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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
Genera, Labor and Industrial.

The American Biscuit company at
Cincinnati has discharged all union
employees.
In the recent English elections John
Burns was returned to parliament from
Battersea.
All reports from Canada show the
dominion to be more prosperous than
for many years.
r. V. Powderly. though in Office six
months. has never been confirmed as
commissioner of immigration.
The journeymen tailors of Chicago
have declared war on the sweatshops
and are preparing to inaugurate a
strike against them.
peculiar feature of the labor ques-
tion in Japan is that with the introduce
ton of labor-saying machinery great
advances have been made in wages.
The striking employees of the Wheel
er shipyard at Bay City insist on be-
ing paid the scale of 1895. That, If
memory has not failed, was Demo-
cratic year.
The horses of German cavalry regi-
ments are to be shod with paper shoes,
recent experiments as to their durabil-
ity and lightness having proved very
satisfactory.
The consumption of whisky per per-
son last year was less than in any year
since q record has been kept--1S70.
The consumption of beer per capita
was three times what it was in 1867.
The Ohio legislature has passed a
bill providing that no boy under the
age of 16 shall be employed in factories,
workshops, mercantile or other estab-
lishments,
In the United States 100000 farm
hands raise half as much grain as
sc ,000. 900 in Europe. Thus the use Of
proper machinery makes one farm la
borer in the United States worth three
in Europe.
England has imported $4,000 worth
Of bicycles and exported s2,S05, 900
worth during the first three months Of
this year, the first year in which ac-
count has been taken month by month
Of the trade in wheels at the custom
house.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

to cincinnaiians. and she deserves 10
be famous as "the woman who
wouldn't" She refuses TO move. and
she maintains her right to stay where
ahe now liyes
Her city says she Is sQuattcr. but
her attorney says shc has rights that
cannot be violated. even by the pow
crfaI authorities OF big town like
Cincinnati.
Hannah Vaughn lives on an altitude
nous piece of ground, which can best
be reached by a balloon or an elevator.
she resiHts an attempt to extend Nc
GraEor avenue through her house and
will nEht the matter out In the courts.
Streets that have been recently cut
through near her house have left her
high above the street level and her POI
sitlon is today an exalted one In the
community. The outcome OF the fight
viii be watched with great interest all
over Ohio.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

TO make contracts when the exercise OF
such power is necessary to promote
the health, comfort. welfare or safety
OF society or the public; and 1t is ques-
tionable whether 1t can be exercised to
prevent injury to the individual en-
gagged In particular calling"
This extract is from the opinion In
the case brought to test the validity OF
the act Of 1893, the object OF which was
to limit the hours of women in fac
tories and workshops to eight a day.
In declaring invalid this statute the II
linois Supreme court went further than
was necessary to establish the precise
point In question, and took position
the reverse of that now enunciated by
the Federal court. It cited from the
New York courts a decision relating to
an act forbidding the making OF cigars
In tenement houses, in which occurs
the following:
TO justify this law 1t would not be
sufficient that the use of tobacco may
be injurious to some persons, or that
its manufacture may be injurious to
those who are engaged in its prepare
ton and manufacture; but 1t would
have to be injurious to the public
health"
quotation by the Illinois Supreme
court from Tiedeman on Limitations
OF Police Powers" is still more In
point:
There can be no more justification
for the prohibition of the prosecution
OF certain callings by women, because
the employment will prove hurtful to
themselves. than 1t would be for the
state to prohibit men from working in
the manufacture of white lead because
they are apt to contract lead-poisoning,
or to prohibit occupations in certain
parts of iron-smelting works because
the lives of the men so engaged are ma
terially shortened.
The reasoning which leads to the
conclusion that the state has no right
to interfere for the protection OF life
and health of workingmen who may be
practically forced to accept such terms
of employment as are offered them
seems brutal. 1t is gratifying that the
highest court in the land holds other
wise. This decision means the starting
of the pendulum In the other direc-
tion.-Chicago Dispatch.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
Here Is n Revelation.

