Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 363, 13 March 1907 — Page 1

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CHARLES F. CULLY WAS AT LAFAYETTE HAS A "FOXY" MANAGER PROSECUTOR PUTS END TO GAMBLING INDIANA Rain or snow Wednesday during the first twelve hours, fol TOM JOHNSON'S NEW ROLE

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in Dock at Toulon, is Blown up, Carrying to Death Probably Three Hundred. BODIES FILL THE AIR ' FOLLOWED BY A PANIC More Than Six Hundred Officers and Men on Board When the Awful Disaster Occurred. Toulon, France, March 12. A pow der magazine on board the French battleship lena blew up today, while the vessel was in the Missiessy dock, ow ing to the explosion of a compressed air torpedo. The casualties number from 200 to 200. There were about 630 officers' and men on board the lena at the time of the disaster, but many of them jumped into the water. Further explosions on the battleship occurred every moment, and debris was sent flying over the dockyard for a distance of 500 yards. The windows of the work-shops around the scene of the explosion were all broken. The electric wires flashed In the fuses and then broke down, all about the Missiessy dock. A shell weighing twenty pounds was hurled a quarter of a mile before striking and 6lnking into the ground. A complete panic prevailed among the employes, of the arsenal, who were returning to work from lunch when the powder magazine of the lena blew up, and many of them made a rush toward the dock, whence clouds of thick smoke were arising. ?Co one seemed to know what had happened an til Eome one shouted: "The lena has blown up." Rushed from the -Arsenal. An Officer then peremptorily called out, "Save yourselves!" and all the workmen and others made a rush for the nearest exit from the arsenal. The lena was undergoing an inspection of her machinery in the first basin of the Missiessy dock when the explosion occurred. The concussion caused by the explosion of a compressed air torpedo set fire to the after powder magazine, blowing the whole nfterpart of the vessel up. The lena was flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Manceron, commanding one of the divisions of the Mediterranean squadron. -The commander of the vessel was Captain Adigard. Bodies in the Air. . Squads of workmen and sailors approached the scene of the disaster at the peril of their lives, and as they xteared the Iena's deck they could fllmly observe, through dense smoke, Xmman bodies flying constantly in the Ir, following further explosions on the ttoomed vessel, which presented a terrifying spectacle and caused the arsetial employes to wring their hands vith horror. Blackened forms, with haggard eyes, rushed madly through the lines of the spectators, not knowing where they were fleeing. The officials declare that the mazaSines of the lena were completely fillfed with explosives. ROSA BROTHERS DIE WITHIN FEW HOURS John Henry Rosa, one of the prominent Germans of the city died Monday at his home at the corner of Bouth Sixth and D streets. Three daughters and three sisters survive him. A singular coincidence in the death of Mr. Rosa, was the death " of his brother, Harmon Rosa, a former resithis city, who died Monday mornmorning in Sycamore. Ind., preceding his brother but a few hours. Funeral arrangements announced later. Will Return Home Soon. Prof, and Mrs. C3"rus Hodgin, who have been at Pasadena and Los Angeles. Cal., will return home within the next w?ek or two and Prof. Hodcin will resume his work at Earlham College with the beginning of the Spring leria. Prof. Hodgin has been in California for his health. Good Friday Comes Early. Farmers and gardeners who depend upon the moon to direct their potato planting will have to get busy tinusaally early this year. The first day tor planting early potatoes is MonJay, March 11, and the next on Mon3ay. March IS. Good Friday which is bold by many to be the proper day for planting." conies this year on March 59. uch earlier than a year ago.

