Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 266, 23 October 1906 — Page 1

y y ABIUM A. VOL. XXXI. NO, 266. ' Richmond, Indiana, Tuesday Morning, October 23, 1906. Single Copy, One Cent.

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PLACE OF WORSHIP St. John's Lutheran Congre gation Buy Three Lots at Seventh and South E and Will Build at, Once. PRESENT BUILDING TOO SMALL FOR THEIR NEEDS It Will Not be Torn Down However, but Converted Into Lecture 'Hall Site of New Building an Admirable One. The St. John's Lutheran congregation has purchased three lots at the South west corner of South 7th and E 6treets and will erect a handsome new church edifice there. Two of the lots are now vacant but on oue of them there is a brick residence property. This property will probably be moved to some other lot and rented by the congregation. The considera tion for the three lots and the house was $5,000. lne present church building on South Fourth street 'was built fifty years ago and Is much too small for the needs of the congregation which has a membership of nearly seven hundred. The old building will not be torn down however, as the youn people or the cnurcn desire It tor a lecture room, and place for holding entertainments. It will be especially fitted up for that purpose. The lower part of the building is now used for school purposes and it will be con tinued for such. The school now has sufficient room and it will not be enlarged by the change. The architecture, size and value of the new church structure has not yet been determined on, although it will ibe such as to meet the growing demands of the congregation. It will be a great improvement over the present place cf worship and will be a valuable addition to the many fine church structures in Richmond. The site of it is just opposite the South Sevanth street park. This gives the building an admirable location. The Rev. A. J. Feeger and a committee of ehurch members are now busy soliciting funds for building purposes and they are meeting with spledid success. SECRETARY WILSON ON GIANT MERGER Head of Dept. of Agriculture Talks of Proposed Organization of Packers. D0NT THINK IT LAWFUL INTIMATES THAT IF PACKERS PERSIST IN CARRYING OUT THEIR INTENTIONS SOME MAY LAND IN PENITENTIARY. tVimiishers' Press Washington,, Oct. 22. The department of justice is determined to keep In touch with any movements that may be made by the beef packers to affect a consolidation under a foreign holding company. The attorney general today directed that letters be sent to the district attorneys in a number of the states, calling their attenion to the reported efforts at consolidation and instructing taem to Investigate matters closely and to Leep the department of justice posted as to developments. 'Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, when asked for his views of the proposed organization of a gigantic packers trust under an English charter made the following statement: We have a bureau of corporations, whose agents are especially charged v. Uh looking into matters of that kind. '"We haw a department of justice whose machinery was designed to be u?cd in just such "a case as this. "We have v.:r own attorney general to talk to grand juries. '"We have grand juries to listen and to indict. "We have petit juries. "And we have penitrntiaries.Mrs. James Van Zant and father, Mr. Brown, of South 13th street, left Ohio, and several other places.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Unse!tled weather Tuesday, probably rain by night; Wednesday rain, colder; fresh northwest winds. OHIO Unsettled weather, probably rain Tuesday and Wednesday; colder Wednesday; fresh northeast winds. Circulation Yesterday 3321 A Week Ago Month Ago 2827 The Palladium's circulation yesterday showed a gain of 203 over one week ago and 494 over a month ago.' Pretty conclusive evidence that we are correct in stating the Palladium is the most popular newspaper in Richmond and Wayne county as judged by its constantly increasing number of readers. The Palladium has become popular rapidly more on account of its Sunday edition than anything else. Heretofore Richmond newspaper readers have missed out on Sunday as there yas no Sunday paper for them. Now, however, they may have the Palladium on Sunday, filled with interesting reading. Fur. thermore the price of the Palladium seven days a week is no more than the price of the other dailies with only six issues each week. GIVES $100. FOR y.M.CH. FIRST DONATION OF KIND Sunday School Class of Miss Sarah Hill Takes Initial Step in Raising Money for Splendid Institution ' Nine Boys in Class. The Sunday school class of Miss Sarah Hill at the First Presbyterian,

church will raise $100 to give toward school room of the First Presbytera Y. M. C. A. building. Already the 'ian church. Miss Burkhart will speak

students in the class, nine boys, have raised nearly fifty dollars. Miss Hill told her scholars that she would give as much as they did. As the students have nearly raised fifty dollars the fund will soon be turned over to Secretary Brown. The s'um goes di rect to the Y. M. C. A. and not through the church. No entertainments or any method of that kind has been taken by "the students in raising the money. Those in the class are Howard Hunt, Char lie Nye, Philip Robbins, Frank Dick inson, Harry Costello, Mather Kelsey, Raymond Mather, Walker Land, Rust Bowman. Horse Was Stolen! Supt. Jesse Bailey has received a letter from F. J. Hott the sheriff of Van Wert. O., stating that a horse was stolen there, recently and he would like to have the police keep on the lookout' for it here. THIS TAFT, LESS HEAVY

