Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 79, 4 May 1908 — Page 1

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ELEVEN GIVE LIVES OH ALTAR OE FIRE DEMON SIX ARE STILL MISSING AND TWELVE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED AS RESULT OF BLAZE WHICH GUTTED THE AVELIME HOTEL, ONE OF FT. WAYNE'S WORST FIRE TRAPS, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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KILLED IN THE L T In Their Frenzy Some of Them Jumped From High Windows to Brick Pavements Far Below Them. WORK OF RESCUE IS EXCEEDINGLY SLOW. Charred Wood, Bricks and Twisted Girders in the Ruins Presents Obstacle Hard To Overcome. MANAGEMENT IS BLAMED. JNSTEAD OF TURNING IN ALARM IT IS CLAIMED CHEMICAL AP PARATUS WAS SENT FOR, CAUSING DELAY OF DEPARTMENT. CORONER TO INVESTIGATE. He Will Immediately Inaugurate a Probe Which Is Expected to Fix The Blame All Ft. Wayne Is in Vlourning for Dead. Fiirt Wayne. Tnd., May I. Tho report from tho latent estimato of the deaths in tho d'saster whicli destroyed the Hotel Aveline. made this afternoon places tlie total at eleven. Hix are missing ami twelve are seriously injured. It is Relieved this last report is t lie nearest authentic of any previously sent on. Tho hotel register was consumed ly the fire and there is no accurate means of determining who is missing. The complete destruction of the interior of the hotel makes the work of recovering the bodies a difficult task. iA confused heap of charred wood, 1rieks and twisted girders is piled up between the walls to the sec ond story. J riece hy piece this must he removed before the roll of the dead can he com-, jdeted. Some of the bodies taken out pre mangled and charred beyond description. Infantry Company I and flattery R, of the National Guards, are rn duty and aiding the fire and police forces clear away the debris. The fire was discovered at :'.::;o a. m.. jn the elevator shaft hy .Night Clerk lla'ph Hopkins. He rushed to the tipper floors alarming the guests, until Ihe flames, which had spread with threat rapidity, drove him back. His efforts, however. saved many lives. The hotel was erected half a century Itgo, and the woodwork was dry as tintier. It burned like matchwood and Within a few minutes from the time the fire was discovered, the whole interim" ef the hotel was a mass of flames, ami the only means of escape left was by the windows.. The fire department rescued many V'.v means of ladders, hut some, frenzied by the rush of flames, leaped from the windows to the street. K. S. Johnson of Pan a. 111., jumped from the fifth storv. His body struck (i balcony and Nninded far into the street. He was badly crushed and died shortly afterward in St. Joseph's liospital. As the flames increased men ami votnen were seen in the windows of their rooms imploring for help. Some did not wait for the assistance of Mho firemen, but leaped to the street. Those vho left their looms before the flames oil off their ret reat were able to make their way to the tire escapes and were paved with comparative ease. Thrilling Escapes. There were many ihril'.ing escapes. "Claude H. Yarnell. of the Ft. Wayne base ball team: his sister. Mrs. John Hendricks and John Hendricks, of Chicago, manager of the Ft. Wayne team. Varely escaped with their lives. Varnell lost all of his persotiat.'elongings valued at several thousand dollars. Hendricks, with his wife ahead of him. find his son in his arms, started down Hie fire escaue from the fifth floor. At

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VICTIMS OF AWFUL FT. WAYNE HOLOCAUST

