Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 155, 11 April 1910 — Page 8

PAGE EIGHTH..

THE RICHMOND PALIADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1910.

DEMOCRACY LIKES nir OTirin nnnn

nt 5iniiu uuun; ALL VERY HUNGRY

Last Year Their Appetites Were Whetted to Such an Extent That They Hunt for More Political Jobs. LUST FOR SPOILS A HELP TO REPUBLICANS Democrats, So Hopeful of Naming Next U. S. Senator, Are Now Fighting to Name the Fortunate Man.

. (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Ind.. April 11. A few whiffs of the fragrant odor from tha pie counter during the last year haa

of Indiana to such a sharp edge that they are actually In the notion of bellevlng they can really taste the good, fat political jobs that are to be given out during the next few years as a result of the coming state election. They had been away from the pie counter for so long a time that it gave them a voracious appetite which needed only a little whetting up to make it a devouring wish. This is why there is so much talk about the United States senatorshlp, and it accounts for the activity displayed during the last few weeks or months by the aspirants and their followers. And this Is why so much interest is being taken just now In the question of whether or not the democratic state convention will nominate a man for senator. The democrats are right now worked' up to such a frenzy of excitement over the bare possibility of their being able to control the next legislature and thus elect a senator to succeed Senator Beveridge, that they are fighting among themselves over the right to name a senator. What Machine Wants. The state machine wants to have the senator chosen in the old way, leaving It to the caucus of the democratic members of the legislature to make Its own selection after the legislature meets next January. Governor Marshall and hlB followers believe the party at large should have the right to say who shall be senator, in case the democrats win at the state election and control the legislature. That is why the governor is rooting so hard for the state convention to make the choice. He says that the 1,700 or more delegates who will attend the convention will be a more representative body from the party at large than will the seventy-five or more members of the legislature who may be elected. Tt.-A it A ill A. i.

oui, apparently, in iroiung oui mis plan and offering It to the party, Governor Marshall has started something that he will have a hard time to stop. Already there has arisen a demand that he be named for senator by the state convention, and in spite of the gover

nor's speech at Fort Wayne, on last

, Saturday night, In which he declared

emphatically that he would not have the job under any circumstances, there Are a good many democrats who still insist that he is the logical man for the place. , But it is practically certain

, that It he is not nominated for the sen

' atorship by the state convention, he will not get the job at all, for if the state convention does not make a choice for senator it will be because Tom Taggart controls the convention and refuses to permit such action being .taken. If Taggart is strong enough to do this, he will be strong enough to

control the democratic situation in

the legislature and In such case he would not for one little minute consid

er the idea of allowing Governor Mar shall to be nominated and elected sen ator. Not on your life. ' u.i --- ii.il

.!- will i nii. There is one phase of the proposi

tion, however, that may work against the plan of the governor's friends to have the senatorshlp handed to him, and that is that they would hesitate to have him vacate the governor's office and have Lieutenant Governor Hall step into the governorship. A good

many are not satisfied with the possi

bilities that might result from such a rllMM In thA ntfinm nt vnvamA U.n

of the democrats who are now holding

state jobs through the kindness of governor Marshall would be exceedingly anxious in case of such a change, and

it Is not unlikely that they will do any

alarming amount or work in that direc tlon. Lieutenant Governor Hall's ca

pabilities as a governor are not firmly established in the minds of some democrats. Governor Marshall is giving a good administration. This is admit

ted. Whether some other man would do as well is a serious question, when , It comes to considering such a thing as a change In the office. The fact Is that the Democratic senatorial tight is becoming warmer every day. John K. Lamb of Terre Haute, Is pawing the air in his denunciation of the Taggart machine and its efforts to control the senatorshlp. Lamb makes a new speech or writes a

new statement about every fifteen min

utes lately, and in each Instance he takes a swift poke at the Taggart outfit ; Kern Net Candidate. John W. Kern Is not a candidate for senator or , anything else, and he Is keeping quiet L. Brt Slack Is still a candidate. So la Joseph H. Shea, of Seymour, who managed the campaign tor Senator Shlvely. when the latter was running two years ago. And there It a story going the rounds here to the effect that Dan W. Sims; of Lafayette, is considering seriously whether to get - into the tight or not. 3 Sims was t&lfc9$ of some tin ago. bet he did not en

