Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 363, 3 March 1907 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXI. NO. 363 THAW IS SHOWING sighs oMiisitiiTy Think Newspapers of New York Are Manufacturing Evidence Against Him. PICKS OUT THE LEADER DECLARES THAT A REPORTER ON DUTY AT THE TOMBS IS THE CHIEF ONE OF THE CROWD OF CONSPIRATORS. New York. March 2. Mattewan Incane asylum or a hung jury. This eeerns to be the alternative facing liar-1 ry K. Thaw in his noted trial for the; killing of Stanford White. Jerome j has clearly shown in the special effort he is making to prove Thaw insane j that he has scant hope of a commis-; sion. Followers of the trial, on the! other hand, believe that an acquittal; is equally as impossible. And it is J Mattewan that Thaw most fears. The ; dread of the asylum hangs over him every moment. Thaw himself believes the slaying of Stanford White was justified. But in the days that he has listened to the testimony of experts, paid with his money, declaring he was insane at the time he fired the fatal shot, the fear has grown upon him that the jurors may decide that he Is still insane. In that event there is no escape from the asylum. Likewise, should Jerome - pin-sue to n successful conclusion his endeavor to have a lunacy commission appointed, Mattewan might be the ultimate end of an investigation of the prisoner's sanity. Thaw's attorneys have repeatedly assured him that they can defeat any demand for a lunacy commission, but Thaw is still far from convinced. In i:ourt he has displayed marked nervousness, while his exrrt. Dr. Britton D. Evans has explaitt his' symptoms of mental unsoundness' Thaw Himself to Blame. If the asylum is his fate. Thaw will have no one to bJame but himself. .His "crazy" action in giving out a statement attacking Jerome, on Thursday evening, may play a prominent part In railroading him to Mattewan, if a commission in lunacy' Is ever m-" pointed. AndtThaw's own experts may play a part', unwillingly, of course; Jn sending him to the asylum. In his statement Thaw described his prosecution as being conducted by blacklegs, and has manifestly displayed an idea of great personal importance. It is expected Jerome will not be stow if he finally decides a commission Is necessary to take advantage of the opportunity to show that if delusion of persecution and an exaggerated idea of his own importance were symptoms of insanity on the part of the prisoner in August and September, when. Dr. Evans made his examination, there are equally as strong evidences of insanity today. Thinks a Conspiracy Afoot. Thaw, it was reported .today, has given the district attorney another means of presenting a case for the commission in lunacy should it be called. Thaw, in writing letters, according to common report, speaks of a conspiracy on the part of the newspapers of this city to manufacture evidence against him. He charges that a certain reporter, known only to him by name, because he is on duty at the tombs, is chief of this conspiracy,; and that he has enrolled the local press into an organization- to injure his cause. Dr. Evans cited the fact that he imagines a conspiracy existed on the part of his former lawyers, with District Attorney Jerome, to railroad him into an insane asylum. This will all be evidence before a lunacy commission. ' That there will never be a conviction Is taken generally as a foregone conclusion. It seems rather to be a trial of modern social conditions. When the field has been exhausted of the possibility of muck-raking, it is generally felt that the jury will be allowed to go out and there will be a verdict of some sort returned. DEATH OF EDGAR HEIGER After an Illness Extending Over Ten Months' Time He Passed Away at Home of Father. "Edear N. lleiser. a prominent young man of this city, died yesterday noon at home of his father, Wm. Heiger, 429 South Eleventh street, after an illness covering a period of a year and a half. . He had suffered from the effects of a cerebral tumor, but up until about ten months ago was employed at the Boston store. Mr. Heiger was one of the best known young men in the city, as he was a clerk at the Boston store for nine years and numbered his friends by the hundreds. He was very popular and his friendship was much sought for. Mr. Heiger, during the past summer was operated upon for his affliction and after a time improved, but during the past two months his condition gradually grew worse until death relieved tin yesterday. Funeral services will be held at .the home of the deceased father, Tuesday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock and at the St. Paul's Lutheran church at 2 oock. Friends may call to tiew the remains Monday afternoon or ev-tning.

