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The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Coal strike Ordered

Terre Haute, Ind, July 1.-The Ex-
press will say tomorrow: Next Sunday,
or prior to that day. circulars will be
placed in the hands Of nll the bitumin-
Gus miners In the United States calling
them out on strike. 1t is estimated
that 25O.OOO men will be involved
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and parts of West Virginia and Ken
lucky will contribute to the movement
The strike is to enforce the Columbus
scale of 50 cents per ton for Pennsylva-
mia, 60 cents for Ohio, GO cents for Indi-
ana and 30 cents for Illinois. When
the Columbus scale was adopted it was
not thought advisable to attempt its
enforcement. A committee was then
appointed to take in hand the matter
of n strike and to order one as soon as
such course seemed ppportune. This
committee has decided that the time
has come to act. .'. "
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09

Stephen Girard, the infidel million
aire of Philadelphia, to whom a statue
was dedicated last week, one Saturday
orderel all his clerks to come on the
morrow to his wharf and help unload
a newly arrived ship. One young man
replied quietly: MFR. Girard, l can't
work on Sunday" You know our
rules?' Yes. l know. l have a
mother to support. but can't work on
Sundays" We'll. step up to the
desk ard the cashier will settle with
you" For three weeks the young
man could find no work, but one day
q banker came to Girard to ask If he
could recommend a man for cashier
in new bank. This discharged
young man was at once named as suit
able person But said the banker,
"you dismissed him." Yes. because
he would not work on Sundays. A
man who would lose his place for
conscience's sake would make a trust
worthy cashier" And he was ap-
pointed.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Central Paciflc.s Big Job.

Reno. New. July 1.-Superintendent
]. e. Wright of this division is here
this morning making arrangements for
Christian Endeayor traffic. Colonel
Wright said it would take fifty trains
of ten cars each to carry them. They
will run about forty-tive minutes
apart. and to avoid accidents trains
will run from station to station, that
is. n train leaving Reno would not be
followed by another section until the
preceding one had passed Verdi.
All freights will be abandoned. 1t
is expected that the trains will begin
passing Reno some time Monday af-
ternoon. Fifty big mountain engines
and fifty crews will be sent from Sac
ramento to Wadsworth on Sunday
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
THE TARIFF BILL.
Nearly Disposed of by the Senate and the
end In Sight.

Washington, July 1.-The finance
committee suffered several unexpected
reverses during the progress Of the
tariff bill to-day, being defeated on
! three important votes. Cotton bagging
was placed on the free list, 80 to %.
The duty on white pine lumber was
reduced from 81 to 81 per thousand,
30 to 81.
The amendment on pine Occasioned
the greatest surprise and led to gen
eral breaking up of party lines on both
sides of the chamber. During the
early stages of the debate the duty on
lumber. including pine, was placed at
So after a protractcd contest.
To-day Mr.. Teller returned to the
contest, and moved to place white pine
lumber on the free list. The amend
ment was defeated by the close vote
of 80 to SO, four Republicans, Baker,
Carter. Hansbrough and Quay, joining
with the Democrats, Populists and Sill
yer Republicans in the affirmative,
while three Democrats. Bacon, McEn-
cry and Martin, voted with the 1iepub-
Leans in the negative.
Following up this close vote Mr.. Man
tie moved to reduce the rate on white
pine from 50 to 81, and this was car
ried by majority of one. Two Re
publicans. Baker and Carter, voted
with the Democrats in the affirmative
and three Democrats. Bacon, McEnery
and Martin, with the Republicans in
the negative.
The bill is now completed with the
exception of the reciprocity section and
some comparatively minor paragraphs.
Much progress was made to-day in
clearing up detached paragraphs here
tofore passed over. Only three of these
coal tar, potash and tea-remain, so
that these items, the reciprocity sec
tion and the brief internal revenue and
administration provisions, are all that
remain of the bill to be disposed of be-
fore the final vote is taken.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
TAX ON STOCKS.
Radical Change In tho Revenue Features
of the Tariff Isill.