courage the . talk. . Then somebody

mentioned him for the democratic nomination for secretary of state. Of

course, he turned down this suggestion

because he does not want any such office. But a man who ought to know what he is talking about, said a day or

two ago, that Sims was actually considering the senatorshlp, and "that it

would not be surprising to see him get j into the race. If he does he will make somebody go some. Sims has a clean J record in his party. He has always stood regular and has never been mix- j ed up in any of the factional troubles

that have torn the democrats into shreds in this state during the last few

years, so he would be in a position to

ask the support of all elements.

Program for Banquet. It looks like there might be some red fire oratory at the Jefferson day banquet of democrats in this city Wed

nesday night, judging from the list of speakers that has been given out. John W. Kern will be the toastmaster. The

program of speeches Is as follows: "Jefferson, the , Radical," Congressman John J. Lentz, of Ohio. "Progressive Democracy," Joseph W. Folk, former governor of Missouri. "The Nation's Foreign Policy,"! J. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago. "Democratic Opportunity," Congressman Sulzer, of New York. "E volution and Departure of State Rights," Governor Marshall, of Indiana. ' "" "The Signs of the Times," James B. McCreary,; former governor and former United States Senator from ' Kentucky. . ,' ' " "Harmony and Unity," Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio. "The Central Bank Scheme," Congressman Henderson S. Martin of Kansas. "The Press," Allem Albert, of Ohio. "The Income Tax Struggle," Lafe Pence, former congressman from Colorado. . ' : " The banquet will start at 6:30 Wednesday evening and it is expected that the speeches will not be completed before midnight. The banquet costs $2.50 a plate, and the local committee upon arrangements says It expects at least COO democrats to attend.

Dr. Hyde Faces the Jury Today This Morning Marked the Start of Famous Trial to Unravel Death of Col. T. H. Swope, the Philanthropist.

RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas: God in His infinite wis

dom has summoned our beloved friend and co-worker, Chas. G. Kolp,

Resolved, That while our hearts

have become saddened by the loss of

his sunny companionship and cheer

ful helpfulness, nevertheless we bow in submission to Him who doeth all things well. We cannot say and we will not say

That he Is dead, he is just away;

With a cheery smile, and a wave of

the hand. He has wandered ' Into an unknown land ' And left us dreaming how very fair That land must be, since he lingers there. And you who wildest yearn For the old time step and -the glad return, . Think of him faring on, as dear in the love of there As the love of here, think of him still as the same, we say s He is not dead, he is just away. . Chas. H. Feltman Miss Hilda Kemper, f Howard Schneider i . Charles Twigg ' A. J. Neff H. C. Williams ,- Chas. B. Beck f William S. McCarty. . Signed r

(American News Service) " Kansas, City,' Mo. April 11. Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde was placed on trial this morning in the criminal court. Judge Ralph S. Latshaw pre

siding, on a charge of first degree murder for the alleged poisoning of Col. Thomas H. Swope, the noted philanthropist, several months ago. : Probably the most talented array of

counsel ever gathered together In', a

criminal trial in this part of the country is sitting . in the courtroom,

each side in best condition for the fray

which promises to be the most sensational murder trial known in the middle west. On the side of the prosecution are Virgil Conkling, prosecuting attorney; John "G. Paxton, executor for the Swope estate, and Assistant Prosecutors Henry L. Jost and Edward P. Curtin, The defense is represented by Frank P. Walsh, Judge William T. Johnson, John H. Lpcas and John M. Cleary. 1 Several days will lapse before the real taking of testimony will begin, as the securing of a jury is considered a hard proposition. Judge Latshaw had double the usual panel drawn, and

