THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
VALEXTIXE , XEB.
t. 3f. RfCTE
, - - - - Publisher.
IRATVHID'E WIPED OUT
3 > ESTUOYS ( JUSTNESS POK-
TFO-V OF 31IX1XG TOWX.
Many Buildings JJUnvn Up to Check
Progress of the Flames Fund of
5,000 is Jtuised and Ilelicf Train
Started from Keno.
Three thousand people homeless , a
Bcore or more injured and a property
loss of over $750,000 is the result of a
disastrous fire at Rawhide , Xev. ,
which started at 9 o'clock Friday
Tnorning in Dr. Gardner's office located
in the Rawhide Drugcompany's build-
Ing. Fanned by a gale the fire swept
rapidly south and east to Balloon ave
nue and up Rawhide avenue to within
fifty yards of the People's hospital.
Over a ton and a half of dynamite
was used in the demolition of build
ings which in a measure stayed the
flames' progress. The volunteer fire
department and 500 miner volunteers
"worked heroically , but on account of
"the inllammable construction of the
buildings they were swept away like
tinder.
At 11 o'clock the business portion of
ZRawhidc was a smoldering mass of
ruins , tlie llames being finally checked
south of Balloon avenue.
Wild excitement prevailed and the
scenes that occurred were the same
as at Golflfield in July , 1900 , at the
fire of Cripple Creek in April , 1S9C.
and during other big conflagrations in
mining comps. Many people were
slightly injured , but none seriously.
jMany acts of heroism are recorded.
A famine was feared as all the sup
ply houses and grocery stores were
wiped out. A subscription list was
-started and in a few minutes over"
§ 5,000 was raised and a relief train
started from Reno at 4 o'clock carry-
Jng thousands of pounds of food and
bedding.
All the mining towns of the state
came quickly to the assistance of the
Rawhide sufferers with cash contri
butions.
.TORDAX MAKES COXFESSIOX.
Uoston Butcher Arraigned in Police
Court.
But few points in connection with
the horrible and grewsome murder
of IMrs. Honorah Jordan , an actress ,
aed 23 , of Boston , by her husband ,
Chester S. Jordan , remain to be clear
ed up by the police. . The confession
of the husband is believed to be a sub-
.stantial recital of the ihcidents of the
brutal crime , but several minor derails
of his confession .conflicted with each
other , and his story is unconnected in
i parts. When arraigned In police court
Jordan pleaded not guilty to the
charge of murder. The case was continued -
, . tinued until Sept. 11 and Jordan war
" Demanded to jail.
3IAXY GIRLS IX A PAXIC.
"Vire on Fifth Floor of a Xew York
Skyscraper.
Four hundred young women employed -
ployed on the upper floors of a twelve-
story building at G52 Broadway , X. Y. .
lccame panic stricken Friday when a
fire on the fifth floor filled the stair
ways so full of smoke that they were
jmpassable. A number of frightened
.girls jumped to the roof of an adjoin-
Jjng building a story or more below and
were injured. Many girls were faint-
jing or unconscious when the elevators
reached the ground floor. Others
j-vvere hysterical with fright and creat
ed great commotion by their screams.
Suit to Ret-over Road Lands.
Suit to recover lands granted the
, Oregon and California Railway com-
ipany , now controlled by the Southern
Pacific company and valued at over
$40,000 , was begun Friday by Special
Assistant to the Attorney General B.
'D. Townsend , on behalf of the United
'States government.
To "Withdraw Alabama Troops.
It has been announced that all the
K.
troops at Birmingham , Ala. , will be
to
sent to their home towns within a few
tdays. This decision followed a. rati
fication by the local miners' union con
vention of the action of the' national
officers in calling off the strike.
Xotttl Labor Leader Dead.
Frank P. Sargent , commissioner of
Immigration of the department of
'commerce and labor , died in Wash
ington , D. C. , Friday. Aged 54 years , F.