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Summary of Things Done and Left Undone By a "Do Little" Congress

The short session of the sixtieth congress comes to a close Monday and the following summary of things done is now very timely: Approved the president's policy of building the greatest navv in the world and provided for the construction of two battleships of the Dreadnaught type. Increased the artillery corps of the army. Gave the government the right to appeal on questions of law in criminal cases. . . , ' , Enacted important immigration law which includes a provision designed to solve the questions at issue between the United States and Japan growing out of the immigration of Japanese coolies into California' and other Pacific states, and the segregation of Japanese school children by the school authorities of San Francisco. The San Domingo treaty ratified after a year and a half of controversy over it. The senate voted that Senator Reed Smoot, the Ltah Mormon, may retain his seat. . Corporations forbidden to contribute to. political campaigns. The working hours of railway employes limited. The establishment of a government bank in the Philippines authorized. Morroccan treaty ratified. Currency law enacted widening the scope of the authority of the secretary of the treasury to deposit government money in national banks and providing for the issuance of gold certificates in smaller denominations. DIED WITH THE SESSION. Some of the more important legislative . propositions that die with the session are these: The eight-hour bill which organized labor has been asking for these many years. The anti-injunction bills, of which there were several. Swamp land reclamation. Modification of the revised federal statutes. . Modification of the Chinese exclusion act. , . , Copyright revision. . Reduction of the tariff on Philippine products entering the United States. - The bill to make Porto Ricans citizens. Publicity in campaign affairs. The Crumpacker bill to afford a court review of a fraud order issued by the postoffice department. Federal child labor legislation. Legislation to protect' free labor from contract labor. Legislation regulating the interstate traffic in intoxicating liquors. Tariff revision.

FIST FIGHT SOON OVER PATROLMEN TAKE, A HAND Elmer Brown Makes a Remark About Elmer Bymaster's Female Friends and is Quickly'Felled at Eighth and Main Streets. Pedestrians on Main, ; street? last evening were treated to "a diversion In the shape of a decidedly one-sided battle, which was terminated by the strong arm of the. law almost as quickly as it had been begun. Despite the rapidity with which the first and only round was pulled off the affair attracted an Immense crowd to the corner of Eighth and Main. The participants in the fistic encounter were Elmer Bymaster and Elmer Brown, well known young fellows abouttown. It is alleged that the trouble grew out of a remark that the latter made to a couple of young women acquaintences of Bymaster, who promptly sent him to the ground with a heavy blow straight from the elbow. Patrolmen Staubach Little, who were near - by rushed through the crowd, and corraled Bymaster and Brown, and two other men, who were afterwards released, it being shown that they were endeavoring to "split out the belligerants. The young men were taken to headquarters and booked on a charge of assault and battery. Bymaster was Immediately released upon the receipt of a telephone message from Attorney John L. Rupe, who said that he would stand good for his appearance in court. A FEED STORE OPENING WHELAN READY TO BEGIN Ex-City Controller to Embark in New Venture Monday Morning Jesse Addleman, Well Known Young Man, to Help Him. Although he won't give away carnations, or have a program of music, Omer Whelan, ex-city controller, has hoiies that the opening of his feed store at 39 South Sixth street, will be an auspicious one. Monday morning is the time that Mr. Whelan has set 1 for beginning business and he thinks ! that he will have trade from the start. He has put his stand in gooa oruer and has laid in a fine supply of grain, hay, mill feed and seeds. Jesse Addleman, formerly a well known street car conductor, will help Mr. Whean. The 'phone number for the new feed store is 1679. s Ten Years for Burglary. Burglary in Indiana will become a very serious matter if the bill now before the general assembly becomes a law. The Senate has -passed a bill providing ajeaalty of. ten years for burglary. . Pass Text Book Bill. Indianapolis, March 2 The House passed to third reading today the untrorm tert book Mil. The senate passed the pure stock food bill, also the Vincennes University claim bill, both goins to the Governor.