with over 250 names to choose from, it is hoped twelve men who have not expressed an opinion can be found. Another great trouble Is that the prominence of those in the trial will make It hard to find twelve men who do not know either the defendant or some of those on the other side. As soon as the case was called, the examination of jurors began, but little had been accomplished when the noon recess was taken. Each of the Jurors is given a close examination by both sides with special stress laid on his attitude in the case the oft-repeated question "Have you formed or expressed an opinion?" Interest in the Hyde trial Is keen and long before the case was called this morning the criminal court building was packed by a curious throng, few of whom could gain entrance to the courtroom. ' Ir. Hyde is to be tried on the charge of killing Col. Swope first. There are other charges against him, as follows: First degree murder, for the killing of Chrlsman Swope, Col. S. Swope'a nephew; manslaughter, for the killing of Col. Moss Hun ton, Col. Swope's cousin; six charges of assault with intent to kill in connection with the members of the Swope family and servants being stricken with typhoid fever, the germs alleged to have been administered by Dr. Hyde. On the outcome of the present trial of Dr. Hyde probably will depend the disposition of the other charges against him.

COL. THOMAS 8WOPE.

fc0K-;:X -

Painfully Prank. The caller didn't look it, but she declared to little Clorinda that she dearly loved children. It may be that she aid so because she heard the distant wish of the skirts of Clorinda's mamma; but. whatever the cause, she repeated it urglngly. Then, as the small lady with the pet cat made no move to answer her invitation to come and make friends, she asked, "Why Is it that you love your kitty better than me, dearie?" And Clorinda's mamma entered the room with an ill concealed smile as she heard her daughter answer, 'Cause she purs as if she meant it"

Harmony. What we want is harmony," said the statesman. "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum; "it makes me think of a glee club I used to belong to. Every fellow's idea of harmony was to pick his own key and sing so load nobody else could be noticed." Washington Star. Dance at the Coliseum, Tuesday night, given by the Skating Club. Admission, 50c. ll-2t

HISTORY OF THE CASE. The history of the Swope case is a3 dramatic as it is uncanny, and public interest has never been so keen since the famous Gunness tragedy. It was on October 3, last, that Col. Thomas Hi Swope, a multimillionaire, died very suddenly and under most mysterious circumstances, following a brief illness. The attending physician was Dr. Clarence B. Hyde, the husband of the dead man's niece, and he diagnosed the cause of the colonel's death as apoplexy. It developed, however, that on the fatal day Col. Swope was feeling in good spirits, until after he had swallowed a capsule given him by Dr. Hyde. He was seized with convulsions and one hour later was dead. Just two days before the colonel's death, James Moss Hunton, his cousin and an executor of the Swope will, also died of apoplexy. Col. Swope left an estate estimated at S4.000.000 the principal beneficiaries being the unmarried children of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Logan O. Swope. To the married daughter, Mrs. Frances Hyde, wife of Dr. Hyde, he left $276.000. No suspicion, was attached to the colonel's death until December, when an epidemic of typhoid broke out in the Swope household. ';' Chrlsman Swope, a nephew of Colonel Swope, was one of the first to fall a victim. Possessing a strong constitution, however, he seemed on a fair road to recovery, when on December 2, he was suddenly attacked with convulsions and became unconscious exactly as his uncle had done two months before. He died on December 6th. Other cases in the Swope household included Miss Margaret Swope, Miss Cora Dickson, governess. Miss Coppage, a colored servant, Steward S.

KckarcL p

ma

I; Makes Fine Jf WeOino Presents

We alto have nice assortment of Hawkea .Cut Glass, Sterling Silverware, Copper with Sterling Silver Applied, Satauma Ware, and Fancy

Brass Pieces suitable for the

same purpos'

CDnas. H. Hanner

DR. BENNETT C. HYDE.

Fleming, a nephew of Col. Swope; Mrs.