Calls an Extra Session. by
Gov. Hanly has issued a call for an
It
extra session of the Indiana legislature
tto meet Sept. 18 , to consider county
local option law.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
, $5.50 @ 5.75. Top hogs , $ G.GO. gar
John A. Hall Dead.
John A. Hall , of Springfield , Mass. .
president of the Massachusetts Mutual nyM.
Mo.
X.ife Insurance company , died in London -
of
: don Thursday. Death was caused by
lots
heart failure. v
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Chicago Merchant Dead.
Emanled Mandel , first vice presi
dent of the firm of Mandel Bros. , one
'of Chicago's most successful mer [ rt
chants , died Thursday at Basel , Swit cli :
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flODY HACKED TO PIECES.
Boston Police Find Kenniin.s of Ac-
trt'.ss in Trunk.
The most brutal crime committed in
Greater Boston since the death of Su
san Geary , a chorus girl , four years
ago , and one much resembling it in its
details , was disclosed Thursday night
by the discovery of the torso of Mrs.
Honorah Jordan , an actress , aged 23
yearsof Somerville , in a trunk in a
boarding house at Xo. 7 Hancock
street , jn Brvioon hill , Boston , Mtisr.
Later the head and bones of the limbs
were found in the furnace of the Jor
dan home at Somerville and the scalp ,
hair and other remains were taken
from the kitchen range of , the house.
Chester Jordan , aged 29 years , an
actor of Somerville , is held by the
police charged with the murder , and
Thursday night , according to the of
ficers , he made a complete confession
of the crime.
According to Jordan's confession he
accidentally killed his Avife Thursday
in a quarrel at their home and be
coming desperate over what he had
done he went out and bought a butch
er's knife and hack saw , cut up the
body and placed the torso in a trunk.
He then planned to take the steamer
Harvard for Xew York and throw the
parts of the body oA'erboard. The fact
that the Hartford was laid off , owing
to an accident , disarranged his plans
and he was obliged to hire a hack-
man to take the trunk to a Boston
boarding house to await a more faA'or-
able opportunity.
The discovery of the crime was due
to the suspicions of the hackman , Jas.
Collins , Avlio had in mind the numer
ous robberies which have taken place
about Boston recently and , surmising
from its Aveight that the trunk con
tained silverware , notified the police.
Collins reported that he had taken
the trunk from the north station
train , it having come in from Somer- j
A'ille on a local train.
COLOR LIXE DRAWX.
Sjmiiiish Veterans Favor Separate
Camps for Xegroes.
The drawing of the color line in the
organization of the United Spanish
War Veterans at Boston , Mass. , Avas
the most conspicuous of the conven
tion proceedings. This action . Avas
brought about through a resolution
declaring the Charles M. Thomas camp
of Washington , D. C. , "unattached. "
Commander in Chief Hale left his
chair at the convention Wednesday
night to defend the resolution and ho
was vigorously opposed by members
of the colored camp from the floor.
The commander in chief explained
that it Avas the policy of the national
body to have all colored camps un
attached until such time as the col
ored camps could become a depart
ment for themselves. He acknowl
edged that the charter for the partic
ular camp placed the camp on * the
same footing as Avhite camps in the
department of the District of Colum
bia , but explained that the charter had
been granted by mistake.
XEW FEAT WITH AIRSHIP.
\Vriglit Machine Rises in night With
out Aid.
Wilbur Wright made a ten-minute
flight at Leinans , France , Thursday at
an altitude of 75 feet and covered six
miles. A second attempt made later
Avas a failure owing to troubles with
the motor.
The French experts were greatly
stonished at the demonstration given
by Mr. Wright of his ability to leave
the ground again after having1 touched
it. It has been supposed that it was
impossible for him to launch his ma
chine Avithout the starting apparatus.
This fact practically assures Mr.
Wright the prize for high flight. One
of the conditions is that the machine i
t
shall leaA'e the ground without the use
of outside help.
