Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 123, Hammond, Lake County, 9 November 1907 — Page 8

THE LAKE COUNTY TIDIES Saturday, Nov. 9, 1907.

HOCK FUrlERAL ENDS DUALUFE OF DUKE Opening Hearing of Latest Druce Claim of Portland Estate Draws Crowd.

STORY GF BOGUS BURIAL Witness Tells Court That Lead Was Landed in Casket and Interred to Kill Earl's Dual Personality. London, Nov. 9. The famous Druco claim for the dukedom of Portland, the greatest romance and mystery in the history of the Brit.sh peerage. Is once more in the courts. Before a fashlonable crowd that packed the dingy little Marylebone police court room it was formally disinterred yesterday, this time wearing a new and more 1 amazing aspect. The feature of the present trial Is a charge of perjury brought by George , Hollamby Druce against Herbert ! Druce, his uncle, a son of Thomas Charles Druce, proprietor of the Baker ; street bazaar, who is supposed to have . died in 1864. Some years ago Herbert Druco swore : In an affidavit that he saw his father j dead in his coffin. This affidavit, ac ' cording to George Hollamby Druce, was t perjured. Ho contends that Thomas Charles Druce and the fifth duke of Portland, who died in 1879. were one man and that tho coffin in which Druce was supposed to have been buried contained nothing but lead. Man Who Saw Hogus Funeral. Ho contends that the funeral of Druce In 18C4 was an elaborate hoax arranged by the duke of Portland to destroy the dual personality he had assumed for many years. He has produced one man as a witness who is ready to swear that he helped the duke to arrange the bogus funeral and procured and placed the lead in the coffin. Of all the facts concerning the alleged dual existence led by the eccentric duke of Portland George Hollamby Druce contends Herbert Drueo was and Is cognizant and that in swearing that he saw his father, Thomas Charles Druce, dead he committed perjury. To support this charge counsel for George Hollamby Druce put upon the witness stand today the man who declares he assisted at the bogus funeral of Thoma3 Charles Druce. This witness was Robert Caldwell, aged 71 years, who until he came to England to testify in this case had lived for thirty-six years in New York. Lend, Not Ilruee, In Coffln. Caldwell testified that in 1855 he was suffering from an unpleasant complaint and ho consulted an army medical officer in India. He was successfully treated and came over to this country. He was here introduced to the late Sir Mcrel Mackenzie, who introduced him to the duke of Portland, who was suffering from a similar complaint. He said he was instrumental in effecting a cure of the duke of Portland. He was introduced to the duke at "Wolbeck abbey and accompanied him from time to time to tho Baker street bazaar. An intimacy arose between them and the duke disclosed to him, Caldwell said, the fact that he had a dual personality, lie manifested himself In London as the proprietor of the bazaar and at "N'elbook as the duke of Portland. About 1S64 the duke determined to destroy his dual personality and communicated to Mr. Caldwell his desire to do so. Tells of Gifts from Duke. Caldwell also testified that he received presents from the duke aggregating about $50,000 besides a fee of $25,000. lie 'said he remained in England six years after the funeral, went to America in 1S71, saw the Druce case mentioned in the New York papers in February of that year, and communicated with Druce's lawyer. When shown two photographs Caldwell declared that they were photographs of the duke of Portland in the character of T. C. Druce. The witness was then asked to account for the beard shown in one of the photographs, and he replied that he had seen the duke wear a false beard, and had even seen him take it off. Cross examined by counsel for the defendant, Caldwell admitted he had been described as "the great American affidavit maker," but he added that it was not justified. He was questioned closely on the subject of his alleged offer to sell a New York newspaper a story about a forged will and the robbery of the body of A. T. Stewart, the dry goods merchant of New York City. He admitted that he had offered the story to a New York newspaper. Caldwell was still under examination when the case was adjourned for a week. GHAS E. PERKINS DEAD Former Head of Burlington System Succumbs A Railroad King. Boston, Mass. Nov. 9. Charles E. Terkins, formerly president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad and one of the leading railroad authorities of the nation, died at his home in West Wood, a suburb, late last night. He had been suffering from Bright's disease for several years, but was not confined to his house until recently. Charles Elliott Perkins was born In Cincinnati Nov. 24, 1S40. When 19 years old he went to Burlington, la., and became a clerk in the office of