Sara Swope, a niece, and Miss Stella

Swope, another niece. Dr. Hyde had been treating Chrisman Swope and on the sudden death of the latter, the nurses became alarmed and refused to stay in the house unless Mrs. Logan Swope would summon another physician. , This she did, but the physician was unable ' to ' locate the cause of the typhoid. On December lS,tMiss Lucy Lee, a daughter of Mrs. Logan Swope, was stricken with typhoid fever, four days after her arrival from Europe. Dr. Hyde had met the young lady in New York and had treated her in the early stages of her illness. . Mrs. Logan Swope acquainted John G. Paxton, the attorney for the Swope estate, with her suspicions, and as a result, the bodies of Col. Swope and his nephew were exhumed and autopsies performed. Strychnine was found in large quantities, and an examination of the stomach of : Miss , Margaret Swope, who recovered from the attack

of typhoid, revealed the presence of this poison. Attorney Paxton and Mrs. Swope pursued the investigation with relentless vigor, and as a result of their activity. Dr. Hyde brought a libel suit for $000,000 against Attorney Pas ton Dr. Frank L. Hall and Dr. Edward J. Stewart, and another for $100,000 against Attorney Paxton. Later the $600,000 suit was dismissed. . It was on Feb. 9 that the coroner's jury in Independence, Mo., handed down a verdict holding Dr. Hyde responsible for the death of Col. Swope. Developments now came thick and fast. The following day Dr. Hyde was arrested, charged with murder in the first degree, the warrant being issued at the request of Attorney John G. Paxton, executor of the Swope estate. Dr. Hyde took his arrest coolly and pleaded ,'not guilty," when arraigned before Justice V. F. Loar at Independence. Mo. He was released on bond of $50,000. The climax came on March 5, when the grand jury handed down ten indictments, charging Dr. Hyde with the killing of Colonel Thomas H. Swope and Chrisman Swope with poison and with the attempted murder of eight members of the Swope household with typhoid germs. Another indictment accused him of manslaughter by bleeding Colonel James Moss Hunton. a

cousin of Colonel Swope.

It developed during the investigation

that Dr. Hyde had secured some ty

phoid bacteria on November lO. Mrs. Logan C. Swope, while giving her dep

osition in the slander suit brought by Dr. Hyde, swore that he had tried to poison her by placing something in the water.

Dr. Hyde, however, is confident of

his acquittal, and his young wife, Frances Swope Hyde, is sure of his inno-

In 1807, Dr. Hyde, then police sur

geon, was ousted from office because of alleged Inhuman treatment of a col

ored woman who had attempted to

commit suicide. His name was more

conspicuously in the newspapers in

18f8-!, when he was arrested, charged with grave robbing. The case never came to trial.

In 1905 he clandestinely married

Miss Frances Swope, a niece of Colonel

Swope, against the wishes of her mother, Mrs. Logan O. Swope. As a result of the marriage Dr. sHyde and his wife's family were alienated until a short time ago, when a reconciliation was brought about. Following the announcement of Dr. Hyde's marriage, Mrs. Sarah H. Frank Drought suit against Dr. Hyde asking damages for breach of promise to marry. This case was settled out of court. Dr and Mrs. Hyde live in a fashionable part of the city. They have no children.

Some New York Tress. ' In front of Columbia university library are two Euslisb yews which were brought from Kugland in 1800 and set out lu St. John's park. 'Later they were removed to the Klgiu botanical gardens at Fiftieth street, which were tneu a part of Columbia. In 181)7 the trees were trausplanted to Morningside heights. Ou the upper part of the Islaml near Spuyteu Duyvil stauds the largest tulip tree ou Manhattan. It has a diameter vt six and a quarter feet. Near Ford haul -square, iu the Bronx, is the St en toil willow, said to be SOU years old. and at the foot of Cypress avenue are the two largest cypresses iu the country. They staud on land ouce a part of the Gouverneur Morris estate. New York Suu.

Prince Ingeborg, a member, of the Swedish royal family, is among the most regular of the eight hundred women who have been attending the course of lectures given in Stockholm under the direction of the Swedish Women's National Suffrage Association. The lectures are intended to prepare women for their new responsibilities under the new municipal law, which makes them eligible as town and county councillors. Though the women of Sweden have long had the municipal vote they are now for the first time eligible to office.

