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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18

The body Of the late David Donahue was
brought to the city from Sparrow Point, Mary.
land, and taken to the home Of his father
Daniel Donahue, of 52l Orchard street. He was
"a years of age and worked in Sparrow Point
mill. He was found unconscious in his bed Sun
day morning, May 13, and died soon after
Cramps were the cause of his death, which set
in as the result of excessively drinking ice water
The funeral will take place this morning at 0
O'Clock, with services at st. Peters cathedral
and interment in the Cathedral cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
OBITUARY..

Peter Lavellc, of 566 Front street, South Scran.
ton, died yesterday morning after three weeks
illness Of double pleurisy. lie was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Z. Lavelle, and was 10
years of age. He was employed in the South
steel mill, and was very well known in the city.
Monday he was operated upon and yesterday un.
derwent another operation. He died shortly after
it. The pleurisy is supposed to have been in.
directely caused by injuries received while play.
ing foot ball last year. lie a young man
of exemplary character, possessed of the most
manly traits. His funeral will be held toinor-
row morning at o'clock, with services at St.
Peters cathedral and interment in the Cathedral
cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18

Smoke The Pocono. SC. cigar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
MerCeriZed Underwear

It's Silk in everything but fact,
appearance, colors, finish, etc.,
are the same as silk, while the
cost is about one-fourth that of
the real thing.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-20
Gr0GberV 9 Department.

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WedgcWOod, RockWOOd, Bohemian GLASS,
DINNER and Toilet Ware, Sterling Silver and
Plated Ware, Plain and Fancy Glassware
Lamps, etc., as will Ne found i'm mulch larger
cities. Our prices arc low and our goods
up-tO-datc.
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have succeeded The coming envor
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This one the best branches
neates and best equipped Harness Room i'm the Northwest Our
and Heavy Harness. Saddles Robes Whips BLANKETS, Work
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Our speciales are Schuef MITCHELL and
Sheds John Deere and Oliver Pws Hws Discs Harvesters
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

There are over 1000 railway cor
porations in the United States.
The number OF persons employed in
railway service is about 100000.
Houston, Tex, has a federal labor
union which has Ill members, and is
rapidly increasing.
Where labor receives a just share OF
what il produces, there you will find
prosperity. Working people with
money to spend make good business
Labor unions do not want to run
the business of other folks, nor do
they want other folks to run theirs.
Atlanta (Ga.) building trades UNI
ions have organized building trades
council with more than a thousand
members.
The bindery girls in Minneapolis
have a union and get Sc week. In
st. Paul the girls are unorganized and
the maximum wage is SO per week.
A Laborers' Protective Union, char
tered by the A. F. of L., has recently
been organized at indianapolis. Its
purpose is to gather into one union
those working men who are not affili-
ated with a regular trade organiza-
ticn.
The number of union labels on to-
bacco used by Independent factories
shows an increase of 25,0O0000 in the
past six months, a grand total of 219,-
740,619 labels having been used since
its adoption.
PEORIA ILL.,, is without doubt the
best and most thoroughly organized
city in the United States east of the
Mississippi river. She has some sixty
odd trades unions, not less than twen-
ty of which have, during the year 1893,
obtained charters from the American
Federation of Labor.
A graduate" of the barber college
of Minneapolis recently recovered dam
ages to the extent of $S6 from that col
lege for not fulfilling their contract.
They had agreed to make the student
proficient workman in a given time
and guaranteed employment in first
class shop-but failed to carry out the
contract.-Midland Mechanic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

