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The labor world., 1900-02-03
STATES LOST TO DRyAN.
wyoming Not the Only One, In Spite

Wyoming Not the Only One, In Spite
of senator Teller's Prediction.
To Senator Telle' of Colorado is as
cribed the prediction that the only one
of the western or northwestern. states
that went for Bryan in 1886 in which
there will be achange this year is. Wy
oming.. Wyoming was carried by Bry-
in total of more than 10000, but
since then it has swung into. and
seeems likely to remain in. the repub-
lican column. having been carried by
the republicans in the election of 1898.
when a governor and state officers, as
well as a member of congress and
members of the legislature. We're cho-
verse in 1900 its record Of fou,. years
before the contest for presidential cleo
ton is regarded as certain by srepuo-
eams and eaaeTs n b M
Il is by no means 80. clear that the
other, western and northwestern states
which were carried by the fusion Of
democratic column this year
Bryan carried Colorado by $4,000 plu-
:ality. Idaho by 10000. Montana by 32.-
lss,, Utah BY $4,000. washington by 12.-
600 and Wyoming by 600. The abnor-
mally large maiorities of the demo-
cratic nominees in Colorado and Utah
there is equal suffrage. male and fe-
male. in those two states and that the
record of majority is. therefore. nearly
double under. what a like division OF
state in which the suffrage is limited
to male citizens. South Dakota in the
Rryan column was carried by the fu
the other state officers elected were re-
publicans, he two congressman elected
here republicans and majority of
the legislature. elected is republican.
;rher was no state canvass last year
but judicial nominees We're voted for
in November. 1899, with the result that
the republican candidates polled a..
Og0 votes and the democratic candi-
dates $4,000, a substantial republican
lead which gives very little promise of
democratic success in next years cleo
ton. Nevada. which is incontestab1y
Of only 10000. and in the contest cf 1898,
the last state election succeeding the
prssidential contest of 1895, the plu-
rality for the 4, silver candidate for goy-
republican nominee by that number
the democratic candidate being 1.500
behind. Since then United States Sen
ator William NJ. Stewart. one of the
most "a. ardent lent and loauaco9s Of the
self from the democratic party and has
now place in the republican caucus
Washington. On the ordinary issues
which. divide the two parties. Nevada
is again, as heretofore. republican. and
its electoral votes are likely to be
found in the republican rather than in
the democratic column in 1900. unless
the question of silver should again be-
come the dominating and determinat-
ing issue of the canvass. Washington
has swung back into the republican
column. and at the election of 1898 was
carried by the republicans by 5000 ma
jOrity
From these indications. therefore.
Montana. Colorado, Utah and Idaho
would seem to be the only two states
the number carried by Bryan in 1896
California. Oregon and North Dakota
were republican at the last presiden-
tiaI electiOn.--Ex.
The labor world., 1900-02-03

