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THELABOR WORLD.
BooKp1sDEas have forty unions.

BooKB1NDERs have forty unions.
A MULE driver In Morocco earns ten cents
o day. y. ..I ....l
ENe1AND's Miners Federation has 2o6,ooo
members. -.
BooKKEEpERs in Germany receive from
$500 to $500 year.
TEACHERS in Hamburg, Germany, receive
from S11 to 1913 per month.
PUEBLO (Col.) steel workers wages have
been cut forty-six per cent.
The fourth annual convention Of the tex
tile workers will be held in Philadelphia In
May.
The seamen's and Firemen's Union Of Car
diff, Wales, has weekly income ranging
from $1,000 to $4,000.
SHoEwoRKERs' unions In Massachusetts are
about to form combination under the guild
ance Of general executive council 6
STONE masons in Baltimore, Md, are now
working eight hours per day at 81 each.
The bosses conceded the masons' demands
without strike. - 2
The National Electric Light Association,
recently in session at Washington, represents
$2O0, ,000, 900, supports 900 employees, and
has 2300 central stations.
NEW HAMPSHIRE cotton mills have q capt.
tai of over $5O, ,0OO, 900 and pay S15, 900, 600
annually IN wages. Over $00,0 900 yards Of
cotton cloth are produced daily.
FALL RIVER (Iass. weayers say the union
will soon be strong enough to prevent the
increase in the size OF cuts without corre-
spending addition to their wages.
=, INDIANAPOLIS Qnd.) unemployed held q
meeting In the Criminal Court room and de-
clared that the average pay at the stoneyard
was sixty-two and ore-half cents day.
MINNRApoL1s( MINI. unions are prosecut-
ing an employer for threatening to discharge
a man because he would not leave the union.
Personal liberty Is their basis for action.
The 800. employees Of the Pendleton win.
dow glass factory, Henderson, Ind, struck
for peculiar cause. They demanded
that the company furnish ice for their drink
ing water. The manager refused.
The North OF England miners live, on an
average, three years longer than Bnglishmen
taken as whole. They live eight yesrs
longer than the Cornish and nina years
longer than the South Wales miners.
ONE Of the consequences Of the hatters'
strike in Danbury, Conn.,, has been that the
spring trade has gone out Of the hands OF the
manufacturers In that city and about 5000
union men will be out OF employment for at
least six months to come.
THE Des Moines Qows) Knights Of Labor
want to know how much property Chief
Arthur, Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, has. It appears that he Owls
about S85,0O0 worth, and they think 1t too
much for a laboring man.
TIE good news comes that business Is
picking up In the New England cotton and
wooden industries most Of the mills are now
running. many of them on full time, with a
full force, consequently the distress among
textile operatives Is abating.
TIE George A. Simonds shoe factory at
Woburn, Mass, started after brief shut
down following the strike OF the girl en-
ployes, and the managers announce that In
the future girls will not be employed there.
The girls struck because OF q ten per cent.
reduction In wages.
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Erastus wiman, sometimes known as the
.Duke of Staten Island" whose recent ar
restin Now York City and incarceration in
the 'sToombs" on the charge OF forgery pre-
ferred by R. G. Dun & Co., caused such
stir In financial circles, Is In many respects
remarkable man.
His parents we're Americans who had
moved to Canada, and his birth In the Prov
ence of Quebec made him by accident g
British subject. He began life in IN hum
BILE way and without education, but by dint
of industry and genius he acquired great
wealth. mostly In tho mercantile agency
business, for he was partner Of r. G. Dun
6 Co. =.
About twenty years ago Mr.. Wiman moved
to New York and settled on Staten Island,
which has become popular residential
and manufacturing suburb, mainly through
his efforts. He has, also, been ON enthust-
astic advocate of Commercial Union between
this country and Canada, and to further that
project he has spent large fortune.
Unwise land speculstions caused his down.
fall, for, II Is alleged, that when pressed for
money he forged the names OF his business
associates to notes agSregating $3.50, 900, and
II Is on this charge that he was arrested and
released on bail ponding trial
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KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
The Acme Works at Blacks Run
Penn, Blown Up.

