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but it can't be helped
II see you are going to chuck Hoad-
ley out of his good thing at the juno
tion. If he was half white he'd gone
long ago. He must lay awake nights
figuring how he can keep decently
busy"
How do you think it's going to
work."
ooh, it will work all right, because it
has to, but they'll all be cussing you,'
with great good humor. whats the
matter anyhow? Did the old man
throw a tit at the size of the payroll?"
Not exactly, but he came down here
With his mind made up to sell the road
to the NJ. and W."
You don't say sou
II talked him out of that, but we
must make showing, for he's good
ard tired and may dump the whole
business any day
well, if he does that there'll be no
marrying or giving in marriage for me
this summer. 1t will he just like a
Shaker settlement where l am con-
cerned."
Dan laughed. 'Oh, you'd be all right.
Holt. You'd get something else or the
NJ. and w. would keep you on"
II don't know about that. A new
management generally means clean
sweep all round, and my berth's a
pretty good one"
In some manner rumOr of the
changes Oakley proposed making did
get abroad, and he was promptly made
aware that his popularity in Antioch
was thing of the past. He was re-
garded as an oppreSSor from whom
some elaborate and wanton tyranny
might be expected. While General
Cornish suffered their inefficiency, his
easy going predecessors had been con-
tent to draw their salaries and let it go
at that, line of conduct which An
tioch held to be entirely proper. This
new man, however, was clearly an up
start. cursed with an insane and de-
structive ambition to earn money for
the road. Suppose it did not pay. Cor
nish could go down into his pocket for
the difference, just as he had always
done.
What the town did not know and
what it would not have believed even
If it had been told was that the gen
| eral had been on the point of selling, a
change that would have brought hard
ship to every one. The majority of the
men in the shops owned their own
homes. and these homes represented
| the savings of years. The sudden exc
| dus of two or three hundred families
meant of necessity widespread ruin.
| Those who We're forced to go away
would have to sacrifice everything they
| possessed to get away, while those who
remained would be scarcely better off
| But Antioch never considered such a
radical move as even remotely posi-
hla 1t counted the shops a fixture.
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else. AS there was no way III When ne
could make his resentment known to
the general, even if he had deemed
such course eNpedient, he took it out
of Oakley and kept his feeling for him
on ice. Meanwhile he bided his time.
hoping for Oakley's downfall and his
own eventful recognition.
With the assistant treasurer Dams
relations were entirely cordial. Holt
was much younger man than Kerr.
as frank and open as the other was Sc
| cret and reserved. When the o'clock
whistle blew he glanced up from his
work and said:
II wish you'd wait moment, Holt.
want to see you.''
Kerr had already gone home, and
Miss Walton was adjusting her hat be
fore Il bit of mirror that hung on the
wall back of her desk. ''All right" re.
sponded Holt cheerfully.
Just draw up your chair,'' said Oak
ley. handing his papers to him. AT
first Holt did not understand; then he
began to whistle softly and fell to
checking off the various cuts with his
forefnger
What do you think of the job, By
ron?' inquired Oakley.
well, I'm glad don't get laid off,
that's sure. Say, just bear in mind
that I'm going to be married this
summer
You needn't worry; only 1 didn't
know that"
We'll, please don't forget it, Mr..
Oakley"
Holt ran over the cuts again. Then
he asked:
who's going to stand for this? You
or the old man? hear he was in
town last night
Il stand for it, but of course he ap-
| proves
"I'll bet he approves" and the as
sistant treasurer grinned. This is the
sort of thing that suits him right down
to the ground
"How about the hands? Do you
know if they are members of any un
| ion:''
/
for you. They are great lot of kick
ers here"
"Wait until l get through. haven't
touched the shops yet. That's to come
| later. I'll skin closer before I'm DONE
Oakley got UP and lit his pipe. The
| plant must make some sort of show
ing. We can't continue at the rate we
have been going. suppose you know
what sort of shape it would leave the
town in if the shops We're closed
Very poor shape, should say Why
it's the money that goes in and out O
this office twice month that keeps tn,
town alive. It couldn't exist day
without that"
Then it behooves us to see to it tha
nothing happens to the shops or road
1 anl sorry for the men am laving off
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CHAPTER V.
ATE one afternoon. as Oakley sat
at his desk in the broad streak of

