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THE WAGEWORKER. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY BY WAGEWORKER PUBLISHING COMPANY. WILL M. MAUPIN, Editor. E. L. GRUBB, Business Manager. , THE PASSING OF MURDOCK '; By AJNSWQRTH RHODES, f Copyright. 1010, by American Press Association. Entered as tecond-claM matter April 21, 'I 904. at tKe postofSeo at Lincoln. Neb., under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. OUR INVITATION TO BUSI NESS MEN. Mr. Business Man: You ar cordially invited to par ticipate in the Labor Day Indus trial Parade' which will inarch in line with the different Organized Labor Bodies of Lincoln. Ve ear nestly request you to observe this 'day by giving your employes a holiday and if possible, have you? plaee of business represented by an industrial float. We also re spectfully ask that your place of business be closed at least during the parade hours (10 a. m. to 1 p. m.) Especially as Labor Day comes on the first day of the State Fair, we believe that a representation in this parade would be an excel lent advertisement for you. Kind ly notify the Chairman of this Committee as soon as possible if you will appear, so that the Pa rade Marshals may assign you a place in the line. Any consideration shown on this day will be thoroughly ap preciated by the labor organiz ations of Lincoln. Respectfully yours. Labor Day Industrial Float Committee, A. C. Roberts, Chairman, Care Labor Temple. CHINESE HAVE RIGHTS. But They May Not Debate American Citizenship. An Asiatic is as much entitled to life. liberty and huppiuess ns au Amer ican. But ho is nut entitled by any law. national, moral or humane, to en croach upon, to abridge to any degree, the life, liberty or happlucss of un American. He Is not entitled to de base the standard of Amor lean citizen hip. I There ore some mighty good Ameri cans who have not yet reached these shores. But it is Impossible, says the Los Angeles Citizen, to make Ameri cans out of Asiatics. They do not come here to enrich our citizenship, but to Impoverish it. lu 1S7D James G. Blalue spoke against the Chinese Invasion of the Pacific coast and said: "There Is not ft peasant cottage inhabited by a China man. There is not a hearthstone In any sense as we understand It of an American homo or an English home or au Irish or German or French home. There Is not a domestic fireside in that sense, and yet you sa"y It is entirely safe to sit down and permit them to fill up our country or any part of It. "You cannot," continued Mr. Blaine. "work a man who must have beef and bread alongside of a man who can live on rice. In all such conflicts and in all such struggles the result is not to bring up the man who lives on rice to the beef and bread standard, but it is to bring the beef and bread man to the rice standard." To Keep Workers Out of Union. The International Harvester compa ny has long been bitterly opposed to having its employees organized or members of labor unions, and it is not Improbable that its activity iu adopt ing a system of Industrial Insurance for Us employees is for the purpose of keeping them out of the labor organi sations. Labor Briefs. The union label is required on nil the city printing of Sioux City. The Toledo electrical workers' new scale calls for $3.50 for eight hours. Twenty-five boss bakers at New Or leans have abolished Saturday night work. The Cleveland metal workers have obtaiued an increase frota $3 to $3.50 a day. Cleveland lathers have obtained an Increase of 50 cents a day. They now earn $4.50. The present membership of the San Francisco Building Trades council Is above the 30,000 mark. The majority of St. Paul's boss bak ers hnve signed the new contract pro viding for a nine hour night shift. One of the first acts of the new So cialist council of Milwaukee was to order that all city printing should bear the union label. "Since the introduction of the eight hour day In the ranks of the elgarmafc ers of the United States within the last few years." sald'Samuel Gompers. "the average life of men engirded in the craft has lucreased fifteen years." "I have taken my life Id my hands." said the western sheriff, "when there was every chance against me. 1 have shot down men in a fight or when 1 had them on the run, but the hardest job I ever had to do, the job against which my sensibilities most revolted, was in the killing of John Murdock. desperado. Murdock was far superior to the general run of outlaws. 