Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 235, 28 September 1907 — Page 1

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HP RIG MOOT CD A AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICII3IOXD, IXD., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1907, SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. VOL,. XXXII. NO. 235.

FOREIGN MISSIOIIS CONSIDERED BYTHE

INDIANA MEETING There Is an Apparent Apathy Remarked on Among the Members in Reference to The Work in Mission Field. MONEY IS SECURED TO AID INDIANA BOARD, American Friends' Board of Submit" Foreiqn Missions ted Its Report The Sunday School Interests.

PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY. 8:30 and 10:00 a. m. Meetings for Worship. 2:00 and 7:30 p. m Meetings for Worship.

6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. Members of the Indiana yearly meeting, Friday afternoon were thor oughly acquainted with the status of affairs concerning both the Indiana yearly meetln foreign mission board. also the work which has been done during the past year hv the 'American Friends' board of foreign missions. Missionary topics as a whole were dlscuss-ed with a fer vor and earnestness which was large ly responsible for the success in rais ing a large donation, to be used by the Indiana yearly meeting board of foreign missions, to place 1 once more out of debt, and on a good working basis. The Rev. Alfred Ware asked the yearly meeting for $5,000, a sum which the Indiana board needs very much. A laree amount of this was i raised, the largest donors being Morris White, who subscribed $200 in be half of his own monthly meeting in Cincinnati and H. Johnson or tnis cuy who gave $100 to the cause. There were many lesser suDscriptions. Apparent Apathy. Previous" to raising the money for the yearly meeting board, B. Johnson and E. G. Hill members of the board, made short addresses In which they described the apparent apathy of the Friends of the Indiana yearly meeting in coming up to their duties along foreign mission subjects. Mr. Johnson said that owing to the slowness of the Friends in contributing to the Indiana yearly meeting foreign mission work, which is being conducted in Mexico, tho board had been obliged to go into debt to meet the current expenses. The missionaries had to be paid he said and the mission stations maintained and to do this the board needed money. He pleaded to the generosity of the Friends to aid In the cause. Mr. Hilt said that since the Mexico mission work was originally started by the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends that they should show greater interest In the work conducted there, and if they were not willing to give their time to the work, their means surely should be forthcoming. Rev. Ware in his address -'told the Friends that they should think more of giving and not confine their sole attention to the growing of good crops and along business lines. Lydla Pike, who for the past five years has been the yearly meeting's representative at the mission station Matamoros. Mexico, is now home on a years leave of absence. She in her talk to the meeting, said that the people of Mexico needed a guiding liand as thousands were bound down by superstition brought about by their religious faith. Emma Reader, will soon leave for Matamoros, Mexico, where she will begin her mission duties. She is new In the work. Has Used $11,0C0. The Indiana yearly meeting board of missions In Its report, through Lavina Stephens, said that during the past year $11,000 has been used by the board in foreign mission work. This amount was given by the Indiana yearly meeting and averages 54 f cents to each member of the yearly meeting. The quarterly meetings gave more this year than they did last. The Indiana board Is now supporting a new Bible reader in Japan who is do ing a good work. Speakers in commenting upon the rrpert of the mission board said that the average amount given in the Indiana yearly meeting to each person, should be mnch higher. The yearly meeting board asked for $1,500, to aid in carrying on the work next year. The General Board. The twelfth annua! report of the American Friends board of foreign missions was a very comprehensive one and submitted in pamphlet form. Work Is now being carried on in Mexico, Cuba, Japan, Palestine, China, India Jamaica, Alaska, Guatemala and Africa. The work done by the missionaries during the past year has been a great one, and hundreds of pagans were lead to a knowledge of the religion of the Quakers. The largest Friends church is one In Alaska, and numbers 1,100 people. There are nine ty-one missionaries in the field this year, There has been an increase of f 19,000 in the missionary funds gathred during the yearly meeting year

