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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
AND THE SLEEPING
SICKNESS.

Yes, you can fined it in the Century
dictionary:
"Sleeping-Sickness; a disease pre-
vailing on the West Coast Of Africa.
1t is characterized by fits of somno-
lence, increasing in intensity.
And, oh the horror of it. 1t is a
form of lethargy
1t was Mr.. McCutcheon Of the Chi
cago Tribune who first saw the posi-
bilities of what might happen TO Mr..
Roosevelt if he carried out his tour
in the wilds of Africa.
No more terrible death could await
the author of the strenuous life than
to be attacked by lethargy. Lo, all
these many years he has been attach
ing alarm clocks to the ears of all
sorts and conditions of men. High and
low, he has aroused the whole conu-
try. But to waste away by sleep
ing sickness, that, indeed, would be
the irony of fate when he has set the
pace for all succeeding presidents.
Still better be a victim of the sleep
ing sickness and die with ones boots
on in the heart of the jungle than to
be attacked by the germ OF drowsi
ness that pertains to the editorial de
partment of the Outlook. Even il
there be letification among the west
ed interests" in the event Of such
dreadful fate. is it worse than being
president of Harvard? Here is chance
to rival the twenty years of sleep o.
Rip Van Wrinkle.
But there will always be some o
US who will wait for the awakening O
Teddy with much the same confidence
that the inhabitants Of the Thuringiar
valleys await the coming of Barbar
ossa from out of the Kyffthauserberg
Well may the title Of Africanus b.
Theodore's if he shows that the siren
uous but simple life is the cure TO
sleeping sickness of the jungle.
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expect nothing but the pleasure they
give by their presence and what they
contribute Intellectually TO the COM
pany they have been invited to meet.
AS at all capitals. Washington has
what is known as official and diplo-
matte society. for which there are ac-
cepted regulations fixing the status of
each individual according to rank.
The president, the lady of the white
house, the vice-president., the speaker
of the house, the cabinet, the supreme
court, senators. representatives in con-
gress, the army, the navy and heads
of bureaus in each department OF the
government know exactly what is ex-
pected of them from a social stand
point. With the natural tendency TO
hospitality very few are remiss in the
discharge of their duties in this re-
spect.
The diplomats are great sticklers for
rank and some amusing incidents
have followed mistakes made by hosts
in seating these representatives OF the
persons of the rulers of the countries
from which they hail and the length of
their service at Washington. There
I is, of course. much interchange of civ
ilities among the Official. civilian and
| diplomatic society. Oficials and pri
! vate citizens are very attentive to the
| foreigners, who always accept invita-
tons if honors are easy, but they dc
not trouble themselves by overmuch
| hospitality in return. Some OF the
embassies and legations are very hos
pitable and do as much for society as
society does for them, but others are
less liberal and more indifferent about
cancelling such social obligations.
1t is to be hoped that the incoming
administration will establish in The
white house some of the customs tina
began in the early days of the re
public and were kept up until within
a few years. The white house strikes
the keynote for social affairs, which
the denizens of the capital are ready Il
follow. What is required is consist
ency in extending to every one tn
consideration due. There is no excus
for cordially welcoming a boor or
person who would not be received Il
private homes, and neglecting thos
who are entitled to courtesies from
the executive mansion. Let all func
!; tions be characterized by genuine col
, diality and dignity if they must b
simple in the matter of appointment
Washington is without doubt tn
most delightful residential city in tn
world, and there is no reason why 1t
society should not be the best tina
ever existed any where.
, John c. Calhoun said: Society an
government are intimately connecte
| with and dependent on each other; {
) the two, society is the greater"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
President Roosevelt Gives In
structionS in Trust
Prosecution.
