Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 142, 6 July 1908 — Page 1
RICHMOND PAELABHJM H ANfD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. "SO. 142. RICHMOND, IXD., 3IOXDAV EVENING, JULY (5, 1908. SINGLE COrY, 2 CENTS. EXPOSED TO FUMES ENGINEER TAKES A THRILLING RIDE BRYAN WILL GET DYING WITH HEAT COMMONER GETS Convention Hall and Men Who Will be Conspicuous on Floor SAEE WORST LI Eleven Deaths Reported in New York in the Past 24 Hours. ON FIRST BALLOT HE EVER RECEIVED
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ICNmDs Outside Cab While Pennsy Train Is Running Sixty Miles an Hour, and Escapes Death.
t FIREMAN JUMPS AND IS PAINFULLY HURT. father Than Face . Death in The Seething Engine Cab, Fred Arn Leaps and Is Found Later Unconscious. ' ' This morning Panhandle passenger train, No. 18, due In Richmond at 5:12 fa. m., was running between Straughns iStation and Dublin, a pretty stretch ;f track, at the rate of about sixty niles an hour. Engineer Frank Martin, hand on throttle and head out of 4the cab window gazing intently towardthe sky line, was "jockeying" his steel monster to its utmost speed. Standing in the cab Fireman Fred Arn "was Just about to open the door of the jfire box to feed the big engine its raMtlon of coal. ! Suddenly, like a bolt from a blue lky, there came a crash and instan taneously flames from the fire box, liberated by the blowing out of a flue plug, were licking their way about the jcab and back into the tender. Arn, hvhen the explosion came, was enveloped in the firey blast. To remain in !tthe cab was certain death for him. To Jump from the cab was probable death. Instantly he plunged out of the cab and was carried before the wind jfas though his sturdy form was no fciore substantial than a vagrant leaf. Martin was not exposed to the red"tongued blast as he sat on his bench iat the side of the cab. but so rapidly Wid the flames spread that he realized At would be impossible for him to .remain at his post, so he shut down jthe throttle and, without having time to apply ihe brakes, climbed out the 'side of his engine onto the running j board. There he remained, frantically holding on to his precarious position, until the blazing monster came to a stop, three miles distant from the cene of the accident. Passengers Unaware. While these kinetoscopic incidents were taking place other members of tne train crew and the passeneers were in ignorance of what was taking place in the engine cab. When the engine finally stopped, trainmen droo ped off the cars and hurried to the nglne. There they saw Martin, tremjbling and pale-faced, standing by his jenglne which was fiercely blazing. So i fierce was the fire that some of the jcoal in the tender was burning. Following the trainmen came the passen'gers. To the crowd Martin hurriedly lexplained the details of the accident When a rescue party went in search ot Arn. They foundd him prone on this back, arms outstreached and eyes (closed. His face and arms were badly jburned but he was still breathing. While "first aid" nnnllnatinn,, , - '-i . a w n o feeing administered to the stricken Jfireman, the work of extinguishing the burning engine was being successfully ! (Undertaken. Arn was placed in a car nd the train was hauled into Cambridge City by the badly crippled engine. A new engine was attached to the train there. On arriving in this city Arn was removed to the Reid (Memorial hospital. He will live. In (fact, remarkable as it may seem, he Wld not sustain any serious injuries. He is quite badly burned about the fface and arms but .his only other Injury is a dislocated shoulder, t Railroad men state that the accident that occurred on the engine of Itrain No. 18 this morning was of a most unusual nature. Some railroaders state that never in their experience have they heard of a similar accident. PEABY STEAMS AWAY FOR NORTH POLE Hundreds of People Bid Him Farewell. New York. July 6. The steamship Roosevelt with Captain Peary and his crew, aboard, steamed away for the north pole this afternoon." An immense crowd and shrieking steam Jvhlstles greeted the ship's departure. GIRL ARRESTED. Accused of Theft of Gold Finger Ring. Ethel Sego, a young girl, who is on parole from the juvenile court, has been arrested pending an investigation of the theft of a gold finger ring. Ccmplaint was made by O. L. Daily, the dairyman, north-east of the city. Vnless some evidence to substantiate the charges against the girl can be found, she will be released. She is held at the home of the friendless. Tho fllrl Tva3 arraigned in juvenile court for misconduct several weeks ago an4 was paroled upon her promises to form.