The Dead BAXTER. FRANK ..Auburn. Ind. BURKETT, MISS MAY Mishawaka, Ind. DEVINEY, J. W Philadelphia ELLIS. E. J Chicago HATHAWAY, MISS SARAH.. Mishawaka, Ind. HIRSCH, MORRIS Chicago JOHNSON. ROB'T S. . Pana, III. MILLER. J. B Philadelphia PITCHER. W. A Duiuth, Minn. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN. Some of the Injured. BELL, N. H.. Fort Wayne. Ind., head burned. BLACK, MISS ANNA, Fort Wayne. housekeeper, lace and hands burned. FALLS, CHARLES. Columbus. O.. head and body burned, bruised in jumping. CAMPBELL. LYMAN. Chicago, seriously hurt in escaping from the building. MATHEWS. E. M.. Columbus. O., body severely huriicd. MEHAN. MISS MARGARET, waitress, burned about bod. METH. A. M.. Pittshurc, Pa., head and face burned. NADEAU, MISS AGNES, head waitress, three ribs broken in fall, slightly burned, O'DONNELL. F. C. Detroit. Mich . arms broken in fall. PHILLIPS, F. C. Calumet. Mich., face burned. SILL, GEORGE A.. Philadelphia, Pa., head out. fare and hands burned. The Missing ATTY. E. B., Wahash, Ind.. 1 raveling salesman for New York firm. BENJAMIN, CHARLES. Detroit, Mich., salesman for Detroit Neckwear company. 21 years old. unmarried. WASSEM. MAX. Fort Wayne. Ind.. athlete, formerly lived in St. Louis. the third floor the fire broke out below them at the turn in the iron stairs. He swim? Mrs. Hendricks over the railing of the third floor platform and she dropped to the platform of Ihe story below, thus avoiding the blaze-swept (Continued on Page Four.) E IS Intends to Fight Thaw's Release to Very End for Personal Reasons. THAW THREATENED HIM. Pouiihkoepsio. May 1. Opposition is planned by District Attorney Jerome to thxvart Harry Thaw's ricltt for liberty which hetdns today. It is said that it is because Thaw threatened to settle matters personally with the prosecutor duriuK the last trial. Jerome is also of the tniyieidiiiff opinion that Thaw is still insane. Thaw has arrived from Mattea wan looking splendid. POTTER ATTENDS TRUSTEES' MEETING Date for State Convention. December 16th. Charles Porter, township trti.-tee. attended a tpee-inc ,,f the executive committee of the S:ate Trustees' Association at Indianapolis yesterday. Mr. Potter is chairman of the committee. It was decided to hold the annual convention Dt comber in ai Indianapolis. It is probable a; this time a legislative committee will be appointed which will endeavor to brins about legislation of benefit to the t rustees. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Rain Monday night, clearing Tuesday, increasing east to northeast winds. OHIO Rain Monday night and probably Tuesday, increasing winds.

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. litz'SrSi MISS ELINOR WILSON. Miss Wilson is a daughter of Cener;tl Harrison Wilson, of Delaware, one of the most dashing Cavalry leaders in the Union Army durintr the Civil War and who also figured in the Spanish-American War. has just been married to Mr. Fdward Cary Williams. GOVERNOR HANLY A PARTNER IN A $200100 SUIT E. M. Campfield Claims That He Has Been Damaged to That Amount by Taking Away Hospital Contract. SAYS RECENT CONTRACT IS NOT AT ALL LEGAL. Claims One Firm Refused to Take Work Because Amount Bid Was More Than Was Originally Appropriated. I'M win M. Campfield has filed a suit aaainst Coventor .1. Frank Hanly and the other members of the board of trustees of the Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane and against Pulse V Porter, contractors to enjoin the board and the contractors from proceeding under a contract let Friday with the work of completing the work at the hospital, near Madison, and asking Sl'oo.ooo damages. Campfield wan the contractor for the work originally and he makes the charge in his complaint filed in the superior court in I ndiananolis, that he was ahle, ready and willin.tr to proceed with the work to completion, but he charged that the state officers named, without just cause, took the contract, from him ami Friday let it to the other contractors. The char.ee upon which he bases his complaint, which he files, he says, not only as a contractor, but as a citizen and a taxpayer also, is that the contract That was let Friday was illegal because as he charges, the cost of the work, when completed will, including money already paid to him. exceed the impropriation for the work. Campfield says that he has been paid a total of S'jol, ir.;,;. that the bid of Pulse & Porter for the work was jisTiS.okm..";i;. and that the total appropriation w as nearly S'.r.M .," IT. Titus, he says, the total cost of the work, if completed by Pulse iV Porter. a under the contract, would be .o.j.svs.p; more than has hern appropriated. Says Contract Was Dodged. He declares the Bedford Stone and Construction hid lower tha Pulse Porter, bu' that this company declined to take the contract when informed that its bid. added to the amount, paid the plaintiff, would exceed the appropriation, and this, says the plaintiff, was because the company believed that the contract wouid be illegal and void. The phdtuiff contractor says that, lie is the owner of materials, machinery and tools on the site of the work of great value, and that his profit on the contract if allowed to proceed with the work, would have been 7r.oo. It is thus that he fixes the sum in which he says he haj been damased jcjoat.tmn. William A. Keuham and Edward E. Gates of Indianapolis, ate his attorneys. The trustees stopped the work, they say, because Campfield. as they charge, failed in many ways to live up to his contract. In his complaint he charges that their action in stopping him wa.s not in accordance with the contract: and that they had no legal right to bar him from the scene of the work and kt the contract to Pulse & For-tet-

