Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 139, 3 July 1908 — Page 1

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MISS IDA BEESON POLLED HIGHEST VOTEIHONTEST ;6att!e of Ballots Ended Last Night and Eight Young Women Were Chosen to Go To Niagara Falls. 3VARM FIGHT FOR THE LEADERSHIP. tJver a Million Votes Cast by Young Women Party Will Leave Richmond on August Fifth. "Your committee beg to a war a tne Palladium's Niagara Falls and Canada trip contest to the eight ruccessful contestants, as follcws: 1 Ida Beeson, Greensfork R. R. 22 327,537 2 Lucie Benton, Fountain City 207,945 3 Goldie Myers, Centerville R. R. 11 199,210 A Jennie Wine, 1117 North G street 191,493 5 Maude Pettibone, 409 North Sixteenth street. . .163,697 6 Goldie Dadisman, 402 South Twelfth street 113,990 7 Elsie Wyatt, 1114 North G street 61,374 8 Rosa Kuehn, 17 South Eighth street 46,066 (Signed) John C. Bayer M. W. Kelly W. B. Watson L. P. Meredith J. A. Spekenhier." The above result shows the result of the Palladium's Niagara Falls and Canadian trip contest. This contest attracted general attention the several weeks it ran and last evening numerous friends of the contestants anxiously waited at the Westcott hotel to tear the results of the race. Mis Tteeson made a remarkable race, leading her nearest opponent, Miss Benton, by over 120,000 votes. The contestants who finished second, third, fourth and fifth were clpsely bunched. Those contestants who finished tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth, did not improve itheir standing which they have maintained for several days past and as a result only three young women, Elsie i Wyatt, Rosa Keuhn and Hattie Lash;ley, figured prominently in the light for seventh and eighth places. Miss IWyatt captured seventh place while Miss Kuehn defeated Miss Lashley Ifor eighth place by about 21,000 votes. The following shows the votes pollled by the contestants who finished tninth or lower: Hattie Lashley, Centerville 24.60G jMarie Hodskin, Cambridge City 18,110 OLena Cornthwaite, Cambridge i Clty 10,701 (Ethel Wysong, Lynn S.619 Ruby Hodgin, 25 South Seventh ' Btreet 6,101 'Estella Coates. 201 North Eighth 5,773 Aaaa otuay, nimmsburg 4.119 Some time ago it wtis predicted that there would be a million ballots -cast in this contest. The Palladium ;was agreeably surprised to learn in fthe wee small hours of this morning when the most efficient counting ;committee had completed its task, that his number had been exceeded by cver otxt.tiOO votes. To be . exact there were 1,3S!,373 ballots cast. This i 'makes the contest one of the most successful ever held m this city. The eight winners of the contest .will leave August 5 on one of the most delightful trips that coula have beeu 'planned. Going from Richmond :to Peru, Ind.. on the C, C. & L.. thov I XX-ill hnqi1 n 1. -i , ..... uuo4u a MdiTOo iiyer ana go 01-1 ..v iv. i-wai.aia rM, wneie iwo uays 'will be spent around this greatest "wonder spot in America. After leaving the falls, the Palladium party will go by rail to Lewiston, N. Y.. where they will board a steamer and cross the beautiful Lake Ontario to Toronto .said to be one of the most beautiful cities in North AmeM lea. Two days will be spent in Toronto, then the party will go to Buffalo, via Lewiston and Niagara Falls. After "seeing Buffalo," the party will board a big lake steamer and cross Lake Erie to Detroit, where they will spend two days and then return home. Altogether, the winners of the contest "will be the guests of the Palladium for ten days. The members of the committee who worked hard last night counting the "ballots were served a "spread" about midnight. These committeemen performed their duties In a most satisfactory and efficient manner and the Palladium extends its thanks to them. BROTHER GETS ESTATE. The will of the late Charles W. Carter was admitted to probate and record in the Wayne circuit court today. The personal property and real estate is bestowed on a brother. Washington Carter, of Shelbyville. The latter is named as executor and no bond is required. The personal estate is valued at J.TOa