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NARROW ESCAPES FROM DEATH MARK LONG BALLOON RACE Men in French Entry Have to Climb to Rigging as Big Bag Settles Down Into Lake Michigan. FIELDING-SAN ANTONIO WON GREAT CONTEST. Big Aerial Craft Landed at Quebec, After Having Traveled 805 Miles in Good Time. 1. Winner, Fielding-San Antonio; landed at West Shefford, Quebec, at 5 p. m., July 5; distance, 805 miles. Time 23:17. 2. American, winner of endurance prize; landed at Carsonville, Mich., 7:59 p. m.; distance, 290 miles. Time 25:01. 3. Illinois; landed at Glen Island, Ont., at 10 a. m.: distance, 575 miles. Time 15:57. Coey's Chicago; landed at Atwood, Ont., at 9:30 a. m.; distance, 405 miles. Time 13:40. 5. United States; landed at Pinkerton, Ont., at 8:30 a. m.; distance, 350 miles. Time 13:58. 6. Columbia; landed at Clinton, Ont, at 7:15 a. m.; distance. 310 miles. Time 11:54. 7. King Edward, Canadian entry; landed at Port Huron, Mich., at 3:20 a. m.; distance, 2S5 miles. Time 9:13. ' 8. Cincinnati; landed at Covert, Mich., at 2:50 a. m.; distance, 115 miles. Time 8:00. 9. Ville de Dieppe. French entry; landed at Benton Harbor, Mich., at 12 midnight; distance, 60 miles. Time 6:17. Chicago, July 6. Landing at 5 o'clock last evening near West Shefford, Quebec, the balloon FieldingSan Antonio won the international championship race over the other eight competitors, which started from the grounds of the Aeronautiaue club of Chicago, Saturday night. All of the balloons, with their freight of eighteen human souls, are safely back to earth. Several of the aeronauts, notably the two who dangled beneath the "Columbia", were injured in landing. Captain Peterson had a rib broken and both he and Charles H. Leichliter were cut on a barb wire fence when they came down in a farmer's field at Clinton. Ont. Some of the balloons had narrow escape from falling into Lake Michigan, and the experience of the French entry, Ville de Dieppe, constitutes one of the most thrilling chapters as yet written in the history of aerial travel. Colonel A. E. Mueller and George Schoeneck. the aeronauts who sailed in the "Ville de Dieppe" from Chicago, came to earth near South Haven, Mich., during the night, after having been dragged for over 10 miles along the surface of Lake Michigan. They (Continued on Pace Two.) THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair in south, showers and cooler in north portion Monday night; Tuesday showers and coot1 er; brisk southwest shifting to northwest winds. OHIO Fair Monday night; showers and cooler Tuesday, fresh southwest shifting to west and north9tot wind?.
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Interior of .the Denver convent! are R. M. Johnson, Urey Woodson, representative at Denver: f. E. Os national chairman; Edward Sefton, Norman B. Mack, the New York na national Chairman, Thomas Taggar Bell, whom Bryan's-prefereneermad tion.and on the right, J. J. Dunn, o Bryan's nomination speech. CHARGE Of RIOT T Very Probable Musicians Will Suffer for Saturday's Brawl. NO AFFIDAVITS ARE FILED. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSES THE FACT THAT BAND MEN WERE AGGRESSORS EVIDENCE HARD TO SECURE. No affidavits have been filed against Harry Haworth and John Hill, conductor and motorman of the Richmond Street and Interurban Railway company, who were involved in a fight at Eighth and Main street Saturday evening. Instead, evidence is being collected against Walter Renk, Clyde Renk, Rudolph Weisbrod and other members of the Richmond City Band, and it is probable a charge of riot will be placed against the musicians. Unless the names of the other band members are secured, individual charges of assault and battery may be placed against these three. The authorities believe the members of the band were the aggressors in the fight.. The names of about one dozen witnesses have been secured. From the information furnished the police, it appears Haworth and Hill acted within their powers as employes of the street railway company. The state law makes of a conductor on a street, interurban or steam car or carriage, a peace officer, and bestows upon them the right to maintain order on their cars. The fight took place off the var. hilt was the rpsnlt of wnrrls py. changed between Haworth and mem-. bers of the band while returning to the city from Glen Miller park. It was stated today to the prosecuting attorney that the passes on which two members of the band had ridden and in exchange for which as fares they asked transfers are good only on Sunday. Haworth says he had been arguing with the" two band men. who offered the passes and he accepted them in order to avoid trouble. The police department is encountering difficulty in th erfort to secure evidence. Although the fight occur red Saturday at about 3:45 o'clock, the names of only three of the members of the band, who were in the fracas, could be obtained. This has necessitated the delay and affidavitVobably will not be prepared until tomorrow. Haworth, Hill and a few witnesses say lCaati&se4 en Faga Twe4 -
