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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-16
Wants Share of Taxes Collect
ed for the City Under
County Contract.
ARGUMENT ON DEMURRER.
IN THE CASE WERE
HEARD BY JUDGE FOX-STUDY
SAYS COUNTY HAS NO LEGAL
RIGHT 70 MAKE CONTRACT.

Argument on the demurrer of the de-
fendant in the case of w. F. Charters
VS.. the Wayne county board of com
missiOners and City of Richmond, was
heard by Judge Fox in the Wayne cir
cult court this morning. 7. J. Study
spoke for the city and John f. Robbins
for the county. Charters has a claim
for some $1,000. which he alleges is
due him as "a tax collector.
Mr.. Study asserted Charters seeks TO
bring action under the statutes of
1905. It is provided that in case the
county employs a person to collect de-
linquent and omitted tax the costs Of
collection shall be paid out of the gross
amount Of taxes collected. Mr.. Study
cOntended the contract is one between
Charters and the county only. At the
time the contract was made the city
was empowered to make such con
tracts of its own volition and to en-
plOy persons for the collection of tax
es. 1t was asserted by the city attOr-
ney. the taxes collected go TO the coun-
ty and are divided among. some four
teen funds. If there is to be any re
Covery of money il must be from the
county and not from the city's share Of
the fund. according to Study's aIlega-
tiOns. Charters says the county agreed
to pay him over and above his remu-
neration for his services rendered in
the county. would you tell me
Wayne county has the right to take
money and use il 10 employ men 70
work for the city" Nj Study asked.
"Charters rendered his services 20 the
city. but they were not wanted. 80 he
proceeded 10 go ahead and do the WORK
and now asks The county To pay for
that service. The county is not
clothed with the power to make such d
contract The idea Of the county
council appropriating money TO pay d
nan for workine for the city" said
1t-. St91-.
III ar-riu= ia beha,c Of the oDa1tr.
Mr.. EOb5irs. cyuuty attorney. held 1h..
lily s4o4,G bc made a party 70 the COZ
-ract. and brought in TO bear the ex-
penz-. If the contract Is held valid. Mr
Robbins stated. however. he does no.
believe the contract is good as the
county can not pay under the law if It
can not make the city a party to the
contract. John l.. Rupe represents
Charters in the matter.
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Request for Commercial Club
Men to Pass on E Street
Improvement.
WALKS CAUSE TROUBLE.
IF 1T HAD NOT BEEN FOR BOARDS
ACTION IN AUTHORIZING CON.
STRUCTiON, iMPROV ENT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN FAVORED.

At the request of the property own
ers on North street, between
Tenth and Sixteenth streets. the board
Of directors Of the Commercial club
will hold a meeting this week, for the
purpose of considering the proposed
action of the board of public works in
passing a resolution for the paving Of
that section of North Z street
The property owners the majority Of
them being manufacturers. are siren
uOusly opposed to this action, but they
desire to ascertain what the sentiment
of the other business men is in regards
to the proposed Improvement.
The board of public works positively
refuses to eliminate the placing of ca
ment walks in connection with the
paving of the street One member of
the board states that the improvement
of the walks on North f street is as
badly needed as the paving Of the
street. Had the board consented not
to insist on the cement walks. il is
probable that the property owners
would have submitted to the paving
of the street without offering any op-
position.
The property owners insist that if
that part Of North F. street which il is
proposed to pave. was macadamized to
a depth of eighteen inches, the street
would be as suitable for heavy travel
as il would he if it was paved. and
that the expense Of this improvement
would not he as great. Board members
argue that by paving the street the i'm
provement would be permanent. but
that the macadamizing Of the street
Will only be d temporary improvement
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CAMPF|ELD IS
IN MADISON NOW
His Attorney Here Acts in the
Harsh Suit.