Prosecuting the Chicago and Alton

Railroad Company. Chicago, March 12. Fred A. Wann, former general freight agent of the Chicago & Alton railroad, was put through an exhaustive examination by the attorneys for the government in the Standard Oil prosecution today The witness identified the Illinois classification of freight in 1900, when the oil company is said to have been receiving rebates oil carload shipments of oil. This establishes an important link in the government's chain of evidence. Wann denied the Chica go & Alton had traffic arrangements with the St Louis Bridge Company or any terminal road across the river or that it announced rates for joint traf fic. The testimony was offset by the evidence of James C. Dunn, a former clerk at Chappelle. 111. The de fense relies upon the contention that the shipments known as the "Chap pelle shipments," were interestate. It claims the haul was from Chappelle to East St. Louis, both stations being in Illinois. Dunn's testimony ' was that the freight rate did not originate at Chappelle, but at Hammond or Chi cago. Chappelle is an "interlocking tower," and merely a transfer station for carload freight. Dunn said: "The whole railroad force there was an agent and three clerks. We received car loads of meat from the west and oil from the east, but had no office, in which to do the business with the pub lic." STRIKE BREAKERS DN THE LOUISVILLE CARS State Troops May be Called to Quell Riots. MANY WALK IN THE RAIN Louisville, Ky March 12 State troops may be called at any moment to patrol -the - streets - of this - eity 'lo quell the rioting between the striking street car met. and their sympathizers and the strike breakers now coming from Cincinnati, Nashville, Memphis and other cities. A corporal's guard was called out for duty today, and tonight and are now quartered at the armory of the First regiment, Ken tucky state militia. This regiment is made up of citizens of this city and is within thirty minutes' call of the armory. The guard on duty is for the purpose of assembling the men. Mayor Barth practically admits that an actual order is all that Is necessry to throw one thousand troops upon the streets, about the car barns, and to make demonstrations or disperse the rioters. "We will do all in our power to suppress disorder," was Mayor Barth's repeated answer to a query as to whether troops had already been ordered to hold themselves in readi ness. Only a few passengers rode during the morning, evidently preferring to walk in the pouring rain to taking chances on a car. Cars were brought out during the morning as rapidly as men could be obttained to man them, but the strikers said that they had won over one-fourth of all strikebreakers who had arrived. Many Hurt in Mixup. In an outbreak at Second and Breckinbridge streets among strikers, strike sympathizers, police and strike breakers six men were seriously injured and a score or more suffered bruises and cuts. Mayor Barth issued a proclamation this afternoon calling upon the citizens to refrain from congregating in the streetts or taking any part in the disorder. GREAT "UHKISSED" TALKS NO INTEREST IN ZI0N Gladstone Dowie Declares That Vi Affairs of the City Which Was Established by His Dead Father Have No Place in His Thoughts. Zion City, III., March 12. Gladstone Dowie today renounced the teachings of religion of his father. In an interview he said: "The affairs of Zion political or ecclesiastical no longer interest me. I am done with all of them. Whether or not the factions unite is of little or no interest to me. I have not stood by my father's religious ideas for a number of years. Zion's future, according to Voliva's plan do not concern me. Zion's future with Voliva at its head is black. The word Voliva spells the city's ruin. As to the desire to depose Voliva, I know absolutely nothing. Voliva takes no part In the funeral service for the simple reason that he was not asked. Father's will is to be opened after the services, at which time it will be probated. After all business matters have been arranged. I will leave this place." Deacon Cutler, who heads part of Dowie's former followers, refused an invitation to take part in the funeral services.

James Smith, Brother-in-Law of Thaw's Victim, Testifies in Behalf of the State. DULL DAY m COURT

