Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 43, 29 March 1908 — Page 1

ABHJM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. XXXIII. NO. 4.3. RICHMOND, IXD., SUNDAY 3IORXINCJ, 31 ARCH -29, 1IM8. SINC.Ui: COPY, 3 CENTS. ONE DEAD AND ONE DYING FROM RIOT OF UNEMPLOYED CHESTER GILLETTE AND LOVING MOTHER. FRIENDS OP WYATT ARE INDIGNANT AT THE CHARGES MADE INCREASE IN TAX RATE NECESSARY TO BUILD STREET WAGED STRENUOUS BATTLE FOR EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN. NEXT THURSDAY

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Premature Explosion of Bomb Intended for New York Police Carries With It Death and Destruction.

UNEMPLOYED RIOT IN UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK olice Have to Deal With Prob lem That Never Confronted Them Before in History of The City. HAVE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. SQUAD OF TWENTY-FIVE POLICEMEN MARCHING WITHIN FIFTEEN FEET OF BOMB WHEN IT EXPLODED. CROWD CARRY BANNERS. (Red Flag of Anarchy Waved Tauntingly In the Facet of the Police, and Rioters Wear Red Hats for the Occasion. WOMEN CONSPICUOUS. Begin to Sing "Marseillaise" Which Is Taken Up by Crowd as Blue Coated Platoons March Down Upon Them. FORCE QUELLS THE MOB. After Second Outbreak Police at Orders of BihghanirClub Men, Women And Children Alike to End Disturbance. New York, March 2S. A bomb intended for the police prematurely exploded in the hands of Selig Cohen or Filverstein in Union Square Park today, and Cohen as well as his comrad Who stood beside him, were blown to pieces, twenty-five policemen, the intended victims who were marching within fifteen feet of J he spot where the bomb exploded, had a miraculous escape. Cohen's comrad, whose identity has not baen established was killed. The bomb throwers right arm was torn off and his eyes blown out mid he was otherwise frightfully injured and is expected to die at any Bnoment. A panic followed the explosion such fts police have never had to deal with Vefore. Scores of people were bruised and trampled upon. Cohen is a Russian .Tew, 25 years irld. He said the bomb was intended tor the police because they had asFaulted hini one day. He said he came here six years ago from Russia. Cohen lived with Mrs. Jacob Alexander In Brooklyn, she said he was a kind Siearted man but had gone crazy over Socialism. Meeting of Unemployed. Cohen chose the place of meeting of tinemployed in Union Square where b. thousand working people had congregated, carrying anarchist banners snd wearing retf hats. When the police, 150 strong, and most of them mounted, descended upon the crowd, the marchers, under the leadership of several women, began to sing the "Marseillaise." The air was taken up by the crowd and in a moment the Volume of song drowned every other round in the big square. The crowd fit first appeared to be a good natured cne, however, and there was little freal resistance offered to the police. The throng began to move away in different directions, to the sidewalks Rnd to the side streets, and gradually the song died out. From time to time, Jeering, singing crowds would defy the police, only to break away and run for safety when the officers turned Upon them. A man leading one part of the mob hurled a bomb into the midst of another crowd and the people fled in terror at the sound of the explosion, leaving several of their number lying on the sidewalk. Policemen Used Clubs.. !t became known today that the unemployed planned a demonstration some days ago. but when they applied for a permit they were refused. The bomb was thrown in the Union Square Park, at Seventeenth street, immediately after the police had Btarted to club the crowd. Immediately after the second outbreak every available policeman in the city was hurried to the scene and orders were issued by Commissioner Bingham personally to drive everybody away from the district and to arrest everyone that could be identified as appearing in the earlier crowds. The police used their clubs with vigor on men, romen and children alike;

