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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
LITTLE PROGRESS IN
LIMITED FARE MIDDLE
Commissioner Dynes is Losing
Patience.
FOUGHT COMPANY 2 YEARS

It is very probable thai when Presi-
dent Hugh MCGOWAN, of the Indianap-
oils, Columbus & Eastern traction
company, visits this city this week he
will be asked to confer with the board
of county commissioners with the end
in view of reaching some understand
ing on the limited car fare agitation
and other difficulties the county has
been having with the company for
some time past At recent meeting
held by the commissioners it was an
nounced that an effort will be made to
arrange a meeting with Mr.. Meow
an.
No Special Car Runs.
Commissioner WyneS states that
there is no special traction car for the
benefit of the men living at various
places in the county who are employed
in this city and who are now obliged
to take limited car after their days
work and pay, an extra cents fare.
With certain stipulations the COM
pany promised to run a local car in
place of this late afternoon limited
car, but Mr.. Dynes states that the
people of CentervilIe and other towns
in the county along the traction line,
who are employed here have never
reached an agreement as to what time
this special car should leave Rich
mond and consequently the car has
not been put on by the company.
Reduced Fare Only Solution.
The commissioners are of the opin-
ion that the scheduled time for a spe-
cial car to leave the city will never be
decided on and they think that the
only solution of the problem is to have
the fare on limited cars operating
through this county reduced from 10
cents to 10 cents. The commission
ers are of the opinion that if this
proposition is placed before Mr.. Nc
Gowan in the proper light he will ord
err the reduction of fare on limited
cars. The commissioners also main
tain that the traction company does
not take the proper care of its right
of way along the National road and
this question will be laid before Mr..
MCGOWAN. Il have been fighting the
traction company for two years now"
remarked Mr.. Dynes, land l am about
tired. | want some understanding
reached'
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
OFFICIALS TOLD THAT
THEY OUGHT TO HANG
JeSsup and Mosbaugh Hear
from Cambridge.
GAMBLING STILL GOES ON

you and Frank Mosbaugh should
be hung for not enforcing the law in
Cambridge City, was the sensational
statement in an anonymous letter re-
ceived yesterday by Prosecutor Jessup
from Cambridge City. This letter was
written in disguised handwriting and
the gist of it was that RichmondS
neighboring city on the west was be-
ing run on wide open policy. 1t stat
ed that gambling houses had been do
ing a flourishing business for some
time; that houses of evil repute were
allowed to operate and that the liquor
laws were being daily violated
Pick on Mosbaugh.
County Recorder Mosbaugh, who is
a member of the Cambridge City towh
board, was the only member of that
body picked out by the author of the
letter to receive capital punishment.
Il expect some day soon you will
find my lifeless body hanging from
the limb of tree remarked Mr.
Mosbaugh
Jessup is Investigating.
Prosecutor JeSsup wGnt to Cam
bridge yesterday morning for the pur-
pose of investigating the charges
made in the letter and TO try to learn
who its author is.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
HIGH SCHOOL LADS TO
BEGIN TRAINING SOON
Have Two Meets to Prepare
for This Year.
PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT

Local high school athletes will be-
gin active training this week in pre-.
paration for the annual track and
field meet of the Northern Indiana
High School league. which is compos-
ed of the high schools in Richmond,
Kokomo, Anderson and Marion. The
meet this year will be held at Ander-
son but the exact date has not yet
been decided on There is said to
be good material at the local school
for a first class track and field team,
which will make strong bid for first
honors.
Marion Has Won Twice.
Marion high school has won the
championship cup twice and if that
school succeeded in winning it again
this spring it will become the prop
erty of the school. Every time Mar
ion has taken first honors Richmond
has been d close second. Last year
when the meet was held in Richmond
at Reid Field the local school gave
the Marionites run for their money
and the result was not known until
Tic idSt CNSHI UtcU Iul OIL.
Pick of Young Athletes.
The state high school meet, which
will be held in May at Reid Field
will bring to this city the pick of the
young athletes from every section of
the state and it will be an event
long remembered in local sporting
circles 1t is expected that the del
egation from out of town high
schools will number between two and
three hundred athletes and there will
be large number of rooters. The
local hotels will be taxed to capac-
ity in caring for these youthful Wis
itors.
Will Improve the Field.
AS soon as warm weather opens
work on improving Reid Field to put
into good condition for the big meet
will be begun. The big field will be
thoroughly rolled and sown with
grass seed and the track will be re-
paired and made as fast as possible.
1t is also planned to make one hun
dred yard straight away track to par
allel the dirt track This, cinder
track will be used for the fifty and
one hundred yard sprints.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Women Held Prisoners.

