Richmond Palladium (Daily), 3 January 1902 — Page 1

DAILY PALLADIUM, WEEKLKSTABLISHED1M1. DAILY EflrABLHlltl)Ii. BICnMOXo DAILY PALLADIUM, FRIDAY, JANUAliV 3,-lU02. OSB CJiNT A COPY

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SHE IS UNEASY

Dowager Emrcs of China Fears the F re i fliers Have bet a Trap. the ijeitkn to fekin Is Therefore Iieinir Accomplished With o Little Fear and Treiubi liuar n Her Tart. PoTtiinauee of the Anti-Foreurn Element At Court U Again being Manifested. Pekin, Jan. 3. Several recent announcements tend to discourage the Lope that the dowager empress had learned a lesson of reform from the events of the past year. Foreigners are disposed to take a pessimistic viw c? the outlook. General Yan&Sif termination to organize two antl-tof tign army corps, to offset 1jhe commands of the pro-foreign Chinese leadera is particularly disquieting and is evidence of the continued domination ol his influence, which is bitterly antiforeign. Other incidents which are considered significant are the suppression of the only independent newspaper In this city by order of the governor of Pekin and the closing of the industrial school here, recently organized by philanthropic Chinese, also by the governor's order. This school was intended for the training of destitute youths. Other liberal Chinese will hesitate now to give practical vent to their theories, fearing the displeasures of official domination. A third edict regarding the recent murder of a Belgian priest (near Ningh She Foo in Kan Soo province) has appeared. It appoints a special official to punish those who are guilty of the crime and reaffirms the dowager empress's good will toward Christians. This is unusual activity on the part of the court in the punishment of those guilty of an anti-Christian outrage, and is taken a evidence of the dowager empress's d sire to conciliate the powers upon th eve of the return of the court to Pekin Proofs accumulate that Princd Ching's arguments pursuaded the dow sger empress to trust herself within range of the legation forts. Officia arriving here describe the dowagJ

'-"empress and General Yung La as b'

ing extremely nervous and suspicioul lest the foreigners are planning entrap them after their arrival an punish them for encouraging Boxer ium TVit, frric-nor will nrohhl view the court's re-entry into Pekiif from the wall near the legations. The Chinese officials have been pounded by the ministers as to wheth el they wii! enforce the old custom on restraining foreigners from witnessing irvperial processions. The replies arc not encouraging- The treaty gives th legations a strip of wall conimandin a view of the gates of the imperial city, and the members of the foreign community are planning to assemble thert.cn. It will be a great innovation Firl Cabinet IHmter. - Washingr en. Jan. 3. The dinner to the cabinet, the first of the large for mal functions of the year at the White House, was given by President and Mrs. Roosevelt last night. Many were invited to meet the members of the cabinet, the guests including senators and representatives in congress, and fcime friends of the president. The T-shaped table was set in the statey riming room and was a marvel of an tislic beauty. The public portions o the house, in which the guests sper. the remainder of the evening. wer still fresh beautiful with the fiord decorations used Wednesday. li Stone's Ca-e. Washington. Jan. 3. The state dej rartim'ct officials say they have no retent news bearing on the case or ??iss Stone and therefore cannot con-i-iui a nispAtch from London transmitting a repoit that she has been released. At the same time, such a cons.:ran:tioii of the efforts in her bel.a'f would not be surprising, as the latest information received here shows ttat responsible parties are in comrancnatien with the brigands who hold her captive and the latter know these parties have all the money that tan be raised with which to ransom the captives. Th- Kixbt On In Karnest. Minneapolis, Jan. 3. Governor VanSant and Attorney General Douglas reached home yesterday afternoon. Both drove straight to the capitol and went to work. The attorney general will henceforth be the central figure in the fight against the proposed merger f Northwestern railways. He leaves tonight for Washington and will institute the state's injunction suit Monday in the federal supreme court. His appearance Monday will be a formality. The court will set a date for the hearing and Mr. Douglas will retun; to Minneapolis. He Found Out. Huntingdon, Pa.. Jan. 5. Frederick Kupert, aged 18 years, had his head tlown. off yesterday b J t& accidental

discrsargre cr liis gun. Kupert naa tried to shoot a hawk, but the gun failed to discharge. He attempted to locate the trouble by blowing into the muzzle of the gun. when the weapon exploded, the entire charge entering Rupert's mouth.