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NO SATURDAY EDITION. Tomorrow being the Fourth of July Independence Day and a holiday observed throughout the country, the Palladium will suspend publication for the day, the next edition appearing Sunday morning. EX-SOLDIERS TO MEEIMN REUNION Large Attendance Expected at Jackson Park. A large attendance is expected at the annual reunion of ex-soldiers of Wayne county which will be held at Jackson Park tomorrow. It will be an all day event and all soldiers and their families are urged to be present. It is requested that baskets of lunch be brought and the entire day spent on the ground. A suitable program has been prepared. The principal address will be delivered by Judge M. A. Forkner of New Castle. JOHNSON FORCES ARE VERY HAPPY Their Cockiness Is Not Understood by People in Denver. WILL SOMETHING HAPPEN? IF FRIENDS KEEP UP THE PACE THEY HAVE STARTED, JOHNSON MAY CAUSE SOME FIREWORKS IN THE CONVENTION. Denver, July 3. "We are here to nominate Governor Johnson for president. We have every assurance from inside sources which, of course, cannot be quoted which are conclusive to us that we have stopped Mr, Bryan and that he can not win the nomination." This proclamation was issued by Frederick B. Lynch, head of the Johnson campaign bureau, immediately upon his arrival in Denver this morning. Headquarters were established at the Albany hotel and a big office force went into action. Mr. Lynch followed his manifesto with this statement on the vice presidency: "Who are we for, for vice president? Well, we are here to nominate a president. When we have accomplished that we will go ahead with the other proposition. Put this down, though. We are not for Bryan for vice presi dent. He would weigh down the I elected Mr;d JohhnSOn"S to be JL iJicniucuudi cauuiuaie wun connections which Mr. Bryan posesses. ' The cockiness of the Johnson forces as they arrive in the convention city is the absorbing topic of political conversation. What is behind it all. after all the leaders who are here have given it up to Bryan without a qual ification or reservation, is one of the "dopy" pre-con vent ion situations which most of the experts are unable to fathom. Mr. Bryan's close lieutenants charge it up to an effort to give the Minnesota governor much publicity in antic ipation of a lengthy lecture tour, and they charge this openly as the one and i only reason for the opening of the elaborate headquarters this morning. , Rely on North Carolina. Ontop of the advent of Mr. Lvnch i an1 hls staff came the report that Nortn Carolina would be here Sunday niorninS prepared to head a southern rtnolt against the nomination of Mr. Bryan. It is the announced plan to get a caucus of the southern delegates, put up the North Carolina anti-Bryan proposition to them and then force through an agreement to break all instructions. The Johnson boomers are sending a delegation of 3.TO from St. Paul and Minneapolis to make the loud noise for Johnson. A delegation of 10O is coming from Duluth' for the same purpose. Fifteen rooms in the Albany hotel and six parlors have been reserved for headquarters for the Minnesota candidate, and if his Triends keep up the lick at which they started out, there may be more fireworks during the convention than has been anticipated. TWO MEN KILLED; TWO SERIOUSLY HURT Explosion on Ship Carrying a Cargo of Oil. Philadelphia, Pa., July 3. Two men were killed and two seriously injured and several others hurt in an explosion on tank steamer Chenango, at Cramps shipyards today. The ship had a cargo of oil which caught fire, but was brought under control.

