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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
Two FIRES
On Main Street Which a Cop and a
Reporter Extinguished.

Officer Vagelsong ted very siren
uous life on Main street fSY about
fifteen minutes early this morning.
Two fires within two squares of each
other were discovered In that length
of time The first one was, in bali!
way Of building just east of Lena
Robe 5 millinery store. Some one had
thrown cigar stump iato footmat
there and set It on fire The officer
smeIied the smoke. but could find mo-
fire. just them some person not Ified
him that the nickel plating shop of
w. H. Bennett. at 1920 Main street
was on fire. VoseIsong rushed to the
scene of the second fire and saw that
the window WAS alt ablaze. With Tie,
assistance of Palladium reporter
the blaze was put out and the police
man accompanied by his seif-appoint
ed aid rushed back to the scene of the
first excitement. When they reached
there they found that theeasle eye Of
Tim O 'BrleR had discovered the blaze.
and thrown it into the street Thus,
it was THAT great volunteer fire de-
partment composed of Officer VogeI-.
song, Tim O'Brien and Pal
ladium reporter put out two blazes.
without the aid OF tile fire department..
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
COL. THAYER
District Committeeman to Meet the
Wayne County Committee Friday.

Colonel Thayer, of Greenfield, dis
trict committeeman, Nat G. Hill and
David Sherrick will be in this city
next Friday for the purpose of ia <
ing over campaign affairs with the
members of the Wayne county central
committee. This conference promises
to be an important one and plans Tor
conducting the campaign during tie
ensuing month will be decided on.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
Shot From Ambush.

Jackson, KY, October A tele-
phone message says that Rich Cot
tingham was fatally shot from am
bush this morning by a person in the
bushes at the roadside near Hazard.
.Cottingham was picked out from a
party consisting of his wife and tive
brothers-in-law. The victim is a res
ident of Jackson.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
G. P. ELLIS
Accepts Position With Butler Broth
ers in Chicago.

Griffith p. Ellis leaves Robinson &
company on Thursday, October 13,
after being in the employ Of that con
Germ five and one-haTf years to ac-
cept a position in the purchasing de-
partment of Batter Brothers, whole
sale dealers III general merchandise
at Chicago:
most prominent young men and his
loss will De keeniy felt by his many
friends. His successor at Robinson
& Co.'S will be announced In few
days.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
$4,000 to Colorado and Return

Via Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line. Chicago to Denver,
Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, daily
throughout the summer. Correspond
ingly low rates from all points east.
Only one night TO Denver from Chi
eago and Central States and only two
lights en- route from the Atlantic
Seaboard. Two FAST trains daily.
A. H. Waggener, % Fifth Avenue.
Chicago, I'll.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
Granted Licenses.

At the session of the county COM
missioners yesterday afternoon liquor
licenses were granted to Lawrence B.
Thurman and Harry w. Minck of this
city.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04

While four young ladies Of en-
efnnati, were visiting John Zw1ssIer
and family Sunday their father drop
ped dead In Cincinnati.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04

The theater going public have been
treated to some splendid shows by the
managers Of the opera houses in this
city and their efforts should be APP
preciated. The managers are put to
considerable expense in bringing first
class attractions to the city and it is
due them that the opera houses be
patronized. "The Runaways" last
night was good production and was
greeted with a good-sized audience.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04

The young child of / ..arfes Feltutan
of South Seventh street, died yestar-
day afternoon.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04

The Main street bridge question
seems to have been lost sight of. It
has given way to the dam question.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04

been accomplished in this period,
which seems to me the most brilliant
period iii Legislative history of any
country in the world, has been accom-
plished by the Republican party over
Democratic opposition. The failure
to secure honest national elections
and the political and civil rights of
the colored people is the failure of
the Republican party and the success
of its Democratic antagonist
And yet Judge Parker, in his letter
of acceptance, asks: "Shall our gov
eminent stand for equal opportunity
or for special privileges?"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
Fur Coats
$4,000 to $1,000

