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RICHMOND, INU.U.

cj&inig for Mercy.

For the first time in the history of our country the corporations are

egging1 for mercy. Their highly paid officers are being sent on the

lecture stand let issnf rfniHnjr annoaU trt thn norilf to make the lez-

. fTJ- A" J - - - X' i " Islatures, state and national, stop the wholesale manufacture of trust

curbing and trust preventative laws. President Charles If. Mellen, . of 5the New York, New Haven and Hartford railway, baa been sent forth to deliver lectures In the lutcrctst of the Rockefeller clique, which controls J that road- Last Thursday in an address delivered to the students of j -Trinity college. President Mellen said: "In public and in private I have always conceded the need of efficient regulation of railroad corporation evils. There should be a tribunal to redress wrongs, too much-power is not to be trusted to even successful and admittedly able men. "If there is to be oppression it must be by those we have chosen, and not by those chosen for tis. We can bear the wrongs we have Imposed upon ourselves, having power to redress them at the polls, but it runs counter to nature to accept without chance of review the dictum of our neighbor, placed in power perhaps without our approval, confidence and often In defiance of our judgment. It hat always . seemed to me ft would be preferable for the corporations and the public that such re Eolation be by the general government than by the states, because of .the necessity for a reasonable degree of uniformity In the regulations for the protection of the public and that they might not conflict so seriously as would otherwise follow from the frequent changes of jurisdiction as we cross state lines. "There is much excuse that the public mind is excited, that wretched laws result, that in rage and dismay there is disposition to - strike down the Innocent with the guilty, but when the public clamor shall make the law of the land, popular government will have become a failure, anarchy will be lying in wait with its opportunity close at hand. "Where majorities oppress, the brains and money will be driven : to other fields; where safety and better results are obtainable, and a majority without these all-important forces of civilisation makes only for anarchy and ultimate disaster. "The self-constituted champion at such a time who can tell us all we know of trouble and conjure up more, who is full of promise but with no record of performance, commands our sympathy. Sentiment controls us, judgement takes a back seat, and we accept him really as a leader, neglecting to Inquire of his past that we may judge of the future, and frequently the destructive instead of the constructive order of statesmanship become dominant. "When we see reaction coming on apace and it is too "late we must settle down to a period of suffering and privation until the constructive order resumes ascendancy." If the above is not a "squeal" on the part of the corporations, we miss our guess. It shows that th e corporations, having had everything their own way for so many years, do not like it when the tables re turned. They think conditions are Tine when the people rest quietly under all kinds of oppression. But let the people rise up in protest and clamor about such things as, less attention on the part of railway magnates toward dividends, and more care of the lives of the traveling public, and then the corporation lieutenants like Mellen, rush about dedaring that popular oppression is going to "drive the brains and money of our country to other fields." God pity the other "fields" if our jnoney mad Rockefellers, Morgans and what nots encamp on them.

"Citizen" Has a Word to Say About Milk in Connection with Present Agitation.

Richmond, Ind.. March 1.

H" Olftor-The Palladium: As a citizen

and business man of Richmond, and being in sympathy with council, which has to solve and settle o many difficult problems, I feel moved by some hidden force to write these few words, fearing that tae waste basket may be made the recipient of the same. After reading one of the evening papers I was led to believe t'tat unless some immediate action VL8 taken in regard to the quality of milk sold in fllsnmoua, the people world become extinct, or, as our good piesident has said, we would have race suicide. Now, If the council will take the time and appoint a committee to investigate the milk trouble jrio and con and fintl out what milk is sold for in other cities and the kind of milk it is, and make a report. It can then intelligently eetle all the trouble. I was informed today of some people who thougbt they must have pas-, terrlzed milk, but soon went back to the pure, natural 'milk, and was also told how they regulate the milk business of Indianapolis. They are required to sell all bottled and pasteur-; Ised milk. When the dairyman sells all the bottles he has filled he drives around in the alley and fills some '

more. He gets nine cents per quart. Peifple who go away from here have often remarked when they return home that Richmond has the best milk and lowest in price of any other place. Now, gentlemen, allow me to ask you a few questions. So you believe when God made a cow for Adam and Eve that he intended that cow to give milk that was unfit to use in the natural state or do you believe that the cow of today is constitutionally different from Adam's cow? Do you remember for the last fifty years that when a doctor found out that hi3 patient had fever of any kind he would invariably put them on milk diet, and most of them do today? Oh, the stupidity of the scientific people of the past, that they did not find out sooner that milk in its natural state was unfit to use! I believe In evolution in some things, but doubt its effects on milk. I have heard many say they do not

want the pasteurized milk; it destroys the natural taste. There

seems to be a secret force at work

somewhere to get one firm to handle.

cell and make over all the milk con

suxned m Richmond, and then comes

the merciless trust.

