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OBJECT TO CIGARETTES.
Chicago Business Firms ProhfbI
Employees Smoking Them.


Employees Smoking Them.
CHICAGO. April 11-Several Of the
largest firms in the city have decided 20
prohibit their employees from Looking CT
garettez. This is the resul. Of the cru
sade started by the Anti-C Cigarette League,
which has decided that the best way TO
make war against the evil is through the
employers Of large numbers OF young men
and boys.
The firms and corporations which have
taken hold OF the cigarette question are
the ChiCgao. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road. Montgomery Ward & Co. Heath e.
Milligan Manufacturing Company, and
Hibbard, Spencer 4 CO. Eleven hundred
employees Of whom 600 are BOYS uuder
eighteen years Of age, are affected by the
novel step taken by these concerns. The
employers assert that they have forbiCdea
their employees 10 smoke cigarettes for
these reasons:
Customers are annoyed by the odor which
( fingers about a cigarette smoker. A boy
VINO smokes cigarettes is unable 10 rem
I der The best services, physically and men
tally, TO his employer. He is nervous, his
mental growth Is stunJed, his memory be
logged. and his intellect Is not alert. In
extreme cases, the smoker Is Gezoralized
and his honesty affected
Each Of the companies and firms named
I has taken measures 20 see that the prohi-
tIO@ IS observed out side Of working
hp-rs. 4 man has been delegated BY each
f. concern 10 watch out for violations OF the
order Dismissal Is the punishment for
repeated offences.
Victor Lawson. OF the Daily News and
Record % has also issued an order prohibit
ing editors, reporters. printers or any
body In his newspaper Office from smoking
either cigarettes, cigars. or a pipe. This
order was issued some time ago, and is
being strictly enforced. Il is the only
new. paper Office in Chicago having any
such rule.
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CIGARETTES AND WEATHER.
An OG,ciaI Order and the Possible
Cause OF II.

Cause or II.
Frcm the Cleveland Plain neaIer)
The order OF Chief Moore. Of the Wealth
er Service. forbiddlng the use Of cigar
cites by the employees Of the department
is wOrded IN way that seems calculated
20 arouse the grayest suspicion in the
minds Of the public az large. From what
the chief says Of the gravity and PERM
ciOus effects Of the cigarette habit il will
be entirely natural TO conclude that there
is some connection between the weather
conditions and the baaeful little tuners.
We may even go so far in carrying out
this dark suppositiOn as 70 take a leaf or
two from the diary Of a weather observer.
local or otherwise Fer instance,
March 3.-Feel tough this morning.
Nerves shaky Wiggled the aerCmeter
when l took my observation and created
an atmospheric disturbance that is sure to
bring many complaints to the Office
Smoked eleven cigarettes to steady Up.
March while 1 was rolling my ninth
cigarette today I neglected TO watch the
wind TANNER at the exact observation hour
and the wind suddenly shifted and blew
the stats gauge down the caloric shute.
Several houses were unroofed and a horse
was blown from the viaduct
March SIT was warm and rainy this
morning and l hac predi ,ted a drop 10 zero
Had to get up in the night and have a
couple Of cigarettes.
March $50 much cigarette smoke in
the observatory room today that l misread
the official thermomettr and announced
that the weather was 20 degrees werner
than IL really was. Thirty-six men caught
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-11
A FIGHT FOR RECOGNITION.
The Real Issue in the Maryland Coal
Wine strike.

The Real Issue in the Mary land Coal
Wine strike.
CUMBERLAND Nd. April 1.-THE ac-
tion Of the miners committee at Frostburg
yesterday in ordering a general strike was
received with general regret here and is
almost the sole topic Of conversation. one
gentleman familiar with the region said
he believed il would end in the miners go
ing back 10 work al 40 cents instead Of
So, which they have been receiving since
April 1. Another Georges Greek man said
the miners would WIN.
All Concede that il is not so much being
granted cents ton extra as it is the
recognition Of the organization, which all
along the operators have stOutly refused
TO do. It is said that at one time a ma
jority Of the companies were bent on rec
ognition. but one company held out. say
ing that never would they confer with
the organizers. This made impossible
conference. Recognition would quickly end
the strike. il is generally conceded. The
men are earning big money under the 90
cent rate. One hundred dollars a month
for a miner is said to be common. 1t is
not so much wage advance as 'recOgni-
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FOUGHT ON A TRAIN.
Pistols and Knives. Effectively Used
by Passengers.