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Gillette is tinder sentence of death for the murder of Grace Brown. Below is a picture of Mrs. Gillette, mother of the condemned murderer. Gillette's sentence is to be carried into effect, next w-eek. unless he is commuted by Governor Hughes. JUDGE FOX WOULD HAVE A CHANGE IN DIVORCE STATUTES Would Not Grant Decree So Soon and Would Furthermore Limit Time of Right of Divorcee to Remarry. MANY PECULIAR RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN WAYNE. Many Divorces Have Understanding in Regard to Remarriage Before They Secure Legal Separation. In speaking of the so-called divorce evil yesterday. Judge Henry C. Fox of t lie Wayne circuit court stated if he had his way and were allowed to make the laws, he would arrange matters. so as tnere would be some improvement. The judge advocates the hearing of no divorce suit until one year after the filing of the ca-se and the prohibition of the right of a divorcee to remarry within two years. It happens frequently in this county that a divorce suit is brought and within a few days afterwards one of the parties marries again. It has happened also that arrangements for the marriage were made previous to the time the divorce was granted. The record for the county was established when a Jackson township young woman received a divorce on Saturday and was married again on the following Monday. Several cases are on record where a divorce was applied for and granted and the parties remarried afterward. In one case recently it was asserted by persons in authority and acquainted with the facts of the case, that the man had inspired the woman with fear and when he importuned her to remarry him. she was afraid to resist. She had testified in her effort to obtain a divorce that he was an habitual drunkard, and had treated her and their children in a cruel and Inhuman manner. It is a common practice among attorneys of this county to testify as a witness to the legal residence of a divorce applicant. The statute states that residence witnesses shall be disinterested persons. Judge Fox was asked if an attorney, representing a client would not come within the meaning of the law- as an interested person. He stated the supreme court has passed upon the matter and held that an ottorney is not an interested party under the meaning of the law. EVIDENCE OF SPRING. Storm Doors at Been Court House Removed. Have Another sign of the approach of spring the stori doors at the east entrance to the court house have been removed. Judge Fox is responsible for their removal. He informed the Sheriff Friday that the robins have come, the grass is green and storm doors are needed no more. Ray Harris, turnkey at the jail, and his trustyassistants took the doors from their hinges and stored them away for use next year.

To Protect the Name of Former Hagerstovyi Banker, They Say That Accusations Are Unfounded.

WESTERN DUNKARDS ARE MUCH SURPRISED. Wayne County Man by Munificent Gifts Has Intrenched Himself in Their Favor Expects to Be Cleared. I Hagerstown. Irul.. .March 2.V Great activity is being shown by friends of j James M. Wyatt, of Lordsburg. Cal.. in the effort to defend him against the charges preferred by the local branch of the Dunkard church. Mr. Wyatt formeiiy was a member of this denomination but has been expelled because of his alleged complicity as a member of the firm of the Hagerstown bank, whereby a number of other members of the church and the general public in this vicinity were defrauded. No matter how active may become Wyatt's friends there are those in this vicinity, who can not view his case in any way other than a violation of faith. The charges, which were signed by twenty-four members of the church in good standing, specifically allege that James M. Wyatt. also a member at the time in good standing, falsely represented certain relations he was presumed to hold to;ard the Commercial Rank, of Hagerstown. The charges further declare that Mr. Wyatt made the false representation for the purpose pf misleading and deceiving his brethren in the church, without whose substantial aid the Commercial Bank could not have long continued in business. The charges conclude by saying that Mr. Wyatt influenced the signers to deiKsit their money in the bank, and that they lost more than $5,000 through the failure of the bank, which occurred soon after Mr. Wyatt made the representations as alleged. The accusers ask that the annual meeting . 0 i of the Dunkard church require Mr Wyatt to refund to them the sum of SO.OiO, which was lost by them through his false representations, as alleged, on pain of being suspended from brotheihood in the church and active participation in church fellowship. Lordcburg Congregation Surprised. These charges were fonwarded to the standing committee of the Dunkard church, which body represents the highest authority in the denominations. Copies were also sent to Ml. Wyatt. and to the elder of the Lordsburg congregation, of which he is a member. Mr. Wyatt's brethren in California have caused to be sent to the Hagerstown Exponent, a local newspaper, various newspaper clippings and resolutions adopted by the Ixrdsburg congregation. In all of these the action of the Hagerstown , brethren is strongly condemned and Mr. Wyatt Is sustained to the fullest extent. The news came to the Lordsburg congregation as a great surprise, that body never having received an intimation that Mr. Wyatt had left here under suspicion of his local brethren. It is asserted that James M. Wyatt is one of the most useful members of the denomination in California, that he is liberal in assisting every church requirement and has sy-ongly intrenched himself in the hearts of his brethren. Every charge made by the members of this church branch is denied in full by Mr. Wyatt's friends, and (he greatest indignation is expressed that such 'unfounded charges" should ever have been made.. Expects to Be Cleared. It is stated, not by Mr. Wyatt. but by his friends, that at the annual meeting to be held in May. at Des Moines, that he will clear himself of every suspicion and succeed in showing that the animus of the charges is malice and desire for revenge. Further than this there are strong hints of suits for damages to be brought against those who have signed the charges. An entire denial of all the charges is made. The feeling among those who signed the charges here is one of amazement that Mr. Wyatt's defense will be a denial of the facts as affirmed by twentyfour of his former brethren. As fas as the threatened suits for damages are concerned, no fear is entertained that tL.ey will be brought. There is to be no weakening among those who made the charges and unless something unlooked for intervenes, the action against Mr. Wyatt will be prosecuted to the end. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Probably fair Sunday. OHIO Sunday partly cloudy, in southeast portion. colder

