Chillicothe Gazette from Chillicothe, Ohio • 1

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65 CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. SATURDAY EVENING. CONFERENCE ON THE MAIN STREET CROSSING COLOSSAL VOTE OF 48,467 Develops the Fact That There is a Way To Temporarily Overcome JJwitching Nuisance There If It Will Only Be Tried. IS RECORD OF YESTERDAY Closing Day of First Special Contest Brings Out Phenomenal Vote and Miss Jo Moriarity. and Henry Hamm Win the Special Credits.

AND THAT A PERMANENT CHANGE WILL BE MADE IN NEAR FUTURE BY THE 0. R'Y CO. BUILDING- NEW YARDS CONTEST YESTERDAY SIMPLY WHIZZED AND WHIRRED AND WHISHED AND A FEW MORE SENSATIONS ARE FURNISHED Incidentally the Conference Also Developed Fact That B. is To Build a New Freight Line To Hillsboro. Two Weeks of Contest Have ground, and the Three Weeks Remaining Will Be Ones of Energetic Effort.

Temporary Plan is To Have Target Men Work Target Giving Street Cars Signal That Track is Clear, But They Must Be Compensated By Street Railroad Co. K. W. is To Put in Inte rlocking Device, and It is Claimed This of Itself Will Stop Switching: Next Special Credit Offer of 800 Votes For the Greatest Xumber of Daily Honor Certificates Next Friday Evening Will Give Candidates Who Fell Short of Success Yesterday Another Opportunity First of Honor Certificates Will Be Awarded For Biggest Vote To-dar, and Will Continue Through Remainder of the Contest. LADIES.

Hiss Jo Moriarity, Y. L. S. of St. Church Mrs.

August Telchert, St. Ann Society, St. Peter's Chuch. Mrs. A.

B. Davis, Protected Home Circle Mrs. Alex Brunner, Pocahontas Mrs. Ida Brandenburg, Daughters ofRebekkah Miss Margaret Glckler, A. I.

Mrs. William Kadel, Maccabees. Mrs. Bertha Remley, Royal Neighbors-; Mrs. Burke, Auxiliary 0.

R. C. Mrs. Margaret DAILY EDITION. Now Passed Into the Back- 9,403 7,050 4,959 3.033 2,480 77S 639 16 34 12,728 4,642 3,648 3,615 2,174 2,083 7SO 64 48 23 24 19 13 paigns for votes and subscriptions.

That all these requirements have been met in a more than satisfactory manner is abundantly shown In the vote of yesterday. The voting box yesterday morning had been placed outside the office door barely fifteen minutes when the first votes of the day were deposited in them, and from that time on the voting continued ith ever-Increasing briskness until tfie polls were closed at flve-thirty, when the votes were taken out and' the count, which consumed the entire remainder of the evening, was commenced. The completed count showed the vote as it appears In the tabulated list this evening, and that Miss Jo Moriarity and Henry Hamm were entitled to the special credits of 1,000 votes each, having received the largest number of votes during this special credit contest period. These extra vote awards have been added to their vote, and the vote they are cred ited with In this evening's paper Includes these extra 1,000 The winners of these special credits will now be compelled to strata every effort to maintain their even chances, while the friends ot those who were vanquished in the soeclal cpntest which closed last evening will (Continued on eighth page.) GENTLEMEN. Henry Hamm, P.

E. Val Rice, Red Men. Louis Houser, I. O. O.

Will Greenbaum, B. P. O. E. Wm.

Hedrick, Ind. O. ot Foresters L. L. Burgoon, Knights of Pythias.

Edward Braat, B. ot L. Philip O. Jos. Sykes, 0.

R. Car Meu Geo. Seward, B. ot R. Jake Batteiger, Eintracht Singing Society Reuben Moore, Bowler's Edward Brewster, O.

R. Jake Johnson, B. I. L. A.

BLACKBURN AGIN' SUBSIDY Democratic Senator Says Democrats Will Talk It To Death. Washington, D. March 2. What practically amounts tot an agreement to talk the ship subsidy bill to death was reached by the Democratic Senators to-day. The understanding was reached at a conference on the floor of the Senate between the leaders ot the minority and Representatives Williams and Sher-ley, leaders of the minority in the House, who were opposed to the passage of the measure in the House yesterday.

