Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 248, 5 October 1906 — Page 1
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o ABlUldL HP r' Vol. xxxi. no, 248. Richmond, Indiana, Friday Morning, October 5, 1906. Single Copies, One Cent PRESIDENT GIVES ANSWER TO BRYAN CAVALRY SPECIAL CRASHES INTO A
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PRESIDENT PALMA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERVENTION Government Makes Pubh6 His Several Pleas for Warships and Several Thousand Armed Troops.
THE WEATHER PROPHET. OHIO & INDIANA Fair in South showers in north portions; code Friday; Saturday fair, fresh to brisk northwest winds. III GREAT SPEECH PASSENGER TRAIN FIREMEN ARE RESTLESS
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'At Dedication of Pennsylva
nia's New Capitol He Deals with the Government Own ership of Railroads MAKES PLEA FOR SQUARE DEAL IN WALKS OF LIFE Thousands Stand in the Drenching Rain to Listen to Roosevelt's Remarks - Building a Handsome One. , Harrisburg, Fa., Oct. 4. In the presrince of .the largest crowd that has ever gathered tofHarrisburg, the mag ; ill flceti t new capitol of Pennsylvania was dedicated with brief ceremonies, in which President Roosevelt took an active part. Rain fell throughout the ceremonies, but thousands stood in the drenching downpour facing the president's etand. Few women were present on account of the bad weath er. The president was given an en thusiastic reception when he appeared on the grand stand. All branches of the state government were represent ed in the crowd on the platform and considerable space;. was given to spe cially invited guests. The new capitol of Pennsylvania is one of the in&st beautiful and impos ing buildings Jin the .United States, not only in its architecture, bnt also In its interior decorations and' furnishings. Thus far the building and its furnishings represent an expenditure of about 513,000,000. President Roosrevelt said: -'The . extraordinary industrial changes oi the last -half century have produced a totally new set of conditions, unxler which new evils flourish and for these new fcvils new remedies must be devised. In some cases governmental action must be exercised by the several states individually. In yet others it has become Increasingly evident that no efficient state action is possible, aad that we need through executive action, through legislation, and through judicial interpretation and construction of law, to increase the power of the federal government. If we fail thus to increase it, we show our impotence. and leave ourselves at the mercy of those ingenious legal advisers of the holders ofvast corporate wealth, who invoke the law at one time for the confounding of their rivals, and, at another time strive for the nullification of the law, in order that they themselves may be left fre,e to work their unbridled will on these same rivals, or on those who labor for them, or on the. general public. They do not invoke 'the constitution in or-, der to compel tHe due observance of law aJiketoyJrich ami poor, by great Mod small;, on the contrary, they are ceaselessly, on the w-atch to cry out that tn.e constitution is violated whenever aiiy.:effort ia'made to invoke the aid of thejnajUltf -government, whether for tire 4 efficient regulation of railroads, for the efficient supervision of great corporations, or for efficiently -securing obedience to such. a law as 'the national ' 8-hour law and similar 'so-called labor statutes.' "Strong nationalist though I am, ajid firm thtoh ray belief is that there must be a wide extension of the power of the.national government to deal with .questions of this kind, I 'freely admit tfciatvas' regards many matters of first-rate importance we must rely purely upon the states for the bettement ef present condiions. One subject which every good citizen should have at heart above almost all others is the matter of child labor. The national government can do but .little in the matter of child labor. (Continued on page four.) i MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Dickinson Trust Company to Have Splendid Office When the Work is Completed. The work of installing complete new furnishings at the Dickinson Trust company's office on South 8th street was begun yesterday. The counters and wainscoting will he of white veined Italian marble, the doors and wood work of mahogany, and the floor of white tiling. A new steel ceiling has been put in and when the remodeling is completed the offices will be the finest in the Eastern part of the state. Although the offices are torn up business .has not been suspended, the counters having been moved to the rear and patrons entering through the south door next to the vault. Failed at Suicide." Spartansburg. Oct. 4. (Spl.) Samuel Shockney, living near Bartonia, made zn unsuccessful attempt at suicide tbs latter part of last week, by j
"cutting his throat. Xo cause oan be, days was reported very attributed to Shockney S rash deed, Lcroved. last evening.
