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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

match to this bonfire of indignant protest
were the shooting of two Arabians. one
fatally in broad daylight in the lower por-
ton of the city, by highway robbers, who
are still at large; and the other a night
attack upon the house of a well-to-do
storekeeper by four men. Over 100 shots
We're fired in the attack and defense, dur
ing which the storekeeper was killed. This
crime was committed but short distance
from the city, and as usual there is no clue.
OF course the criminals in all the deeds of
violence, which have given the coal regions
such an unenviable reputation, are num-
bered among the men employed about the
mines and a very rough class of men they
are. The great majority of the crimes are
attributable to men who came over here
from Hungary, Poland and Italy. and it
is with these the authorities have to deal
The English speaking miner is generally a
rough but law abiding citizen, and if the
mines were worked by them alone, the
number of crimes would be reduced fully
nine tenths 1t is the foreign element
that causes the trouble. Most of these for
eigners represent the lower classes in the
country from which they came, and many
of them have been obliged to flee to Amer
lea as a haven of refuge from the autnor-
ties of their own land. Unable to speak
English and living in settlements which
are unpublished, they find in the>.perods of
ideness and drunkenness great incentives to
crime, and as they gradually realize the
illlpUtelCS VI the INV ana us OTlcerS, they
grow holder and holder until plumber and
hatred are the impetus for their msdeeds.
Clannsh to a degree. they frequently get
into fights with men from other settle
ments and then the authorities have more
murder cases on their hands. 1t is almost
impossible for the detectives or constables
to get evidence, The impressive and all pre-
vailing "me no know being the provoking
answer to all their questions
All of these foreigners carry revolver
or knife and it requires little provocation
to bring them into use. Small arms manu-
facturers do an extensive trade in this re-
gion. Perhaps no better evidence of this
is there than an interview 1 had a week
ago with the sales agent of the largest
arms manufacturing establishment in the
East / asked him how business was II
find it better this year. he replied, than
it has been for some time, despite the
financial depression, and we have to thank
the coal regions for it. Not very MANY
years ago our trade was in the West: then
every cowboy and every miner wanted a
rifle or revolver. With advancing civiliza-
ton the demand rapidly decreased, but as
We lost our trade in the West we gained
in the East, and it is steadily increasing
Our customers are in the coal regions, and
they retail to the foreigners employed about
the mines. Last year in this part Of Penn
eylvania, I sold 100000 worth Of revolvers
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stable gives up in disgust, and the coron-
er's jury brings in a verdict of met his
death at the hands of persons unkno%n.'
Weddings and chriStenngs where "pO-
linky" flows free are also prolific in fights,
and very often the innocent infant at the
christening meets death under the heels OF
the brutal fighters.
Crimes committed under the provocation
of "poIiuky' are more frequent among the
Huns ana Poles than the Italians. The
former seem to require drink to rouse
them TO brutal deeds, while the latter COM
mits crime with all his senses alert. The
Italians of the coal regions are decidedly
the lowest class of their nationality, and
generally come to America because Italy is
longer safe for them. Here they find
opportunity for A life of the same sort of
brigandage which they enjoyed in Italy,
and they band together for mutual inter
est. Like the Hun and Pole, they live in
settlements, and to the men of their own
settlement are loyal and chivalrous. But
woe 10 the Italian of some other settle
ment if there is a quarrel between the
two. Then the always keen stilletto is
brought into play, and the authorities
every now and then have a mysterious
murder on their hands There are numer-
Gus oliarrels between the Italians and their
"duller fellow foreigners, the Huns and
Poles, and the latter generally get the
worst of it, The race riots, as they are
to the long list.
Aside from crimes committed among
themselves the Italians are organized into
numerous small bodies for the purpose of
robbery, to which is frequently added muir
der Many of them live entirely on the
proceeds of their crimes. They are nearly
always successful and are seldom caught.
The daring attack upon the house, al
luded to, was by one of the small bands of
bandits These fellows are bold, cunning
and courageous, and most of them received
their training in Italy. Indeed, 1 have it
from good authority that there is a regu-
lar organized band in the HaZelton region
who in Italy were members Of the famous
Malo Vita, a society more extensive and
powerful than the Malta.
OF all the murders committed by the
foreign element in this region during
the last seven years but two have been
avenged by the execution of the murderer.
Mike ValckVitch an intelligent Hunga-
rian, was hanged in 1888. He was jealous
of one of his boardele, who had been pay
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

volts is the average Of testing street rail-
way apparatus for shipment 1t is COM
mon occurrence for men to receive shocks
which roughly use them for the minute,
but which rarely result in even perma-
nenty disabling them
Recent articles in the World have shown
that the French electricians question the
effectiveness of the electric chair as a
means of executing murderers, and hold
IDEAS on the subject very similar to those
OF the French eXperimentalst. The French
are far advanced in their experiments for
artificial resuscitation. and are quite con-
WINGED that the American electricians were
far wrong in ever permitting the use of the
electric death-chair
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THE HERO OF THE MINNESOTA FOR
EST FIRE.