ST. Louis, March 11-Almost on the
verge of collapse, Mrs. Tina Schwer,
% and Mrs. VIM Mulhausen, so, both
living at 1910 South Eighth street,
staggered into the Fourth district po-
lice station this morning and told how
they had been held prisoners in va
cant house near Seventh street and
saulted them and held them prisoners
saulted the mand held them prisoners
from 1890 a. m. until six this morning
when they managed to escape. Two
arrests have been made.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
WILL ALL BE CLOSET
Business Must Necessarily be Sus
pended on St. Patrick's Day for
Very Good Reason.

1t may pe news to many Richmond
people that st. Patrick's day, which
comes on the 18th of March, will see
all the saloons of this city closed;
also the grocery stores, dry goods
stores and most all the other places
of business closed, but such is the
case. And this will be the first time
in many years that business houses
have not been opened on that day.
This is not a new law passed by
the present legislature. 1t simply
means that the 18th this year comes
on Sunday.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Enterprising Farmers.

Milton, Ind, March 11.-Timotny
and Robert Connell, aged twenty-five
and twenty years respectively, are
among the most enterprising farmers
of the county. They have leased
lands in addition to their mothers
farm and have out go acres of wheat
and will put out 40 acres of oats and
$50 acres of corn.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Baldwin Funeral.

Milton, Ind, March 1.-THE funer-
al of Baynard Baldwin took place
from the home Saturday afternoon.
There was a goodly number present,
among them being Samuel Males and
family and Ellsworth Filby. Rich
mond; Mr.. and Mrs. John Sering.
Mrs. Jacob Clouds and William Roth
ermel, Connersville. Cyrus Whiteley
read a biographical sketch of the de-
ceased.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Strike a Failure.

Cleveland, March 11.-Reports re-
ceived by officers OF the American
Shipbuilding company early today in
dictate failure of the strike threatened
by the International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers and Steel Shipbui!ders.
1t is claimed that not more than two
thousand of the five thousand men
have gone out.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Sure Sign of Spring.

A sure sign that spring is nearby
and ready to put in an appearance on
the slightest excuse is the army of
robbins that has just invaded the city.
Monday their singing could be heard
all over the city. Other birds common
to these parts that have wintered in
the south are daily putting in their
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12

Artificial gas. the goth Century fuel
1O-tf
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Mrs. Julia Clark Dead.

Eaton, o.. March 11-Mrs. Julia
Clark died at her home on the Paris
road. of tumor. The deceased was
aged 81 years. The funeral was held
this morning from Christ church; in
terment in Mound Hill cemetery.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12

He had no coat upon his back,
But had one on his tongue,
And Rocky ountain Tea. its said.
Kept him from being hung.
Dad breath)
A. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
Death of Child at Eaton.

Eaton. o., March 1.-THE nine
months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Craig was buried in Mound
Hill Cemetery, Sunday morning. En-
neral services were held from the res
idence on Banon street
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12

TO 1I a.
.s..s. >Ihe Kind You Have Atways Bought
's, "a GAzzezx
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12

Artificial gas. the 2ots century fuel
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
Tales Ab0ut Foxes

