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Washington sentinel., 1898-07-16
How Pottery Workers are Poisoned,
Lancet

How Pottery Workers are Poisoned.
Lancet
The inquest recently held at
Longton concerning the death OF
Mary Anne Poole has served to
accentuate the widespread feeling
OF suspicion and unrest in connec-
ton with perils known to attend
the manufacture Of pottery ware.
The deceased succumbed to epilep-
tiform convulsions-of that there
can be no doubt; but the all-im-
pcrtant issue placed before the
jury was not the proximate but the
primary cause of death. The
medical evidence was too equivo-
cal to warrant other than an open
verdict. We do not suggest that
it could have been different under
the exclusive circumstances in
which the practitioner conc ucted
his investigations.
How deeply the public mind has
been exercised with regard to the
dangers to which pottery workers
are exposed is shown by the dis
cussion which took place at the
special meeting OF the North Stat
iordshire Chamber Of Commerce
and by the interpolation in the
House OF Commons. We regret
TO find that, instead of a common
desire being evinced to arrive at
the absolute truth as TO the degree
the existence cannot be ques
tiOned-of the perils 10 which the
employees in the industry under
consideration are exposed, there
seems to be spirit of antagonism
which on the one hand leans to
unmeasured distrust and condsm-
nation, and on the other to a ten
dency to ignore or minimize what
is a source Of danger to the public
health. 1t is difficult to repress a
feeling that commercial enterprise
and profit have been preferred to
the we'll being Of the country. In
response to questions put TO him
Sir Matthew White Ridley ad.
mitted that the report OF the certi-
tying surgeon contained matter
which he deemed it inexpedient to
disclose. 1t needs no great stretch
of the imagination to idealize a
state Of affairs startlingly disquiet-
ing
To the suggestion that the Home
Secretary should order the body
oi Mary Anne Poole 10 be ex-
humed in order that the matters in
dispute might be cleared up by an
exhaustive chemical analysis, there
comes the reply,that such a proce-
dure is without precedent mas
much as there is no allegation Of
illegal practices. Such an argu-
ment, to our minds, is too much
encircled with red tap. Surely a
possible danger to the health Of
hundreds Of operatives and 20 the
lives Of many is sufficient reason
that no stone should be left un-
turned which might help to prove
the unreasonableness or not Of
deep and widespread alarm. The
conditions under which pottery
operatives work and the effects Of
the operations concerned have al
ready been thoroughly gone into
and reported upon by Mr.. As
quith's committee, appointed in
1893, and it is the duty Of the Gov
ernment TO take measures TOR the
protection Of the workers in this
industry. 1t will be a lasting re-
proach to our independence if
juries are compelled for want of
available assistance to return open
verdicts when a defiaite present
ment is within reasonable reach,
as we affirm it was IN the case Of
the deceased woman Poole.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

swaE, .en-niilc race with young Cutting. also
Il Harvard man. Neither OF the men finished
the Whole ds;arcc but Burden was only pulled
out cf tac water by force HE1 then at t!:c stern
command Of al iratc father CAPTAIN Burden -;
twcnty-cnr years CID. weighs nearly two hun
drcd rourjs ana stJnds 6 feet inch.
Malcolm Lee Mcbride, '00 who will captain
the Yale eleven 2-xt year. is man eniincntly
fitted for t!.e place. He prepared at the Uni
ity Sclr,c!. Cleveland Ohio. where he played
tackle Oh The team. and on goin:; to Yale he
played The same position on his freshman
eleven. Last year in the absence OF good full
ha TX material il was decided u try Mcbride IN
this position. and he acquitted himself 50 we'll
that by the end of thc season he was judged the
best fuback Of the year
Iiiy game steadily improving this season.
when an injury to his knee. Sustained in the
West Point game. rendered hin, practically un-
fit for service for the rest Of the yrar. In spite
OF this injury he played in the Princeton game
and through most OF the Harvard game. and.
although his playing was not up TO The standard
OF the previous year, it may easily he said to
have been owing to h1 ovcriraincd condition
and severe injuries.
His election was unanimous. and is heartily
approved by the University at large He is
twenty years old. weighs 1SJ pounds. and is 6
feet inches tail
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
TO BEAT THE SCALPER.
NEW SAFETY rAPER Will. I.E USED rCR
RAILWAY TICKETS

