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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17
Philadelphia, Pa, April 1.-THE
state troops arrived at Chester this
morning. No rioting up to this time.
|TAL| |ANS DRIVEN
FROM ILLINOIS TOWN
Blamed for Sending Black
Hand Letter.

Bloomington. Ill, April 17.-Thirty
Italians. all railroad employees. were
driven from the town by a mob last
night. They were blamed for a black
hand letter. threatening the life of the
mayor and also for displacing white
men at lower wages.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17
PUPILS GIVEN
VACATION TODAY
Were Released on Account of
Good Friday.

City schools adjourned at ten
o'clock this morning that the students
might attend the Good Friday servic-
es held in the various churches. The
regular sessions reconvened at the
afternoon period.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17
MARSHAL DESTROYED
NEW CASTLE BOOZE
That Found in the Eagles
Club, Spilled.

Tpon the order of the circuit court
the marshal OF New Castle has des-
troyed the liquors confiscated in the
raid on the club rooms of the Eagles
lodge al New Castle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17
S5O,OOO,OOO WILL
Be NEW CAPITAL
Greatest Bank in the Country
To Be Formed by Merger.

New ork, April LIT is rumored
that the City National bank and the
National bank of Commerce will soon
lie consolidated. making the greatest
bank in the country. with capital Of
$;D,HN,pOV.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17
SANTA FE PASSENGER
TRAIN WRECKED
Engineer Lost His Life in an
Accident.

Bloomington. Ills. April IA San
IA Fe passenger train was wrecked to-
day by running into an open switch
Engineer John Coppess was killed and
several were slightly injured
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17

The Telephone is Willing servant to bring
your Classified Ads to the Palladium office with the
least bother to you Either PE1one=-112 Automatic,
n Old
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-17

Continued on page 81
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
CHAPTER XXX.
The Stroke Of the Fang.

The days ran happily by for Esther,
so far as she remained in her own III.
tie world. II was a Joy to be with
Uncle Billy a short late hour every
other night when his train was in and
his reports made: a Joy TO know that
her presence comforted Sally b.. whose
heart, despite her busy life, longed for
her only child, and grIeved for the
older child who logged her footsteps.
did her errands. followed her with
meek, trustful eyes. The spell OF the
desert, and her ever deferred hope OF
seeing Alfred, stiIl held Esther. Gid.
deon was in the town. though he kept
out OF Esther's way. Sally b. met him
abruptly one day, forced a kind word
upon him and asked him OF his stay;
but he evaded her with q half-coherent
reply about seeing the railroad
through. She mentally substituted
Esther for the railroad, knowing II
was for chance glimpses of her ne
hung around the town.
The grading was finished. Engi-
neers. their occupation gone, had al.
ready started for new barrens to meas
ure. Bridge builders followed. Men
OF the pickax and shovel, drlllers
strikers. teamsters, Chinese, cooks
scullions, camp-movers-a long pro
cession faced westward toward Call
forny. Gods country"
1t was the morning before George
Gregory's great day. the day he was 10
Guido the Union Pacific feat OF laying
seven and a half miles OF track At one
stretch. He had chosen the lai
spaces eastward by Kelton. where the
J grade was easy, culvertS and bridges
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

there. sufferin ears! They make a
racket at night, they an the men.
Amt nothin' so bad's you might think
bout them girls. though. Most of EN-
comes from furrln parts. where their
job amt considered disrespectable."
All in the town carried arms. and
there were occasional brawls; yet no
stranger was molested who did not
first modest Night drew on, and the
sleepy town awoke Wood teams from
the mountain chopping camps ratified
In. The clatter Of animals feeding,
human and otherwise, stirred the air.
The evening train whistled In from the
west. with mail passengers. a few
wOrkmen. much forage and supplies.
Coils P.'s done the job" cried the
first trainman to enter the hotel. His
little game o. talk with the president
won the tin. The bonds are issued !"
when was it," asked Sally b., sx.
citedly.
"Oh. weeks ago, probably. II was
done fore Andy, Johnson went ont Of
the White House, anyway"
How much bonds?"
Two million four hundred thou.
sand" the man said, rolling out the
words slowly and respectfully.
4 small sum enough for eyes that
read to-day. Yet to railroad Of the
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

