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The labor world., 1900-01-27
CURRENT CLIPPINGS.
Items of lterest from Labor's Field at
Large.

Of medical care, fine blankets that cost
S100 and live in style. And in New
York there are $1,000 absolutely home
| a wise system.
Utica, N. Y, is building a public
bath house at cost of $4,000.
| Ottawa, Can, has voted to raise
| $4,000 for a water works system.
| More than 200 municipalities in Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland now own
the municipal gas works.
| Cleveland will fight it's battle this
year on the municipal ownership ques-
ton. Heretofore the issue in c1ty
| elections has been tariff or free trade.
Buffalo has taken it's first step to-
ward municipal ownership Of gas. It
has decided to spend 81 900 in hiring an
expert to prepare plans and specifi-
cations.
| The successful operation of tele-
+, phones. gas and water works by the
| municipality of Amsterdam, Holland,
| is to be followed by socializing the
street railways. @.s:s..
A capitalist offers to light the streets
of Portland, Ore, for $4,000 less than
company. The city better own and
operate its plan and save all the prof
it's. |E 4
Six years ago only twenty cities Of
the United States owned their electric
lighting plants; now the number has
| reached 200: and in no case can it be
said that 3municipalization is not a
success. s.., .~~~-
John D" Rockefeller, trust leader in
oil, coal, copper, iron, railroad, ship
ping and several other industries, and
lately embarked in the subsidized
banking trust business through the
grace of Secretary of the Treasury
Gage, is constructing a palace in New
York city with scab labor. He may
think to save enough therby to endoW
another college-to save it OUT Of the
! mouths and off the backs of the world S
real benefactors, those who create all
wealth and ali beauty only to be forced
out of participati ton in it through the
avenues Of arbitrary rates of rental
profits and interest for the benefit Of
Rockefeller and his illx.-Deufay B.
Hovey in Grand Rapids Sunday Dem
ocrat.
| In a speech Bishop Potter of New
| York gave ut;e"ance. to the following:
.'The Workingman wants to be put
on s. higher plane. He does not want
| to be considered a piece of machinery
He has rights as werl as those who do
Tot win their j.e5,d by lhe3 sweat Of
their brow, and us rights must be re-
spected. Capital has banded together
| and so has the =workingnan. If I were
workingman, ani; had not received
justice at the hands of my employer,
would do as men have done and
strike until I was recognized
Houston, (Tex.) Post-Here is an OBJ
ject lesson which will not fail to inter-
est a very considerata number OF
American people.
Nails in 1898, $1.50.
! Nails in 1S99 s4.35
/ Increase in wages 10 per cent
Increase in trust profits 1SO per cent
Increase in cost to consumer, 100 pei
| cent. :@
A soap trust threatens to make clean
! Illness costly. If you use soap you
must not only pay an interest on $780,
! 600, 900 worth of watered capital. Now
/ when you meet dirty tramp do not
! scold him-he is simply trying to avoio
| tribute to the trust robbers.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
An Aged Horse that Likes Tobacco

One OF the most wonderful animals
in Memphis is Il horse owned by d
gentleman living in the suburbs OF the
city. The horse is a little over 80 years
old. and is as spry as a young colt.
The reason his owner gives for such
youthful spirits in q horse of the age
mentioned is that he has been kept
young by nicotine. Surprising as the
statement is this beast chcWs tnbaC-
co With as much relish Ms a man
When the horse was quite Young, ac-
cOrding to the owner, d boy in q spirit
of fun gave him Il good sized piece O.
| tobacco. Instead of the horse makin= :
a trough house." he devoured it greed,
| i!y, and has clamored for It SINCE
'Me1nphis Evening Scimitar.
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BEAUTIFUL SHOULDERS.
Take Care That the Child Does Not
StODD.

A common form Of neglect, is the
shoulders, which are allowed in child
hood to grow lop-sided and take on an
ungra ceful stOOp. Often they are
crowded SO by ill-titting corsets that
they seriously displace the collar bone
Instead Of such m.lfOrmatiOn they
should be level, large. erect, insensibly
descending and we'll poised. making
the waist appear round and small. Mas
sage and oils viii do much to, tone up
the neglected shoulders, and the skin
can be Whtenel and made beautifully
firm by this paste, which is of Spanish
| origin Bea the whites Of four eggs in
| ROSE water, adding a few grains of
| alum, Beat until the paste is thick,
| spread the composition on layer Of Old
| linen and apply to the neck and shout
| ders at night. French ladies axe 50
/ expressive with their shoulders that
! they give them every advantage, as
| their "shrug" is 1t part Of their con
| Nersation.
An authority OH this subject says: a
| difficult habit to break is that easy
The labor world., 1900-01-27
PLAIN TALK IN A PRAYER.

