Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 165, 29 July 1908 — Page 1

TWK RICHMOND FAIXABIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

pTOL. XXXIII. NO. 165.

RICHMOND, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1908.

SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS.

PRISONERS IN HOME ARE " MISTREATED

WEST POINTERS FORGOT

RULES AGAINST HAZING.

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Women Confined in Home for Friendless Women Make

Charges Alleging They Get j

Little Food.

INMATES DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO BILL OF FARE

Oftentimes Appeals Have Been " Sent to Outsiders t From .Behind Bars for Something " To Eat.

2

ftMONDS

CROWN

AGED WOMAN SUFFERS.

JS BOTH POORLY FED AND CLOTH4 ED AND SHE IS PLACED WHERE SHE IS TORMENTED BY OTHER INMATES.

NO CAUSE FOR CONDITION.

County Pays Forty Cents a Day- for The Board of Each Prisoner Confined Commissioners May Investigate.

MONDAY, JULY 27. Breakfast. Three slices of bread and butter, one spoon of potatoes, one tin of coffee. Dinner. Two email potatoes, three slices of bread, small slice of meat, tin of coffee. Supper. One slice of water melon, three slices of bread, one cup of tea. TUESDAY, JULY 28. Breakfast. Three slices of bread, tin of coffee. Dinner, Three slices of bread, one piece of meat, two potatoes, tin of coffee. Supper. One half cup of apple sauce, two slices of bread, tin of tea. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, (Today.) Breakfast. Two slices of bread and butter, two corn cakes, one tin of coffee.

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RAILROAD MM George J. Gould So Expresses It and Is Willing That Harriman Take Over All Gould Lines. STANDARD OIL DECISION

MARKS BUSINESS RETURN

Will Aid Materially in Railroad

Credit, Says the Fallen Railroad Hero Taft Is His Favorite.

GIVE THEIR MITE TO AID TAFT ON TO VICTORY Workingmen of Indiana Realize What Would Happen Should William Jennings Bryan Be Elected.

NAMED FOR PRESIDENT BY INDEPENDENCE PARTY

POLITICAL SCOUTS . WORK IN INDIANA.

Newspaper Men From the East Are Trying to Size Up State Situation, But Can Do Nothing But Guess.

West Point has had another hazing upheaval and eight young men

have been suspended on charges of hazing. The pictures of 7 of them are here shown. They are from top to bottom: William T. Rossell, William Nolle, H. G. Weaver, James A. Gillespie, George W. Chase, William W.

Prude and Byron Q. Jones.

The above Is the menu supplied prisoners at the Home for Friendless Women for the first seven meals of this week, according to the sworn statement of Mrs. Sarah Hoover and Mrs. Margaret Ann Smith, prisoners In the jail. For dinner today they were supplied with meat and potatoes, bread and coffee, according to Mrs. Margaret Spencer, matron of the home. Repeated allegations have been made that prisoners at the Home are not given sufficient food. The county pays 40 cents per day for the board of each, prisoner. Complaints have emanated from prisoners and their relatives and friends. The Palladium this doming secured sworn statements from Mrs. Sarah Hoover, Mrs. Marga

ret Ann Smith, and Mrs. Wilson alleging food is not supplied in sufficient Quantities. Another affidavit

was obtained in which the three wo

men declared they are not moved through any spirit of malice or evil

motive. They declare their only ob

3ect In making these statements is for

the purpose of putting the public in charge of information that is believed

will prove of startling nature.

The Palladium recognizes that the three women are prisoners serving sentence, but they gave solemn oath to the effect they have no desire for

revenge and are not actuated by sel

fish motives. In making public the

Information the Palladium regards it

as a fact the only way to gain know

ledge of such affairs is from those persons who are most intimately con

cerned. Mrs. Ewlng Talks.

Mrs. U. B. G. Ewlng, president of

the board of managers of the home

stated she believes the prisoners are

well fed. "Of course you are to un

derstand that I am not there at meal

time. said Mrs. Ewing. "They cer

tainly ought to have enough, though

There Is one person in particular 'hom I believe has made trouble for

tis by misrepresenting matters. I think the prisoners have a good deal

better food there than at other jails. ,1 am sure they have no complaint.

They are fed the same as the inmates

who are not serving sentence.- I realty know nothing about those things jbut that we have pretty, bis bills for

1 suppose

groceries and meats to pay,

the:- have plenty to eat."

Denial of Charges. The matron, of the Home, Mrs. Mar

garet Spencer verified the statement of Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Smith, as to

the provisions for breakfast. She was asked what they were given for

supper last 'evening and said she could not remember. When told prisoners had made complaints about their food, Mrs. Spencer replied in a manner that indicated some warmth of feeling. "If you want to know any

thing about this thing come right down here. Of course we give them

plenty to eat. ur course tney com

plain. We give them more to eat

than they have at the county jail. If

you lived down here you would be car

ried off with complaints. They get plenty of good bread and the best of

butter. We give them meat, too. They don't have any work to do and just

sit around down here. They " and

then she stopped her conversation and

it was evident the interview was at

an end.

