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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
MUST TRANSPORT CEREALS
RICHMOND DIVISION OFFICIALS
DEMAND CARS.
Other Freight Must Suffer While the
Movement Of Grain is on-Sit-
uation Locally.

Richmond division officials and 9TH
ers located on divisions centering in
TO Richmond, are demanding that they
secure enough cars to transport corn
and other grains. The movements
in cereals at the present time is prob
ably greater than ever before in the
history of the local division and grain
men are demanding that the road at
tend to the shipments of their grain
which has been held back all winter,
owing to the lack of transportation
accommodations. The local division
freight men say that the work of
handling the immense amount of grain
will probably stop operations on other
lines of freight, for at least a time.
Some of the roads which are short on
grain cars are hauling corn and other
cereals in furniture cars. 1t was
said yesterday in the Richmond Of
fees that some roads had even resort
ed to the use of refrigerator cars to
handle the grain. Local elevator
men say that they are not handicap
ped by the lack OF cars, but other ell
evators along the Richmond division
are hindered in their shipments to a
greater or less extent.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

John Thornburgh, former well
known Richmond newspaper man, has
been an attache of the senate during
the present session Of the legislature
and he was one of the most pictur-
esque characters i'm that body. An
article of interest to all Richmond
people concerning Mr.. Thornburgh and
other former well known Richmond
man, is herewith printed:
One of the men on the senate force
who always attracts attention is John
Thornburg, who sits at desk over
i'm the northwest corner, and is engag-
ed on the permanent journal. Mr.
Thornburgh, this week will be seventy
years old, but he does not look the
part by ten years, and he has not
missed a single day from his desk
since the session began. Mr.. Thorn
burgh is one of the old-time printers of
this country, only few of whom are
left He started to learn to up end
type in the New Castle Courier office
in 1918. The paper is still running
and is one of the best in Eastern Indi-
ana. After he had completed his
trade he started out to see the coun-
try, and in 1852 he took cases on
weekly paper in Indianapolis, called
the Locomotive, so named because the
first railroad to Indianapolis, the old
Madison road, was being built. John
b. Elder was the editor of the Loco
motive, and in it's day it was a good
newspaper as newspapers went more
than half a century ago., Mr. Thorn
I,nr tn I'm ic H.
mond, where he was employed on the
Palladium paper that is still run
ming. 1t was then owned by Holloway
and Davis, and the foreman of the job.
was William r. Holloway,
who was afterward private secretary
to Governor Morton, later consul-gen-
crai to st. Petersburg, and is now con-
to Halifax.
THE trip from Richmond was a
hard one. The weather was bad and
the trip which was made by stage
along the National road. was very
tedious. Two days were required to
cover the seventy miles, and between
Nnightstown and Greenfield the pas
sengers walked most of the way, car
rying rails with which to give the
a boost out of the mud when
necessary, which was often. On ar
irving here, Mr.. Thornburg stopped at
the Wright hotel, which stood on a
part of the ground now occupied by
the New York store. At that time,
he says. Indianapolis did not have
paved sidewalk or paved street. Shoes
were unknown quantities and the pop
ulace went about with trousers in
boots
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
Concerning =
- st. Patrick

John Fitzgibbons, a well known au-
thority on affairs relating to the Cath
Ole church, in commenting on the
date of the birth of st. Patrick says
that nothing definite is known con-
corning it but that historians tell us
it was in all probability in the year
3S7, and that in 403 he was made cap
tive and carried into Ireland. The
birthplace of the great apostle
is still a matter of controversy
There can be no doubt however that
he was intimately connected with
Gaul. His mother, Conchessa, was
either sister or a neice of the
great st. Martin of Tours. and there
no question that it was from Gaul
was carried captive to Ireland
Patrick was not his baptismal name;
IL was given by st. Celestine as in
dicatiye of rank. He was baptized
Succat or brave in battle" ST
Patrick died on Wednesday, March
II, 492 at his favorite retreat at SAUL
in the county Armagh, the last sacre-
ments. being administered to him by
ST. Tussach.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
; WORDSWORTH - .
His Poetry.
- - By an Admirer y -

