Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 175, 20 July 1907 — Page 1

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!The Japanese Have Planted

Four Machine Guns at Taihau Gate, and Korean Soldiers May Be Mowed Down. SEVERAL ARE KILLED AND NUMBER WOUNDED. TKoreans Aroused by Report That Emperor Will Be Carried to Japan Mob Beaten Back at Palace Gates. ToTdo, July 20. The situation at fieoul is critical. The Japanese have .planted four machine guns at Taihau gate, and should the Korean soldiers continue firing on the Japanese police, ;they will be mowed down. Collisions ; between Japanese and Koreans are frequent and several have been killed and imany wounded. Koreans are aroused i by the report that the emperor will be carried to Japan. No official confirmation of abdication has been received here. Crowd Beaten Back. Seoul, July 20. A crowd of .r.(X0 Koreans has been beaten back from the palace gates. During the audience with the cabinet when the emperor acquiesced to the demand for abdication, a number of students attempted to present a petition to the emperor, but the police prevented them from doing so, driving them back east of the palace, where they remained all night making speeches. Ito Declines to Speak. 'At the Japanese residency Marquis to and Viscount Hayashi in an answer to an inquiry regarding the effect of the emperor's action, its importance in effecting a settlement of the whole Japanese-Korean situation and whether or not it was in accordance with the plans of Japan, said they were not prepared at the present to make a statement. Marquis Ito. however, desired it to be emphatically stated that both before and during his audience when the emperor and cabinet were weighing the question of abdication he refused any participation. -The emperor repeated his declaration that he was not responsible for the sending of the Korean delegation to The Hague and asked Marquis Ito's opinion of the cabinet's representation regarding abdication. Marquis Ito replied that the matter wholly concerned the emperor of Korea and not himself as the representative of the empire of Japan. Furthermore, Marquis Ito declared the cabinet's whole course of action was based on its own initiative. SALE IS ESTABLISHED BEYONDANY DOUBT Wnght Brothers Dispose of Air Ship to France. ARE WAYNE COUNTY BOYS. Dayton, O., July 20 The fact that Orville and Wilbur Wright, formerly of Wayne county, Ind., have finally triumphed and have sold their aeroplane, the Wright Flyer, to the French government, seems to have been established beyond a doubt, despite the fact that they refuse to either deny or affirm when questioned regarding the gale. The machine has been guarded from a curious public for some months here. It was last evening placed in the care of the Adams Express company for transmission to New York, when it will be sent to Paris. With those who have been in sufficient close relationship with the Wrights, to comprehend how sacredly they have guarded their treasure, the fact that they have consented to send it to the French capital is a guarantee of the truthfulness of the rumor that it Is a guccess. ELECTION PHILIPPINES first Step in Self-Government Is Being Taken. Washington, July 20. The first step fn Filipino self government is being taken In the Philippines today in election of a house of representatives. WM. LITTLEBOY'S APPOINTMENTS William Uttleboy, of Woodbrook, England, will be present at the regular meeting for worship Wednesday morning at North A Street Friends' church and on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock, he will give a talk on "The Vocal Ministry in Our Meetings for Worship" at the North A street church U which all are invited.

WILL BIDDERS APPEAR FOR THE TWO BIG LOCAL JOBS? This Is a Question That Is Uppermost in Minds of Members of the Board of Works At Present Time. OPINIONS DIFFER AS TO THE LIKELIHOOD. Bids Will Be Opened August 9 On the West Side Sewer And Also for West Second Street Improvements. It is predicted on all sides that on August 9, president C. W. Merrill and his associates on the board of works, will join in the song, "Friday is my Jonah Day," infringing on the rights of "The Time, The Tlace and The Girl," as on that date, bids will be opened for the West Side sewer proposition for the third time, a little job which amounts to $,"0,000. If the old adage that "third .time is always a charm," holds good, the iJboard members feel safe. This is only a portion of the board's troubles, however, for on that auspicious occasion another little package will also 'be opened, which will or will not contain bids for a $40,OOO improvement on Northwest Second street. Since contractors all over the state gave the West Side sewer proposition the cold shoulder on both dates when bids were to have been opened, the opinion prevails in some minds that there will be the same trouble in getting contractors to bid on the West Second street improvement. The board of works, however, feels that there will be no trouble in securing bids on both jobs. President Merrill says that he has received a letter from D. J. Shafer, a large sewer contractor of Freemont, Mich., asking if the West Side sewer contract had been let, and if not he wants to bid on the job when bids are opened the next time. Shafer stated that he is just completing an exceptionally large job in his own state, and wants to take up with another immediately upon the conclusion of the work in the north. C. M. Kirkpatrick of Greenfield, Ind., has also expressed his intention of bidding on the sewer proposition. Are Two Separate Jobs. Although there will be much sewer work to be done in connection with the opening of North West Second street, it is hardly-probable that the same contractor will secure both jobs, although it is not definitely known. The bids for the two jobs will be sepa rate as both are advertised in such manner, and are two separate propositions entirely. The West Second street improvement calls for a number of sewers In adjacent territory and much street Improvement. The railroad will erect the bridgework for the viaduct, the city carrying the burden for all other improvements in connection with this job. A larger per cent of the money derived for this improvement, it is said, will be raised from public Improvement bonds. Mr. Merrill stated that he thought, owing to the lateness of the season, that many of the foremost contractors in this section of the country, are now completing large jobs and would by August 0, be ready to consider work elsewhere. The size of both Richmond jobs is not to be sneezed at. according to Mr. Merrill. .A goodly number of contractors have inquired about the specifications for the West Second

