Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 155, 19 July 1908 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 190S.

ONE WAS HAPPY; THE OTHER DEAD Startling Contrast Between - Sweethearts of Nicholas Longworth.

THE FIRST WAS FORSAKEN.

HER LIFE AFTER THAT NOT WHAT IT WAS WHEN SHE WAS THE FIANCE OF OHIO CONGRESSMAN.

New York, July 18. One charming end radiant young woman, the focus of twenty thousand pairs of admiring eyes in a scene whose outcome is eyes In a scene whose outcome was breathlessly awaited by more than eighty millions. She was Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of the. President of the United States at the Denyer Convention.

Another young woman, beautiful and equally charming, dead from a dose of poison In her brother's New York apartment. She was Miss Miriam Frances Bloomer, once the affianced bride of that same Nicholas Long!worth and once before, since his marriage to the President's daughter, mysteriously and very nearly fatally poisoned. Was there ever a more startling contrast between two fates so curiously linked? One all bright and joyously eecure for the future; the other inexorably doomed by shattered illusions, probably by a broken heart? The bereaved family refer to an "accident" the second of two similar "accidents." The coroner permits the body of the beautiful girl, with only a perfunctory inquiry into the cause of her death, to be quietly taken to the home of her parents in Cincinnati. Officially it is a deplorable incident that Is closed. But no one who analyzes the circumstances of Miss Bloomer's death, in connection with that narrow escape of a little more than a year ago from a like fate, and in the light of mental Influences easily imagines, can avoid the conclusion that she found life no longer supportable. It was several years ago th.it Miss Bloomer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bloomer a Cincinnati family of wealth and social prominence became engaged to marry Nicholas Longworth, of another Cincinnati family of equal social standing and "wealth. Before it was generally known that this engagement had been broken off, Mr. Longworth's persistent courtship of the President's eldest daughter made him one of the party visiting the Philippines, China and Japan, of which Secretary Taft and Miss Alice Roosevelt were the distinguished centre. When the party returned. Miss Alice had capitulated. She was the future Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. This announcement stimulated curiosity about Miss Bloomer's position. When and why had her engagement been broken? There was no satisfactory answer to this question. There was nothing in the aspect of the beautiful accomplished, high-bred: former fiancee of Congressman Longworth to indicate that she was in any way disturbed by his revised matrimonial arrangements. Yet, as the date for this great wedding of the social season drew near, it was persistently gossiped in Cincinnati and Washington that Miss Bloomer would be among the few in,vited guests who would fail to attend. It was whispered that her love for the man who had chosen another to be his bride, having once pledged himself to her had not waned, that to appear at the ceremony uniting him to another woman would be beyond her Btrength. Whoever believed this was unfa miliar with the true ring of Miss Bloomer's mettle. Not only was she one of the gayest of the charming guests at the Longworth wedding, but publicly, and In the most smiling and unaffected manner, congratulated the bride and bridegroom. It was not until some months bad elapsed that the state of Miss Bloomer's mind and heart became again a matter of speculation. In March, a year ago, she was mysteriously poisoned while alone in her room. For a long time she was in a semi-unconscious state. There were deep acid burns on her hands and face. For six months she was secluded in the country, under the care of physicians. She finally recovered and returned to the social circle In which she moved showing few traces of her terrible experience. She, no more tht members of her family, seemed able to explain how she received the injuries which were so nearly fatal. Detectives even a medium who was consulted could discover no more than was told at the time by her brother, Ralph Bloomer, the famous Yale football halfback. In whose New York apartment she was living at the time. Returning to his apartment one evening a little before 11 o'clock, Ralph, according to his custom rapped at the door of his sister's room to say good night. Receiving no answer he open

ed the door and looked In. She wasJ

sleeping peacefully. His rap had not awakened her. Going then to his own room riear by, read for a while. Twice as he read be thought he heard low moans from his sister's room. Ho attributed them to the restlessness that , often goes with, disturbing dreams to which she was subject, and went to bed. Early the next morning he was awakened by his sister's maid, who begged him to come at once to her mistress room. He found his sister in agony from acid burns on different, parts of her jface and limbs. She was conscious hut could not speak. Surgeons who

were promptly summoned were puzzled. They could not determine what corrosive poison had done the mischief. It was always denied that any bottle containing poison or that had contained poison, was found in the young lady's room. Detectives were employed in vain it was impossible to learn where the poison had come from, or how it had ben administered to the young woman, who according to all accounts, had fallen into a peaceful slumber the night before.alone in her room, and had not ben disturbed until her maid, entering at the usual time in the morning, found her in agony close to death. The publication given to this mys

tery resulted In more gossip about Miss Bloomer'6 feelings concerning her shattered romance. Her successor in the affections of Nicholas Longworth was still enjoying the blissful

triumphs of a honeymoon, read about and talked about all over the world.