To listen to a theme with which one
IS familiar. and has always loved, has
the happy faculty of making the hear
er have sympathetic kinship for the
speaker. Mr. o. l.. Watkins, in
his address on Wordsworth, before
the teachers institute, held in Cen
terville, last Saturday, alluded to the
great privilege OF the boy or girl
whose early environment was the
country. What an enjoyment al
ways To carry through life the men,
DRY of field, stream and wood, and
how lover of all sylvan beauties APP
preciates more deeply than others,
that wonderful poet of nature While
listening to this address, there must
have been many who recalled old time
favorites from the pages of Words
worth. Who can ever forget, for in
stance, I'VE are Seven or Lucy
Gray?" Perhaps our earliest read
ing of Lucy Gray was in Grace
Greenwood's now almost forgotten
magazine. The Little Pilgrim. where
ii appeared among the selections in
an illustrated form.
James Parton, in his preface to his
French Parnassus" says:
The reader will be interested in
observing how much the poets OF
France have been influenced by those
of England and America. English
poetry appears TO be better known in
France than French poetry is among
us. II is not merely that Byron had
his school of followers and imitators;
but We find all the English and Amer
lean poets familiar TO the poets OF
France, even Lamb, Wordsworth,
Grey, and others, who, we should nat
urally think, were remote from
French ways of feeling and think
ing"
In connection with these remarks,
and with the lofty purity OF Words
worth's poems and his far reaching
influence. there drifted back to mind
a little poem of Theophile Gautier. en-
titled, I'm Vers dc Wordsworth"
Parton says regarding it: 1.-THE reader
is not to be envied who can read with
out many thoughts and some emotion,
that little piece of Theophile Gautier.
on meeting in a bad French novel;
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
Members of the Grand
Lodge of EIks and La
dies to Enjoy River Out
ing at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, March 9.-In keeping
with the custom established years
ago special affair is now being ar
ranged for the Grand Lodge members
and their wives who will attend the
annual convention and reunion of the
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, which is TO be held in this city
during the week beginning July 18th.
This affair will be in the nature of a
trip on the Delaware river, and will
take place on the first day of the re-
union week. The largest excursion
steamer in eastern waters has been
en- up and down the Delaware to view
the many interesting points on this
famous river.
On the up-trip the guests will see
Cramps shipbuilding plant, reputed
TO be the largest in the world. Here
some of the most powerful battle.
ship have been constructed, and it is
expected that three of the new war
ships, ordered by congress, will be
under construction by next July.
On the down-trip the visitors will
AdNC al oppol tuAits VI SStiIS Tue
plant of the New York Shipbuilding
which is also turning out
fighting ships for Uncle Sam, and the
League Island navy
yard. This navy yard is never with
put half dozen cruisers and battle
ships. and opportunity viii be given
to all the visitors TO board and in
spect these mammoth vessels
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

that the church hath power TO com
mand feasts and holy days?
Ans.-By the very act OF changing
the Sabbath into Sunday which Pro-
testants allow of: and therefore, they
fondly contradict themselves. by
keeping Sunday strictly and breaking
most other feasts commanded by the
same church." Arrangement OF
Christian Doctrine. p. IS.
Ques.-Have you any other way OF
proving that the church has power
to institute festivals OF precept?
Ans.-Had she not such power. she
could not have done that In which
all modern religionists agree with
ber-she could not have substituted
the observance OF Sunday. the first
day of the week. for the observance
OF Saturday the seventh day:
change for which there is no scriptu-
raj authority" Doctrinal Catechism
p. 35l
Listen,-"But in vain do they
worship me. teaching for doctrines.
the commandments Of men. Matt.
Is. 9.
still inquire. Why should
pursuit which is clean and healthfni
on six days be considered criminal
on the first?
II you vote for Sunday restriction.
you vote for oppression. You don't
them to play. What do you want them
want people to work; you don't want
TO do? Satan finds work for the
idle. A boy attending Sunday school
by the rod, Is not a prom
Using subject In which to develope
Christian character.
Willing. heartfex obedience should
be rendered TO the precepts of God.
That is the only acceptable oba5-
fence. Gods law is written In the
hearts of his people. Outward OBJ
servance of His law under compui-
sion OF human law, viii not stand the
test OF the final judgment when we
all will be compelled to answer each
for himself
a. NJ. I. s."
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
RAILROAD NOTES.

