Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 2, 17 February 1908 — Page 1

HMONB P AIX ABIUM AIMD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. XO.'J. IUCII3IOXD, IND., 3IOXDAV EVEXIXG, FEBRUARY 17, 1008. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. RUPTURE PREDICTED BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BRYAN GREETED RAlLROAGEffS DAUGHTER PROPER CARE FOR Famous Democrat Who is Receiving a Welcome In Indianapolis Generally Accorded to But Few Men BADLY BY Tl THE INSANE IS URGED BY BOARD Miss Mansfield Walked Too Near the Tracks.

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Tonight the Puzzling Clerkship Problem Will Either Be Solved or Further Muddled It Is Declared.

WILL SCHILLINGER USE HIS AX ON REPUBLICANS? Asserted He Will Attempt to Whip Council in Favor - of His Appointment by Threatening Office Holders. The meeting of the city council this Evening promises to he a lively one. That body will endeavor to untangle the city clerkship quest ion and it is predicted that the result of their efforts will be to make the affair more tangled than ever. Mayor Schillinger has appointed C. W. Merrill as .successor to John F. Taggart, and tonight it is up to council to confirm this appointment or turn it down, and it is a foregone conclusion that the latter action will be taken. Last week a special meeting was called for the purpose of taking some action on this matter. At a caucus held just before council went into session, it developed that several councilmcn were still opposed to the appointment of Mr. Merrill because lit was a democrat. A deadlock resulted, and when the council met a motion to adjourn was immediately adopted. Since that meeting, it is understood, there has been no change in the situation, so tonight council will refuse to confirm the mayor's appointment. City Attorney T. J. Study states that under a ruling of the supreme court of Indiana. Mr. Taggart is not city clerk, nor has he been since the time he tendered his resignation. Mr. Study states that under this ruling the minute an elective officer tenders his resignation it becomes effective, even in the event that council adopts a resolution to have the officer in question continue in office until his successor has been appointed and the appointment confirmed by council. This being the case, Mr. Taggart has Illegally held office for the past two weeks and all the official actions he lias been called upon to perform in this time as city clerk, are rendered null and void. In the probable event that Mr. Merrill's appointment is not confirmed this evening, it is a question as to whether council will vote to have Tagpart continue in office or to have a clerk pro-teni, perform the duties of the office. City Attorney Study states that either action would be illegal. It is highly probable that in the event the city fathers refuse to confirm the appointment of Mr. Merrill au open rupture between the city administration and council will result and that Mayor Schillinger will take, dras tic steps to bring the rebellious eouncilruen Into line. To do this, it has lieen hinted he will dismiss Chief Miller of the fire department, City Engineer Fred Charles and other republican office holders. Democrats would be appointed to fill their positions. IRISHMAN SLAPPED Officious Woman Had Battle With Native of Cork on C, C. & L. Train. "SHE WAS NOT A LADY." Despite all efforts of a large wrecking crew, the Pullman car on C, C. A: 1 train. No. y, which jumped the track at an early hour Saturday morning near Webster, is still reposing on its side near the track. All day Sunday the road was blockaded by the crippled Pullman. Passengers on the train due in Richmond from the north at S o'clock last evening did not ar rive here until 3:") o'clock this morning. Every effort to place the Pullman on the rails so that it could be at tached to this train proved unsuccessful and finally the wrecking crew abandoned worK so that the passenger train could continue ou its way. The sleepy passengers were entertained by a lively row which took place between an officious woman and an irritated Irishman. The woman insisted on keeping the rear door of the day coach open, notwithstanding the cold weather, and the Irishman remonstrated with her. Sharp words ensued and the man finally told her that ne was "not a lady." Immediately the woman sent her open hand against the face of the Irishman with a resounding smack. With difficulty he omtrolled his temper and retired from the scene of .hostilities. The woman's husband witnessed the affair with sleepy indifference and the paseuger howled with laughter. Howver, their heart? were with the Irish-into.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. But few receptions have been accorded to William Jennings Bryan, that were equal to the one which, he received at the great men's meeting in Indianapolis, Sunday. Thousands were unable to get inside Tomlinson hall where the meeting was held, and these were addressed on tho outside. Men cheered themselves hoarse, although the occasion was supposed to be of a religious nature. Some jumped to their seats and waved their hats in frenzy of entfuislasni. Bryan will tonight bo the guest of the Democrats of Indiaua and he is expected, to make a plea for the union of Democratic ranks in Indiana.

