Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 220, 11 September 1907 — Page 1

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AMTCFM RIG MOTTO A AIMD SUN-TELEGRAM. XOj. XXXII. NO. 220. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTE3IBER 11, 190T. SINGLE COrY, 3 CENTS. FUTURE OF CHAUTAUQUA HANGING Memory of McKinley is Honored at Scene of His Death IIS TIRED OF LIFE HARRY S. RATES, SB. DIES III MIIIIIESOTA ROYALTY IN DISGUISE. AIID DRANK POISON

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li is Apparent That Some Changes Must Be Made in The Plan of Management to Insure Success in Future. PROGRAM COMMITTEE SHOULD BE BUSY NOW. Some Believe the Project Has Reached Its Zenith at Glen Miller Park and Are in Favor Of a New Location. "At a meeting this evening the board Of directors of the Chautauqua Willi wrestle with a peculiar situation which they are confronting. During the past Chautauqua it was quite evident that in order to have a first class program It Is necessary for the program committee to begin at once to book attractions for next year. This year the program committee had a difficult time to secure first class attractions, owing to the fact that most of the platform tal- ' ent had booked all dates before the local committee got busy. This state of affairs was not due to any procrastina tion on the part of the committee, but under the conditions of the articles of Incorporation the committees are not appointed until the first of the year, and as a result not enough time is left for the committee to secure a first class program. It is now the unanimous opinion of the management that more time must be given the committees to accomplish their work, but under the articles of incorporation the new offi cers and committees can not be select ed before the first of the year. The result is that the articles of incorpora- , tion must either be changed or else the association reorganized. In either case It means a great amount of extra work on the part of the stockholders. It is the general belief that a much stronger program . must be arranged for next year if the association Is to continue successfully. One of the officers etates that it Is the general feeling that the program committee must be appointed immediately if a first class program is to be provided for next year. Change in Location. Another matter to be -considered is that of changing the location of the Chautauqua. Apparently, it is the consensus of opinion among those associated with the chautauqua, that the institution has reached its zenith at Glen Miller, and the decline in the number of campers thi3 year is taken as some indication that there will be a decline in Interest if more adequate provisions are not made. j Another trouble that confronts the j association is the securing of men who will accept the offices and devote the necessary amount of time to make it a success. It is stated that there has never been an officer who has served through one year, who willingly ac c-pted an office again. Men are not willing to give their time, neglecting their own personal interests and the at titude is not unreasonable. The public is just as exacting of the officers as Jf they were paid to be accommodating and it Is found that the organization must be put on some more substantial financial basis next year if it succeeds. HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT IS HIGHLUOMMENDED Knights of Pythias Are Well Pleased With It. -ONE MEMBER NOW THERE. At the meeting of Coeur de Uon Sodge, Knights of Pythias, Tuesday evening, Rudolph G. Leeds was elected to fill the unexpired term of master at arms. Omar Woods, who has beea efficiently filling this position, resigned the office as he will soon leave for Denver, and Mr. Leeds was elected to Serve for three months. This places him In line for the office of prelate. Several talks were made which werescommendatory to Reid Memorial hospital for the excellent management of that institution. The lodge has a room at the hospital devoted to Its members and it was reported that patients in the Coeur de Lion room are receiving the best of care. At present there is one member at the hospital. TEACHES AGAIN AT NOBLESVILLE. Clyde Beck will go to Xoblesville, Ind., Friday where he will attend the teachers institute and later will resume his teaching in the Noblesville high school. RESIGNS FROM POOR HEALTH. Hagerstown, Ind., Sept. ll. Rev. E. G. Walk has sent in his resignation as pastor of the Christian church at Campbellstown on account of poor oorj OiesJUW - '

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The magninceni staie mouuiuem. i ; " ;;: , . . . . " " v v A iort i Tr,hn j. Milburn. in whose home President McKinley died, and who is a member of the