In conclusion I will ask, why discriminate between a few hardwork-

nmen who sell milk and kick up Is dust about typhoid germs.

-s and tuberculosis and allow ess run in this city and all irair land of ours that is the

rie of 100,000 deaths -per

ay very little about it?

ft right ought to prevail.

win test ffy-an interchange of

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MUCH ALARM IS FELT

FEAR FOR WHEAT CROP

Mild Weather and the Absence of Snow, Makes the Outlook for Grain In This Locality Quite Unfavorable, Farmers Say.

Hagerstown, Ind., March 1. Farmers say there is real cause for the alarm so generally expressed about the safety of the wheat crop In this part of the state. The outlook is regarded as very unfavorable, and it is doubtful if the best of weather con: ditions from this time on until harvest could repair the damage already done. The cause of the trouble is found in the mild weather and absence of

snow. The wheat grew very fast and

covered the ground like a thick mat

before cold came on last fall. It was rank and green when freezing weath

er started in and the fresh blades and

vigorous roots were entirely unpro

tected from the cold. When ground is frozen hard without any snow on

it every puff of wind helps to carry

the dirt from the roots of growing

plants. So it was last winter that

the wind carried away the dirt from

around the roots of the wheat plants

and left them exposed. To this cause

alone may be traced the destruction

of a great deal of wheat. Then the

plants had not time to assume a dor mant condition before cold came on

The fresh blades were easily killed

and the roots likewise badly dam aged.

There was never a better prospect

for wheat than appeared in this coun

ty before Christmas, but the recent unfavorable weather has totally destroyed the prospect, and now farm

ers say we may find It, as has been

the case in years past, that there will

not be nearly enough wheat grown

in the county for home consumption.

A PUBLIC MEETING CALL

Richmond Citizens Want to Have Ac

tion Taken in Regard to the Congo Outrages.

lflMttMMoc Respectfully, elasticity m. a CITIZEN, ihAM '

In view of the terrible atrocities

still practiced in the Congo Free

State and the seeming lethargy of

the states concerned, and believing In the power of public opinion, we, the

uaaersignea nereoy suDscrioe our

names to a call for a public meeting In the Interest of the reorganization of the administration of the Congo Free State: S. R. Lyons, Timothy X'cholson, Thos. Nicholson, A. S. Smith, S. W. Traum, A. W. Hempleman, R. J. Wade, J. O. Campbell, Lee B. Nusbaum, W. II. Romey, H. Robert Smrth, E G. Howard and Jesse S. Reeves. The meeting will be held on the evening of March 10 at East Main street Friends' -church. ,,

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PANHANDLE SHOWS MORE EROSITY TO MEN.

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Company Witt Give $200,000 More to

Its Employes the Coming Year Than This Year.

Ifttving granted a ten pet cent in crease in wages to its active employes.

tho Pennsylvania railroad has gone a step further and raised the annual appropriation of its pension fund for re

tired employes by 33 per cent., from $390,000 to $600,000 per year. This

announcement is contained in the an nual report just completed by the pen

sion department , of the railroad, and

which was received at the local sta

tion yesterday. According to the re

port, 1447,614.47 was paid ; out last year to the 1,940 men on the present

Pennsylvania pension roIL .

There are now 1,940 men on the pen

sion rolls of the company. In January, 1906, there were 1,810. During

the year 200 men died, three-fourths of

whom were over 70 years of age. This

decrease was offset by the retirement

of 331 men. Of this number 201 were

in the 70 year class and 129 between

the ages of 65 and 69.

