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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-01
a TROLLY STRIKES.

A strike on the electric lines OF
Brooklyn was begun on Sunday, July
16. It was feared that the tie up of
the cars would soon become universal,
and there was great excitement in Con-
nection with the attempt to stop all
car traffic, some bloodshed and VIC
lence, and many accidents. An at
tempt was also made to blow up with
dynamite some Of the pillars Of the
elevated railroad structure in Brook
Ign. It was predicted by the strike
leaders that a general tie up would also
occur of the cars Of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Co., Of Manhattan.
The Manhattan strike, however, was
small, being confined mainly to some
of the Second avenue men, while at no
time we're the police unable to enforce
ment. By the end of the week it be-
came evident that both strikes were
dying out, and cars wer running on
all lines in Manhattan while the Brook
Ign roads nearly assumed a normal
condition. It is believed that, as the
chief strike leader himself admitted,
the strike was arranged by a clique OF
stock jobbing politicians for selfish
purposes. The great majority Of the
employees of the corporation against
which the strike was directed, stead
lastly refused to pin the strike.
Both in Brooklyn and Manhattan
the railroad strike practically ended
last Saturday. In both boroughs the
cars were running IN nearly the usual
schedule, and strikers were seeking to
return to their employment. In Brook
Ign there was an effort at violence.
During the early morning a dynamite
cartridge was placed on the tracks Of
the Seventh avenue line, but NJ injury
to either person or property resulted,
for the reason only that the explosive
cap were not connected with the dynR-
mite contained in the bomb.
A trolley strike has been in progress
in Cleveland, o, for several days, and
Notwithstanding the presence of militia,
street violence continued for some
time.
Later Cleveland reports say that
there is still violence, and it is
believed there will be more or less
trouble for some time. The soldiers
are still on duty. Besides the strike
has resolved into a gigantic boycott.
All merchants, storekeepers and pro
fessionaI men are warned by strikers
that if they patronize the railroads
they will be boycotted. The strikers
have spoilers along the routes of vari-
GUS lines keeping tab on those seen
riding in the cars. Storekeepers are,
notified not to sell to persons riding in
the cars anything under penalty Of.
boycotting. People generally are avoid
ing the cars and patronizing impros
vised bus lines.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-01
cArAwBA COUNTY ALLIANCE
Meets in Hickory-EIects Officers And
Has q Good Time Generally.

-%%@% A@ SAASS4S ~~S
Has O Good Time Generally.
Catawba County Alliance met in
Hickory on last Friday.
On call Of the roll il was found that
eight subs we're represented in person,
but only five by report and legally
appointed delegates.
The first thing done was to elect
officers for the ensuing year which re
suited as follows:
President-L Fl. Shuford, Monbo,
N. O.
Vice President-W. D. Eckard,
Hickory, N. @.
Secretary Treasurer-s. @. Brown,
Shawnee, N. Q.
CHAPLAIN. 7. Miller, Conover,
N. @.
steward-P. L Hetener, Hickory,
N. Q.
Door Keeper-W. A. Dunn, Drums
vile, N. Q.
Assistant D Jor Keeper. f. Aber-
nethy, Catawba, N. @.
Delegate to State Allience-J. F.
Chick, Hickory, N. O.
Alternate to late Alliance-J. II.
Sheriff., OataWba, N. Q.
Ex-Lommittee- james H. Sheriff.,
j. K. Click and A. Q. Shutord.
Committee on Programme for next
meeting-J. H Sheriff., J. w. LOW
rance, j. S Bridges, j. r. Click and
L Ell. Shuford.
Time and place of next meeting
CataWbs. on the 21d Thursday in o.,
tober, 1899.
The next thing was the discussion
of the questions selected. The social
features were discussed by L. Ell. Shu
ford, J, T. Miller, T. V. Cline and
others and was greatly enjoyed by all
present.
At night, those who remained with
us, with q few outsiders-as the meet
ing was public-met in the city Hall,
to discuss and hear discussed the Edu-
cational features Of the Alliance. We
are sorry that more of the citizens did
not come in and participate in the dis
cussion.
Prof. ]. D. Rowe read an intere sting
essay on education, what it is, etc. 1t
was broad and contained much food
for thought.
We were then entertained by off
hand addresses by Profs. G. W. Hahn,
and A. P. Whisenhunt. These were
listened to with much interest and we
believe they did much good in Rronsing
thought and investigation as to bet
ter neighborhood schools, and how to
get them.
Saturday morning the Alliance met
and at 10 80, Hon. a.. @. Stafford dis
cussed the question Of trusts and com
bines. The speaking was interesting
and enjoyed by all who heard it. All
look forward to the meeting to be held
at Catawba with a great deal of inter-
est. The work will be pushed from
now on. Tt ia hoped every sub will
yet make out a report and send it in
to the Secretary before the Safe meet
ing in August. H ckory Mercury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-01
LOW RATES ON COTTON.

