Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 142, 14 June 1907 — Page 1

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XADIUM. 8 PAGES TODAY TODAY AIVO SUN-TELEGRAM, VOI,. XXXII. XO. 142. - IUCII3IOXD, IXD., FIllDAY EVEXIXG, JUNE 14, 1907. COPY, 2 CENTS.

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ORCHARD WEEPS III THE STORY OF

HIS CONVERSION Tells of How He Contemplated Suicide, Turned to Thoughts of God and Religion and De cided to Confess Everything MEETS EX-GOV. PEABODY FACE TO FACE; SHRINKS as Once Member of Masonic Lodge in Canada Defense Attacks His Motives In Confessing. Boise, Idaho, June 14 The attorneys who are battling to save the life of William D. Haywood and the good name of the Western Fed-, cration of Miners made their greatest assault upon Harry Orchard Thursday, when carrying the review by cross-examination of his life of criinoi down to his confession, they bitterlyassailed his guiiding motives. Six days spent in stripping him before the jury of every shred of morality of character, and then, suddenly turning upon hLm in final fierce attack, they fought with every means known to the legal craft to convince the jury that Orchard w-as committing a crime in falsely swearing away the lives of innocent men in the hope of saving his own. They carried their attack to the very language that the witness answered their questions in, and everywhere they alleged by forceful implication that it was put in his mouth bv men controlling him. Scene of Dramatic Intensity. The series of quickly delivered attacks give, to the trial, amid the ! scenes centering around the high wit- j nes chair in Judge Wood's court, a j depth of dramatic Intensity compell-j ing human interest that gripped and held every man and woman who watched and listened.. Orchard failed, when they recited to him the tale of David and Uriah that Detective McPartland related to him when he came seeking a confession He fought to save laimself but. tears filled his eyes and he rocked unevenly like a fainting woman. His voice lowered to huskiness and he hid his face in a handkerchief. .Then he steadied , himself and went on strongly to the end. He-defended his motives by saying that he had finally experienced con- ' version and penitence and had resolved to make his ieparation by freetyconfessing all. MePartland had toltf him that he was doing a great service for the state and that states were kind to men who served them; there was no other promise. Meets Governor Peabody. Immediately after the noon recess former Governor Peabody, of Colorado met Harry Orchard in the office of the counsel for the prosecution. The meeting was unexpected as far as Orchard was concerned, and when he saw Peabody advancing toward him with outstretched hand he blanched and began to tremble. T am ashamed to speak to you. governor; I am ashamed to look at you," faltered Orchard. -Oh, that's all right," said Peabody laughing. "You need not be ashamed to speak to me now." Orchard began crying, and when Peabody succeeded in reassuring him, he said: "I am glad I did not kill you, and that I am spared the thought of that crime at least." Orchard and Peabody spent fifteen or twenty minutes together and parted in a very friendly way. MERCHANTSJILL MEET I Business Session Will Be Held This Evening. There will be a meeting of the merchants section of the Commercial club this evening. Several matters of vital interest to merchants are to be considered. The report for the past year will also be read. LONGSHOREMEN AGAIN RETURNJO PLACES Twelve Thousand Are Ordered Back to Work. GET NO INCREASE IN PAY. New York, June 14 More than twelve thousand striking longshoremen returned to work today, following an announcement by President Cou nuns of the strikers' unioa. that tlit- conflict with thirty truus-AtJantic steamship lim-s is at an etui. The men return to work for the same pay they! received when they went on a strike.' Most of the strikers w ill be re-em-1 ployed. i

Celebrates Golden Wedding By Abolishing Regency.

