Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 42, 21 December 1910 — Page 8

THE RICII3IOXD PALLADIUM AND SL'N-TELEGll AM, WJiDNtSDAV UKCKMUER 21, 1910.

J'AOK EIGHT

JUDGE FISHER TO LEAVEJHE BENCH After Sixteen Years of Service He Will Be Succeeded by Abel Risinger.

Hitchcock Now Working Mail Clerks A Imost to Exhaustion

palladium Special) J bag from Bugletown and other hamInliananolia. Dec. 21. Indianapolis i lets. On some roads a clerk makes

postal clerks rebel against Postmaster

(Palladium Special) Eaton. O.. Dec. 21 After siitteeu years of faithful and efficient seivice on lite bench, Hon. I' Urn Fisher, resident common pleas Judge of the neetin'! sub-division or the second Judicial dihtrlrt of Ohio. will on the first Monday in January xtxp d'wn and out and h" u:r-fijfd by lion. Abel C. RUtnsr. of IJaiou. Marking the change of Judgtt the Preble County liar atisoclation will fittingly celebrate the event arid honor their fellows by tendering them an elaborate, banquet. Arrangement for tho affair uio all early under may and It will bo held on the evening of !) iiiIkt 21. All members of the bar, together with many visiting attorney and Judges, will take part. A progiam of Hpeeches will be a feature. Judge Klam Pinner, who retires, was admitted to the bar in 1872 and since M., beginning of a I Hacks ton I an career JiIh acllvltles have been characterized bv eui nestnes, caiejul preparation and fair deliberation. He has been considered one of the most learned ami Impartial jurists In this section of Ohio, and neidom hud any of his decision teversed by a higher court.

iHirlnu I he early part of his legal career he was assistant prosecuting j.i...iih in Marlon county, Indiana and resided in Indianapolis. He has been it member of tho lioard of trustees of Miami university, Oxford, for 27 years. .Aside from his Judicial elections, one of which came without opposition, he never Mtught polltlenl preferment, but ha nerved as a member of the city council and board of education of Katon. Kialernally he Is a member or I lollar Ixwlge p. mid A. M., and Katon Oi.ipler It. A. M., or Katon. and Va'Iey f Dayton A. A. 8. R. Masons, of Dayton. He ts identified with many local business enterprises and is regarded an one of the clty'a most substantial and successful men. He has m wife and two daughters, Mrs. I lotus r Koyer, of Katon. and Mrs. Charles V. Elkcnbary. of SHkune, Washington. Born In Preble County. He is u mitlvc-hnrn Preble count ian and although he expects to continue hla residence in Kuton. will probably engage In tho practice of law In Dayton. Ho administered the oath of office to Hon. Andrew h. Harris, who while nerving In the capacity of LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, became the State's executive at the death of Governor John M. Patterson. lion. Abel C. Klsinger, who becomes .Indue Fisher's successor. Is probably equally well known In Katon and

Preble county, where he has resided practicably oil his life. He has been a practloner of Jaw for years. His work nt the bar has always been characterized by Indomitable will and commendable energy and many of the most Important cases heard in tho Preble common pleas court has found him aligned on one or the other sides. He has for years been associated in the work with his cousin, Jonn Risinger. Ho has served Preble county as its representative in the legislature and also served as Mayor of Katon, been a member of tho board of public affairs, city council and board of education. He has for years been a zealous Republican, taking a decided interest In all party affairs, as well as in all matters that pertained to the ultimate betterment of the town and county. Fraternally ho is a raamber of llollvar I-rfMlgo V. and A. M., and of Waverly Lodge Knights of Pythias, of Katon. He has a wife and one son, Roy Risinger.