prevails among the strikers. All the
concessions thus far have been made
by the employers, and there Is in labor
circles q firm belief that the strike will
end in complete victory OF the eight
hour movement. The government,
which owns and operates number OF
coal mines in Bohemia, has already
caused its operatives to be informed
that with the beginning of the year
1901 the uniform duration of a shift
hours. The other mine-owners, how
ever, have so far refused to make a
similar concession. At present of all
the persons employed at the govern
ment's colieries All per cent work
ten hours per day, ga per cent work
eight hours, ia per cent work twelve
hours. 9.5 per cent work nine hours
and Q per cent work eleven hours;
average. 9:76 hours. The average
daily wages at these mines last year
were 3.S crowns (77 cents) per en-
ploye (women and children included)
and $40 crowns (s1.02) per miner,
which is an advance Of more than so
per cent over the wages paid twenty
years ago. The output of coal in the
various districts affected by the strike
was 2S,000,000 tons in 1899. or more
than two-thirds Of the entire produc-
ton of the Austro-Hungarian mon
archy. The industries are suffering
severely for want of coal. In some
places the public schools have been
closed on account Of lack of fuel. At
the beginning of the present month it
was estimated that all the stocks OF
coal in Vienna taken together did not
exceed 10000 tons, while the daily con-
sumption of that city is about 5000
tons. In Bohemia the price of coal
has appreciated from 400 to 500 per
cent. selling often at from 40 to 80
crowns $50 to S12) within a stones
throw Of a coal mine"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

that the affair was the climax Of a
plot to ruin him.
He resigned his Enthusiastically and
came to the United States where he
believed that he could find field for
his talents in the Centennial EXPOSE
ton which was about to be held in
Philadelphia. Through his efforts the
exhibit of China was one of the best
at this historic exposition and the
Americans who met him declared that
he was the most brilliant Chinaman
with whom they had ever become ac-
quainted. He lived in luxurious style
and his wealth seemed to be mex
haustible. After the exposition he
returned to Europe and entered the
Heidelburg University, where he took
a degree in civil engineering and a
minor course in surgery. For some
time after this it is not known what
he did, but he eventually returned to
the United States and located in
Philadelphia, where he continued to
live in princely style. Later he went
to Baltimore and established a syndi-
cate of laundries, of which he was
the capitalist, and then he went to
Chicago.
That was the last heard of him I'M
til few days ago when doctor was
called to attend a dying Chinaman
who was lying in a barren room in
an old dilapidated house in the rear
of 934 Race street, Philadelphia. There
was not a table, chair, or even a
stool in the room. Against dark
wall stood two wooden saw-horses.
Across them were two boards covered
with filthy newspapers. On this rude
bed lay the patient. The physician
recognized in the worn and wasted
form the former mandarin, diplomat,
scholar and millionaire, Lcung Sing.
He was unconscious and dying with
consumption. He was dressed in a
frayed blue jumper and torn and
dirty pair of overalls. The physician
had him removed to the almshouse
where in a few hours he breathed his
last. How he lost his money no one
knows and perhaps no one cares.
His dream of life vanished years ago
and no doubt death was welcome. He
sleeps in Potter's field and through
the mercy of death he now does not
care.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
Notes from the Labor World.

The Pittsburg coal companies con-
ceded the 20 per cent increase demand
ed by the day laborers.
The woodworkers of st. Paul to the
number of go went on strike recently
for nine-hour day without change in
pay.
The Edward H. Everett Glass COM
pany, Newark, O., advanced the wages
of all employees except blowers 10 per
cent.
Four hundred boXmakers and help
ers in seven factories in Bay City
Mich, recently went on a strike for
an advance in wages Of from 10 to IL
per cent.
The strike of the 300 employees of the
street railway company and the jerks
Shipbuildng company at Port Huron
Mich, was settled. both companies
agreeing to pay their laborers Is cents
an hour.
The strike of the union plumbers al
Cleveland, Ohio, was settled by the
employers making q compromise, grant
ing the men 1926 for eight hours
work
Six OF the employing woodworking
firms of Minneapolis. Mimi, yielded tc
the strikers demands for higher wages
and recognition Of the union.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
Strike of Austrian Coal Miners.