COLUMBIA, 8. G., July 29.-The new
standard tariff cotton freight rate fixed
by the railroad commission is the low
est in the country, making reductions
in the former rate from % to IS per
cent. For ten miles and under it 10
six cents, increasing an additional
cent each mile to one hundred, then
n cent each ten miles to 300. The
railroads will lose heavily. They made
vain appeals for more profit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-01

Shelby Star: Mr.. N. P. CAN'T, Of
Belwood, one of the county's best fay
mers, made on six acres of land the
prodigious yield Of 165 bushels Of
wheat. This is an average on this
piece of ground of twenty seven and g
half bushels to the acre, and is a re-
markable yield, considering the short
crop Of this year. It speaks volumes
for intelligent farming methods.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22
WHEN He WAS IN BUTTE
Colonel Ingersoll's Appearance
in the Davis Will Trial.
HIS FAMOUS SUMMING UP
An Artful Piece of Work-His Passages
With Colonel Sanders-Familar Fig
ure on the Streets When Court
Was Not in Session.

When the Davis will case was tried
in Butte in the summer of 1891, Inger-
soil appeared as one of the galaxy of
counsel retained by the contestants.
Apart from the general interest that
all Butte took in the trial itself. Inger-
soils presence was powerful attrac-
ton and the court room was packed
every day. Ingersoll was a guest at
the McDermott. Part of the time his
daughter was with him. 1t was ap-
parent that the two were devoted to
each other. Every evening they would
go out for a drive or a walk.
Ingersoll became quite familiar fig
ure on the streets. His walk was slow
and deliberate, and his manner often
was that of a person in a state of
abstraction. 1t was evident that he
was doing heap of thinking" about
something-probably he was devoting
all the energies of his brain to argu-
ments showing the will to be for
gerry. But even when he was most
distracted one could see lurking in
his large, strong, smooth-shaven face
no end of latent kindness, humor and
good nature.
Ingersoll had many a passage of wit
and ridicule with Colonel Sanders, who
was on the other side of the case. At
repartee each was a master, and their
brilliant sallies at each other became
one of the conspicuous features of the
trial. lngersoll never let up on San
ders. He was after him from the mo-
ment the court opened until it ad-
journed In fact he kept up such a
ceaseless fire that he finally silenced
Sanders batteries, and one day the
old war horse bespoke the attention of
the court to the merciless and unde-
served ridicule that lngersoll was
heaping upon him.
Those who heard Ingersoll sum up
the case for the contestants will never
forget the peculiarly effective way in
which he did. There was nothing florid
in his speech. there was no attempt at
characterization. He walked around
the table, stood as close to the jury
as he could get and talked to them in
the plainest, simplest, most straight
forward way he knew how. Now.
gentlemen" he would say, 'let us get
at the facts of this matter. We want
the facts, all the facts and nothing but
the facts" Then he would argue black
into white so skillfully that you would
be willing to make an affidavit that ii
was white. that it never had been
anything and never would be any
thing but white, that the man who
claimed it was black was either liar
or an idiot. After he had thus proved
that black was white Ingersoll would
calmly say: Now. gentlemen, that is
the fact of the matter. You know it.
l know it, the learned counsel on the
other side know it," 1t was one of
the cleverest, most artful, most con-
summate cummings up in the history
of the bar.
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ticket-of-leaye men and women, they
have a sort of matrimonial reception.
If any matches are made, the couples
are allowed to go up to the Nicobar
group some distance away and settle
on the government land. There they
get a certain number of acres, a hut
and some commissary stores, and are
left to themselves. The ticket of leave
don't take them anywhere except to
the Nicobars, for they nearly all have
life sentences. These matrimonial re-
ceptions are the funniest things l ever
saw. The men are brought one by one
into sort of reception room, where
the women are standing in long row.
There are generally several breaks in
the line, to separate those of different
castles and religions, for they are very
particular about that in India. Some of
these men haven't seen a woman for
10 years. maybe. and they look very
Curiously at them When a man is
brought into this room statement is
made of his name, his history, his re-
ligion, his age, the crime he is there
for, and so on. There are. maybe, half
dozen women of his religion on the
eligible list, and he is taken to the first
one in the row. If, after talking with
her a few minutes, he doesn't think he
would like her, he goes on to the next
one. He is always covertly casting his
eye along the line to see if there are
any further down the line to see If
there are any further down that he
likes better than those near the top.
Sometimes he sees one near the end
of the line that takes his fancy, and
he will walk straight by all the others
and go to her. If she likes him, too,
they go up to the table and her history
is read to him. He may possibly OBJ
ject to the crime she was sent up for,
and If so the affair is declared off: but
usually there is no trouble about that,
for If a man likes the looks of a woman
he doesn't care how she came to be
there 1t would generally be a case of
the pot calling the kettle black, any,
way.
IF a man goes all through the line
and doesn't find one that quite salts
fes him, he sometimes wants TO take
one further up that he has before
passed by as not quite good enough.
But do you think she will have any
thing to do with him then? Not
much. She will look at him as If he
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22
DEATH OF N. ]. STORHOLT
Was Dragged by a Runaway
Horse.
FINGERED UNTIL MONDAY
The Unfortunate Man Was Thrown From
a Bucking Horse-His Foot
Caught in the Stirrup
as He Fell