Was this beautiful girl at the height

of her charms of person and mind a

hopeless victim of disappointed love?

Was she heartbroken? Had she sought foregtfulness and peace in death?

After her recovery Miss Bloomer

went about her social pleasures and duties, giving outwardly no sign of being other than a heappy and care

free girl of unusual claims to the ad

miration and love of men. There had

been nothing to indicate that the members of her own family saw reason to

be solicitous about the state of her mind and emotions. Then, suddenly, when a great national event furnishes an Incident picturing the settled domestic felicity of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mr. Longworth's former sweetheart drinks poison and dies. The coincidence here noted does not affect the formal accounts of the tragedy, accepted by Coroner Acritelli, which are to this effect. Miss Bloomer and her maid, Jeanne Pierre, used cyanide of potassium in cleaning some jewelry, and when they had finished, Miss Bloomer told the maid to put the glass containing it away. She was going out to dinner

ilwith her brother, who was late return

ing home from down town, and when he returned he found her dressed and ready to go. She exhorted him to hurry and remarked that she was very hungry. Then Bhe got some crackers which she had in her room and began eating them. Her brother heard her choke slightly over the dry crackers and go to the bathroom. In a moment she ran from the bath room screaming that she drank the cyanide instead of water and fainted. Mr. Bloomer called Dr. Forbes Hawkes, but his sister died soon after the doctor arrived. Coroner Acritelli questioned the maid, who had gone out about the time Mr. Bloomer came in, and decided that the taking of the poison was the result of a mistake. Two glasses stood on the washstand, one containing water and the other cyanide. Other investigatoin showed, it is said, that Miss Bloomer did not drink from any glass containing a solution of the poison for cleaning jewelry. The only glass in the bathroom containing any fluid was one partly filled with water, in which a belt buckle after being treated to a bath of the cyanide was rinsed. The water in this glass did not contain enough of the poison to seriously injure any one. The glass from which Miss Blomer drank the fatal dose did not contain any water when she rushed into the bathroom. She must have filled it at the tap. But when the coroner appeared on the

scene It contained at the bottom a sed iment of cyanide of potassium sufficient in quantity he declared to kill a dozea people. Why did Miss Bloomer fill with water that glass instead of drinking to relieve her choking sensation from the glass that stood ready filled with practically pure water? Ralph Bloomer declared that his sister that day had appeared in the happiest frame of mind. She had arranged to go with a party of friends for an outing on Lake Erie, and at the close of summer expected to go abroad with other members of the family. What is the truth in the light of all the indications set forth here? Were both these poison Incidents pure accident? Or did both have some logical connection with incidents which threw the unfortunate girl into a condition of despondent hopelessness? At last with the means at hand, suddenly realizing the utter futility of

life for her, the mockery of all her plans for enjoyment, or even contentment in this or any other country at last did she resolve and promptly carry out her resolution to end it all?

Evening Song W. A. Mozart Sketch Artist John Caroll Potpourri from Opera "Martha" F. Flotow

America Arr. by Paul de Ville Star Spangled Banner Illustrated by John Caroll Accompanied by tha Quartet.

Can Woman With Her Whole Soul Love More Than Once

SOCIAL NEWS

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erican musical public will be able to settle back peacefully and enjoy its summer vacation without being beset by all manner of anxious doubts. J J J Master Robert Taylor and Miss Marcia Castor will be the soloists at the Reid Memorial church today. The follow are the programs: Organ Prelude Wolstenholme Anthem "O Saviour of the World" Goss Organ offertory Guilmant Offertory solo, "O Lord be Merciful" Bartlett Miss Marcia Castor Postlude Mason

Evening Service. Organ Prelude Wagner Anthem

"There is a Blessed Home".. Marks Offertory Arcadelt Offertory solo, "The Valley of Shadows" Barri Master Robert Taylor Postlude Bargiel Organist Miss Fosler. Director Dr. Holmes. 8 A concert will be given at Centervllel Monday evening by the Tnuom Larimehr quartet and the Lightning Sketch artist. A number of Richmond people are expected to attend as the quartet is composed of the following young men of this city: Mr. Eric Sudhoff, first cornet; Mr. Russel Heitbrink, French horn, piano, vocal soloist; B. Edwards, trombone; Ralph Hasemeier, second cornet; and John Carorll, lightning artist. The program is: Reminiscences from Opera, "Indra". F. Flotow Slumber Song from Opera "Masaniello'- D. Auber Sketch Artist John Carroll Air from Opera "Martha".. F. Flotow "Illustrated Songs" Carroll and Heitbrink Theme and Variations.. C. D. Lorenz "Miserere Scene" from II Trovatore Verdi Arr. byR. Heitbrink Roll On Thou Deep and Dark Blue Ocean Illustrated Song of Czar from Opera "Czar and Carpenter A.Lortzing Intermission Summer Song F. Mendelssohn