Consul Hossfeld of Trieste thus
writes of coal strikes and miners
wages in Austria:
Austria, perhaps, has never. wit
messed a more determined contest be-
tween capital and labor than that
which is now going on where from
10000 to 10000 mine operatives in the
coal districts of her three northern
prcvinces-Bohemia Moravia and ST.
lesia-have for the past six weeks
been on a strike for a reduction of
hours and an advance OF wages, as
we'll as for redress CT various minor
grievances which will be referred to
hereafter. The production of coal has
been almost entirely stopped by this
strike and, although there have been
SO far no tumultuous gatherings nor
indications of violence, the situation
is nevertheless most serious. The
scarcity of fuel is not only paralyzing
many important industries and caus-
ing great suffering in tens of thou
sands of families, but the strike actu-
ally threatens to completely revolu-
tionize the labor market of the entire
empire.
"There was for some time previous
to the actual outbreak of hostilities a
widespread dissatisfaction among the
miners. They objected especially to
the length of their shifts, the existing
rules regulating contract work and the
conditions obliging them to furnish
their own light in the pits. They also
complained because they were COM
PEELED to buy coal for domestic con-
sumption. An Austrian statute. en-
acted in 1896, provides for the forma
ton of boards of arbitration in cases
of strikes, lockouts and other labor
trouble. These boards are composed
of an equal number of representatives
of employers and employees. They
may elect their own presiding officers,
but where there is a deadlock the
chairman is appointed by the govern
ment. In this case, however, the final
settlement of the difficulties by the
board seems as remote as 1t was a
month ago. At the outset the nine
owners refused to even treat with the
men unless they first resumed work.
Later they offered to increase the
wages - per cent and to negotiate
concerning contract work, light and
free coal, but they positively refused
to entertain any proposition not hav-
ing in view reduction Of working
hours. A marked spirit OF solidarity
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

The South African war is now In Its
fnal stage, and there is no doubt
about the outcome. If the Beers were
still to meet with occasional successes,
like the. capture of Bethune's troopers
their Intimate surrender would be
none 1.-The less inevitable. Continued
fighting does not serve their great and
noble cause, which is lost already, but
simply prolongs a period of unneces-
sary, unavailing bloodshed. Many OF
their foreign sympathizers who feel
for them in the bitter defeat OF their
hopes must deprecate this costly,
fruitless struggle, and there have been
rumors that the Beers themselves
have begun to question its wisdom.
No one will, however, question Its
business. There are those among
them who would sue for peace, even
though Kruger has declared with char
acteristic obstinacy that his people
will resist until they are destroyed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
The Malta Lost His Nerve.

At the coroner's inquest at Gratz-
town, Pa, in the case of Jack Omett
an Italian, who was knocked off rail-
road bridge by train and drowned, 9
fellow countryman testified that On
etti confided to him, few hours be-
fore his death, that he had been sent
to Gratztown as the emissary Of So
ciety which had directed him by the
casting of lots, to do away with a
labor leader whose name is not known
Ometti lost his nerve, and, fearing the
punishment of the society, pureposely
walked in front of the train on the
bridge.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
Earlour Thoughtl.

Make time for serious thcughts.
Let no day pass without some MEM
CRY of solemn things. Each morning
as you rise remind yourself that Sod
spake these words and said" Each
evening as you lie down to rest let
Gods angels close the door of your
heart on thoughts Of purity and peace.
The soul that has never lived face to-
face with eternity is a vulgar soul.
The life that has never learnt the high
law of holiness is ruined and vast
ed life.--F. w. Farrar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

An investigation of the watershed OF
Rock River, ILL.,, will soon be made by
the Division of Forestry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to determine the
cause of the diminution of the volume
of that stream. This is supposed to
be due to the denudation of the forests
along the head waters of the river and
to excessive artificial drainage for
commercial and agricultural purposes
The decrease in the volume of the wa
ter has become alarming, and in re-
Spouse to the agitation Of citizens OF
that locality Representative Hit ap-
piled to the Secretary of Agriculture
for an investigation. G. F. Schwartz,
Geld assistant Of the Division of For
estry, will visit Illinois to investigate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
BELIEVES ANDREE is ALIVE.
Brother of the Arctic Explorer Has Hopes
for IIis Safety.