Made Victim

At the top is a picture of Count Lea Tolstoi, whose home was attache3 dur ing: his literary jubilee. Below Is a photo of his daughter Marie Tolstoi, and a picture of his residence at Yasnaya, Jfaiayna, near Moscow, wnicn was attacked on the 17th and 18th by I the Peasants or whom he had dont much good.' l t close African Industrial mlsI ,ong th? newest Drancn of the Quak er miSsjon work i3 progressing rapidly I according to report and the natives are receiving much enllghtment from the hands of the Friends. In speaking of foreign missions Bunji Kidi made a fervent appeal for missionaries to his own country. The doors of the East cannot be unlocked until Japan is first enlightened he said, and as the eyes of the world are on Japan, other pagan countries can neither be influenced till greater strides are made in Japan. The Quakers as a whole are taking a more lively interest in mission subjects the board said in Its re port. The Bible Schools. Friday night the . general epistle from the London yearly meeting was read and told of the work accomplish ed by that body during the past ear. Work in England Is progressing. Better Sunday schools were advocated when the general discussion of Rahhath schools came up for discus sion Friday night. The Sunday schools of the present time are efficient but modern ideas of Babbath school work, those which have proven so successful in other churches, should be ' more - adopted by the Friends church. It was agreed that the teachers should league themselves together in their individual meetings and as a whole to better perfect the Sunday school work in the Friends church. The address Friday night was delivered by the Rev. Morton Pierson, a Friend pastor of Indianapolis. He spoke interestingly of Friends mission work. He until a few months ago was a missionary. NED HIATT IS AT HOME. Connected With Some Large Enterprises in the West. Ned Hiatt, a former well known young man of this city, has returned from the-estern mining region where he is consulting engineer for a large company and director in another. He is doing nicely in the West. He Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam F. Hiatt, 1116 North D street. Ministers of Indiana Are Assigned to Richmond pulpits will be occupied by ministers attending the Indiana Yearly meeting, Sunday, following the custom originated several years ago. The assignments of ministers follows: Yearly Meeting House 10:00 a. m. Chas E. Tebbetts of California; Elizabeth Bevan Rutter, England: 2,-00 p. m Harry R. Keats, Isabella Kenworthy; 7J2Q, Rhoda N. Hare, John Kitterell. In the stands Fred Tarmohlen. Levi J. Pennington. Hiram S. Wollam, Jacob Baker and others. First Presbyterian lOulO, Oliver Frazer; 7:30, Chas. E. Tebbets. Second Presbsterlan 10:30, W. P. Angel; 7:30. Earl J. Harold. Reid Memorial 10:3o. Harry Keats; 7:30, Chas. RepJogle. R.

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SECOND TRIAL ENDS III A DISAGREEMENT Jury in the Alonzo Kepler Assault Case Again Agrees To Disagree. STOOD NINE TO THREE. KEPLER WILL BE TRIED A THIRD TIME, IT IS STATED, AND PER HAPS NEXT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. The second trial of Alonzo Kepler, charged with assault and battery on Mrs. Laura Evans, a Cuban woman who is the wife of William Evans, a gardener living south of the city, end ed again in the jury agreeing to dis agree. The case went to the jury Fri day afternoon about 2 o'clock and all Friday night the jury ballotted with out result in an effort to reach a ver diet. This morning at 8:30 o'clock the jury filed into the city court and the foreman announced, that the jury had been unable to reach a verdict. Judge Converse then discharged the jury. It is stated that the jury took over twenty-five ballots in an effort to reach an agreement on a verdict. The first nine or ten ballots, it is stated, stood nine for conviction and three for acquittal. The next four or five ballots resulted in eight votes for con viction and four for acquittal. Th? final ballot the vote stood the same as in the first ballot. , It is. a peculiar fact that the jury in the first trial also stood nine to three for conviction. Case Was Hard Fought. The case was a hard fought one. Fri day afternoon Mr. Robblns mace a brilliant argument" for the defendant and was followed by an equally brilliant argument by Mr. Johnson for the Yearly Meeting Richmond Pulpits. First M. E. 10:30, Chas. E. Hiatt; 7:30, Daisy Barr. Grace M. E. 10:30, John F. Hanson; 7:30. Millie Lawhead. Third M. E. 10:3O, Isaiah Jay; 7:30, Milo Hinkle. First Baptist 10:30. Richard Haworth; 7:30. J. Arthur Wollam. First Christian 10:30, Luke Woodard; 7:30. Thos. E. Williams. United Brethren 10:30, Bunyi Kidi; 7:30, Esther Cook. St. Paul's Lutheran 7:00. Alfred T. Ware. North A Street Friends 10:30, Chas. Whitely; 7:30, Jacob Baker. ML Moriah Baptist 10:30. Ira G. Carter; 7:30, Tennyson Lewis. Wesleyan Methodist (Colored 10:30, James and Marguerite Carter; 7:30, Gerviu Carey. (