Great Falls, July 21.-Lewistown peo-
pie report THE death of NJ. ]. Storholt
of Grass Range at the Lewistown hotel
as the result of an accident sustained
last Friday. On that day Mr.. Storholt
left town in a wagon, in company with
Bent Dalton, also of Grass Range. They
were leading Daltons horse and when
near the Fogarty ranch the horse broke
away. Storholt got out to fasten HIM
and jumped on his back to ride him to
the wagon, then several hundred feet
away.
Only a rope was attached Ito the
horses neck, and when the horse be-
gan to buck, Storholt was unable to
control him and he was bucked off, his
foot catching in the stirrup The horse
circled the wagon, dragging the rider.
Dalton reached for a gun, which he
thought he had, for the purpose of kill
ing the horse. but not finding it, he
jumped out and attempted to catch the
beast. Failing in this, he caught Stor-
holt, and both were kicked by the horse
before the stirrup strap broke, releas-
ing the unfortunate rider.
Storholt, quite unconscious, was
brought to town at once and received
medical assistance. No bruises We're
evident and the injury was diagnosed
as conclusion of the brain. Sitorholt
did not recover consciousness, but ling
cred until Monday night. Deceased was
about 81 years old and leaves two
brothers, John and Ole, both of whom
were with him when he died.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22