Senator Carmack pleader of the opposition to the bill, expressed himself as confident the Senate would not concur in the amendments to the bill made by the House. After the defeat and other dilatory motions of a general agreement was reported that the bill be taken up for consideration at p. m. today. A $75,000 Fire.

Bloomington, March 2 Eleven business houses on the north side of Main street In the town of Leroy were destroyed by fire to-day. Loss 175,000. Freight Wreck. Coshocton, 0.,, March 2. A freight on the Columbus, Akron Cleveland railroad plunged down a thirty foot embankment near here to-day.

C. Hammon, of Delaware, the fireman, was crushed to death, and C. T. Mor-man, the conductor, fatally injured. Shortage Reported.

Columbus, 0 March 2. Examiner A. H. Foster, of the State Bureau of Public Accounting, filed his report with Auditor of State Guil'bert Friday on the financial condition of Lancaster. It says tht Harry Smith the 'alleged defaulting teller of the Hocking Valley Bank, who was also Treasurer ot that city, is short I192.TS.

The records show a receipt from B. C. Nutter that the amount mention ed was received by Smith as assessment for "the dump," but never was turned into the treasury. TILLMAN GETS OUT HIS FORK And Wants To Prod Up the Whole Canal Business Again. Washington, March 2.

Senator Tillman introduced a resolution in the' Senate calling on the President for all papers relating to the recent agitation of having the Panama canal built by contract, and in support of the resolution he said Oliver had complied with all the requirements. He said he had a suspicion that the bid was rejected because Oliver "did not let in some of his competitors who were too greedy on the first bid." STROTHERS BOYS WERE INSANE Culpepper, March 2. Dr, Clark occupied the most of the day at the trial of James and Philip Strothers. His testimony is regarded by the defense as of vital Importance to their side, he being expected to 'develop that both the Strother brothers suffered a mental derangement the night they killed Bywaters. After Clark's testimony the trial will move rapidly toward its conclusion.

Dr. Clark testified that in his opinion the Strothers brothers were Belied with uncontrollable emotional insanity the night of the shooting, brought on by the many insults to which they had been subjected. MARCH 2 FIRST BUNCH OF INTEREST On Public Funds Comes Into County Treasury and It Helps Out. Treasurer Partee to-day stated to- the Gazette that since the first of last September there had been paid to the county by the First National bank, the county depository, In the matter of interest on daily balances carried by the band, 1784.19. While this is not a large sum in itself, sents money coming to the funds of the county without expense to the taxpayer, and will be quite useful in paying a number of bills in the ex pense account of the county.

The money was placed to the credit of the general fund on the countv. There seems to be some dispute among the officials of the state over the interpretation of the law providing for county depositories in re gard to the clause as to where the In- terest is to go. Treasurer Partee thinks the money should be placed to the credit of the general fund of the county, although the Bureau of Uniform Accounting, he said thought the money should be divided amone all the funds. The amount paid over by the bank of this county was credited to the general fund. Maxhcd His Hand.

Mr. Pearl Thatcher, of South Mulberry street, while workine on a gang-press at the Sears Nichols can manufacturing plant on River-side street, had three fingers of his right hand severely mashed on Fri day afternoon. Dr. Brown attended Mr. Thatcher's Injuries, which to-day are much im proved.

Apoplexy proves Fatal. Columbus, March 2, A. Floyd McCormlck, well known In insurance circles and a former member of the General Asembly from Scioto coun- td, died Friday at Mt. Carmel Hospital after a short illness from a stroke of apoplexy. He was born in Scioto County in October, 1861, and was graduated from the Lebanon Normal School, Wesleyan University at Dela ware, and the Cincinnati Law School At the time of his death he was Sec retary and General- Manager of the Ohio Underwriters' Mutual Fire In su ranee Company.

In 1885 he married" Miss Anne Corr'lle Scarlet, daughter of Joseph A. Scarlett, of the R. G. Dun Co. mercantile agency with headquarters at Cincinnati.

