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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT VALENTINE , NEB. JJ. 31. RICE , - - - Publisher. iEUJN FOR PLANTERS ilGU'V RIDERS' WAR CAUSES EX ODUS FROM KENTUCKY. T pReeent Raids and Murders Increase Alarm , and Conditions Said to Be Worse Xo\v Than at Any-lime Sineo Icginniii of Tobacco War. Because of warning letters and visits from night riders many farmers in nearly all of the forty-two counties in the White Burley tobacco district of Kentucky aie busily destroying their tobacco beds , and at the present time Jess than one-third of the number usu ally planted have been started. In many counties huge signs have "been erected on buildings and in high places nearby declaring the intention of the farmer not to raise a crop this season. Realizing the difficulty of making a living for their families in case the decision to raise no tobacco is adhered to , many tenant farmers are preparing to move to other states , while many ifarm owners have placed their property on the market with the avow ed purpose of leaving Kentucky. The 'murder ' of Farmer Hedges in Nicholas county Saturday and the raids in "Woodford and other counties last week 'liave increased the alarm. In announcing their determination to go elsewhere t'ne tenants declare that it will be impossible to subsist rom the proceeds of crops of hemp , wheat and corn. In the neighborhood of Mt. Sterling- many farmers have received threaten ing letters with which were matches , { powder and poison , and in both farm districts and tobacco towns armed , guards have been placed at threatened jpoints. Conditions throughout the -istale are declared to be worse than at any time since the tobacco war began. KILLS MOTHER FOR MONEY. Indiana IJoy and Companion Spend Booty in Drunken Carousal. fJrover C. Blake and Orsel Reynold. . , l > f Anderson , Jnd. , were arrested here Sunday on the charge of murdering Ulake's mother Saturday at Anderson. Touiijf Blake made a confession after his arrest implicating Reynolds. lie said he had been drinking \\ith Rey nolds and they both needed money. He Avent home and entered the kitchen where his mother was cooking dinner , according to confession , Reynalds standing guard outside. Blake says his mother accused him of having been drinking and he went into another room and got a hammer. He returned , noiselessly crept up behind her and struck her on the back of the head. She fell insensible. He says he then opened her dress and grabbed a bag she had fastened around her neck which contained money and jewelry. While he Avas up stairs changing his-clothes he heard a scream. Ho returned to the kitchen and found Reynolds standing over his mother's body , hammer in hand. He says Reynolds admitted having struck lier when she moved. The two young men then came to Fort Wayne , spent the night in carousing and were ar rested just a.s they were about to board a train for Michigan. Blake says he peeured $ ICO in money and some diamond mend rings. Disastrous Explosion in Russia. A violent explosion occurred Satur day night in the workmen's quarters of the Naphtha works at Balachare , Russia. So far eleven bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. The cause of the explosion has not beer scertained. Negroes Kill White Man in Fight. In a fight in St. Louis Sunday be tween several negroes who insisted on 'taking up the sidewalk on the Eigh teenth "treet bridge , Robert Garland , -aged 22 years , was killed and Gerald -Xirk. aged 17 years , was seriously wounded. Disastrous Fire at Grafton. Til. The Valley hotel at Grafton , Hi. , find residences and business houses in its vicinity were destroyed by fire Sun day night after y desperate tight made by the townspeople to save the busi ness center of the village. The los * lis estimated at $50,000. Tries ' 'Pay as You Enter" Cars. New York xvas introduced to a nov elty in surface car transportation Sun day when pay as you enter cars were placed in operation on the Madison avenue line from Harlem to Brook. Jyn bridge. Mexico Rars Marines. It was announced at City of Mexica Sunday that the American marines will not be given permission to land at Magdalena bay foi-small arm practice. Sailors may ge ashore with shotguns for hunting if they so desire , but neith er rifles nor pistols will be permitted. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market : Top beeves. .SG.15. Top hogs. $4.75. ON'TRAIL OF MAE WOOD. Platt Threatens to Prosecute Omaha Woman. "Mae Wood will have to make good ( n the New York courts in her suit for divorce against United States .Sen ator Thomas C. Platt. She will be forced jo prove all of the assertions in her bill , and unless she does the sen ator will prosecute her for perjury. " This statement \\ns made Friday by J. F. McMann , special agent of Senator Platt. who has spent two ilr.ys in Omaha gathering evidence and secur ing court recoids to be used in the case brought against Platt in the New Fork courts. "It is a plain case of blackmail. " said McMann , "and the senator will not stand for any more persecution. I understand Miss Wood is in Colorado somewhere. The case lias been post poned from time to time on her ac count , but the senator will not permit of any more delay. She will be forced to come into court and make her show ing. We can prove that she has her wires badly crossed. Her bill alleges that she was married to the senator in 1901 , but her former suit for breach of promise was brought in 1905. " McMann visited the court house and secured the records in the suit she filed against Senator Platt. Secretary William Loeb and others three years ago. He interviewed every person whom he found to know anything of the case. He learned that the breach of promise suit was filed in the district court on behalf of Miss Wood by a newspaper correspondent named Porter ter , the records showing that he acted in the capacity of attorney. McMann declared that unless Miss Wood proved her charges in the New York court she would be prosecuted for perjury , and admitted that part of the evidence which he was sent to secure had in view such an action. While in the city McMann was intro duced to persons he wished to see by Agent FitzWilliams , of the United States Express Company. DEATH CLAIMS NOTED DIVINE. Bishop Chas. II. Fouler Dies in Home in Xew York. Rev. Charles H. Fowler , a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church , died at his home in New York Friday. He had been critically ill only since last Wednesday. His death was due to heart failure resulting from a compli cation if diseases. He had been in ill health for two years , but during" nearly all that time he took more or less ac tive part in the affairs of the church. Bishop Fowler's long life was filled with activity for the church and the cause of education. He was born in Burford , Ont. , in 1837. He was gradu ated from Syracuse university in JSf 9. After completing : his education he re moved to Chicago , where that profes sion. Entering the ministry at the con clusion of his law studies , he served as pastor of several churches in Chicago during the next twelve years , and "n 1872 Tvas elected president of North western university. He remained at the head of that institution four years and then became editor of the Chris tian Advocate in New York. He was made general missionary secretary of the church in 18SO , and four years lat er was elected bishop. The bishop suggested and inaugur ated the twentieth century thank offer ing of his church , whereby more than $20,000.000 was raised for the church. He also originated the open door emer gency commission , which eventuated in the great Cleveland convention , at which , with the bishop presiding , $235,000 was raised in a single even ing. While in Evanston , 111. , attending the institute he distinguished himself for heroism by being the leader of a volunteer life saving crew which faced death again and again in Lake Michi gan and at last succeeded in rescuing many passengers from the steamer Lady Elgin , which was wrecked two miles off shore. In 1868 he married Myra A. Hitch- rock , daughter of Rev. Luke Hitch cock , of Chicago. Disappointed Lover Ends Life. Herbert Kremer , son of President William N. Kremer , of the German- American Insurance company , of New York , Thursday shot himself in the apartments of Mrs. Lafayette B. Glea- son , who was formerly the wife of the clerk of the senate and secretary to the Republican state committee. Mother is 29 ; Son 40. Miss Filhelmina Crowford , of Low ell , Mass. , aged 29 , adopted in the su perior court as her son James Butler , aged -16. Miss