WITNESS TELLS OF MEETING AND TALKING WITH MURDERER ON THE ROOF GARDEN NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING. New York, March 12. With the resumption of the Thaw trial this morn ing, Mr. Delmas, leading counsel for the defense, continued his argument of yesterday, as to the admissibility of the testimony of ames Clinch Smithy a brother-in-law of Stanford White, who was absent from the country when the prosecution put in Its case in chief against Harry K. Thaw, and who was introduced as a witness yesterday afternoon by District Attorney Jerome, to tell of certain conversa tions he had with Thaw on Madison Square roof garden the night Stanford White was shot and killed. Mr. Del mas contended that Mj. Smith should properly have been examined at the beginning of the trial and could not testify at this time as in rebuttal. Smith took the stand when the aft ernoon session opened. Jerome began examining him in regard to his having seen and talked with Thaw on Madison Square Roof Garden on the night of the killing of Standford White. Smith identified on the map of the garden where he sat at the perform ance, also the seats where White was killed and described seeing Thaw and his party enter. He said he knew Thomas McCaleb and Truxton Beale, two of Thaw's friends. There was a woman whom he did not know, but who it has been shown was Evelyn Thaw. Jerome instructed the witness, Now tell in your own way what you observed occur." "Thaw," the witness said, "was looking to the right as his party passed Smith. The latter watched the party as they went to their seats. Then Thaw turned around and walk ed , back - to the en d of. the garden. Thaw stood still about a moment, looking across the auditorium, looking over the heads of the people. In this position Thaw almost faced the ele vator. Smith had a great deal of difficulty in understanding just what replies District Attorney Jerome seemed to desire and the latter's questions were more and more leading. This called out an objection from Delmas. Smith related a conversation which he had later with Thaw in which they discussed the play and other unim portant matters. Afterwards the shooting of Stanford White occurred. He was subjected to a rigid cross ex amination by Attorney Delmas. WAS IN WITH THE "PLAY Salt Lake City "Con" Men Fleece Two , Scotch Tourists and . "Split" With Police Chief. Salt Lake, Utah, March 12. Chief of Police George Sheets was this morning bound over to the district court by Judge Whitaker on a charge of conspiracy in connection with a $10,000 robbery here last September, when two Scotch tourists were fleeced by a gang of crooks. It is alleged that the police allowed the men to operate and received a share of the spoils. Italy's King in Peril. New York, March 12 Following close up the report from Naples that an anarchist was on his way from Roseto, Pa., to assassinate the king of Italy, secret agents of the Italian government are watching the anarchist strongholds In the United States, endeavoring to run down the gang seeking the life of Italy's ruler. While the identity of the would-be assassin is not known, the Italian agents are said to have a good description of the person. They believe that they will be able to frustrate the at tempted assassination and capture the would-be murderer. Powers of, Commission. Lincoln, Neb., March 12. The Ne braska legislature this morning passed a bill giving the recently elected state railway commission full power to regulate and fix all railroad rates. Should the two cent fare bill now a law be set aside, the commission would be empowered to lower rates. All rulings of the commission will take effect and continue in force until set aside by the courts. Looking for a Murderer. St. Louis, Mo., March 12. The cor oner's jury rendered its verdict today in the Quernheim murder case, holding Edward Bergman, the missing nephew of the murdered man, responsible for her death. Barry Nussemeyer, "pal" of Bargman, was released. Bargman Is stil at large, but the police have hopes that two detectives sent to Kansas City will find him there

Y. M. G A. $2,500 FUND. No. 1 M. C. Henley. No. 2 .. . . . , '..Name Not Given. No. 3 .. George H. Knollenberg. No. 4 .. x: ; ..? No. 5 .. ...It .. ? No. 6 .. ? No. 7 .. .. .. .. .. ..? No. S .-. 7 No. 9 . ..? No. 10.. .. ..?

