Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 29, 7 December 1908 — Page 1

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RICHMOND PAIXABIUM N A VOL. XXXIV. NO. 29. RIC1I3IOND, IXD.,3I()XDAY EVEMXG, DIXEM 1SKK 7. 1J08. SINGLE COrY, 2 CENTS. MORGAN'S SON-IN-LA V THRONGS FLOCKTO CAPITOL TO SEE GIVES MILLIONS FIRST GUN FOR CONSUL A SUICIDE SMITH IMPALED OH ROOSEVELTS RED HOT TRIDENT TO EDUCATION GETS HIGH POSITION OPTIONISTS.FIRED BY THE REV. WADE E; ANOTHER FOR LEADER Swedish Official Located at St. Louis Takes Cyanide Of Potassium.

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Unfavorable Weather No Hindrance to Hundreds Who Wished to See the Opening Ceremonies Today.

ODY CONVENED PROMPTLY AT NOON iThis Session Promises to Be Marked by Immense Appropriations to Various Needy Causes. Washington, D. C, Dec. 7. Unfavorable weather did not hinder immense throngs from gathering at the capitol la the endeavor to get a peep at the opening ceremonies of congress, and by nine o'clock there was a sufficient throng oa hand to fill the entire seating capacity of both chambers. The doors were soon opened and the crowds steadily increased. Many floral offerings were sent to members, but the rules prohibited them from being placed on the desks. Promptly at twelve o'clock Speaker Cannon in the house and Vice President Fairbanks in the senate, called the two bodies to order. According to plans of the leaders, little will be done in the three months' session other than to provide for pending money. This does not mean that congress wishes to spend money. On the other liand, every effort will be made toward retrenchment, as the condition of the treasury is such, as to give eome enxiety to the national lawmakers and guides of the country's destiny. Bat there are so many things that Remand immediate attention that it is almost certain to be another billion dollar session. The session will be by no means dejrold of pyrotechnics. Senator Forakf ter will enliven the deliberations of the tipper house with emphatic argument as to why the Brownsville negro soldiers should be given authority by congress for re-enlist.nient. Chagrined So Ions to Protest. Those members of the senate who are chagrined that the Japanese-American agreement should have been catered Into without their seal of approval are going to have something to eay at the first auspicious occasion. A great many representatives feel constrained to gather together in the Interest of reform in the house rules, but notwithstanding widespread sentipnent in favor of a change it is not considered probable that action will pe taken in this regard until the reorganization of the next house. The publicity bill also will come up, ' and in view of the demand throughout the country for a law of this kind it Is believed the measure will receive favorable consideration $10,000,000 for 1910 Census. It is generally understood there will be a bill to improve rivers and harbors to carry $25,000,000 or $30,frOO.OOO. It also will be necessary to brovide for the census of 1910, and this will require an outlay of $10,000.P00. The fact that the managers desire to restrict legislation will not prevent the congressmen from exerting efforts in behalf of favorite measures. the first" effort in this direction will be made by Mr. Foraker. Senator Beveridge will follow with a plea for arly consideration of his child labor kill, and Senator Carter will press the postal savings bank bill. Both houses will receive-recommen-lations from the congressional monetary commission looking to changes In the laws regulating the supervision f national banks. Would Amend Trust Law. ' There is a considerable element in froth houses favorable to such (banges in the Sherman anti-trust law )s will provide immunity for some of Ihe combinations. Many desire the amendment of the Interstate commerce law so as to permit tariff agreements among the railroads and to eliminate the commodities clause of the law. The labor interests will continue Iheir efforts in behalf of a modification of the injunction laws so as to aake them inapplicable to labor disfutes. The advocates of separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico will h-ess their claims and declare they fill have the support of the president. The president will recommend legElation looking to the supervision of legraph and telephone lines and :ere will be bills offered bringing Item within the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission. Ship aibsidy will receive attention. No Action on the Tariff Now. There will be much discussion of he tariff in the cloakrooms and the rays and means committee of the ouse will continue Its efforts to ame a bill, but no measure will reslve attention on the floor of either ouse until after March 4. when the (Continued on Page Two.)

DR. D. K. PEARSONS. Dr. Pearsons, of Chicago, has already given away millions for education. It is reported he is about to give $3,000,000 for the same purpose. IS FOE A Hon. G. W. Sieber Urges Elks In Memorial Address to Unite in Battle Against This. MEMORIAL SERVICES OF SUNDAY IMPRESSIVE Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity Precepts Fully Explained by the Speaker. "There is not one Elk who would not fight for your country if she was attacked by a foe from without her borderte. There is a foe within her borders who is more threatening than any foreign foe-and you Elks should, by the principles of your order, feet palled upon to enlist in the fight for common honesty in government, common honesty in our business transact'ons and for closer bonds of brotherhood among men. Remember my brothers that the nation rises no higher than the virtue of its citizens and our standard of virtue needs an uplife" solemnly stated the Hon. G. W. (Continued on Page Ten.)