General Hitchcock s economy pro

gram, wnien, mey say. i iv.inub thern physically and mentally. There Ib now one substitute to twenty clerks. Postal regulations provide one to ten clerks. Clerks are resigning. Regulars double up" on runs to save expenses of substitutes, working at intense pressure. Congress provided tn.oOO for railway mail clerks' expanses. This divided among over 16,000 clerks between congressional sessions is unappreciable. One clerk Saturday hurled bac k across the counter in the federal building $2.75 offered him for three months' expenses. Clerks on the Indianapolis and Louisville run get no expense money. Clerks on the Chicago and Koodhouse short run gel live cents a day. Four days "on" and four days "off" Is no longer the rule. Railway mail men are doing a brain and body wrecking stunt daily. Uesides. each must, 'study distribution," which means keeping posted on 13,000 to 25.000 offices in five states, the roads to reach them and the quickest way to them. David Hosenbaum, aged war veteran and clerk, compelled to do a run

between Indianapolis and Louisville, and un additional one between Indian-

hdoIIs and Kankakee, fainted on the

street In Cincinnati and was carried to the city hospital suffering from nervous prostration. George Hirr of New Albany, clerk on the Indianapolis and Iouisville line, was hurt on duty. His work is being done by men from the Indianapolis and Michigan City run on their off days. Chief Clerk Ball says ten additional clerks will be allowed the railway mall division for the Christmas rush, six at Indianapolis, two at Terre Haute and two at Richmond. Traveling cerk3 say there will be no relief for the men on the cars. An Indianapolis mail clerk leaving this city on an early train piles out of bed long before dawn, gulps a cup of coffee, kisses his family good bye and makes a dash through dank, dark streets for the postoftice. The night before he has "stamped up" a thousand or 1,200 letter and paper slips for a six day run, to label his packages. He shoves them in his pocket. When he reaches the postoffices he calls for his registers and signs for them and shoulders the1 responsibil-

fifteen catches and deliveries within a

distance of thirty miles. And he must do it with uniform accuracy, whether

it be in snow or rain, sunshine or

darkness.

There is a knack in tossing mail which exceeds that in dealing cards which the expert gamester possesses. No gloves can be worn in winter. The clerk is playing upon a big instrument before him. and a false note, a letter tossed wrong, may cost his job. He is watched by government inspectors. He is not like a musician playing the same piece over and over, which has been practiced a thousand times. His score changes every fourth

of a second and is never alike on two successive days. His brain works just as fast. There are no bones in his head to love. Neither is there any solid ivory. His brain is of India rubber, with a spring gun attachment which can shoot in any one of 25,000 directions much faster than a rifle flash. The work of the railway mail clerk Is a marvel to the psychologist. "They call us clerks, but we're just laboring men," said one of them. Once in a while a "sub" wanders into a car and asks the foreman where the desk is, at which he is to work. He is met with a stare. "Go 'long, sonny. Hop on that bunch o" sacks. Quick!" is the answer

he gets. Besides having to know all of the offices in five states and how to reach

them, the clerk also has to know some thing about the big cities through which he passes, enough in fact, about the streets so that he can district completely a city's mall while whizzing toward it on the tail of a locomotive. After the first big stop a regular "Jag" of mail is thrown on the car, and then it Is work fast and furious until about ten miles from the end of the run, the clerk begins to "see daylight" through the piles before him. Then he begins to "lock out." The letter mail is all sorted and distributed. If he is lucky the clerk may get a few minutes in which to wash and change clothes. He is not through when he leaves the train. Then his trip reports must be made out. He may have a five hour wait before his return run begins, or it may be twelve but he turns into bed exhausted. If he happens to be in Indianapolis and his home is elsewhere he turns into a neat mailman's dormitory on the fourth floor of the federal building.

When he gets home from a four or

ENGLAND TO HAVE MERRY YULE TIDE

Old Fashioned Customs Are Gone, but the Event Is Still Made Much Of.

ity. Then he jumps into a clattering i glx day8 run lt usuany takes two

mall wagon and is whirled off to the

station. He enters his car, usually about two hours before time for the

days to get straightened out physically and mentally and ready for work

again. He has been subjected to ir-

train to start. But previous to this, , reguiar hours and meals and loss of he has signed a book at the station. gleep But perriap8, nowadays, he has

