Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 320, 1 January 1908 — Page 1

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Mrs. Hull Is Responsible for This by HeV Declaration That Murdered Woman Was Her Sister 0. 1 ennessee.

MEN OF AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND

Perfunctory search is now being made.

. !: Moped by Police to Jjocatc .Minnie Jeannette (jaston Alive Stories Afloat That Victim Was Agnes O'Keefe.

New York. .Ian. J. Only for a molnent nonplused by the refutation that the body of the New Jersey swamp victim was Agnes Young, little Mrs. Hull, who claimed to have idntlfted the body, therupou swung round to a new point of vantage and announced that she had known all along that the body was not that of Agnes Young. In leality, she further declared tin dead -woman was her half-sister, a certain Idinnie Jeannette Gaston, of sdrvilla, J 'oik county, Tennessee, to whom she (Mrs. 1 1 1 1 1 1 had giveu the name of! Mrs. Young in order to hide the storj of Minnie Gaston's shame. The Hariisou police gently, but ti: any led Mrs. Hull to Jersey City nd bade her begone out of the state. 1 Nevertheless, flimsy as is the stry told by Mrs. Hull, and flat as her first Btory has proved to be, the new dement of mystery which her appearance has thrust into the case has greatly enhanced the interest. A perfunctory search is being made for Minnie Jesinette Gaston, though the police hare io faith in the story that she was tie ic.tim of the Chrbtmas eve assassin There was a rev val today in 1 Iarl Mn of the stories that the victim f ?be tragedy is Agues O'Keefe, lata nown as Annie Kevins. It is soniwha. .inmrkable, it is held, thj whereas the publication of Mrs. Hulls identification of "the dead womaj brought a denial from Mrs. Your within Vi hours. neither Agne TKeefe or Annie, Kevins has bee. icard from, although these identifies ions were made as long ago as las

laturday. In the case of Agne

'Keefe the identification by au Or

i.nge (X. J.) police official was moe

positive.

In an effort to assist in the idontifll AMUSEMENTS FEATURE cation as much as possible the cloth -rr r a vr rtir-M-ro .ng found near the spot wherfe the bodjj OF TODAY S Ev ENTS. vas discovered has been placed on the jody, which has beeu made to look at Business Was Practically Sus-

uid the inquest, set for Friday morn rig, has been postponed now until noxlj Tuesday. Today the case stands just where it vas on the day the body was found." Will the mystery ever be solved?

TAFTS BOSTON SPEECH CHALLENGE TO CANDIDATES

Foraker and Bryan Were Two

Of the Men Whom the Secretary Certainly Must Have Had in Mind While Speaking.

COW HAS TRIPLETS.

HaserstoAit. Ind , .Tan. 1. A tw (- far-old Jersey cow, owned !y David Svoveland, gave birth to triplets. The cow her.-elf w.u; a tvin. and her mother was a :in. Local t-im-kti!c!i hop,, to lie ahlo to !i:oi!;ie a sir.:, u of Cattle that will bear tv. ins r triolets instead of one c.,';'. as is the ru'e among caul-, This has already been done with t.l;.."-p and coats.

RiCHMOND BUSINESS

uuiimun

SATISFACTORY FOB THE YEAR OF 190

TWO SYSTEMS HIT WERE THEORIES OF THESE MEN

None of the Candidates for the Republican Nomination for Presidency Would Discuss War Secretary's Address.

TRUDGING HIS WAY WESTWARD TO SEE BURIAL OF SON

O. D. BULLERDICK. Coal Dealer.

NEW YEAB NOISILY USHERED IN BUT OUIETLY OBSERVED

At Midnight Many Factory Whistles Blew While the Reid Memorial Chimes Played Short Time.

MEREDITH BREAKS TWO RECORDS

For the First Time in Official Career He Makes an Arrest.

FIRST "PINCH" OF YEAR. IT WAS MADE EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN STRANGER KNOCKED AT JAIL AND INQUIRED JUST WHERE HE WAS.

pended From Early Morning And But Few Business Houses Opened Doors.