Charges Against Matron. Not only do Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Hoov

er and Mrs. Wilson charge the matron of the home with being responsible

for the small supply of food furnish'

ed them, but they declare she is cross and crabid. She is not accused with any" cruel treatment. Mrs. Wilson says this morning she was ordered down from the windows. She said

she has been ill and wanted to breathe the fresh air from between the bars, but the matron told her to leave the

windows and not repeat her act.

So enraged have the three women become because of their treatment and

food they have made appeals for out

side help. Mrs. Smith has written to

the county commissioners asking for

relief. Friends of hers have written letters to Governor Hanly calling his

attention to the conditions. Appeals

have been made to the prosecuting attorney. William Marlow, a brother

of Mrs. Hoover was appealed to and

he brought the subject before the

lodge of which he is a member. No Public' Institution.

But the Home for Friendless Women is not a public institution. It Is owned and controlled by a charitable

organization. Direct authority is ex

ercised by a board of women manag-

New York. July 29. George J.

Gould, returning from Europe, welcomes the probable appearance of E.

H. Harriman into the directorates of

all the Gould railroads. To be re

lieved of the tremendous burdens that

Mr. Gould says "new laws and poli

ticians" have placed upon him, he 3

willing to let Harriman become the

controlling official of about one-fourth of the railroads of the United States having a grand total of $3,103,156,424 in capital and outstanding bonds. Four of Gould's roads are already in the hands of receivers and he must raise $8,000,000 by Saturday to take up notes of the Wheeling and Lake Erie which are secured by the Wabash, and must be met to prevent a receivership from being forced upon the Wabash itself. Receivers Protect from State. "All the present receiverships against the Gould roads are of a friendly nature." said Mr. Gould. "They were designed to keep the properties intact and to protect them from hostile state interests. The International and Great Northern receivership was intended to protect that road against a hostile state. The Wrestern Maryland receivership was brought about because I didn't care to stand under the whole burden of taxes which politicians were placing upon it.

"There are no diamonds left in any

railroad man's crown," he continued 'sadly. "The crown isn't gold; it's on

ly tinsel. Any one who wants to come

in and lift it has a good chance. 'As for the report that Mr. Harri

man will enter the directorate of my roads," said Mr. Gould, "all I can say is that nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have him with us.

We need all the help of able men that

we can get.' A railroad manager's lot

is not particularly a happy one. We are not out of the woods yet." Standard Decision Restores Credit

The Standard Oil decision of the

"United States court of appeals held

out to Mr. Gould a ray of hope.

I think the decision marks a turn

in the business situation, he said

Looking at it from the standpoint of

railroad credit, nothing did more to

hurt this credit abroad than the huge fine assessed by Judge Landis. The foreign investor felt that at any time his property might be confiscated through no fault of his own. Judge Grosscup's decision has again affirm

ed the American motto of fair play.

"As to the political situation, both

nominations suit me perfectly. I think Mr. Taft's election will mean the re

turn of prosperity and that a man of his experience is eminently fitted for office."

The estrangement of Gould and

Harriman first came when Gould an

nounced that he would construct his

Western Pacific extension from Salt

Lake City to the Pacific coast. This

would make him a competitor of the

Southern Pacific, Mr. Harriman's road

from the directorate of which Mr. Gould immediately withdrew.

Should the combination of the Gould

and Harriman systems be accomplished it would mean the practical absorption of the Gould interests by Harriman and increase .his power as a railroad king by hundreds of millions of dollars.

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BURNING RAGS

Grewsome Tragedy Disclosed In New York.

New York, July 29. A human body

wrapped in rags was found blazing in a cellar vacant to the Green Point

district this morning by James Ruddy

according to his story to the police. An investigation revealed that it was the body of a woman, who had been

murdered. Ruddy was arrested on sus

picion. The corpse was badly char red.

Indianapolis, Ind., July 29. As proof of the determination on the part of the republicans to meet the democrats fully half way on the publicity of campaign contributions features, of which Bryan and his supporters have made so much, comes the semi-official announcement that small contributions

are coming in rapidly from individuals and that the play of popular subscrip

tions, so to speak, is bringing satisfac

tory results. It is the intention of

the republican campaign managers to

encourage small contributions, and the more general these contributions become, the more pleased they will be.