1 don't know what made him such, but 1 al ways fancied he got started in by some unfortunate circumstance, such as kill ing some enemy illegally or being wrongfully accused. Be this as it may. he was physically a splendid speclmeu of a man, and 1 always thought that his distaste for the life be lived, to say nothing of his conscience, made him choose at last a speedy death In pref erence to prison walls. But the true cause he gave himself. After a train robbery in Texas by a single masked man it was my duty to follow Indications that he had left be hind him and go io search of him. A man named Gllson told me that in passing through the chaparrals he bad picked up articles to Indicate that the robber had dropped them. There were pieces of torn letters and a gold chain. I felt sure from these finds that the robber after leaving the train had passed over this ground and that 1 could track him. I started with Gllson, each of us being armed with a pair of revolvers and a Winchester. He took me to the place where he had picked up the chain and bits of letters, and we fol lowed the trail. It consisted of bent grass through open ground and an oc casional bit of paper dropped by the way. It seemed to me then and it seems strange now that the man should have been so careless. Gilson seemed to know instinctively the direction taken by the man we were following and led the way. He simply agreed to pilot me and forewarned me that he would do no shooting to kill unless it should be necessary in our defense. We traveled about six miles when we suddenly came upon a man with his back to us sorting out valuables. It was evident he was the man we were after. We had proceeded so silently that we bad made no sound to Indicate our approach. We got within easy shooting distance of him when we stopped, and 1, drawing a bead on him with my Winchester, shouted: "Hands up!" The man turned, rose and stood erect before us. He did not throw up his hands, but folded his arms. While turning be had seized a revolver in each hnnd. and they were now pointed In opposite directions. ' sidewtse. He was six feet high and admirably pro portioned. He looked me in the eye and said: "I don't wish to add murder to my other crimes. They are many enough and black enough without my increas ing them. They began by my being mistaken for another man. and they are to end on account of a letter re cently received from my mother, who doesn't know what kind of a life 1 have been leading. If I die now she may never know. If 1 am jailed for a term of years she will likely know, and if I kill one of you men it will do me no good. I am not to be taken alive: therefore I would prefer that you should shoot me down here as 1 stand. Only 1 ask you to finish me with one shot. 1 am known as John Murdock That's not my name, but my real name no man, In the state knows. I'm ready. Fire at either my heart or my fore head and aim true." As I stood there looking at this splen did specimen of a man calling on me to shoot him that his mother might not know what he was 1 realized more fully than ever before that man is a superior animal only In heredity and influence. This man who bad been contemptible enough to rob de fenseless men and women could stand up to be killed that be might save bis mother the distress of knowing that the child she had borne and reared was a robber. Whatever of influence for good he had received as a child was telling now In trumpet tones. Had luck not been against him doubt less this influence would hnve been sufficient to make a fine man of him. "You had better surrender." I said to him. "At any rate, I wish you would. I'm a sheriff, but 1 don't like the role of executioner." "No. 1 have made my peace. Sev eral times since I was wrongfully made a felon I have exposed myself that my career would be finished by a bullet. 1 bave no desire to live. I can't undo the past. 1 can't live a re spectable life. 1 can't be n comfort to those who have loved me. You will be doing me a favor to kill me. But don't let -your sympathies cause you to bungle. You know how to shoot straight. I'm your bullet where It will do the job at once." I wished 1 could turn the work over to Gllson. But It was my duty, not bis. It must be done, and in mercy to the man I was to kill It should be done at once. He was nerved to meet his fate, and he would not -wish to be unnerved by delay. Then I summoned my own nerve and did the Job as a surgeon plunges a knife Into a patient swift and sure. That was the last official act of mine as sheriff. I sickened of te duties and handed In my -resignation- with my ; report- of tbiSgkilling. MMKTG WRSTORE This week and let us show you some of the New Fall Goods. Quality, I prices and patterns are unusually attractive. Some Summer Goods are still on sale at greatly reduced prices. Anything you need you may have now at genuine bargain rates. In the Cloakroom NEW ARRIVALS OF WAISTS AVhite linene and heavy grade linon tail ored style, a $1.95 and 98c Fine handkerchief linen, "Dubrock's" tail ored style, at x $2.95 Tan and blue gingham; pink, blue and tan linene ; have long sleeves with turnover collar and cuffs, "Dubrock's make;" regular $1.95 and $1.50 values, special ' $1.25 Soft grade taffeta silk, embroidered or plain fronts, all colors, at $4.95, $3.95 and $2.95 Messaline in black handsomely trimmed with lace inserting, at $4.95 COATS FOR AUTUMN WEAR Pure linen 54 inch coats, now at $3.95 Cloth of Gold Silk, 54 inch coats, now at $7.95 Children's Jackets, ages 3 to 14, in all colors, regular $2.50 to $5.95 values, now at ONE-THIRD OFF Children's Capes at ... $2.95 and $2.50 ON BARGAIN COUNTER AT $1.98 30 assorted color and material dresses, $4.95 to $7.95 values, choice at : . '. .