GEORGE BARTEL SQUAD IS STILLIN THE LEAD Work of Y. M. C. A. Committees forv Past Week. SOME GAINS WERE SHOWN Slowly but with no sign of abatement the Y. M. C. A. fund is being pushed by its energetic workers towards the coveted $ 100,000 mark. The meeting of the young men's committee at the commercial club rooms last evening was very well attended and there was the usual interest. The gains for the week were a little larger than for some time past and gave encouragement to the workers. The time for the ending of the campaign either by reason of its accomplishment or failure is fast approaching and the next few weeks will see the ones interested during their utmost to push the project through. The leaders of the various" squads with the amount raised last week and their total amounts follow: Capt. Last week Total Geo. Bartel '. . ....$450 $2,520.00 Howard Dill .. .. 560 2,508.50 Levi C. Peacock .. 123 1,222.00 W. S. Hiser .... 40 9S0.00 W. O. Wissler .. .. 240 065.00 Isaac Wilson .... 60 870.00 L. S. Gay .. .. .. 70 705.00 Turner Hadl'A-. . 55.00 Arthur Ellis .. .. 10 ". 490.00 O. P. Nusbaum .. C5 425.00 The total amount subscribed from all sources is now $34,902.50. RETURN 53 INDICTMENTS Many Prominent Politicians and Officials at Columbus, O., Charged With Bribery. Columbus, O., March 12. The Franklin county grand jury has returned fifty-three indictments against prominent politicians and office holders charged with bribery. It is not positively known just who has been indicted but it is said that many of those against whom, true bills have been returned are residents of Columbus and Cleveland. Work in the Chapter. The King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons, will confer the Mark Master's degree upon three candidates this evening. There will be lunch. BRYAN GIVEN AN OVATION ADDRESS ON GOOD ROADS Great Commoner at Fourth Annual Convention of Road Makers Tells What Good, Fine Highways Would do the Farmers. . Pittsburg, Pa., March 12. William Jennings Bryan is the central figure among the delegates in attendence of the fourth annual convention of the American Roadmakers association which convened in this city today. The meetings this afternoon and tonight attracted large audiences at Carnegie hall where the 2,500 delegates, from thirty-eight states are assembled. During the afternoon session William Jennings Bryan who had entered the hall but a few moments before, was called and as he walked to the platform the applause and scenes of approbation were' almost equal to the reception of a man who had just been selected a. candidate for president by a national convention. Mr. Bryan devoted most of his remarks to the necessity of concentrated efforts at the "good road" movement and took the stand that such a move was of vast importance to the agriculturists of the country. He spoke of the necessity of betterment and critized the national government in its "evident" lack of appreciation of what was needed by the people of the nation along this line". He was frequently interrupted with applause and upon completion was compelled to promise that he would address the delegates again before the close of the convention.

Missing Man Met His Brother-in-Law, John Evans, in a Telephone Booth.

A STRANGE COINCIDENCE BOTH MEN HAD PUT IN A CALL TO MRS. CULLY IN THIS CITY CULLY AGREES TO RETURN TO THIS CITY. Lafayette, Ind.. March 12. By a strange coincidence Charles F. Cully, who has been missing from his home in Richmond since January 16, was found here today by his brother-in-law, John Evans, who came to this city last evening to search for the missing man. While Evans was In a telephone booth, waiting for an answer to a call to the wife of the missing man, Cully walked into an adjourning booth and put in a call for the same woman. The two emerged from the booths at the same time and recognized each other. After a hurried conversation with his wife, Cully agreed to re turn. Cully came to Lafayette February 28, and put in a call to his wife, say ing that he was talking from India napolis. She learned, however that he was talking from Lafayette. He would not say why he left home, and he said he was about to return when he met his brother-in-law. SAYS HE IS "BUSTED" That Is the Statement in Open Court of Brother of Rockefeller, Richest Man in America. St. Louis, March 12. While giving testimony, in his suit to recover $265,000 from Henry Gross, from whom he purchased a lead and zinc mine, Frank Rockefeller' swore that he Is "busted." This statement was made while the brother of the richest man in America was being cross examined and created surprise and general laughter. Rockefeller joined in the laugh. ' ARE SCALDED TO DEATH Engineer and Fireman Meet An Awful Death in .Wreck on the C. & O. Charleston, W. Va,, March 12. A Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train from Washington to Cincinnati struck a landslide four miles east of Hinton today. Engineer J. W. Flannagan and Fireman Michael Quinn were scalded to death. None of the passengers were injured. TWO MORE BILLS SIGNED Hanly's Signature is Affixed and Teachers and Treasurers Will Get More Salary. Indianapolis, Ind., March 12. Governor Hanly has signed the teachers Increase of salary bill and the bill which increases the salaries of county treasurers throughout the state. FAILS TO SECURE BAIL Aoe Reuf, the San Francisco Boss, Is Very Anxious to Get Out of the Bastile. San Francisco, March 12. "Boss" Abe Ruef made two futile attempts to secure his release on bail when he appeared before Judge Dunne this morning. The court was first asked to approve the bonds previously given which he denied. Ruefs counsel then asked the court for an order that Ruef be released on $10,000 on. each of five indictments.- This also was deniedThe case then was adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow. Ruefs attorneys this afternoon announced they would make no further attempt to block the trial. They said they would be ready to go abead when called tomorrow. At the same time they filed a petition to a writ of habeas corpus demanding Ruefs release on statutory grounds. -J- . MEEKER REACHES MILTON Milton, Ind., March 12. Ezra Meeker the man with the ox team who is retracing the Oregon trail was In Milton Tuesday afternoon. The picturesque outfit attracted much attention. None of the younger generation had ever before seen an ox team, while the "prairie schooner" was almost extinct from the memories of even older people in these days of traction lines and automobiles. Mr. Meeker is an interesting character and he is well worth meeting and the wagon and oxen show how the .west was settled by him and other -pioneers. , "