Dr. Davis Well Posted. Dr. Davis at the show last night was seated in "Left H, I." acd was overheard soliloquizing: 'Something queer about this," be was saying to himself. "Last time I was here that post was right at my left; time before that it was at my right. Now that danged post is right in front of me. I'm the best posted man in the house, anyway," and then he chuckled. New Grocery. Jo Hill, the veteran, is about to embark in the grocery business again. He thinks strongly of opening up in the room recently vacated on the west side by Luring, the cut price man. Charley Blair's Experience. It is said that the people at Fulton were so surprised at the engines of the C. Ji. & M. Sunday last that it was bard to convince tbem that the train was really what they had read about. Some of the natives had never seen a train befcre. It was the first one ever in the township. People came - in bunches men, women acd children and climbed all over the train, under the engine and through every car. One man tried to carry off the steam gauge under the impression that it was a clock. Another, an old lady, came up after the train had stopped, and just as Charley Blair got off to see thecoun try. Charley says she went in front of the engine and looked at it critically. Squatting down on the track she said: "Why that thing can't go." When she w(nt to the fireman's side and squattad down apain and after a minute said, "'Course it won't go, no bosses nor nothin; how'd it git y ere?" Going over to the engineer's side she squatted down with "Thpy ain't no go in that there thing; it's yere to stay." Just then the train started and the last Mr. Blair saw of the old lady she was jumping up and screaming uoca luorai it ji """"r rjtm Mr. Leeds. A New York dispatch of yesterday says: William B. Leeds today assumed the presidency of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway company in succession to vW G. Purdy, who recently resigned. The new presiden t. though cot widely known in railway circles until recently, is not entirely new to the business. He is a civil ergineer by profession and was for many years in the service of the Pennsylvania railroad company. He has bad wide experience in handling the affairs of corporations, having been the chief organizer of the Amer ican Tin Plate company. Cold Wave Warning. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Delaware, Breakwater to Eastport, and cold wave warnings in New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. District of Columbia, interior of Virginia, Elkins, W. Ya., and Columbus, O. Dudley Foulke lectures in the auditorium room of the German bouse, Indianapolis, tonight on "Our Presidents-" -., j- .

SOCIAL WHIRL. '

Happenings in Richmond in Which Society May Be Interested Affairs Past and to Come. On Monday evening at the parson age of the First Baptist church, by the Rev. Dr. Parker, were united in marriaee Wilbur Richardson and Elsie, daughter of Albert Ford. After the ceremony the happy couple returned to their home, 22 north ninth street, to find it already occupied. A party of young people from their church had taken possession of the house and bad it all ready for them to be received with open arms. A nice lunch was served, many beauti ful presents given, and the evening most pleasantly spent. W. D. Foulke left this morning for Indianapolis, where he tonight addresses the German club, and then goes on to Cbieaeo. He will return to Richmond for Sunday and Monday morniogleaves for Washington, accompanied bv his daughter Caroline, who will remain with him a month or so. Mrs Foulke and their daughter Gwendolyn go south for a tinie aod then go on to Washington and will remain there for some time It is not the intention to close the home here, however. Some of the family will aim to be here most ef the time. Mr, Foulke says he finds the duties of his po-ition quite engrossing, occupying most of his time, but still enjoys it very much. He is at his office from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. He is doing very little in the way of literary work for that reason. STEAMER" SUNK. Forty Lives Are Lost. Reported Eureka, Cal., Jan. 3. Walla Walla was sunk in collision with an sailing vessel. It is lives were lost. The The steamer this morning unknown iron thought forty steamer Dis patch nrrived with sixty of the crew and passengers of the wrecked vessel. The collision occurred when the passengers were all asleep. Some es caped on a raft and small. brat but ieouia not lana on account oi tne character of the coast. These were picked up by the Dispatch. One boat fload reached Trinidad. The Walla Walla left San Francisco January' 1st for Puget Sound points. American Plowmen. The lodge of American Plowmen held their 6rst meeting in their new hall, over Luken's Wednesday evenng. This evening they have a hue entertainment and dance to which he public are cordially invited. Prof. Zueblin. Prof. Zueblin of Chicago universi ty who will shortly begin a course of lectures here in the interest of university extension recently delvered the same lectures in Toledo, JO. The papers of that city spoke Ivery highly of them. His last lec ure was a plea for more beauty, Inore art and more liberty and hon!Sty in the work of our . daily life. Prof. Zueblin held that even the nwellers in the city streets are tetting back to nature, as witness he demand for such books as Elizateth in ber German Garden, the korks of Seaton-Thompson, Buroughs, Thoreau, etc. We are so ired of modern city life, he said, hat we hark back in fiction and on be stage to mediaeval times and subtitute the suit of armor for the ress suit. In our dramas of modern life, we have realism, as illustrate i by sawmills and fire engines, but when war is portrayed, only swords are used. There is a revival of Gothic architecture and of romantic literature. Ibsen has rejuvina'ed the stage, and Quo Vadis has given us an appreciation of Polish literature. Prof. Zeublin said that the writings of Scott were the greatest ! force in bringing about the present revival, as. through mm, we learn to love the Gothic and mediaeval. The Gothic, he said, had in it more of human interest than any style of architecture. The problem we have to study is what was in the minds of the people who made Gothic architecture. There was a sayage strain in them, as the savage knows how to express what is in his mind honestly, without striving to attain perfection. He said that an American without humor is an illustration of classic architecture, as contrasted with the Gothic. Today the architect is master, and the workman who deviates from the I plans is censured. There is no opportunity for personal liberty. Mrs. Isham Sedgwick went to Marion today for a short visit to her father. Milton Beeson, and sister, Mrs. W. W. Miller, who soon leaves for Oregon to spend the winter, r