Arkansas Roads Score.
Federal Judge A'andeventer Thurs
day granted the injunction requested
by the St. Louis , Iron Mountain and .
Southern and three other railroads ,
operating in Arkansas , restraining the
Arkansas state railroad commission
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from enforcing the new 2-cent fare ,
law and from interfering with the railroad - '
road in raising their freight rates on
interstate traffic.
Thaw Must Stay in .Tail.
Justice Morescauser refused Thursday - ,
day to grant an order transferring H.
. Thaw from the Duche. s county jail
some other institution. The appli
cation for the order was made by the
counsel for Sheriff Canley , of Pough-
keopsie. X. Y..who alleged the jail was
not a proper place to keep a prisoner
who was committed as insane.
Mystery in Shooting. X
An American woman , kcown at the
ri
Paris hotel Avhere she lived as Marion | cj
. Colfolt. of Xow York , made an un
successful attempt to commit suicide it
shooting Thursday. She fired two its
bullets from a revolver into her breast.
is believed she Avill recover.
Mrs. Field is a Bride.
Mrs. Mashal Field , jr. , of Chicago ,
was married at Westminster register } '
office Thursday morning to Maldwin
Drummond. second son of the late Edgar
A. Drummond , of London.
Cannot Open Ballot Boxes.
A writ of prohibition Avas granted
nythesupremc court at Jefferson City ,
. . , Thursday to prevent the opening
the ballot boxes containing the ballots ing
cast at the recent primary elec as
tion.
Frost in Indiana. .
Frost Thursday night was reported I "I
from points in central ud northern In- 1 TT
diana. Xo particular damar was
done. - zn
AEROXAUT FALLS r 0 ( ) FEET.
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j DaringXew ] Yorker Killed at Water
j villo. Ms.
I In full view of 2,500 horrified spec
tators assembled on t.he central Maine
fair grounds at Watci-ville , Me. , Wednesday -
nesday , Charles Oliver Jones , the well
known aeronaut , of Hamilton , X. Y.
fell a distance of 500 feet to his death.
Among UIQ witnesses of the frightful
plunge Avere Mrs. Jones and child , and
they were Che firs * to reach thf dying
ni.in. TI i noronaut died , .in hour and
a half after the accident.
Jones had been at the fair grounds
with his dirigible balloon "Boom
erang" since Monday. He arranged
to make a flight between 3 and 4
o'clock , but a strong wind prevented.
However-at 4:30 o'clock he gave the
word to have the machine released.
When the aeronaut reached a height
of more than 500 feet the spectators
were amazed to see small tongues of
flames issuing from under the gas
bag in front of the motor. Many persons -
sons endeavored top , apprize Jones of
his danger , but it was several minutes
before he noticed the fire. Then he
grasped the rip cord , and by letting
out the gas endeavored to reach the
earth. The machine had descended
but a short distance when a sudden
burst of flame enveloped the gas bag
and the framework. Jones fell from
the frame work of his motor. The
physicians found that Jones had no
chance to survive , as he Avas injured
internally and his spine was broken.
Jones had trouble with his balloon
Tuesday on account of cold Aveather
Monday night , which caused a number
of leaks through the contraction of
the gas bag. It is thought the bag
leaked again Wednesday and a spark
from the motor caused tlie disaster.
BOMBSHELL FOR FRAXCE.
Germany's Change of Front Regard
ing Morocco Causes a Sensation.
The action of Germany in breaking
up the concert of the powers with re
gard to Morocco , by notifying the sig-
n.tors of the Algeciras act that she
considered the actual situation demands - . '
mands the immediate recognition of
Mulai Hafid , the usurping sultan of
Morocco , has fallen like a bomb shell
in Paris , and a feeling approaching
consternation is manifested in official
circles.
The notifiction , Avhich Avas made I
verbally , is not accompanied by any
explanation of Germany's "brutal
change of front. " as it is termed here
and in government circles the action
of Germany and the dispatch to Fez
of Dr. Massel , Germany's consul at
Tangier , can no longer be disassoci
ated.
