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AMERICA'S PREMIER TRAP SHOT OF TELLER WELL PLEASED WITH WESTFRH ASS G In Labor's Realm Matters of Especial Interest To and Con cerning Those Who Do the ' " , SUCCESSOR ELECTED TO COLO GOOD CROPS, SPLENDID CLIMATE RADO'S BRILLIANT SENATOR. AND WELL ENFORCED LAWS. Work of raj Indianapolis, ' Ind. After selecting , Indianapolis as the place for holding the convention next year the conven tion of the United Mine Workers of America, which was in session for three weeks, adjourned. A twelfth clause was added to the preamble of the .constitution of the organization, reading: "For better protection of the lives and health' of the coal workers we demand that the duties of all mine inspectors be made more extensive by ' having the power at any time, after having made thorough inspection, to order immediately the suspension of any mine found to be In an unsafe con dition." The scale committee adopted the wage scale agreed upon by the an- ' thracito districts at a conference hem at Sci-anton, Pa., last year. The com mittee recommended that the officers of the organization use their best ef forts to bring about a conference with the operators and left the details of arranging for this conference with the executive board. The convention concurred In the report. Chicago. Something like 2,500 em v ployes of Swift & Co. recently have been elevated to the dignity of stock holders and profit sharers in the busi ness In which they are employed through a plan conceived by Louis P. Swift. Under this plan stenographers and superintendents, teamsters and telephone girls alike, have purchased stock on an easy payment system, their holdings ranging from one to 50 shares. While they are paying for their shares the seven per cent, divi dends which Swift stock is paying annually are turned over to the em ploye stockholders. .Berlin, Germany. The number of women employed In industrial under takings and otherwise earning their living has increased enormously in Prussia. In 1S82 the total number of women and girls over 16 years of age returned as being "employed in gain ful occupations," was close on 3,000, 000; In 1907 the number was 4,335,792 of which 639,829 worked in factories or undertakings coming under the fac tory act. Trade unionism Is making rapid progress, though not yet as strongly' as .among the male workers. Columbus, O. On the ground that American union miners are) prevented from making a living in coal mines in Ohio because foreigners who have no experience have been permitted to work for less wages, having been ad- IIIIVICU lu me UII1UI1 11 leu uuimi o a head, the organization in convention here recently increased initiation fee of Inexperienced men from $10 to $50 Experienced men will be admitted at the former fee of ten dollars. Baltimore, Md. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company announced the closing of the contracts and placing of orders for 37,000 tons of steel rails of 90 and 100 pounds weight; also for 10.000 kegs of spikes, 5,000 kegs of bolts, as well as large quantities of angle bars and other, track fixings, The rail orders were divided among the Maryland, Bethlehem, Carnegie Cambria and Illinois Steel Companies, with delivery in 30 days. New York. A seven hour workday as suggested by the trades councils o Cleveland, O., is an absurdity, in the opinion of the American Federa tion of Labor. "The hours of labor said Robinson, "will not be further re duced, no matter how extensive or powerful the movement for a seven hour workday will become. The unions will not aim at the accomplishment of absurdities." New York. A novel decision affect ing labor unions was handed down by Justice Mills In the supreme court in White Plains, N. Y., who holds that la bor organizations which picket a fac tory and thereby put the owner to ex pense for guards for his property and employes must pay for such expense, Justice Mills further finds that the unions Involved and the men directly concerned by giving and taking pe cuniary support aided and abetted the unlawful acts of the pickets. Danville, 111. The general shops of C. & E. I. closed here indefinitely Only about 350 men are affected, but the complete shut down of the shops has caused much comment in business circles. The shops have been, run ning only on half time for some months and with only one-third of force at work. Roundhouse men will be the only ones left on duty. San Francisco. The bakers and cracker bakers have appointed a com mlttee to wait on the proprietors of the local cracker bakeries to adopt union distinctive label in order that their products, which are made under fair conditions, shall be recognized by purchasers. Chester, Pa. The Chessauqua Silk Manufacturing Company, which recent ly purchased J. P. Crozer's Son3 No. mill in Upland, took possession March 15, with 600 looms in operation. Em ployment will be given to 600 people Pittsburg, Pa. The plants of the Tarentum Glass Company, Fidelity Glass Company and the Pittsburg Plate Company resumed operations at Tarentum, giving work to 1,000 men