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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Notes..

The cost of the necessaries of life are
today, on an average, Is per cent high
er than they were year ago.
The coal trust is one of the few
monopolies whose owners have failed
to declare that such combinations were
for the public good.
A rough estimate based on various
reports indicates that fully $4,000 men
can now find employment in the har-
vest fields of the Dakotas, Montana and
Western Minnesota.
The Mine Workers Journal advo-
catas a defense fund of 100000 for
that organization, and states that it
could be created without much sacri-
flee and would insure better conditions
and higher prices
Brother workingmen, do not accuse
your employer of dishonesty and in
consistency because his views do not
always accord with your own. There
are honest differences of opinion often
when viewed from reverse positions.
From the New York Herald: OR
ganization has enabled the wage
Garner not only to protect his own in
terests and better his own sondition,
but also to bring about more satisfac-
tory relations between capital and Ia
bcr, between employer and emplOye, to
the general benefit of this country, in
which the toiling masses form SO i'm
portant an element and whose general
welfare is so essential to national pros
perity and tranquility"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Wonderful Run-Getter.

William r. Hamilton, the center
fielder of the Boston club. is truly one
OF the marvels Of base ball This is
his tenth year in the National league,
and fourth with the Bostons, and his
record in these ten years in all that
goes to make run-getter-ba batting and
base running-has not been equaled by
any living player. Other players have
outranked him some of these years,
but none have averaged SO high as he.
1t is a treat to sit behind the plate
during a game in which Hamilton is a
participant and observe the wonderful
skill and judgment of the man at the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Result of ROwdy Ball.

Dirty ball playing brought about a
disgraceful affair at Providence recent
ly During the first game of double
header, First Baseman Davis of the
Providence club and Outfielder House.
holder Of the Rochester club, came to
blows and were ordered off the field.
They renewed the fight and several
members of both teams became involv-
ed. Some of the Rochester players be-
came abusive and were benched As
there were not enough substitutes to
take their places, the umpire properly
awarded the game to Providence. The
Rochester players have INDUCED in
rowdy tactics all season, because A. c..
Buckenberger, their manager, encour-
ages them to do So President Powers
of the Atlantic league has received
complaints of the unsportsmanlike con-
duct of the Rochester players from ev-
cry city in the circuit, but beyond warn
ing Catcher Smink and Third Baseman
Burke, two of the worst offenders, he
has not taken steps to stop it. 1t Is
to be hoped that every player OF the
Rochester and Providence teams who
engaged in the riot above referred to
will be disciplined. The directors of
the Eastern league should investigate
the charge that Manager Buckenberger
instigates his players to play rowdy
ball and if it is proven he should be
required to change his methods or get
out OF the game.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Home Talent Needed.

Tne minor leagues of lower classifl-
salary limits next season and employ
a large quota of home talent. That
is the only way that they can be oper-
ated on a paying basis. There are
number of promising players in every
city in the country, who will play ball
for a nominal salary in order to secure
an engagement and thus get before the
public. with few experienced pro-
fessionals to steady them and instruct
them in points of the game, some OF
them will develop into good players.
The presence of home talent will awak-
en- civic pride in each team and the in
terest will thus become stronger. The
grade of ball will not be as high as pa
irons have been accustomed TO, but 1t
will be as good as they can afford to pay
for. 1t is the height of folly to carry
a club in city in which the attend
ance is not sufficient to meet the guar
antee to the visiting team Yet 1t is
done every year until the club becomes
so involved that it can not pay its
PLAYERS. The rivalry between cities is
SO great that the salary limit OF a
minor league is seldom observed. II
one manager goes beyond the limit, the
others are forced 10 do likewise, and
the result is ruin for all. This is the
cause OF the collapse of every league
which has been wrecked this year.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
How to Make ShOeH Wear.