Sheriff Linus two records last evening he mad' taking office, hi; armed Belgian.

Meredith established night. Early in the his first arrest since , capture bung a one artii'u! with iwo half-

DAN CUPID HAS GIVEN UP HOPES

N WAYNE COUNTY

"Washington, D. C, Jan. 1 Secretary Tali's speech before the Merchants' Association at Boston la.st night may properly be interpreted as a challenge to his rivals for the Republican Presidential nomination who do not wholly subscribe to the Roosevelt policies, to

come cut and define their exact attitude. When he declared in his peroration that, "any one v.-ho seeks a retrograde step from the policy of the Administration (in regard to railroad and trust regulation particularly) ou the theory that it would bo a real step toward conservatism, is blind to every political sign of the times" he virtually invited the so-called reactionary candidates to state the points of disagreement with the Administration's course, which ho himself freely indorses. Some people had a notion that the Secretary would back-step on the progressiveness which characterizes the President's reformatory plans in the hope of winning over to his support certain business elements who are

friendly to othei evidently forgot

one of his virtues. The Secretary no doubt was answering recent critical observations of Senator Foraker. his Ohio opponent, upon the effect of the rale law upon business conditions when he said in his speech, That "th-it measure had not the slighlest effect upon the legitimate business earnings of the railvvays. and

Pathetic Circumstances Surround Journey of Henry Clark Who Is Walking to Be With Remains of Soldier Boy

Although No Records Were Kept. It Is Said by Local Financiers That Flurry Had No Effect on Richmond.

LOCAL OUTLOOK FOR 1908 DECLARED A BRIGHT ONE

TEARS SPRANG IN MAN'S EYES AS HE TOLD STORY.

With His Feeble Form Tottering, He Refuses to Turn His Face Toward Home Until He Sees His Loved Boy. "My boy was shot a vcar ago nevt March in the. Philippines. He was the last one of my family. His body will

I ho HI w i ti t ri-f t iatil hmnmt from AtU-

nila next month. I expect that the

body will arrive at Ft. Leavenworth. Kansas, for final burial some time in March. When I was informed that the remains of my son would be sent to this country, I was living at my home in Urookville, Pa. Although I

candidates, but they was in bad health and had but little

tuat consistency is moncv I decided that it was mv dutv

ti si e the body of my boy laid in its last resting place, so I started out from fSrookvillc to walk to Ft. iA-aven-wortb. I have, been tdx weeks on the road and if God will give me strength I shall arrive at my journey's end b Match."

Factories Will Resume With Almost Full Forces. While Future of General Trade Is Considered Bright.

The Record of Marriage Licen-: caused the

the titter hollowness in the cry that it This, was Hie

simple, but pathetic

panic I seen in the fact . .: .... ,,,.,. !

r r- i w - ii that, those who now venture to advance I ses for Past Year Smaller ihU pr0(0Sition ,,,V(; l)Cn for more !" - "!"' i-v.uarurs. n.(

year contending tnat ihe rate ; fpenr last c ening m uie ta-5ement i ;

-and because , the ciiy building and (his morning, the ; because it ! duwn of a nrw yar. he came to Scr- '

reduction ot j-cunt ,K .Maims anil iicggwi ne i ims

rates and no reduction of lates fol- to get a cup of coffee. New paper

With Uichmond the business year that has just closed has becu a very satisfactory one. and the merchants are well, pleased. While uo records have been kept that will furnish an insight Into the volume of manufacturing and trade for the year, as compared with the previous year, it Is stated by prominent financiers that the financial depression that has bceu of a general nature that has not made itself felt heie to any great extent. Clothing and : l.oc dealers have fared as well as in oilier years, while in other lines business has been as good and in home branches better than in P,;. It was thought wise by bomo of the manufacturing concerns to remnln dosed longer than usual after iuveieIng, late in the fall, but tbey are preparing to reopen and the local outlook is pronounced a bright one. Conditions that have influenced the factories In reducing their forces were not local ones, but were those arising from tho general situation, the manufacturing concerns depending on a countrywide market for their business. Bank clearings fchow an increase

over the year Vnni. All the local financial institutions have gone on in the usual v ay. not feeling the effect of tho Wall street flurry, as no limit was placed on the amount of money to Ix withdrawn at ony time. There liave been very few failures, and none of t,he two or three reported during tho year is attributed directly to the recent financial depression, the causes dating further back. Business men take a hopeful view of the bituatlon and do not anticipate a lengthy period of hard times.

