Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 80, 2 April 1907 — Page 1
TIB ABIUM 10 PAGES TODAY H TODAY ANI SVN-TELEGRAM. Richmond, Ind., Tuesday Evening, April 2, 1907. VOL. XXXII. NO. 80. Single Copy, Two Cents.
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"BIG STICK" IS
LAID ON HEAD! OF HARROVIAN
Ousting of Swettenham PleasedHim.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
Railroad Wizard Attempts to Make the President Out a Common Campaign Boodler And in Return Is Called a
Willful Liar.
HARRIMAN GIVES OUT SENSATIONAL LETTER.
Document Was Supposed to Show That Roosevelt Had Solicited Harriman to Raise Funds for Buying Votes in New York.
Washington. D. C, April 2. Again the nation witnesses the spectacle of
its president passing the lie to a figure in the limelight. This time it is E. li. Harriman. the country's greatest rail load magnate. The president calls the "wizard" a fabricator, but says that "by rights a i stronger, shorter and more ugly word should be used." Accusation Harriman Made. Harriman wrote to a friend saying that Itoosevelt told Harriman "that ho would appoint Chaunoey M. Depew ambassador to France in order to get Dopew to get out of the way, and thus placate New York politicians. Harriman says Itoosevelt was to do this in return for Harriman putting.
up. with aid or linanciai mentis. ?i?.m,with which to buy .V,(hn.) purchasable votes in' New York City. Harriman further asserts that he carTied out his part of the bargain and that rM'MM votes were thus produced in New York city for republicans and
that Roosevelt then quit Harriman co'd and refused to appoint Depew as he had' promised. In answer to this the president gave a lie to all these assertions by making public a copy of a letter that the president wrote to Congressman Sherman, of New York last October. Roosevelt Produces Letter. In this letter he said: "I understood you to say that he (Harriman) alleged that I made this promise, (referring to Depew as ambassador to Paris) at a time when he had come down to see me in Washington, when I requested hiai
to raise two hundred fifty thousand dollars for the republican campaign fund, which was then on. Any such statement is a deliberate and wilful untruthby right it should be characterized by an even shorter and more ugly word. I never requested Harriman to raise a dollar for the republican campaign fund." President Feels Fortunate. After giving out his statement the president said: "I feel pretty fortunate in having been attacked within the last few days by both Ex-senator Burton of Kansas, an ex-convict and Mr. Harriman. After writing these letters to Congressman Sherman I was assured that Harriman had not made any such statement."
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INDIANA Partly cloudy with temperature. OHIO Fair and warmer.
rising
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
MONDAY (April 1) Total Circulation Net Circulation
MEAT fNSPECTIGN DEPENDS UPON IHE ACTION OF COUNCIL
7,073 Passage of
6,845 1
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.'
a Proper Ordi-
SIDEWALKSDISFIGURED Hagerstown Marshal Hunting For Guilty Ones.
PUNISHMENT IS IN STORE.
Hagerstown, Ind., April 2 Hagerstown citizens found their beautiful ce-
mont sirfpwalks disficured this morn-
nanCe Will ReSUlt in Nam-'ing by gigantic letters in blue and white chalk announcing the coniing'of mg Of Inspectors by GOV- ODonnel. the monologueist at the Odd .... ... ! Fellows Hall, April 5. The letters are ernment Authorities. i more than two feet in length and oover large spaces of the sidewalks. The ! s!arns announce that this is '"April
; Fool, then the Fool O Donnel," April 3.
At the school house the signs were made particularly large and the jani-.l,-.-.t,l tlnio Hml lilor to
Richmond s greatest newsp?per. ,hn, marshal Dickson
"Doesn't skimp its news columns to ac-j wm be especially pleased to be inommodate advertising. The more j peW QitfeS Will HaVe SUCh Op- ' formed who did the decoiatiug.
., iverusmg carried, tne greater ine
CITY HEALTH OFFICER ADVISES PROMPT ACTION.
REAR
CultNfilN.T.WAtn. ADMIRAL CHARLES H. DAVIS.
Rear Admiral Charles II. Davis, the man whom Governor Swettenham of Jamaica "thanked' In the Swettenham style, has been assigned to command the southern division of Rear Admiral Evans' great north Atlantic fleeL Admiral Davis is one of the most interesting men in the navy. He was bona in the navy, so to speak, his father being the famous Rear Admiral Charles II. Davis of civil war times. The present admiral has written a biography of his father, besides other books. He has been superintendent of the Naval observatory twice and has held high commands afloat and ashore.