Considerable difference will be found
in the wearing qualities of two pairs OF
shoes of the same quality and make
worn by different persons. No shoes
worn continuously in the house and
outdoors will give as much wear as a
pair of shoes worn one day and then
left to rest a day 1t saves money
to wear cheap house shoes within doors
and let the shoes worn outdoors rest
and get back into shape while the
owner is within doors Keep an old
pair of shoes to wear under India
rubbers The perspiratiOn of the feet
which India rubber eXcites ruins good
leather Select strong calfskin and
keep it well oiled in winter for out
door shoes. Low shoes are better for
house wear. because they give the feet
a chance to be ventilated as the hand
is In spite of its continual exposure,
the hand is not afflicted as the foot so
often is with corns, calous places and
chilblains. This is because it is con-
tinually exposed to the air. Even when
kid gloves are worn they do not COM
press the hand so much as the average
boot does the foot, and they are not
worn constantly as boot is.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
NIassach Industries.

The Bureau of Statistics of Labor OF
port The number of establishments
considered in the report is 4,701, as
against 4,695 in 1897. The value OF
goods made and work done during the
year in the nine leading industries was
1866 ,619, 1856, of which boots and shoes
contributed $131 ,162,57S; cotton goods,
$50 1885, 469; leather, $3.50 ,7S0; ma
chimes and machinery, s34,797 no;
metals and metallic goods, $40, ,426,7SO;
paper and paper goods, $28,625,357;
wooden goods, $3O,359 ,533, and worsted
goods $25,664,722. The report shows
that the production of the textile in
dustries in some of the cities has de-
clined in value. For example, Fall
River, which leads in textile produc'
ton, produced during the year textile
fabrics to the value of $50, 1874, this
being falling off of $3,096,454 or 9.2S
per cent, as compared with 1895. 1t is
shown that the various mills following
systematic plan not only cut down
the number of pieces of cotton cloth
carried over from the preceding year,
but also cut down production material
ly. The number of textile establish
ments shows a decrease of SO. The re-
port contains table showing the
amount of capital invested in the lead
ing Industries, as follows: Boots and
shoes, $22,414,635; cotton goods, $112,-
7O2,33O; food preparations, $19,04O, 1852;
machines and machinery, $32,6S3, ,S13;
metals and metallic goods. 1871, 1888;
paper, $20,733,967: rubber and elastic
goods, $1O,S75, ,3OS woolen goods, $780,
9S0,024; print works, dye works, ETC.,
| S12,674,S71 The cotton goods industry
gave employment to 1885 persons,
who received in wages $26,294, ,24O. In
the boot and shoe industry 51,S97 per-
sons were employed, at wages aggre-
eating 1923 ,904,714, while in the pro-
ductior of machines and machinery
1SS,62S persons were engaged, who
drew in wages $10068, ,1S1.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
NOTES OF THE WHEEL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DEV-
OTEES OF THE BICYCLE.
Return of the Old Timers Is an En-
cournging Sign-Nellie Benson is
Wonderful Ridar--Mexico Out for the
Next InterHa tionaI Meet.
Mile Figures Lightly Regarded.

Every preparation is being made to
send Major Taylor for the mile
straight-away record at the first op
portunity in an attempt TO place Joe
DOwney's figures of 1:16 20 away in
the shade, for it is believed the mile in
one minute is possible. a dozen men
under pay are now securing the coun-
try for straight piece of road two or
three miles in length and level through
out--a hard thing to find in America.
This will be within the limits of New
York city If possible; otherwise in
northern New Jersey. Three miles of
telephone accoutrements and electric
timing apparatus are ready and will
be placed in position within twenty
four hours after locating the right
stretch of roadway. Taylor will be
paced by his steam pacing machine
which he used in Chicago when he did
1922 3-5. He does not value that rec
ord highly now, and McDuffee like
wise believes the time can be lowered
readily with modern pacing. The Bos-
tonian will go to Chicago soon to try
for the figures. Such contest il well
come to Taylor, who wants dEl'' for
the greatest record of the yeai Harry
Eikes also believes that the record as
1t now stands may be beaten. and he
will shortly make a trial at Philadel-
phia on the Woodside park track paced
by four-horse power gasoline motor.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
DO Not Care to Arbitrate.

