Richmond Palladium (Daily), 11 August 1904 — Page 1
RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM, Thursday; august 11, 1904. ONE CENT A COPY. AIL.Y K8TABLI SHE U 1876.
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TO MEAN MUCH THAT IS liTAL TO RUSSIAN PLANS Squadron Runs Great Risk in Trying to Reach Vladivostok Japs Have Better Fleet. (By Associated Press.) London, August 11. dispatch to (lift tipws asrenev trom lokio an nounces definitely that Admiral Togo has frustrated the attempt of the Igrt Arthur squadron of escaping and adds that Port Arthur participated with the warships in the engagement. Vladivostok, August 11. Preparations are being completed here for the Port Arthur squadron. Its leaving Port Arthur is taken to indicate the situation there desperate. Preservation of the Russion Port Arthur squadron is considered vital to the Russian plans. The squadron runs great risk in trying to reach Vladivostok, as the Japanese fleet is larger, stronger and sw7ifter. , , T . ,r , , , is expected near Liao lang, but ieari is expressed that the Japanese will seek to turn the Russian position above Mukden and cut the railroad. St. Petersburg, August 11. No official news of the escape of the Russian fleet' from -Port. Arthur was received, but the story gives satisfaction. If true, the fleet will fry to effect a juncture with the Vladivostok squadron. Che Foo, August 11. The ' official ..source here reports sighting sixteen Russian -warships last night. The Russian hospital ship Mongolin, it is said will go to Shanghat, bearing women a nl children from Port Arthur. The captain of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer which arrived here this morning reports a Japanese cruiser and gun boats injured or sunk the past week. . Washington, August 11. One Japanese legation has a dispatch from Tokio saying that the Russian squadron emerged from Port" Arthur Wednesday morning. A severe battle con tinued until sunset In the night our, torpedo flotilla seems to have at-! tacked the enemy's squadron, for at dawn on Thursday another battleship appeared to be taking flight toward Port Arthur. Washington, August 11. American representatives both at Tokio and Che Foo report that a fierce naval battle occurred off Port Arthur yesterday nt the result is not announced. It is said that the commander of the Russian gunboat at Che Foo asked permission of China to disarm and remain. This is taken to mean disaster to the Russian fleet. St. Petersburg, August 11. The admiralty has just received a telegram from Alexieff announcing the departure of the Port Arthur squadron from Gimes. No details are given. Che Too, August 11.- It is reported that the Japanese cruiser Ivasagi was sunk off Round Island on a recent engagement with the Russian ' ships. Before leaving Port Arthur she took aboard heavy stores, with machinery and materials for ship repairing. 1 London, August 11. The afternoon pipers here interpret the conflicting stories from Tokio and Che Foo to mean that the bulk of the Russian squadron attempted to escape but that nly the destroyer which reached Che Foo succeeded. i - Che Foo, August 11. The Russian squadron left by imperative orders. Vice Admiral Skrydloff in semi-official telegram says battleships Retersan and Pobeida returned to the Harbor damaged. SUIT FILED ft To Foreclose Mortgage on the Property. Attorney A. M. Gardner filed suit
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of the West End Building and Loan Association vs. Caroline Muhl and Edward Muhl. Foreclosure of mortige Demand $1,200. Harry J. Simms Transferred. Hary J. Simms, who was lately ap pointed agent for the American Ex press company, has bee ntransf erred from the office to a position on the road. He will run from Indianapolis to Champaign, 111. Mr. Simms made friends very rapidly while in Richmond and they are all very sorry to have him and his good wife leave. They have the best wishes of the Palladium for their continued happinss. Mr. Will Turner, of Kokomo, is . in the city today. J.I" SERIOUSLY ILL AT UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, ACCORDING TO A DISPATCH JACOB NEWMAN FREE Some History About the Family and the Old Home Which is Still Maintained. The Immortal "J. X." whose visits to this city have always been publicly noted, according to advices is n earing., the end of his earthly ..existence. He is c Upper