Esther was IN the dining room and
heard. The dreadful day at the stage
station came to her. Across the way
violins began TO twang, arouslng
Esther from her reverle. Tho callers
voice came clear. and the low. seduo.
tive rumble OF dancing feet. One by
one the men finished eating and went
out. The voice of the town called
louder and louder. Esther wondered
were she man, II the calls would
seem hideous as now; or would she
in the very Joy Of masculine freedom
look around, Join the fringe OF the
curious onlookers. be caught by the
siren, Temptation. and drawn into
the human vortex. carried down
down!
OF all the guests. Mr.. McI.ane alone
was left. He ate slowly in dignified
silence. pried upon internationally by
Vic Wah The wheedling voice of the
town had no fascination for Mr.. Nc
Lane. He went at once TO his room
attended by Sally d.
UFu Allt AWo "bAAANh NlAaAANA ~ AlAAAt
longer, when Esther, still tired from
her night spent sitting up in the car
went to her bed.
But not to sleep. Unhindered by
tent walls the drone OF the fiddle'
came in at her open window; and the
clink Of glasses. the rhythmic beat Of
many feet, the voices Of the danclnl
girls between sets. How had she
shown thankfulness for the boon o.
health. OF friends. training. wealth
all that was between her and these
poor girls? Had she not wasted hel
days in idle longing? Among even tn,
noisy dancers yonder might there no
be some one better. according to heI
miserable opportunity. than she her
self had been with her wider chance
II should be so no longer! When tn,
last tie was laid she would return L
her home. her city. She would ceas'
her foolish waiting for Alfred; ant
somehow, wherever the way opened
she would work for those less fortu
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
OPPONENT EASY TO SEAT.
Slight Accident Put Edu,onls's RIvai
Out Of the Running.

Mrs. s. was in a Richmond hos
pital. and she was lonely. 80 welcomed
the advent OF a very black and very
languid maid, who came in one morn
ing TO wipe up the floor. Some one
new TO talk TO. 80 no time was lost.
II have not seen you working here
before. Aren't you n new girl?"
Edmonia willingly let the cloth slip
back into the bucket. and sat fat upon
the floor before answering.
"Yas'm, rs new. rs Jest washin
up dc floor; but don't work, Ts cd
jikated."
And where were you educatedH-
was the next question.
In a seminary" Then, with burst
Of confidence: There was me an an
other girl workin' in house She was
cook and was chambermaid. and
we had great times about who would
git de prize. but beat" Then, after
a pause. She was easy to beat, cause
she got smothered to death with gas
de night before de EXAMINATIONS come
off."-Harper's Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

present. forty millions could not mean
more than that sum meant to the
struggling Central Pacific.
The train came in from the Front, n
lot of empty cars humping over un-
settled track. Tonight came Louis
Mcl.ane. a MISUNDERSTANDING gen.
tleman; yet great man as he was. and
earnestly as Sally y, tried to make
him comfortable, other matters over.
Swallowed him.
Them u. p. fellers laid seven and
half miles Of track the other day"
The story ran from lip to lip.
Huh! | bet a game rooster George
Gregoryll beat that when the iron
comes. It's on the way now. they
say" Sally y. looked challengingly
about.
Waiting at table did not prevent her
keeping up with all the railroad news.
II rather aided her In doing so; and
her comments were a sort OF daily oral
editorial that most Of her patrons be-
lieved in. and all enjoyed.
The U. P.'s discharged IL engi-
neers cause they wouldn't run at
night" another lOQuacious diner re.
marked.
Don't wonder they refused a man
from the east replied. THE grades
are ticklish; the track amt half I'M.
ished, to say nothIn' o. being settled /;
and the lnjuns are ralsin' Cain in
triplets."
That's the way it's been ali the
time over on the u. P," second
stranger added. "Workmen never have
had the proper protection. was on
the Denver line, and the chief OF con
struction telegraphed for more force
saying. ! have to tight while / dig.
But the company didn't help him out
Why. we had ten InJun fights In ten
weeks. From one TO seven white mer
killed every time. Il wasn't fun, you
can bet!"
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens during = trip Of the
overland Mail" through the Rocky
mountains Uncle Billy" Dodge stage
driver Alfred Vincent, young man. ana
Phiucas CadwaliadcT. introduced. They
come across the remains Of u massacre.
Later a. Anthonys station they ind the
redskins have carried their destructive
work there also. Stella Anthony, daugh-
ter Of Anthony keeper OF station, II In
,roduced Anthony has been Killed
lng plans Of enemies OF railroad being
built lie returns to Stella, each show
Ing signs 81 love for the other. stella
hsafA from her lover. Gideon, and ~ his
phenomenal success Finds letter Of i'm
poriRnCe involving plans Of opposition
road. Plot 60 destroy .company,s ship
Flora IL uneRrthed aud discriminating
evidence against Cadwallndcr found
PhineaH CadwHllnder faces prison on
charge of wire tapping; A perfect ,hnin
blow UP Flora" Banquet IN railroad
town is scene Of monOpollzation OF Alfred
by Miss Hamilton. Mrs. sally Brr-
threat against Alfrcds life. quickly
leaves town on best procurahle horse IN
aearch OF Vincent. Race To beat onpoSi-
fails to hear az Gideon stella receives
q letter. Promise to marry Gideon In
gram or Alfred Vincent Will die Aftar
Conference Stella decides to nee. Years
pass. Stella becomes known as Esther
Anthony, becomes a rich woman, cdu-
Gates herself at Nassar and steps INTO
IlEUfht San FRANCISCO hptlflgs lNlhIap-
Ing changes Alfred greatly and when
De- aud Stella meet In Frisco society, she
passes him without recognition. stella 4
love for Alfred and his for her In revived
However neither shows recognition uf
the fact to the other. Anthony romance
Is unfolded. showing Gideon. who loved
Stella. 10 he her own cousin. Alvin Car
Ter Nioln'E lover when the Demands were
puoT visits them and Sally Is. consents
o. their marriage, despite the fact that
several sons uf rich Blrea are asking the
girls hand The Bcrnarda lose their
Riches and Sally H. again becomes a ho-
seikcepcr. Viola marrying Alvin Carter.
Stella visits Sally u. and sees Uncle
nfIlk
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
GIRL WAS pELIRIoUs
With Fearful Eezema-Paln, Heat,
and Tingling Were Exerueiatlna--
Cutleura Acted Like Magic.