RETURN TO OLD HAUNTS
Those Dismissed From the Service Fail to Accustom Themselves to the Change in one Day Veteran David Miller the Worst Hit. The four firemen who were 3is missed from the service Wednesday could not resist the temptation of returning to the scenes of their service yesterday and all day they remained at the different hose houses. To say that they were lost is only stating it mildly, for they did not Know what to do or how to act, out, from under sprvirp. Thev were all the "but" of many jokes, that were shurled at them by the former fellows. One of the men who seemed to be entirely lost in his new surroundings was David Miller. All day yesterday he straved around number One Hose house and he stated. "I can't do any thing else, I have been in the service in Richmond for the past forty four years and it is so natural for me to be around I can't stay away. "He laughingly remarked that it would have been a good thing for him to have changed his politics before the shift came. A BIG DELEGATION GOING FROM HERE Many Richmondites Will At tend Watson Meeting at Cambridge Tomorrow. SPECIAL CAR IS SECURED RICHMOND- CITY BAND WILL FURNISH THE MUSIC BEVERIDGE COMES TO COLISEUM THURSDAY OCTOBER 18. The Republican Congressional cam paign will be opened in this county tomorrow night at Cambridge City, when Hon. James E. Watson, Congressman for the Sixth District will speak. Great preparations have been in progress the past few days and delegations from "all parts of the county will gather there to hear the Whip" of the House speak. The Richmond City band will accompany the party from here. Richmond will have a large representation at the meeting and special provision has been made for transportation. A special car will leave Erthth and Main streets, immediately following the regular, six-thirty P. M. car. The rate will be forty cents the round trip and any person desiring! to take advantage of this may do so, by handing or sending his name to either Chairman A. M.. Gardner or Judge Converse. Arrangements have also been made for Senator Beveridge to speak at the Coliseum Thursday, October 18th. Large crowds from all parts of the county will gather at this meeting to hear the Senior Senator speak. LASSES HAVE ORGANIZED Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores at Earlham .Have Elected Offi- , cers for Fall Term. The three upper classes at Earlham have organized for the Tall term with the following officers: Senior President, B. S. Spradling. Vice president, Olive Rogers. Secretary, Mary Hallowell. Treasurer, Bruce Hall. Juniors President, X. G. Wann. Vice president, Harold Chapman. .Secretary, Pauline Saint. Treasurer, Rema Stone. Sophomores President Jacob Brickej. Vice president, Lawrence Barrett. Secretary, Camilie Winslow. Treasurer, Ernest Xeave. Meet With Mrs. Penny. Cambridge City, Oct. 4. (Spl.) The Friday Xight Club will hold their first literary meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Penny tomorrow night. The two subjects- for discussion are "Is the Millionaire an American Ideal?" John C. Dodson, and "A Summer Vacation in Canada", Wm. II. Doney. Henry C. Starr Improved. Henry C. Starr, member of the law firm of Robbins & Starr, who has been severely ill, for the past several much ini-
Train Load of Troops on Their
Way to Cuba in Fata Wreck on the Boston and Maine Railroad. FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT Passenger Had Slowed Up to Go on Siding and Engineer on the Cavalry Specia Couldn't Stop in Time, Publishers' PressJ Troy, X. Y.f Oct. 4. The third section of a special train, carrying twel ve horse cars filled with horses and seven Pullmans, with 350 men of the 15th U. S. Cavalry, from Fort Ethan, on their way to Xewport Xews, Va., for embarkation to Cuba, crashed in to the rear end of the Boston Special, of the Boston and Maine railroad, di rectly opposite the Lansingburg sta tion at 4:50 this, afternoon. Five persons were killed outright. Six teen others were seriously injured, seven of whom are likely to die. The dead are: F. L. Block, a wealthy merchant of Peoria, Ills. Mrs. W. E. Shaw, Bath, Maine. Mrs. George D. Stevens, Manches ter. N. H. Mrs. J. W. Dacey, Arlington, Mass., An unidentified man. The fatally injured are:. ; Mrs. Frank Briard, of Boston, will die. Mrs. W. Van Tassell, Boston, head cut. George D. Stevens, Manchester, N H., compound fractures, arm smash ed. Miss Virginia Manson, Bath,' Maine, C ribs broken and contusions. Mrs. Manson, Bath, Maine, sprain ed back, broken nose. Mrs. Block, Bath Beach, head crushed. H. F. Mitchell, Bath Beach, fractur ed skull. All the injured are at the Leonard hospital, Lansingburg. Grade was too Steep. The Boston Special was ordered