;i CHURCH ITEMS.

(C i r . come Noies or inieresi in Connection With Religious Matters. The Young People's Mission Band of St. Paul's Lutheran church gave a very enjoyable reception last evening at the pirsoaage to the junior missinr band, who on that evening be came members of the young people's band. Of the number present about one hundred are active members of St. Paul's Lutheran church. The evening was pleasantly spent in music and games. The dining room was a bower of beauty. One hundred beautiful souveniers for the occasion wee made by little Emily McCauley and were much appreciated bv the young people. j The Rev. N. Gillam, one of the fathers of Methodism in eastern In - dlana, is very ill and is in a danger-

ous condition. v ednesaay mcnt tor j the most generally asked for, ala while his life was despaired of. The j though Travatore or Coralleria Rustidoctos pronounce his case to be a j cana were favored a good deal. Miss complication of grip and nervous j Shav is at her best, we understand,

prostration. Owing to his extreme age. which is hi years, bis recovery is doubtful. Mr. Gillam is a Methodist minister of the old school. He was passer heie in "t5 and 'G. Mrs. PhilliDS of New Castle, his daughter, is now at the bedside of her father. The Ladies' Aid Society cf Grace j church are holding an all day meet- j ingat the church today, quilting. The Aid society of the Second English Lutheran church met today with Mrs. Johnson, Randolph street. , ' Yesterday wa9 a sort of annual meeting and social of the W F. M, S of Grace church, bf'd at the home of Mrs. M. C. Price, 57 south eighth street. A review of the work of the past year was presented and wa? very satisfactory. The society was en larged by the admission of! the following new memte-s: Misses Blanche Cunningham, Elizabeth Townsend, Josie Ililf and Caroline Salter; Mmes. Frank Butler, George Miller, Joseph Stevenson, Stewart, Talliver, Haynes, Schiltneck, Branson and Smelser. At Grace church special meetings are being held each evening this t week, fchich are largely attended and series of meetings begins, to be conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Harris of Chicago, preachers and singers, which will be found most interesting. The public are cordially invited to these meetings. A Quartette FormingMusical ClubThe Coming Orchestral Concert. Richmond will soon be represented in the musical world by a str-ng quartette which will be equal to anything in the west after a little practice. It will consist of Prof. Schlieweu, first violin; Walter Cain, second violin; V. O. Williams, viola; Eddo Kline, 'cello. The make up is excollent, every member being a student in music as well as an enthusiast. They will go into active rehearsals at once, and after a few dates near at home will go under the management of one of the bureaus which formerly handled Mr Schliewen and take a tour. They do not expect to leave Richmond. This will be their headquarters. We predict a great success for them. Just as we are getting used to him in our musical work we are again to lose Guy Middleton. He goes to Chicago where he will attend Chicago University, supporting himself by playing in one of the theaters, where he has a position at $30 per week for six performances. He will be much missed here, because he is really a flutist and they re scarce in music. It is one of thechanges in the musical field. The flute not long ago was not so much used, good clarionets, especially E flat, being in great demand. Now there are plenty of clarionettists, but flut ists who are capable are rare and much asked for. One result of Mr. Middleton 's leaving is that we have to send away fcr a player to take his place in the next concert of the chorus and orchestra. Who will be brought here is not yet decided. Miss Grace Porterfield will give a concert at Pythian temple on the evening of the 15th. We have not yet been able to get her program, but understand her entire concert i company will be here. People are j anxious to hear them. I JnVi n TCline w in the fa- e-nfK- lac heard from in Alabama, headed for Mexico. The company he is with carry an orchestra of twelve pieces,

