AT IKX.
MR. BRYAN MAKII A SCHOOL
HOUil CAMPAIGN.
AMONG HIS NEIGHBORS
rh Democratic Nomina For
Psldnt Spends Saturday
In Lancaster County-
Lincoln, Neb. iSept. 25.-Refreshed by
lour hours of sleep matched after hi
bis meeting at Weeping Water Friday
night, William J. Bryan began to work
In Lancaster county early Saturday
morning. He spent the day In active
campaigning among old time personal
and political friends and neighbors, the
most of whom be addressed for the Drat
time since his memorable campaigns
for congress eight snd ten years ago.
Br dint of traveling by automobile, by
rail and by carriage, Mr. Bryan was
able to speak st Waverly, In the east
ern part of the county; Flrth. in the
southern, and Hallam. In the south
western. In the course of the day. At
each point his meeting was exceptional
ly large for a purely country commun
ity, and more than usually enthusiastic.
Mr. Bryan was among his friends,
friend whetnot only love and trust
Jtlm, but who are proud and happy that
the great leader of democracy halls
from their state and their county. Their
sincere admiration and happiness shone
In their eyes and faces snd kept them
snouting for Bryan from the time he
first came In sight until he had disap
peared again in the distance. Any man
could well be proud of the hearty, un
affected and genuine reception that was
accorded Mr. Bryan by the people of
Lancaster county and their wives and
children Saturday. Mr. Bryan waa
proud of it. It was plainly to be seen
that the generally displayed affection
for him by the country people of hla
home county touched his heart. By it
be was Inspired to speak with as great
or greater force and eloquence than he
would have been moved to In address.
Ing tens of thousands of people else
where. The result that the enthusiasm
of these loyal friends of hi was deep
ened snd Intensified to sn extent that la
ure to tell on election day.
REMARKABLE CHANGES.
At each meeting place the fusion vot-
rrs and workers present bore testimony
to one - undisputable - fact: Bryan's
strength is growing. Scores of earnest,
patriotic citizens of the country pre
cincts of Lancaster county, who sup
ported McKlnley In 1M will vote this
year for Bryan. In two or three locali
ties the change Is so great as to be
startling by Its significance. In one
precinct the names of fifteen voters
were given me who have announced
their conversion from McKlnley to
Bryan, and it was claimed by men thor
oughly acquainted with the precinct
that twice as many more men had
changed than those whose names ap
peared on the list. e
The reason for this remarkable
change of political sentiment are the
same as are bringing about slmlfar re
sults throughout the central and east
ern states; the people realize the men
ace of the trusts; thry realize the men
see of a conHtantly Increasing stand
In nrmv, thev see the danger that lies
concealed In republican antagonism to
the Declaration of Independence and
republican denial of the doctrine that
the constitution follows the flag. It Is
the realization of these things that If
arousing honest and patriotic citizens
everywhere.
LANCASTER MAJORITT.
It is In no wise a fanciful or extrava
gant statement that, judging from Mr.
Bryan's meetings Saturday and the
facts developed there the republican
majority in Lancaster county la more
than likely to be wiped out In Novem
ber. Mr. Bryan's first meeting was held
shortly before noon at Waverly. This
little hamlet was crowded with people
from Northern Lancaster county.South
trn Saunders and Eastern Cass. The
Bryan fife and drum corps from Lin
coln came in on the morning train. 80
lao did the handsomely uniformed Bry
in club from Greenwood, Including a
core of little girl In white with caps
it red. white anil blue. -
Mr. Bryan, was lato la. arriving and
the crowd was entertained for a half
nour by Governor Poynter, who In an
excellent half hour's speerh contrasted
republican and fusion management of
atale finances and state Institutions,
lames Manahan, Lincoln's brilliant and
witty young Irishman, followed Gover
nor Poynter, and had his audience well
In hand when a scout from his point of
vantage on a corn crib descried Mr.
Bryan's automobile In the distance. In
a second Manahan's crowd was gone.
Clubs, drum corps, men, women and
children all fled, shouting and cheering
to meet Bryan.