ATE one afternoon, as Oakley sat
at his desk in the broad streak of
yellow light that the sun sent in
- through the west windows. he
heard step on the narrow board
walk that ran between the building
and the tracks. The last shrll shrek
of No. Z, as usual. half an hour late.
had just died out in the distance, and
the informal committee of town loaf
ers which met each train was plodding
up Main street to the postoffice in SOL
emn silence.
He glanced around as the door into
the yards opened. He saw a tall,
gaunt man of sixty five, a little stoop
shouldered and carrying his weight
heavily and solidly. His large head
was sunk between broad shoulders. 1t
was covered by a wonderful growth
of iron graNs hair. The face was clean
shaven and had the look of a placid
mask. There was Il curious repose in
the mans attitude as he stood with a
big hand-the hand Of an artisan-rest-
ing loosely on the knob of the door.
rs it you. Dannie?'
Continued on last page
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CHAPTER 1Y.


"HE next morning Oakley saw
General Cornish off on the 7:15
train, and then went back to
= his hotel for breakfast. After
ward, on his way to the office, he
mailed a check to Ezra Hart for his
father. The money was intended to
meet his expenses in coming west
He was very busy all that day max
ing out his new schedules and in fig
uring the cuts and just what they
would amount to. He approached his
task with a certain reluctance, for it
was as unpleasant to him personally
as 1t was necessary to the future of the
road, and he knew that no halfway
measure would suffice. He must cut
as surgeon cuts, to save. BY looping
away man here and there, giving his
work to some other man or dividing it
up among two or three men, he man
aged to peel off 1000 on the year. He
counted that very fair days work.
He would start his reform with no
particular aggressiveness. He would
retire the men he intended to dismiss
from the road one at a time. He hoped
they would take the hint and hunt
other positions. At any rate, they
could not get back until he was ready
to take them back, as Cornish had as
sured him he would not be interfered
with. He concluded not to hand the
notices and orders to Miss Walton, the
typewriter, to copy She might let drop
some word that would give his victims
an inkling of what was in store for
them. He knew there were unpleasant
scenes ahead of him, but there was no
need to anticipate. When at last his
| figures for the cuts were complete he
would have been grateful for some one
with whom to discuss the situation
All at once his responsibilities seemed
rather heavier than he had bargained
| for
There We're only two men in the Of
flee besides himself-Philip Kerr, the
| treasurer, and Byron Holt, his assist
ant. They We're both busy with the
payroll, as it was the 9th of the
month, and they commenced to pay off
in the shops ON the 10th.
He had little or no use for Kerr, who
Still showed where he dared in small
things his displeasure that an outsider
had been appointed manager of the
road. He had counted on the place for
himself for number Of years. kut a
succession of managers had come and
gone apparently without it's ever hav-
ing occurred to General Cornish that
an excellent executive was literally
spelling in the big, bare general Offices
of the line. $500.
This singular indifference on the part
of Cornish to his real interests had
soured disposition that at its best
had more of acid in it than anything
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the hight, II it is a ngnr, all TO yoursei1.
III see that Holloway does what you
say. He's the only one you'll have to
look to in my absence, but you won't
be able to count on him for anything.
He gets limp in crisis. Just don't
make the mistake of asking his ad-
vice.
I'D rather have no advice" inter-
rupted Dan hastily, "unless it's yours, y
he added
I'll see that you are not bothered.
You are the sort of fellow who will
do better with free hand, and that is
what l intend YOU shall have"
'"Thank yon,'' said Oakley. his heart
warming with the others praise.
II shall be back in three months. and
then if your schemes have worked ont
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at all as we expect, why, we can con-
slider putting the property in better
shape" "a part of Oakley's plan.)
"As you say, it's gone down so there
won't be much but the right of way
presently"
II hope that eventually there'll be
profits" said Oakley, whose mind was
beginning to reach out into tho future.
II guess the stockholders will drop
dead if we ever earn a dividend. That's
the last thing they are looking forward
to-" remarked Cornish dryly. will
you leave G:30 call at the office for
me? l forgot, and must take the
first train. Good night"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24
Mtu Mory Nmmick

Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, is fully quail
fiedto give helpful advice to sick women.
Read Mrs. Dimmick's letters.
Her first letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
:" [ have been a sufferer for the past eight
years with trouble which first originated
from painful menstruation-the pains were
excruciating, with Inflammation and ulcera-
ton of the womb The doctor says | must
have an operation or cannot live. l do not
want to submit to an operation II can possi-
bly, avoid it. Please help me."-Mrs Mary
Dimnick, W ashington, ID. Z.
Her second letter;
Dear Mrs Pinkham -
You will remember my condition when /
last wrote you, and that the doctor said l
must have an operation or / could not live.
/ received your kind letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
well. As my case Was so serious 1t seems
miracle that am cured / know that owe
not only my health but my life TO Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to your
a pain, and / wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what you
can do for them. "-Mrs. Mary Dimmick, seth
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, d. c.
How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and how little it cost her-a two-cent
stamp. Yet how valuable was the reply!
As Mrs. Dimmick says-it saved her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of Just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24
NEW PARIS.

New Paris, o., Aug. 23 (Spl)-
The Sunday School of the Christian
church will spend Friday on their an
nual picnic at Glen Milleer
The Rebekah Lodge has received an
invitation to spend Saturday after
noon and evening at the delightful
country home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Miller and Mr.. Ed Miller, north of
town.
Miss-Nora Mungavin of indianapolis
was here yesterday to take her broth
er, Tom Mungavin, who had his leg
broken recently, to her home in In
dianapolis. Mrs. Mungavin who
came here at the time of her sons
injury, also returned ito Indianapolis.
Miss Bessie Hoover of Carman, who
is attending the Teachers Insti.ute
at Eaton, was the guest of Mrs Mae
Kuth, at supper Wednesday and re-
manned over night.
Deskin Reid who was one of the
camping party near Whitewater, re-
turned home i'll yesterday. The rest
of the party are still in camp, but are
thinking of coming nearer home to
finish. the two weeks.
Mr.. Joseph Tiff of the Arlington
Hotel, was here on business today.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24
TO REPUBLICANS:

We are anxious to have every
Republican in close touch, and work
ing in harmony with the Republican
National Congressional Committee In
favor of the election of a Republican
Congress.
The Congressional campaign must
be based on the administrative and
legislative record of the party, and,
that being SO, Theodore Roosevelt's
personality must be a central figure
and his achievements central
thought in the campaign.
We desire to maintain the work of
this campaign with popular subscrip-
tons of One Dollar each from Repub-
Icans. To each subscriber we will
send the Republican National Cam
paign Text Book and all documents
issued by the Committee.
Help US achieve great victory.
JAMES S. SHERMAN, Chairman.
p o. Box zoos, New York.
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GREENSBORO.

Greensboro, Aug %. (SpD-Mrs.
Jennie Blizzard has returned to her
home in Elwood after a visit with
Mrs. VIII Blizzard.
Mrs. Thomas Tarkleson and chill
dren have returned from a visit with
relatives in New Castle and Middle
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Boyd of Indiana
polls have returned home after a Wis
it with VIM. Boyd and family.
Dr. F. w. Kienzle has returned
from a six weeks trip through the
west
Miss Myrtle Polk of Oaktown is
the guest of Miss Nellie Lamb
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Hatfield visited
relatives in Connersville Sunday.
r. T.. Swallow spent Sunday at his
home in East Germantown.
Misses Jeanette May and Nellie
Lamb gave slate shower for Miss
Echo Jones Monday evening. After
wards they entertained a number of
young people in honor of Miss Myr-
tie Polk.
A number from here attended the
Jones' Ernsberger wedding Wednes-
day at 4:3O u m.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Kienzle spent
Sunday at Fit Wayne
Misses Hannah Veal and Theodore
McDevitt have returned from
weeks visit with relatives at Will
liamsburg.
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POOR MR.. EDWARDS.