A little incident that serves to show
The confidence with which the officers
of the N. c.. A. view their position in
the racing game today and look for
ward to the future is brought to light
by some telegraphic communications
between G. w. Tarbell of the Boston
Globe and Fred B. House, president OF
the N. c. A. On August 23 the former
telegraphed to A. G. Batchelder chair
man OF the board of control Of the N.
c. A., as follows: will a commit
tee from the N. c. A. meet a commit
tee from the l.. A. w. and arbitrata
the racing question for the interest OF
the racing men and the sport?" To this
Mr.. House replied as follows: IN. C.
A. officers do not consider a joint ar
bitration committee necessary at this
time. The organization will continue
upon the lines laid down at the first
meeting in December last, clubs, riders
and track associations being satisfied
with the situation now existing"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Return of Old Timers.

The rejuvcnation of three of the old
times is one of the most surprising fea-
lures of the season, replete with as
tonishing features The return of Ed
die Bald and Arthur Gardiner to pri-
vate life loses interest when the re-
turn of Jay Eaton, AL. Newhouse and
Otto Maya to racing trim Is under dis
cussion. Early in the season the an
nouncement was made that Jay Eaton
would no longer be one of the racing
colony. He was then employed at a
horse track as messenger. Eaton
rebelled at being so easily dropped
and returning to the path began train
ing. He declared then that he would
be one OF the big winners Of the sea-
son. He has fulfilled his prediction,
for of late Eaton has repeatedly beaten
the best men, winning 500 a Sunday
for three consecutive Sundays at New
ark, where he has beaten such men as
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.
Why the Chicago Club Is Making Such
bad Record - Worthlessness of
Pitching Records One Result of
Rowdy Playing.

The Chicago clubs championship
chances have been sacrificed by the dis
sipation and dissoluteness of major
ity OF its players. They know more
about the form of the race horses than
they do about the standing of the clubs
III the pennant race and think more of
two pair. three of a kind and flushes
than doubles. triples or home runs. says
sporting News. The salary list of the
team approximates $4,000 and several
receive more tim $2,4OO for their serv-
Ices for six months. Discipline is not
enforced because there are so many
gamblers and Incorporate players in
the club that the club officials do not
dare to deal summarily with them. The
only course left to President Hart is
to trade the chief offenders and fill
tnelr places with men of better habits.
The delay in adopting this remedy has
been due to the fact that the most in
tractable men are among the best
members of the club and rank as stars
IN their positions. First-class players
are such splendid property that a club
can i'll afford to part with them even
though their value is impaired by bad
habits when there is a chance of
reformation. Arson allowed anarch-
ism to establish itself among the play
ers and it 50 permeated the ranks that
Manager Burns is unable to stamp it
out, and as consequence. the city with
the best patronage in the National
league will have to put up in all prob
ability with a second division team for
1899. The bad example of the older
members of the team has had an evil
influence on this years recruits and the
youngster who holds aloof from drink
ing and gambling is antagonized by the
sporting element. President Hart
should place no reliance on ante-sea-
son promises of reformation but pro-
ceed to make deals which will raise
the moral standing of his team. AS
long as the Chicago club continues to
employ gamblers and drunkards it will
have no championship chances.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

champions would at least have been
on even terms with the Brooklyns at
this time, if not in the lead. Hamil-
ton Is thrifty ball player and always
In condition. barring injury. His pres
ent disabilities are perhaps the natural
outcome of his style of ball playing
lhe immense amount of base running
and sliding he has done. il would seem,
nave but naturally caused the injury
to his knee. If he has the good for
tune to get into the game for the rest
OF the season the Bostons will make it
not for the other heralded world beat
ers
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
In Ready Cash There Is STRENGTH.