Washington. July 6.-The provision
| for n tax on stock and bond tranSac-
tions In connection with the tarin bill,
which was agreed upon at the caucus
| of Republican senators, was suggested
| by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
and grew out of Il statement that with
the tea and beer provisions withdrawn
the tariff bill was likely to fall short
to the extent of S15,OO0.000 in provid-
! ing sufficient revenue to meet the de
mands of the government The suE-
gestion as made by Mr.. Lodge was
| that tax of cents per share should
be levied upon every share OF stock
sold at stock exchange or at any
other place and that Il similar tax of
cents should be collected upon all
bonds sold on the stock exchange or
elsewhere. The caucus accepted the
suggestion, but decided to leave the
formulation of the amendment with
possibly change of rates TO the
finance committee. The finance com
mittee took the matter up to-day, but
did not reach Il definite conclusion. A
rough estimate places the amount of
revenue the provision will furnish ut
$7.000,000.
The caucus not only decided not to
impose the extra tax on beer, but Ii
also, at the suggestion of Senator
Pritchard, receded from the proposed
changes on manufactured tobacco, in
cluding smoking tobacco, leaving in
the provisions regarding cigars and ci-
garettes in the internal revenue feat
ure of the bill. A decision was
reached to make the rate on cigarettes
double the proposed rate by the
finance committee or So per thousand
on those weighing less than three
pounds per thousand and increasing
the rate for those of larger size.
Senator Elkins. seconded Senator
Lodges efforts in behalf of the TAX.
making Il vigorous speech.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09

A foreign exchange says: Australia
at present is soiely tried by drought,
and that the trouble is serious may be
inferred from the great activity of the
church in making propitiatory appeals
and the proclaiming of days of prayer
for rain by the governments. In
Western Australia the greatest suffer-
ing is experienced. Within ninety
miles of the coast all the timber. with
the exception of river gums. has en-
tirely dried out. From Ashburton TO
Gascoyne. should the drought continue
much longer. all the stock, 1t Is eA-
pected. will parish. The last summer
rain that fell there was in February,
1892. and, with the exception of a fair
fall of six inches in the winter of 1894.
only enough rain has fallen in that
district to keep the stock alive. al
though inland stations had no reason
to complain"
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
SERMONS FORGOTTEN.
The big Bow-Bow Style" In Preaching
Is Out of Date.


Is Out of Date.
The wife Of departed pulpit orator
once addressed her husband as follows,
says Longman's Magazine: There's
Watty Scott, that was at school with
you. has published books and got
thousands of pounds for them. Why
don't you publish a volume of your
sermons and get thousands of pounds
fcr it?" For that good lady one VOL
ume was Just as good as another, and
there was no reason why '"Waverly"
should interest human beings more
than collection of discourses, all of
which had set the congregation to
sleep. The good cleric understood
things better than his admiring. part
ner, but he did not suggest the con-
sideration which the astute reader has
Thought of. Quite another. He re-
piled: "Wheesht. wumman; they're a.
in print already" He added NO more
Nor did she. Only let me say, as with
authority. that though the sermons you
have conveyed be very good in them
selves. they will sound very dull when
delivered by you. Just yesterday
very accomplished man said to me, with
much feeling: Il have Just been read
ing some of Chalmers sermons. How
could that numbering stun produce the
superhuman impression which 1t Is per-
fectly certain 1t did," One could but
say that Chalmers could not publish
tina. which was the first. second, and
third thing which did the work at the
moment of the awful hush. passed
away. Further. the taste has changed.
Much more direct sentences are wanted
now. Even Henry Melville is quite out
Of date. What Sir Walter called "the
big bow-wow style" in preaching is as
Bob Acres maintained certain other
things are. 1t has had It's day." For.
as that philosopher well remarked. you
get tired OF even the best things.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
An Arizona Copper aIinc.

The United Verde mine of Arizona
is producing about 2,oO0,OOO pounds of
copper per. month. and. according TO
c. NJ. Rolker, in an interview In the
Salt Lake Tribune. will before long
OUTPUT six times as much. at is rath-
er startling" he says, ito think of the
effect on the price of copper that will
be produced by such n tremendous in
crease in the supply. The consump.
tion will have to be wonderfully in
creased to prevent the price from GO
ing down" At the rate predicted the
yield from this mine alone would be
3Go,0OO.OO0 pounds,.per year. The to-
tai production of copper in the United
States in 1895 was about 3S5000,00Q
pounds, and in 1896, 100000 900 pounds,
over half of which Went abroad. The
main hope of sustaining prices of cop
per lies in an increase in home con
sumption. This promises to grow very
fast. t
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
BEHIND THE puRpAH. INDIA
Veil of Dignity which shuts Women
from tho World,