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Royal Golden weddings are unusual, but King Oscar and Queen Sophia, of Sweden, whose pictures appear in the heart above, have just celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, and King Oscar has resumed the reigns of Government. Below is their son, "Prince Gustav and his wife, Crown Princess Victoria. Prince Gustav has been acting as regent of SwedOF A PLOT TO KILL VICE PRESIDENT Foraker Also Said to Be Marked for Slaughter. STORY FROM ALABAMA. Selma, Ala., June 14 What appears to be a giant plot to slay VicePresident Fairbanks, Senator Foraker and other members of the senatorial party at the funeral of Senator Morgan tomorrow, was revealed to the authorities by a traveling man who declares a Greek or Italian told him that four men are bound by an oath to' kill Fairbanks and Foraker. The informant is a prominent Alabaman and the police are on the watch for suspicious persons. WAS AGAIN CONTINUED Case Against Gus Kroma May Never Be Heard. The hearing of the case against Gus Kroma, charged with stealing brass from tbe Gaar, Scott & Co., was again postponed. Attorney B. C. Robbins appeared in the city court and asked that the case be tried by a jury. Owing to the fact that Prosecutor Jessup is engaged in the Pingburn case, Kroraa's hearing will not.be had until Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A THIRD CLOUD BURST i. Crops Are Reported Ruined In Central Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., June 14 The third cloud burst in a week passed over central Kentucky today. Crops are ruined and people are moving from homes. ACKERMAN ISTREASURER Elected to Office by Lutheran Convention. At the annual Lutheran Sunday school convention just closed at Piqua, O., Carl Ackerman of this city was chosen treasurer of the organization for the ensuing year. WERE HOME TO GRADUATE. A mimbtr of the '7 tlass ot the high schiol. who have been attending college, returned to graduate w ith the class. I

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TRREE WOMEN PERISH IN BURNING BUILDING Fire in Shaker Settlement I Near Hamilton. LOSS AGGREGATES $20,000. Hamilton, O., June 14. Three women are dead and two persons seriously injured as the result of the burning of the four principal buildings in the Shaker settlement at the Whitewater village this morning. The fire started in the main building, probably originating in a defective flue Mrs. Kull Bear, Catherine Sterr and Mary Middleton were burned to death in the main building. Charles Sterr and Andrew Hass were seriously injured in making their escape. The ios's is $20,000. TWO FOR THEJIRST RANK loia Lodge Will Participate in Memorial. Iola lodge, ivuights of Pythias, had two candidates for the first rank at its meeting Thursday night. The committee appointed to look after the lodge's interest in the Uniform Rank memorial to be held Sunday, made its report, and showed that all visiting members of subordinate lodges would be entertained at the Pythian temple Sunday. The lodge will participate in the memorial exercises and will march with the other subordinate lodges. SOME OF THE STRIKERS ARE AGAIN AT WORK Number of Boiler Makers at Gaar's Have Returned. A FEW STILL REMAIN OUT. The boiler makers strike at thej Gaar-bcott plant is partially broken, as a number of the striking men have returned to work, according to the statements of an official connected with the firm. The strike has been one of the longest in the history of Richmond manufacturing establish- i ments, the men having been out more than two months on account of wage troubles. A few of the strikers .-till maintain 'that they will never return to work. During the strike the Gaan-Scott ' company shipped out a large quantity I of boiler iron to have . the boilers made at other concerns. I

King Oscar o! Sweden Has Again Assumed Charge of the Government ot His Country, Having Recovered from the Illness Brought On By the Disunion Between Noway and Sweden.

PLACES OF PLUMBERS FILLED BY OUTSIDERS Walkout Among Number of Local Men Still On. MAY NOT BE RE-EMPLOYED. r - i i ,The plumbers of Richmond who walked out several weeks ago demanding that their union be recognized, are still without homes so far as employment in local establishments is concerned. One of the affected houses has imported enough plumbers to fill the places and the proprietor of the concern states that under no circumstances will he- hire one of the striking men. It is probable, if the present intentions of the master plumbers is carried out, that none of the men participating in the walkout will be hired in this city.. MANY FLAGSWERE OUT American Banner . Was Conspicuous in Richmond. Save the flying of "Old Glory" unfurled in the breezes, flag day was celebrated very little in Richmond. Those people who remembered that the day is the one on which all American banners are to be unfurled demonstrated the fact by placing the stars and stripes in conspicuous places. Few flags were unfurled in front of business houses, but at many residences the case was decidedly different and the American emblem was in evidence on all streets. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair in north, showers in south portion Saturday; lioht variable winds. OHIO Occasional thunder showers Saturday; fresh variable winds. CIRCULATION STATEMENT. THURSDAY .(June 13) Total Circulation Net Circulation 7,285 7,080 LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.! LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.