(American News ervicfl London, Dec. 21. The old fashioned style of celebrating Christmas with the blazing Yule log in the fireplace, the merry family seated around the festive board, which Is groaning under its load of choice viands, including such delicacies as boar's head, venison and plum pudding, is a thing of the past so far as London is con

cerned. It may still survive in the

there are no Vu!e logs nor any of the

gentlemen, conservative enough to

preserve ancient traditions, but in

London the custom has died out. The rich leave their town houses and take

their families to some fashionable

seaside resort, where they spend the

holidays amid the discomforts of crowded hotel life; and the poor stay

at home and enjoy their holidays ac

cording to their means and taste; but

households of the well to do country

famed accessories of an old time Yule

tide celebration.

The royal husehold still in mourning for the late King Edward, will spend the holidays in a comparatively quiet manner. The king and the queen and the members of the royal family will celebrate Christmas "en famille" at York cottage, their charming estate in Norfolk. Although quietly and unostentatiously, elaborate preparations have been made for the

Yule tide celebration. There will be plenty of good things for the table.

including boar's head and sygnet and a liberal supply of plum pudding made in accordance with the famous recipe preserved in the royal family for more than a century. There will be presents for all members of the family, a family gathering around the Christmas tree In the hall and a distribution of presents to the retainers of the king's estate. King Edward loved to have a number of intimate friends around him at the Yule tide season and Invariably had a large house party at Sandringham at that time, but King George, limited by the rules of mourning etiquet will forego the pleasures of a gathering of congenial friends this Christmas, whatever he may choose to do in the future. Christmas trade was not quite so brisk as last year, owing to the unsettled condition of things caused by the political campaign and the industrial strikes and disturbances which have considerably reduced the purchasing power of the poorer working classes. The demand for toys and other holiday goods of a cheaper grade has been larger In comparison than for some holiday seasons past.

Market Report NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS (Furnished by Corre'l and Thompson. Odd Fellow s Hall. Phone New 1 ork, Dec. "I.

Open iMsh Copper , t5 4 6v4 SrLe'.ter Tl'j Tla U. S 72 4 73U U. S. I'M ll-

Pennsylvania r.!

Corn I Oats j Clover seed

.47HC ...35c .$9.20'

1445.)

IOW 74 v

St. Pa i! B & O New YorU Central Reading Canadian Pacific . Great Northern .., I'nion Pacif"; ... Northern Pacific . AtcbUon L. & N Southern Fin.ilic ..

12;. UK, 4 m i r." 194 12:j 171 144 4 11G

12 'J ii 131 1 71 7s 116 101 4

i2sm 122 112 149 123 170116 101 113 4

6.:! s 74 a 72 - 116129 12U 103 112 4 1504 m I2:i 1704 llfii 1 ti i H 1444

INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN Indianapolis, Dec. 21. Wheat 924c Oats 34Vic Rye ,75c Clover seed ,$&ViO

MARKHAM TO HEAD ILLINOIS CENTRAL

CHICAGO

INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

(furnished by Correll aui Thompson.: Indianapolis, Dec. 21. Odd Fellows Hall. PLor.e il4G.) j Hogs Receipts 7,000; top

Chicago, Dec. 21.

'Wheat

Open ili?i I,o-w Clos Dec SM-r, 914 9 Hi H July .... h G 'j3 4 954 July y;i4 9:4 D2ffl i2 Corn Opn His!) ITy rioi Dec 4 3 " s 43 H 4 3 43 May 474 p; 47 47 July 4'Mi 48 44 4S4 OatsOpen Kigu Low Clos Dec 21 31 :;i4 314 May ;',4 34 J3 34 July 34 3 14 33!'4 333s

$7.90.

Cjittle Receipts 1.100; top $6.35. : Sheep Receipts 500; top $3 75, I Lambs $6.25.

E. BUFFALO LIVESTOCK

PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK

$3.00; $t.60;

Pittsburg. Dpc 21. Pittsburg Light; choice Cattle Supply light; choice

prime $6 35; butchers $6 00. Sheep Fair supply; prime $4.10. Hogs Receipts 20 double decks; prime heavy $8.05('f 8.10; yorkers $8.10; pigs $8.14. Lambs $B 40. , Veals $9.00 10.00.