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ton and Missouri river rallwav. In 1862 he was appointed assistant treasurer of the road and three years later was made superintendent. From that time his rise was rapid. In 1875 he was appointed a director of the new Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system. The following year he was elected vice president, and in 1S81 was advanced to the office of president. At that time the Burlington system was controlled by New England men, and Sir. Perkins moved to Boston, whore the principal offices of the company wore located. He continued in office until 1901, when he resigned on account of the passing of the control of the road to New York interests. Mr. Perkins was a director in the American Boll Telephone company, and was also Interested in other corporations. He is survived by a widow, two sons, and four daughters. TUFT TO AVOID KINGS Pointed Out at Washington His European Mission is Not Diplomatic. Washington, D. C. Nov. 9. So much has come from foreign capitals concerning Secretary Taft's tour of the world that officials of the war and state departments are becoming confused concerning the schedule. It is not believed, however, that the secre tary of war has sought an interview with any European ruler. It has been stated officially and reiterated that Mr. Taft is not on a diplomatic mission to Europe and has no official business to transact for the United States at any European capital. There is no disguising the fact that officials of the state department would prefer that Secretary Taft's trip through Europe should be made without his engaging in any court functions. There is no disposition on the part of President Roosevelt of Secretary Root, according to Information obtainable on this subject, to interfere in any manner with Mr. Taft's wishes, but it is felt that he cannot visit one court and not others without Jeopardizing the friendly relations of the United States with those governments. As he cannot se them all, it is believed here that he will not visit any unless It be the, czar of Russa. Kaiser Plans Seein Taft. Berlin, Nov. 9. Emperor William will see Secretary Taft on the Isle of Wight during the former's visit in England. No official arrangements, however, have been made for the entertainment of Mr. Taft there. The emperor merely expressed the pleasure it would give him to receive Mr. Taft, and following his habit, he probably will ask Mr. Taft to luncheon or dinner. So much has been said about Mr. Taft planning to see the emperor that some of the other governments seemingly have become curious In regard to whether anything is intended by the step taken by the American government. Ambassadors Bryce and Jusserand, it is asserted here, already have made Inquiries on the subject at the state department at Washington, and it is further asserted that there is a feeling at the foreign offices of London and Paris that Mr. Taft would be slighting King Edward and President Eallleres if he did not ask to see them on his wtty home or if he stopped only at St. Petersburg and Berlin while on his way back to the United States. BEHUI RIPPER TALKS Paul Minnow, Epileptic, Confesses Butchering Little Girls on Streets. Berlin, Nov. 9. The mystery surrounding the butchery last summer of three little girls by a '"Jack the Ripper" has been solved. Paul Minow, 22 years old, an epileptic, has confessed the crimes which, he says, he committed while in a rage following a rebuke by his mother for laziness. For months Minow, who was a printer's apprentice, has been locked up in an asylum for the insane at Herzbcrge. Recently he began to talk in a rambling way of the murders. The authorities encouraged him to talk and In an artless way he related how he had been taunted by his mother and sister for his lack of energy. Kills Unbtes to Vent Uage. This so angered him that he went out into the street and vented his feelings by stabbing three little girls. He said he wandered through the streets for days, later returning to his home. His relatives then sent him to the asylum. It does not appear that they knew of his awful murders. Mlnow's crimes were committed on July 27 last, in the early afternoon. ! He enticed little girls into doorways and then stabbed them in the abdomen. The oldest of his victims was 5 years of age. Find .Vote; Lynching Xenr. The bodies of all three were found bathed in blood, and in the hue and cry following their discovery a note was picked up in a nearby park. It was penned in a miserable scrawl and read: Away! Away! In five minutes there will Vie a corpse. There is a child murderer in the neighborhood. Deliver this note to the police. I have killed children in Belforter, Preinzlauer, and Hensersdorfer streets. The police arrested a man who had been seen where the note was found. They had hard work to save him from summary death at the hands of the enraged people. Later he proved his innocence and was freed. Hundreds of clews have been Investigated by the authorities, but nothing was learned of the identity of the slayer until Minow's rambling talk in the asylum directed suspicion to him.