oh Mr.. Campfield is at Madison.
all right" said John L. Rupe loca! at
torney for Edwin NJ. Campfield. this
morning. AS evidence OF the fact he
proceeded to hand the county clerk
answers TO the 81 interrogatories di-
rected to Campfield as defendant in
the suit brought by Abraham Harsh
on claim. Dispatches from Madison
have stated Mr.. Campfiel0 cannot he
located since Governor Hanly has de-
clared 10 forfeit his contract 10 erect
buildings for the new state insane hos
Xital al Madison,
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There will be hot time in the old
town tonight
That is if the predictions of the re-
publican leaders come true-and from
surface indications these predictions
will come to pass. Tonight in the va
rious wards, meetings will be held for
the purpose of choosing delegates to
the congressional convention which
will be held next month at Shelby
vile.
Solid for Campbell.
Wayne County's delegation will go
solidly for Campbell. but there is
fight raging today as to what candidate
this county will support for second
choice 1t is a case of the field against
Barnard and it is thought that the an
ti-Barnard men will emerge from the
contest with flying banners.
Barnard Butts In"
Judge Barnard today, the date for
the selection of Campbell delegates
from this county. violated all political
etiquette by invading Richmond for
the purpose of furthering his candida
Cy. Sunday local Barnard workers
held meeting at which time they
formed plan Of campaign for the big
fight which will be pulled off tonight.
AT the head of this faction are many
members of the Wayne county bar and
several county officials The former
work for Barnard because he is a
brother attorney. The latter class
support him because he is prominent
cog in the state republican machine
Fight Is Predicted
It is expected that one of the hard
est fights tonight will take place at he
fifth ward meeting. In this ward J. B.
Gordon. who has been Strenuously
fighting Barnard, will be opposed by
Charles Potter and Frank Howells,
whose position in regards to second
choice is not known. Another fierce
skirmish will be pulled off in the
fourth ward, Arthur Burr and Cash
Beall are the anti-Barnard candidates
for delegate. while John Taylor and
Dick Gem are candidates on the Bar
nard platform.
Forecast of Meetings
In the first ward the Barnard candi-
date is Or. Ferlin@, The anti-Barr.ard
candidate is Oscar Williams. John
Russell is also candidate and
Is credited 10 f. +. Moore for
second choice In the third, the
Barnard men are Offering no op-
position. In that ward there is one
anti-Barnard candidate Edgar Nor
Tis. Henry Deuher. an auti-Barnard
man. will have no opposition in the
second ward. y pretty hot scrap is
predicted in the seventh ward. George
Cotton is the anti-Barnard candidate,
while Ora Little wears the Barnard
colors. In the sixth ward another
warm fight is predicted Each fac
tion there has two candidates in the
field. The Barnard candidates are
Byram Robbins and John Boone.
while the anti-Barnard candidates are
Elmer Eggemeyer and Harry Need
ham. In the eighth ward Charles
Smith. an anoi-Barnard man, will have
no opposition for delegate
The anti-Barnard candidates for del
egates have no particular congression-
nj candidate for second choice. They
intend to support the Rev J. 0. Camp
bell as long as there is possible
chance for his nomination If it is
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JOHNSON SUiClDEO.

Chattanooga, Tenn. March I6.-
James Johnson. capitalist. politician.
sporting man and publisher, Of this
city. committed suicide today by cut.
ring his throat II is believed he lost
heavily on the New Orleans races
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Statistics Show That More
States Have Instructed for
Him Than Any Other Man
Seeking Presidency.
THREE STATES YET TO
SELECT DELEGATES.
Hughes Will Probably Get New
York, Knox, Pennsylvania,
While illinois Will Support
Cannon on First Ballot.

Chicago, H., March 1.-two thirds
of all the delegates SO far elected to
the republican national convention
have been instructed for Secretary of
War Taft and he practically has one
fourth of the number necessary TO in
sure his nomination. Here is sum-
mary of tne convention situation:
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Board of Works Has Decided
To String the Wires on
Poles in Streets Near Main,
Says w. P. O'NeaI.
LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER
TO FOLLOW CITY'S LEAD
This Company Will Not Go Un-
derground, Unless the City
Does-BeII Company Will
Meet Ordinance.

