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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27
A Gold Nine in a City.

The residents of Providence, r. l.,
are astonished at the fact that people
are digging for gold right in the heart
of their city. On the 18th of February
last lal ge fire occurred in Providence
and among the buildings destroyed
was that Of large manufacturing firm.
The mass of rubbish and earth that
covered the site of the building has
been carefully guarded ever since, and
now the firm has begun to mine for its
gold and silver after the old California
method of sluice washing. An engine
pumps water for the sluiceway from
pond few numbered yards up the
Woonasquatucket river. The sluiceway
is about 100 feet long and is made up
of boxes or sluices each about ten feet
long. They empty into basin which
contains the quicksilver necessary for
securing the washed gold and silver.
The earth and rubbish are thrown
in at the head of the sluiceway and
wa-hed and sifted by each sluice un-
til nothing but the finer particles float
onward TO the basin. The scene j. al
most as picturesque as some of Bret.
Harte's descriptions. This novel
"claim' is expected to yield $1,000 or
$4,000 worth of the precious metals.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27

From the Pittsblrg Dispatch.
Mexican County's record breaker is
a she, and her expeiince in the silken
bonds of matrimony' would fill book
as big as dictionary. She lives in
Smithport,th the county seat of this coun-
ty, and is known as Mrs. Ida Hoosted.
Her chief attraction is her Juno like
form. She is tall and magnifcently
proportioned, and looks as if the winds
of thirty-elght Winters, more or less.
might have toyed wife her abundant
dark brown tresses. When scarcely out
of her short dresses she contracted her
first marriage. She has been after men
ever since, and is now living with hps-
baud No IA. The other thirteen hus-
bands are all in the flesh, and all are
on good terms with the marrying wo-
mao. She has been legally separated
from all her alliances, and was married
few months ago to No. IA.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27

CIVIL srRvIC REFORM NOT REGARDED ny
THE REPUBLICANS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The term of Insurance Commissioner
Foster will expire on the LIST of May
and if an overwhelming preponderence
of party sentiment shall prevail Col
one Crimson will be appointed to sue
ceed Commissioner Foster. Foster has
held the position ever since " was Gre
ated fifteen years ago; indeed it was
created with the general understanding
that he should fill it, although always
and yet a moderate Democrot, aud
Governor Hartranft appointed him.
Since then be has been reappointsd
from time to time by both lsepublicsn
and Democratic Governors, but the
movement for Colonel Grimeson has
developed such proportioLst hat Gov
ernor Beaver will find il difficult to
disregard it. e
Colonel Grimeson's graceful accep-
tance OF defeat IN the last contes tor
Auditor General was understood at the
time to be an announcement OF the
purpose of himself and friends to make
a claim for the Insurance Commissioner
ship, and since then his lines have been
well fortified. He is strongly suppor-
ted by Senator Quay. Stone, KIRK
patrick and Hastings of the Cabinet
look upon his application and strong
aud positive pressure comes upon the
Governor from almost every section of
the State for Grimeson. General Cam
eron was the main pillar in support of
Foster when ne was first appointed and
ne and his son,the present Senator, have
uniformly stool by Foster. Whether
they will do 80 how in an aggressive
manner has not yet developed. 1T
they enter the fight in dead earnest
they might save Foster again; but un-
less they throw themselves into the
breach Colonel Grimeson will be ap-
pointed. 1t Is admitted by all that he is
specially fitted for the position, as his
long public service in the revenue dep
artment Of the general government
gives him the pratlcal experience nec-
essary to fill the Insurance Commissi-
onership very creditably.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27
The Poison of Human Teeth.

Tho poision conveyed by human
teeth is reported one of the most an
noying that physicians have to deal
with, One OF them says; II have un-
der my attention severe and most com.
plicated cases of blood poisoning, in
which the patient bad but slightly ab.
raded the hand in the course of fight
by striking the knuckles against the
teeth of his opponent, l have known
hands thus poisoned only saved from
amputalion by the application OF all
the resources OF science. Tobacco or
whisky or arrangement of the stomach
from many other causes may be res
ponsible for this poisonous conditions
OF the teeth"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27
BILIoUsNEss.