It Will Be Necessary That All Tax Payers Foot the Bill for South L Street Improvement.

DATE FIXED FOR HEARING OF PETITION FOR STREET Members of South Side Improvement Association and Commissioners Meet Remonstrance Is Likely. Representatives of the South Side Improvement association met with C. W. Wiley of the board of county commissioners at the office of the county auditor yesterday afternoon and fixed upon April IS as the date for the hear-; ing of the petition to have South L, street improved under the new free gravel road law. This street w-ill become the sole property of the city and the entire township will be assessed to pay the costs of making the improvement unless the petition be defeated by a remonstrance. There is a. strong probability this remonstrance will be forthcoming. Of Interest to Taxpayers. The L street proposition is the first of the kind in Wayne township and the second of the kind in the county. It concerns the ycity specifically and is also of vital interest to all taxpayers of the township as it will require an advance of the rate of taxation. The South Side Improvement association has been promoting the south end bridge project and the entire county is at the present time paying tax to secure a fund for the construction of this bridge. Roth L street and the bridge will be of particular benefit to the south end of the city. It is understood that if the township pay the cost of constructing L. street, the precedent will be established and there will be similar petitions for the construction of other roads, which later will become streets. In view of the agitation of the road question in this county, the experiences of other counties are viewed with local interest. Randolph county has been flooded with petitions and the added tax to build the roads ha3 hCOnif PVPfiBsivo ill urtmo tnumchinu ' , t ... . us In Madison county, one township re-1 j titioned for roads that would cost ov- i ; er $100,000. The following from the' Bluffton News, shows what the outcome is in Wells county: The issue of $133,000 worth of gTavel road bouds which Wells county officers have been trying to sell since last fall have again been turned down by the latest investigators, A. R. Leach & Co., of Chicago. When a letter was written a few days ago con cerning the bonds hope was again revived by some of the advocates of the roads, despite the fact that numerous inquiries had been received by County Treasurer Ed Saurer without results or further offers. Leach & Company, in reply to the county auditor, do not find any legal complication, according to their answer, but assign other reasons for not giving and offer for the bonds. DEAIHS EXPECTED TO REACH Details of the Horror Are Being Made Known. City of Mexico, March 2S. Deaths in the earthquake Thursday night in the republic are expected to reach 500. Two cities and three villages were completely destroyed and many villages damaged, according to reports received here. The cities are Chilpancingo and Chilapa. The villages are Conception, Tetililla. and Coatepec. The combined population of the destroyed municipalities is 20,000. ROGER O'MARA VISITED THAW Object of the Detective's Visit Not Known. New- York. March 2S. It was learned today that O'Mara. the Pittsburg detective who was retained by Harry Thaw on the day following the night that he shot Stanford White, paid a secret visit to Th.w in the Matteawan asylum this w-eek. The object of the detective's visit to Matteawan was not disclosed, but it is presumed to relate either to Thaw's effort to gain his freedom or to com bat certain things his wife will allege when her divorce suit comes to a hearing.