"I guess It's Urns for me to stop,"
aid Manahan, and he clambered from
the platform and lollowt 1 the crowd.
AT WAVERLY AND FIRTH.
Tlr. Bryan spoke for only about a
half hour at Waverly, being compelled
to leave to c,ton at IJncoln
train for Flrth. But the half hour was
sufficient to arouse the fuslonlsts v to
wild enthusiasm and give the republic.
sum hi the audience a bad spell of acute
thinking. . .
, The second speech was delivered at
tM In the afternoon at Flrth before a
crowd of almost MM Southern Lancas
ter Camera, most of whom were Dutch
'r Oermans. Never before has It been
possible to Induce the ntroaglr rep
mmi BUtulaOou tributary to Flrth to
turn out la force to attend a fusion
meeting. But they did It today sad
In -a manner that astonished even the
fusion ma'iagers.
They not only came In large numbers
and listened to what Mr. Bryan had to
ssy, but they applauded him generous
ly snd generally, Ia especisl h'j argu
tnents on militarism and Imperialism
and his references to' the Boer wat
called forth ringing and repeated cheer
ing. The meeting waa presided over b
John Kretser, a silver-haired veterac
of the war against slavery, snd Mr.
Bryan was introduced to the many
Hollanders present In a few words spo
ken In their native language by Hon, I.
H. Steubenrauch of Pella, la., who, with
Governor Poynter, remained to address
the meeting after Mr. Bryan had, de
parted. Mrs. Bryan accompanied her hus
band to Flrth and their reception at
the depot platform was gratifying, but
suffocating. The throng surrounding
the train was so dense and eager, the
pressure nearly equal from every side,
that Mr. and Mrs. Bryan stood help
less, unsble to advance or retreat. A
line was formed and a handshaking re
ception had to be tendered there on the
platform before proceeding to the pret
ty little park in which fbe speaker's
stand was erected.
BIG REVIVAL AT HALLAM.
From Flrth Mr. Brysn was driven tc
Hallam, the seat of a populous and
prosperous German population. "Here
a great democratic revival had been to
progress throughout the afternoon. W.
D. Oldham, J. R. Sovereign, Bruno
Herman,' editor of 'the 'Ltaeoln Freie
Presse, and H. C. Behrens of Crete had
each delivered addresses, the two latter
In the German language. But four
hours of speech had not setlsned that
crowd of German-American cltlzens.and
over too of them were there, waiting
patiently for that when Mr. Bryan ar
rived. So eager. In fact, was the crowd that
two men had been sent to a hill about
a half mile away, In the direction from
which Mr. Bryan would arrive, to give
notice of his approach. One was armed
with a telescope four feet long to en
able him to catch a glimpse of Mr.
Bryan when afar off, and the other
with a double-barreled shotgun, with
which to boom out the glad tidings to
the multitude. And no' sooner, did the
shotgun sound the signal than many
score of men snd boys began a foot
race with the band to see who could
first reach Mr. Bryan's carriage. When
he Anally reached town he was met by
a dozen little flaxen-haired, blue-eyed
totes In white dresses, each holding a
string of ribbon in her hand. And each
ribbon was fastened to a huge upright
borne by a stalwart man. On the up
right was a white banner, and on the
banner In large, uneven and strag
gling characters was inscribed, "Hur
rah for Bryan," the work of children's
hands. The frequent snd general ap
plause, with which Mr, Bryan's speech
was received here was as hearty as
this reception promised. Wben he had
finished he was surrounded before he
could leave the platform, and again
tendered an Impromptu reception.
Mr. Bryan reached Lincoln late that
night, having left behind him a trail
of enthusiasm and ardor that next No
vember will encircle and submerge the
hidebound republican majority of Ne
braska's capital city.
BACK TO WORK AT REDUCED PAT.
The American Steel and Wire Truat
Wins In a Battl for Wages.
Anderson, Ind., Sept. 2!. The Amer
ican steel and wire trust resumed work
In the rod department, and the wlro
milt will begin work a single turn
Monday.
