Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 194, 11 August 1906 — Page 1

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STENSLAND SEEN AT FT. WORTH, TEX. The Missing President of Chicago Defunct Bank is on His Way to Mexico, TALKED WITH OLD FRIEND STENSLAND WORE DIAMONDS AND WAS DRESSED IN THE HEIGHT OF FASHION ALTHOUGH HE APPEARED NERVOUS. Publishers' Press Ft. Worth. Texas. Aug. 10. President Carl O. Stensland, of the defunct. Milwaukee Avenue Stale Hank of Chicago, is thought to have boon in Ft. Worth today. According to Henry C. Adams, who claims that he was formerly a commission merchant In Chicago ,and who knows Stensland. states that the latter, is now on liis way to Mexico. Adams stated that while traveling from New Orleans to Ft. Worth in a sleeping car on the Texas and Pacific railroad, ho Baw Stensland, and being an old friend of his, had a conversation with him, during part of the journey. Adams stated that he did not know Stensland was wanted in Chicago for wrecking the bank then, the first he learned of it, being at Dallas, when ho read the papers there. Adams stated that he thought that his former friend was suffering from an attack of acute nervous trouble, but when questioned, Stensland denied that any thing was the matter with him. When naked how his bank was getting along Stensland stated that the affairs of the bank were never in more prosperous condition that they were at the present time. as if he wero in a measure responsiwearlng a long Prince Albert coat with tweed trousers and broad brimmed hat. Ho wore a large diamond ntud in his shirt front and had a large diamond on tho third finger of the right hand. His hair and beard were cut short and he wore a pair of blue eyo glasses bo as to further his disguise. TELLER TOOK HIS LIFE. His Neighbors Talked About Him and He Could Not Stand It, Chicago, III., Aug. 10. Worry tm-r the loss of $200 through tho failure of tho Milwaukee Avenue State Hank, in Yfhich he was a depositor, is believed to have weakened the mind of Gustave Uurkhardt. ".9 years old. He becamo suddenly violent today and was taken to the detention hospital. At G:30 tonight, Frank Kowalski, who was a teller In the failed bank, committed suicide in his home in North Carpenter street, by shooting himself through the right temple. Ever since the bank failed, Kowalski's neighbors have talked about him Adams stated that Stensland was bio for the rascality shown in the conduct of the bank's affairs. This Is supposed to have caused him to take his life as be is not known to have had any other grievance. A PRETTY GIRL Tl A BOMB Russian General Kaulbars and His Family Has a Narrow Escape from Death. YOUNG WOMAN SUICIDED FAILING IN HER ATTEMPT AND REALIZING THAT SHE WOULD BE CAUGHT SHE TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Publishers' rr!sj Odessa. Aug. 11. General Kaulbars and his family narrowly escaped Jcath last evening at the hands of a &irl bomb thrower. The young woman herself inircaulously escaped death by the accidental explosion of the bomb she was carrying, but killed herself with a revolver. While the General and his family were at dinner, a pretty ami will dressed girl presented herself at his home and obtained admittance upon a pretext which hoodwinked the servant who opened the door. She hecame excited and dropped a handbag she was carrying. An explosion followed which shook the house, but tho girl was uninjured and escaped to the street. She returned to her hotel, where she committed suicide. Investigation developed the fact that tho girl, whose identity has not been determined, arrived in the city by train from the north in the afternoon.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Fair Saturday and Sunday; light to fresh northwest winds, becoming variable. OHIO Fair Saturday and Sunday; fresh west to northwest winds. WOULD TRADE POSITIONS SUGGESTION BY WHELAN Webster Parry Writes From Paducah That he Will Come to Get Accustomed to Controllership Whe Ian Asks Him for His Job in Fun. City Controller Whelan yesterday received a letter from Webster Parry at Paducah, Ky., stating that he had been notified of his appointment as City Controller4 by Mayor-elect Schilllriger and would like to spend the last week of the month in the office that he might acquire tho routine work under the tutorage of Controller Whelan. Mr. Whelan answered the request, saying that he would be glad of the company of Mr. Parry at any time in the office, and suggested in festive vein, that in as much as be was giving up a very good job to Mr. Parry, that the gentleman might reciprocate by giving him his job, which is with the Home Telephone Co., of Paducah. FINAL MATCH IK T Elmer and Hibberd Win Tennis Championship Over Wiggins and Gardner. WAS A DECISIVE VICTORY WINNERS OF THE MATCH PLAYED A SURE STEADY GAME AND TOOK THREE STRAIGHT SETS THE CONSOLATION. Playing steady, suro tennis. Dudley Elmer and Wilbur Hibberd yesterday afternoon defeated Fred Wiggins and Frank Gardner, three straight sets, thereby winning (he championship of doubles in the city tennis tournament. The scores were 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. With the score 4-0 against them in the third set, Wiggins and Gardner made a hard fight, but they could not overcome the lead of their opponents. The victory of Hibberd and Elmer was decisive, although the games were pretty to look at. Wiggins and Gardner apparently did not play the game they did with McCabe and Neff in the semi-finals. In the first set they were wild, in the second, they played better and looked as if they had struck a gait that would land them one or more sets. Then in the final set, Hibberd and Elmer took four straight and it looked as if they would make it a love set. The victory of Hibberd and Elmer was largely due to their ability to place the ball. Seldom did they slam the ball into the net, a thing which Gardner and Wiggins were frequently guilty of. The service of Hibberd and Elmer was better. Wiggins and Gardner wasted much energy on their first ball, seldom making it good. The winners of the tournament each get a dozen tennis balls. The consolation will soon be finished, there remaining but two matches. Campbell and Harrington play Wekhman and llartel in the semi-finals and Nixon and Dais are ready for the finals, Meyers and Hond forfeiting to them after Meyers sprained his ankle in the semifinals. ILL HEALTH THE CAUSE Becoming Despondent, Henry Tinappel Took a Dose of Carbolic Acid He Will Recover. While suffering from despondency because of ill health and fearing that ! he might not be again able to work, i Henry Tinappel, aged thirty, a popular and esteemed young man yesterday morning took carbolic acid with i suicidal intent. Tinappel and his wife j to whom he was married eight weeks ; auo. reside in a flat at l0la North j Sixth street. The wife discovered the I condition of her husband almost imj mediate! yafjer he had drank the 'poison and it chanced that Dr. Kinsoy was directly across the street attending a patient. He was hastily summoned and probably within five minutes after the carbolic acid had been taken the physician was administering emetics and restoratives. Young Tinappel will recover. For several weeks he had been in feeble health and brooding over this caused his attempt at suicide.