Crawford , who is well to do. snys Butler's parents died when he was a boy. He was brought up .in her father's family. College President Going to Harvard. Frank G. Barnes , president of the Bloomington Illinois Wesleyan univer sity , resigned to take a graduate course at Harvard. He resigned the presidency of the Grand Prairie semi nary at Onargo to go to Bloomington. Fight Duel to Death. Mounted.cuntoms inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the dry bed of the Rio Grande river , near El Paso , Tex. . Thursday night , and both were killed It is supposed Men Fight for Jobs. Three hundred men , driven to des peration by hunger , again fought for jobs at the Cuyahoga plant of the American Steel Wire company in Cleveland , O. , Friday. i GERMAN POSTAL BANK PLAN. Government Decides to Introduce Check System. The German government has decid ed to establish a postal check system modeled after the Austrian system. The government proposed the intro duction of postal checks eight years ago but the reichstag demanded cer tain conditions which the go\eminent j wa tniuKlms to accept. The prespi.t ' system is to l > o put irt'i operation ' { decree , \\hich will lemain in fovcv till 1911. This will give the government time to accumulate sufficient data to serve at ; the basis for a general law on the subject. At present it is in tended to open check offices in only nine of the larger cities. These are Berlin , Breslau , Cologne. Dantsic , Frankfort , Hamburg , Hanover , Karls ruhe and Leipsic. Each person wishing to avail him self of the check system regularly rnu.it deposit 100 marks and always keep his balance up to that sum. He re ceives a number for his account , which must be used on all his checks Pay ments to his account may be made not only by other account holders , but by any other person at any postofiice in the imperial system. Payments upon account may be made by means of so- called pay cards , by ordinary postofiice money orders , or by means of transfer orders from other accounts. An account holder can ask to have ail moneys received at the postofiice for him carried to his account. He can draw against his account in mak ing payment to other account holders or to outsiders. In the latter case the postofiice will send the money to the receiver through a messenger. Small fees will be charged for various forms of service in 'connection with the serv ice. They are placed just high enough to cover the estimated cost of opera tion. Checks cannot be indorsed and passed from one person to another. A MILWAUKEE THAGEDY. George WIHoughhy Murders His Wife and Then Attempts Suicide. George Willoughby , aged 50 , mana ger of the Jewell & .Sherman com pany's coffee and spire mills in Mil waukee , early Friday shot and killed his wife at their home. After the mur der Willoughby fired two shots into his breast over the heart , and it is not be lieved he can recover. Willoughby confessed to the police that he had committed the murder because he was infatuated with another woman living in Chicago , whom he had been sup porting for some years Tie said he and his v.it'e qusnreled frequently ; ind to end all he had been planning a mur der and suicide for months. He first chloroformed his wife and then shot her. After killing hi wife and shooting himself Willoughby dragged himself Jounstairs to the basc-menl and open ed a side door so as to make it appear that burglars had committed the deed. He hid the revolver in a wall in the basement and then "phoned for the doctor. ATTACK OX PLUTOCRACY. Frenchman Quotes President in Con nection with Crusade. The Terns of Paris Thursday pub lishes an article on President Roosevelt from the pen of Andre Tardieu. its for eign editor , who has just returned to Paris from America , \\here he was received by Roosevelt three times. After picturing the president's youthful vigor and his love for strug gles against wrongs and abuses. Tar dieu quotes from the president's utter ances to him , especially in connection with his "crusade. " The president de clared his strugllc against plutocracy was because he was an enemy of so cialism and anarchy. "I am after my fashion a conserva tive , " Tardieu quotes Roosevelt as sav ing , "and it is for this I combat the abuses of plutocracy. I know that the people think I am a good patriot. I am not a