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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
DEMOCRATS HEAvE
S|GHS OF RELIEF
Election ofO'GOrman in New
York as Senator Boon
to the Party.
(Amcrican News Service)

Albany, \. Y. April There was
an exodus of legislators from the state
capitol today following the election Of
Justice James A. O'Gorman to the Tn
tied Safes senate last night and the
subsequent adjournment of the legis-
lature until April Il. Every train CIR
ried senators and assemblymen to
their homes, juhilant that the eleven
week deadlock on the senatorship had
AT last been settled.
In New York City, Justice O'Gor-
man was busy winding up his person
al affairs and will leave for Wishing
ton on Monday. The new senator lit
orally steps from the bench to the
national halls of congress, for he has
already resigned from the state su.
preme court and is ready to assume
his legislative duties when the extra
ordinary session of congress is COZ.
vened on Tuesday. The empire state
will be represented by its full quota
! in the upper house of congress
Democrat and one Republican.
From Governor Dix down. state Off
cials today voiced their jubilation ov-
er the election of successor to
Chauncey NJ. Depew. The election is
believed by many to have been has,
tened by the late state Republican
Chairman Barnes urging a coalition OF
Republicans and Democrats in the leg.
islature to elect conservative Dem
oCrat. The force of the argument in
favor of a break of the deadlock was
sohWn by the fact that Justice O'Gor.
man received H. votes. whereas only
81 were necessary to elect, while the
so Republican votes went to Mr.. De.
pew. There We're three pairs in the
senate. but none in the assembly.
BY April Il. the Legislative cham
bers in the capitol which were wreck
ed by fire will be again in a state fl
for occupancy and the legislators will
buckle down 10 passing the legislative
program of Governor Dix. 1t is be
lieved there will be no hindrance to
he administration measures but that
they will all be rushed through with
out delay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
RALPH LANTz NOW
DECLARED INSANE
Jackson Township Board Ov-
errules Action Of the Lo-
cal Commission.

+ Ralph Lantz of Milton, less than q
month ago declared sane by lunacy
commission here, was Friday declared
of unsound mind by an insanity com
mission of Jackson township. He was
on Saturday brought to Richmond by
Marshal Drischcl of Cambridge City
habcas corpus proceedings. will be
confined in the county Jail awaiting
his admission to Eastern Indiana In.
sane hospital.
The unfortunate young man. who
was travelling salesman of considera-
BILE ability. claims that his wife, who
is now living in Grand Rapids, Mich,
is back of the scheme to place him
in the insane institution. During the
week he filed divorce proceedings in
the Wayne circuit court, making SER
ious charges of infdeity. The war
rant alleging insanity. and on which
the Jackson township lunacy commits
sion proceeded in its examination. was
filed by relative OF the young man.
He Appears Sane.
To all appearances LantZ is sane as
any ordinary indi> idual and he can
carry on conversation with a great
deal of intelligence. 1t was because
of this fact that the Richmond insan-
ity commission cou d not discover any
evidence of the man being demented.
The Richmond con mission character
lied him degenerate. legally respon-
sible for any of his acts. However.
the physicians who made the eXamina-
tion Friday are acquainted with his
actions and quickly found him insane
and so reported to- Justice of the
Peace Bowmaster. II is not so much
what Lantz says as what he does that
led the commission TO make its find
ings. Upon his release from the
Wayne county Jail early in March
Lantz went TO Cincinnati and his ar
rest week ago for attempting 10
beat a board bill of one the largest
hotels in the city emphasized this CON
dition.
Immediately upon arrival here
Lantz asked TO sec his attorneys.
Freeman and Freeman. II is under
stood he is seeking his release on ha-
beas corpus proceedings which as yet
have not been sled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
ANOTHER CHURCH
MERGER PROBABLE
Fifth St. M. E., Richmond,
and Centerville M. E. MAY
Petition the Bishop.