want of a haven or from the number
OF people who, in the same plight. are
croWding such few refugees as are pro-
Vided. To guard against this disagree
able weather at the forthcoming Par
isian worlds fair Frenchwoman,
Madame Percha- Giverne. we'll known in
the gay capital for her inventions with
regard to parasols and walking sticks.
intends to erect a gigantic UMBRELLA un-
der which 10000 persons can take shell
ter at the same time without incon-
venience. This umbrella, which will be
over 800 feet in height, will be support
ed by a metal column whose base will
be more than 100 feet in diameter. The
covering will be $50 feet across, and
will be decorated with various designs
in COlored glass. which will serve at
night to illuminate the exterior and in
terror with electric light. The inside of
what may be termed the handle will
be divided into four stories. of which
three will be under the cover, the other
above. In each Of these three stories
there will be cafes; concerts and the
atrical representation will be given.
On the fourth floor, and placed outside,
a cafe restaurant already engaged by
one of the principal firms of Paris.
Comfortable lifts will convey visitors
to the summit. The actual surface COW
cred by this unique umbrella Will be
about 5000 square feet; but the time
has hardly come for eXpatiating upon
the advantages it offers or for prophe-
sying it's success.
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calcutta in my boat, and when I saw
them afterward in the prison they re-
fhembered me, and some of them would
nave fallen on my neck if they hadn't
been afraid of the superintendent, who
was generally alongside of me. All the
prisoners have to work, and in the fe-
male prison they weave all the cloth
Tor the mems clothes and their own,
ana make them up, too, I believe. If
any of the women refuse to do their
STINT of work they are punished The
first punishment is to cut off their
hair. This they don't like very much,
and the threat of it will generally bring
them to terms. for they are Just as
vain as other women, and don't want
their long hair cut off. If this doesn't
convince them that it's better to work
In the shop, they are made to wear
mems clothes and work, entirely by the
women prisoners. The trousers and
jackets given TO those who are punished
in this way are of the coarsest material
and are very unbecoming, and the wo-
men have to trundle wheelbarrows and
dig in the dirt, just like men. If even
this fails, they are further punished
by being put to sleep in cell with the
floor covered by branches laid in rows
and then in cross rows, grill fashion.
The branches are full of sharp thorns,
which make it impossible to stand, sit
or lie down in comfort. Generally one
night of this is enough to make the
worst case ready for the work room,
but there was one girl who stood the
extreme penalty of three nights in this
room, and still refused to do a lick of
work. She was a mighty pretty woman,
and had been sent to the island for
numbering her lover. She made nothing
but trouble from the day she came into
the Jail. She wouldn't work, and moth
ing could make her work, so finally
they gave her up as a bad job, and
made her sit all day long in the work
room in mems clothes on a sort of ee-
waited Ounce block, One day l got the
superintendent to give me her history.
It's too long to tell now. but it's enough
to make your hair curl. She'll never
get a chance to make one of the mar
riages I'm going to tell you about. be-
cause those are rewards for good be-
havior, and she is the worst woman on
the island.
when they have maybe a dozen
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22
Presented With a Flasher.

Great Falls, July 21.-For some time
the admirers Of Bill Birkenbuel, county
assessor, have felt that he was alto
gether too transformations in his dress.
and thereby was gaining a point or two
with his country constituents. In order
to reduce him to the level of popularity
of the county officials they purchased
this afternoon a brilliant shirt stud. not
much larger than the average goose
egg, and presented it to him. In size
it would put to blush the flashiest of
hotel clerks and it's brilhancy was such
that all through the afternoon there
has been a congregation Of Cree squaws
on the steps of the court house, led
thither by the belief that the Great
Father was within and dressed in full
regalia. They are eXcusable. for the
brilliant is sufficient in itself to con-
stitute a full dress box party.
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A QUEER MARRIAGE.
How Prisoners Are Paired at Anda-
man.


