Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 256, 13 October 1906 — Page 1

AL ABIUMc VOL. XXXI. NO. 256. Richmond, Indiana, Saturday Morning, October 1 3, 1906. Single Copies, One Cent. DEATH ENDS LIFE WHICH WAS SPENT RICHMOND POLICY HOLDERS ASKED TO AID III THE FIGHT "3 FINGERS" BROWII REDEEMS HIMSELF III A GREAT GAME THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair, warmer Saturday; Sunday showers and cooler increasing south Winds. OHIO Fair and warmer Saturday; Sunday increasing 'cloudiness and warmer; fresh south winds. III FAST LIVING

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William Bvram Suffered

Stroke of Apoplexy While Eating a Lunch in City Res taurant Last Night. SQUANDERED A FORTUNE LEFT TO HIM IN YOUTH Man of Many Friends and Recognized by all as "Good Fellow" Received Last Call. William C. Byram, aged about 48 years and rooming in the Grand Hotel building on Main street, died last night at 11:33 o'clock in the City Restaurant of cerebal apoplexy. He is survived by one known ielative, an uncle of the name George E. Vor hees a wealthy Morristown, X. J. merchant. Mr. Byrum had been to the vaude ville at the New Phillips last night after which he stopped in the Kelly saloon from which place he started for the City Restaurant It Is said that in crossing Eighth and Main streets he fell to the ground, arose and started on toward the restaurant. Shortly after eleven he entered the restaurant and ordered a steak lunch, which he seemed to have cliff iJculty In eating, apparently being intoxicated. Thought to Be Strangling. Suddenly he stopped eating and exhibited signs of strangling. One of the waiters noticing this, went to him and said something to which Byram answered nothing. The waiter then proceeded to the outside of the counter and grasped him by the shoulders. "At being lifted from the stool he collapsed. He was dragged from the east room of the restaurant to the 'west apartment, where the continued Tieaving of the chest was observed, and the remark was made that the mair was strangling to diatb. He was laid on his back and medical assistance was sent for. f Dr. Col'ourn, who happened to .be nearby, hurried to By ram's assistance, but when he arrived, the unfortunate man was past medical aid. He was removed to Wilson and Pohlmeycr's morgue, where Coroner Markley handed in the verdict of "Cerebal apoptexy." Was Born in Luxury. , With the death of Mr. Byram, passes one of tlie best known persons about the city and ends a career which was started in Morristown, sur rounded by wealth and luxury, later colored by an education at Peekkill Military 'Academy. He was a member of the Entre Nous club, whose baseball team he managed for several seasons and was recognized as an excellent sportsman. Mr. Byram, in the race for city clerk, several years ago, ran against John Taggart, who defeated him and has held the office since. At about the age of sixteen his father died and left Mr. Byram a fortune of no meim proiortion. The young lad with his mother came to Richmond, where they took up their residence at 40 So. Eleventh street. From the death of his father the lad always had an ample, allowance due him each month from" ther Interest of the inheritance and never knew the needs of work or want. A fe' years after he became of age and came into his property nearly all of it was squandered. beveral years ago he went to Morristown wnere ne sola some real es tate which had been held in trust for him. The returns of this deal wem also thrown away, and for the parr fix months or so he has lived through the assistance of several friends who have stuck by him through thick and thin. No papers other than a letter concerning stock in the Gold King Mining Co. of Arizona in which he is supposed to have been interested, were fonud upon his person. The uncle at Morristown, N. J. was notified of the death by telegraph last night. Big Guns Tested. rubHshers' Prcssl t- Portsmouth. X. H., Oct. 12. The official test of the 12-inch guns at Fort Stark, Newcastle, was held today and was entirely satisfactory. Each of the 12-inch guns were tested with a one-half, three-quarters and full charge, 570 pounds of powder being used for the last, the projectile weighing 1,000 pounds. The guns at the elevation today carried to a point beyong the Isles of Shoals, a distance of ten miles. To Increase Japanese Army. Publishers' Pressl Tokio. Oct. IS. The military authorities have determined to Increase the Japanese army to twenty divisions, exclusive of the imperial guards. The change means an addition of about 86,000 men. By various expedients in the line of greater economy it is proposed to make the increase without adding to the total exneudi-