Pistols and Knives, Effectively Used
by Passengers
KEYSTONE. W. Va, April IA gen
eral row occurred among a number OF min
ers on No. Norfolk and Western passen-
ger train just east Of here, and it was quite
a time before peace could be restored in
the crowded coach. Tim Bostick and
Charles Newsome opened the fight by US
ing knives on each other. Friends inter
fered. A general free for-all fight was then
INDUCED in by dozen or more, all of
whom were more or less intoxicated. Full
~ twenty shots were fred
Mrs Mira Montague Of Mayberry, was
struck by a stray hall and is believed TO
be fatally injured. Chris PsRnei was shot
in the head and WIN Monroe in the abdo-
men. Both will die Walter Gibson was
struck by a bullet in the shoulder. and
both Tim Bosttck and Charles Newsome
are badly stabbed. fhe TWO latter live al
Pocahontas Va, An parties engaged in
the row were taken from the train al
Nipl~--
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sh sso..
! 928 F ST, atlantic Building

OF the taxes, now they 90 because Of the
weather. Let EN- 90 There. that's my
sixth box This is the best brand I've
struck yet III have 10 quit this diary.
I'm too shaky 10 hold q pen B-r-r-r-r.
There's that telephone again, Why can't
they let me smoke in peace Thunder,
I've dropped The receiver again, Must De
losing my grip. What DO you want
Weather What weather2-what about it,
What's il going 10 be2-What's what going
TO be? The weather. on. jam the wealth
t4-'rr
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Two Neported Mis.Inr

PLAINFIELD, n. J., April 11-Three
weeks ago Charles Wohl, the seventeen
year-old son Of T. J. Wohl, of Westfeld,
mysteriously disappeared. He is thought
to have gone to California. William H.
Carl, contractor Of this city, has been
absent from home for several days. and
yesterday workmen employed on a house
he was building fled mechanics liens
against the property for unpaid wages.
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A big Trolley Deal.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, April 1.-THE
controlling interest in the Winchester
Avenue Railway Company, of this city,
has passed into the hands of the syndi-
cate headed by A. NJ Young. of New York.
who is said TO be acting for the Philadel-
phia United Gas Improvement Company in
the great trolley deal that is perfecting a
trolley system Of roads between New York
and Portland Ne
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-11

From the Chicago Tribuucl
'.Mr Upuam." said one Of ths vcurzc vvcurcu.
sour club is going Co give a measuring sogisl
this week. and We want you Go Gomez
"A measuring social he asked 'Nhat :
thatt'
You pay . cents for every foot Of your hJ.eht
ant. 10 cents for each extra IuCh.
wish / could 10. 20 Ob'ige YOU. said W.
Upuam. who measured SIX feet fdreFs hur ] am
a little too long and a great deal TOO short"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-11
A CELESTIAL CA1ILINE
Charlie Lee. Released From Jail,
Returns TO His Bailiwick.

The Former Mayor of PhiIadeIphia's
Chinatown Welcomed Back by His
Warm for His EnemIes-Weu
Treated While in DURANGO vile.
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An Auction snIe Mithont Precedent.

Diamonds. watches. silvervdre. French clocks
and novelties beng auctioned without reserve, az
Robert LcdinE's. 1925 r Street. Hours Of sale.
1880 10 I p. m. and 3 90 $50 p. m BrisA bid
ders are securing wonderful values.
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President ALLAN BARBER