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j acd from the Clipper it appears that ; they are doing good business. On the evening of thStb Wed

nesday there wiii be a combined rehearsal of the Richmond orchestra and chorus at Odd Fellows hall preparatory to their next concert which take place at the Geunett on tte 2'Jth. The program is as follows: CHORVS. "L:ft Cp Your Heads O Ye Gates," Handel. Polonaise with chorus from the Glinka opera, "Life to the Czar." Dramatic chorus, "Liberty, by Facing. "Hymo of Praise," from Elijah. ORCH KSTRA. The Peer Gvnt Suite, founded on Ibsen's poem. "Invitation to the DaDce," Weber. Semirara'de overture, Rassini. Descriptive, not yet selected. j The musical people generally are j eoing to the opera Monday evening ; at.d are taking great interest in it j Carmen will probably oe given, being t in the latter. The rehearsal of the big orchestra for Monday evening has been set forward to Tuesday evening that the members may be able to attend the opera. Several other musical gatherings have taken the same course. Leonora Jackson, the violinist, at Pythian temple tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Musical club, has appeared on programs with Joacbim, Plancon, Bispham, Melba, Nordica, Paderewski and Patti. Henry Fellows and William Bauer support her. While it is regi-etted that they must be here Saturday night, it could not be helped. It was the only date that they could give us. GRANDJORY They Have Indicted Saloon Keepers Right and Left. The grand jury reported this afternoon late, and adjourned. They did not confine themselves to the muider case entirely, tLere:. were -tnaoy -:tber things considered. , The fire was not touched. . It is understood that indictments of saloon keepers were numerous, both in Cambridge City and in this city. Ohio Legislative Circus. Columbus, O. , Jan. 3. Members of the Ohio legislature and candidates are all here, and the wires are kept busy in communication with the Republican leaders, Foraker in Cincinnati, and Hanna in Washington. It deveiopes that though both are involved the lines are not strictly drawn by their friecds. Many who are known as Hanna men will vote for Price for speaker of the house, and some of Foraker's supporters will vote for McKinnon. The real fight seems to be between the Cox men and Daugherty men. Daugherty was defeated by Nash for the nomination for governor in 1899 and was bitterly opposed then by Cox. This contest seems to be renewed now. A canvass of forces -e veals both Price and McKennon with thirty three supportets. Each requires thirty five to nominate. Joseph Miller, secretary of the brewers' association, and Thomas Clark, author of local option bill, now supporting McKinnon, came to blows in the lobby of the Neil house today, but were soon separated. B. B. Beeson Dead. Penj. B. Beeson, a life long citizen of Dalton township, died Thursday, Jan. 2, at 12 o'clock m. of pneumonia. He was not sick quite a week, but was very sick from the start, being taken a veek ago with a chill, the day and night of the reception given by himself and wife to their son after his marriage. He would have been 59 years old the coming March. He was born here and alwavs lived here except a few years in Richmond while editing theEnterpri3e. He is a large land owner and has been for the past few years improving his farms. He was a highly honored citizen here for his generosity to the poor in many ways. He hired a great deal of work done by such as wanted to work and otherwise being of a benevolent disposition. People will generally miss him. He left a widow and four children, all married. j The work in King Solomon's chapter has been postponed till Thursday eveniDg, the Hth, on account of the ' death of William Eggemeyer. There was no police court today. That new leaf seems to have been turned over and then pasted down.