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HENRY W. TAFT, WAR SECRETARY'S BROTHER. Henry W. Taft. brother of the secretary of war. is a prominent New York lawyer with judicial aspirations. He has been a condittate for the New York state supreme court and probably will be again. He resembles his distincuished brother in facial characteristics, but weighs about 150 pounds less. Mr. Taft was graduated from Yale in 1S80 and has practiced in New York since being admitted tothe bar. He belongs to a "government family." his father having been secretary of war, attorney general of the United States and

minister to Austria and Russia .

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FUND IS RAISED May Musical Festival Associ . ation Has Secured $3000 of Their Guarantee. GET SPLENDID SUPPORT FEW THAT ARE APPROACHED HAVE REFUSED TO HELP THE MOVEMENT GUARRANTORS MAY NOT BE CALLED ON. More than $3,000 of the proposed guarantee fund of $4,000 for the Rich mond May Festival has been sub scrioea Dy Kichmond business men and other classes of citizens who are interested in . the undertaking of the Festival Association for next year, Almost without exception signatures to the guarantee list are procured from all persons to whom the list is presented and so flattering has been the result of the work thus far that It would seem that a guarantee of twice the sum could be procured if neces sary. 1 he r estival Association has no doubt that next year's series of con certs will be so successful from a financial standpoint that the guaran tors will not be called upon to make up a deficit, but it is obvious that such a guarantee list is necessary to enable the association to close its contracts with the Theodore Thomas orchestra and the vocal stars who are to be here. Richmond people have something that no other Indiana city, not even Indianapolis, can boast of, in the way of a music festival, and in order to make the annual festival permanent it requires the most liberal support of the people. The low priced season tickets are now on sale are limited to 1,000. It is necessary, therefore, for those who expect to take advantage of this special induce ment, to act quickly as there is every indication that the full number will have been exhausted within the next few weeks. DOMESTIC SCIENCE WORK At Meeting Wednesday Miss Burkhart Will Discuss "The Care of Sick, Rooms" Public Invited. The meeting of the Domestic Sci ence Association for next Wednes day will be held in the Sunday on "Cara of Sick Rooms" with practical demonstrations. The public is cordially invited. . 23-2t. DR. JOHN ELLIOTT TO REACH CITY TOMORROW Dr. John H. Elliott, of New York, who will be at the head of the Richmond evangelistic work for the next few weeks, will reach the city tomorrow. In the evening he will make his first address at the First Presbyterian church. Cottage Prayer Meeting. Grace M. E. Church Cottage prayer meetings will be held in homes as follows: Mr. Cartwright, 350 Randolph street; William Tolliver, 33 N. 5th; Mrs. Dunlop, 30 N. 10th street; Jas. Garver, 406 S. 13th; Mrs. Mary Price, 215 N. loth and P M. Lacy 22 N. 17th. .W. M. Nelson, pastor. AND LESS PROMINENT. . ? "