ATTORNEYS WRANGLE Those Engaged in the SmithVaughan Case Have a Squabble Over Date. LAWYERS ARE VERY BUSY. The attorneys in the Smith-Vaugh-an breach of promise case, H. U. Johnson and J. F. Robbins for the plain tiff and T. J. Study for the defendant, this morning in the circuit court again engaged in a wrangle as to the date for the hearing of the case. Mr. Study insisted that the case be heard in March while the other attorneys wanted it heard at an earlier date. At the time Mr. Study wanted the case brought up for trial, Mr. Joinson said it would be impossible for him to take part in it as he was engaged in a Henry county case at that time. Mr. Study objected to the date proposed by tho plaintiff's attorneys because his associate counsel. Attorney Caylor of Chicago, who is a relative of Mr. Vaughan. could not be present at that time. Mr. Johnson sneeriugly remarked to Mr. Study that his case up to the present time seemed to be principally bluff. Mr. Study replied that about all the case the plaintiff's attorneys seemed to have was hot air. RYDER, CHAMPION BOARDJILL BEATER Justice Meted Out to Him by Court. Frank Ryder, champion board bill juniper of Wayne county, was today lined i?o and costs and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail by Judge Converse. It was the fifth time that Ryder had been arraigned in the city court ou inn, cnarge. fcamuei n. Samuel H uermona, a Doaraing nouse Keeper on North F street, filed the charge : against Ryder. On his release from the county jail he will again be arrest- ; ed on another affidavit filed by a woa - North Eleventh and E streets. THE WEATHER PROPHET INDIANA AND ILLINOIS Tuesday fair and warmer. OHIO Tuesday warmer. fair and slightly j

YOUTHFUL THIEVES WILL SERVE TERM IN REFORMATORY

Two Members of Centerville Bad Gang Dealt Harshly With by the Court Today, When They Were Arraigned. ONLY ONE OF THE FIVE HAS BEEN RELEASED. The Others Will Have to Serve Jail Sentences Linting, the Poultry Dealer to Be Given Hearing Next Week. Tins morning five members of a gang of Centerville lads who have been terrorizing that neighborhood by their thieving operations were arraign ed before Judge Fox in the circuit court. All of them entered pleas of guilty. Tom Ammerman, the ring lead er, and Roily Savage were sentenced to terms in the Jeffersonville reformatory on charges of grand larceny and petit larceny; William Newman was released on a promise of future good behavior; Roy Hilbert was fined $3 and costs and given ten days in the county jail. . Charles Thrine, conimonlv called "Dickey Rat" was fined $10 and given a sixty days jail sentence. In every affidavit road by County ! Clerk Penny, the name of Tom Ami merman was brought in. He figured j in every chicken and turkey raid j made by members of the gang and l was also implicated in stealing butter from thp rrpsmsrv and catalna seed ! from a neighbor farmer. ln making! h,s statement to the court, Prosecutor i Jessup said, speaking of Ammerman. he was never raised just yanked tin." The bov's father deserted the j famjiv several years ago and young i Ammerman. to support his mother jand the two small children, began to steal in a wholesale manner. Prosecutor Jessup said that lie felt B6rry for Ammerman but that he thought it would be best to hare him sent to the reformatory. On statements made by the prosecutor and Pauper Attorney P. J. Free'niaji, it was shown that bavage is AContiaued ou Tage,Two.)

RANDOLPH SUICIDES

Thomas A. Edison's Private Secretary Ended Life Today in West Orange. INSANITY WAS THE CAUSE. West Orange, N. J., Feb. 17. John F. Randolph, treasurer of the Edison phonograph works and private secretary to Thomas A. Edison, shot and killed himself today in the cellar of his home in West Orange. Mr. Edison was notified and hurried to the house in time to prevent Mrs Randolph

, . , , .. tae auditorium and the stage was iuifrom throwing herself from the win- ...... , , ?. - , ed with ministers of the city, the ofdow. Randolph had charge of most ficers of the Y. M. C. A. and the Newsof the financial interests of Adison. j boys' Band. Mr. Edison, in a statement, says that : The audience could not have been 1,5, n i, . . more cosmopolitan. Professional, his finances are all right. It is be- , . . , , , business and working men and school lleved that Randolph inherited insan- boys and working boys were distribut-

uy ana Kinea mmseii wnne temporarily insane. CIRCUS MAN DIES IN NEW YORK Wm. Sells Left by Wife, Fast Life. Led New York, Feb. IT. Wm. Sells, a son of William Sells, one of the circus owning brothers, died suddenly here this morning in a rooming house on Thirty-fifth street. Death is be lieved to be due to gastritis. He had been drinking heaviiy ana was in poor health. Sells was separated from his wife and had been living a fast life. STANDARD OIL DECLARES DIVIDEND $15,000,000 Distributed Today by the Company. New York, Feb. lT The Standard Oil company declared a Quarterly dividend of fifteen dollars on the share or total of $15A'0O,t'0O to stockholders