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On October 2S, 1908, the circulation of the Palladium and the circulation of the Item were examined by Mr. Clarence Austin, official examiner of the Association of American Advertisers. With considerable pleasure, we present herewith a reproduction of the certificate issued to the Palladium showing its circulation for the year ending September 30th, 190$, amounted to an average of 5,453 copies daily. This is the largest circulation of any paper issued in Richmond or in the Sixth Congressional District of Indiana.

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Methodist Minister in Illustrated Lecture, Gives Tem

perance Side of Anti-Liquor Contest. DETERMINED WILL BE FIGHT OF BOTH SIDES Liquor Men Will Not Be Content to Look on InactiveFigures Will Be Used as Basis of Campaign. Out upon the cold sea of popular accord was launched la: evening, the ship of state of the no liquor element of Wayne county. The vessel was christened by the Rev. R. J. Wade, pastor of the First M. E. church, in a stereopticon lecture. Of course no wine was spilled over the prow of the ship as it took the sea. This is to be a dry campaign and, facts and figures will be relied upon by the' temperance forces to win favor with the voting public. The progress of the local option election petition has gone so far that the promoters say they have reason to believe in the ultimate success of the project. Determined opposition will be encountered in the liquor dealers and the fight in Wayne county promises to be about the warmest imaginable. Both sides are fortified in their position and each claims to be invulnerable. That it will be an argumentative campaign in which figures and statistics will bear a prominent part, was made evident by the lecture of the Rev. Mr. .Vade. The liquor men claim that they, too, will be able to enter into this .phase of the matter. The "drys" have taken up the subject of taxation to show that the saloons and breweries cause the expenditure of more money in Wayne county than they turn in as revenue and taxation. The liquor men appear to believe the fight being made on their business is directed almost solely by the ministers of this city. For this reason they propose to show the amount of tax paid by them. It is planned to issue a .pamphlet setting forth their claims upon the subject. The petition to the county commissioners, asking for a special election will be presented one month from today, or at the first regular meeting of the commissioners in January. There is no doubt but that the petition will contain the requisite number of names and as a consequence, the commission ers can not but order the election held. It is to be expected that the most strenuous period of the battle between wets and drys will be waged follow ing the filing of the petition and the call for the election. It has been announced that the fight to make the county dry will not be waged by the ministers as an organiza tion. They maintain they have enter(Continued on Page Ten.) All Other Papers In District of Indiana mwwm'W

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St. Louis. Dec. T.-Chailes A. Eckstronier, Swedish consul in St. Louis, sfallowed cyanide of potassium this morning and died a few minutes after. His family found him lying on a couch in the library of his home. Eekstromer gained notoriety a few years ago through his controversy with Roosevelt concerning the "Square Deal." Eckstromer was deposed at the request of Roosevelt, but later was reappointed after having furnished sufficient satisfactory explanations to the Swedish government. He was also the local agent for the West Disinfecting company of New York. He was aged fifty-one years and leaves a widow and two daughters. There is some mystery as to the cause of the deed. DR. HARRY WEIST GOES TO NEW YORK Well Known Local Physician To Give Up Practice Jn This City. PHYSICIAN TO D. G. REID DR. WEIST IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PHYSICIANS IN THIS STATE AND MANY FRIENDS WILL REGRET DEPARTURE. "I intend to leave Richmond the first of January and go to New York City, where 1 intend to practice medicine. I regret very much to leave this city, which has always been my home, but I think there are good opportunities offered in New York so I have decided to move there," stated Dr. Harry II. Weist today when asked to confirm the report that he intended to give up his practice in this city. It has been reported that Dr. Weist's decision to move to New York was the result of an exceptionally flattering offer he had received from multi-millionaire Daniel G. Reid, a former Richmond man. to act in the capacity of his private physician. Dr. Weist denied the authenticy of this report. "I will be Mr. Reid's physician, but I will not be his 'private' physician. I intend to engage in the active practice of medicine," he stated. Last summer Dr. Weist made a trip through Europe with Mr. Reid and they are very warm friends. Dr. Weist's decision to make his future home in New York City will be deeply regretted by his many Richmond friends. Dr. Weist has been engaged in the active practice of medicine in this city since 1900 and is known throughout this section of the state as a practicioner of exceptional ability. He succeeded his father, on the death of that noted physician and surgeon and has always enjoyed one of the largest practices in this city. Dr. Weist studied medicine at the Bellevue college in New; York, at John Hopkins university, Baltimore and in Vienna, Austria. Mrs. Weist is a New York woman and while she is pleased to return to her native city to make her home she greatly regrets leaving the many warm friends she has made in Richmond. Dr. Weist has for several years been the local physician of the P. C. C. & St. L. railroad. ONE WOMAN DIES IN HOTEL EIRE Several Others Injured; $50,000. Loss Atlantic City. Dec. 7. One woman was killed and several people injured in a fire which gutted the Hotel Lashelle this morning. The loss will reach rrf,NM. MEETS WEDNESDAY. The county council will be in session Wednesday afternoon for the last session of the year. It is a special session in response to the call of the aud'.tor. A number of appropriations is to be made. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair, with cold wave Monday night; Tuesday fair, with ri- - Ing temperature; fr-esh northwest winds, diminishing and becoming variable. , OHIO Cold wave Monday night, and fair except snow near the lake; Tuetday fair nd eotef: mtrttnn Worth w wfndVdlmiatahfftg.