$1.98 7 Linen Capes, sizes 16, 18 and 34, regular $4.50 values now $1.98 9 Pink and "White Linen Crash Tailored Suits, regular $5.95 values, now $1.98 l'lot of colored taffeta and white Jap silk waists,$3.95 values ; also few lace inserting trimmed crepe waists, $3.95 values, . choice at - ; . .$1.98 , CLEARANCE ON OXFORDS, 20 per cent discount on all Oxfords. $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 Women's Oxfords to close $1.89 We're Looking For You "We just want to say to you that your Fall Shoes are ready. You 11 soon be wanting them, amd it's a splendid idea to make selections early while all the lines are complete. No better Shoes on earth for the price than our kind that, we think, you already know. ' . , KING QUALITY SHOES FOR MEN Our Fall Shoes are ready and we have unusual shoe val ues in store for the man who buys sihoes here. We are un tiring in our efforts to 'provide for our men patrons the best Shoes that are made. $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 GREEN WHEELER SHOES FOR WOMEN ' , Shoes for the house or for dress functions Shoes for street wear and for stormy days Shoes for any require ment any woman may have. Handsome new Fall models .. $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Dry Goods Department SOISETTES Just received our new Fall line of plain colored Soisettes ; 21 different shades; a good line to choose from; this is a great ' wearing cloth and is not a very heavy texture; worth. .25c POPLINS 15 pieces of 27 inch mercerized silk finished Poplins; a great " wearing cloth; all the staple shades; at 40c CREPE DE CHINE SILKS See the new Crepe de Chine Silks ; comes in colors blue, grey, tan, cream and black; 22 inches wide; worth yard 50c WASH GOODS 5 CENTS The last of the wash goods what is. left must go. Lawns, " batistes, etc. ; worth from 121 to 27c What is left at yard 5c OUTING FLANNELS Our Fall line of Outing Flannels are now on display; a great line of choice patterns in light and dark styles, also the S'hep ard cheeks in blue and white and pink and white. Price per yard 6Vfcc- 10c- and 1240 - SILK SPECIALS 2 pieces of 36 inch black taffeta, a good wearing grade, regular $1.00 value, to close at ......... ... '. .; . ... . . .' 1 piece of 36 inch black messaline, a very fine soft grade, regular $1.50 value, to close at , . . SAFETY PINS 1 lot of Pointer Safety Pins, in wThite 5c values, special at :.75c .$1.00 only, regular . . . . .2, cards for 5c 1-5 1-5 OFF HAIR GOODS 1-5 OFF All our Hair Switches and Puffs, in'assorted shades and sizes, worth $2.50 tip to $10.00, to close at 20 per cent discound. 017-021 O St. OPPOSITE CITY HALI OFF MUSLIN UNDER- 5 WEAR 1-5 OFF - All our ladies ' and- children 's Muslin Underwear at 'a great re duction this week. Shirts, draw ers, ' gowns, slipovers, chemise, etc., worth from 15c" up to $4.00, AT 20 per cent DISCOUNT BLANKETS AND COMFORTS See our new line of Cotton and Woolen Blankets; also a nice line of , Comforts. " ' Blankets from 57e to. . . . . .$9.00 Comforts from $1.00 to.. $4.50 MR. D00LEY ON LABOR. Ha Tells How Capital Rewards Its Faithful Drudges. It was diff'rent whin 1 was a younj.' man, Hinnissy. In thlm days Capital an" Labor was fri'udly. or Labor was. Capital was like a father to Labor, glvin' It board an' lodgiu's. Nay ther lntherfered with' th' other. Capi tal wlut on capitallzln'. an' Labor wiut on laborin". In thim goldqn days a wurrukin man was an honest artisan. That's what he was proud to be called. Th' week before miction he had his pitcher in th' funny papers. lie wore a square paper cap an' a leather apron, an' he had his arrm ar-round Capital a "rosy, binirolent ol' guy with a ping hat and eyeglasses. They were goin' to the polls together to vote for sim ple or Capital. Capital an Labor walk ed ar-rm in ar-rm instead of havin' both hands free, as at prlsint. Capi tal was content to be Capital, an' Labor was used to bein' labor. Capital come ar-round an' felt the ar-arm lv Labor wanct In awhile, an' ivry year Mrs. Capital ealled on Mrs. Labor an' con gratulated her on her score. Th pride lv ivry irMsmi was to wurruk as long at hir -' th' boss cud afford to pn th" . '. In return f'r his fidelity hu . ."y ivry year. At Chris'i.ms u.ue Capital gathered his happy family round him an' in th' pftsince iv th' ladies in the neighbor hood give Wiiui a short oration. "Me brave la-ads,"says Je, 'we've bad a good year. Cheers. .1 have made a millyon dollars., Sensation. 1 at tribute this to me supeeryour skill, aided by yer arnest efforts at th' bench an' at th' forge. Sobs. Ye bave done so well that 'we don't need so many iv us as we did. Loud and continyous cheerin'. Those iv us who can do two men's wurruk will remain an' If possible do four. Our other faithful sarviuts can come back in the spring," he says, "if alive," he says. An the bold artysans tossed their pa-aper caps in th' air an' give three cheers f'r Capital. They wwruked till ol' age crept on thim an thin re tired to live on th' wishbones an' kind wurruds they had accumulated. We Do All Kinds of Printing. Two Color Work A Specialty. i Rock Island Press 1705 0 St. J: "i.