Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 243, 30 September 1906 — Page 1

RICHMOND PA ABIUMo A. VOL. XXXI. NO. 243. Richmond, Indiana, Sunday Morning, September 30, 1906. Single Copies, Three Cents.

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

WAVE OVER CUBA AGAIN

Secretary Taft Issues His Proclama-

- m tion and Becomes ''Governor" of the Gem of the Antilles.

UNCLE SAH'S MARINES

Business Interests Are

Moving Along Rapidly Troops to Be Sent From the United States Immediately (BULLETIN.)

Havana, Sept. 29. (Midnight)

retary Taft's provisional government, passed quietly and without a dis

turbance of any sort. The day was place in Havana, and. the order was

the small force of marines who are guarding the treasury building. The Havana newspapers this evening devoted much space to a review of the

situation and all of them were severe of both political parties which because

independence. (BULLETIN.)

Washington, Sept. 29. No troops

Roosevelt issues the .formal order. He is the only official of the government who can order the troops off the soil of the United States and the ac

tion now under way is to assemb'e

formal order !s given. It is believed' however that this will come within twenty-four hours as Secretary Taft says the needs are urgent. The first

call is for 5.6C0 men. FORT SHERIDAN ORDERS. Publishers' Press! Chicago, Sept. 29. United States troops at Fort Sheridan have been or dered to Cuba, and will leave Chicago as quickly as possible for Newport News. Fort Sheridan is the scene of war lime activity in preparation for the departure of the two battalions of infantry and a field battery for Newport News and thence probably to Cuba. ! Havduu, Sspt. 29. Aii Amciicaa provisional government assumed poseersion of Cuba Saturdaj-, when War Secretary Taft's proclamation declaring himself provisional governor of .the is'and was formally issued. The proclamation was published in the Official Gazette and thousands of printed copies of the document were distributed in Havana and elsewhere. " The terms of the proclamation caused general satisfaction, especially on account of the moderate terms in vhich it is phrased. Its statement jthat the provisional government of Cuba is undertaken only on account of the necessities of the situation and its promise that the provisional government will be maintained purely for the purpose of restoring peace, order end public confidence until a permanent government is established, are received with satisfaction. No one appears inclined to doubt the good Intentions of President Roosevelt and his representatives and there is no apprehension of any serious trouble or resistance to the provisional gov ernment in any part of Cuba. While Governor Taft has not yet taken possession of the palace this is only because ex-President Palma will not be ready to vacate the official residence until Monday and Mr. Taft desires to do whatever he can to suit the ex-president's convenience. Nc disturbance cf any kind occurred. The business interests here are gratified at the change of government. A striking feature of the provisional government Is the fact that the Cuban flag has not been lowered. This establishes a precedent in provisional governments and protectorates. Governor Taft's proclamation is as follows : "To the People of Cuba: The failture of congress to act on the irrevocable resignation of the president of the Republic of Cuba, or to elect his successor, leaves the country without a government at a time when great disorder prevails and requires that, pursuant to the request of Mr. Palma, the necessary steps be taken- in the name and by the authority of the president of the United States to restore order and protect life and property in the Island of Cuba and the Islands and keys adjacent thereto, an I for this purpose to establish therein a provisional government. The rroTislonal government hereby establish ed will be maintained only Ion? enough to restore order, peace ani public confidence by direction cf ani In the name of the president of th? United States and then to hold sucb elections as may be necessary to dc termine on those persons upon whon: the parmanent government of the re public should be devolved. "Insofar as is consistent with th nature of a provisional government es tablished uneler the authority of the Unite States this will be a, Cuban