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prosecution. Mr. Study for the defense and Prosecutor Jessup made their arguments, which were most effective and eloquent ones, in the forenoon. -Mr. Bobbins accused Mrs. Evans of being a sensationalist. He stated that if Mrs. Evans had been of the modest, retiring disposition that her attorneys had depicted her, she would never have courted the publicity that the two sensational trials have brought to her. He demanded of the jury if It was possible or probable that a man of unquestioned virtue would be seduced by a woman of as plain appear ance as Mrs. Evans. He also pointed out to the jury that the tale told by Mrs. Evans on the witness stand was unsupported by corroborating evidence He stated that she was a Cuban woman of Spanish descent, not a negress, and that her proud Latin blood had been violently stirred when Kepler told her that he would have no further connec tion with the real estate deal because he did not wish 'to be responsible for moving a colored family into a white nclahborhood. This statement, said Mr. Robblns, aroused Mrs. Evans' an! merits-. Prose citor Jessup states that Mr, Kepler will be brought to trial for a third time and it Is probable that when the case is called again it will be heard in the circuit court. Mr. Kepler in tends to fight the case to the highest court if necessary. JOSEPH HICKEY INJURED Fell From a Ladder While Do ing Some Painting. Joseph Hickey, of West "Richmond, was severely bruised this morning in an accident while employed in paint ing the windows of St. Andrew's Cath olic church. He was , on a ladder about twenty feet from the ground. when a board broke ar.d allowed him to fall. No bones were broken and Mr. Hickey was able to go to his nome. MQTORMAN WAS KILLED Two Passengers Injured Electric Car Crash. in Toledo, O., SepL 2S A motonnan was .killed and two passenger injured this morning in the collision af a freight and passenger car on the Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Electric line near Elmore. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Sunday fair, fresh to brisk south winds shifting to northwest. OHIO Sunday fair; cooler in east and south portions; fresh to brisk south winds.

FATAL ACCIDENT III

mi ritmirmirr dapc mi LnuunHiibL mii G. W. Smelser. Driver. Has His Skull Fractured at Morris Park, N. Y. AUTO GOES IMTO FFNPF SEVERAL OF THE SPECTATORS WERE ALSO INJURED MA CHINE TURNED COMPLETELY OVER WHEN IT STRUCK. New York, Sept 2S. G. W. Smelser, driving a Lozier car in the 21-hour en durance race at Morris Park today, crashed through the outer fences on the three-auarter mile turn and into the crowd. Smelser's skull was frac tured and he is dying in the Fordhaia hospital. John Clark, a spectator, was hit by the car and injured, but may recover. A boy was also struck and half a dozen other spectators were injured The machine turned completely over after crashing through the fence. The accident created a panic among the crowd. RATrK IflSFS Milling Finds the Rtcina Game Not Profitable One. New York, Sept. 28. "John W. Gates has lost two millions at the racing game, and there Is no man can beat it," declared C. E. Durnell, noted turf man and bettlnc agent for Gates. He says he will leave the game alone. FIVE HUNDRED LETTERS ARE SENT TO FARMERS Information Wanted as Their Willingness. to PLANT IS IN PROSPECT. Secretary Edgar M. Haas, of the Commercia club, " torwa'geJ?urea circular iciueis iu launcm icdiu ing near Richmond, asking them whether or not they will be willing to furnish a certain acreage of tomatoes and cabbage eacn year to De usea Dy a prospective pulping station and krauting plant desiring to locate in Rich mond. It is expected that there will be a liberal response to the letters, which were mailed Friday. TO ASK BIG SOME FOR ALLEGED ALIENATION Charles HenrV Gilman Threatening a SUlt. COREY THE DEFENDANT. New York, Sept 28 Charles Henry Gilman. father of Mabelle Gilman Corey, has announced that suit will be instituted against Ellis Corey, asking $250,000 damages for the alleged alien ation of the affections of the ex-actress from her father. MONUMENTS INSPECTED - The Vicksburg Commission Has Made No Choice. At a meeting Friday at Indianapolis members of the Vicksburg Monument commission decided that on or about Nov. 5 they would visit the Vicksburg field and look over th sites that have been selected for the various Indiana monuments to be placed on the spots occupied by the Indiana regiments during the siege. The commission Inspected several de signs for monuments submitted by H. L. Ogborn, of Indianapolis, but will adopt none of them until J. W. Sale of Ft. Wayne, a member who could not be present, has seen them. Mr. Sale will inspect the designs Monday. The commission has $33,GX to be apportioned among the various regiments. CONTROLS BOTH HOTELS. New Castle Now Has a Trust In This Line. New Castle, Ind., Sept. 2S A deal was closed Friday by wnicn me Greater New Castle Hotel company, ' , , , "v. " " ' control of the Imperial Hotel, opned by Cicero Bailey, and operated by Frank Bundy. By the terms of the deal both will be under one management, that of Frank Bundy, and the same accountant and buyer, C. C. Lamme. The change will be effective next Tuesday when Bundy takes charg J

