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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-16
THAT FLORY CHARGE.
Did Republican Candidate Take
Strikers Place =?
GEORGE W. WAGNER'S STORY.

GEORGE ". WAGNER'S STORY.
Post-Dispatch.
Joseph Flory, republican nominee
for governor. has sent out through
the press a denial OF the statement
that in October, 1SS3, duringa strike
| of switchmen. he worked in the place
OF a striker in the Wabash yards at
st. Louis. Mr.. Florys denial is a.
| follows:
The Wagner story is campaign
lie was not working in the yards
of the Wabash at any time in 1888,
but was running on their trains at
that time
The Wagner story referred to Is the
statement of George ". Wagner. one
of the oldest switchmen in st. Louis,
who lives at 90 St Louis avenue.
Mr.. Wagner is not now employed,
but he was a switchman i'll st. Louis
for 30 years.
Mr. Wagner makes the following
statement to the Post-Dispatch;
in October, 1883, the switchmen
in st. Louis and East st. Louis
struck There were then two organ
izations. the Switchmen Mutual
Aid Association and the Brotherhood
of Railway trainmen. The strike
was declared by both organizations
on Oct. =. | was then switching for
the Bridge and Tunnel Co., and was
one of the men who went out.
Within d very few days the Wa
bash railroad brought to its yards u
number of men to take the places of
the strikers Among them was JO-
seph Flory. who had been working
for the company as an extra freight
conductor, running between st.
Louis and Moberly. Flory was given
the place OF a striking engine foreman
III the yards. and to my knowledge
worked as such during the continu-
ance of the strike.
After the strike was over he was
given a regular run as freight con-
ductor and soon after was promoted
to passenger train. | have made
affidavit to these facts, and they can
easily be proved by personal inquiry
of the men who are now working in
the Wabash yards at st. Louis ave
nue. and at Luther Station. Tony
Ferringer OF 1881 Blair avenue will
also corroborate this-statement."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-16

Apropos to the continued wrang-
ling in city politics the Gallatin Dem
ocrat says: If the various factions
that disturb the peace and harmony
of the democratic party in our cities
will explain their difference to Us and
tell us what makes the difference be-
tween a Pendergast and Shannon
democrat in Kansas City, and the
reason they give has any sense in it,
why then we will give it up. Out
here in the rural districts democrat
is a democrat, and there is no dam
phoolishness' about it. We do not
say if we can not have it this way or
that we will wreck the whole shoot
ing match We help to nominate a
ticket and then we take off our coats
and help elect it. Quite often we do
not get our choice in a single in
stance before the primary; but some
one else did and his friend will likely
make Just as good an officer as ours
| " Iif JIlcH SIOuld We NuE'o Ain
| We took the chances of the primary
or the convention, as the case may
be. and we certainly should be hon
est enough to abide by the result,
We believe on the whole we have a
better democracy in the country than
they have in the city, but there
should beno difference if your petty
silly iealousies were laid aside anC
each man would 60 to work for his
party, you would soon have party
that would know no such word "a
: fail, and that could never be defeated
But here when we are bending every
energy for a triumph OF what we cal
correct principle OF government
why Mr.. P, Mr.. S, Mr.. B. and Mr.
II. are wrecking their party over tn
most trivial thing imaginable an
each one swearing that he is the onl
pebble on the beach. We feel YER
often like wishing that you were pei
!, bles on the beach and that som
great outgoing wave would was
YOU to the ID himself"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
Swan Point Cemetery,

Onlce-S5 North Main Street
An omnibus runs from the junction OF
Angel and South Angel streets TO tho
cemetery on Sundays every 40 minutes
from 10 A. NJ. to Il. M.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
RAILROADS
NEW YORK. NEN HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.

A Time Thble g,vlag FUN information
as TO lceal and through train service
may be obtained at Providence station
aud stations below:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
A REPUBLIC IN DANGER.

