Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 156, 1 July 1906 — Page 1

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Richmond, Indiana, Sunday Morning, July 1, 1906. Single Copies, Three Cents. 110 MYSTERY III ' . BERTRAM CASE A DAIRY TRUST THE WEATHER PROPHET. t INDIANA Fair Sunday except showers and cooler In extreme north portion; Monday showers and cooler; variable winds. OHIO Fair Sunday and Monday; light to fresh northwest to north winds. ' WITH STRUGGLE IS THE LATEST f -i led Up in the ClosSuicide Fully Established by Circumctances that Developed Yesterday. American Farm Products to lr g Hours of the Body. be Controlled by New Company. CLEAR SKIES AND HEAT

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ONE BILL OF' $3,000,000 iRY CIVIL BILL R8IGHT OTHER 4 CPu' 'Press ' 0 ae 30. Congress ' ) o'clock tonight lrst session of the s unparalleled In T7 of , the United Ungy Tidal.. 1 IfgUIitl.e hi -i. i "if. only havo senators and repweltering and alfi Wives sU Uno- in . iperature of great i j. adjournment.

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j!.yW mem'4" of hls cabinet rc .f-tined fin and abc-1 the Senate wing I Vthe cV,nit0i fmn H o'clock until 6 i- Uoclc, awaiting the dissolution that 1. seemed would tover come. L'j.t , Roosevelt Worn Out. . ; Almost urorn out by the extreme

i iat, but his patience not exhausted, r . President Anally returned to the 4 fillto " House, where, alter nine iclock tonight he attached his signals to the omnibus public building til. This was the last bill and the ta'orer which the great delay had ' f he trouble was In the enrolling of 111. f . ine cierKS in idb iiouaa gui jigs tangled up, and the public ixter did the, rest. Then a grave for crept Into the Sundry Civil Bill, fan oVersight, which was later deanced upon'the floor of the Senate, !ia one permitted to remain In the V provision appropriating three yy,,-ir II 75 for . th Hji o u 'Ptattk departmental building ,'at .'lngton. This had been ordered , f )-y both branches and the error 4xly dlsoovered after the bill had i i V' . - - - - '4 f f, flgned. A Joint resolution curt' 'j.but a sore was left, bo that be1 (adjournment the Senate adopted j "s f resolutions, one ordering an In(Continued on Page Two.) DREROOM NOW NEEDED Richmond Chautauqua to ba GivVan an Opportunity to 8pread Out. ' 5 f present plans carry, mora space ilen Miller will be used for the Chautauqua in Richmond this and the program may be extendan extra week. Refreshment lieges have been let to the same ions who held them last year. Next irsday night there will be a meetof the stockholders 'at the Comtclal Club rooms to dispose of e business matters. The outlook jonsidered highly flattering , reet Cleaning Completed. fbat Is known as the spring cleannt the streets and alleys of Richd, although it extends far into ! summer, has been completed and ftrieral they are in good condition. 1 work gives employment to a t number of men and the total runs far into the thousands. EXCURSION ARRANGED - d People From Marion and luncle to Picnie at Glen Miller on July Fourth. a Jolored people from Marlon, Muni and other points north along the d tt It. will come on an excursion Glen Miller Park on July Fourth. C. C. & It. is making special arrements to carry a large crowd this city. cv MAaiv Aiim miftiCDo a hmend List Is Contlnuilly on the IncreaseDemand for Low Priced Machines. IThe number or Richmond people I ff. b own automobiles is gradually on !:Y increase and there are now fifty, Wfkho ride in their own mahf . A poon as the price becomes 1 ri iasonau.o there will be a big V!? f tbe number of automobiles ere is a big demand for a that sells for $500 or less being met to some extent. In ates 1 Richmond people who 3d antos nave decided that r the horse instead and i ed to their first lore.

