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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
Death ora Noted Musician.

VIENNA, Jan. 11-Benedict Hardin
ger, the Nestoi of Austrian musicians,
the schoolfellow of Schubert and the
teacher of List, is dead. He was 81
wears of aUn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17

NJ. CAsIMIR-P ERER, the new French
premier, belongs to a family who have
been associated with the government OF
France for three generations. His
short time in the reign of Louis Phil
ippe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
BULLET ENDS A BANKERS LIFE.
d. A. Baker, of Norwa1k, o., Commits
Suicide by Shooting.

NoRwALK, o., Jan. I'D. A. Baker,
cashier of the First National Bank of
this place, committed suicide this
morning. Baker shot himself through
the right temple and heart.
He has been connected with
the bank for twenty-five years.
The cause of his act is supposed to be
the result Of brooding over the SUPPOSE
ton that he would sever his connection
with the bank under recent reorgan-
ization. His accounts are said to be
STRAIGHT
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
Stole Saws and Burned the Mill.

KEEL, Wis, Jan. 10.-Henry Stoll, of
this city, who runs lumber camp and
saw mill six miles east of here, had
all his saws stolen and the building de-
stroyed. There is no clue to the per-
nnrtrat0pa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
An Oklahoma Tragedy.

GUTHRIE, OK, Jan. l2-S. II. Foss, a
wealthy citizen Of this territory, was
killed this morning by one Of the Derr
brothers. Foss was being tried for the
murder Of Derr, ST., at the time Of the
lyilIiOr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
Monument Custodian Dead.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. 11.-John Car
monument, died suddenly this morn
ing. He had been custodian of the Lin
coin monument since its erection.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
FOUR THOUSAND SLAIN.
Awful Slaughter of DerViSh3S By italian
TrOODS,

MAssowAH, Jan. 9-Dispatches re-
ceived here to-day from kassala con-
firm the previous accounts of the battle
recently fought between the Italian
troops and the dervishes. 1t is
now stated that the latter lett 1000 dead
upon the field, and that in addition the
leader of the Dervishes, Hamed Ali,
and all his emirs were killed. The
Dervishes are said to be much dis
couraged at their defeat, and serious
discussions are reported to exist among
their chiefs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-01-17
Death OF Mrs. ThackcraY.

London, Jan. 1.-THE widow of
William Makepeace Thackeray, the dis
tinguished author, died this morning at
Leigh, Essex.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
The Alien Contract Labor Law.

The alien contract labor law is in it's
objects one Of the most praiseworthy
statutes on the books, but so far as re-
suits go it is melancholy failure. 1t is
intended to protect the American labor
or from the disastrous competition of
workmen imported from countries that
have d lower standard of wages. The
actual result is to keep out few men
who are honest enough to declare that
they came with a promise of employ
ment.
A few years ago it caught minister
who had been called from England to an
American church. But the vast army
Of laborers that yearly pass the inspect
ors, enter into competition with Ameri-
cans and are beating down the Ameri-
can standard of wages to the $40 month
basis, show how little of it's real object
it achieves. The labor barons bring in
hundreds Of thousands and evade the law
with the arrival of every steamer. The
labor unions that secured the passage of
the contract labor law should not rest
content with this mockery. They should
demand a real, not sham, protection
against the methods that the mill bosses,
the coal lords and the railroad barons
use to grind down wages below a living
standard.-San Francisco Examiner.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
Against Imported Decorations.

Much discomfort has been caused of
late among the men in the building
trades in New York by the action of
several rich men in having the decorative
work on their homes done in Europe and
sent over here in finished form ready to
be set up. The unions in the trades af-
fected are made up of skilled workmen.
many of them Europeans. Many of the
employers have signifed their willing
ness to cooperate with the workmen as
the custom hurts them just as much as
their employees.
A circular sent out with reference TO
the matter says the same interior decora-
ton work can be made by resident firms
equally as well and cheap, and that after
June all members of the wood carvers
modelers, ornamental plasterers', mar
BILE cutters, marble polishers' and other
trades affiliated with the Central Labor
organizations of New York will refuse to
handle any imported decorative or other
building material and will take any
steps necessary to protect the interests
affected by these methods.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
A Clergyman Arraigns the Church.

At recent meeting Of the Methodist
clergymen of Chicago the Rev. H. g.
Leonard arraigned his brother pastors
in pretty strong language. Among other
things he said that men were needed at
the present time who would do some
thing more than feed the public with
spongy oratory and make faces at the
devil from behind the pulpit. 1t was
little wonder that the workingman
turned atheist when all his encourage
ment consisted in vague prospect of
heaven Indefinitely postponed while
nothing was being done on earth to allie
viate his present condition by those who
did the preaching. Present day minis
tiers, he said, did little more than was
done in the first days of Christianity,
except to shout the same words little
louder. He denounced the church as a
traitor to Christ in neglecting to make
a sincere effort to benefit the cause of
the downtrodden classes by bringing
about change in the present social and
political system. The address was re-
ceived with applause and some Kisses.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
The Communism Of Canital.