EXECUTIVE STARTS FIGHT
DENIALS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FROM WASHINGTON BUT THESE
ARE NOT CoUNTENANcED-
HOW GOVERNMENT ACTS.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 26.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will not interfere in
the Gompers- Mitchell Morrison case at
present. In statement given out at
the white house through Secretary
Loeb it is stated that the president
can not properly consider the ques-
ton Of whet Their the sentences of
twelve, nine and six months, respect
lively, were excessive. When the final
decision, if the defendants carry out
their appeal, comes, it will be a diff
ferent matter. The president will
then be in a position to consider par
don. The statement says that the
pre- sident, through the department Of
Justice, will keep informed upon the
progress of the case SO that he may
act at once if action becomes neces
sary. The statement follows:
Appeals Register.
Various appeals have been made to
the president to interfere by pardon
in the case Of Mr.. GomDers and his
associates. Those making the ap'
peals are unaware of the fact that the
matter is still before the courts. 1t is
civil suit between private parties
and there has been no way by which
the government could have interven-
ed, even had it desired to do so
Whether the president does or does
not think the sentences of Mr.. Com
pers and his associates excessive, il
not at present of consequence, because
he cannot take any action or express
any opinion while the case is pending
before the courts. Final decision will
have to be made before the president
can properly consider whether the
terms of Imprisonment are excessive
| possible for the president to act while
an appeal is pending, for he has moth
ing whatever to act about. The courts
must finish with the case first ant
| the defendants are at present at lib
erty on bail. If the defendants SET
| fit to abandon their appeal the matte
will then, of course, be brought before
the executive, in which case it will
receive immediate asd most careful
| COuSluSIdtlOu. Out Tic uSlCuudllI
have perfect right to prosecute thei
appeal, and, if unsuccessful in the fina
| court, then to ask for a pardon o
Communication. But as long as the.
are prosecuting an appeal the presi
dent has nothing to do with the mat
ter. The president has already In
structed the department of justice t
keep him fully informed as to tn
progress of the case SO that in tn
event of it's becoming proper for hin
to act he may already have at his dis
posal all of the facts which will ens
BILE him to decide whether there wa
justification for some punishment. o
! whether or not the sentence is alto
gether too severe. But at present tn
president has no more to do with tn
case than with the case of the $29
100000 fine imposed by Judge Landi
on the Standard Oil Company. whic
is also on appeal and concernin
which the president has been repea
eddy asked to interfere by well-meal
ing persons. who did not know ths
he could not interfere while the ma
ter was still before the courts on al
| peal
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WOULD |MPR|SON
MEAT DEALERS
President Roosevelt Will Not
Interfere in Labor Lead
erS' Case.
A STATEMENT Is ISSUED
COURTS MUST FIRST FINALLY
SETTLE THE FIGHT BEFORE
EXECUTIVE WILL PASS ON AP-
PEALS REGISTERED.

Chicago, Ills, Dec. 26.-United States
District Attorney Edwin w. Sims, has
received orders directly from Washing
ton said to have originated with Pres
ident Roosevelt. to push the investiga-
ton into the affairs of the Southern
California Beef Trust and If there is
the slightest indication that anti trust
and anti-rebate regulation laws have
been violated by the hackers, to seek
a conviction that the offenders may
be sent to the penitentiary.
This information came today from
men high in federal circles despite the
denials that have been received from
Washington that President Roosevelt
instigated the investigation. The in
vestigation was given a sensational
tinge at the very outset. The gov
eminent officials summoned fifty wit
nesses TO the special grand jury from
Morris and Company and some of the
railroads. Finally, when it was dis
covered by Morris and Company, thai
more than rebate charge was being
investigated they refused the records
Contempt charges were preferred un
| less the books were forthcoming, and
they are now locked up in a govern
ment office awaiting the special grand
jury sitting next Monday.
Governments Proceedings.
The government is proceeding under
| the two misunderstanding and anti
trust. There has always been an i'm
| prisonment provision in the anti-trus
act. More recently an amendment
was added to the interstate commerce
act providing an imprisonment fea
| ture thereabout. The amendment t.
this act will be an important facto
in the present investigation.
| The fine referred to in the amend
ment is from $1,000 to $4,000 in eacl
offense, the maximum fine being tn
one used by Judge K. NJ. lands il
Furnishing the oil trust. This amend
ment is said to be a pet of. Presiden
Roosevelt's. 1t provides a way Of get
ting at the big business interests tina
created and maintained gigantic trust
| by the merging system.