EHGLEBERT RELEASED

FROM FT. LEAVENWORTH Probable That He Will Arrive Here Sunday. HEALTH SAID TO BE POOR. T. Dan Englebert. a former local postal carrier was to have been releas ea iruin iuc unuwj omies i'"suu "k Ft. Leavenworth. Kan., today, his term for rifling the mails at the local postoffice having expired. Englebert received a commutation in sentence of seventy-two days, owing to his pood behavior while at Ft. Leavenworth Englebert during his confinement wa a model prisoner. Constant chafin under confinement, coupled with the great mental worries arising from hi situation, however, have played havoc with his health, it is said. Englebert may arrive In Richmond Sunday. AGED COUPLE ARE SEEKING LICENSE Marion Wallack and Rache Robbins, 65 and 74, Respectively, Would Wed. REFUSED BY CLERK PENNY THEY WERE ALSO REFUSED LICENSE AT COVINGTON, KY. A CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING MAY BE MADE. , Cambridge City, Ind., Sept. 28 Marion Wallack, aged 65, of this city and well known throughout the coun ty, was refused a license yesterday at Covington, Ky., to marry Miss Rachel Robblns after he was refused a ii cense by County Clerk renny at Richmond the day before. Miss Robbins is 74 and incapable, Is under guardian's care and this is the reas on for the refusal of the license. Wal lack and his intended will 'scour the state of Kentucky using his declara tion, 'until he secures the necessary papers that will make her his lawful "r 7i ' - "i," 7, napping will undoubtedly bo brought against him as the relatives and guardian are determined to protect her. Miss Robblns owns an estate that ,a valued at over f 20.000. DR. M'CORMACK LECTURE He Will Speak in Richmond on October 11. "Something About Doctors That Doctors and Other People Ought to Know" will be the subject of an ad dress to be delivered by Dr. J. N. Mc Cormack of the American Medical as I fcuciciLiun. at iu5 r list i nsuj luiau church Friday evening, Sept. 11, at 8 oclock. The public Is Invited. NO SELECTION IS MADE p j- p;rrp pnnr(j UpA neaQ,n9 WrCie DOarQ neiU a Meeting at Indianapolis. A meeting of the Teachers' and foung People's Reading circle board was held in Indianapolis Friday. The board Is composed of prominent edu cators of the state, who meet to select a series of books for the teachers and pupils of the public schools to read during the long winter evenings. The books that are being selected this year will be used during the winter of 10OS-0. The board will select twenty books for the pupils and two for the teachers. No definite selections were made, MISTAKES CONTENTS FOR JUICH1F GRAPES Clinton Routh Badly Burned By Red Seal Lye. DRANK A PORTION OF IT. Clinton Routh, a well known resident of West Richmond, does not like Red Seal lye, at least not as a beverage and the reason for it is simple. One day this week Mrs. Routh prepared some grape juice for the purpose of making jelly and when she was through with the work, put water In the large kettle " . and with it some lye in order to remote the traces of the grapes. While be was 7 from hoe- Mr- Routl1 came in and mistaking the contents of the kettle for grape Juice, drank a portion of It and was severely wirnea. A physician was cauea ana reuevea aim as much as it was possible. ,