In 1913 the works of Charles Fourier.
the joint stock communist of France.
were brought to this country His the
cries setting forth the great advantages
of combination to both labor and capital.
being accepted and advocated by Horace
Greeley, DR.. Claiming and other young
leaders of thought, created great furore.
and phalanXes or associations, composed
of people who were to share the products
of their labor in common after paying
dividends on capital invested, We're form
ed i'll various parts of the country.
While these associations for differen,
causes failed, SO far as the people com
posing them were concerned, yet capital
as never before, discovered the great adj
vantageS of combination. Capitalists
soon found that it was better for capita
to buy the labor needed in the marke
rather than to organize the people int,
phalanxes or associations. Consequently
only one element of FOurier's scheme
continued, and as result we have TODAY
in our country communism of capita
that is all powerful and includes the bulk
Of the nations wealth.
An examination of Fourier's books
shows that trusts and combines are all
organized in harmony with the doctrines
of this great communist, emitting the
humane part of his scheme whereby the
people who did the work became fixee
part of the commune or combination or
ganized. Thus it seems to me that tn,
capitalists are the communists of olll
they Cry out vigorously against SOCIALISM
or communism they condemn that which
they practice to their own great advan-
tage.-J. w. Coultas in Chicago Record
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
A JUDGMENT ON THE CARNEGIES.
Their Efforts to Crush the Manhood Out OF
Their EMPLOYEES Has Proved Costly

Their Efforts to Crush the Manhood Out of
Their Employees Has Proved Costly.
The attempt of the Carnegies to break
up the labor organization of the men en-
ployed by them at Homestead was sue
cessful. The object was principally to
put themselves in position to regulate
wages to suit themselves. Since then
they have reduced wages materially, and
all the other iron and steel works of the
pose the workmen have been obliged to
submit to any terms offered them or go
elsewhere.
Many Of the best chose the latter al
tentative, and with the lowering of the
wage scale and the reduction of the spirit
of manhood among the worklnen came a
lowering of the character Of the work.
This was inevitable, and it is surprising
that such a philosopher as the head of
the firm did not see it for himself, for it
is in consonance with plain law of ma
ture.
That he missed it, however, is certain.
and now he has to mourn the loss of
~
ing the 10 per cent Of the contract price
for certain armor plate, which the firm
has been obliged to forfeit on account of
the inferior quality of plate it delivered
to the government.
1t was not necessary to show that the
Carnegies had delivered inferior plate
with intent to defraud, and the govern
10 I IL
showed them that the plate was not up
to the contract, and they acknowledged
the corn" and signifed their readiness to
suffer the fine imposed. Of course the
Carnegies feel quite ashamed over the
exposure, and naturally they desire to
relieve themselves of the blame, as they
could not of the responsibility.
So they just gently hint to the public
that the defects of the plate are not due
to any fault in the mode of manufacture
or in the material used-oh, no-but to
unworthy employees, thus proving once
more, if they are to be believed, that in
ferior wages insure inferior workmen
and Of course inferior workmanship.
AS they put it, ''it was suggested that
plates inferior to the test plates were
substituted by some foreman or other
person having an interest in showing a
greater percentage of excellence in his
work than the facts warranted
From this one might suppose that the
plates referred to were something that
the foreman or other dishonest person
could hide under his coattail when he
went out. However, we may let it go
with this lame explanation, feeling as
sured that the Carnegies have made moth
ing in the end by their efforts to crush
the manhood out of their employees
Brooklyn Eagle.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
Criminal Negligence of Mine Owners.

A case that may form an important
precedent in the labor field is on trial in
Pennsylvania. 1t is an action for heavy
damages brought by a coal miner who
was one of the survivors of cavein
whereby he was entombed 10 days. The
case will undoubtedly hinge upon the
criminal culpability of the mine owners.
There is no question that many of the SO
called mine accidents are preventable
and that the lack Of proper safeguards
is the primary cause of the trouble. A
verdict showing criminal negligence as
an outcome of the case now pending in
Pennsylvania would have salutary eff
feet on parsimonious mine owners
New York News.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
LET HIS LIGHT SHINE.
Mr. Childs Hoped That Others, Seeing His
Good Works, Would Do Likewise.