sentimentalist. Let them at tack me. I will defend myself by ap pealing to the spirit of justice in th country. I will return the blows. " Score Arc Near Death. Two Chinamen are believed to have perished and scores of persons are suf fering from inhaling gas , eight places either were set on fire or were the scenes of explosions , and many per sons narrowly escaped death at Pitts- burg early Thursday as the 7'esult of a landslide which demolished the gas regulator house at Ben Avon , a sub- urb. { Itissian fjcatler is Shot. Dr. Karavnieft" . who was- leader of the group of toil in the second Rus sian Duma , was shot to death by 'wo men at his home in Yekaterinislav. The slayers were members of the re actionary organization. 'More Warships Arrive. The situation at Port an Prince con tinues tranquil. The American cruis er Des Moines and gunboat Paducah , and the English cruiser Cressy have arrived there. Thawed Out Dynamite. Two persons were killed outright and three others seriously injured at . Los Tanos , X. M. , on the El Paso and " Southwestern railroad Thursday , by an explosion of seven sticks of dyna mite which were being thawed in a stove. ij5 Road Reduces. Force. The Reading railroad Thursday in definitely suspended fifteen crews on account of a lack-of busir.&ss. \V\RXK Yorx < ; I/JVERK. Ccirnlj , fi : ; ! ; cVi5l ! > - < / < " ! . ' 1 lie.- . ' i - : i * ! i \i ' , . fJroomsith the I't t fr.xz of man hood on their iip- and "irVot'1 it ! i -i ; a though tlu-y "VmM "i- - \ ari"- 'shoetop skirts will havit v produce- positive evidence of their a e before they can wed in Omalia. un.ler a regu lation just promulgated by County Judge Leslie. The affidavit of the young man will no longer go with the license department , where there is any reason to doubt the couple are under age. age.The The reason for the rule was the marriage Tuesday afternoon by Judge Leslie of John K. Mershon. a barber at the Merchants hotel shop , and Goldie - die Houck. Mershon made an affidavit he was 21 years old , but Wednesday morning his mother. Mrs. Oliver Mer shon. called Judge Leis up by tele phone and told him the boy would be IS Thursday. The Nebraska law posi tively forbids the marriage of a boy under IS , consequently , if thr + moth er's statement is true the marriage is invalid. While the bride's mother and relatives were present at the ceremony , the groom's relatives knew nothing or it until after it had taken place. C ° - fore he tied the knt Judge Leslie asked the young groom his age and he answered veiy positively he was 21. COMMERCIAL CLUB f OXVENTION. Gcod AttetuSanee ; ; ( Annual Meet hi ; ; ; at Grand TihiurJ. The fourth annual convention of the Ni brf.ska Association of Commercial Ciubs was called to order at Graivl Island Thursday evening by President VI. M. TJushnell. of Lincoln , u good attendance being present for the open ing session. Bridgeport. Albion. Franklin. Fremont. Wahoo. Lincoln. Seward , Cairo , Grand Island. Fullerton - ton , North Platte ami Central City be ing represented. Mayor Schuff. of Grand Island , de livered the welcoming address on be half of the city and C. G. Ryan on be half'of the Grand Island Commercial club. Response was made by G. II. Gray , president of the Central City Commercial club. The question of "sewerage problems in smaller cities" was then taken up The session continued morning and af ternoon Friday and the convention Hosed with a dinner given by the local club Friday evening. PACIFIC ! MPi'ov-\MT\r . Vf'til Probably Build Xe\v Depot at Auburn. The superintendent of th Missouri Pacific Railroad company. Mr. Deb'er- nar/li. and General .Mi nas.v < M- ! 0. A. Gould wre in Au'-M'r. ri'tit'y ' ' ? - an appointment tVv had made w5t' the Commercial club of that o : y ir jrdt-r to talk over the rruch ror"1"- ! im provements on their line at t'int ' point The matter of the building of a no\\ freight or passenger depot came up and \\as discussed by the two official- : and the club. They assured the club that improvements would commence in the near future in the shape of a depot , but it is thought , however , that a freight depot \\ill be built and the present passenger depot remodeled anrl painted. The officials assured the Com mercial club that the improvements would be commenced soon and com pleted within the next two or three months