A proposition for a merger of the
Fifth Street Nj. E. church of this city
and the Centervile Methodist Episco-
pal church will be submitted to Bishop
Edwin II. Hughes, president of the
conference. within which these church
es are located and who has the power
of authorizing such a consolidation.
The petition will be made at the six
ty-eighth session of the North Indiana
Conference of the NJ. y. church, to be
held at kokomo, April ) to 10. Ac-
cording 10 DR.. T. NJ. Guild, district
superintendent. who will present the
matter to the bishop, many of the
leading members of both churches
have expressed themselves as favor
able to the union, although no action
has been taken on the matter by the
churches as = whole. 1t is proposed
the two churches shall merge into the
present Fifth street church.
The on.v reasons which are said to
enter into the consideration of the
union arc an increased salary for the
pastor and d better equipped church
edifice which would be made posi-.
BILE by consolidation of the two con
gregations. No predictions would be
made today by the local ministers as
to whether the merger was probable.
1t was said that it could not be brought
about except by the consent of both
churches.
AT the quarterly meetings OF the
four churches in this city. the First
the Grace, the Fifth Street and the
Third resolutions requesting the re-
turn of the pastors, the Reverends, J.
F. Radcliffe, Arthur Gates, r. L.
Hardingham and |. NJ. Black, respec
lively, for the next year. We're unani
mously asked. These resolutions will
be presented at the conference meet
ing. The return of all these four men
to the city is expected The continu-
ance of DR., 7. NJ. Guild as district su
perintendent was also requested.
The reports of the various officers
of the churches were read at the quar-
terly meetings all of which We're held
this week. and showed the congrega
tions to be IN the best of condition, Fl
nancially ard otherwise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
ROY SCOUTS CHIEF
TO BE A SPEAKER

+ 4. Crosby. head OF the boys scout
movement Of Chicago and an official
OF the y. NJ c. A of that city. will de-
liver talk to boys at the high school
auditorium on Boy Scouts" which will
be profusely illustrated with stereopti-
con views showing the work OF this Or
ganization. Mr. Crosby is one of the
leading men in the boy scout move
ment which is sweeping over the coun-
try at so furious rate and his talk is
looked forward to by the boys of Rich
mond with great deal of interest No
admission will be charged and all boys
between the ages of il to is are cord
tally invited TO hear him. He will be-
gin speaking at 1:3G o'clock
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
p. r. r. OFFICIALS
VISIT CAMBRIDGE
Palladium SpcciaD

East Germantown, Ind. April l.
Following the visit of officials Of the
Indianapolis division of the Pennsyi-
vania railroad company to this place
and Cambridge City. when confer
enccs were held with some of the lead
ing business men. the report gained
circulation that a repair shop would be
located just west of here. No deals
have been made public. whereby the
company has acquired property for
the proposed shops. In case the shops
are located near here. it is under
stood that d working force of $50 will
be employed. Cambridge City and
East Germantown are ideally located
on the indianapolis division for such
a purpose and the residents are hope
full that the shops will be located
here
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
BERRIMAN TO
CONE TO RICHMOND

Major Berriman. head of the Saliva
Richmond Sunday. April 9. His visit
will be made an occasion for celebra-
tion by the local army members. He
will address the members of this faith
in the evening at the headquarters on
North A street. In the morning he
will conduct the services at the Sec
ond Presbyterian church and in the
afternoon will speak at mems meet
ing at the Young Mems Christian as
sociation. He will be accompanied by
Captain Widgeny.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
SURPRISE {. CLARK
Democrats Nominate Him
Candidate fer Speaker.
(American News Service)

Washington. April 1.-The selection
of Champ Clark TO" speaker of the
house of representatives was ratified
by caucus of Democratic members
today. 220 members being present.
South Trimble of Kentucky. was Sc
lccted clerk of the house The sub
committee of the ways and means
committee submitted a report recon-
mending the abolition of numerous
useless offices aror nd the capitol,
which will effect the saving OF
100000 annually.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
CATCH YOUNG THIEF
Hoboken Boy Bank Robber
Held at Fort Wayne.
(American News Service)