Mr.. Childs Hoped That Others, Seeing Hi.
Good Works, Would Do Likewise.
Several years ago the writer, being il
Philadelphia for a short time, called u,o.
the late George w. Childs at his Office il
The Public Ledger building at Sixth al &
Chestnut streets. 1t was one of MANY
such visits made to the phllanthropis,
during an acqualntanceship extendin:
over period of 20 years.
Mr.. Childs asked to be excused for y
few minutes while he opened some let
tiers which were laid before him. After
reading several he tossed one over to his
visitor, with the quiet remark. ..Reat
that"
The letter was evidently written bv :;
hand unfamiliar with the use of the per
1t ran about like this:
Mr.. CHILDs-Excuse me, but must write /,
you. did not know until this morning that
was you who saved me. God bless you, and m,
wife says God bless you too.
The letter was returned silently to tn
hands Of Mr. Childs, whose face, GLOW.
ing with good health, good humor an
kindness, bore a smile which indicate
qualification.
II have been laughed at more by new.
paper men than by almost anybody else
he said, Notwithstanding the fact TIN,
l am a newspaper man myself But
don't mind their having little fun wit
me. 1t pleases them and doesn't do N
any harm. Letters like that afford sufi;
clent compensation for any wounds thu
men III my own profession may though.
lessly ln1ict. | never think of them, bl!
l always remember with pleasure ac-
acknowledgements such as you see in thu
letter."
''Some people have the idea," said the
writer, that you are vainglorious ano
exploit your gifts for the sake of attract
ing attention to yourself"
IL know there are people who think
Sc" replied Mr. Childs, ''but men can
not give freely while they live without
attracting attention, and l think a ma!
can give better as he goes along throug
life than by waiting until he is dead.
appreciate fully the criticisms made upon
me, but let me tell you, my young friend
what my theory is. You are an Episco
palian, and you know how frequent,
the offertOry is announced in our church
with the text, Let your light so shine
before men that they may see your goot
works and glorify the Father which is i,
heaven
"That has been my principle, and
guess | will follow it up until the enc
comes, no matter how much people may
laugh at me-
The end has come to Mr.. Childs so fla,
as this world is concerned, but the ex-
ample afforded by his useful and goo,
life and pursuit of the principle embed
led in the text quoted still lives and vii
long continue to live
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
The Unemployed.

No work to do?
And half the world are housed in novels.
And millions cry today, 1--WE have no breadI'
While rich and broad, beneath our winter land
scape,
Waiting, as they for centuries have waited,
Our untitled acres spread.
No work to do?
And little faces thin and pnched with hunger
And little forms, half clad and blue with cold
Are shiv' ring DER cold embers and dead ashes
Yet dark and deep in natures mines is boarded
A wealth of heat untold.
No work to do?
And mansions We have built for those. your
brothers,
Who never work, and they are clothed and
BY such as you, who freeze and starve in novels
In richest garments, and with costly dainties
Their princely board is spread.
No work to do?
Cease, brothers, cease your pleading!
They will not hear! They mock your misery!
From worker only help will come to worker
Unite and act. The earth is yours-your birth
right.
Take it, and you are free.
You cannot?
They have hedged it round with customs9
Walled it with laws impalpable as air,
But strong as death! Their fOrtreSSeS are priS-
ons?
Armies are at their back? Policemen
And spies are everywhere?
Enlighten them.
The soldiers are your brothers, and policemen
Are such as you. They, too, are sons of toll
But they are blind. Enlighten. undeceive them,
And they, the rich mems tool. will be no longer
Staying whom they despoil.
This cause is yours,
All ye who work-clerk, farmer, or mechenic,
Hold carrier or teacher, servant or sewing girl
Think not of caste born Of barbaric ages
One rank alone is honorable-labor's
It's banner broad unfurl.
Unite and work.
There is no law unjust, however bolstered
By precedent, by custom or by power,
But ye can abrogate if We dislodge it
From out the brain of the unthinking millions
# injuries hour by hour
-Elizaheth .Inhnsnn-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
Successful CO-OperatiOn.

According to the New York Herald.
one of the best examples of cooperation
exists in Lyons, Ia, where five year.
ago a small cooperative store, rented al
SIS month, was started. It embraces
among its members today nearly every
person in town. It's store occupies q
solid block and employs Is clerks. 1t is
worth today between $50, 900 and $75, O00.
which of course belongs to the members.
who all this time have been enjoying tie
dividends paid on the stock, which II.
this instance is per cent, and some Of
the members have been drawing thei,
quarterly profits"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
Mrs. Kavanagh has accomplished great
deal of defnite, practical work.


