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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
Miss Christina Springer of
HagerstoWn a Resident
There 65 Years
FAITHFUL TO HER LOVER
IL WAR AND AFTERWARD SHE
sPURNED ALL OFFERS OF MAR.
RAGE.

Faithful even until the end, to her
dead soldier sweetheart, Miss Christi
ma Springer, aged % years, and proba-
bly, the oldest woman resident Of
Wayne county, entered the Great Be-
yond yesterday afternoon to keep tryst
with him, who, forty-seven years ago,
left her to give his life for the mother
land that had called him. Miss
Springer was resident of Hagers-
town, and had for years made her
home with her nephew, August A.
Fritz. With her death the curtain
falls on one Of Wayne county's oldest
pioneer families. She was the last Of
the name. Miss Springer had been a
resident of Hagerstown for sixty-five
years and was well known throughout
the county.
She was born near Hagerstown, Md,
In 1916. When a young girl she, in
company with her parents and a small
grated to Indiana, making the long
trip in covered wagons, over noun
tain ranges, across swollen rivers and
through an almost unbroken wilder
ness. This little colony settled on the
present site of Hagerstown and chris
tened the hamlet after the Maryland
town Of their nativity.
When the war clouds gathered in
the dark days of 81, she was engaged
to be married. Then came the pres
ident's call for troops to preserve the
union, and Miss Springer fiance heard
the call.
when the war is over I shall come
back to you and we will be married."
he told her as he left to join his reg
iment.
But the boy in blue never came back.
In after years many an ardent lover
sought her hand, but each of them
she dismissed, because she had plight
ed her troth TO the one that fell at the
front.
MISS Springer was one of the few re-
naming members Of the old Campbell
lite church which was disbanded sew
eral years ago. Funeral services will
be held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock at her home, the Rev. Warbin-
ton, officiating. The burial will be
at the West Lawn cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
Representative Would Remedy
Present Statute ReIat-
ing to Jury's.
PREVENTS DISAGREEMENT,
JURY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO
TAKE WITH 1T, ON RETIRE.
MENT, INSTRUCTIONS OF THE
COURT.

Representatives A. NJ. Gardner
is planning bill to be introduced into
the next legislature which meets the
appreciation of Judge Fl. G. Fox and
practically every member of the
Wayne county bar 1t will make it
possible for jury upon retiring to its
conference room to take with it the
instructions OF the court. Local at
torneys say such a law is needed as
much as any other that could be plac-
ed upon the statutes. Under the pre-
sent laws, all the court is entitled 10
do is to read his instructions. The
jury is depended upon to remember
all the provisions.
It is claimed by the attorneys the
adoption of such measure would
prove a safeguard against many dis
innumerable that after jury has re-
tired controversies have arisen as to
the instructions of the court. Men
have differed in their remembrarces
of the instructions and this difference
has been evidenced in the verdict. 1t
often has happened that after retiring
an argument has been opened upon
point. Immediately the question of the
courts instruction upon the matter
has come up. If there We're dis
agree ment in the way the instructions
were remembered further discussion
arose and the jury never could be set
right by reference to the instructions
direct. The Jury is empowered TO re-
turn to the box and ask for additional
instructions, but it is not permitted to
a discussion with the court upon any
specific point.
1t is hoped to eliminate all of this
trouble by the bill of Mr. Gardner
The jury would have the right to take
a copy of the instructions with it and
there could be no occasion for a dis
pute to arise as to the law in particG-
lar matters. 1t would be a great as
sistance to the jury and no doubt he
the cause of fewer disagreements.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11

leagues membership in Richmond. He
replied, but stated he could not help
at the present time because of his
absence from the city and referred
me to you and Mr.. Sharon f. Jones
with the thought that possibly either
or both of you could make some sug
gestions as to the best methods to be
pursued in stirring up a more general
interest in the work of the league In
Richmond
Upon a separate cover l am send.
ing to you some literature bearing on
our activities, which hope you will
find of interest. In the meantime we
will be glad to have such suggestions
as may occur to you"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
Is Great Honor to the CUy|S |ITTIF INTEREST
Richmond One of Three Cities in United States Under 200
900 Population That VIII Have Public Art Gallery.