iSTATE NEBS NOTES f . :

! Incidents ami Accidents and Poiii; of Note Throughout Hoosieriloni. IT WAS SELF DEFENSE That Is the Verdiet f a Jory a Bedford In the Bnrtou-Holler Slurder Cae. It Was In Kvidence That Hollet Had Soiis'ht Burton Looking: A Fr Trouble. Bedford. Ind.. Jan. 3. The trial ol Schubel Burton, a Mitchell saloon keeper, charged with the murder of Willis Holler at Burton's saloon eight deeks ago, was concluded last night by acquittal of Burton. The evtdenc showed that Holler had threatened the life of Burton and went to the saloon looking for trouble. The state introduced its witnesses, and the defense let the case go to the jury without In- i troducing any evidence other than that introduced by the state." A' post-mortem examination by Coroner VoyIe showed a fracture of Holler's skull from ear to ear, and Burton was arrested, charged with hitting Hollet with some blunt instrument. AN KAKNKST TItIO How live i'aulte Keep l'p a Cbnrcht and School. Mooresville, Ind.. Jan. 3. Located on a country road two miles southwest ot this place is a little frame church and schoolhouse called the Bethel Straight or the Slow Quaker church. It was built by three Quaker farmer EH Harvey, Thomas Elmore and Ell Hadley who with their families attend this church every first and fifth day to worship. For years they have employed a woman teacher of their own belief to educate their children, defraying the expenses from their private means. This is done despite th fact that a public school is located within one-half mile. The owners of this building are the best of citizens, and are what their names IndicateStraight Quaker. Barjrlar Pitiful Plea. j?klevUlerlnd --r j--fT""j nelius of Muuoie, arrested here on the charge of breaking Into five houses in Muncie, formerly lived here and was visiting bis father when arrested. He has confessed to thefts, but says that he was driven to it in order to provide for his wife and three children, who were in need. He committed the robberies unassisted. He has been placed In jail. Tblwl Indictment Attaint Sherwell. Evansville, Ind.. Jan. 3. The Vanderburg county erand jury late yesterday afternoon returned an indictment against former Patrolman Wilbur S. Sherwell, hanging him with the murder of Fannie Butler, whose dead body was found In a stable in May last. The coroner said the woman was chokr ed to death. Tapped I'oRtoffit-e Till. t Washington, Ind., Jan. 3. The postoffice at Cannelburg, a little mining town 10 miles east of here, was robbed, about $5 in silver and pennies being taken. The postoffice is located in a store building, and the robbers not only robbed the cash drawer In the office, but secured considerable gooda. from the store. PI a T i n it o Favorites. Hartford CUy, Ind., Jan. 3. DeputyGas Inspector B. A. Kinney of Marion, who is paying attention to this section of the oil field, has filed four affidavits in addition to the 20 filed Tuesday. Kinney claims he is making a record, and that he will prosecute without fear or favor all cases of gas waste. Lars It On To the Woman. Goshen, Ind., Jan. 3. Oro Strine. who recently murdered his wife, Alice Cochran Strine, and then attempted! suicide by cutting his throat, is recovering from his injuries, and has employed attorneys to defend him, on the theory that Mrs. Strine attacked him and then attempted suicide. Singular Accident. ' Dillsboro, Ind., Jan. 3. Sherman Gookins met with a peculiar accident. He shot at a hog and the bullet hit the animal's skull, but rebounded with such force that it buried itself half an inch deep in Mr. Gookin s face, to the left of the noae.. . Miss Roosevelt to Christen Empress Yacht. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. MissAlice Roosevelt has accepted an invitation from the German Emperor to christen his yacht now beiDg built at Staten Island. Collision on N. V. Centra! Medina, N. Y., Jan. . Two were killed and several passengers injured In a collision this morning on the Kew York Central at Fancher,

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