The officials can see in Germany's
action only the virtual proclamation
of her intention to disregard the Al-
gc-ciras act and seek a special position
in ATorocco for herself. The consequences
quences both from an international
and French standpoint are expected
to be deplorable. |
LUMBER CUT GROWIXG.
CoA'crnmciit Report Shows Increase ol
Two and a Hair Billion Feet.
Figures of the lumber cut in 1907
complied by the bureau of the census
and the forest service , at Washington
shows the largest total ever reportec
in the United States , exceeding bj
more than 7 per cent , the cut reportec
in 190G , until then the record year
In 1907 2SS50 mills made returns
and , their production Avas more thar
10,000,000,000 feet of lumber. In 190 (
23,398 mills reported about 37,500-
000,000 feet.
Although lumber prices have beer
steadily going up during the last hall
century , the per capita consumptior
of lumber has also been going up. Ir . .
1S50 , according to the best figures ob-
tainable , the average consumption tc
each person in the country was 25C
feet , in 1900 4CO feet and in 1907 4Sf tlS
feet. S
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"Dry" Leader Opposes Hughes. eiP"
A proposal to nominate Gov. Hughes P"
which was made at the slate prohibition - '
tion j comention at Syracuse , X. Y. .
Avas opposed by Aaron S. Watkins , oi
Ohio , the party's candidate for vice
president. Mr. Watkins took the Ta
. a
ground that the com'ontion should OA
make a straight out party nomination OAhi
hibi
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To be Eastern Manager. m
Robert E. Iludspeth. chairman o ) 1)3
, .
the Xew Jersey state democratic com- (
su
mittee , announced Wednesday that he . ,
had been appointed and accepted
the position of vice chairman of the
national democratic committee and
that he will be the eastern campaign fo
manager for Bryan. foOl
Recover from October "Panic. oof
The Trust Company of America , ol se
Xew York , upon Avhich a sensational fn
run Avas precipitated during the finanfu '
cial panic of 1907 , has managed its
business so successfully as to enab-t
to pay off a loan of $25,000,000 in
entirety. | D
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To Bore Oil Well in Lake. th
Monterey , Mexico , capitalists Avill in
form an oil company to exploit an al Th
leged discovery of oil in Lake Tamia- Xe
hua district in the state of Tamauli- CO
pas. The prospect is within the con he
fines of the lake , which is located near ca
Co1
the Dos Bocas. '
Grain Merchant Commits Suicide.
L. B. Gibbs , of Grand Forks , N. D. , ; ng
president of the Gibbs Grain and Fuel ivas
company , committed suicide by shoot a s
himself. Business worry is given log
the cause. do
Chum of "II nek Finn" is Dead.
Judge Bacon , chum of the original ; aAA
"Huck Finn , " made famous by Mark est
Twain , died at Hannibal , Mo. , Tues $1 ,
day. He was a member of "Tom of >
lawyer's gang. ' sec
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5Iinsc3S' at His HCJIP.
S. P. Peterson , aged about 55. the
father of seven children , comniited
suicide in his home in Grand Island
by ' Fho&ting himself. The bullet en
tered the right temple. One shot was
sufficient and death was instantane
ous. Peterson has for the las-1 four
years been a widower. Ever since his
wife clied he has been somewhat de
spondent. The death of his mother-
in-law , following within six months
of tor that of his wife , and after she
had j begun to keep house for him. and
illness in his family , added to the
man's cares and he became gloomy.
Coming home from the city and pass
ing i through his yard , he remarked tea
a daughter that she should be a good
girl , he would soon be doad. The
girl thought little of the remark , but
was terrified when a few moments
later she heard a shot in the upper
rooms of the house. Immediate in-
A'estigation disclosed that he had gone
up , removed his shoes.JaAv down on
the floor , his head pillowed on an old
coat , and ended all. The older of the
' '
children''are married. The youngest
is 9 years of age. Ho Avas a member
of the Ancient Order of United Work
men and leaA'es some insurance and
some property. He was at one tim < -
the most successful transfer man in
the city , and still ran a hack line.