Story That the Cleveland Mayor Will Handle William Jennings Bryan in His Next Effort to Capture Presidential Nomination.

.Cleveland, O., March 12. The Press today prints the following: "The visit of William J. Bryan to Cleveland last Sunday when he slipped secretly into town, spent the day closely closeted with Mayor Johnson and then quietly slipped away again, was not merely a friendly call. It was a business visit, to plan a political campaign. Bryan needed a business manager for his campaign. He has picked Tom Johnson. "The first meeting to formulate plans was held shortly after Bryan's return trip from his trip around the world. It was virtually decided ' at that time that Bryan should make a third attempt to gain the nomination and the subsequent election and that Mayor Tom Johnson should be his manager. Johnson will have charge of all publicity matters, of the raising of funds for the campaign and of organization. "Bryan believes that all Mark llanna was to the campaigns of President McKinley, Tom Johnson will be to his third race. It was to talk over the plans of action and to outline the campaign of 1908 that Bryan slipped into all Cleveland to see Johnson last Sunday." INSTITUTE OF SUNDAY TEACHERS IS CLOSED Sec. Halpenny Shows Change in Work Done. THE NEED FOR TEACHERS An interesting program was presented at the closing . session of the Richmond Sunday School . I nst Itute jat the Reid Memorial church, last evening. "The Growing Need for Growing Teachers" was the subject discussed by E. W. Halpenny, secretary of the State Sunday School association. In the course of his remarks he urged upon the Sunday schools the impor tance of developing teachers whereever and whenever possible. He said that there were about 100 educational institutions in the country that had their origin in the churches. In the last fifty years there had been a great change in the sentiment toward Sunday school work. A half century ago the man who attempted to inter est people along this line had to fight every inch of his way. The church had now come to regard the Sunday school as a part of Itself. The Rev. II. H. Moninger, of Cin cinnati took for his subject "The Big Boy." The speaker discussed the boy as he was in various periods of his life, saying that he generally began forming bad habits, if at all between the ages of 9 and 12. This was the period when right ideas should be instilled in his mind. At the morning session Mrs. , M. J. Baldwin, state superintendent of the elementary grades department spoke on "Lesson Preparation for Primary Teachers". She was followed by Mr. Halpenny on "The Influence of Little Things on Sunday School Work." The subject of Charles II. Brown, secretary of the local Y. M. C. A. was The Bad Boy in the Sunday School." During the afternoon there were talks by the Rev. H. H. Moninger, Mrs. Baldwin, and Secretary Halpen ny. ASK CASES BE DROPPED VIGOROUS CONTEST LIKELY Mayer Hayward and Pettibone, Charged With Murder of Gov. Steunenberg. Taken to Caldwell, Where Their Attorneys Argue For a Dismissal. Caldwell, Idaho, March 12. Moyer, Hayward and Pettibone, the men ac cused of complicity in the assassina tion of Gov. Steunenberg were brought here this morning on account of expected argument on the motion to dismiss their cases, because they were not tried at the term of court following their mdictment as requir ed by law. The prosecution ill show that it is anxious to try the cases, but Is prevented by pending appeals by the defendants. A vigorous contest will come over the pending motion for a change of venue from this, Canyon county on the grounds of, prejudice. The prosecution intends to call the courts attention to the fact that, the mandate of the supreme court of the United States has not arrived, but will be here the last of the week. A hearing of the motions will be aked for If the cases are set for Monday next.