LOUIS naile Is back from England
with 100000 worth OF orders for
American goods, as the result OF ten
weeks work, says the Chicago Times
Herald. He says that the selling OF
Yankee products In the mother coun-
try is as easy as the showing OF the
goods, and that the prices current in
the United States are from 10 to Is
per cent lower than In England, despite
the fact that American wages are much
higher.
1T seems TO me that one OF the main
reasons for the improvement In the
times is due 10 the vast increase of
expectations" said Mr.. Halle. Il was
amazed at the success had In selling
goods made in Chicago and the east.
The English are crazy after our wares.
The manufacturers there are quickly
learning they cannot compete with the
United States shops. We can under
sell them on the very things they have
been shipping here for half century.
The English buyers insist on having
American goods. and there are many
signs that the United States Is rapidly
becoming master of the world in mat
tiers OF commerce This is the reason
for much Of the foreign legislation
which is aimed against American in
dustry and importations from America.
This demand for American goods is
not confined 10 any one line. My or
ders embrace at least dozen different
varieties and include leather goods.
carriages and wagons, hardware, brass
bedsteads. furniture, essential oils, iron
and brass riyets and buttons. and
canned fruits. The expectation busi-
ness OF this country is only in its in
fancy. and the tide OF sales abroad has
just set In. This is TO be the saliva
ton OF the country. We have been
manufacturing more than we could
consume. The creation of great out
let into England and the continent will
open all the mills and put all the
idle at work
England is looking more and more
to America for its largest supplies in
food products. l am planning to ship
q load OF fresh fruit next month-the
first consignment of the kind-to Liv-
erpool. The ship will be loaded with
bananas. oranges. pineapples. and the
like. visited Manchester, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Glasgow and other ports
OF Importance, and want to tell the
manufacturers of the United States
that all they have to do to sell their
goods on the other side is to show
them. They can get the same prices
that they do at home and still beat the
English competitors by a good margin.
The same feeling concerning Ameri-
can goods is spreading through Paris
and France. We can beat them in the
cost price because We have the best
machinery on the globe. and our labor
is more intelligent and works under
higher inspiration"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
New Explosives in Mining.

Inventors have been endeavoring to
discover safer and cheaper explosive
for blasting coal than gunpowder With
this in view some tests We're recently
made at Southport to determine the
relative strength and efficacy of a
new explosive being used This was
placed in a steel mortar loaded with a
projectile weighing thirty-five pounds.
All shots We're at an angle of thirty
five degrees, with the following resultss
Gunpowder threw the projectile fifty
two yards. kynite, lightweight and a
half yards; benedite, as the new pow
der is called, lbs yards, and dynamite,
161 yards. Benedite contains no nj
tro-glycerine, and it was also subject
to severe tests as regards handling.
Unlike dynamite and explosives gem
orally, benedite could not be exploded
by either blow from a hammer or
by direct application of flame, an adj
vantage which insures perfect safety
in the use and handling of the explos-
i've. 1t can only be exploded by means
of detonator. For safety blasting in
coal mines, a series of trials have
shown that when it is exploded in the
presence of highly infiammable mix
ture Of pit gas and coal dust it would
not unite them. 1t is further claimed for
the new safety explosive that its cost
of production is much below that Of
powerful explosives generally, and ii
is to be put on the market at consid-
erably lower price.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
Comment on the Case.

The decision of the United States
Supreme court holding valid the Utah
eight hour law is one of great import
ance to the industrial and labor In
terests OF this country. Ii is contrary
to the reasoning of most of the state
Supreme courts upon cases involving
similar points of constitutional law.
The Illinois Supreme court. more than
others, perhaps, has freely nullitied
labor legislation on the ground of its
interference with the provision of the
constitution which stipulates that no
person shall be deprived of life, liberty
or property without due process of law.
So strict have been some of the state
courts in holding that the legislature
could not interfere with persons
right TO contract for the disposition of
his labor that workingmen had begun
to despair OF relief from certain griev-
GUS evils. The decision of the Federal
Supreme court in the Utah case will
revive hope again in the efficacy of
legislation as a means for improving
conditions under which workingmen
labor. II must have a liberalizing ef-
tect upon the rulings OF lower courts.
The Federal Supreme court distinct
" avoided passing upon the validity of
eight hour laws In general, but 1t sus-
tanned the Utah law as proper exer-
else of the police power. That act linn
tied the hours of workmen employed in
mines and in smelters to eight day.
It's justification is that labor under
such conditions is so unhealthful that
workers. for their own good. should not
be permitted to work longer hours.
The position of the Illinois Supreme
court upon such legislation is siccinct-
" stated in the following excerpt from
the opinion in the case of Richie VS..
the people:
1.-THE police powers Of the state can
only be permitted to limit or abridge
such fundamental right as the right
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