A NEW SAFETY" rArER Will. HE USED NOR
RAILWAY Tickets
From The Buffalo Express.
The new safety paper for railway tickets,
which will he used by some Of the largest COM
panies at the beginning OF the year. is expected
to prove harder blow to the dishonest ticket
scalpcr than any National or State anti-tcket-
scalping measure The most ingenious wes Of
the scaiper vii. be OF no avail against this safety
paper. In printing. style and form the new
ticket will be similar to that now in use, the
only difference being in the material upon which
it is printed. The new paper is the result If
years of experiments by railway ticket printers.
and 1t has been formally approved by the Ma
tiOnal Association of General Passenger anu
Ticket Agents.
The manufacturers guarantee that this paper
will retain anything written on ii in ink until
The last particle of ihe paper is destroyed. II IL
snife eraser be used upon it. the fact VIII at
once be evident. since the surface Of the ticket
will be destroyed, showing the inside OF the
paper. which will be of another color. The last
point however is not Of much Importance.
since ibe knife eraser has already been guarded
against by the use OF tw"-color tickc.s. with
surface and inside OF different shades.
The new paper was specially invented To de
feat the scapers acids When the dishonest
broker wants 10 change 4 name or date on a
ticket he uses acids. which completely oh'iter-
ate the original writing and leave the srrf:ce of
the ticket ready for the insertion Cf thr ne"
name date. Scalpers have gone - far IN this
direction 10 change the color Of ;'le entire
tact
The new safety paper is said to be absolutely
proof against the use Of any acids. Thi3 C. indl-
ton has been reached by the use of certain
acids in the manufacture of the Dtprr, Whirh
will counteract any which may afterwar1 b.
used upon it, If acid is used 10 alter Il name ~
date on ticket printed on the safety paper. the
only effect will he to drive the original WritinS
through the ticket. bringing II plainly to the
surface on the opposite side. The acids used in
making the paper are Said To pr strong e"o,ish
to counteract any which the most expert scaper
might employ.
The new safety paper will be used at FIRST
chiefly for the printing of through tickets read
ing over two or more lines. which seem to have
been the kind Of tickets most in faycr with the
scaiping fraternity. The most skful and
varied ingenuity has been shown in the mar'pu-
iation of these tickets. During two ar three big
society gatherings held in Chicago last sum
mer the railways discovered a number Of return
portions of tickets upon which the Office stamp.
dating stamp and the autograph signature
stamp Of the joint agent had all been forged.
With the new safety paper IN general use the
passenger men say that such practices VIII rr-
suit in prompt detection in the future.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

been appropriated piecemeal by patriotic relic
hunters IL is scwed with flax thread and con-
tains twelve stars a blue union and thrteey
are arranged in four horizontal lines. three Oy
each Inc. The omission OF the thirteenth stA
is explained by the fact that Georgia had no,
Joined the Confederation at the time. it wls
made
The evidence shows that the flag was made ~
the Misses Mary and Sarah Austin. under the
supervision Of General Washington and Cap
tain John Brown Secretary OF the United states
Marine the design being taken chiefly from
Cere, al Wash ngt ms family es u.che IN. Til y,
women presented il 10 Captain John Paul Jones;
who raised 1t on small vessel. and saiic1 up
and down tie Schuylki River. to show il To the
assembled thousands Of Philadelphia. Then he
paced it on the Bon iIomme Richard and vent
out privateerinG. In the English Channel OFT
Flamborough Head. 10 years ago he was as
sailed by the British ship Scraps. and in
floating at the masthead. shot away and
fell into the sea. stafford then young lieu
tenant on the Bon Houmc Richard plunged
overheard. recovered the flag and nailed IL 70
the masthead After the fight Paul Jones trans
ferred the flag to the Scraps ard subsequently
took Il with him to the Alliance. When the
Alliance was sold In 1894. the naval authorities
az a boarding sword and a "mus0uet captured
from the Serapis" to Stafford In recognition of
his meritorious services through the war.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

was very neat and comfortable and Mrs. -
said IL was far better than sIy home. she hse
ever had.
In addition to the furniture. we had Stvee
US for them enough staple groceries to last tne@
two weeks We also had enough WORK
for Mrs to more than pay a months
rent. -
| write you all this bccause suppose you VII
be interested to know what has been the OUT
come OF the ticket you gave. My real reasoa
for writing you. however. is to return you thS
unused portion OF Dora ticket. ] do not know
that il viii he OF any to yuu and yet dio
not know but you might be able to secure some
credit for the Fresh Air Fund by its return.
The Summer outing has done great deal fos
Dora. and ] hope that tie change may prove
equally beneficial to her parents.
Six months ago the humb'e family was living Ia
small. close and vi healthy rO)ms on the top floor.
rear. of Vest Side tenement house. battling
for existence with sickness dire poverty and ali
the other suffcrings the poor Of big city must
bear. To-day a clean. comfortable cottage ia
healthy. open country is their home. with plenty
Of wcrk and hosts Of friends to make life pleas
ant aid worth living. The change took place
because to child two weeks OF fresh air were
given. The Middle Ages may be a matter of
history but there H. still romance in the world.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
4 PEUlRKARLE JEWISH PLif.