Sandusky, Ohio;! and his condition is such that there is little hope for the recovery of Jacob Newman Free. "J. N." was born in Chambersburg, Pa., May 22, 1828, and is consequently nearly sexenty-six years old. When quite young, with his parents, he removed to Wyandot county, where he was reared the son of a preacher. No character in this part of the country is more familiar than the 'J Immortal J. N." The family home is still maintained near McCutchenville. The library of the litttle home is the most pretentious rom in it, being large and containing a fine collection of books, but of recent years it has been closed. Here many years ago the senior Free was reading in the Bible when he was taken sick. He arose from his chair, laid his open book on the tabe, and placing his spectacles on the book, he went into his room and died in a short time. The room has not been changed since and through these years the Bible and the glasses have remained untouched. In the Marriage License Business at Court House. The following marriage licenses have been issued: Charles II. Fickle and Edvthe White, Fountain City. Aime M. Tschaen and Verna D. Chenoweth,' Whitewater. Herman Frese and Stella Adams, city. Allie Managan and Minnie Davis, city. LAST ILL Of Philomena Smithmeyer is Filed for Record. The last will and testament of the late Philomena Smithmeyer was filed for. probate and record. The deceased leaves everything to her children share and share alike. The share of her son John is to be held in trust bv his sister, Mary, who is appointed guardian, until he is thirty years of age.
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AND A PROHIBITIONIST OF CON SIDERABLE NOTE. STRONG FOR ROOSEVELT Prof. Walter S. Davis Says The Presi dent is aTypical American Worthy of Support. The following article taken from the Hendricks county Republican, will interest a large number of people in this city. Prof. Walter S. Davis, instructor in History in the Richmond High school who is visiting his old home in Eel River township, gives numerous reasons why he would vote for Theodore Roosevelt .this year. Prof Davis has been a leading Prohibitionist in Wayne county and eastern Indiana and his views are noteworthy. He says : "For twenty years I have followed with interest the career of Theodore Roosevelt. His life is a record of which every American may feel proud. In every position that he has been called to fill, whether as a young man of twenty-three fighting corruption as a member of the New York general assembly or later a member of the U. S. civil service commission or president of the New York police board of as assistant secretary of the navy or governor of New York, vice president of the United States or finally as President, he has at all times stood for the highest ideals and standards of citi zenship. The key to his character has ben honesty andintegrity'"in -jrablic and v private life. ' In these " days "of money getting, the importance of having in the Presidential chair a man whose whole life has been the embodi ment of such principles ean not be over estimated. It is a "hopeful sign that the people are placing in positions of trust and power men like Roosevelt and Joseph Folk. "Their lives and characters are (Continued on 4th page.) WANT TO SETTLE IT RETAIL BUTCHERS AND GROCERS TAKE HAND IN IT MEDIATION IS PROPOSED Attempt Now Being Made to Get the Packers and Strikers Together in a Piece Conference. Chicago, Aug. 11. Determined efforts are now being made to settle the stockyards strike by mediation. Negotiations begun between the Retail Butchers' and Grocers" association and representatives of several labor unions which would undoubtedly become inTolved in the strike should it be prolonged much longer, resulted last night In the appointment 1 of a committee composed of those who attended this meeting to negotiate with the packers In an attempt to bring about a joint meeting between the employers and the striking unions. It was the sentiment of all who attended this conference that should the meeting be arranged between the two opposing interests a settlement satisfactory to both sides could be reached. Meantime Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has been summoned from New York to come to Chicago and see if he cannot . accomplish something through mediation. . Mr- Gompers will arrive Sunday morning. (Continued on last page.)
