to the governor yes
terday in answer to the governors
inquiry as to the condition of the
state treasury:
Complying with your request OF
this date to furnish you with cash
balance i'm the treasury and estimate
all disbursements for February and
March, l respectfully submit the fol-
| lowing:
Disbursements October. 1907, to
and including January. 1909:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
CROSS WALKS ARt
GIVEN SCRUBB|NC
Street Workers Were Very
Busy This Morning.

Street Commissioner Ed Dye had a
large force of men out early this morn
ing cleaning the street crossings. The
past two days during the thaw. the
crossings had become muddy as the
streets and were hardly passable. The
clenaing CT the crossings pleased the
public very much.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
PRESIDENT KELLY
TO MAKE SPEECH
He Will Address Chicago Gath
ering of Friends.

President r. L. Kelley OF Earlham
college will address the Chicago Mems
Association OF Friends at it's meeting
to be held February 26. on 'Responsi-
bility for Public Work" The meeting
1s expected to attract large number
OF the members Of the .F,IteQdsafaith re-
,oiding n1or Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
MEASURE PROVIDES A
BOARD OF INSPECTION
House Today Also Amended
Three Mile Road Law, Re-
quiring an E|ection-Sev-
eraI Bills Are Passed.
Palladium Bureau,
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20.

Today the house put the merchants
original form before amended by the
senate and passed it IS to 3. The
measure is now up to the senate to
agree to the present form. The bill
makes the governor the auditor and
the state examiner, appointed by the
governor. members of the state board
Of inspection. The house also passed
bills to amend the three mile road
law, requiring commissioners to call
an election when the road petition is
filed; to give local authorities control
of fire escapes; to prohibit city judges
in cities of the first class practicing
law. The house committee reported
favorably bills to authorize Indiana
university to accept gifts and main
tain medical school, in which all
schools of medicine shall be taught;
to require interurban roads to main
tain waiting stations in towns: to
give the railroad commission jurisdic-
ton to consider town ordinances on
appeal and to amend the anti-cigarette
law so that cigarettes may be sold to
adults.
Culver Bill Passed.
Culver Naval academy is to have a
United States training ship as the re-
suit of bill that has passed both
houses The state has created naval
militia and Culver cadet battalion.
The senate this morning passed a
bankers bill providing that banks in
accepting public deposits shall give
bond for only half Of the maximum
account bid for. 1t makes county
gravel road bonds good security when
filed in full amount.
Pass Liability Bill.
The senate again passed the en-
ployers liability bill with a proper
enacting clause, which was omitted
yesterday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
Son SWOre When He Found
Papa Was Cupid'S Victim

persons asked about had obtained a
license and were married last month.
She returned and told the stranger
SO.
Why. what do YOU think of that.''
the visitor asked. Why that mans
my father Well I'll be-well. I'u.have
to get out of here cause l want to
swear
And -ns.lost<the-oef1oo4hura1eNk< :,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
The Cash Balance.

Cash balance in the treasury al tho,
close OF business Feb. Is. 1909.
s427, 1873.
l estimate that it will require $50.-
900 to disburse claims yet presented
in this month
The month of March. due TO the
fact that the legislature adjourns on
the Sth, and that disbursements will
be heavy on that account. I estimate
that the toal disbursements for
March will be in the neighborhood of
s42o. coo
For the months OF April and May
it will require near 100000 10 meet
the demands of the state. During
that time there will be but few coll
lections. really nothing except tho
earnings OF the institutions and set
Elements of the state officers on the
first day of April. This amount VIII
be Insignificant compared with the
amount needed to meet the demands
against the state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-20
No May Revenue.

There Will be no settlements mzde
by the county treasurers during the
month of May that will produce any
revenue to the general fund. Posi-
bly, as many as twelve or fifteen
counties will settle. but these Of ne
cess;fy will be of the smallest coun-
ties in the state and under the depoa-
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THE WEATHER PROPHET.