Of the canan as being most impress
sive, comparing in grandeur and mas
sive outlook with either the Grand
Canon of the Colorado or that of the
Yellowstone. There are three beauti-
full waterfalls at the mouth of the
canon, While far above them on the
mountain summit are small glaciers.
One Of these falls has plunge to the
river below of 700 feet. At the mouth
of the canon is a monster glacie" with
its deep blue coloring, the glacier be-
ing framed by the green foliage cling
ing to the canon walls. Looking up
the canon on the right side is per-
pendicular wall of rock over 1900 feet
in altitude.
Captain Abercrombie reports that the
harbor at Port Valdez is what is tee
nically known as a, submerged valley.
the head of which is filled in with
Slacial deposition and terminal NOR
aine. The harbor from Stanton Mar
rows to the mouth Of Lowe river is
about ten miles long by three miles
wide.
Owing to the immense flow of water
from the Valdez glacier, the only feasi-
bic point of departure, which would
embrace all the natural facilities for
railroad terminals, would be a narrow
strip of land, from ,one-half to three.
quarters of a mile broad ard extend
ing up the Lowe river some five miles
and south of a small stream which
is an outlet of Robe Lake. Following
up the Lowe River valley, the line
would naturally keep to the north
side over a practically nominal grade,
passing through Keystone Canon with
ordinary canon work and emerging
on the flood plain of the iner-canon
basin; the operator would from this
point have the choice of two coutes.
one route following in an easterly di-
rection over Marshall Pass at an ele-
yation Of 1900 feet and down the Tas-
nuna to the Copper river valley; the
other, turning to the north, crossing
the mountain range at Thompson Pass
with an altitude of 1900 feet, then
down the Teikhell river valley through
the swampy pass at the head of the
Knata, thence down the Torsina into
the Coppe- river valley.
Captain Abercrombie believes that
the future for q railroad through this
section Of Alaska is very promising.
owing to the presence of large zones of
heavily mineralized copper deposits,
the development of which will un-
questionably yield local tnooage OF
great value. He states that the prox-
unity of tie and bridge timber, the alb
sence of any great engineering fea-
lures, would render railroad construe-
ton in this section compare lively
easy problem for a mountain division
The total length OF the road, which
Captain Abercrombie .believes to be
feasible for railroads construction for
pack horses, is SO miles.
Relative to the agricultural possi-
bilities of Alaska, Captain Abercron-
bic is very sanguine. He calls atten-
tion to: tl,e -i,rt that he forwarded To
the war departmt mt, last summer, some
particularly fine specimens Of potatoes,
beets, turnips, radishes, peas and let
tuce, which he believes can be grown
in almost unlimited quantities in AL
aska; while oats, rye and wheat that
he saw mature during the past sea-
Ison, We're equally as fine.
The labor world., 1900-02-03
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS,
Notable Events of Interest to- Wage
81 Earners.

Dayton, Ohio, has over 5000 trades
unionists.
San Francisco has a Latin carpen-
ers' union.
London, England. will have print
ing exposition in. the present year.
Grand Rapids trades unions have
organized a Momen's union label
league. 5as
Danville, H., has organized a build
ing trades council, all branches Of the
building industry being represented
The average formation OF one new
union daily for the past three months
is the record of the Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners for that time
The great strike of 1850 lace work
ers in St. Etienne, France, has been
settled through the mediation of the
socialist member of the government.
The Brockton Journal is the name
of a new paper thnt will make things
hum for. the social democratic party
and trades unionism IN Massachu-
Isettes. #s55s
Stenographers at Memphis have
formed an organization, with registry
Office and headquarters for the con-
venience Of business men requiring
their services. 5
The Pennsylvania Railway company
on January l relieved from active SER
vice about 900 employees, as result of
the operation of its new pension sys-
tenn. zs5t &
Under the wire trust the increase in
the price of nails since 1897 is 1870 per
cent The increase in nailmakers' wa
ges in the same. period amounts to on
~ 121a per cent.
WoodWorkers' union No 15 San
Francisco, has passed resolutions urg-
ing the members Of the International
union to support such political parties
as advocate socialism.
The Coal Team Owners association
of Chicago has signed contract bind
ing its members to pay the union,
scale until January |, 1901. The en-
ployers also agree to employ only un-.
ion men. E35z
After contest extending over two
years and charac cterized by feelings Of
intense bitterness on both sides, and
In which injunction proceedings played
prominent part, the trouble between
the Buffalo Express and the Typo
graphical union has been adjusted.
Keen competition In the cloak indus
try in New York city is causing small
manufacturers considerable heartache.
Several failures occurred recently; all
of which tends to show that even in
the midst of prosperity the downfall
of the middle class is inevita BILE.
Z 10
lication issued by the Western Feder-
alton Of Miners at Denver, Colo. It ex-
lposes some of the horrors of the Idaho
bull pen. and hits the capitalist class
and it's henchmen some hard raps. Ed
1,Boyce, the national president, is the
editor, which is a guarantee that the
magazine will be conducted on pro-
gressive lines .
The labor world., 1900-02-03