In Furs we have no competition. This
season we will do big business on
our $40 Near Seal Jacket. The $50
number in "a inch will still be the
leader.
Trimmed garments will be very
good.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04
Cloth Coats
$500 to $500

It would take whole page alone TO
give this immense as sortment a proper
description
The lengths are from % to 81
inches.
The styles entirely different and
new.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-04

CHEAP. MEDIUM AND FINE.
We are well prepared to supply the
childrcn's garments, from the little
baby coat 10 girls of IA years of age.
After these come the misses lines
for IA, l6 and Is years of age.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
METHUsELAHANDTHEsP

Come all ye Bryan Democrats
Your peerless leader sinks:
Come all ye uloated plntocrats,
Forget your former kinks;
The banners float for and you must vote
for
Nethuselah and the sphinx.
Come all ye scattered Democrats
That sulk like frightened minks,
So lean that we can see your Stats.
As hungry as the lynx:
The banners float for and you must
vote for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Come all ye hopeless Democrats,
While Parker thinks he thinks,
Climb off the ship like frightened rats.
Before the old thing sinks;
The banners float for and you must
vote for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Chicago Chronicle.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

These figures present the results of an
extensive Investigation into the wages
and hours OF labor in the leading manu-
featuring and mechanical industries of
tho United States during the period nnm-
ed. II has designed to cover thoroughly
tho principal distinctive occupations. md
Mr.. Wright, In submitting 1t (see Bulle-
tin of the Bureau OF Labor. No. 53, July.
1oO4.) says: "It Is believed that the
data presented are more comprehensive
and representative 10 far Us the manu-
featuring and mechanical Industries are
concerned than any that have been here.
tofore published"
The figures ~ to income and expen-
diture are summarized from data gath
cred from 2.507 families. In 33 States,
whose average income from all sources
was S027 . year. whose average expen-
diturs vss S7Oe and Whose average
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

during tho year 1902-3 more than 10 per
cent. greater than during the year 1s0G-
1897. Moreover, II Is n notorious fact
that these averages do not begin to rep
resent the increase In the earnings OF
railway employees during the summer Of
1903. when the rate of pay OF certain
classes was raised from 10 to 10 per cent.
In that year. too, there were 227,Dt2
more persons employed In the six classes
named than In 1897, aud according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission they
were receiving the increased daily aver
age pay where they received nothing In
the ycnr last named.
Finally. returns gathered from the an
nnal reports for the year ending Junc
30th. 1904. Of eight representative rail-
ways In different parts Of the country.
having . eotal mileage Of 1O.587 miles,
Indicate that the compsnsation Of their
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
Parker. Adm,s.,o..

Judge Parkcr's letter of acceptance
stands pat-on Republican achievements.
but coyly admits that It's writer would
he safer man at the National throttis
than President Roosevelt no long a. .
Republican Senate sits on the safsty
valve. II the protective tnriff In rob
berry" he is willing 10 turn sneak thief;
IL we burgiarized Panama he 10 willing
to keep the stolen goods: II order No. n
lets down the bars for a pension scandal
he will revoke the order. but i.t the
bars remain down just the same. II 10
very pretty confession that the Repub-
licans have administered the governsnept
80 wisely. diligently and effectively that
they deserve a vacation. while be tries
his prentice hand at running 1t witbosa
reversing q single lever.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

1t has been given out to the forlorn
and dropping Democracy that willie
Hearst is loosening up''; that he has
been induced to put in few thousands
to open headquarters for the National
Democratic Clubs. The hungry know
well that this means that Hearst aspires
to be candidate again, but they are not
worrying about 1908 now.
-Four years ago Hearst was presi-
dent and footer of bills for the National
Democratic Clubs. The members met.
il memory serves Alright, at Indianapolis,
expecting to greet their president. But
be sent one. of his hired men to receive
the greetings Of his admirers. This
dampened the ardor of the crowd, de-
spite the fact that their fare back home
was paid. The November election set
tied the whole concern, but 1t seems that
the N. d. c. is to be resurrected, what
little there is left of its ashes.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