Ths Present, Don't brood over the past nor dream of the future, but seize the instant and get your lesson from the hour.

LtrcuKTiA: Just learned that Gold Medal Flour Is !fted tm tinte throne flitnl Kuqbxia.

Read This All Who Suffer from CaUrrtt, Throat or Colds.

Millions of people throughout America have breathed Hyomei (pronounce)

it High-o-me) and now own a Hyomei Inhaler made of hard rubber. If -ran own a Ttvomel Inhaler, no r

matter where you live, you can get a , hsittlA tt Ilmmal at ilnintati anrmrvw

where and at L. H. Fihe's for only 50c Ask for an extra bottle of Hyomei Inhalent; the price is only SOe and - with it you can cure a cough or a cold in a day. You can get relief from catarrh or stuffed up head in two minute and stop how king, and snuffling In a week. Just pour a few drops of Hyomei into the Inhaler and breathe it In that's all you have to do.

It's so easy and so pleasant and so much more desirable than swallowing nauseating drugs. Breathe Hycmcl

over the inflamed membrane of the

nose and throat and Its soothing, healing action will be felt Immediately. . - If you have not a Hyomei Inhaler, Ket a complete Hyomei outfit at once. This only costs $1.00, and with It comes a Hyomei Inhaler that will last' a lifetime and ought to be In every family. '

It relieves stomach misery, our i

ach, belching, and cures all stomach die ease, or money back, Large box of tab

vu, ou cents, urngguuianui

A Great Sight. "I suppose." said the facetious Mr. Codding to Mrs. Mala prop, who had just returned from abroad, "that yon saw an Italian vendetta, while you were In that country." ' "Oh. yea. indeed." replied the guileless lady; "we saw one In the canals at Venice with all the dongolas deeoratloned most lovely r Cleveland Plain Dealer.

WANTED! AN EXPERIENCED GENERAL HOUSEKEEPER (2 in Family) Apply at once at 51 South 18th Street.

Mgln Grade Cemenlts Atlas, Universal Alpha. Speed All Guaranteed. Thousands ol barrels In use In Richmond.

piruimgfiiiell(nl Minnie The Best lime in the Mcrlict It Is nearest lUxe the New Paris llcsc, which Is no longer manufactured

OaniP SfiiMe EMcIls Rfewi? Ton WMfte HAVE-YOU NOTICED how most brick buildings have been defaced by large white spots. This comes from saltpeter in the brick. We are agent for the WESTERN BRICK COMPANY who manufacture Shale Brick, in which there is no saltpeter. Your building will a I way look new and clean. As samples of these brick we cite you to the

Pennsylvania Station, St. Mary's Church, the Kzw High School and Mr. Fred Barters House on South 14th Street The Mffltffliieii Biros. Commpaimy

IT

1

Tfcc Jeweler I

oio r.ix st

2

Sks

!'S

! ..Wares

las

Silk values like these should be seen by every prospective silk buyer. Come and look; you will not (p away disappointed. .

PONGEE SILKS

We have them. For Coats, Suits and Dresses. 27 inch Shantorah $1.00 quality, our price 69c 36 inch, compare with goods at $1.25, our price i.. .......... ..98c 36 inrl- -r r?ce cloth, our price $1.25

50 CENT SILKS

These are 10 inches wide, the cloth is a taffeta, the patterns are mostly checks and stripes, the assortment ia large 50c

BANZAI AND JACQUAHD S!LKS Large new line, all 27 inches wide, just the fabric for evening, graduating and summer dresses, all shades and patterns, all at tha uniform price of 50c FOULARD SILKS 02c

24 inch genuine Cheney Brothers spot proof foulards in all tha shades and patterns, none better, 89c

Special Vales in a 36-iccti Clack Chiffon Taffeta at $1X0 Black and White Wool Goods Large lines of the popular black and white checks for Suits, Coats and Skirts. Prices range from 2se to $1.50 per yard.

M. C MAJSElVfllEIEE CO.

- . .