The men go to work at a reduction
of 74 per cent under the wages re-'
celved when the mill closed. In other
words, the prosperity wages now re
ceived by the men will be 30 to 15
cents lower than the panic wages re
ceived by the saipe men In 1H93, when
nails were selling at 5 rents to $1.10 a
keg. They are now quoted at $2.65,
A number of the old employes who
went out on a strike last April and
who have applied for work, have been
refused by the trust with the , frank
statement that only men who proved
loyal to the company are wanted.
This Is the mill In which W. T. Dur
bln, republican candidate for governor,
and Mark Hanna are supposed to have
Induced the trust to put in operation
before election for the purpose of keep
ing Madison county in the republican
column.
HANNA SAYS "FAST AND FURIOUS"
Balance of Republican Campaign
Threatens to be Stormy,
Canton, Sept. 26. Senator Henna
came and saw President M Klolcy and
went away. The candidate and the
manager discussed the political situa
tion, reviewed the work done, and took
a glimpse through the political horo
scope. After this Hanan said Indica
tions were O. K. and bundled himself
and baggage Into a train snd went to
his Cleveland home.
Asked as to what was done, Hanna
ssld there were no definite conclusions,
"I hsd not teen the president for
some weeks and had many things to
tslk about, but nothing In particular,"
he said.
"I never said I contemplated having
the president speak In the west and
the matter was not talked of today.
As for delegations In Canton, I don't
know. I think the president has all ht
can take care of with official business
on hand." ,
Senator Hanna said the campaign
from this on will be hot and furious.
He Is making no claims, but declare!
everything look bright for his party
Ho oald the opposition may do tht
elafmlng.
TO SHOOT.
FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS
GUARDS THE TRUST MINES
GATLIN6 GUIIS Oil DECK
Riot Proclamation Backed By
I m portal Troop Now Confront
Struggling Mon.
Hasleton, Pa., Sept. 24. Riot procla
mations have been issued by the sher
iffs of Luzerne and Carbon counties, or
dering all mobs or disorderly assem
blages to dispense under penalty of the
law, and citing the provisions of the
riot set.
This proclamation will be published
In the newspapers of the region and
copies of It printed on dodgers will be
posted up In prominent places on the
highways and around the collieries of
the two counties..
RUSHING IN TROOPS.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. . A second
special train, carrying MO armed men
of the Twelfth regiment In twelve cars,
has arrived here. The soldiers have
gone Into camp on a hilt oppoeslte that
held by the Eighth regiment.
More special trains are on the way,
: and by - tomorrow 6,000 militiamen car
rying rifle will be on the ground.
Operator controlling mine In this
district have decided on a desperate
policy. Under the guard of this army
of state troops, they will attempt to
3 pen the mines.
TROUBLE IS EXPECTED.
When this attempt Is made serious
trouble is expected to arise, as the for
eign element among the strikers is
ilkely to overrule the counsels of the
Bngltsh-spesklng miners and to resort
to violence.
Every hill around the city has been
transformed Into a tented camp , of
armed men, brought here to send bul
ts among the ranks of the strikers,
mho are conducting a peaceable con
test to secure, living wages.
The sight of these military prepara
tions Is stirring up the foreign miners,
me of whose number already has fallen
a victim to a deputy's bullet. Whether
,t will be possible to restrain them is a
terious problem.
BIG GUNS READY.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept 25. Captain
F. M. Bean's command from Phoenlx-.-ille,
seventy-flve men, a machine gun
attery with a full complement of gat
ing guns of 45 caliber, has arrived.
Company D of Alletown, company I
jf Reading, of the Fourth regiment, in
:ommand of Colonel I. C. T. O'Neill,
also arrived. General Gobln is not sat
sfled with the camping grounds. He
jays they are the worst he ever saw.
He was asked: "Do you think the sit
uation warranted bringing all these
troops here?" and he replied: "I have
nothing to say."
Alarming rumors from many other
points have made this part of the state
uneasy, and the entire anthracite re
gion may be policed by troops in a
tew days.
NOW COMES A HOTEL TRUST.
