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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
THE WOOLSACk.
II IL In the House of Lords and Yet
Il Not a Part of 1t.

II Is In the House of Lords and Yet
Il Not q Part of 1t.
It is a curious fact that the woolsack
ON which the lord chancellor sits in the
British house Of lords is not, strictly
speaking, in the house Of lords, and
this Is why when the lord chancellor
rises to take part in debate he first Of
all moves away from the woolsack to
his own place as a peer before he
speaks.
The fact, too, explains why noble
lords who desire to avoid voting some
times merely withdraw to the wool
sack. where, not being in a parliament
tary sense within the house, they are
not counted in a division.
Again, though the lord chancellor Is
now invariably a peer. be Is not neces-
sarily so, and as a matter Of fact the
office has been held several times in the
past by commoners. In such cases the
lord chancellor could take no part in
debate, not having a place in the house
as peer, and his functions as speak er
were strictly limited to the putting Of
questions and other formal proceed
ings regulated by precedent from the
woolsack
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
ENGLISH STEEL MEN
HAVING DIFFICULTY
Work of Gigantic Steel Trust
Already Apparent.

London, July 1S.-Many British
manufacturers of finished iron and
steel continue to experience much diff
ficulty in finding even partial employ
ment for their works, and at the pres
ent time the production of the country
as a whole must be considerably less
than it was at the corresponding per-
Tod of last year. Rumors of the al
legged steel combine are still in circu-
lation, but are not credited in quar-
tiers which ought to be we'll informed
1t also appears that some Of the firms
said to be included in the reported
bridge and construction work associa-
ton profess not to have heard of it
as yet except through the medium of
the daily press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
NUMBER OF FAILURES
ONLY FIVE PER CENT
Comptroller of Currency Deals
With Organization of
Banks.

Washington, July 18.-The comp
troller of the currency has compiled a
memorandum dealing with the organ
ization of national banks to the close
of the fiscal year in which he shows
that national banking associations to
the number of 9,174 have been chart
cred, of which 455 were organized I'm.
der the act OF 1868, 6,184 under the act
of 1864 and 1854 under the act OF
1906. Insolvent associations to the
number of 469 have been placed in
charge of receivers and 1878 in volun.
tary liquidation. leaving the number
of active banks at 6.S27. The mum
Der of failures is approximately per
cent of the total number of banks
chartered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
The Copts of Exypt.

The Copts in Egypt are the book
keepers and scribes; they are also the
jewelers. and embroiderers. Their an
cient tongue has fallen into disuse
and is practically a dead language.
They now use Arabic, Ike all the rest
Of the nation. but the speech survives
in their church service, a part of
which is still given in the old tongue,
though it is said that even the priests
themselves do not always understand
what they are saying. having merely
learned the sentences by heart, so that
they can repeat them as a matter of
form
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
IS A GREAT CITY
Chicago Is TWenty-six Miles
Long and Fourteen
Miles Wide.
INVESTIGATION is MADE.

Chicago, July 1s.-Interesing fig
ures showing the enormous concen-
tration of activity in big cities during
the past few decades of the country's
history have been gathered here in
the course of an official investigation
to determine the geographical, bust
ness and industrial center of Chicago
The geographical center of the city
has shifted, it was found, to a point
near the intersection of Wood and
Thirty-fifth streets. The city is now
&c miles long by 141a miles wide, and
II used for agricultural purposes
would make exactly 1852 farms of 100
acres each. A few farms are situated
within the city limits but the bulk
Of the area is made to support a pop
ulation of over 100000. The prob
lens of transportation, traffic, light
ing and water supply that such a con-
gestion creates were only touched on
in the report, which was prepared by
the city bureau of statistics and sub
mitted to the mayor. The center OF
industrial activity was found at the
intersection of Van Buren, and Des-
PLANES streets. In determining this
location the bureau secured informa-
ton regarding 47,196 places employ
ing 540,01S persons. The business
center of the city is claimed to be at
the corner of State and Madison
streets, which has been declared by
the board Of review to be the most
valuable piece of land in Chicago and
probably in the United States west
Of the Allegheny mountains. There
are no less than 2,200 streets in the
city. One fifth of the entire popula-
ton of Chicago is said to be depen-
dent for it's livelihood upon the stock
yards and packing industry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

ARE CUNNING
Are Now Operating Stills in
Oklahoma UnmoIested
BY Officers.
THEY CANNOT BE FOUND.
ALTHOUGH HAVING SEARCHED
FOR THEM THE PLACES WHERE
WHISKY is ILLEGALLY MADE
CANNOT BE LOCATED.