East Buffalo. Dec. 21 Cattle Receipts f0 head; prime steers $506.75; bitchers $3.00 6.25. Hogs Receipts 1,700; heavies $8.15 8 25; yorkers $8 25; pigs $8.35. Sheep Receipts 5.000; prime $4.00. Calves Receipts 150 bead; choice $10 50. Lambs $6.50.

t American News Service Chicago, 111., Icc, 21. Charles II. M&rkham. president of the Gulf Refining company, and the Gulf Line company of Pittsburg, was today elected president of the Illinois Central Railroad company to succeed J. T. Harahan, who will retire from the office next month The new president began hiss railroad career in 1SS1 whoa he started as a section laborer on tho Santa Fe. In the same year he became a station agent for tho Southern Pacific at Denting. N. M., and held similar positions for six years. From

1891 to 1S97 he was district freight

and passenger agent of the Oregon

lines of the Southern Pacific company. In 1904 he became Vice-Presi

dent of the Houston and Texas Cent

ral and later he was appointed general manager and Vice-President of the

Southern Pacific, About eight years

ago he resigned rrom tne soutnern

Pacific to engage in the oil business.

CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK

Cincinnati, Dec. 21. Cattle Receipts 300; shippers $6.25 Hogs Receipts 3.700; choice $7.90. Sheep Receipts 300; extras $4.00. Lambs $6.25.

TOLEDO GRAIN

Toledo, Dec. 21. Wheat 96c

Hundreds of Novelties and Fancy Boxes filled with our

own make of pure candy. The best gift. See our display.

(ircek Candy Store. CENTERVILLE HELD

ITS SPELLING BEE

Palladium Special)

Crntervllle, Ind., Dec. 21. In the

Center township spelling contest Berl rcrsonctte proved his mastery in

the art over a large number of com

petltors. He with Sadie Oler. Francis Colvln and Julian George will represent the township in the county match to be held In Richmond In January. Several of tho contestants failed on were Btrong on the harder words.

and if he fails to sign it, he is liable

to lose a day's pay.

Work begins at once. He hangs his

pouch rack with about eighteen or thirty pouches, according to his run, and from thirty to one hundred paper sacks. He faces a stall of "working mall" which has arrived ahead of him. He fumbles at the pouches, opening them by a flickering acetyllne light. He has slipped into an old pair of pantsone would hardly call them trousers

and has doffed his coat. With his breath freezing in chunks, he starts

to crawl out of bed the very next morning and go out on an entirely different run in the place of a man who is off by injury, resignation or discharge, instead of a substitute being hired. But in case the mail clerk gets his "half on and half off" here is how he spends a part of his "half off." He studies his postoffice. He keeps his "schemes of distribution" corrected according to weekly orders and changes in schedules. Each scheme

representing a state, has from 1,600

to work m nis snin sieeves, lor ne to 2,800 postoffices. Clerks do not cannot be hindered by a coat. Unless bother witn the iong 8Cheme books

be gets ail tne man ror tne nrst oigwnicn Uncle gam isSue8 while on e stop" sorted before the train starts he run The purchase long alphabetical stands a "fat chance," which in slang 1 Bllpg at tneir own expen8ef which give

expression means a poor chance, of

keeping clear with his work, which grows like an inverted pyramid during the run.

One man works on the papers and

one on the letters and there is usual

ly an assistant to open pouches and sacks. Before the train starts each man will open and distribute fifteen

or twenty packages or letter mail and

fifty or sixty packages of papers, or about 5.000 letters and 2,400 papers. The clerk forgets at this time that ho will have handled 60,000 to 120.000 letters and 20,000 to 80,00 papers before the end of the six days task, according to the run he is on. But he gets away with such amounts before he sees home again. It depends upon the lime of departure of the train whether he is swamped with advance mail before the train starts. At least half of the mail for the No. 1 big stop must be

