Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 355, 5 February 1908 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND PiLIXABIITM

ANTD SUN-TELEGRAM. vol. xxxi i. xo. :j. . ricii3iom, in d., wi:i)m:sdav i;vi:.iN(i, ri:mu Aijv .1. nos. SIXGLi: COPY, 2 TEXTS. ALL RECORDS WERE FAIRBANKS WAS ENDORSED BY ALL STATE DISTRICTS ASSERT STATE HAS PROVED NO CONSPIRACY MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN DEADLOCK Exciting Incident in the Raid by England's Female Suffragists on the Premiers Residence HI THE Defense in Pennsylvania Graft Cases to Make Request.

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It Took Just Forty Minutes for Sixth Districters to Transact the Necessary Business In Convention Yesterday.'

HERNLEY THREATENED A STRENUOUS SESSION. Henry County Politician and Railroad Promoter Desired To Be One of the National Delegates. GRACEFULLY WITHDREW. When He Saw Tide Turning Against Him He Extracted A Promise From Republicans and Stepped Down. R. G. LEEDS SUCCESSFUL. HE WITH CHARLES CAMPBELL OF SHELBYVILLE, CHOSEN TO REPRESENT DISTRICT IN THE NOMINATING CONVENTION. E. P. . THAYER ELECTOR. When the Greenfield Man Withdrew From the Race as Delegate, He Was Immediately Spoken of for Another Position. Catnbridgo City, hid.. Fob. :. Never lid a Sixth district convention perforin its work wit a greater rapidity or with more satisfactory results than did the republican gathering of yesterday. It was "all out and over" within forty minutes from the time K. M. Haas, district chairman, tapped his Havel and formally announced the purpose of the gathering. Hut the short, work the convention proper made of the business did not indicate to those not familial- with the inside workings, that actually there, wciv sonic strenuous times encountered during the jireliniinary skirmishes which brought about the harmony so apparent, in the opera house. Charles S. ilernley, of New Castle was out for delegate and he made no bones about it, but he saw early in the day the handwriting on the w all and after some persuasion the smaU coterie of his followers also saw it and ngreed t'tat there was no need for daughter on the floor of the convention itself. The election of 11. G. Leeds, of Uiohmonrt and Charles Campbell, of Shelbyville, had been assured from the time the first, delegations reached Cambridge City yesterday morning. Mr. Leeds is probably the youngest national delegate ever selected. Col. . l Thayer, of Greenfield, who some weeks ago had announced his candidacy for National delegate, lost no lime in doing what he believed was iiis duty under the circumstances to withdraw and thereby show that. Hanoek county was standing, for a ventlon that would be without a eon-con-test. Mr. Hernly is a good loser, but he does not surrender until most of the props are removed from under him and it was no surprise to his acquaintances yesterday morning when- they learned that the Henry county politician and railroad boomer did not intend to abandon hope of becoming a delegate to the National convention until he had been "shown." Henry county delegates seemed a trifle worried over the outlook. They agreed that they hardly liked the idea of assisting in putting the "skids" under a faithful and untiring leader, but they recognized also that the only chance for harmony was lor Henry county's candidate to leave the track. Smiling, nffable and foxy,. Mr. Hernly is said to have turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of his friends earlv in the day. Fayette county, always with Wayne when rumpuses are likely to occur, was in a peculiar slate Sevcai delegates were standing with Miles Moffltt, for Hern! v. i.-u the remainder of the delegation was for Leeds and Campbell. Toward noon when everybody was getting good and hungry and the odor of good cooking from the Vinton hotel kitchen began to be scented by the groups of politicians in the office, "the deed was dore." Mr. Hernly. still smiling, still affable, still foxy, gripped the hands of everyhody wlthin reach and announced that he was not a candidate for delegate to 1I:p National convention. His friends admitted, however, th.u Mr. ilemly's withdrawal had not been wholly without price, for the concession in behalf of harmony was only a.vited by the promise of district Vaders tha he lO-.onh! hiwc the bucking of t lie dis(.Continued on Page Liht.) ""i

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This picture shows the arrest of Mrs. Drummond, outside of No. 11 Downing street, London. This remarkable snapshot of an incident in the exciting rail by England's female suffragists on the residence of the English Premier at the time of the first cabinet meeting of the first session of parliament. It has just been received from the Hearst. News Service, London bureau.

