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The record-union., 1899-12-08


Congress
American citizens, it is a Mormon
VINO is the object of the popular clanor
to-day; may it not be the Catholic or
the Methodist or the Free Thinker to-
morrow? And is it true that this mob
law by indirection is to reach within
what should be the sacred precincts Of
the House of Representatives itself?
snail do all l can to maintain nv
rights, and indirectly yours, too under
the constitution. / stand alone. save
for the very few who gave me their
very guarded support by voting
against the monstrous proceedings that
prevents me from taking the oath of
office. l am without a dollar at NV
command except the salary attached
to my Office with which to fight the
battle now pending before the special
committee. | am without legal coun-
sci except for the kindly suggestions of
mere and there word from a LAWYER
acquaintance or friend, and, indeed.
prefer 1t to be SO now, for my case is
so firmly rooted in justice that it needs
plain statement of the facts and
FAIR application of the law to them in
order to make my right to nv seat an
parent. And | want the condition here
mentioned to stand as a REPUTATION OF
the sensational charges that have been
made about the Mormon Church stand
ing behind with any amount of money
for legal counsel and the maintenance
of lobby in Washington. But it is
with those in the present state of pub
lie sentiment that sophistry and spe
cial pleading adroitly put may be ae-
copied for the law, and many of your
Representatives. Influenced by the fear
they have Of your disapproval of their
acts. may vote against what are clearly
the constitutional rights in the case
Il know not whether in this fight /
The record-union., 1899-12-08
See To-Day Our Beautiful Holiday Spectacle,
"Santa Claus Wonderland. !"
TO-DAY AT $50 A. N.
SALE OF
Boys Wagons, 4Oc.
Boys Drums, Csc.

Friday the Toy Department will offer two very
special items. If interested be on hand promptly,
the quantities are not large
LOT Large size hardwood wagons with
wooden seats, iron axles and iron-bound wooden
wheels. Size of bed, I2x24 inches These wagons
were originally 9oc but to bring you in touch with
our Toy Department make the price 4oc.
TO-DAYS An.
PRICE, AUG
LOT 2-These drums were originally CSC, but
being slightly soiled reduce them to very low
price They are large size with II-inch heads, and
will be sure to please the boys.
To-DAYs0Eo
PRICE, jJC
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 0:
the volunteer forces In the Philippine
archipelago. i, -. = .<@s:"..' .:.,
4 The delegation. which was headed by
Governor: Stone called in connection with
ths home coming Of the Tenth Pennsyl
vania regiment now on its way across tho
Pacific and. also to, prefer request that
Colonel .: Hawkins be promoted to q
brigadier :generalship. Z
Replying the president said that no citi-
zens of the country could have higher
appreciation than he of the exceptional
services 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 VOLUNTEERS
forces for remaining in the Philippines
ard assisting in the work theree beyond
the time required Of them by the terms
of their enlistment, p.
He added that he would make an effort
during lis western trip to be in Pitts
burg at the time Of the arrival of the
Pennsylvania boys and take part in the
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 thers
were no military obstacles.
The labor world., 1899-07-08
CALL FOR A MEETING

8 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:
1.-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 compromise of a 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 l and will work es-
pecially for its advancement though it is
assumed that the new convention will
also declare against trusts and imperial
ism. SH H1IksiH
The labor world., 1899-07-08
Shoot the Mail
That's What Uslcle Sam
viii Be Doing Soon.

~ 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 tina, 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 in 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
i; fell through. The possibilities of
the pneumatic tube system and COM
pressed air are. some thing akin to
marvellous, and in these modern days
if would not be the least bit surpris-
ing if all the mail matter were soon
being .'shot'' across the territory be-
tween towns and cities in this coun-
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
."shoot'' mail through pneumatic
tube at a distance Of 100 or $50 miles
as it is to shoot a cash Cox through a
department store. pressure OF
l.eight pounds to a 12-i1ch tube will
give an average speed of S35 miles an
hour, and if the pressure. be raised to
i 200 pounds the speed will be increas.
led to $50 miles an hour. The carriers
will be 81 inches long and a. inches
wide, each capable Of carrying 100
pounds. One Of these da1spat ed
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.
The labor world., 1899-07-08
BECKER FOUND GUILTY

CHICAGO, July 6.-Auguss 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 showed apparent Indifference. The
father. of Becker's second wife, George
Sutterlein, accused by Becker of being
the murderer, did not attend the closing
scene. SutterleIns 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 a 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, Suttelein, did
the killing.
Becker and Michael Rollinger, who is
also under the death penalty for wife muir
der may be sentenced to hang side by side
Rolinger, like Becker wanted to be q
single man so as to marry again.
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 in
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, wneth-
er they like it or not. AS money will
not hire one who loves not art and
beauty to paint a. great picture or
write great poem, because unless he
or she loves art or poesy they could
not paint or write anything worth
doing, so today we have little or no
real art or great poetry. Yet it must
be true that souls are living who have
the inspiration had they the oppor-
tunity 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:
Chill penury repressed their noble
rage, =
And froze the genial current of the
soul. ~
The labor world., 1899-07-08
+ Under present environments hu,
man nature will always be just

r Under present environments hu'
l 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 saYages are. He acts
On 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
e1vation. 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:
peal: 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.
ton, 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
il, but because so many more thous-
ands will have to take off their hats
in his presence and ,murnur ''Your
ENcellency." The same is true with
the lord of the land or the lord of the
factory. When accumulation would
render none subsefvient to the pos
SCISSOR, men would cease to accumu-
late. 70 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 natural craving-they
would invent, they would explain
they would discover, they would paint
they would write and they would tli.
rect, that the nation Or race would
The labor world., 1899-07-08


LII 7 NCLE SANS Salvation army is
II doing a 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 .'Come now." And the
rear Of the cannon says ''Come." And
the report says 'sanother 100 souls
have found the lii ight," 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, I am converting the heath
cn by the hundreds but remember, 0,
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. 80, ZOO
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 a few of these striking workmen
! and. bring them to thy altar of repent.
arce. 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. he enters therein with mighty
rush. We will put crimp in those
|heretics and Socialists and other So
called .reformers, Q, Father. Out oi
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 PASSING TRIBES.