yierna correspondence of The London Post.
So little is known even IN Vienna about the
misery of the Gacian Jews that Hebrew play
inst prudu-ed at cracow has caused sensat on
The play IL by Nine. Won Znpolska. and is en-
titled "Malks Schwarzo nkopf" With the rxcep-
lion of txo parts. all the characters are typical
rfhodcx Jews of Galicia. Maika ~ the daugh-
fer Of a poor Jew ish peller ana has been edr-
ca lci hy 4 rich woman far above the sphere or
life in which she was born. on th' death oi her
wealthy DatrOness Ma'i;a ms to return 20 the
snualor Of the raic'Eal hoTe. The time 60 1es
for her 10 marry and her bridegroom. whom she
,n.ots for the first time on her wedding day. is
AN understood. repuisivc hobble dehoy. who has
scarcely left the schOoldcsk. Her married life i
4 martyrdpm. in spite of tn affection Of an edu-
Gated man who crd' IN vain 10 free her
from her rrlrriasN frtt-rs. Maka finally takes
roison and dies. The types are true to life. and
the play with is marriage ceremony and the
professional iollity Of hired merrymakers. is a
revelation f the ms-iies which characterize
Jewish Iifc in Darkas; Gaiiria.
since the production d the piece the authoress
has written another Jewish drama. which. Gu
rio,isly enough has been attacked BY the Anti
Semtes though it has won no sympathy from
he Jews themselves
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Brussels correspondence Of The London Pest
The Belgian Military Technical Conmitic. *
experimenting with mCt1r-cara in the army. u
has been found that IN journey transport
train occupies One-fifth the space in a column
that would he required if horses were employed.
and that whore long distances are concerned
impGrtant economies are effected. An autnmo-
bile wagon If ten horsepower costs only one
baifpanny IN hour. and travels far more rapidly
than a horse drawn vehicle. Moreover. the mo-
tor-cars can he used Ia move heavy guns.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

coaches in him was shown by the fact mat ne
nIayed in all Of the games this year
BESIDES being one Of the best players on 'he
eleven Burden showed that he had the 1uaIi-
t;es necessary for leader He Is calm III all
his nlav and knows every point OF tae game
He was not the most brilliant player on inc
o,even but there vas not much doubt OF HIS
boing the steadicst of all the players lie mas
always beer prominent among the S'ud'h's'
Leading his class in all the celebraiohS' ana
c;rcc his freshman year he has been PRESIDENT
of Inc class of 90.
r.n,ain Burden is son Of l. TOWNSEND Dur
den. uroninen, in. New-York society. h'S SUI
n,e, home is at Newport where last 'eA' "e
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
." NEXT YEARS CAPTAINS.
BURDEN AND M'BRIDE. WHO WILL D!-
RECT THE HARVARD AND YALE
FOOTBALL CIEVENS

The captain Of the Harvard eleven next year
will be William Armistead Moaic Burden. of
NcwYOrk City. Captain Burden played right
Of the season He prepared at the Groton
School where for two years he played guard on
his team but when he went 10 college the
coaches tried to make a centre out Of him.
Eventually he played guard on his freshman
eleven. In his sophomore year he was again
developed into u centre man. and was known as
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
THE FIRST STARS AND STRIPES.
PAUL JONEs'S FLAG FROM THE BON HOMMR


RICHARD NOW GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
Washington. Dee. ~ THE ensign Of The Bon
Homme Richard. Paul Jones's famous frisate.
which presented to the Government
recently for permanent exhibition in the Ma
tonal Museum is believed to be the frs,
American flag bearing The Stars and Stripes
it is undoubtedly The first National col
hoistcd over American
sci. and the first that was ever salutcd by
foreign naval Power. This flag was received
by President McKfnley and Secretary Long
from Mrs. Harriet r. +. Stafford. Of Coitags
City. Mass. to whom it had descended from
her ancestor. James Bayard Stafford. and with
it she gave the Government convincing evidence
of its authenticity
The flag is Of English bunting. about two and
half yards long ard two yards wide. II
was originally about fifteen feet long. but 10
the last century OF its existence two yards haa
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

the substitute for Doucette. This year the
coaches saw that after all he knew the guard
position better. and he vas put at his old posi-
tion. He showed himself to be one Of the com
ing men from The first and the confidence Of the
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
| FRESH AIR ROMANCE.
THE GOOD THAT CAME TO BENE-
rICI,RY OF THE '.RIBUNES CHARITY

