Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 315, 27 December 1907 — Page 1

ABIUM "AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXII. NO. 15. RICIOIOXD, IXD., FRIDAY EVEMXG, DKCE3IISEU 27, HX)7. SINGLE COr 2 CEXTS. THREE DEAD CALL ISSUED BY CHAIRMAN A.M.GARDNER MAKING CANVASS OF BURNT DISTRICT FAIRBANKS MEN OF AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND 23 T IN John Ogborn, of Greensburg, Would Like to Be Democratic Committeeman. A BIG WRECK LOVE FEAST

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Atlantic City Express on the Pennsylvania, Plowed Into ". Rear of Accommodation ' Death and Destruction.

FIRE ADDED TO TERROR OF PASSENGERS IN WRECK. While Many Were Pinioned Beneath the Debris, Flames Crept Towards Them With Agonizing Swiftness. Heavy fog responsible. ENGINEER OF THE FLYER COULD NOT SEE ACCOMMODATION UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP HIS HEAVY TRAIN. Camden, N. J., Dec. 27 Three persons were killed, five fatally Injured, nnd eighteen injured, in rear-end collision between the Camden accommodation and the Atlantic City Express on the Pennsylvania railroad here this morning. Passenger coaches took fire, but. the fire department checked the flames by playing streams of water on them. Many passengers were pinioned beneath the debris and were thus saved from cremation. The injured were hurried in ambulances to the hospitals. Burning coals from the fi -e box of the engine were responsible for the fire. A heavy fog prevailing, was responsible for the wreck. The engineer of the (Iyer could not see far enough ahead and when the ' other train loomed in sight it was too late to stop. The monster mogul engine plowed into the rear of the accommodation, crunching the coaches like kindling. MITCHELL RAPIDLY' GROWING BETTER It Is Now Thought Great Lead- ' er Will Be Able to Go Home Tomorrow. Indianapolis. Dec. 27. The condi Ion of John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, was so much improved yesterday that he dressed and sat with several friends. lie partook of the turkey and various other seasonable delicacies, and was the recipient of various frivolous gifts, such as a small trumpet, labeled "a good toy," besides gifts of a more substantial character. It was the first Christmas that Mr. Mitchell was unabb to spend at home since his marriage, and his friends had determined to make it as enjoyable as they could. He was still gaining strength today and was hopeful that, he would be able to start for the West tomorrow or the following day. Tt is his intention to go to Kxcelsior Spvings, Mo., but to stop on his way at his home in Spring Valley, 111. AUTHORITIES CLASH OVER A PRISONER Federal Officers and Sheriff Fuss Over a Man Who Stole Stamps. outh Bend, lnd., Dec. 27. A clash Is on between the federal and county officials relative to the custody of Stanislaw Putz. who confessed entering the Eliel substation of the postoffice and stealing a quantity of stamps. Putz, who is a former convict, was taken before Judge Funk in th Circuit court, and a sentence of two to fourteen years at the Jeffersonville reformatory was imposed. Later, Postoffice Inspector A. II. Burr, of Ft. Wayne and Deputy bnlted States Marshal Boyd of Indianapolis, arrived to attend a hearing before United States Commissioner Thad M. Talcott, Jr. Acting on a suggestion from the deputy marshal. Judge Funk rescinded his action and suspended sentence, but in the meantime the prisoner had been turned over to Sheriff Schaefer to he taken to Jeffersonville. After Putz was bound over to the federal grand jury, the sheriff refused to deliver him to the federal authorities, declaring it was hiz, sworn duty to take Putz to prison.

P FJOMINENT F DEAD IN BED E. E. McDivitt, Local Merchant Asphyxiated at His Home On South Twelfth Street Thursday Night. WAS ALONE IN HOUSE AND DEATH DISCOVERED LATE. This Afternoon Friends Suspicioned Something Wrong, And Forced Into the House Where Body Was Found. E. E. McDivitt, a well known man interested in the Richmond Shoe company, was found dead in his bed this afternoon at two o'clock by neighbors, who suspected that there was some thing wrong in the McDivitt home, on South Twelfth street. The cause of the death was asphixiation. Mr. McDivitt had probably been dead fifteen or sixteen hours when the body was found. Mrs. McDivitt left Wednesday for a visit with relatives in Winchester and was notified of her husband's tragic end shortly after the body was discovered. He was alone in the house at the time of his death. This afternoon when an effort was made to enter the house by the front and rear doors they were found to be locked. Neighbors had seen Mr. McDivitt enter the house the previous evening and none of them had seen him leave this forenoon. It was determined to enter the house by one of the upstairs windows, so a ladder was secured and John Klute gained entrance to the home in this manner. He was almost overpowered by the stench of gas but succeeded in making his way To McDivitt's bed room, which is in the rear of the second tloor. The door was open just a little. Pushing his way into the room Klute was horrified to find the derd body of McDivitt. Hs was clad in his night clothes. Gas was found to be leaking from a jet. There were numerous articles attached to this jet and it is the suposition that McDivitt on retiring last night had touched one of these articles and accidentally opened the valve. McDivitt was a man of most cheerful disposition and always contented with his lot in life, so that the suicide theory is not entertained. Ho was a man about forty-five years of age and was married about a year ago to Mrs. Miriam Doan, widow of Isaac Doan.