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CHARLES GLOVER

E Former Richmond Boy Has Finished His Term of Ser- ' vice for Uncle Sam. IS DISGUSTED WITH NAVY HE DECLARES THAT THE OFFICERS TREAT THE MEN LIKE DOGS AND THAT THE SERVICE IS A HEALTH DESTROYER. Charles Glover, a former Richmond boy returned to this city yesterday after lour years' service in the United States navy. During the past four years he has done service on the cruiser Minneapolis. While on board he worked at his trade, that of painting. Glover is on his way to Seattle, Wash., where his parents moved from here some time ago. Although Glover is apparently in good health, had a coat of tan and is weighing more than ever before, ho says that he is not in good physical condition being afflicted with rheumatism and nervousness. He says that he will never enter the navy again and says his sympathy goes out to anyone who goes into the navy, marine corps or army. Glover says he has contracted rheumatism from sleeping in the damp and cold. He says that the decks of the vessel are always wet. The discharge of the heavy guns, he assigns as the reason for his nervousness. Glover says that they got exercise but that it did not overcome these difficulties and the irregular hours for sleeping. Having to stand watch made it impossible to get a night's rest without a break in it. Glover lias few kind words for the officers in the navv. He declares that the men are treated like they were dops, as was done in the olden days when the type of seamen was not of the best. He says that the great majority of sailors are men worthy of the best, treatment, but that the young officers, graduating from Annapolis don't seem to realize it. During his term of service. Glover sailed much and has been in every country in Europe, in Africa and other parts of the Globe. He was one of a party of twenty-two from his boat who saw the total eclipse of the sun in Spain. Glover should he return to the navy will be made assistant to the master carpenter, a position which pays seventy five dollars a month. After serving in that capacity there would be probability of his being made master carpenter at a salary of $1S00 a year. P.ut with these inducements to lure him back in the service Glover declares that he will not go under the present conditions. ARE BROUGHT BACK HERE BEAT THEIR BOARD BILL Liston and Jean Boyle, Who Eat at Sam Burroughs Without Paying Are Caught at Portland and Returned to This City. Liston and Jean Boyle, who were intercepted in their flight from a $9 board bill at Portland last night, were brought lnv?k to the city early this morning by Officer Sutton who went up on the nisht train after them. They will be arraigned in City Court and in all probability convicted as there are a number of witnesses to the charge. The two men have been employed in the city for some time and have been boarding with Sam Burroughs, rfl North D street, where they nursed their bill to the above stated amount and then skipped. The matter was reported to the police who thought that they went out of the city by interurban but later found that it was by the Pennsylvania. Word was telegraphed to the authorities along the line and the men captured at Portland. CLIFFORD CAREY HERE Earlham's Star Athlete Last Season Says That he Will Return to College This Fall, Clifford Carey, of Carmel. Ind was in the city yesterday and said ' that he would probably return to Earlham this fall. Carey is a splendid athlete probably the best in Earlham last year, as he won tho majority of the points in the I. C. A. L. track meet and broke the I. C. A. L. record for the hammer throw He was also a tower of strength on the football team. Farewell Sermont Oliver M. Frazer will preach his farewell sermon at the Whitewater Friends' Church Sunday morning at 10:30.