crippled, and actually seemed to take delight
in not attempting to elude the dog by cum
ming, but in keeping just far enough ahead
to be in sight and hearing, as if to tantillze
him. The fox, of course, after having had
his little fun with the poor, crippled dog, IN
tended at last to summon his cunning to his
aid and get out of the way to place OF
safety. After noticing this unmistakable be-
havior of the fox, it was easy for me to get
position where shot at him was certain,
whereas, if the dog had been able bodied, the
fox would have been twisting and turning
in all sorts of ways miles away, and would
probably have succeeded at last in escaping
I tried this lame hound another day. He
started fox, which as soon as it saw that
the dog was lame, adopted the same tactics
as the other one had That settled it, in my
mind, that if fox only felt certain Of
eventually getting safe hiding place, being
chased by hound was just as much fun for
him as it was for the hunter, and he would
enioy it as long as he felt inclined to. When
ever hunted foxes after that 1 never used
any dog that wasn't lame, and l never found
n fox that wouldn't take things most tanta-
to get every fox L started and chased with a
lame dog"
A peculiar variety of fox is found in Beh-
r;no Sea. on the Fox Islands, some being
blue, others white, with crosses between
these two colors. Mr. Palmer, of the. Ma,
tional Musedm, Washington, who visited
these islands, found the animals SO tame that
they they often circled about him in sheer. curiosi-
tv barking defiance at a distance of only
few few feet. Seeing a very fine large fox, Mr.
Palmer fred at it with his cane gun nun;
her Of times, unsuccessfully. The animal
was very much interested in the "whiz" of
the ball Whenevfr 1S Ssr fiG.s bullet came nnd near
cause eau Of the strange noise, the gunner being
concealed behind some tall grass on one of
the sand dunes, Gradually the fox drew
nearer r1rs to the dune, when Mr.. Palmer, in try
ing to remove tight shell, she pulled Of the
Then ITfss, began a lively struggle to extract the
she'll, during which. the. fox approached al
most within arms length and seemed highly
interested It paid the penalty for its curl
osity with broken leg when the gun was
charged, and then, when too late, awoke to
ieetor followed it up and with another shot
ended the singular chase.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

men, Reynard is neither large nor strong
and, knowing his weakness, will always soon
er run than fight with even the smallest
dog. A proof of his sagacity is shown IN
the fact that no animal is so duhcult to
entrap. This is partly due to his very keen
scent 1t is natural for a trapper to handle
the trap and bait with his hands, and the
smell of human contact is all the fox wants
to warn him of danger. and away he goes.
But there are traps that will fool him, and
a PENNSYLVANIA expert tells how he goes to
work to catch the willy marauder.
The best way to trap foxes is to make
he'd of ashes in a hollow out in the field and
conceal the trap in it, the ashes being at
least eight inches deep. The trap should be
set under water and dried in the sun. When
dry, it should be carried to the bed ON
stick and placed under the ashes without
touching it with the hands. Foxes like to
paw and dig in the ashes and if the trap is
well covered it is almost certain to catch
them; but not always. This Pennsylvania
man was much bothered one winter by a
fox. The trap was bare every morning, and
there were fox tracks in the ashes, but no
fox. The animal had found the trap some
how. dug all around it, and evidently knew
what it was intended for. This went on for
a week, and then the man laid an additional
trap. He caught mouse and let it freeze
stiff. In the evening he set the mouse in the
ashes, right over the pan of the trap, as
though it were alive, and the next morning
he found big fox Juggling around trap ON
one of his fore legs. He had seen the
mouse, sprung at it and got caught at last.
A New York fox hunter has rather pc
culiar theory that the surest way to catch a
fox is to hunt him with dog that is lame in
one hind leg. Somebody told him about it,
and to test the theory he bought lame
hound and set him ON a fox's track. The
dog kept right on after the fox, running
| slowly, of course, owing to his lame .eg 'Tt
wasn't long" continued the hunter. "before
/ noticed a difference in the foxs running
also. He had discovered that the dog was
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
lower animals.

A cook was much annoyed to find his pas
try shelves attacked by ants. By careful
watching it was discovered that they came
out twice a day in search of food at about
seven in the morning and four in the after
noon.
How were the pies to be protected against
the invaders? He hit upon happy idea.
Taking the molasses Jug, he made circle OF
syrup about the pies and sat down to wait.
1t did not take long, for at $50 o'clock he
noticed that off in the left-hand corner OF the
pantry was line of ants slowly making their
way in the direction of the pies.
They seemed like vast army coming forth
to attack an enemy. In front was leader,
larger than any of the others, and which al
ways kept a little ahead of his troops.
They were of the sort known as the medium
sized red ant, which is regarded as the most
intelligent Of its kind, the scientific name of
which is Formica rubra.
About forty ants out of five hundred step
ned out and Joined the leader The general
and his aids held council, and then proceed
ed to examine the circle of molasses.
Certain portions of it seemed to be assign
ed to the different ants. and each selected
unerringly the point in the section under his
charge where the stream of molasses was mar
Then the leader made his tour of inspec-
tion. The order to march, sAYas given, and
the ants all made their way TO hole in the
wall in which the plastering was loose
Here they broke ranks and set about car
rving pieces of plaster to the place in the
molasses which had been agreed upon as the
nerrowest
To and fro they went from the nail-hole to
the molasses, until, at 11.30 o'clock they had
thrown a bridge across. They then formed
themselves in line and marched over, and b.
11.45 every ant was eating pie.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
Small Favors

