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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14
1T GETS THERE JUST THE SAME

The following is clipped from a copy
of the Weiser, Idaho, Signal, dated
December 26, 1906:
"WeNhave just received a copy of
the Lewiston Evening Teller dated
October goth last. This issue has been
about two months and half on the
way but it got here all o. K, if it was
somewhat off schedule. Put an Eve
ming Teller in the mail and il will
reach its destination if it has to go
around the world to do so. 1t proba-
bly, went by the way Of San Francisco
and took day off to look at the
ruins"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14
THE OTHER DAY.

The other day Cor so it seems)
We strolled together down this lane.
And we were happy: with our dreams
Chimed in the mating birds refrain.
You hummed some foolish, sweet love
Somehow it seems-the other day!
The sun still shines down through the
trees,
The birds still MARBLE happily;
The same sweet odors on the breeze
But somehow they are nought to
me;
Naught to me since you are far away
Though you were here-the other day!
The old path winds towards the spring
Wherein the old gourd hangs 1
know,
IT'S strange-no change in anything
IT'S just the same as long ago:
Except my hair is fiecked with gray
Where it was black-the other day!
-n
Once more / stand and watch the
leaves
Drifting. slowly drifting down,
And e'en the south wind sadly grieves
To miss those tangled curls OF
brown.
oh, Youth-Oh, Love, that would not
stayl
Oh, come back from-the other day
Phil H. Armstrong in the Nationa
Magazine for February
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14

bars. They are to be placed under
the roof which shelters the convicted
felon, and are to wear the stripes OF
infamy. And after they have been de-
clared guiltless by juries OF their
peers.
The American constitution says
that neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude shall exist except as a pun
ishment for crime" The Graves bin
would set those excused Of crime by
reason of insanity at work IN the jute
mills of the state, side by side with
the man who has been found guilty.
The state prison has been designed
for criminals. There are hospitals
for the insane. Because a man was
not locked up in time to prevent him
from doing harm, should he be stig-
matized as a criminal, and the shame
of 1t cast on his relatives? There are
asylums who would be dangerous to
be at large. Given the chance, their
homicidal tendencies would result in
tragedy But these are not to be sent
to the penitentiary, no matter how
much more dangerous these raving
maniacs may be than boys like Sid
ney Sloane and chester Thompson,
the one an eppileptic and the other
afflicted with reasoning insanity OF
delusion alteration.
1t is foolish to say that 1t is not
safe to keep men who have committed
homicides in insane asylums. There
are men, both at Stellacoom and al
Medical Lake whose frenzy is sucf
escape. But do they escape? There
is violent ward at the insane hospi.
tai where stricter vigilance Is KEEP
than at any prison in the United State:
because there is a greater necessity
for vigilance.
But more important than everything
else is this fact. The insane man IL
entitled to treatment and cure. Doe
the fact that he has committed a homi
eide, and been declared guiltless there
of, change this right? All the medica
text books lay down the rule that tn
treatment of the dangerously insane
is almost entirely a matter of invtron
ment. The cure. depends on the sur
roundings.
Many of the insane feel and suffe
as to shame as much or even NOR
than their sane brothers, and the in
vironment of the penitentiary would
instead of being favorable to the cur
to which the insane suffering from
mental diseases are entitled, be
NOSE effective club to beat a veal
mind INTO absolute dementia or idocy
Seattle Times.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14
L. L. HAYNES.
CHAIRMAN BURROWS RETIRE,
MENT.