from tho World.
An Englishman, bent on mastering
the mysteries of their code of worship,
attended Hindoo debates where the
orthodox and the advanced school met
together in discussion. says the Quiv-
er. Can you tell me- he inquired at
last. confused by the arguments and
counter-arguments tossed like shuttle
cocks from one to another, "of the SIN
gle article OF your creed which you all
hold in common?"
We all believe" one Of them replied,
"in the sanctity of cow and in the
depravity of woman"
AS a rule, they act up to this article
OF belief. or, rather. they live down to
1t. Yet once upon a time. even In In
dia, there seems to have been golden
age for women. Their present social
condition is traced to the Mohammedan
invasion. The country was harrassed
by erruptions of Arabs and Persians
from the Year 1000 until it was con-
Quered by the Sultan Daber in 1t25.
The Moslems brought with them not
only ravage and bloodshed, but many
evils hitherto unknown in the country.
The Hindoo homes were robbed OF their
women and girls to fill the harems. or
zehanas. as they are called in India.
and the Hindoos shut up their wives
and daughters in order to protect
them. Only the higher castles could
do this effectually. Stern necessity re-
quired that the poorer girls ard women
should work. and it offers degrees OF
liberty on descending scale. Tho
higher the caste, the more complete the
seclusion.
1t is computed that at least 100000
girls and women live behind the pur-
dab. or curtain, metaphorically veil
of dignity, which shuts them on from
the outer world. 1t is not from want
of natural humanity that a zenana is
the darkest part of the house and
farthest away from the entrance into
the street. A Hindoo is very religious:
it is said that he even "sins religious
ly." His sacred books tell him that
II woman must be protected: that she
must not be allowed to look out of a
window into the street; that no man
except a near relation must look on
her face, and, If she offends, she may
be corrected by "a rope, a whip or
cane"
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Black Jacks Gang.

Santa Fe, n. NJ. July 2.-unitet
States Marshal Hall to-day received
information from the New Mexico
Arizona line to the effect that tht
Black Jack gang of desperadoes haf
disbanded and quit the country. Black
Jack Ketchum, their leader. who was
killed in April, was the third member
of the band shot down by a deput!
United States marshal since Marsha
Hall beganpursuingt them one year ago
and the announcement that the rem
nant of the gang had ceased opera
tions will be pleasing news for the peo
pie of the southwest. George Mus
grave and Sid Moore have gone tc
South America and Red Anderson, the
Panhandle tough, is said to have gout
to South Africa.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Mining Notes.

= Nearly every train from Spokane,
Washington. for British Columbia
carries from 100 to 200 passengers for
the mines.
Five nuggets. valued at a total OF
$4,000 were brought into Biiker City,
Oregon, by. miner last week from the
Gimletville 'placers. in Grant county.
Ex-senator, W. Dorsey has organ
ized a company III LoYdon to work his
Picacho mining properties. in san
Diego county, California. a 100-stamp
mill is TO be erected.
OF the sevcnty-seven acts passed by
the, Legislature of British Columbia
at its last session thirty were
connected with the development of
mining lin the province. ~
7. Since the settlement OF the Indian
troubles by the treaty with the Va
qliis mining boom has set in through,
out the Sierra Mudre mountains in the
states Gf chihuahua, Sonora and Du-
?nngo, MeJto.i
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
MoLLIE GIBSON MINERS FIRED
Discharge of the Entire Day Shift Becaus
Some of Them Told Secrets.

Discharge of the Entire Day Shift because
Some of Them Told secrets.
Aspen, Colo, July 1.-Some little
stir was caused here to-day by the an
nouncement that the manager Of the
discharged the entire day shift of
miners which had been working in the
thirteenth level of the mine, where the
big strike was reported to have been
made few days ago and which sent
Mollie stock ADJOINING.
The men were all discharged because
some one of them had told of the
strike, and as the individual could not
be aScertained the entire shift was let
out. Before discharging the shift the
foreman informed them that IL the
guilty party would confess no one else
would he discharged, and as no one
pleaded guilty they were all let out.
1t will be remembered that similar
occurrence happened when the first
big strike was made IN the mine sew
eral years ago. Some of the men then
employed could not keep the secret and
one day they We're discharged in a
body. The fact that fabulous strike
had been made was also vigorously de-
MED, and as no other set OF miners
were put to work in that part OF the
mine for long time the public belief
grew that the reported strike was eth
er mythical or greatly exaggerated.
1t was not until large holding of the
stock had changed hands that the real
facts came out and the Mollie Glib
son commenced shipments by express.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
CHILD FALLS FROM A BALLOON
wns Carried up One Thousand Feet by
Holding to u Guy Rope.