' - . i i monument commission, un me ngut MAY SEND VAH ZANT TO MARTINSVILLE It Is Believed He Could Be Benefitted by Treatment At That Place. IS AGAIN IN CUSTODY. THE AFFLICTED MAN WAS AT ONE TIME ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN BALL PLAYERS OF THE COUNTRY. Richard Van Zant, who Is thought to be mentally unbalanced, is again being held at the city jail for sate keeping. It is, probable that he will be sent to the Martinsville sanatarium for treatment as it is thought his con dition can be benefited there. Several of Van Zant's friends have interested themselves in his case and they have decided that it is best to send him to Martinsville for a few weeks in the hope that the treatment there will re store him to his normal mental condi!r. Tf ATrs Van zant consents iu this plan it will be carried out. At police headquarters she talked of having an inquest held over him. Van Zant has been acting peculiarly for some time. Last Saturday evening he became quite violent and so alarmed his mother, Mrs. Weber, and his wife that they had the police take him into custody. Sunday morning, at Mrs. Van Zant's and, the attending physician's request Van Zant was released from the cityjail, where he had worked himself into a frenzy. Sunday afternoon Van Zant asked his wife to go with him to the ball game. She said that she did not want to. He was then seized with another violent spell and seizing a large knife hurled it into a wall. The police were then summoned again but before the officers had arrived Van Zant quieted down and his wife took him, to the ball game. The sport, at which he was formerly such an adept, apparently greatly benefited him. Placed In Custody. Tuesday afternoon about 5 o'clock Van Zant again became vloient ana the members of his family, fearing for their lives, - again summoned the police. When they arrived he appear ed to be in a normal frame of mind but it was thought best to place him in custody. - . : Van Zant about twenty years ago was one of the best known base ball players in the country. After playing ball with various . teams In this part of the country he went to the Pacific coast where as a member-of the San Francisco team in the Pacific Coast league he became the Idol of the fans. Van Zant played third base for San Francisco and several of "the National league clubs endeavored to secure his services but Van Zant preferred to remain on the Pacific coast. He remained there until he retired from base ball. - BOTH HAVE TYPHOID FEVER. Mr. and Mrs. Otoar Wolfe are confined at Reid Memorial hospital, both being ill from typhoid fever.

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1 .- T -Vf A ,U m o --,!- ff Till f f Q lr is jhuco . j. . JAPANESE THREATS TO BURN THE CITY They Plan to Revenge Themselves If Their Property Is Destroyed. WILL PUNISH OFFENDERS. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM VANCOUVER DECLARES BRITISH COLUMBIA MUST BE WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY. Van Couver, Sept. 11. Steps are being taken under instructions from Earl Gray to punish all offenders against the Asaiatics and insure the latter's protection. Japanese are entering the city by hundreds from logging camps and threaten to fire the city if Japanese property is burned. WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY. Ottawa, Sept. 11. Mr. McPherson, M. P., from Van Couver, informed the government that. British Columbia must be a white man's country and unless the Orientals are kept out there would be another Boston tea party. GEN. DRUDE PREPARES TO START CAMPAIGN News of Battle Expected at Any Time. GREAT SLAUGHTER CERTAIN Paris, Sept. 11 Dispatches from Casablanca state that Gen. prude is preparing to start a campaign against the Moors. News of the battle is expected at any time. Artillery will be used, and great slaughter is expected. France will send no reinforcements until later. CORNERSTONE WILL BE : LAID SUNDAY AT 3 P.M Gala Day for Trinity Lutheran Congregation. . THE REV. BAUM TO SPEAK. On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock will take place the laying of the corner stone of Trinity Lutheran church and the occasion will be a gala one for the members of that congregation and friends. The main address will be given by the Rev. M. Lv Baum, of Dayton, O., and an appropriate program, which will be announced later, is being arranged.

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IT WILL TAKE LONG TIME FOR RECOVERY Carol Adams Cannot Be Re stored to Health Under a Year and Perhaps More. WILL ALWAYS BE CRIPPLE. THE BEST TO BE HOPED FOR IS THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO WALK WITH THE USE OF CRUTCHES. (Cincinnati Post.) Little Carol Adams, the 7-year-old Hagerstown (Ind.) boy who was brought to Cincinnati to be operated on for a diseased hip, which has made him a helpless cripple, Is in the Chil dren's hospital, Mt. Auburn. Physi clans say he will have to remain there a year, and possibly three or four. Carol is the little boy who has been trvine to win a pony and cart in a newspaper contest. He was going to sell the pony and cart and use the pro ceeds to pay for the operation. An X-ray examination of his hips showed them both to be in a badly diseased condition. The bone and sock et in the right hip were badly eaten away by the tubercular germ, while the left hip was in such an acute con dition that the doctors deemed it advis able to delay the operation. So, little Carol is waiting in the hospital for the surgeon's knife to re lieve him of his suffering. No matter how successful the opera tion may, be, the doctors say he will always be a cripple. There will be ab solutely no motion in his hips, but he will be able to walk with the aid of crutches. When Carol arrived in Cincinnati ev erything was new to him. He had never seen big. crowds of people, big buildings and street cars. The whole thing worked upon his nerves, and In his feeble condition he cried. When he was placed on the examining table in the doctor's office, he screamed. He has become used to his surroundings at the hospital, how ever, and now takes everything philosophically. , The, assurances that he will be made better make him happy N ' Carol's "trip to Cincinnati was made possible by a Cincinnati woman, who refuses to give, her name. ... She. paid the expenses of the boy and his mother and father for their trip to Cincinnati. In addition she paid the costs of an ex amination by an expert surgeon before the boy was taken to the hospital. NEW FURNITURE GOES IN The - Telephone Building Wiil Soon Be Ready. 1 The firm of Louck and Hill is engaged In installing the new furniture fn the Home Telephone building. The furniture is done in oak and Is of the best. Things will be ready for the transfer of the offices In a short time. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Thursday showers; light variable winds. OHIO Thursday partly cloudy, fresh