They are to be only in some of
the very large munlc palities like New
York, Chicago and Boston"
Members Ct the local school board
and the directors of the .ocal Art asso-
citation are being congratulated by
Richmond people and by many people
throughout the country by the decision
to establish permanent public gal
lery. The Art Association already
owns about fifteen valuable canvasses,
one being purchased annually by the
fund established by II. G.. Reid. This
collection has also been increased by
money secured from other sources.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
Woodruff Would Further Mu-
nicipa! League Move
ment.
ASKS FOR SUPPORT HERE

Clinton Rogers Woodruff of PhiIa
delphia, secretary of the National Mu
nicipal league, wants Richmond people
to take more interest in the work OF
the league and to further the move
ment locally, he has appealed to VIII
liam Dudley Foulke and Sugar NJ
Haas. secretary Of the Richmond
Commercial club. This leagues pur
pose is to further the movement of in
creasing civic beauty in all American
municipalities. Mr.. Woodruff deliv'
cred an address last February before
the local Commercial club on, Civic
Pride as a Business Asset" Mr.. Haas
has received the following commune
cation from him:
"A short time ago 1 wrote to Mr.
Foulke in reference to increasing the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11

mond Shops" One witty citizen
onceremarked that these signs were a
waste of paint, for, he added, ANY
person with ordinary horse sense
would know they were made here"
All the cars used here are not can
didates for the scrap heap, but those
which are not, are in the minority
There are about twenty-five winter
and summer cars and of this number
there are only about six that come any
where near of being modern and fit
for service. Even the good cars now
used are second hand or remade.
Many of the principal stockholders
in the Terre Haute. Indianapolis &
Eastern traction company, are men
who are heacily interested in the Gin.
cinnati and Indianapolis street Cal
companies. That explains why Rich
mond has been obliged to submit tc
the practice of having second hand OF
remade cars patrol the streets, bump
ing along with flat wheels or groan-
ing and creaking senility. These
stockholders sell the Cincinnati and
Indianapolis discards to the Terre
Haute. Indianapolis & Eastern and
they are then placed in service here
The latest new car placed in service
in this city was sent here because II
had outgrown it's usefulness in Indian
apolis.
Richmond citizens are apparently
helpless to remedy the condition of at
fairs that now exist on the city street
car lines. because, primarily, there is
not a Richmond man on the board Of
directors of the T. II. |. & E.
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HALL WILL Be
DEPRIVED OF HIS
POWER IN SENATE
Continued From Page One.)

calling off the meeting for the sevan-
teenth and telling all the democratic
legislators to be here on the fifteenth
Some disappointment was felt here
yesterday when Edward G. Hoffman,
of Fort Wayne. failed to arrive for
that talk with Taggart 1t was given
out that Holman would come here and
lay down few rules for Taggart to
follow in the matter of the senator
ship. Holman wants the place him
self and does not propose that Tag
CART shall take any part in the fight
against him or in favor of any candi-
date, especially Kern. But yesterday
morning word was received that Hof-
man was sick and could not leave
home. 1t is presumed here that he
that Taggart will have to stand still
and listen to what he has to say.
Oppose Option Laws Repeal.
One OF the developments of the re-
publican senatorial meeting yesterday
was the remarkable unanimity of the
republican senators against any at
tempt to repeal the county local option
law. Nearly all of them were asked
how they stood on the proposition and
only one or two refused to make a
positive statement. Senator Bland, of
Linton, said he did not know how he
l q ~
more than one other senator took the
same view. All the others were out
spoken in their opposition to any re-
peal bill. This probably means that
the law will not be repealed, for unless
the democrats in the senate are able to
get some republican senator's to vote
with them. such a bill could not get
that there are some democrats in the
senate who would hesitate a long time
before they would vote to repeal the
county local option law
Simon's Pleasant Surprise.
Edward Simon, democrat, who is
contesting Edward Wickey's election as
representative from Lake county, was
surprised yesterday afternoon when he
received by mail from Washington, a
part Of the list Of foreigners natural
lied In that county before the election
which lists were taken from Attorney
Lyons Of Hammond, by immigration
officers in New York. Lyons went to
New York as the representative of ST.
mon and the defeated democratic can
didates for state offices to ascertain
from the records in the immigration
office, the dates on which these for
eigners arrived in this country, in Or
der to find out whether they were en-
titled to naturalization. This infor-
ceedings.
The immigration officers made out
part of the information, but then
they informed Lyons that they were
instructed to send the whole business
to the department of commerce and la
Dor at Washington. Simon, Lyons and
the other attorneys in the matter tried
to regain possession of the papers, but
failed and had about given up hope
when yesterday package came by
mail to Simon from Washington. 1t
contai ed partial lists containing 800
names. There was no letter with it,
but Simon thinks it came from the de-
partment of commerce and labor, and
also that the rest of the lists will also
be sent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
THE LAW IS COSTLY
Township Advertisements for
Bids May Have to Be
Repeated.
SITUATION is MUDDLED.