Besides containing the announce

ment of the 35 per cent Increase in the

annual appropriation, the amount distributed in 1906 and the number of

men now on the pension rolls, the report Sets forth a complete statement of the operations of the pension department of the Pennsylvania railroad

since the pension system was organ

ized in 1900. At thht time there were only 1,190 men on the retired list, who received $260,433.36 a little more than half the amount distributed last

year.

Since 1900, tho pension department

has distributed a total of $2,493,870.86, which gives an average for the seven years of $356,268.69. The number of employes retired and pensioned up to the present time is 3,031. In addition

1,090 men have died. The average age

o femployes at the time of retirement

was 71 years and 3 months, with an

average length of service of 34 years

and 2 months.

Several Richmond men are now on

the pension role. According to the

rule, an employe has to serve the Pennsylvania thirty years; and at the

age of sixty-five years can retire from

the" service in case he sees fit. At

seventy years retirement is compulso

ry. Should a man serve tne Pennsylvania thirty years and be below the age of sixty-five he is not entitled to

the pension although several local men say that such should be the case.

RAILROAD NOTES.

REVIVAL OF RUMOR THAT CON STRUCTION WILL BEGIN. .

Enough Interurban Lines are Headed

This Way at Present to Make Richmond a Center.

C. D. Kinney, soliciting agent for

the Chicago, Indiana and Eastern

with headquarters in Muncie was in

the city yesterday conferring with

local freight officials.

It Is said that the investigation of

the interstate commerce commission

on the Harriman lines is greatly af

fecting railroad Stocks all over the

country. They have fell serera

points during the past week.

Yesterday was pay day for the

Western Union and Postal Telegraph

operators in this city.

The Nickel Plate railroad will In

stall twenty six miles of double track

between Osborne, Ind., and Chicago.

Freight Engineer Gallagher run

ning between Richmond and Fort

Wayne on the O. R. & I. fell from the

gangway of his engine Thursday at

FL Wayne and sustained a dislocated hip. He is confined to his home

while an extra engineer is attending

to his duties.

The Southern railroads more than others in the country are now prepared to handle large quantities of

grain.

The Seed Corn special arrived in Richmond yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. After a side trip to East Germantown it returned to this city, laying over here last night. It will leave Richmond this morning at 6:30 o'clock for Dunkirk, via RJdge-

ville over the G. R. & I.

A. G. Aikin, well known in local railroad circles, has been appointed

freight and ticket agent at Norwood,

Ohio, to take the place Tecently va cated by Ernest Nehringer,s resigned

FIVE YEARS FOR LYING

Mexican Court Sends a Falsifier to

Prison for Telling a "Pipe Story.

Durango, Mex., March 1. Hexiquino

Almeras, who recently reported to the local authorities that he had discov

ered gold bullion and coins to the

amount of $4,000,000 in a cave near Ma

oma, has been placed in jail because

he could not make his story good. A number of men were directed by the

authorities to accompany Almeras to

the cave and take charge of the gov

ernment s portion of the treasure,

which is one-tenth under the law.

When they arrived at the cave Al

meras could not find the treasure, and he announced that it had been stolen

during his absenee. He and his brother were arrested for practicing deception and they each will probably

be sentenced to five years' Jmprison-

nient for the offense.

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National extracts and spices sold

under a positrre fuarantee.V'ffte

back and get your money 10 "Atr-

While the peoplo of Richmond are daily expecting to see several new

traction lines thrust their noses inside

the city limits, the old rumor that- the Columbus, Greensburg and Richmond

traction line will be built to a, cer

tainty witmn tne one year and a

half, is being circulated throughout the city.

The old C. G. & R. proposition is

well known to Richmond people al

though it has never assumed any pro

portions, but at the same time all will

recognize it as a probability. Thomas W. Rominger of Hartsrille, who is one of the promoters of the road has

again revived his Interest, although according to local statements he has been thinking of the scheme since' the road was first projected and he now

has the road built complete in his

mind, and the next thing the promot

ers will have to do is to get the money to finance it. Some time ago a Chicago firm expressed a willingness to back the scheme, but when a representative went to the windy city to inquire Into the backing qualities of the men, he

found them to be very good, in that they Immediately "backed out." Upon examination the representative of the

new system also found that the firm which had made such great boasts as to its financiering abilities, could not

have placed the price of a meal ticket

on a three-cent restaurant counter, let alone back a traction line where several hundred thousand dollars would

have to be secured.