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NAME BUSSE FOR MAYOR TO RUN AGAINST DUNNE He Is Nominated by Chicago Republi cans, While Confined to His Home hv iniuries Received in Wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Chicago, 111., March 2. Postmaster Fred a Busse, was nominated by the republican city convention today for mayor-of Chicago, while he remained confined to his home by wounds re ceived in a wreck on a Pennsylvania train a week ago, near Mineral Point Pa. The nomination was unanimous and enthusiastic. A platform was adopted condemning in general the administration of Mayor Dunne and especially urging the people to ratify the ordinances granting franchises to the traction companies, and reserving to the city the right of sharing in the profits. These are the ordinances opposed In the demo cratic platform and if adopted, munic inal ownership of street railways in Chicago, will be an impossibility for a quarter of a century. Other candidates are: For city treasurer, General Edward C. Young, commander of the fourth brigade, Illinois Naiional Guard. Citv Clerk. John R. McCabe. The convention became a county and drainage district convention and nom inated William McSurely and Ben jh. Smith for superior court justices and Otto Novak for drainage trustee. OLD "MEAT" AGITATION NOT LIKE PRESENT ONE r.ifrie Taooart Finds Record Where Council Gave Each Stockholder the Right to Have Two Hogs Running at Large. ;,4 At the present time there is great agitation in the city over the subject of contaminated meat. According to the council records of the year 1845 there was also a "meat" agitation but it was not about contaminated meat. The townsmen at that early day were aroused over an ordinance which permitted the running at large of hogs, of all sizes and descriptions While searching for some old records in the council proceedings of 1845 City Clerk Taggart found the following which relates to the hog agitation existing then: "J. II. Hutton from the select committee to whom was referred the petition and remonstrance . relative to the running at large of hogs on the streets presented the following report which was accepted by the council. 'It is the opinion of your committee that It would be most conrucive to the good of our city and. to the wishes of the majority of our citizens to continue the present law, and further it believes that the dissatisfaction and difficulty heretofore arising has been in consequence of the inability of our laws. ' Nevertheless your committee has no objection to n law being enacted r-;iTA rvf VAOT.?no- rmo. r.r tirr, tinea and permitting them to run at large if it is the wish of the majority of the council." - - -

Indiana. Sunday Morning, March 3, 1907.

THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair With change in temperature. Not Much OHJO Fair and colder except snow near Lake Erie. Legislature in Brief. - SENATE. Senate bill to increase salaries of members of Indianapolis city council from $200 to $900, passed. Bill passed appropriating $120,548 to pay long standing claim of Vlncennes university against the state. r HOUSE. Lutz bill to require all foreign in surance companies to invest in the same class of securities as Indiana companies, failed to pass. This bill would prohibit companies that invest n steam railroad first mortgage bonds from doing business in this state. Moss senate bill to provide uniform text books for high schools advanced to third reading. Bill making twelve hours the limit for a day's work by railway telegraphers passed. The 60-cent gas bill has gone to the governor. m tne iorenoon a nearing was had before the governor, Ferdi nand Winter, attorney for the Indian apolis Gas company, appearing against the bill, and Senator Linton A. Cox, author of the bill, speaking for It. The governor took the bill under advisement. RHDDIUS MUTTERS THE WOOD "HUE Presents Pitiable Sight When He Is Served with Summons of the Court. WOMAN TRIES TO BAR WAY AN INDIANAPOLIS MILLIONAIRE DOES NOT WANT TO BE DE CLARED OF UNSOUND MIND AND PLACED IN AN ASYLUM. Indianapolis, March 2.Tm not Insane; I'm not insane," said George Rhodius in his' apartments in the Circle Park ' hotel today,, .when he was served with a summons to appear in the circuit court to answer the allegation, made in a petition for the appointment of a guardian for Rhodius, which has been filed before Probate Commissioner Merle N. A. Walker. The petition was filed February 28, but the fact that it was a part of the records of the court was kept quiet by direction of Judge Allen of the Circuit court, until today, when 4 a summons for Rhodius' appearance to make answer to it was issued at the request of Mrs. Zeigler's attorneys, Henry Spaan, William Bosson and John W. Claypool. The summons was placed in the hands of Deputy .Sheriff . Joseph Dynes, who went to the Circle Park hotel in company with attorney Claypool and Joseph Emminger one of Rhodius old friends. " Woman Tries to Bar Officer. , According to Dynes and Claypool, Elma