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Mrs. Koss White, North

Street, Came Very Near Ending Her Life. A CHANCE TO RECOVER. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE WOMAN'S ACTION WAS DUE TO SOME FAMILY TROUBLE NATURE NOT GIVEN. Tiring of life Mrs. Ross White, aged 37 years, residing in an alley running from North Third street to North Fourth street and between Main and North A strets, drank over an ounce of carbolic acid. Tuesday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock but is still living. Just before noon Mrs. White Decame conscious but as yet she has given no explanation for her act, being too weak to talk. Dr. Robert Hopkins, the attending physician, states that the woman has a bare chance of recovery. He says that the fact that anyone could drink nearly two ounces of carbolic acid and live as long as Mrs. White has, is most remarkable and that the fact that the woman has a chance to re cover makes the case a still more re markable one. "I was astonished that she recovered consciousness," said Dr. Hopkins. Called for Help. Mrs. White lives with her daughter. Mrs.. Merle Carter and her sister, Mrs. Mary Gilbert. Both Mrs. White and Mrs. Gilbert are employed in a Main street restaurant. They go on duty every afternoon about 4 o'clock. Tues day afternoon about 3:30 Mrs. Gilbert was upstairs dressing to go to work. Suddenly she heard her sister call to her in a most agonized manner for help. Mrs. Gilbert rushed down the stairs and as she entered the living room she detected the strong odor of carbolic acid. Rushing into the room she found Mrs. White reclining in a chair, her face distorted with pain. Mrs. White soon passed into merciful unconsciousness and Mrs. Gilbert summoned Drs. Zimmerman and Hopkins. Dr. Zimmerman arrived first and worked with the woman until the arrival of Dr. Hopkins, the family physician, an hour later. Due to Faimly Trouble. Mrs. Gilbert states that there was kept in the house a four ounce bottle of carbolic acid which was used for domestic purposes. At the time of the attempted suicide this bottle was about half full and Mrs. White drank over half of the remaining contents. It is thought she drank from the bottle. Mrs. Gilbert stated to Dr. Hopkins that she thought her sister tried to end her life because of some family troubles, the nature of which she did not disclose. Dr. Hopkins states that Mrs. White's mouth, throat and stomach are terribly burned. CHILD WAS ATTACKED fBY VERY SAVAGE DOG Tot's Face Is Badly Torn While on a Visit. Hagerstown, Ind., Sept. 11. The two nd one-half year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Motto, living southwest of town was severely injured Sunday at the home of Edward Hoover, at which place they were spending the day. Mrs. Hoover had given their dog its dinner and it Is supposed that the baby went up to it while it was eating, enraging the dog, as when they heard the noise the dog was on the child biting at its face, which was considerably torn. How The Vote Stands

BOYS. Carol Adams, Hagerstown -. ..&5,1S2 Anthony Hafner 72.632 Sylvester Hamilton '.. 7C.786 Nathan Mills 29,003 Leo Medearls , '. 16,121 Walter Anderson (Fountain City).., 12,120 Leo King 7,629 Fred Palmer (Williamsburg) 6,618 Russell Brehm - .5,679 Alvin A. Keller ; 4,595 Henry Schneider 4.078 Geo. Weller (R. R. No. 1) ... .. ...... 1.607 Chauncey Eurr 1,548 Earl Miller - 1.033 Howard Hartzler 114 Robert McDaniel 110 Noel Matthews 74 Elmer Colvin - .. .. .. .. 60 Elmer Piohe .. 21 Fred Ward (Lynn) is" Harry P. Thomas (Cambridge City) 10 Francis Brooke (Greensfork) 7 Ralph Gault 6 Feter Lichtenfels 5 GIRLS.

Mary Morrow Mary E. Harmeier ...... Ellen Dickinson Irene Oull (Greensfork) Pearl Rothermal Doris Monroe