San Francisco, July 5.-Bertram
Hill. the 6-year-old son of Chauncey
Hill. an architect, was the victim of Il
sensational balloon accident to-day.
In company with Miss Olney, dalsh-
ter of his guardian, he went to Blair's
park, near Oakland. to witness n hot
air balloon ascension by Charles Con-
Ian of the Acme Athletic club.
When the balloon shot into the air.
the child clung to one of the guy
ropes and was carried aloft. The
aeronaut heard the shouts of the peo-
pie not to cut loose his parachute and
obeyed. not knowing the reason.
When n thousand or more feet in
the air he heard the boys cries and
saw a cap come fiuttering down. He
called out to his unseen companion to
hold on and made every effort to save
him, but in vain, for soon the cl,ild's
body shot by him and was crushed out
of shape when it struck the earth.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
kan.a. proneh, Broken.

Kansas City. Mo-, July 4.-The dronth
in.seuthern and western Kansas, which
it was feared would result seriously to
crops, has been broken, heavy rains
occurring, last night and today. On the
Santa Fe. the rain reached to Dodge
City and covered the entire corn belt
In the central west. On the Rock Island
and Union Pacific the rains extended to
the western tier of grain counties. Re.
ports state that the damage to stand
ing wheat has been materially lessened
and that corn is safe. The temperature
in this part of the southwest to-day was
much milder than during the previous
twenty-four hours. In Kansas City IL
was %. No prostrations are reported,
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Fireworks all Exploded.

: Macon. Mo-, July 5.-There was dis
astrous ending to the Fourth. Of July
celebration at Ethel in this, Macon
county. A misdirected Roman candle
struck an immense. package of .explo-
sives which shot OF in the midst. of n
big crowd attending the festivities
Horses redred and plunged and tore
through the. crowd. knocking people
down. right and left, women tainted
and pandemonium rcigned. A number
were struck by the promiscuously fly
ing fireworks and wounds of various
character inflicted, and Miss King
was hit in the thigh by sky rocket,
which tore its way through the limb.
intlicting frishtfnl and probably fatal
wound.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Floods In RoDania.

London. July "a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Brazil, the principal
port of Roumania. says that 10000 in
habitants of Galatz, in Moldavia, on
the left bank of tile Danube. between
the confuences of the Sereth and the
Prutho with that river, are homeless
as the result of recent floods. Most of
them are destitute also, and camping
in the streets. where they are fed by
the military. The Roumanian gun
In danger. 1t is estimated that no few
er than ten persons have been
drowned, though the authorities are
reticent on the subject from fear of
censure for their failure to adopt pre-.
cautions earlier which might have nit
iHated the disaster.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09

The young Khedive is described In a
letter from Cairo as not in the least
Observation-Disclosures He has a baby
complexion. of pink and white, a good
natured, shy. sleepy expression, and
walks with sailor roll. "His double
chin and hanging cheeks and the
plumpness of his soft. white hands re-
mind one of Dickens fat boy" The
Khedive's only legal wife is former
slave girl of his mother-the girls bus
mess having been to stand at the door
and remove the wraps of ladies on re-
ception day
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Chicsro.R Road Race.

Chicago, July 5.-Carl A. Andcrson,
n scven-minute man. Won the Pullman
road race in 1890. ~
Charles LAWN. n scratch man. was
first time prize winner, with unofficial
time of 40:16.
Fred Nelson and Orlando Adams,
scratch men also. We're respectively
second and third time prize winners.
James Levy, the winner of last years
time prize in the. Pullman race, fell
from his wheel on the last turn to-day,
breaking his leg.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
She Fcars Hydropliobla.