The dynamite works OF the Acme Powder
Company at Black Run, Penn, a mile and Q
half above Hult on, on the Allegheny Valley
Railroad, were destroyed by an explosion
Five persons were killed and one was badly
injured.
The works were blown to pieces and build
ings in the vicinity of the works wrecked.
windows broken and the people within Q
mile OF the works terrorized. OF those killed
two were men and three women. The names
Of the dead are: MolIie Ramely, Nellie
Ramelv. Sadie Ramely, William Arthur and
Samuel Ramely. MIS-. William Arthur was
badly injured. The bodies Of the dead were
terribly mangled. .n
The five killed were at work in the pack
ing house. Mrs. Arthur, who was injured,
was In dwelling horse near the works. The
house was literally blown to pieces, and Mrs.
Arthur was found among the debris.
At Logan's Ferry mile away, brick
block was badly damaged, and at Hutton,
Oakmont and Verona houses were shaken.
Nothing remains of the works except one
small building.
The explosion is attributed to workman
entering the building with light, contrary
to orders. There we're 10000 pounds OF
dynamite In the WORKS. The loss was $l5,-
600. The plant will BIZ rebuilt at once.
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FOR ELECTION FRAUDS.
Gravesend IN. w. Inspectors Sem
fenced to Various Terms.

Gravesend IN. w. Inspectors Sem
fenced to Various Terms.
In the Court Of Oyer and Terminer, Brook
lyn. Judge Brown imposed sentence on SIX
teen more Of the Gravesend men who vto-
lated the election laws, and who had pleaded
guilty. , ,
Michael P. Ryan, the Gravesend school prln-
cipaJ. who was sentenced to six months In
the Kings County Penitentiary and to pay
fine OF $500.
Frederick E. Bladder, Jr., was sentenced to
five months In the penitentiary and to pay
fine Of $500.
Benjamin Cohen, the Coney Island saloon
keeper, was sentenced to four months IN the
penitentiary and to pay fine OF $500.
William Lyons and Victor Bausenwein were
sentenced to four months each in the pen1-
tentiary. No fine was imposed In their cases.
JOHNNY Murphy, Morton Morris, John q.
Brownhill and Conrad Steubenhord, Jr,
were sentenced to the penttentiary for three
months each. .' d.. p
Gattetson Morris, W. J. Tuttle. Nicholas
J. johnson. John NJ. Conliffe, William d.
Stefart, Harlan Crandall and James b. Crop
sly were sentenced to twenty-nine days In
the county Jail. ~ II
Frank T. Clark. the Inspector who pleaded
not guilty, was discharged by Justice Brown
and tho Indictment against him dismissed at
the suggestion of Deputy District Attorney
General Edward N. Sheppard.
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GOVERNOR WAITE WINS.
His Appointees to Denver Offices Au-
thorized to Assume Their Duties.

