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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
She Is Distributing Baskets
Of Good Things to Many
Poor Homes, Which Would
Probably Be Dark Otherwise
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
THE USUAL NUMBER OF POOR
PEOPLE WERE ON HAND TO OB-
TAIN ASSISTANCE IN SHAPE OF
FOOD, FUEL AND CLOTHING.

To the average resident of this city
today is Chrstmas-the day for eX-
changing gifts and of good cheer. To
the poorer classes it is not Christ
mas. 1t is just an ordinary cold, viii
ter day-which means continued suf-
fering because there is no coal in many
of their little homes.
In hundreds of homes this noon, hap
py people will sit at festive boards
graced by turkey and other good
things. In number of other homes
where bounteous Christmas meal
was enjoyed last Christmas. the dis
couraged men, out of employment,
will sit with their families before al
most bare boards.
Many good people, however, brought
good cheer, in the shape Of well filled
Christmas baskets TO unhappy homes
which the wolf guards. One young
woman, a daughter of most promi-
nent family and a society leader, work
ed this morning from the rise Of the
sun, delivering baskets filled with good
things, to east to the homes of Wor-
thy poor people. Il have been read
ing in the Palladium of the suffering
among the poor and yesterday | decid-
ed that unless | did something today
which would bring a little happiness
into the hearts of few unfortunates,
/ would not enjoy my Christmas" she
stated to a Palladium reporter.
At the headquarters of the Associat-
ed Charities, which did not close to-
day because it was a holiday, the u.s.
ual number of poor people We're on
hand to obtain assistance in the shape
of food. clothiug and fuel. AS they
sat in the office end waited their turn
to secure donations the merry Christ
mas bells brought no glad tidings to
them.
The Palladium fund is still growing
and every cent that is raised is being
promptly used by the Associated Char
tiles in relieving the wants of the
needy.
The contributions are not coming in
as fast as was expected when the Pal
ladium decided to appeal to charity
of its readers for these unfortunate
citizens. Now that the busy holiday
season is over and orr readers have
finished buying gifts for their loved
ones they will turn their attention to
their unfortunate brchers and extend
the helping band.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
THOUSANDS OF
TURKEYS SOLD
Estimated that at Least 5000
Will Be Devoured.
MARKET A BUSY SCENE,

1t is estimated that between 5000
and 1900 turkeys will be devoured to-
day by the good people of Richmond.
At o'clock last night nearly every
grocery in the city was asked if they
had any turkeys left. These inuuir-
les revealed the fact that the grocer
les and meat markets had been gutted
of their supply of the great American
bird.
The only place in the city last night
where turkeys were obtainable was AT
the South Sixth street market and
there was only a limited supply on
hand there. This supply was exhaust
co long before market closed.
There was a land Office business done
by the farmers who attended market
last evening. as hundreds of thrifty
housewives were there looking for
heir Christmas meals and every good
thing offereI for sale was purchased.
There was big sale of rabbits, ducks
and chickens.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
He However Does Not State
In His Letter Just How He
Will Stand on Parcels Post
Legislation Now Pending.
SAYS IF HE DOES TAKE
STAND, WILL BE FOR RIGHT
Says He Would Be Pleased to
Submit Resolutions to Sem
ate and Will Give 1t to Com
mittee on Post Roads.

Secretary f. NJ. Haas of the Com
mercial Club, has received letter
from Senator Albert J. Beveridge, i'm
which he expresses his thanks for the
communication from the local club
relative to the parcels post bill now
pending in congress. The senator,
however. does not say what his posi-
ton on the bill is, and does not prom
Use to take the same derogatory view
that the local club did in their resolu-
tons against the parcels post bill. The
letter follows:
United States Senate.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 10. 1907.
My dear Mr.. Haas:
Thank you for your letter of Decem-
Der 10Th. enclosing the resolutions
adopted by the Commercial Club, of
Richmond, with regard TO the Parcels
Post Bill. l am examining this legisla-
tion with care, and shall be glad IL
find it possible to concur with the
views of the Commercial Club. On the
other hand, If | do not, you will un-
derstand that 1t is because | do not
think 1t is the right thing to do.
I shall also be pleased to present
these resolutions to the Senate, with
the request that they be referred to
the Committee on Postoffices and
Post Roads, which has this matter di-
rectly in charge.
Hoping that the Commercial Club
will favor me with its views on any
legislation which may be of interest
to it, am,
Very truly yours.
ALBERT j. BEVERIDGE-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel w.
CritchIow Quietly CeIebrat-
ed Fiftieth Anniversary in
Company With Few Friends.
HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF
RICHMOND 81 YEARS.
Mr.. CritchIoW Is an Old Rail-
road Man and Was Con-
nected With This Business
When 1t Was in Its Infancy.