on the siding at Lansingburg to permit the soldiers special to pass. A trainman sent up the track to flag the special, which was following the Bos ton train about 500 feet away. Engineer Holleran saw the gagman and applied the emergency' brakes, but the grade was so steep and his train so heavy that it was impossible to avert a collision. Holleran then jumped from his engine and went direct to the police station where he gave himself up. When the crash came it carried one Pullman down a 20 foot embank ment and threw another on the op posite side of the track. The Pullman that was sent down the embankment rolled over and was completely demolished. Those inside were caught like rats in a trap and that any escaped seemed a miracle. The dead and injured were carried to the hospital in improvised ambuances and physicians were summon ed from all parts of the city. The most pathetic . part of the wreck comes with the death of Mrs. J. W. Dacey, who was married last night at Arlington, Mass., and who was on her wedding tour. Mr. Dacey was only slightly injured. The State Railroad Commission will , investigate the cause of the wreck and endeavor to fix the responsibility. Court Appointments. . The Wayne Circuit Court made several appointments yesterday as follows: lone L. Stigleman as executrix in the estate of Eva C. Lyman; Samantha Kelly and Samuel Swisher as administrators in the estate of LeRoy Kelly; the Dickinson Trust company as administrators in the estate of Joseph Vinton; George T. Mertz as administrator in the estate of Charles J. Mertz; and Everette R. Lemon as executor in the estate of Ann Mary Duey. .-. Met at Milton. Milton, Oct. 4, (Spl.) The County Medical Society met at Kinsey's Hall Wednesday. There were twenty-two physicians present and there were interesting discussions of the papers read. Dr. Helms paper was on "The Medical Treatment of Appendicitis," Dr. Wright wrote on Bacteria.- Dr. J. X. Study presided over the meeting. Mrs. Bailey Gets Divorce. Martin A. Bailey was granted a divorce from Eliza Bailey In Circuit Court yesterday morning. The action was granted on the grounds of desertion, the defendant having left her husband and stayed "for a period of over two years. They had lived together for over twenty-five years. Attorney Byrum C. Robbins appeared Jjor the .plaintiff.
ROOSEVEILrTESMS Excerpts From Speech Delivered Yesterday Upon " the Dedication of Pennsylvania's New State House. "We of this generation have to struggle with evils springing from the very material success of which we are so proud." ' "Strong nationalist though I am, I admit that we must rely upon the States for betterment of conditions." "One subject which every good citizen should have at aeart above all others is the matter of child labor." s "All honest men must abhor and reprobate any effort to excite uo3tility to men of wealth as such." "It Is our clear duty to see, in the interest of the people, that there is adequate supervision and control over the business use of the fortunes of today." "Government ownership of railroads a policy which would be evil in its results from every standpoint." "The Government ought not to conduct the business of the country; but it ought to regulate it so that it shall be conducted in the interest of the public." "We have actually accomplished much; but we have not accomplished all nor nearly all." "It behooves us Americans to look ahead and plan out the right kind of a civilization." "We need to check the forces of greed, to insure just treatment alike of capital and of labor, and of the general public, to prevent any man, rich or poor, from doing or receiving wrong, whether this wrong be one of cunning or violence." "Much can be done by wise legislation and by resolute enforcement of the law. But still more must be done by steady training of the individual citizen in conscience and character, until he grows to abhor corruption and greed and tyranny and brutality, and to prize justice and fair dealing." -
ACTIVE LIFE IS ENDED JOHN HATFIELD'S DEATH Was Native of Wayne County and Was. Widely Known and Universally Respected Long Career as Liveryman in This City. The Palladium yesterday briefly an nounced the death of John Hatfield, Sr., which occurred at an early hour that morning", at his home, ,144 Ft. Wayne avenue. Mr. Hatfield made his home with Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dormer, he being the father of Mrs. Dormer. Though in feeble health for some time, his death came unex pectedly. John Hatfield was born at Greensfork, this county, Xovember 30, 1819, a son of Thomas Hatfield, one of the earliest pioneers of the. county. As a boy he was taught the cabinet mak er's trade and until he became a con tractor