HE WANDERS ABOUT THE COUNTRY SEEKING HIS AFFflllTV

John Vincent, a Middle Aged Man, Writes a Burning Letter to a Local Young Woman, Unknown to Him HAS DRAGGED HIS WIFE FROM PLACE TO PLACE. It Now Appears That Vincent Is an Escaped Patient From An Insane hospital and Is Also Guilty of Bigamy. John Vincent, a middle aged man. It held at the city jail for safe keeping. It is believed the man is Insane and an inquest will be held over him in all probability. Mrs. Vincent states that her husband when a youDg man was adjudged insane and sent to the Western Insane hospital. West Virginia. She states that he escaped from this institution and shortly afterwards married her. Mrs. Vlnceut also states that on last Monday she also learned for the first time that her husband had been married to a Tennessee woman before he was confined in the Insane hospital and that he had never been divorced from her. In a document found on Vincent Friday when he was taken Into custody, it is stated that this first wife secured a divorce from him on the grounds of desertion. Vincent is a man of a wandering, restless disposition. Since a young man he has been searching for his soul's affinity but, according to Mrs. Vincent, he has never been able to locate it definitely. During the ten years of their married life, during which time nine children, seven of whom are now dead, were born to them, Mrs. Vincent states that Vincent has moved with her and the children from town to town. In each place where their wanderings have led them. Vincent has discovered his soul's affinity. Writes Burning Letters. Each tlmo Vincent discovered an affinity ho would Bend to her an epistle which scorched the paper with its phrases of burning passion. In sev eral instances these affinities had Vincent placed In durance vile. Such was the case in this city. It Is known that two young ladies of prominent families have been the objects of Vincent's fickle fancy. Friday Vincent entered the home of one of thc young ladies and handed to her a com munication in which the young woman was addressed as "light of my life and by other fervent titles. Sh slammed the door In Vincent's face, telephoned to her brother who had Vincent arrested. Tho young woman destroyed the letter after having read only a few lines. Mrs. Vincent called at police head quarters this morning to boo her hus band. She Is of a deeply religious na ture. "When a young man my hus band had splendid characteristics. I never knew all the circumstances connected with his life until last Monday when he told me that he had been previously married to a woman In Tennessee and that ho had never se cured a divorce from her. He also told me that he was at the time of our marriage In 1897 an escaped inmate of the Western Insane hospital of West Virginia. You can imagine the shock I received when I learned for the first time that I was not le gally married," said Mrs. Vincent. Call to the Ministry. When a young man John received a call to the ministry but he disobeyed it. He is now suffering as anyone will who disobeys God s commands. Since our marriage we have wander ed from place to place. Just as we would become settled In one town John would take me end the children and move to another place. Perhaps he did this to escape from his con science perhaps he wished to remain n hiding from the Insane hospital authorities. In many places John was arrested for making love to women who for the time being caught his ' fancy. You never can Imagine th sufferings I have gone through with during the ten years of my married life. Seven of our nine children are now dead. Whatever you say in ths; paper about this case be charitable for my two little daughters must bear the brunt of their father's actions.' Believes it Is Conscience. Apparently Mrs. Vincent does not believe her husband to be mentally unbalanced. She thinks that he is suffering actuely from his conscience and that he will recover. In a suit case belonging to Vincent was found his autobiography. It is the sketch of man who has led common place, wandering life, dating back as far as 1S85. There is also a fervent letter to his first wife in which he Informs her that she still loves him and that she should come back to him. The remainder of the letter is tleeply rellg-

ontinued on Pae Six.).