SUDDEN DEATH OE JOS. FLOYD AT GREENSFORK
Venerable Resident Expires in Postoffice.
PUBLIC SPEAKING ART FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
WAS OVER SEVENTY YEARS.
Greensfork, Ind., April 2. Joseph Floyd, aged 72 years died very suddenly in the postoffice this morning, shortly after seven o'clock. Death is thought to have been due to apoplexy. Mr.. Floyd. had gone to the postoffice to get his morning mail as was his custom. .Apparently, he was in his usual health and greeted those in the office pleasantly. He walked to the rear of the office where a group of men were standing and without warning his face took on a peculiar expression and he started to fall to the floor. K. S. Martindale caught him and with the assistance of some others laid him in a large chair.
Physicians were summoned and Dr. Kerr arrived just before he died. A wife and three children survive the deceased from his second union. One of his Children Mrs. John M. Stauffer is a resident of Richmond.- A son Horace is a student at Purdue while his other son, Jesse E. is a skilled civil engineer now in charge of constructing a . railroad at Armington, Montana. Five children by his first wife live in Florida.
New Department Added at the State Normal.
INSTRUCTOR IS SELECTED.
CITIES WEST NOT WANTED. National Cash Register Company Issues a Letter.
Indianapolis, April- 2 The Dayton
Cash Register Company will not rei move its plant to Indianapolis. The
final decision of the company has been
conveyed in an official letter to Rob-
The president went on to state that!crt G. McClure, secretarv of the ComHarriman did come to see him and i mercial club. The club had decided begged to have Depew apiointed and . to en(i a committee of twelve to DayRoosevelt intimates that he only J ton to discuss with the management laughed down such a suggestion. Har-jthe possibility of bringing the plant to riman later wrote to him saying that j this citv but in"the letter the club was I understand Mr. James Hazen Hyde informed that this Sstep would be use-
jimmy jtiyuej or insurance iame, is i less The Comianv. according to the
an applicant for the position as ambassador to France. His appointment will be quite satisfactory to me. .Itoosevelt thereupon said it was out of question to either appoint Hyde or Depew. The country now turns its attention hack to Harriman. ' He will either have to crawl into his shell and admit untruth or throw down the gauntlet to the president.
Torre Haute, Ind., April 2. The trustees of the Indiana Normal School have established the chair of public speaking, and Prof. James L.. Gardner has been chosen for the" position. President Parsons for some time has been impressed with the need of training teachers in public speaking. He found that teachers were called on in their respective communities to address public meetings. Professor Gardner comes from Mitchell, S. D. He is a graduate of AVaBash and of the school of oratorv at Evanston and for five years has been in charge of the department of oratory at the university at Mitchell. The trustees have selected Prof. James H. Englemau for principal of the Normal Training school, which is to be separated from the Terre Haute public school system, and to eight grades there will be added a high school course. '
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CfJETED STANDING HA JEER REACHED ft LOCAL OFFICE Postmasti Spekenhier and His Aslant Are Elated Over theowing Made the Past Yeat. NET RECEIPVG0 FAR 0 VSR THE MARK.
Result Has Not Eeen Secured
Without a Laqe Amount of Work Small Increase in
Two Salaries.
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portunity to Secure Protection for Meat Consumers Milk Inspection.
FELL FROM A HAY MOW.
J. R.
Wharton Broke His Leg and Sustained Other Injuries.
Cambridge City, April 2 While pitching hay from a mow to the lower floor of his barn yesterday, J. R. Wharton slipped through the mow op-
,The much " "A ff " flnWiTtr set as a goal for the net receipts" the
local postoffice for the fiscal yeS end
ing March 31, by the pbstmastetwas
reached and passed, the total -pet sales for the year being $61,924. This amount is an increase over e last fiscal year of $3,467.37, winch's a very favorable showing for an offi
in a city of Richmond's size and wits0f that city
The United States government has
consented to provide inspectors for the inspection of all meat slaughtered in Richmond. This statement was
made Monday evening at council by
city health officer, Dr. C. S. Bond, after an ordinance providing for the inspec
tion of meat slaughtered in this city had been introduced and referred to
the ordinance committee.