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KANGAROO COORT WORKS FOR GOOD Prisoners Have System of Trial Among Themselves In County Jail. WORK WITH AUTHORITIES. CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE JAIL ARE BETTER THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ORGANIZATIONRULES IN VOGUE. Prisoners at the Wayne county jail mantain a kangaroo court, but the ends brought about are far different from those that have marked a similar court in the jail of Sullivan county. In the latter instance the court became so abusive of prisoners that upon his release one of them reported to the authorities. An investigation followed and the sheriff was reprimanded by the press and public. He retaliated upon the prisoner by ordering the abolishment or the court and inflicts a penalty of bread and water diet in the dungeon for any violation. In this county the prisoners at the jail are shown some consideration by the sheriff and his turnkey and no abuse of privileges is permitted. That a kangaroo court exists is known to the authorities and they have not considered the necessity of putting a stop to it. The prisoners act in moderation in the punishments inflicted. In the Sullivan county jail prisoners are said to have been beaten severely, tied up by their thumbs, forced to stand on their toes in a corner and objected to other cruel punishments. This has been the work of fellow prisoners who are the largest and strongest and ruled by right of might. At the local jail the prisoners who maintain the court work in conjunction with the sheriff and turnkey. A razor strop is used as an instrument of punishment and whipping is the chief form of paying a sentence. The prisoners endeavor to keep their quarters clean and sanitary and will not permit abuse by less careful companions. Misuse of privileges is punishable and the rules of the sheriff are strengthened by the respect for them enforced by means of sentence in the jail court. The court Is composed of prisoners who serve as judge, prosecutor .sheriff, bailiff and attorneys. All prefer being sheriff as he adminisUf tfca puaishnxent.' -
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His Friends Have Given Up All Hope of Nominating Him Although "Ghost Dance" Continues. Denver, July 6. With practically all the delegates now here, there seems no reason to doubt that Bryan will not have a safe majority on the first ballot. In fact there's considerable talk of nomination by acclamation. The latter is considered by the conservatives as unlikely. The adoption of Bryan's "Say what it means and mean what it says," platform practically conceded with slightest modifications. The vice-presidential nomination still belongs to anybody. Gray may have it thrust upon him. Kern's boom is still booming. Connecticut is all for McNeill and New York has not centralized on any one of her dozen possibilities. It is estimated that fifty thousand delegates and visitors are in Denver. Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, is going to get out of Bryan's way for the presidency, and Judge George Gray is likely to do so before the time for making the nomination occurs. The determination of the Johnson men to quit the fight was reached Sunday. It is a definite decision and Governor Johnson knows of it and approves. It was reached after a long conference between the Johnson managers and the Tammany hief tains, at which the latter dispelled all hopes of New York support for the Minnesota candidate. The complete surrender is not to be officially announced, until after the fight on the platform is over. Then there will come a message or a letter from Governor' Johnson asking that his name shall not be presented and requesting harmony. The plans to that end are all made. The gHost dancing of the anti-Bryan men will therefore, be kept up until after the platform is adopted but only perfunctory. CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET. There will be a meeting of the Wayne County Civic League this evening at 8 o'clock in the Commercial Club rooms.
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J. M. GUFFEY, OF PITTSBURG. Tn a sensational interview in Denver, Sunday, in answer to the attack made upon his acts in the democratic party by William Jennings Bryan, Guffey unmercifully denounced the commoner. The denunciation is by far the worst ever given a democratic candidate for president by any man within his own party. Bryan recently paid bis comnliments to
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New York, July 6. Eleven deaths and twenty-five persons overcome by heat is the record of the past twentyfour hours. It is the hottest July sixth since the weather bureau was establishedj Nearly all the deaths were adults. The police permitted tenement dwellers to sleep in parks last night and this morning the scene resembled a battlefield where prostrate forms of men. women and children lay. There is no relief in sight. TAXABLE PROPERTY IN WAYNE COUNTY The County Auditor, in Abstract of Taxable Property Shows the Valuation Is $28,725,140. LAND VALUES PLACED AT OVER SEVEN MILLION Abstract Shows More Than Six Thousand Polls With Over Three Thousand in Richmond. Wayne county's total valuation of taxable property is f2S.725.140. Of this sum nearly one half is included within the city of Richmond. The county auditor has . prepared the ab stract of the taxable property and the probable income, which has been forwarded to the state authorities. Simi lar abstracts will be prepared in every county and from them the state taxing officers will gain an idea of the tax levy that will have to be made next year, and the income the state may expect. Of the total figures from 1 to 15 Der cent is to be allowed for delinquencies. In the amounts represented by the abstract and the figures named as the total, is not to be included the value of telephone, telegraph, interurban and street railway, steam railway and all other public service corporations, which are assessed by the state board of tax commissioners. Lands Valuable. The abstract shows 247.71)3.40 acres (Continued on Page Two.)