Guthrie, Okla, July 1S.-"There are
at least ten, and perhaps twelve moon
shine stills now running in the eastern
district of Oklahoma. They have been
running for many years and they will
continue to run for many more" was
the startling statement made by the
marshal of the eastern district recent
ly.
There are numerous moonshine
stills running in that section of coun-
try generally referred to as the Kia-
machi mountains. Marshal A. G. Por-
ter says he has evidence that convin-
ces him that there are at least six
stills there, perhaps more. There is
another one somewhere near Berwyn,
in the Chickasaw Nation. The Off,
GERS have found evidences of this still,
but have never been able to locate it.
There is another in the Cherokee Ma
ton, southeast of Tahlequah, run by
two white men and two halfbreed In,
dians, and while the officers have a
pretty definite idea where it is locat-
ed, they have never been able to find
1t. 1t is also believed that there is
another still somewhere in the Chero-
kee Nation between Muskogee and
Tahlequah and still another in the
Conoharta mountains, northwest OF
Muskogee twenty-five miles. There are
perhaps as many more running OF
which the officers have not the slight
est knowledge.
This is the heritage that Marshal
Porter, retiring from office, leaves tc
his successor, Grant Victor. The
question naturally arises why these
stills have not been raided and de
stroyed. 1t is impossible to compre
bend the safeguardS thrown about a
moonshine still unless one is familiar
with local conditions. The average
moonshiner is crafty and resourceful
His Judgment Of human nature is I'M
erring and his cunning is almost be
yond belief. while he has nerve that
never falters in the face of danger OF
exposure. He is surrounded by those
who are his friends and who believe
that any man has the right to make
whisky and sell 1t.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
BANKERS WILL CHANGE
CONVENTION PROGRAM
Different Sections of American
Association Meet on Diff
ferent Days.

New York, July 1S.-A change has
been made in the program of the Am
erican Bankers association convention
which will be held at Denver, begin
ming September IS. In previous years
1t has been customary for the different
sections to meet the same day, but this
year the savings bank, trust company
and clearing house sections will have
separate days. The full program of the
convention has not been completed.
The bushes sessions of the associa-
ton will be held on September 80 and
October /.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
CARELESSNESS DELAYS
OUTGOING MAIL
Not Due to PoStoffice Clerks,
But to SenderS.

According to the postal officials
Richmond people are more careless
than people of the rural routes. The
postal clerks state that each day they
find that stamps fall off the envelopes
and that they can not be forwarded.
and as there is no return address the
letter goes to the dead letter Office at
Washington. In nearly all cases 1t is
the mail of the city people that is lost
and goes to the Washington Office.
One of the clerks stated that a big en-
velop was mailed at the local Office
last week but without any address to
forward it to and no address to re-
turn. AS a result the letter will have
to be sent to the dead letter Office
The clerks assign the trouble to pure
carelessness.
For these reasons and many more
Postmaster Spekenhier is recommend
ing that the embossed envelopes be
used. These envelopes are made in
four sizes and have the stamps on
one side and a place for the return ad-
dress on the other corner. 1t is be-
lieved that this would stop half the
letters from going to the dead letter
office.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
Home!y Criticisms es esrrie.