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WEEK'S WEATHER FIGURES

Temperature Played Around High Figures the Entire Seven Days Only a Trace of Rain During the Period Official Records. V The week ending yesterday was one of clear skies and plenty of heat, characteristic of the season. The mercury played high in the thermometer tubes during the entire period. There was a trace of "rain cn three days. The temperature figures as taken from the government instrument at the water works pump house by ' Walter Vossler, observer, follow: High. Low. June 24 82 49 June 25 84 61 June 26 87 63 June 27 87 59 June 28 93 60 June 29 95 65 June 30 86 67 COLLECTION OF F Inquiry in Boston Making Investigation of the Inner Circles. SENATOR LODGE WANTED HE IS ASKED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE GRAND JURY NEXT 'ttJMbAVNbteU'WHAT HE KNOWS. . Publishers' Press! Boston, June 30. To show up the methods of the inner circles of the Republican state committee In the receipt and use of money, as well as to learn Just what connection the committee had with the afTalrs of Robert O. Proctor, under conviction of stealing a $225 donation' to the campaign fund. District Attorney John B. Moran, has process servers looking for United States Senator Lodge, and for thirteen years employer of Proctor. Senator Lodge is wanted before the grand jury on Tuesday next. Today Mr. Moran refused to discuss the summons already known to be in existence for prominent members of the state machine, declaring that he did not Intend to try the matter out in the newspapers. This afternoon another bunch of Fubpoenas was issued from the district attorneys office bearing the names of other prominent Republicans, both members of the committee and some not now serving on that body. This would make it appear that the entire committees would be examined. With the members or the state committee testifying, it is thought likely that the officers of several Boston corporations will be asked to tell what they have contributed in money to the party in thr last few years and to show their books. THE DYING MAN REVIVED WAS ON OPERATING TABLE The Surgeons Were , Cutting Skull Away When Life, Which Apparently Was Extinct, Returned Patient Victim of Vicious Assault. 'Publishers' Press New York, June 30. Applying to surgery the axiom that "While there's life there's hope," surgeons In Washington Hlghts hospital placed Weener Koch, aged 32, on the operating table today.. But there was so little life in Koch that the surgeons felt that work was wel Inight futile. Koch entered his home a week ago sought his bed without arousing any of his family and was found unconscious by his mother on the morning of June 20. Efforts to arouse him were unsuccessful. Examination disclosed no wounds on Koch's body, and there were no symptoms of drug or alcoholic poisoning. Day by day he grew weaker. He was taken to a hospitaj,' where a 'slight depression in the skull was discovered and an operation was performed. Removing a small area of the skull a blood-clot was found. As more of the skull was cut away, the clot was seen to be extended and It was soon found to cover a six Inch surface of the brain. It was speedily removed and doctors were still at work when Koch opened his eyes, drew a deep breath and sat bolt upright