Fort Wayne. April Johnny Ros-
ner, sixteen years old. one of the two
messengers charged with stealing
81. 800 in cash and $4,000 in valuable
papers while conveying them from one
bank to another in Hoboken. y. j.. in
January. was arrested here today. pen
niless. He confessed. The boys lived
high on their western trip and spent
all the cash. They burned the papers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
BOHER is ONE OF
CHARTER MEMBERS

]. W. Boher of this city attended
the twCaty-dfth anniversary meeting
of the un'on Castle. No. I. Knights of
the Golden Eagle. of which he is "a
charter member. at Union City Thurs
day. Only four charter members OF
the lodge are still living. and three
Of these. Mr. Boher and Col Patchell
and John Jenkins OF Union City. were
present. Reuben Sugars of Pennsyl
vania. the other member was not able
to be present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
GLEN GREEN HOUSES
WILL OPEN. SUNDAY

1t was announced today by park su-
perintendent Ed Hollarn that the
green houses at Glen Miller park
would be opened to the public for the
first time this year Sunday afternoon
from to o'clock. The animals are
still confined in the green houses. a
portion of which constitute their win
ter quarters. and they may be seen at
the same time with the flowers and
plants.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
Commissioners to Consider
Transfer of Licenses, and
Licenses for Jobbers and
Manufacturers.
MINCK BREWERY TO
TAKE OUT LICENSE
Jung Agency and Brown,
Wholesaler, Also Ask for
Same Permitting Them De-
liveries by Wagon.

Two new features of the Proctor
liquor law will be given attention at
the meeting of the board of county V
commissioners on Monday when two
saloon licenses will be transferred and
wholesale liquor dealers who conduct
wagon delivery will be given lie.
enses. In addition there will be foul
saloonists who will ask a renewal OF
their licenses held under the old law
John c. Miller, who advertised ir
February that he would be an appli
cant at the March session for a new
license. but withdrew his application
when he discovered that there was
now a maximum number of saloons
operating in the city, according tC
the population clause of the new law
petitions the commissioners to be per
mitted to accept the license of 10
seph Collins. He had intended to Sc
cure new license for the Collins
place on Fl. Wayne avenue. but be
cause of the provisions of the law
the matter was adjusted by Mr. Col
lins securing a license again and now
transferring it. The license which
will be transferred to Mr. Miller viii
expire next March.
Asks for Transfer.
Ed A. Johnson, another saloonist or
Ft. Wayne avenue, will retire from
the business and John II. Sullivan
formerly engaged in the business or
South Ninth street has an option OF
Johnson's license. It expires on June
10. Sullivan like NIilIes wiz ask the
commissioners TO approve the trans
fer of the respective licenses to them
selves
Heretofore manufacturers of intOX
icating liquors have not been requir
ed to take out licenses permitting
them to do d wagon delivery bushes:
in quantities of from one to five gal
Ions. The Jung Brewing company OF
South Fifth street and the Mincl
Brewing company. on Main and Firs
streets are asking such licenses
James l.. Brown, whose place of bust
llSSS Is OH .Nol III StlcSt. Is dShiHS
wholesale license, the effect OF which
is practically the same as those to bt
issued to the two ma nufacturers. TIL,
fee which is eXacted from eithe
wholesale dealers or manufacturers
permitting them to do a delivery bust
ness is 5000. Half of this goes int
the county tuition fund. The othe
hundred dollars goes to the city, bu
the law does not state to which funt
and it is probable that some complica
tions may arise in distribution of tn,
city's share.
Saloonists asking for license renew
ais include Emmett Hensley in bust
ness near Fourth and Main, Dan Fan
ming doing business near Fifth ant
Main. Clarence Jessup Ninth and Say
lor streets, and George Klein. wht
owns the Grand. The present ii
censes of these saloonists expire re
spectively on April 4, IS, 6 and II
However. the new licenses, if issue,
on April 3. as they likely will be, will
be dated from that date. In othe
words the license renewals cannot b.
dated from the date of the expira tioI
of the old licenses, unless renewal i
made on the date the old license ex
pireS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Eighteen marriage licenses were is
sued in March in the Office Of county
clerk George Matthews. The business
done in this regard during the month
was lighter than in corresponding per-
iods in previous years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
BODY OF MR.. STARR
ARRIVES HERE TO-DAY