"the dope" more quickly In case of the quickest way. Sometimes the longest is the quickest He must keep up on the "black book" of postal laws and regulations. He must keep a complete record of every piece of reg

istered mail which passes through his hands. Nearly every Indianapolis mall clerk has a barrel or two of stubs stored away in the cellar or attic, for he is not at liberty to destroy his records, and besides, he wants to keep them for self protection. Railway clerks are born, not made, and it takes seven years to develop a good one, even if he starts with the best degree of inherent ability. Salaries average $1,030 yearly. When the clerk takes his state examination he stands before a case of miniature pigeon holes and throws from 900 to 2,200 cards correctly at the rate of about thirty a minute. But when he is a finished clerk he is throwing real

SPORTING GOSSIP

BASEBALL NOTES.

Xnin packages called for and delivered. Western I'nion Telegraph Co. Phone 2111. 21--U

, a . . m. i . 1

reworaea oeiore ,o. 1 mg stop is , ,etters at tne ra(e of 6ixty a minute reached. Otherwise mail will be . heil he let8 out a link and papers

-earned oy tne station, newspaper ; thirty a minute

suDscnoers win miss tneir papers ana

in the words of one clerk, general hell will be raised. The shriek of the whistle thins to a wall as the mail train speeds up to its sixty mile gait. About twenty-five miles out from Indianapolis the local postofnoes begin to be met and are

OREGON TEACHERS HOLDING MEETING

(American News Service) Portland. Ore., Dec. 21. The Western division of the Oregon State

A Rcycl txiie Kictption. In the memoir of Princes Mural there l n Indignant description of the reception accorded Napoleon 111. In England In 1S71: "When tho en.peror went to Windsor by the queen' Inrltatlon. sccompsnled by the Dm de Baan nd the officer of hi suit, he found that only a nmnll pou.T carriage bad been sent to meet him all that tvn thought necessary for a fallen sovereign. The empress was loud In expressing her outraged feelings. Lord Granville and Mr. Gladstone were. I know, horrified when they heard of the blunder. I think that an apology was ent to his majesty, blaming some offlclsl f the court for the tnctlw Incivility."

A Dsnby Dais PisInhabitants of Denby Dale, near Barnsley. England, have had the habit for 100 years past of baking enormous pies to celebrate great events. Oa one occasion a Uenby Dale pie contained half a sheep, tweuty fowls and half a peck of flour.

represented by a hanging crane, like 1 Teachers' association met in Portland

a giant arm. bearing a mail sack. The j today and began what promised to train dashes down upon them, hidden be the most profitable convention in in fog or the graying morning light, j the history of the organization. TeachThe door of the mail car is wide open, jers from all of the counties embraced whether the temperature be one hun- j n the territory of the association dred degrees in the shade or forty be- j were present when the gathering was low tero. Two clerks, coatless. stand ! called to order this morning by Presi-

by it. A dim lantern light appears on the crane as they draw close. Crash! goes the giant arm. Within

dent E. T. Moores of Salem. The principal speakers heard during the

day were Dr. Margaret Schallen-

Zach Wheat played in every game the Brooklyn Dodgers took part in last season. Otis Johnson is to get another trial with the New York Americans on the spring trip. Billy Evans is umpiring games in Havanna and has made quite a hit with the Cuban fans. Pacific Coast League fans predict a great future for Pitcher Jack Lively who was signed by Detroit. Manager Hugh Duffy of the White

Sox, is a golf fiend. Even a heavy snow storm does not stop Hugs playing the Scotch game. Manager Patsey Donovan of the Boston Red Sox is up against it trying

to find a man to take Jake Etahl's place at first base. William Zimmerman, a brother of Heinie Zimmerman of the Chicago Cubs, has recently signed with the Danville club at first base. Clarence Rowland, former manager of the Aberdeed (Wash.), Winnipeg and Jacksonville, (111.) teams, has purchased the Dubuque Three I League club. The Athletics have too many old men in their lineup to win another pennant, says Scout Arthur Irwin of the Highlanders. Arthur must be spoofing a trifle. The new Union Association League will have teams in Butte and Great Falls, Montana; Salt Lake and Ogden,

Utah, and Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho.