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STOLE WATCH FROM PAWNSHOP MONDAY Sable Doty Corralled and Is Given Heavy Sentence By Judge Converse. Sable Doty, last Monday stole a watch valued at $10 from the pawn shop and second hand store of Charles Nichols. The following day Doty took the watch to the Simmons pawn shop where he received $2 for it. Yesterday Doty fell into the hands of the police. This morning he plead guilty to a charge of petit larceny and was fined $1 and costs and given thlrty days in the county jail. EL THE DEAL WHS HIS DOWNFALL Ben Hopkins Told Court That He Should Not Have Allowed "His Satanic Majesty" to Influence Him. PETIT LARCENY CHARGE AGAINST HIM DISMISSED. With Tears in His Eyes, Aged Man Said That Not So Long As the World Stands, Would He Again Getjnto Trouble. "Not so long as the world stands, will I ever again get into trouble." said an aged colored man. Ben Hopkins, elder of the Mt. Moriah Baptist church this morning, when a charge of petit larceny against him was dismissed by Judge Converse on the recommendation of Prosecutor Jessup. Tears of gratitude streamed down the old man's face as he left the court room. Hopkins was arrested on a charge of stealing two bushels of wheat in Boston township. After he was arrested he said that he committed the theft because he had no money to buy food for his large family. In the city court this morning, Hopkins stated that he stole the wheat because he allowed the devu to get into him. Hopkins has always borne a good reputation and as the charge preferred against him was his first offense, the court extended clemency. THE WEATHER PROPHEi INDIANA Fair in south, rain and colder in north portion Friday; Saturday fair; colder : """"' portion.

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ESCAPE INJURY ine wagon urasnea into a a a Surrey, Throwing Chief Mil ler to the Ground and Injuring Charles Sinex. CHRISTMAS TREE CAUSED THREATENING BLAZE. Firemen Extinguished the Fire However Before It Had Gained Headway in Home of John Schultz, South 9th St. While making a run to extinguish a blazing Christmas tree at the home of John Schultz, 43." Scjuth Ninth street, the hook and ladder wagon dashed into a rig belonging to A. E. Morel, standing at the corner of South Fifth and A streets, reducing it to splinters and depositing Chief Edward Miller, who was standing on the hook and ladder wagon, on the street. Assistant Chief Charles Sinex. who was also on the wagon, had his legs considerably scraped and bruised. The collision with the surrey did not stop the rapid progress of the hook and ladder wagonin fact it never hesitated until the fire had been reached. When Mr. Morel rushed out of a house and saw the ruins of his rig he at first thought it had gotten in the path of a cyclone. The horse hitched to the surrey was uninjured. Neither did it appear to be alarmed. The fire at the Schultz home resulted from a candle igniting a branch of the Christmas tree. When the department arrived on the scene the tree and some lace curtains were blazing merrily while the alarmed household was preparing to leave the home. Chemicals were played on the fire and it was soon put out. Assistant Chief Sinex states that the collision with the buggy was caused by the sudden swerving of the lengthy hook and ladder wagon, which was about to turn a corner. ELKS ANTLERED FOUR CANDIDATE!) The Elks antlered four candidates last evening in a strenuous fashion j Those taken into the lodge were Nimrod Johnson, city treasurer; Harrv 'Porter, proprietor of the Central hotel; S. E. McCoole, business manager of ItVSamuel D. Romey, Romey ""V- After the initiafeeld.