~ T.
Vice President JAMES NJ. CONRAD.
District OfhCcrs.
Executive Board: Daniel Young Robert Simp-
son, George May, and Andrew NcMauus
This call will close down all the mines
in the Georges Greek region employing
over 4OCU hands
Frederick pitcher OF Jacksonville. ONO, a
member Of the National Executive Board,
said he expected the strike 70 procure f-r
the miners Of the region their demands. In
order TO do this. he says. they viii have
the aid Of 100000 members Of the United
Mine Workers as well as the help Of the
Federation Of Labor, which viii enable the
men of this region TO fight TO finish Tor
victory. He claims that had the operators
consented 10 meet the miners, as request
ed the agitation would have ended with
out a call for suspension, and the coMpa-
mics a g to blame for the strike.
Organizer Warner also asserts that the
present strike could have been aveTted had
the operators agreed to meet the miners
He is Of the opinion THAI the suspension
will not continue a great length or time,
as the companies will COncede the demands
Of the miners.
The miners in general claim that they
can win their strike. ley say that IN re
is $15. 600 in the treasury Of the Uui ed
Mine Workers for the aid Of the region.
anu AulL OlutI elIOLE Uulhll5 VIII AN
forthcoming. They believe that they are
better equipped today to gain Their d.
mand than ever before. They hold that
in order to make a great profit while
there is a strong demand for coal the optr-
atoTs will shortly come to terms with them.
In order 10 save a great deal g. coal from
being lost by the idleness OF the miners is
another reason advanced by the miners as
in their favor for a capitulatOn on the
part OF the operators. The miners are
strong in their belief that the operators
will not be long in making advances for a
settlement. The miners also say that the
companies brought on the present trouble
by failing 10 consent 20 a meeting with
their employees. II is claimed by many OF
the miners that the suspension and dis
charging Of Consolidation employees b. ought
on the strike. Some OF the miners think
the strike will be very short. while some
Of them are OF the opinion that ii viii last
three months.
superintendent b. s. Randolph is OF the
opinion that the strike will last two
months. In the meantime no effort will
be made TO operate the mines. II this state
OF affairs prevails throughout the region
the battle will be one Of silence.
The miners say the operators are not
justified in ignoring the rights OF the men
to organize. On the other hand, the op-
orators claim that this is the great point
Of outeutiou-whether the owners Of a
property or an organization Of employees Is
TO have control OF its management II is
claimed by some that the suspension Of
the Consolidation men BY Mr.. Randolph
would not alone be sufficient cause on the
part Of the operators TO permit General
strike TO come and that IL is a question
/ OF control rather than wages that is being
/ fought for.
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These unwelcoul
BaEsefEEE
BOEES

Mr.. R. NJ Pratt, Cave, s. c, writes
For twenty years l was sorely
afflicted with boils and carbuncics
caused by impure blood. II is impos-
sible 10 describe my suffering par Of
the time being unable towork OF sleep.
Several doctors treated ne. and I tried
all the so-cailed blood remedies, but
nothing seemed 10 do me any good.
Durinx the summer of 1883 I was per
susded TO try S. IS. and after taking
several bottles was entirely cured, and
have had no return of these painful
pests MP to the present time"
and any information or advice v
-
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ALMINES SUSPEND.
General stfilSe Suddenly Ordered
NJ Ernsnhnrr. Md.

FROSTBURG, Nd, April 1.-THE situa-
tion in the Georges Greek coal fields took
a sudden and unexpected change. when a
general suspension was ordered for II
o'clock tonight. 1t was not generally be-
lieved that a general suspension was so
near at hand. In fact. the impression was
abroad that the proposed meeting between
President G. X. Lord and the committee
Of Consolidation employees and business
men would have the effect OF deferring
any definite action by the delegation which
was to meet In Frostburg today. II was
not known that the strike was so near at
hand until Organizer Warner left the hall
at the end of the session. when IL was
announced that he had ordered the call for
a general suspension to be placed upon
bulletin board.
Some forty delegates. representing the
miners Of the Georges Creek and Meyers
dale regions came to Frostburg and as
ST bled in NickeTs Hall az 10 o'clock and
again at ! O'Clock, and finished their work
early in the afternoon. These delegates
were chosen In accordance with the in
structions given at the Homecoming mass
meeting for the purpose OF comforting with
the coal operators II the operators should
consent to the Joint meeting. No reply
was received from the operators and the
following was announced as the result OF
the action Of the delegates.
We. the delegates, assembled in Nickets Hall.
Frostburg April 10, acting by the authority vest
I'D in u by the resolution adopted by the mass
meeting Of the Georges Creek coal miners IN
Homecoming March 81 have resolved, inasinuch a
our operators have refused 20 meet in Joint con-
vention in response 90 the sixth call April ., we
therefore now declare general suspension OF all
the mines in District No. To- United Nine WorAeIs
Of smsrica, until 90 cents per ton OF 2,24O POUNDS
is granted. BE 10 further resolved, we endorse tiS
stand If the employee Of the Consolidation Coal
Company in defence Of themselves and iello"-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-11