Fashionable Summer Resort are
the First Vlotlms.
phllndelphla. Pa.. Sept. 23. A hotel
trust Is the latest and Philadelphia will
likely be the headquarters of the new
organization. John W. Campbell of the
Hotel Men's association of the United
States and Canada, who came to the
Mty today from Cape May, where he
was In conference with Colonel John
Tracey, owner of the Hotel Lafayette,
Cape May, la authority for the state
ment that incorporation papers will
be 'taken out under the laws of New
lersey some time next week.
The Atlantic Coast and Inland Hotels
company will be the name of this new
acquisition to the trusts of the country
ind It will be capitalized, it la under
stood, at $15,000,000.
The company will operate two and
possibly more hotels at Atlantic City
and one each at Cape May, Lone
Branch, Anbury Park, Saratoga, Thou
sand Islands, New York, Washington,
Chicago and other cities where negoti
ations are now pending.
INDIAN 600D AS HIS WORD.
fhe Chief Showd up for His Trial
lor Murder.
Flagstaff, Ar!z.. .Sept. 28. To HI Be
;ay, a Navajo Indian, has been acquit
:ed here on the churne of the murder cT
a cowboy named Montgomery last No
vember In the mountains about 35 miles
outh of here.
,After the killing of Montgomery a
pitched bnttle occurred between seven
Indians, among whom was To HI, and
Deputies Hogan and Roden, In which
five Indians Were killed and both dep.
utles badly wounded.
One chief named Boagotln participat
ed In the fight snd waa wounded. He
remained In hiding nearly a year, send-
ng word to the officers sent to arrest
him that he would be on hand when
the powwow opened. Accordlrfly he
traveled 100 miles over a rough country
and walked Into court Jt as To HI
Begay'a trial begsn. Jn acquittal' of
Begay, Boagotln was also relessed.
ASSIST QALVE8TON MERCHANTS.
New York, Sept. IB. The New York
Credit Men's association has decided to
assist the merchants who suffered In
the Oslveston storm by extending fur
ther credit to them and otherwise mak
ing concessions which 'will facilitate
th sedy rersftabllshment of tkelr
Kuril a m trcri.
A Sight to Movo the) Hardoneo
Heart Industrial Child Slavery.
Scranton, Pa., Sept 21 A parade 01
2,000 slate pickers, door tenders and
helpers from the mine of Scranton
and vicinity was the feature of the
day. The parade was planned by Or
ganizer Dllcher to show how many
children who ought to be In school were
forced Into the mines by reason of theii
fathers' being paid such poor wages.
It was a sight that would move tht
hardest heart. Fully a third of th
boys in line appeared to be about 9 01
10 years of age, and Inquiry among
them elicited the fact that not a few
8-yecr-old children were numbered in
the paraders.
A mass meeting followed at Laurel
Hill park, at which addresses were made
by F, W. Slay ton of Newcastle, Pa.; P.
H. McCarthy of San Francisco, and G.
8. Conriburger of Auburn, N. Y., dele
gates to the carpenters' convention, and
T. D. Hayes of this city. The burden
of their talks wss an appeal to th
strikers to avoid being drawn Into
act of disorder.
The carpenters' national convention
adopted a resolution denouncing the
sheriff of Schuylkill county as a "man
slaughterer." The authorities of Penn
sylvania are likewise condemned for
sending him troops.
An address was sent to strike head
quarter by President Mitchell, appeal
ing to the miners to continue their good
behavior and avoid being agitated by
the emissaries of the companies, "who
would be sent among them to Incite
riot."
The switchmen continue to work as
usual, handling coal without Inquiring
whether or not It is union or non-union
product.
DR. ANDREWS TAKES CHARGE
Th University's Now Chancellor
I Formally Inaugurated.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 25. Ellsha Ben
jamin Andrews was formally inaugur
ated chancellor of the University of
Nebraska Saturday morning. The ex-
ercises were held In the auditorium,
fully 2,500 people assembling to hear the
address and meet the new chancellor.