Boston, Mass. An educational sea slon once a month, with a professional expert as Instructor, will be held henceforth by Boston Coal Hoisting Engineers' union. No. 74. the World J J Milwaukee, Wis. Organized labor Is intensely interested in the railway employes' department which has been formed by the American Federation of Labor. Among the organizations inter ested in the department are the Order of Railway Telegraphers, Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Build ers, International Freight Handlers, International Association of Machin ists, International Association of Car Workers, International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Brotherhood of Main tenance of Way Employes, Interna tional Association of Steamfltterb, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and the Switchmen's Union of North America. London, England. A strike which has lasted for two and a half years recently ended in England. This was the strike of fustian weavers at Heb- den Bridge. Its termination was brought about by the decision of the Weavers' amalgamation not to pay strike benefits any longer. The amount paid was reduced several times, ' but the ' operatives remained obdurate. An attempt to start a co operative mill failed; now, however, an attempt is being made to revive the scheme. The dispute originally was over a small matter of wages in differ ent counts. 1 Chicago. A bill for an extension of the state free employment bureau sys tem will be introduced in the legisla ture through the efforts of the League for the Protection of Immigrants, of which Miss Sophonisba P. Brecken ridge is director. The bill provides for the establishment of free employment agencies in cities of 150,000 inhabi tants. It requires the governor to ap point in each city a superintendent who shall open main and branch em ployment offices, the entire system to be operated under the supervision of the commissioners of labor. Indianapolis, Ind. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica announced that the charter of the Hudson (Ind.) Miners' union would be returned. This controversy was one of the most important in the recent miners' convention. President Lewis and the national executive board re voked the charter of the Hudson min ers and suspended the Indiana district officers for having disobeyed the man date to resume work in the Hudson mine pending arbitration. Youngstown, O. This city has par tially adopted the daylight time, which has aroused so much discussion in England. Big steel mills here have adopted rules which make the men, working days, start work a half hour earlier in the morning and quit a half hour earlier In the evening. The cry is for more daylight. By starting a half hour earlier in the morning this is obtained. Glasgow, Scotland. The Scottish miners' conference arrived at a de cision recently supporting a measure to nationalize mining royalties and in favor of state schools for teaching boys from 12 to 14 years of age the principles of mechanics and mining and it urged the government to bring in a measure to prevent the employ ment of unskilled adult labor in mines. London, Eng. With a view of con solidating the labor movement in the boot trade, the English National Union of Boot and Shoe Clickers has re cently been taking a ballot of its mem bers on the question of whether they should join the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, and the propo sition has been carried by 123 to 1. London, Eng. The first notice of re duction in wages in the engineering trades of Sheffield for 28 years has been given by the Sheffield Employ ers' association. The reduction, which is 25 cents a week on time and 2 per cent, on piece rates, affects nearly 3,000 hands, including steam engine- makers, machine workers, pattern makers and boiler makers. Edinburgh. The Scottish bakers are following the good example set them by many other unions, and their un employed benefit scheme has gone Into operation. The extra payment will be four cents a week, raising the contribution to the national, fund to ten cents a week for those at work. and six cents for the unemployed. Stuttgart, - Germany. Under the workers' insurance laws there were on the average about 40,000 workers in sured in this city, in the year 1907, This number fell, In consequence of the depression, to 35,000 In 1908. ' London, Eng. Wages of blast fur nace men In England were reduced one-fourth per cent, at the close of the year, to continue throughout this quar ter. The reduction took place under the sliding scale. New York. All the factories of the members of the National Hat Manu facturers' association reopened on the open-shop plan. There are 65 firms which were affected by the strike of the hatters in the states of New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Con necticut. Milwaukee, Wis. The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor will intro duce a bill in the legislature making more liberal appropriations for th university extension work of the Uni versity of Wisconsin. The bill will call for an appropriation