1t is probable that all of the ad-
vertisements inserted by the town
ship trustees, soliciting bids for town
ship funds as repositories, will have
to be re-inserted. This is due to the
fact the law provided that a year ago
the designation of public repositories
should be made in December The
law provided. however, that the first
designation should remain in effect
until the first Monday in January,
1909. On the first Monday in next
month the repositories shall be select
ed and the law provides that the next
designation shall not take place for
two years. The selection is to be
made biennially after 1909.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11

OPHELIA:
Gold Medal Flour ls nourishing.
NEZIAH
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
GRANTS PEW WILL
Be OCCUPIED BY TAFT
Will Attend Services in Met
ropoIitan Temple.

New York, Dec. 11.-William H. Taft
has sent telegram to Rev. DR.. John
Wesley Hill, pastor of the Metropoli-
tan Temple, who accompanied him on
his campaign, saying he expected to
attend service at the church next Sun
day morning. In the evening Mr..
Taft is to dedicate the new Mckinley
memorial organ in the temple
DR.. Hill has arranged to have the
pew formerly occupied by President
Grant reserved for the rlture president.
This pew is on the right side on the
center aisle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
TAFTS TO co SOUTH
NEXT WEEK
PreSident-eIeCt Desires to
Take a Rest.

Augusta, Ga, Dec. lit is an
nounced that President-elect Taft and
family, with the exception of Miss
Helen, will arrive Friday of next week
and will be the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Landon Thomas until the follow
ing Monday. Miss Helen will arrive
just before Christmas holidays, com
ing from Bryn Mawr A letter receiy-
ed from Mr.. Taft asks that he be al
lowed to spend the first few days in
complete rest as he is greatly fatigu-
ed. In Difference to his wishes his
hosts have given out the announce
ment that there will be no functions,
formal or informal, until he shall have
taken up quarters in the Territt cot
tage after his sojourn with +. and Mrs.
Thomas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11

'What, no promenade deck on your
old tub;" Indignantly exclaimed one OF
the latest captives-a clustering Brit
Usher. Where do you expect a man
to stretch his legsr'
Don't worry, your highness." chuc
killed. Captain Kydd. After luncheon
I'll show you the board walk.'-Puck
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11

John. John. there's burglar In the
house. / hear him downstairs In the
cupboard"
where you put that pier
Eyes. Oh, John. John. where are
you goingr'
I'm going down to save his life."-
Boston Transcript.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
TRlPPED OVER WIRE.
Greensboro Man Hurt Through An
others ThouehtIessness.

Greensboro, Ind. Dec. 11.-Tripping
over a wire which had been thought
lessly stretched from one side of the
road to the other, Lewis Peacock was
painfully hurt Wednesday. He was
thrown violently to the ground and
his hand and leg were injured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
RICHMOND PEOPLE
ARE HELPLESS

Continued From Page One.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11
DRESSED POULTRY.

The largest supply of dressed chick
ems, turkeys, ducks and rabbits in
the city at Schwegman's Meat Market.
Phones 2204 and 1884.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-11

"He Is good to his wife"
Indeed. How soy
'He doesn't live with her.-Towr
Topics.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26
PAYING DEMOCRATIC DEBTS.