The remains of Joseph W. Starr ar
rived in Richmond this afternoon and
We're taken to the undertaking parlors
of Wilson. Pohlmeyer and Downing.
The funeral services will be held at
the North A street Friends Meeting
House on Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock Burial will be in Earlham
cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
EADLER MISSING

Emmett Eadler. an electrician en-
ployed By j. c. Crane disappeared
from the city on Friday evening after
being paid off. His mother. Mrs. Lee
Eadler. EasEhaven avenue. said her
son had given no intinlation of leay-
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01

locAl-Fair and continued cold tC-
night; Sunday fair and warmer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-01
THE WEATHER

STATE-Gene rally fair tonight and
sunday; warmer tonight.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-10

In September Washington learned
that the Maryland legislature was to
be convened on the 18th at Frederick
and pass an ordinance of secession. the
southern army crossing the river from
Virginia to support this move. If nee
essary. At that time the secession ele-
ment controlled nearly two-thirds OF
both houses. 1t was because Of this
report that many of the secession
members were arrested. On Sept. Is
the Union members refused to meet
and departed for their homes, thus
practically ending the session.
General Mcclellan was active in all
these moves and regarded the danger
as imminent. Two of McClellan's let
ters at this time are of interest. On
Sept. 81 he wrote:
"He the president) sent carriage
for me to meet him and the cabinet at
General Scott's office, Before we got
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-10

returned to haunt the dreams of the
loyalists. 1t was at about this time
that a correspondent of the New York
Tribune reported direct attack on
Washington impossible. After care
full examination he stated that the On
Ion people did not realize the strength
of the chain of forts about the capt.
tai. He surmised that the Confeder-
ate commanders had a good idea of
these defenses, however, and for that
reason they would never attack. He
also came to the conclusion that the
army at Manassas was not intended
to take the offensive It was there
to defend the road to Richmond. The
most it hoped to do was to provoke
an attack, not to make one. We now
know that this surmise was true only
in part, but at the time it served to
reassure the north. Color was lent
to it by the fact that on Sept. q the
Confederates abandoned Munson's hill.
and two days later it was occupied by
the Federals.
Arrest of Maryland Legislators.
Thus ended the fear of a direct at
tack on Washington, fear for which
there had never been any considerable
ground. The danger of an invasion Of
Maryland was more real, however. as
subsequent statements have shown.
General Beauregard many years after
the war said that his plan was to cross
the Potomac above Washington and
had he been supported by Davis End
Johnston the movement doubtless
would have been mede,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-10

out or tough paper. which was twisted
into a sort of knot at the powder end.
This knot had to be bitten off by the
soldier, who needed good front teeth
The powder was then poured into the
gun and the ball rammed down. Using
this slow method the men were sup
posed to load and fire about three times
a minute. The use of the ramrod oc-
caSioned many wounded hands and
sleeveless arms. While it was pos
sible to cQsaceal the body behind low
breastworss, the ramrod hand had to
be extended. an easy target for the
sharpshootefs in the opposing army.
Jefferson Davis once said that the
habitual uss of firearms by the men Of
the south made up for their lack of
military training and rendered them
superior to the northern troops at the
beginning of the war; The western
soldiers were also familiar with the
rifle and shotgun. which may have had
something to do with the early sue
cesses of the western armies.
Origin of Dixie"
Despite the hardships, exposure, in
sufficient food and clothing. long
marches. hard labor in digging
trenches and throwing up defenses
and the danger to life and limb. the
soldiers life had its bright side. Life
in the open. comradeship and adven-
ture were his and If the food was
scarce and hard to chew it was rel
ished with an appetite equal to mas
ticating and digesting anything less
formidable than leather or sheet iron.
One Of the be1uilements Of the camT
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-10

