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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1904)
Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. The peek-a-boo waists this year are simply peek-a-beauties. People at Port Arthur have almost forgotten what a quiet summer even ing is like. There are better ways of taking a vacation than getting sunstruck. Try some of the other ways. Is it solstitial enough for you? That's the way they ask the inevita ble question down in Boston. An Aurora bank cashier lost $90,000 speculating in steel. And it doesD’*'. seem to have helped steel a bit. It has been discovered that whisky has a peculiar effect on brunettes. It certainly makes them light-headed. The Japanese are taking to base ball. The result of this will be an un limited output of grand stand fans. It has been discovered that a new counterfeit $10 United States note is in circulation. Don’t take any political bribes. Hawaii is a rapid assimilator. A legislator has just been sent to jail there for conspiracy to defraud the territory. In Australia grafter means a doer of hard and faithful work. Now we un derstand why they call that country the antipodes. The prince of Monaco is coming over. He will be welcomed with con flicting emotions. He has got a lot of Yankee money. “Who are the truly great?” asks Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. We refuse to guess until the batting averages have been figured up. Mr. Rockefeller has found a prepar ation that is making his hair grow and it is whispered that it is nothing but common kerosene. As the theatrical season does not open until September, we can hardly expect a dramatization of the Perdi caris affair before that time. There is a restaurant at the St. Louis exposition where forty-eight languages are spoken. But money does the talking that is listened to. Whatever may be said of the morals of the Princess Chimay, it does seem a little rough on her to support all her previous husbands, as she calls them. A federal judge has held that the cress has a right to criticise a judge. Now doth ye editor proceed to dip his pen in vitriol and say a few things. Oxford university has conferred the degree of doctor of civil law upon Mr. Howells. America’s most famous man of letters may now add a few more to his name. A contemporary congratulates St. Louis on having pulled off its first big world’s fair fire “without loss of life.” No loss of life? What about those thirty black cats? It is alleged that a good deal of the iee cream of commerce contains glue. Well, that wouldn’t be so bad if we could have the assurance that the glue was not adulterated. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan is reported enjoying himself in London, and con gratulating himself on escaping the vigilance of the English newspaper men. That's dead easy. Correspondent Emerson, who was shot as a spy by the Russians, sends a vivid account of the event to the American press. Clearly, the report was a slight exaggeration. There is nothing novel in the an nouncement that a man has cured himself of insanity by shooting him self in the head. The novelty is found in the fact that he is still alive. English newspapers are calling the marquis of Anglesey a fool because he ran into debt to the tune of fS,000,000 in six years. In this country he would be classed as a Napoleon of finance. It may somewhat dampen the be ginner's enthusiasm to be told that there are over two million five hun dred thousand different hands in pok er, and but one sure winner in the whole lot. Eastern chemists have sent an ex pedition to Texas to collect 50,000 bee-stings to be made into a rheuma tism cure. "Wouldn’t it be cheaper and easier for every rheumatic per son to keep a bee? A man at Athens, Ohio, is credited with having entertained 1,000 friends at a dinner. The occasion was re markable, as he is thought to be the only Ohio man with 1,000 friends who is not holding or seeking a political office. ^Vhen a man is so spectacularly honest that his neighbors familiarly refer to him as “Honest John" ot “Honest Bill," or whatever his first name may be, it is unfair to tempt him with a position of private or pub lie trust. A “feast of the sun" has been held at the top of Eiffel tower, the presid ing officer being Camille Flammarion, the celebrated astronomer, who ad vanced the theory that the sun is the abode of departed spirits. Most folks, now, would rather take their chances with the good old belief. The London Spectator is denounced by a friend of the animals for persist ently refusing to use the personal pro noun when referring to animals and using which instead. Just as if the ape was not our common ancestor! talTH THE WORLD’S J ^ BEST WKiTECS] ON HOW TO GET RICH. Since some of our very rich men have taken to public discourse upon all sorts of matters their utterances have somewhat diminished their repu tation for infallible wisdom. It has been discovered that a man may pos sess great wealth and still fail of complete mastery of the science of government or the principles of po litical economy. Nay, it is evident that such a man may not even prove a reliable guide to the inquirer who seeks for the road to