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SHERIFF FIGURES IN BLOODY BATTLE AT BASE BALL GAME

Sheriff Meredith in Attempting to Curb Brawling Modoc Men at Williamsburg, Sunday, Receives Injuries. SWAYNE BROTriERS ATTACK GUARDIAN OF LAW. As Meredith Went After One I Of Them the Other Hit Him On the Head With a RockSheriff Finally Won. t With the aowed intention of; "oleaninu up" the entire lighting strength of Vaiie county, two broth-, ers, Frank and Carl Swayne of Mo-j doc, invaded Williamsburg yesterday afternoon, started trouble at a baseball game and then the Modoc invas-j ion came to an abruni and inglorious ' end. Sheriff Meredith uae battle lot the Swayno brothers anil, notwiiV; standing the fact that. Carl Swayne almost knocked him unconscious by J hit tins him in the back of the head! with a boulder, ne came out a winner j after a blood v encounter. Near the close of hostilities the sheriff's father, j John Meredith. Tom Moorman ami; Flovd Hell came to the assistance of the scrappy officer of the law but their aid was not necessary its sheriff hail, with bis trusty ma most knocked all the lust of battle t he , flout of both invaders. After the two Swavnes had been arrested West lev Wright of Modoc, j went bond of $100 for each of the brothers. They were ordered to ap-j pear this morning in the city court I bur they were unable to do so as both I of them were reported to bo suffering! keenly from the effects of the w hisky j they imbibed and the beatings they i received yesterday. Sheriff Meredith j b;ts filed affidavits charging each I man with assault and battery and i provoke. It is probable that tliej Swaynes will bo given a hearing in j the city court Tuesday morning. ' The Messrs. Frank and Carl Swayno rkh Randolph county fighting blood galloping through th"ir veins and1 with much Modoc whisky under their; bolts, drove to Williamsburg yesler-! day afternoon and went directly to the! ball grounds in search of tlieir favor-! ite pastime- blood flowing battle. I Frank Swayno was the most intoxi-i cated and belligerent of the twain, and with giddy persiflage he informed the, looters that he was simply pining: away for a good scran hadn't had ; one for six hours and that it was his! honest opinion that he could lick j about flft'-en Waj nc county citizens; at one time. i So obnoxious did the Modoc war- j riors become that the third baseman! on the Williamsburg team finally am pea!rd to Sheriff Meredith to caase ' the Swaynes off the lot. Meredith! walked up to Frank Sw.tyne and ask-i ed that be and his brother climb into! their rig and retire from the field. Frank galy laughed at the absurdity of such a request, pulled a bottle of nose paint and was in the act of taking a drink when Meredith struck the bottle out of his hand lmmediatcly Swayne took a poke at the sheriff but th? blow fell short. Meredith then stretched Swayne on the ground with a blow of his mace. At this point Carl Swane came to his brother's rescue, almost layine the sheriff low by hitting him in the back of the bend with a boulder. Meredith turned on his assailant after quickly recovering from the murderous blow, and stretched him out wi'h a blow of his mace. The two Swaynes were soon on their feet and Meredith promptly closed with them. The rescue party then came in the aid of the bleeding sheriff and the festivities were ovei. So exciting was the base ball game, Meredith states. mat tiif irtle knock-down, dt raz-out affair did not inrerrupt divert the fans inreresf. the game RICHMOND TRUST SENDS RESIGNATIONS Acted Both as Trustee Administrator. and The resignations of the Richmond i Trust Company as trustee of the es- , tate of John Burbank. deceased, and ' administrator of the estate of Gustave ' Kant have been presented to the ; Wayne circuit court. This is in view of the effort of the company to place all its business with the Dickinson Trust Company. POLICEMAN SHOT. Battle Fought in Erie Freight Yards. Toledo. Toledo. O . May -1 James Boyle, a sergeant of the local police force, was

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of a disturbance Sunday in the Erie freight yards. The battle w as fought botwta guapects aud yolice.