MAY CHOOSE A. C. DINKEY

Report That He Is Slated to Succeed Corey. New York, July 20. It is reported today that Alva C. Dinkey, president of the Carnegie Steel company, will succeed Corey as president of the Steel trust. street work of City Engineer Charles. He has completed the specifications and, along with blue prints, they have been turned over to City Clerk Taggart. TELEGRAPHERS VOTE TO RETORII TO WORK Some Sort of Compromise to Avoid Strike, but It Is Not Just Clear. OFFICIALS MAKE A DENIAL. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT GRIEVANCES ARE TO BE ARBITRATED SMALL SAYS THE MATTER IS SATISFACTORY. Oakland. Cal., July 20. At a meeting held in Oakland Friday the telegraphers' union voted unanimously to accept the terms of settlement proposed by the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. According to the terms of compromise the telegraphers will return to work and then both telegraph companies will receive a committee of arbitration to discuss and settle matters affecting the tele graphers. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Small Urges That All Strike Talk be Stopped. Chicago, July .20. The following message was received here last night from President Small: "The vote to accept was 103 to 4. All strikers to be re-employed and the question of increase of wages to be taken up after resumption of work. All future grievances to be arbitrated. Advise , all locals that settlement , is entirely satisfactory to us and to me personally, and I urge that all strike talk be stopped." No Agreement, They Allege. San Francisco, Cal., July 20. Superintendent Storer, of the Postal Telegraph company, and Manager O'Brien, of the Western Union, de clared that their companies had made no agreement with the operators in regard to an Increase in wages. The men will be -taken back on precisely the same terms as when the strike was called. A CLOUDBURST IN OHIO Big Damage Is Done to Crops And Mines. Cambridge, O., July 20. The worst cloudburst in years occurred last night and all the mines of the Duck Creek, Cleveland and Marietta railroad are out of business. Glenwood Tunnel caved in, a freight was ditched and the engineer injured. Big damage was done to crops and mines.

BLOW FOR DEFENSE;