IN CHARGE OF AFFAIRS

Pleased and Things Are Cuba's first day of submission to Sec really as quiet as any that ever take maintained without any additions to in their condemnation of the leaders of their wrangle have lost Cuba its will be sent to Cuba until President the troops at Newport News until the government, conrormlng with the con stitution of Cuba. The Cuban flag will be hoisted as usual over the gov ernment buildings of the island. All the executive departments and pro vincial and municipal governments, inciudlr.5 that of the city of Havana, will continue to be administered as unuel the Cuban republic; the courts will continue to administer justice and all the lav.s not in their nature inapplicable by reason of the tempor ary and emergent character of the government, will be in force. "President Roosevelt has been most anxious to bring about peace under the constitutional government of Cuba and he made every endeavor to avoid the present step. Longer delay, however, would be dangerous in view of the resignation of the cabinet. "Until further notice, the heads of all the departments of the central government will report to., me for instructions, including General Alexandro Rodriguez, In command cf the rural guards and other regular government xorces, and General Carlos Roloff, treasurer of Cuba. Until further notice, the civil governors and alcaldes will also report to me for instructions. "I ask all citizens and residents of ''Continued on page ten.) $25010 IS ASKED FOR UNION LABOR'S BIG FUND President Gompers Calls Upon Trades' Unions of Chicago to Swell the Campaign Fund and Appeal Is -Widely Circulated During Day, (P'tbllsTjors Fresl Chicago, Sept. 29. An appeal for individual contributions amounting to $250,000 from Chicago members of trades unions, was made today by President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Iabor. to be used in the political fight which the Federation expects to make this fall against political candidates hostile to the aims of organized labor. Copies of the appeal were today received by the secretaries of all local unions. The amount asked for, it is said, will be necessary to defray the expenses of the campaign and union men everywhere are requested to contribute on a similar scale. ... TWO MEN WERE KILLED Steel Works Employes in Pittsburg Were Crushed Beneath a Heavy Steel Girder, Publishers lressl Harrisburg, Pa,, Sept. 29. Charles Horwartt and Michael Heiser were almost instantly, killed at the Pennslyvania Steel Works today while moving a heavy girder by means of an electric crane. The hooks slipped and the girder fell tipon the two men. The necks of both were broken and they were terribly crushed about the chest.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Fair in nortn; varying in south. Monday, fair and warmer. OHIO Cooler Sunday. Fair - and warmer on Monday. WEATHER DURING WEEK. The weekly report of Walter Voss ler, voluntaary observer at the wate works pumping station, shows that during the week a total of 1.84 inches of rain fell. Cloudy weather prevail ed the greater part of the week and the temperature was of the comfort able sort, there being no excessively hot days. The highest registration was on Tuesday when the mercury touched S3 and the coolest day was on Monday when the temperature in the morning was 4U. 1 he daily record of temperature was as follows: Date - High. Low 5; September 23 77 September 21 76 49 September 25 ..S3 September 26 76 September 27 .73 September 28 78 50 64 r. September 29 75 67 THOUSANDS GIVEN TO OLD EARL BY THE FRIENDS The Yearly Meeting Session Yesterday Proved a Most Joyful Occasion for the Quaker Collegel FRANCIS WHITE ADDS $25,000 TO THE FUND Many other Fnenos Give Sums Ranging from Few Dollars to $1,000 Toward Boys' New Dormitory. "Yesterday was Earlham flay at the Yearly Meeting of Friends and the college profited in a financial way to the extent of ""nearly' $50,000. The largest individual gift was made by Francis T. White, of New York, who added $25,000 to the endowment fund of the college to which he had already given $75,000. Mr. White sent a letter to the Yearly Meeting in which he said that the gift was given voluntarily and without any restrictions, and he trusted that it would stimulate others to give aczordinely. Much money also was raised by subscription .which is to be added to the Bundy fund of $25,000 for a boys' dormitory at the college. The Rev. Allen Jay, the successful financial agent of the institution, superintended the collection of the money. The largest individual contributors were Morris White of Cincinnati, $1,000; B. Johnson, of Richmond, $1,000; John Johnson and wife of Richmond, $1,000; Amos J. Holloway of Indianapolis, $1,000; Joseph A", and Mary Goddard, of Muncie, $500; Prof, and Mrs. Elbert Russell, of Richmond, $50?; Wm. X. and Martha Henley, of Carthage, Ind., $1,000; and Samuel Cowgill, of Wabash, Ind., $500. Most of the other contributions re ceived, were for less than $50, although there were a number for $100. The money is to-be paid within two years. Much of it will be paid immediately. Report of Earlham. President Kelly's report on the work and needs of the institution oc cupied a large part of the session and after finishing it. President Kelly made a plea for a larger dormitory. He told of the Bundy gift and said that a $50,000 dormitory was needed at the present time to accommodate the boys alone. He said that the present dormitory is now so crowded that in one instance six students are living in one room. In spite of the rain yesterday there was tne largest attendance ol any session. i n great auditorium was filled. At the morning session epistles were read from Iowa, Canada and Kansas Yearly Meetings and all showed a healthy condition of the church. Today is "Yearly Meeting Sunday," a day when the great church yard will be filled with visitors. There will be no business sessions, the entire day to be devoted to worship. MINISTER IS DEPOSED He Spoke on the Streets and His Congregation Made Strenuous Objections. Thereto, IPublishers Press, Falrmount, Ind., Sept. 29. Because Rev. W. G. Moon preached in the streets of the town of Warren and tried to show the people there the errors of -their ways, he has been suspended from the ministry for the balance of the conference year, and at the next general meeting of the church it will be decided whether or not the reverend gentleman shall be punished further. -