CEMEXT TAXK IlOl"S3i ] COLLAPSES
Five Persons in Buildinir at the Time
Seriously Injured.
The cement block house at Ognllala.
Avith a metal tank on top , containing :
sixty baivols of water , collapsed at
Peter Girman's residence. There Avero
five personin ; the tank house Avhen it
happened. All are injured. Mr. Gir-
man is badly bruised on the chest and
head. 1 His 10-year-old boy had his
log 1 crushed , necessitating amputation
beloAv 1 : the knee. His other boy. 7
years old , had his collar bone broken
and Avas bruised. The hired man.
Frank Kalwiet. had his leg crushed
and Avas otherwise injured. Amputa
tion at the hip joint was necessary and
recover } ' is ? doubtful. Alfred Fen-
strum , a stone mason , Avas helping Mr.
Girman connect water pipes into the
tank. He Avas bruised on the head and
body and his shoulder dislocated. Dr.
Hollingsworth , the only one here now.
has sent for a surgeon to assist Avith
the amputations. There are -wo other
resident physicians , but boti- are ab
sent.
CARELESSXESS
Wreck on Xorthweslern Xear Kilgore
Investigated.
The coroner's jury , after being in
session at Valentine two days and
making a throuogh investigation , in
nV
Avhich time they A'isited the scene or
the ! Avreck , reached the following A'er-
dict :
"Malcomb H. Hakwins , Foster
Speas and George Kennedy.
"That the said above named parties
came : to th'eir death from injuries re-
ceiA'ed in a rear end collision on the
cIT
morning of Aug. 30 , 19OS , at about
3:40 a. m. , about three-fourths of a
3n
miles Avest of Kilgore , Cherry county ,
Xebraska , on the Chicago and Xorth-
western railroad , the accident being
caused , in our opinion , through the
criminal negligence of the officials , the
train dispatcher and trainmen of the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad.
In testimony whereof the said jurors
haA'e hereunto set their hands , the day
and year aforesaid. "
Crawfqrd from West Point.
James C. Crawford , Avho has lately
been appointed assistant surator of
the Xational Museum at Washington ,
is a native of West Point , the son of
the late Judge James C. Crawford.
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His promotion is a source of great
gratification to his fellow citizens at
West ( Point. He has been in the gov
ernment service five years , and is a
pupil of Prof. Lawrence Brunor. state
entomologist of Xebraska.
Child Fatally Unrned. j
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The little child of George Daily , of
Wilcox , Avas fatally burned by pulling
lighted lamp over on itself , the oil
overflowing and catching fire. The
hired girl had her hands severely
burned in putting out the flames. Thex
mother , Avho was confined to her be'd
'
by illness at the time of the accident -
dent , is in a ser/ous condition ns a re
sult of her sickness and shock due to
tb.3 accident.
"Commoner's" Campaign Fund.
Chas. W. Bryan has sent a check }
for $2,000 to Gov. C. X. Haskell. of \
Oklahoma , comprising the receipts-
over expenditures in the Commoner
office from July 2-f to Sept. 1. He als-o
sent a check for $320 as the receipts- j
from fifty-nine contributors to tin
fund.
Adventists Meet in Hastings. -
The camp meeting of the Seventh
Day Adventists in HeartweH park. ' .
Hastings Avhich opened Thursday
e\ening , promises to attract from om--
third to one-half of the entire denom
ination ; in this state before it is over
The present number of Adventists ii
Xebraska isapproximating 2.500. Statr
conference headquarters are locato- '
here and the facilities for this yea : * ,
samp meeting are bettor than ever be
fore. . " .
Farmer Has Lrg Crushed.
