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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-11

Elephants in the Indian army are fed
twice d day. When meaiJiine arrives, they
are drawn up in line before a row of pilss
of food. Each animals breakfast includes
ten pounds of raw rice. lone up in Ave
two pound packages. The rice is wrapped
I'D in leaves ara tten fled with grass.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-11

Since woiheN ....se understood the art of
wearing proper corsets they have adopted
a new mode of ~walking-viz, a swing of
the hips from the waist, which perhaps is
not altogether what the best masters and
mistresses Of department would enjoin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-11

For kitchen tables and boards use sand
to scrub them with instead of soap. 1t
will keep them winter, II grease has been
spilled, cover with a little fuller's earth
wesrss and left to remain on all night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-11
An Inslnn.e of poeslc Iusstce.

A British sportsman died recently from
blood poisoning caused by a scratch from
Wild rabbit he was turning loose for
tho hounds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-11
FASHIONS OF
new YORK.
Some Lenten Fancies Con-
corning the Latest
Fads.
BEAUTIES OF THE NEWEST RIBBONS
How the Latest Wrappers
Are Made-French Waists
and Curved Snug Fit
ting Sides.

copyright, 1899. by American Press Assoc
ciation.J
The labor world., 1899-07-08
M'KINLEY IS GRATEFUL.

! WASHINGTON, July 6.-The president
today found an opportunity in connection
with the visit to the white house of q
Pennsylvania committee to express in a
semi-public manner his appreciation Q:
the volunteer forces in the Philippine
archipelago. ..5ess -. -, -.
(: The delegation. which was headed by
Governor Stone called in connection with
the home coming of the Tenth Pennsyl
vania regiment now on Its way across tho
Pacific and also to prefer a request that
Coionel Hawkins. be promoted to a
brigadier generalship: ..ts :;
Replying the president said that no citi-
zens of the country could have a higher
appreciation than he Of the exceptional
Sc, vices and patriotic self-sacrifice of the
slate troops in the Pacific islands. Il
snculd,'' he said, like to have an oppor-
tunity to take by the hand and thank
every. Individual member of the volunteer
forces for remaining in the Philippines
ard assisting in the work there, beyond
the time required Of them by the terms
of their enlistment" s. .s',....r
lie: added that he would make an effort
during kis western trip to be in Pitts
burg at the time Of the arrival of the
Pennsylvania boys and take part in tte
reception to be rendered them. With
reference to the promotion of Colonel
Hawkins the president said he would be
glad to give the recognition provided there
were no military obstacles.
The labor world., 1899-07-08
BECKER FOUND GUILTY

CHICAGO, July 6.-August Becker, the
stockyards butcher, was today found
guilty Of the murder Of his first wife. His
punishment was fixed at death.
The jury was out only short time.
Becker showea apparent Indifference. The
father of Becker's second wife, George
Sutterlein, accused by Becker of being
the murderer, did not attend the closing
scene Sutterlein's daughter, Becker's Sec
ond wife, was also absent.
Mrs. Rachael Becker, disappeared last
January and two weeks later Becker mar
ried the 17-year old Ida Sutterlein. When
Becker was arrested he confessed to hav-
ing killed his first wife in fit of rage.
In order to dispose of the body he said
he cut it UP and boiled it piece by piece.
While on trial he denied, all this and
claimed his father-in-law, Sutterein, did
the killing. g.
Becker and Michael Rollinger, who is
also under the death penalty for wife muir
der, may be sentenced to hang side by side
Rollinger, Like Becker wanted to be d
single man so as to marry again.
The labor world., 1899-07-08
CALL FOR A MEETING.

g COVINGTON, July 6.-The organization
committee of the League of Bimetallist
clubs of the Ohio Valley sent out today
circulars to. all states, inviting delegates
to meet at noon Thursday, July 20, at the
Palmer house in Chicago, to devise plans
for a more thorough organization, es-
pecially in the pivotal states Of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois and Kentucky. The Demo-
cratic national committee will meet at the
Palmer house July 20.
The circular is signed by James P. Tar
vim, chairman, and Allen o. Clark, secre-
tary, and concludes as follows:
'"The committee is inviting Democratic
bimetallists all over the country, who are
known to favor the re-adoption of the
Chicago platform of 1896 without an omis-
sion, and who are opposed to anything
in the nature of a compromise of con-
cession as to any principle involved in
that platform. The feague, which ap-
pointed this committee, is particularly
and primarily interested in the cause of
bimetallism at 16 to 1 and will work es-
pecially for its advancement, though 1t is
assumed that the new convention will
also declare against trusts and imperial
ism. 80 .--..f Il stz1 alitsi8 y
The labor world., 1899-07-08
Shoot the Mail
That's What Us,cle Sam
viii Be Doing Soon.
n HE transmission of mail matter
between New York and Phila.