wealth. One of the most didactic of our vivacious millionaires has recently de dared that riches are within the reach of every man who wishes to be rich. He asserts that there are but two requisites for the acquisition of wealth—moderate intelligence and un limited industry. Given these, he de clares that any man can get rich. Which is. of course, entirely false and misleading, even though it comes from a gentleman who has piled up great wealth and is now engaged in piling up free libraries. Everyone knows that intelligence and industry are not the sole essentials to the ac quisition of riches. Everyone knows of men highly intelligent and thor oughly industrious who can scarcely make a living. It is true that intelligence and in dustry are qualities favorable to the attainment of wealth, but it is not true that the possession of those qualities, even in the highest degree, constitute any assurance of riches. The money-making faculty is a thing apart from other natural endow ments. An ignorant, illiterate man who possesses it will get rich, and intellectual genius without it will re main poor all his life. Like a gift for music, it can be cultivated, but it can not be acquired. The sayings of our loquacious mil lionaires, like the aphorisms in the copybooks, will not always bear analy sis. In the present instance the fal sity of the proposition is evident to everybody, since a vast majority of the people, though they are intelligent and hard working, never acquire so much as a modest competence, let alone wealth.—Chicago Record-Her ald. MEDICAL COLLEGES. Medical colleges are responsible for the horde of failures who parade as doctors and do what they can to men ace the public health. Some of the medical schools are get-rich-quick schemes, taking every applicant who comes a'rvng with the requisite fees. They spoil hundreds of good farmers, mechanics, shoemakers and black smiths. issue sheepskins and leave the medical profession to struggle with the reproach. Every decent doctor should join him and pursue the fak ers, grafters and moral perverters un til it is made too warm for them to continue in the profession. A med ical diploma ought to be beyond pur- i chase by anyone not fitted in every way for the responsibilities of a phy sician.—Sioux City Tribune. THE CZAR’S PRIVATE FORTUNE. — Many newspapers have seriously re produced a telegram which appeared in a Paris journal announcing that the Emperor Nicholas had presented ' his private fortune, amounting to eighty millions sterling ($400,000,000) to the Russian government for war purposes. It was added that this huge sum stands to the credit of the emper or in a bank of a country not friendly to Russia. Eighty millions would be a pretty sort of a sum to be held at call by any bank; but the whole story is a romance, and so are all the other tales about the emperor's dealings with his civil list. The fact is that the emperor of Russia has no civil list, and he draws at his discretion on I the iiftperial treasury, every rouble I of which is supposed to be his prop- j erty and absolutely at his disposal.— London World. _ HIGHER EDUCATION. It is not the least but one of the j greatest advantages of higher educa tion that the woman of to-day does know herself much better than did her ! mother or grandmother, and with that self knowledge cornea a better under- ; standing of her relations to the world about her. The college girl of to-day is healthier, stronger, saner, more in dependent, more resolute and more useful than were the social butterflies or the household drudges of her grandmother’s time. In the experi mental stages of this new develop ment there may have been danger, but the education of the body as well as the mind is now looked after in all our girls’ colleges, indeed, much better than in colleges for the other sex.— Boston Transcript. AMUSEMENT AND LABOR. There is a savor of philosophy and a dash of originality in the venerable Bishop Huntington’s diocesan address, particularly when in speaking of amusements he says: “When we see how many persons make a labor of their amusement how can we help wondering whether they would not better find amusement in their labor?’’ The beloved old churchman has struck the nail on the head there—has struck it a blow which lights up the darker recesses of the human mind with the fire of everlasting truth.—Utica, N. Y., Observer. LIMIT OF LAWYER’S DUTY. A lawyer has no right to do any thing. as a lawyer which he would scorn to do aB a man and a citizen. His obligation to the court and to the public is and must be paramount to his obligation to his client. Unless this is recognized the lawyers w’ould be the most dangerous class in the community.