Republicans of Wayne County Will Meet in Every Precinct To Select Committeemen And Delegates.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE WILL' MEET ON JANUARY 13. At This Time a County Chairman and Other Officers Will Be Selected to Take Charge Of Republican Affairs. DELEGATES APPORTIONED. WAYNE TOWNSHIP WILL GET A DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FROM EACH CITY WARD, AND ONE EACH OUTSIDE OF CITY. On January 10. the republicans of Wayne county will meet in every voting precinct for the purpose of selecting precinct committeemen, members of the Wayne county central committee, and to elect delegates and alternates to the Sixth district convention which will be held at Cambridge City January 14th. On Monday, January i:t, members of the county central committee will meet in this city and elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer. The following call to the republicans of Wayne county has been issued by Chairman Gardner and Secretary Converse: To the Republicans of Wayne County, Indiana: ( Pursuant to a call of the republican Etate central committee, the republicans of Wayne county, Indiana, will meet in their respective townships and wards on Friday, January 10th, 1908, for the purpose of transacting the following business: 1. The election of on precinct committeeman for each voting precinct throughout the county. 2. The election of members of the Wayne county republican Central committee a8 follows: Abington town ship, one member, meeting place at Abington; Boston township, one member, meeting place Boston; Center township, one member, meeting place, Centerville: Clay townsnip, one member, meeting place Greensfork; Dalton township, one member, meeting place Dalton: Franklin township, one member, meeting place. Whitewater; Green township, one member, meeting place, Williamsburg; Harrison township, one member, meeting place Jackson burg; Jackson township, three members, meeting place, Cambridge City; Jeffer son township, one member, meeting place Hagerstown; New Garden town ship, one member, meeting place. Fountain City; Perry township, one member, meeting place Economy; Washington township, one member. meeting place Milton; Wrebster town ship, one member, meeting place, Webster; Wayne township, one member for each of the eight wards in the

city of Richmond, and one additional member for the township outside of the city, those of the township outside of the city, to meet at the court house. Notice of the meeting places in the several wards in the city of Richmond is as follows: 1st Ward, court house; 2nd Ward, city building: .".rd Ward. G. A. R. hall: 4th Ward. Pythian Temple; ."th Ward. No. .'i Hose house; r.th Ward, John R. Hawekotte's store. No. 1011 Main street; Tth Ward, O. II. Little's livecy stable; 8th Ward. West Side Republican dub rooms. ."). The election of delegates and alternates to the district convention, to be held at Cambridge City, Tuesday, January 14th. li'os. 10 o'clock a. niter the election of a member of the Republican State Central committee from the Sixth congressional district. Under the rule of the state central committee the delegates and alternates for Wayne county have been ayportioned as follows: Abington township, one delegate and one alternate; Boston township, one delegate and one alternate; Center township, one delegate and one alternate; Clay township, one delegate and one alternate: Dalton township, one delegate and one alternate; Franklin township, one delegate and one altertate: Green township, one delegate and one alternate: Harrison township, one delegate and one alternate: Jackson township, two delegates and two alternates: Jefferson township, one delegate and one alternate; New Garden township, one delegate and one alternate: Perry township, one delegate and one alternate: ebster townsuip. one delegate and one alternate; Wayne township, one delegate and one alternate from each of the eight wards of the city of Richmond, and one delegate and one alternate from Wayne township outside of the city of Richmond. All meetings in the county except the ward meetings in the city of Flieh- (, Continued on Page Two.)

A WELL KNOWN ATTORNEY.

John Osborn, one of Greeusburg's ablest attorneys and a democrat who is well known in this district, is making a canvass for state committeeman, and is meeting encouragement in every county. Mr. Osborn is an able speaker and his voice nas been heard in every campaign. He is a man of pleasing address, a good organizer. If these are qualifications to be considered in electing a district, committeeman it is said by his friends Mr. Osborn should have no trouble in securing the place. HAPPINESS BLIGHTED By SUDDEN DEATH While Young Wife of Jacob Swearingen Was Pleasure Bent, Remains of Husband Lay in Colorado Town. HIS DEATH NOT KNOWN UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS. Details of the Tragedy Have Just Been Learned by Milton Relatives of the Grief Stricken Young Wife. STEPS IN FRONT OF TRAIN. HE WAS ACCOMPANYING HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WHICH WERE TO FORM A PART OF FAR WESTERN HOME. Jacob Swearingen was struck down and instantly killed and his body lay in a morgue in a small Colorado town for nearly a week, before his bride of four weeks and his parents learned of the terrible tragedy. The fate of this former Wayne County young man. who turned his face to the setting sun and started out alone from his parents' home at Sterling, Kan., to find a new home in the State of Washington for his young wife and his aged mother and father, is a most pathetic one. The particulars of this strange tragedy are set forth in a letter just received at Milton by Mr. and I.irs. Oliver Ferguson, parents of Mrs. Jacob Swearingen. December 1 4, just a few days after Swearingen and his young bride had been wedded, he set out from Sterling. Kan., in charge of a box car which contained his and his parents' householu effects. His destination was Wenatcb.ee. wash. There the new home was t.i be founded. On December 10. the day the bride and her husband's parents left Sterling for Wenatchee, Jacob Swearingen arrived at Los Animas, Col. Growing restive in the lonely box car, which was standing on a siding, the young man stepped out of the car. and directly in front of a fast running train, which burled him to his death. Every effort was made to acquaint the wife and parents of Swearingen' tragic end. but the telegrams that were sent to place after place always failed to reach the-m. All the time the body of the youthful groom lay in the Los Animas morgue, the bride dreamed of her future happiness in the new Washington home. At the cities enroute where she and her aged companions stopped for sight-seeing purposes. Mrs. Swearingen little knew that the wires were hot with tragic messag es seeking Ler. It was not until they 'arrived at Wenatchee that the terri ble news was learned. In the meantime, friends of the family at Sterling, being unable to locate Mrs. Swearingen and the young man's parents, and thinking that his body would be buried at Sterling, went to Los Animas and took the body to that ;city. The heart broken parents, jwhen they learned of this, ordered that the body be shipped to Wenatchee, j which will be their home until they (are called to meet their loved -son again. Mrs. Swearingen will probably remain with the -"i couple -ihrouchout the winter.