Fire. fire, fire!
Earth and air seem all afre;
And the sun overhead
Blurred in the yellow sky
Looks from the shrouied sky
CHASTITY and red
Smoke. binding and black.
Stlillng, opaque,
Fills the air
Everywhere.
And the beasts OF the fields and the pasture
Seeming disaster
Huddled together in fright
Break and take refuge in fight
Swift as a simeon the fire advances,
Fierce and appalling,
Fly, there's no turning Fate's chances.
The houses you builded
Are crumbing and falling,
Fly, nor look back, there is
Nothing TO save. =
Fly from the secthing wave
Fly from the fiery grave,
Oh, the agoniZed cry,
The terrified Cry.
From the lips parced and dry
Driven by alright,
Mad with despair
Nanly they peer through
The biackness of night,
Madly they rush
Everywhere
MercifuI God on high.
Whittier, alas. they fly,
Higher, and higher
The flames leaping higher,
Like an ocean of fire,
Devourng all in its deathladen path
In its awful wrath.
Fly, fly:
Q, the stified, the agoniZed cry,
AS they struggle along. mothers and habes
\ terrified throng.
On. through the and The fire,
Only to fall and expire
In the witherilg ntmcs,
In the caul,lron OF lire.
Delicate hands outstre:chad to save,
And the strong arms Of the brave
And the tiny white arms
ClinginS weak arms,
Clasping the mothers neck,
All. all
StaGger and fall
Down in the seething wave,
Down in the fiery grave,
Through the smoke and the fire.
Through of flame
Thunders the engine, thunders the tram.
II know her metal she's tried and true
Cries the brave engineer,
She'll carry us through
And he opened the throttle
And let her fly;
Through the smoke and the fire he let her fly.
Fire to right of him,
Fire to left of him,
Fire ahead;
B1t the engineer waivers not,
The engineer faters not
Onward he sped.
Hundreds of refugees
Painting for BREATH
Fleeing from the fire; fleeing
From DEATH
Speed on, brave engineer,
speed on amain,
They re watching and waiting
The rescuins brain.
Through of flame.
Thunders the engine. thundcrs the train,
Now he has reached them
God, will save Them,
Though the flames leap up.
From the burning track:
Through thes mol>e and the fire,
He carries them back.
II know her metal, she's tried and true"
Cries the brave engineer,
Shell through.
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and this year I expect to add $4,000 to that

and this year l expect to add $4,000 to that
figure"
The Huns. Slavs and Italians live in a
manner particularly advantageous to the
propagation of crime. They cOngregate in
settlements, each class by itself, and horde
together in two or three room houses like
cattle.
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the boarders sleep on the floor, on piles of
straw, with a blanket or two over them.
No articles of apparel are removed unless
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
THE NORFOLK ELECTION.

The result OF the election in Norfolk
Thursday. by which the Democrats We're
overwhelmingly defeated. was not alto
gether surprising. The victory is not a
Prohibition one but, as we read It, and
as we believe the people will regard it, is
revolt against bad party methods and
the tyranny Of ring politics. The struggle
which eliminated in Thursdays election
really began during the last session Of
the Legislature, when the people Of Nor
folk vainly appealed for a fair electoral
board. a large delegation Of the most
representative men Of that city appeared
before the Senate Committee on Elections
and made determined efforts TO secure a
new deal ia the appointment Of the mem
bcrs Of the electoral board. This was
denied them.
We do not mean TO say that II the Nor
folk Democrats had been accorded their
demands for a new board the result OF
Thursdays battle would have been avert
ed. The storm was brewing; the ele-
ments were concentrating, and. posi-
bly,, even with this concession and without
some mistakes, which the Norfolk Demo-
Gratis in the Legislature made. the cloud
burst would have come. We are. how
ever. inclined TO believe that but for
these openly perpetrated wrongs the vote
in Norfolk Thursday would have been
very different. The result so far from
proving a disaster 10 the party may be
a blessing, not even In disguise. If this
defeat shall make the party leaders see that
the people will not submit TO tyranny and
corrupt domination Of bosses II
will have accomplished a great deal of
good. 1t was evidently TO accomplish such
a desirable object that so many Norfolk
Democrats cast their votes for the re-
form candidates in the recent election.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
THE NIADUCI.