For several years Mr McCormlck had the agency for he Dun Company at Indianapolis. Be sides his widow he leaves one daugh ter. The funeral will be held Mon- but the place of interment has not Lbeen decided upon. Ed. Riley Appointed.

Ed. J. Riley was appointed carrier on R. F. D.

No. 7 by the Postofflce Department Friday. He was sworn in and went on the route this morn ing. An Auto Collision. A motor cab belonging to Mr.

Charles Watson and driven by Mr Fred Dixon ran Into a motor cab be longing to Mr. Victor FucHs, on North Paint street, Friday evening. Mr. 'Fuchs' cab was not injured but the whole front of Mr. Walson's cab was mashed by the force qf the blow.

DAY FORCES WERE THE WINNERS At the ninth revolver contest held by the Chillicothe police force in the basement of the city prison on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the rivalry between the day and jilght forces was intense, but after the smoke had cleared away the night force obliged to confess themselves beaten, and the trophy that they bad held for many months passed into the hands of Day Sergeant Philip Keim, who ran up the highest score that has been shot for a time. The shooting on the bole was much better than that of any of the preceding contests and shows that the accuracy of aim among our guardians of the peace Is greatly improving. The score was as follows: Pendergast 4 6 7 2 827 Schaeffer 0 2 0 0 0 2 Keim 8 7 10 6 940 Brlggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 L. 4 1 8 7 9 29 Chancellor 0 4 5 0 110 Longshore 0 6 6 5 4 21 Weigand 7 4 9 4 529 Kelley 7 9 6 0 27 D. Rinehart 7 8 10 232 Johnson 7 9 4 1 6 27 Hamra 6 1 5 4 521 Rieder 4 2 9 7 729 Thompson 0 0 8 0 0 8 Lewis 9 6 2 6 023 Mayor Yaple closed the contest by shooting a score of 2 J.

Only two bulls-eyes were made, they by Philip 907 CAPT. STILES PASSES AWAY Former Resident Finishes Long and Active Career in Columbus. Columbus, March 2. Captain George Stiles, a member of the Schiller club and a long-time resident of the South Side, died yesterday after suffering long' with Brlght's disease at his residence, 821 Mohawk street. He was 70 years old.

Captain Stiles arose from the ranks to a captainacy In the civil war. After the war he engaged in the railroad business and at the time of his death was the oldest livine enfl nppr of the Hocking Valley railroad. He came to Columbus from Chillicothe 20 years ago. Captain Stiles is sixth member of the Schiller club to die. The Schiller club, which was organized in 1900, was composed of 11 old men who lived near Schiller park monument and who gathered there daily to talk over old times.

These men were regarded as patriarchs of a past age and frequently were banqueted and entertained. Of the 11 members, whose group picture, may be seen in many South Side homes, only five are left. They are J. Kockenbach, Phil Schlatter, Captain Charles Selbach, B. Stoeck- lin and John Link.

Three of these men are sick at their home and will be unable to attend the funeral of Captain Stiles. The widow, one daughter. Miss Lucia Stiles and two sons, Charles and Albert, survive. The deceased was formerly an engineer on the old M. C.

through here and lived In East Fourth street. For many years he was a member of the city council and a hard working public- official. President Sears to-day appointed Messrs. W. W.

Herring, Dr. E. W. Stratemeyer and Fred Rumpf a committee to draft resolutions upon his death. The local lodge of Odd Fellows here also issued a call for members to go to Columbus to attend the funeral.

1 1 1 Heavy Fog. New York, March 2. A thick fog to-day over the bay and along: the coast prevents vessels from making tne port. Jealous Husband's Deed. South Bend, March 2.

Chas. Carroll, aged twenty-five, of Elkhart, was shot and fatally wounded by Frank Howland, because of Carroll's alleged attention to Mrs. Howland. The shooting was at Howland's home. Carroll is married.

Family's Grim Record. Athens, March 2 The Coroner is Investigating at Broadwell the death of Clarence. White, who was found in a ditch with a broken neck. His brother was killed a few weeks ago at Junction City by a trunk that had been hit by a passing train. His father was killed by lightning two years ago.