Nothing could better illustrate the in
finite capacity of the Jemocratic party
for doing the wrong thing at the right
moment than its attempt to OUTAGE
acknowledged industrial conditions with
the bald statement of its campaign text
book-'.that business depression of this
year is greater than was that of 1893 and
1901"
As there are as many million Ameri-
can voters as there are millions engaged
in Industrial pursuits whose experience
spans the decade, and who know this
to be most fortunately false. there is no
need to waste time in refuting it. The
Democratic depression that prevailed
from 1893 to 1897 paralyzed industry in
every section of the United States, and
its pinch was felt in every home. The
business depression of .-.Is year" Is so
largely a 6gment of Democratic imagi-
nation that it requires a magnifying
glass to be seen, and what there IL OF
it Is rapidly fading from sight as the
prospects of great Republican victory
become more certain.
But the Democratic campaign book Ii
not satisfied with this grotcsque generali-
Eation, 80 1t attempts TO controvert the
Republican claim of prosperous times In
farm, office and workshop with the as
sertion that no one Is better OF by rea-
son of increased incomes, because the
cost OF living has increased dispropor-
tionately.
How utterly and irrationally absurd IL
this contention is proved by the fact that
if prices were advancing more rapidly
than the earnings of the great mass OF
the people, the great mass of the people
would soon be irretrievnbly insolvent or
their purchases wou.. be SO curtailed
that the volume of business would be
enormously reduced.
There Is no possibility of making n
scientific comparison of tue relative In
crease In wages and the cost Of living.
because they are controlled by different
factors. The rate of wages Is controlled
by Industrial conditions; the cost of liv-
ing Is controlled by the individual. No
man can fix his income at will; any man
can limit his expenditures. Let condi-
tions provide sufficient wages to the
workingman, and 1t rests with him to
say by what margin he will live within
his income. The larger that income the
larger his possible surplus. II better
wages breeds extravaganza. the result.
in the language of Micawber, is misery !:
IL they are expended with economy, the
result is an accumulation of wealth and
happiness.
Convincing Testimony.
Good times under Republican admin
istration has provided the better wages.
and the economy of the. American pco-
pie has piled up the means of content
ment and happiness. as is evidenced by
the following statement of the number
of depositors and deposits In the savings
hanks of the United States for the eleven
years from 1893 to 1Dv5. inclusive:
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
An Ideal American.


What this country wants now Is men
NOT a few of them. but a multitude
vast majority of her citizens who shall
be just such men as Theodore Roosevelt,
OF strong and rugged physique, shirking
no labor. however hard, able to stand
the strain of sturdy integrity, guided by
high civic ideals. standing inAexible and
inexorably for the truth and the right.
His own words from his address, '.rhe
Strenuous Life" may be taken as the
very basis and foundation for n new
source of philosophy and national policy
which will guard against all social dan
gers II the people OF this country will
but heed them:
In the last analysis, a healthy state can
exist only when the men and women who
make 1t up lead clean. vigorous, healthy
lives; when the children are SO trained that
they shall endeavor not to shlrk difficulties
but to overcome them not to seek ease hut
to know how to wrest triumph from toll
and risk. The man must be glad to do
mans work, to dare and endure and to
labor, to keep himself and to keep those
dependent upon him. The woman must be
the housewife, the helpmeet Of the home
maker, the wise and zealouB mother OF
many healthy children.
Here is a remedy that goes to the
foundation. The words are those of
leader and carry with them a warning
and an admnition. Theodore Roosevelt
has coined a word that we should take
as q national watchword and set 1t up
as q beacon light on every hilltop
throughout the nation: "Homemaker."
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
Democratic Financial Management.