\ state Of AFFAIRS which threatens the
very existence OF Colombia is revealed
in a letter addressed TO Don Rua. the
head OF the Salesian Institute. by Father
Rabagliau. the Salesan Provincial I'm the
republic. and published In tho last issue
OF the Salcsian Bulletin 10 appears that
"A century ago Colombia had only ninety
seven iepers; today II has no less than
thirty thousand and perhaps more Thlr-
~ years ago leprusy WAS limited 10 the
department Of Santander. Boyaca. Cundi-
amara and the neighborhoOd OF Carta-
gena by the sea. The other departments
were entirely free from The maiady. At
the present day they are all more or less
contaminated. How this has happened 10
IN not difficult t0 discover The village or
Contradiction has been converted into "a
lak but there has been ~ ISOLATION. The
doctors Until recently. favored the opin-
ION that ieprosy Il not contagious and The
fears tlat at on" time prevailed amongst
the people with regard arc mo- longer on
tcrtained.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12

20 reliable retail merchants or salarIod
people holding permanent positions. such
as bank clerks. superintendents. foremen.
statesmen. cashiers. bookkeepers. school
teachers. clerks. etc: ali business treat
ed strictly confidential, and I'm n reliable
manner; easy terms: conveyancing and
notary public Write full particulars or
call: hours , 60 g. I.f
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
FIRST GERMAN PAPER IN AMERICA.

The first newspaper printed in the Ger
man language I'm America was the Phila-
delphische Zeitung. published BY Benja-
min Franklin I'm the year l732, says the
Pennsylvania Magazine OF History and
Biography. The Pennsylvania Gazette
for June 10 June H. l732, contains the
following announcement:
The Gazette will come out on Monday
next. and continue TO he published on
Mondays.
And on the Saturday following will be
published sPhiladelphische Zeitung. or
Newspaper In fiieh-Dutch, which will
continue TO be published on Saturdays
once fortnight. ready 10 be delivered at
Ten Clock to Country Subscribers. Ad-
vertisoments are taken in by tho Printer
hereof. or by Mr.. Louis Timothec. Lam
guage Master. who translates them"
I'm undertaking this new enterprise
Franklin expected 90 secure liberal sup
port from the German population OF the
province. for whom he had been doing
considerable printing. but IN this he was
disappointed, and the publication OF the
Zcitung was discontinued after few
numbers had been issued
The Zcitung was n small sheet ~ four
pages, six and one-half by nine inches.
tho text printed in double columns with
Roman type. ana al the bottom OF the
fourth page bore the Imprint Phlladel-
phia. Gedruckt hey ~ Francklin in der
Msrckstrasse. w dIese Zsitungsn yOr 5
Shilllngs des Jshrs "a bekommeu, und
Advertisements ga bestellen sind. The
FIRST number was issued jane 10 l7s2 and
the second. Sonnabend den "a Jun. i7s2 %
The Publication ~ the Zeitung. therefore
antedatcs for seven years tiIc tOch-
Dentsch Penn~yivanische ticss hirht-S Sch
rcibcr, published by Christop- ssur.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
FINANCIAL NEWS
BULLS AND BEARS.

Wall Street, Dec. i2.--Generai strength
was displayed IN the opening dealings Of
the stock market The demand was large,
blocks OF 1900 shares changing hands fire.
quently I'm leading stocks. The Readings
were heavily absorbed. 1900 shares OF the
common stock bringing % and similar
amount OF the preferred selling at from
81 to sra.
Gains In the general railway list were
OF a uniform fraction and accentuated
by higher prices for International stocks
abroad. Norfolk and Western exception
ally rose Ia. In the specialties rubber
rose IA. rubber preferred 2 points and
Tennessee Coal ~.
Profit taking sales after the opening
prevented the most active stocks from
continuing their rise but the demand was
sufficient to hold most OF them pretty
steady at the opening level. Unusual ac-
tyity prevailed in the coal stocks and
Ontario and Western forged up 10 H1
and Erie second preferred 10 20.
Meanwhile there were important gains
recorded I'm many OF the usually inactive
stocks including Mobile and Ohio, ~. Y,
Chicago ana 81. Louis first preferred. Rio
Grande and Western preferred and w. u.
The metal group showed marked irreg-
ularity, federal steel falling below yester-
days close while tin plate improved IN.
Later selling of the fractions and sugar
had slight influence on the market, but
a subsequent demand for the grangers,
led by Burlington. caused prices TO mend
somewhat.
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Nov York sl0cks.