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PASTOR CONFESSES TO A DOUBLE LIFE A Christian Minister at Laporte Has Not Lived up to His Preaching. A VOLUNTARY CONFESSION REV. WILLIAMS, THE FALLEN DIVINE, IS MARRIED AND HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE BEEN LIVING A DOG'S LIFE. Laporto, Ind., Aug. 10. (Spl.) This city was shocked today over disclosures made in the private life of the Rev. Samuel Williams, pastor of tho First Christian church, of this city, for the last year. Before the official board of the church last night ho made a confession that for six years he had led a dual life, that while he had preached to people on Sundays, and had talked to them of the sinfulness of woldly life, and had exhorted them to be Christians and live lives of purity, he himself had been practicing tho very opposite. So amazed were the members of the board that at the conference following the pastor's confession, they decided that he must be mentally unbalanced, and that many of the things which he had confessed to committing had either been imagined or exaggerated. The Rev. Mr. Williams's confession to the official board was voluntary and not the result of any discoveries that members of the church had made, though the conduct of the pastor had been watched by a few for some time owing to the charge made some months ago by a well-known woman here, that he had offered her indignities. At that time tlj charges were investigated by the board, and it was decided that the stories of the woman were too absurd to be believed. By a unanimous vote the board then decided to stand by the pastor. An Object of Persecution. Since then Mr. Williams has been the object of every sort of persecution from anonymous sources, and this is known to have weighed heavily on his mind. The board believes that part of his indiscretions, admitted by the pastor are true, but that the larger part are due to hallucination as the result of remorse and also as the result of persecution. Mr. Williams is married and he admitted that he and his wife had been living almost a dog's life for some time, owing to incompatibility of temperament. The couple are now separated, and both declare they will never again live together .but the church board believes that neither will adhere to this decision. The Case is Postponed The case of Hazzard vs. Van Meter, brought to the Wayne Circuit Court, on change of venue from Henry couney. has been postponed by request of attorneys for the plaintiff. The case originated in the famed History of Henry County, to be edited by Hazzard, who. in connection with it gained signatures to notes by unfair means, so the complaint declares.

August 11, 1906.

L GOLF TOURNEY AT THE COUNTRY CLUB Play in the First Rouna Begins Today Regular Club Cup is Up for First Place and the President's Club for the Consolation, The annual golf tournament at the Richmond Country Club will begin today. There are twenty-eight entered in the event which promises to be one of the best ever held at the club. The golf enthusiasts have been practicing for some time in anticipation of the tornament and it is expected that there will be some low scores. Three days are given in which to play the first round. Those falling out on the first round of play are eligible for the consoluation, for which President Robert. Stimson has offered a beautiful loving cup. The regular club cup is up for the winner in the championship play. The entries, as they have been arranged to play are as follows: Shiveley vs. Craighead, Ixjckwood vs. Hutton, Hill vs. Braffett, Starr vs. Grosvenor, Cook, vs. C. S. Bond, I. Wilson vs. Swayne, Torrence, vs. W. Dill, Stimson vs. Comer, Seidel vs. H. Dill, McGuire vs. Poundstone, fj S. Bond vs. Robbins, Elmer vs. Chase, Strattan vs. Thompson, Corwin vs. Harold, J. Cates, vs. Mott, Hibberd vs. C. Cates, Bridgeman vs. Reeves. SULTAN NOW IS A REAL SICK MAN Sensational Rumors Say He Took Turn for Worse and is in Grave Danger. SURGEONS ARE SUMMONED FOREMOST PHYSICIANS IN EUROPE HAVE BEEN CALLED ON TO ATTEND THE ROYAL PATIENT. Publishers' Press Constantinople, Aug. 11. Sensational rumors are in circulation here that the condition of the Sultan took a turn for the worse yesterday and that he is now in the gravest danger. According to reports from the palace his physicians have ordered that he undergo a very critical operation, by which alone his life may be saved. Some of the foremost surgeons of Europe are said to have been called to Constantinople to assist in the treatment of the royal patient. The foreign representatives. including ambassador Leishman, assembled yesterday afternoon to attend a reception in the imperial Selamlik, but owing to the Sultan's illness, the officials of the household dismissed the corps.