CAMPAIGN

LETTER MAKES IT PLAIN

SORROW OVER ESTRANGEMENT EXISTING BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTER, THE CAUSE OF THE ACT. MRS. BERTRAM'S LETTER. Centerville, 6-29, '06. My dear husband: I am going to write you a few lines to tell you I am tired of this life, not by you for you have always treated me like a man, better than I deserved, and you are entitled to the honor and respect of decent people. I have fought hard against taking my life, but what is life to me? The only child I have on earth I cannot talk to or go to see. All I have on earth is left to you. All I ask is take care of my dear old mother while she is here. Be a good boy and don't blame anyone for what I have done. May God forgive, me for this deed is all I ask. Goodbye to all my folks and friends. A kiss to all. Your wife, MARY BERTRAM. Doubt that at first existed in reference to the cause of the death of Mrs. Otto Bertram, at Centerville, on Friday afternoon, as to whether It was due to accident or suicide, was entirely dispelled by the finding of the above letter, which is in Mrs. Bertram's handwriting and of the autenthicity of which there Is no doubt. The letter was found by Mrs. Chas. Cooney and was in the- clothing of the dead woman; clothing that she was wearing at the time she took the fatal dose of -chloroform. Mrs. Cooni eydellvered the letter to Mrs. Delia Chambers, a sister , of Otto Bertram, and she in turn gave it to her brother Albert Bertram, who delivered it to Prosecutor Jessup. It was made public after inspection by the Prosecutor and Coroner Markley and will be the chief evidence upon which Coroner Markley will base his verdict of suicide. Mother's Love Strong. Within the past few years the Bertram family has been before the public in an undesirable - way on more than one occasion, but chiefly in connection with the case in which Otto Bertram received a prison sentence for improper attention to his stepdaughter, now Mrs. Alice Bertram Hill and whose . estrangement with her mother appears to have been the chief motive that led to the suicide of Mrs. Bertram. Through all her sorrow and her heroic effort to secure the release of her husband from prison, It appears that the mother love was after all the strongest and that because she realized she could never again have a direct claim in any way on her daughter, Mrs. Bertram saw little left In life for her. Mrs. Bertram was between forty and fifty years of age and came of a good family. Her first husband was Robert Delap, who left a considerable estate, and the property left by Mrs. Bertram will now go to her husband, In accordance with the wish expressed in her letter. John Vorhees, the young man who has figured more or less in the case and who was brought to Richmond Friday night and placed in the city Jail was fined In police court Saturday morning for intoxication. The Funeral Arrangements. ' Centerville, June 30. (Spl.) The funeral of Mrs. Mary Bertram will xpe held at Bryant's Chapel on Monday ine cortege win leave ine nouse in Centerville at 10 o'clock in the morning and proceed to Bryant's Chapel, where services will be held. The burial will be in the chapel cemetery. SALOONS WERE CLOSED Kansas City, Kan., Was a Tight Town Yesterday Even Club Rooms Were Closed. Publishers Press Kansas City, June 30. Every saloon in Kansas City, Kan., was closed tightly today, and at the clubhouse of the Elks and Eagles no liquor was sold. Assistant Attorney-General Tricketfs threat to destroy the buildings-used as Joints had proved effective. During the night the bar fixtures and stocks of liquor were removed from many places to the Missouri side. Prank of Lightning. Publishers' Press Ottawa, Ont., June 30. Lightning struck and killed Mrs. John Sullivan lying in bed at Chapeau near hero last night but left uninjured her two grandchildren sleeping beside her.

The Disappointed Ones Ah! This Standard Oil in Europe needs investigating. News Item. John D. Rockefeller refuses to give any tips while abroad. He says that tipping is a bad system.

THE CITY'S E IS Such is Situation in Regard to Closing of North Four teenth Streetj."' REMONSTRATORS READY DECLARE THAT THEY WILL TAKE ACTION WHENEVER THE CITY ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THE THOROUGHFARE. It's up to the city. This is the situation in reference to the vacation of North Fourteenth street from E to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's tracks, as petitioned fbr by the American Seeding Machine Company. An effort to secure information as to the lay of the land in this direction developed the fact that the remonstrators are waiting action by the city and the nature of that action will determine the action they will take. The past week the. Board of Public Works made a visit to the scene of the proposed vacation and went thoroughly over the ground with a view, no doubt, to the assessment of damages to be paid the property affected by the Seeding Machine Company. As to what the decision of the Board will be in this matter, the remonstrators know nothing and will take no actit until the city authorities make a move. If there is, an effort to vacate the street before all the points involved have been satisfactorily settled, an injunction proceeding will be filed and the matter will be carried through the courts by the remonstrators fn an effort to get what they contend is justice to them." - JfE CITY SINKING FUND Dickinson Trust Company to Be Custodian of the Money Now on Hand. As the bid submitted by the Dickinson Trust Company was the most favorable, the City Sinking Fund Commissioners, at their meeting Saturday afternoon, awarded the custody of the funds now on hand to that concern. M. J. O'Brien was rechosen president of the Board, which will continue as at present until 'pxz change in administration is made on? September 1. RAIN FELL NEAR MILTON Good Shower Relieved the Sultry Condition That Prevailed in That Section. - The section below Milton was one of the few places that secured any rainfall of consequence in connection with the wind storm of Friday night. A much needed rain fell there. The wind scattered the wheat that had been placed in shock and blew down numerous branches of trees,