On the 1st of July, 1892, the last year
of the Harrison administration, the total
bonded debt of the United States was, In
round numbers. $5S5. 100000. On the 1st
Of July, 1897, the last year Of the sec
ond Cleveland administration, the total
bonded debt was $S43 100000, an in
crease of $25S, 100000 during four years
of perfect peace.
July /, 1892, the annual interest
charge on the public debt was S<< .S93.-
600. July ]. 1897. 1t was S34. .3S7, 600.
an increase of $11 .494.O0O during four
years of Democratic administration.
A party that cannot administer the
government during a short period of
four years without largely increasing the
public debt and the annual interest ac-
count is not fit to be entrusted with the
control of affairs.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

employees has Increased more than 10 per
cent. over the year previous. while tt,s
number of their employees has remained
practically stationary. as is shown in the
following talle:
Number and compensation of employees Of
eight representative railways:
fenr ending Compensa-
June CO. No. employees lion.
ltni .10I.34t 500. 80. 09J
looS .1O3,s ,so1 OO.2So.WV
Increase ........... 453 a.2lr.5zo
Increase per cent?. "a 1o3
Here at last We see truly reflected tho
effect OF the horizontal rnise in the wages
OF railway employees made MS the result
of the widespread labor agitation In tho
summer of 1908. The advance wss
variously estimated at the time as from
II to ID per cent, and any statistics
that fail to show it must he distorted
by the introduction of some factor, such
as disproportion of low price labor
tending to reduce the average.
In connection with the above proof
OF the 10 per cent. advance in railway
wages in Que year, II should be rcinem-
bered that the decline in prices begun
In 1903 continues.
IL the Democrats are willing 70 sc
cept the pay OF railway labor as the most
accurate barometer OF wages. the Re
publican party can call to the witness
stand 1.312,337 railway employees to
testify to the fact that. measured by
what it will buy. their income OF 1904
is higher than II was in 1897, and near
ly half n million OF them can truthfnliy
affirm that they received no compensa-
ton whatever in 1897 where, according
to the above system OF average -coIDpeD-
sation. they now divide some S27o.O0O,-
600 among them. about s.i6S apiece.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
Two Judge. with Political p..,..

Democracy can always be depended
on TO blunder. The nomination of Judge
Parker was a blunder, because he re-
ceived his early political training from
ID. b. Hill, one of the most notorious
wire-pullers and workers In devious ways
New York has produced. The nomina-
ton of d. Cady Herrick for Governor
of New York, also wns a blunder, be-
cause he was boss" OF the Democratic
machine" at Albany before his election
to the bench. The Albany "machine'
has a reputation as unenviable as Tam
mnny's. 4r .f.u
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

The Democratic depression of 1893
and 1894, to which the campaign book
inadvertently directs attention. was
marked by n falling of In deposits OF
over &37 ,OOOOO in one year. Between
1893 and 1908 the average due each
depositor Increased from $500 to S417.
More significant than the increase In
deposits is the fact that in 1908 there
were 2.474.629 absolutely new savings
bnnk depositors in the United States,
marking an increase of nearly 90 per
cent. during a period when the total
population only increased "a per cent.
Col. wriRht's Summary.
Turning now to the direct comparison
Of the advance In wages and cost of liv-
ing during the period under review, the
Democrats affect the greatest contempt
for the government statistics. which,
under the able, conscientious and un-l
biased direction of Carroll ID. Wright,
present the following instructive sum
mary:
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

Praise from a Dsmocrasic Nswspapsv.
The New York Times, one Of sAs
Democratic newspapers which has besn
denouncinE President Hooscvclt's Philip
pine policy, recently printed mn editorial
leader ON the settlement of the FrlarS
land question. The article sconcinslesi
ut IL creditablc both To the intclliRencs
and the humanity Of tho government
If the Times was less partisan II could
trnthfully sny that every act Of the
Roosevelt administration In dealing with
the Philippine question was crs~litabIs
to the United States.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

1--WE do not have TO nuess at our con-
victions, and then correct the xue.s IL
IL seems unpop puIar. The priucipics
which we profess ars those In which
we believe with heart and soul snd
strength. Men may differ from us,
bat they cannot accuse n. Of sh ift iness
o. eptance-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

