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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
NEAR COLLAPSE;
TRIAL MONDAY
Ray Lamphere Must Face the
Charges of Burning Mrs.
Bella Guinness.
PROSECUTOR is CONFIDENT
HAS TWO WITNESSES WHO SAY
THAT LAMPHERE FOR A LONG
TIME THREATENED LIFE OF
ARCH MURDERESS.

Laporte, Ind, Nov. 7.-Startling rev.
ton in the trial of Ray Lamphere, &C
cused of burning to death Mrs. Bella
Guinness, the modern borgia, and her
three adopted children by setting fire
to the Guinness house of death last
April. Judge John Richter will try
the case which opens Monday. Cor
respondence between the Guinness
woman and two men now living in the
vicinity of Laporte in the possession
of Prosecutor Ralph N. Smith, indi-
Gates that Lamphere had for long
time been threatening Mrs. Guinness
with exposure, unless she regularly
paid him stipulated sums of money.
The letters are said to make plain
Lamphere's motive in committing the
crime.
Both these men will be summoned
as witnesses and their identity is be-
ing closely guarded. Prosecutor Smith
is confident that Lamphere will be
convicted on the evidence.
. Lamphere Confident.
Lamphere declared in the Jail today
that he was confident of acquittal.
They may twist and turn the evidence
all they like" he said, but if they
| prove that | set fire to the house they
| will have to do it by false testimony.
Whatever 1 may have been guilty of,
did not do that. | have been the vic
tim of circumstances and my actions
on the night the house burned have
been misre presented.
Il have been made to tell twenty
different stories, according to other
people, but really have only told one.
have led a pretty loose life. maybe,
and possibly l drank too much at
times, but there are others who have
done as bad as l who are walking
the streets of Laporte free today.
knew nothing about the house of
crimes, as they called it. I worked
for Mrs. Guinness once. but I didn't
see her kill anybody and didn't know
she had killed anybody. / think that
something could be cleared up about
all these bodies that would show a
great mistake has been made"
Defendant Near Collapse.
Lamphere is in state of nervous
collapse bordering on wreck. He
jumps clear off the ground when his
name is spoken in an ordinary tone of
voice and his eyes roll continuously.
The accused has been allowed no
drugs since his confinement and en-
forced abstinence from alcohol has
made remarkable change in his ap-
pearance. Aside from nervousness he
is far more presentable than he ap-
peared when arrested.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08

know what I am talking about" Was
he dashing ambitious hopes of youth
to succeed him? He was emphatic
about the personal cost or practicai
politics. mo boys" he addel, don't
go into politics; if you do you'll be
sorry. This is straight. Take my ad-
vice and you'll never run for Office.
If you should lose-well, that amt so
bad-for you might quit then. But if
you win it's all off. You don't even
own yourself any more. You've sold
yourself to the public. You're every
body's servant. You can't enjoy the
joys Of private life like you could If
you had lost. Running for Office looks
good, but if you win the fruit turns
to gall and ashes as the poet says"
Coughlin is a poet himself, having
done, he says, the lyric Dear Mid
night Love-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
THE CITY IN BRIEF

Guns for rent. Waking & Co. TIT
This week, donation of can goods,
fruits, vege tables, staples and Money
thankfully received at Margaret Smith
Home. SLIT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
HUNTERS IN DANGER
OF PROSECUTION
Licenses Secured Last Year
Are Invalid This
Year.
RUSH FOR CERTIFICATES.
REGARDING HUNTING CAUSES
CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION IN
INDIANA.

There has not been the usual rush
for hunters licenses at the county
clerks office during the last few days
At this season of the year a large
number of the licenses expire and 9TH
ers must be procured. The county
clerk has been informed a number of
hunters intend to try their luck this
season with permits issued last year.
Such licenses are invalid now and pro-
vide absolutely no protection whatso-
ever. A man hunting under license
that has expired is subject to prose-
cution the same as il he were without
the document altogether. The state
game commissioner has been supplied
with the names of those persons, who
took out licenses last year and which
since have expired and not been re-
newed.
The game laws of Indiana are in a
heterogeneous condition and the COM
missioner trusts to the county clerks
to help him protect the game as much
as possible. A license bears an iden-
LITIGATION card of the owner and if lost
can not be duplicated except upon af-
fidavit. The licenses cost but 81 and
enable the owner to hunt any place in
the state where permission is obtained
from the land owner.
AS the result Of the mixup involving
the solons of the Indiana legislature
in 1905. the poor rabbit finds himself
without any protection by the law,
The legislature passed law which
made the time from October / to No
vember 10 closed season for al
kinds of game except water fowl. This
protection was accorded rabbits and
it looked as il the Dummies would have
chance to propagate and live in
| safety for short time at least. How.
ever. the legislature in an act concern
ing public offenses tangled the game
laws almost beyond recognition ano
now the law. which provided the pro
lection, stands repealed by the act Of
| the assembly Of 1907.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
"Sfqy Out of Politics Boys"
Advice of Chicago Alderman