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In prehistoric days we are told in our time seems to have evolved FINE SERMON DY THE DEV. COLVER He Opened Meeting of Olive Branch Synod at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. 0WER OF CHURCH SHOWN BUSINESS SESSION WILL TAKE UP THIS MORNING MISSION ARY SOCIETY ALSO BEGINS ITS WORK. The meeting of the Olive Branch synod, composed of Lutheran churches in Southern Indiana, in and about Louisville, Kentucky and in and about Nashville, Tenn., began last night at the St. Paul's Lutheran church. The Rev. M. Colver of Middletown, Ind., president of the synod, preached the first sermon. He showed the hold of the church upon the world. The speaker demonstrated that the teachings of Jesus Christ had had greater influence on the hearts and minds of men than any other great force. Last night one hundred and twenty five delegates nad arrived to attend the sessions which will last till Thurs day. . More are expected today. They are being entertained in the homes of the members of the St. Paul's church congregation. At the session this morning reports of the officers will be heard and there will be an election of officers for the coming year. I The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Synod is also holding its annual meeting at the church. Their meeting will take up this morning. Mrs. William Meerhoff of this city will give the address of welcome which will be responded to by Mrs. G. B. Schmidt, of Muncie. Reports of officers will be heard. The program for the remainder of day includes: Afternoon, 1:30 O'clock. Devotional Service Mrs. G. the E. Harsh. Oxford, Ohio. Half hour with Olive Branch Auxiliaries Mrs. Emma Crivel, . Historian, presiding. Half hour Literature, Committee Mrs. Ida Beecher, Louisville. A Model Thank Offering Meeting Auxiliary First Church, Richmond, Ind., Mrs. H. C. Hieger. Evening. Address Mrs. K. B. Schaffer, Secretary Executive Committee. Music St. Paul's Choir. Address Rev. S. J. McDowell, Field Secretary Home Missions. MUST DO TIME IN. THE PEN FOR COUNTERFEITING New York, Oct. 22. George F. Boynton, who was arrested In August last charged with having in his pos- ! session dies for the making of counJterfeit dollar silver pieces of the Venjzuelan government, today pleided. guilty in the United States Circuit Court of Judge Thomas, who imposed a sentence of six months imprisonment in the Kings county penitentiary and a fine of $500.

A STUDY IN EVOLUTION. that strange-looking, puffing, snorting into the speed-mad autoist.

PANHANDLE WON'T LIGHT EAST YARDS Electric Plant to be Installed Won't be Large Enough TorThar Purposer DYNAMOS COMING SOON TWO WILL BE INSTALLED ALTHOUGH BUT ONE WILL BE USED AT A TIMECHANGES WANTED AT CAR SHOPS. According to Supt. Neff of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania railroad, the dynamos and equipment for the new Pennsylvania light plant in this city will arrive in the course of a few days. Mr. Neff stated that two dynamos would be nstalled, one being used exclusively for reserve purposes, in case of accident to the other. The plant will be installed in one corner of the shops. It however; will not furnish the light for the east end yards as was announced, for Supt. Neff stated yesterday that the distance was too far and that the road had several other Improvements which it would make, at the East End yards before the electric system was run there. He has asked the higher officials to move part of the shops on Aortn f ourteenth street, to tne yards so that repairs on cars and such can be done there with greater convenience. ' FORMER RICHM0NDITE AFFECTED BY RULING By the ruling of the National Civil Service ' Commisson, all' of the employes of the Kansas City Post postoffice, S0O in number are placed upon the civil service list. This includes one of Rchmond's young men, Guy W. Lodwick, who has been private secretary to Postmaster Harris of that city for "more than four years. Mr. Harris has still nearly four years to serve and when a new postmaster is appointed he has no power to remove any of those in oifice. Mr. Lodwick passed the civil service examination last spring almost at the top of the list, and under this new order is peprmanently appointed to his present position. A HORSE IS MISSING; ROBBERY IS SUSPECTED Ed. Thistlethwaite. residing on the Asylum road, had three horses to escape from his pasture Sunday night and only two of them have been recaptured. Mr. Thistlethwaite is quite alarmed over the disappearance of the other horse, as it was the best one that he had. He i3 of the opinion that the horse has been stolen. He reported the matter to the police yesterday but as yet nothilg has been heard of the whereabouts of the stray animaL