A farmer namt-d Chris Paulson , liv- .
seven miles southeast of Minderi , {
1 seriously injured by falling" inf \
seeder which he was operating. Hi-
was dangerously crushed , but the
lectors tliink they can save the limb. : ,
Xehvaskn Fair Races.
The largest crowd for many years-
* the state fair races. Chief inter -
centered in the 2:35 tret , purse
1,000 , which was Avon in the fast tim -
2:16 ! i by Jercmfph. with Twin T :
iecond and Cr t. Audrey third.
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O/T Micriji.I3i.ive. . or aiui 4J > n
testant l'tr Homestead.
AL the point-df a 38 Colt revolve
j j Mrs. Vena Taylor , a little 90-ror.nd
woman living on a homestead near
Drewster. put to rout a party of elpim
jumpers , who. in the absence "f tin-
little woman's husband , attempted to
take possession of their homestead. As
the result of her 'nerve , tluTaylors :
still have possession of the ranch ,
while the "jumpers" are the laugh'ng
stock of the community.
Four years ago the Tavlois inove'l
from Omaha and took up a claim.
Government land was plentiful at that
tim > and \vis not ef much value , r-ut
in the last three years the land has
increased in A-alue until today > t is
wcrth $10 to $ l , " per acre. The Xe
braska homesteads contain 'J40 acre1 ? ,
and th Tr.ylor homestead is .vorth
from SG.JOO to $8,000.
tirno after the T-iylor1 ; made
entry t.n the claim. Samuel Alanin ,
-a claim adjoining the Taylor
property , filed a contest on the Taylor
homestead. The local laid office ce-
. Mleil in favor of Taylor , who inime-
diato'y besmn the cnnstryt-tion of a ,
houre and barn on the claim.
Several months aero Mart'n r.skod a
rehearing , and to the < = ! rpiise of the
the care AvasJocIded in hi5 ?
fav : r. The Taylors imv.ccuate'y look
an appeal and there th. case ivsted.
But bad luck came to vfsi- the Tay-
! ' > r honp tead this pprinj : and h. ; was
a heavy Icsor through the death of so
many 01" his horses anci 'Vtltlr that Ir ?
found it necessary to go to the city to
v ork for ready ca = h.
j i That v.c. iTar in's chance and ho
prncteded in a n > ugh---ho.l : wny to take
possession of the ranch Martin appeared -
peared at thr * Taylor honis and toM
Taylor he intended to make : i
fs--vfy of his property. AIr . Taylor
-'rned ther-i r > ri the plai . and Martin
V.'t Avitho it Micceedintc in his ob i-c-t ,
but told tu- ! ' little WOT.I.I.I that h.
vculd return later.
And he did so. Martin , accompa
nied by the surveyor and the sheriff.
came to the Taylors' and announced
that they would begin right then. The
surveyor unslung his sextant and got
ready for work.
Then Mrs. Taylor Avalked into the
house and a moment later she reap'-
peared. The surveyor looked up ju.it
as the muzzle of a revolver rose to a
level Avith his eyes.
"Take your machine and get out of
this place. " calmly said Mrs. Taylor. '
And the surveyor "got. "
"Arrest her. Mr. Sheriff ! " yelled
Martin. "What did I bring you out
hero for ? "
"You are under arrest madam , "
shamefacedly raid the sheriff.
"Whore's your Avarrant ? " dcmandol
the irate woman.
"Oh , I'll got one Avhen AVO get back
to town. " said the sheriff.
"Whenever you got a Avarrant for
me you can serve it Avithout any trou
ble. Until then , you get off the place
or I'll put a bullet through you. " am :
the sheriff suddenly found himself
covered by the gun.
Then the sheriff joined the surAeynr
out in the road. Martin held
ground for a moment , but whn ho
saw thegun swing into line Avith his
own head. he. too , "got. " ami Mrs.
Taylor , was left in undisputed posses
sion of the ranch.
BT7I1XS FIXDS EXOUGII WATER.