|T HE transmission of mail matter
between New York and Phila-
delphia by means of compress
ed air is now being seriously consid-
cred. The motive force, it seems, will
soon be commercial commodity, and
there appears to be no end of the pos
sibilities that will arise from it's use.
With the proper equipment, those in
terested in this form Of power say
; there is no reason why the mail SER
vice between the two cities should
not become more rapid and safe-that
is, the mail will be less liable to be
tampered with while iii transit. A
series of exhaustive experiments are
being contemplated, and if successful
the compressed air people will lay the
matter before Uncle Sam for consid-
Grafton. Such system was at one
time contemplated between Pittsburg
and Allegheny for the Transmission of
mail, but for some reason or another
il fell through. The possibilities Of
the pneumatic tube system and COM
pressed air are some thing akin to
marvellous. and in these modern days
it would not be the least bit surpris-
ing if all the mail matter were soon
being s'shot'' across the territory be-
tween towns and cities in this lcoun-
try at the rate of $50 miles an hour
at intervals of every few seconds. A
New York man interested in this en-
terprise says it is just AS feasible to
'sshoot'' mail through pneumatic
tube at distance of 100 or $50 miles
as it is to shoot cash fox through a
department. store. pressure OF
eight pounds to 12-inch tube will
give an average speed ct SI35 miles an
hour, and if the pressure he raised to
200 pounds the speed will be increas-
ed to $50 miles an hour. The carriers
will be "a inches long and inches
wide, each capable Of carrying 100
pounds. One Of these daaDatc ched
every ten seconds would make a total
carrying capacity Of 432 tons daily
for each tube. The merchants and
manufacturers board Of trade of New
York city has interested itself in this
service, and thinks that the problem
Of controlling the fastest mail SER
vice possible at the lowest possible
cost has been solved by means OF
compressed air. .s
The labor world., 1899-07-08
THE PASSING TRIBES,

Those who are interested in ethno,
logical studies will not fail to visit the
Indian Congress Of the Greater Amer
lea Exposition. It is not probable that
such an opportunity. to study the pc
culiarities of the North American In.
dian will ever again be afforded. The
tribes are scattered far and wide and
many of them will soon be extinct
Famous chiefs and warriors are pass.
ing away and those ancient customs
and observations which have made the
Indian character so picturesque are
fast becoming obsolete. The white
mans civilization is fatal to the Indian
in many ways and once mighty tribes
are. slowly but, surely succumbing te
its influence.
The labor world., 1899-07-08

honor. Still, that would be but an ex-
preston of selfishness or greed, but it
would benefit all instead of injuring
all. For love of appreciation men put
themselves in the front line of battle,
where money, with no other motive
would not hire. This will be the III
centive to progress in the socialist
state and it will be stronger than any
money incentive as it will bring its
reward direct, instead of indirect as
at present. Men will be able to fit
themselves into the line of work they
love-now they are forced into any
channel that promises living, wheth.
er they like it or not. AS money will
rot hire one who loves not art and
beauty to paint a great picture OF
write great poem, because unless he
CT she loves art or poesy they could
not paint or write anything worth
doing, SO today we have little or nc
real art or great poetry. Yet it must
be true that souls are living who have
the inspiration had they the oppor'
t'inity Of developing. AS Grey puts it
in his ':Elegy in a Country Church
yard"
Perhaps in this neglected spot, is laid
Some heart once pregnant with ce,
lestial fire:
Hands that the rod of empire might
have swayed,
Or walked to ecstacy the living Tyre
But knowledge to their eyes her am.
pie page,
Rich with the spoils of time, did not
unroll: r &f~
Chill penury repressed their noble
4 rage, .-.Es..
And froze the genial current of the
soul.
The labor world., 1899-07-08
r Under present environments hu
man nature will always be just