Since the revival of Interest in the

line however, several local men have begun to cast their eyes In that direc

tion, as all agree that the line would be a money maker as it would pass through the heart of the rich farming lands of Bartholomew, Decatur and, Fayette counties. A portion of the line would pass through Rush county, but

would not strike Rushville, unless

present ideas are changed.

In speaking of the matter yesterday.

a local man who is blessed with a good sized bank account, said that there

was a probability of a local company being organized to finance the scheme. It is understood that several wealthy

men of Columbus, Greensburg and Connersville are more than willing to

help promote the road. Among these

is Joseph I. Irwin of Columbus, the

sole proprietor of the Indianapolis and Columbus traction line. His road . at the present time is the only railroad

in the United States that is entirely

out of debt, and it is said that he is willing to turn his attention to new fields, and Is interested in the proposed line. It is interesting to note

that the majority of the proposed trac

tion lines in Western Ohio and East

ern Indiana all turn their noses to

ward Richmond. Should all be built

Richmond will be one of the largest

traction centers in the middle west.

Those roads now in - Richmond and those proposed are: Indianapolis and

Eastern; Indiana, Columbus and East

ern; Hamilton & Richmond; Colum bus, Greensburg and Richmond; Ind

ianapolis, New Castle & Toledo; Chi

cago, Bluffton & Cincinnati with the

proposed line between Richmond and

Connersville.

In the event that the Columbus

Greensburg and. Richmond traction line is built, the other Connersville line to Richmond will probably be

abandoned. ' In case, however, the lat

ter is built first, the C, G. & R. wil

probably run to Rushville and thence

toward Richmond.

The traction development in this

city Is watched with interest, and it is expected that within the course of at least the next three years all roads

proposed will have entered this city.

After experimenting with steel gondolas and postal cars, and with the-announcement that the Putiman car company will Install steel cars on its system, the Pennsylvania railroad will now turn its attention to the construction of steel box cars, says the Pittsburg Post. It is probable that the Pennsylvania will shortly let contracts for a large number of steel box cars. The Pennsylvania now has a .man in the west inspecting the steel box car now in use on the Union Pacibic, which la the first car of its kind ever built. The movement is not uew, however, as the railroad has been experimenting largely along . this line, bat hasnever gained to any degree of perfection, models which would compare with that now used on the western road. The new box car is regarded by "Pennsy" motive power experts as the extreme development of the steel car, and they think it trange that box cars with steel bodies have not been tried before. It is claimed that the new box car weighs 37,800 pounds, or about 12 per cent, less than the standard box oar - used on the Harriman lines. The two' cars have practically the same dimensions, the difference In cubic capacity being only about 50 cubic feet. This saving of weight is accomplished largely by using only one center sill and designing the side frames as efficient plate girders of considerable length. The body framing of a wooden box car has always been moro or less a failure as a truss to carry that part of the load between bolsters. The combination of green timber and imperfect fitting usually results in a side frame, which carries little or none of the load after a few months of service, but the steel box car, the sides having all the members rigidly attached to each other, supports a great deal of the load which would

otherwise be carried by the longitudinal sills. Pennsylvania railroad officials realize that it will cost more to repair a steel box car than the present equipment in case the car is damaged, but they figure that repairs will not bo reo"T-or1 "w't so often.

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MVRICK IS HOT PLEASED

WON'T USE STEEL CROSSTIES.

Cause of the Wreck of Fast Special on

the Pennsylvania.

True to predictions by local railroad men the Pennsylvania has with

drawn its orders for the six thousand steel crossties, and General Manager

Atterbury has requested that all steel

crossties now in use on the Pennsyl

vania be removed, as It is said that

they are largely responsible for the wreck of the eighteen-hour special

between Chicago and New York last

week. The special committee which had been asked to find the cause of the wreck, stated that it was largely

due to the steel crossties which were

used along the road at the point of

the wreck.

The immediate order followed. Ce

ment steel ties reinforced with con

crete will not be installed on any di

vision of the "Pennsy," although it

was thought that a large number

would be placed on the Richmond di

vision.