—Indianapolis News. GETTING BACK TO NATURE. Students of American life think that they detect a distinct tendency to revert to nature. The first effort is, of course, to a'cquire a competence; the second, to amass a fortune, but the third is to own a country place, and to be able to spend all but the winter months out in the open, away from the crowded, dusty city. Wheth er this be an effect of inheritance, a harking back to the form whence all city dwellers at one time or another sprang, or not, it is an interesting fact. Health is better, life is longer and happier, if all the time that can be spared from the exactions of Dusi ness be spent in the open air, where the breathing spaces are large, the ait pure, the sunlight clear, warm and full of comfort. CURBING TREE BUTCHERS. It is satisfactory to note that public opinion is being aroused on the sub ject of the wanton destruction of shade trees by the servants of tele phone, telegraph and electric light companies, who are sent out to string wires and who carry the implements with which to make short work of a tree which they deem in the way of their operations. Such outrages are usually committed when those able and willing to protect trees are away from home. Protests from women count for very little, and tears for even less. Against subsequent suits for damages the companies are well fortified. If a valuable tree is once spoiled what its owner can recover by a suit at law would not trouble any j one.—Chicago Chronicle. ^ i COST OF INSECT PESTS. The extent of damage done by in sects which prey on the agricultural i interests of the United States is but j little appreciated. Twelve bugs, ao- j cording to reliable statistics, do an cst'mated damage to farm products of $363,000,000 per annum. The chinch hug heads the list, with $100,000,000 a year; grasshopper, $90,000,000; Hes sian fly (a reminder of the revolution, since the mercenaries hired by King George brought its eggs over in the straw for their horses), $50,000,000; j cotton worm and boll worm (cotton), j $25,000,000 apiece; cotton boll weevil. ; $20,000,000; San .1 jse scale grain wee- j vil, apple worm and army worm. $10.- j 000,000 apiece; potato bug. $8,000,000. ! and cabbage worm, $5,000,000.—Al bany, N. Y., Argus. WHOLESALE BANKING. “No personal accounts, large or small, wanted here; we do business only with large corporations.” This was the reply the president of one ol the $25,000,000 Wall street banks gave to an inquirer as to the minimum de posit that institution would accept. It was a notification that this was dis tinctly a “wholesale bank.” Such an answer would not have been made five years ago. But this is a new age. The billion-dollar trust and the $25, 000,000 bank are to Wall street what wireless telegraphy is to electricity— wonders. The vast demands of mod ern industry, often requiring the nego tiation of a loan of $5,000,000 upon a , few hours’ notice, with frequent calls ! for stupendous accommodation from transcontinental railroads or syndi cates financing foreign government bond issues, have called into being these new banks—veritable inearna tions of power, holding, indeed, the safety and happiness of a people in their hands.—Saturday evening Post. KEEPING IDEALS. — That was a wise old clergyman who urged his brethren not to admit young men to the ministry unless they were evidently more broad-minded and en thusiastic in their faith than their elders. "We must allow,” he said, “for the inevitable shrinkage.” The same allowance is necessary in every iife for the sure closing in of the real upon the ideals of youth, and the un avoidable narrowing of hope and aim that must come with middle age. The more idealism we start with, the more stoutly we defend it against the shocks it is certain to reecive, the more joyous life will turn out to be as we go on living. The dreariness of the middle-aged view of life springs largely from the fact that its ideals are so shrunken as to be no longer a source of vitality, of renewal, says Harper’s Bazar. As long as we be lieve in life, and in love, and In friend ship, and in heroism, and in other ideal possibilities, life is worth living and we are strong to take our part in it. Living for ideals in happy and courageous living. Living without them is “the dull gray life and apa thetic end.” WOMEN IN GERMANY. The movement in Germany to open the doors of the universities to wom en has failed in its chief purpose, but it has led to something. Girls are to be admitted to the classical schools preparatory to the university as an experiment, but there is a posi tive opposition on the part of the gov ernment to a classical training for women. Instead, and “to maintain the ideal position of German women in the home,” the instruction of girls in the high schools is to be better adapted to domestic requirements. That is to say, the ambitious young women are to be taught the art and science of cooking and of household work generally. The minister of in struction does not seem to be im pressed by the arguments in favor of erudite women, but he has a lively sense of the importance to the coun try of general good cooking.