The Impression seems to exist, they

say, that the democrats have a monop

oly, or will have, of 6maU individual

contributions to the campaign expense

fund. There is no reasonable ground

for such a conclusion, as is proved by

the returns already received, and if

anything can be suggested by the con

tributions thus far made it is that the

voters are deeply interested in the suc

cess of the party. One contribution, which was for $10, came from a factory employe, who said, in the letter

accompanying the money, that he had been employed steadily for over a

month as a result of returning confidence, and he felt sure that the triumph of Bryan would prove a detriment to his interests. He added that others employed in the same factory with him intended to do as he had done by contributing a small amount to assist the party in carrying Indiana,

And his statement that confidence is returning, is borne out by the facts, as the factories of Indianapolis, at least,

are constantly increasing their forces

and receiving splendid orders. The

railroads also, report increasing bus! ness. Indiana Debatable.

The New York newspapers are sending out special men political experts

to get a line on the situation in the

states of the middle west. Two of

these have arrived in Indianapolis and

are now busy interviewing such of the party leaders as can be found at home. The New York Sun, which

does not find much in the democratic ticket to its liking, has a man in Indiana, and he has come, he asserts, to tell his paper how Indiana is going at the November election. He declares

that, so far as he has been able to de

termine, the situation is decidedly

puzzling. The strength that John W

Kern will give to the national ticket

in his home state is hard to figure.

The correspondent frankly asserts that

New York can never be captured by

Bryan that Taft is sure of winning

there. The same he has found to be true in Ohio. But in Indiana it is the same old story nobody can do anything better than make a good

guess. Kern has had two opportuni

ties to show his strength with the vot

ers of Indiana, and in neither case did

he run far ahead of the ticket in gen

eral. But now, the "war" correspon

dent thinks, things are different by

reason of the fact that the nomination

for the vice presidency is such an un

usual honor that it becomes a matter

of state pride. Summed up, the New

York experts agree that Indiana Is debatable ground and that the party that carries the state will know that it has been in a fight. It is predicted that

each party will have, during the com

ing campaign, the strongest organiza

tion the most perfect working ma

chine that has ever been known in the history of politics In Indiana.

Both Bryan and Taft seem fully to ap

predate the necessity and the prestige

to be gained by carrying Indiana Bry

an because his running mate is from

this state, and Taft because his man

agers appreciate tnat tnis fact may

prove a handicap outside all other con

siderations. it political managers

will keep their eyes on Indiana they

will probably learn some new and un

tried tricks in the political game.

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BIG REPUBLICAN , MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IH THE SIXTH'

All Plans for Campaign in "Old

Burnt" Will Be Laid at' District Committee Meeting

In August.

KILLED IN FRANCE.

Vanderbilt's Stepson dent.

In Auto Accl-

.( Continued oa Page SeveaJ.

Paris, July 29. The klllin gof Win throp Sands, a stepson of W. K. Van

derbilt. In an automobile accident near

Poissy, led to the report that Vander-

bUt himself vu lb Ylttiak

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Fair Wednesday night

Thursday, showers and cooler,

fresh to brisk southeast to south

winds.

OHIO Fair In north, showers i

southern portions, Wednesday

CiSMj TMtrcday showers. .

THOMAS R. HISGEN. Hisgen resides in Masf ichusetts and ran a remarkable race for Gov

ernor of that state on the Independent ticket and he was considered one

of the strongest men the Independence party could nominate.

ONVEtlTIOIl

IS

MARKER BY RIOT ndependence Party Delegate Wanted to, Name Bryan For President. i

HISGEN THE COLOR BEARER

NOMINATED FOR CHIEF EXECU

TIVE ON THE THIRD BALLOTJOHN TEMPLE GRAVES FOR SECOND PLACE.

President Thomas L. Hisgen, of Massachusetts. Vice President John Temple Graves, of Georgia.

SALOON-INTERESTS

ALL FOR MARSHALL

Democratic Candidate for

' Governor Carrying Dangerous Load.

REPUBLICANS FORSAKEN.

TWENTY-SEVEN BREWERIES AND

5,000 SALOON-KEEPERS LEAVE

G. O. P. AND THE LATTER IS

GLAD.

Indianapolis, Ind., July 29. Rhody

Shiel, one of the best known poll

ticians of Indiana, did some talking

HOPE TO FIRE FIRST

GUN IN THIS CITY.

As Convention Plums Went

Elsewhere, It Is Thought Best to Favor Richmond With Opening Meeting. E. M. Haas, chairman of ths Sixth

district republican central committee today announced that be would call a

meeting of the central committee for August 7. This meeting will be held at Rushville, which is about the most centrally located city in the district

At the meeting of the committee the

plans for the campaign, which opens in this district the first of September, will be mapped out.

"Where will the first big gun of the

campaign in this district be fired?"

Mr. Haas was asked.

"I expect the speakers bureau of the

state central committee will arrange

for three or four big meetings in this district but I have no Idea where the first one will be held."