Prominent Republicans Said Indiana Man Should Have State Delegation in Presidential Convention. .

BEVERIDGE PRESIDED AT THE BIG MEETING. Address Was One of Most Elo quent Ever Heard in Indiana And He Aroused Intense Enthusiasm With His Remarks FORMAL CAMPAIGN OPENING REPUBLICAN BATTLE FOR CONTINUED SUPREMACY IN INDIANA WAS SOUNDED AND POLITICAL WHEELS SET TO GRINDING. Indianapolis, lnd.. Dec. -'7. Viuo President Charles Warren Fairbanks was indorsed for the republican presidential nomination at the biennial midwinter love feast of the republicans held yesterday afternoon at the Ciaypool hotel. The indorsement was intended by his managers as the formal launching of his boom. Two years ago Senator Beveridge. in an eloquent speech from the same platform on which he appeared yesterday, declared that Indiana would support the vice president for president. It fell to his lot again yesterday afternoon, as chairman of the lovefeast, totake the lead in launching the boom. Governor Hanly offered the resolution indorsing the vice president. As he finished reading It Captain Wallace Foster, the grizzled "flag man" of Indiana, let drop from a balcony railing above his head a large banner, containing the words, "Charles W. Fairbanks for President in l!t3." There was some applause when Governor Hanly moved the adoption of thj resolution endorsing Fairbanks. Senator Hemcnway, Congressman Watson, Lieutenant Governor Miller, former Attoruey-General C. W. Miller, former Attorney-General W. L. Taylor and other speakers praised the vice president. George Dinwiddie. of Frankfor. vice chairman of the state committee, In the absence of Chairman Goodrich, presented Senator Beveridg as thj presiding officer. Senator Beveridge made a characteristic speech and was received with enthusiasm. Must Enforce Laws. Among other things. Mr. Beveridge Baid: "There is a present murmur by certain men against the republican policy of writing honesty into our statutesa restlessness under impartial execution of the country's laws. Some politicians counsel a truce -to the war we wage against evil practices, and those who profit by those practices are declaring that we have gone too far already. Yet what man proposes the repeal of any of the laws that we have passed in working out the moral regeneration of American business? "What man proposes the repeal .f the law establishing the department of commerce and labor, the pure food law. the railroad rate law, or any of those historic statutes which have for their end the placing of American prosperity on unshakable foundations? And what public man will openly declare that our laws shall not be enforced equally? What public man will announce a policy of law neglect? "We mean to go on until the rules of common honesty, by which the average man does business, shall be the rules by which the exceptional man also must do business: go on until the ravishing of the nation's resources by land and timber robbers shall be impossible; until desperate adventures in high finance, which ruin investor, oppress the people and shake the confidence of the business world shall be made difficult and dangerous; until there can be no more "looting of the Alton no more secret rebates. Uy which the few wickedly wax in wealth jand power, while the miny suffer; unjtil as a people we have achieved in i our everr-day life that righteousness by which and by which alone since the world began a nation is exalted. Work to Be Done. "There 13 still work ahead. We must amend the railway rate law at points where it Is defective. We must make modern the Sherman law, which now shackles bones to enterprise because it does not now fit present conditions. We must drive the canal to completion, and Improve the nation's waterways that tfie people may have the transportation designed by nature. Our platform and our candidates must personify the movement of the times. After we nominate and resolve, we must justify and elect, " Senator Hemenway, who followed Senator Beveridge, was well received. He was frank enough to admit that there is a depression in business -