and builder in Richmond, he followed the occupation of producing hand-made furniture. "More than fifty years ago he came to this city and for a long time was one of the leading house builders here. Finally he embarked in the livery stable business, building the barns at 12-14 Xorth Sth street, now occupied by Gaar & Shurley. In this he was continuously engaged for thirty-six years, retiring to private life when he sold out. There survive, besides his daughter, Mrs. Dormer, a son, Charles Hatfield, of Argentine, Kans., who recently was in Richmond to see his father, and a niece, Mrs. B. W. Carpenter, of Waveland, Ind. John Hatfield, Jr., a son, died but a 'few weeks ago in New York. - " The arrangements for Mr. Hatfield's Jiuneral will be found elsewhere.
Now for eur Foot-Ball News.
EIGHT ASSESSMENT BOLLS MADE OUT BY CITY CLERK Property Owners are Asked to Pay for Improvements Aggregating a To- ; tal Expenditure of Nearly Ten : Thousand Dollars. City Clerk Taggart yesterday completed eight assessment rolls for as many improvements which have been made recently and today notices will sent out. The rolls are for the following streets and alleys: Sheridan, from Richmond avenue to School street, $2,040.63; East Main, 22nd to 23rd streets, $505.47; South 11th, from Main to A streets, $807.70; Xorth West 3rd street rom Kinsey to Chestnut streets, $1,227.47; alley running east and west between North 7th and 6th streets, $389.19; first alley south of Xorth A street between 6th and 7th streets, $453.34; South 11th street from A to B streets, $2S8.05; and South 14th street from Main to C streets, $4,077.13. This makes a total of assessment to property owners in different parts of the city amount ing to $9,788.98.
TO BREAK GROUND T0DAY4week here with his brother c. b.
Home Telephone Company Loses No Time in Getting to Work on New Building. - Workmen for the Home Telephone company will break ground this morning for the new office building of that cpneern, which is to be erected at 25 Xorth Sth street. Many bids were had from several of the cities -in this vicinity, that of the Dayton Construction Company, of Dayton, being the lowest at $20,000. The laying of conduits east of 9th street will be be
gun this, morning.
D. G. REID
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FOR SHOUT VISIT He Will Stop Here Today and Tomorrow on Return from Western trip. : AT CAPITAL YESTERDAY WHILE IN INDIANAPOLIS MR REID DENIED THAT HE WAS PURCHASING FIRE INSURANCE STOCK. Daniel G. Reid after a trip through the West In company with Rock Is land officials, will arrive in Richmond today and will remain over Saturday and possibly Sunday. Matters of business and a desire to visit friends and relatives call Mr. Reid here. He was in Indianapolis yesterday and while there said the report that he is buying control of the Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company is not true. A few days ago a story was in cir culation to the effect thathe was buying stock of the company for the purpose of gaining control of the cor poration. For several days there was considerable trading In the stock of the Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company, as a result of which the price advanced. "I am not buying any of the stock" said Mr. Reid. "In fact I do not know anything about the company. I have enough on hand already without taking on an Insurance company. Has there been much trading in the stock? I don't even know who the directors of the company are. The last three w'eeks I have spent In the West on a tour of inspection of our property, the Rock IslandFrisco system, and have paid no attention to anything else. The tour ended Wednesday night at St. Louis. Railroad conditions ic,i;je West, and in fact all over the country, are excellent. I know they are on our lines. All the Western lines that Is the big systems are spending immense sums of money for new rails, motive power and rolling stock, and the prospects are that they will enjoy a great business." Mr. Reid said that he would visit in Richmond and go to Chicago. Then he will go to Xew York. Back to Boyhood Scenes. Cambridge City, Oct 4, (Spl.) Wm. Lester of Indianapolis spent last f iester, and a -umber of old acquain tances of his boyhood days in this city. Mr. Lester was much interested In the old building torn down and now being replaced by a modern business block, by J. W. Marson. The brick of which the old building was built were made at Dublin by Charles Hood, and hauled to this city by Mr. Lester and his brother Isaac and Levi Devil in. Good Crowd Heard Her, Milton, Ind., Oct." i. (Spl.) Mrs. Gertrude Breslau Hunt had a good audience to hear her lecture on Social ism at Kinsey's HflH Wednesday!