Reported by FLETCHER e. TAPPAN.
u+-3lb-3ls Banigan Building.
UP TO 2:S0 O'CLOCK
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
WHITE FLOWERS.

We suppose there is not n boy or
girl I'm America who has plucked white
and blue violets by the roadside who does
not remember that. while the blue species
was the prettiest. the modest white speci-
men smelled the sweetest, says the Chi
cago Times-Herald. The busy bee knows
that the white violets yield more honey
than the blne--Bnt nt--haw- -naaay-Peeple
know that among the 600 different spe-
cies of plants used for commercial pur-
poses i'm Europe a larger percentage OF
the white flowers yield scents than of any
other.
The chief scent trade OF Europe as OF
the whole world, centres around Grasse,
Nice and the Riviera. And OF the various
flowers grown there, the proportion that
arc odoriferous is as follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12

uIcnll mskes belts grip the pulieys. pro
tlJuOl tects them from steam and wateL
sud proveDt- glazing. for sale by
BROWN BROS co.
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A CARD.

We. the undersigned. do hereby agree
10 refund the money on 5o-cent bottle
OF Greens's Warranted Syrup OF Tsr IL
II falls 10 cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a 25-cent bottle To prove
satisfactory or MONEY refunded
Blandine A. Handing, A. w. Fcnncr.
Esny~~. Smith A. Co. ". v. O'Donneil
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IL will be perceived that. while OF the
viOlet-hued flowers only a little over 4
per cent. are scented, over 16 per cent
Of the white varieties are. Even the red
which approach nearest TO the white i'm
the percentage OF scented varieties. reg
lister only just over 10 per cent.
Red may be the badge OF courage as
well as OF carnage. but white I'm nature.
"a In life, II significant of purity, sweet
ness and light
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
The Cotton Market.

New York Spot Cotton y. higher MA.
ding Jplands ~. Gull iois
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
Chicago Markets.

Reported by Lewis a. May 4 Co.. zis
Bsnigan Building.
Open H.sh- Low Ciss-
ing. est 80 Ing.
WHEAT ~
Jan 80. 7oft-S U% .7p1t-t -1is-H
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ICE.
EARL CARPENTER g. SoNS'C0.
No. q Westminster St. Cor Dye

and retail ICE at fair prices, ana by
prompt attention to business and the ern.
pioyment OF good men In their severAI
departments, merit q continuancs ok -
patronage so long enjoyed
Telephone 166
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
ward and about the city with some personal
Feeling at Milkesbarre.

wILKESBARRE, Pa, Oct IA can
vass of the operators of the Wyoming
valley. to-day. shows there is considerable
opposition to granting the miners any more
concessions than those outlined in the orig
inai offer, namely. 10 per cent increase
without any conditions. The individual
operators. especially. are opposed to tying
themselves up to any agreement. One
operator said the only way the strike can
be settled is for the strikers TO accept
the 10 per cent. without any provisions.
Superintendent Chase. OF the Lehigh Coal
Company, said: mot much dependence
can be placed on the men when IL comes
to arbitration. This was shown in the
case of Mr.. Markle. He favored arbitra-
ton, but at the behest of Mr. Mitchell,
his miners repudiated the agreement they
made with their employer. The demand
of the strikers that the operators should
agree to pay the increased wages for a
fixed period is too arbitrary. and the oper-
ators will hardly agree to it,
Despite the views of the operators. the
impression here is that the strike Will be
ended this week.
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,asis, and representing 100:

The bulletin concludes as follows: "It
may be stated that during the years in
which the course of wages declined, the
rates OF 1891 and 1892 in many instances
remained unchanged, and in like manner,
during the last few years, in which the
general course of wages has been upward,
the wages In these instances have not,
of course, responded to the general rise.
In other instances the per cent. of de-
crease was notably large during the years
of depression, while during the last two
years Of the period the reverse is true. and
a much larger increase really took place
than that indicated by the table. In other
words, wages in some instances show but
little fiuctuation, while in other instances
they are much more sensitive, responding
quickly to general conditions of depres-
sion or activity. The average condition
or general level only is shown in the table,
and while, for the reasons stated, the
fluctuations during the period have not
been so great as popular opinion would
indicate, the figures for 1899 and 1900 show
a gratifying average increase over the con-
ditions of 1891 and 1892 when wages in
gold were higher than at any period in
the history of the country prior to the
present wear"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
Average Wage This Year Is Over Pei
Cent. Higher than I'm the Record
Breaking Years 1891 and 1892.
STEALING OF TRADEMARKS
LOCALIZED ROBBERY THAT WORKS
TO INJURY OF AMERICANS.
Latter Must submit to a Kind OF
BIackmaiI i'm Germany or Suffer
Loss of Business.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Carroll d.
Wright, commissioner of labor, has issued
a bulletin, giving a summary of data in
a previous publication Trusts and In
dustrial Combinations" showing the rate
of wages in various occupations for
period extending back, in most cases, from
the present year to 1891. The data were
secured directly from the payrolls of es-
tablishments in all sections of the country
The information contained pertains to las
establishments, representing twenty-six in
dustries and 1872 occupations. Those items
for which data for the whole period We're
not given were excluded from considera-
tion in the summary. All the data includ-
ed, except those for mining, relative to
manufacturing industries, the data rela-
tive to steam railroads and street railways,
having been excluded from the summary.
The bulletin says that while the data from
which the table of wages was prepared
do not afford the basis for strictly scien-
tific calculation of relative wages, care
full examination of the figures leads to the
belief that they are fairly representative.
and undoubtedly approximate very closely
the actual conditions for the whole coun-
try. The summary shows as follows, the
average of wages of 1891 being taken as
a basis, and representing 100:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
QUEER GERMAN LAW.
1t Virtually Legalixes the Theft Of
American Trademarks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA very peculiar
provision of the German law for the regis
tration of trademarks is not infrequently
used to the great and unjust disadvantage
of Americans and other foreigners, accord
ing to a report to the State Department by
Consul General Mason, at Berlin. Under
the German statute any person may regis
ter and secure right to any name or device
used as trademark which has not been
registered previously in Berlin by some
other firm or person. In other words. the
officials before whom the application is
brought make no inquiry to ascertain
whether the applicant has ever used the
proposed trademark, or has any right to it,
but only concern themselves as to whether
it has been registered in Germany. The
latter point settled. it is admitted to regis
tration without further inquiry.
As an instance of how readily such q pro-
vision can be abused. several years ago.
when American bicycles began TO be i'm
ported into Germany, certain persons in
terested in blocking the trade got the trade
marks of two or three makers registered
in their own names and either obliged the
legitimate American owners of the trade
marks TO buy them off-in other words, to
pay a species of blackmail-or to change
the trademarks on all bicycles exported to
Germany. There are other instances of
these fraudulent appropriations, and the
abuse has become so notorious as to elicit
the remark from a leading German patent
attorney that "the effect of the law is to
legaiize and facilitate the theft of a trade
mark"
The consul general says that the obvious
course OF all American exporters Is 10 have
heir name and trademark duly registered
In Germany before exporting any kind of
merchandise covered by "a well-known
name to that country. The question of the
registration of trademarks has been taken
up also by United States Consul Freeman
at Copenhagen, who says that in order that
an American firm may get trademark
registered In Denmark IL is necessary 10
have had the same registered in the United
States Prompt action" says the consul
should be taken by American manufac-
turers 10 prevent the appropriation OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
FEAT IN ELECTRICITY.
Current of 10000 Volts Carried
Through an Underground Cable.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Oct. IA remarkable
series Of experiments was conducted here
to-day by Henry Floy, of New York, who
successfully accomplished the feat of car
rying $1,000 volts of electricity through an
underground cable three miles long. The
highest voltage hitherto attained with this
class of conductor was 10000 volts. which
was secured at Niagara Falls, and cleo
trical engineers have long been expert
menting with view TO attaining maxi
mum of 5000 volts The cable consists Of
three copper conductors, each about the
size OF an ordinary lead pencil, each being
inclosed In paper tube. and the whole en-
cased in a lead sheet and drawn through
vitrified clay conduits. The cable is a
part of the system by which the st. Paul
Gas Light and Power Company will util-
ize the water power at Apple River, Wis,
the other twenty-four miles of wire being
overhead.
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men and their defenders. In the Tam
Iaany state convention in New York they
actually denounced the Ice trust In their
political capacity, while in their private
capacity they were stockholders in II, and
through their counsel were doing every
thing to prevent it's dissolution by the at
torney general
Mr.. Bryan is now going 10 New York to
be the political guest of Mr.. Croker, the
ice-trust beneficiary He is going there TO
try TO help Mr.. Croker get control of the
State of New York and bring IL down TO
the level of infamy TO which Tammany
government has reduced the city of New
York. Again. il comes to me that this
needs no further comment than Is implied
In the statement of the facts. With hearty
thanks for your kindness, 1 am faithfully
yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Governor Roosevelt tonight announced
that he will make only six speeches in
Ohio. This removes six towns from the
itinerary. He will speak but once in Mary
land, at Baltimore.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
RETICENCE AT HAZLETON.
Individual Operators Waiting on Coal
Roads TO Make First Move.