—Phila delphia Record. Every duty which is bidden to wait, returns with seven fresh duties at ite back —C. Kingsley, —»»»•<•»«• I ■ ■ l ..I- - — ■ —■ -.. - 11 1 ■ ■ ■ ' -ill—- I The Old Log Cabin j Before me in Its beauty lies the prairie, And the cloud above a swiftly passing train. The trees upon the distant hills are wav ing, A summer haze is resting on the plain; Yet memory recalls a fairer valley. And a spot within it dearer far to me, A grassy knoll beside a winding river. Where a little old log cabin used to be. When daylight dies behind the distant mountain. And the mist has hid the valley from my sight. Then memory returns to scenes of child hood. And on life’s summer morning sheds Its light. The sunlight glimmers out upon the wa ter. Where, undisturbed, the minnows sport ed f ree; The dreamy years but added to their number. Where the little old log cabin used to be. The world, to us, was bounded by the forest. That stretched away, we recked but little where; The winter but foretold a brighter sea son When loses gave their fragrance to the air. In spring there came the children's songs and laughter. The squirrel scampered up the nearest tree And chattered to the wildly barking col lie, Where the little old log cabin used to be. The bob-o-link, above the clover blos soms. Sang o'er again his song of summer Joys; And “Bob White.from his perch be side the meadow. Kept watch upon the collie, and the boys. Along the crooked pathway to the river. The twittering blue-bird and the chick a-dee Flew in and out among the ferns and willows. Where the little old log cabin used to be. The timid deer looked in across the wheat field. The partridge hid her fledglings in the brush. The voice of Robin Redbreast, in the or chard. Was mingled with the singing of the thrush; The crow and marten quarreled o’er the clearing. We wondered why they never could agree— The hardest problem of our early child hood. Where the little old log cabin used to be. The silent Indian glanced within the doorway; His squaw laid down her burden in the grass. And, looking o'er her gaily colored bas kets. How quickly would a summer evening pass. The twain enjoyed the white man's ample supper; A breeze came In across the distant lea; The latchstring disappeared, the day was over. Where the little old log cabin usee to be. The far off whip-poor-will commenced his music. The cricket joined the evening sere nade. The moonlight glistened on the leafy ma pie And in and out among its branches played; The night wind stirred the vines aroum the window And whispered in its dreamy lullaby. While all within was wrapped in peace ful slumber Where the little old log cabin used tc be. When the fitful dream of this short life is over. And wearily we lay its burdens down. What will we care for earthly fame oi glory? What matter if the people cheer oi frown? I,eave what remains of this old. worn out body High on a mountain top. or in the sea But let my longing spirit once more wan der Where the little old log cabin used tc be. Aye. let the daisies blossom bv the river The fragrant lilies deck its quiet breast The giant maple shape the humble door way. Inviting every wranderer to rest. There let the panting collie sit beside mo And listen to the shouts of childish glee; For backward on life's pathway lies m> heaven. Where the little old log cabin used tc be. —Albert Greenwood. Lost Coins in Mails ■ ___l Ordinarily no man is rich enough to escape that certain sense of elation which comes from picking up a nickel on a sidewalk; but when a railway postal clerk finds such a coin in a mail pouch where it has worked out from insufficient wrappings, not only does he miss this elation, but it may provoke profanity. For a nickel lost in a pouch of mail in transit becomes a matter for na tional concern. It comes to view, perhaps, just as a pouch of mail is emptied upon a sorting table; and when it has broken away from the bunch of letters and cards and circu lars, rolled to an open space on the table, and there settled down, heads or tails, with a noisy spinning dance, the clerk who first sees it is “it." A necromancer could have no more idea than the man in the moon as to what particular package it rolled out of, and if he had and should tell the postal clerk, the clerk wouldn’t dare try to restore the coin to the original package. That would be too easy altogether. No. it is a lost nickel from the mo ment the clerk has to see it spin ning there before his eyes; and ac cording to the tender governmental I conscience the clerk has to get ready ' for the inauguration of about $1S.4G worth of fuss over it. For himself he doesn't dare to gf to bed for a short nap until he has got rid of his five cents’ worth of re sponsibility to the government for the action of the fool person from whom the nickel was parted. He digs up I his printed form for such occasions printed and provided, and at once i fills out a long blank, describing the coin, telling the circumstances of its being found and whether it landed heads or tails on the table, naming the pouch from which it was emp tied, the number of the train carry 1 ing it, the date, and a few other little details any one of which in hot weather would have cost a mug oi beer. This report, with the nickel, goes tc the headquarters of the postal divi sion in which the car was operated and from these bonded officials, by the same general red tape route, the small coin finds its way to the seat of national government and to the fund representing the great constituency the postoffice department, which persists in sending money in envel opes through the unregistered mails of the service.—Chicago Tribune. Tale of the Armada I * . .