r Under present environments hu'
man nature will always be just
as selfish and greedy and de-
based. as it is today. says the Appeal
to Reason. Man is made what he is
by environment, his religion, his GUS
toms, his habits, his tongue, his ideas,
all are just what his surroundings
have impressed on him. Coming up
under the environments Of the savage
he would be as savages are. He; acts
cn his environment as one to the mil
lions and thus gradually modifies, but
in. exceeding small measure, his sur
roundings. What we. call selfishness
would not appear except under condi-
tions making it necessary to self pres
ervation. Were every one assured
against want, there would be no in
centive to accumulate and none devel-
oping that trait for want of incentive
would at once change the whole rela-
tionship of men greed would disap-
peaf but man would not be changed;
his nature would remain the same, and
would instantly develop an expression
of greed should the fear of want again
present itself. God or nature made no
error in making man just as he is
he would not be man were he other
wise. He has no attributes but good,
and which adapt themselves to sur
,roundings. Love of self, love of lauda-
tion, are natural. Men amass wealth.
to satisfy these attributes. As Ruskin
somewhere puts it, the king does not
want to add territory to. his realm
because he thinks he can better govern
it, but because so many more thous-
ands will have to take off their halls
in his presence and murlnur ''Your
ENcellency.' The same is true with
the lord of the land or the lord of the
factory. When accumulation would
render none subservient to the pos
SCISSOR, men would cease to accumu-
late. To satisfy that natural love OF
appreciation they would eNpend their
energy and talent in doing something
for humanity that would give them
that which is a natural craving-they
would invent, they would explain,
they would discover, they would paint,
they would write and they would li-
rect, that the nation or race would
The labor world., 1899-07-08

IT NCLE SAM'S Salvation army is
II doing great work among the
heather Filipinos, says the Com.
ing Nation. Parson Otis says: "Now
is the accepted time; repent and be
saved.' Bang! Bang!! Another soul
made happy.
Are you coming home tonight?
Are you coming home to Jesus
Out OF darkness into light?
Bang, bang, rattletybang; and the
report says 100 souls saved. The par
son says: Oh, my friends, why; will
We linger outside the fold when the
Master stands with outstretched arms
ready and willing to show you the way
to the: golden. stairs. Will you not
come now?'' And the rattle of mus:
kerry echoes s'Come now" And the
rear Of the cannon says 'sCome." And
the report says .sanother 100 souls
have found the light" and the pastor
is happy. He is blessed with a great
revival among the heathen but he says
to the bishop at Washington: ''Father
Mckinley, T. am converting the heath
en- by the hundreds but remember, o,
father, there are 1900 of these cussed
isles and the wicked heathen are as
thick as mosquitoes, and you must
send me more missionaries, say 10000
more, and more converting. powder
and balls and, we will bring the. Fill:
pinos to Christ by the thousands and
tens of thousands. And when we have
ended our glorious revival services
here we will. return into our native
land, and then, O., Father, we will con.
vert few of these striking workmen
and bring them to thy altar of repent.
aEce. We will put salvation. into the
trades-unionist. We will show the la.
Dor federationist that the! pearly gates
are yet ajar for him and we will see
that be enters therein with a mighty
rush. We will put crimp in those
.heretics and Socialists and other so.
called reformers, Q, Father. Out ol
the Kindness of our hearts,, and also
out Of the business ends of our guns
we will show them wherein they err
And with our very bayonets we will
point. out to them the way of right,
eousness for is it not written that
while the powder holds out to burn
the vilest sinner may return.
The labor world., 1899-07-08

the most liberal religionist can find
fault with your position. 1t would
seem as if free thinkers, conserva-
tive churchgoers, spiritualists, and
people Of all religious beliefs, could
endorse the frequent religious gather
ings for spiritual improvement, as a
matter of reason and common sense.
But having explained the philosophy
by which it is probable that we may
receive intelligence from our friends
in the spirit world what can we know
about them there? Are they under
the grind of fourteen hours a day, or
have they shortened time to reason
able limit for working people? What
about wages or do they have wages 2
The people of the Labor World on
earth would like to know something
about labor conditions over there.''
"We are well satisfied that the
1iockefellers, the Carnegies, Russell
Sage and the Vanderbilts will leave
the most of their money on earth in
few years, but what can these schem
ing, shrewd Ikelheimers, Calvin Brices,
George Pullmans and Jay Goulds be
doing over there? Can these men be
satisfied without syndicating and COM
b:ning into one great trust the whole
territory in the spirit land? Discharg-
ing commercial travellers, s,cutting down
the wages of miners and keeping the
militia running from one part of the
spiritual kingdom to another, large
share of the time? Now, DR.. Penrose,
without being switched off on to an
other subject, I propose that we ex-
anime that topic in our next inter-
view" t
'tAll right, Mr.. Williams, the condi-
ticn Of the laboring classes in another
world is a matter of serious conse-
quence and what we may know about
them we will consider
The labor world., 1899-07-08
NOAH AFTER THE FLOOD.