A Gordon, superintendent of the
Richmond Street and Interurban rail
way company, was in Indianapolis
yesterday comforting with traction of
| ficials, in regard to business con.
nected with the management OF the
| traction interests in this city.
G. A Dormburg, chief lineman for
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg, was in the city Friday night con.
ferring with NJ. J. Eagen. chief line
man for the Indianapolis and Cincin.
natl divisions.
T. l.. Britton, well known among
local railroad men, has been appoint
ed to the position of freight and tick.
ct agent at Kouts, Ind, taking the
place of P. H. Halligan, resigned.
c.. d. Kinney, travelling solicitor for
the c., l. & r. railroad, with head
quarters at Muncie, was in the city
yesterday looking after the interests
of his road.
The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Pennsylvania lines will
be held in Pittsburg, April 8.
D. G. Edwards, vice president in
charge of the traction lines in Indiana
and Ohio, is now traversing the lines
controlled by the syndicate, and it is
said that his visit has direct connec-
ton with the lengthening of several
of the lines.
The Pennsylvania railroad last year
received an average of 2.01 cents a
mile for every passenger carried.
President McCrea of the Pennsylva-
mia, has inaugurated his cleaning up
policy. He has discharged one man
who held a job as ticket agent, but
employed an underling to do the work
The man also held considerable prop
erty along the lines of the Pennsylva-
MIA
The Pennsylvania has cancelled an
order for 5000 new freight cars, ow-
ing to the stringency of the money
market, and will secure additional
cars under lease from private compa-
MES, to properly care for the rapidly
increasing freight business.
The crop of railroad legislation
has been the greatest this year than
ever before. 712 railroad bills have
been presented to state legislatures,
white fS were COuSlOeTeQ IN Ino ma
tional house of representatives.
Railroads are finding that by plac-
ing fine passenger equipment on the
roads, they are making money by do
ing SO, as the general business has
picked up to such an extent as to
make such profitable.
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the Pittsburg, Youngstown and
Ashtabula railroad company, James
McCrea. now president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, resigned
as president of that smaller road. Jo-
seph Wood was elected president and
]. ]. Turner, now second vice presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania, was elected
vice president of the P. Y. e A, to sue
coed Mr.. Wood.
The latest authority has it that the
officials will not have
the steel cross ties removed which
were responsible for the wreck of the
New York-Chicago flyer, at Ellsworth, !.
as was first reported.
The Pennsylvania lines are making
great preparations for their sea shore
business this summer.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
TEXAS THE MOST RADICAL.

While the many states are after
the railroads with the big stick,
Texas has taken the lead and the
state railroad commission has issued
an order requiring all passenge
trains TO run on schedule time.
The announcement created a great
deal of nlirth in the Richmond Off
ces, as the conditions in Ohio arc
practically the same as in Texas ana
the Pennsylvania has had TO submit
to them. A local Official was quite
agitated when the announcement was
made and said:
That is excellent. Now let the
commission issue an order requiring
all clocks TO keep exact time under
all circumstances. Then another or
der. requiring all coal 10 make the
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
Japan To Be Christiar,ized.

