Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 130, 24 June 1908 — Page 1

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A AIMD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 130. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. CLEVELAND DIED TODAY

STATE INSPECTOR DISTINGUISHED EX-PRESIDENT LOSES HIS BATTLE FOR LIFE WIFE UNPREPARED FOR ' HUSAND'S SUDDEN DEATH SWOOPS DOWN OH LOCAL JA1MEH

ATTACK MADE 01 INDIANA SUPREME COUHTBY MARTIN Says He Would Not Trust One Judge Farther Than He Could Throw a Bull by the Tail, in Sharp Speech.

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Illustrious Career of Famous Democrat and Former Pres- ; ident Grover Cleveland, Is Ended.

DIED SHORTLY BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK. His Wife and Attending Physicians Were at Bedside When the Death Angel Visited the Home. DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. ALTHOUGH FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS CLEVELAND HAS BEEN ILL, HIS DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK. HIS WIFE COLLAPSED. The Long Nursing of Her Husband And Her Fight to Aid Him to Regain His Health Was HeroicMessages of Sympathy. Princeton, N. J.. June 24. Former President Grover Cleveland died suddenly at 8:40 o'clock this morning of heart failure. Dr. Bryant who arrived here yesterday and Mrs. Cleveland, were at the bedside when he began to sink. The Cleveland children, who are spending the summer in New Hampshire have been sent for. Mrs. Cleveland collapsed when she found that her husband was dead but was soon revived. Cleveland has been a sufferer from castro intestinal troubles, complicated with liver and kidney complaint. Dr. Bryant had come to Princeton yesterday on one of his periodical visits as family physician and says there was no indication yesterday that an attack of the heart was 1 Imminent. While Cleveland's death was unexpected he had been ill for a number of weeks and was in a weakened condition. Dr. Bryant's visit of yester(",v was not occasioned by any alarmcondition of the patient and last night Cleveland apparently was in good spirits and health and seemed better than for some time. In the afternoon he took a little outdoor air exercise and retired at the usual hour. Dr. Bryant intended to return to New York last night but fortunately he and Mrs. Bryant accepted an invitation to remain until today. When the Cleveland's returned to Princeton about June 1, the removal of Mr. Cleveland was made in an automobile owned by John Hays Hamon, traveling from Lakewood. at an easy pace. After arriving here Cleveland's condition apparently improved and the .children were sent with Mrs. Perrine, their grandmother, to New Hampshire. ;The direct cause of the death is given aa "heart failure complicated with i pulmonary prombosis and cedema." News of the death spread instantly and messages of condolences began to pour in, the first being from C. W. Fairbanks, President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft Wife Was Unaware. ; Mrs. Cleveland in discussing her : husband's health just a few hours bejfore his death, had the following to '.Bay: "Mr. Cleveland is daily gaining strength. It is true that Dr. Bryant is here, but this is his first trip since Mr. Cleveland was brought back from the Lakewood hotel. It is only one of the occasional visits which he pays tis. Mr. Cleveland is rapidly improving and we are very sanguine for his , future." j The death of the former president today ends one of the roost stubborn ; fights for life ever chronicled. For many years Mr. Cleveland, suffered and In that time there have been many rumors of his death. When Mr. Cleveland was removed from Lakewood to his Princeton residence, he looked weak and peaked and the trip was made slowly, the chauffeur taking more than two hours for It. Mr. Cleveland at that time was attended almost constantly by Dr. Growe of Lakewood. Wife Was Faithful. Ex-President Cleveland had been incited to attend the conference of governors at Washington, but was too ill to be present. Through all the long fight for health, the one bright spot in toe battle against disease has been the devotion and untiring affection of Mrs. Cleveland. She was constantly at her husband's bedside and no fatigue was too great if It alleviated the suffering of her husband. The collapse of Mrs. Cleveland at nonce after her husband's death, maxkr

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GROVER CLEVELAND. A few nrinutes before nine o'clock this morning, on of the country's most distinguished men, Grover Cleveland, expired at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. His death marks the close of one of the most stubborn fights for life ever made by any man in the United States. For the past several years, Mr. Cleveland was in ill health and at several different times his death was reported.