LARGE CLASS LEFT HIGH SCHOOL AFTER FOUR YEARS WORK

Annual Commencement Exercises, Held at High School Hall Proved a Very Pleasant Occasion. ADDRESS BY MR. PARSONS WAS FINE FEATURE. President of State Normal Talked Along Educational Lines in an Instructive and Profitable Way. LIST OF GRADUATES. Sherman J. Brown. James E. Wat son, Arthur Carl Lindstrom, Willard T. Jessup, John El wood Silberman, Raymond Quinlivin. James M. Wood, Thos. J. Campbell. Frank R. Elliott, Julius J. Grosvenor, John Paul Mur ray, Carl Eggemeyer, Bradford Wil liams, Ralph Cain, Russell A. McCleland, Harry E. Dickey, Wm. Howard Rankin, Walkr E. Land, Stanley W. Schaefer, Agnes V. Horton, Marguerite Doan, Florence B. King, Elvira voorhees, Martha E. McLellan, Jeannette Von Pein, Pauline Carrier, Bertha Mil ler, Lena Thompson, ' Elizabeth "Marie Sudhoff, Carrie Agnes Druley, Ruby E. Haner, Edna Bymaster, Margaret Agnes Knollenberg, Alice Rachel Kamp, Mary Ada McLellan, Hazel D. Gadbury, Erma R. Pickering, Ruth J. Thistlethwaite, Nellie Fern Owens, Grace Theresa , Paulus, Virginia A. Graves, Nellie May Feasel, Donald Parry Graves, Jessie Henry Miller, Mark H. Pennell, Geo. R. Nixon, Louis E. Dingley, Harriet Anna Dickinson. COMMERCIAL GRADUATES. Mary Meyers, Esther Hill, Nellie Bulach, Myron Hill. Forty eight graduates, an equal number of young men and young women, received diplomas at the commencement exercises held at the high school this morning. There were also four graduates from the commercial course. The feature of the exercises was the address given by W. W. Parsons, president of the State Normal school at Terre Haute, Ind., on "Why the State Educates her Children." President Parsons is a speaker who seems to magnetize his audience and who could go on speaking a long time without tiring one. lie dwelt at length on the educational qualities of the public schools of the state, both elementary and secondary, the latter especially, although he is a firm believer in college education. He said: "At no time in the history of the world has the interest of the people in education been greater than at the present time. Especially are the people of this country almost unanrmously agreed that they must be educated. We believe that all classes should be educated. Education does not concern the individual alone but the state, so ciety and church." As a proof of this interest in edu cation he quoted some figures showing more than 16,000,'000 children to have been enrolled in the public schools of the country in the past (Continued on Page Two.)

Convicted of Extortion by Jury s V erdict

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PREDICTIONJ, EDISON Expects to See Electricity Generated From Coal.

New York, June 14 Thomas A. Kdison in an interview says he expects to see the generation of electricity from coal. When that day comes. eJectricity will be the motive power for everything. CONVICTED SCUMITZ ON SERIOUS CHAOGE Mayor of San Francisco Is Found Guilty of the Crime Of Extortion. VOTE A UNANIMOUS ONE. VERDICT WAS RECEIVED WITH CHEERS BY MANY ASSEMBLED IN THE COURT ROOM JUDGMENT JUNE 27. San Francisvo, Cal., June 14 A jury of twelve of his peers has declared Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of this city guilty of the crime of extortion as charged against him by the Oliver grand jury. The jury was out just one hour and thirty-five minutes. The first ballot, an informal one, was cast verbally and stood eleven for conviction, one for acquittal. Juror Burns, a shoemaker, casting the dissenting vote. Then the twelve men began a discussion of the evidence which lasted for nearly an hour. At the end of that time the first formal ballot was cast. It was a written ballot and was unanimous for conviction. Even before Judge Dunne reached the synagogue, hurried thither by an automobile, nearly a thousand men had gathered in Bush street and were clamoring at the doors to be let in. They were kept out until the twelve men had been brought in and seated. As Judge Dunne entered his chambers by a rear way the crowd surged into the building from the front. The mayor came presently in his touring car. He pressed down the aisle and quietly took his accustomed scat, i Judge Dunne. took the bench at once. Afer the reading of the verdict the