10 OUSTED BANKERS NOW FAGElNDIGTMENT Criminal Charges Against Officials Considered by U. S. Prosecutor.

SPECIAL PROBE BEING IDE Examiners Finish Investigation of North American and Mercantile National Institutions. New York, Nov. 9. As a result of special investigations by actual bank examiners. United States District Attorney Stimson is considering the advisability of beginning criminal actions for violations of the banking law against two former officers of national banks In this city. One of the men concerned was an officer of the National Bank of North America and the other was connected with the Mercantile Natonal bank. It was asserted yesterday that the offenses charged had considerable to do with precipitating the drastic action by the clearing house in the last week in October. One of the accused men may be called on to answer a charge of having wrongfully transferred certain securities, and it is likely that there will be at least one charge of overeertification. Mr. Stimson refused yesterday to discuss the alleged violation of the banking law, and the bank examiners were equally reticent. Sleuths Long on Trail. Clearing house bankers have, however, known for some time that the national bank examiners were following up clews in both the National Bank of America and the Mercantile National, and that the evidence would be laid before the federal prosecuting officer. Some bankers used their influence with the national banking department to prevent any action on these alleged offenses until the banking situation had cleared, but now that both of these banks are rehabilitated and in good condition the district attorney has been urged to act. Any losses that the banks may have sustained in the alleged transactions may have sustained In the alleged transactions have been cleared up, but that, so it is declared, does not absolve those who were responsible for the alleged violations of the law. It was reported that the federal officials had been trying, for one thing, to find out if there had been any substitution of collateral loans In the Bank of North America shortly before the clearing house committee began its campaign. The substitution of collateral Is a daily occurrence in most of the big banks, but usually the collateral suDsmuted is as good or better than the original. Also a substitution is generally passed on by more than one officer. Old Convictions Recalled. ine ouense or overcertnicaton was the one for which William S. Kimbill, president of the old Seventh Na tional bank, was fined $5,000 in May, 1903. For the same offense James D Fish, president of the Marine bank, which failed in the Grant and Ward panic in 1884, was sentenced to prison for ten years. The federal authorities in the case of the Mercantle National bank have. It is said, been looking into the loans that were made to men who were officers before the clearing house committee be gan its campaign. The law forbids any officer of a bank to loan to one person more than 10 per cent of the bank's surplus and capital. How the law would apply in a case where a man's friends or close business associates borrowed, for his benefit, in excess of the 10 per cent is a question that may have to be settled. BOOTH SAYS FAREWELL General's Goodby to Nation He May Never See Again Touching. New York, Nov. 9. General Booth, founder of the Salvation army, last night said goodby at the end of what his friends and followers fear will be his last American campaign. At a monster open air demonstra tion, in which stereopticon reproductions of various scenes connected with his life and work formed a novel fea ture, General Booth made his final ad dress from the steps of the city hall. He was surrounded by hundreds of uniformed followers. His voice was somewhat husky, showing the strair. of his many recent speeches. Thousands of adherents and friends of the Salvation army, bearing flags and torches, paraded from the army headquarters in Fourteenth street through the east side to city hall park. When a near approach to order was secured General Booth addressed the assemblage, three megaphones standIne before him repeating his words in unison. His Farewell to America. After the meeting General Booth dictated the following farewell to the people of America: 'Farewell. America; you have given me a right generous welcome. On this visit I have seemed to come nearer to the heart of the nation than on any other occasion. Fain would I have staid longer with you. Indeed. I would have wished that some method might .have been invented by which T cou'd have been constituted one of your own sons and so taken a practi cal step towards the realisation of that fatherhood of the people which must of necessity be the first step to that I brotherhood of nations on which so

many hearts are set. But I , understand this to be impossible without sacrificing my fatherland. Nothing can prevent, however, my living in the spirit of that relationship, and in that spirit I shall think of you and pray for you as I go forward on the path toward which the beckoning finger of duty invites. "My visit has been busy, and, I hope a useful one. It has served, among