ed the end of her terrific struggle which had been waged for years in the interest of her husband's health. Mr. Cleveland was of a naturally robust constitution, but it had been weakened by disease towards the last, and he had not rallied as well as formerly to the treatment administered. Interest Universal. There were times during Mr. Cleveland's recent illness that attending physicians spent seventy-two hours at his bedside. For seven weeks his diet consisted of nothing but milk and eggs. While Mr. Cleveland was at Lakewood, a rumor was circulated that he was suffering from cancer, but this was denied. The interest manifested in the fight of Mr. Cleveland for his life was universal, not only in every portion of the United States, but in other countries as well. Illness Fatiguing. Mr. Cleveland's illness wore upon his usually cheerful personality. This was clearly shown by an article written by Mr. Cleveland during his illness for a periodical. In it is this passage: "Like a child's outgrown toy, buried In the family garret, the American ex-president is a melancholy product of our government system." Death Astounding. So astounding was the information of Mr. Cleveland's death this morning in view of the favorable bulletins, that it was looked upon with doubt in some quarters. At Mr. Cleveland's offices in the Equitable building in New York the information was not believed until telephone communication had been established with the Cleveland home here. Dr. Bryant's Statement. Dr. Bryant who has been the family physician for many years, issued an official statement today in which he said: "For many years Mr. Cleveland has been a sufferer from Gastro intestinal troubles, complicated with liver and kidney complaint. The cause of his death today was heart failure complicated with liver trouble." Cleveland was seventy one on March 18. Cleveland died in bed in the front second story room of his home. It became known later today that Cleveland's condition took a turn for the worse yesterday afternoon but Irs. Cleveland did not wish to alarm the friends and gave assurances he was doing well. Cleveland passed a fairly good night notwithstanding the oppressive weather. With Dr. Bryant came Dr. Lookwood, from New York and they summoned Dr. Carnochan, a Princeton physician. Dr. Bryant says he found the patient this morning "indisposed" and Carnochan was called in before eight o'clock this morning. Shortly afterwards Cleveland began to fail rapidly. With every available facility the physicians worked over their patient. Finally he lapsed into unconsciousness and the end came at 8:45. It is believed the terrific heat of the last few days contributed greatly to the sudden death of the former president. Grover Cleveland, twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States, was born at Caldwell, N. J., on March IS, 183T. He was the ninth of nine children born to Rev. Richard F. Cleveland, who was a graduate of Yale and a Presbyterian clergyman, and Ann Neal, the daughter of a Baltimore merchant of Irish descent. He received a. common school and academic education at Fayettevilie and Clinton, N. Y., the successive residences of the family after leaving Caldwell, and was preparing for college when his father's death. In 1S53, changed his prospects entirely. To support himself and to aid in providing for the rest of. the family, he secured a clerical position in the New York institute for the blind. In 1S55 he started West, but on his way stopped at Buffalo to visit his uncle, LewIs F. Allen, a stock breeder and publisher of a stock magazine. His uncle (Continued on Page Two.).

LEEDS EXPECTED CONTEST OF WILL Understood in New York He Made New Will Favoring Wife and Younger Son.