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Now that the Vaudeville Actors are going to form a Union, is it not about time that there was formed a Theatre-Goers' Union to go on a strike against some of the above stunts? ' ,

REDDISH WATER CAUSES FEARS The City's Drinking Supply, However, Not Polluted as Many Supposed" SIMPLY AN IRON DEPOSIT NATURAL COURSES ARE RE SPONSIBLE AND THE WATER IS NOT RENDERED UNWHOLESOME EXPLANATION IS MADE When anything out of the ordinary occurs to the product dished up to the people by the Richmond Water Company, it does not take very long for complaints to be registered thick and often. The reddish coloring that the water works water has borne for the past' few days has excited the attention of most patrons and in some instances it has exc!ted their fears also. According to a statement made to the Palladium yesterday the reddish coloring of the water is brought about by natural causes and those which in no 'way effect the purity of the product. The reddish hue owes its scource to the iron rust in- the big mains and this rust owes its origin to the iron t water that courses through the arteries of the water works system, depositing a thin coating upon the interior of the p'r es. The wells which feed the galleries on the Elliott Mill's tract, southeast of the city, give forth iron water and the deposit of oxide of iron or iron rust, is just as natural as that which is fo:nd on the drinking cups at the iron springs at Glen Mille park. As a rule, however, t"U deposit rarely loosens itself, but when the current of water in the mains is reversed or is accelerated from any cause, the deposit is taken from the mains and mixes with the water. Just at present the water company has been repairing a section of its main on North F street, the pipes being lowered and this has sufficed to cause the disturbance in the current and the consequent precipitation of the iron. A BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR The Program of the Yearly Meeting was Furnished by Mather Bros. Company. The souvenir programs In use at the sessions of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends were contributed by the Mather Bros. Company. The great brick warehouse building which stands on the property of this company, was the original Yearly Meeting House of Indiana Meetings. It is of brick and was built in 1S22, being ready for occupancy in 1S23. The structure cost $6,100. The sessions of .Indiana Meeting were held in this building until 1STS when the East Main street church was occupied. During the past week many visiting Friends have gone to Mather Bros. Company's yards to inepect the historic structure

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W - CITY FIREMEN APPLY FOR JOBS THEY BOW HOLD The Queer Methods of the Democratic Municipal Administration Causes Much Comment from Citizens. SHAKE-UP IS COMING WITHIN SHORT TIME BOARD OF WORKS MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED UPON THE AC"TION AND HAVE ALSO PICKED UPON MEN WHO WILL GO. It can be stated with absolute positiveness that unless the Board of Public Works for some cause changes its present attitude, there is to be a general "turning over" in the Richmond Fire Department. Members of the board who have been asked the direct question if changes are contemplated decline to give 'information, and none of the others of the "Democratic powers that be" is willing to tell what is about to be pulled off. However, information coming direct from the fountain head of affairs, has leaked out which shows there is a storm brewing. Every member of the fire department from chief down, has been ordered, not requested, to make application for the jobs they are already holding down.and this is the first step in the housecleaning that is to take place, unless public sentiment asserts itself in such a way as to frighten even a Democratic administration. " Board is Determined. It Was stated to the Palladium yesterday that the board had even gone so far as to consider the list of men who are to be let out and also has agreed upon, the men who will take their places, but the board members maintain a discreet silence. The statement was also made yesterday th;V as a member of the department cannot consistently ask for something which he already has in his possession, he virtually agrees to the proposition that he has no job when he makes application for a place. The Excuse Given. The Board asserts that the reason that applications were demanded from the men was simply to conform with the law, the former board never having asked for formal applications. On Friday the Board decided that the best method of starting the housecleaning, was to have the men make applications, and accordingly, blanks were sent to every hose company house with the order that the firemen fill in the applications and send them j back to the board immediately. All j of these applications were .returned to the board yesterday. As' the situation now appears each member of the JLContinued on page six.X