Among the stories which are told
concerning ]. II. Barrie are one or two
which show that some Of the folks
north OF the Tweed are not quite so
proud of the novelist's accomplish
ments as they might be- Recently an
old Kirriemuir woman who knew Bar
rie as BARN" remarked. "weeI. It's
a guide thing the laddie can max some
thin at his writin', as he could never
have made his livin' at the mills" An
other celebrity at Mr.. Barrie's birth
place, the cid japitor at the town hall,
discussed the author in the following
deprecatory fashion: DO l ken Jeems
Barrie? Oh. aye; ken i'm as I ken.
his father an mither afore i'm
Have you read his books?'' .Oh. aver
guardedly. Don't you like them %
I'm nae thinkin' muckle ABBOTT them.
l know mony a story that my grand
mither told me that is far better than
ony o. Jeems Barrie's" Yet another
inhabitant said: If We TAX the lees
out O. his buiks there's naethin' left
but the ordinar' crack an conversa-
ton We MIGHT year among folk In the
High street ony e'enin'. An / assure
We no one O. thae things In the buiks
ever happened. Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

ions absolutely. Home phone 1926
lS-1t
GET YOUR MANTLES. globes.
wringer ROLES and cab tires; razors.
shears and knives ground. Brown
X Darnell Co, 1922 Main ST. 1S-3t
FOR HIRE-Automobile carriage:
special attention given telephone
calls. Pleasure parties and sight
seeing. F. NJ. Miller. 239 Charles
street. Telephone 3197. Terms rea-
sona5le. lost
STEAM AND HOT WATER HEAT
ING-Plumbing and electric wiring
at Meerhoff's, . S 9th. lift
Try Palladium want ad. They pay.
The Palladium will take your aG
over the phone.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
FOR SALE,

but the Bryan men opposed me bitter
". One of my best friends, a demo-
crat. said to me. This is nothing but
Mark Hanna scheme to win this
county for Mckinley. You can't beat
Bryan here by any such tactics. You
can't bulldoze us, you can't bride us,
you can't buy u.s.
This handicap was a serious disap-
pointment to me, for had great deal
of pride in the undertaking to start
the free delivery system from my
home town. Because Of the feeling
that the scheme was one Of politics, l
proposed an arrangement which was
entirely satisfactory. I told them we
would establish the routes the day
after the presidential election. l had
been authorized to lay out three
routes. I exceeded my authority and
planned five.
Five Republican Carriers.
81 told them if Bryan was elected
we would appoint democratic carriers
for all five routes, while if Mckinley
was elected we would appoint republi-
can carriers. Each side was confident
Of success and they promptly agreed
ton, when we knew Mckinley had
been elected, five republican boys
started out on as many routes. The
service was satisfactory from the
start. No member of congress would
think for a minute now Of opposing
rural free delivery.
THE first appropriation for this SER
vice was an insignificant $4,000 and
this remained unused for nearly two
years. In 1897. after our experiment
at Tecumseh, congress appropriated
$4,000 and since then the service has
grown to such an extent that the last
appropriation made was $2700O,00O"
obviously rural free delivery is a
heavy drain on the treasury, but Mr..
SPEECH predicts that within five years
the postal service will be entirely self
sustaining. Nor does this prediction
seem too optimistic, for the depart
ment's deficiency last year was only
approximately $10,000,000.
Mr.. SPEECH was connected with the
postoffice department twenty-five
years. He resigned two years ago and
turned his attention to the real estate
business in the national capital, where
he has extensive interests. He went
to Washington from Tecumseh, which
is still his legal residence.
Mr.. Speich marvels at the wonderful
development of Nebraska since he
first came to the state. He has seen
Nebraska at two extremes-one of
darkness and gloom and the other of
bountiful prosperity. To one who re-
members the time when farmers could
not raise enough grain to feed their
chickens, the present great and in
creasing production is nothing short OF
marvellous.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
An Emperor Obeved

While the emperor CNicholas ~ was
in Moscow witnessing performance
Of Lucia di Lammermoor" at the
splendid opera house, one of the largest
in the world. fire broke out. and the
theater was burned to the ground The
emperor calmly told the governor gen
eral, II shall return here next year or
the same day; 1 shall expect to find the
opera house rebuilt exactly as it was
before. and l shall listen to a perform.
ance Of Lucia by the same company"
And he was obeyed.-"The Court OF
Russia
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
Eastern Division