"An eruption broke out on my
daughters chest. took her to n
doctor. and he pronounced 1t 20 be
eczema OF a very bad form. He treated
her. but the disease spread to erback.
and then the whole OF her head was
affected. and all her hair had to be cut
of. The pain she suffered was excru.
ciating. and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost un.
bearabie. Occasionally she was dellri.
Gus and she did not have n proper hours
sleep for many nights. The second
doctor we tried afforded her just as
little relief as the first. Then l pur.
chased Cutlcura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, and before the Ointment was
three-quarters finished every trace Of
the disease was gone. II really seemed
like magic. Mrs. T. w. Hyde, Brent
wood, Essex, England. Mar. s, 1907"
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
Expressions Of a cynIe.

Walter Pater. an old man at so. bald
as a coot and grotesquely plain. re-
garded every woman much as did Dean
Swift. who wrote: "a very little wit
is valued In woman, as we are
pleased with few words spoken intel.
lightly by parrot" you don't ap-
prove OF marriage?" a friend once OBJ.
served to Pater. NO" he replied,
nor would anybody else II Ire gave
the matter proper consideration. Men
and women are always pulling diff
ferent ways. Women won't pull our
way. They are so perverse.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
Too Much ldoaIIzed.

HE was at one time the leading
photographer. wasn't he7"
yes. But after Bella's experience
his business dropped on"
Tell me about IT,"
Bella had some pictures taken
there and they certainly were swell.
A multimilllonaire from Pittsburg saw
one in the showcase and fell in love
at first sight"
with Bella?"
with Beila's picture. OF course. he
was Wild 10 be introduced. Then he
saw tho actual Bella"
and then3-
"And then he took the aEst train
back 70 Pittsburg."
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
CHAPTER xxlx.-contlnued.