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LONG TRACTION JOURNEY

FROM CANADA TO MILTON Mrs. A. Bright Travels by Electric Cars From her Home in Ontario to Wayne County Enjoyed the Trip ?2spite Its Great .Length Mrs. A. Bright, who is now the guest of her sister, Mrs. Marion Leverton, at Milton, this county, has no doubt made one of the longest trips by electric car thai ras ever been accomplished. Mrs. Bright is a resident of Ontario, Canada, and she came all the way from that city to Milton by traction. She enjoyed the trip much more than if it had been made in the usual manner, as it was free from dirt and gave better opportunities for observing the country, although It required some extra time. BETTER ICE SERVICE HOW WHAT C0MPETIT0N DOES Is a Genuine Rush to Get Business Which is In Striking Contrast With Conditions Last Year. There is favorable comment heard on the fact that quicker and " better service is being given by the Richmond ice companies this summer, as a result of the fact that they are on a competing basis. Business houses that under the management of the Ice Delivery Company were helpless In the matter of getting speedy delivery of ice, now find it expedient to appeal to a second company if the first one called upon does not give tne response in a reasonable time, and being anxious for all the business possible, there is a rush to fill the order. This makes it especially favorable for the concerns that use large quantities of ice and want supplies - on short notice. WATSON SEES PRESIDENT PLANS NEW MOVEMENT Roosevelt Will Send Special Commission to Europe to Study Immigration Question Will be Separate From Congressional Commission. Indianapolis, June 30. (Spl.) A dispatch to the Star-from Washington says: President Roosevelt today informed Representative Watson, who called on him, that he intends to send a commission of officials of the Department of. Commerce and Labor to Europe this Tear to make a thorough study of the immigration problem. This is in line with Watson's amendment to the immigration bill providing for a commission to go abroad and investigate immigration. The session ends with the bill suspended in conference. The President will not wait for its passage next session, biV will create " commission "on his own hook."

HOSPITAL AID

IS A CERTAINTY Council will Ratify Recommen dations of Special ComIS RICHMOND'S HOSPITAL INSTITUTION IS JUST WHAT ITS DONOR INTENDED THAT IT SHOULD BE AND ASSISTANCE IS DESERVED. Reid Memorial Hospital is hereafter to be taken under the protection of the city of Richmond, where virttt ally it has been, excepting that up to the present the city has not contributed anything toward its mainten ance. Tomorrow night at the session of the council the special committee con sisung oi uounciimen Deuker and O'Neal and Bartel will report to that body the result of a conference held witn the trustees of the hospital and will also recommend that th ritv p-1v its financial support to the institution eacn year hereafter. ine report in detail Is not ready to be submitted to the public and will not be until after the session of frnnn cil on Monday night," but it will give an exhaustive review of the hosnitr work and will show conclusively that the Institution is just What its donor, Daniel G. Reid intended that it should be, a hospital for the people of Richmond and therefore the city's property. v;: Under a statute of Indiana It Is within the power of a municipality to appropriate - from its general funds ny sum that it may see fit toward the maintenance of a hospital, or it may make a special levy to create a fund for such purposes. Likely the city council will hereafter set aside a certain sum annually for Reid Memorial hospital and in addition, it Is believed, make an immediate appropriation for the institution. THE RULES TO BE STRICT Police to Arrest Users of Revolvers on the Glorious Fourth. It Is the Intention of the local police to-be particulairy strict as to the rules governing the. se of revolvers and torpedoes on the Fourth. No revolvers of any sort will be allowed and any one caught using one on the glorious celebration will be given a chance to show his patriotism in assisting the municipal tax fund at the next convening of police court. The lad who loves the sounds of battle and the continuous roar of Infantry and puts a string of torpedoes upon the street car track will join the ranks of the above mentioned volunteers. , To Arrange Funeral. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the A. O. H. will hold a meeting this evening at 8 o'clock to arrange- fox tfc funeral of Mrs. Epping-