1t is announced from Washington
that Chairman Burton of the house
rivers and harbors committee is to re-
tire from that important post at the
close of the present congress and de-
vote himself to the more congenial
field of general legislation, probably as
member of the ways and means
committee. 1t is admitted that Chair
man Burton knows more than any
other man in or out of congress of the
subject with which his committee is
to deal, and there is no man in the
house whose opinions and conclusions
carry more weight In his special
field, in fact, his opinions are accepted
as conclusive. He has steered seven
river and harbor bills through The
house and not one has been amended
without his approval 1t would be
hard to name another man in public
life whose complete mastery of his
subject is SO widely admitted. He
has established this reputation through
unremitting labor, and when ever he
speaks at all 1t can be taken for
granted that he has something to say
worth saying and that ought to be
said. He is one of the rev members
who can invariably command a hear
| ing, whatever the subject under dis
cussion.
When Representative Burton first
assumed direction of the river and
harbor bill 1t had long been known
as the pork barrel" Individual poll
teal ambitions or necessities, rather
than the commercial interests of the
nation generally prevailed in its dis
/ tribution. Harbors were. improved
by being dug out of salt water
creeks. Money was wasted on rivers
beginning and ending nowhere in par
/ ticular. and where "pushpole" navlga-
ton was all that could have been ex-
pected at best. Appropriations were
uiNeTleu from pOrtS ana rivers having
actual or prospective commercial i'm.
portance only to be wasted on streams
that could have been made highways
of commerce only by being macadam.
/ lied
More than any other man Mr.. Bur.
ton changed all that The mercenary
grafters and political Tame ducks
ceased to have a decisive voice in tn,
matter, and the maritime and com,
mercial interests gradually came int,
their own. For several years now 1
has been understood that when bill
comes from Mr.. Burton's committe,
it is practically in shape for enact
ment, which is high testimonial I,
the chairman's ability.
In spite of the general recognitio,
of the value of his services It is onl,
natural that Mr.. Burton should de
sire another sphere OF legislative ac
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14
ADVOCATES RAILROAD COMMITS
SION.

To the Evening Teller:-I observe
that the Tribune has at last awaken
ed to a realization of the ninth ses-
sion's real worth and 'congratulates"
them upon the adverse vote of the 9Th
inst on the railroad commission bill,
adding that its good name, which
am inclined to think also includes it's
official conduct, dates from the roll
cal of that date. II is indeed gratifying
to me personally to know that the
Morning Missionary has received at
least temporary satisfaction, and to
assure you of my earnestness in the
matter will say that I trust they will
be able to leash in" these congratula-
tions with the proper persons at sat
isfactory rates.
| But just preceding the arrival Of
this good news" Ito the other fellow
CHANGED to cast my eyes over the
editorial page Of the Monthly Review
! of Reviews for the current month,
and if not asking too much of your
generally good nature I should like to
submit some questions from the same
magazine which is recognized as a
very conscientious. conservative. II
better still, safe and sane" publica-
ton.
Here is a choice bit from the frst
page 1.-THE responsible railroad man.
ayers have for several years ok"d
the country straight in the face an
declared that they were scrupulously
obeying the laws against discrimInl-
tons. but when the bureau uf corI'o-
rations and the interstate commerce
commission procede to make irves:i-
cations and the department of iustic,
takes an active hand in the business
it turns out that by all sor $ of ingen.
uous methods, direct and indire.. tn,
favored patrons of our railroads ar,
aided by the railroad officials to breal
down their competitors business"
Thus 1t HAY appear tina. there arr
others" than your humpl sGhscrib
er hereto. who he ieve an lfTicial can
troll is justified tv existing conditions
as indicated in the above quotation
Had l expressed individually such 81
srraignment of transportation affair
as the above, your Mourning con
temporary would have exhausted tn
/ elegant and possibly the extreme ex
r.tives in Describing my mental con
S'iion and like'v nave decided lrtl
"a fire eating fanl'i,' AS he .re he
T ug most particular adao,ed &c m
! - uliar affiIctIon
But for the prlg';,- ard aurt cse O
= assailing the Tribune N rs defense e
: 10 .noad rates and IRA It's am wa
, linv 70 admit nv .n1ivl1ual self n
, Objectionable to Il crl thereby elimm
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14

tivity. His position has been labori-
GUS and thankless. He has received
more censure than praise.
Probably he will not be fully ap-
preciated until he is missed. Tie
question of his successor will be one
of truly national concern.
Chairman Burton has been fair and
considerable in his treatment of the
demands for Improvement Of the Co
lumbia river and of the Pacific coast
harbors, and his retirement will be
generally regretted In this section OF
the Union as we'll as in all others
Walla Walla Union.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-14
CARE OF CRIMINAL INSANE.