Wayne county people feel that the

formal opening of the campaign should be held In Richmond. Inasmuch as Richmond was ignored this year when the convention plums were handed out. The first political meeUnr of im

portance always attracts a large

crowd and should the camnatrn la

this district be opened In Richmond, there would be hundreds of people

present from all sections of the district.

Mr. Haas states that state speakers

bureau will, as usual, have entire

charge of arranging meetings In this

district where "outside- speakers will appear. "All the district central committee will do at the Rushville meet ing will be to look over the situation la this district and arrange to co-operate with the state central commit

tee in its work, said Mr. Haas.

Chairman Haas states that Judge

Barnard, republican nominee for congressman, will make an exhaustive

campaign throughout the district, and

he will probably arrange to speak In every township and community. Judge

Barnard will probably start his campaign about the first week of September and from that time on until the elections he will be a busy man. -

Reports Chairman Haas has so far

received from all sections of the district are most encouraging for a re

publican victory and the leaders are

while he was in Cincinnati attending certain that Judge Barnard will be

Chicago, July 29. The above ticket

was last night nominated by the Independent party at its first national convention.

The friends of Mr. Bryan made an

effort during the night session to bring his name before the convention,

and the man who attempted it nearly produced a riot and narrowly escaped physical violence at the hands of indignant delegates. The man who sought to place Mr. Bryan in nomination was J. I. Shepard, of Fort Scott,

Kan. He did not succeed in his mission, for being called to order by Chairman Walsh, he admitted It was his intention to name Mr. Bryan. That was the first and last time he men

tioned the name of the Democratic

leader. He was promptly ruled out or order by the chairman and under the

guard of several sergeants-at-arms he was hustled out of the hall, while some

incensed delegates vainly attempted to strike him with fists and one of them swung at him savagely with a cane. Came on Third Ballot. The nommatlon of Mr. Hisgen was made on the third ballot, his chief competitors being Milford W. Howard, of Alabama and John Temple Graves, of Georgia. Reuben R. Lyon, of New York, received a complimentary vote on the first ballot and William Randolph Hearst had 49 friends who voted for him on the first two ballots. The nomination of Mr. Graves was made unanimously, all the other candidates having been withdrawn. The Independence party adopted Its platform and perfected its temporary organization. The platform, as presented to the convention, demanded the creation of a central government bank, through which the currency should pass the people. The feature of the central bank was

strongly distasteful to the members . . . i.. V A

elected by a good majority. Reports also point to the district giving Wat

son a good majority In the gubernatorial race.

KILLED MAN WHO

MOTHER

Kern

Brings Results.

the Taft notification round up. He told the reporters down there that the republican party of Indiana has thrown off all the hangers-on and Is out for the best votes of the state.

Twenty-seven breweries, he said.

which have heretofore put up for the

republican campaigns, have swung to Marshall, and that 5,000 saloonkeep

ers In the state are with these brew eries in their fight on the republicans

On the temperance question, it is I Appeal Of Bryan and

agreed, the republicans have all the better of the game, and none of the

republican leaders seem to care

whether or not the brewery Interests Indianapolis, July 29. Otto Schil-

have flopped to the other side. They Mr ed twenty-four years, claiming say that the party could wish for noth- t0 pr,n.ter ,rom New York C,ty

r,H. I w arrested today after telling a

that the saloon element is for Mar- ?or f ow h hd kllle man n shall, and they do not hesitate to push ,ew York- who had ftaJ mounded thi iirinrPMinn alone Th nartv'a his mother after trying to rob her on

record oa temperance legislation ought "treeL The man Is being held for to h .nouh tn drive the salr . n ele- Information from New York. Schiller

ment into the democratic camp, they PPUed to an Indianapolis resident for

say. and when the liquor planks of Iooa. lening wny ne had ned from the two parties are compared. It New York. The police were notified

would seem as thourh that is where an1 ocmiler repeated the story to

this element belongs. Rhody Shiel as- In straightforward manner.

serts that the public will not be deceived by the action of the brewery interests, and that if they really have

tied to Marshall, the latter will have

a load to carry that may bury him.

clared they, had left the republican

party because of its adherence to this

principle and if the Independence par

ty was going to advocate the same

doctrine they might as well return to

their original faith.

TO DEMOCRATIC FUND

Refugee From New York Law

In Indianapolis. '.

Will

HEARST CHAIRMAN.

Direct Camoaign Affairs of His

Party.

Lincoln. Neb.. July 20. One hun

dred contributions to the campaign fund, aggregating fifteen, hundred dollars was forwarded to the national

Chicago, July 29. -The Indepen- committee today and la the first redence party natural committee select- suit of appeals to Individuals for small ed W. R. Hearst as national chairman contributions by Bryan and Kern. The and he will handle the campaign of contributions were received by. Bry-

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