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Presidential Candidate, Accorded Unusual Welcome at Monster Meeting Sunday. PEOPLE WENT WILD WHEN HE PUT IN APPEARANCE. Spoke oh a Religious Topic And Referred to Politics at No Time Reception Committee Asleep at Switch. Indianapolis, Feb. 17. William Jennings Bryan, somewhat stouter than at the time of his last visit to Indianapolis, but otherwise unchanged, spoke, in his most forceful and earnest manner, to more than 4,000 men at Tomlinsou hall yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bryan's subject was "The Prince of Peace" and the occasion of his presence was the annual extra large meeting of tho series of "Big Meetings" held each Sunday afternoon through the winter months by the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. For more than an hour and one-half Mr. Bryan held the breathless, undivided attention of his hearers 4.3aS by actual count as he, delivered a masterly address, one wholly apart from his usual theme, politics, and one wholly along religious lines. Early last evening Mr. Bryan made a short talk before the members of the Boys' club, and later in the evening addressed a union meeting of the members of the congregations of the Meridian street and Central Avenue Methodist churches. Tonight he will be the guest of honor at a banquet given at the Claypool hotel by the Indiana Democratic cluk Never since the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. has been holding "Big Meetings" has a speaker upon any of the occasions received such an ovation as did Mr. Bryan yesterday, and seldom, nan Mr. Bryan, according to his own state ments, even In his tours as a presidential candidate, met with more enthusiastic receptions. Although the meeting did not open until well after 3 o'clock thousands of men surged about tho doors of Tomlinson hall soon after the noon hour, and, after the immense hall had Deeu -eked and jammed from floor to

me, every chair occupied and every j arrested on the charge of grand lan-c-inch of standing room taken up, sever- ; nJ f $1),k. al thousands of men still remained up-1 Outside of three big. formidable on the outside, unable to get within i looking detectives and a band of rehearing distance of the famed Nebras-' porters, the only persons who deemed kan. j it worth while to go down to meet him Addresses Overflow Meeting. ere hi son Benjamin, a student at

Mr. Bryan reached Tomllnson Hall shortly after C o'clock. Seeing the hundreds and hundreds of men gathered in front and at the side of the building, unable to gain admittance, Mr. Bryan suggested that he be allowed to speak to them in the cpen air, and from the balcony at the south end of the hall he addressed a crowd of perhaps 4,000 men. By the time Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern entered the stage door of the hall Immediately after the open-air speech every exit was crowded far Dack 'n-o the corridors and down into ed indiscriminately through the hearers. High silk hats and long frock coats were almost as much in evidence as were less immaculate bats and the coat of the laborer, and ages varied from a score and one-half to three score and ten. Mr. Bryan's coming into view of the audience was the signal for a prolonged demonstration, lasting several minutes. As the speaker stepped down he was greeted with an outburst of applaus, deafening in volume and continuing until he put up his hand to quiet the audience, and many men, forgetting for the time they were attending a religious instead of a political meeting, went so far as to jump to their feet and swing their hats. At no time did Mr. Bryan extend to the limit his oratorical powers. On 'the contrary, he simply talked to the: audience talked more as would a minister from the pulpit and not as (Continued on Page Two.)

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Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 17 H. T. Biddie, of Carlisle. Pa., Was killed, and Miss Corinne Mails-field, daughter of M. W. Mansfield, former division superintendent of the Pennsylvania lines at Indiar.aiolis. was badly hurt today. The pilot of the engine of a fast passenger train struck them at (lie depot here. They walked too near the tracks.