Day by day it becomes very apparent
that labor must meet capital on moro
nearly equal ground by opposing Or
gan1zatlon of men to organization of
money. 1t is idle to think that close
and ever closer organization of capital
can be prevented. Xerxes tried to chain
the tide, but 1t rushed past his chain;
ne then chastised the disobedient wa
ters by beating them with rods, but it
is not of record that he hurt them.
The world has come to the conclusion
tnat Aerxes wasn't wise. Yet now there
exist legislators and economists who
want to do exactly what Xerxes tried
to do. They want to 'stop" profitable
concentration by having congress and
state legislatures say that there shall
be no more concentration. However,
not all men are descendants of the
foolish Persian potentate. The wage
trust is already casting it's shadow be-
fore. The organization Of a union of
5OO,OOO workmen in Greater New York
has been begun by committee ap-
pointed by the Central Federated
union. Mr.. William A. Perrine, secre-
tary OF the Iron Molders' Conference
board, and one of the leading mem bers
of the committee, said: This new
union will be one of the biggest local
central labor bodies on the face of the
earth. All the unions in the five bor-
oughs of New York city will join.
1t will be more powerful than many
great national and international
unions, and will have more influence in
New York city than any labor organ
ization which ever existed. The bust
ness of conducting the big bodies which
now exist independently will be great
ly facilitated. Employees will also ben
eft by the centralization of central la
Dor unions in New York city. Strikes
are bound to become fewer in number
year after year through the influence
of the great central organization. The
principle Of arbitration will triumph at
last. For twenty years the bricklay-
ers' union have had no strikes, because
all bricklayers have been in one union.
There are many fine examples of the
GENERALIZATION to be found in Greater
New York" 1t is not matter of
choice with labor whether it will con
centrate it's forces, other than the
choice between adopting the only avail
ab.e means of self-defense, or per-
ishing.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

bat. He almost never hits at bad
ball, and rarely let's a good one go by,
unless the pitcher is in hole" and it
Is good judgment to take strike Be-
sides, ne has that rare skill, so aggra-
waiting to pitchers, which enables him
to "kill' such possible strikes as are
not just to his liking. Hamilton, on
account Of his ability to reach first base
and his speed on the bases, is an ideal
man to head the batting order of a
team. When he is at his best he is a
wonderful factor in winning games, and
his presence In a team is an inspira-
ton for victory. His absence from the
Boston team this season on account of
the displacement Of cartilage OF the
knee has weakened the nine very much
and hns made their road a rough one.
There is not much doubt that had he
been In the game all the season the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
CrOnin of the DetrOits.

John Cronin, one OF the pitchers OF
the Detroit club. of the Western league,
was born on May 26 1874 at West
Brighton, Staten Islanu, N. Y. He
made his reputation as an amateur ball
player as a member of an Independent
team in Paterson, n. j., in 1895. He
was with the Brooklyn club in August
and September of that year. The fol-
lowing season found him with the Nets
of the Atlantic league. He was a
member of the pitching corps of the
Fall River club of the New England
league, in 1897. Cronin put in the last
three months of the season of 1898 with
the Pittsburg club. He was secured
for 1899 by the Detroit club, and Pres
ident Van Derbeck denies that Pitts
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
A Sign Painted on Cemetery Fence

"In a nearby neighboring city" said
a New Yorker Il read on fence along
one pare of cemetery, this sign: For
Sale. Lu,s and Plots in this Beautiful
and Picturesque Cemetery | don't
see anything out of place in that at
all. We set forth the beauties Of our
burying grounds in various ways in
print, and | don't know OF any reason
why we should not paint them on a
fence; but it was sign that seemed
odd at first sight"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
JOHN CRONIN.

burg has any claim on him. Cronin
has done such excellent work for the
Tigers that several National league
clubs are after him. He weighs 1877
pounds and stands five feet eleven
inches. His best game while with
Pittsburg in 1898 was against Brook
lyn, which team he shut out with five
hits,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

Kimble, Mcfarland and Stevens. But
the return of Eaton is not circum-
stance to the coming back of New
house, who may never be said to have
figured as a championship aspirant
Newhouse won his heat in the cham
pionship at Syracuse August %, shut
ting out Cooper in the heat. This was
a fiuke, according to the racing men,
Then he went out in the final and from
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Labor Must Concentrate or 1t Must
Suffer - International Typographical
Union Relies Less on Sentiment and
More on Power That Makes Things Go.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

Queen Victoria always wears a brace
let to which is attached a medallion
portrait of her latest grandchild or
great-grandchild.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
"A Wonderful Rider.