Rev. Jortlan's Petition in Behalf
of the, Wicked People of Raleigh.
A sensation was created here Sunday
in church circles by the Rev. J. M.
Jordan. Mr.. Jordan, who has preached
the gospel in nearly every Baptist
church in the state at one time and
another, has been here for some time
superintending the publishing of a
history Of his life and labors.
Sunday morning he attended the
First Baptist Church, and was called
on by DR.. Carter, at the conclusion
of his sermon on christian Growth,' 2
for a prayer. And such prayer it
was! The venerable preacher with
bowed head, seemed to be talking ia
miliarly with God, telling Him Of the
sins of the people, man by man, and
asking the Almighty for mercy and
Indulgence till they could be called to
repentance.
! 80, God,' he said, ''Thou knowest
the majority of Christians are like
wasps-larger at birth than at any
other time. And they grow smaller
and nleaner as time goes on. Thou
knowest, also, that great many mem
bers high up in the church drink beer
j, and Whiskey and go to dances. O
Lord, they call them germans, bu
that's just to fool the people. They
ARE regular old dances-nothing in thu
world but fiddling and dancing. w,
read the paper this morning and ther
they had printed the names Of all tn
lgals and their partners. O, Lord, hav
mercy on these miserable rascals.
''Then, oh Lord, lot Of them ar
giving card parties around here, goin
into saloons, visiting places of fam
and playing the devil generally. n
wonder that when they ask a SHINE
to turn from his evil way, he reptile:
Go way, you old devil, we know you
We heard only this past week Of
prominent church member who ha
been drinking beer ten years and VIII
went home and found his little bO
dead drunk and as Timber as a dishra:
Oh, Lord, have mercy on these mis-
cradle sinners, who pretend they al
following Thee, but Who so aroun
, With their breath smelling like an oil
:, swiu tub. We have d little grandchi
1 LORD, that we. We're thinking of seut
ing 20 school, but, oh Lord. this is sue
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lazy manner of sagging down when
sitting, which, in addition to sleeping
on high pillows, makes SO many round
shoulders and sunken chests. People
should always watch themselves, and
when they discover the fault straight
en- up; but it is SO easy to settle down
in this way after years of indulgence in
the habit that many get discouraged
and prefer to grow crooked. Let me
warn you, ladies, to be eternally vigil
liant in acquiring d good sitting posture
The joints you possess We're given to
you 10 bend with, and it is almost d
crime to sag down as if you had no
lungs or other vital organs. Hold III the
backbone, throw the chest out, bend
from the hips only, and so contribute
to the perfection of your figure, your
beauty and your health.-Syracuse
Herald.
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credentials which are perfectly proper.
| The regula" pension appropriation
bill never fails to bring out some lively
| talk in the house, and the present bill
Just passed by the house, was no eN-
ception to the rule. There was some
very plain talk about the methods OF
| the pension sharks. just before the
amendment was adopted giving the
! commissioner of pensions authority 10
, pay the fee Of a pension attorney when
! he knows the attorney fails to perform
his full duty to claimants. Represent
| tatives Ray of New York, and Mahon
of Pennsylvania, asserted that it was
a practice Of the pension sharks to file
case and then leave it for the con-
gressman Of the claiment to look after,
knowing that the fee would necessa1l-
ly have to be paid to them when the
case got allowed.
| Talk and investigation consequent
upon the unveiling Of a handsome
bronze statue of Daniel Webster, in
| Washington, has brought out the very
interesting fact that Mr.. Webster, who
| was for long time one of the leading
practitioners before the Unitetd States
| supreme court, never was formally ad-
! mitted to practice before that court
| In view Of the strictness Of that court,
| it is difficult to understand the omis-
sion of this form in Mr.. Webster's S
case. The only theory advanced to ac-
count for it is that M. Webster was
| SO well known that it never occurred
either to him or members of the court,
that he required to be formally ad-
mitted to- practice. -~ .-.s.&.% .
| The proposed purchase by the gov
ernment of the submarine torpedo boat
Holland, s'eceived decided setback
when the naval board of construction
decided by vote of to 1, against
Recommending. the purchase. This de-
cision was made on the ground that
such vessels are in the experimental
stage and that their usefulness for
war purposes had not bee demonstrat-
ed The department. is not opposed to
| the idea Of submarine boats, as it is
now having one built at the Columbia
Iron works of Baltimore. u
Representative Roberts of AEassachu-
setts, has introduced a bill appropri-
| ating $4,000 for the erection of a statue
| Of the late Gen. LaWtOn, in ashngtOn
| In view Of the niety odd thousand dol
! lars, contributed by the people of the
country, for the widow and children
of Gen. Lawton, it would seem that
congress would do a popular thing to
pass this bill
Senators are very leisurely discuss
ling the Financial bill, which is to be
voted on Feb. 18th, and the speeches
SO fa:' made are notable for their brew
ity. This is not hard 70 understand,
however, as the financial question has
been so thoroughly talked out that no
senator can find anything new to say
lis being exerted in behalf of the Payne
on the subject.
The influence of the administration
bill, now before the house ways and
means committee, providing for an ex-
tension Of the United States laws to
Porto Rico, and the establishment of
customs and internal revenue collec-
ton districts. If the bill becomes a
law Porto Rico will have free trade
with the United States. "
The labor world., 1900-01-27
Chickasayy ADDeal.