MORSE ARRESTED LIKE A L Banker Accused of Grand Lar ceny Turned Pale as Offi cers Boarded Etruria and Put Him in Meshes of Law. LATER LAUGHED AT THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. "If That Is the Worst They Have Against Me, I Have Nothing to Worry About," Was His Statement. BULLETIN. New York, Feb. 17. Chas. W. Morse pleaded "not guilty" to two charges of grand larceny before justice Dowling Morse was released on a $,XJO bond New York, Feb. 17. When, a few months ugo, Charles W. Morse, then known as the "Ice King," owner of chain of banks stretching from ono end of the city to the other, and controller of almost all the coastwise steamship aDd inland steamboat lines in these waters, returned from his annual vacation in Europe, he was met at the pier by dozens of men with outstretched hands and smiling fares, eager to welcome him home. When he returned yesterday from a two weeks' trip hastily taken, as he says, for rest, he was laie, nis wne anu nis iwo lawyers, aibert B. Boardman and Philip J. Brltt. Although Morse had been informed by wireless of the fact that an indict ment had been found against him. it was evident to those who saw him at the moment Police Lieutenant Beery took him into custody on board the Etruria at Quarantine, that he had not expected to be arrested like any ordinary malefactor. He shuddered perceptibly as the Lieutenant told him he was a prisoner; the color left his face, a look of fright shot into his eyes, and for an instant be was speechless. mark from Mr. Britt. 1 calmed him, and he recovered his customary nerve and coolness. Laughed at the Charges. Later, after he had been informed by Mr. Boardman of the nature of the charges against him, and of the grounds on which they had been based, he laughed cynically and somewhat contemptuously, and said: "If that is the worst they hare got against me, I have nothing to worry about." Mrs. Morse had come to the pier in her automobile, and in this she and her husband with an attorney and one of the detectives, were driven to the home of Justice Dowling. Justice Dowling held an informal court session in his library. Assistant District Attorney Krasel, represented I the ttrrtssecutiim. I'.nnii'; which were (Continued on Page Two.) MASHMEYER QUARANTINED. Owing to the fact that his young daughter is supposed to be a victim of the smallpox. Deputy Sheriff Oscar Mashmeyer is now quarantined at his home. Ex-Sheriff Richard Smith is acting for him.

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Charities Organization Thinks

That a County Asylum Would Do Much to Solve the Present Evil Conditions. NINETEEN INSANE AND FEEBLE MINDED PEOPLE These Are Cared for in the County Institutions, Awaiting Admittance to Easthaven for Treatment. Today the Wayne county board of charities recommended to the count v commissioners, who met with them. that a county asylum, where insane charges of the county could be confined and properly cared for landing admission to state, institutions, bo built as soon as possible. What action the commissioners will take in this matter is not known. It has been the general opinion that the commissioners ami members of the county council favor tho erection of a new jail building, which would have a department for male, female and juvenile insane. The county board of charities jointed out to the commissioners that at the preseiit time nineteen insane and feeble-minded people are being eared for at county institutions. There are five insane men confined at the county jail. At the county infirmary there aro five Insane people, all of them In a helpless condition, and Ave feebleminded people. At the Home for Friendless Women there are four insane inmates. Owing to this condition of affairs tho board of charities is of the opiniou that the authorities should at onc take steps to provide special quarters for these unfortunates, so that they can be better and more systematically cared for. To this end the board advises that a building at least thirty by fifty feet and large enough to accommodate twenty-four Inmates b built. Plans for the proponed building wore shown tho commissioners. On the plans the building is two stories in height and heated by steam. The board is of the opinion that the building should be located on the. grounds of the county infirmary. There Is no doubt but that the next legislature will be brought to realize the fact that the state institutions are not large enough to accommodate all of the Insane and will pass a law providing that the Insane shall, pending admission to the state asylums, be better careil for by the counties than they are at the present time. In the event that the county should build an asylum and the legislature would then ; euact a law providing that all Insane in the care of the county be confined In a special department of the county jail, the plan projKjEod by tho Wayne county Board of Charities would prove a costly experiment. TRIBUTE PAID Frederick Douglas and Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial Was Held. FUNDS FOR A MONUMENT. At a meeting held yesterday afternoon at the Mt. Moriah Baptist church, tribute was paid to the memory' of tw of tn? most famous members of the colored race, the late Fredrick Douglas and the late Paul Laurance Dunbar, whose beautiful poem will live forever in literature. At this meeting a letter from Booker T. Washington, the greatest leader of the colored race now living, wa read. Mr. Washington urged that th Crispus Attucks Loyal league In this city, under the auspices of which the meeting was held, take up a collection for the purpose of erecting a fiuitabto memorial to Douglas and Dunbar, to whose memories he paid a most 1eautiful tribute. Following the suggestion of Mr. Washington a collection was taken u and a good sized sum realize!. As soon as the fund Is large enough it ! probable that a tabk-t or statue commemorating them will be secured, an4 placed in some public place. The church was crowded with people. , both white and colored, and a large crowd was unable to gain entrance to the building. Interesting and instructive addresses ere deliver-, ed by the Rev. Noah Williams, B. Watkins, H. Coins, Miss Anna Brown and Mrs. E. Freeman. The letter received from Mr. Washington was read by Gorge W. Conrad, president of tb local league. LUMBER COMPANY'S SUIT. The Cambridge City Lumber Co.. has brought suit against Bonnielee O. Kelley and others to foreclose a mechanical lien.

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