DICKINSON TRUST DOES NOT KNOW THE TWO FORGERS Officials Are Completely in the Dark as to the Identity of Couple Captured in Rochester, New York. CASHED CHECKS ON LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. Within a Few Days, Several Checks Have Come Into the Hands of Bankers Signed By Mysterious Edwards. STORY OF THE CAPTURE. IT WAS A WOMAN'S PERSISTENCY THAT INTERRUPTED PHONY CHECK GAME BEING CARRIED ON WITH A VENGEANCE. TRIED TO CASH TOO MANY. Called Upon the Clerk With Several And It Was Then His Suspicions Were Aroused and He Ordered an Investigation Immediately. The officials of the Dickinson Trust company are completely in the dark as to the identit of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards, who were arrested Thursday at Rochester. N. Y.. on a charge of forgery, having passed fraudulent checks on the local financial institution. It is thought by the Rochester police that the "Mr. and Mrs. Edwards" are Edward Murphy and Ethel Murphy of Cincinnati, known to the metropolitan police as professional crooks. There is no such concern in Richmond as tin "Edwards. Prescott King Company." Edgar Hiatt, cashier of the Dickinson Trust company states that in the iiast several days six or seven checks, passed by "Mr. and Mrs. Edwards." have been it resented by various eastern banks to the Dickinson Trust company for payment. The trust company has refused payment on all of these checks. The following dispatch from Rochester was received today: A woman's persistency interrupted a phony check game at the Powers hotel Monday afternoon and brought about the arrest of herself and a man said to be her husband, on charge of tContiaued on P?.e Two.J

FAIRBANKS DOES NOT GET FULL DELEGATION

Four Districts Fail to Instruct For Him. (Special). Indianapolis, Ind., Felv 3 It was learned today that Fair' 'ks would not have a. solid ielegation from Indiana to the national convention. The fourth, teuth, twelfth and eighth dis- ! triets did not instruct for him. The fourth district delegates are friendly to Taft and Taft men claim twelve delegates from this state. THAW'S SISTER GETS DIVORCE Earl of Yarmouth Made Contest. No London, Eng., Feb. Z The Countess of Yarmouth who was Alice Thaw, was granted a divorce from the Earl today. The Earl did not contest the proceeding.5?. DEATH SENTENCE FOR STOESSEUDVOCATED Responsible Agent for the Shameful Surrender. St. Petersburg. Feb. .".The sessions 1 of the Stoessel court-martial are nearing their end. in which Generals Stoessel, Fock and Reiss are being tried for the surrender of the Port Arthur foT!its to the Japanese. In his summing up General Gursky. the judge advocate, demanded that the court impose the death sentence upon Stoess1!. i Foik ami Reiss-upon Stoessel as the responsible agent for the shameful surrender of the fortress and the cowardly ending of its glorious defense and upon Fock and Reiss as the men (who inspired and abetted him. HOBSON TO ASSIST. Rev. M. Hobson left the city yesterday to assist Rev. A. C. Wilmore in a meeting at Sugar Grove. j THE WEATHER PROPHET. j FOR INDIANA Warmer; Thursday fair, colder; high southeast to j south winds, shifting to northOHIO Thursday snow and colder in' south portion: brisk to high east j ind. becominij BArthwejU.J

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RELATIVES OF THE MURDERER WILL FIGHT FOR RELEASE Desire That Terrell Be Released From Easthaven So He May Once More Be Put On Trial for His Deed. CONFIDENT THAT HE WOULD BE ACQUITTED. Bluffton People Think Terrell Has Always Been Sane, but j Played a Clever Game in Shamming Insanity. STAND BY INSTITUTION. AS TIME PROGRESSES IT IS READILY SEEN THAT .THE CHARGES MADE BY TERRELL ARE NOTHING BUT GRAND-STAND PLAY. WANTS MAUDLIN SYMPATHY It Was His Idea to Stir Up His Relatives at Bluffton, That- the Man Wrote in the Manner He Did, Making Charges. It is an assured fact that the family of John Y. Terrell, the murderer confined at the Easthaven Insane hospital, will make every effort to seitue his release from that institution sy that he can again be placed on trial for the murder of his son-in-law. Melvin Wolf. They are confident that he would be acquitted of the charge. The Easthaven officials continue to remain silent on the grave charges 1 'referred by Tt-rrejl. Public opinion i Richmond believes these charges to be sensational and wholly untruthful. Residents of this city who are in a position to know, state that the Easthaven hospital is one of the best governed of the state institutions, and that the patients are treated wfth the greatest care and consideration. Locally, there has always been doubts aa to the insanity of Terrell, and there is a feeling that he has preferred charges against the managemcut of the Easthaven institution for the purpose of working up a maudlin sympathy for himself among h!s friends and relatives in Bluffton. A Bluffton dispatch today has the iContinued on Para XnoJ

Republicans in Each of the -Thirteen Districts in the State Instructed Their Delegates to Vote for Him.

