Richmond Palladium (Daily), 4 April 1904 — Page 1

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THE BERTBAMS INTERVIEWED

IN THE COUNTY JAIL BY A PAL- ) LADIUM REPRESENTA TIVE. AN INJUSTICE DONE THEM By People With Malicious Intentions Otto S. Bertram and Wife Talk. A Palladium representative, knowy ing that Otto S. Bertram would soon irbe taken to the Northern Indiana prison, called , at the county jail this morning to have a talk with him on the subject of his conviction and subsequent sentence. The representative asked Mr. Bertram what he thought of the verdict of the jurj. "I am as innocent of this charge as it is possible for a man to be," said Mr. Bertram. "I am the victim of a conspiracy, laid by the Hills. They were maliciously inclined toward me and my wife. If my stepdaughter was a poor girl this accusation would never have been made, but the Hills are property-seekers and want all they can get. No father ever treated a child better than I did my daughter. She accompanied me to fairs and other places and I always treated her as a father would his own child, and I felt near to her. I don't believe . she,: would ever have done what she did but for the Hills. "John F. Robbins, in his closing argument, said some things about my wife that were absolutely false, and he knew it, and it is a shame that a man is allowed to rant like that in the court room. "Dr. Zimmerman, when he told the stories he did in court, knew as well as he knew that he was living that they were manufactured to shield himself. ' . The verdict of the jury is not satisfactory at all. They passed judgment without even considering the testimony. They were only out a few minutes when they unanimously agreed. The matter was not considered by them as a body, and I think they did me a rank injustice. "Judge Fox was a fair judge, and he treated me well, I think.' ' Mary Bertram. , "When the Palladium representative called at the jail Mrs. Bertram was there with her husband. She said: "Please say for me that coldhearted malice on the part of his enemies was the cause of this trouble. If I had the least shadow of doubt of my husband's innocence I would not live with him a minute. To think I would stand for such a thing is outrageous. I love my daughter today as ardently as I did, when, as a babe, I fondled her in my arms, and I still believe she will return to me and make an open confession to the world, vindicating Otto Bertram and telling the whole truth. This day will surely come, and it is not far off." Mr. Bertram will not be taken to the penitentiary for a few days, owing to some business matters he has to attend to. POCAHONTAS Two Local Councils Will Entertain the District Meeting. The two local councils of theDaughters of Pocahontas entertains the district in this city tomorrow, April .5. The great officers of the state will be in attendance. The seventeen councils of the district will be represented. The past chiefs' degree will begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon; the great Pocohontas, Margaret Sattes, of Noblesville, will give the unwritten work at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Supper hour from 5:30 to 6:30. "We respectfully invite all Red Men and families to be present at the open hour session, which is ifrom 0:30 to 7:30 p. m. Brother C. 1A. Robinson, of Greenfield, will be the

speaker for the hour, and at 7 :30 the work will be exemplified by Cambridge City and Winchester stalls. The Committee.