His Appointees to Denver Offices Au-
thorized to Assume Their Duties.
The rebuke Of Governor Waite, OF Colo.
rado: by the Supreme Court was not equalled
IN severity by the decision of Judge Glynn In
the District Court upon the proceedings for
contempt instituted by Police Commissioners
Martin and Orr under the writ of Injunction
issued by Judge Graham against Mayor Van
Horn and the new members, Mullins and
Barnes. By tAis decision the injunction suit
Is dissolved upon the ground that 1t was IL
legally based, and the contempt suit was dis
missed.
The Court censured Martin and Orr for
nrming men and placing dynamite In the
City Hall to defend the hall from capture by
the Governor after they had applied to the
courts for an adjudication Of their claims.
Judge Glynn asserted that Mullins and
Barnes were de facto and de jure entitled to
the office, and that Martin and Orr had no
color OF title to the offices. The Governor Is
upheld ut every point. This Is great viz
tory for Governor Waite and his party.
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United States Senator Alfred Holt Colquitt,
OF Georgia, died at his residence In Wash
! Ineton at 7.3O o'clock few mornings ago.
Around the bedside when he passed away
were Senator Gordon and his daughter, Mrs.
| Jones Senator Colquitt's Private Secretary,
his nephew, Mr.. Bum his son, Mrs. Col
| Quit, three unmarried daughters and his
| married daughter, Mrs. Marshall, OF Ch1ca-
90. As the end approached, the Senator'S
| breathing became very heavy, but he re-
| Iapsed into Inconsistencies and suffered no
! pain. The flag over the Senate Chamber was
raised to half mast when the Senate con-
yened and the sombre emblems of mourning
were once more conspicuous IN the Senate.
| The desk and chair OF the late Senator were
draped in black The House adjourned out
| Of respect to his memory.
Alfred Holt Colquitt, OF Atlanta, was porn
in Walton County, Georgia, the son OF the
Rev. Walter T. Colqultt, an eminent minis
ter in his day, April 20, 1924. He was grad.
| mated from Princeton College IN the class OF
| 1874 and admitted to the Bar in 1845 Dur
| inr the Mexican War he served as a staff
| officer, with the rank Of Major. He was
member Of the Georgia Legislature In 1853
| and was elected to the House Of Representa-
| tives in the Thirty-third Congress. He was
| a member Of the secession convention OF
! the State OF Georgia, and later entered the
| Confederate service and was commissioned
| as Maior-General. He was elected Governor
| of Georgia In 1915 and was reelected In 1880.
| He was elected to the United States Senate
| for the term commencing March 4, 1883, and
was reelected In 1883. His term OF service
would have expired March 8, 1895. Senator
| Coluuitt was stricken with paralysis in July,
| 1892. and since that time had been unable to
walk without assistance. He has been able,
| however, to continuein q large degree his at.
| tendance on his Senate duties, being wheeled
| in and out of the Senate chamber in IN in
valid chair. Senator Colquitt leaves
widow, one son, Walter T. Colquitt, and four
! daughters, Mrs Marshall, wife OF Captain
| Marshall, OF the United States Army, Misses
Laura. Hattie and Dorothy Colquitt.
The funeral ceremonies OF the late Senator
were conducted In the Senate Chamber ct
| 9 q. m. on the day after his death. The IN
| yited officials OF the Government were In
their seats-the members OF the Cabinet, toe
| Chief Justice and Associate Justices or the
| Supreme Court, many members OF the
| Diplomatic Corps. the Speaker and members
| of the House of Representatives. Inc ladles
| OF the family OF he dead Senator sat near
the coffin, which was placed on "er IN
! front OF the clerks desk.
| The services were conducted by the oenate
| chaplun, Rev. Mr.. Milburn, assisted by tho
| CHAPLAIN o. the House Of Representatives,,
Eev. Mr. Bagby.
The body OF the late Senator was escorted
from the Capitol to the Pennsylvania, Station
by squad OF Capitol police, followed by the
Congressional Committee selected to accom-
par " the remains to Georgia. Tho homo OF
MIR. Colauitt was at Atlanta, but he was
buried In Macon.
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BANK CASHIER KILLED.
SHOT DOWN AT HIS DESK BY
A DESPERATE CRIMINAL,