81 unhesitatingly add my
testimony to the great ben
efts to be derived from Sim
mons Liver Regulator. l
was afflicted for several years
with disordered liver, which
resulted in a severe attack of
Jaundice. l had good medi-
cal attendance, but it failed
to restore me to the enjoy
ment of my former health.
| then tried the most re-
nowned physicians of Louis
vile, KY, but all to no pur-
pose, whereupon was ip-
duced to try Simmons Liver
Regulator. l found immedi-
ate benefit from its use, and
it ultimately restored me to
the full enjoyment of health
A. II. SHIRLEY, Richmond,
Ky 81 most cheerfully re-
commend it TO all who suffer
from bilious attacks or any
disease caused by a disar-
ranged state of the liver. -.
w. r. BERNARr, Kansas
City, Mo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27
Insurance Commission.

CIVIL sERvIc REFORM NOT REGARDED ny
THE REPUBLICANS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-04-27

could hear for some time tho tootle-
tootle Of his flute in the distance, and
it struck me that its note was unusual.
ly spri ghtly and clear.--Press
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
GRIM NAL CASES.

The following persons who were con-
fined in the county Jail and who were in
dicted by the grand jury were arraigned
before Judge Hicks:
William F. Beltcher, grand larceny
second degree, pleaded guilty. Sentence
one year in states prison.
John Gilbert, grand larceny first
degree, pleaded not guilty. Set for trial
April %.
Edward Seymour, grand larceny sec
ond degree. pleaded guilty. Sentence
one year in states prison.
James Murphy, grand larceny first
degree, pleaded not guilty. Set for trial
April %.
Charles Mounty, grand larceny in the
second degree, pleaded not guilty. Set
for trial April &c. Bail fixed at $500.
Walter Underhill, grand larceny in
the second degree, pleaded not guilty.
Set for trial April 25. John Long ap-
pointed as counsel.
James Lynch, Albert Center and
Henry Underhill, grand larceny in the
second degree, pleaded guilty. Sentence
deferred until next week.
John Nelson, grand larceny in the
second degree, pleaded not guilty. Set
for trial April 25. Jelly & Hay ap-
pointed as counsel.
Joseph Williams, grand larceny first
degree, pleaded guilty. Sentence, one
year and three months in states prison.
Mary johnson, grand larceny second
degree, pleaded not guilty. Set for trial
April 81. Bail fixed at $500.
Samuel Sleightor, grand larceny first
degree, pleaded not guilty. Set for trial
April %.
James Dunlap, burglary third degree,
pleaded guilty. Sentence, eighteen
months in states prison.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
COURT NOTES.

Marriage lie enses were issued yester-
day to John A. Thelander and Ida
Olson, William E. Doane and Mary j.
Walding, August Reinann and Ma
thilda Kopp, Joseph Rose and Margaret
Cole, John Grudil and Kate PolZer.
The reports of the commissioners ap-
pointed to lay out and extend Franklin
avenue and Fifteenth avenue northeast
were confirmed.
Judge Hicks made an order yester-
day allowing, Kathrine Olson and d. L;
Olson to adopt Emma Sjoberg and
Brooks Bros. obtained Judgment
against James SaWkins ct al for S570.96
on mechanics lien. The court OF
dered lot 10, block Ii, Bakers Second
addition sold and the proceeds applied
in payment of the Judgment.
Judgment was rendered in favor of
the plaintiff in the case of Reuben S.
Goodfellow VS.. George n. Turner ct al,
to correct wrong description in a
deed.
George B. Spencer, of Vermont, was
admitted to practice in the courts OF
Minnesota.
The report of the commissioners in
laying out and extending Lake street,
through part of Layman's cemetery,
was confirmed.
The divorce case of Jacob Ella VS..
Sarah L. Ella, on the ground of deser-
ton, was tried and submitted. The
plaintiff gives his age as fOrty-five years
and the defendants as fOrty-tWo years,
and says they were married at Littleton,
N. H., Sept. 20, 1868.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
GIVE US LOCAL ARCHITECT.