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L TO BE CELEBRATED THE COUNJRY OVER Foreign Colonies Prepare to Celebrate the Day in Typical, Grand Old American Style. $4,000,000 WILL BE SPENT IN NEW YORK. Estimated That Annual Number of Deaths From Accident on This Day Will Be as Large as Ever. New York, July 3 It IS ?ttmatPd New York will spend about $4.0)O.Ooo tomorrow in celebrating the anniversary of the . Declaration of Independence, if Jupe Pluviiis and the local weather sharps provide anything resembling a fair day. Incidentally, it is estimated, several persons, mainly small boys, will lay down their lives upon the altar of patriotism. The number of Injured will mount into the hundreds the list last year numbered nearly 400. A dozen or two youngsters will pick it up because it didn't go off right away, and will lose a few fingers or an eye or two as a result. The perennial fool who didn't know it was loaded will get in his usual deadly work. Dealers in fireworks, who have their habitat in Park place admit to doing a bigger business than ever before. It is estimated that Snonnon is a modest estimate of the cost of the explosives and fireworks that will go up in smoke tomorrow and that the grand total for the nation will be in the neighborhood of $25,000,000. Many new and novel ways to burn up money have been invented for this season's trade. If all the folks within the greater city would stay at home and set off meir nrecrackers and fireworks, the biggest town in the country could easily give a $5,000,000 fillip to the day we celebrate. But from early today until tomorrow is well advanced, every train and boat departing from New York will bear its share of a goodly slice of the city's population bound for the country,' the seaside or the mountains, where the air may be cooler, but the noise will be as great, proportionately. New York will have a go-as-you-please celebration. No official cognizance, in the way of exercises, will be taken by the city authorities. Coney Island and the other seashore resorts are ready to handle the biggest crowds of the season, if it doesn't rain. Despite the defection of manv of the big chiefs, who left today for Denver, Tammanv ttm n-ni have its usual Fourth of July scream and the tai o tiger will be pulled until he rLrs as never before. There will be numerous sporting events on land and water. Last year's record in New York was four killed, about 4(K Injured and llj fires. With fair weather, tomorrow's roll of the dead and injured is expected to be even greater and more glorious. CELEBRATE IN OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma City, Okla., July 3. Oklahoma, the bouncing baby of Uncle Sam's happy family is the proudest of the flock. While the new Prim m on - "'ealth has been in the Union for sonie time, it will have representation on the fla ior tne first time tomorrow- and preparations have been made for fitting celebration of this event ln eveiT cit3' and village in the state. ur the first editions of the forty-six star flag, one was made bv Mr6. Charles W. Alexander, who went to Philadelphia for the purpose and, while occupied with the task, sat in a chair where sat Betsy Ross when she made the first American flag. Another banner was made by ninety-two Oklahoma women, chosen from all sections, each sewing on a star, one on each side of the flag After tomorrow's flag-raisine: at Indenenripm-o i Hall, Philadelphia, the flag will be placed in the custody of the Oklahoma Historical Association. COAST TOWNS ECONOMIZE. San Francisco, July 3. Owing to the vast expenditures made in entertaining the Atlantic fleet, tomorrow's celebrations in the cities of the Pacific coast will be more subdued than usual. The combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets will take part in the celebration in this city. "WET" FOURTH IN MEXICO. City of Mexico, July 3. American residents of this city will celebrate the Fourth with elaborate festivities. A spirited campaign to prevent the sale of intoxicants was voted down by members of the colony and the celebration will be "wet," as usual. HOT TIME IN PANAMA. Panama, July 3. Pink lemonade and other beverages will flow, firecrackers will boom and orators will spout from one end of the canal rone to the other tomorrow. A holiday has been given all the canal employes and The Fourth will be observed In a typicaU Americas fiuuuMf.

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FIRE ADDS 10 E Two Hundred Men Penned in With Flames. Yusoto, Russia, July 3. Fire br3Re out today in the Bikovsky mine where two hundred men are still unrescued and it is feared that many more will perish. A hundred and sixtv bodies had been recovered before the fire added its horor and rendered the res cue difficult. Many of the injured have died in the hospital. LEMON RESIGNS. Justice of Peace Will City. Leave the Leonard T. Lemon has presented his resignation as a justice of the peace to County Clerk Penny. In his' com munication Mr. Lemon states as his reasons his intention to be out of the city during' the summer and fall months. PARKER CLEVERLY CONCEALS MOTIVE Thought He Will Attempt to Slap Bryan Through Cleveland Resolutions. BRYAN FORCES ARE ACTIVE THEY WILL PRESENT RESOLU TIONS TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE EX-PRESIDENT BUT MINUS THE STINGS. Denver, July 3. Charging that Alton B. Parker's resolution of tribute to the memory of the late President Grover Cleveland is a clever move on the part of the enemies of William Jennings Bryan to infuse factional feeling into the Democratic national con vention, friends of the Nebraskaj have determined to offer a resolution of a character designed not to raise controverted political issues. Through control of the temporary organization of the convention the Bryan following expects to have its resolution brought to the attention of the delegates immediately after the speech of the temporary chairman has been delivered. In that event the Parker resolution would have to be offered aa a substitute, if submitted at all and the Bryan men declare that the New York Delegation would thereby be placed in the attitude of attempting, under the guise of eulogizing a great party leader, to create strife and dissension and to make harmony impossible. Will Offer a Substitute. The publication of the Parker reso lution was a bombshell exploding '.n the midst of the Bryan followers, and steps were at once taken bv members of the committee on convention arrangements to head off its introduction in the convention. They were unanimously of the opinion that it would provoke a discussion and possibly a fight, which they desired to avoid. It was therefore determined to take immediate step to ward oft any such possibility and at the instance of Roger C. Sullivan of Illinois it was decided to prepare a resolution which, while honoring the memory of Mr. Cleveland, would offer no opportunity for acrimonious disputes !n the convention. R. M. Johnston, the Texas member of the committee on convention arrangements, said today: "If that Parker resolution is introduced in the convention it will raise all sorts of a row. The friends of Mr. Bryan do not propose that, under the guise of a resolution honoring Grover Cleveland. Mr. Bryan shall be attacked and his policies for the last twelve years held up to rebuke.'' SEWER WORK ACCEPTED BY BOARD Contractors Now Engaged on Route No. 2. At its meeting today the board of Public works accepted the work done j on the est Side sewer route No. 1. .verytning was iound according to specifications. The contractors are now engaged on route No. 2. The section of the sewer completed extends from West Second street and the Indianapolis division of the Panhandle tracks to Sheridan street and tor a short distance on Sheridan street. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Friday night; Saturday fair and warmer; fresh east winds. OHIO Showers Friday night and SatMTtfcy; frh east winds. .