Than in 1 Oflfi Whi!r nivnrr.P tnan a

.v,. humbug- and a f

n iiai no ei:eei naiee;

bad given promise of a

Business Was Booming.

YOUNG MEN NOT HUNTING

FOR BRIDES AT PRESENT.;

lowed." No doubt. Mr. Tnft had Colonel J. Bryan in mind when be reitera

ied

n and policemen raised a small ;-se for the agd and infirm wamhr-

t T.

ART EXHIBIT TO

BE IMPORTANT

New Year's day was noisily ushered

bto Richmond and it was as quietly

bserved. Last, night, many whistles

(lew and Reid Memorial chimes rang, j

usmess was suspended, nut tne ma

ferity of the business men spent, the ty taking invoices. Today was the

lost ideal New Year's Pay that, has

Will Be Given Under Auspices Of the Daughters of American Revolution.

SIXTHOUSAND TICKETS OUT

-School children are rapidly , disposing of them receipts f go toward purchase of historic prints.

pints of whiskey and burdened within by a cordons supply of the same fluid. Several hours after establishing thi.record Meredith made the second one. At one o'clock in the morning he Made he first arrest, in Wayne county this vear. The sheriff's victim was snu-

posed, by Meredith, to be a burglar Itrving to break into tin; county jail i jto steal the safe, but the man proved ionly to be another drunk, of the com- ! inon or garden variety, who had mis

Clerk Penny, Representative of Cupid & Co., Says Young Men Think More of Hunting Game as Licenses Show It.

home.

The sheriff says that last, evening while meandering along Main street he

saw a one-armed tramp who was tak- j 7:57 hunters' licenses,'

up most or tne sidewaiK. w lien : Penny. While there

Extensive preparations are being made by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, for the Turner Art exhibit to be held in the Garfield school building Jrom January $-11, inclusive. Six thousand tickets have been distributed -finiong the school children of the city ami the coming- week will be a busy f'one for them in making a solicitation - cf the citizens. The money realized

this exhibit will be used fo

Km experienced here in recent veai

wenttier hcincr tiorfeet

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ide their homes and welcomed withI their friends. The F.Iks and les' club rooms were scenes of 4ty all this afternoon, in excellent vudeville bill at. the Phillips entertained a large crowd t afternoon, while there were big cfwds at the coliseum all day. N'.inous dances and social entertainnits of various kinds will be hek? tough out the city this evening. Yestefey all the groceries and meat marhe) were depleted of their supplies of tuieys. thickens and ducks.

It would lead to state socialism. 1 l.c Democrats once suggested Covernnient ownership and the Secretary assails such a policy at this time ou the theory that Colonel Bryan may be nominated for President again, and evidently seeks to put him 011 the defensive carlv in the tight. None o!'

j the Republican aspirants for the uomiillation who are in 1ho city would disThe year l'.'oT in Wa 110 county was cuss the Secretary's address for puba poor one for 1. Cupid V Co. Mr. , Hcation. Cupid's local representative, Harry 12. j

Pennv. clerk id" the Wa.wie. circuit

court, reports 111 a discouraged manner.