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Mrs. John A. Logan Talks
About Washington Society.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 26.-Wash-
ington society is theme which has
been dwelt upon by persons in all con-
ditions OF life. Apparently no one re
members that the capital is unavoid-
ably one of the most cosmopolitan
cities of the union, and that beyond
the few regulations established by
Jefferson as to official etiquette, there
are no laws governing social inter
course except those which are sug-
gested by civilization and proper de-
corum. Though one hears much about
what they are pleased to call fashion
able society, or rather exclusive So
ciety, it means that little coterie of
wealthy idle born people who are wont
to make pretensions to leadership, or
at least membership in the society of
their particular set. OF themselves
they contribute nothing to the ad-
vancement of civilization or the edi-
fication of intelligent people, but they
affect to be patrons of art, literature
and science, and are often useful in
raising a fund for the education, men,
| tai or artistic training of some one
| brains and ambition than money. They
| originate. nothing and as their aspir-
| ations do not carry them beyond the
confines of the set in which they claim
membership they are really harmless
They enjoy winning. dining and enter
tanning each other.
In Washington they endeavor to cul.
tivate official and diplomatic circles
| and are inductrious in having theil
attentions to prominent personages
Noticed in the daily press, and il the
recipients Of these attentions in any
way recognize them, they hasten tC
have the fact announced in the society
l columns. These structures apply only
/ to those so much in print. They art
comparatively few in number and are
of no Importance. The real repre-
sentatives of the best of what, TO
want of a better term is called societ.
at the nations capital, is composer
of people who have done something
in the world; persons who have travel
ed much, who have made good use o
the wealth they have inherited or &C
cumulated by their own efforts; o
persons who are educated and refine
in every sense of these words; person
who have retired but who are activ
in philanthropic, educational or RELIC
ious movements for the advancement
of civilization. Social functions give
by these people and they give man
are dignified, hospitable, delighfu
They extend courtesies to persons er
: titled to consideration, and If they ar
f financially so situated. that they ca
not return the compliment they nee
I feel no embarrassment, as their host
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
Heart to Heart
Talks.
Copy. ight, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye
1EARING BURDENS.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

GEARING BURDENS.
The other day in Chicago business
man committed suicide. leaving a note
behind him saying:
Il am tired OF carrying burdens
What a mistake,
All of us must carry burdens. We
are built that way. Some OF us are
weary and heavy laden. Tasks that
are onerous bend the back and grave
the wrinkles and whiten the hair.
Well. what of it,
IL the burdens be not of conscience
if they are the common burdens Of
life. OF business, OF family. of citizen
ship. Of labor for bread
Happy we!
Did you ever watch a woman of the
orient bear a heavy jar Of water bal
anced on her head?
How we'll poised she is. With chin
high In air and unstumbling feet she
moves easily and rapidly on her way.
What grace and strength. How does
she do il?
1t is the load, Gravity does not
hinder: it helps the woman.
-
careful of your footing. You hold VI
your head as becomes a burden bear
err. Your eyes are In front, where
they should be. You are too busy to
look backward
Fancy what you would be without
burdens-personal responsibility and
labor. What fantastic tricks your fee
might play, What dangerous side
paths might allure you.
No, no: burdens do not kill.
Worry about the burdens may kill.
The Chicago man was mistaken
Shakespeare says care killed a cat. /
will kill a man.
Yes: sometimes the harness gals u
| and the task inks us. We need to dis
cover the joy of working.
Because
Greater than the common hire o
wages, more than the jingling of tn
metal we call money, is the satisfac
ton we ought TO lind in work vel
| done. a burden well carried-the eS
preston of the best that is in us, II
our work. That is the real reward.
1t is our common mistake to com
plain of burdens.
They are the making of us.
Without them manhood and woman
hood cannot be.
As the Jar on the head of the We
man brings to her both poise and pul
pose, so our burdens bring to us tn
balance of character, the fiber Of coul
age
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
Marked For Death.