It was thrifty urchin, albeit of ten8ar
wears, who fell down on the sidewalk and
cut slight cash so. in his i;,t tough little PLAN,
red to bind up his hand and offer the little
fellow consolation. A gentleman gave him
dime. and when the lady who wound her
handkerchief around the injured hand asked
he replied, with astounding candor:
"Yes'm; as comfortable as feller can fur
ten cents"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
A Strange Father

Tommy's fathers business affairs call him
s.o,n home early in the morning and keep
him until late at night, so that the two are
hut slightly acquainted
Recently the old gentleman found it ne
oessarv to punish Tommy for some offense,
md the boy, with tears in his eyes sought
his mother for consolation.
ssWhy, what's the matter?" she asked.
"The m-man that s-sleeps here nights
s-spanked me-" he sobbed
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

mote antiquity, and many games
have existed through centuries without mate
rial change. ca-. 4 o
- II ;s still practiced there most extensive
iu Ball-playing has been universal custom
ali over the world
faction in even the smallest things, practiced
baii-tossing while dancing with tia an accomPan snn
~ the words 'tballad," "ballet" and "baI.
meaning a dancing party =.
pnio ia an ancient Persian game, and it
,,,as T,layed always on horseback. The origin
af 5;re Is not known, but we find some form
of tbe game practiced in every. country. In
~ Thirs r. Gve-sided nuts are used; the Esqui-
n,~ On,n@ ,,se pieces of ivory cut in the form of
,,n nr;ons animals, and among the Indians deer
pprts mts game of parchesi is found in India,
AZ and among the Aztecs of New Mexico.
TT;i-tat-too is of Chinese origin, and chess, OF
which checkers is a, low variety, was orlgl-
nDS;narv mode of warfare. The game as
Onw nlayed in China and Japan is much more
coI,p; 1rp,or;nq-rope and blindman'sbuff are found
N over the world. with an infinite number
of variations. ;. :,
,.aas took part in it, The old English games
las ns tbe most prominence were boar hunting
VI hawking. These were succeeded in popu-
ant am bv cock fighting, bullbaiting sham bat
taas and skating, the skate being made of a
deer bone ,aooss;+,, moro Aha, a ,.aora.
.4;o,, nm to the time that firearms were in
aoion aos4ad Int since then it has been one of the
aat venst n,onrllar sports. Archery clubs, which
,noeS haen kept up continuously since the time
nay, nav tbe soldiers were armed with bows and
srroTs. are in existence today in England.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

An extremely ludicrous incident occurred
in an Ottawa, Canada. church one SUM-
day. A young lady, evidently stranger,
accidentally left her handkerchief fall to the
floor. BY repeatedly STOPPING to reach it
tleman in the pew behind, who thought she,
was about to faint. With the best cf mo-
tves, therefore, he took her gently under the
arms and raised her up, greatly to her sur
other gentleman went to her assistance, and,
before the young lady knew what was the
matter, they were moving her out into the
aisle; Naturally, she was too much aston
ished to find words for protest, and they had
distance, when she directed an appealing look
to another gentleman in pew, as if asking
him to help also. He. too, promptly rose from
his seat. and helped lift her up and carry.
recovered her powers of speech. and mutual
explanations soon exposed the ludicrousness
of the situation.
A librarian, by virtue of his position, is
surrounded by learning, yet he occasionally
witnesses an exhibition of startling ignorance.
certain Boston librarian declares that one
day visitor pointed TO bust which adorns
the reading room of The establishment with
anybody y about here?S 'h The librarian, sup
posing that the questioner was simply "a, at
tempting to joke with him, answered, He
has been dead too long for me to tell where
he is" 81 mean was he man who lived
here" corrected the stranger, and then,
without waiting for a reply, he asked, What
was his name?.. Nero" the librarian an
swered. Nero" the other repeated, thought
fully. 'That doesn't seem just like an
american name. What. was his businessy
"He was at the head of the Roman fire de
partment," the librarian replied, unblushing-
! ly. Indeed" said the visitor. and went
away fully satisfied with the explanation.
| A new pupil went into Cincinnati school
the other day. and there being no desk for
him. the teacher told him to "sit on the front
seat for the present" He was given some
| slight attention during the day, but when
school was dismissed, still clung to his seat.
well, Harry" said the teacher, "are you
replied; "but I'm waiting for the present.
want to take it home" The teacher
laughed, but attempted no explanation, and
Harry walked sadly out, realizing that life is
full Of delusive hopes. and things are seldom
what they seem.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