ARDMORE, I. r., Jan. 25.-This was
the last day set for hearing the famous
Indian citizenship cases. In the case
of Mrs. Evans, in which the Chicka-
saw nation had appealed to the federal
court from the decision of the Dawes
commission, which has enrolled her as
citizen, United States Judge Town
send sustained the Dawes commission.
A sensation was sprung by her attor-
ney, w. H. Murray, who charged the
Chickasaw nation with fraud in at
tempting to have her name stricken off
the rolls. Judge Townsend rebuked the
lawyer for his utterances.
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degraded, fearfully wicked city, that
We are afraid to send her there. Then
there is a college here where the young
men are encouraged to give Dances
O Lord. have mercy on the president
of that institution.
Thou knoWest there are only few
righteous people in Raleigh. All the
rest are wicked, and We're it not for
these few goood people the whole city
would go to the devil God would rain
down fire and birthstone and destroy
it like Sodom and Gomorrah.' RAJ
eigh News and Observer.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
INCOMES CUT OFF.
After Feb. 1 Ticket Agents Go
Straight Salary Basis.

After FeD. L TlcNet Agents Go on
Straight Salary Basis.
The Duluth railroad ticket agents
will have a substantial part Of their
incomes cut off after Feb. 1 as a re-
suit of the agreement recently made
between the Western Passenger asso-
citation and the Western trunk lines
to chop off all commissions which have
been paid to ticket agents. This act
ion will make a, difference of several
thousand dollars a year in Duluth.
The ticket agents themselves have
nothing to say about the matter. They
are simply on a straight salary basis
now and it is supposed that their inter-
est in selling tickets for connecting for
|eign lines will be dampened somewhat.
Opinions vary among railroad men as
to whether the agreement will be per-
manent or not. Many railroad men
think that it will not stick. The in
centive for railroad men to sell tickets
beyond their own lines will be, gone
with the going of the commission.
Another question that arises is how
the weak lines will fare. A prominent
railroad man says that the weak lines
will fare badly as the business, left
solely to take it's own course, will nat
urally> drift to the older and stronger
channels. The weaker lines will have
to be provided for in some way if the
new agreement is to be satisfactory
A prominent railroad man of Duluth
questions the good policy of doing any
thing to dishearten the ticket agents.
He says that they do a great deal to
stimulate travel when the< incentive
exists for them to hustle for business
beyond their own lines, thus benefiting
their own lines as we'll as the foreign
lines and incidentally themselves by a
commission from the sales Of tickets
for the" latter. It is said that the
travelling passenger agents are quak-
ing in their shoes as there is no Ger
tainty that the action in regard to
ticket agents commissions may not be
carried into their section Of the pas
senger department.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
Collision in GeOrSi;t.