London, July 18. Can a woman love twice? Very interesting answers to this question, which has again been raised, were given yesterday by two prominent 6tage favorites Miss Nora Kerin and Miss Maud Allan. Miss Kerin who made her reply during the course of the first matinee of

the new Lyceum play, "The Prince and the Beggar Maid," explained that she had two performances yet to go through, and felt more disposed to query whether a woman could "act twice." "As a matter of fact, my opinion is this," she said. "A woman can only love once as she loves the first time. Nothing again is ever like that first love in its trust and innocence. "The first time she really loves, 1 mean, not just 'fancies' some one. The probability is that the second love would have more of the mother feeling in it. She has been through 'the fire once, and lives in spite of, rather than because of, that experience. "Her first love was probably the more headstrong and passionate; more likely than not, unreasoning. It would also be less likely to make excuses for the beloved than the second

love. The first love is blind; the second sees, so to say. with an extra eye. "Don't ask me which is best I don't know." And with another laugh. Miss Kerin went off to gain fresh plaudits from her friends in front. "This is a very serious question, said Miss Maud Allan, as she rested on the sofa in her charming dressingroom after her afternoon dance at the Palace, "and, after consideration, 1 should say, 'Yes, a woman can love twice. "But the second love would not be quite like the first. She would love first because she scarcely knows why. "If the first love was shattered by disillusion, I see no reason why she should not love again, but this time it would be with more head. She knows why this time.' "But twice is the limit. A woman couldn't truly .love more than twice. "Nonsense!" interposed Mr. Butt, managing director of the Palace, "a woman can love twenty times. "Not love," argued Miss Maud Allan. "She might be "in love" every day with a different man, but 'love' and that's very different from being 'in love' wouldn't be 'love' more than twice."

Good to choice 6.S0 6.90 BEEF STEERS. Good to choice steers .... 6.00 7.00 Medium to good steers .. 5.73 6.50 Choice to fancy yearlings. 5.00 5.65 BUTCHER CATTLE. Choice to fancy heifers .. 4.754? 5.S5 Good to choice heifers 4.25 & 4.65 VEAL CALVES. Good to choice 3.256? 6.75 Fair to good 2.tXt5.50 STOCK CATTLE. Good to heavy fleshy feeders 4 503? 4.75 Fair to good feeders .... 4.25SJ! 4.50 Good to choice stockers .. 3.0051 4.25 Common to fair heifers .. 4.00 4.65 SHEEP. Best yearlings 4.00 4.50 Indianapolis Grain. Indianapolis, July IS. Wheat, ss. Corn. 7!S. Oats. 57 Rye. 75. Timothy, ?11.5rt.

Richmond.

C ATT LIS. (Paid by Richmond Abattoir. Best hogs, average 200 to 254 lbs 6.35W

I Good to heavy packers. . . ;.2ii Common and rough 5.Sjj; j Steers, corn fed 4.90!5t I Heifers 4.15 J? j Fat cows 3.50 :i i Hulk? 3.25.f 1 roivM n r.ft'.t

Lambs S.KXi!

TODAY'S MARKET QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS. (By Correll and Thompson, Brokers, Eaton, Ohio.) New York, July 18. Open High Low Amalgamated Copper .. . .. . .i 69Va 70 694 American Smelting 83 Vi S44 83 V American Sugar .. -i 130 131 130V Atchison ..-... S5i4 86 85 V8 B. & 0 90V 91 90 B. R. T 50 50 50 C. M. & St. P. 138 140ii 13S New York Central 105 106 y2 105 Northern Pac. .. .. 138 140 138 Pennsylvania 123 124 123 People's Gas 94 95 94 Reading 114 116 114 Southern Pacific 90 91 90 Union Pacific 149 152 149 U. S. Steel .. ... 42 44 42 U. S. Steel pfd - 107 108 107 Great Northern 132 133 132

Close 7H 84 131 86 91 50 140 106 140 124 95 116 91 152 44 108 133

) 6.45 ..;& 6.5 5.00 4.40 3.75

3.50 6.00 5.40

HAWAII IN HEED OF GOOD AMERICANS

Lack of Permanent Settlers For Public Lands One of Chief Complaints.

ISLAND IS ORIENTALIZING.

WILL NOT BE MANY YEARS UNTIL HAWAIIAN BORN JAPANESE WILL BE ABLE TO OUTVOTE WHITES AND NATIVES.