Tests ? .lade at Grand Island Slum
Supply is Sufficient.
Tests of three new wells at Grand
Island , dug by Contractor Joseph
Bm-ns. of Lincoln , under a stipulation
that he is to furnish 2.000,000 gallons
of water daily , indicate that the water
shortage days are over in Grand Isl tr
and. The compressors involved in the tr
plan were tested on tAvo of the wells st
stui
and a big flow of water was shown , a ui
stream being thrown twont feet out izi
of a six-inch opening. The reservoir , sii
constructed in connection with the Bl
improvements i has its ,
, undergone second - en
end test and found to leak about an enw
inch i an hour. Though this is a great en
improvement : over the first test. The
reservoir holds about 400.000 gallons
anJ it is believed that the present fig
leaking is largely Foepage caus d in th
part ] by the mmense pressure of the in
water. Xo difficulty , it is believed , pr
will be met in remedying this defect. in
The improvements will be made by a. lee
direct levy , slightly
increasing city tin
taxes this year , thus avoiding a bond
3.7
issue and an increase of the debt.
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Prtcr Jensen's Body Found.
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The body of Peter Jensen. Avho Avas im
drowned in the Platte river June ' .2 , in
\vas recovered neir Plattsmouth Mon
day afternoon. Jensen was working
: n the Eurlinntcn bridge , and wns Gr
thrown cff a Iiari-e. g-a
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Struck by Automobile. of
While crossing the street in the bus bers
iness section at Grand Island. George th
-hioefer. a. cobbler , was run down by bers
in autormbilo. the machine , driven by soc
Mr. Fn-.ith knocking him down and ity
him.
runnirg over cai
im
C:1 ! ! Coat SI : fks. tion
William McEiwain , a prosperous sal
Jori ; county farmer , examined his me
leltls cf corn an.3 states that the ears and
f corn rro making a more rapid dcv
JiYM.-tli than the shuck and that ears the
tre protiufin-j two to three and most
pay
.crfevit ears c Corn ever raised. of
ra71C'jtrocl by Fire.
A rmall ban. owned by William L. litl
\ewby..rf T rien < i , wa- destroyed by jody
ro. The ruildln ? with all its con- ( XX
orU Tm - r 7uneJ. .Loss paitly coved -
one
ed ty iosutar.ce. stn
]
s . - f Teachers. lave
The cch'.els cf Deilrire and most of P i
-Iicse in ib.3 c nntry opened Monday , sac
thoi.o i ie : > rrr scarcity < Tf teach- for
re in tha cnrrPT. rf'.ein rchools havmit
ig as yc-tfp:2'I to r-rr-zre the quality : ated (
A new union of carpenters has ! 3 =
formed at Virtues , Torte Rico.
Scottish blacksmith * are
of the members as to affiJt. !
Lr.bor partj.
a labor bureau on the
The membership of the British Pro
vincial Association of Cotton Spmneis10.
of 1,041 on the jcar. .
18,143 , an increase ,
The Marine , 'Longshoremen and ' f
port Workers' Association has decided to.
increase its per capita tax from o to 1O-
cents.
The German ironmasters threaten tc >
close down all iron works because o ?
skilled labor's refusal to accept reductions-
in wages.
San Francisco ( Cai. ) Iron Trade *
Council will vote on a proposition to join *
the recently formed International Meta-
Trades Association.
The recent Scottish Trade Union Con
gress passed resolutions in favor of old-
age pensions and in favor of compulsory-
intervention in labor disputes.
The Scotch Shipbuilding Employers-
Federation and the men's union are ar
ranging for a joint agreement , and tf& >
men's union has appointed seven well-
known representatives to draft a consti
tution.
During June the average number em
ployed daily at the docks and principa *
wharves in London was 12.049 , a de
crease of o.l per cent , as compared with ,
a month ago , and of 0.2 per ceiit , as-
compared with June , 1007.