'Oh. surely not for stealing" In.
stantly Esther's mind few back to the
desert station. the overland Journey.
the scene on the hillside. To many
lessor visions OF him. even to her last
meeting at Judge Harmon's. Always
the same aversion To him. the same
wonder that the company trusted him.
Yes. stealth. They gave him pas
sengcr out OF Sacramento. an he didn't
run II three weeks till they caught him.
The boys say there's something back
of that. too, an itll go hard with him.
Pore devil! He was bright 'nough fur
mcanness pity he couldn't "A tried be-
in white. Come on. | got to 20 to
the kitchen"
Here again reIgned Vic Wah, the i'm.
rerturbable.
DO you like It here?" Esther asked
him
He grinned. You bettce, Heap
good. One dollah man out here; no
two bittce man. Heap plenty loom.
You likcc say damn. all light No
matter"
vic got converted down In Oak.
land" Sally H. said when out OF his
hearing, "ltll give ye a crick In yer
side to hear him singin sans. He's
tho best hollcrer Charley CrOcker's
got. McI.ane's comm through tonight.
The boys has stuffed Vic with lot
about Mac. told him Macs goin' to dc
up Crockcr's railroad: and I'm power.
Tul fraid Yic'll sass Mac" There was
a triae Of worry In Sally MS laugh
How can he hinder our company
now"
He CANT hinder EN-. but he kin pes
der 'em a heap. him an the gang he's
actin fur. He amt any wuss'n the
rest. only smarter. He's on his way
home from Washington and New York
now. Been tryin' to Ak congress agin.
I'll lay. But bet Coils =. beats him,
l bet on Coils r. every time. Read
this" She tumbled over a pile OF
papers. found a recent copy OF the
Clarion and pointed out a short tele.
graphic dispatch. Read II aloud
honey. like 10 listen when our fellers
spouts at the government powwow."
~
ton to Andrew Johnson. as the head Of
the outgoing administration. on behalf
OF the Central Pacific railroad.
Likely It's ter spike that gun. that
Macs been east. The boys says so.
But I bet on Coils p. all the same
Ding that ClarlOnl" she continued,
whipping from one topic TO another
with astonishing suddenness. They're
eluckin' to the u. P.'s now TO pass US
and come on to CalIforny: an howlin'
about pushin' the Southern Pacific to
bust the c. p. II I was Gov. Stanford
Id mortgage my chance o. heaven,
maybe a little bit o. the other place,
but what I'd git holt o. that Southern
Pacific"
What ia the Southern Pacific ex-
peeting to do?"
Build across the continent and have
a competin line"
what? Two railroads? Surely,
one will be enough"
III them four git holt OF II, they'll
put Il aerost all right. One line?
They'll be half dozen some day. An
you bet the c. P.'s won't let nobody
git the start OF them II they only git
q fair show"
The strange town stirred Esthers
imagination. Like a flock OF vagrant
ugly birds. the shaeks and fimsy
wooden houses squatted on the inhos
pltabsa mountain top or huddled be
side the brawling stream. The mOsI
pretentious places were saloons. A
very long tent caught Esther's eye.
That's the dancehouse." Sally d
waid. They've got an extra big troupe
Of hurdy.gurdies in nOw--there's ths
place whore they sleeD lust 10 the left
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
HoW's ThisP

We oner One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
easn OF Catauh that cannot DO cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
FL, CHENEY co. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known y. J. Cheney
for the last Is years and believe him perfectly hon
orable IN all business transactions and financially
Able 70 carry out any ObliTati0na made by his nrm.
WALDtSG. KiNsAS MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. q.
Halls CatArFb Cure Il taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o. the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents pr
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Hairs Family Pulls for constipation
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

nate than herself. would put herself
on record for the better side of life.
a peace long unknown stole over
her; and she slept TRANQUILITY.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

At some period in a mans life he
firmly believes that all his friends
have conspired to iniure him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

Lewis Single Binder costs more than
other Sc cigars. Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria. III.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

The Last Thing on the List
When a man thinks his son isn't
likely to be good for anything else, no
generally tries to get him to study
medicine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
. . y
Touah Luck.

A fellow has to be careful in the
woods now. He cannot lie around on
his back for fear of losing his keys,
his pocketboOk and his pipe in the
cracks OF the earth, II hasn't rained
for so long out where I live that the
garden has all cracked open and we
have to Ash our cucumbers and toma.
toes out OF the seams with a muskal.
longe gan. While out hooking last
night ! gated the hired girls back.
hair comb. her beau's lead pencil and
a paper sack containing candy heart
on which was printed Let us fly
away together" And. dog gone her,
they did!
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

BETTING the Crime.

lie stole kiss. very little thing.
And for the crime he sought to make
amends
BY placing on the grieved ones hand a
ring.
This done you'd think just restitution
ends:
But. law nppeased. twas made a church
nffnir.
The two we're bound who'd caused this
bit OF strife
Though but a kiss ne stole. no more. !
swear,
Tho sentence of the rector was: .F9r
life"
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
VISITS With
Strums.

Waiting for time and tide may do
for some folks, but the morning ex.
press is good enough for me!
Z q q
No. dear, the squads do not talk
pigeon English. Their language is
keyhole French. Peep peep!"
= = q
A little learning and a little widow
are dangerous things, admoulshes a
country editor who claims to know.
z 3 =
The price OF false hair has gone up
again. II bald. II win pay you to
catch somebody asleep at the switch.
The stage Is always equipped with
wings. Sometimes they are the
angels" wings and sometimes they
belong to the pudgy man in 1.-THE box
office.
When a tailor gets "a suit Of clothes
ready for you n day before the time
promised. you can bet that he is going
to ask you for the cash upon delivery
Tailors don't hurry like that for moth.
ing
Ard to think that right now. In the
golden autumn time. diabolical fiends
are engaged in preparing cabbage
cheroots that must be smoked by us
poor devils having wives who insist
on buying cigars at Christmas time!
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
There's Tenderness. Dear.