IMPRESSIVE ARE SERVICES HELD FOR DECEASED EAGLES

Memorial Event at the Lodge; Hall Sunday the Most Sue-! cessful That Has Ever Been Held. REV. J. 0. CAMPBELL GIVES ADDRESS OF DAY. Truth, He Says. Is a Factor in j Fraternalism and Is Permanent, Indestructible and Essential to Character. Of unu.Mial improssi veness were the memorial services held ye.-terday by Wayne Aerie of Eagles at ihe lodge rooms in honor of the seven deceased liiethren. There was it good sized gathering of friends and relatives of the deceased present, beside the members of the organization and ihe general public. The customary method of procedure was followed out in the routine of the numbers of the program. The ball hail been decorated in an artistic manner and the use of the national colors draped in black ami foliage plants was profuse. The Eagles, in whose memory the services were held were; Henry Overman. Oiiicp Franks. I.. .1. Wharton. Frank Hesslenian, William Roser, .losepii Kngelbert and William Hufford. The memorial address was delivered by the Kev. J. O. Campbell. He chose for his subject matter the suggestion made by the motto of the order; "Liberty. Truth, Justice. Equality." Particular emphasis was placed upon the position occupied by Truth as a factor in fraternalism. It was" declared to be permanent, indestructible and the essential element in the development of character. Music for the occasion was furnished by t lse Eagles orches'ra and a quartet composed of Mrs. O. C. Krone, Miss Luring. O. ('. Krone and Walter Luring. Th' ceremonies were conducted by the Worthy President. Joseph Weishaupt and the devotional exorcises by the Worthy Chaplain. Henry Schroeder. One of the most impressive features was lite roll call. As the name of each deceased member wa.s tailed three times, the faintly eeh-j oing note! of it bugle and tremulous j roll of the drum sounding "taps" wa.s i heard. The eulogy was read by Al Mathiew. It contained brief hiogrnphies of the deceased and the dates of entrance into the order and of their; deaths. The reading. " Had I Hut Known." by Miss Mabel Kuhn was in' such a manner as to appeal to the emo- 1 lions of the hearers and many were; moved to visible expressions of grief. Her manner was thai of the finished i render. ' CLEVELAND SERIOUS Much Mystery However Surrounds His Real Condition. PREPARING FOR DEATH. Lakowood. X. J.. May i There is much mvstery concerning ex-President Cleveland's illness as the intending physicians refuse to give out information. It is learned on good authority that h's condition is not hopeful. Doctor Hryant remains a' the hi-tel constantly. That a collapse may occur at any time is manifested by the preparations '( bring the children to the bedside nil short notice. CARL CLOUD DIES IN THE FAR WEST Body to Be Brought Here for Burial. Dr. lift- Hoover toda received a teiegram from Dr J. K. Cloud, a former well known veterinary surgeon nf this city and now a resident of Lafayette, that h's son Carl ("loud had died of hum trouble a' Canon City. Co'. Th body will be brought here for burial at Larliiam cemetery. LIQUOR LICENSES. Licenses to sell intoxicatinsr liquors were awarded to the followine by the county commissioners today: Fred Brokamp. John Henry Schell and Georse H. Pi lie. y p Q ri :U r O ft WiWiliiii is a j feast bother to VOU. Either j 2l Old-