of $100,000 annually. This St. Louis man headc the list ins to the official averages for the year 1908 recently given out by the sec retary of the Interstate Association for the Encouragement cf Trap Shooting. J NEW BLOOD TO BE SEEN IN NATIONAL CUE TOURNAMENT Many Good Players Listed to Fill Va- cancles Made by Demarest and Others. There Is likely to be some new blood In the coming amateur championship tournament under the auspices of the National Association of Amateur Bil liard Players at New York. At least two of the players who took part in the championship last year will not compete this year Calvin Demarest, who is now a professional, and J. F. Poggenburg, whose wife died recently and who has retired from 1 competition for a while. It is doubtful, too, whether E. W. Gardner plays this year, and Wright of San Francisco is not sure of entering. There are plenty of amateurs of class, however, to make up a good field. Eligibles for this tournament, players whom the tournament com mittee would regard as equal to a grand average of 7 at 18:2 this-will be the first year for 18:2 in the nation al amateur tournament, though it was the style of play in the last interna tional tournament are Dr. L. L. Mial, Arthur Townsend, Charles B. Norris, Byron Stark, Wilson Foss, Martin Mul lin, Messrs. Rolls, Mayer Morton and Dr. Uffenheimer of Philadelphia, Messrs. Brown and Whitehead of New York, Dreher of Cleveland and Jack son, Bingham and Conklin of Chicago. All these will not enter, but there will be enough probably to give (sufficient length to the entry list. The N. A. A. B. P. championship has been won by the following play ers: 1901, Townsend; 1902, Gardner; 1903, Foss; 1904, Poggenburg; 1905, Conklin; 1906, Gardner; 1907 and 1908, Demarest. Demarest's two victories gave him the trophy for keeps, and a new one will be played for this year. The N. A. A. B. P. has decided that outside of the trophy the regular prizes shall not cost over $100 apiece this year. There will be the usual special prizes for high runs and best averages. The place for the tournament has not been decided, but should it be held at the Llederkranz club at Brooklyn again no admission will be charged. Admission would be by invitation only. A French amateur championship tournament is to be held in Paris soon, and efforts have ben made to induce several of the American players to en ter. None is likely to be over, how ever. One of those who was invited was J. F. Poggenburg, but he wrote to the Count de Dree that he would not be able to go. , Plans are already being discussed for another international tournament in 1910, and it is expected that one will be held either In New York or Pari3. Chicago Track Dates. Track athletics are booming at the University of Chicago. ' Coach A. A. Stagg has announced the schedule for the outdoor season and the dates show what promises to be a third se ries of competitions. A team will be sent to the Pennsylvania relay car nival, a fact which necessitates the men getting out early and rounding rapidly Into condition. The schedule is as follows: April 17, Pennsyl vania' relay meets tryouts; April 24, Pennsylvania relay meet; May 8, Wis consin at Madison; May 15, Illinois at Chicago; May 22, Purdue at Chicago; May 29, open; June !, conference meet at Chicago (not official) ; June 12, University of Chicago interschol astic meet. Latham to Coach for Giants. Old Arlie Latham, the most enter taining coacher baseball ever knew, bobs up again as an active diamond participant. He has been signed by John McGraw, not to play with the New York Giants, but to be one of them on the coaching lines. He Is expected to stir up things consider ably In the coaching department. Of late years Latham has been umpiring. of American Trap Shooters, accord- WANTS CLEARING HOUSE . FOR BASEBALL PLAYERS President Dovey of Boston Nationals Has Plan to Help the ' "Poor" Clubs. President Dovey of the Boston Na- finals has a plan for a national clear ing house for baseball players which he will put up to the national commis sion and the major leagues. In addi tion to this he will press a resolution limiting the number of players to be held by any one club in either league to 18 players after May 15 of each year. Dovey's clearing house scheme is de vised to do away with the exorbitant prices paid by some of the clubs for players and to put all clubs, regardless of their money,' on an equal basis. He will ask the national commission as formed at present, to be the clearing house. According to Dovey's scheme every club in both leagues by May 15 must reduce its staff to 18 players. All play ers who are released, whether new players or drafted from minor leagues, are to be senc to this clearing house. The clearing house will fix a price on each player and this list of players with their prices Is then to be submit ted to the clubs in both leagues, be ginning with the clubs of lowest stand ing. After they have had their pick the list goes to the better clubs. In this way the poorer clubs, with no money, will have a chance to build themselves up, as no player can