FICIARY OF THE TRIBUNrS CHARITY.
II sometimes happens rs in the case of the
pebble ard the avalanche. that a small thing
produces great results. An apple fell from a
tree once and the happy thought that struck
4 witness of the occurrence is called the law
II gravity. An interesting story has come L"
liz mt in connection with the work Of The Trb-
une Freeh Air Fund last summer which may
bear ~ the problem of how % prevent the poor
from corgrceating in the large cities instead OF
be.re distributed through the agricultural
regions or the country. whore they would do the
most good 10 the community aud nt the same
time hc far better of themselves. Practical az
we'll rs theoretical students OF sociology have
worried over this creat 0uos;;on 81 hout reach
ing any solution. Perhaps they will CLEAN come
thing from this story
AS for affecting This social problem In any
such way as The descending apple did the mind
OF Newton. The Tribune Fresh Air Fund ne' er
So, I'D any pretcnsions It's object is to give
during the hot summer months two "eeHs oi
fresh air in The country to many as possible
OF the Thousands and tens Of thousands OF the
children Of New-York City'S poor who. II not
thus benefited. would have TO spend the whole
summer in the unhealthy tcneinents or not
crowded city. Thus IL is cnaTity pure anu
si,nple But it is an interesting fact that the
incident revealed by this story has happened
many times before as a result Of the work OF
this charity. The element of romance IN IL Is
unusually strong and attractive. and the string
Of incidents which completely changed the wei
fare. environment and life Of a whole family
arc best and most simply told in the letters on
the subject from the kind hostess in the country
who. seven years ago. first provided health
and pleasure for The little Fresh Air child. 1t
should be understood that these country hos's
and hostesses Of Fresh Air children invite them
TO their homes as guests and confer on then'
this great good with no motive Of gain. but out
cf pure generosity and kindness Of heart. Las,
snrine The Tribune Fresh Air Fund received
the following letter:
Meadvillc. Penn. April 20. 1HS
Cent,cmen Several years ago, IN iS?i,
think YOU sent a number Of children from New
York for an outing here. Among ther was
Dora -- of Little West Twelfth st. She
STAYED with us while here and we found hcr
bright. attractive child
shortly after she WAS here my mother and
sister visited Ncw-York ard went I" see her.
and since then we have kept track Of the fam
iy This winter they have had Il hard time.
owing to The fact that both Dora and her father
have been i'll. and the child is still far from well
We should be very glad to have Dora spend
A pOrtcn Of the spring and summer with US IL
wp could arrange in some way tn get her here.
hut DO not feel we afford 10 pay her carfare.
If this item were taken care Of. wc would Will
ingly takc care of the other expenses
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

y
the transportation could be arranged. The
hostess remarked in her acknowledgment: i
VAS surprs,d that the matter ccu.d be 30 easily
arranged had exrc' ted more difficulty. and
that is why took The matter up so early The
time W" shalt want her to come will depend on
the weather. as we think it would do her the
most good to be- out Of the city in the hot
~ athrr.'
Tie next letter received Ivy Tie Tribune resh
Air r'und was dated May ~. and read fol-
lows
Ia ycur letter of April -. you said YOU would
secure transportation for Dora at any tim" we
were ready to have her come We would he
glad if she could he here by week from to
morrow at the latest We want her to stay
lust as long she Is contented. even though II
lac until fall. so If you can arrange her ticket |"
cover the entire summer p.e2s. do 80. Thanking
you etc.
On May % the letter unfolding the next chap
ter in the little story arrived 1t was as fol
lows:
Dora reached liz this morning safely. She
seemed AS fresh and bright a = If she had not
heen travelling al night. We do not find her
much changed since she here efore. and
we shall be glad to have her stay as long as
she is c0nterted. She IL bright, interesting
child and seems well trained Thanking you
very kindly for your prompt ass:sianre in bring
ing Dora here and hoping the change will do
her enough good to more than repay the trouble.
am etc.
The summer elapsed before anything more was
heard Of the little girl. ard it W supposed she
had received the full benefit OF her long visit.
ard returned To the city tenement strengthened
and invigorated for the winter. on September
& the letter vas rccei, cd which rcvca.ed the rare
good fortrn, which had come t. the family OF the
little ncr ciary ard turned the story into
seeming ,airy ;ale II read follows:
You Undoubtedly remember my writing to you
in the spring with reference to transportation
from New- York to Meadville for Dora --.
You very kindly furnished the transportation
and Dora came to us.
Her mother and father decided that slEce ii
vas doing the child much good In be out Of
the city they would come To her instead OF
bringing her back to them. They applied to the
Swiss Benevolent Society. and they gave them
trarsportatiOn. nrs. --- wrote us she was
coming and the manager Of the Swiss Benevo
lent Society wrote that they would he unable To
bring any of their goods Our Kings Daughter
Circle took up the matter. and we furnished
house and had it all in readln,ss for them when
they arrived. or COURSE the furniture was not
new, az We had to get 1t just where we could:
but IL wes all good and the house when done
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-20
BEACON IN A FOG.
London Policemen 10 Be Topped OH With
an Electric Light.