Chicago, Nov. MANY disappoint-
ed candidates will echo the warning,
"Stay out Of politics." the solemn adj
vice to young men in general given by
Alderman John Coughlin, of de
Foist"-"Bathhouse John" of political
notoriety-in addressing the children
of a Catholic parish at a church fair.
He has been in politics in a practical
way so long he ought to know. Now
this is what I want you kids to re-
member: Stay out of politics." he
said. BE good citizens; get bust
ness Of your own; and if you can't do
that, work for some one who has a
good business. Remember that hon.
es. labor and having a happy home
and family is better than holding an
Office that is always disappointment
to you. Remember what I say.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
Ballots Used in Chicago, if Piled,
Higher than Tallest Building

I. N. Powell. Of the board of election
commissioners. The judges and clerks
numbered $500 and their vouchers
for service totaled to $4,000. The
closing of the 1900 saloons during the
day meant matter of $4,000 to their
proprietors and the public service dur
ing the day cost over $4,000. No fig
ures have been offered by an enter
prising press as to how long voters
of the city would have been in pass
ing a given point in case they had
marched in Indian file to headquarters
to hear the returns announced. The
voters outnumbered the entire popula-
ton of Illinois in 1850, the year that
Willard Fillmore defeated Daniel
Webster for president.
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Chicago, Nov. 7.-Election day cost
the city of Chicago this year a quarter
million dollars. The mere distribu-
ton Of paraphernalia kept seventy
teams busy for week, there being $40
tons of it. Besides the $500 ballot
boxes there were the election booths,
$4,000 pounds of official ballots and all
the Incl lentals, except cigars, which
equip polling place complete. In
Chicago the ballots supplied would
have made a pile three hundred feet
higher than tn etallest building. AS
they were over two feet square the
string of them would have reached
from the Masonic Temple to the dog
pound in Hutchinson, Kas., according
to the nimble statistics of Secretary
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-18
Beware the Faddist.

A correspondent thinks | should talk
department.. There are mt least two
good reasons against doing first.
II would take too much space: second.
nobody would read It.
have some problems In private
economy that are about all can han
die without going too far aiield III
search of the political economy brand
OF trouble.
Excuse me from advocating any spe-
cific or panacea for all Ills. aud that
Is evidently what this correspondent
wants. The little talking | do on so
cla and economic questions Is for the
purpose of arousing the public con-
science. The man with the ism should
not feel put out because we do not
all get into his particular groove. 1t
Is probably not wide enough to accom-
modate many of us. Some men see
one phase of the truth, and after That
they can see nothing else. Nor have
they any patience with people who
talk about other subjects.
For example, once knew red
headed man who was wrought up on
the subject OF rainmaking. He acted
ms though he thought people who CON
versed on other topics were frivolous.
The skillful musician plays all the
octaves. He throws variety into his
work. Sometimes he expresses love,
sometimes sorrow, sometimes anger
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Shades OF Warren