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel w. Critchlow
quietly celebrated their fiftieth mar
riage anniversary Tuesday. at their
home, 2S2 Fort Wayne avenue. Their
children and grandchildren, and a
company of friends and relatives were
present They were married Decem-
ber "a. 1857. at Peru. Ind, by the Rev.
Thomas <Stahler of the Methodist Epis-
opal church. Just 30 years later he
married their youngest daughter this
city Mr.. and Mrs. Critchlow have
three children, five grand children, and
one great grandson. The children
Wilmur w. Critchlow, of indianapolis,
and Mrs. Celia Cromer, of Brightwood,
Ind.
Mr.. Critchlow is an old railroad man.
having followed that business for 43
years, twenty-one years a track man,
and twenty-five years a conductor. He
commenced track laying on the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne Il Chicago railroad
near Pittsburg, in 1851, and followed
that through to Fort Wayne. the final
connection being made at Monroeville,
Indiana, fifteen miles east of Fort
Wayne, on Oct. ., 1854. The track
layers went into Fort Wayne on the
first train that ever arrived in that
city.
The train was in charge of Conduc-
tor A. p. Conn and engineer d. B.
Stope, the engine being named Del
phus." arrived at Fort Wayne at three
O'Clock in the morning. Mr.. Critch-
low helped to unload the first locomo-
tive that was ever in TT. Wayne from
a canal boat on June IS, 1854. Mr.
Critchlow has lived in Richmond 81
years. He has been master Mason
more than fifty years and has been Gus
todian of the Masonic Temple for nine
years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
As They One by One Ceased to
Shed Their Rays, Just as
Slowly Did the End of Bus
lest Shopping Season Come
STREETS WERE CROWDED
ALL OF TUESDAY NIGHT.
Everywhere Spirit of Christ
mas-tide and Good Cheer
Ruled and Happy People
Were Everywhere.

When the midnight bells joyously
rang in Christmas Day, there was still
good sized crowd of kelated shoppers
on the streets. AS they hurried to
their homes the myriad electric lights
in the busy stores blnked and then
gradual, one by one went out Then
the tired clerks left the stores and
walked slowly to their homes. Their
departure marked the close of what
was very busy holiday season TO the
Richmond merchants. This year not
SO many local shoppers put off their
buying until the last moment. never
theless there was a good sized crowd
of "wait-until-the-eleven hour" pur-
chasers in evidence Christmas eve.
These gift-seekers were mostly men,
who postpone as long as possible the
agony of Christmas shopping, then
when the last opportunity comes along
plunge madly into onestore after an
other purchase right and left the first
things that greet their eyes and finally
start homeward buTdened down like a
pack mule. with facial expression
which clearly read well than heaven
its all over"
Richmond will have a fat and merry
Christmas. The reports from the To-
cal merchants and the happy express
sions on the faces of people seen on
the streets this morning bespeak this
fact. No record sales have been made
in Richmond this season, but the mer-
chants have done a splendid business,
which will measure up well with the
Christmas holiday business of last
year.
Last night the spirit of the Yuletide
was rampant in the down town streets.
The show windows were brilliant with
Christmas displays and gifts that sung
a siren song to the shoppers, adorned
the counters. From early in the
morning yesterday until the mellow
notes of the midnight bells heralded
Christmas day, rivers Of people stream
ed along the sidewalks. hurrying from
one store TO another
Inside the stores. the aisles were fill
ed with people picking and pricing,
consulting shopping lists. striving 20
select gifts that suited the tastes Of
those they love, and finally making the
decisive plunge of purchasc.
The streets were also merry with
pleasure seekers who also thronged the
theatres, the rink and PAGES of amuse-
ment and good cheer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
PRESIDENT MITCHELL
IS MUCH BETTER
However 1t Will Be Impossible
To Remove Him.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec 25.-The
condition of John Mitchell, president
of the United Mine Workers, who is
i'll at the Claypool hotel. was reported
as improved yesterday, but Mr. Nit
chell is still very weak, and it is not
now thought that it will be possible
for him to spend Christmas at his
home in Spring Valley, III. 1t was
thought Sunday, because of the in,-
provement shown in his condition,
that it would be possible for him TO
be taken to his home today, but it was
decided yesterday that he did not
show sufficient improvement TO justify
his taking the trip. 1t is believed,
however, that few more days of rest
will put him on his feet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
THREE MEN ACCUSED
OF WRECK ACQUITTED
Faced the Charge of Man.
slaughter.
WRECK KILLED 43 PERSONS