Ladies', Misses, and ChHdren's I'm
trimmed Hats. In the most wanted
shapes and colors, In chip. Maellinaw.
Neapolitan, and plain and fancy straw,
in black and all shades; instead 50C
OF Csc, will be sold fOT.........JJ
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-11

even cancer, is the result of a neglected boil.
Keep the blood pure, and it will keep the
skin clear of all the irritating impurities that
cause these painful dishguring diseases.
s. S. S. cures boils and carbuncles easily
and permanently by reinforcing, purifying and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-11

A large table fall OF Ladies' and
Misses Walking and Outing Sailors Of
handsome Saclinaw. rough. fancy, and
plain straws, in all colors-the very
same shapes and the saino qualities
which are being sold at csc and zoe
S1.37 elsewhere, are offered at. ~
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and any information or advice v
whatever for this service. Send
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udding system
blood poisons
and this powerful purely vegetable medicine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
DR. DOWIE, OF ZION.
CHICAGC'S FAITH-HEALER AND
PREACHER.
In Ten Years He Has Accumulated
$5,000,o00 and Built Up a Church
with $4,000 Members His Per.
sonality.

This is the story of a man who went
to Chicago ten years ago with a wife.
two children and no money, and who is
now worth $5,00O,000 is at the head Of
a church he founded, which has $4,000
members, is, the proprietor of several
hospitals, the president of a college and
of bank, owns a faith-healing hotel.
and the greatest city of religion plan
ned since the AIormons set one on the
shores of SILT Lake
Some time ago he left Chicago in a
private car with his retainers for trip
through Europe and the Holy Land. He
Travelled in state like an Eastern poten,
tate, and weeping subjects followed
him to the train and to the steamer. He
controls millions of dollars and thou
sands of minds. He has larger per-
sonal following than any other man in
Chicago, He has no machine. He is
the machine. The mystery of it all is:
"I1Ow?"
Hundreds of explanations have been
offered. He has been called an inn
postor and a charlatan, and he has been
called divine messenger. He is of the
latter opinion himself. Every man in
Chicago knows who this man is. He is
John Alexander Dowie, and his institu-
ton is Zion. But here the knowledge
of great many persons stops. They
have read about Zion in connection
with faith-healing and as an expert
ment in socialism, and have heard Of
the workings of the church through the
troubles into which the disciples have
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

if he didn't catch the 3:15 train he'd
have to remain in Washington over
night.
About 12:45 on last pay day splen-
did buxom woman, who would prob
ably have tipped the beam easily at 175
pounds and whose cheeks werelike wild
roses, walked into the office of this
chief of division and sweetly asked if
she could see her husband. She was
the young Westerner's wife. The chief
told her that her husband was out at
lunch. She said she wouldn't wait, and
swept out, regal, handsome, the very
model and picture ot robust physical
health.
Say said the chief of division
who is malarious, dyspeptic' ard ema-
ciated-to the young Westerner when
the latter returned from his lunch.
"where did you say your wife spent last
summer"
The young Westerner named the
place, not without wondering if any
thing had happened to put his chief
''next."
well" said the chief. "that must be
a rafting healthy place, and blamed if
don't believe I'll move down there
with my family. Your wife was in here
a while ago."
Talking about feeling like nickel's
worth O. strawberries in the middle o.
winter" remarked the young Western
er afterward, in telling the story upon
himself. Washington Post.
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one Against the Other.