The university orchestra very' appro
priately rendered an Inaugural march,
after which was an Invocation by Rev.
Gregory. Regents Von Forell, Teetera
and Morill occupied seats on the plat
form with Chancellor Andrews and
Dean Edgren.
Mr. Von Forell, president of the board
of regents, presided over the exercises
and made the address of welcome In
behalf of the regents.
Mr. Paul Weaver, '01, then spoke on
behalf of the students, pledging to
Chancellor Andrews the loyal support
and earnest co-operation of the stu
dents of the university.
A. H. Edgren, dean of the' graduate
school, extended to Chancellor Andrews
the official greeting of the faculty.
Mr. Von Forell then introduced "Our
Chancelloii" who delivered an able
address.
BURLINGTON TRAIN ROBBED.
Robber Hold up the Exprees Mes
senger and Safe Blown.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) Burlington
train No. 41, In charge of Conductor
Lyman and Engineer Finch, was held
up -near Malcolm at about 12:45 this
morning, and a small sum of money
was secured from the local safe in the
baeaatre car.
Two robbers probably boarded the
train at Lincoln, riding between the
mail car and tank. Just this side of
Woodlawn they compelled the engineer
at the point of a revolver to stop his
train, where It Is thought at least two
more robbers boarded the train.
Several shots were fired through the
baggage car at Woodlawn, but other
wise it was not molested there. The
expressman and baggageman were ta
ken into the engine and just before
Malcolm was reached the local safe waa
robbed. One robber stood at the head
door of" the smoker car with revolver
drawn to prevent people from going
Into the baggage car. The through safe
whs not found by the robbers, who
scattered before Malcolm was reached.
Chief of Police Hoagland and Detec
tive Malone left this city early this
morning with a posse to chase the rob
bers, for whose capture both the rail
road and express company offer reward
NOME SANDS A BIG FAKE.
Big Transportation Company Hard
Pressed to keep up Excltment.
Pan Francisco, Cal., Sept. 25. Late re
ports from Cape Nome, Alaska, show
that the much heralded richness of the
gold fields at thnt location was one of
the greatest fakes of the decade. Thou
sands of stranded miners on the bleak
coast are cursing the transportation
companies In whose Interest, it Is said,
the lying reports were spread.
Government aid Is being extended to
some of the poor dupes there, but it
Is slow, and the prospect of a winter at
Nome, with provisions as scarce as the
hoped for gold, Is black for many de
luded prospectors. '
Scarce two months ago It was any
thing to get toNome; today It is any
thing to get horn and eat pie like
that their mothers used to make.
GIRL KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Lyons. Neb. (Special. )Eva, the 14-year-old
daughter of J. C. McElhlnney
of this city, was struck and Instantly
killed by lightning this morning while
upon her way home from down town
upon an errand. The lightning first
struck the top of a steel-handled par
asol held In the left hand, tearing th
flesh In the palm of the hand, following
to the body and tearing a thee from
her foot.
THE I'M,!).
WIVES FORCE TIMID HUSBANDS
TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS
WOMEN ARE LEADERS
Army of of Angry Woman Loading
Little Children by Hand and
Carrying Bablo
Mount Carmel, Pa., Sept 26. Women
are the leaders of the Mount Carmel
strikers, says Olivia Howard Dunbar,
the only woman correspondent in the
anthaclte coal fields.
The strength bred of the tireless pa
tience and suffering ha b:ome an
active force.
The man who la too cowardly to strike
will have to deal henceforth with these
heroic women. ' ,
Here is a typical Incident for proof:
When the strike became general here,
the Rider colliery remained in opera
tion. Only a third, approximately, of
the men had struok. Tet the Rider
men suffer all the wrong peculiar to
the employe of an Individual operator,
and have no reason, apparently, to con
sider themselves better off than the
other miners.
The women could not abide their tim
orous policy.
FACED SIX HUNDRED ANGRY
WOMEN.
So, on Tuesday night when the Rider
men left work, they found themselves
face to face with an army of 600 angry
women, most of them leading their lit
tle children by the hand, and many
:arrying babies In their arms.