snaaes Vi warren.
ne SHOCK 10 certain type "f aehti
hieh'aiisls VIII DE scarcely less IMAM
'hat administered lew years aS' hN
eA-eeete'ars 'ohh -, Long "esh ne
s'oou up at flyhouth' MISS, near the
iahious ioeN 10 say ina. among the
piigrlhf lathefs were sratters. drunk
mus 'tnu WORSE
Inc eiho'iohai patriots survived the
snoNh'
Anu now saali we say because the
custom Oh ceiepfatihs bunker liiii Dat
nc mas iaileh INTO lhhoeuous desuesude
'hai PATRIOTISM Is deeiihihgE
'efialliy not
me custom OF generating the fourth
vi july III tue ola way mas also largely
iaiieh mo uisuse.
mat Il DAY ,hat Was-ih your Jay.
1t was seheraiiy ushereu Ill by an an
VII national salute mat was heard over
III the next township. Ked sashed
marshais oil Tue aay rode eaVortihg
pow horses. Inc out communities
came III procession win ME ana
drums, Win long Wageniul OF girls
representing the states ana the God
oess Oh ihperty. io, tue trluihphal
inareh 10 'he grove! "heh All were
hi'ehed ana the Gay wore on. the horses
neighed to one another. uiow that
heiShihg lives III hemoryo The quar-,
let sang "a Thousand Years, My own
coinmpia, ana the sword OF Bunker
dlii. with much ielicity OF express
sion ana great flourish the Declaration
OF independence was rellSiously read.
Ana now the orator OF the DAY patriot
icallv sWeateu hlnseli, leaving bare
remnant Oh pinieathers III the tail OF
the easie!
IL was u robust ana patriotic way To
celebrate, and the memory of 1t lin
gers. pht=-
ne times nave changed. Nowadays
We save ourselves the nerve exhaustion
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HER BOY AND YOUR BOY.

Your boy!
Your boy wears the badge OF pros
perity, good clothes. He has never
known real hunger. When he needs
money he comes 10 you and gets It.
He has not missed "A term of school
since he began In the kindergarten.
He plays on Saturdays. On Sundays
he goes to Sunday school In an extra
suit.
Her boyf
Her boy has little TO show In the
way Of clothes, and lie wears cheap
kip shoes. Sometimes when he turns
his wages over to his mother she
gives him II nickel. but not often. lie
had to quit school In the second grade.
lie earns about ms much delivering
newspapers as your boy spends.
While your boy turns over in bed for
his morning nap. her boy Is nj work.
He Is due ut the newspaper alley at 4
o'clock. If the morning IL frosty. in
stead of an overcoat he runs TO get
warm If 1t rains, he gets wet. And
where your boy would be In bed with
cold her boy just coughs little and
keeps going
Your boy?
Why, he has contact with good teach
ers, and he has his own little library
of books. lie goes to the Y. NJ. e. A.
comfortable home.
Her boy?
Her boy runs up against all sorts
good, morally unfit, vicious. He knows
little of the finer things Of life. lie
knows things In the rough only. Work
Is his physical exercise. Play Is a lux
ury. All the morality he Is master
of comes from his mother
Nevertheless
II may he her boy wifi onirun yours.
Who knows? The very woridiness
about him may put n mental keenDesa
In the brain of her boy. His hard cx-
periencc may cause him to see things
as they are. Something you know
not what may stir his Imagination.
Something may start the seeds Of AIN.
billion to sprout.
1t all depends on the yeast in her
boy
Yeast will rise even under the most
untoward conditions.
IF the yeast stuff Is good, let your
boy look out for the washerwoman
boy.
On the other hand
1t Is a pity TO think it-her boy may
go down instead of up. There may be
no real yeast In his makeup. II not
the sordid life that Is about him IL
likely to oyerwhelm him. The handi-
cap Is too much. The odds your boy
has over her boy are too great, more's
the pity.
But
II her boy has real soul stuff, he
uay go stumbling, yet, stumbling, shall
find the safe way TO tomorrow.
In that case your boy will step aside
for him.
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A MODERN SIDNEY.