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FIGHT IN THE SENATE SEEMS ALMOST CERTAIN Probable Lieutenant Governor Hall Will Place Democrats At Head of JVIost Important Committees. (By Special State Correspondent.) Indiaaapolis, Dec. 7. It seems to be practically settled that Representative Elliott.5 of South Bend, is to be the republican floor leader in the house at the coming session of the legislature. Talk! of Elliott's availability for the trying position has been going on for some time. Mr. Elliott has been a member of the house for several sessions and has gone through some of Ellis Searles. the fiercest struggles that have taken place in the house. He has always been counted a leader of the republican side of the house, and his committee appointments have been of the most important character. The fact is that there is no one in sight at present to dispute with his friends the claim that he Is the man for the place. Mr. Elliott, it is conceded, knows all the fine points of the legislative game. He also knows all the old members of the house and many of the new ones, and this will give him a decided advantage when it comes to handling the problems that arise. If Representative Honan is elected speaker of the house the democrats will have to look around for some other man to serve as floor, leader. Honan had that job during the last session. He made a pretty good leader, but there were times when he fell down woefully, in the estimation of persons who watched the fight. This seemed ,to be true in one case in particular. Some of the democratic members of the house have said that the bill to repeal the metropolitan police law would have been passed over the veto of Governor Hanly if Honan had been "on the job," but his delay in doing something allowed Speaker Branch to adjourn the house too soon for him. According to this story, after the governor's veto was announced and the democrats decided to try to pass the bill over the veto, Honan was under the, impression that a two-thirds vote was necessary for such action. He believed it would not be possible to get two-thirds. There the matter stood until Senator L. Ert Slack heard of the matter. He hunted Honan up, so it is said, and explained to him that a bill may be passed over a veto by a mere majority, just as it may be passed originally. Slack showed Honan the rule under which this could be done. Honan took the book and disappeared for a while. Then he oame back into the house ready to (Continued on Page Ten.)

Second Romance of the Wire Postal Telegraph Operator Located Here Weds No. 2, Wearing Same Dress That She Wore on. First Wedding Day Last Marriage Kept a Secret.'

"I think I know out," smiled pretty how that leaked Mrs. Russel Arm-j strong, who presides over the "tickers" at th local postal telegraph office, Then she was shown this morning a dispatch from Marion, Ind.. relating to her marriage to Mr. Armstrong at Covington, Ky.. on last November If. When this ceremony was performed, the Marion dispatch relates, it was the first anniversary of her marriage to her first husband. Russel Harden, who was a chum of husband Nb. 2. "That part of the dispatch which says that I was married to Mr. Armstrong, wearing the same dress I wore when I married Mr. Harden is true, but that part which says I was married in the same town in which I married my first husband, and by the same magistrate is not true. I married Mr. Harden in Lebanon. Ind., and I married Mr. Armstrong In Covington," stated Mrs. Armstrong. 'I used to live in Marion, but I didn't -know that the people tip there