Dare attempted to keep the officer out of the room where Rhodius was, but the deputy sheriff entered over her protest. "When we got in," Dynes said, "Rhodius was standing at one end of the room smoking a cigar. I began to read the summons and when I got to the place where the allegation that Rhodius is of .unsound mind is made, Rhodius interrupted me and said: "I'm not Insane; I'm not insane." "I looked, up when he said that and stopped reading and then began again and finished.. Of course, I am not ab le to say whether he is insane or sane but he didn't look so bad to me. The Dare woman looked worse than he did." APitiable Scene. . Attorney Claypool told an entirely different story as to Rhodius actions when Dynes read the summons to am)ear . in . court. He said the scene was a pitiable . one. , , "The Dare woman did not want to admit us when we went up to the first floor, where Rhodius is living,' said Claypool, "but Dynes paid no at tention to her and we went in. Dy4 nes, read the paper to Rhodius, who apparently caught only the meaning of one word. He looked about the , 5 IT IM room ana .Kepi saying, insane, insane Dynes kept on reading the paper, but Rhodius only made one response to it. All the time he kept saying, 'Insane, Insane. , . . . PRISONER ON THE ROCKS All Hopes of Saving the Grounded Steamer Corona, Have Been Abandoned. Eureka, CaU March 2. Still a pris oner on the rocks north of Spit Hum fctnamer Corona has, been abandoned. If present high seas continue there Is every prospect that the ship will go to pieces in a few hours. .

WIS SURE TO GET BIG POKER HANDS Table Siezed by the Police in Gambling Raid Equiped with "Hold Out Box." VERY CLEVER CONTRIVANCE WAS USED BY OLD TIME GAM BLER TO SEPARATE THE UNWARY FROM MUCH COIN OF THE REALM. In the roll call room at police head quarters, directly in front of the rostrum upon which Judge Converse sits when he metes out punishment to men and women who have deviated from the straight and narrow pathway. stands a big round table. It is known as the "sergeant's table," and doubtless derives the name from the fact that police officials of this grade are supposed to occupy places here while the call of the names of the members of the department is in progress prior to their departure from the station to their several districts. On more than j one occasion this table has been the battle ground of exciting checker contests, and more than one Casino game has been won and lost upon its glistening surface. For many years the aforesaid table, devoid of a top, was stacked up with other, odds and ends in the dark and gloomy basement of the city building. Some time after I. A. Gorman became suierintendent of police. It was carried upstairs, and Patrolman Livelsberger, who is a handy man with tools, equipped it with a new top. More than twenty years have elapsed since a platoon of blue coated guardians of the peace descended upon a gilded gambling den operated by "Doc" Blanchard, a deft manipulator of the pasteboards of the old school, and gathered in a goodly bunch of citizens engaged in a game of poker. After they had booked their prisoners, and hauled all of the paraphernalia over to headquarters, one of the bunch a "house man" made the remark that he "would gladly give $100 for that table." It was certainly a nice look ing article of furniture, with its rich walnut top, but the police could not understand why anybody should offer such a high price for it. Their curiosity aroused, they began to "look it over," and soon discovered why the eambler yearned to call it his own rionAth th cover was a hold out box." epuipped with springs, so ar ranged that the player sitting at that side of the table could manipulate it with his knee, and deal himself most anv kind of a hand that ho desired, without the slightest danger of detec tion. . It was not long before the story of the discovery of the police became nublic property, and a great number of misguided individuals who had rest ed their pedal extremities under tnat table on many occasions until tne small hours of the morning began to slowly grasp the fact that they had been un against a very raw nrace Thev could then understand where some of those "big mitts" held by "house men" had come from.. It is said that the table was built exnresslv for "Doc" Blanchard, by a young fellow residing at Centerville, who, while not a cabinet maker by trade, was possessed of great ability along that line. He worked at the job at odd times, and was about a year completing it. SAY FISH ISTD BLAME HARRIMAN REAL GOOD MAN So Declare His Friends They Claim nri,a Pish Wm Putting the Illinois r.ntrai an the "Hummer" When Harriman Came to Rescue. New York. March 2. A failure to keep a "gentleman's agreement," is de clared by an intimate friend of Presi dflnt E. H. Harriman, of the Union Pa ciflc. to be responsible for all of the troubles aired before the interstate .nmmBrpe commission between the VVUUItV ' latter and Stuyvesant Fish. Harriman's friends declare he was not permitted