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ER IS WINNER WILL REPRESENT EARLHAM AT STATE ORATORICAL 7 SMELSER TAKES SEGOIID The Contest Held Last Night Was a Pine One in Every Particular. The contest at Earlham College last night to determine who ' would represent Earlham at the State Oratorical contest next January, was rjrry well attended by an intellgent audience. J. Aubrey Kramier was chosen last night to represent Earlham College at the State Oratorical contest next January. Mr. Kramier was followed by Smelser and Spohn, seeond and third respectively. The greatest disappointment of the evening was the failure of Oliver M. Frazer, a Richmond man, to win and many declared after the contest that Frazer should have won the right to represent the . college. His oration was indeed a splendid efroft,while the delivery was but fair,a fact which, contrasted with the brilliant dramatic effort of Mr. Kramier, lost him a place. Kramier 's tone is clear, strong and has great flexibility. His use of the dramatic climax, with resultant silence in which the drop

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that of the strong, rousing narration of ihe downfall of despotism and slavery, was given in a manner that held his hearers' interest and intention. His subdued, yet stirring and splendid use of dramatic effects was splendid and he fully deserved the honor awarded to him. A noticeable characteristic toward the strongly practical was seen in the thought of all the orations. The topics dealt on were practical, everyday ones, expressed with force and power. C. W. Sumner first spoke, his topic being a plea for "More True Americans." This, Mr. Sumner's first trial, was a paxt;icularly fine one. "More True Americans," those eagr4ec to do anything resulting in better,ment of the conditions in this counH itry, were asked for in an earnest, A. M. Mendenhall, a Richmond tforcible manner. .Voy, in an oration of great earnestiV ness and strength, spoke of ."The Unwritten Law, "that bv which mobs l: work and break down the laws, f "Custom, statute and the unwritten v law" were the three kinds of law, t according to Mr. Mendenhall, the lat- ; ter being that resulting in lawless- , ness and a cessation of enforcement V of the laws. i L. B. Smelser, of this city, received second place for his oration, f "Louis Kossuth." It was a masterly piece of eulogy, stirring and splendid, and Mr. Smelser paid a fine i tribute to the high qualities of the ; great Hungarian patriot, the "friend v of the serf." A particularly pleasing feature I was the appropriate. pOAverful, yet subdued, restures of Mr. Smelser. J. 1 X " I His speech was an especially fine one, his enunciation being a slight drawP back, due to a severe cold. Mr. Smelser fully deserved second place. I Oliver M. Frazer, on "The Prob lejjn f the American Cities," was very fine and calculated to open the eyes of .the people to the power of citizenship, which is the great lever for solving the problem of the cities. Mr. Frazer's voice was pecu- ' liarly harsh and with a staccato note, f was used powerfully. August Epohn, third man, closed

) ' the program with a fine oration on "The Yellow Peril." His contrasts of Japan and Russia was an apt and ? forcible one, and the "yellow peril"

as a boeie. was displayed. r Mr. Starbuck and Misses, Mabel ; Stewart and Mamie Huff rendered

pleasing musical selections during the program. The judges on thought and composition were R. W. Barrett, of Philadelphia; Elmer Stout, of Indianapolis, and A. O. Mills, of Chicago; on delivery, Professors Sackett and Starbuck and President Kelly.