Dr. Bond stated that he had been cor
responding with the secretary of agriculture for some time and that the government had consented to provide one or two inspectors for this city provid
ing the government rules and regula
tions, such as relate to the method of
slaughtering and inspecting, the re
quired slaughtering floors, etc., were observed.
Advises Prompt Action. Dr. Bond stated that the least number of slaughtering floors possible would be the most satisfactory arrangement to the government and he thought the council should take prompt action on the ordinance, which provides for only one general slaughter
ing floor, as the government has only a limited appropriation to use for municipal inspection of meat. The first
cities that annlv for government in
spection probably will be the first to
be accommodated, said Dr. Bond. Would Be a Distinction.
Dr. Bond stated that if Richmond se
cured government inspection of all
meat slaughtered here it would be the only city, in this part of the country to
secure this service from Uncle Sam.
Dr. Bond said that Indianapolis had
been trying to secure government meat inspection, but that the agricultural de
partment had given the health officer
no satisfactory answer,
COLORED MAN HAS ASKEDADMISSIOM Arthur B. Wimberly Wants to Practice at the Wayne County Bar.
MONEY IS VOTED FOR FIEIO HOSPITAL OVER MAYOR'S VETO
Discussion of the Subject Brought on a Spirited Scene At Monday Night's Session Of the City Council.
DEUKER RAISES POINT ORDER AGAINST STUDY,
Mayor Schillinger and City Attorney Set Forth Reasons For Objection Lattcr's Prediction.
HE IS WELL EDUCATED.
IN CASE OF HIS ADMISSION, WIMBERLY WILL BE THE ONLY COLORED ATTORNEY IN LOCAL PRACTICE.
Arthur B. Wimberly, a young colored man, who has resided in this city for the past year, has applied for admission to the Wayne county bar. His
application is in the hands of Judge Fox, who will appoint three attorneys to examine Wimberly, as to his fitness
for being admitted as a practicing at-
Consideration of the ordinance appropriating $7,r for the Reid Memorial hospital, which was passed over the mayor's veto Monday evening, ?t council meeting, terminated in a "hot old, time," which drew party lines c-1om The interesting feature of the proceedings was the clash between Coun
cilman Deuker and City Attorney Study. The former has been on the point .of breaking with the field marshal of the Schillinger administration for some time. Monday night tm break came. Raises Point of Order. Mr. Study was in the midst of a fervent and. what promised to be, lengthy argument. explaining why council should not appropriate nionej- for the hospital. After he had talked about fifteen minutes and was in the middle of a sentence, Mr. Deuker, pale, but game, rose to his feet and to a point of order. "Mr. President," said the councilman from the second ward, "I rtae to a point of order. When the city attorney is asked by the council to udIt on some legal point I have iu ietion to his talking, but I object to his addressing council unless the
torney. Wimberlv, if he is admitted to the
bar, will be the only practicing colored council gives him the authority to da
the comparatively small number otThe government will provide meat inmanufacturing plants which are Iocat-Wettors for the loc'al butchefs without
ed here. The postoffice is necessarily the barometer, for the business done in this city and the report indicates therefore that the business pulse is above normal. ' Work for Business. The business does not come largely of its own accord as many people are inclined to think, as the postmaster
and his assistant have to work to in
crease their business as does any mer
chant. There are a few large manu
facturing firms in the city who have branch houses elsewhere and they could send their thousands of catalogues and circulars by express to these branch cities, for distribution out of those points. By a little pres-
mv pvnpnse to them or the city p. jvid
hg the ordinance drawn up by the special committee and presented to coun
cil is passed by. that body and enforc
ed;
- , Proctection for Butchers. ItVas explained by . City Attorney Studthat if the ordinance were passed itVould 'protect the local butchers
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ening and fell to the floor below, a
distance of about fifteen feet, break-!sme brought to hear upon the manu-
HAGEIST0WN RED MEN mm TO CAMBRIDGE. Degree St Under Direction of Exum Cope!ad Will Put on the
Adaption. Degree.
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ing his . left leg in three places,
sustaining other injuries about the face and body. It will probably be several weeks before Mr. Wharton will be able to resume his duties at his place of business.
HOW THE NEWS LEAKED OUT.
Harriman"s Discharged Stenographer Gave It Away.