The eight-hour demonstration in I'.ris-
bane. ! Australia , recently was. marked by
the participation for the first time in tho-
history ! of tlie day of organized women ,
workers. The new rcc-ruits repre. ntecl
the Clothing Trade Female Employes' .
Union.
The officials of the International Braso-
Molders' Union , which was organized Oc
tober , 1004 , report that their member
ship has now reached 10,000 in this coun
try. The union has established a sick :
benefit fund , and also a death and burial
fund.
In Wheeling. W. Va. , there are over-
forty stogie factories. All of them are
union shops. In them over SOO stogio-
makers , all union men , are employed , and ,
in addition to these , between 4.00 and GOC'
iia
apprentices , not to mention , the several
hundred tobacco .workers employe ! iu > .
Wheeling as a result of the stogie indus-
* L\ .
By referendum vote the various photo-
engravers' unions have agreed to levy aru
assessment of $2 on each member to raiso-
a fund that shall be used to maintain ao >
establishment in which members of th&
trade who may be affected Avith tubonvi-
losis may be treated. How this placeJio-
to be establish and kept up is to be de
cided by the international body.
Tlie United Railway Men's organiza
tion of the State of Xew York , which ii >
a legislative body made up of members of
the five railroad brotherhoods , will hold a *
special meeting at which a resolution will
be passed demanding an amendment to
the law creating the State and city public-
service boards , providing for the appoint
ment of a representative of labor on both
boards.
At Xew Bedford , Mass. , three unions ,
of carpenters and joiners have appointed1
i committee to examine applications for
admission into either union. The appli
cant must demonstrate by working out
fifteen or twenty problems with his tools , ,
and if he can do that he is admitted , oth
erwise rejected. Tin's rule has beec *
adopted because of many complaints that
membership * in a union is not absolute
proof of competency.
Shoemakers were among the first of tho-
trades to organize a union in this coun
try ; also among the first to engage in.
strikes. In the fall of 1792 the pioneer-
union of the shoe workers was
organ
ized in Philadelphia. * It
grew to be con
sidered a power , and in 179G a strike in
all the shops of the city was ordered to
enforce a demand for an increase of
wages. ; It lasted but a few days , the-
employers recognizing the demand.
The Bureau of Labor has made public
figures gathered by an investigation of
the principal wage working occupations
4.169 establishments ,
representing the-
principal manufacturing and mechrniral
industries i of the country. The data col
lected , it is asserted , demonstrates t\t
average wages an hour in 1907 were-
per cent higher than in 1900 : the-
regular ; hours of labor a week were A-
cent lower than in 1900. and the-
number of employes in the establishments-
investigated was 1 per cent greater tharu
1900.
A league of
carpenters known
as the-
Gran Liga de Carpentros has been or
ganized : in the City of Mexico for pur I
poses : of mutual protection. The by-laws-
- *
the association provide that alf mem
work to obtain
full
remuneration for-
their ( services and to"
to"prevent
prevent the mem
from being unfairly treated. The as I
sociation aims at temperance and moral
among the workmen and will start a
campaign for shorter hours of work. An
important feature is that
strong opposi
is to be made
to
any difference in.
salary between foreign and native work
men. Aid will be
extended
to members ? ,
their families in cases of sickness
or
death. In addition
to
the
regular fee * . .
members will , whenever
necessary , .
; a strike fee for the aid and benefit-
-
strikers. :
The movement for
perfecting an aaial- .
Carnation of the
various branches
of the * ,
'
lithographers' unions
into one central
will mean the
merging of over 100-
) members of the lithograph trades intk
organization , which will have great
strength throughout the United States
Hebrew painters of Cambridge. Mak
presented a signed1 >
request to
' the "
minters'
district council of astern
Massachusetts
-
sachusetts
for a Hebrew union
charter-
that city. The question -
has
bepa
ub-
-
nitted to
a referendum
vote of the affil-
locals under the -
international
broth-
srhood law to that effect. -