A GREAT COUP IS PLANNED1

DECLARED THAT THERE WILL BE A CAPITALIZATION OF $20,0C0.0C0 TO SWING THE ENORMOUS SCHEME. Publishers' Pressl New York, June 30. The American Farm Products company is the latest trust. It proposes to take control of n" Jalry products, chickens and eggs. It Is proposed that ruere will be an increased and uniform price to the producer, a diminished price to the consumer, giving him a superior and purer grade of dairy products, and greatly Improving present methods of distribution. The commission merchants' profit will be eliminated and the great responsibility of delivering butter and milk from the hands of the farmer to the hands of the consumer.' Behind the great enterprise are a score of the wealthiest men in America, who already have put in, about $20,000,000, and are prepared to "chip in" additional 'millions as they are required. Among Eastern capitalists interested are Levi P. Morton, Thomas F. Ryan, Harry Payne Whitney, Anthony Brady, E. J. Berwind,' Kuhn, Leob & Co., and several other large banking houses and individual capitalists. The headquarters of the' company are at No. 52 Broadway. Among the larger butter refining plants taken over by the company to date are the W. F. Rose company,' Chicago; Illinois Cream company,' Elkln, 111.; Eben F. Dudley company, Owosso, Mich.; Alfred G. Wessllng company, Kenton, O.; Blgelow Butter company, Boston, Mass.; Purity Creamery company; A. H. Barber & Co., Chicago, and the SchermerhornShotwell company, Des Moines, la. KNIFE PLAY III A SENSATION IS CREATED Serious Personal Encounter Between Representatives Southwlck and Bartlett Was Narrowly Averted Cause of the Controversy. (Publishers' Press ' ' -Y'" Washington, June 30. A knife was "pulled" in the House early this morn Ing, and what promised to be a serious personal encounter between Representatives George N. Southwlck of New York, and Charles L. Bartlett, of Georgia, was prevented by the Intercession of friends. ' ' Mr. Southwlck sought to pass a resolution increasing the pay of - the tally clerks. Mr. Bartlett, a member of the committee on accounts, asked1 if the resolution had been passed upon by a committee of the House. The Speaker informed him that it had not. Mr. Bartlett objected. Southwlck pleaded with Bartlett to let the resolution through, but the Georgian wasdetermined "that It should not pass. Backing away from Southwlck hen took a position on the Republican: side; Mr. Southwlck made a remark that there had been a good deal of ly--lng in the committee on the resolution and made a movement toward Bartlett Thinking, he said, that a personal assault was intended, Mr. Bartlett, who had a silver penknife in his hand, remarked that Southwlck dare not say he had lied or he would cut him. Friends then interfered. NEW HAVEN'S BIG Fl LIGHTNING RESPONSIBLE V. ' ' Largest Wholesale Grocery Ku in the City Was Completely Gutted by Flames Loss Will Be Upward of $100,000 No Persons Injured. tPnbllfShers' Press New Haven, Conn., June . 30. Fire which started during a severe thunder shower this afternoon and was undoubtedly due to a stroke of lightning, destroyed the huge four story brick block on Water street, opposite the New Haven road . main office building, occupied and owned by Stoddard Gilbert and Company,the largest wholesale grocery In the state.-: - , Two alarms were sent In and the e-.tire - fire department In the afternoon was" called: out to fight the blaze. The lira spread rapidly and Is under control at this writing. It will be confined to the building though there are severab warehouses and other structures ad joining. - .'.'.-.. :'' - The loss will be upwards of $100 000. No one was injured. Lightning also struck several other filacej "

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