II have known of some queer mar
riages in the 20 years l have knocked
about the world" said a sea captain
to New York Sun reporter the other
day. but / think the pairing off Of the
Jallbirds at Andaman was the strangest
of them all. For "a couple of years /
commanded the steamer that runs
down monthly from Calcutta to the
penal colony for British India on the
Andaman and Nicobar islands. I was
a youngster then, and interested in all
sorts IF things, and it didn't take me
long % strike up an acquaintance with
the chief commissioner or president
of the colony, who used to let me go
all over the place. The female prison
was an object of special interest to me,
and l must have been an object of spe-
cial interest to the prisoners, for, ex-
cept the gray-haired superintendent,
they didn't see a man from one years
end to another. l had a smatterng Of
the language and enjoyed several
harmless fiirtations with the dusky
beauties, whose eccentricities even In
dia had been unable ITO put up with.
THE prison is as inaccessible as any
sultan's harem. 1t is built on a prom
ontory and protected on both sides to-
ward the sea by a sheer cliff 200 feet
high, while on the land side the grounds
are surrounded by 15-foot wall. There
are several guards stationed at the en-
trance, and in order to get by the first
of these a man has to give a certain
password. In return this guard gives
him another password, which takes
him by the second, and so on, past half
a dozen, maybe. These police, as they
are called, are the oldest and most hid
eous women in the Jail. To be eligible
woman must have gray hair and a
face that would stop a clock. besides a
record for sobriety and obedience.
"All the convicts went down from
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were dirt and hold her neck as stiff as
poker.
When they have paired off as many
as possible the keepers let the different
couples go out and walk about in the
grounds for the rest of the aftern BON,
to vet acquainted with each other and
spark little, maybe. Sometimes they
don't make more than one or two
matches in a whole afternoon, for they
are very hard to suit, those convicts,
though you would think they'd be
glad to get anybody or anything, just
for a change of life from that in the
Jail.
These marriage parties always take
place on a Saturday, and just a week
from that day the man is allowed to
visit the woman again for an hour and
continue their acquaintance. If at the
end of three Saturdays they are still
of the same mind, they are married and
taken on the boat down to the Nico-
bars, where they begin their married
life. AS l said, they give them a hut,
few acres of ground and some pro-
visions, and let them alone. These
couples generally get along pretty we'll
together, though sometimes they have
a fight and one kills the other. from
mere force of habit. In that case the
survivor is sent back to the j il at
Andaman. But this very seldom hap
pens. If they have children, which
they generally do not, these are left
with their parents till they die off for
the NiCobars are so unhealthful and
full of fever that people don't live very
long there.
There is only one resident officer at
the Nicobar colony, for there has only
been one Englishman found who could
stand the climate. He lives there all
alone with the convicts. and though the
government has built him fine hous
he leads the loneliest kind of life. for
of course, he can't keep a family there,
because they would get the fever and
die inside OF six months. The chief
commissioner of Andaman comes down
to see him occasionally"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22
WOMEN AND HATS.
Some Recent Discussions in Church and
Theater.

The woman's hat question, its inter-
est Tagging somewhat in the theaters,
has recently been shifted to the church.
es Fifteen hatless females recently ap-
peared in the front rows at a Sunday
service i'm one of the Brooklyn church,
es There have been augmentation and
quotation of St. Paul thereupon, and
many piouS souls are, no doubt. Won
dering whether there is, after all, any
good and sufficient reason why women
should appear in church with their
heads covered. Theology. of course, is
for theologians. But even for laymen
there is curious historical interest
in a custom which seems to have been
universal among the Christians until
the recent movement in Brooklyn.
1t is needless to say that the head
covering spoken of by St. Paul in his
epistle to the Corinthians was not a
hat, but a VEIL The passage illustrates
wildly the thoroughly Asiatic origin Of
the Christian religion. The wearing Of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22
Reform in the Public Schools.
he Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
The agitation for reforms in municipal
government has naturally led to a public
demand for an accounting of stewardship
from the managers of our common school
system. Is the money being spent for the
wisest training of the city's children? Are
thu schools being used for advancing the
personal interests of politicians and for
the enrichment of favored school book
publishers, or are they being employed for
the purpose of developing the mental fac
ulties of the children?
These are the questions the people are
now asking in New York, Chicago. Phila-
delpha, Boston, St Louis, Detroit. MI
waukee and other cities. 1T is plain to
any careful observer" says DIR. Nicholas
Murray Butler, in a recent address. ":nat
this demand for efficiency is now wide
spread in this country and is by no means
confined to the school alone"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22
Death of Mrs. Nellie jackson.

Great Falls, July 21.-Mrs. Nellie
jackson, wife of w. E. Jackson of the
west side, died this morning at the hos
pital of appendicitis after an illness of a
week. She was taken ITO the hospit |
yesterday evening and died at 3 o'clock
this morning. She leaves a husband
but no children, her only child having
died last February. She was 20 years CT
age. The remains were shipped East
this evening to her former home at
Mortified, MINI.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-22

Great Falls, July 21.-The Boston G.
Montana smelter in this city is doing so
much work of late that it has found
necessary to replace the 60-pound rails
on the smelter spur by heavier rail-
The materials arrived safe this after
noon and We're unloaded at Little Chi
cago. The work of relaying the track
will begin at once, and when conclud-
ed will permit of the use by the railway
company of hog" engines in place of
the present freight pullers.