1T has been decided by the board OF
place its Main street wires under
ground" stated w P O'Neal, a mem
Der Of the board, this morning THE
city will comply with the terms of the
Main street pole ordinance by taking
its wires off Main street and removing
the poles. but these wires will be plaC-
ed on poles elsewhere
Finances the Cause.
1t has been decided by the board that
the city in its present financial condi-
tion can not afford to build in CON
junction with the Light. Heat & Power
company, a Main street conduit. 1t is
estimated that if the city place its
wires under ground, the cost will
amount to at least $4,000.
Now that the city has decided not to
place its Main street wires in conduits.
it is certain that the Light, Heat and
Power company will not place its wires
underground. Ever since the passage
of the ordinance. this company has
stated that if the city placed its wires
in conduits it would share the expense
of such an Improvement with the city.
This company will remove its poles
from Main street and will place its
wires overhead on some street ada
cent TO Main street.
Just where the city will place it's
Main street wires is not known at this
time. City Engineer Fred Charles
has this matter in charge and is now
making blue prints OF the streets near
Main, where the city has good line Of
poles II is probable that the Main
street wires will be strung either on
North \ or South \ streets. 1t may
be decided to place them on both
streets.
Bell to Go Ahead.
The decision of the city not to join
with the Light. Heat X Power COM
pany. will not cause the Central Union
Telephone company to abandon its
plan of building Main street conduit
for low tension wires. This company
has for some time desired to place its
wires underground. and now that it
can do so without being bound by any
restricting regulations it will take ad-
vantage of the situation. Ducts in
this conduit will be leased of the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph COM
panies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-16

New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois
are the big delegations which are Yet
to be chosen, and while the secretary
will secure little, if any, instructed
support from these states, his friends
declare large part of these delegates
will go to the Ohio man when the
break comes.
In all other states where conven-
tiOns are TO be held the secretary is
far and away the strongest candidate,
according TO all reports.
Six of the delegates elected are un-
instructed except as to the suggestion
that they will nominate some one who
will carry out the policies of President
Roosevelt. OF the 2S contests report
ed one set of the delegates in each is
instructed for Taft
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EPIDEMIC NOW
SWEEPING NEW YORK
Scarlet Fever and Measles
Are Prevalent.

New York, March 16.-Scarlet fever
and measles are sweeping this city.
The hospitals are crowded. The dis
ease is not in violent form.
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SOLID FOR THE MINISTER.
WHERE WARD MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD TONIGHT

First-Court House.
Second-City Building.
Third-G. A. r. Hall.
Fourth-Pythian Temple.
Ffth-No. 3 Hose House.
Sixth-Main and 18th streets.
Seventh-Little'S barn.
Eighth-W. S. Republican Club.
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PROBES OCCUPY
OHIO'S ATTENTION
Auditors and TreaSurer's Of
fees Attacked.

Columbus, O., March 16.-The IN
vestgation Of the state auditors Of
fee is 10 be started Tuesday. The
probe 0f the treazurer's office and the
Investigation Of the Deaiten:iary will
be taken up touorrOw also
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-16
SCHOOL tMPTIEO
IN AZ SECONDS
Fire Drill Practiced in Green's
fork Schools.

Greensboro. Ind, March 16.-Prof
Cook has established the fire drill in
our school and it Is working nicely.
The building can be vacated in forty
Two seconds. The patrons are pleas
Nth the nnnyeuanL
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THE WEATHER PROPHET.

iNDI ANA-Fair Tue sday.
oHlo-Fair Tuesday.
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The Telephone is q Willing servant 70 bring
your Classified Ads to the Palladium office with the
least bother 70 YOU. Either Phone=t1Zs Automatic,
q Old.
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Fight Not Authorized.

There was tendency among Secre-
tary Taft's real friends today to depre-
cate undue activity in starting fights
in and about Chicago to get dele gates
who would vote for the secretary first,
last and all the time. The prevail
ing sentiment favored the granting of
q complimentary vote to Uncle Joe
Cannon, on grounds of both decency
and political wisdom, That this is the
wise course confirmed by word from
Washington from Frank H. Hitchcock
general manager of the Taft campaign
who declared emphatically and abso-
lutely that no fight for Taft delegates
in Illinois had been authorized
1t also is announced from Washing
ton that Secretary Taft's policy as re.
CARDS invasion of "favorite son" states
has undergone no change. II remains
the same as outlined in his letter 10
Herbert Parsons concerning New
York.
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Fight in Wisconsin.