The people Of Colorado are quite IA.
miliar with the utter confusion and dis.
cord which prevailed In the councils Of
OF the Democratic party and which pr,
vented that party from carrying out
some Of the most important parts OF its
national program when 1t was In con-
troll OF the presidency and the national
Congress.
Tho elements which are now gath
cred under the Democratic banner are
SO antagonist and lack cohesion to such
an extent as to render the party utterly
unfit to assume the tremendous respon-
sibilities of guiding the destinies of
the American nation. The same lack
of capacity to govern characterizes the
administration Of the affairs OF Colo
RADIO by the Democrats. Grover Cleve-
land was forced to borrow money to
run the national government. Charles
8. Thomas, while governor of Colorado,
was forced to borrow money to run the
state government. Thomas borrowed
money from his friends. the bankers.
and others to keep the state institu-
tions open because his party had failed
In the legislature to provide for them;
and with all his influence he was una
BILE to induce his party to return this
borrowed money, and It never was re-
turned until q Republican administra-
tion came in and saved enough money
by practicing economy to pay 1t.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26
Taft is Coming
INTERSTATE DEMONSTRATION At
DENVER OCT. 2-AUoiToRiUM
BEATING 12.ooo SECURED.

Denver has been selected as the one
city in the Rocky Mountain region
where William H. Taft will deliver a
political address during the coming
campaign
He speaks in Denver on the evening
Of October End at the Auditorium and
this speech will be one OF the notable
events Of the national campaign. The
demonstration for Taft and Sherman
ON this occasion IL interstate in Its
scope. Practically all the Rocky
mountain states will be represented at
this meeting and 1t Is the duty OF the
Republicans OF Colorado to see that
every county and town sends good
sized delegation to receive and honor
the national standard-bearer OF the
party.
Special trains and special rates Will
he provided. The Auditorium holds
$4,000 people. and the county organ
ixations and local leaders throughout
the state are urged to secure as large
an attendance from outside Of Denver
a. possible as 1t is the desire Of the
state organization to make this not
local but a state and interstate af-
tair.
Republicans Of Colorado now have
the chance to show the American peo-
ple In the same building In which Mr..
Bryan was nominated. the measure Of
their enthusiasm in opposing Bryan
ism and supporting the party of LIN
coin. Mckinley. Roosevelt and Taft
This will be the most important
event in the history Of all campaigns
IN this state. for II ia the first time
that a Republican candidate for the
Presidency has honored the state with
IN address during q political cam
paign.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26
Democracy
Attacks Colorado
Industries
Would Abolish pro.eetlv. r.rIff.

Would Abolish Protective Tariff.
Every Colorado farmer and miner
should know OF the attack upon Colo
RADIO industries contained In the Demo-
cratic official declaration against the
protective tariff which is found In its
national platform.
The Democratic party believes noy.
as it believed during the Cleveland ad-
ministration. that the protective tariff
is robbery and should be abolished.
They demand the votes of the people
OF Colorado on the ground that they
will eliminate the protective" princi-
pie from the tariff schedules.
What does this mean?
1t means that sugar will practically
be put upon the free list: that the beet
sugar industry in Colorado will be de-
stroyed and the value OF the farmers
lands which have increased a hundred
fold because of the protection which
the Republican party has given this in
dustry and which 1t promises to con-
tinue. will be reduced to the old level.
This is no idle dream, nor is It an
extravagant campaign charge. The
Democratic party comes out boldly for
the elimination Of the protective tariff
and Mr.. Bryan publicly announces that
the object is ultimate free trade"
What will become of the mining in
dustry II the Democrats are put in
power and follow out their free trade
program by reducing the tariff on lead
and copper? 1t will close up half the
mines in the state.
How would our stockmen like u
have the tariff on wool and hides elins-
mated?
This Is what will happen should the
Democrats win.
Every voter In Colorado should know
these things and should vote to main
tain and develop our present Industries
by voting the straight Republican
ticket.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26
An Unanswered
Letter
AN OPEN LETTER WHICH "Hoh-
EsTJoHN" sHAFRoTH FAILED
TO ANSWER.