DYER MAKES A STATEMENT SAYS IF THERE IS CONTEST IT WILL BE BROUGHT BY RUDOLPH G. LEEDS OF THIS CITY, WHO IS THE ELDEST SON. New York, June 24. Here is a statement made to the Evening World today, by Elisha Dyer, one of W. B. Leed's most intimate friends. "I am not certain of the changes which Mr. Leeds made in his will and trust fund, but I understand in an informal way that he had increased the trust fund for the use of his wife from $5,000,000 to an amount near J10.000.000 He also changed his will before sailing:. If there is a contest it will be brought by his eldest son, Rudolph, who runs a newspaper, I believe out in Richmond, Ind. Mr. Leeds doubtless feared that such a step would be taken by his eldest son and in the interest of his second wife to whom he was deeply attached and his second son, established his original trust fund of $5,000,000. The interest of which was to go to Mrs. Leeds for life and then revert to their son now a child of five years. I cannot say that Rudolph, who is married, I believe, and his father were on good terms, but they have not had a great deal to do with each other for the last few years." The same intimation was given by the United States Trust Co., which corporation is co-executor with President George F. Baker of the First National bank, of the will drawn by Lewis Cass Ledyard, W. B. Leeds's lawyer. The Trust company is trustee of the trust fund. PARADE NOT FAVORED. Fire Chief Miller Points Out the Danger. In speaking of the proposed industrial and municipal parade as a feature of the Fourth of July celebration, Ed Miller, chief of the fire department stated today he does not approve of using the fire companies for the purpose of a parade as it leaves the city unprotected in case of emergency. NOT IN SESSION. The board of public improvements was not in session today owing to the absence of city officials from the city. At the meeting Friday the South A street proposed improvement subject will be heard. The engineer will present his report of work done on the alleys of the city. RAG PICKER ARRESTED. Ed. Dunn, a rag picker, was placed under arrest and held pending an investigation. Dunn is supposed to be acquainted with certain facts regarding a transaction that the police have been making inquiries about for some time. STUDY ENTERS SUIT. Thomas J. Study has entered suit in the Wayne circuit court against James F. Reeves. Mary Reeves, et al., to foreclose mortgage on ree estates

BANK ASSESSMENTS SAID TO BE ALL WRONG

Claims That the Work of the Board of Review Is Incorrect and Speaks His Views On Bank Assessment. Assessments of all banks in Wayne county, which have just been complet ed by the county board of review, are wrong, according to Parks W. Martin, member of the state board of tax com missioners. He told the local board so this morning. In making the as sessments the board of review took 73 per cent of the capital stock, surplus and undivided profit as a basis. This is declared by Martin to be fundamen tally wrong. The commissioner de clared such a system is not only wrong but unfair and shows banks undue fa vors as against the individual man of money. The commissioner did not mince words in expressing his views on the subject Incidentally he took occasion to pay his respects to the supreme bench of Indiana by asserting he would not trust one of the judges. Martin may be presumed to reflect the sentiment of the state board and if such be the case, the board holds a bank should be assessed -it 100 cents on the dollar in the same manner as an individual. "Bank stock is more valuable than notes or bonds," said the commissioner. "If you ask a man to sell you his stock In what Is regarded as S flourishing financial institution he will not do it for par. Why, because h'e knows it Is worth more. For one thing he knows he can own bank stock and not be taxed as much for it as he woud if he had his capital in money alone. These added considerations of value count largely. Boards Violate Laws. "The county boards of review ignore the laws and the members violate their oaths knowingly and wilfully when they take a step of this kind. The law says bank stock shall be assessed just as other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens. There are one or two boards in the state that assess at 10O cents on the dollar, but the rest of them adopt some other scheme. This same proposition has resulted in the assessment of some notes at 80 cents on the dollar. The boards say bank stock is assessed that way, so why not notes, too? Forces Dishonesty. "This has forced the man with money to be dishonest and induce him to make false returns. He says bank stock and mortgage notes are assessed at TO or 80 per cent and as a matter of self protection he is forced to make false returns. Is it fair to ask him to list his money at the full amount and be assessed for it at the full value when the banks and all their money are given different considerations? "It is a strange proposition, but I know these banks wield quite an influence. They ought not to get their stock assessed any lower than anybody else. Sometimes I get disgusted and say this assessment business is just a farce, yet Jf the law were enforced to the letter it would be fair and equitable. Every man would be required to do his share just as he ought to. But it is nr enforced alike and the banks are the beneficiaries. Life Insurance Loans. "There is another thing I do not approve of and that is the ability of a man to borrow money on his life insurance policy. That is not right. The state board has tried to get a law through the legislature and the insurance companies and some legislators stood against it. The courts of the state have not held with us. The opinion was divided, however, and I would not trust the man who wrote the opinion further than I could throw a bull by the tail, and he Is a democrat, too." -Mr. Martin was with the board for the purpose of discussing puzzling points in the laws governing taxation and giving the board the benefit of the opinion of the state board In the matters. He talked at length on the subject of assessing building and loan companies. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Wednesday night followed by fair and cooler; Thursday fair; fresh southwest to northwest winds. OHIO Showers and cooler Wednesday night; - Thursday generally ' fair; fresh to brisk west to northwinds.