Christian
Asia is
the general
federation already
hundred delegates
o S
will be the first
banner of the cross
Progressive
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
Watson as Speaker.
(Washington Special.l

There is hardly a shadow of doubt
that if, for any reason, Uncle Joe
Cannon should retire from the house
of representatives before the next ses-
sion, James Eli Watson would be the
speaker of the house in the sixtieth
congress. Before Watson left for Ind
lana enough members of the house
verbally rendered him their support TO
make his election as speaker almost
certain. However. since Uncle Joe is
in fine health and spirits. there is no
particula eason for specializing on
what would happen If he should drop
out of the game. Uncle Joe belongs
10 the class of men who die in the
harness He has no admiration for
old men who cease activity only 70
rust He is an aspirant for the presi-
5eney, but if he fails TO get the nomi-
nation he probably viii be found
pounding the marble slab at the house
end of the capitol for good many
years to come.
Artificial gas the 10Th Century fuel
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

Wordsworth's line. Spires whose ST.
lent finger points to heaven"
Gautier beautifully says that the
finding of those words so fresh and
pious" in the pages of an impure vol
ume. was like the finding of a flower
or the fields. or the plume of dove
fallen in the midst of mire" And so
ever since that time when he first
read Wordsworth's impressive line.
Gautier says that when the rhyme
halts and when Prospero is not obey
ed by ARIEL he draws on the mar
gins of the paper, while he muses..
pictures OF
Spires whose silent finger points to
heaven" SYLVIA
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
Many Cards Thrown Out.

The rule OF the postoffice depart
nent requiring clerks and postmast-
ers to throw all questionable cards
out of the mails and send them to the
dead letter office is being -Icfly
obeyed in the Richmond offic1, and
each dag several cards are cast into
the dead letter box
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
News OF the Railroads
Local and General
az
Q. OWEN KUHN

same steam on all engines. prohibit
all rails from breaking. and all boxes
from getting hot, and require all pas
sengers TO quich-step in getting of
and on trains. Let both the Indiana
and Ohio commissions take like steps
and We certainly will be happy
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
Detained by Funeral.

Prof. Edward c. Hayes, of the de-
parrment of sociology at Miami. VIII
preach at the First PRESBYTERIAN
church today instead OF DR.. Guy
Potter Benton who is detained by a
funeral
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
DECLARES DIVIDEND.

The Rock Island railroad, in which
Richmond has much interest, has de-
clared a quarterly dividend of IL per
cent, payable April 1, to the stock of
record March Is. This will bring the
road up to per cent. per annum.
Nearly every division shows very
handsome earnings for last quarter,
the E. & T. II. division bringing up its
full per cent.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
MAY LENoTHEN SCHEDULES.

The local Pennsylvania officials,
with other officials of roads running
between Cincinnati and Chicago. are
considering the advisibality of length
ening the schedule time between the
two cities. The move is made that
the roads may better care for the
rapidly increasing freight business.
All through trains as well as accom-
modations on the Richmond division
will have their running time increas-
ed SO that freights may have better
privileges along the line, according
to reports circulated at the local
Pennsylvania Offices
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10
STILL MORE PASSES TO GO.

AT the meeting OF the members OF
the Central Passenger association
which closed yesterday in Chicago
the means of combating the wide
spread two cent rate laws in the
western states, was discussed thor
oughly. According to a statement OF
local official who was in Chicago
attending the meeting. all passes and
reduced transportation will be cut
off in order that the railroads may
retrench in the passenger business.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

Free advice given on the germ dis.
eases Of domestic animals. Write
the National Medical Co.. Sheldon, Ia.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