PLOT IS mUHATED Evidence to Show Mine Owners' Conspiracy Is Ruled Out by Judge. ARGUMENTS LESSENED. HAYWOOD'S WIFE STILL IN HER INVALID CHAIR HIS DAUGHTER ALSO PRESENT HAWLEY GETS A BIG AUDIENCE. Boise, Idaho, July 20. Before final arguments in the Haywood' case were commenced Friday, Judge Freemont Wood notified counsel that the jury will be instructed, when the case is submitted, totally to disregard the testimony Introduced by the defense to prove that the deportation of miners the demolitions of the union stores and the acts of Pinkerton detectives in the Cripple Creek strike were a part of a mine owners conspiracy. This ruling takes out of the hands of the jury all evidence on .which the defense relied to establish a counter conspiracy to that charged to the Western Federation of Miners. The court said, in giving this notice, that the duty which he was compelled to perform was an unpleasant one, but that the de fense had failed to connect these deportations and other things with any conspiracy, and therefore they have no place in the testimony which the jury is to consider. The court at the same time ruled out Orchard's statements of what Pettibone told him about Steve Adams's alleged commission of murders in northern Idaho. Show No Counter Conspiracy. "In these Colorado matters," said Judge Wood, "the defense has not shown that the acts complained of were committed by OrehaHl, nor were they connected with a counter conspiracy. The testimony adduced In relation to the Vindicator Mine and the Independence depot will be permitted to remain for the consideration of the jury, that evidence being properly produced and in the nature of connections." Chief Prosecutor Hawley began argument for the state immediately after Judge Wood had finished reading his rulings. Heat and vile ventilation were no deterrents to the big crowd that came to hear the closing talks on this famous trial. Governor Gooding and Detective McPartland were in court for the first time sine the trial b gan and they sat together near a group of. correspondents who are reporting the trial for newspapers. Haywood's aged mother, who has been ill for several days, was not in court Friday afternoon, but the invalid wife and elder daughter of the defendant sat behind him. Of course, all the lawyers in town were present and there was a goodly number of clergymen of different denominations. . Hawley Starts Argument. Scores of ladies sat through the long, hot afternoon, giving close attention to the arguments of Hawley. With the usual complimentary and congratulatory remarks to the jury, Hawley said he was glad that the beginning of the end of this great trial is at hand. He asked the jurors to hear with conscience the arguments that were to be made and urged that they give their careful consideration to the statements that are to be made. If the lawyers take up too much time and the argument became tedious. Hawley begged the jury to be patient with him and the other attorneys, as this was the most Important case of modern history, as well as the most far-xeach-ing.

FORM SECOND SQUADRON

More Armored Cruisers Will Go to the Pacific. Washington, July 20. Formation of another armored cruiser squadron for the Tacific is already announced. It will comprise the Tennessee, the Washington, the California and the South Dakota. MISS STIGLEM AN TO SING. Miss Marjorie Stigleman of Duluth, Minn., will be the soloist at St. Paul's Episcopal church at the morning service, Sunday. NAVAL BOARD FINOS CAUSE OF EXPLOSION "Delayed Flare Back" Cost The Loss of Life on Battleship Georgia. SENSE OF RELIEF IS FELT. THIS IS BECAUSE, IT IS STATED, THERE WAS NO NEW ELEMENT OF DANGER AS HAD BEEN FEARED. Washington, July 20. By a process of elimination the naval board, which has been investigating the accident whereby the men in the turrent of the battleship Georgia lost their lives, has arrived at the conclusion that a "delayed flareback" caused this catastrophe. In one sense the verdict is received with a distinct sense of relief by naval officers, because it showed that they had no new element of danger to contend with. They had experienced "flarebacks" before and thought that they knew how to deal with them. A "delated flareback" is caused by closing off too soon the blast of compressed air which is supposed to expel from the bore of the gun unburnt gases and fragments of smoldering powder covering what might be left from the last discharge. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM STRONGLY CENSURED Indiana Editors Hear Criticism At Their Banquet. MIX TRUTH AND ERROR. French Lick, Ind., July 20 Strong criticism of recent Democratic platforms marked the address of A. B. Crampton of Delphi, delivered at the big banquet of the Democratic editors of the state at French Lick Hotel last night, attended by more than 300, including all the party leaders. -" Mr. Crampton came out in the open and spoke his mind. His subject was "Present Conditions of the Democratic Party," and he did not hesitate to vivisect some of the Democratic policy which has been advanced in recent years. "Piebald affairs with political error and political truth so intermingled that it is difficult to separate the one from the other" was the rather unusual way in which Mr. Crampton characterized the late national platforms of the party. He made a plea for the good old Jeffersonian principles and said that he regretted greatly that the party In its struggle for popularity had lost sight of these principles.