Washington, Dee. pa verdict of
not guilty was returned by the jury
last night in the case of Engineer Hill
debrand. Conductor Hoffmeyer. Fire
man Mcclellan and Brakeman Rudder,
the train crew who were indicted for
manslaughter in connection with the
wreck at Terra Gotta, ID. C.. on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad on Decem-
Der 80, 1905, in which 43 persons were
killed and upward of three scores in
jured. The trial had been in progress
for three weeks and the verdict was
reached after four hours deliberation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
Dr.. J. N. Hurty Says 1t Is
One That Kills Event
ualIy.
HEART DISEASE INCREASES.
LIFE is TOO COMPLEX, TOO HUR-
RiED, TOO STRENUOUS, AND
THE SIMPLE LIFE SEEMS TO BE
THE ONLY CURE.

The pace that kills is killing more
persons each year in Indiana Stats
tics show it, and Dr. ]. n Hurry, state
health officer, confirms the figures.
It's an expression of nature against
the complex life said Dr. Hurty.
The excitement and tension of pres
ent day living is having it's effect"
said DR.. Buehler
DR.. Hurry produced figures to show
that deaths from all heart disease S
during 1905 in Indiana aggregated q
673, while in the year following, 1906,
the deaths were 1850, a decided in
crease. Statistics gathered for the
present year thus far indicate con-
tinued increase.
Simple Life the CnIy Cure.
It's the constant strain under
which so many people are now living"
said DR.. Hurry. Life is too complex,
too hurried, too strenuous. The ten
dency seems to have increased toward
excesses of all kinds-eating, drink
ing, working and amusing ones self.
Late hours is cause. 1t is undoubt-
edly true that business and social
have inclined more and
more in the direction that makes the
wear and tear on the heart too severe.
The simple life is the only cure I
would suggest"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
BEAUTIFUL BACKS" BEST
PRAISE He GIVES
French Editor CriticiseS Amer
lean Women.
THINKS HER HYPOCRITICAL

New York Dec. 25.-.'The American
woman" said NJ. Alexander Ulmar,
the foreign editor OF lie Petit Journal.
our latest and sternesu critic, has a
fine back.
Il saw it in all its beauty at the Met
ropoIitan Opera house last night, and
| must say | admired 1t. Also her
shoulders, which she SO proudly ex-
hibits.
But for the rest of my opinions OF
her have not altered from those / ex-
pressed last week, except that / think
her more hypocritical even than | had
supposed.
Seen in all her splendor at the op-
era. she certainly is more beautiful
than the French woman. but she has
neither her grace nor her charm
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
1870 DIVORCE CASES
ALL IN ONE DAY
New York Magistrate Does a
Big Business.
CURIOUS THRONG LOOKS ON

New York, Dec. 25-It was curious
crowd of people that thronged, choked
and fought for entrance to Justice
Newburger's part Of. the Supreme
Court yesterday morning. There were
$50 divorce cases on for hearing. Six
ty-one of the causes were ready and
Justice Newburger said he was pre-
pared to sit until after Christmas Day
dawned to dispose OF them. He got
rid OF twenty-four yesterday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
NO CHRISTMAS
MARRIAGE LICENSE
County Clerk Penny Disconso-
late Yesterday.

Yesterday County Clerk Harry Pen
ny was disconsolate. 1t was the day
before Christmas and not bashful
bride-to-be. or tongue-tied groom-to-be
appeared at his Office to secure a mar
riage license. AS a general rule the
county clerk does land office business
in marriage licenses the day before
Christmas. -Four licenses were issued
Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
OFFICIALS PUTTING
DENTS IN TURKEYS.