go back to the minor leagues or be pur chased by a club of higher standing until the lower club has waived on him at the listed price. Dovey thinks the national commission wil hearken to the scheme. "The club that won the pennant,' said Mr. Dovey, "with many of its players at the top of form, even if they did go bad the following year, would have as good a chance as any other club to strengthen, even if it had to wait a season or so to do It. One year a club might be weak in pitchers, or another year weak in the infield. Under the clearing house conditions the weak clubs stand a chance which to-day doesn't exist. The clearing i f i ii i i ; ,v . uuuho iur utui pu.yem is, in my opinion the salvation of organized baseball." BASEBALL BRIEFS Forrest Moore, one of the Cub re cruits, has' been appointed clerk in the Indiana legislature. AH the guesses on the lineup of the Pirates for the coming season put Alan Storke on third base. John Hummell, the Brooklyn out fielder. Is keeping In condition this winter by mountain climbing. Outfielder Seymour Is of opinion that be could pitch as well as in his early days If put to it. President Pulliam's brother is presi dent cf the Oshkosh club of the Wis consin-Illinois league. i Roger Bresnahan will be presented with a big loving cup the first time he comes to bat in piew York next sea son. Clark Griffith may try Mike Mitchell on firsi, base if the California out fielder, Oakes, comes through all right. Catcher George chlei has accepted the New York club's terms, coupled with the statement that he is Im mensely pleased with his transfer to the Giants. Len Stanley, brother o" Joe Stanley, now a member of the Cubs, is to get a trial with the Boston Americans. The younge Stanley is a tall left-handed pitcher, and said to be a hummer. Manager McGraw is rather sweet on the outlook for a good season from his Indian catcher, J . Meyers, purchased from the St. Paul club. The Indian is said to be a good thrower and he bat ted .292 for 83 games in the American association last season. He was some thing of a run-getter Tith 45 tallies. I and be e&a 132 assists. Has Unique Record in That He Has' Served 18 Years as Republican and 12 Years as Democrat Without Interruption. Washington. Press dispatches re cently announced simply that Charles J. Hughes of Denver has, been elected to the United States senate to succeed Henry M. Teller. Literally that was all. Politically there was much more. It was that the election of Mr. Hughes marked the passing of Henry Moore Teller, the grand old man of the Rockies. During one-third of a century Mr. Teller, to a greater or lesser extent; has. been continuously before the eyes of the nation. For a large part of that time he held high rank In the councils of his party. Few abler men have come out of the west and none who Ueer held the affections of his peo ple. Yet when the final summary was made up, the only mention he received was that his name was among those entered. Mr. Teller's entry , into the senate was coincident with the entry of his state into the union. His record is unique in that he served In that body 18 years as a Republican, and then without missing a day he served 12 years more as an independent and a Democrat. A few older men bave been elected to' the senate at different times by political parties of opposite beliefs, but a period Intervened in which t.hev wa.1t.eri for the nafSnln tn experience k change. Mr. Teller re pudiated his old affliliation and took up with the new without interruptions in his service. Since Colorado has been a state one- half of Its representation in the United States senate, except for three years, has been Henry M. Teller. The other Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado. half varied, as one term followed an other, and the ability and character of that representation likewise varied. Born in New York state in 1830, Mr. Teller when he became a young man, studied law and was admitted to the bar. He sought the great west in 1858, and as Illinois at that time seemed to be a long way toward the setting sun, he came to this state and began the practice of his profession, He only remained here two years, however, as he foresaw greater possi bilities in the territory of Colorado, That his judgment was good when he decided to take the long jump to the new and little known land in the Rockies was proved by the later events In his life. Fifteen years afterward, while the nation was celebrating its centennial, Colorado was admitted as a state, and among the first acts of its legislature was the election of Henry M. Teller as one of its representatives in the United States senate. - Chosen as a Republican, he served In the senate until in April, 1882 when he was called to President Ar thur's cabinet 'as secretary of the In terior. Here he twice honored his state bringing it an important cabi net post after only six years of state hood, and being the instrument by which this distinction was given to a state beyond the great American plains. , Mr. Teller served as secretary of the Interior during President Arthur's