Hisses, shouts and execrations came
from the women.
"Blacklegs!" they cried. "How dare
you work? You are ruining our cause
end stealing our children' bread."
And beset by righteous fury, they
hurled great jagged stone at the men,
who' attempted no defense, but ran for
their lives, wading knee deep through
a stream rather than go by the road
where the women stood massed to
gether. But the lesson had been effectually
taught. The next day not a man ap
peared at the Rider colliery. It had
been closed and by women.
Operator Rider immediately sent mes
sages to all his striking employes to
the effect that he would guard them
to and from their homes daily. But
the men stood Arm, and the colliery Is
still tied up.
Now the women are planning how
they may best deal with the men at
Locust Gap, the only large colliery now
in operation here. -
Hearing of this and fearing the pow
er of unarmed women, strong in their
determination to keep che men out, the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal company
this morning sent two cars full of sol
diers to the Gap to protect the men
working there. But . a greater force
than soldiers or weapons can subdue is
intent in these women.
THRASHED BY HIS WIFE.
I witnessed an Incident which shows
how interested the women are .
The women heard that their men
were going to work at Natesvllle and
that strikers had arrived to persuade
them to stay out. The wuukii v;..o
flocking down. They urged the men to
be men and stay away. John Pulsky
was a leader of the men who wanted
to return to work. His wife, Mlnka
Pulsky, rushed up to him and asked
ilm what he meant "I am going back
!o work," he said.
"Don't be a scab," she retorted. "I
:an s'and the strike If you can, and
siy irrt is harder than yours."
"I'm going," insisted Pujsky, and
he Btruck his wife in the face.
Mrx. Pulsky sprang at him like a
tlgre.fs. By the time she was through
with him, Pulsky was flat on the grass
bleeding from the nose and badly bat
tered up. He did not go back to work.
"If the men fight, the women fight
too," volunteered a Polish woman at
the first mention I made of the strike.
"Strike no good If every man not
Join. We make him. We tired of hun
gry, tired of poor wages. We fight
ours;lves."
Whenever In these blighted towns one
of the miners wrongs has been righted
another has sprung up to take its place.
Tie Philadelphia & Reading company
pay Its men, I learned, twice a month.
It liad no company stores. Here, then,
an Improvement in conditions was to
be looked for.
Or. the contrary, I found on visiting
the miners that the wages paid are so
low as (airly to wring the life blood
'rom these slaves of the coal trust.
A typical miners' settlement here In
llount Carmel Is "Mountain Patch."
I talked with almost every woman
who lives in.thls squalid group of shan
:les, and the testimony in each case
was the same starvation wages, gall
ng oppression.
The family of Mike Jakto is repre
entative. Jakto Is a strong young Pole
and,, as he works Inside the mines, he
hould receive good pay. But he show
id me a file bearing his list of pay
:hecks for the past year. There was
no opportunity for exaggeration In
these printed witnesses.
I looked carefully over the checks for
the last' three months ind found that
the highest sum this able-bodied miner
lad received fortnightly was Is 64, and
he lowest I3.6I, and his rent had si
eady been deducted .With the amounts
juoted the man had to buy food and
Itothlng for klmaelf, hit wlft and Art
'hlldren.
It Is no wonder that his poor wftta
wept a she told me of bar twabk.
The silent, shrinking children thnt fal
lowed her about were never our, ana
told me, of food. For herself, alio hsS
hardly the courage to keep up a 1
gle that seemed likely to end In
It is women fortlfled by experience
such as this who are urging th men
of this district to fight to the last. ,
Hardly able to credit the full extent
of statement I heard made repeatedly
to the effect that the poor district her
is obliged to contribute to the support
of the families of hundreds of miner.
I went for information to head of tbo
local miners' union, Daniel Gallagher.
Mr. Gallagher has been a miner tor
25 years, and is still. He know ever
Inch of Mount Carmel, and every miner.
"If true," he said, "for the post av-
en years, two-thirds of the mining pop
ulation of Mount Carmel has received
aid from the poor district.