While the members of the court house
and city hall commission are wrestling
over the matter of the selection of an
architect for the proposed new building,
it might be as well to impress one fact
upon their minds, viz: That they can
not afford, except under very improbable
circumstances, to employ foreign
architect over the heads of our local
architects. 1t is entirely unlikely that
any complications will arise or circum-
stances exist that will make the selec-
ton of an outside architect necessary or
even advisable. There is no argument
in favor of such move, while. for every
reason, the choice should alight upon
Minneapolis man. In the private bust
ness of a man or corporation it is the
affair of no one where they may GO to
choose an architect or builder; but the
commission is public board, and has to
do with the peoples money. That
money should be spent at home, as far
as possible, and that board should en-
courage the local profession, besides in
dorSing it, by giving this appointment
to one of its members. In choosing the
best of the local designs, the commission
can make no mistake. But it can make
a grave one by publishing to the world
that of all the architects and building
supervisors of Minneapolis not one is
competent to plan and construct such a
building as the commission desires.
The commission should ponder this.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
THAT MAJORITY REPORT.

1t would be diff cult to crowd more
hntruths into a thirty-line article than
were contained in statement of the
Tribune IN reference to the Republi-
can campaign document, by courtesy
called the annual report of the maiority
of the board of police commissioners.
To be brief and explicit, the report,
with the exception of some uninterest-
ing statistics, was read to the council
and was referred to the council commit
tee Oh printing, with instructions to
have $50 copies of the same and $50
copies of the mayors minority report
printed. After the report became the
property of the council, the clerk
of the commission borrowed it. Civ
ing his word that it would be
promptly returned. He was prevented
from keeping his word of honor by the
action of a certain police commissioner,
who took the report and has since re-
fused to return it.
This much is certainly plain. If the
board of police commissioners is obi
gated to report to the city council, it's
report becomes the property of the
council as soon as it is read and acted
upon.
To withdraw such a document and
cause it to both printed and distributed
is an impudent defiance of the rules of
courtesy and decency. TO retain and
refuse to return such document might
be considered a species of larceny.
However, the GLOBE only wishes to
call attention to the desperate desire of
a certain police commissioner, or COM
missioners, to secure in a quasi-official
way the circulation of a report which
upon its face was prepared for political
effect
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
GIRLS AND THEIR WAGES.

In the results of the investigations OF
EVA GAY, which have been given by
the SUNDAY GLOBE, the following per-
tinent point has cropped out: Girls who
live at home and are not strictly de-
pendent upon their own eXertlons can
afford and are willing to work for lower
wages than the girl who is really de-
pendent. The effect of this must be ap-
parent to all. What a girl can work for
becomes the standard of wages, and thus
tine girl with a home works indirectly
against the girl who is forced to fight
her own way in the world. JOHN
LAMB, the commissioner of labor sta
tistics. was asked whether he had not
traced this same cause and effect and
replied:
In reply to your inquiry as to whether l
discover a relation between the cost of living
and the wages paid to working girls, will say
that this relation is plainly discernible in
many instances. In majority OF cases,
where the wages are very low, the girls live
at home. Where the wages are high they
generally pay board. 1t is plain that if girls
had to pay all their own expenses they could
not work for three or four dollars week.
The very fact that some girls can live cheaply
enables them to work cheaply. This condl-
ton of affairs bears with great severity upon
the girls who have nothing to depend upon
but their own earnings. 1t has a strong ten
dency to force down wages.
This is, however, merely phase III
the operation of general principle,
which is known aud recognized by econ
omists and social philosophers every
where-namely, the tendency of wages
toward a minimum under the competi-
tive system.
Under free competition, with access
to natural resources cut off, wages must
fall, eventually, to such an amount as
will just enable the worker to live, and
raise another worker of equal skill to
take his place when he is gone. In the
case of common unskilled labor there
will be no margin for comfort, refine
ment or education; and only so much for
skilled labor as will enable the labOrer
to acquire the necessary skill and edu-
cation to perform his work. Those who
hire labor will pay for skill and educa-
ton only SO far as these things are USE
full to them. The worker can have no
accomplishments not strictly unitarian
to his employer; for the man who is
willing to dispense with these extra ac-
cOmplishments-Whic always cost time
and etf0rt-can underbid the man who
would otherwise reserve time and
strength, from his regular work, to ac-
quire them.
What is the result? Wages fall to the
level of the man who does not want to
improve himself; the possible earnings
of the individual are limited to his ami
mai necessities,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
REDUCING THE SURPLUS.