evators along the Richmond division
are hindered in their shipments to a
greater or less extent.
=
MORE SEVERE THAN IN 1901.
ficiency committee of the American
Railway association. is authority for
the statement that the present car
shortage is more general and more
severe than that of 1901, and worse
than any other the railroads have ever
experienced.
Railroad officials all over the coun-
try now admit that the reports sent
out recently regarding the car short
age were false and that the situation
is really becoming worse than instead
of better. Mr.. Hale has issued a long
statement regarding the car situation
in which he states his belief that the
railroads will add another 250, 900 cars
to their equipment this year in adj
dition to the cars that were ordered
some months ago and which have as
yet not been delivered.
Mr.. Hale says that the shortage had
been foreseen by all railroads, and
they ordered and obtained more cars
in 1906 than they ever bought in any
one year before. The total number of
cars built for the railroads was more
thar 100000. This was an addition to
the existing equipment of IL or 10 per
cent. Mr.. Hale calls the attention of
railroad officials and shippers all over
the country to the car situation,
which is said to be serious, and urges
them to do everything possible to
bring about the desired improvement.
He recalls the fact that conditions
have been improved somewhat by the
increase per diem, car service short
age.
COMPLAINT AS TO TIME TABLES.
When the railroads of the country
several months ago decided to do
away with publishing time tables in
the newspapers, general howl from
the public went up against the move,
as it has long been established that
the newspapers are the best places
to go when in search OF such informa-
ton.
A Richmond man, who, by the way,
has great use for time tables, said yes
terday that he, as well as the general
public, miss the time tables in news
papers very much, and since they
were abolished a goodly supply OF
the miniature information bureaus
had to be kept on hand, which is
both a nuisance and a trouble brew
err The cry for the publishing of
railway time tables in the newspa-
pers is going the rounds of the sew
eral states where 2ey have been
EAST is UNSETTLED.
When one closely follows the
'didos" cut by the employees of the
railroads in the east, and then COM
oares them with the favorable actions
If the employees of the west, the
Iue stion naturally arises in ones
mind, why are the trainmen of the
east always dissatisfied with existing
al official said that he could not ac-
count for the uprisings among the |
abroad employees in the east, but he |
'aid that the majority of the agita- |
ions arising in railroad circles CEN |
cred in the west, and from Chicago
Whether the increase
n wage mania" has siezed a firmer /
lold on the eastern employees than the |
western, is not known, but from the /
UGH must be the case.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-10

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

stand it was no time for playing pranks-which
thought he was doing.
This only made him rear and plunge, then
whirl round and bolt down to the sea.
| brought him back with much difficulty, but
nothing could say or do would induce him to
approach nearer to the road
A long and exciting scene ensued, and one
which awoke the echoes -snorting, plunging,
wheeling madly round bolting away; all this
was repeated over and over. He was bathed
In foam from the energy of the struggle; his
veins stood out like whipcord from the glossy
neck, his nostris glowed an angry red, while
his eyes seemed to shoot sparks of fire.
Strange to say, never thought of any real
danger from which he was trying to save me,
but attributed his conduct to some mad freak,
some shadow which had excited his highly
strung nerves.
NV blood was up and l was determined to
conquer, but each bafhed attempt made me
more and more alive to the predicament
was in. A few moments and it would be
quite dark; the wild beasts were rousing from
their lair and would soon seek this beach
which they haunted, and night on it was
scarcely to be desired. Small chance of living
to tell my adventures
Once more l turned his head toward the
jungle, expecting only the same result. But
for moment, staring fxedly at something
which seemed to attract his attention in the
jungle.
I strained my eyes, but could catch no
BhnpSc VI any tHluB, nOr Was any SOUND per
ceptible to my ear. From all sides, indeed.
faint rustic seemed to fill the air; but could
not tell how. far. this sound might come from
the excited beatings of my own pulse.
The smoke from the horses nostrils Law on
the cool, moist air. Had he been transformed
to statue he could not have been more
motionless for that brief moment-h his head
thrown slightly forward, as if listening; his ears
pricked; his eye alone. betraying life.
The roll Of the incoming tide suddenly
dashed on the beach behind us. Raven took
no heed, but. as it died away, without the
slightest warning, he plunged forward, dashed
through the opening and literally raced through
the Jungle.
How he managed to keep his feet ] know
not; it is mystery to this day to me, for the
road was formed only of branches of trees
and clay roughly thrown together, and in.
secure in the broadest daylight and with the
most careful riding.
1t was a government work, not quite finished
yet, but brought now very close to the open
which my horse had so long refused to enter.
He was making up for lost time with
vengeance, tearing through the great assures
and ruts, crashing down all obstacles, leap
ing over fallen trees. never swerving or
stumbling, needing no guidance, which, in
deed, l was powerless to give; could only
hold on and try to avoid the branches, which
more than once nearly knocked me off
At length the mad ride was over AT my