Futile Attempt to Rob a Branch of
the San Francisco (Cal.) Savings
Union by William Fredricks, an
Ex-Convict, Who Was Wanted
for Numbering Two Men.
man entered the branch Office OF the San
Francisco CCal } Savings Union at $50 a. M,
and handed note to Assistant Cashier A.
Herrlck. After examining the note Mr.. Her
rick handed 1t back. The visitor then shot
Herrick dead.
The portertr to disarm the murderer,
who Immediately turned his fire upon him,
but missed him. The assassin fed from the
bank pursued by policemen and a crowd,
which had been attracted to the scene by the
shots. he had only gone short distance
before he was captured. he gave the name
OF Fred Borneman, and the police say he had
Just arrived from Denver.
The note handed to Cashier Herrick was
written In red ink. lit the murderer said
that II he were not given money he would
blow up the place with nitro-glycerine. On
the bottom OF the note was drawn q skull
and cross-bones.
The first shot fred by the assassin went
wide OF Its mark. Herrick reached for his
revolver and shot, but missed his man. The
assassin's second shot took effect in the
cashiers head, killing him instantly. C. E.
Melvin, the paying teller, shot twice at the
crank, wounding him. The cashier was
thirty-flve years Of age.
The note which the crank handed to
Cashier Herrick roads as follows:
"Mr. Cashier, Aftor considering my de-
plorable condition am convinced that this
life is not worth living without desperate
means, and therefore am resolved to make
one more effort to seek help to sustain my
miserable existence. Should you not comply
with my demand, I'm compelled to employ
my last remedy-s bottle Of nitro-glycerlne
building, blasted to everlasting nothingness
Yours respectfully,
"a DESPERATE MAN"
When the assassin left the bank he jumped
into q wagon and drove several blocks.
Finally he turned into a blind alley, and was
forsed to abandon the wagon. He jumped
over a fence into yard, and crawled into
vacant lot. There the officers caught him.
When the prisoner was examined there
were found on him two forty-ave- calibre pls-
tolls, belt full Of cartridges, q dirk knife, o
razor and fuse such as Is used to ignite dy-
Mantle.
It was also found that Mr.. Melvin had
aimed better than he thought. One bullet
had cut the murderer nea- the left eye, and
the other was lodged In the left shoulder.
The police recognized In their prisoner
the notorious Fredericks, e1-convict, and
desperate criminal, for whom the authori-
ties throughout the State had been search
ing for some time. Fredr1cks was
for long time s,,SS confederate sSsa,st Do OF
coe, subsequently killed Benjamin
Bruce, q Northern Pacific brakeman, and
is the man who supplied the arms to George
Sontag and his companions at the time they
made their futile attempt to escape from
prison.
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BANKS SWINDLED.
Victimized by Three Forgers, Who
Got Away With 100000.

Three clever forgers have swindled o dozen
St. Louis (Mo.) banks out Of $4,000. By
some means they secured copies OF blank
checks used by firms and individuals, even
copying In red the serial numbers used by
the firms.
These numbers were obtained by smooth
young man who claimed to represent the
house doing the printing for the firm. He
would ask business house cashiert to see his
check book, saying there was some defect In
the printing that he wished to correct II the
firm desired.
In every instance he was successful In get.
ting look at the last stub in a partly used
check book and noted the serial number.
Then the forged paper would be made out
few numbers In advance OF the check books.
Even the minutest characteristics OF individ-
uals in their signatures were closely tol-
lowed.
So we'll was the work done that not one OF
the forged checks was rejected. The officials
of the different banks refuse any informa-
ton on the matter, but 1t Is known that
detective agency Is at work on tho case.
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LATER NEWS.