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NEGRO EVANGELIST HUNG Chanting Hymns and Roaring With Exhiliration, Daniel Francis Meets His Death by Hangman's Noose Killed His Wife. v (Publishers' Press; Chicago, Oct. 12. Chanting hymns until the entire 4ail re-echoed with his powerful voice, Daniel Francis, the negro evangelist, convicted of the murder of his wife, child. and the family's friend, Mrs. Dora Scroggs, was led to the scaffold today. Francis was in a most cheerful mood up to the moment that the drop fell. Within ten minutes of the execution he burst into roars of laughter at the appearance of the low-crown felt hat worn by one of his guards. He died of strangulation. I n3 condemned man s crime was committed in a fit of intoxication and followed the refusal of his wife, who had left him, to return to his home. HEARST BUYS OFF A SHOW MANAGER Pays Round Sum for Opera House that Was Engaged and Addresses Throng. SCORES ROBERT VAN WYCK SAYS HE DON'T WANT THE SUPPORT OF NEW YORK'S EX-MAY-OR BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THE "BOSS" KIND. .Publishers' Press Elmira, N. Y., Oct. 12. After pay ing the manager of a comic opera company a round sum to cancel an engagement; at the opera house ' here, William R. Hearst tonight addressed 2,000 people on the issues of his campaign. Repeating his arguments that Lincoln Republicans and Jefferson Democrats should join ' him in the fight against corporations and the political servants of corporations, Mr. Hearst dressed down the entire opposition, and threw a particularly hot shell at Robert A. Van Wyck, former mayor of New York, who recently returned from Europe and declared for Hearst. ' He' said: "I do not want the support of any corrupt boss, or any ice trust mayor, or any gas trust mayor, or any political henchman of corrupt corporations."

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JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH. Joseph Fielding Smith, president of the Mormon church or Churcn of Testis

Christ of Latter Day Saints, who was arrested at his home in Salt Iake City recently on a charge of living with five wives, is a native of Missouri. He was ikirn at a frontier settlement called Far West in 1SJ5S." He is a nephew of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, and succeeded to the presidency in 1901 at th death qf rrt Iuremo uow. lie La far-tiuee cliildr

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- the Mutual Life Insurance Company Ask to Be Kept in Control. THE NAME OF GEORGE H. KNOLLENBERG ON APPEAL He With Other Large Policy Holders in the State, Call on Local Persons Interest ed, to Help Them, Local policy holders in the Mutual Life Insurance company have been drawn into the fight that is now on between the present officers of the company, and the organization which is trying to get control of the great corporation. Some time ago tickets with the names of the per sons favored for office by the "reform body" were sent to the local policy holders asking them to vote for them hv nroxv. Yesterday the names of men favored by the present officers of the company and the larger stock holders were sent to Richmond for the sanction of the policy holders here. George H. Knollenberg of this city is one of the largest policy hold ers in Indiana and he nas affixed his name to the appeal, asking that the company's ticket be named. The Company's Letter. The letter received is as follows: To the Indiana Policy Holders of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York: The thirty-six candidates for Trus tees named by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, are all men of noted ability and unimpeachable integrity, twenty-one of whom, constituting a large majority were not members of the Board dur ing the days of the old regime. The remaining fifteen have been Trustees for some' yars, constituting thrt members of the old Board who, with their nine associates elected . during the reorganization period, eliminated abuses, changed the old management enacted new by-laws and regulations, and instituted new economies and re forms that will effect a saving of millions yearly for policy-holders. These fifteen old trustees, with the nine additional members referred to, constitute an experienced body of twenty-four able and trustworthy men, who, with the twelve entirely new candidates, likewise men of the highest character and business ability, are entitled to our confidence and our suffrages. ' We, whose names are hereto affixed, beg our fellow policyholders to consider well before substituting for this ticket the names of opposing candidates. Qur interests are too vast to be intrusted to a body of new men who lack experience in the Company's affairs. We urge you to protect your own interests by sustaining with your votes the present administration.. We-; beg you not to disfranchise yourselves in ; advance (Continued on Page Two.)

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1. Ever notice how the average voter boasts of his God-given ball 2 And yet how much it takes to get him to cast his vote?.