Miss Nellie Benson, the girl who
jumped into fame by riding double
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
NELLIE BENSO.

century in fourteen hours is a wonder
full wheelwoman and rides a diamond
frame
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-25
LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAlES nM NEWS Az CIRCULATION

Chamoin admitted that he was wrong in
accepting the report, but pleaded ignor-
ance.
The report consisted of three pages,
of which the second and third, Chamoin
declared, contained fantastic, and in
fact, false representations.
Mr.. Labori brought General MERCER
to the bar i'm reference to this. Mer-
cier admitted that the reports emanated
from Du Patty De Clam, but they would
be interesting and perhaps useful 70
Chamoin. This explanation was regard
ed as very lame, and, combined with
other shady actions, would damn Mer-
Cier as witness in the eyes of any
impartial tribunal.
At the opening of the proceedings this
morning Colonel Jouaust ordered that
the evidence of Penot, Il friend Of the
late Colonel Sandheer, Chief of the In
telligence Department, be read by the
court which was done. This testimony,
as given before the Court of Cessation,
set forth that Colonel Sandheer told
NJ. PenOt that the brothers of Dreyfus
had offered 100000 francs to settle the
case, adding that Sandherr was so in
censed at the proposal that he ordered
them out of his office.
Iaitre Demange as cOunter-blast
read a note written by Sandherr on the
day OF the interview of the brothers Of
Dreyfus took place 1t appeared from
this note that the brothers imagined
that a plot was being Matched against
Dreyfus because he was a Jew. They
maintained the Captains innocense and
declared they would do everything i'm
their power to obtain his reinstatement,
saying that ii necessary, they would
spend their whole fortune to arrive
at the truth
There was considerable stir In court
when the name of Colonel Maurel, who
was President Of the Dreyrus court mar
tial of 1894, was called and the Colonel
appeared at the witness bar. He start
ed by emphatically denying that any
communication, verbal or written was
made to the members of the court dur
ing the course of the trial He said
Continued ON Second Pagel
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-25
RUIN THE STORM WROUGHT.

Norfolk, Va, August 24.-Accounts n
many respects conflicting continue 10
come in from the Albemarle and Pamlico
Sound region and the coast from Hat
teras to Body's Island, in which section
the greater number of casualties occurr-
ed as a result of the great storm Of
August 10Th to 18th inclusive. As this
section of broad waters is the artery for
small craft from the region tributary 10
Chesapeake Bay and as far north as
Philadelphia to the north Georgia coast,
the number Of vessels traversing these
inland seas is always great and it is
even yet almost impossible 70 state how
many were caught in the storm and
anything near the number that will fail
TO answer roll call, but masters Of craft
III from that region state that small
sehooners, plngies, sl0ops and fishing
craft wrecked, ashore broken up, sunk
or turned over are TO he seen almost
hourly III trip through the sounds, and
1t IS now thought that the total drowned
Will run close to 100 If it does not over
reach it, while at least, on Swan. Hog
and other islands III the vicinity. M
Portsmouth, Big and Little Kinnakeet.
Ocracoke and smaller points. fully sixty
to seventy houses, four or five churches
and numerous stores, barns and ware
houses were either washed away or
damaged beyond repair, and as result
numbers are homeless and destitute,
many others have lost crops and flocks.
Stock and implements and the fishing
interests has suffered greatly. I'm a
few days a fairly complete report can
be made, but at present rumors out
weigh true statements and an accurate
footing of the damage cannot be
reached.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-25
DEWEY VISITS NICE.

Nice, France, Aug. 24.-Admiral
Dewey, accompanied by Flag Lieuten-
ant L. NJ. Brumby and the United States
Vice Consul here, this morning returned
the visit made by NJ. Granet, Prefect
of the Alpes- Maritimes, who showed the
visitors through the rooms of the Pre-
lecture the former palace of the Kings
of Piedmont The party then called on
General O'Farrell, the acting military
Governor, whom Admiral Dewey thank
ed for the permission he had received
to land and drill his men at Villefranche
during the remainder of the cruiser
Olympia's stay at that place.
The inhabitants of Nice gave Admiral
Dewey an ovation as he passed through
the streets. He returned to Vile
franche at noon.