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MISS GRACE STRACHAN. Miss Strachan led the fight of the New York womet school teachers for equal pay. She has won a high position in the public school system of New York.

TAFT SECURED BUT FEW DELEGATES Forty-six Were Chosen During Past Week, But He Secured But Six. ENCOURAGING TO FIELD. TENNESSEE WAS COUNTED UPON BY THE TAFT CONTINGENT AND RESULT THERE WAS NOT IN THE LEAST GRATIFYING TO IT. Washington, March 2S. Forty-six delegates to the Republican national convention were cnosen this week. Of the forty-six, srx are Instructed for Taft, eighteen for Cannon, ten are uninstructed and twelve are contested. Taft got two instructed delegates in the Second district of Tennessee, two in the Fifth district of Vinginia and two in the Second Kansas district. Cannon got two delegates in the Eighth Michigan district, and sixteen from his own State, including the four delegates-at-large and the delegates from the Second. Third. Eleventh, Nineteenth, Twenty-second and Twenty-fifth districts. Of the uniusu-ucted delegates chosen two are in the Second Virginia district and eight in Rhode Islandall the delegates from that State. The contested delegates of the week ' are the fcur at ,arSe from Tennessee, ' two ln ,he Second Tennessee, two in 'he Third Tennessee, two in the Fourth Tennessee district and two m the Eighth Mississippi district. Encouraging to the Field. The results of the week are very encouraging to what has come to be known as the field." which redlly cleaned up forty of the forty-six dele gates chosen. Three State conventions to select delegates at large were held Tennessee, Rhode Island and Illinois. The managers of the Taft campaign had confidently counted on Taft instructions in Tennessee and Rhode Island. They lost out in each State. It was a foregone conclusion, of course, that the Illinois State convention would instruct for Cannon. There is much disappointment among Ihe managers of the Taft campaign over their complete fall down in Tennessee. The Totals to Date. Reports from various sections of the country indicate that the sentiment in favor of not sending delegates mortgaged to any particular candidate is growing. Of course, the favorite son State are expected to instruct. Indiana. Ohio and Illinois have already done so. and Pennsylvania, with her sixtyeight votes, and New York, with her seventy-eight votes, will come along with instructions for Knox and Hughes next month. DESERTION AND ABANDONMENT CAUSE Mrs. Jennie L. Scearce Sues For Divorce. Alleging that her husband has been guilty of desertion and abandonment and has failed to provide for her for more than two years past, Jennie L. Scearce has asked for a divorce from John Scearce. The couple was married in January 1SS7 And separated in July, 1005.

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PROPERTY OWNERS TAKE FIRM ACTION North E Street Improvement Is Not Liked and Remonstrance Is Filed. T.. H., I. & E. WILLING HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO OFFER IN REGARD TO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT PROPOSITION IS NOW UP TO CITY COUNCIL. Saturday afternoon at a late hour, the majority of property owners on North K street between Tenth and Sixteenth streets filed with the board of public works a remonstrance against the action of the board in adopting a resolution to pave that section of the street and to place cement curbs, gutters and sidewalks. The filing of this remonstrance takes the proposed improvement out of the hands of the board and it now goes to council. If council by a two-thirds vote approves the action of the board the improvement will be made -otherwise the street will probably be macadamized, which improvement the property owners desire. General Manager Reynolds of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern company while in the city Friday, informed the members of the board that his company had no objections to offer in regards to the proposed paving of North E street, and that it would meet its share of the expense in this J Imrtrs-it'mAnt He also indirectly indicated that the company was preparing to establish a freight route on North E street. Mr. Reynolds remarked that the company was soon to place heavier rails on North E street and place them on cement foundations. It is probable that the North E street improvement matter will come up before council at its next meeting, a week frcm tomorrow. It is also probable that council will refuse to approve the action of the board. If such action is taken it is probable that the board will adopt a resolution for th paving of North F street from Sixth street to Sixteenth street, which improvement has been petitioned for. CONTENTION WILL MARK CONEERENCE Miners and Operators to Meet Monday. Terre Haute. Ind., March 2. There i? going to be enough contention between Indiana operators and miners over the wage questions which do toot figure in an interstate contract, to keep a joint conference in controversy for two week-s. The operators had been called to meet with the miners next Monday morning, but it is now known that the operators know enough about what the miners will demand, to make necessary another meeting of the operators association before going into joint conference.