he was most agreeable man;
y anybody had a plan,
nee say. IN help you all can"
nea promise this. he'd promise that.
NOT was he talking through his hat;
q really meant 1t. plain and fiat.
~, matter what a fellows scheme.
-. ms most agreeable man would seem
10 think IL just creme de la creme.
10 person seemed to be afraid.
me nish or low. the gay or staid.
AZ ran to him to seek his aid:
ana al his praises loud did sing,
az name was fairly on the wing
an. nnd yer ne never did a thing
Inc people wondered that he could
, r,nu time for so much that was good
LIS Plan they never understood.
u. since he undertook SO much
Al, o sort OF human crutch-
AZ marpeied at his wondrous touch.
ana when he came to die, his plan
III. morhed as only best schemes can.
'is heishbors mourned "a useful man.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
Mining Notes.

shipments of copper ore from the
Grand Encampment district of Wyom-
ing are being made.
The Whitehorn district is making
rapid strides these days. The B. & M.
has struck pay dirt at forty feet. An
eight Inch streak assays 500 per ton.
The Little Johnnie has been bonded
and leased for $4,000 and work is pro-
crossing vigorously. The Ahet is out
putting twenty-five sacks of 500 ore
every day, and the frankie has brok-
en- into an eighteen-inch body Of ore
that runs over 500 per toh
Silver Plume is essentially silver
camp, but il has some mines that pay
even at the present price of silver and
lead. John Lesion recently made a
shipment from the Cory City mine.
The first grade ran 33 ounces silver
and Is per cent. lead; the secosd grade
los ounces silver and per capt. lead
to the ton. The Bismarck continues to
turn out plenty OF high grade ore; a
fifteen-ton lot returned 2T0 ounces sill
yer to the ton. Robertson & Co ship
ped twenty tons, getting 313 ounces
per ton.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

From the BrookHold Argus: Our
venerable fellow townsman, Moses FL
field. ia married again. and he has brok-
on The record by becoming groom
four timea in his life and three times
within the past six years. his last
marriage having taken place Wednes-
day night. There is quite history
connected with Mr.. Fifield's matrimo-
Mai experiences. His first wife died In
prooktleld some seven years ago from
aaralyais SIX years ago he took the
seeond Mrs. Fifeld. who fell out Oh .
cherry tree. from the effects OF whion
ara died. About two years ago ne
married the third Mrs Fifcid, VINO last
s,n.sn,her met with runaway acct
An, and was instantly killed. But as
~ rlneld grows older, now bclns
40, go his heart, with the approach
- XII early springtime, seems TO grow
yaunger. And now he has walked I'm n
sor M mistletoe again and taken 20
-, ~. ss,rt another love, and the Ar.
-. ,oins his other many broohheia
sas in congratulations for ? long
and happy union down through tne
fourth degree.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
SAFE BEHIND IRON poo,.-