DEATH AND HEAVY LOSSES CAUSE FAILURE

23 t CHARLES COSTER. ... The death of Mr. Coster follow !ng the loss of nearly a million dollar, j in Willi street, caused the failure of; the firm. Coster. Knapp iv; Co. CRIMINALS LAUGH AT THE EFFORTS OF POLICE OFFICERS After Committing Crime in Wayne County It Is Very Easy for Them to Get Over The Ohio Line. FUNDS FOR THEIR CAPTURE ARE LIMITED. Jessup Appears Before Commissioners and Asks That Money Provided Be Used As It Should. Prosecutor Jessup appeared befoie the board of conimissionei s today and requested thai they make use of their appropriation to apprehend prisoners and to secure the riMurn to this county of all per.-oti.-. who commit serious felonies. At present the fund is Used ouiy to apprehend burglars and lynchers in in cordatH.c. with j-Uile law. The prosecutor belie i-s the scope may be widened and buivlai. an-aulters. thieves and others, who escape beyond the county limits, be returned for Dial. The commissioners will comuit the county attorney in regard to the mat ter. In view- of existing conditions the Kh-hmond and Wayne county peace officers encounter unusual obstacles. The county is locate, i adjacent to the .-fate line and violators ot the law mav be out.-ide of the state and beyond the jurisdiction of local officers, within a few minutes after a crime is committed. Then have been instances of persons violating the law in this city and going to Xew Paris and laughing at all attempts of 'lie officers to secure their rittini to Wayne county. In at least one instance a man was charged with a crime and went to N-w Paris. L;cer l,e bad his household goods moved there and now makes that place his home. To secure requisition papers would required a great deal of formality and expense. The crime was not murder nor participation in lynching, so the officers would have no way to be reimbursed for any expense they Plight meet. The conditions have prov ided a s riou.- hatidii ap against the enforcement of law. HOLLOPETER IS RECOVERING NICELY Will Soon Be Able to Return To His Home. WilMam Hoilopeter of i his citv w !V was operated oa about ten days ago; af the Deaconess hosoita'. Indianapolis, is- recovering nicely and will probably be .-hie to return home in about two weeks. PREPARE FOR REUNION. Local Klks are preparing for the annual saTe reunion, which will b held ai Indianapolis June 2' and The Indianapolis lodge will act as host in a manner such as is befitting the occasion. Wi'llng servant to Palladium office with the PhcneH21 Automatic.

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SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD BOY KILLED BY

C. C. & L T As Fay Black Was Returning Home From Church Sunday " Night He Met Instant Death At Velocipede Crossing. ENGINEER HARKER TELLS STORY OF ACCIDENT. Says That He Sounded Alarm And Then Black Pulled His Horse Directly in Front of Moving Train. I F.i Pdaek. aged seventeen years, wits struck and instantly killed hy C , C v; L. passenger Main No. Ill Sunday c veiling, while he was dnvtm: across what is known as elooiede crossing. The horse was killed and the tig was smashed into splinter. When the young man was .struck. th I rain was running about thirty miles an hour. Small pieces of the buggy wen- hurled in every direction and the bodv was found in the top of the rig w hicli had been tossed sixtv fivo feet away. Voting Hlaok was a farm hand cmploy eel by Kd Clev eland w lit liven about three mik-s southwest of Cottage CJrove and about a half mile from where the accident, occurred. Itlack had been attending ciiurc h " andmel death while on the way to hi.s home. Engineer L. V. Harker stales that he first noticed ihe rig approaching when he was just a short distance from the crossing. He sounded his whistle and rang his alarm hell. Hy tiiis time the rig was nearly across the tracks hut youtiK Itlack instead of hurrying across the tracks brought his horse to a stop and then pulled him back directlv in front of the fast approaching engine, which struck the rig directly in the tnidd'e. When the body was found in thf top of the rig, it was at first thought I hat the vouiik man was only unconscious from the blow as Hie bodv was j not mangled. A more minute examination revealed that there was a cut i across the right temple and that the skull had been t'tactured. Neighbors j removed the body to the Cleveland j home. Kngincer Marker and otiier members of the tra'n crew are of the : opinion that Hlaok had been asleep i and thai the noise of the whistle and I tile alarm bell suddenly awoke liini ! and. in his confusion, he backed tits ; rig onto the track instead of driving : forward unto the road. PARDON FOR POWERS Friends of Governor Willson Say He Intends to Take Action. GOEBEL'S FRIENDS ANGRY. J Frankfort, Ky., May 4 Kxeitement ! is at fever heat because it has been , ascertained by the friends of Governor Willson that the latter intends to pardon Cab-b Powers and Jim Howard. Some of Goebol's edd friends talk of taking t ie law iroo t ielr own hand- if the men are pardoned. POLICE IN SEARCH OP WIFE DESERTER Wife Is Now Being Cared for At County Farm. Because he has abandoned his wif to charity the police and county officers are searching for Clifford Strait of Franklin township. The wife is in a delicate condition and at present being cared for at t.i- county farm. She is without a home and had no relatives to provide for her. OPEN AIR MEETING FOR TMUHCHES To Be Held Some Time Next Month. The Ministerial association to.la.y decided to hold an oien air meeting I some Sunday afternoon next month. A" the ch"rches represented in th J association will be represented ia this meeting.

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