PLAINEIELD WRECK TOLD BY CLERK
WHO WAS WARNED BY A SPIRITUALIST MEDIUM WOULD BE IN ACCIDENT Also Told Him He Would Not Be Killed Story of Mail Clerk Humphreys. Indianapolis, Ind., August 11. Good behavior on the part of Captain J. A. Humphreys, 1706 North Alabama street, a mail clerk injured in the VandaliaV wreck at Plainfield, saved his life. He says he knew the wreck would happen and was prepared for it. A medium told him Thursday night the wreck would occur and described in detail the scene of the accident. Thursday night Captain Humphreys in company with his daughter, went to a seance held by a Mrs. Jennings. During the evening Mrs. Jennings called " Humphreys and told him he would soon be in a wreck. She said the cars would be piled up in the ditch and would burn. One of them, she said,' would be torn into kindling. She told him he would be in one of the -wrecked cars and that he would be injured, but that if he Avas good and did? his work well he would escape aiive. Every '.word of the medium came true and - Captain Humphreys feels that het owes his life to her guidance. He is still in bed at his home, but expects .to -fye;. put in a short time. M J: is improving. . Other wreck victims are improving. Miss Jessie Brugh, 925 Shelby street, is still 'extremely nervous, and her injuries are painful, but she is recovering. Mrs. E. Wigderson, of Antigo, Wis., is still at the home of Dr. Earnest Cooper of Plainfield. She and her husband were going to Connersville. (Continued on 4th page.) NEW PARIS 1 HOOK FAIR TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE ABOUT NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS RICHMOND WINNERS Of Prizes Waren Shaffer is on the Committee A Very Successful Affair. The indoor fair that closed at New Paris Saturday night was quitte a success The receipts were $900 and the expenditures a little over $300. The capital prizes, five in number, were disposed of the last thing before the fair closed, the fortunate ticketholders being as follows : " First prize $100 in gold, drawn by ticket No. 8,160, went to Hoover's Cadet band. The band boys had contracted with the fair company to play the six nights for a stipulated sum. They decided, however, to take $15 of their wages in tiekets, and when the first prize was awarded, " found themselves possessed of the correct number, hence the $100 went to the band as an organization. Second prize $50 in gold went to T. J. Samuels, who held ticket No. i 4.255.
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Third prize $35 Jersey cow, drawn ! practically completed today, and Manby Ed Harris, holder of ticket No. lager Pickens expects to have the ma10,662. ". chine on the race track for a trial run Fourth prize Chiffonier, drawn by j this evening or Thursday.
The Story Told Of Their Escape
Oscar Boyd, holder of ticket No. 43$. Fifth prize Portierres, drawn by J. M. Rutledge, of Doylestown, Ohio, holder of ticket No. 36S0. Mrs. W. D. Sehaeffer, of this city, drew a ladies' $11 hat. Anderson Gray, of this city, got a parlor stand. Got His Hat. Complaint was made to the police yesterday by a man that a certain other man had taken his hat. An officer went with him and secured the hat. Joins Grand Rapids. Casey Horn left this monring for Terre Haute where he joins the Grand Rapids baseball team. EOESTS AT THE ATTENDANCE KEEPS UP REMARKABLY WELL THOSE WHO REGISTERED Yesterday, Indefinitely, for the Day, Etc. Prepared Especially for the Palladium. (Special to the Palladium.) Cedar Springs Hotel, New Paris, Ohio, August 11. The attendance at the Springs is getting better right alonaffd'tnany persons have come to stay, for Weeks. The following persons registered yesterday: Indefinitely. Mrs. II. F. Weekley, Dayton, O. Mrs. Charles Van Ogdal, Dayton, C. Miss Louise Ohmer, Dayton, 0. Mr. L. Rayhorn, Dayton, 0. For the Day. Mr. Fletcher and wife, Dayton, O. Mrs. A. J. Fletcher, Dayton, O. Miss W. Fletcher, Dayton, O. Miss E. M. Metz, Dayton, O. Miss Edna Metz, Dayton, O. Miss Irene Juie, Dayton, O. For Dinner Only. Mrs. W. P. Bingham, Indianapolis. Mrs. Mary Brashy, Dayton, 0. Miss Martha Brashy, Dayton, O. Mrs. E. A. Daniels, Dayton, O. Mrs. R. G; Winchet, Dayton, O. Notes. Miss Carrie Wise