ARRESTED TODAY. Fort Wayne, Ind., April 4. Albert Robbins, president, and Ed. L. Robbins, cashier of the defunct Farmers' bank at Auburn, Ind., were arrested there today, charged with embezzlement, and were held to answer to court in the sum of $5,000 each, which was furnished. GENERAL RICE DEAD. By Associated Press.) Washington, April 4. Gen. Americus V. Rice, of Ottawa, Ohio, died today here, aged 67 years, from cancer of the kidneys. He had been serv ing as purchasing agent of the census bureau. FLOOD AT STANDSTILL. (By Associated Press.) Vmeennes, Ind., April 4. The flood is at a standstill, but high winds cause the weakening of the levees. Breaks are constantly occurring and more men than ever are at work In Lawrence county, Uliiicis, and Knox county, Indiana, the loss is estimated at a million dollars. The wheat crop is ruined. UPEpNSES The County Commissioners Grant Them Today. The county commissioners were in session today. The question of iiyuor licenses was before them. The following licenses were granted: George L. Klein. Daniel W Fanning. 1VJ0T0RS For the Richmond Street and Interurban Company. . The Richmond Street and Interurban Railway company has purchased new motors for the interurban service and will be able to reduce the running time considerably. The motors are credited with a speed capacity of sixty-five miles an hour. It will be possible to make the run from Richmond to Dublin, the western terminal, in forty-five minutes. BLACK DIAMONDS GOING UP. (By Associated Press.) Des Moines, la., April 4. Soft coal is now $5 20 a ton and almost impossible to buy at that price. Manufac turers are closing their establishments. BIG FIRE AT PITTSBURG. (By Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., April 4. The nail department of the American Steel and wire company's plant at Rankin burned toda'. Loss $175,000 to $200,000. COTTON FIRM FAILED. (By Associated Press.) New York, April 4. The brokerage firm of W. B. Mack and company has suspended. They traded in cotton. As a member of the sirik exchange their mercantile rating was from $125,000 to $200,000. MURDERER CAUGHT. (By Associated Press.) Roanoke, a., April 4. Robert Bowles, colored, who two weeks ago shot and killed Fireman John A. Raff, on a Chesapeake & Ohio train at Clifton Forge and escaped, was cap tured at Hinton, W. Va., and is being taken to Lynchburg, Va. Threats of lynching are heard. MAY BE FOR HEARST. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, April 4. The Chicago Journal has been purchased by John C Eastman, business manager of Hearst's American. E. W. Harden, one ot the owners of the Commereinl. is connected with Mr. Eastman in the ownership and management of the naper. It is understood that the paper will be independent in politics. PENSIONS INCREASED. (Bv Associated Press.) Washington, April 4. The house today passed the bill increasing from $72 to $100 a month the pension of those wholly blind from causes accruing in military or naval service of the United States. iv' w

mm RESIGNS

AS SUPT. OF THE RICHMOND STREET & INTERURBAN COMPANY AND LEFT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT Will be Succeeded by Al. Gordon, Who is the Company's Auditor. Superintendent Denman, of the Richmond Street & Interurban Railway company, who last spring took Mr. Gunn's place, last Saturday night handed in his resignation to take effect immediately. Mi. Denman was with the Toled traction people before coming here, and, it is understood, he will have charge of the Independent Telephone company's southern plant at Toledo, Ohio. ;."." ; V-"-' " Albert Gordon will assume the superintendeney of the company's business here at once. ADiTpy Elmer E. Jenks and Wife Now Have A Bouncing Girl. ' Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Jenks appeared in court Saturday afternoon and asked permission to adopt as their own Lorena Ardella Hyde, the little daughter of William Hyde of Bethel, whose wife died some time ago. The father gave permission to the adoption and the court -granted it. Mr. Hyde seemed very affectionate to the little child and kissed it an affectionate good-bye as its new parents took it home. COFFEE FIRM FAILS. (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, Md., April 4. The failure of Taylor & Levering, coffee importers, is announced today. The firm was burned out in the great fire recently. EASTER DAY The Winter's Waning Chilliness Was in Evidence All Day. Easter morn was ushered in with a chilliness that indicated the reluctance of winter to let loose the grasp she held so firmly for the past six months. At times the sun shone brightly, then, again, clouds would obscure Old Sol's rays, and, in the early morning, it looked as if snow might fall at any time. As Easter is an occasion for persons to appear in new toggery, there is a tendency to carry out this custom, despite weather conditions. Here and there ladies could be seen attired in the lightest and airiest material, without a wrap, while others, again, wore their new "duds" with winter wraps. Spring hats were in evidence everywhere. The sale of flowers for the great day was beyond the expectation, and, in fact, the capacity of the florists. Lilies were popular, while the hyacinths, rose, daffodil, rhododendron, carnation and violet were pretty generally worn. NINETY-FOUR. Mrs. Eliza A. Cope, of Dublin, a sister to the late Mrs. Samuel K. Hoshour, celebrated her ninetyfourth birthday at her home on Saturday. She was born in .Virginia in 1810 and came to -Wayne county in 1823. Her husband, Joseph Cope, died in 1800, since which time her single son, Eugene Cope, has lived with her. . The members of the History club and their invited guests anticipate a very pleasant evening tomorrow at 7:30 at the Garfield building, when Mrs. Oliver T. Knode will deliver an interesting lecture on "Belgium." illustrated with stereotieon slides.