____ Three hundred and fifteen years ago a vessel of the Spanish armada was blown up in Tobermory bay, off the coast of the Island of Mull. Recently numerous relics have been recovered from it by divers. They include old cannon, swords, pistols, plate and coins. The vessel was the Florencia, a Florentine galleon which came from the Levant, one of the Italian posses- j sions of the king of Spain, and was commanded by one Pereija. After the defeat of the armada the Florencia was forced by bad weather and lack of provisions to put into Tobermory bay. There Sir Lauehlane MacLean, who, because of his feuds with his neighbors, had been made a “denounc ed rebel” by King James of Scotland formed an alliance with the Span iards. With the aid of a hundred sol diers from the ship and of his own war on neighboring clans for some time. At last he received a message from Capt. Pereija requesting that the Spanish soldiers be sent back at once, as he was preparing for sea. At the same time he heard that the pro visions supplied to the Spaniards had not been paid for. Sir Lauchlant remonstrated with the don for his injustice and satisfaction was promis ed. On the strength of thife the mer were sent back, but MacLean. not re lying entirely on the captain’s prom ise, retained three of the soldiers as hostages till the debt should be paid At the same time he sent one of his own men, Donald Glas MacLean, or board the Florencia to receive an ad justment of the demands of his peo pie. Donald Glas. when he went on boarc tho snip, was disarmed and mads prisoner, and no communication was allowed between himself and his friends. Cut. Donald Glas conceivec a plan which, though it meant certair death to himself, promised a speed} and terrible retribution to his captors Finding that the cabin in which hs was confined was close to the maga zine, he forced his way into it and laying a train from it to the outside .he fired it. The ship was blown tc pieces, killin': the three or four bun dred persons who were on board. - There are certain things, says St. Nicholas, you will not forget to take with you when you go to the country for a vacation; but unless you are specially reminded of it, you may not remember that. Besides your fish ing rod, your tennis racket, your golf sticks and such aids to your summer studies, you should not fail to put in a few favorite volumes. There should be few. possibly the fewer the better, if the little company be well chosen. But do not leave yourself entirely de pendent upon the chance library of a country hotel. Who does not remem ber being indoors on some rainy day in^he country, with a longing for a really good book? So, in addition to the lighter fiction already spoken of, it will be wise to take also one or two of the volumes that are inexhaustible treasures, and yet are well known tc ycu. so that they may be taken up oi put aside at will without especial care to find just where you last were read ing. For this purpose a volume of a favorite poet can hardly be improved upon, whether you prefer Tennyson Ixmgfellow Lowell, Aldrich, or the Quaker poet, whose “Snow-Bound’ should prove delightfully refreshing on a warm day. If you have not already a favorite among the singers, choose a single volume edition of any standard poet and it will not be strange if you re turn from your summer’s outing in possession of a new friend—a friend with whom you will hold many a quiet chat in winter evenings all your life long. Green Primroses. The green rose is a very old and rather ugly "novelty” that crops up afresh from time to time as a catch penny attraction, and there are one or two other plants with green flowers that are usually more curious than attractive. The latest invention in the way of green-flowering varieties in an addition to that familiar fam ilv. our own vollow nrimrose. It is called "novelty” and Is described as a large and iruly green-flowered form of the beautiful old wild primrose, a free bloomer and strong grower. Klondike Discoverer. Robert Henderson is disputing the rights of George Carnaek as to having discovered the Klondike, and the Ca nadian authorities are looking into his claim. Heart of the Tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants a friend of sun and sky; He plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty towering high; He plants a home to heaven anigh For song and mother-croon of bird In hushed and happy twilight heard— The treble of heaven’s harmony— These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants cool shade and tender rain. And seed and bud of days to be. And years that fade and flush again; He plants the glory of the plain; He plants the forest’s heritage; The harvest of the coming age; The joy that unborn eyes shall see— These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant Who plants a tree? He plants, in sap find leaf the wood, In love of home and loyalty And far-cast thought of civil good— His blessing on the neighborhood Who in the hollow of his hand Holds all the growth of all our land— A nation’s growth from sea to sea Stirs in his heart who plarfts a tree. —Century. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Items of Interest Gathered from Many Sources. The delegates from the Atlantic Coast Seamen’s Union reported that the union is progressing rapidly. The Pennsylvania railroad company reduced 5,000 employes in its shops at Altoona, Pa., to a two days a week working basis. P. McMahon, Jersey City Heights. N. J., president of the International Union of Steam Engineers, died June 23d, after a short illness. This year’s convention of the Jour neymen Stone Cutters’ Union of Amer ica will begin its session in St. Louis Sept. 7. at Knights of Father Mathew Hall. The American Federation of Labor reports that seventeen new local unions, nearly all of which have with drawn from the American Labor unon, are now affiliated at Butte and Anaconda, Mont. The International Mill Workers’ convention elected Arthur Ogg of Min neapolis president, A. E. Kellington of Minneapolis was elected secretary i treasurer. The next convention meets at Quincy, in., June is, into. That man is mentally deficient who cannot see the necessity of becoming ; a member of his trade organization during these stirring times and is ac tually blind to his own best interests by remaining without the fold of his craft union.—The Mixer and Server. After being on strike for several I weeks to enforce the closed shop rule the striking lathers of Boston and : vicinity have come to an understand ing with their employers. In the future only men carrying the union card will be able to procure employ ment Before final adjournment the dele gates to the annual convention of the United Typothetae of America elect ed the following officers: President, George H. Ellis of Boston: vice presi I dent, William Green of New York; treasurer, Thomas E. Donnelley of Chicago. The United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners of America is the strongest organization numerically of I skilled mechanics in the country. In actual numbers it is second to the miners, but the latter union is com i posed of unskilled as well as skilled laborers. Agents of the Chicago Boot and Shoe Workers’ union are to begin a house to house canvass to interest women in asking for the union stamp when purchasing shoes. It is the first : time that such a plan has been pro jected, and the leaders expect good results from it. James Wood of Cincinnati, second I vice president of the Cigarraakers’ In ternational Union and for years active as general organizer and union label agitator, has tendered his resignation to President PerWns and ceased ac tive work for the cigarmakers June 1. He retains his office as vice president, however. President Gompers oi ice American Federation o? Labor has been asked to call a convention for the purpose of forming a national union of soap, glycerin and tallow candle makers. At the present time the soapmakers in the various packing houses are under the jurisdiction of the Amalgamated meat cutters and butcher workmen. Chicago employers in the furniture manufacturing line have tried to es tablish a new association to embrace all firms engaged in that industry for the purpose of resisting trade agree ments which grant complete union deal with ihe employers as individuals conditions. The unions prefer to and several strikes are threatened. The struggle between the Chicago Metal Trades association and the In ternational Association of Machinists, which has been going on for several weeks, has now settled down to a test of endurance, as far as can be judged from external appearances. The em ployers claim that the strike is over, while the men assert that it has hard ly started. The politicians of Kansas City have entered into the “open shop” cam paign. A vote has been passed repeal ing the union label law regarding public printing. “This ordinance,” said Alderman Young, when asked its Importance, “simply means to make Kansas City an ‘open shop.’ It is not against the unions, but It1 certainly is not against non-union men.” A referendum vote has been order ed among the members of the inter national order of boxmakers and saw yers on the question of affiliation with the American labor union. The action was taken at the St. Louis convention of the order, and all arrangements for the vote are left in the hands of the executive board. The roll call showed 3,560 members in good standing. J. C. Skemp, third vice president of the Brotherhood of Painters and Dec orators of America, has been appoint ed general secretary-treasurer of the brotherhood to fill the unexpired term of the late M. P. Carrick. Mr. Skemp has been secretary of the executive board of the painters’ organization for some time, and is thoroughly fs mi liar with the work required in his new duties. The International Brewery Work men’s Union has just completed a ref- i , erendum %'ote on the question whether j *. ^, y ;v - tJ“- * . ? "■ + .