There's loneliness, dear. where the vio-
lets lie,
Meath the skies. and the eyes OF the
moon,
There's memory wrapped In n tear and q
sigh
And the Zephyrs are Ceaslng to Groom,
While over the hills where the birches
are white.
The shadows are ghostly and silent to-
night
There's tenderness. dear, in the visions
see
Through the haze and the maze OF the
years,
There's lovelIncss. dear. that Is nectar to
me
In the valley Of shadows and tears.
AND. failing In laughter and barren Of
sight.
The world Is deserted. without you to-
night.
-Ernuk w TnNior Ir
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
o o o
Special.

Are you wistful?
Do you lie awake nights planning?
When you see an automobile go by,
do you want one?
Have you spent lot more money
In your mind than you have been able
to make?
YOU'VE GOT IT:
It's the Get Rich fever! .
See OLD DOC CHANCE! He will
skin you with neatness and dispatch.
He will skin you so you will stay
"skun." See him! once hours-Any
old time. No trouble to show goods!
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15
on the Wing.


A Colorado couple got married Q
few days ago and the license bore the
number 1913. Looks like twins to me.
4 & a
A country editor has figured Il out
that in the last four years he has
saved three months time by keeping
standing the obituary poem beginning
"A precious one from US Ia gone"
4 4 4
The Washington IR-) Democrat
editor asks: when man celebrates
a marriage anniversary 10 his second
wife do they count the years he was
married to his first wife or not?"
should say MOTT
4 4 4.
Too many OF us, am AFRAID, who
find we can do certain things well, ART
dissatisfied with our ability. thinking
the things not worth doing. after all
We itch to be doing things we cannot
and miss the praise for little things
well done.
n - n
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-10-15

Waiting for time and tide may do
for some folks, but the morning ex.
press is good enough for me!
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-26

laughed at for his awkwardness.
Pelahatchie has a splendid school
building, which is new and well
kept. Anyone can see from
looking at the flower pots in the
windows, the basket work and
drawings on exhibition, that the
scholars are taught other things
besides regular school work and
that they take an interest in
doing their best. No teachers,
whose hearts were not in it,
could get such results from the
youngsters and no teachers sue
coed well unless the patrons and
the community support them, as
Pelahatchie undoubtedly does.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-26
Notice to all Farmers Union
Locals in Rankin County.

The county union will meet
with the Thomasville lodge on
the 18th and 18th of April. /
have arranged to have Bro.
Haynie, editor of the Union Ad-
vocate, with us and am trying
to get President Hightower. Let
all locals take notice, elect
delegates who will attend, collect
dues and be prepared to make a
full report as to No. members,
etc. Fraternally,
j. M. TAYoR, County Pres.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-26
Monterey.

The rainy weather is interfer-
ing with farming.
Miss Gussie May spent Satur-
day night with relatives at
D'Lo.
Tom Shots and Miss Mary
Williams, of Johns, visited A. c..
Williams family Saturday and
Sunday.
H. w. Afford has been on the
sick list for the past week.
H. H. Bullock, of Morton spent
Saturday with his father.
Clarence Webb spent Sunday
in jackson. Think he has not
yet wound up his business over
there.
P. F. Williams, of Independ-
ence, spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Misses Estella and Jessie
Harper, of Thomasville. spent
Monday night with their sister
Mrs. Covington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Floyd have
moved into their new house.
Dan Williams has been out of
school for a week suffering with
tonsilitis.
There will be a meeting of the
school association next Saturday
evening at 2 o'clock. Every
member is urged to be present,
also any who are interested in
the school and are not members
of the association. Business of
Importance is to come before
this meeting.
Miss Rosie Bell Floyd is ex-
pected home next Sunday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-26
Notice.

Will Evans, the Groceryman,
will sell you something good to
eat in staple and fancy groceries.
Handle a full line of cigars, cold
and soft drinks. Everything
always fresh. No telephone.
Drop in. Coal oil, fire proof, Is
cents per gallon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-26
Field Day Contests.

Field day contests for beat 2
will be held at Brandon school
campus on March 18th.
MRS. LEvERETT,
S. r. MYERS,
Committee.