NOAH AFTER THE FLOOD.
Planted the first fruit, the grape, the
most healthy of all the products Of
the earth. - i.
Speer, the oldest wine grower in the
U. S.. has vineyards Of the Portugal
Grape from which his wines are made
ana fully matured by great age and
are valuable. -
The labor world., 1899-07-08

Bowed by the weight of centuries he !
leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the
S ground,
The emptiness; of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the
world. g,, II
Who made him dead to rapture and
despair,
A thing that grieves not and that
never hopes, 4ss ssss 5ss
|Stolid and stunned, brother to the
OK?
Who loosened and let down his brutal
jaw? .
Whose was the g hand that slanted
back this brow? n,
Whose breath blew out the light
within this brain?
Is this the thing the Lord God made
and gave # "a
To- have dominion over sea and land;
To trace the stars and search the
heavens for power;
To feel the passion of eternity 3
Is this the dream He dreamed Who
shaped the suns ,i.
And pillared the blue armament with
light? 3 i..a 4.
Down all the. streets of He'll to it's
81 last gulf
There is no shape more terrible than
| f.. this
More tongued with censure of the
worlds blind greed Il IS II s; s
More filled with signs: and portents
+. for the soul
More fraught with menace to the uni
/ # verse.
What CULTS between him and the, ser
aphim!
Slave of the wheel of labor, what to
5 him
Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?
What the long reaches of the peaks
b Of song, !.
The rift of dawn, the reddening of
the rose?
Through this; dread shape the suffer
ing ages look;
Times tragedy is TN that aching
Sstoop;
Through this dread shape humanity
betrayed,
Plundered, profaned and disinherited,
Cries protest to the judges of the
=" world,
A protest that is also prophecy. 1
o masters, lords and rulers in all
lands,
is this the handiwork you give to
God,
This monstrous thing, distorted and
III soul quenched?
How will you ever straighten up this
shape;
Give back the upward looking and the
light;
Rebuild in it the music. and the
dream;
Touch it again with Immortality;
Make right the ilnmemorial infamies,
Perfdious wrongs, inimedicable woes?
o masters, lords and rulers i'll all
lands,
How will the future reckon with this
man?
How answer his brute question in
that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake
the world?.-. -.
How will it be with Kingdoms and
with kings
With those who shaped him to the
thing he is
When this dumb terror shall reply to
God,
After the silence of the centuries?
BONNY, Africa, July 6.-Oegobshir.
the Beni chief has been captured md
executed by Lieutenant Gabbet.
The labor world., 1899-07-08
MAN AND HOE.
Something of the Author of that Beautiful L
Poem, "The Man With the Hoe"
BY S. GOODWIN.
~ HE author With the everenarging realization

an ever-enlarging realization OF the
principle of fraternity"
''What was the immediate OCCASION
of your writing the poem?'
s'It was visit made to a loan ex-
h;bition in San Francisco some ten
years ago, where I saw for the first
time Millet's great painting, .'The
Man With a Hoe,' perhaps the most
impressive product Of any painters
genius in modern times. sat for an
hour before the painting, and all the
time the tenor and power Of the pic
ture was growing upon me. saw
that this creation of the painter was
no mere peasant, no chance man Of
the fields, but he was rather a type, a
symbol of the toiler, ,brutalized through
LING ages of industrial oppression.
saw in this peasant the slow but awful
degradation Of man through endless,
hopeless and joyless labor. saw in
this peasant betrayed humanity, for,
Cain to the contrary notwithstanding,
we are all, more or less, our brothers
keeper. This picture stuck in my
memory for ten years, until my Christ
mas vacation came, and I wrote out
The impression if it that had been
springing up through my soul all these.
years.
THE NAN WITH THE HOE. Is.
The labor world., 1899-07-08