Charles A. Edwards secretary of the
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, is very angry at Pres
ident Roosevelt over the president s
letter to Representative Watson. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Edwards, Mr.. Roose-
fakir for advocating the Republican
party is the party which alone can
properly deal with the tariff ques-
ton. Edwards, in spite of past his
tory, evidently still believes the Dem
ocratic party is the only party com
petent to handle the tariff question
men and business men of this country
who have known what a struggle it
was to exist under a Democratic ad-
ministration of the tariff, happen to
believe the same as President Roose-
welt does. 1t is to attempt to break
up this well founded belief that such
men as Edwards make these attacks
upon our president, whose great re-
forms more and more threaten the
stability of the Democratic party
Some of Secretary Edwards choice re-
marks follow:
THE truth has not been printed
about this political fakir, who could
make more money selling soap at the
tail gate of wagon than any fakir
/ ever heard or saw in my life.
Il have no managing editor paving
me a salary and | am not afraid to
tell the truth. The papers l write for
are not afraid to print the truth, and
! want the people to believe that |
am telling the truth. There is no mon
ey in it for me not to tell the truth.
MIR. Roosevelt ha done more double
crossing since he became President
than all of the other Presidents put
together. He has dined a niger at
his table
One half of this TRADE is filled
to show just why Secretary Edwards
cannot be telling anything but the
truth in speaking this way about our
president. We have always under
stood there was Niger in the
wood pile. when man was COM
PEELED to give up so much space TO
prove that it was impossible for him
TO tell lie. But the foolishness of
Secretary Edwards argument is ap-
parent on the face of it President
Roosevelt. as every one knows, is hat
ed and feared by the corrupt and
boodling millionaires of Wall Street
as no other man in the entire country.
These men control many newspapers,
both Democratic and Republican,
which have never yet been able to
attack Mr.. Roosevelt, because they
have always been forced to speak the
truth about him. In other words, if
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24
MILTON.

Milton, Ind, Aug. %. (SplD-Mrs.
Frank Murray of East Germantown
and Miss Bessie Winsett of Richmond
were at Miss Campbell's Wednesday.
Mrs. Cora Link and daughter of
Columbus, o., are at Willard Will
liams
Harry White of Richmond visited
his aunt, Mrs. NJ. Y. Brown Wednes-
day.
Gussie Miller is with relatives at
Brookville.
Misses Ivaa nd Mabel Burnes have
returned from visit at Rushville
Mrs. c. Z. Ellis and son of Brook
vile, are the guests of her father,
John Sapp and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther KimmeJ of
Winchester, are visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kimmel east of
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Stanley Murphy
and baby Dorothy, are at Manlove
Park.
Mr.. lido Hanson and daughter, who
were guests of the Ewers family, have
returned TO their home at GAINESVILLE,
Ohio.
Katie Brennan and Anna Benning-
er of Springfield, Ohio. are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Benninger.
John A. Brown has returned from a
brief trip to Cedar Point and Putin
Bay.
Frank Galloway has returned from
Shelby and lake cities of Ohio, after
a weeks vacation.
Hiram Cook shipped a fine lot of
hogs TO Indianapolis Wednesday.
Rev. Firman C. Mccormick went
to Eft. Wayne Wednesday. He will re-
turn the latter part of the week ac-
companied by his family
A party of Williamsburg men form
a camping party at Feeder dam.
r. II. Newman of Richmond, was at
T.. B. Newman's Tuesday.
Mrs. Alice Gresh is the guest of
Miss Flora Broadders at her home
near Harrisburg
II. L. Hurst of near Connersyille,
was Milton visitor Thursday.
Mesdames Henry McMahan, Joe
Cause, William Swope and Daniel
Schneider attended picnic atJackson
Park Thursday. given by the ladies
who were formerly students in the
Milton high school.
George Baker, of Brookville, is Wis
iting Lewis Ward and family.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
Department of Public Works.
Office of the Board.
Richmond, Ind

Notice to Contractors:
Notice is hereby given by tie Board
of Public Works of the City, of Rich
mond, Indiana, that sealed proposals
will be received by it, at it4 office, al
the hour of 10 o'clock a. nj on We'd
nesday, Sept. 5th, 1906, FIR the fol-
lowing described publicf improve
ments in the City of Richmond. as au-
thorized by the Improvement Resolu-
tons named:
Improvement Resolution lumber TT.
Providing for the construction of
a sanitary sewer from fLinden Hill
trunk sewer in goth str@ let at first al
ley south of Main steet; thence
south to/frst alley N4th of South
"A" strdet; thence eas4to 21st street,
and in &lley running II birth from said
alley bel Tween Goth AMI 21st street to
tract Nd 525 Official ap, said sewer
to be a II inch pipe }ewer.
All woH done in thk making of said
describedI public i'm lrovements shall
be in accordance wi IA the terms and
conditions ff the Im1 fovement Resolu-
tions, as rNmberedf,and the detail
plans. proffs, drawings and specif-
cations whid are on file and may
be seen in a e Office of said Board
of Public WorM<of the City of Rich
mond.
The bidders, in submitting propos-
ais to make said described public i'm
provements, must accompany each
bid with certified check in the sum
of 500, as evidence of good faith
that the successful bidders will exc
cute within ten days from the accept
ance of proposals, contracts and
bonds satisfactory to the said Board
to do the work of making said i'm
provements. A failure of the sue
cessful bidders to enter into such
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CITY Aov|Rr'sE"Esr.
Department bf Public Works.
Office the eoard