SENSATION - BROUWER CASE Expert for Accused Doctor Shows Strychnine Will Not Color Medicine. VICTIM OF PTOMAINES SUCH WILL BE ASSIGNED AS THE CAUSE OF MRS. BROUWER'S DEATH BY LAWYERS FOR THE DEFENSE. Publishers' Pressl Toms River, X. J. Oct. 12. Attor neys deienaing ur. wrouwer on iue charge of murdering his wife, sprung sensation in court late this after noon, wnen iney iook up ineir siae of the case following the prosecution announcement that all its direct testimony was in. Dr. Marshall, the defences expert, offered the sensation. Uy an experiment before the eyes of the jury and spectators he showed that strychnine will not color medicine as a witness had testified one of the concoctions Brouwer had prepared for his wife had been colored. The defense went further and out: lined the line it will follow, claiming that Mrs. Brouwer was the victim of ptomaines. Dr. Carmichael, of Brouwers counsel, made the declaration. The states entire case, he said, was mere suspicion. Gossip and spite were responsible for bringing Brouwer to trial, he asserted. The state, just before it rested its case, got in the evidence held out yesterday from Dr. Washington in regard to what he' considered caused Mrs. Brouwer's death. In answer to a long hypothetical question outlining all Mrs. Brouwer's symptoms, he said he believed she had died of arsenical poisoning. Her convulsions were caused, he declared by strychnine. On cross examination Dr. Washington admitted he had never seen a case of arsenical or strychnine poisoning. ; Miss Stella McClenahan, .for whom the state has alleged Brouwer had such an infatuation, that he was j ready to put his wife out of the way, ; was the first witness called for the defense. She declared that he relations with Brouwer had always been (Continued on Page .Two.) More Bank Trouble. Publishers Pressl Toronto. Ont., Oct. 12. A sensa tion was created here by the news that the Ontario Bank of this city Is in financial difficulties. It is alleged that manager McGill had been spec ulating heavily, involving the bank in 9 sum not yet known but believed to be from half a million to a million dollars. To relieve the financial situation the Bank of Montreal has undertaken to pay all liabilities due to depositors and others and take over the good will of the' Ontario Bank, the capital of which is a million and half dollars.

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3,000 Mile Receiver, Tokio, Oct. 12. A graduate of the Tokio school of physics has invented and patented a telephone receiver capable of transmitting sound three thousand miles.

KILLED BV TRACTION CAR FATALITY AT GREENFIELD Wesley Addison, a Well Known Farmer, Did Not Hear Car Approaching on the I. & E, Line, and Drove in Front of It. Greenfield, Ind Oct. 12. (Spl.) Wesley Addison, sixty-five years old, a leading farmer and stock buyer in this county for more than forty years, was instantly Killed this morning near his hpme, east of this city, by an east bound . interurban car on the Indianapolis & Eastern line, due here at S:0S, in the charge of Willard Ulrich, motorman, and Oscar Burk, con ductor. Addison was in a buggy and drove in front of the car. His hearing was bad. On two previous occasions he had narrow escapes from being killed by cars. He leaves a widow and six children. THE SIGNATURES FORGED Hand Writing Experts Testified the Crawford Will Case at Scranton Yesterday. in tP'ibl.'shers Press! Scranton, Pa., Oct. 12. Undoubtedly the salient feature of todays hearing in the Crawford will case was the introduction of a doctors record, showing that J. I. Crawford was in Scranton on December 14, 1004, and not in New York City, at which time and 'place he was alleged by George B. Schooiey, the cousin contesting the will to have written the d3cument now offered for probate. Hand writing experts today testified that the signatures to the will In dispute were forgeries. COMMITTEE HAS PLANS Executive Body of West Provement Association Meeting Last Night. Side Held The executive committee of the West Richmond Civic League met last night at the Baxter school house, in consideration of plans and suggestions' which are to be introduced at the regular meeting of the league Friday night. The committee has several plans for the betterment of tha? district of the city, which, were not made public. The chairmen and committees which, will have their reports read to the body at its next, meeting are: Industries, E. G. McMahan; Public Services, H. L. Glbbs: Public Grounds, and Buildings, C- K. Chase; and Civic Beauty, C. W. King- .