The press drought the state is COM
menting upon the need of a special
hospital or asylum for the criminal
insane" The glaring number of homi-
cides in the recent months, the sue
cess of the plea of insanity as a de-
Tense for crime, the sending of Young
Sidney Sloane to the penitentiary af-
ter having been declared guiltless of
he shocking killing of his father, ana
the attempt of the prosecution in an
action, the end of which is not yet in
sight, to place Chester Thompson. a
week or so ago cleared of all charges
Of criminality behind the prison bars.
have startled the minds of all think
ing citizens in regard to this necessity.
There is a bill before the legisla-
ture. known as the Graves bill, in
troduced as the solution of the GRIM
NAL problem. But is it a solution, and
further is it just and harmonious with
the spirit OF the American constitu-
ton?
The Graves bill would send those de-
elared innocent of crime by reason of
insanity to the penitentiary A special
ward is to be provided and arrange
rnents made for the care Of those
confined there. The criminal insane
now confined in the asylums are ia
be removed and placed behind the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
Ill AND HUNGRY CHILDREN
LAY SIDE BY SIDE IN BED
ONLY A RAGGED SHEET AND THIN BLANKET PROTECTS
THE LITTLE FORMS FROM THE COLD WHICH
CREEPS INTO THE BARN-LIKE HOUSE.
ARE RESPONDING TO CALL

From the way the donations have
started to come in, response to the
Palladium appeal for aid for the
Associated Charities, there is no
doubt as to the generosity inner
ent in the citizens of Richmond and
vicinity. Those who are fortunate
possessOrs Of a goodly supply of
worldly goods, realize that to d GER
tain extent it becomes their duty
in time of stress to help those who
are less fortunate.
The number OF people in Rich
mond today who are worthy of and
need aid is greater than it has
been in years. Strong men might
as well be but babes as far as their
strength avails them in obtaining
work. These men do not want char
fty--they are willing to support
their families by the sweat of their
brows, but work is hard to get now.
When suffering San Francisco
asked aid of us, Richmond respond
Su NY oVlldiD5 oNCi Po,VVO W u III ~
clothing, food and money for the
stricken city. What will Richmond
now provide for her own suffering
citizens? Surely as much, If not
more than was sent to a suffering
city over two thousand miles away.
Let little Of the Christmas cheer
that will soon brighten many a
home in Richmond, light up the
homes of those who have been look
ing forward to a cold, dreary and
hungry day next Wednesday. Let
there be the means to provide cloth
ing for the little children. women
and even men, who are all too scan
tily clad to face the cold blasts that
make many of us draw our warm
overcoats closer. Let the empty
larders be restocked and empty Goa
bins filled. Your donation, wheth
er large or small, will do its share
oward relieving the great suffering 6
now being undergone in this city
The poor are asking for bread ant
heat-see that you do not give but
a stone.
EDITOR PALLADIUM.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
BATTLE TALES
TO Be TOLD
Men Who Fought in Battle OF
Stone River to Meet.
WILL BE HELD IN KOKOMO.

Local veterans who participated in
the battle of Stone River. are looking
forward with considerable anticipa-
tion to the reunion of veterans who
fought in that heated fight. The re-
union will be held at Kokomo, Jan. >,
and will be the eighth celebration by
/ the survivors. The sessions will be
held in the Christian church at Ko-
komo. The auditorium has seating
capacity of some 800 people and it IS
the hope Of the committee that as
many of the veterans attend as posi-
BILE. Meals will be served in the same
! church for the benefit of those attend
! ing and in the evening a banquet will
| be held. A very interesting program
has been arranged, composed of ad-
! dresses by prominent men and narra-
! tlons Of war times. A number uf
! Richmond veterans expect to attend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
YOUNG SMYTHE IS
NOW At LARGE
Milton Lad Who Is Charged
With Grand Larceny, Was
Turned Loose.
WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY.
BLUFFToN. IND. AUTHORITIES
SAID THE YOUNG MAN STOLE A
VALUABLE DIAMOND WHILE
STAYING IN THAT CITY.