Three years ago I was marked for
death. A graveyard cough was tear.
ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors fail.
ed to help me, and hope had fled,
when my husband got DIR. Kings New
Discovery" says Mrs. A. c. Williams,
of BAG, Ky. The first dose helped
me and improvement kept on until
had gained So pounds in weight and
my health was fully restored This
medicine holds the worlds healing
record for coughs and colds and lung
and throat diseases. 1t prevents pneu
monia. Sold under guarantee at A. G.
Luken & Co. drug store. SOC and
81. 90. Trial bottle free.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
Strange Prayers MumbIed by
Sect Which Is Now
Fasting.
HEALING DONE TODAY.
ALL SORTS OF DISEASES WILL BE
CONQUERED ACCORDING TO
THE BELIEFS OF The STRANGE
CULT.

Chicago, Dec. 26--All catechumen at
tending the Gahnabar of the Maza-
danzan went ON fast today.
That was the really important de-
velopment in the Sun Worshippers
convention. as announced at the Lake
front temple in Lake Park avenue.
Only an initiate knows what catechu-
men may be or why is Grahanbar or
what Mazadanzan really means, but
anyway this was stated to be the i'm
portant news fact of the day.
Once again Ottoman Zar-Adusht Han
ish, founder and chief of Mazadaznan
cult, was absent from sunrise service
His followers, however, Frustrated
themselves toward the East promptly
at 7:16 o'clock and sent their prayers
out over the troubled waters Of Lake
Michigan. The sun was nowhere in
sight, but the almanac stated it was
sunrise time. Julius Schalch of Chi
cago, led the service, which ended In
gladstone dancing, hand holding ane
the, exchange of kisses.
The catchumen then began their fas
and Hanish began his preparation,
healing lessons. Sunday is the really
big healing day and at high noon al
sorts of diseases are to be conquered
1t developed that Ottoman Ear Adusch
Hanish has evolved prayer. Witt
the body in perfect repose this praye
must be repeated nine times with on
breath to prayer and one minute be
tween each prayer. Then it is to b.
repeated eight times, then seven time
and so on all the way down to once. II
those Of the faithful who persevere,
is guaranteed that their prayer viii
cure carbuncles, boils, blotches, PIN
pies, eruptions and blood diseases o
every sort in one treatment. IL 1t i
kept up day after day it will final,
eradicate tumors. The fast is expect
ed to last far into the night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
cRUMPAcKER AND THE SPOiLS
SYSTEM.

It was not a gratifying thing to
have an Indiana congressman the
father of bill to put the spoils sys-
tenn into the census department. 1t
was not a gratifying thing to have
that bill introduced by Mr.. Crumpack-
er. republican, the only one retained
OF the old regime. If it had to be.
would that it had been some one else.
1t may be urged that the appoint
ment of people to places in the census
bureau will be just as good as by civ
il service 1t may be urged that nom
competitive examinations are as ef-
ficient as competitive examinations.
Ii they are it will be by the element
Of chance. None Just as good" will
do.
The higher minded men in the Re
publican party have always believed
that the spells system inaugurated by
Andrew jackson is bad policy for all
concerned. 1t is not in accord with
efficient service. The business of the
people should be carried on by those
who are appointed for demonstrated
litness as exhibited in their answers
TO suitable questions. The service o:
the people should not be tempered
with at the desire of congressman to
perfect their own political machines.
A movement is going on now to
down that bill of Mr.. Crumpacker's
and it is to be hoped that it will sue
coed. If the bill goes through it will
mean that the congress has taken an
pther backward step not in accord
snce with the fine political ideals
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xuuKING FUR THRASnEKs.

Ever help thrash2
The farmers wives MOL at the task
Of feeding the thrasher man and his
helpers all the day long. And now at
last in one of the counties of middle
western state the farmers wives have
struck. They refuse to cook three big
meals day.
NIood.
The thrasher men. joining issue, have
boycotted the county. They declare for
three full banqucts a day, else the
farmers wheat, they say, may rot.