Next year Eddie Collins of the Ath

letics will draw $6,000 for his sea

son's work. When Eddie joined the

present champions two years ago he

received $100 a month.

Charlie Carr, formerly of the Cleve

land and Indianapolis clubs, has organized the Indiana State Baseball Association. The organization will be composed of semi-professional clubs. W. H. Russell, the new owner of the Boston Doves, says that Fred Tenney is still able to play big league ball. Boston fans don't like to start knocking right off the reel, but they are from Missouri. At the conclusion of the Boston National's annual meeting. C. James Connolly came from the inner circle

Don't Spoil Your Christmas The Holiday shopping days are here, and if you are looking forward to a MERRY XMAS, now is the time to commence reparing for it. It may be that you are not financially able to meet the extra expenses; if such is the case.let us advance you any amount of money you wanton HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PIANOS. HORSES. VEHICLES, without removal. Loans made in any amount from $5.00 up. All business is strictly provate. If you need money, fill out the following blank and send it to us, and our agent will call on you, or call at our office.

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B)o M Don't pay the high prices some are asking for Xmas gifts. Ours are as nice and much less in price. We are selling many 1 zi Fur Caps Bath Robes Socks Suspend-

Neckties

and everything for Xmas in the Furnishing line. See us and save. HALL'S $10 AND $15 STORE 914 Main St.

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Three Special

Dttemnis

& second one clerk has grabbed from berger, of the State Normal school at and gazed mysteriously at the report-

tne nook the mail sack from Spunkville and another has tossed out to the anxious inhabitants the tidings from the rest of the terrestrial apple. Working like demons, panting in the cold, the clerks swiftly sort the

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San Jose. Cal., and Dr. David Sneeden, commissioner of education of Massachusetts. The convention will continue its sessions over Thursday and Friday.

Henpeck. The car is a scene of orderly excitement and chaos. Flit. flit, like falling flakes letters sail into pigeon holes, and papers cut didoes in the air, but always manage to fall Into the right Back even if it is twenty feet away. The mail car door is open one-third of the time. It's sill is slippery with ice In the winter, yet it must form a precarious foothold every few minutes for the clerks who watch for the

NEW STATE HOUSE

(American News Service) Augusta, Me.. Dec. 21. Maine's State House, which has been remodeled and enlarged at a cost of $350,000, was formally dedicated with interesting ceremonies. The principal speakears were Governor Fernald. Herbert M. Heath of Augusta and Charles H. Hichborn, treasures of the building commission.

ers. Have you oougnt tne ciudt r.e was asked. "Yes." he answered slowly. "I'm just waiting around for the cnange."

WITH THE BOXERS. Jack (Twin) Sullivan and Frank Mantel" have been matched to meet in New- York on December 2S. George Green of San Francisco, the original "Yonng Corbett," is now the manager of "One-Round" Hogan. Manager Joe Woodman will take Sam Langford and "Porky" Flynn to England, leaving about January 1. The French federation of boxing clubs has sent out Invitations to the promoters efc the world for a congress to be held in Paris on March 10, 191L

For the Three Remaining Days Thursday, Friday and Saturday These goods are seasonable and of very choice quality. Be one of the wise buyers and give a most practical Xmas Gift. 3 PIECES OF KNOLLENBERG'S LEADER BLACK TAFFETA SILK, 36 inches wide, worth $1.25, at Sale Price, 98c per yard. The one silk owned and sold by us exclusively. It stands in a class by itself for good value. Don't Forget, For Three Days Only, 98c Yard ONE LOT OF SILK FOULARD, worth up to $1.00 per yd. On sale at 68 Cents Per Yard Especially good for Waists and Dresses. 2 PIECES 36-IXCH, REGULAR BLACK S1.00 TAFFETA, Sale Price 78 Cents Per Yard Many other interesting values to be found. Only 3 days left to do your Xmas Shopping.

Tbe Geo. H. IMleiberg Co.

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