Chine Table Effective Oct. 81, 1901
Trains leave Richmond for Indian.
apolis and intermediate stations at
500 a. m, "7:25, 500. 1926, 10: 90,
11:oo, 1900. 100. "2:25- 800. 400.
1925. 800. 7:3o. 's:4o. 900. 10: 90.
11:10.
Limited trains.
Last car to Indianapolis, $40 p. N.
Last car to New Castle, 1000 D. m
Trains connect at Indianapolis for
Lafayette, Frankfort, Charlottesville,
Terre Haute, Clinton, Sullivan. Paris
Pulls) Tickets sold through.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
NOW SECURING NAMES
OF THE BENEF|C|AR|ES
On Death of Military Men, Six
Months Pay Goes to
Some Friend.

Washington, July 1S.-The war and
navy departments are sending out
blank forms to commanding officers
with instructions that every man OF
the military and naval service shall
indicate the names of two or three
persons to whom in succession, in the
event Of death of the enlisted man.
shall be paid his benefit, consisting OF
six months pay provided the man dies
in service, from causes attributable
to his duty. The same benefit goes
to the widow or other beneficiary of
an officer. The law is so worded, how
ever that the widow received the ben
eft in the first instance. unless some
other beneficiary is named
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
New Zealand Animals,

Experts say that probably there is no
country in the world where imported
species Of animals, wild and domestic.
have hourished as they have done in
New Zealand. The red deer grow to
over 500 pounds In weight In the for
ests, the trout TO twenty pounds In the
rivers. The sheep have not expanded
to any giant size, but they multiply at
faster rate than elsewhere They
grow a finer wool and a better mutton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
The Simplest and Cheapest Way
to Get What You Want

FOR SALE-City real estate. Porter
field, Kelley Block Oft
FOR SALE-Three burner, self gen.
Grating gasoline stoves, and 20 inch
ball bearing lawn mower, cheap.
Brown & Darnell Co., 1922 Main.
1S-3t
FOR SALE-Household goods begin
ming next Tuesday. Also ladys
wheel. cheap. IS N. 3rd st. 1S2t
FOR SALE-Good Palladium route
Call at POI n. 7th st. 1S-3t
FOR SALE-Cash register in good
condition; also two sixty-gallon oil
tanks Koorsen & Taube grocery.
1927
FOR SALE-My property in southwest
part of Centerville; cheap if sold
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
ONE CENT
PER WORD
Each Insertion
WAN


WANTED-SeIl Texas Land! Big Pay
for Live Aggressive men! Greatest
of all Texas Land propositions!
Fine farms cheap, on easy terms.
New railroad direct to our immense
body of rich land. Free Berths on
our Private Car to Plainview, Texas;
our own hotel accommodations.
Write quick! Monarch Land Co,
Amarillo, Texas. july19-26 aug2-9
WANTED STTUATION-By clothing
and gents furnishing clerk. Box
157, City. 1927
WANTED-A good girl in a family of
two. Mrs. l. NJ. Hughes. 19-7t
WANTED-Situation by young girl
to assist with homework. Call 522
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

North 10Th. Both kinds water. elec-
trio lights. gas. S1o sun-tues
FOR RENT-New fiye-To0m cottage.
electric lights: cemented cellar, new
ly papered; very fine condition. Ros-
coe kirkman, new phone 1910 or
3O16. 1877
FOR RENT-Furnished room With
bath at the Grand, for gents only.
81 If
FOR RENT-Furnishe front room at
As FIT. Wayne avenue 1927
FOR RENT-Furnished front room,
ground floor. 81 North 10th street.
lit
MISCELLANEOUS.
PROF. SMITH cures corns and bun
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

Young Feathertop-If your parents
still oppose our marrying why can't we
elopef Miss Sharpe hinn-It would
never do In the world. Everybody who
knows US both would say at once that
] spG1ested tt-ChicaSo TrthuA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