A few days back we expressed the hope
that the citizens of jefferson ward would
withdraw their opposition to the viaduct
which 1t is proposed TO build in order
TO connect Church Hill with this part of
the city. We renew the expression OF
this hope. Some Of the very people who
now object would eventually find out that
il this viaduct were built that their
property would be benefited instead OF
injured by 1t. But even If the value of
some pieces of property should be tenn
porarily impaired by the construction Of
the viaduct, is that a valid reason for
abandoning great public Improvement,
which would Immediately enhance the
value of a hundred times as much proper
ty as it could possibly hurt, and give
convenience TO tens Of thousands of citi-
zens for all time?
Church Hill and Shockoe Hill should be
united by a beautiful and spacious VIA
duct, affording ample facilities TO street
cars, wagons and foot passengers. When
Il is once constructed We will all be
astonished that 1t was not done long ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
WE DIFFER WITH MAJOR LEE.

We have a high regard for Major Baker
y Lee and are consequently sorry to
have TO differ with him. lie had a letter
In yesterdays Dispatch, from when we
make the following extract:
"The proof of the truth Of this viii
soon be found in the anomalous fact that
Democratic candidates for Congr IS, with
few exceptions, throughout the South, IN
stead Of lighting under the aegis OF the
administration, will be found only apollo
giving for the President, when not re-
pudiating him. That remains to be seen.
you say? So It does; but we shall see It,
and see II here in Virginia as well as
in the States south of Virginia. In the
approaching campaign for the next House
Of representatives at Washington, the
restoration of silver to its old status, as
II stood until 1873, must inevitably be the
main issue before the people of every
southern State From the Potomac TO
Texas there win not be one Democratic
candidate. | take II, who Will not be IN
favor of free coinage at the ratio OF l6
to 1 If so, there viii not be one aligned
with Mr. Cleveland on that question, which,
with the people OF the South. is para
mount TO every other question"
We should be very sorry to think that
Major Lee has described the condition
Of things in the South, and particularly
in Virginia, correctly. If all the repre-
sentatives from the South so to Wash
ington tied to the destructive attempt to
force all men to take fisty cents when a
dollar Is due them the South will put
the finishing touch to its already tar
nlshed prestige II that shall happen,
goodbye TO all chance of the South hav-
ing a potential voice in national affairs
during this generation.
But we do not believe that Major Lee
has correctly diagnosed the case. AS we
showed yesterday, the platforms of the
Democratic conventions of Missouri and
Alabama are practical abandonments OF
'free silver" The representatives who
go from those States to Congress this
fall are not going 10 be advocates of
iifty-cent dollars. What reason is there
to suppose that the influences which have
wrought this powerful change in those
States have been imperative in the other
southern States? We do not believe they
have been, and particularly We do not
believe they have been imperative in
Virginia We believe free silver" has
run It's course and 10 falling into decay.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.

The edct has gone forth. Tie
stock Of this department must be
sold. Too many on hand. Prices
that tell strange story.
One lot of Ladies' Black ana Wh.s
R0ugh-aud-R Shade HAS. W.Ie
70, 80, and BE. now Is and l0c.
One lot OF Boys Mixed Hats. ae
one lot Of Misses and Ladi. 1..
trimmed Hats ali the latest shapes
and colors, prices ranging from i-l
10 $50; now SIC.
All Black and White Shapes Ie.
duced.
The latest Sailors, prices ranging
from 25c to s..
Special Sailors for this week
mixed pineapple braid, Knox shape
were $3.50; to close them now
SIC.
All Colored Trimmed Hats bali.
price this week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

Editor Times: Herbert Spencer sald
that Americans suffered from more
wrongs than any people in the civilizeu
world. .,,.
one Of the greatest nuisances In TINS
city is the loose dog. Richmond Is 100
large now to have village customs. bos
owners don't seem to think. l nave seen
a man allow his dog to mess up a mouse,
knock things down, brighten women
and children. and not try 10 stop nihi'
This ought not 10 be allowed.
Another nuisance is the advertising dou-
ger. thrown broadcast over the streets.
StOrekeepers after cleaning up their
stores and preparing for the day VOTE
are Disguised nearly every day 10 utH
pavement and doorway covered VIII
dirty little red and yellow tags adVer-
Using something. 1t does not 40 any
good. Generally they are cafeiahy
gathered up and burnt
out in Clay ward, In the midst OF
populous neighborhood, some person nas
a cow tied who has been believing slnct
last October, disturbing 90 people iTSS
there IS no relief The believing sun
goes on. mon
The sign in the Capitol square Keep
off the grass" only applies 10 tne
public. or the enemy. Last summer mos
any pleasant evening you could haSe
seen a group Of officials ana trlehus
sitting under a shady tree, on the grass
smoking pipes and splitting tobacco Julce;;
The ordinary city noises one must stauy
or leave. But IL seems we might get rld
Of some Of the unnecessary nulsahSss'
Richmond. May 18th