to tell the whole story of the inside Illinois Central workings which culminated in Fish's enforced retirement from the presidency. Thev say that in 1900 . when Fish went abroad, an examination by Har riman. of the inner workings revealed such extravagance and waste as to im peril the corporation's financial integ rtv Harriman inaugurated a reform policy -which has made the road one of j the most prosperous in the middle west and this interference was a blow to Fish's vanity and started the bad feeling between the two men. When Fish borrowed $1,200,000 of the company's funds and transferred them to the trust company of the republic, Harriman is declared, by his friends, to have compelled the return of the money, advancing needed funds to make up the amount. The agreement is then said to have been made between the two that there would be no repetition of this, but later, it is said, funds of the company were Invested by Fish in stocks and bonds of the ship buildThese were "water scaea ana weu nigh Valneless and Harriman, an0ereti at the violation of an understanding, went aiier risu auu iu-uuvu

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Work During the Summer-Mr EM labarger to Help Them. When three local boys walked to St. I 3uis to attend the fair in 1904. they Loui did not intend to start anything, but it appears that they did. Several boys from the high school, accompanied by some of their friends that do not at tend that institution, have signified their intention of either walking or working their way to the Jamestown exposition. When asked what they would do after they got there, some of them said, "Oh, wheel chairs and work the graft that the boys that went to St. Louis did." They expect to start some time in May in order to get there in June. ' I Avnen some oi uiera approaiuru Ellabarcer at the high school and asked him what they could do about their school work, he seemed, in favor oi uieir p.au uu u - what he could for them. There is no oht hut that if conducted right, it will dve them a good idea of the rougher side of life in contrast to the one they are used to at nome. ineir . . . wi names are wnnneia at prt-stui i nrAniist of the boys, as they said they did not want to gain any notoriety on account of the venture. GOOD SEWERS OVER THE ENTIRE CITV CltV Enqineer Charles IS Preparing Plans for the Two Needed Systems. TO BE BEGUN IN SPRING BOARD OF WORKS INVITED TO GO TO JACKSON, MICH., TO IN SPECT A NEW KIND OF PIPING EXPENSES TO BE PAID. City Engineer Fred Charles stated yesterday that two sewer svstems which will be built this coming spring and summer in West Richmond, one south of Main street and the other in Fairvlew, will require about five miles of piping. Mr.. : Charles . and Assistant City Engineer Davis have been hard at work the greater part of the winter preparing plans and estimates for these new sewer sys tems. The plans and estimates for thA FaJrview sewer, which will be built In conjunction with the Im nrovflments at West Second street, have been completed. Plans and es tlmates for the other sewer are near ly completed When the two new sewers are com pleted the entire city will be so well provided with sewers that it will not be necessary to build any more un til new additions to the city are popu lated. It may be necessary to place a sewer system in Beallvlew but as yet the city engineer has made no nlans for it. Mr.. Charles and the board of pub lic works are in doubt as to the kind of DlDine of the new reinforced con crete pipe which Is said to be much, cheaner than the vitrified tiling, At the invitation of the Reinforced Concrete Pine company of Jackson, Mich ..president "' ana ur. v,uanca " today for the purpose of Inspecting rin?nf madA hv that company. This company Is very anxious to supply the piping for the new local sewer svstems and all the expenses or the city officials' trip will be paid by the comnany. This new piping is made by cement moulded about steel braces. These braces and the cement are supplied by the company and the work of moulding the cement about the braces can be done by the laborers in the employ of the city. MAY BE DECLARED INSANE -., u ill be Sent to MatteBelieving Son W wan, Mrs. Thaw Negotiates for Cottage at that Place. New York, March 2. According to a circulated rumor this afternoon, Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the prisoner, If this Is true, it is taken to indicate , .AT, a. l dt aA 4 vk Inil tnonwsA that Mrs. Thaw believes there is probability of her son being sent to the asylum. Mrs. Thaw Is said to have already leased the cottage with an agreement that If Thaw is sent there she may buy it outright. Confirmation of the report could not be secured from Thaw's attorneys or family, but it comes from a source generally regarded as authen tic. Reduces Passenger Rates. Raleigh, N. C, March 2. The North Carolina legislature today passed a bill -rfr.t? the railroad naiaeneer rate at . of rpni- w rnjie. rtutw over 60 miles. The bill was bittcrly contested.