BROWNSVILLE, Pa. Jan. 25.-The
special train bearing the Indiana lum-
berlnen on their southern tour, col
lided with a freight engine in a, dense
fog in the WaycrOss yards today. Sew
eral people are reported injured, among
them three or four ladies. The injured
were removed to the Plant system hos
pital at WaNcross. The train was on
its way north from Jacksonville and
WAS due in Atlanta at o'clock tonight.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
Tanners Strike,

LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 25.-Six humid
red employees of the American Hide &
Tannery company struck today. The
trouble originated with the shavers,
who claim an advance in wages.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
Missing Miners.

VlcTof1A" Jan: 25,--lt is 5Hrr0oaeco
the two miners. ,Clayson ava Olson.
who have been missing from rae 1>lon,
dixie for some time havc~>Hnjn the
STAMPEDE fos the new disc i,veries OH
the Big Salmon.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
ArEcntilH HullSHt Shy

LONDON, Jan. 26.-The Financial
News publishes a dispatch from
Euenos Ayres asserting that the Ar
gentine Budget shows deficit of $1O,-
eco 600
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-12-14
LINEN

quality-25c, $50,
useful and pretty,
from factory, CSC,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
FINANCIAL NEWS
BULLS AND BEARS.

Wall Street. Dec. 1.-the market OPEN
ed furiously active at general advances.
There were extraordinary dealings IN a
number of individual stocks southern
Railway common advanced an extreme
point on running sales OF 1900 shares and
e0o0 shares OF Southern Pacific carried
that stock up 1k at the highest. Erie
first pfd continued Its notable advance
with a rise of y on the transfer OF 1900
shares. Gains of a point or over were
made by sugar. Brooklyn transit. South
ern Railway pfd., ~. Y. Chicago and st.
Louis. Erie Kansas and Texas, National
steel and American Tin plate. The gains
elsewhere were quite uniform and without
regard 20 the heavlness IN some portions
Of the London market
II a.. m-Proft taking sales promptly
became evident az the high opening prices
and made restraining Influence on the
advance in the general list. There were
further advances IN special stocks and
the market was SO broad and the general
demand so effective az To afford an excel
lent field for profit taking Before the
end of the hour there were reactions from
the high level of q point or more I'm n.
Y. c., sugar. Tenn. coal. Federal steel,
American Hoop. n. ", Chicago and st.
Louis, Rubber, Erie 2d pfd., Cleveland O..
-, ana 81 LOUIS anu a rev Oh the minor
stocks. n. Y, Chicago and st Louis 2d
pfd continued strong at an advance OF
over points and Lake Erie and West
ern jumped ;. Members of the grangers,
trunk line and Pacific group went below
last night The extraordinary activity
and irregularity OF the market was un-
abated and some OF the weak stocks rail-
lied with rise in Brooklyn transit to so.
New points OF strength developed I'm
the second hour. besides an extension TO
2ls In the rise of Erie 2d preferred. Gen
eral Electric gained 3L and the Tobaccos
all advanced, led by American tobacco.
The Readings. Ontario and Western and
Norfolk and Western also moved up
wards, Meantime earlier advances were
not maintained ana reactions extended TO
between 1 and 2 points I'm prominent
stocks. Glucose lost 2is. the preferred
Siz, New York, Chicago and st. Louis I'd
preferred 2h and Rubber preferred Z.
Some of the prominent railroad stocks
fell back TO the lowest. The market
kept up its animation and variety.
Bonds were not SO conspicuous I'm the
market as stocks, but We're strong.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
A REVOLUTION.
Another Uprising Against the
Government Of Venezuela Re-
ported --Ths Probable Cause

New York. Dec ia cable message
has been received al the office OF the Ma
tional Asphalt company from It's agent
In Venezuela, which announces that a
revolution has broken out in that coun-
try. No details were contained in the
message.
The revolution, Il is said Is probably
the outcome of an attempt on the part Of
the president and cabinet OF Venezuela
10 deprive American corporations of their
property and rights The National As
phalt company win be sufferer ~ this
be true Tire company owns barge con-
ccssions and mining titles IN the state of
Bermudcz. Venezuela. The company has
been I'm actual possession or the Bermu.
dcz asphalt lake fer - years. and IN this
time II has founded the village OF Guiana
GO and erected buildings. shops ana a
railroad.
Several attempts have been made ny the
government of Nenezueln 90 cancel the
concessions. bat these attempts
have always failed. on Decembcr i8
President castro personally told United
States Minister Lnomis ai Caracas that
two government commissions had proved
the eemgapy right TO its pge7sIID
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
aged MAN
FREED TO
SAVE LIFE
Michael McGinnis was Wasting
Away as a Debtor In
Ludlow Street Jail.