one who has never encountered q
London log has no conception Of Just
what il is, but il is i fact that il fire.
puently happens that a person will cei
lest trying to find his way across the
street. In such a position one is liable
to he ground under the wheels Of many
vehicles feeling their way through thJ
almost impenetrable mist. \ PROPOSE
ton is now being considered to top of
the policeman at the crossings with
an electric light fixed on his helmet.
The glass is OF a peculiar reddish tint.
which shade is said to shine out 4
greater distance through the fog thaa
any other color. This will be percep
tible when the policeman himself is ont
of sight and will act also as guide, ~
he stands at his post in the middle 81
two busy thoroushfares,t to the stranded
Wayfarer, just as the coast light does To
the tempest tossed vessel. Il will also
be q means of preventing the running
down of policemen, as has occurred
several times, by wagons. The lights
will be supplied by batteries carried in
the coat pocket.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-20
CUTTING The ALPINE ICE.
How the Grea. Glaciers are Used 10 Supply
the Demand

An ,ntrririSing trln of j... dealers i'm
Munich mas discovered 4 snl,,t{o,, ta tb,.
ice question by utilizing fh. Ice ,rnu Of.
tho Alps. The firm in Question has FOR
wears had ice houses on the \ymuhen-
burger canal. which we're built AFTER The
plan OF tn. ordinary American irrholIs,
and the iec which was housed thor. fo-
--ethrr with a smaU amount lrautfr,r-
turrd. WAS sufficient Ii .llpnly tN.. VENTS
of the people OF th,, t.ity md fte ,.f,.jl.itv
Tha small ict. crop Ut laet winter ,.li,s.d
the icv dealers 10 look beyond th.. ordi-
NARY SQUIRE, III supply. ma III February
ana March hundreds III fotd- IN ir. ,y,.re
,ul ana shipped from I'm and fraln M.
ilnprcuste.
The Supply lrHS uhisju,d iu-ur.d thr
irt dealers against losses .tnd ,.lt4scd
them to make further INVESTIGATIONS vim
ii view to ubtaiuille I,;t3,.;allaT stock
THO glaciers of TN. Arlh,r.. ana Tstli.r-
stein were examined Win n yjo,, ia their
utilization. hut We're raiin,! unuy.ilailr.
and in tn further search "a great fr.ii..lJ
on th.. lfarnlora. n.',dc b[ IvIIi7rG.s
was lis, 1v,.fcd ana looked ,,1.nn a.. s,l,r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-20

Michigan i33 Georgia 1la. Pennsylvania
III. Missouri 10. Arkansas 1J9 big Texas
only 1903. Illinois ~. and Mississippi about
80 For the other states named the fig
ures are much smaller. No track was
laid in II of the states and territories
New Hampshire. Rhode Island Connect
cut Maryland Kansas Nebraska New
Mexico Indian Territory, Arizona. Wyo-
ming and NcVada--and others barely
escaped from this category By getting
credit for from half mile 10 Il mile and
a quarter each.
In New England steam railway con
struction continues practically suspended
as has been the case for several years,
only % miles being added in the six
states. On the other hand q surprising
number Of electric lines has been built
for country as well as city servicc--and
this Is true also of every other state. In
the middle Atlantic group OF states 10
miles were added on the central southern
group 3iS. In the south Atlantic group 21I.
| in the gulf and Mississippi valley states
80 tor j66 miles in what are commonly
| called the southern states. in the south
western group 81. In the great northwest
| only "a. and IN the Pacific coast country
.SI miles, the greater part i'm California.
Railway construction reached its high
| est activity in 1887. when nearly 3poJ
miles of track We're added. the rapid de-
cline during the succeeding eight years.
and the slight Improvement in the last
two years may be studied comparatively
| in the following table:
TRACK LAID ANNUALLY FOR ELEV-