HAZLETON, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE individual
coal operators who could be seen here to-
day declined to discuss the action taken
by the anthracite miners convention at
Scranton yesterday. Neither would they
say what steps the employers would proba-
bly, take. 1t is evident from their reticence
that the individual mine owners are wait
ing to see what the large coal carrying
railroads that mine coal will do.
1t is reported in the coal region tonight
that the presidents of these roads will hold
a conference in New York tomorrow for
discussion of the action of the convention.
There was a story afoat to-day that the
operators will accept the conventions de-
CONTINUED ON SECOND PACED
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He Gives Mr.. Bryan Only 11S Votes
Sure, with a Chance of Securing
Sixty-TwO More.
DETAILS OF THE ESTIMATE
TWENTY-FOUR STATES CLAsSED AS
REPUBLICAN WITHOUT DOUBT.
Twelve Given to Democrats, Six
where Chances Are Even, and
Three that Lenn Towards Bryan.

CHICAGO, Oct. H. - Henry c. Payne.
vice chairman of the Republican national
executive committee, tonight gave out his
first forecast of the election. Mr.. Payne
made an estimate of the votes by States.
and in doing so divided the States into four
classes, as follows:
Twenty-four States. having 210 electoral
votes, certain for Mckinley.
Twelve States, having lis electoral votes,
certain for Bryan.
Six States. having thirty-eight electoral
votes, in which the chances of Republican
or Democratic success are even.
Three States, having twenty-four votes,
In which the chances are sixty to forty
in favor of the Democrats.
Mr.. Payne's forecast is based on the lat
est reports received from all the States,
and is as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
Alleged "Repeatersv Arrested.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 1.-TWO ar
rests for alleged false registration have
been made here and warrants are said to
be out for other accused men. A local
paper asserts that two hundred ''re-
peaters" were brought here last week from
st. Louis and colonized in the slum dis
trict. The men arrested are j. T. Dono-
van. formerly a policeman in Chicago.
who is accused of registration under the
name Of Francis Ralph, and G. W. Ken
dali, judge OF election in the Second
ward. against whom a charge OF abetting
fictitious registration has been made.
Donovan and Kendall were both sent to
jail in default OF bail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15

SHAMOKIN, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE demands
of the Scranton convention are not ac-
ceptable to operators and representatives
Of coal carrying companies in this place
and Mount Carmel. The Reading officials
DO not think the sliding scale will be abol-
Ished by the company. while operators are
averse to signing contract binding them
to pay the 10 per cent increase until April.
No orders have been received as yet from
headquarters OF any companies instructing
superintendents TO resume work to-mor-
row. Miners say they will not go to work
Until officially advised by President Nit
chelI.