PROF. DENIS OU GOETHE

ADDRESS BEFORE THE TOURIST CLUB LAST FRIDAY EVENING. GERMAN POET AND AUTHOR One of the Finest Addresses Heard - in Richmond the Past Winter. One of the greatest addresses heard in Richmond this winter was that of Prof. Dennis last Friday evening be fore the Tourist Club on the German poet and author "Goethe" and his "Faust." After first comparing him with Ho mer, Dante and Shakespeare, Prof. Dennis then proceeded to point out the special greatness of Goethe. He first advanced the theory that the heroes of antiquity were military heroes, but with the decline of war the heroes of today are more and more moral heroes not necessarily connected with war. The mind of Goethe was universal comprehending more fully than any mind of modern times the entire universe. Better than a geologist, Goethe eould analyze the soil. Better than the botanist he could describe the tree which grew from the soil, and better than any one he eould interpret the significance of the growth and flowering of the tree. In the realm of physiology Goethe discovered, the inter maxillar bone. He also advanced the theory that the head of man consists of a series of vertebrae. Goethe's "Faust" Prof. Dennis regards as among the very greatest achievements of the human intellect. Sometime since the Outlook asked ten eminent authors to name the two most influential books of the 19th century. All of the ten named Darwin's "Origin of Species" and seven of the ten Goethe's "Faust." The other three gave as their reasons for its omission that it had been partly written in the 18th century. The composition of "Faust" was begun when Goethe was a boy. The last part was written after he had passed his 80th year. In the "Faust" Goethe has brought something for everyone. Remarking upon Goethe's tribute to youth Prof. Dennis said he himself would give everything to be young again. The "Faust" is a drama of moral evolution. Faust, a professor, becomes tired of leading students by the nose. He goes forth to experience human life. Goethe makes him as bad as he can except he is no degenerate. He does everything bad. Four graves on the hillside are attributed to him. Prof. Dennis said that with most people the first part of Faust was the popular part, but that personally he preferred the second. The first part presents the hero as steeped in crime, the second represents his moral evolution. Part second has not the dramatic force of part one. Between the two parts there is a wide break in time. In part second Goethe has given the forces which make for man's moral evolution. The first of these is "Time." Asecond, Government. As government grew so also Faust grew. "How closely linked are luck and merit." In sketching the growth of government the poet is really sketching the moral growth of the hero Faust. Prof. Dennis here described, the difficulty of understanding and interpreting this poem. "Every man falls down somewhere in "Faust." The scientific theories of Goethe have practically all been accepted by scientists. For example he combatted the cataclysmic theory held at Carl August's court at Weimar and said a young man would overthrow it. This young man was Sir Charles Lyell, who showed that like man the earth had been growing through millions of years. . , 1; ( Another force working for man's