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ARE PRISONERS Oil A DREARY ISLAND Ac Dacntt rtf Craatinrt in nf Turn ce Breaking bteamCrS, StanleV and MintO. e - n ni ipUT nc VCCCPI Q oAU rLlbM I Uf VfcfcfcLU THEIR PASSENGERS FACE TER RIBLE DEATH IN THE TREACHEROUS ICE FLOES OF THE NORTH UMBERLAND STRAITS. Halifax. X. S., March 2. One ship load of passengers, facing death la tbo treacherous ice floes of tha VortVi Tmlwr1i1 anA unnflipr prdlir. iihu "b on tne bleak nctuo island, is me result of the freezing in the Canadian governmont Jce breaking steamers ,., v v i Stanley and Minto which have been out for the past two weeks trying to mak navigation possible. . h, frozen In tha I . 4 l. A. ng to me treacnerous nofs mat am constantly changing and breaking up) neither has been able to render assistance to the other. The Stanley was frozen In nea enough to PictOtt Island so that hec passengers, it is believed landed across the. ice on the litle island. Among these are a score of Americans Including "Jerry- McAuliffe and his company. They, like all the othr Passengers of the Stanley, are mor. oonea uu nqiou i&muu anu win uui, be able to get away to keep engage ments until the Ice here breaks . or sturdier steamers break through the great floes and liberate them. ' The passengers of the Minto are not so fortunate. They cannot even land on the little Island. The ice is becoming thicker every hour and the greatest fear is felt h,ere that her sides may be crushed in by the pressure before aid can reach her. Yesterday the ice closed on the Stanley with such terrific force that she was forced on. her beam ends and it is probable that she will be bround to pieces In the ice before et out 11cr 'ew 8 wicking xnaniuuy oy. staoum me outmcjr be sble to break through the Ice tomorrow on the next day she will try to reach Charlottetown instead of Pictou Island. Pictou Island Is a small barren strip of beach in the center of the straits of North Umberland and af fords only the most meager shelter to stranded mariners. ; Sturdy sea-going tugs equipped for ice work, are making heroic attempt to reach the two vessels and rescue their passengers and offer their crews a chance for their lives. Another Telephone Company; Lansing, Mich., March 2. Paper were filed here today for the organlia tion of the $15,000,000 Interstate long distance telephone company, to build; a system throughout Michigan, connecting the various independent systems of Michigan and Ohio and points east and west. HOUSE Oil "LOIIG WATCH" MANY HOURS' WORK AHEAD Session Begun Saturday Morning May Extend Until Monday at 11 O'clocK Many Important Matters Await Action of the Body. Washington, D. C., .March 2. The bouse today began the longest legislative day of the session. It will extend over tomorrow and possibly Monday morning until 11 o'clock. At that time the bouse will meet only K The first thing considered was the conference report on the sundry civil ,., ,.., th. .Hnt. ed, but leaves still in disagreement the appropriation for a department building in Washington vast areas of land for public parks in Washington; tbo Denver public building and others. The house began a discussion of what further action should be taken in these WANT THE CASE PROBED Petition Presented to Congress for Investigation of Kidnapping of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone. Washington, D. C, March 2. Carmack ,of Tennessee, presented to tha senate today a huge stack of petitions from labor organisations throughout the country, for a congressional lnvesligation o fthe alleged kidnapping of Moyer. Haywood and Pettibone, of the Western Federation of Miners from Colorado to Idaho on the charge that tbev were impucaieu in ui awsams.uw tion of Idaho.. Governor Steuner-bert u

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