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Sullivan Is one of the hardest working men in Denver. It was he who first thought of the plan of the Bryan forces to present a counter resolution to the memory of Grover Cleveland, to that to be presented by the Alton B. Parker forces.

SIX LIVES LOST II CLEVELAND FIRE Panic Follows Blaze in Tive And Ten Cent Store at Noon Today. MANY MAY BE BURIED. FIREMEN ARE ENGAGED IN TEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS AND OTHER BODIES MAY BE DISCOVERED BEFORE DAY IS OVER. Cleveland, O., July 3. Fire in the Kresges five and ten cent store at noon today was followed by a panic. Six bodies have been taken from the ruins, those of five girls and one boy, as yet all of them unidentified. A large gang of relief workers and firemen are tearing away the debris under which many persons are believed to be buried. A score of girls employed at the place were injured by jumping from the second story windows. The hr.vy smoke which filled the building caused the women clerks to lose their way and it is thought many who perished were overcome by the fumes or fainted. The excitement caused so much confusion that It was not known that any loss of life had occurred until six in all had been removed. Boy Identified. The body of a boy has been Identified as James Parker, a messenger. It is believed that all the customers escaped with their lives. TO BE HEARD SOON Proceedings in the Case State vs. Traction Line Wednesday. of COURT ASKS QUESTIONS. It was announced by Judge Fox of the Wayne circuit court this morning that, argument in the quo warranto proceedings in the case of the state Haute. Indianapolis & Eastern Trac tlon company will be heard by him mr.vi. cuiipsaay. i ne judge summoned the plaintiff in the case to the court room this morning for the purpose of a consultation in regard to the location of Twenty-third street. The court wished to know if this street ap- ! pears as such on the plat of the city or Richmond. He was told no, as the street never was laid out owing to the fact it passes through the park. Whether or not the street is platted raises different points of law that will be involved in the settlement of the question. Pending the finding of the court, work on further excavatin fnr tha street railway tracks has been ahandonsi The company la sending, con-

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Democratic Party "V - tr 2 v t mit;;i ft, SULLIVAN. TOY PISTOLS ARE BARREDJY POLICE Cannot Be Used as a Means Of Celebrating Fourth Of July. THEY ARE DANGEROUS. CHIEF OF POLICE BAILEY WILL HAVE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED THOSE PEOPLE WHO PERSIST IN VIOLATING LAW. Sec. 401. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to manufrxture, sell or expose for sale, or give away as a prize or reward, any toy pisto: cr ether device for the purpose of exploding caps or wafers containing fulminates or other explosive compounds; and any person, firm, company or corporation bo manufacturing, selling or offering to sell or give away any such toy pistol or other devices shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be Imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more Uan twenty days. Superintendent Bailey announced today that the above section ot the general laws of Indiana will be enforced tomorrow in regard to toy pistols. One exception will be allowed, however. The use of canes for the purpose of exploding caps will be permitted. The law prevents this, but Supt. Bailey deems the use of canes of less danger than that of toy pistols. It will be advisable for dealers to recognize the meaning of the law. The law does not provide for the prosecution of the person having toy pistols in their possession, but throws all the responsibility on the dealers. Members of the police department were Instructed to warn all dealers in fire arms that it is against the law to sell toy pistols or expose them for sale. Heretofore no such action has been taken and it is the desire of the superintendent to give dealers a fair warning for fear some may not be acquainted with the law. Those persons who are found with toy pistols in their possession may expect to lose their property. All patrolmen will be ordered to confiscate 6uch articles. Supt. Bailey regards the use of toy pistols either of the kind made to explode caps or blank cartridges as especially dangerous. The use of revolvers is prohibited absolutely. Arrests will follow this method of celebrating and the weapons will be confiscated and destroyed. Prosecution will follow, also. struction material to the city and when the question of track location is determined a large force of mv w-ill be put to work. It Is probable the defendant company will be represented by Ferd Winters In the argument before the court It Is not expected Mr. Winters will raise any serious objection to using Twenty-second street except as precautionary measures to