The steel crosstie idea grew out of

the scarcity of good wooden ties, but

as the steel ties have proven imprac

ticable, the road will endeavor to

find some new source for experi

ment.

The cement telephone and tele

graph pole proposition is still alive and the company will spend thou

sands of dollars experimenting along

this line.

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WANTS TRAINED APPRENTICES,

In order that the Pennsylvania may

get a greater number of trained apprentices in its shops at Altoona, Pa

the company has fitted the Altoona high school with a complete railroad

department, in order to stimulate interest in the railroad work, and at the same time offer the students at the

school the advantage of a technical

education. eqnM to that given at the Kyrer techn!" viools of the coun-

DON'T WANT AN INCREASE

Proposed Law Although it Would Give

County Treasurer More Salary,

Would Take Away His Right to In terest on Money.

Action of the House Thursday in passing the bill Increasing the salaries of the county treasurers of the state, made necessary by the depository law, does not meet with the approval of County Treasurer B. B. Myrick, Jr., whose salary under this bill would be advanced from $2,900 to $4,700. To the average reader, Mr. Myrick's objection to receiving an increase in salary may seem strange, but he has a most excellent explanation to offer. .

Will Lose the Interest. It has been the custom of the county treasurers to take the moneys of their respective counties to some depository where it is placed on deposit at a small rate of interest, averaging from 2 to 4 per cent, and this interest is paid to the treasurer for his own benefit. This practice has made the

office of the county treasurer the

most sought after of all the "plums" the county has to offer. The bank or trust company which offers the treasurer the largest rate of interest is, naturally, selected by the treasurer as the depository for the county's money.

This depository furnishes the county

treasurer his bond, which In this county is nxed at $400,000, gratis. Interest to the County. Mr. Myrick states that under the

new depository law all of the deposi

tories in Wayne county must bid for

securing deposit of the county's mon

ey. The Institution offering the larg

est rate of interest will be made the

official depository of the county's money and the interest paid on this deposit will be paid to the county and

not to the county treasurer.

Pay For Own Bonds. Mr. Myrick states that this new ar

rangement will force the county treas

urers to pay for their bonds, which

wIU eat a large hole ia their salaries

Suppose the bill passed Thursday by

the House becomes a law, remarked Mr. Myrick, "and I received a salary

of $4,700. Now say, for instance, that

I had to pay $2,000 a year for my bond

ana a salary oi ? i,zuu a year to my

deputy. That means I will have to

pay out of my salary $3,200 each year,

leaving me an annual salary of $1,500 or $1,400 less than I am receiving at

the present time.

Turned Down Hanls Bill.

The house turned down the admin-

stration's bill increasing the salaries

of county treasurers, made necessary by the depository law, and passed one of its own which almost trebles the increases plannsd by the Governor. Altogether county treasurer will receive

. total of $91,150 more in salaries in 908 than in 1907 If the bill becomes

a law.

The schedule of increases worked

out by the Governor provided the county treasurers with only slight in

creases In salary. -

After an absence from the cfty lor 10 days Mr. Halow has retumecT to spend a few days more in the sale cf his choice line of ..nOQrOTAC- D(UJ0..

Saturday, Monday; Tuesday, March 2d, 4th and Sth. A Special Discount of 15 to 25 Per Cent. will be given on every rug shown by Mr. Halow. Those who have seen the line pronounce it one of the finest ever shown in the city. Persons desiring something in this class oi goods will do well to take advantage of this opportunity. On display and sale In the Annex of our store.

The Geo. H. Knollenberg Co.

Beveridge Lost Out. . Washington, March 1. Senator Beveridge finally lost his fight to force the packers to put the date of packing on the labels of their canned goods. The conferees on the agricultural appropriation bill decided against Senator Beveridge and the provision goes out of the bill. The amendment of Senator Beveridge requiring the date of packing on the cans was accepted by the Senate, but the Senate conferees, it is learned, did not make a very valiant fight.

UTICA Y. M. C. A. BUILDING DESTROYED BY FLAMES

Utica, N. Y., March 1 The Y. M. C.

A. building here was destroyed by fire this morning; loss 1175,000.

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That HOT CHOCOLATE is at Creek Candy Stcrc. It's just like all their Chocolate Candies They are so good!

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