'ooAiyn Sacrament Service n
rroteetsd from Thieves.
" IL generally accepted n.
ina, the most expensive and e,ahora,.
'aDernacle for the services N ~.
eouhtry Ia that belonging to 81 An
susuhe's church. Brooklyn. Formed
ehtireiy Of gold and silver and ,tudd.d
win precious stones, II would nrov. !.
a,oh maui Tor the daring but sacriIsxi-
ous harAnder. This fact was fully an
psvciaied by the church authorities
VINO have devised plan Of prot.ct,or
which Is as near perfect an can hs n
= an electric system, unique and ~.
sr, ana now when the consresa-
.ion arrives the tabernacle /, IN fu,,
view, but as soon an the coasreSa.ion
~ dismissed the tabernacle disappear
oonpieteiy. apparently without human
aia. Two great. heavy, Harysyired
iron doors, which have been coyarad
wan gold leaf. roll forward at the press
= an electric button and completely
conceal and protect the costly chancel
nese toidlng doors meet In a dom. M
sne top TO afford protection in that
direction. The motion of the doors i,
SLOW and Easy. special apparatus being
aeYised for the purpose. the doors NOV
ing on heavy roller bearings. The mo
uon - Impaired To them by means OF
system OF gears. actuated by an cleo
TIC motor Installed directly beneath
~ me cellar. In order that no one
should have access 10 the actuatinx
push buttons. these are placed I'm !
isuiasion IRE and burglar proof vault
8. massive construction, the combina-
Ton TO which Is known only TO tina
rectoT and his associates. All the wires
leading TO the motor from the source
o. supply ara connected al various
points 10 the local police and burglar
alarm service. 30 that should any ons
tsmper with the wires notification
would be given Immediately. The safe
doors are so constructed that should
sny one atsempt TO driii through them
o,her electric circuits would be closed
and the alarm given. When the doors
batore the tabernacle are closed n IA
completely inclosed In heavy iron on
All Sides. 20 that Il Is much safer than
u an armed guard stood watch before
Ii.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
TEMPLE BAR PLACER.
Steam Pumps viii Raise the water to
Work Them.

Work Them.
Hydraulic work will be started Nav
LIST ON the great gravel banks on the
Colorado river near BoneIlis Ferry.
northwest of Kingman, Arizona. Great
steam pumps and an elaborate system
OF pipe lines are being placed that wat
er may be lifted far up on the high
mesa, to give ample force at the nor
zles OF the hydraulic giants below Sew
erai boilers, each of 300-horse power,
nave lately been sent to the river from
this point. Fuel will mainly be Sc
cured from the river, on which thou
sands of cords of wood are brought
down at every rise. Booms are being
placed so as to catch the drift of the
spring floods and to divert 1t into a
lagoon, whence 1T can readily be TAX
en- to the boilers
The enterprise is that of the Temple
Bar Consolidated Mining Company,
which owns thousands of acres Of the
richest gravel banks on the river. At
one time the managers of the company
thought it possible to pump the nee
essary water by means of wheel floats
anchored out in the river, but the ex-
pertinent has been tried and aban-
doned. Henry J. Delamar is now in
charge of the company's interests in
Arizona
The gravel banks have occasionally
been worked in the past by means OF
dry washers. Nuggets and coarse gold
have been found, the workings of a
cubic yard on the company's ground, as
test, returning $50. In places the
gravel banks are fifty feet high, and
placpr gold anDqars IN T,prma.afe fhauo
from top to bottom.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

so,,,ons Of the country surrounding
ssrson. Ind, are literally swarmins
Anu' srasshoppers which have come out
:, ,hs ground with the first break-up.
o. W ara also many cutworms. This
shovs that the winter has been excep-
tionally milf'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

4. MISS EMILY PAYMENT.
n. MOTEL. The mother was able 70
n a. somewhat. but the daughter seem
", !" nave lost her mind. Edward lived
~ enough to reach England, and
49, 49, 'here. The mother died last De-
!, and the daughter Joined her sia-
VINO was mother superior OF the
y ss',sh convent in which abe had been
" " NE last ten years. The estate Of
i . soer brother OF Colonel Payment,
4 p alch these daughters are heirs. Is
bs,a eftiordshire, between Lord Sails.
~ Hatfield house and the lands OF
nn. Lytton. The daughters are 10
Il - INTO possession OF the property
a. l !, Il Is expected, however
M, we estate will be willcd 70 the
"A0'h church before long.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
-. K,lled tho Child.

while Milton H. Plank, Wltn ~
..,,s and 2-year-old daughter, were
wme . a,onr the river front near Har-
,,ss,,rs. Pa, the other day the carr ,s,a's
nroSe down. The horse began M 70 , s,os
prov. ., s the child on the head,
a a,a,sn,ns It's skull. 1t died In a snort
time.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07