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MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND. A few hours previous to the death of her husband, Mrs. Cleveland issued an optimistic statement in regard to her husband's health. When she was summoned to his bedside and it was soon announced to her that her husband was dead, she collapsed, but recovered a few moments afterward. Mrs. Cleveland has always been one of the most admired American women.

HITCHCOCK SORE TO Will Be Chosen Chairman of The Republican National Committee. MANY ARE IN FAVOR OF HIM. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND TAFT, HIMSELF, LOOK TOWARD MAN AS LEADER AS DOES HIS CLOSE FRIENDS. Washington, D. C, June 24. Despite all that has been said and printed concerning the Chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, there are good and substantial reasons for the statement that the campaign leader will not be chosen until after the close of the Denver convention, the second week in July. This is said in face of the fact, too, that the subcommittee of the National Committee is scheduled to meet in this city on July 1 to hear Secretary Taft's decision. Prior to the meeting of that body the nominee will have a conference with a number of Ohio people, representatives and friends of Arthur I. Vorys. They are expected about a week from Saturday, and will have a final talk with Taft concerning the Claims of the Ohio manager for the seat at the head of the council table. The predilection of President Roosevelt for Frank H. Hitchcock and the fact that the nominee regards him very highly are two things that give aid and comfort to his friends here, who refuse to believe that he is out of consideration. They say that when Secretary Taft returns to this atmosphere and these environments that he will see things in a different light, and that Hitchcock's stock will take an upward turn. Had it not been for the Intercession of Governor Myron T. Herrick, Attorney General Wade H. Ellis, Chairman Walter F. Brown and Auditor of State Walter D. Guilbert at Cincinnati last Saturday, on behalf of the Ohio manager, this question would have been decided upon that day. From what has since been learned, the selection would have been Hitchcock. This interposition of protest was therefore successful for the time being at leasL . WEST END CLUB TO BEJBGANIZED Many Good Things Are in Prospect. The West End Boosters club will be organized at a meeting of the business men of Main street west of Sixth to be held at the city council chamber Friday evening. Tenative plans only have been made at present but it is the intention to awaken interest as it never has been before. A subscription paper has been circulated among the merchants of this portion of the street and the responses have been liberal. It is the intention to illuminate the two squares between Fourth and Sixth streets and also to - give band concerts on the court house lawn every Saturday evening.

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Does Not Want His Name Used on Special Train To Denver. BRYAN WILL ACT AS HOST. WILL REMAIN TRUE TO HIS PLEDGE OF SOME TIME AGO IN SPEECH AT INDIANAPOLIS, AND WLL SERVE BUTTERMILK. Indianapolis, June 24. There is a controversy among local democrats who are to attend the Denver conven tion as to whether the official train that is to carry the crowd to Denver shall be heralded as the carrier of the John W. Kern boom for the vice-presidential nomination. Mr. Kern is so modest about the matter that he will not consent to any forced boosting of his name in connection with the hon or, and the thought of the great train rushing through three or four states carrying on its sides the words, paint ed on canvass in lurid colors. "John W. Kern, Indiana's choice for vicepresident," does not appeal to him a bit. He would prefer that his boom be carried to Denver without display and there whipped out on its merits He wants nothing from the conven tion that does not come freely, and he has not yet consented even to go out after the nomination. He would like the honor, of course, but he has not asked a pledge of a single dele gate, nor made a demand on a single outsider. To Serve Buttermilk. The special train that is to carry the Indiana democratic club and Hoosiers generally to the Denver conven tion will leave Indianapolis July 4 and go over the Big Four and Rock Island by way of Chicago, Des Moines Omaha and Lincoln. Sunday, July 3 part of the day will be spent at the country home of Bryan near Lincoln. This is at the recuest of the Nebraskan, who, when last in Indianapolis asked the Hoosier delegation to call on him, promising to give them all the buttermilk they could drink. And the Indianians are going to "call him on the buttermilk proposition, too, as there will be nothing stronger to drink while Mr. Bryan has anything to do with it. Reservations for the special train must be made not later than June 30. Thos. R. Marshall, democratic candidate for governor, has reserved a section for the trip, and it is believed that the special will be a big train. GOES TO CHICAGO. Everett Lemon to Work for the Wisconsin Central. Everett Lemon will leave next week to accent a position in the office of the treasurer of the Wisconsin Central Railway company in Chicago. Mr. Lemon is well known locally as a notary public He formerly was connected with the office of Robbins and Starr, attorneys. TWO NEW ASSESSMENTS. The board of review has assessed the Border .Nut Lock companr at SH'jC) and the Mount Chemical company at