The foregoing Is the simple but sig
nlficant epitaph on the monument re.
Gently erected to Mldshipman James
Grouse In Arlington cemetery. Wash
ington
1t tells In Il graphic way the story of
the noble sacrifice OF lad of the
American navy only little over nine
teen years of age.
The boy died from injuries received
In an explosion In the turret of the bat
tleship Georgia while at target practice
on Cape Cod bay.
IL you Will go 10 the files of the
newspapers you will find these partlcu-
lars:
The gallant Grouse was at one of the
guns In The turret. His classmate and
chum, Midshipman Goldthwaite, served
another gun. The latter died from his
Injuries inside OF two hours Grouse
was frightfully wounded, besides be
Ing badly burned. He got out OF the
tnrret Hearing cries for help. he pain
fully retraced his steps. He took hold
and helped TO care for the injured sea
men. While doing SO some one called
attention to his own deporable condi-
ton. 1t was then he uttered the words
chiscled on his monument:
Never mind me. I'm all right, Look
after the other fellows"
He was afterward taken TO the hos
pital, where he died unfiinchlngy.
And that IL all.
At least that IL all the newspapers
tell about Grouse and what he did and
said
But that Is not all that Is worth say
ing. Because
An act of heroic self abnegation like
this one seems greater than any ser
mon. grander than any poem, finer
than any lofty strain of music. more
than any great work of art.
IT IS DIVINITY REVEALING IT
SELF IN HUMAN FIEsH-a mo
ment OF incarnation, the highest cx-
preston known TO humans.
One thinks Of the dying Sidney and
how he pushed the cup of water from
his own parched lips when he said .
"Glve II to him. Ills need Is greater
than mine"
The STRIPPING Grouse was kin of soul
TO Sidney and TO all the heroic souls
Of history
And yet
After you A,haye said all this-and
justly-thc only concept of the charac-
ter of James Thomas Grouse, midship-
10, Ia. la. In l.. Il Ia.
and the sentiment. 1t Is all there On
the monument.
What you put down Is only the APP
pearance OF black characters upon
white paper.
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To Polish Mahogany.

"If others are troubled as l have
been,' says writer In Harper's Ba-
EAR, with n blue gray appearance
on the surface of any Of their highly
polished furniture they may feel per-
fectly safe In using the following:
"To about quart Of clear water add
u tablespoonful OF good strong vine
gar. In the solution saturate soft
cheesccloth and wiring out AS dry M
possible. With this rub lightly the
surface to be cleaned and dry-always
rubbing llghtIy-with dry piece Of
cheesecloth.
'If afraid Of this ut first. you might
experiment on Il section of the furni-
ture that does not show. The inside OF
the top lid of the plano might do II
that Is the article to be cleaned. In
case Of the first application not en-
tirely removing the cloudy look repeat
the operation In about IL week and you
will have the satisfaction OF seeing
your furniture look as fine as It did
the day II left the factory"
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A Phillips Brooks Story

The spirit of love and kindness to
all which pervaded every word and
deed of Bishop Phillips Brooks did not
hinder his keen appreciation Of others
failings and shortcomings or his own.
"Why In the world doesn't Brown
write his autobiography and have 1t
published?" said one Of the bishops
friends. referring to an incessant talk
err and most egotistical man who had
been wasting an hour OF the bishops
most precious time by rehearsal OF
some unlmportant happenings.
"Why, he'd rather tell 1t, of course"
said the bishop and then like flash
came regret for the quickly spoken
truth. and he turned on his friend with
Il half humorous, half distressed face.
"What do YOU mean by asking me
such II question as that when I'D or
my guard?" he demanded reproach-
fully.
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Settled It Themselves.

In western China European travellers
recently found Il simple method OF
settling disputes. One Of them writes:
while we called the midday halt at
Tachade, we asked the villagers con
corning some new graves which we
noticed In a field close by. They an
swered, Our head man and two others
were killed three months ago In n feud
with village higher up the hills is
it settled now Yes Did you re-
port the matter to LaowoY No.
What would have been the use? We
Just settled the matter ourselves
Howl oh. we killed eight Of the
other party"
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Cheer Up.

Take it all iii all, this is pretty good
world There are love and sunshine
sprinkled through It. There is the
beauty of the ocean and of the hills OF
the rivers and of the mountains. There
are flowers and birds In 1t. and its
nights are crowned with stars.
Pretty good old world, don't You
think SO? People In 1t might be i'm
proved, l admit, but you and | are of
them, and we are not the ones TO rem
der Judgment Their lot is our lot,
their SORROWS our sorrows, their frail-
ties our frailties. Besides, If we don't
like them We can do our small part to-
ward making them better We can al
least make ourselves better, and that
is so much In the right direction.
But this is not a sermon. only an at
tempt to say that the little ball of mud
and water on which we are now func-
tioning Is not Il very good world for Il
kicker-not but what there are evils to
REFORM millions of them, but did you
ever know Il man afflicted with u
chronic case of sorehead to do much
toward reforming the world? Now,
did you?
The way to reform the world is to
go about 1t with II loving heart. to be
strong. not weak. and the man who
whines and grumbles is nearly always
weak DO not abuse the fates, but
put your shoulder to the wheel Do
not swear ut the world because It has
not developed to your standard, but
push IL along. In the journey up the
mountain of progress we must all help.
II you see Il wrong-and there are So
many of them to see-speak out plain
ly, openly, manfully. Oppose 1t. Point
out n better way. But don't grumble.
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The Love Universal