term, but near the close of the period there was a sensational election in Colorado, and he was offered his old seat. He accepted It, and when his work as cabinet member ended on March 4, 1885, he walked over to the capitol and took the oath of office as a senator. . ,A few years later the money ques tlon began to make trouble for men in public life, and what was destined to be Mr. Teller's greatest political sorrow began to take form. A financial stringency, followed by the repeal of the Sherman act, precipitated the free silver controversy upon the country and Mr. Teller, an ardent advocate of free coinage, found himself in conflict with many of his political associates. i Subsequent developments are of too recent occurrence to require recount ing here. Mr. Teller was approaching the end of his third senatorial term His state was v overwhelmingly for sil ver, but a majority of the leaders of the Republican party in the country at large were bending their efforts to ob tain a declaration for the gold stand ard. The crisis for the Colorado man was near at hand. It came with the Republican national convention at St J I Louis in 1896. Mr. George E, Hunter Is a Maid stone, Saskatchewan (Central Can ada), farmer, who' writes to a' Cana dian Government Agent as follows: It was the first, week In November, 1907, when we arrived here. There was very little snow or cold weather until after She holidays, then the snow and cold Increased, but to no great extent. I think the coldest I heard of was 30 degrees below zero, but that degree of . cold would not be felt here any more than 10 degrees below zero would be back home In Michigan, owing to the beautiful dry atmosphere of , this coun- -try. There came a good thaw every month that settled the snow, the fields soon became bare, and on the 12th of April I commenced ploughing. - The snow was then all gone and summer at hand.- This last season was some thing more than an average year around here, with fine crops gathered from a large acreage. In parts the crops were less than average, but gen erally speaking they were above it. ' The price of wheat was quite good. Some fine yields sold at $1.10 Per bush el, while some were marketed at much less, but hardly any went below about 60 cents a bushel. "Oats started on the market at 35 cents a bushel, barley about 50 cents, and flax from 90 cents to , $1.00' a bushel. "As this was my first year in this country, It was a hard year for my horses, owing to their being eastern horses, and not used to the western climate, but they . will soon get cli- matized. , "The soil on my farm is a black loam, about one foot in thickness, be low that we find about" six feet of clay, and below that again gravel and -sand, with an abundance of excellent water. . This was the condition of the ground as I found it when I dug a well. I can say that the water is as sweet and as free from alkali and im purities as I ever saw. "My opinion is that the man who comes here with a little means can do no better than invest $500 or $1,000 la cattle, after locating a homestead ad joining or near some hilly part of the , country where It will not be taken up as soon. There la plenty of grass and hay. to be found in tle hilly country and small lakes and sloughs will afford sufficient water for any amount of cat tle. The bluffs with a few hay or straw sheds will make sufficient shel ter for them. There is no need to worry about the market for cattle, as ' there is already a great call for stock of all kinds to satisfy the continued demands of the large packing house at' Edmonton, established by Swift and Company. - "The dairy business should' by no ' means be forgotten. It is one of the paying enterprises of this great west. The price of butter seldom goes below 25 cents and reaches as : high as 40 cents a pound. Also the new cream eries that are fast being erected along , the lines of railroad are calling bn the farmers for their cream.' ; ) "These creameries are greatly wel- corned in all communities, because sell- ing cream is better than making but ter, even at an average price of 25 cents a pound. For a new country the railroad transportation facilities are good; not yet, of course, what they are in older countries, but the new lines are swiftly gaining as the coun try gets more settled and supplies them with produce to ship. It is hard to say too much in favor of this coun try. All one needs is a little money with grit and ambition. I have seen homesteads" that were filed on a little over three years ago that the owners , Jiave refused $3,000 for. I "There is much more that can be said in favor of Western Canada, but I think my letter has been long enough. When a man's heart is broken by a woman he employs some other wom an to mend it. Pittsburg is beginning to get the smoke out of its eyes. : - . . Some men have no excuse for being sober when the ltd is off. , . OMLT ONE "BROMO QUININE" That Is IiAXATIVB BSOMO QUININB. Look fol the signature of K. W. GBOVB. Used the Won over to Curs a Cold In One Bar. 2&o. 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