Brother of the Arctic Explorer Has Hopes
for His Safety.
Ernst Andree. brother of the eX-
plorer, S. A. Andree. believes that his
brother is alive and that he will be
heard from by the latter part of the
coming summer, Ernst Andree Is thor
oughly acquainted with his brothers
plans and is better able to discuss the
probable fate of the polar expedition
than any other living scientist. He
has made study of the movements OF
the northern ice pack, Of aerial cur
rents in that latitude and of the known
bodies Of land in proximity to the pole.
He assisted the explorer in designing,
equipping and testing the balloon in
which S. A. Andree and two compan-
ions started from Norway for the north
pole July II, 1897. A note dated July
10, 1897, was brought back by car
rier pigeon four days after the start
was made. No word has been received
advances the theory that the balloon
was blown about by conflicting cur
rents of air and finally set down at a
point from which 1t would take the
party three arctic summers to reach
the neighborhood of Hudson bay. 81
expect to hear from my brother during
the coming summer or autumn" says
Ernst, but in case he does not return
by that time l must admit that the
chances of his being seen alive again
are very SLIM" Herr Andree scouts
the idea that the balloon has been
wrecked, and 1t asserts that the party
could travel in it with even more
safety than in sledges. 1t was put
together, he says, without regard to
expense, and every precaution possible
was taken to make 1t absolutely safe
and able to resist q violent shock.
Moreover, in the water the balloon
was almost as manageable as a boat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

A writer in the Revue Socialiste as
serts that the chief bar to woman's
advancement is her lack of will. The
statement is made that a woman
spends all of her life yielding to the
wishes of some man. When a child
she is forced to make sacrifices for the
benefit of her brothers, and she learns
to wait on them and concede every
point to the masculine usurper. She
It is who nurses the sick man and
humors his uncertain moods. This is
good training for wifehood, and as
wife she learns that she has married
her husbands family and must defer
to all of the relatives she has acquired.
Her husband expects obedience, and
she must wear a smiling face when
she is in pain, and must always suit
herself to his humors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

Satisfaction must be expressed at
ihe present activity of the historical
societies in the middle west. They
realize that the earlier the work of coll
iecting and preserving the early rec
ords of the states Is begun the better
It will be done, and that each year 1t
Is postponed valuable material is lost.
The German-American Historical So
siety of Illinois will appreciate this in
che work it is about to undertake in
The collection of information relative
to early settlers of German ancestry.
The data which it has decided to
gather will throw an interesting light
upon these sturdy pioneers who did so
much to build up the middle west.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

It seems strange that with all the
bcasted scientific achievements of
the age" man is still at the mercy of
some of natures most petty creatures.
Take SO small thing as a mosquito.
The greatest philosopher that has ever
lived has not been able to frown down
this insect, and no invention Of science
has deprived it Of its sting. Country
life is robbed of half Its Joy by this
pest. and suburbanites over winter
1res tell hideous tales of devastation
md woe that 1t has caused.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
Hall the Workingman.