UNDER THE NEW CHARTER the
council cannot give a franchise to a
private corporation, syndicate, or per
son without giving you right to vote
your approval OF disapproval; and no
plant owned by the City, can be got
ten hold Of without your permission,
\ nor can the Council buy a municipal
plant, without first getting your per
mission and approval. &
The Police Force, Firemen, Clerks and
Bookkeepers in Water & Light De
partment, and Accountants. in Comp
troller's Office, and a few other Clerks
are under the civil service, that is.
merit and fidelity, and not political
j0bbery, will be the standard Of ap-
Il pointment and promotion. The civil
service provisions do not apply to
other officials or to laborers. .ss
UNDER THE NEW CHARTER your ,5,,
property cannot be assessed for street
improvements unless IS per cent Of the
owners along the proposed improve
ment first petition therefor. Had this
provision been in the old charter,
Many people in Duluth would not
have lost their homes.
UNDER THE NEW CHARTER pub
lie officials are not allowed to receive
passes from corporations.
In some cases salaries have been raised
50 that the entire time Of competent
officials may be secured. In other
cases salaries have been entirely done
away with. The whole amount Of sal
The labor world., 1900-02-03

and scientific bearings, and in his hands
evolution became the key to all n,ys-
teries and the secret Of all progress
and civilization. The names of Dar-
win and Spencer are justly the two
most prominent of the century. Never
before has a. new doctrine so COM
pletely gained hold over the people
as has that of evolution. ,
In chemistry this century has seen
mighty strides. At the opening of
the century the science was little more
than alchemy. The spectrum analysis
became an effective means of discov-
cry. The undulatory theory of light
became the basis Of all modern physics.
The use of electricity has developed
beyond the widest dreams. What its
future powers may be no one can even
guess.
AS geology has added millions of
years to the worlds age, thus prac-
tically making time without limit, so
the sciences have contributed inven-
tions by which we can, as it were,
eliminate both time and space
The inventions of the present age
exceed those of all the former cen
turtles combined, back through the
countless ages Of which geological
science tells us. 1t seems as if some
miraculous power has touched the
world, accelerating all the powers of
investigation, of patient research and
Of discovery.
The century's intellectual activity
has extended also to medicine and
surgery, which have within so years
past practically been entered in the
class of exact sciences and taken from
the realm of suspicion and little scien-
tific knowledge. The study of physi-
The labor world., 1900-02-03
ODD KIND OF FUEL.

It's Fisl, Filled mp With sawlust.
Game Warden Frank Fem Of the Of
flee Of the state game commissioner
sent a man to Boulder yesterday to
investigate complaints that three own
ers of saWmills on the Middle st. Vraint
Greek were allowing the. dust from
their establishments to flow down the
stream to the detriment Of the trout
and other fish in the water.
The labor world., 1900-02-03
\ LawJcss Community.

In Sassari Sardinia, 400 people are
now being tried as bandits. These in
clude landlords. tradesnen. state. and
municipal officials and many women.
There are 1900 witnesses. 1876 lawyers
and 200 large volumes OF documents.
A big wooden building has been erected
for the t-ial.-Philadephi Times.
The labor world., 1900-02-03
Cnlnmityities In Congress.

The greater part of the Democratic
party would, like Representative Slb-
ley, prefei, to see the country prosper
than to see the party succeed but few
of such Democrats are in congress.
That their party might succeed they
would welcome industrial disaster
Indianapolis Journal (Rep.)
The labor world., 1900-02-03
VOTE FOR
The New City Charter.
Il Provides for tho referendum
Mark your ballot as follows:
{ Provides for tho Referendum.

Shall the proposed New Charter Of the City Of Duluth
returned to the Mayor Of said City January 9Th,
1900 be ratified? 5s@s .s#@.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-25

the pole draws the magnet The mouse
loves the game Of teasing the cat By slim
ulating the latter's hopes Of capturing
mice. IL 10 considered the hight OF fun
among mioe to scuttle across room In
the presenoe OF . cat, and TO disaI par
In hole just ss . cat II r sady to pounce.
OF course, now and then TOO reckless
mouse pays the penalty OF rashness By be-
Ing caught By the cat. but accidents OF
this kind are more rare among mice than
football accidents among men, and In no
war render mice shy Of tie game.
III you once underst cod tie nature OF
mice you nee have no trouble with
them. Danish from our house every cat.
trap and newspaper, and not mouse
Will show himself. FIJI your house with
newspapers. trap and ost, md mice will
flook 70 4, from miles away. No mouse
will 60 TO a houfe where no amuseinsnt
Is offered to him. This lesson i have
Learned ~ I have said. BY years Of study,
and IL has bead cCD1I -aed by the testi-
mony of sever sl of the most Intelligent
cats whom have known.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-25
MYSTERIOUS WAYSOF MICE.
Explained by One who Has Made a
Special study of Them.
From Pearson's Week ly.)