To Whom it Maj Concern:
Notice is hereby given by the Board
of Public Worke of the Cityxof Rich
mond, Indiana, that on the iii day of
they approved an assessment roll
showing the nina faci assessments
for the following described Improve
ment, as authorized BY the Improve
ment Resolution named:
Improvement Resolution Number as.
Providing fd the improvement of
Charles streetE from Boyer sfeet to
the west ter&inal of said Charles
street, by grad ng and graveli4g, and
construction Oh cement sidewalks to
a uniform wild and also cement
curbs and CUTTERS along botht sides
thereof
Persons interested in or AFFECTED by
said described kpublic imprdf cement
are hereby notified that the T bard of
Public Works OF said city HIS fixed
September 5th, ISps, as a DIE upon
which remonstran&s will " receiv-
ed, or heard, againA the amount as
sessed against each piece of proper
ty described in said roll. and will de-
termine the question as to whether
such lots or tracts of land have been
or will be benefited in the amounts
named on sad roll, or in a greater or
less sum than that named on said
roll. or in a greater or less sum than
that named on said roll.
Said assessment roll showing said
prima facie assessments, with the
names of owners and descriptions of
property subject to be assessed is on
file and may be seen at the office of
the Board of Public Works of said
city.
JOS s. TELLER.
JOHN F. DAVENPORT.
WILLIAM Fl. ROSA.
Board of Pubic Works.
dly-24125-27-28-29-3
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24

Mrs. Minna kellam and son Burl,
of Noblesville, are the guests Of rel
atives.
Mrs VIM. Durham and daughters,
Misses Rae and Mae Turner returned
10 their home in Richmond Thursday.
Mrs. Louie Hewitt and son, have
returned from a visit TO Hancock
county relatives.
The Beeson party is having a fine
time in New York and the sea-shore
resorts.
Oliver Ferguson and wife write Of
having greatly enjoyed Yellow Stone
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Persons wishing TO take the PALLA-
DUN by carrier may order by postai
or telephone-either phone NO. Il.
When delivery is irregular knoiy
make complaint
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contracts and bonds upon the accept
ance of such proposals will forfeit
the checks and the sums of money
payable thereon to the city as agreed
and liquidated damages for such fail
ure.
The Board of Public Works re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids.
JOS. s. KELLER,
JOHN f. DAVENPORT,
WILLIAM IL. ROSA
Board of Public Works.
Aug-24-31.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24

Park scenery. They will continue on
west to the coast.
Mrs. Adam Spence of Indianapolis,
is at VIM. kimmeI's
Miss Anna Bryant has returned
from LewisviIle
Mrs. Mollie Webb Ross of Indianap-
oils and Miss Stella Webb. were call
ing on Milton friends this week.
Chas. Hale and family were at
Economy the fore part of the week.
Miss Barbara Kern and Miss Zelda
HartzeH are summering at French
Lick.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-24

Mr. Roosevelt were the political ia
kir Secretary Edwards would have us
believe he is, this fact would have
been heralded to the country far and
wide years ago in order to kill the
presidents popularity with his fell
low countrymen. We ask no better
testimonial of Mr.. Roosevelt's integ-
rity and honesty of purpose than the
fact that his rich enemies have never
been able to bring and hold for any
length of time, any grave accusation
against him. And besides how much
confidence can you place in man SO
darped and narrow minded as TO COM
plain because the president of this
country-president of the negroes, as
well as the whites-should have seen
fit to invite a negro to his table? Yet
Secretary Edwards slurs Mr.. Roose-
welt because he is said TO have dine d
Booker T. Washington, who is in all
his race. Truly the Democratic par
ty is lead by the highest minded men
of the nation, and is the only party
upon which the people miy rely for
good government lynch law, for
instance, in the Southern, and there
fore Democratic states.)
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