1t is expected here. as a matter of
course, that Hughes will have the solid
New York delegation and Knox the
Pennsylvania votes. LaFollette is not
so certain of an undivided delegation.
Taft clubs have been organized in ev-
cry county in Wisconsin, and in spite
Of the secretary's expressed wish that
no fight be made on "favorite sons in
their own states, there seems to be a
desire by many republicans in WiscOn-
sin to set his wishes aside as far as
they are concerned.
Here in Illinois the situation is more
complex. It is taken for granted on
every hand that Speaker Cannon will
have the solid delegation. But there
is a radical divergence of opinion
among republicans as to the amount
of Independence the delegation should
exercise. SOme-and they are few
want a delegation which Speaker Can
non can swing to any candidate or
combination he chooses. The others
and they are many-insist that Can
non must be satisfied with a "cOmpli-
mentary vote and that after that the
dele cation must be permitted to join
the Taft forces
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On Day Which Campbell Dele
gates Are to Be Chosen, He
Appears Here to Further
His Own Candidacy.
WILL DO MUCH TO AID
CAMPBELL'S POSITION.
1t Is Said That His Action
Will Do Much Toward the
Defeat of the Judges Sup
porterS.

INTEREST IN MEETINGS,
IN NEARLY EVERY WARD, BARN
ARD AND ANTI-BARNARD MEN
WILL LINE UP AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER.
SOLID FOR THE MINISTER.
No Question But That Wayne Coun-
ty Delegation Will Stand by the
PreacherPoIiticisn as Their First
Choice.
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Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
HIRES MEN To-klLL HER MOTHER
CoId.Blooded Plot Of Chicago Woman
10 Exposed. :.

Chicago, Nov. 14.-Plotting matri.
eide in the most cold-blooded manner,
In order to obtain, 81 300, May L. Otis.
Sc years old. carried her plans to the
point where she believed four days
would see their fulflllment, then was
arrested by the men she believed her
fellow conspirators.
She was to point her mother out to
the man she had hired to commit the
crime, that he might make no mis-
take. She had paid over 500 cash
and signed note for $2,400 to procure
the commission Of the crime. She
had outlined in detail how her mother
was to be done to death and had
warned him that she wanted good
Job" and did not want it to be ANY
ambulance case"
All her planning was due to the
fact that her mother, in . recent will,
had made Miss Otis her sole heir. The
woman's supposed fellow conspirators
were the head Of z private detective
agency and two city detectives.
Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
rREAsuRY JOB FoR q. .. TERRY
Appointed Assistant Funds Holder o.
Government at New York.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE presi-
dent Friday appointed George 8. Ter
~ to be assistant treasurer of the
United States, in succession to Hamil-
ton Fish
Mr.. Terry served q assistant treas
urer Of the Republican national com
mittee under Treasurer George B.
Sheldon. Mr. Terry IS said to have
been recommended to the president
by Representatives Van WacAten o..
colt and Herbert Parsons OF New
York, @ we'll % by Republican M.
uonal Treasurer Sheldon. The ~
sistant treasurership Of New York
was first offered to Job b. Hedges,
but although he was urged TO accept
he declined the honor. ss &.
Mr. Terry for many years has bssn
secretary Of the Union League club
Of New York and also has been con-
nected with the park commission q
that city.
Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
MORE POWER FOR RElcHsTAol
Some Members Would Have chancsk
lor Rssponsibls 70 Body. &.

Berlin. Nov. 1 4.The socialist and
centrist members Of the reiehstag
Friday demanded change in the fun.
dannsntaI law that should make the:
imperial chancellor responsible to the
reiehstag instead Of to the emperor.
and two motions to this end were laid
upon the table. ST
The socialists demanded also that
the responsibility Of the chancellor b.
extended to the dealings and utter
sances Of the emperor and that the
reichstag have the power to demand.
the dismissal Of the chancellor.
Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
LOST Ten YEARS; ms AHE !!
FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIAL %
.sz.s FOUND IN ASYLUM.
Professor Mark w. Harrington, Once
Chief Of Government Weather Bu.
reau, 10 Hopeless Wreck.