New Yoik. April 2 Not in years has S uch excitement reigned as today when a letter of E. II. Harriman to Sidney Webster was published in which Harriman declares that Theodore Roosevelt appealed to him to save the coun-
letter, will remove from Dayton, but the management has decided to consider no cities west of Dayton as a possible location.
Two for the Second. At the regular meeting of Richmond
lodge of I. O. O. F., held Monday night, two candidates were given the second
degree. They were Walter Witte and
Walter Leonard.
DR. CLARK SURPRISES METHODIST DIVINES
Declares That Dogmas Are But Top-Shelf Curios- Exception Taken to Remarks and Sizzling Session Follows.
and laeturer, tne postmaster can probably
intiuence tne manufacturer or publish
er to mail all his catalogues from Richmond, hence he has gained a point in the increase of his business. Sources of Revenue. The Gaar, Scott company, the Starr Piano company, the Hoosier Drill company and the Nicholson Printing and Manufacturing company, along wifch Dignam's magazine and other concerns furnish the largest sources for receipts at the local office. The catalogues sent out by these establishments each year amounts to several thousand dollars, which means that the local postoffice sales boom. - The record made during the last year will mean that both Postmaster
Spekenhier and Assistant Postmaster Smith will receive an increase of $100 on the year in salary. Record by Months.
record for the past
IlagersjKwn, Ind., April 2 Practically all f the" local lodge of Red Men will goYto Cambridge City Thursday to assist iiVthe important work to be performed "it the district meeting held
attorney in the county. George v. Conrad, a well known colored, man, was admittedsonie time ,agoto . the, Wayne county bar, but he has never engaged in the practice of law. Conrad has a position with the Panhandle company. Studied at Howard. Arthur 13. Wimberly is a native of Washington, Di C, and studied law at Howard university, which is located in Washington. Wimberly states that he attended law school at Howard university nearly four years. Five weeks before he was to have graduated he was forced to leave school because of serious ill::ess of his father. He came west in 1JK5, and located in Indianapolis. Wimberly came to this city about the first of last year and he has taken such a liking to Richmond that he has determined to live here. Impressed With Richmond. "I noticed when I came here that
Richmond had a very large colored population and I thought it would be a good place for me to 'hang out my shingle.' There are no practicing colored attorneys in this county and I
think in case I am aditted to the bar
I will be able to do a gcVd business.
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
Official Board of Grace Church Met
Monday Night.
The official board of Grace M. E. church met Monday night at the . U n.r.,4 1.111-MlftCll off-llrC OTP CPt -
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- .ri aL tuat time, "' f tledj As there are a few more days - ' will ovomn ifn- in iho nnnntion t 1 '
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the tribe. It ws npcted to have the 111,3 """ l.
Red Men's band ready to go with the
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does, with the railroad situation in an
acute stage and with the entire nation's eyes focussed on Harriman and Roosevelt, the possible effect of the letter baffles the intelligent to guess. It will be remembered that on the Eight before election Roosevelt answered Alton B. Parker's campaign fund declaration that trusts were giving to the republican campaign fund for corruption purposes by saying .Parker's story was "atrociously false." Harri-
Cintinnati. O., April "J. The Metho-jment about dogmas being "curios" in
jdist ministers had a sizzling session at j his reference to Prof. H. G. Mitchell of
been on
hops oa
dist Preachers Union, at which meet-1 charges of teaching heresy. Dr.
inskthe Rev. Dr. Davis Clark retired Clark said:
try and the republican party from de-itne Methodist Book concern in the reg-j Boston university, who has feat in V.n) I. Coming at the time it!ular meeting of the Cincinnati Metho- trial before the board of bisl
afte? his term of two years as president f the anion. All was serene until the Revlttr. Clark declared that the theological dogmas are "curios that could well be kept on the top shelf." Im-
protest. - How vr. a few of the ministers sided with Dr. Clark. The subject was o enthralling that nearly everybody
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mans leuer puuiueu lo.iay sajs mat prest.lvt desired to voice his protest or Roosevelt's letter to him was personal jhis defense of Dr. Clark's words. tContinucd to Page Six.) ' Dr. Clark was led to make his state-
"I protest against the manner in which the ecclesiastic authorities have been trying his case. The board of bishops receives him practically 'condemned already and with his case unjustly weakened. Here is a great scholar of whom wthe Methodists may wr-11 be proud, virtually exiled." A murmur of disapproval swept Gver the audietice at the word "curios." an:I as soon as Dr. Clark sat down half a dozen preachers tried to get the floor to voire their disapnroval.
so. lie n as been speaking tnls evening on a subject on which council hai
not asked his advice, and be ha hx.
ken without asking the permission of council."