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ROOSEVELT WAITED FOR 21 DAYS BEFORE ACTING
Communications from Ex-Cu-, ban Executive Filed in thft Archives at Washington as. Matter of History IPublishers lresl Washington, Oct. 4. The full re-' sponsibility for armed Intervention in Cuba rests upon the former Governor of that island. This fact was officially made known tonight by the state department, Estrada Palma, the president, not only asked for American intervention, but pleaded repeatedly through. Consul General Steinhart at Havana' for the United States to send war ships and several thousand troops to that island before President Roosevelt would seriously entertain the proposal. - Finally when the formal demands for armed intervention was made upon the United States, warshipa were despatched to Havana and later the President in a public letter to Minister Quesada, urged Cubans to harminize their differences and continue: the republic. A peace commission, consisting of secretary of war Taft and assistant secretary of State, Bacon, was dispatched to Cuba, with the object of aiding the Cubans to adjust their troubles and avoid intervention. 21 Days Allowed to Pin. The mission failed and 21 days after the first secret request by President Palma for armed intervention the American government reluctantly took charge of Cuba. V These facts have become history in the archives of the department of state. In view of the impression abroad that the United States was prompted ih its further suspicion at home that the administration may have acted hastily, copies of the official correspondence on" the subject was made public tonight by Secretary of State Root. The first request from President Palma was under date of September 8. He urged the sending" of warships and grew Impatient when, he had received no immediate answer. Two days later ships were sent,' but the state department directed that Palma should be Informed of the dangers that might arise through the granting of his request. On the llthi President Roosevelt declared actual immediate intervention out of the' question. On the 12th President; Palma asked for Intervention and begged that several thousand troops be secretly sent to Havana. The president asked if a warning' note by the United States government to the Cubans might not be beneficial. Late on the evening of. the twelfth. he was Informed that it might have a favorable result. On September 13th the Cuban republic formally asked through the U. S. consul general for armed intervention.' On the 14th came announcement; from Palma that he and his cabinet! were determined to resign. That! concludes the correspondence as made public. Election Is Recorded. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Association of the Indiana YearlyMeeting, have elected as their trustees for the next three years, Anna M. Roberts, Jennie Gray and Phariba W. Stevens, president. The list and. notice of the action was filed at tha County Recorder's office. " ' Plat Placed on File. The plat of Benton Heights adTf-? tion, which was laid out by Cornelius and Sarah Ratliff, contatining 159 lots in all was filed at the County Record er's office yesterday. . W. H. Mc Cain of Allegheney, Pa,, was given the power of attorney to sell the lots. Mothers' League to Meet. The Mother's League of First Dis trict will meet in room 8, Finley school, Friday, October 5, 3 o'clock' P. M.VA11 are requested to be present Business of importance to be trans acted. Big Political Meeting. Cambridge City, Oct. 4, (Spl.) A meeting of the Republicans of Jackson township Will be held at the Masonic hall Saturday afternoon and evening. Jas. E. Watson will deliver the speech and music will be furnish ed by the Cambridge City band. Going to Dublin. W. F. Manlev. and family of South MtJi. street, are moving to Dublin.