) THE DIALOG WE ;Z"AM J

HEARST IS FACTOR III WALL STREET Great Financial Center Awak ens to Fact that Politics cuts Figure. CONDITIONS UNSETTLED IN MILWAUKEE H. H. ROGERS AND ROSWELL MILLER SAY HEARST ELECTION WOULD BE CALAMITY. WOULD BE CALAMITY. IPublishers Pressl Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 29 H. H. Rogers and Roswell P. Miller, attending the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway annual meeting here this afternoon,' said that the election of W. R. Hearst will mean calamity not only to New York, but to the , whole country. However, they added, nature is tclir cae of us and it is at the bottom of the present prosperity and such a foundation means that prosperity will last indefinitely. f Publishers' PreW New York, Sept. 29. Wall Street awoke suddenly this week to the nec essity of regarding the autumns poli tical campaign as a factor in the immediate market situation. The' unsettlement of the market toward the end of the week was due more largely to other reasons than politics. Nevertheless the fact had been aemonstrated that the political campaign could no longer be postponed in financial calculations. Hearst and the principles he represents are not to be the issie in this state alone, hut in one form or another they will be the question which voters will be called to decide over the entire country. Conditions Demoralized. It is a question whether the decline in the market would not h"ve taken place whatever the outside happenings were. Prices for. a great many stocks had a prolonged and violent advance. Distribution on n large scale had been accomplished from strong to weaker hands. Individual speculators and pools had been trading beyond their depth. In a word the speculative position (Continued on page ten.) SHIFT BEATS TONIGHT The Patrolmen Are to Be Assigned to New Territory at Roll Call - , Last Quarter. Tonight the quarterly shift in patrolmen will take place. The order assigning the patrolmen to their new beats will be read at roll call tonight and the men will change to their isw territories. Patrolmen Wierhake, McManus and Golden, who have been on day duty, will assume night beats.

MILLIONS LOST III THE HURRICANE ALONG THE GULF

Beiated Reports from Scenes of the Disaster Confirm Early Stories of Great Destruction Wrought. , MOBILE A SCENE OF GREAT DESOLATION Business Partially Resumes, but Conditions are Still Bad Reports from Pensacola and Other Cities. IPublishers Press J Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 29. The Depart' ment of the Gulf at noon today received a despatch from Lieut. I R Rice, quartermaster at Fort Morgan, 30 miles south of Mobile announcing the death of six men during the hurricane and destruction of government property to the amount of $1 00,000. The six reported killed are civilians One enlisted man is reported missing. The officer stated that he hadgona to a neighboring town In send the details. Mobile, Ala., Via Meridian. Miss., Sept. 29. Business was partially ' re-; sumed In Mobile today. The city authorities are clearing the streets of the debris as rapidly as possible. The street cars are expected to resumeservice soon. TheJPostal and West-; ern Union Telegriiph! companies are' still out of business, their wires being iown in every direction. At Coden,, Ala., only one house is left of the little town. - The Mobile and Ohio is maintaining, a partial service but it has no "telegraph wires nearer Mobile than Whistler. Ala., which is seven miles out. , Nearly 1)0. lives have been. lost Inj the gulf hurricane, which practically; destroyed this city. Reports from nearly all towns - indicate that the death list is growing. Provisions are. about exhausted and the poor arel starving. Mobile is a city of desolation. Eight thousand homes are in ruins. The damage to the outlying districts reach $4,000,000. The beaches are strewn with dead, as the) loss of marines was heavy. The military are in control and are trying to meet the situation ' Twenty-five Parished. Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 29. The asT' ness of the destruction wrought by the hurricane of .Thursday morning is!' now i being realized. Twenty-five per-' sens; are known -to have been drowned J Their names are: Quartermaster Sergeant Overlander, Mrs. Eva A. Prentiss and baby, Private Jordan, an unknown artilleryman, Edw. Hughes, unknown negro man and wife, Mrs.! Lebran Gonzales, George Gon rales j Mrs. T. F. Matthews and two small; children, three unknown seamen from a British steamer at the quarantine hospital, attendants Collier and Ross Of the quarantine station, two unknown Greeks at Bagdad, George Morgan, wife and daughter, an unknown; fisherman. Shipping Destroyed. f New Orleans, Sept. 29. Hourly tha( reports of the magnitude of Thurs-i days' storm in Mississippi - become more serious as the interrupted tele-l graphic communication with that state was resumed in every direction.J Town after town In the interior wired ' here that buildings had been blowoi down, lives endangered and crops blown flat in the fields. Simultaneously, there arrived an enumeration of an almost unbroken line of wreckage of shipping on the gulf coast In the direction of Mobile. However, all re-J ports of this -situation ended abrdpt-j ly at a point about '50 miles west of Mobile. Lighthouse Keeper Perishes. New Orleans, Sept. 29. Reports W the death of Captain Johnson, keeper of Horn '--thonse in Mississ(Continued on page ten.) ANOTHER MURDER CASE CHICAGO HAS A MYSTERTT Body of Man Found in Klver Skull Had Been Fractured and the Police Say There is Evidence of a Crime Having Been Committed Chicago, Sept. 29. The body of a man about 35 years old, who had evi dently been killed by a heavy blow on the head and then thrown into the river was found in tae water at 3Sth street near Ashland avenue today. ; The skull was crusned evidently by a blow from behind. Police of the new city station bent their energies toward identifying the man, believing that lie was murdered.