on Isnail. and wanted to borrow
his donkey to use for an hour. Ismail made
a low saaam and said, ''Neighbor, I am sorry,
but my boy started on the donkey an hour
ago to Scutari. By this time he is gaily trot-
ting over the hills, far from the sacred pre-
cincts of Stamboul."
just as Ismail finished his speech dom
keys loud bray was heard in the stable,
which was under the same roof as lsmaifs
house, but in the rear.
The neighbor said, "Ah, hear your donkey
bray"
Ismal persisted that his neighbors ears
were deceived. and that the noise was .s,iss not
Scutari, brayed twice, loudly.
"Oh, Ismail,'' cried the neighbor, surely
that is your donkey and ! can now borrow
him!"
"Neighhor," said Ismail, with an injured
air., (which do you believe is 1ying-the
donkey or II"
OF course, the neighbor was too polite to
express an opinion and so went sadly on
A story, which came to light, about a
social deadlock" at the White House when
here retold. Before the visit, United
States Senator kindly informed the dis
tinguished guest that be, the emperor, would
be expected to remain until the other
guests had taken their leave. On the other
hand, the mistress of the White House had
notified her guests that they would be ex-
pected to follow, not preeede, the royal
party IN leaving the house. In consequence,
when the time came to go, no one dared to
depart first. The emperor, according to in
. structioDs, was waiting for the others to go;
and the others were waiting for him to move.
The deadlock continued for an hour or more,
+ IN the embarrassment of everybody until 1t
was broken by tired-out woman who pre-
tended to faint and was taken away in her
\ carriage. Then everybody departed, includ-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
FStories '7Spice !" Them

ing the emperor This incident illustrates
when not tinctured with common sense
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
Engineering Ants

HE following remarkable story of how
a number of ants built bridge is
related on good authority, and is
entitled to a place among the in
stances of intelligence among the
loura,. onipale
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
Early Games

HAT there is nothing new under the
sun" is aptly illustrated in the
games now in use in the civilized
world. With few exceptions they
can be traced back to times OF re
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
Copyright by James Elverson

OVPyrIgHt ~ 1aHes HHVerSoH
fox was as large and fierce as
a tiger, and at the same time
retained his craftiness, he would
be more dangerous to mankind
than any savage creature known
to exist. Fortunately for sports
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
copyrIght by James ElYerson

ENERAL LEW WALLACE told
"a story about Turk named Is
mail Hassam, who was as un-
scrupulous as he was witty. One
day neighbor in Stamboul called
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-10
SAD ADSCENESATSTATION.
Children and Wife Visit Man
 Suspected of fElamo Murder.

Whatever the outcome of the cor oner's investigation regarding the death of Rocco Elamo' amounts to, It is certain that for the present at least Lorenzo Aquilano, the man held for the crime, is an object of much pity, and some sad scenes have been enacted at the police station since he was put behind the bars. To-day his wife and children visited him and it would wiring tear from the most hardened human being in the community to see the tots kiss him through the openings in the massive iron door and then inquire when he would be home. Aquilano had his breakfast beside him in the cell at the time, but he could not swallow a bit of it, and no wonder Such scenes are common at the po- lice station and it is miracle why 50 few profit by them. Whether the man is guilty or not is something nobody appears to know at this time, but in any case he is in a bad box just now and 1t is safe to predict that If he owned the world he would glad ly exchange it for his liberty.