at the most. ROBBER LEAVES COAT. - Took Off Overcoat to Do Work and't Forgot It. Emil Geissler , a farmer living north of Beatrice , was arrested Thursday on the charge of stealing grain and gaso line from the farm of W. H. Bowman. Geissler , in making his e-'cape from the Bowman farm with the stolen property , left his overcoat hanging tea a post not far from the barn. Letters written to Geissler were found in the garment , which led to his arrest. Several - eral shots were filer at Geissler when he drove away , but went wide of the mark. He was arraingned in Judge Walden's court at Beatrice on the charge of burglary , pleaded not guilty , and waived preliminary examination. In default of $500 bond he was re manded to jail. Geissler has a wife and six children. WOMAX AXI ) CHILD DESTITUTE. Seeking to Make Her Way to Oregon. Where Her Father Resides. In a destitute condition and accom panied by her 12-year-old son. .Mrs. R. H. Hickman of Hannibal. ? .Io. . ap plied at the police station in Omaha Wednesday night for shelter and was taken in charge by the matron for the night. Officer Davis was sent out and secured some food for the mother and ' son. Mrs. Hickman , is en route tj North Powder. Ore. , where her fat'-er resides. The authorises f Jlrii > - " ' > ? i' shipped her to St. J < x eph. where enough funds were given her to re-ieli > Omaha. ToEscape the Gallows. The supreme court Thursday after noon commuted the sentence of John C. Hamblin to life imprisonment. Ho was sentenced to death for the murde1 * of Rachael Engle. at Grand Inland , Aug. 3. 190G. The cour.t finds no re versible error in the trial proceeding" , but declares that Ilumblin shows trace * , i.f mental weakness. For Cattle Quarantine. Gov. Sheldon will go"tJ Washington at to endeavor to obtain federal aid in. quarantining counties o5 Nebraska against cattle diseases , instead of sub jecting the entire state to Government quarantine. The governor desires to carry out his recent quarantine proc lamation , which recognires clean and * * unclean counties , but the govern in or. t od regulations arc in opposit. > n to it. The - state aUo lacks fund : ; to < _ nfoco quar antine. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. In a Runaway Woman's Carriage Ccl- . lapses on Railroad Track. . While driving to town from tht homo of her j-arents , Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ipsen.-who re"ide southeast of Beatrice. Mrs. IJ. L. Silver had a thrilling experience with a runaway ta n. One of the horses got its foot over the btiTgy tongue , and in trying' I to rein's ? It. the team broke away . . . , , . . . . , . . f. , . .T - - ' , i , p t * , , , rood at a 'ir-y T OOA _ I'pon reaching a Rock ! i r cs sti 'i'VtI and fell. Arriving t ft fc - mp.MtP * 'tit'Mrs. . , Silver f-und ? ; . : cli an ctoi t that -he could not ex tricate it. The buggy stood in the middle of the track , and not far dis- tart a freight train was approaching. The only way out of the predicament lay in an .attempt to flag the train. IVing her gloves for this purpose , the train was brought to a standstill a few yards from where she stood. The trainmen came forward and re leased the horse from it s position. Mrs. Silver led the team back to her father's home , where it was found that the animal was injured about the legs , while the buggy was almost com pletcly smashed. IJURC.'LAIIS CATGUT. Men Who Robbed LumJjti' Yards m Valentin Apprehended. Two burglaries occurred at Valen tine Thursday and Saturday nights , the first one being at the Leduig lum ber yinls. which \\cvs visited Thurs day night Ly two men. Marks and Steanrrian. who stole a quantity of lumber artl cement. The man Marks was caught and jailed Saturday , but Steadman ha1disappeared. . The stol en stuff was found hidden in different place : about town. The second robbery was committed Saturday iiight , when Pettjvrew's gen era ! t-toro was broken into by a 20- yc-ar-old colored boy. named Solomon and'A a supply of Hour , bacon , tobacco and many other articles u hen discov ered by two citizens , who notified tht night ivarshall and he promptly ar- reMed the bry and put him in jail. I-'ORM XEW BODY. To be Knov. n as Xehra ka State AH- sx-iation. In order to become associated with the national organization the Northwest - j , west Bottlers' association