The last few years of Republican ad-
ministration have added untold millions
to the agricultural wealth OF tho country
by opening new markets for farm pro-
ducts mt constantly improving prices. The
beauty Of the Republican policy of pro-
lection is that IL develops manufactur-
ing and agricultural interests on paral-
lei lines.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06


untold and countless millions who will In
the years and In the generations to come In
habit those lands and live in the homes
which will be there created, will owe the
great boon which will be theirs to the clear
sighted courage and iniexibility of purpose
of President Roosevelt. 1t is not possible
to explain In such way as to be under
stood by anyone not familiar with every
detail of the situation how much the friends
Of the national irrigation movement owe to
President Roosevelt for his aid In bringing
about the amendments to the Irrigation bill
in this session of Congress. Without his
interest and friendly interpostion IT is
doubtful whether the amendments of the
bill could have. been accomplished. Had It
not been for the President, the friends OF
the national irrigation movement who stand
for home-making as against land specula-
tion. would have had to fight and defeat
the compromise committee hill and then be-
gin all over again. gather their forces and
mnke a new start In the next Congress. As
It Is now. the work Of the last three years
has been preserved by the action of the
President and the bill Is now In such shape
that every friend Of the home can
heartily support 1t.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
Why Justice Has Not Been Dons
BEFORE.

The West has been for years insist
ing that some legislation should be in
ausurated by Congress looking to the re-
clamation of the arid public lands owned
by the government and constituting In
some States 03 per cent of the area. Ono
reason this agitation has progressed slow
ly has been that the portion of the coun-
try most interested in the question is
scantiIy settled and has not the influ-
ence in national councils which numbers
give.
Another reason was that 1t was din
cult for those living in humid States to
form any proper conception of the irri-
cation question, and the senators and
Representatives from States having no
direct interest in the question have been
slow to acquire the information neces-
sary to bring them to a full realization
of its Importance. 1t Is not specially
strange that 80 many American citizens
should be unfamiliar with this subject.
II is one that does not present itself In
n practical way in the portion of our
country which contains nine-tenths of
our entire population. While the arid
rerion is OF vast extent. 1t Is but thinIy
settled. 1t IS estimated that under tn.
National Irrigation Act the West will
he capable Of sustaining S0,0OO, 900 peo-
ME-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
what the fsrures Pr,

"nat the Figures Frove.
1t will be observed that these six dis
tinctive classes OF railway employees, EN-
bracing almost half OF all the railway
employees In the United States (591.4T5
In 1908 against 3G3.5G3 In 1897 were
receiving an average daily compensation
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06

In a leading editorial In MaxwsIi's
Talisman. George IL. Maxwell, one Of
the best informed men on irrigation In
the United States says:
And those Of this generation who will en-
tsy theoe benefits and Advantages and the
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
Col. Wright. su m mary.


c:s smBlOymsnt Of abs.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-06
Resolutions by Hu.in... Men.

At the ninth annual convention of the
National Association of Agricultural! I'm
plement and Vehicle Manufacturers, held
at Minneapolis Oct. 15 to II. 1902, the
COMMITTEES on resolutions reported as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That we congratulate the coun.
try Oh the passage of the National Irrign-
tion Act and express our profound nppre-
citation of the aid and co operation of Pres
ident Roosevelt, and NIL friends of that
measure in the Senate and House of Rep
reseutntives. In securing the passage of that
act. We believe this action by Congress
marked the conception Of one of the great
est projects ever undertaken by any gov
ernment. and that It inaugurates n new era
In the progress of this nation and the de.
ve0pment of Its internal trade and com.
merce and the enlargement of the home
market for nil our manufactures; that the
Trignble arid lands, which nre estimated
to comprise an area of over 100, 90 OOO
acres, can and should be reclaimed Just as
rapidly MS settlers will take them nnd re.
pay the cost to the government of irrica-
tion works built for their reclamation.