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The Baroness de Kovessy, who was Miss Elizabeth Stoddard of Schenec tady, New York, one of the most beau tiful women in America. The marriage to the baron culminated a pretty ro mance. The baron wooed her with out disclosing ttmt he was of noble birth, and while he was working in a shop of an electric company, seeking an education along electric lines. He disclosed the fact that he was a baron only when he replied to the questions asked by the minister, who performed the ceremony. GIFTS WILL BE TAKEN FOR FRIENDLESS HOME The Last Tuesday in October Is Designated. PLUMBING IS DEFECTIVE. At a meeting of the board of manag ers of the Home for the Friendless re cently held. It was decided to designate the last Tuesday in October as dona tion day. On that date all gifts for the home will be received and used In the interests of the home. Some difficul ty was experienced with the plumbing at the new jail and the matter came un der the consideration of the board. In vestlgation showed that the arrange ment of the pipes Is unsatisfactory and their size inadequate and that a cor rection will have to be made. The firm that had the contract for the work disown the responsibility as they state that the work was done according to the plans of the architect. The contractor will Immediately make such alterations as are necessaDELIBERATELY WALKS TO -CERTAIN DEATH Express Train Grinds an Unknown to Death. New York, Sept. 11. In the presence of two hundred people on the platforms of the sub way station on Bleeker street today, a young man walked deliberately In front of an express train and was ground to pieces. There was nothing on the body to establish identity. It is believed he went suddenly insane. WILL MOVE TO FAIRMOUNT. Arthur Ellis to Engage in the Practice of Law. Arthur Ellis, who for the past three years has been a member of the insur ance firm of Dye & Ellis, has sold his interest in the firm and will remove at once to Fairmount where he will join a law firm and resume the study of law. In connection with his read ing, he will conduct an Insurance bus! ness. In Pony-Cart Contest ,.73.907 .44,033 5,223 ,. 3,064 .2.038 ... ........... ..... 75

Well Known Richmond Man Expires at Home of Daugh ter in Minneapolis.

LONG WITH PENNSYLVANIA. FOR FORTY YEARS HE WAS THE LOCAL FREIGHT AGENT WAS MEMBER OF THE ODD FELLOWS AND MASONS. Harry S. Kates, Sr., one of Rich mond's best known and most estimable citizens, died early this morning at Minneapolis, Minn., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. H. Roberts, with whom he had been visiting for the past two months. Death was due to uraeralc poisoning, following an illness which began several weeks ago. It was not until last week, however, that Mr. Kates condition was deemed alarming. His decline since last Friday had been rapid and death was not unexpected, though the announcement comes as a decided shock to the family and a multitude of friends In Richmond. Left Here in July. Early in July Mr. and Mrs. Kalfs went to Minneapolis to spend the summer with their daughter, Mrs. C. II. Roberts, and Mr. Kates, who had not been in robust health for some time, appeared to be much improved during tne early part of his sojourn In the northwest. Even after his more seri ous illness began It was believed that he wrould speedily recover, but his ad vanced age, 7l, probably found him without the necessary powers of recuperation. Last Friday, his son, H. S. Kate, Jr., left for Minneapolis on the receipt of a telegram that hie father's condition was precarious and he was with him until the end. Other surviving children are Mrs. George Shute, residing southeast of Richmond, and Mrs. Thomas Nicholson of North A streeL The body of Mr. Kates will be brought to Richmond for funeral and inter ment, but the definite arrangements have not been announced. Long With Pennsylvania. For a period of forty years Mr. KatM was connected with the Pennsylvania railroad company as the Richmond freight agent. He was an exceptionally capable and faithful servant and he stood high with the business and manufacturing interests with whom he was constantly in contacL SeverAl years ago he was retired by the Pennsylvania on a pension and since then had been living quietly at his home, No. 1220 East Main street. Mr. Kates was a prominent Mason, being a mem ber of Webb lodge, King Solomon's Chapter, and Richmond Commandery. He was a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity also. Socially, as well as In a business way, Mr. Kates possessed many traits of character that endeared him to his large circle of acquaintances and his demise Is a matter of sincere regreL BUILDINGS Ofl SITE OF Y. M. C. A. RAZED Material Will Be Moved Soon As Possible. NO SECRETARY SELECTED. Work of razing the buildings on ttim Y. M. C. A. site has been completed and the old material will be removed as soon as jossible. Work on the excavation will begin within the next two weeks and the contractors can bo at work by the first of the month. As yet the selection of a secretary has not been made public but it Is stated on good authority that one is being; favorably considered. PROSPERITY IS INDICATED.; Pennsylvania Railroad Company Has Prepared a Report. A report just compiled by the spec ial agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad indicates that next year, as well as the present year, will be a prosperous on for manufacturers and railroads. The company has just made a canvass of all the tonnage centers along its system with a view of learning from big shippers what the prospects are for next year. While the report Is not made public, it is said to be very fav orable. The company bases its esti mate on the amount to be expended for Improvements and extensions upon, this reportFIGHTING TAX PAYMENT. The Pennsylvania Railroad will be gin Its fight In court this week against paying taxes on Its right of way through Pittsburg. In the eyes of th City Council this Is valued at $7,000,000. The road has been assessed at this figure, but refuses to settle the bill, which would be in the neighborhood of $100,000. It Is claimed that the right of way has always been exempt from taxation and there is na reason why it should now be tax