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at once. A long eraw n "Ah" ran i through the crowd. Then Gooirlcoin!itohe condition. He was guarded, cried-a voice in a far corner. And j throughout the night by Officer Bun"Good. good," echoed another spectator dy. This morning Bundy was rcllcvfarther in front. Rudolph Spreckles, ; ed by Officer Wiei hake, whose wealth made possible the whole1 It was first reported that Mrs. bribe-graft prosecution, was walking' Brown was shot twice by her huhband swiftly down the aisle as the sentence, and that her condition was very criticf.ll At 15- - -f t?if K y-w . r I ri r i a 4 4 Vi i Iwu nil -it

into a near-by seat as though arrested by some sharp command. All over the house people were jumping up, and some of them turned to the strangers at their elbows and thrust out their hands in the enthusi - asm of a long looked for moment and said "Shake." "The judgment of the court will be pronounced on Wednesday, June said Judge Dunne. The mayor was a prisoner last night but will apply for bail pending an appeal. SAN FRANCISCO.

BROWN NOW DYING ST BEID HOSPITAL;

II WILL LIVE Negro Who Attempted to Kill His Wife and Mrs. Lulu Fee And Then Himself Is Not Expected to Recover. NO REGRET EXPRESSED BY THE INJURED WOMEN Brown Was Anxious to Get His Wife to Return to Dublin to Live and on Her Refusal to Do So Became Desperate. John Brown, colored, who Thursday afternoon, in a jealous rage, shot hi wife, Ethel Brown, anl hor friend, Mrs. Lulu Fee, then attempted to commit suicide. Is dying at lleid Memorial hospital. The wounds received by the two women are not of a serious character, and their recovery will be rapid. Thursday evening, after their wounds had been dressed at the hospital, Mrs. Fee was returned to her home on South Fifth street and the parents of Mrs. Brown removed her to their home in Dublin. ' Dr. F. W. Krueger and Dr. W. G. Huffman, colored, who arc city physicians, attended to the wounded at tho hospital. Dr. Krueger states that he believes the wounds Brown inflicted on himself are of a mortal nature. He states that alter Brown's murderous attempt on his wife and the Foe woman, he turned the revolver on himself. Brown held the revolver in his left hand with the muzzle pressed against his right breast. Brown shot twice and both bullets tore through hi right lung, lodging in his back. Tho two bullet wounds in the breast are about a half inch apart. The bullets have not yet been recovered as the physicians fear to probe for them owing to Brown's feeble condition. Death at Any Time. Brown is reported very low and his death is expected at any time. Thurs day night Browu was very restless, but ! revealed that only one of the bullcta j directed at her had taken effect, eutering the right arm above tho elbow, j and. progressing upwards and out 'through the shoulder. It is nothins - more or less than a painful flesh wound. Mrs. Fee was shot once, lu the left arm near the shoulder.' Th ball could not be located yesterday afternoon, and it will not be probed for; at present. The cause of the shooting is practically the same as first reiorted. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, according to James Brown of New Castle, who is a brother oC, John Brown, were married about a year ago,' and lived for some time in Eaton, O. N When Brown's father died' at Dublin Jast March, Mr. and Mrs. Brown went to live with the former's mother. About six weeks ago Mrs. Brown left her husband and came tc Richmond. Chief Bailey (states that the woman gave as an explanation for leaving her husband that she could not put up with her mother-in-law. James Brown, says that he doea not know what caused the separation, but that he knows his brother was very much la love with the woman. Wanted Wife to Return. Chief Bailey states that when John Brown called at the Fee home. Thursday, where his wife was living, he sought to induce his wife to return, home with him. Mrs. Brown, after the shooting, told the chief that her husband did not accuse her of goins around w ith other men in this city and that all the time she was at the Ft-a home he tried to persuade her to g back to Dublin with him. When she positively refused to do so, Mrs. Brown stated, the infuriated man pulled a revolver with the remark. "Then 111 fix you eo that you can do nobody else ny good." He began shooting as soon as he made this remark. Brown has a reputation of bring a bad negro. lie has been in trouble many times, principally for gettics drunk and for mixing up in fights. A. Dublin man stated that not long ago he saw Brown chase his sister down a street with a butcher knife. The man is greatly feared by both the Fee woman and his wife. Both women, after the shooting, stated to a reporter that they would not care if Brow a ' died. "He'll kill me stire if he recovere." Mrs. Brown is reported an saying In a ronr im. period Brow a informed his bnrfhr that a man iw-d bin '. on a horKe deal, and he instructed' his brother to collect this money and give it to his mother, whom he stated ceeds it badly. -

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