Not an Office at the court house
or the city building is open today
All the officials are at their homes
making dents in fat turkeys and
what goes with EN-" Police
headquarters is about the only pub
lie rlace one can get into without
the aid of crowbar or a skeleton
key. All you can find there is a
few sad looking cops and one dis
consulate Palladium reporter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
BUYS WHEAT At S1.OO
]. w. Brumfield of Milton, Pur-
chased 500 Bushels.

Milton, Ind. Dec. PSI. w. Brum-
field of the River Roller flour mills,
ed JGO bushels Of wheat of Linville
Wallace. for which he paid 81 a bushel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
ON TO CAPITAL CITY
Many Richmond Men Will Hear
Beveridge.

Several Richmond laboring men, are
planning TO go to Indianapolis Decem-
Der 30. and hear Senator Beverfdge,
when he speaks before the Central La
bor council at Tomlinson hail.,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25

i he following saloon keepers
have raised one hundred dol
lars: Ed II. Roser, Geo. l..
Klein. Dan Calvin. Alf Col
lett, Louis knopf, Gus Ken
nepohl. Ed Muey. .Alhert
Stauber. Fred Bro'v am. 4. P.
Miller. Jesse Schultz. Harry
Minck. A. w. Blickwedel. Jo-
seph F. Iliff, Ed Cutter, J. II.
Schell, Geo. Pile, Mat Miller,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Fair in south, snow in
north portion today; Thursday,
fair and colder.

oHIo-Increarsing cIoudiness and
Warmer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-03


-; ~. .;:.I,a>>' road to the dueling
place led him through Chesterfield
court house, he was arrested there
and put under q peace bond. Some
people have intimated that he allow
ed the news to go out to the court
house before he arrived there that lie
expected to pass through on his way
to the duel. This may be doing him
an injustice, but yet it is claimed
by Cash's friends.
Col. Cash died at a ripe old age.
His son had quite different ending.
He was shot down and killed by a
posse, who had been ordered by the
governor to kill him at sight. He had
killed several people and he had been
declared an outlaw.
It will be recalled that he and his
bosom friend, Sam Lee, were found in
a hut in a dcl;c forest on the Pee
Dee river and that the posse sur
rounded the house at daybreak one
morning and began firing through
the Notwithstanding. Lee was the
first inmate to leave the house. He
jumped out Of the door and was rec
oenized by some Of the members Of
the posse. But the men in the posse
on the other side Of the house could
see nothing Of him but his legs and
fired on him. The result is that Lee
is limping around near the Cash
plantation even to this day. Young
Began Cash was finally forced to
leave his refuge, which proved to be
not much of one, and as he stepped
out Of the door, he was riddled with
bullets. It is said that he fred sew
eral shots at the posse after he mad
fallen to the ground.
Began Cash was good man when
he left the Virginia Military insti-
tute. It is said that he made the best
captain that that institution ever
nad. But, his associations, after his
return to his home, were too much
for him and he soon went from good
to bad and from bad to worse. He
was buried in the family burial
ground near the front steps Of the
Cash mansion. And on his tomb
stone his aged father had this in
scription cut. "Ellerbe Began Cash,
born - and murdered -.' And,
in Latin on the lower part Of the
slab is a verse which asks the ques-
ton, who shall atone for this foul
deed and states that nis best friends
deserted him and shot him down.
1t is a matter Of history that his
classmate, also a captain Of the Vir-
ginia Military institute, was captain
of the Cheraw guards during the oe-
curre1ces related above and that this
friend was ordered by the governor
to capture Cash dead or alive.
But the last duel in this stale was
| between Col. Cash and Col Shannon,
for the South Carolina general as
semblx soon after the duel, enacted
an a1ti-dueline law, which is yet on
the statute books of this state.
A ,-o,,ooo oan hroU oLO,t c0rr, o.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-03
DOWN - DOWN - LUMBER and

building material Of all kinds.
Flooring, ceiling and shingles Of all
grades, sash, doors, blinds, laths,
roofines, etc. C. H. Cannon will
give the very lowest prices and
meet all competition. He is in for
small profits and large business.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-03

A woman's idea of economy is to
buy a scent loaf Of bread instead
Of a dollar sack Of flour.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-03
Special Sale Of
Holiday Books.