ever worked in mixed crowd of girls
perhaps you know what influence these
vicious girls have on those who are try
ing to keep in the right way"
Il asked for work at every laundry I
visited after that, and on offering refer
ences, was carelessly told that refer
enceS were not required.
| appreciated the truth of what that
girl had said and also noticed something
she forgot to say. That IS, the viciously
inclined set in factory generally stand
we'll with the foremen, and that dress
and talk are often a greater factor in
leading well-meaning but weak girls
astray, than any outside temptation.
And there are also many other things
which, if they should be written every
one, suppose that even.the GLOBE it.
self would not contain the things tina
should be written?
The strike at the overall factory this
week, has shown the public that my
statements in that case were not only
true but many other facts could have
been told. 1t is about the same in re-
gard to Langley q johnson and many
other firms that feel aggrieved. Let
them treat their employees fairly and
justly. there will then be no work for
me to do. EVA GAY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
ONE BOARDING HOME
For Girl Employes-A Worthy In
stitutiOn of Its Hind,

stitutiOn of Its hind.
The Woman's Boarding home, at 400
Sixth street south, does not come under
the head of charitable institutions, as
many suppose, but is an institution
managed by the Woman's Christian As
ISOLATION of Minneapolis, and has for it's
.object the providing for women, who
are dependent on their own eXertiOnS
flor support, comfortable home, sur
rounded by healthful influences, at as
! low rate as the expenses will allow,
and also temporary home for ladies
.and girls seeking employment. The
home property is owned by the Wom-
ans Christian association, and is con-
! trOlled by the board of managers, which
secretary, treasurer, reception commit
tee, purchasing committee and one
member from each church represented
in the association.
While this home is doing good work
in Minneapolis, it is not what might be
called a working girls home. where
sewing girls and the like may stay by
paying fair amount of board. The
home does not offer inducements to
such to come and live there, but rather
repels them. The majority of the
women now in the home are clerks,
cashiers and stenographers. The rates
are from 50 to 81 per week, which in
cludes board and lodging and light and
heating. There are seventeen rooms in
the home, beside the parlor, sitting
room, dining room and kitchen. and
thirty-three women find home there.
A tip through the building yesterday
found everything clean and comfortable
and looking as much like the home of a
private family as it possibly could.
Miss S. J. Hall, the matron, was wait
ing upon sick boarder when the Wis
itor called, and explained that it twas the
first serious case of illness any one had
had in the home for four years.
THE home is entirely self-sustain-
I ing" said the matron, in answer to
question, land is not charitable insti-
tuition by any means. We own the
prosperity, and from the money we take
in we Pay the taxes and keeps up all
necessary repairs"
'sWhat are the rules which govern the
home?"
swell, there are several rules, but it
does not seem to me that any of them
are particularly severe. Rules are nee
essary in home of this kind, but we
look more to the spirit of them than to
the letter. Some of them may seem
little severe Oh their face, but they are
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
ENTITLED TO CREDIT.
The Standard Approves the Eva
Gay Investigations.