There Is no medicine SO safe and at the same
time so pleas ant to take As DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin, the positive cure tor AL diseases arising
from stoma ch trouble. The pf1ce Is very ress
unable-Soc and 81
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
7 DAYS
FOR THE
PRICE0F5

( you want your vault cleaned and
thoroughly disinfected telephone me
and l will give your orders immed-
late attention. Only reliable vault
cleaner in Richmond Thomas
Morehead, 93S Butler. Phone 3177.
cit
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

soon. Address ]. c. Marshall, Cen
terville, Ind. 14-7t
FOR SALE-Choice clover honey by
the crate or retail at 300 S. w. 3rd.
1S-3t
FOR SALE-Or will trade for horse.
13 H. P. traction engine. Roberts
Bros, Centerville. Ind. lat
FOR SALE-Baby cab. Good IS new.
726 S. It'll street lat
FOR SALE-Cook stove, roller skates,
l guitar "a North 18th street. 15-4t
FOR SALE--A car load of horses every
Saturday and Monday at Gus Taube's
barn. 9-tf
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT-HOuSe of five rooms Oh.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

n. 18th street or phone 1878. 17-3t
NOTWITHSTANDING by drug clerk
now visiting in Richmond; IL years
experience; can begin at once. j. X
care box 1877. City. 17-3t
WANTED Men to Learn barber
trade; will equip shop for you OF
furnish positions, few weeks com
pletes, constant practice. careful in
struct;ops. tools given, Saturday
wages, diplomas granted write Tor
catalogue. Moler Barber College.
Cincinnati. 0. u
FOR SALE,
FOR SALE-A Royal high grade sew
ing machine cheap to close out the
line. Seaney & Brown. 1olt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
LAUNDRY.

LAUNDRY.
We ran help make yea happy-hcn
estly we can. Richmond Steam
Laundry.
Says n London physician: People
who are silent by nature are seldom
ILL.," This is all the credit a man gets
for suffering in silence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19

N. 18th street or phone 1878.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-10
CARAVANS DISAPPEAR.
They Are Being Superseded by the
Motor and Engine.

Motor and Engine.
With the limitless desert we asso-
ciate the caravan, says Charles Pep
per in Scribner. It's mention brings
before our mental vision the image OF
the long line Of bumped animals sill
houetted in the clear atmosphere and
swinging forward with rhythmic If
ungraceful motion. We think Of
these common carriers as in Abra-
hams time. In western lands the
change from burros and the mule
pack trains seems natural enough;
we should expect that the putting To-
comotive of the steam railway would
follow the trail over the mountains,
through gorges and canyons, across
valleys, and finally obliterate it. A
score of such changing pictures rise
before our eyes, and in reading OF
transportation Improvements, the
Strengthening the curves, the lessening
Of grades, the shortening Of routes,
we recall how literally the pioneer
railroad builders followed the trails
In these days we seldom see a pack
train without wondering how long 1t
will be till the railway line replaces
it.
Yet how rarely the sight Of the car
avan causes the same reflection. For
ages the camels have wound across
the billowy seas of sandy plains;
81 fhaU will
not continue to carry the commerce
Of arid regions for ages still to come?
First, then, the motor car Is to be
reckoned with in the transformation
Of transportation. 1t is used by Brit
ish engineers and military officers In
the Soudan. Various Egyptian desert
roads are available for It, On the
edges of the Sahara long automobile
trips are not infrequent. Some use
will develop for passengers, some for
mail and probably also for light
freight. But it will not supplant the
camel caravans or anticipate the rail-
way lines. It's functions have not
reached that point. We feel nothing
incongruous in the sight Of the big
red motor car, roadster carrying its
load of engineers across the waste
stretches of Egypt and the Soudan or
the edges of the Sahara, for we asso-
ciate this vehicle with the personality
Of its occupants. But the locomotive
and the chain Of cars are associated
with the landscape of the region ira
versed and the leisurely cameis seem
much more a part of the regions of
drifting sands than do the trailing
column Of smoke, the fire-spitting en-
gine and the loosely jointed train.