N0iAhA-sunday fa3r and w1rmse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
MOROCCAN TOWNS WIPED OUT
TORRENTIAL RAIN FOR HOURS
CAUSES GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Some Damage at Ceuta, Near Where
Several American Naval
Vessels Lie.

CEUTA, Morocco. January 22.-A terri
BILE tempest. accompanied by a torrential
downpeur of rain, ragged for five hours
last night over the northernmost section
of Morocco.
There were no casualties in Ceuta, but
reports brought In by native runners from
the Rhmara territory, a mountainous dis
trict fifty miles to the south. declare that
several small villages have been over
whelmed and many persons killed or in
jured.
Several American GOLFERS and supply
ships are anchored in Negro bay. between
Ceuta and Tetuan. awaiting the arrival
of the American battleships. No damage
to these vessels has been reported.
1t is impossible to ascertain whether the
landslideS to the south are due to an
earthquake or to the inundation.
The lower portion of the town of Ceuta
was inundated. The fires in the electric
light plant were extinguished and the
There were several local landslips, but no
casualties.
The foregoing dispatch corroborates to
some extent a message received last night
from Tetuan. saying a severe earth shock
in the region south of Tetuan had wiped
out several villages and that hundreds OF
people were reported killed Or injured
Ceuta and Tetuan are on the Moroccan
coast directly south of Gibraltar. They
are about twenty miles apart. one to the
north and the other to the south of Negro
bay. where the American battleships now
in the Mediterranean are to rendezvous
February prior to sailing for Hampton
roads on the last lap of their round-the-
world cruise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
FLOAT SMASHES FERRYBoAT.
Pierpont Badly Damaged and Pas
sengers Thrown Into Panic.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January OH the heavy
fog that hung over the harbor today the
ferryboat Pierpont crashed into an empty
car float.
The ferryboat was badly damaged above
the water line Her starboard cabin was
partly ripped away. The 200 passengers
and teams on board were thrown into
panic. No one was badly hurt.
The Pierpont had left her slip in Brook
lyn and was proceeding to the Manhattan
side. She was opposite Governors Is
land when the huge car float in tow of
tug loomed up out of the mist.
1t was too late to prevent collision The
pilot of the ferryboat threw the wheel
hard over with the result that the Pier
pont struck the float glancing blow
The impact was terrific. Passengers
were dumped from their seats in the cab
in. Horses standing in the runway were
knocked Off their feet.
The smash put the starboard paddle of
the Pierpont out Of business. She drifted
helpless with the tide.
The skipper finally managed to effect
landing alongside a dock at the foot Of
Main street, in Brooklyn, where the PAS
sengers disembarked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
BUSINESS MEN PROTEST.
Urge Legislators Not to Exact Anti
japanese Legislation.

SAN FRANCISCO. January -, A
strong protest against anti-Japanese leg
islation has been sent To the president OF
the senate, the speaker of the house and
the members of both houses by the San
Francisco business men who recently re-
turned from an extended visit to Japan at
the invitation of various Japanese COM
mercial organizations.
During our visit To Japan" the protest
says. I'VE paid particular attention To the
question of Japanese immigration. and
from what we ascertained we are strongly
of the opinion that the emperor and the
government of Japan are acting in abso-
lutte good faith regarding the restriction
Of Japanese immigration to the United
States.
I'VE firmly believe that any action by
the legislature which is directed Al to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
Admits Drinking Often.
NATIVES KILL EXPLORER.
English Geographer Meets Death
Wilds of Thibet.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. January ri.
II. Brooke. English explorer, well
known here. has met death at the hands
of the natives of Thibet.
His party, of whom he was The only
white man. consisted of band of Hindu
guides. a number of pack carriers and d
few mule drivers.
A dispatch received from Maj. +. r.
Burnham of Pasadena, who is now i'll
New York. says:
Gables confirm the killing by natives of
j. ii. Brooke. leading exploration
party into Thibet.'
Brooke was member of the Royal
Geographical Society OF London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
MAN PLEADS GUILTY.
With Others Practiced Fraud Among
Negroes to Amount of $4,000.