sssara energies from the gorge be-
- ,hs falls, lis so profound Is why
4. Rayment family came hither from
r.r.nd eight years ago. colonel Ray
-, an old British army ofticer,
..stsd retreat FOR his family. and be
and bis hearts desire in Lewiston.
i, brought with him his wife. two
80 ard daughter. another daughter
vnaining ia convent in the old
.aea.ry. They bought a comfortable
lsn,sssad. had plenty OF money and
n,tly lntruded their presence on the
,llaFs folk. In three years the colonel
IA There we're hints that drink had
lalsd him. Three years more and the
,.sts Of Lewiston began 10 pail upon
AZ remainder Of the family. They re-
| nlysd 10 10 10 the Bermueas 10 live.
yssy got As far as Buffalo, where
rzy.haired mother .aristocratle daugh.
! n and reserved sons entered upon
/ s.aush xhleh for weeks Was tbs talk
/ usa Of naflalo. One zon died ii once.
! .As other one soon after. and the
\ ssshsr last fall Now the news comes
I An The unels Of the children has Just
Is< 10 England. leaving = fortune Of =
siilion to the daughters. the one who
Hea,stsd from the spree having Joined
be- sister In the English eonyent Had
/ Issssson b~en lively the family might
izrs remained thers. and as thoy were
| pod spendsEs some at least Of tho mil.
Sec dollars snisht have enriched the
ralsxs sserrksspefa That II why Lev.
s.De noaFns
ne degradation OF the mother and
I ,AisFsn presents story rarely eqnaisd
| u America II was Ia the last days
/ Il August. 1854. that Mfa n. Payment.
/ kss Emlly Payment and Edward
prsfy and William ". Payment aTriy.
Il II Buffalo and registered. 10 shak-
hE hand. Al the Stafford house. In a
/ ~ street T~o rooms weFa assigned
Asz. and they no sooner reached
Asu than they began 20 call for
irsakl For hour after hour. and day
fsH day, an endless procession Of
sl boys went up there with bottles.
~ Al las the harkeepsr. aghast AZ
~ slis Of The bill which Was pillng
n ro,ihed tho proprietor. Ile seus
susa 70 Mra Payment that no more
Essrr roald be served thsm until thsy
iaA paid for shat already had bern
fasa@sd Mrs. Payment Immediate
b sat down 4 $500 bill Ia payment.
M savs The boy a SO tip. The Bill
Nd he drinks began to ascend again,
ne family made 40 much noise thai.
ARR skry had been In the hotel Ees-
waI days. thn proprietor refused 70
Ml them liquor a, any price. Then the
rotssf wen, outside and returned with
i'zfala 81 bottles. Frequently she or
Gee Of The soma loft the hotel 10 the
ssi lev days. always returning isdsn.
haally the proprietor decided that In
we Of their having plenty Of money
Z sculd not have them In the house.
10 vent up the ncat morning. and
sasiiy 90; into the room.
hssAw lying on the sioor and nearly
laaed two women and two men. All
ss's unconscious. Empty bottles we're
sa'tsFed around. For the ssrHt time
Z 'sa days the room was stlll A doc
w vas summoned. William. the young
Z soa, about twenty-five years old,
- sent TO the hospital. where he
w IN delirium tremena the next day.
award with bis thirty-five years of
Asnsth. was not 10 far gone. and he.
IN bic mother and sister. we're taken
"a sanitarlum. When the women
sas % they escaped and went back TO
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME INTERESTING ITEMS TO
UNION woRKMEN.

american Goods of All Kinds Find
Ready Sale In Europe -somewbat Of .
ksveiation-The Supreme Court Not in
Contempt with Labor in Utah Case.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07

c,s,b. II. southgate, pastor OF .
nj .satlonal church at Evanston,
t,,aaaas resigned because one OF his
sas ohs played mouth organ for some
M people to dance at a recent So
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
THE WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T.

fon may not have heard OF Hannah
Vaughn. though Is very well known
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-05-07
RIlEMARKABLE STORY.
ain pEBAuCH OF MOTHER
AND CHILDREN.
,.,,s.s 70 the survivors Of the Ray
In, Fsmiiy spree In =
..,.,e Hotel Killed the Mother and
no Sociological Lived.

EWisToN is the
sleepies, village In
western New York.
Yet that Lewiston
can mourn Is q dis
tlnet sign OF i'm.
proYemans. Tha,
the quiet and peace
OF Lewiston. which
nestles under the
mountain ridge
where the turbulent