Mr. Walter Eicholtz, of Indianapolis, returned home yesterday after a few days' visit with his sister, Mrs. Frank Hudson, and Mrs. "William Lancaster,-of North II street. OIL COMPANY Leases Thousand Acres of Land in Wayne County. The Standard Oil Company has leased one thousand acres of land west of Fountain City. The company paid one dollar an acre for the land lease together with a guarantee of one-seventh of all the product secured. It is generally thought by the people in the vicinity of Fountain City that no oil will be produced on the land and the action of the company has caused no excitement whatever. The company intends giving the oil land a thorough test. UNUSUAL CASE TO BE TRIED IN WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT ON JANUARY NINTH FROM RANDOLPH COUNTY On a Change of Venue The State f-rryz. William JCamplynMuh-7 Interest Here. On January 9 the case of the State of Indiana against William Tamplyn will be tried in the Wayne circuit court. The case coming here from Randolph county on a change of venue. The charge against Tamplyn is manslaughter and is quite an unusual one and will attract the at tention of railroad men and attornevs throughout the State. On May 25, 1004, Neal Stakebake, a well known man of Winchester, was run down by a Big Four train in that city. Tamplyn was engineer on the train. Winchester has an ordinance limiting the speed of trains within the city limits to four miles an hour, and it is alleged that when the accident occurred the train was running at a speed of forty miles an hour. This crime in the statutes is de scribed as the unintentional killing a human being while performing an unlawful act. The case was in vest iga ted by the Randolph county grand jury and they returned an in dictment of involuntary manslaugh ter. Tamplyn is a resident of Indi anapolis. The attorneys for the defense are John W. Duncan and A. O. Marsh, of Indianapolis; Nichols, Goodrich & Bales, of Winchester, and Robbms & Starr, of this city. The State will be represented by John W. Newlin, of Winchester, and Wilfred Jessup, of this city, who will be prosecuting attorney , when the case comes to trial. RICHMOND MEDIUM Was Exposed at Effingham, Illinois, Recently. The Palladium is in receipt of the Effingham Daily . Record, giving an account of the exposition of a spiritualistic fake, who claims to hail from Richmond, Ind. His name is Otis J. Kromer. A trap was laid to ensnare him and he fell into it and the whole business was exposed. !i "". " Miss Martha L. Peelle left this morning-f or -Indianapolis to visit her cousin, Mrs.. Martha- Lomax Morton

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In the Indianapolis News of laht evening Col. John W. Ray has an article on the recent death of James

N. Tyner, and recalling at the same "While Allen was in the northeast time the men who cast the electoral corner of the house shaping his recvote of Indiana for Abraham Lin- ord the rest of us gathered on the

coin, of Illinois. The article has a local significance inasmuch as Hon. Isaac Jenkinson, of this city, was one of the presidential electors and is still living, hale and hearty, and has better recollection of that allimportant event than any. man living. The article referred to reads as follows: i "The recent death of James N. Tyner at Washington city leaves on-J ly three of the thirteen men who cast the electoral vote of Indiana for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin," said Col. John W. Ray, of this city. "These three are Maj. Will Cumback, of Greensburg; Isaac Jenkinson, of Richmond, and I. The two electors-at-large were Will Cumback, of Decatur county, and John L. Mansfield, of Jefferson!

county. The electors from eleven) "Three sets of our proceedings districts of the State were: First were made .according to law. One district, Cyrus M. Allen, of Knox;'was 0 p0 to Washington by mail,

Second district, John . Kay, ot Clark; Ihird district, Morton U Hunter, of Monroe; Fourt district, John H. Farquhar, of, Franklin; FrfTh-district7-;elsor' 'TrnsTerof Fayette; Sixth district, Reuben A. Riley, of Hancock; Seventh district, John Hanna, of Putnam; Eighth district, Samuel A. Huff, of Tippecanoe; Ninth district, James N. Ty ner, of Miami; Tenth district, Isaac Jenkinson, of Allen; Eleventh district, David O. Daily, of Huntington. All Were Young Men. "All were young -men at that memorable election in 18G0, all about the same age, and I am now seventysix. Jenkinson and Cumback are a little older than I. All except Mansfield, who was the oldest man on the electoral ticket, were lawyers. He was a civil engineer, and became a general in the army. After the war he removed to Illinois, where he laid out the town of Mansfield, on the I., B. & W. road. Cumback was long a prominent figure in the Republican party. He was a paymaster in the army. Cyrus M. Allen was Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives; Ray was colonel of the Forty-ninth Indiana, afterward pension agent and registrar in bankruptcy; Hunter was a general and a congressman; Farquhar became a major in the quartermaster's department, and held a State office. Trusler was a colonel, afterward Secretary of State and United States district attorney; Reuben O. Riley was a captain in the civil war He was the father of the Hoosier poet, Ja,mes Whitcomb Riley ; John Hanna was a congressman ; Samuel A. Huff was a noted lawyer and judge; James N. Tjner was a congressman and held many prominent places under the government; Isaac Jenkinson was for many years editor and publisher of the Richmond Palladium. "The popular vote in Indiana in 1S60 was much" -less than half of what it now is, only 272,143. Of this vote Lincoln electors received 130,033; Douglas, 115,500; Breckinridge, 12,295; Bell, 5,306. Lincoln's plurality over both Douglas and Breckinridge was 2.23S; over Douglas 15,467. The Marion county district was then composed of the counties of Shelby, Hancock , Johnson, Hendricks, Morgan and Marion. Talked of War Possibilities. "The Indiana electors. met in the House of Representatives of our old State House in January, 1861. "Will Cumback was chosen to preside and Cyrus M. Allen, who wa& . an excellent record lawyer, was ?hosen secretary to prepare our proceedings. It was quite an informal affair though all were aware of " the im-