left for Dayton, after spending three weeks at the Springs. Mr. Stamsbury left for Chicago after a few days' visit. The new bath house will be ready for plastering the first of next week. Will Be Held Next Week at Indianapolis. The State convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies' Auxiliary of that order will convene at Indianapolis next Monday and Tuesday. Richmond will send delegates to both meetings. Dayton Day. .'"Dayton Day" will be observed very auspiciously ! at the Richmond Chautauqua. The D. & W. will carry the ninety members of the chorus choir of St. John's German Lutheran church,, who will participate in the festivities of that occasion. There will be others from Dayton in attendance. The Chautauqua will be held from August 20 to September 4. Davton Press. Repairs on "999." (Terre Haute Tribune Gazette.) The repairs on No. "999" were
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FROM THE DAYTON JAIL TOLD BY THE PRISONERS
TURNKEY ISSUSPENDED Charged With Criminal Negligenca The Whole Affair is Given tc the Press. The Dayton Press of last eveuir.c gives a full account of the retun, to jail of Riekers and Redmond, who ' were captured rear this city. The story is as follows: The lads' story as ascertained. i:i an interview at the jail this mori ;iru is substantially as follows: Redmond was awakened about 30 o'clock Monday night by Ricker, v. ho had made the discovery that Sloan, the night watchman, had neglected to -securely fasten the bolts of their '-cell and by reaching through the gratn. he could force the bar holding the door out of place and swing it opn. The prisoners held a hurried consultation and determined to make an immediate attempt to secure Heir freedom. Redmond first tried to swing open the door, but hi arm was too short to reach the bar that lockfd it and Ricker had to attempt the work. After some effort he reacl.ed the bar and raised it while Redmond pushed open the heavy door. The men then ran into the hall and madt a complete tour of all parts of the jail to which they had access looking i or me easiest and salest means, of escape. They finally decided to look for some means by which they -could es cape without taking the chances to life, and limb that would result in going down the lightning rod and lhev again ran down to their cells and from there to the first floor of the jail. Strange Negligence. There they claim to have seen Sloan the night watchman. He was sitting on a chair in the hall, directly in the path they had decided on taking in their dash for freedom. From a corner in the hall they watched him, he being engrossed in the contemplation of some object that he held in his hands. After some minutes of breathless suspense the night watchman left his chair and went into the office of the jail where Ricker claims to ln'.ve seen him tilted back in another chairresting. Sloan has been severely censured for his conduct and now stands suspended, pending an investigation of the case. His negligence, according to the sheriff, was almost criminal and while he hesitates to believe that the man was actuated by a desire to give the prisoners their freedom, lie night watchman will be compelled to give a logical interpretation to his conduct before he will be relieved of the stultification it has engendered. Sloan's first alleged negligent not and the one that made the escape possible was in not seeing that the door (Continued on fifth paga.) '.., . -. . - ' " " i - ' ' r s ' 1 ' ; " s ' tion. . ; , . ... . . . , Clerks ?n the office of the stal? su perintendent of ppbi$ fjnf tract irt'i, Cotton at Indianaplifwilf sendiout in a few days to he fcounty sup- pten knts of the stave 20,000 copies of the slate course of study and ihe town.-h:'p nstitult outline. Tb; manual as complied is modGed fo fdiifo.m to the ne-v bcks which have been placed in use. The institute outlines will include a full topical study of the two reading circle books for teachers, School management and "The Social Spirit in America." Superintendent Cotton left Saturday for his itinerary among the county institutes of the stae. He will close the tour in November at the Noble county institute.
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