through the general raised row with
me- | kept cool In the course of the
conversation he very strongly intimat-
ed that we were no longer friends. /
said nothing. merely looked at him
and bowed. He tried to avoid me
when we left, but walked square up
to him, looked him In the eye. extend
ed my hand and said, Good morning.
General Scott He had to take my
hand, and so we parted. AS he threw
down the glove and l took it up,
presume that war is declared So be
it. have one strong point-that | do
not care one iota for my present po-
sition.'' In another letter Mcclellan
said: You have no idea how the men
brighten up now when go among
them. ! can see every eye glisten
Yesterday they nearly pulled me to
pieces in one regiment. You never
heard such yelling"
The Greatest American Army.
1t was estimated at this time that
there were more than 100000 men in
the northern armies. and nearly one
third of these were in the Army of the
Potomac, which had now become the
largest. best drilled and most impos
ing body of troops ever assembled uI
to that time on American SOIL No won
der Mcclellan was proud of these men
and they of him. On Sept. "a the gen
eral. accompanied by President Lin
coin. reviewed the cavalry and artil
lery of the Army Of the Potomac. The
growth Of these two arms Of the serv'
ice was q revelation to the country
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-10-10

ana marcn was singing. + have al
ready told Of the northern songs, also
of Maryland" Dixie was just now
coming into its greatest vogue
Strange as it may seem. Dixie was
written by northern man, Daniel De-
catur Emmett, and early in the war
was used in the north almost as much
as In the south. 1t was a favorite
with President Lincoln. Dixie" was
a minstrel song. first sung In New
York in 1859 At the very beginning
of the war it was featured in play
In New Orleans This was at the
time the city was in a fever Of adj
miration for her famous zouave regi-
ment. the tigers" and at the psyche
logical moment in the play several
men in the Zouave costume marched
on the stage led by woman singing
Dixie" When she came to the line
Il wish | was in Dixie, hooray. hoo
rayv the crowd went wild. The piece
was encored seven times. The next
day it was being sung and played all
over New Orleans and spread like
IL.
Minor Engagements.
Aside from the siege of Lexington.
there were no important engagements
in the closing days of September. At
Blue Mills Landing, on the Mississippi.
the First Iowa was attacked on the
18th by a force OF 1000 Confederates.
TIT IN, orf1n
and. ON being REINFORCED during the
night. made ready to renew the fight
in the morning. but the foe in turn had
withdrawn The Union loss was five
killed, eighty-fOur wounded and six
missing; Confederate loss unknown.
On the same day 400 Confederates
were defeated by 600 Federals at
Mariatown. Mo-. the southerners losing
100 horses and most of their tents and
supplies, also seven killed. The Union
men had only three killed. but among
these was Colonel Johnston. The next
day the whole north was shocked by
news Of an o. and NJ train going
through bridge near Huron. Ind.
killing several members Of the Nine
teenth Illinois,
Perhaps the most important action
of this period, second to Lexington.
was that at Papinsville. Mo-. where
General Lane surprised considerable
force of Confederates and defeated
them after stiff fight. capturing their
tents, wagons and supplies. also 100
prisoners. In this action seventeen
Union men were killed and forty Con-
federates.
On Sept. "a at Romney. western vir-
ginia. General Kelley attacked force
of Confederates and drove them out of
the town. following the route of Colo
mel Lew Wallace several months ear
lier-Union losses. three killed and ten
wounded; Confederate losses. thirty-tive
killed. The next day at Chapmansvile.
also in western Virginia, was another
slight action. resulting in a Union vic
tory. the Federals losing only four kill
ed and nine wounded. while their op-
ponents lost thirty killed. fifty wound
ed and forty-seven prisoners.