Our enormous purchases of Books for the Fall and Holiday
beginning to pour in and we wish to invite all
our iends-and their friends weto in and look
over the interesting and varied assortment it has ever
been our good fortune to show
Especially do we call attention magnificent display Of
recent Copyright Fiction o the highest Glass; formerly published
at ST. so, thai we are offering at
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-03

4 woman can brag about some
body in the family being an invalid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
NEW YORK.

The Improvement in the tone of fnan-
cial affairs has become more widespread,
so notable, indeed as TO give a much
more cheerful appearance to the entire
situation. For one thing. the security
markets have displayed more evidences
Of healthy strength than for a long time
past, the money market has SHOWN signs
of loosening up, the currency premium has
dropped quite materially-close TO the
vanishing point, in fact--and the expec-
tations are widely entertained or express
ed that the country will be back upon q
cash payment basis in few weeks.
But trade is still quiet the country
over, and new buying, owing partly to
holiday observances and also to mild
weather, which still is a check on retail
trade, is small, while industrial opera
tions are still being restricted.
Collections are still very poor, with
numerous extensions being asked and in
many cases granted. While the banking
situation is improving loans are not be-
ing made with any degree of freedom and
rates are still prohibitory.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Nov. % number $50,
against 265 last week, ia in the like
week of 1906, 1873 in 1905, 1874 in 1904
and $50 in 1908. Canadian failures for
the week number 46, as against 30 last
week and % in this week year ago
Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
INDIANS TO FIGHT INDIANS.
Mexico Pits Yaquis Against Mayas,
Decreasing Both Tribes.

The Mexican war department, by di-
rection of President Diaz, is trying the
experiment of using the Yaqui Indians
to fight the Mayas. The uprising of
the Maya Indians against federal au-
thority began several months ago, and
it has spread until practically all the
members of that tribe are now in arm
ed rebellion. The Yaqui Indians, like
the Mayas, are waging a bloody con-
tiict against the government troops,
and upon the peaceful settlers of their
territory in the State of Sonoro. The
government has been trying for several
years to put down the Yaqui rebellion.
1t has succeeded in largely decreasing
dreds of them and deporting them to
the Quintana Roo territory, in what
was formerly Yucatan. The Maya In
dams formerly occupied all of what is
now called Quintana Roo They were
brought under temporary subsection
about 10 years ago, and the new terri
tory was created by the government
and was opened up for settlement. The
Mayas soon went on the war path
again, and there has been no settle
ment of the territory that was former
ly occupied by them. The government
soldiers have had all that they could
do to keep the territory from being re-
taken by the Mayas.
The Maya Indians have been making
such an incessant warfare upon the
federal troops that were sent against
them during the last few months that
the order was given to augment the
forces of the Mexicans by organizing
the Yaquis who had been deported to
Quintana Roo into military companies.
1t was believed that this experiment
of pitting the Yaquis against the Mayas
would prove successful from the fact
that the few peaceable Mayas who had
come into contact with the Yaquis
seemed to show a natural hatred for
that race of Indians.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
AMBASSADOR SUMMONED HOME.
Aoki to Give Inside Facts to the
Mfkado.


Mfkado.
Ambassador Aoki has been summoned
TO Japan by his government to explain
personally and in detail the precise stu
alton in this country in regard TO Japanese
immigration. When this mission has
been fulfilled he is to return to Washing
ton. The ambassador has been making
careful inquiry, on his own account, and
through the various japanese consular
officers, into the extent of the reported
feeling toward japanese immigrants in
certain sections of the United States.
Baron Ishii, one of the secretaries Of the
Japanese interior, has made an investiga-
ten. not only in California, Oregon ard
Washington, but also in British Column
bia. upon which he has based SPECIAL
report to his government. 1t is believed
chat the intention of the Japanese govern
ment in summoning viscount Aoki TO
Tokyo is to obtain from him information
which Baron Ishii could not have ac-
gaired during his short stay in America
regarding the attitude of the administra-
kion, with special reference TO the meas
ures recently adopted by Japan to re-
strict the departure of the coolie element
for America. Japan also desires fore
east of the likelihood of legislation for
fhc exclusion of the japanese. At the
embassy it is stated that Viseount Aoki
probably viii leave Washington for To-
kyo by way of San Francisco or Victoria
in about a fortnight, a fact which he
has communicated to the President and
Secretary Root There is no intimation
that he is not 10 return to Washington.