Woman's Distinction. Columbus, March 2. Governor Harris Friday announced the ap-apolntment of Mrs. Alice F. Nelson, of this city, as a member of the Board of Lady Visitors of the Xenia Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.

Mrs. Nelson is the first mem ber of the alumae who has been placed in such 'a position since the organization of the institution. Scissors His Weapon. Springfield, March 2. Aaron Tiffany, aged 49 years committed suicide Friday by gashing his throat with a pair of scissors.

He was 111 and despondent because hecould not make a living for his wife and child. SITUATION'S NOW IMPROVED Pastmaster Perry on Friday took up the mail situation at Bourneviile and telegraphed the department at Washington asking If some arrange ments could not be made whereby the Bourneviile residents might not get their mail. He was notified by the department to-day that Bourneviile was within the reach of the carriers from Storm's Station and Lyndon and would hereafter be served by the carriers from both postofflces. In making the changes the department in some way failed to have the proper orders issued to the carriers. Mission Clock.

Henn Haynes have Just receiv ed a fine line of Mission clocks, New Designs. Look them over. CHICAGO GRAIX MARKETS. Chicago, March 2. May wheat, "5 7-8; May corn, 46 3-4; May oats, 41 3-4.

The coramjttee at Council appointed to secure a meeting of the rail-Toads and the street railway company to confer in regard to the much discussed street railway crossing over the B. O. tracks at Main street, held such a conference Friday afternoon, and present at the meeting were Superintendent E. R. Scoville, of the B.

O. and President Vaughters, ot the Street Railway Company, and President Sears and MessrB. Rumpf, Herring and McDowell of the railroad committee of The conference continued for an hour before any material headway was made, and at that time President Sears, who was presiding, adopted another method of procedure. He asked what Mr. Vaughters had to suggest as a means ot overcoming the trouble at the Main street crossing, and Mr.

Vaughters said that he saw no way out of It but for the railroad to stop switching across the crossing. Turning to Superintendent Scoville, President Sears asked him what he thought should be done about the matter, and Mr. Scoville 6ald that 'several ways might aid In, doing away with a great part of the trouble. One was to have the Street Railroad Company put on an extra man in their service during the rush hours, to Bag over the crossing their cars. To this President Vaughters demurred.

Mr. Sears then suggested that all thfee railroads employ three men to work on eight hour tricks and they be Instructed to look after the street car traffic as well as the public traffic and roads. To this all three of the railroads demurred. Mr. Scoville then suggested that the.

present flagmen or target men be paid a fair compensation by the street railway company to operate the target, which would be given a new signal, the straight or vertical signal being for the B. O. trains right of way, the horizontal to be for the N. w. right of way, and the diagonal for the street railroad right of way.

By this means the street railroad employes would have a definite and concrete signal showing the tracks open for the passage, but he thought the target men should be given fair compensation for such extra working of the target, and it should be borne by the Street. Railway Company, which was the chief benefactor under the rule. Mr. Vaughters demurred to this also, claiming that the only way the matter could properly be adjusted by the B. o.

stopping across the Main street crossing. President Sears then explained 'hat that' probably was true as to a ermanent solution, but as a tem-Prary expedient the other was prop-er. for even if the railroad company anted to, It could not stop its Pitching at once nor build new yards at once. Supt. Scoville explained that the company was planning to change its ds, but it would take time, probably a year or more.

He explained 'hat the road was going to build a freight line to this city from Hills-wro through Bainbridge, and that tb-is line would come into the city I alng the line of the C. H. D. and would strike the south-eastern part of the city, and that that was where the new yards would be. But all this would take time.