that during the past year omy ,;t. mar-

1 na.ge license v issued. t nis record i is considerably below the record of ' .1 !n.:, v hen over four hundred licenses ! wire issutu. "The young men of j Wayne county seemed to have devoted ! more time hunting the elusive rabbit ! tnan searching for 'better halves.' ! I hiring the past year I issued a total of

lis oppositi'-n to Government owner-j Clark suffers from acute indigestion

ship of railroads and contended that ;,iid he is almost exhausted by his long

jourr.' y. nearly all of which has been made afoot. lie said that for two

- TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE

RAZED BY EXPLOSION

(Ia s he had been unable to eat any thing, and while at Hamilton last Fri day he was so ovt r ome ly fatigue tb.at l e was sent, to a hospital where he slept for seventeen hours. "T curry a 1 . w tools with me and do (arprnteriug work whenever I can obtain it. 1 hate to beg." he said. "You are plivsically unable to continue your journey to Ft. Leavenworth. Why don't you stay here, obtain work and when you lave accumulated enough money, go back to Urookville V" Ciark was asked. "I must see my boy Jesse placed in his last resting place," ("ark replied. His eyes became misty as he spoke, but

his face assumed an expression.

MOTHER WEPT WHEN ATTORflEYPLEADED Mother of Powers With Son on On the Eve of the Close Of Big Trial.

TWO SPEECHES TODAY.

THE JURY WILL GET THE CASE ABOUT FIVE OXLOCK AND THE FATE OF POWERS WILL BE DETERMINED.

inn up most or tne smewaiK

llie sheriff asked the man who he was. he was told to go to place once referred to by General Sherman. This

remarked Mr. has been a

slump in the marriaae mar'tet the divorce market in Wayne county boomed all year. The tutal number of di-

It Was Erected by Hadrian'

And Served as Rome's Stock Exchange.

SCORE OF MEN INJURED.

JOT INSTALLATION OF 19(18 OFFICERS

made the sheriff peevish and he took ; vorces granted and applied for last the Belgian bum to the city jail. , year have not yet been compiled. The The Belgian, however, bears r.o mal-j following is the monthly report of ice toward the sheriff. This morn- j marriage licenses issued: ing in the city court he was asked if !. January -i he preferred to leave town or go to the ; i-v bruary abode of his captor the county jail j March 17

for a period of eleven days. 'April " "Make it ten days and I'll go there." 1 ,av 1

replied the stranger, who in rppear-! June 4." a nee resembled a cross between a go-ijuiy d ri 11a and a barrel of cider. Auuust 'J'. "You will find that the quickest way i September

Rome, Jan. 1 The Temple of Neptune, built by Hadrian, and standing in the center of the Forum of Aerippa. now occupied by the Stock Exchange, was the scene of a tremendous explosion, causing a sensation almost as

full of slate k:llstwd miners Three Men Were Entombed Two Hours.

great as the explosion of a

"mli in

Georgetown, Ky.. Jan. 1. Arguments in the long drawn out fourth trial of

earnest, dogged Caleb Powers will he concluded ihi. j afternoon and the rase will go to tho

jury at about . o clock. Judge .1. C. Sims, for the defense. and Attorney Victor Bradley, for the commonwealth addressed the jury yesterday. Two speeches were made. Attorney W. ('. Owens, for the defense, began at H;e o'clock this morning and continued until noon. Commonwealth's Attorney Robert B. Franklin closed the case, for the state this afternoon. Ihe courtroom today wa3 again crowded to its fullest capacity, and there were even more women present than on the previous daya. The ven-

Ma.-silon. O., Jan. 1. George Rob-' erable mother of the prisoner sat at erts. aaed .' and his son. George, Jr., his side and once, when Owens made aged U, of Has; Greenville were kill- j.n anneal for rnprt-r. Kb n.-or.t hitfer-

Cronest n- hut n tear came tn th pvc of hr

by a fail of slat.1 in the

St. Peter's on November IS, I'.'OC. The concussion was so srreat that many persons were terrified, and

great crowds rushed to tn

hvre today. Th 'ee men, who

R. and Sol Corps will

for you to get out ot" this county is to walk east ou Main street," said Prosecutor Jessup. The Ri l.sjan then asked for his- two bottles ot booze, btr

orro mm lie let:

Meredith Post G. A. Meitth Woman's Relief

iio.H ..o.- evmmi w m o usou Mr a , bobl ini.'.t insinuation of officers on' was turned down.

fund to pm chase historic pictures forjThurav evening, January -. begin-: the city bunding. the various school rooms. The value i ning!t 's o'clock. All old "soldiers of i Having rtlated all the incidents cor Cf pictures, n Is said, cannot be over-1 the Cji war aro cordiallv invited to i reeled with the sheriff's first - pinchestimated, according to authorities, as ! be pnt. The call is issued bv J. j the incidents connected with the see-

October . N" ember December

'.Vithin th" "op'o. but.

1 1-

buiMinsr thr r fort una; el-.-. 1

roi.evs r.au

-iornv ot tile

was killed, b'l' L'o clerks. w-:-ro iujun d.

m 1 n a

I were working m the same entry, en-. emotions. ! tombed for two houis, were later re-

I leased. ! Three More Found.

ho meat rna-j Jacob's Creek. Pa. Jm. 1. ""hree left. No one j more lnt:k s wov covered front iho sons, chi'.fly i larr mine tod r , bi ii.'gins t':u total

number up to

von. whatever might have been hi

scene

were manv

ANNUAL BANOUETl OF CLUB TONIGHT

it teaches the value of beauty iu art. The exhibit also promises to be a social event of prominence.

H. VKant. Comniander. cud arrest, rverpetrated by Mr. Mere-

j dith. will be set forth iu brief. While' HRRY WIGLEY HERE. asleep, clai in e'thcr a cotton nigh -i y j robe or a pair of pink siik pajamas. ; liar wigley. business manager of this point is cot certain, the shcriS ' "Ourw Minister," which is to ap- heard a rattling noise at the front door i pear fci!f "rennet." theatre on Jan 9. of the jail. Sier-thily creeping down;

BAM WAS ROBBED

I THE WEATHER PROPHET.

.'A . was ilRirhmnn.t tnrtav makine final stairs, he seized the knob, pushed tfc-c

H?' INDIANA Fair In south, rain or snow nrran r,oi. Jafrh then shoved the door onpu

4 ' I . u . . : o iui ei !e ' j.ii v v , ' north Portions Wednesday; his sl ,nrtc "o,,r vw There stood a man huaeine a veranda!

S2J00 in Cash Was Stolen From Vault.

Thursday, fair, colder,

Ministr ias been doing a good busl- post. "What plash ish this? Ish it

iness hi at several places has arrang-jmy home.'" he inquired. "This is tie

oniw rair, vYconesaay, probably led rett dates in response to a popu-! Meredith boaruiug house," answertd

nw eanesaay nignt aiong uaKei Jar defc,,. He predicts that such Erie; Thursday, fair, colder. vUl beU case In Richmond.

Braham. Minn., .Ian. 1 The Farm-i ers and Citizens Bank of this place; was robbed last night of ?2.T00 in

the sheriff, whereupon he escorted bis j cash. The vault was blow n open with j guest to a vacant cell. .nitroglycerine. The robbers escaped.'

REVERIE

If you're liviug as a Bachelor and do not care to see The woman that may find in you her heart's affinity, You'd better sneak to foreign climes yes. go to-day, con't wait Or you'll be "took" before you're far in Xineteen-hundred-eight! The girls are whetting up their smiles to Cupidize a man, 'o "2-T' for you. Old Batch, to Europe while you can! The good old year is dead and las gone up the spoilt And the Leap Year Girl -will get you

If you

Don't

Watch out!

Entre

Nous Will Entertain Elaborately.

Kntre Nous annual banquet, will r held this evening at 6 o'clock at the club rooms. This will be one of the most Important social events of the season in this club. The rooms were open throughout the day.

LODGE MEETING. The Knights and Ladies of Honot will meet in a special meeting totlght. All members are reHirsted. to be pres- . ent.

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