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ENTIRE CITY TO BE DISTRICTED Addition of Another Mail Carrier Will Give Each Postman Changed Route. v' MEANS BETTER SERVICE MAIL ON MAIN STREET TO BE COLLECTED EARLY IN ORDER TO CATCH THE RURAL ROUTES NEVER, DONE BEFORE. Postmaster Spekenhier has redistricted the entire city for the letter carrier force as a result of the addition of a new carrier and none of the force will after next Monday be seen exclusively In his "old haunts." Every route has been changed, more or less with the sole idea of increasing the efficiency of the service. Perhaps the most radical departure, however, which will affect the public Is the order for an early morning collection along Main street from Fourth to Tenth. By this means all mail deposted in boxes during the evening and night "which is intended for rural routes will be collected in time to be distributed among the carriers of these routes. Heretofore all mail deposited in street boxes after 5 o'clock In the evening was not collected the next morning in time to reach the rural routes on that day and consequently laid over in the local office twenty-four hours. The change will meet with approval, especially by business men who have mail matter for their patrons on any of the rural routes out of Richmond. WILL WORK FOR HERMAN Whitewater Degree Team to Initiate Candidates for Sister Lodge Next Thursday. Herman Ixdge of Odd Fellows last night, sent a committee to Whitewater lodge to invite the degree team to confer the first degree on a class of candidates in Herman lodge on next Thursday night. The invitation was accepted and the members of Whitewater lodge as well as the team are invited to be in attenaance. On Friday night, Whitewater team will also confer the first degree in Whitewater this degree during the session of the Grand Lodge at Indianapolis the night of November 20 has stimulated great interest and the team members hope to make a creditable showing. Inquiries About Bonds. Webster Perry the city controller and the members. of the Board of Public Works are daily receiving requests for information concerning the twenty-eight $1,000 bonds .which will be. issued by the city, for raising the neccessary money to improve the city light plant. The bonds will be sold to the best bidder and the sale" will be advertised before hand.

Holds White Sox to No Runs and Two Hits, While Spuds Manage to Get a Score Off "Nick" Altrock.,

AMERICANS WITHOUT A BINGLE FOR SIX INNINGS Brown Saves His Own Game in Last Inning by Great Stop of "Papa" Isbeirsi Stinging Line Drive. ' - , Chicago, Oct 12.Mordecai Brown was a mystery to the Sox batsmen to-j day, and the Cubs captured the fourth.: game of the series by the score of l! to 0. The teams are now tied for1 the world's championship with two victotries each and the club, that wina'4 out will hare to take two of the threo games remaining. The White Sox could do nothing, with Brown. For six innings tho! Cub twlrler held the American Leaguers without a hit and allowed but two safeties during the remainder of the game. Brown's speed was ter-' rific and his control excellent, when, the Sox had men on bases, which was rare. , Cleanest Game of Series. ' The game was by far the most cleanly played of the series. Tha weather conditions were absolutely: perfect and a tremendous crowd turned out to see the game which' practically settled whether the So were to be the world's champions or whether the Cubs were to be back in the race with an even chance. By far the largest attendance of the series turned out, the official report ot the national commission showing that 18,384 people paid to see the game. The receiptts were more than $19,000 The Cubs won by clean hitting. They touched Altrock up for seven safeties and two of these were bunched in the seventh inning, resulting in the only scores of the game. A Great Pitching Duel. For the first six innings Brown and Altrock indulged in one of the great est pitching duels of the year. Brow n was more effective so far as base hits' were concerned, but the Sox south paw tightened up like a clam when the cubs had men on bases and byS clever fielding nipped all threatening; scores. ' - Chance started the seventh withV a Texas Leaguer back of second Steinfeldt put him on second with s1 sacrifice and the Cub manager mov! ed up to third on Tinker's out, Alt' rock to Donohue. Evers came upt needed for a run. He did not hesM tate but leaned against the first ball pitched for a clean single over thirdf scoring Chance with what proved ti be the only run of the game. A Sox Threatened in Eighth. 1 The Sox threatened to tie things up in the eighth. Dougherty, started tlu inning with a single past Kversl Davis tried to sacrifice but Brown by 1 (Continued to Page Two.) Will Visit the Pope. IPubllshers' Press Rome, Oct. 12. Arrangements arm being made for a visit by King Haakon of Norway to the Pope. Tho; 0 " " arranged, but is being pushed as rapidly as possible by a Norwegian preV late attached to the papal household.! The plan has been kept secret thus far lest it be given political signlfly. cance. - - Will Give County Fair. The Ladies Aid Society of the First Lutheran church will give an entertainment on Friday evening, October 19, of next week. The County Fair willbe held, and the different exhibits given at three separate homes. The: Harvest Home will be displayed at Mrs. Geo. Hawekotte's home, the. Art Home with Mrs. If. Kaufman ants the Weighing Way with Mrs. F. Lahrman. School to Reopen. Owing to the fact that the scarlet fever epidemic at Greensfork has abated, the school which was closed a week ago, will reoien on Monday morning. All of the children afflicted I have either recovered or are convalescent. The disease manifested itseIf in mIId form Arrange for Convention. The local doctors met last evening to consider plans for the entertainment of the Sixth District physicians who are to hold their annual convention in this city in January. ; Miss Weaver Better. 3iiss Estella Weaver who was viry seriously burned last Wednesday morning as " a result of her clothing taking fire from a stove. i recovering nicely. -