Mr. Vaughters finally acceded to the insistence of the other parties to the conference, but said that he. could not bindingly agree until the matter was submitted to his board of directors. Mr. Sears, in his explanation, claimed that the company would have to run Its cars over the tracks down Main street or give up its franchise, and, of course, they did not want to do this, so that he thought that the signal by means of the target would be the best method to overcome the difficulty until the new.

yards of the company are built. In the same connection, the Gazette has been informed through an authoritative source that the N. W. will this fall build an interlocking switch across the B. O.

tracks at Main street, and that when this is done it will of necessity stop the switching, for the state law does not allow of switching over an Inter-locking Whether this construction of the law is true, the Gazette is not in a position to say but It It is It will certainly bring matters to a crisis sooner than is looked for. The contractor In charge of the work of double tracking the Norfolk and Western informed the Gazette last week "that he would be at work through this city this fall and that he thought at that time the interlocking device would be Installed. The conference developed several matthers plainly which have only been hinted at heretofore and one of them is the building of a freight line from this city to Hillsboro by way of Bainbridge. While the survey has been made and the preliminary data all secured no moves which had come to public had been made by the B. 0.

company for several months in this direction and it was thought that the surveys had been merely ot an explorative nature and had been alowed to lapse into desuetude. i A SPECIAL AND REGULAR Collide Head Near Water-bury, and Four are Killed. Waterburg, March 2. Two passenger trains, a regular and a special collided head-on on the Nau-gautuck division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Jt. R.

at Platts Mills, resulting in" the death of four men and the serious wounding ot two more, and less injuries to over a score ot others. The dead are the crews of the two engines. On the special were the members of Company Second regiment, Connecticut National Guard, and Governor Woodruff and staff. The Governor and they escaped injury. They had been in attendance at a banquet in their honor In this city.

It simply whizzed and whirred and whished. That's just exactly what the contest did yesterday. The battle for the special awards ot one thousand votes was a remarkably strenuous one and furnishes the climax of sensational climaxes for which the contest has become noted. The ballots and certificates Just pour ed into the voting box in one continuous flood-stream, and the Scioto Gazette office presented a scene as lively in its restricted way as was ever presented In Rome on the occasion of a Mascagnl First Night at the Grand opera house. Yesterday's vote tor the closing day of the first special contest will outrun even the most sanguine expectations ot the most optimistic supporters of the cause.

48,467 votes is the phenomenal proportions to which the total attained, and this Impressively Illustrates the popular approval the contest has met with at the hands of the people of Chillicothe and vicinity. To a mass a vote ot such proportions requires genuine popularity on the part of the contestants competing for the prizes, coupled with excellent organizing and bustling ability, and It also requires ready and substantial support at the hands of the people whom the candidates call upon in the prosecution' of their cam AN ADDITIONAL PRIZE. Owing to the Increased interest manifested bjr the candidates iu the great popularity ronte-t, and the desire of some of the candidates to make special effort to secure new yearly subscriptions for the Itailjr Scioto Gazette, the Gazette feel.i Impelled to offer an additional prize to the candidates turning In the largest number of new subscription- paid a year in advance, from the 2th day of February until the flnnl closing of the contest, a' beautiful silver te service. This tea service is composed of Ave pieces: Teapot Coffeepot, Sugar Howl, Cream Pitcher and Spoonholder. This service Is from the well known silversmiths Itrcd Barton, and is sold and guaranteed as the finest quadruple plate.

This service in appearance 4 the satin tnish, artLstirally decorated and altogether a trophy that any one would be proud to own. This prize, like the other troplih-s, was purchased from the well and favorably known Jewelers, Messrs. Henn A Haynes, who personally guarantee the prize to be Just as represented. For a number of years these jewelers have been the exclusive agents of the Reed Barton make of silverware and the general public has doubtless become familiar with the excellent quality of goods bearing their name. By the addition of (hit special prixe, it makes it possible for Ave candidates to win prises, or for one candidate to win two prises.

All new yearly subscription paid in advance turned into this office from this date will be counted in competition for this apecial prise. A LADY'S BALLOT 2 One Vote For (Name of Candidate. t. GENTLEMAN'S BALLOTS One Vote For (Name of Candidate. (NVmV6f6fgVnizatlon.

In the Scioto Gazette Diamond Voting Contest. Void after March 9th. trimmed around the border and deposited unfolded. '(Name qt in the Scioto Gazette Diamond Voting Contest. Void after March 9th.

Ballots to be counted must be separated, carefully Keim and Daniel Rinehart..