MANY LIVES LOST

IN BAD WRECK ON PERE MAROOETTE Collision of an Excursion Train And a Freight Near Salem, Mich., Has Cost Forty or Fifty Lives. FORMER TRAIN CARRIED SEVEN HUNDRED PERSONS Reported That the Train Is on Fire and Burning Up and That Thirty Dead Bodies Are Recovered. Detroit, July 20 A collision between the Pere Marqutte excursion train from Ionia to Detroit, and a freight occurred before noon near Salem, Mich. It is reported forty or more were killed. The doctors at Plymouth, Salem and other places were called. The excursion train was crowded. The report says the train is on fire and burning up. Thirty dead bodies have been taken from the wreckage. It is reported twenty-five were injured. Seven Hundred on Board. Ionia, Mich., July 20 Seven hun dred people left here on the ill-fated train. It was the annual excursion of the Pere Marquette shop men and hundreds of women and children went. Business is at a standstill. TROOPS STILL ON GOARD Situation at Hahnsville Is Quiet at This Time. Xew Orleans, July 20 The situation at Hahnsville where convicted Ital ians in the Lamana case are confined, after a stormy night, was quiet today Troops are still on guard. BEGINS DUTIES TOMORROW. Large Audiences Expected to Greet The Rev. Mr. Dunnaway. The Rev. Robert H. Dunnaway, who has been elected to fill the pulpit made vacant by the resignation of Rev. C. O. Shirey at the Second Presbyterian church, will begin his labors tomorrow. A full attendance is expected at the services tomorrow morning and even ing. Mr. Dunnaway will locate here with his family about Aug. 1. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Partly cloudy Saturday; Sunday light fresh to north winds. OHIO Showers Saturday; ' Sunday generally fair; light to fresh winds CIRCULATION STATEMENT. -FRIDAY (July 19) Total Circulation g Net Circulation Q 236 LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION. LARGEST RURAL ROUTE CIRCULATION. LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.

West Side Improvement Association Finding Fault With Merrill's Opposition to Six Per Cent Bonds.

PRESIDENT OF WORKS BOARD IS STEADFAST, Believes It Would Not Be Right To Secure Building of West Side Sewer by Establishing Bad Precedent. Away down In their hearts, the men bers of the West Side Improvement as soclatlon are holding a grudge of good sized proportions ugaln&t President CJ W. Merrill, of the board of works, slmJ ply because he has taken the stand against the Issuance of six per cent public improvement ouds for the real ization of the West Side sewer. At the association's meeting Friday night In the Baxter school, the West Sid sewer proposition came In for a good share of the discussion and during the entire affair the name of President Merrill was coupled with it in an un favorable light. The West Sidera maintained that President Merrill should have countenanced the Issuance of six per cent bonds, and If this had been the case, it would have been certainty that the bonds would havW been Issued and the work started. They stated at the meeting that the First National bank of Richmond had stood willing to take over the bonds at six per cent, but President Merrill would not sanction such a move and thereby delayed the start on the work of con etructlng the sewer. President Merrill states that the board of public works at no time received a communication from the First National peoplai expressing willingness to take over tho bonds at six per cent. Merrill's Attitude. . The president of the board, lm speaking of his position on the bond floating proposition, made his views on the subject very clear. He said that hw did not favor the issuance of six pei( cent bonds simply because it was not just to those people who would havai to sign wavers and take their tlnio about paying their assessment on tho improvement. He said that the extra one per cent la unjust, and furthermore, the approval of the issuance ofi fix per cent bonds would set a preendent which would necessarily have 1o be followed in years to come, lie said one section of the city could not be discriminated against in favor of th other, and should the city once Issuo six per cent bonds It was a ten to ona shot that the practice would have ' to be continued. He further maintained; that the larger per cent of those peopl favoring six per cent bonds are thosa who would pay cash when the Improve ment Is completed, and therefore wouldlj not be directly affected by the addeir one per cent Interest on the papers. Those who would be financially unable to pay for their assessments Immediately and would have to sign wavera paying the assessment In small sums, would be the ones who would be hurt, as the added one per cent Interest on, the Issue would mean much to then during the ten years which they would have to meet the assessment. President Merrill also made the assertion that up-to-date no bank, cither in or out of town, had agreed to lako over the city's public improvement bonds. Five per cent Interest, PreFldent Merrill says is as high as should be asked, and he will hang out for thla to the last to prevent the establishment of a precedent which he believes would be regretted afterward, and to protect those who are not in any wise able to meet the assessment with cash. GRAVES V DOUBTFUL W. J. Bryan May Not Be Most Available Man. Kokomo, Ind., July 'JfK John Temple Graves, the distinguished Southerner, who was heard at the Chautauqua her Friday afternoon, expressed himself at the close of his lecture as being very very doubtful of the availability of W. J. Bryan as the democratic candidate for the presidency. He also called Marse Watterson a brilliant old gossip. Mr. Graves made his point very emphatic that Mr. Bryan's election would be the fondest desire of his heart, but It was an open question if that would be possible. HUTCHINSON TO NEW ENGLAND. E. B. Hutchinson, attorney of the Pennsylvania line, headquarters In dianapolis, and formerly of Richmond, leaves Sunday morning for New Eng land, the home of his childhood, to visit old-time friends for thirty day or more.