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Colonel Guffey of Pennsylvania, Says Bryan Is Worst "Boss" the Democrats Have Ever Had. C "HE IS A BLACK GUARD AND A LIAR.
Pennsylvanian as White as His Own Mustache, Raves As He Walks Floor With Clinched Fists. Denver. Col., July t. William Jennings Bryan Sunday received th worst verbal pummeling that ever a candidate for the first office of the land sustained at the hands of a man in his own party. Colonel Guffey. of Pennsylvania, the national committeeman whom Bryan, pilloried from his Fairview porch, came back in a ' long statement in which he called Bryan an ingrate. a falsifier, "the most impudent and arrogant boss the democratic party has ever known," and defined what he call Bryan's "absorption of the party." The statement was given out amid exciting circumstances. Guffey strode about his quarters in tho Adams hotel with his tightened fists and face as white as his snowy mustache. When he handed the copy of- his statement to the Hearst News Service correspondent, he said: "Read it, and tell me what you think of it." Before any reply was made he nervously strode off, saying as he went: "If you don't like it you can substitute for it that Colonel Guffey says Bryan is a blackguard and a liar." The keynote to the statement is in the acrimonious references to Bryan's Ingratitude. Guffey says that Bryan accepted his money and his aid only to turn upon him as noon as he was fought in Pennsylvania; that he similarly outraged William It. Hearst by attacking him after he had accepted I his support and that he is now fawn ing" upon the New Yorker to win bis support again. "Marcus Daly." says Guffey, "died too soon, fortunately, to feel the sting of Bryan's ingratitude. In Violent Mood. Guffey was in a violent mood all day. To all who spoke to him of Bryan he raged and vituperated. Colonel Guffey's statement In full follows: "In the course of his Fourth of July speech to twelve or fourteen out of the S delegates from Pennsylvania. Mr. Bryan made certain explicit declarations. He charged that the Pennsylvania delegation was taken from him by 'conspiracy, against the expressed wish of a great majority of the democratic voters. This statement is false. "Mr. Bryan further asserted, with, all solemnity, that his opposition to me for national committeeman was the first instance of any Interference on his part in local or state politics. "I believe, he unctuously declared, that the people of each community know better what they want done than any out side person can know.' Therefore, he virtuously observes be has 'abstained scrupulously from taking part In these controversies. What, then, was he doing in Kentucky, during the last campaign for senator? How does he, or can he explain his opposition to Mr. McGraw in West Virginia, or his begging appeals to democrats in Indiana to defeat Mr. Taggart? Did he, or did he not, try to humiliate Roger Sullivan and drfve him off the committee? Did he, or did he not, write this letter to his friend. Judge O. P. Thompson, of Illinois, on July 17, 1906: Another Reminder. "What kind of 'scruruloui abstention from interference does Mr. Bryan call that particular brnd of hyprocrisy is indicated by these salving words uttered by Mr. Bryan at the Iroquois club last December, when he stood up and said: " "We must forget the past and work for the future. We must forget all and forgive all. For myself I may say I have no grievance. I no longer judge a man by what he has done. The future is everything to me. I want to know what be is going to & in the future. "How can we account for this abrupt change from brvtal assault to smirking palaver. Had Mr. Sullivan? Was not his office held by fraud then as much aa In 1906? What had happened to suddenly make It 'possible' for 'honest democrats to associate with bim. Simply this, as everybody knows: Mr. Bryan wanted the Illinois delegation to this convention and to accomplish that purpose he did not hesitate for an instance to eat his own vicious words. "Mr. Bryan views me with sanctimonious horror as a "political boss" who shall never be in the party organization, except "over my protest as a 'bushwhacker, who should not be put into my councils to betray me. My councils. Indeed! Is the democratic party really absorbed? Has It no
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