llew York, Nov. 14.-Prof. Mark w.
Harrington, former chief Of the United
States weather bureau, who mysteri-
ously dropped out OF sight nearly ten
years ago, has been found, . hope.
less mental wreck, in the New Jersey
asylum for the insane at Morris Plains
He has been an inmate Of the asylum
since more than year ago when he
was found wandering aimlessly about
the streets Of Trenton. Such is his.
condition that he has been unable to
tell the asylum officials anything about
himself, and 1t was not until Friday
that his identity was established.
Then the wife Of the former weather
bureau chief visited the asylum and
identified the man as her missing hus-
band. Mrs. Harrington, who lives in
this city, said Friday that although
her husband has changed greatly in
appearance since he left home ten
years ago, and did not recognize her
when she visited him at the asylum.
she is certain the man In the asylum
is Prof. Harrington. <
Ing about the streets Of Trenton over
q year ago and was unable to sive his
name or any details about himself,
and as he carried no papers that
would reveal his identity he was sent
to Norris Plains. Had 1t not been
for the chance reading of an article in
q western paper by his son, Raymond
Harrington, describing apatient in the
asylum, the mans identity might
never have been learned.
The sons suspicious were aroused.
and he communicated with his mother
who now lives in this city. She visit
cd Morris Plains and there, it was
said, identified the inmate known 40
"John Doe No. S,' as her husband.
He did not recognize her Mrs. Har
rington said that since the time her
husband had left their home some ten
years ago she had heard from him
twice, shortly after he left. one letter
coming from Raleigh, S. c., and an
other postmarked Washington, D. G..
Prof. Harrington was graduate Of the
University of Michigan, where he aft
erward held the chair of astronomy.
President Harrison appointed him
chief Of the weather bureau in 1891,
from which office he was removed in
1895 by President Cleveland. Later
Prof. Harrington became president Of
the University of Washington at Sc.
attic.
Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
DEAD J! MINERS !: NUMBER 400.
FIFTY MORE BODIES BROUGHT TO
SURFACE AT HAMM, oERMANY. !.
Three Hundred and Sixty Are still
Below oround-AII Thought 70
Have Suocumbsd.

Hamm, Westphalia, Germany, Nov.
14.-Rescue operations to reach the
mon entombed in the Radbod mine,
where an explosion Of f1redamp oc-
cured with q resultant great loss Of
life, have not been renewed. The aQ.
thorities estimate that there are still
800 miners below the ground but no
hope is entertained that they can be
saved. They are believed dead.
Twenty-sevsn Of the miners who
were taken out severely injured are
in the hospital. The shafts, pithead
and galleries of the mine are being
walled in in an endeavor to choke the
fire. a..
Fifty more dead bodies were
brought up from the shoft Friday.
The police still keep the public
away from the immediate vicinity of
the shaft head. The scenes witnessed
are pitiful. The wives of the impris-
oned miners are demanding why the
authorities keep their husbands shut
below ground, and several Of the
women have become insane and been
taken to an asylum. +.s5. +.s = s..5szs 81
There 10 danger Of further explo-
sions in the mine from extensive
stores Of dynamite at the bottom of
the pit. - s. - -
Prince Eitel Frederick, represent.
Ing his father, the emperor, arrived
here. Subscriptions for the families Of
the men who have lost their lives in
the disaster have been opened in Ber-
lin, Cologne, Frankfort and other big
cities.
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Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
NEWS FROM SCANDINAv
Principal Events That Have Trans-
pired in the Old Countries
Within 4 Week or So.

Argentina is going to keep an am
bassador in Scandinavia next year,
and he is to stay three months at q
time in Stockho olm, Kristiania and Co
penhagen.
Both SWedes and NorWegians have
been fishing Holsters this fall on the
Grisebo shall lows, which are claimed
by both countries. The Swedes are in
the majority. The Holsters were more
plentiful than they have been for
many years past.
Warren sheaf., 1908-11-19
Mrs. Reed Near Death.

Denver, Nov. 14.-Weakened by dis.
ease and drugs, Mrs. Allen +. Read,
who threatened the life Of Mrs. Gene
We've Chandler Phipps with dynamite,
may never live to undergo the ex'
periences Of the prison cell or mad
house as the consequence Of her dar.
ing attempt at extortion. Information
reached Chief of Police Armstrong
that Mrs. Reads condition was e1'
tremely critical.