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n. C. & L BRAKEMAN "SOLD" GRAIN CAR Kitchell Elevator Company Complains of it to Railroad Commission. MATTER IS INVESTIGATED THE ELEVATORS AT KITCHELL, WITTS AND BOSTON HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE IN t GETTING NEEDED CARS. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10. (Spl) The Kitchell Elevator company, which owns grain elevators at Kitchel, Witts and Boston, all on the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville railroad, complained a few days ago to the Indiana railroad commission that it was unable to get cars for the shipment of wheat, and asking the commission to see jvhat it could do to afford relief. The company told the commission that it had information that on one day three cars were sent to its elevators, but that none of them had reached their destinations. It was charged that they had been "sold"- by the train crew in Muncie, and that a brakeman on a tJain told tho manager of the Kitchel company. that cars were worth $2 each and that he could have them for that price. The railroad commission investigated tho matter at once and obtained from the Kitchel company the name of the brakeman who is alleged to have made the offer to sell the cars. The commission sent the name to the general freight agent of the C. C. & L. at Cincinnati, ' for his information." Secretary Riley, of the railroad commission, says that several complaints of this kind have reached tho commission, and that iji nearly every instance the practice has been stopped. "It is a nefarious business," said Mr. Riley, "and it comes vey close to being a case of discrimination against a shipper. The commission is after such cases and has succeeded in breaking up the practice in nearly every instance where it has been reported." SMALL FIRE IN BARN Deparlrnent Called to North 17th to Put Out Fire Which Boys Mav Have Started. The Fire Department responded to i an alarm yesterday afternoon from box 65 with three wagons, which speedily extinguished a small blaze in the rear of 510 North 17th street. The property, which Is owend by John Vogt, has been unoccupied for some time, and a crowd of young boys have been making the barn a j rendevous for jiany escapades, ' which have been a source of much annoyance to the neighborhood for j several weeks. It is thought that a i match was thrown on the floor vhbie I some chaff was lying.

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BURGLARIES STILL CONTINUE IN CITV Two Richmond Homes Visited and Looted During the Past Few Days. POLICE BEATS TOO LARGE ARGUMENT IS FURNISHED THAT MORE PATROLMEN MIGHT BE USED TO DECIDED ADVANTAGE AT PRESENT. House burglaries in Richmond still continue. Within the past two months eight or ten have occurred and as yet the police have been unable to lay hands on the mun who is doing the work. The police department has been withholding information from newspaper reporters regarding these burglaries on the ground that publicity will prevent the capture of the guilty man. Two robberies, that occurred during the past week, wero reported to the police immediately after they occurred but have escaped the newspapers until now. On Tuesday night the home of Thomas Swanner, No. 10 South 10th street was entered and $10 in cash "lifted" from the trousers of Mr. Swanner which were , taken from the foot of the bed. On Wednesday night the home of Ledger P. Wine. North G street, was entered and $14 taken from Mr. Wine's trousers. Tho burglar at tho Wine home gained entrance by pry- ' ing off a screen from the kitchen door. He walked through the dining room, which was dimly lighted, and then into the bedroom. Mrs. Wine was awakened just as tho intruder was leaving the room and thinking that it was her brother-in-law who makes his homo there, she called to the vanishing figure. Then a scurrying of feet was heard and an Investigation proved that the midnight visitor had purloined Mr. Wine's trousers and after extracting $14 from a wallet, had thrown tho garment away. The other alleged burglaries that occurred this week were reported to the Palladium yesterday though neither could be substantiated. With tho territories which the patrolmen of Richmond arc required to cover there Is little surprise manlfested that robberies should be of frequent occurrence, though It appears that more have come to light this summer than usual. There is good argument furnished by the robberies, it is asserted, that more patrolmen might be used to advantage, thtis cutting down tho territory that must be covered by each member of the force. MATTATHIAS ELLS DEAD Old Soldier Residing at Boston Died Late Last Night Formerly Lived Here. Mat nthias Ells an old soldier resld ing at Boston, died at the home of his granddaughter,' Mrs. Hanson, late last night. Mr. Ells has lived In Boston for the pasCHen years but previous to that time he was a resident of Richmond and is well known here. He was a painter by trade. REFUSE THE CLAIM OF LIVELSBERGER His Bill for Driving the Ambulance Turned Down by Council Committee. NO REASON IS ASSIGNED IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT LIVELSBERGER WILL BRING SUIT AGAINST CITY FOR THE MONEY. The Committee on Accounts and Claims, of the City Council met In special meeting last night, in the City Clerk's office for the special consideration of two claims. The claim of David Geyer, 14C Bridge Ave., for the return of the balance and interest on 5100 which he advanced as water rent, to secure the extension of water mains on the West S'de. was given attention, but the decision regarding it was not made public. The claim of Ellsworth Livelsberger, patrol driver, for $700 for services rendered in driving the ambulance, was not allowed. The committee would not make the grounds for its refusal public. It Is likely that Livelsberger will bring suit against the city to recover compensation for work, a.s employed under the Metropolitan Police Laws, he was not required to do. Hi3 claim 13 based on $3 1-3 per month.

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