ST Louis. Mo-. July 2.-Mrs. Addie
: NJ. Johnson. until recently state pres
. ident of the Missouri Woman's Suf-
frage Association and prominent
member of the w. G. 7. u, will go to
New York tonight to take the Pas
teur hydrophobia cure. She has not
yet developed symptoms of rabies.
but a scar on her hand. caused by the
bite of pet collie. has caused Mrs
Johnson some alarm for three weeks,
and she will take the Pasteur treat
ment as n precIution.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09

No detective story emanating from
the brain of an accomplished novelist
has been more curious or interesting
than the tracing OF the identity OF
woman suicide In New York the other
day. merely by the torn corner OF
the telegram slip, on which the num-
Der OF the telegram and the check
letters of the operators alone remain
ed Neither date, locality nor address
were left-only the number 50 and the
letters. But in twenty-four hours the
identity of the woman was establish
ed beyond doubt This is one of the
cases in which truth is almost as re-
markable as fiction.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Fixing the YclIow Flag.

San Francisco, Cal, July 2.-The Pa
cific Mail steamer Acapulco arrived
this morning from Panama flying the
yellow flag and is now in quarantine
During. the voyage up the coast four
deaths occurred on board. one cabin
passenger, one steerage and two of the
crew., the cause assigned being per
nicious fever"
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09

The Mark Lane Express, in its week
Iy review of the British crop situation,
says: We are unable to share the view
that the wheat is making seasonable
progress. 1t is not thick, and the
growth since Easter has been extreme
ly slow, but last summers warmth is
still in the ground. and the autumn
store OF moisture beneath the soil
should protect us from absolute dis
aster. Thus the outlook is for "a
mediocre yield Of 81 to % bu. A hot,
dry June may improve the plant, but
we do OF believe. full average can
now be obtained, even under the most
favorable circumstances. In the course
of the survey OF the wheat situation OF
continental Europe the Mark Lane Ex-
press says: in France the weather has
not bean favorable. Even the minister
of agriculture's good report of. the
wheat. only argues for yield of 37.-
coo, 900 qrs. leaving 100000 qrs. to be
imported. The Prussian and Polish
wheat is promising. but cold rains in
Austria have reduced fine prospects
Russian reports are mostly encourag-
ing. The popularity of American flour
Increases.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Trade In Railroads.

San Francisco, July lat 10 O'Clock
this morning the 2i0 miles of track ex-
tending from Mojave to the Needles
became part and parcel of TIE Santa
Fe Pacific Railroad company. At the
same time the strip of rail running
from Benson to Guaymas was trans
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Ex-Goyernor Evan. DYING

Denver, July 3.-EX-Governor John
Evans IL dying at his home in this city.
The doctors say he cannot last through
the day. He has been confined to his
bed for nearly n year. the result of old
age. He is now in his eighty-fourtb
year.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
,Japanese Expelled.

Bakersfield. Cal, July 3.-Recently
two japanese cooks were forced to
leave the new mining camp of Johan.
nesburg on account of race prejudice
They complained to the Japanese con,
sui in San Francisco. demanding dam,
ages and protection in their treaty
rights. The consul has called on Sher.
iff Borgwardt of Kern county to inves-
tigate the case, which, it is said, has
been laid before Secretary Sherman.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
pe,ern.e. to tn, Gold Convention.

Quincy, July 2.--The addition of the
Ohio list of delegates appointed by
Governor Bushnell makes total OF
twenty-four states to be represented
at the International Gold Mining con-
vention, appointed by the governors,
and thirty-seven states and territories
from the various county, municipal
and industrial organizations. The en-
tire official list in the hands of the sec
retary embraces over 1000 names.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
comm,.sIon VIII Now y,,,t 1onaon

Paris, July 1.-The United States
monetary commission, headed by Sen
ator Edward o. Wolcott of Colorado,
will start for Londen at the end of the
week. The commission express them.
selves as being well satisfied with the
results of their negotiations here, and
the monetary outlook. There is a
strong belief in this city that the com.
missioners have accomplished some
thing tangible in France.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09

More than 10000 tons of food for the
starving millions of India have been
contributed by philanthropic people
OF this country, but much disappoint-
rlent is felt on finding that the United
States government is absolutely un-
able to furnish the means for trans
porting their benefcence to the
orient.
The Springfield herald., 1897-07-09
Local Strikes Only.

Columbus, Ohio. July 1.-President
Ratchford and Secretary Pearce OF the
United Mine Workers reasserted to-
night that there was no official author
ity for the statements that d general
strike Of the members of the miners :un-
ions is to be ordered. They state that
the conditions are such In some local.
ties, however that the miners cannot
be controlled and that local strikes are
likely to occur.