TIE racetrack repeater was passed over
the Governors veto In the New jersey AS
sembly at Trenton. .
GREAT harm was done to fruits and early
vegetables In the Eastern and Middle States
by frosts and freezing weather.
JAMES L. BARCLAY, the Chicago electrician
who was stricken with appendicitis In Pitts
field, Mass, died at the House of Mercy.
Two days after his illness developed MIR.
Barclay underwent an operat lon, which was
performed by New York physician.
WINTER wheat in the West has been seri-
ously damaged by frost, according to the
crop expert Of the Chicago Board of Trade.
IT was thought in Washington tina. GRIM
inal prosecutions in the armor plate scandals
would be the only effective method Of bring
Ing all the facts to light. .
A NEW modus vivendi has been agreed up
on between Great Britain and the United
States regarding the seal fisheries In Bering
Sea.
INSANE, idiotic and permanently helpless
children of dead soldiers are, by O decision
Of Assistant Secretary Reynolds, admitted to
the pension roll under the'law Of 1890.
Two THOUSAND people out Of work pillaged
stores in San Lucar de Barrameds, Spain,
and were quelled by the military with diff
Guilty. d.. ..-
ARGENTINA has demanded an apology
from President Peixoto for the capture OF an
Argentine vessel.
GEORGE T1cKENoR CURTIS, one OF the most
eminent authorities on Constitutional law
and the author Of many legal works, died
suddenly Of heart failure In New York City.
THERE have been ten burglaries of country
postofices OF New Hampshire in two weeks.
EDITH and Fayette Horton, children Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Horton, were burned
to death in hay loft at Montgomery, Ala.
They were playing with matches. They were
aged seven and FIVE.
MISSOURI Populists have nominated q
State ticket.
NEARLY six inches Of snow fell In Chicago
q few days ago.
WILLIAM CLIFFORD, letter carrier, was
shot and fatally wounded by Guy T. Ohm
stead, On ex-carr4er, In Chicago. An attempt
was made to lynch the murderer.
GOVERNOR MCKINLEY, Of Ohio, addressed
the Republican League Of Minnesota at
Minneapolis.
New YeRK physicians advocated in Wash
ington, before the Committee on Commerce,
the passage of the bill establishing National
Board OF Health. 2 "
ASSURANCES have been given to United
States Ambassador Bsyard that the British
Government will carry out the findings OF the
Bering Sea Cou4 Of Arbitration with all pos
sible speed. .. ... (
DEATHS from yellow fever In Rio, Brazil,
average seventy q dny.
FUNERAL services for Louis Kossuth were
held In Turin, Italy, and afterward the body
was started on its way to Hungary.
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CAN'T BE SAVED.
The Kearsarge Stripped and Burned
to the Waters Edge.

20 Gno "aCcr>S Eu&e.
The wrecking steamer Orion, which sailed
f1on Boston for Roncador Reef, for the pur-
pose of saving the stranded United States
war ship Kearsarge, found that the Kearsarge
had been stripped, set on fire, and burned to
the waters edge by the local wreckers.
After becoming satisfied that there was alb
solutely nothing left Of the Kearsarge that
was worth saving, the Orion proceeded on
herway.
Secretary Herbert was much disappointed
on hearing that all chance Of saving the old
ship was gone, but was not surprised, as he
had had great doubt, after recent reports of
the condition of the wreck when seen by
passing steamers, that the vessel could be
raised and brought to some port for repairs.
The burning OF the ship is believed to be
due to the pilfering Of natives from the Mica
raguan coasts, who focked to the vessel In
great numbers soon after she was lost.
While the attempt to save the vessel was
dictated by purely sentimental reasons, there
will be general regret among thousands OF
people, as we'll as many Of the older naval
officers, over her complete destruction.
Congress appropriated $45,0 900 for the
purpose of restoring the vessel II possible,
100000 to be paid the company II their
attempt failed, and the remainder II the
vessel was safely brought to some American
port.
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,PLUCKY FARMER HALL.

But He Gave Up $4,000 After Losing
Both Hands and an Ear.
Basil D. Hall, rich farmer and land
owner at Great Bend, W. Va, recently sold y
farm for $4,000 in cash, which he kept in
concealment about the house. Thieves
entered his house and threatened to kill
Hall II he did not deliver that amount to
them. Hall told them he had sent his
money to the Ravenswood Bank. but they
ted him on chair with ropes and then be-
gan to torture him by holding q burning
lamp under the palms of his hands.
Although they were burned to crisp,
Hall refused to give up hismoney, and then
the robbers forced his head down over the
lamp and fairly roasted one OF his ears. Then
Hall turned over the $4,000 in money, along
with gold watch and other valuables.
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CULTIyATINd THIsTLEs.