ATLANTA Ga, January ri. j.
Weaver. who was indicted jointly with
three others on charge of counterfei;ing
certificates of the Columbus Clearing
House Association, entered a plea of
guilty in the superior court of Fulton
county.
Pending the outcome of the trial of his
alleged confederates, c. E. Davis. an at
US Cuin VI noiie, M n "a "a w. ". po"uen vi
county, Judge Roam did not pronounce
sentence upon Weaver. The plea of guilty
by Weaver was conditioned upon the
jury accompanying it's verdict with a
recommendation that the offense be
treated as a misdemeanor, which was
done.
Ii is charged hat the four men during
the 1907 panic printed bogus clearing
house certificates and circulated them
among negroes to the amount of about
SJtDD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
SPERRY AT VILLEFRANCHE.
American Admiral Accorded a Cor
dial Greeting at French Port

NILLEFRANCHE, France. January -.
All The ships i'm the harbor. including
the Danish cruiser Heimdal and the Eng
lish battleship Enchantress and many pri-
vate yachts, We're gayly dressed with
flags and bunting Today In honor
Of the arrival OF Rear Admiral Sperry,
commander of the Atlantic battleship
fleet who reached here at $50 O'clock
this morning aboard the Connecticut.
His salute was answered. gun Cor gun,
by the batteries or the old citadel and
by the guns OF the Heindal
The crews Of the Minnesota. the Kan
sas and the Vermont manned tine sides
of their respective ships, while the band
struck up the national anthem of the
United States as the Connecticut passed
in to her mooringS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
DEATH OF VETERAN PUBLISHER
ANDREW j. AIKENS OF MIL
WAUKEE DIES OF PARALYSIS
With Wisconsin Paper for Fifty
Five Years-Originator of
Patent Insides."

MILWAUKEE. Wis. January PAN
drew j. Aikens, aged eighty, general
manager and part owner of the Evening
Wisconsin of this city, died today. the re-
suit of paralytic stroke which he suf-
fered several days ago. He had been in
feeble health for many months.
He had been a newspaper man for
about sixty-five years, and connected
with the Evening Wisconsin of this city
about fifty-five years
He was the originator of patent in
sides in 1863 and afterward founded
newspaper unions for the printing of
patent insides'' at Chicago New York.
Cincinnati, Nashville, Atlanta and Men,
phis.
Mr. Aikens had been a member of the
Associated Press for upward of forty
Years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
REASONS FOR HER SUICIDE.
Chicago Victim Leaves Remarkable
Letter Explaining Her Act.

CHICAGO, January IA remarkable
lette" was left by Miss Alice Law, aged
twenty-six, an editor employed by local
publishing firm. who committed suicide
today by asphyXiation. The letter follows:
ITO all whom it does rot concern:
am ending my life because / am seized
with an acute dsnclination to live, and I
believe | have an absolute right to end my
life il | wish. The struggle is too hard.
There is too much work. too much monot-
ony. too much weariness and not enough
art, music, recreation and rest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
HOBOES IN CONVENTION.
First National Meeting of Unem.
ploved at st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. January 22.-The first ma
tional convention of the unemployed con-
vened here today under the auspices of
James Eads How. the millionaire sponsor
of the hOboes. Many delegates arrived
during the night on freight trains and
blind baggage.
The convention will consider the eimi-
nation of labor employment bureaus and
in their place the establishment of bu-
reaus which will furnish work without
charge. No set program has been ar
ranged. Several noted men have been in
vited to speak to the delegates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
Fortifications Bill Cut Down.

Cutting down the estimates nearly
$4,000. 900, the House committee on ap-
preparations today agreed to repors the
fortifications bill carrying only $500
III for the next fiscal year. The largest
item carried is that of $1,000. 900 for seat
coast batteries in the Philippine Islands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
WARSHIPS AT ALGIERS.
Officers of the Wisconsin and French
Officials Exchange Visits.