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GRAY SEEMS TO BE LIKELY FOR SECOND PLACE Haze Hangs Over His Candidacy for President Since All Desire Him to Be VicePresident. BRYAN WILL BE BEATEN IF HE IS NOMINATED. Democrats at Denver Are Now Conceding This and Hope For the John Johnson Day. Denver. July 3. With the arrival of Tom Grady of Tammany hall and J. K. Maguire, former mayor of Syracuse, who Is a strong Tammany man, the New York situation was cleared up sufficiently to indicate that there is little probability of the delegation, getting together on any man who would be acceptable to the rest of the country for vice president. On the contrary, the other New York men here say that if Mr. Bryan indicates his continued preference for Judge Gray they will be entirely willing to accept him for second place. New York Has Rules Contest. Tom Grady, the Tammany spellbinder, came on here not for the purpose of interfering with the vice presidential situation, but to take up the New York contest. The fight between Murphy and McCarren is to be one to the death. Grady, it is supposed, will be the New York member of the committee on rules. The reason for this is that there is back of the Murphy. McCarren contest, an old fight as to whether the state convention or the district body shall control the election of delegates. Pat McCarren had undisputed control or Brooklyn. His district delegates were elected by safe majorities. When the matter was taken up by the state convention, however, Murphy had control and without hesitation, as well as without much, if any, legality, he and -Fingy Conners threw McCarren out of the state convention bodily and elected entirely new delegates from the Brooklyn district. Gray the Most Likely Man. None of the New York delegation already on the ground seems to have any idea that it will be possible to secure the nomination of a New York man for second place. Charles A. Towne is being persistently boomed by a small coterie, but there is no evi dence he can secure the support of the state under any conditions. Bird S. Coler, the former controller, is acceptable to the Bryan men, because he is with them Inregard to the anti-in junction plank. Mr. Bryan himself does not want Stanchfield and the state democracy as a whole simply laughs at Chanler. The result is that the situation on the vice presidential question remains dependent entirely on the attitude of Judge Grey himself. He has never yet said positively that he would refuse the nomination for second place, and it is significant that all the leaders here expect him to accept it when it is offered to him, es pecially if it comes to him with, the knowledge that the offer has the approval of the presidential nominee himself. Every day adds to the growth of democratic opinion in opposition to a radical labor plank. Mr. Bryan is standing out for such a declaration, at least nominally, but recent visitors from Lincoln all agree that he is be coming milder in his Insistence, and the plank when finally adopted is al most certain to be infinitely more con servative than that which was put into the Nebraska platform by the express direction of Bryan himself. Parker to Lead Opposition. Alton B. Parker will lead the fight against the anti-Injunction plank in the committee and on the floor, if nec essary. He will make his argument on legal grounds. The strongest objections to the proposed plank and the ones which will really produce results if any are to be produced, are purely political ones. Every important democratic manager who is here takes the ground that it would be a huge mistake to allow Bryan to impress his personality on the party policy. Most of them, under their breath, admit that hia chances for election are exceedingly dim. They are all looking ahead four years and they want to keep the party within certain conservative lines, so that there will be nothing to apologize for when John Johnson or some other live democrat is substituted for Bryan. They are willing that the sage of Lincoln should run the convention to suit himself and select his own running mate, but they will stand out to frame the platform after their own ideas. Conservatives Claim Committee. The conservatives claim they will have a majority of the committee on resolutions behind them. Whether this is true no one can tell positively at the present time, because in many of the delegations tixre is a fight on over this particular plank and the membership of the committee will not

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