New York, Dec. 19.-Eighty years old
and peniless. imprisoned In LodIow street
jail for a debt of s167.45, Michael McGin-
mis- has at last been freed from what
bade fair 10 be imprisonment for life.
McGinnis. as executor of little estate
left by his brother John. failed TO make
an accounting to Mary Madden, one of
the heirs.
A peddler. totally ignorant OF the law
so vague were his notions on the rights
of the heirs that he purchased real es-
tate for himself with the brothers money
and when Surrogate Fitzgerald summon
ed him To explain paid no attention to the
order.
1t was year ago when old McGinnis
vas first committed TO Ludlow street Jail.
TO his utter bewiderment and abject hor-
ror.
As soon ms he managed to grasp the
situation he FASTENED TO transfer his real
estate TO the rlghtful heir
Promptly released from jail, the poor
old man was as promptly rearrested--this
time on the complaint OF Mrs. Mary Me-
Cullum. an undertaken. who demanded
payment for the brothers burial
Back To Ludlow street Jail went the aged
unfortunate, with money and property all
gone and hope dead. Locked up In
June, throughout the summer the old
prisoner grew steadily more feeble
IL was decided TO make n final effort for
his release In order that he might not die
i'm prison. Lawyer Carl l.. Schurz pre-
pared the papers-two offidavits. one by
the aged prisoner. the other by Warden
| Pickett.
Il am very old and physically unable tc
bear the Imprisonment" han the prison
| er's affidavit. II am absolutely pennies,
| and absolutely unable to pay any ex
| pcnses. / am very feeble and a longer in
carceration would doubtless result ir
| my death"
Warden Pickett, in his affidavit, sal,
that McGinnis would surely die II longe
| imprisoned
| Surrogate Abner G. Thomas although
the undertakers lawyer fought hard. is
! sued an order OF release. and the old mar
now tastes the sweets OF liberty that yer,
/ night Friends are now caring for him
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
MAY Be A TOTAL LOSS.

Boothbay Harbor. Me-. Dec. l9.-While
the schooner Niger, bound from Boston
for wiscasset, with a cargo OF oil, was
attempting to sail up the Sheepscot river
today, she misstayed and ran ashore on
the lodges near Southport.
Several large holes were stove in her
bottom her hold is full Of water and un-
less n tug can be brought nere imme-
diately, II is feared she will be total
loss She is lying in bad position. be
tween two rising ledges, and IL Is feared
she will settle and break badly unless
she is pulled off before low water. The
Niger Is a schooner of about So tons, and
is owned In Wiscasset.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
BURNING MEAT.
Filled House With Smoke and
Led to the Sounding Of
an Alarm.

An alarm was sent in from box ASS, at
i:25 this afternoon. There was no fire but
there was a good deal of smoke caused by
a lost DINNER.
There is a small cottage at No. 80 Thay-
er street, owned by aged Mrs. Mary A.
Brown, for years bedridden. and living
with her az nurse, cook and housekeeoer
IL Charles H. Potter, who for years was
thought to be dead but who was living
as "A recluse.
Potter left a piece OF meat cooking on
top of parlor stove, while he went out
To- get some vegetables.
He was gone so long that the water
boiled away and the meat caught fire,
filling the room with smoke.
Mrs Brown crawled TO a window. at
tracted the attention OF some school
children and one OF them caused an
alarm 10 be given.
No damage was done; but Mrs. Brown
was quite overcome by the smoke.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
WAS NOT ENOUGH
JaffrIes Asks for a New Trial
in His Case for
Libel.

There was hearing in the appellate
division of the supreme court today, on
the defendants petition for a new trial
in the case of owen II. Jaffrles VS.. Provi-
dence Telegram Publishing company.
This was a suit Of libel I'm which the
plaintiff was falsely represented as be-
ing implicated In an attempt TO break
and enter the Aquidneck Bank, New
port. a jury gave Jaffries verdict for
s95.
The plaintiff claims the damages were
grossly inadequate.
A party testified he had partly engaged
the plaintiff 10 work for him. but after
reading the article complained OF would
give plaintiff no work.
A. II. Bean is counsel for the plaintiff,
and Wilson q Jenckes counsel for the de-
fendant