Lester Smythe, the young Milton
man, arrested Tuesday morning at
Connersville by Marshal Drischel, OF
Cambridge City, is at large, it is re-
ported in Richmond. For some un-
known reason the Connersville author
tiles released Smythe after he had
been placed in the Jail by Marsh Al
Drischel. When the sheriff of Wells
county, where Smythe was wanted for
stealing diamonds and beating a board
bill, arrived at Connersville and de-
manded the custody of the young man.
he was greatly astonished to learn that
the Connersville police had released
him. For this action they were un-
able to give satisfactory explanation
The Wells county sheriff and Con.
nersville police officers started out tC
search for Smythe. but it is needless
to say. the young man. after his un
looked for release from Jail. decided
tAat ConnersviIle was too hot place
for him to make his headquarters, sc
he promptly vanished to parts un
known.
Marshal Drischel says that after ar
resting Smythe he placed him in the
Connersville Jail and told the chic
OF police that Smythe was wanted il
Bluffton on a charge of grand larceny
and for him to hold Smythe until the
arrival of the Wells county sheriff
Drischel says that after placins
Smythe in Jail, he notified the sheriff
| E
! told him to come to Connersville :
once to secure the young man. The
wells county official, when he returned
to Bluffton, was a highly indignan
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
Will Introduce Parcels Post
Resolutions Passed by the
Commercial Club Before Ma
tionaI Law Making Body.
SAYS THEY MEET HIS
IDEA OF THE SYSTEM
He Is the First to Make AC-
acknowledgement of Receipt OF
Resolutions Copies of Which
Were Sent to Washington.

Senator James A. Hemmenway, OF
Indiana, according to dispatches from
Washington, will introduce in congress
the resolutions recently passed against
the parcels post by the Richmond Com
mercial club. He will ask the clerk
to read the resolutions, which will be
ally they are referred to committees
without reading. His reason for ask
ing that the resolutions be read Is that
he considers them the clearest and
strongest presentation Of the objec-
tions to the parcels post that he has
yet seen.
Following the meeting of the Rich
mond Commercial club in which the
resolutions in reference to the parcels
post were passed, copies of them were
forwarded to the Indiana members of
the national body. Senator Hemen-
way is the first to make acknowledge
ment of receipt of the resolutions and
he has done so in the following letter
addressed to Edgar NJ. Haas, secretary
of the Commercial club:
Washington. Dec. 16, 1907.
E. NJ Haas, Richmond. Ind.
Dear Sir:-I have yours enclosing
report of the committee of the Com
md1glal club on the subject of parcels
posi-: The report is very gratifying
to me, as it confirms my views on the
question and furnishes one of the best
arguments that l have heard against
| parcels post.
have always opposed this legisla
ton, for the reason that l believe il
would result in great detriment to the
general business of the country and
would also result in benefit to the
large mail order houses of the cities
You can advise the members Of your
club that l shall use every honorable
means to defeat the enactment OF par
cells post legislation.
Very truly.
! J. 4. IiEMENWAY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19

Residents of the little town of Weo-
ster, when they decided to the C., & * l.
railroad company a lot on which ID
erect a station, and then by popular
subscription raised $1,000 to meet the
cost Of erecting this building, were con-
fident that their action would be ap-
preciated by the railroad company.
Today one can not find a Webster''a =
who does not possess deep rooted
opinion that railroad corporations
have no sense of appreciation.
The new station at Webster has
been completed now over ten days, but
up to the present time the railroad
company has placed no agent IN
charge In fact the c. c. and l.. abs0'
lutely ignores the existence of the at
tractive little depot.
When a resident Of Webster wants
! to go to Richmond or elsewhere during
the hours the sun shines, he walks to
| the agentless station. seiZeS signal
flag and waves frantically until the
approaching train comes to stop
After nightfali the Webster traveller
uses a red lantern to stop trains.
1t is just recently that the c., c. & l.
conse ID to stop its trains. or in fac
allow them to even hesitate at Web
ster, signal or no signal. This ac
tion on the part of the c., c. 4 l.. wa!
the outgrowth of the refusal of the cit
izens Of Webster to appropriate sub
sidy to the railroad company, at th'
time the promoters Of the compan,
first proposed to build the line through
this county.
When the residents of the little towl
of Webster voted to deed a lot AM
raise money to build station on i
they thought that the railroad compa
ny would open it's heart-but the,
have been mistaken. The c., c. & /
still bears malice. Perhaps in tim
the company will make Webster reg
ular stopping place for accommodation
trains and put an agent in charge O
the station, but this remains to b
seen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
MINE INTERIOR IS
RAGING HE'LL OF FIRE
Smoke Issuing From Shaft
House Tells of Flames
Below.
RESCUE WORK IMPOSSIBLE.
ONE HUNDRED AMERICANS AND
THREE HUNDRED HUNGARIANS
PENNED UP IN RAGING INFERNO
-IITTLE HOPE OF SAVING ANY.