Republican Leaders From AH Parts of the State Are Gathering in Indianapolis For Event.

GOWDY STILL HOPES FOR NOMINATION OF WATSON. Claims That the Sixth District Man Will Be Nominated on The First or Second Ballot. Indianapolis. Ind., March 2V Tarty leaders are beginning to gather here for the Republican State Convention next Wednesday and Thursday. Their coming this early indicates the great interest that will be taken in the coming nomination of the ticket and the adoption of the pbstform. Over a score of well-known leaders arrived tonight and a large number are expected tomorrow. All of the candidates practically closed their canvass today, as all counties excecpt Grant have elected their delegates. Grant will elect Monday. Fairbanks Cannot Attend. Secretary Reddick of the State Committee has received a letter from VicePresident Fairbanks, saying that, owing to his duties at Washington. h will be unable to attend the convention! He expresses regret, however, at not being able to come, as for many years he has been one of the prominent figures at the gatherings of the Hoosier Republicans. The four dele gates at large will be Senators Boveridge and Hemenway. and probably Governor Hanly and James P. Goodrich, Chairman of the State Committee. This will complete Indiana's delegation, which will have 30 votes. All of the candidates for Governor will be at their headquarters here early Monday morning. Their friends are arranging to come here, then to participate in the making of their organizations for the convention. Strength Problematical.' While it is problematical what strength the various candidates will have, nearly all of them have some idea of what the line-up will be on the first ballot. Captain John K. Gowdy who has been through many a hard, fought political contest, said today that he has had no reason to change his views regarding the outlook for Representative James E. Watson, the Sixth District candidate for Govern or. He declared that the reports received from throughout the entire state indicate that Mr. Watson has a chance to be nominated very early in the convention. "Our reports." said Captain Gowdy, "come from men who have kept in close touch with the political conditions in their counties during this race for Governor. Wc have asked them to be conservative, and we are relying upon what they have said. Unless these men are wrong in their judgment of the situation, we will be able to obtain the nomination for Mr. Watson on the first or second ballot. "At this time it looks as though over 715 delegates have been elected by Mr. Watson's friends In territory that Is neutral, not counting the delegates who are for him on second choice. We believe he has, at least. 71 " delegates. Candidates Confident. "All of the candidates seem confident that they will make a good showing in the convention, but a majority of the party workers, who have been keeping a close tab on proceedings, are predicting that Mr. Watson will receive the nomination. The way it is generally figured here is that Mr. Watson will have a good lead on the first ballot, and many, evn believe that he will hf nominated thn. It is thought that Charles W. Millar will be second in t race, with William L. Taylor third and Hugh T. Miller, fourth. The hope of Hugh T. Miller and Taylor is that neither Watson nor Charles W. Miller will be able to land the nomination, in which case they will have an opportunity to win." Nomination Thursday. The nominations, will be made on Thursday. There will be a spirited contest between Fremont Goodwine and Emmet F. Branch for LieutenantGovernor, and between Lawrence McTernan and J. H. Tomlin and Edward Bauman for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. There 1s also a contest between Judge Gillette of Hammond, and Q A. Myers, .of Logansport, for Judge of the Supreme Court. Tbre are two or three candidates for State Statistician, but the other places on the ticket will be quickly filled, as there is but one candidate for each of them. FATALLY SHOT. West Baden, InL. March Thomas Morgan, twenty-two years old. the son of Samuel Morgan, was fatally shot by Lee Corn well, eighteen years old. after a quarrel over a young woman. The bullet from Cornwell's revolver penetrated the abdomen of Morgan and it is feared be caa not survive.

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