One of the duties of private secre-
tary is to protect his employer from
people who would waste his time
Sometimes q doorkeeper serves this
purpose At the Republican national
headquarters a valuable fender" says
the New York Commercial Advertiser,
is the man at the door of Senator Han
.aa's room.
The officer has been guarding the
doors at political headquarters for a
long time, and is able to discriminate
between those who should be let in and
those who should be kept out. Last
week one of the Objectionable class ar
rived, and asked to see the Senator
Busy now" said the doorkeeper
take a seat in the anteroom, please" "
Presently another visitor arrived. He
was a poet Tho had campaign verses 10
sell. The a, lrkeeper "sized him up"
at once, and took him to the door of
the anteroom. See that gentleman sit
ting there?" he said. pointing to the first
unwelcome visitor. Well, just sit down
and say your poetry TO him."
In about five minutes the first visitor
left the building When the poet again
asked for Mr.. Hanna it was found that
he had gone for the day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

In 1913 Cas- was United States Sen
ator, but resigned when the Democrats
nominated him for the presidency. Ow-
ing to the opposition of the Free Sellers.
he did not receive the electoral vote OF
New York State, and the Wing candi-
date, Taylor, won the prize.
Horace Greeley's defeat in the presi-
dental contest of 1872, with its direful
aftermath, was a political tragedy. High
in the councils of the Republican party,
respected by the whole people, Greeley
put aside the political principles Of a
lifetime to become the candidate of Dem
ocracy. Overwhelming defeat broke his
generous heart and was quickly followed
By DEATH
Samuel j. Tilden's failure to be ipau-
gurated as President of the United States
is the one weak link in the presidential
chain that connects the present with the
dawn Of the republic.
The result of the contest in 1876 was
in doubt from the close of the polls on
election day until March >. 1877, when
the electoral commission appointed to set
tie the matter decided that Rutherford
B. Hayes had received 1S5 votes as
against 1S4 for Samuel j. Tilden.
1t was a perilous period, and the nation
owes much to the man who refrained
from speaking the word that might nave
plunged the country into civil war.
James G. Blaine. the ''Plumed
Knight" is perhaps the saddest figure in
the galaxy of American star statesmen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
TRIPLES NOT LIGHT AS AIR.
Slight Causes that Have Resulted in
Momeutous Events

Slight Causes that Have Resulted in
Momentous Events.
Only a short time ago the ancient
Swan Hotel at Ipswich, England, was
destroyed by fire, which originated
through rats gnawing matches.
The sudden appearance of hilarious
mouse among the occupants of the GAL
lery of the Victoria Theater. Westmin-
ster, on boxing night, 1858, started
panic, which resulted in the death Of
fifteen people.
A meugrel cur strayed on the st.
LegeI course some years ago, just as
the field swept by. Seven horses came
down In a heap, and of the jockeys who
were riding them i've were hurt-three
seriously.
To win a bet of pence little pit
lad. employed at the Ferndale colliery,
in the Rhondda Valley. picked the lock
of his safety lamp with an ordinary
hairpin. He himself, together with
nearly 200 Of his mates. persisted IN the
explosion which followed.
At Shoeburyness some fifteen years
ago Col. Francis Lyon invented a new
kind of sensitive fuse for big caliber
shells. and invited a number of gun
merry experts TO be present at the trials.
On the night prior to the day on which
the experiments were 10 be made he
locked up q number OF the fuses in a
shed In which there We're some fowls.
The chickens started scratching. and
the dust few up and settled on the
threads of the screws or the fuses.
When, next morning, an unfortunate
gunner started TO fix one to live shell.
the missile went of. killing the opera
tor. the Inventor and five other persons.
BurrowiLg rabbits so weakened the
foundations Of tall chimDss - CO.
heaton. Yorkshire. that it fen. c--Saing
TO death fifteen people.
The gambols OF big retriever-some
SAP the playful antics OF two children
sufficed 10 wreck the west coach Scotch
express last year & luggage trolley
was started, ran down the sloping plat
form and gopnied over onto the line In
front OF the train.
The Esperanto was cast away on the
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Beatrice Webb, his former ward. Mrs.
Webb was trained by the philosopher
himself. This remarkable lady, whose
intellect Nj. Spencer pronounees to be
the finest possessed by any living
woman, inherited a great fortune
which she is spending among the poor
in London. In spite of her distin-
guished masters repugnance to the doe
trines of socialism, his brilliant and
beautiful ward became the wife of sgd
ney Webb and threw herself with in
tense devotion into the cause of the
"collectivists.
Thus to the other burdens of Mr..
Spencer's old age is added the disap-
pointment of seeing the woman whom
he carefully trained and whom he loved
as child embracing the theories of a
school which, among all the phenomena
of social life, was alone capable of
rousing him into feelings of bitterness.