l would not my affection should be small.
To all the shoals of being goes my call
Where'er you are. 10. / am one with
you!
There Is no allen life. ! love the All
The green worm and the leaf to which 1t
clings
The bird that in the sunlight Tits and
sings.
The trout that leaps along the ripples
COOL
l claim them all within the soul OF
things.
The lion in the brake with blazing eyes.
The timd hare that from my footsteps
flies,
The gliding serpent and the laden bee
They all are linked to me by unseen ties.
The broad leaves of the oak that shift and
CLEAN,
The blossom as 1t drifts upon the stream.
l merge them all within my ample soul,
For We are one. the dreamer and the
dream.
From atom unto angel all are mine
AZ l grow conscious Of the soul divine
OF which they are the symbols. All Is
God.
The manifest is but his outward sign.
Sing on and burn with gladness, q my
heart.
To know how sweet the life In which thou
art
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For instance:

For instance:
Some harebrained youth, smtten 10y
n girl who rejects him. refuses Ia ate
cept dismissal, follows the slrl nass
her. makes life torment, then kills
her. Newspapers speak OF The crime
as n love tragedy
A weak soued woman whose vanity
Is played upon or whose trivial griey
nnce is fostered by an affinity" is per
suaded TO leave husband and children.
1t Is written of such woman that she
was blinded by love-
Or man of family deserts good
wife and innocent children, leaving Il
heritage of shame. to 20 pbilanderine
with some foolish miss who has in.
fatuated him. And the incident is her
aided as "a love story"
In fact. to paraphrase Nine Re-
land, 1t might be said. 20 love. what
crimes are committed in thy name
Those all are libels on love.
Love is more than mere infatuation
Love is more than passion and desire
Love is. first of ALL clean. Aud low,
will protect its own, not kill it. Love
will die to save It's loved one. Love
puts above all else the happiness OF
its own. 1t is the divinest feeling
known to humans.
Love seeks not its own.
1t hlches nothing from honor.
1t rejolces In purity.
1t lisps no useless speech.
1t endures forever.
Love Is more than poetry. sentimen
tality. Its language IL not the speech
of the silly love letters of the divorce
court. 1t may be betrayed sometimes
into the language of extravaganza OF
impulse, but never of insincerity In
deed the stuff of which most love
speeches Is made IL the merest froth
on the cup OF real affection--sparkles
Of sizzling passion blown away by u
breath
Belng divine, love abides.
1t must keep Its own forever and q
day. 1t IL even stronger and sweetel
when the wrinkles mar the face of the
loved one. when the hair Is silvered
uiiu 'ie ii"ihc II peHt with sIoWiHt
inereptltude. than In the younger day
of the cheeks soft rounded contour and
stately carriage
Call you by the sacred name of af
lection that which harbors bitterness
and hate, which neglects or abuses oil
kills?
That kind comes up from the depths
True love comes down from above.
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Tho Apple Of piseord.

At the marriage of Thetis and Pc
leus, where all the gods and goddesses
met together, Discord threw on the ia
BILE golden apple" for .'the most
beautiful" Juno. Minerva and Venus
put In their separate claims and, not
being able to settle the point. referred
the matter TO Paris, who gave judg
ment to Venus. This brought on him
the vengeance Of Juno and Minerva.
to whose skill is attributed the fall Of
Troy.
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Influence Of Mountains.

The influence of the mountain Is pure
and holy, giving strength ana simple
fly, encouraging the Older virtues. dis
couraging the newer vices. In the hill
men Of Wales we see this clearly
enough. 90 where you viii among the
wilder and more mountainous parts or
Wales and you will find that rare in-
dependence and self reliance which are
not marred by II curlously defiant Dis
courtesy. You find there those that
are truly natures gentlemen. LON
don Standard
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Literary Taste.

II have written book that every
body ought to read" said the author.
II am afraid 1t won't do" answered
the publisher. What the public seems
to want now Is a book that nobody
ought to read Washington Star.
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A Good Reason,

One day Mary was found standing
on chair In front OF the mirror, ga2-
ing at her pretty Image.
"Why are you looking In the glass.
darling T'asked her mother.
"'Canse | like the look Of me-" was
the frank reply Chicago News.