ALL THAT FAIRBANKS MEN COULD REASONABLY ASK. Vice President Now Has More Votes Pledged to Him Than Any One of His Several Opponents. ENTHUSIASM IN THE FIFTH. W. R. McKEEN OF TERRE HAUTE FOR THE SEVENTH TIME, WAS SELECTED AS DELEGATE FROM THAT DISTRICT. BRICK WAS RENOMINATED. Opposition to Present Congressman Faded in Thirteenth When the Convention Was Called Together to Select Delegates. DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION. FIRST DISTRICT. Marcus S. Sonntag, Evansville. D. E. Caddick, Grand View. SECOND DISTRICT. James W. Emison, Vincennes. Charles E. Henderson, Bloomfield. THIRD DISTRICT. John C. Zulauf, Jeffersonville. Thomas J. Wilson, Corydon. FOURTH DISTRICT. William A. Guthrie, Dupont. Elbert McAlpin, Greenwood. FIFTH DISTRICT. William R. McKeen, Terre Haute. John F. Bryson, Brazil. SIXTH DISTRICT. Rudolph Leeds, Richmond. Charles Campbell, Shelbyville. SEVENTH DISTRICT. Chas. A. Bookwalter, Indianapolis. Joseph B. Kealing, Indianapolis. EIGHTH DISTRICT. William N. Durbin, Anderson. E. B. Edmunds, Wells County. NINTH DISTRICT. Strange N. Cragun, Lebanon. J. A. Kautz, Kokomo. TENTH DISTRICT. George Ade, Kentland. A. K. Sills, Monticello. ELEVENTH DISTRICT. George A. Osborn, Marion. Harry G. Tucker, Logansport. TWELFTH DISTRICT. G. Win Wilson, Ft. Wayne. Thomas S. Wickwire, Angola. THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. F. E. Lambert, South Bend. S. M. Bracket, Rochester. Indianapolis, Feb. 3. The Fairbanks column was opened up last night with 26 instructed lloosier delegates as the first entry. The tone of indorsement given the vice president yesterday afternoon in every district of the state indicated that the leaders are very hopeful that the good start made at home will be followed soon by an accumulation of votes in other localities. There was no string to the indorsement. It was given as freely as when the delegation was handed to the late Benjamin Harrison in' 1SSS. The leaders who are luke-warm in their support of the vice president buried the hatchet or kept quiet while a delegation was named and instructed to stand by him from start to finish. The net result of the 13 conventions was all that the Fairbanks lieutenants could reasonably ask for. They are pleased that he has jumped into the race at the head of the procession in that, for the time being at least, he has more votes actually pledged than any of his opponents. He was hailed as the bosom friend of McKinley. as well as a stanch supporter of President Roosevelt. His lieutenants are playing the game at both ends and the middle. They were bidding for the old McKinley guard, as well as the element that shouts for President Roosevelt. Without a Hitch. At the convention here this afternoon Fairbanks was referred to as a "radical against evil and a conservative for the right." At none of th conventions was there a disagreeable hitch in the Fairbanks program. In the Seventh district Joseph Kealing and Charles Pookwa!ter vere chosen as national delegates. There iCoaU.au.ed. on Pae Fivt.J

Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 5 Asserting

that the state has failed to prove : j conspiracy against Contractor Sandesem. former Mate treasurer Mathews, former auditor Snyder and former si-perintt'iide-nt public grounds, Shumaker, in connection with the capital graft tasps, tin- defence will toda ask hat the case ! nolle prosed. FT. WAYNE AND SPRINGFIELD LINE ENIER CITY President Fledderjohn and General Supt. Shelton Were In the City to Talk of the Proposed Route. EXTENSION FROM DECATUR IS FEASIBLE. This Division of the Line Can Be Run From That City to Richmond at an Estimated Cost of $1,500,000. CITIES WILL HAVE TO AID. COMPANY WILL FURNISH NO MORE THAN HALF OF THIS AMOUNT TO PROLONG LINESUBSIDY MAY BE ASKED. COMMITTEES APPOINTED. ' Rnein.c. IVArt Allt Inu.clinml. eAni4i. tions and Later Meet in Richmond To Report Sentiment of General Public Toward Scheme. i j Business men of this city and of : Lynn and Fountain City met last even- ' ing in the Commercial club rooms with President. YV. H. Fledderjohn and General Superintendent T. NV. Shelton : of the Fort Waype and Springfield Traction company, which has recently completed building its line from Fort Wayne to Decatur. Fountain City and Lynn people are extremely anxious to have this road continued south from Decatur to Richmond, and the business men of this city feel that the bringing of this road into Richmond will be a gnat benefit to the city. Recently a self-appointed committee of local business men went to Decatur, where they met with Mr. Fledderjohn and Mr. Shelton. These officials were told of the traction situation here -that there was no traction line enter- , ing Richmond from the north and inI vitide them to visit Richmond and ; look the situation over. They arrived yesterday and in the afternoon were shown about town in an automobile. Lynn and Fountain City business men were notified of the presence of the traction officials here and were invited to attend a meeting held in the evening. At this meeting each town was represented by a goodsized and enthusiastic delegation. To Mr. Fledderjohn and Mr. Shelton the advantages of a line between Richmond and Decatur, connecting Fountain City, Lynn, Winchester. Ridgeville, Portland. Bryant, Geneva, and Berne, was pointed out. In their opinion such u line could be built for $ 1. .".: . Mr. Fledderjohn stated that his company would furnish onethird of this amount, but that the remainder would have to be raised in the various towns through which it Is proposed to run the road. After this statement had been made by Mr. Fledderjohn it was decided to have appointed committees of business men in Richmond. Fountain City. Lynn, Winchester and Portland. According to the plan proposed, after these various committees have been selected they will hold a joint meeting, probably in Richmond, and formulate some plan for furthering the project. The Fort Wayne and Springfield Traction company has franchise rights from Decatur to Celina, O.. but it U thought that the route proposed last night to the officers of the company appeals to them more than the Ohio lines. At least they stated that they were favorably impressed with the proposition. MRS. STUBBS' ILLNESS. Mrs. Lewis D. Stubbs, South Twelfth street, who has been in poor health for some months, is not improving as rapidly as her many fiiends would like. Mrs. Stubbs was taken -Veick during a visit to Chicago.

MAY

i Is All Over the Appointment

Of a Successor to John F. Taggart Who Resigned as City Clerk. MAYOR WILL APPOINT CLIFTON W. MERRILL. As He Is a Democrat, Councilmen Say That They Will Never Approve Schillinger's Selection. THE MAYOR IS OBSTINATE. HE SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE APPOINTING PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF WORKS. NOTWITHSTANDING OPPOSITION. . AN UNUSUAL SITUATION. City Clerk Taggart, It is Said, Told Merrill That He Resigned With the Understanding That a Portion of Salary Would Go to His Wife. The selection of a suciesMr to City Clerk John F. Taggart. who tendered his resignation at the council meet ins Monday night, has resulted in an ugly tangle. There w ill be a special meet, ing of council this evenjng at which, time an effort will be made to fill tho vacancy, but it is extremely doubtful if this effort will be successful. Mayor Schillinger w ill apimint C. V. Merrill, president of the board of pub' lie works, to this office, but the itv. pointment will not be satisfactory to council, and the appointment will not be indorsed. Mayor Schillinger insists on appointing a Democrat to fill tho vacancy, but council is equally Insistant that a Republican shall be the man. Bescher, who was defeated for clerk by Taggart at the last election, is council's candidate for the office, seven of the eleven councilmen bein:f pledged to him. Mayor Schillinger sas that, if council refuses to indorse ihe appoint mci t of Merrill he will keep right on appointing him. City Attorney T. J. Study also states that the city administration will back Merrill to the lat ditch. Council maintains that under no consideration will the appointment, of Merrill or any other Iicniocrat b indorsed, if the mayor and council each keei their threats a deadlock will result and Richmond will be without a city clerk until the next election, which will not be held for over two year. City Clerk Taggart, It is asserted, has informed Mr. Merrill that when h' tendered his resignation it was with the understanding that his successor would each month pay over one-half his salary to Mrs. Taggart. Mr. Taggart stated that members of the city council had promised to support him in this. Mayor Schlllinper was quit's vroth when he heard of this feature, and he went lo seeral councilmen and demanded to know if they had promised their support to Taggart in his seculiar demand. The eouncilmen seen by the angry mayor assured him th3t they had pledged Taggart no support; in this matter. ROOSEVELT'S BIG STICKJGftlH FALLS This Time It Hits Public Printer Stillings. Washington, I. C, Feb. ' dialled Stillings, of Boston, public printer, was suspended by President Roosevelt today on charges made by ehif clerk of the census bureau, S. W. S. Rossiter, a printing expert, in temporary charge. It was shown in his report that there was an increased cost, in printing and a muddied condition ol affairs in the department. FIRES WIPE OUT BUSINESS SECTION Berlin, N. H., Has Loss of Nearly Half Million. Berlin, X. II., Dec. 3 Three fires practically destroyed the business nee tion of this city early this morning. The loss will reach nearly a half mil-