Those who are interested in ethno-
logical studies will not fail to visit the
Indian Congress Of the Greater Amer
ica 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 Ia
its influence.
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
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;:' 9
The people of the Labor World on
earth would like to know something
about labor conditions over there
eve are well satisfied that the
ltockefellers, the Carnegies, Russell
Sage and the Vanderbilts will leave
the most of their money on earth in
a 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 travelers,cutting down
The wages of miners and keeping the
militia running from one part of the
spiritual kingdom to another, a large
share of the time? Now, DIR. Penrose,
without being switched off on to an
other subject, I propose that we ex-
anime that topic in our next inter-
view" = f-.s A..
'.All 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

Planted the first fruit, the grape. the
most healthy of all the products Of
the earth. ....
Speer, the oldest wine grower in the
e. 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
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.

III 4 ~
Bowed by the weight of centuries he
leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the
ground,
The. emptiness Of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the /
world. y5 s. $ss
Who made him dead to rapture and
despair, sb
A thing that grieves not and that
never hopes,
Stolid and stunned, q brother to the
OK? 5S "a s. 4
Who loosened and let down his brutal
jaw? s. )
Whose was the hand that slanted
% .f back this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light
within this brain?
Is this the thing the Lord God made
and gave s
To- have dominion over sea and land;
To trace the stars and search the
heavens for power; ..58 99
To feel the passion of eternity & I
Is this the, dream He dreamed Who
..s shaped the suns
And pillared the blue armament with
@S light?
Down all the streets of He'll to its.
ID last gulf
There is no shape more terrible than.
More tongued with censure of the /
/. worlds blind greed - Vi.
More filled with signs and portents
t* for the soul
More fraught with menace to the uni
!S verse. 9ti51 s5s: FIX . tiI Is
What CULTS between him and the ser
aphim!
Slave of the wheel Of labor, what to
# him
Are Plato and the swing Of Pleiades?
What the long reaches of the peaks
of song,
The rift of dawn, the reddening of
the rose? .5F. Ri
Through this dread shape the suffer
ing ages look;
Times ragedy is tn that aching
4 stoop;
Through this dread shape humanity
a.. betrayed,
Plundered, profaned and disinherited,
Cries protest to the judges of the
/, >, world,
A protest that is also prophecy.
o masters, lords and rulers in all
lands,
Is this the handiwork you. give to
God,
This monstrous thing, distorted and
soul. quenched?
HHw 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 immemorial infamies,
Perfdious wrongs, inlmedicable woes?
o masters, lords and rulers in all
lands, .E, s....ss
How will the future reckon with this
man?
How answer his brute question in
that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake
the world? ..a -
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, Tr...
After the silence of the centuries?
BONNY, Africa, July 6-Oegobshir.
the Benz chief has been captured md
executed by Lieutenant Gabbet.
The labor world., 1899-07-08

an ever-enlarging realization of the
principle of fraternity"
'What was the immediate occasion
of your writing the poem?''
ut was visit I made to loan ex-
h;bition in San Francisco some ten
years ago, where I saw for the first
time Millet's great painting, ''Thc
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. I 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. I
saw in this peasant the slow but awful
degradation of man through endless,
hopeless and joyless labor I 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 wrote out
The impression if it that had been
springing up through my soul all these
years. 55
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
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day at this occupation. When they
take to the water in the fall the profess
sional frog-catcher watches them and
learns where they nest. He waits until
the prices are higher in the winter and
cuts the ice over this nest, scooping out
great nests full of frogs. AS many as
FIVE hundred to a thousand can be Sc
cured in one of these nests in good sea-
sons. This keeps up the supply the
year round and makes the market a
steady one, comparati lively. No effort
has yet been made to establish frog
hatcheres or to cultivate the frog, the
natural supply being SO large
The frog catcher kills the frogs with
stick and gathers them up in his bag
as he walks around the various lakes
and ponds, He has no capital invested
and realizes from three to ten dollars
per day for the time he is employed in
the occupation. The average price OBJ
tanned for frog legs in this market at
wholesale Is from five to eight cents
per dozen during the summer, but they
go as high as fifteen cents during the
winter months, The demand for frog
legs is steady from certain customers of
the st. Paul shippers. One of the lead
ing New York hotels has a standing or
der for fifty dozen per day. Cincinnati
and Chicago also have number of
houses who have standing orders for
form thirty-fve to fifty dozen daily,
and the orders are being gradually in
creased as the public taste is educated
to appreciate this delicacy. They ere
ali shipped by express, packed in ice.
In the cold-storage houses here there
are now about two hundred dozen frog
legs held as reserve for emergency,
the dealers oftn being called upop to
supply an unusually large amount for
banquets or other entertainments.
Many frog legs are sold during the
summer to tourists fishing In the Min
nesota lakes.
The large southern bull-frog comes in
competition with the Minnesota frog in
the southern states and In states Dor
dering on the south, but the southern
product is not regarded as highly by
those discriminating palates as the
northern product. The meat is coarse,
the taste is not as sweet or as delicate,
and there is preference given for the
frog from the clear waters OF the Min
nesota lakes.--Chicago Record.