Makes the Rounds at Cam bridge City and Orders Paraphernalia Destroyed.

GAMBLERS WALK STREETS EXPECTED HARVEST DURING THE SALE DID NOT COME WORK WAS QUIETLY AND QUICKLV ACCOMPLISHED. Prosecutor Wilfred Jessup accompanied by Deputy-sheriff Oscar Mashmeyer, descended upon the saloons of Cambridge City yesterday and at the threat of arrest, required all owners of card tables and gambling apparatus, to take such to the rear of the properties, where Prosecutor Jessup stayed until he saw that the objectionable articles were smashed Into smithereens. .-- The actions of Jessup were kept quiet and as he wended his way alonje Foote street, having first entered'the saloon of Frank Langdon, his presence was unknown to other owners of drink emporiums until the "lengthy! prosecutor descended upon the booze joints, and ordered everything thrown out, and destroyed. Not a single saloon or cigar store in Cambridge City escaped the vigilant eye of the prosecutor and every machine, table or piece of apparatus which suggested the slightest possibility of being a gambling device, was loaded into the rear with death sentences hanging over them. ' Cigar store proprietors were ordered to prohibit shaking of dice for cigars or other things which were oo sale in their places of business. Much excitement was created by; the prosecutor's visit, after it became generally known that all gambling; would be stopped during the horse sale, and of the destruction of gambling devices. Last night known gamblers walked the streets" of Cambridge and the only games that are going on now in Cambridge City are those be t ween the "swipes" at the horse tables . These.. however, are run -on the alid lhtdlyb. joiQllted,,. FAILED TO INDICT THIEF Federal Grand Jury Makes Report But No Bill Is Returned Against Treasury Robber, Chicago, March 12. The federal grand jury today is said to have voted true bills against members of the alleged school furniture trust and a , numuer or violators or the government criminal statutes. Nothing tangible in the sub-treasury robbery of J 175,000 was presented and no true bill was returned against any of the persons whose names have been mnnertpri with iho In v-t1tr; tion. WRECK OF COLONIST TRAIN Five Persons Killed and Many Injured on Canadian Pacific During a Heavy Storm. Fort William. Ont.. March 12. Nine people were killed and many hurt in a wreck of a colonist train on the Canadian Pacific railroad near here today as the result of a furious snow storm, which prevails. Freight and passenger traffic is badly delayed. In many sections of the prairie provinces rain fell Monday causing the rivers to open earlier than usual. Van Dusen's Successor. A Pittsburg paper quotes Col. Moody, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines west, as saying when asked the question of when a successor to Frank Van Dusen as chief assistant general passenger agent will be announced said: "We are not thinking of a successor yet." E. A. Ford, passenger traffic manager, will not return to Pittsburg from his annual winter vacation in California until about April 1, and nothing certain will be done until his return. There are those who keep pretty well In touch with the affairs of the Pennsylvania line who think that there . . . - . T - T-k.. win oe no successor w jir. an uxsen. Insurance Changes. ( New Castle Courier.) Charles C. Denny, of the Prudential Insurance Co., has been transferred from Richmond and appointed superintendent of the New Castle office. He is an eld New Castle boy and started in the Insurance business here about ten years ago. Mr. Denny says he is glad to get "back home. W. B. Stearns who resigned the local superintendency. Is as yet undecided as to what business he will take up. Harry Thomas Dead. New Castle, Ind., March 12. Harry Thomas, thirty-five years old, is dead of consumption at his home in Kennard. He is survived by, a wile and. four small children, J

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