deal of defi'ite practical work.
1t was er instigation and through
her personal efforts that the police annex
was instituted 1t is place containing
more comforts than the ordinary stone
cells, is apart from the criminal depart
ment and is in.ended for people who are
held as witnesses, for homeless women
and children who are brought in from
the streets and kept until some provision
can be made for them. Were it not for
the annex these would receive the same
treatment as the most hardened crimi-
nal. She personally interviewed every
police justice in the city and got the
promise Of all save one Justice Sewer
SOM that they would not send child I'M
der IA to the Bridewell, if actually guilty
of a real crime, to be held to the criminal
court, but, if possible, to the Pontiac
Reform school, where manual training
is taught.
The lady is particularly bitter against
the Bridewell for children; has personal
ly interviewed some of the most promi-
nent judges to obtain their opinion on
the subject. 1t is illegal in the first place,
she says, as the Bridewell means the
working out of fne-a debt to the city
and minors cannot be lawfully forced to
pay debt. She, with the other ladies
of committee from the Woman's alli-
ance, made a test case of this once and
won, and for two years afterward the
practice was almost stopped. Now, since
a school has been started there, the JUS
tees are doing so again. Mrs. Kavanagh
is very much opposed to the school there
and is working at present to have it
abolished
Children have no business out at the
Bridewell at all, and if there be any
good in the school they are never long
enough there to receive any benefits
and should not be, as the surroundings
are so bad as to thoroughly counterfeit
any good that might be accomplished.
But the school is not a good one, Mrs.
Kavanagh declares. 1t was esta blished
for the sole purpose of creating new po-
sitions for hungry politicians, and could
not, plausible as it sounds, be of any
benefit to children. Children ought not
to be sent anywhere to serve out SEN
tence for punishment, but in lieu of any
better arrangements they should be
placed permanently in schools for ref
ormation and education; settled there,
so that the good accomplished cannot be
eradicated by bad and ever changing
conditions.
Thus briefly have sketched an out
line of Mrs. Kavanagh's work. cannot
give an adequate idea of her earnestness,
enthusiasm and entire devotion nor of
the great effects of her efforts, for these
are more general and widely diffused
than specific. She has never expected
recognition or honor, and she seeks no
reward for her oftentimes painful labors.
but | sometimes think if some of those
rich, ennuied ladies who long for mis-
sion and do not know what to do with
themselves would undertake even the
most disagreeable Of her tasks, they
would be much happier than they are.
Chicago. LIZZIE M. HOLMES.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04
less of that sort of thing today than at
anv time within the mast IN wars Tho

less of that sort of thing today than at
any time within the past 10 years. The
men whom we call leaders" for lack of
better name, are almost unanimous
for some sort of combination of the labor
forces, and if they can be brought to-
gether l am firmly convinced that past
personal differences will not stand in the
way of united action upon platform
that all can agree to. do not mean
that platform can be made which will
contain all the demands Of every school,
but [ believe the time has come when
the working people are overwhelmingly
in favor of the adoption of programme
containing the essentials which all can
agree to, leaving to the future the settle
ment OF the points upon which there is
disagreement.
lido not make these statements thought
lessly. | have been carefully canvass
ing the subject for several months and
am not now overlooking any of the main
points. Of course, when the time comes
for finally adopting policy and launch
ing it, there will be some dissatified ones,
but in the main they will not amount to
enough to seriously impede the progress
of the movement, and those who can
not be won over through a desire to see
the whole army Of workers benefited can
be spared. The important question now
is, Will the conference provided for by
the general assembly of the Knights Of
Labor set the ball rolling without losing
more precious time, or will the impetus
come from another direction? Probably
the best answer to this query is that all
available agencies should be employed
But let us get move on.
JOS. r. BUCHANAN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-04

Do you say we cannot get that kind of
organization? / disagree with you. I
know all about the personal antagonisms
and the conflicting ideals'-no man
knows these things better-but there Is
The evening world., 1894-02-06
PECKHAM GOES over.
Senate Committee Puts His Case
Off Until Next Monday.
Mr.. Hoar Would Have Voted Against
the Nominee To-Day.
No Senate Committee Hearing to BE
Given on the Tariff.
nv Associated Press J

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The Senate
Committee on judiciary this morning
postponed the Peckham nomination unit
Monday, and the indications are that the
~postponement Is slightly u~nfavorable to
the nominee.
The entire time of the Committee was
taken up In reading papers and letters
bearing on the case. Both sides seemed
somewhat afraid to come to a vote.
When there was talk of taking the
vote. Senator Hoar, who has been sup
posed to favor Peckham, announced that
he wanted time to investigate certain
papers that had just been put in his
hands. and II IA vote was insisted upon,
NJ the present time, he would feel
compelled to vote against the nominee.
This was almost sure to prevent a IA
vorable report, and the friends Of Peck
ham were willing that the matter should
go over.
Senator liill remains confident that a
favorable report cannot be obtained from
the judiciary Committee, and that the
Senate will reject the nomination. when
n vote H. reached there.
Senator Lindsay. OF Kentucky. was
favorable to the confirmation OF Horn
blower, but Is reported as against Peck
nam. IN Obedience 10 the resolutions OF
the Kentucky Legislature. Several mem
brrS OF the Committee n not Yet given
any indication now they will vote.