ALGIERS, January 22.-Mr. Arago rep
resenting the French government, this
morning returned Admiral w. D. Pot
ter's visit on board the batteship Wis
consin. after which the admiral and the
members of his staff came ashore and
paid round of official visits on the gov
ernor general. the prefect, Gen Bailoud
commander of the 10Th Army Corps: the
mayor of Algiets and the other civil au-
thorities.
M Arago Monday will give a luncheon
in honor of Admiral Potter and the Of
ficers of the American battleships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
New Departure in Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. January 22-The
state senate has adopted joint resoIu-
ton providing for the initiative and ref
erendum as a part of the constitution OF
Arkansas. The resolution provides for
the submission of the question to the vot
ers of the state at the next general cleo
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
DISASTER IN GOLD MINE.
Ten White Men and $50 Natives
Perish in Flood.

JOHANN ESBURG. Transvaal, January
22-Ten white men and $50 natives were
drowned today in the Witwatersrand gold
mine which became flooded by the burst
ing of Knights dam. Heavy rains caused
the dam to give way.
The water from the dam flooded also
the lower sections of the town of Elsburg.
A number of houses were swept away
and thirteen persons were drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
Proposed Naval Code.
Korean Emperor to Tour Empire.

SEOUL. January 22.-The emperor ac-
companied by Prince Ito. the Japanese
resident general in Korea. will start on a
tour Of the northern portion OF the empire
January -. The emperor will visit all
the principal cities and towns in that part
of Korea,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-22
Supreme Court, Century Ago,
QuaShed Federal Libel Suit

PlTTSBURG. January 22.-That action
FOR libel cannot be brought in federal
courts against the publishers of news
papers containing the alleged lbelous
matter concerning the purchase by the
United States of the Panama Canal Com
pany, and that the examination conduct
ed by the grand jury in the United States
district court at New York must if any
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nSpoulA IL 1s1uiSoASS "ASy 1OSlClOu
Representative Hepburn of Iowa fol-
lowed Mr.. Tawney in support of the bat
tleship program. In his well known style
he made a merciless attack on the chair
man of the appropriation committee who
had just preceded him. He held Mr.
Tawney up to ridicule processing to
know more than any one else about ques-
tions of war and of peace He thought
moreover. that in making the statement
that the naval committees program was a
result of ambition that the United States
should have bigger ships than any other
nation. he had deliberately insulted the
American people. He denounced Mr..
Tawney's argument as the most trivial
he had heard against the item carried by
the naval bill for two battleships
Mr. Hepburn said he intended to speak
frankly. He called the attention of his
colleagues to the fact that in less than a
hundred years the United States had been
engaged i'm four Aars. Every generation
had had its war. and he saw no reason
for believing that each generation would
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-06-03
Sch. Etna Damaged by Fire.

JAMESTOWN, R. l., May 26. With her
after part ablaze, the three-masted sch.
Etna, bound from Georgetown, S. c., for
Boston, with cargo of lumber, was tow
ed up to the docks here early today by
the local steamer West Side, assisted by
a naphtha launch owned by Max Schade.
The jamestown fire department and the
crew of the tug Solicitor, which was sum-
moned from Newport, got the fire under
control before it communicated to the
cargo, but the schooner was badly dam
aged and will have to make repairs be-
fore proceeding. The Etna anchored in
the west passage of Narragansett bay
about midnight, and early today flew
distress signals, which were quickly an
swered by the West Side and the launch.
1t was learned that the fire had started
in the cabin from some unknown cause
before the men had turned in for the
night. They fought the flames for a
time, but finally saw they could not con-
troll them unaided and decided to summon
assistance. There were six men aboard,
and none of them were injured. The
Etna was built in Brewer in 1891 and
halls from Bangor.