BONNY, Africa, July 6.-OlegobishiE.
the Benz chief has been captured md
executed by Lieutenant Gabbet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Capt. Neal! Of the Fourth cavalry,
who recently disappeared from San
Francisco leaving his financial affairs
in a bad way, has returned to that city
from Mexico. lie reported ut the Pre-.
sidio, and was placed under arrest.
John NJ. Downey. of Sugarlak". Mo.
died. on the 18th. of brain fever. aged
90 years. He WIS known 49, the Apple
king. and was one of the p:cprietors
of the Reese & Downey orchard, one 81
the largest in the country.
Articles of incorporation We're flee
at Trenton. n. j.. on the 10th. for .hs
Boston and Seven Devils Copper Co.
capital S., 0 600. The company is ar,
thorized to mine, smelt and deal in OH.
err metals.
On the Goth the nailers and nipper.
in the Kelly Nail Co.'S factory at Iron
ton, o., were granted an advance in
wages of 20 per cent, one-half to begir
April /, the other half two weeks later
The American Steel and Wire Co
has made another advance OF Is cent?
a key in the price of nails. Small lctf
were quoted. on the 10th. at $50 S
key. or SAG n ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The series Of explosions in French
government ammunition depotS whicl,
commenced with the terrible disaster
al La Goubran. near TOulon. followed.
ON the 18th. with eNploSiunSat Hourg"S
and MarSPiileS. was continued. on the
2lSt. when an alarming explosion uc-
CURED IL a laboratory of explosives
attached to the war department. where
experiments were being made with 4
new kind of g~unpoWdcr. Three Of
ticers We're injured.
GOV. Gage of California has attached
his signature to the MurchuuSr bill re-
p%uirin" all articles published in the
newspapers and periodicals of that
state referring to individuals to have
the true name of the writer affixed.
Photographic dispatches are. BY special
provision. exempt from this law.
The Japanese cruiser Chito~e. the
handiwork of the Union iron works at
San Francisco. and the first war vessel
huilt in that port for Il foreign power,
sailed for the orient on the list. IS
the hi" vessel passed down the bay to-
ward the ocean all the vessels in the
harbcr Saluted her.
The navy department has requested
the war department to transport IL de
tachment of 30 marines from New
York to Manila. The war department
has granted the request. and the ma
rincs will be SEN with the first troops
which 90 to Manila when transports
are available.
United States Senator Albert j. fiev-
ridge. of Indiana. accompanied by his
! wife. has started for the Philippine
islands. He expects TIC he zone three
months. The trip will consume about
a month each way. leaving one month
for stay in China and the Philippines.
Senior .A.una. Porto Rican secretary
of state. and other secretaries. have au-
nounccd their intention of visiting
Washington next month. Governor
General Henry approves of their doing
50.
Preparations are bein@madc by Chief
$ l.22l. 800. 9SS worth of counterfeit
coin and bogus notes. which have been
accumulated by his bureau.
Moses George Leonard died. on the
21st. at his home in brooklyn. aged 90
years. In early life he developed the
ice industry. and was one of the organ
izcrs of the K~nickerbocker lee Co.
GOV. Stone of Pennsylvania sent Il
communication to the house. on the
2lst. announcing his approval of the
resolution designating May /. 1899, us
dewey day" and q legal holiday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
SAWMILL BOILER EXPLODED.
Three Men Killed i%astant!y and Sew
ernI Seriously Injurcd-Mi1I
ObIiterated.

Cumberland. Md. March 22-Word
was received yesterday of the eNplo-
sion of the sawmill boiler at the plant
OF Hudson Shuss, near Matte. l. miles
north of Cumberland. killing Philetus.
Wink, Daniel Snyder, Jr., engineer, and
a man named Shuss. who was a sawyer.
and wounding John Snyder, Harry
Style and Anthony Whitfield. The
boiler had been in use many years.
The fiywheel. weighing about a ton.
was thrown Il great distance. The big
steel saw was broken into bits. SNYDER
was horribly crushed. and blown about
100 feet. and Wink's head was blown
off. John Snyder's condition is seri-
Gus. The mill was almost entirely
oioliterated. Style, who was within zen
feet of the boiler, escaped with q
broken leg.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Lubrick Given Two Years.

AT Warensburg. the jury Ill the trial
of AdOlph Lubrick for the murder of
W. II. Hartman returned Il verdict,
finding Lubrick guilty If minslaugh-
ter and fixing his punishment at two
years in the ~penitentiary. 1t is und:r-
stood that II of the jury were in favor
of long terms in the peni.cnliary. ard
several of them in favor of murder i'll
the first degree. but one iurynan COM
PEELED the verdict. Hartman WAS PROB
ablI the wcalthieSt man in Johnson
county. He wa accused o; criminal III
timacy with Lubrick's wifi, and on the
night of September ;, last. slain by
Lubrick at the l~atter's home. Luhrick
Was eNOnerated by the cnrorcr'S jury.
but was subsequently, indeed on ev:-
lerce that he had attempted to black
mai Hartman.