* '■ •. y ; or not the organization as a whole will give up brewery engineers and fire men, in accordance with the decision of the Boston convention of the Amer ican Federation of I.alior. The total vote cast on the proposition numbered 23,624, of which 19,417 were against and 3,873 in its favor. The rise in the prices of meat iD Pittsburg has driven the butchers to desperation and they are going tc organize to fight the Chicago combine of beef packers. In the last three weeks the business of the butchers has dropped about 50 per cent, and they claim the decrease is the fault of the Chicago “big four.” The butch ers claim that prices must fall or sev eral firms will have to go out of busi ness. Secretary Taft has issued an or<!» r for the restoration of the scale <1 wages at the government armory at ■Springfield, Mass., that prevailed be fore the manufacture of the new model of the army rifle was com menced. Through Representative Southard the president of the Inter national Association of Allied Metai Mechanics protested to t!:e president against the scale of wag": for piece work on the new army rifle at the Springfield armory a.- revi-ed by C«<L Phipps, the commandant. A suit that will be watched with in terest has been filed by President French of San Francisco Typographi cal union, seeking damages of $5."(Mi and an injunction restraining the Citi zens' alliance of San Francisco from using a label on printer matter almost similar to the label of the Allied Printing Trades council. The label is the same size and nearly the same design as the union label, the object of the alliance being to discredit the union emblem. The wording on the label states that the printing was done in an alliance shop, which means a shop not subject to union rules. The decision of the A. F. of L. that : the stationary engineers and firemer ! under jurisdiction of the United brew I erv workers shall be released by the i latter organization t»> enter nationals j of their own craft was voted down by | a referendum vote of 19,000 to 4,00( taken by the brewery workers. Ax agreement in accord with the decision . of the A. F. of L. has b<en reached by j a joint committee in which the trans fer was to have been made next month. The adverse vote will prob ably throw the matter back into »bt federation. It will be consider"'’ b> the latter's executive comaiittee June 28. j Although the past winter has been a severe one for the United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners ol America, many of its members beine out of work for weeks at a time, the membership has not decreased to any material extent. Early in the spring the work of organization was resumed with great vigor, and in the past three months sixty-three new local unions have been established. Representa tives have been sent throughout the country, wherever they were most needed, and they report excellent progress. General President W. D. Huber has made a tour of many of the eastern cities and reports every thing to be in an unusually satisfac tory condition. At the convention of the United I Typothetae of the country in St. L< ;ii« several principles were affirmed which are directly opposed to union labor. They declared against any reduction from the fifty-four hour week. The j printers are now preparing to secure , an eight-hour day. They decided to raise a monster “emergency fund” to which each local typothetae is boufld to subscribe, to fight strikes or de mands of union employes. They de clared against the union label and urged the members to discontinue its use. They declared in favor of the “open shop.” The unions in the print ing trades are strongly pledged to the support of the union label and the __J „ _ ^ U_ ___ i >Ul VI O IIU1 V UUIWII us* v ' IU V li k<3. Valuable statistics regarding strikes and lockouts in the United States for the past twenty years have been pub lished by the House committee on la bor. They were secured during the hearings on the bill to create a na tional arbitration tribunal. The total number of workmen thrown outof em ployment in that period on account of strikes amounted to 6.105.694, and a loss in wages of over a quarter of a billion dollars. More than 127,000 es tablishments were involved. There was an average loss of $46 to each person involved. New York came first in the number of strikes, and Penn sylvania second, the former having over 20,000 and the latter having over 18.000 strikes. The coal industry ex perienced more strikes than any other. A new phase of labor union litiga tion was reached when Court Com missioner E. E. Chapin signed an in junction restraining the M&rnitz Tail oring company of Milwaukee from employing nonunion men. The in junction. which was signed.on petition of the Milwaukee Custom Tailors’ union, is the first ever issued on pe tition of a labor union. It Is said. The defendants are also enjoined from dis charging union members from 'heir employ because they belong to the organization; from threatening or in timidating men from joining it and from influencing others to fight the union. It is shown that a contract signed September 14. 1903, and running to October 1, 1904. specifically bound defendants to employ only union men. The peti tioners charge that the contract has been repeatedly broken and that de fendants have entered into an agree ment with other custom tailors of the city to break up the union. Cause of Poverty. According to Charles Booth, of tha Salvation Army, “the poverty of the poor is mainly the result of the com petition of the very poor.” Increase In Russian Schools. According to a recent Russian con sular report, six years ago 9 0ivt hildren attended the Russian schools n Sj-ria. T he number is now 20,000