(From the Scranton TRUTH
He lays his hand upon the stubborn soil
And 10. a mighty miracle Is done;
1t glows, responsive to his touch of Toll,
Fruitful and fair beneath the golden
sun.
At his behest the prairie Is transformed;
He digs the desert and it disappears;
Before his pillow the wilderness is stormed
And leagues of corn uplift their splen-
did spears.
Amid his sheaves he stands, happy
Nor seeks to solve the things beyond
his ken:
Content with the all-wise eternal plan
OF him who shapes the desiinies OF
men.
The sky that bends above him shows no
stars
At noon, and yet he knows the power
divine
That shaped the Pleiades and fashioned
Mars
In their appointed time will bid them
shine.
His hearthstone is his altar, he the priest
OF homes sweet sanctuary day b.
day,
In Joy or sorrow, Indulgence or feast.
Where love unsullied keeps its gentle
sway
No narrowing envy occupies his breast
No schemes of avar!ce distress his
mind:
BY heaven-sent peace his simple life is
blest.
And in his tasks he blesses all man
kind.
His labor brings the harvest to the plain,
And through his brave exertions millions
live;
grain
And all the crops the pregnant acres
give. ,t,s-
To him the crowded city looks fer food;
From him gaunt famine fees and squat
or hides:
His energies sustain the multitude,
And where his blessings fall pale want
subsidies.
For him the sun and stars give forth
their light;
For him the restless ocean GIBBS and
flows:
For him the radiant day, the peacetui
night
And all things beautiful their charms
disclose.
He builds the mighty ship whose progress
scurns
The roaring tempest on the trackless
sea;
His strenuous life the wheels of COM
merce turns
And cleaves a wider space fer liberty.
Oh, woodworking toil-God's gift to
man!
What blessings follow where thou art
applied
In strict accordance with the Masters
plan.
And what disasters where thou art de-
MED!
God bless the honest toiler everywhere
In mill and mine, in factory and field!
His life's the antidote for dumb despair.
His sturdy arm the nations surest
shield.
And may God keep the toiler free and
brave
From petty tyranny of clique or clan
That seeks to dwarf his soul and to en-
slave
The freedom spirit of the working
man!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
A Horrible Feast,

Some time ago DR.. Cave of Wichita,
Kan, received permission to dig up
the body of an old man supposed to
have died of heart disease. and make
an examination of the heart. He
rolled the heart up in newspaper and
placed it in back room. While
cleanin gabut the place OHM Smith, a
negro. found it. Thinking it was a
calf's heart. he stole and ate it. The
heart contained some poison made
from ulcers, and now the negro is like
ly to die.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08

Locomotive firemen are discussing
the advisability of changing the name
of their brotherhood. Something
more comprehensive is desired, as
many engineers are numbered among
the members. The election of officers
by referendum vote is also in cor.ro-
versy, and our international. law is
printed in full in their official journal
and recommended as a model.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-08
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Everyone Can't Go to Paris.
travel via the Northwestern Line
but to those who can not go We COM
mend some of the many American re-
sorts reached via the Northwestern
Line"
Hot Springs, South Dakota.
To the invalid. the tired person and
to the young people. and others out
for Il good time. this resort offers at
fractions not found elsewhere, and tho
trip is not long, and Is interesting.
HORN & MISSOURI VALLEY +. Il.
at almost any prominent Nebraska
town and your route will then be
Ea Enow me as .0t the "ElKhorn Valley"
HxeF$ r NfSgaSF 3as S 'S SHa @a
farming portion of the state, year att
Grazing portion OF Nebraska. where
cattle, sheep and goats are led IN
small and large herds
You cannot visit Hot Springs without
visiting the
Black Hills
because the Hot Springs are in the
Black Hills-southern portion-in e.
valley sheltered by surrounding hills
or mountains. You will be surprised
TO find the delightful climate, the
warm, natural water baths-no artitl-
cial heating necessary-scenery beauti-
full, imposing: hotels, I'LL kinds. from
the Evans, large, modern and fash
ionable to the cosy CO age or pri-
vate boarding house.
Within 100 niles of Hot Springs, In
the upper portion of the Black Hills.
is Deadwood, Lead City and the rich
gold mining camps, attracting so much
attention Just now. Look up the
standing and output of the celebrated
"Homestake" operating daily with sew
eral years supply Of ore in sight.
Spirit Lake, Okoboji,
Queer names, but nice places, situated
In northern Iowa, and reached by the
Northwestern Line" a favorable re-
sort for hunting and fishing
Che Lake Region of Minnesota"
No one can tell you how many lakes
there are in Minnesota, but we would
like to say that there are great many
along tine lin of the "North-W Western
Line" and that game of all kinds, fish,
etc., abound in this region.
We have pamphlets telling more about
these places that we will gladly send
to any address upon request.
Write us before deciding what to do
and where to so.
We have some cheap excursion rates
to these resorts that We will tell you
about.
j. r. BUCHANAN,
Gan'l Pass Agent F., E. & NJ. V. r. r.
Omaha, Neb.