McConnellsvile, Pa, Dec. ia
terrific explosion wrecked the Darr
Mines of the Pittsburg Coal company
on the Youghiagheny river eighteen
miles from this city. at noon today.
The explosion tore away the mouth OF
the shaft and destroyed the shaft
house and machinery. An immense
volume of smoke issued from tho
shaft indicating that fire was raging
below OF four hundred miners in the
workings, one hundred are Americans
and the rest mostly Hungarians. Up
to one o'clock it was impossible to do
anything effective in the line of con-
trolling the flames or rescuing the
imprisoned men. Little hope Is held
of any of the entombed men being taxi
en- out alive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
HOLIDAY CANDY
TO Be COVERED
State Food Commissioner In
structs Local Dealers.
WORKS MUCH HARDSHIP

H. +. Barnard. state food and drug
commissioner, has issued an order TO
Richmond candy dealers not to permit
candies to remain in their store un-
covered during the holiday season.
Several merchants wrote to Mr.. Bar
nard saying that the delay in handling
candy caused by taking it from COW
cred show cases when the sales are
made, makes it almost impossible 10
take care of the holiday trade. Mr..
Barnard, in reply, said that he had no
power TO lift the order at a special
time during the year, and that If it is
necessary to keep the candy covered
up in November it is also necessary
to keep it covered up during the holi-
days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
Only Those Absolutely in Need
Through Unfavorable Cir
cumstances Will Be Aided
By Associated Charities.
NO CHANCE TO DUPLICATE.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES HAS
NAMES OF WORTHY POOR AND
ALL CASES ARE INVESTIGATED
BEFORE DONATIONS ARE MADE.
FAMILY is STARViNG:
CHILDREN ARE ILL.

Out in the northeastern part or
the city, there is a middle-aged man
with a wife and five children living
in q barn-like house. Three or the
children are ill and confined to a
narrow bed. The bed clothing Tor
these little unfortunates consists OF
a ragged sheet and a thin blanket
The sick children occupy the only
bed in the house. In the kitchen
sleeps the mother, father and the
other two children. Their beds are
the floor. At night they are COW
cred by coffee sacks and two small
blankets. In the kitchen there is
dilapidated stove, but there is no
fire i'm 1t because the head OF the
family has no money to buy fuel.
Neither has he money to buy food
or clothing. The head OF TINS ram
ilv is a man who has worked hard
all of his life. but the expense OF
providing for his wife and little
ones has made it impossible for him
to save money and now that the
hard times are here, he must appeal
70 charity or stand helplessly by
and watch his loved ones suffer all
the tortures of poverty in its most
MALIGNANT form. There are other
cases like this in the city and 1t Is
TO help these worthy unfortunates
that the readers of the Palladium
are asked to subscribe to charity
fund which is to be turned over to
| the Associated Charities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19
INSANE MAN
DIES IN JAIL
Scott Reynolds Peacefully
Passed Away.
HELD FOR SAFE KEEPING.

Scott Reynolds. aged 81 years, died
this morning in the county Jail of
complication of diseases. Reynolds
was insane and was placed in the coun-
ty jail last June for safe keeping. Not
long ago an abscess formed on his
brain and burst. He became critically
i'll and was placed by the sheriff in d
private room on the second floor OF
the Jail. This week he Sustained a
stroke of paralysis and an abscess
formed on his right lung. He gradu-
ally lost vitality and this morning
peacefully passed away about O'Clock.
None of the members of his family
were with him when the end came.
Reynolds was a harmless old man.
Prior TO being placed in the county
Jail he would wander away from his
home and become lost. After being
placed in Jail he frequently got lost
wandering about the corridors. Rey-
nolds will be buried at Fountain City.
He leaves widow and two children.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-19

Consul Walter C. Hamm. of Hull.
England, says: Among the 25,oOO or
more ships that have entered the Hum
ber river ports during the last seven
years. there has been but one ship Of
American register This was the bark
Homeward Bound from San Francisco
loaded with barley, which reached
Hull in March, 1906" No more strik,
ing evidence than this can probably be
given of the decadence of the Ameri-
can marine.