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HERBERT L. SATTERLEE. Satterlee, of New York, is the son-in-law of J. Pierpont Morgan. He has been appointed assistant secretary of the Navy. EIGHT NEGROES CAPTURED III SUNDAY RAID Quiet Litte Game of Craps in McKay Barber Shop Rudely Interrupted by Local Patrolmen. ONE DOOR UNKNOWN AND FIVE MEN ESCAPED Two Arrests Made This MorningExcitement Reigned in . McKay Domicile for a Short Time. BULLETIN. Fines of $10 and costs and ten days in jail were imposed in seven cases. After he had assessed the fine against McKay, Judge Converse said he had forgotten the former conviction of McKay on the same charge. The law requires a jail sentence. Same Iewis plead not guilty. His case will be tried tomorrow. The others plead guilty. Like rats fleeing from a scuttled ship eleven negroes undertook to break from a room in the rear of the residence and barber shop of Ed McKay, 1018 Main street, yesterday afternoon. The haste was precipitated by the arrival of four police officers and the fact the ones on the inside were engaged in a game of dice. For some time the police had been aware that crap games were in progress at the McKay domicile and yesterday afternoon the time was ripe for the plucking. Five of the eleven managed to make good thei rescape at the time, but two were taken into custody this morning. The men slated are: Ed McKay, Marcus Roberta, Frank Fox. Harry Davis, Samuel Lewis, Oliver Harvey, Otto Burden and George Hill. The (Continued on Page Two.) j time. I think I know, however, how the news leaked out." continued Mrs. Armstrong, as she b:usiiingly read the dispatch a second time to the tune of the merry clicking telegraph key. "I used to go with Mr. Armstrong before I married Mr. Harden. They were both chums." Mrs. Armetrong and both her present and former husband are telegraph operators. She married Harden at Lebanon. Nov. 1!, 1007, after a courtship over the wires. Their marriage, however, proved unhappy and the honeymoon-ended with the bride filing application for divorce. After securing this divorce .the young woman came to this city and her former suitor, now husband No. 2. again began to court her. On last Nov. 19. she went to Covington and married him. "Will you leave Richmond T Mrs. Armstrong was asked. "111 either leave here to join my husband or be will come here to work. I can't tell yet .what we wfll do," she

Annanias Club Bids Welcome To President-offending Publisher of the Indianapolis News.

"LIAR, OFFENDER" CAUSTIC EPITHETS Bitter Thrusts Are Elicited by Charges of Forty-Million Dollar Steal on Panama Canal Purchases. v. The following correspondence, pas ing between President Roosevelt and William Dudley Foulke, of this city, has been made public by the latter, who is now at Hot Springs, Va.: "Hot Springs, Va., Nov. 29, 1908. "The President: "Sir The Indianapolis News, no! only during the campaign, but even af ter its close, has been repeatedly and continually making serious charge against your administration as well aa against Mr. Taft In connection with the Panama canal purchase, as, for example, the following: "'The Panama Matter. "'The campaign is over and the leople will have to vote tomorrow without any official knowledge concerning the Panama canal deal. It has been charged that the United Stated bought from American citizens for J40.000.000 'property that cost those citizens only $12,000,000. Mr. Taft was secretary of war at -the tim the negotiation was closed; " 'There is no doubt that the government paid $10,000,000 for the property. Hut who got the money? W are not to know. The administration and Mr. Taft do not think it right that the people should know. The president's brother-in-law Is Involved in the scandal, but he has nothing to say. ' Refuses to Appeal to Evidence. " 'The candidate's brother has been charged with being a member of the syndicate. He has, ft is true, denied it. But he refuses to appeal to th evidence, all of which is in the possession of the administration and wholly inaccessible to outsiders. " "For weeks this scandal has been before the people. The records are ia Washington and they are public rec-' ords. But the people are not to see them till after the election, if then.' ' "Kven after the election this has been continued, it being said that Mr.) Taft's 'weakness' in Indiana (where he ran many thousands ahead of any , other republican candidate) was due in great measure to tnis alleged 'scandal.' What are the facts in regard to it? Where are these inaccessible. records? When did they come .into the possession of the government, and ' what do they contain? If the- statements of the News are true our people ought to know It; if not truethey ought to have some just means of", estimating what credit should be given in other matters to a journal which thus disseminates falsehoods. Yours. ( "WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKEJ' President Roosevelt's Reply. "White. House, -Washington. Dec. 4, J908. "My Dear Mr. Foulke I have re-' ceived your letter of the 29 th ultimo and have read it In connection with your previous letters inclosing quota-J tions from the Indianapolis News, a paper edited by Mr. Delavan Smith. "As Mr. Smith certainly kaew that all the statements he made were falee, ' both as to this Pa nasi a, matter and j as to the other matters of wbfch'.you inclose me clippings, and inasmuch,! therefore, as the exposure of the. fal-j sity will not affect his future state-f ments, I am not very clear what good ' will result from such-exposure. But,! inasmuch as you evidently earnestly j desire some answer to be made, and 1 insamuch as you say that some reputable people appear to believe the falsehoods of the News and Mr. Smith, and inasmuch as you seem to think that his falsehoods as regards the Panama matter are the most prominent. I will answer them. "The News state in one of fs Issues that probably pome of the docu ments dealing with tbe matter have been destroyed. This is false. Not one has been destroyed. It states -that the last documents were s?nt over in June of this year, the object of this particular falsehood, being, apparently, to connect the matter in some way with the nomination of Mr. Taft. "You quote the News as saying that 'the people have no official knowledge concerning the Panama canal deal. The fact is that the people have had the most minute official knowledge; that every important step In the transaction and every important document have been made public in com, municatton to congress and through the daily prees and the whole matter has been thrashed over In all its details again and asain sod again.' "The News gives currencr to the charge that 'the United States bought from American citizens for $10,000,00$ iCestlnned o -Page-Ten.)