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LITTLE INTEREST III THE CAMPAIGN Secretary Shaw Returns From Tour and Makes Report to the President INDIANA IS VERY DULL PEOPLE ARE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN AFFAIRS AND DO NOT WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH POLITICS. Publishers Pressl Washington. Oct. 22. Secretary Shaw, ran into Washington yes terday for a business and political rnn ference with the President. He has been on the go as a speaker for four weeks, and has been in most of the Northern States. "I never saw such Iethary .before. he said. "There is not much interest in politics anywhere. I am not able to say whether this . applies , solely to Republicans, but I am Inclined to think it does not. The audiences are smaller than ever before. The peo ple are busy with their own" affairs and evidently do not want to be bothered about politics. Dull Campaign in Indiana. "I found , this particularly true in Ohio and Indiana, and In other states west, of the Allegany mountains. There is more interest, of course In New York and Pennsylvania, but taking the country as a whole, the campaign is not attracting any atten tion. " The Secretary says he sees no rea son to suspect that there is any pos sibility of the Republicans losing the national House of Representatives. Secretary "" Taft" said today that he would not be able to accept an Invi tation to speak in Indiana. ASKED TO WATCH FOR TWO STOLEN PONIES Superintendent of police Bailey was yesterday notified by the authorities of Indianapolis to keep a sharp lookout for a team of 'ponies which were stolen from E. D. Logsden of Indi anapolis. One of the ponies is gray while the other white. The descrip tion states that tliey are about fcurteen years old and weigh about eight hundred pounds. - Geo. White Visiting Here. Geo. E. White of Chicago, and who has many friends in this city Is here for several weeks visitng frends. Mr. White i3 connected with a large publishing house in Chicago. Cottage Prayer Meeting. First M. E. church will hold Cottage prayer meetings tonight at the following homes: W. P. O'Neal, SG S. 16th street; Mrs. F. Lombard, 111 S9th street; Mrs. T. Briggs, 524 N. 16th street; E. K. Shera, 1317 N. C street; T. M. Ridenour, 316 KInsey streeL Friends and neighbors are cordially invited. - -

RECKLESSNESS OF COMPANIES DUE TO EXCESSIVE RATES

State Insurance Investigating Committee Makes Report Particularly Scathing to State Life Company. DENOUNCE VAN LANNIGHAM AND HIS FINANCIERING Contracts With Him Are Held to be Fraudulent Stricter Laws and Stronger Insurance Department Needed. Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 22, (Spl.)The cost of life insurance to the public is too high. Tho present premium rates for insurauce are eo much in excess of needs as to permit of extravagant management of companies, theft of their funds, -diversion of profits and other great abuses without rendering the companies Insolvent. Indiana insurance companies, like rnanv comnanies of other states, have been guilty, of extravagances and abuses, though they have maintained solvency. There "Is no real difference in essentials between insurance business and any other business and no reason why it should not be conducted on a sound, economical basis, according to definite principals. Indiana should not seek to protect home companies that are guilty of abuses, but should, by stricter laws and better supported In surance department, foster insurance on a sound basis and bring to this state business that has been going to companies of other states. These are in substance 4he general conclusion of the investigation committee which has been at work in the State Auditor's office since last April, looking into the business of mutual and stock life insurance companies of. Indiana. Fraternal and assessment' organizations were " not touched on by, the committee, which, however, holds that there Is urgent need of a thorough examination of them. , The committee consists, of Warren Picler. Auditor, ex-offirln member, and James W. Noel and vhiuuii it. luroorow. us reports of facts and recommendations cover 300 typewritten pages, together with thirteen bulky exhibits. Not Peculiar to Indiana. "We make criticism,"-, says tho committee, 'of some of the practices in which Indiana companies have In-: dulged In In their Intoxicated effort to get volumes of business. Some ol these practices will work lasting but not irreparable injury to the com-, panies. Others will work out tern-1 porary embarrassment. Excessive Cost of Insurance. The conclusion that the cost of ln' surance to the public Vis too high is based on the" reasons that the ex; penses of management are generally excessive; tht investments, as a rule yield more than required in the calculation of insurance rates; and that the old mortality tables used show a greater ratio of deaths than actually, occur under present conditions. Annual Dividend Law Urged. One of the main recommendations of the committee is to guard against the temptations created by a great surplus by passage of a law requiring that the surplus be distributed to the. policy holders annually either in cash (Continued to Page Eight.) A GREAT OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Movement is to be Launched at Convention of the Church in Indianapolis Next Month Those Who Are Behind it. , Publisher' Press I Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 22. A movement toward the formation of a world wide Presbyterian brotherhood along the lines of the Episcopal Broth erhood of St Andrew will be inaugu rated at the Presbyterian convention to open here November 14. The Rev. John Balcom Shaw of the Second' Presbyterian church of Chicago and President Andrew Stevenson of the Presbyterian Young Men's Union, who have been active in the prelimi nary work, .will launch the movement " 0LICE BALL COMES NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT The policemen's ball comes next Thursday night. II will be held In the' Coliseum as is customary , and gives promise of being a greater event than ever before. Renk's or chestra will furnish the music. The grand march which is to be a feature will begin at nine o'clock

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