The Irish Standard, of Minneapolis,
is not only disposed to be perfectly fair
in the matter of the GLOBES investiga-
ton of the condition and pay of work.
ing girls, but will lend helping hand,
if necessary. Its advice to some other
papers is commended to their prayerful
consideration:
"'Eva Cay is contributing to the
SUNDAY GLOBE series of graphic
sketches of the condition of female EN-
ployes in the manufacturing establish
ments of Minneapolis. The GLOBE is
entitled to much credit for it's enter
prise in exposing the hardship, poor pay
and bad treatment of the operatives in
some of the factories. The daily press
lof the city should cooperate with the
GLOBE in it's humanitarian work and
rid itself of professional jealousy in this
work Of crying injustice. The city pas
tors of every denomination would ac-
.complish infinite good for the souls and
bodies of these working girls by taking
active steps towards the amelioratiOn of
their sad condition. John Lamb, the
state statistician. and Mr.. Brosnan, a
representative of the Knights of Labor,
have already drawn their attention to
the matter"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
OVER FOUR-SCORE.

To the remarkable records of longev-
ity recently published in the GLOBE
should be added that of Nathaniel W..
Chamberlain. of Minneapolis. Born at
Stockbridge, Windsor county, Vt. 1902.
he is now eighty-six years old, hale and
hearty, with an intellect as bright as
that of boy. He is the father of ten
children, three of whom are now living,
and has voted for sixteen presidents
beginning with Adams, in 1924. He
was formerly superintendent of schools
at Fort Ann, Vt, and came to Mime
sofa in 1871. settling at Berlin, Steele
county. He has resided in Minneapolis
two years, living with son at 2O4
Fourth street south.
Mr.. Chamberlain has used tobacco
steadily for sixty years, and is firmly
convinced that it is not narcotic as is
generally beiieved-at least he has eX-
perienced no deleterious effects from its
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
HOMES FOR WORKING GIRLS.

While the Women's Christian associa-
ton is doubtless doing a good work
through the medium of it's boarding
house, described elsewhere, that insti-
tuition does not entirely meet the de-
mand. Its matron frankly says it is
more especially designed for clerks,
whose salaries range from 81 to $40 per
week. 1t is beyond the reach of the
average working girls, whose utmost ell
deavors cannot scrape together to exceed
S., and who average 81 a week. Such
home is crying necessity in Minneap-
oils, and it is to that end the GLOBE
makes its appeal to the philanthropic
people who are seeking some practical
outlet for their surplus charity. Such
home should be able to furnish clean.
wholesome and respectable board and
lodging at not to exceed $3.50 a week,
and yet be self-sustaining. 1t must not
be considered charity, for the girls
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
The Murder Case.

Andrew Demko, the Polack who
killed Maik Porvosnick, on the flats, at
the foot of Washin gton avenue south
pleaded not guilty to the indictment of
murder in the first degree. His trial
was set for May IA. Seagrave Smith
and Judge Rand have been retained to
defend him. Demko IS thick
set, stupid-looking fellow, and did
not seem to realize the enor
nifty of the crime with which
he is charged. He wore white band
age about his head, which covered the
wounds made by Ratchet in the hands
of Maik Croft, the night of the murder.
Isaac Homer, w. ]. Dean, Paul Croft,
C. r. Rogers. William Bannon. John
Ronnig and John Lundquist. who were
confined in the county Jail, and A.
Jaacs, Nathan Littman and Frank Rim
gle, who were out on bail, were ordered
discharged. The grand jury having
failed TO indict them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22

must not be robbed of the independence
which prompts them to earn their own
living honestly. They are anxious to
pay their way to that extent, and the
means should be provided. Dozens of
benefcent societies are fourishing in
Minneapolis. Need the way be pointed
out to them? This is time and an OBJ
ject for deeds, not words. What will
the good people of Minneapolis do
about il?
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