Filthy Conditions Are Found

By Him and After Tests Are Made, Prosecution Will Be Started. OWENS OBTAINS ABOUT A DOZEN SAMPLES. Dairymen Found to Be Wrap ping Milk Cans in Unsanitary Wet Blankets Extensive Tests Probable. The milk condition as I have found it in Richmond, is about the worst In the state. was the statement made by John Owens, state food and drug in spector, who has been detailed to work in this city in co-operaticn with the city and county health officials in an effort to give the people of Richmond pure milk. This morning Mr. Owens, in company with Sanitary Officer George Young, made a trip through the city and inspected the milk being sold from the various dairy wagons. Mr. Owens states that he obtained about a dozen samples of milk, which will be sent to the state labratory for inspection. Any dealer found to be selling impure milk as a result of the analysis made at the state labratory. will be prosecuted. Mr. Owens states. On North Tenth street this morning Mr. Owens and Officer Young stopped the dairy wagon cf James P. Horning, who operates a dairy northeast of the city. There was only one full can left in the wagon, said Owens, and this was found to be filthy with dead flies and other foreign elements. The milk in this can resembled paste and floating on the top . were numerous dead flies, claimed the state Inspector. After Horning had been compelled to drive his wagon to the office of Dr. C S. Bond, city health officer, he attempted to pick the flies from the milk but Young ordered him not to. After Dr. Bond had seen the condition of the milk, he gave Horning the alternative of dumping it into the sewer or being prosecuted for selling Impure milk. Horning chose the former course and at once carried it into effect. The milk Horning sold from the other cans in his wagon, was probably in the same condition as the one he was obliged to pour Into the sewer and many unsuspecting people will drink it the state inspector averred. Around the cans found in the Horning wagon were wet blankets to keep the milk cool. These blankets were In a filthy condition and a rendezvous for an army of flies. The blankets covered the openings in the cans, .exposing the milk, when the lids were off, to the impurities on the blankets. Dr. Bond has these blankets and he will subject them to a test for bacteria. Found Much Impure Milk. Mr. Owens also found several other dairymen who used filthy blankets for keeping the milk cool and he also found milk which was In as Impure condition as the milk in the Horning wagon. Speaking of the method of some dairymen in using wet blankets to keep their milk cool. Mr. Owens said: "Some dairymen use these blankots instead of running the milk through aerators to remove the animal warmth and odor. Good dairymen use aerators and then pack the milk In Ice for delivery. I have discovered several dairymen who sell impure milk, but I am pleased with the conditions I found at the dairies of Mr. Pitts, John Batchelor and E. L. Commons. Will Make Many Tests. Mr. Owen states that he intends to remain in Richmond for some time and that he will inspect every dairy operating In the county. After tests have been made by the state labratory of the various samples of milk sent from thi city and county. Mr. Owens will publish the names of all dairymen who are in the habit of selling impure milk. Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate Passes a Restless Night. HAS PAINS IN HIS BACK. Cleveland, O., June 24. James Sherman spent a comparatively restless night last night. His maximum temperature was reached at four o'clock this morning, attains 102.8 degrees. He complains of pains in his back. Later his condition became, easier, bat his conaiuon is sun serious. -

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