"They certainly could not live with
out this help. They can barely Irvn
with It."
"Why haven't they revolted before?
"Because privation and sorrow have
eaten into the very fabric of their 1
and made a cringing, low-spirited 1
ture out of every man of them.
"This poverty Is nothing new. Why.
in the 16 year that I have been
miner X have seen a reduction of from
SO to 900 per cent in the wage paid t
contract labor."
LABORERS WHO ARE PAUPERS-
On analysis Mr Gallagher's first state.
ment is startling. Mount Cars) k
anything but a rich township. Therw
Is but one wealthy operator living bar.
Yet the township must be taxed t keep
alive the men that the operator and
large companies employ, and will not
pay.
Two-thirds of the honest laboring
men of tnts town, therefore, are pan-
per. They have no vote, not a posses-
ion they can lay their hands on, and
most bitetr of all, no self-respect.
At last the opportunity has come to
them In the form of this strike. The
fervor with which they have embraced
It I easily comprehensible.
The widow and orphans of th town.
whose claim is legitimate, cannot be
adequately provided for because the
small resource of the poor district are
already eaten up by the destitute fam
ine of the miners.
A miner's widow Is, you will find, a
woman who has lost all hope.
One of them, Mr. Josephine Leiden-
berg, receives from the township S3 av
month. She has two children. She
obliged to support herself and these
two, therefore, on an Income of 1-3
cents a day each. And she trie hard
to do It
'If they would give me $4 a month."
she says, patiently, "I think I could
get along."
Think of It!
To Mrs. Leidenberg and to all the wo
men who are similarly destitute thoso
whose fortunes are a grade higher am
wonderfully kind. The warm-hearted
ness and generosity of these poor crea
tures, themselves abjectly destitute, ht
a reassuring thing to see.
I found, for instance, that a Mrs.
Frank Miller, whom I afterward called
upon, shared all her provisions with.
her neighbor, Mrs. Nusa. who is aesu
tute now at the very beginning of the
strike.
Yet Mrs. Miller provides for herself.
her husband and six children on tea
than 110 a month.
'My man hasn't earned $50 since last
April," she confessed.
'Has he struck?"
'Ye, and he'll stay out until the end
and I'll help him." ' ' " "'"
The houses which these women live its
are In almost as bad condition aa those-
I saw In Shamokln. The roofs leak, th
outer doors are broken and offer no
protection against wind and rain; the
walls are Insecure and cleanliness 1 Im
possible.
Yet here, too, the agents, who in thin
case represent the Philadelphia at Read
ing company, refuse to make repair,
( -
ENGLAND WANTS US TO HOLD RE SAC!
Proposes we Shall Constitute Our
selves aa China' Guardian,
London, Sept. 28. Lord Brassey, In
accepting the presidency of the liberal
imperial council, said:
'Some supervision of the Chinese gov
ernment in behalf of the powers is de
sirable. It would be more effective If
entrusted to a single mandatory. " Th
United States Is especially fitted for
the task. She has large interests In
China and under no suspicion of am
bitious designs." ,
Alluding to Great Britain's Isolation,
Lord Brassey said he saw across the
Atlantic "the polu'l"y of an alliance
full of promise for peace and civilisa
tion, resting on the broadest founda
tions, and not needing formal treaties."
LOTS OF WIVES ANO CHILDREN.
This Prince, Is Something of a Rec
ord Breaker
Paris, Sept. 26. The most recent ar
rival among the royal guests of the ,
French government is Prince Tovalu of
Dahomey, who comes to visit th ex-
position.
According to his own statement given
to the French newspapers, Tovalu, who
Is very tsll and yet only 43 year old.
owns now 103 wives, not counting Ota
24 that died.
Tovalu Is the proud father of UJ Irv
ing children. Msny are married, and
many others still In their cradle.
Counting his sons, daughtsrs-ln-law
and grandchildren, his family nusaber
1.019 members.
On every child whom th prtuc gtrs
lo Franc the colonial tax W f
sine Dahomey became a Fwaefc
ony. On hla oattle Tovalu Bam
franc a head. '