moral revolution is art. This is pre

sented in the "Helene" of the Faust In this are embodied the Renaissance and the great art and educational movements of modern times. Another force is war. While not a believer in war. Prof. Dennis con ceded that war had been one of the forces by which the human race had attained its present high state of moral progress. The progress and moral evolution of the world demands sacrifice in the part of Individuals. This sacrifice must be made, the ideas of progress must be accepted, one must join the procession or be run over. Prof. Dennis said he preferred to join the procession. Like Plato the "Faust" is thoroughly understood only by a few, but through these few the ideas of the great poem 'permeate society. When Goethe was told that his poem was a great ship stranded in an inland sea, he proudly and hopefully answered, "I expect the tide to rise." Richmond should feel proud that she possesses among her citizens one capable of delivering such an address as the one on Goethe by Prof. Dennis. He spoke truly who said a nation's best treasures were her great men. A Tourist. RESURTECTTOI DAY IK THE CHDRCHES THERE WAS A GENERAL OBSERVANCE OF THE FEAST OF FEASTS IN THIS CITY. SOME FINE MUSIC Large Congregations at Most of the Churches Elaborate Preparations. Nearly all the churches in the city celebrated the great Easter festival in an appropriate manner. The houses of worship were all decorated for the joyous festival and it was a day of great rejoicing throughout the city. Special musical programs were rendered in most of the churches, notably St. Paul's Episcopal, St. Mary's and St. Andrew's, Catholic, First and Grace M. E., First, Second and United Presbyterian, Christian and all the Lutheran churches. The congregations were large and the discourses were appropriate to the occasion. There was so much fine music that the Palladium cannot single out each separate choir and give it the mead of praise it deserved this would be a great tasksuffice it to say that all was done creditably and well. COURT HOUSE George E Tingle and Eletha Jones of Boston, were licensed to be married. A. R. Feemster and J. L. Rupe, filed the change of venue suit of Oliver Thornburg vs. the P. C. C. & St. L. railroad for damages. It comes to the Wayne circuit court from Fayette county. . ; vJ.Lat The last will and testament of James E. Reeves was admitted to probate and record. The estate goes to the family. No public bequests. The last will and testament of John H. Overpeek was probated this morning. One-third of the estate goes to the widow and the remainder divided share and shara alike anoi'g the six heirs. ORDERED THEIR RELEASE. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 4. Secretary nay has instructed Ambassador McCormiek, at St. Petersburg, and Min ister Congrer, at Pekin, to take immediate steps to secure the release of the two American newspaper corespondents held by Russians at New Chwang. ' They are Washburn and Little; of the " Chicago Daily News.

fILLIAH BORGIA SUICIDES

ONE OF WAYNE COUNTY'S PROSPEROUS FARMERS TAKES HIS LIFE EARLY THIS MORNING Despondency Attributed as the Cause Leaves a Wife Coroner's Verdict. William Morgan, aged forty-six years, living about two and one-half miles southwest of Centerville, committed suicide about 5 o'clock this morning by shooting himself through the head. V lf While Mrs. Morgan was making preparations for breakfast she heard the report of a shot gun and rushed into the kitehen only to find her husband lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood. She was greatly alarmed, and on examination, found the upj)or portion of his head shot away and his brains scattered in all directions. From appearances the shooting was done in this way. He rested the stock of the gun on the floor and placed the muzzle against his forehead and pulled the trigger with his toe. In this way the gun was discharged, and ' the entire load was driven into his head. On the table was found the following note to his wife: "Lou, I am going to shoot myself, so good-b3e." It was a plain case of suicide, as he had on divers occasions exprssed a desire to take poison and end his life. ' ' Mr. Morgan owned about sixty acres of good unincumbered land south of Centerville, and no one thought for a moment that he would kill himself. Lately he has been very despondent, complaining of the bad weather and the delay bf crops. -Mr. Morgan leaves a wife but no children. He was one of the most accommodating fellows on earth, a good husband and an excellent neighbor. REMriETfflGS Continue Another Week at the Christian Church. Yesterday was the third Sunday of the revival meetings at the Christian church, and was, by far, the greatest day, in attendance and results. Fourteen united with the church at the various services yesterday, making a total of fifty-four since the meetings began. . So intense is the interest that Evangelist Legg will continue the meetings this week, preaching every night. His sermon last night on "Back to Jerusalem" was a magnificent picture of what the church would be like today if it were patterned after the ideal church described in Acts 2: 41-47. Tonight Mr. Legg will preach upon the following subject: "The Abrahamic Covenants." A large number of persons will be baptized at the close of the serviee. Service at 7:30 p. m. WEDDING AT WILLIAMSBURG. . ; (Special to Palladium.) " Williamsburg, Ind.; April 4. One of the prettiest weddings this year occurred yesterday at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage, when Mr. Clarence CI uggish was married to Miss Anna Harrison. Rev. O. T. Harrison, father of the bride, officiated. The wedding occurred at high noon, aud immediately afterward, an elegant wedding dinner was served. Last December Merrill Harrison, brother of the bride, was married to Miss Jennie Cluggish, sister of the groom. The young couple were the recipients of many valuable wedding presents. . The out of town guests at the wedding were Charles Andrews and Thomas Gibbs, of Dayton, and Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Harrison, of New Castle. -; '. :