Leftwich Willing to Listen. Mr. Study took his seat and imme
diately Councilman Leftwlch was oa
his feet. 'Mr. leftwich stated that
the subject under discussion could
bear general debate and he for one, would sit in his chair and listen to Ihe city attorney for an hour or longer.
This statement failed to arouse enthusiasm on the part of the city fathers, who had adjourned to the tree tops to witness the fireworks. After Mr. Leftwich's effort, Mr. Deuker again took the floor. He had no objection to the city attorney talking his head off if he saw fit, but he thought the city attorney should secure the consent cif council to talk before he tried to dictate what it should and should not do. Sustained Point of Order. Mayor Schillinger was clearly aware that council was going to hand him the grape fruit, but he did not care to hear any presentation speeches. He pound-
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boys but it could not be organized and drilled sufficiently for the occasion. The band will be newly equipped with instruments and be ready for public appearances in the near future.
The fows: April.. May. . June. . July. .
Sales 1906.
year fol-
-$5,761."5 . 5.5S4.10 . 4.314.2S . 4.927.G9
August " 4.63G.08
September. . October.. November. . December. . January.. February. . . March . .
1907.
4,422.36 5.7S5.36 4.213.55 5,423.27 3.3S7.17 5,933.17 5.615.15
Redeemed stock. . Extras Deducted.. .. Net sales. ... . . , 107 sales 1906 -sales .
Gnin . . .... . .
62.053.36 . 117.24 t ..j 5
'S.4C1.57
Recovering From Pferation. -""" Miss Alice Minnerman. 'who was operated upon Monday at Reid Memorial hospital, is improving and has withstood the shock very well up-to-date. Miss Minnerman is a daughter of C. F. Minnerman, southwest of the city.
church is in excellent condition finan
cially and otherwise.
ANNIVERSARY
Plans
are Being Made foi bration April .8th.
OF EAGLES.
It's Cele-
Wednesday night the Eagles will make preparations for.the celebration of their third anniversary. That event will take place on the night of April Sth and if present plans, materialize there will be a big celebration of the event.
OILING OF STREETS BEFORE THE COUNCIL City; Attorney Holds That the Cost Should Fall on the Property Owners.
EXPERIMENTS IN KENTUCKY
TOTAL FUND IS NOW ABOVE $61 ,000 MARK Over Twelve Hundred People Have Already Contributed to ' 'the Y. M.C. A. More $2,50f3.TGifts Needed.
Total Monday Received Tuesday. Grand Total.. ..
-$50,461 -- 735
..$6t,196.
Tffcere are needed seven subscriptions dfi)2J00 each to secure Mr. Henley's offer "'of 2,500. Those able to give should think over this and let the committee iave their name, for one of these amounts. Monday a man gave $100 each for his three sons and bis
nd self making a subscription of The?e boys will grow up with
The Y. M. C. A. committee hoped to be able to show $1,000 per day for
124.62 .the month of Amil and may average i'ife
.Cl.fl2S.94 , . .,. , , 1500;
.St.f.!U ima- U fW.iP Interest in tb: Y. II. C. A.
one of!sU,tft inai 1 i!W7vrji
EVIDENCE GATHERED THERE GOES TO SHOW THAT THE RESULTS ARE OF THE MOST SATISFACTORY NATURE.
Councilman Englebert stated Monday evening at council that he had heard many complimentary remarks about the streets in this city that had been oiled and he wanted to know whether the city liad the authority to order the streets of the city oiled without obtaining the consent of the l-roi-erly owners. ; ' President Merrill of the. board stated that this question had been referred by him to the city attorney and that Mr. Study had expressed an opinion that the city had no authority to take such action and that if the property owners on the. various streets of this city desired the streets oiled thAv wmilft have to meet the entlrw
expense of this work. Results in Kentucky.
Mr. Merrill stated that a Kreat mai
ifaninAv rifles were oilinsr tl
streets and that he had correspori
with the authorities of several of
cities concerning, the results experiments and that all the
he bad received spoKe most
ttmllv of the method. Mr.
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