And there you are.
Now
The farmers wife, II she conforms
to the old custom. must begin weeks
ahead of time to plan for the feeds.
The bounteous menu must include all
the substantiaIs and all the delicacies
of cookery. Perhaps beef is killed.
Dozens Of chickens are slaughtered.
There must be six kinds of pie and
other things in proportion.
And all day long the wife must stew
over the hot range excepting when she
washes dishes.
Through it all the man with the red
machine Is monarch of all he surveys
He tells the household what time I,
must arise in the morning In the
evening no man dares knock of until
he gives the signal. Let the cook wait
and keep the supper piping hot.
People and premises - farm. barn
house, help. cook, even the dog-art
subject slave to the masterful mar
with the separator" And. it may b
added, much authority has made hin
as dictatoriaI as much good feeding
has made him critical of cuisine
Therefore the long med.tated revol
Of the independent women Of the farm
and to them all hail.
Let the presumptuous thrasher maj
modify his voracious demands or pu
up with a cold luncheon.
What with her common tasks o
cooking, mending, washing, butter
making and the other thousand ant
one errands of the farm wife, she ha
enough to do without asking her t
boil her brains over hot cook stow
| to feed a small army
They do it differently in the ia
| west.
There the thrasher gang carries
| cooking outfit, and the squad cook pre-
| pares the meals. No extra demand
| made of the rancher's wife. Instea
Of toiling in her kitchen-listen.-th
farmers wife is often a guest at til
| thrasher's table. 1t is quite picnic.
Never was there juster grievanc
than that Of these striking far.
i wives.
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which have been the mainstay OF Re-
publican success. They elected Roose-
welt and Taft. The reform of the
Civil Service is very near to the
heart of both of them.
It is not creditable thing for Mr..
Crumpacker to be the author of bill
which has for its sole purpose the
strengthening of political machines.
instead OF the service of the people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
R,cHMoND,s NEW YEARS.

Richmond Is facing new year.
The last year saw the awakening OF
the town from slumber which many
thought was sign of decay. But aft
err the IMMIGRATION OF the cold plunge
OF the Young Mems Business Club at
the time of the Good Roads Congress,
in the late summer, the town then re-
freshed, took or new activities at the
time of the Fall Festival. What
success that was is matter OF COM
mon knowledge and congratulation.
But this town land no other town for
that natter can afford to rest on past
achievements.
The town may not realize that the
new year is one which will decide the
fate of Richmond. You can make or
break the town yourselves. For it Is
not a selfish proposition as was evil
denced at the success Of the Fall Fes-
tival-that was one thing. And that
one thing is cooperation. Nothing
else. 1.-The devil take the hindmost"
is an exploded theory. 1t may have
worked once, but it is out of date now.
The new year is starting off encour-
apingly. The investigation Of the
business Of the city by business men is
the most hopeful and satisfying thing
that has happened hereabouts for
many a day. 1t is not that there is
thought to be a great amount of graft,
or any graft for that matter. This is
rot a undertaking party This Is
merely movement on the part OF Ca
pable citizens to take care that their
and everybody's business is handled
in the most economical and business
like way. 1t is sign that there is
much Of the salt of the earth in bus
mess community which recognizes
that the city business is just as neces-
sary to the business good Of the town
as are their own enterprises.
Richmond asleep!
Far from it.
Last year this town did not suffer
much from the effect of the panic. Lots
Of business was done here. And the
wind-up of the year among both mer,
chants and manufacturers was more
than gratifying. With such start
and such a spirit of re-invigoration as
has been shown, Richmond men have
certainly a pleasant prospect confront
ing them.
The next year will be building veal
aeaching far up in the hundreds o.
thousands of dollars. That means {
healthy condition of growth. Wher
Richmond does build it is not mush
room growth.
The thing which is most imperative
for the coming years is as it always
has been-co-operation in making thu
town better from all points of view
Business, private and public; this al
depends upon cooperation. Whateve
the problem, cooperation will solve il