in third annual - J nual session at Sioux City. la. . Tues day voted to abandon the present or ganization and formed a new organi-l ' zation known as the Nebraska State Bcttlers * association. F. J. Sodlacek of Spencer , was mada president : IJ. M. Goulding , of Omaha , | , secreuvy and treasurer : C. J. Marr of Fremont , and C. 15. Chesterman of j eioux City , trustees. A. L. Dose of ' Kansas City was president of the old Vorthwo t a s > ciation and J. C. Hart The Ne ra-1-a association will have ' , ibout eighty members. It will hold t < * first meeting at Fremont aboul MJ v L : TO PRISON. _ _ "leu'I 'v V < as for Murder of Franlt Jrmer. : ol' Norfolk. iTivrnor. I'o < * he has been sentenced. t i t - yen is in the penitentiarj' at hard labor for killing Frank Jarmer i year ago. Manslaughter was the verdict of the Jury at Norfolk and tha sentence imposed by Judge Welch Is the maximum limit. Judge Welch denied a new trial , Sentence has been suspended ten days until Boche's attorneys can file a pe tition with the supreme court for ar appeal. Ollieer Waits for Baker. Application has been made to Gov j Fholdon to honor a requisition to the I return \ to Kansas of George Baker , ! I who was released from the peniten tial y Monday. He was sentenced to the Nebraska prison for three years October 17. 19Uf > . He is wanted in , Kansa5 * on the charge of stealing a wagon and team. A-s-ss Insurance Stockholders. Judge Stewart of the district court at Lincoln Tuesday signed an order , " levying 1 an as es ment amounting to $27. < ' 00 against the stockholders of.0 the Mutual Mercantile Insurance ! company , \\hich recently went into the hands of M receiver. The assesst : | inent ranges from $1 to $175 against . ' e the policy holders. ! Boy Killed at Trenton. i Walter Hertz , son of J. W. Hertz. ' t was run over by Burlington passenger j E train at Trenton Saturday night and { instaiit'y killed. It was not known unI. I. I til about five minutes after it happened , but the general opinion is that it was accidental , while playing with some | other boys when the train was pulling out. s Norfolk Couple TCIope. Dr. J. II. McKay , formerly superin tendent of the insane hospital at Nor folk surprised his friends by suddenly Mis < ? Alice Mullen of Nor folk. The bride's parents did not 'crov.of t'ie marriage until after it ' .a over. I."r on niComplaint. ] . . " petition has-- ! ) n tiled uith the J a tate rail wry eon"1 mission I y a number f -Itfe 's of IVnt > n protesting against i'i * closing of the telegraph office at hat place , re-ulting in considerable trouble fcr shipper ? . Y/oinnn Hanjis Herself. A middle aged woman , giving the f name of Elvira Wells , supposed to be b from either Concordia or Belleville , 3t Kan. , killed herself at Fairbury Tues- J clcy by hanging. Her actions while alive wera peculiar. A Jsirv Gives Verdic-t for Girl. It tool : a. jury in the district court < > Fremont faturdcy afternoon only a few minutes to decide that John Hein- drick-'ori owed his daughter. Anna Ileindrlckr > n. 5-100. 'money which he had received from the man who had ruined her. > FVijht : Service Restored. Numerous letters are being receiv- sey ly thinihvay commission to the 1 3 , Tv > ' \ t'nt t'l- fn ; n Pacificis put- - / tins K.-k st * f " . -t trains on the brauch 11 ie-5. , | ' ) A inrtti ! tnvl s council has Txn crgan-- izpd at Bininerd. Main. A I.ilior pap-- iu tlif F.VT-II I.in-agc- lias been started at Montreal , l-anada. The corner stone of the newr l.ii ) ' r tem ple ha > boon laid in Kansas Lity. Mo. The ten-hour workday lav for women * in the State of Oregon has been declared ! constitutional. The print ing trade in Canada employs * , almost 10,000 people at au annual wage- list of $3,340SSTi. There are in Great Britain , at the pres ent time , from 300.000 to 300,000 persons- working in metals. Kansas Oily ( Mo. ) labor unions hope- to be able to occupy their new labor tem ple by next Labor day. Twenty-three internationals in this , country paid out sick benefits amounting : to $ ( KJ.-IH.GI ; : : ; last year. Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers' Tniori. of Boston is to have a weekly paper io. Yiddish for its members. A Taunlon ( Mass. ) city ordinance re quires the eight-hour day and wage scale- of $ 2 a day for laborers. L A union to he composed of street la borers , in San Francisco , Cal. , is a possi bility of the cear future. An ordinance requiring the fortnightly payment of city laborers was recently passed at Concord , N. II. A State factory inspector has been ap pointed from the ranks of organized la bor at Newport News , Va. Washington State Federation of Labor- has just indorsed woman suffrage for the- first time. The vote was unanimous. The Kentucky State Federation conven tion recommended several labor measures * which are now before the Legislature. Minneapolis ( Minn. ) unions are pre paring to take a decided stand for the * wage scales and agreements this spring. Loom Fixers' National Association rep resents an almost absolute organizations of the men of the craft throughout thc- country. Last year Iicgina , Canada , had one- union f twenty members ; at present the- city has twelve unions with over 40O members. Literature published by the A. F. of Lv is to be translated into Yiddish , to bo used fer educational purposes among im migrants. Local Union No. 105 , Cigarmakers' In ternational Union of Philadelphia , has invested j $12.000 in n mortgage on realty in that city. Tke mayor of Key West , Fla. , is en forcing the child labor law by appointing : a police officer to see that the children * / attend school. A local union of lay figure makers has * been instituted in Brooklyn , N. Y. It will be chartered by the American Fed eration f Labor. Cornwall ( Canada ) Union of the In ternational Steam Shovel and Dredge En gine * favors amalgamation with the As sociated Brotherhood. The Metal Polishers , Buffers , Platers' and Brass and Silver Workers' Union international i : biennial convention will be held in Boston in August , 1900. Tke Kansas State Federation of Labor , , which was organized last August , now hag- affiliated over 120 organizations , embrac ing a membership of more than 6,500. South Carolina State Federation of La bor is considering the matter of having ES- committee at the State Legislature to look : after the interest of labor legislation. Nevr York Stereotypers' Union No. 1 has started a movement to create a fund ? for the purpose of erecting a monument to be known as a labor temple in New York City. During the period of ten months , 320 * new charters have been . granted by the- American Federation of Labor , which i&- an increase of 140 over the same period ? of last year. The West Virginia State Federation of Labor convention , in session at Huntington - ton , adapted a resolution demanding an ? extra session of the Legislature to pass- remedial mining laws. Textile workers have issued over sixty charters since the last convention in October - tober ( , 190(5. and will no doubt show sev- eral thousand increase in membership * when the per capita tax begins to cornsV in. r The acquisition by the international anct local unions of Chicago of a new build ing , will accommodate the twenty-two Chicag * locals of railway employes , be sides providing permanent officers for the- international officials. An important federation has beer > formed in England , called an "Associa tion of Wood Working Trade Unions. " " It is composed of seven of the great unions outraged in the wood-working in dustry , consisting of 81,900 members. Under the new law which has just Kone into effect in Massachusetts it is = unlawful ; for any person or corporations tgjrequire an employe to work on Sunday unless the employe is allowed twentj--four- consecutive hours without labor during : the six days ensuing. The cigarmakers of Minneapolis will * ry the plan of organizing a banking' yrystem on a small scale , to handle the- funds of the union and individual mem bers. They have been encouraged to this jtep by the operations of a loan fund > /hich they established some time ago. The Shop Assistants' Union of Sydney , , Australia , has resolved that steps be taken to join with kindred societies in > M ther states , with the object of establish ing a federation of shop assistants. The legislative committee of the Ar kansas State Federation of Labor is ac- jd lively looking after labor interests at the- Legislature. The State Federal"r La- or is gaining strength by new affiliai. Ilcports to the New York and New Jersey Moral Tr-'dps Association show that S.Of'f ) c .Is ' U.U'JJ members are out of