PRICES FOR POULTRY, (raid by Bee Hive Grocery.) Young chickens dressed, per lb..lSc Old chickens, per lb 12 to 15c Turkeys, per lb 5...18e Ducks, per lb 15o COUNTRY PRODUCE. (Paid by Bee Hive.) Creamer- butter, per lb 25c Country butter, per lb 15 to 18c Eggs, per doz 17c

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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. (By Corr6ll nd Thompson, Brokers. Eaton. O.l Chicago, July 18. Wheat. - - - Open. High. Idw. Close. July ... 90 91 90 90 Sept. ... 91 91 90 90 Dec. ... 93 93 92 92 May ... 91 97 97 97 Corn. Open. Hign. Low. Close. July ... 76 76 76 76 Sept ... 76 76 75 76 Dec. ... 62 62 61 61 May ... 61 61 60 60 Oats. Open. High. LOW. Close. July ... 51 51 50 51

Sept. ... 43 Dec. ... 43 May ... 45

4343 45

42 43 44

43 43 45

U. S. YARDS, CHICAGO. Chicago, July 18. Hog receipts 18.000. Left over 6.051. Cattle 200; unchanged. Sheep 1.500; steady. Hogs Close. Light $6.20 6.85. Mixed $6.25 6.95. Heavy $6.25 6.95. Rough $6.25 6.55.

Indianapolis Market. INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK. HOGS. Best heavies $6.95 7.10

Richmond Grain Market. (Richmond Roller Mills) Wheat (per bushel) 85 Corn (per bu.).. .. .. .. .. .. ..65 Oats (per. bu.) 45 Rye. (per bu.) .. ..65 Bran (per ton) ..$22.00 Middlings (per ton) $25.00

Richmond Seed Market. (Runge & Co.) Timothy (per bu) $2.00

Richmond Hay Market. (Omar G. 'Whelan.) Timothy hay (baled) $9.00 New Timothy hay (loose) $7.00 New clover hay (baled) $7.00 New clover hay (loose) . .$5.00 to $6.00 Mixed hay $5.00 Straw (per ton) 5.00 Corn (per bu.) 65c to 68c Oats (per bu.) 45

Pittsburg Livestock. Pittsburg, July 18. k Cattle, receipts light. Cattle ?6.75 down. Veal $5.00 8.0O. Hogs Receipts 5 loads; 7.25 down. Sheep and lambs, receipts light. Sheep 4.75 down. Spring lambs 4.75 down.

Honolulu, H. I., July IS. The effort to secure permanent settlers for the public lands of Hawaii has been renewed with fresh determination. The refusal of congress to pass the bill which would have enabled the planters to bring large numbers of laboring immigrants from Europe has brought more strongly than ever to the recognition of the thinking men of the Ter-

J ritory that something must be done to i attract hither white men who will j make this their home, acquire an 'in

terest in the Territory and by their labor and their efforts and lives create here a truly American community. Even the planters, who in the past have not been friendly to anything they thought likely to disturb the labor system of the islands or create industries that would compote for the land they wanted for sugar, are be-, ginning to adopt a less uncompromising attitude. With Japan as an Inexhaustible source of labor supply to them, and congress refusing to permit them to bring in unlimited quantities of assisted immigrants from southern Europe, they feel the necessity of finding some means which will bring Into the Territory a population that can, supply the labor necessary for their needs. Public Lands for Settlers. The idea of using the public land to bring In a settled population of American citizens attached to the Territory by property interests has been suggested before and efforts to carry out the idea have been made. Inquiries regarding the public and private lands of the Territory have been coming here by the hundreds for the last ten years. But so indefinite have been the replies, largely, it is believed because of the latest hostility to the immigration of an independent class, that very few, if any of the class now desired have ever been Induced to come by them. Americans are Needed. The need of bringing in Americana is felt all the more strongly because of the evident fact that it will only be a few years before there will be a voting population of Hawaiian born Japanese large enough to outvote the present electorate whites and Hawalians and will thus undermine tha Americanizing influences at work here and wholly orientalize the territory.

SUSA.H: For Peter's appetite trv bilking powder biscuits made of Gold Medal Flour. Maria.

The Mvarl me Of IJffe. Infants and children ar constant) Mad In a aaativ. It is Important to ow what to It th.m. Their stomach and bows), ara not atroer enough fcr salts, purgatlva waters or oatba-tic pilla. powders or Unlets. Gtva tbatn tnOd. pleasant, irantlo. laxative tonic Uko Or. Caldwell's Srrup Pepsin, which sells at the small snm of 50 cents or fl at drug stores. It is the one great remedy for you to have as the boose to we ehUAxea when they seed It.

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