on Was the Lucky Memeber--CoL pending consequences that were likeIy to follow the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. west side of the house talking of the possibilities of ' the secession of the Southern States. John Hanna, speaking to Morton C. Hunter, said: 'Mort, suppose the rebels take the Mississippi river, what then?' "Hunter straightened up and said with emphasis, 'John, it is our water that makes the Mississippi: bv C l l - 7 " wi'!! sro down thpro and rpnWin if "Each - elector had his ballot ready. When the time came to take Up the votes I took my soft felt hat and passed it around, and each man cast his ticket for 'Abraham Iincoin, of Illinois, and Hannibal HamHn 0f Maine. I would give $1,000 if I had that old hat today. I look back upon my connection with that event as the greatest day in my life. Messenger's Name Forerotten. one to be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State of Indiana, and one to besent- by messenger to the Hous'.Bepresentative at Washington. - "I can not recall the name of that messenger, and can find no record of it. The man chosen was not an elector. He was chosen at the suggestion of Cyrus M. Allen and lived, I believe, in Knox county." In the last paragraph of the article there is a grevious error where it says the name of the person who delivered the electoral vote to Washington is not known. The Palladium is in a position to enlighten Col. Ray on the subject. The man who delivered that electoral vote to Washington was Hon. Isaac Jenkinson, of this city, and the following is given in his own words: "The presidential electors met as stated by Col. Ray. It was suggested that some one outside of the electors be selected to carry the vote to Washington, but it was , found there were too many candidates and therefore no election. It was then determined that an elector be select ed. Thirteen ballots were prepared and placed in a hat. On one of the ballots was written the name Lincoln. The elector who drew the ticket with Lincoln's name on it out of the hat would be the choice of the meeting. Mr. Jenkinson was fortunate enough to be the lucky man, and it was he who took the votes to Washington and placed them in the hands of Vice President Breckinridge. Mr. Jenkinson 's memory of that stirring event is as clear today as the day it occurred. Sherman "Jester. Sherman Jester, who was arrested on Friday evening for being drunk and attempting to break up the furniture of his home, was assessed a fine of $25 and costs in police court yesterday morning. He was also charged with creating a general disturbance. , .... Deaths and Funerals. O'Neal Chad O'Neal, brother of Councilman W. P. O'Neal, died today at his home in St. Leuis, aged about thirty years. Mr. O'Neal will leave for St. Louis tonight. . The funeral will occur Monday. - Mr. Charles Williams will spend today with friends at Fenntain City. His wife and baby have been visiting there for several weeks. , Orrin Bragg of Milton : was fn the eity yesterday. .- '

To Leave the City. Today Harry Alford will have charge of his Sunday school class at the Christian church for the last time. Mr. Alford has accepted a position with a local fence concern and his work will call him out of town most of the time and consequently he had to give up his Sunday school work. In the few years that Mr. Alford has had charge of the class he has built it up until it is the largest class in the State and numbers over fifty members.

WILLIAM T. NOBLE Is to Take Unto Himself a Wife in the Near Future. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. B. Wilon Smith, of Los Angeles, Cal., an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Beualdine, to William T. Noble, of the same place. Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived in this city be tween fifteen and twenty years ago and Mr. Noble lived here many years, nis nrst. wue uemg a uauguCtt.,,. . i r I rtt I nl i vit Hill vyi I I Peelle, of this city, and a brother-it-law of Miss Martha Peelle, of this city. Miss Smith Ls a well known viloinist of Ixs Angeles and quite a popular lady. TOGA'S FLEET OFF PORT ARTHOR IF RUSSIANS MAKE A DASH JAPS ARE READY 10RPED0 BOATS MISSING Russian Destroyers Have Not Been Seen Since Meter Hill Bombardment. Tokio, December 10 It is reported here since the beginning of the oomuarumeiu uj. uie nu.-u uc Port Arthur harbor the Japanese military observed on 203-meter hill have not seen anything of th Rusflepf of tnrru hnnt dflstWors. " ..v.v.u j- v . j .! i. ter betancl Maoti mountain. ine Japanese neet lying on me

entrance to tne naroor is constantly alley committee has the power to apon the alert in anticipation of an at- - . t iabore et(, or ,the fire