If grapes were tied on to thorns, or figs
fastened to thistles, only fools would be led
to plant thorns and thistles instead Of vines
and flg-trees. Mere outward culture, learn
ing by rule how to behave ones self, and
neglecting the inner nature and spirit, is
simply fastening grapes on to thorns, or figs
on to thistles-rather 1t Is the skilful making
of waxy fruit. When the day OF fire tries
every mans works, this kind OF fruit will not
only reveal itself, but hasten and intensity the
conhagration. Many-they must be very
thoughtless ones-are at great pains to give,
even their children. this outward culture,
while neglecting and sometimes opposing the
dlylnely efficient horticulture OF practical
Christianity. 1.-The fire shall try every mans
work OF what sort 1t is. lChrlstian In
quirer.
What each one ought to give, or the man
ner in which he ought to give it, is for him to
settle with the Lord the gospel has not pre-
scribed in such matters; it has been left with
our charity. Justify this confidence
Congratulate yourself upon living in time
when occasions for giving protitably are in
creasing. Blessed is he who can at the same
time respond to the appeal OF the age. to the
appeal Of mankind to the appeal ofthe Lord,
and to the appeal OF his own heart, but OF
heart animated by CHARITY lAdolphe
Monod.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

BorH Houses Of the New York Legislature
passed blanket ballot bill, but differed
on the ''paster" feature.
JUSTICE NEWTON, o. Gravesend, N. T.,
concerned In recent election disturbances,
plead guilty and was sentenced to nine
months Imprisonment, and Constable jamie
son was found guilty OF perjury.
MEMBERS of the socalled "Democrattc
Senate" in New jersey joined the lawful
Senate; Governor Werts sent In several
judicial nominations which were confirmed.
BR1DeEroN, N. J.,was visited by a tornado.
A large brick car shop, which had JUST oeen
finished for the South Jersey Traction Com
pany, was wrecked. Nearly all Of the COM
pany's cars were in the building and were
much damaged. Other property In the town
was damaged.
SuLrANA, the African lioness in Noah,s Ark
Trained Wild Animal Exhibition, while e1-
hibiting in Brooklyn, gave birth to i've cuos.
MORE than s1.5OO, 900 was paidto corpora
tions of New York State by Comptrollers
Chaplin, Wemple and Campbell as rebates on
interstate business under an erroneous In
terpretation OF the taxation laws.
RAIN spoiled New York's annual Easter
parade OF wealth and fashion In Fifth ave-
nue., and only few persons dared the ele-
ments by appearing In their spring fnery.
Ex-JUsTIcE RICHARD VAN BRUNT NEWTON,
Of Gravesend, N. Y, who pleaded guilty to
violation Of the Election law, began his nine
months term in the Kings County Peniten-
tiary.
SIXTEEN of the indeed Ora vesend On. ~
election conspirators pleaded guilty, one
pleaded not guilty and one was discharped:
This completes the list of McKanes 3 indicted
henchmen. A. s. Jameson, the convicted
Gravesend constable, was sentencedt to eight
cen months in the penitentiary.
GOVERNOR WERgs vetoed one OF the most
important racetrack repealers passed by the
New Jersey Legislature
New YORK Custom House officers found
diamond bracelet concealed in book on
Bible characters, intended as wedding gilt
to Juliet Morgan, daughter of j. Plerpont
Morgan. The authorities said 1t was SNUG.
Cling. Mr.. Morgan paid $3.50 duty and got
the bracelet.
WILLIAM T. ZELL, who as Treasurer of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company en-
bezzled more than $50, 900 and absconded
last January, walked into Police Headquar-
ters, New York City, and surrendered. He
says he played the races and Is poor and
sorry now.