During the campaign Of 1904, when
sHonestjohn" Shafroth was running
for Congress against Franklin e.
Brooks, an open letter was addressed
to him BY Mr. e E. Rittenhouse. in
which certain important questions
were asked. Up to the present time
Mr.. shafroth has failed to publicly an
swer these enquiries. It will lie noted
that the writer anticipated the frauds
which actually occurred and by which
It was attempted to seat Alva Adams
Is governor.
The following extracts from the
open letter Of Mr.. Rittenhouse to Mr..
Shafroth are of especial interest at
this time:
Dear John: Pardon the apparent
familiarity. but really we have got SO
used to calling you "Honestjohn" that
We do It without the slightest inten-
ton Of violating the proprieties. :.
Do you remember that the investiga-
ton into your election contest case
lasted from February until May last
year (1s03) and that both you and
Mr.. Bonynge were present and exam
ined many witnesses. who numbered
nearly $50?
How do you account for your delay
in getting up In Congress and telling
the country that you were fraduulently
slected7
You knew even before the close OF
the Investigation in May. 1903. that
you were fraudulently elected, because
you then saw and heard the same evil
dence that was presented to Congress
nearly year later. and yet. you for
got to mention It to Congress and the
country until February. 1904. when you
knew that you were to be unseated
within = very few days by the ma
uonal House.
This was remarkable oversight on
your part, "Honestjohn." especially
when We consider the mass Of conclu-
sive evidence Of the Denver election
outrages which you listened to from
February to May. 1908. The evidence
Of fraud brought out in that investiga-
tom was sufficiently startling to have
made very strong impression on the
mind Of the average congressman. par
ticu1Arly Of an average congressman
who = n passionately devoted TO
honest elections ~ "Honestjohn"
0haSteth.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26
eUcHTEL ON TAFT's
FAMOUS OPINION.

Making the sherman Antitrust Law
Effective.
BY Gov. Henry A. Buchtel In Clay's
Review.
II is sometimes said by our Demo
cratic friends that Judge Taft has not
IN him the elements OF reformer. Tho
fact is that he has never been anything
else but reformer. that is, man
working on progressive lines for tho
betterment OF social and political
conditions In our country. An illustra-
ton OF 1t Is seen in notable decision
which he handed down while presiding
over the Sixth Judicial Circuit, which
court was recognized as the most dis
tinguished subordinate court in the
United States during his incumbency.
For eight years after It's passage. the
Sherman antitrust law was dead let
ter. The Attorney General OF the
United States had announced that the
law was inadequate and he had given
up all effort to enforce 1t. After eight
years a certain powerful combination
was arraigned before Judge Taft. The
case was that OF the United States
against the Addyston Pipe & Steel
Company. This company collected .
tax from every city In the nation that
needed to lay foot OF cast iron pipe.
After the hearing, Judge Taft gave one
month to the writing OF his decision.
1t was really treatise on that entire
branch OF the law In all Its phases and
is the ablest work extant on that sub
ject today. He began with the old COM
mon law on contracts and followed It
through each stage OF growth and de-
velopment to the last law regarding
contracts In restraint OF trade. He re-
wrote his opinion ten times. The de-
PENDANTS were found guilty and fined.
or course the defendants appealed, but
the Supreme Court copied Judge Taft's
} decision In full and handed that decis-
ion down as the decision Of the Su-
preme Court That decision Is now the
precedent in all the courts Of the land.
1t was Judge Taft, therefore. who made
law out OF the Sherman antitrust act,
which was counted dead letter dur
ing eight years OF Democratic rule.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26

The Republican party put the big
Mitt" of Denver out Of business and
restored the Capital City to the Re-
publican column. 1t sent fifty promi-
nent Democratic politicians to jail.
Many of them were rewarded as soon
as they came out with official ap-
pointments by Mayor Robert w. Speer
Of Denver. The Democratic party has
not only committed election crimes.
but has rewarded those who carried
out the criminal program.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26

Judge Clarence v. Benson. candi-
date for lieutenant governor on the
Republican ticket. is secretary of the
Pacific Jurisdiction of the Woodmen
of the World. with headquarters in
Denver. Judge Benson is a graduate
Of the scientific and mathematical
departments of the State Agricultural
College and the law department of Ann
Arbor. and is q resident Of Fort Col
Inns.