. i 1 T i ll I tempt being made by any of the Russian warships to escape and seek reluge in some neutral part. mi . T : o ine Japanese cruiser oaneii strucK a mine ana same emDer 30. The majority of her crew was THE WEATHER Richmond Visited by the First Cold SpelL TV,o fi,.f ,VcfQnmJnt of cno-ttr on Fridav nieht. Avas also the nrst lndi- " e v0,ri, ,

, , A. , , . i Mayor Zimmerman was aiso queches of the beautiful was deposited ! . J . ,. . .

.i .i -it' ,i n a on mother earth, it being the first mmcf nro of o n - nnr cpnilPn na tor OVPr - two months. The snow also brought i : a " k suuuuwii last eciuug iub isaum j:ji a ? ii- i,:o UC11UTU'J " " :Z APPOINTED Aa Postmaster of Sub-Station Bea t A ioo.. " " .Toin A Mnnn. mnwr of tio Moore Drug company, in North TP:UU (,:. nnn!nfmjnf oc rvnetmaBtai nt tVta ' m mf sub station which is to be estab - listed in the drug store and open for business by December 15. This substation was formerly located in thel AAtait ui stui e m ui tu xj Birccu

CITY CLERK AND C0IX1ITTEE

ARE NOT TOGETHER ON THE SUBJECT OF DEPUTY BOTH MAKE STATEMEIITS Mr. Taggart's Attitude in Regard to the Matter Brought Before Council. Under the head of "MachineMade Deputies" one of the eity papers Friday evening printed an edi- .. , , n . . the so-called ayne County Renub lican "Machine." The editor used for cudgel City Clerk Taggart's open rebellion against the appointment of his deputy by the finance committee of the city council. The "machine" which the editor purports to include not only the present city officials but the county officers as well, is charged with everything from con tempt of the public's will to usurpation of power and between the lines there is a veiled hint of corruption. The editor says that now some city official has screwed up the required amount of nerve to buck against the dictates of the "machine" it is a golden opportunity "for the people of this community to take a hand in the affairs of their city and county and see to it that the holding up of officials elected by the people and r,niw"l"g tlwm acc0,,t "5 ,h,eir neip wnomsoever me uiuciuue lac tates, is stopped." The members of the finance comfollowing: Henry W. Deukef, " Edgar Xorris, and A.W. Blickwedel, the lat ter beincr the Democratic member. Mr Xorris made the following statement to the Palladium yesterdav morning in reference to the charges brought against the conimittee: "I noticed last evening in the j fa , of MachineMade Deputies stated that the finance committee had no business to appoint a deputy for the city clerk's omcQ an1 that the committee was ex- . . . n travagant in -creating an extra iiaa in ,irirt:nf ,WnHp for ih citv ffi : , t s the street an(1 to ant)0int firemen. As f()r creatinr an extra office I can i , v that ihft offie of denutv to I J J lprk Preated bv council i . d h h aiwayB . i.. --"V , ( to ha this depnty From a political standpoint the man who Taggart wished to have appoint ed deputy was up to two years ago a Democrat. The committee did not think him a suitable man for the of fice and appointed instead a young man who has always been a Repubh can. r- Deuker was asked to make a i SUHeilieUl VL Ills K v.. r7 aj . talk on the subject. i tioneu out was luciiueu iv uc uuuvum 11 V , ' , , mito niir com innr n m iiinuLriii. lue I 1111 1" 1 finance committee had a perfect I nrnt 10 apimi iue uuy. t . i IA it. A. W. Bhckwedel denied that the . -n-r i appointment of Mr. Whelan was

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applicant in the committee's opin ion was not the man for the place. The whole affair , is regrettable. City Clerk Taggart is a most efficient officer and felt as if he ought o hi allowed the privilege "of appointing his deputy. The gentleman he tad in I w as deputy, the Palladium knows I to be eomt)etent and thorougniy renable. The finance committee is of the opinion that the appointment of !,. alartr'a dpntltv COmCS UllUPr ITS

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