other things, to reveal to me th3 fact of the improved linderstandinir as to the object and methods of the army, together with the existence of a higher appreciation of Its value and influence. Many of your leaders in thought, commerce, politics, and religion have said so in a most emphatic manner at the great gatherings which I have been privileged to hold. Grateful for Sympathy. The press, which, if anywhere under the sun, is here, a true exponent of the mind of the nation, has also said so in unmistakable terms. In fact, your confidence and sympathy have made me hope for your hearty co-operation in carrying out the great program to which I have consecrated my life. That program contains the highest happiness and the truest welfare in this world and the world to come, not only of every citizen, high or low, but of every member of the human race. With every assurance of my pray ers and toils in all that concerns tne honor and righteousness of your flag and confident of the future triumph, of the principles on which the army is founded, I remain, yours in the bond of faithful friendship. " WILLIAM BOOTH." PLATT FACESAN INQUIRY Head of Express Company To Answer Stockholder's Assertions. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 9. The investi gation of the Unite-d States Express gompany by the state public service commission, which begins Monday, isexpected to bring out some sensational developments. United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt, president of the company, has written to the commission for particulars and for a copy of the complaint. Stockholders lirlnK Action. The petition for the hearing is made by A. L. Banister of New York and Samuel S. Hatt of Albany, representing a committee of stockholders of the express company, and it requests the commission to consider the advisability of a change of law relating to jont stock associations conducting the busi ness of common carriers so as to re quire such associations to elect at least one-fourth of their directors annually, and that a number less than a majority of the assocation be empowered to demand -a meeting of the shaeholders for the purpose of electing directors. ! Claim Company Is "Controlled." The present application to the com mission is the outgrowth of the fight on the part of some of the stockholders against the present board of directors. With this petition are filed articles of agreement and association of the United States Express company, which. it is claimed in the petition, Is controlled by the American and Adams Express companies. Drugs In Food. "The gravy from roast beef Is near ly as effective as any iron preparation in the relief of anaemia, and consequently also of the heart discomfort accompanying it." In addition, how ever, to red meat, many vegetables, it must be remembered, are able to con tribute valuable proportions of iron to the dietary scheme. This is particu larly true of the beet, yellow turnip, tomato and spinach. Pie Vendel Had Kick Coming. There is a certain man in a httle northern New England town who sells home-made pastry at the county fair each year. The other day he called on the town officers to protest against the condition of the road leading from his house to the fair grounds. 'Land sakes!" said he, "no custard pie would ever hold together to cross such roughness as that." Women Have Stock Show. Not only do English women run their own farms, but they have their own stock shows. The Women's Ag ricultural and Horticultural union has been having an exhibit. It is the first of its kind ever held, and no doubt the American woman farmer will follow the reports with interest. Or How Much You Wish to Make. Playing golf is not the way to make money, but only tne means oi iorgetting how much you have and how you made it. Atlanta Constitution. A NOTFRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL To all knowing sufferers of rheuma tism, whether muscular or of the joints, sciatica, lumbagos. backache. pains in the Kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to her for a home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures. She feels it her duty to send it to all sufferers i Ktir.. lou cure yourself at home as thousands will testify no change of climate being necessary. This simple discovery banishes uric acid from tne Diood. loosens the stiffened joints, purifies the blood, and brightens the eyes, giving plasticity and tone to the whole sys tem. If the above interests you, ior oroof address. Mrs. M. Summers, Box K, rsotre uame, ina. INDIANS IN TOWN. The Big Chefs are In Hammond for a lew cays. 11 you wani 10 see Hume Indians that have a real record. Just take a look In the show windows of the South Shore Gas and Electric com panv. If you want to hear their his torv. just ask Hunter at 91 South Hohman street. 10-22-tf.

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The Model I GASH 15 G0MIM6 TOWARDTHEISTERIOR Movement of Money to Wall Street Counteracted by Outsiders. CHICAGO BANKS GET GOLD Portion of Lusitania's Eecord Cargo Is Eemitted to Western Banks. New York, Nov. 8. Movements of money toward this city were counteracted to some extent today by insistent demands from the interior, but on the favorable. The Lusitania brought in more gold that had been expected, $12,361,000 instead of 10,000,000 reported to have been shipped. Lazard Freres ex changed for gold certificates at the subtreasury $1,000,000 that the firm quietly picked up in Mexico. The City Bank secured $1,250,000 by engagement abroad, $1,000,000 being from the Ar gentine. Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co. engaged $1,200,000 in London and some minor engagements were re ported. Altogether it is computed that more than $46,000,000, including that already received, has been engaged abroad In the last two weeks. Only a portion of the calls from the interior have been met in the last week, but more than $11,000,000 has been sent from this city to the in terior points on urgent requests from western cities. ihese shipments will undoubtedly be reflected in the bank statement tomorrow, which is not ex pected to be as favorable as otherwise would have been the case. Today alone there was transacted through the subtreasury to western points more than $1,300,000. Record Gold Shipment. Of the g:old brought in by the Lusi tama sometmng over tuu,uuo was consigned to the assistant treasurer of the United States. Most of this gold had been imported by Chicago bankers and the remainder by bankers In other interior cities. The manner in which it was consigned was unprecedented, and, according to subtreasury officials, will remain without parallel for many years. They did not stop to Inquire for what reason the gold was thus consigned, but served notice that there must be no repitetion of the Incident, and then forwarded the gold or rather transferred it by teTegraoh to the ral consigners. Besides breaking the transatlantic record In speed, the Lusitania also knocked out all records as a gold carrying craft, bringing in the unprecedented amount of $12,000,000 in bar and coin. More than a quarter of this treasure stored in the strong room of k the Lusitania, had been engaged

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