Few people understand the mystery Of
mica l think l can. without immodes.
=. -. a.. -.
W. oiaiH W uhuers'Ahu in'oe' ior INV
made them study for many years.
used to think that nature supplied mioe
,.h.,ava, thar. .asr,.a IN n. .,v cal, %,
49, N w
them. FOR example, II you i've IN
house where there are no mice, and In a
rash moment proyids Yourself with a
- 49,. =. -, 10 -, -, ,v,,I
"ou'e zap Vi Wy S"'' nav"
Immediately make their appearance. 10
the superfic observer this looks as II
.,ua r..a,x,r, ,h., Won h.va mona.
Trap proceeos W supply "ioe ior !" VI
noticing that you have q cat, sends mios
enough to satisfy the animal. But this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-25
NEW SOURCE OF GUTTA.
PERCHA.
A German Says che Trees That Produce
II VIII Grow I'm the Philippines.

In q monograph, just Pr 3lishei In
Germany, IL 10 shown that the Philip
pines are among the few PLACES on earth
In which the trees from which gustarer-
cha is proonred will flourish. The value
OF this statements is net to te moderated
for two reasons. One Is that auttsper-
cha 10 an Indispensable material for the
making of submarine cables and golf
balls: the other IL that tbs trees In Suma-
ira and Borneo. from which the chief
supply has hitherto been drawn are al
most entirely exhausted. The Gauss of
this exhaustion lies In the primitive and
destructive methods which were formerly
employed for gathering this valuable
commodity. The natives who never
have any thought for the morrjw have
ruthlessiy ,ut down whole forests OF trees,
80 that they might scraps the guttaper-
cha, which IL nothing but the sap from
inside the bark. This Wholesale destruo-
ton carried on for years has greatly dim
inlshed the annual crop, bu. the disoov-
cry that these trees grow and can bs sue.
osssfuily cultivated In the Philippines
offers hops that new mine of wealth
has been found for American enterprise
~ soon 10 the islands are paoified.
While the chief use OF guttapsrcha IL,
OF course. for the isolatipg covering of
electric wires. = large quantity IL used
for the manufacture of golf balls for
which no other material seems SO we'll
adapted, Its hard ness after having been
submitted to the proper pressure, and lite
toughness make 1t the only golf ball ms
terial yet discovered. The amount of
cable laid since 1866 is some A., S53 knots,
representing . cost for the cables alone of
millions of pounds sterling, and as the
years many more cables will be required
and laid, the demand for guttapercha IL
almost unlimited. The wealth which gut
taparoha In the Philippines holds out to
American enterprise Is In proportion to
this demand.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-25
REORGANIZATION OF THE Wealth
Err BUREAU.

A bill for the reorganization of the U.
S. Weather Bureau IL. X. Bill No. SsSs),
WAS recently introduced In Congrsss by
man OF the Committee on Agriculture,
and is now pending action by Congress.
The object Of the bill is to perfect the
organization of the Weather Bureau.
greatly increase IT Efficiency and thereby
render the services OF p,uoh greater value
to ths country. 1t provides for an ideal
merit system on the part OF those seek
ing entrance to the Bureau as well as
those already employed therein.
Candidates or applicants for entrances
to the service Of the Il ureau by the pro-
visions Of this bill are apportioned among
the Senators. Representatives., and dele
gates without reference TO their political
belief or preference. Appointments are
to bs made under rigid regulations "a to
general ftness for the public service,
physical condition and suitable edo ca
tion. While the method proposed ter Sc
lecting the Ca ndidates Is q departure from
that now practioed, it should lie stated
that all EXAMINATIONS for original APP
pointments and for promotions are to be
conducted by the Civil Servics Commits
sion.
Promotions are to be made wholly on
merit and NO removals can be- made for
political cause. Tenure Of Office IL de-
pendent on fitness of the employees for
the duties of the service.
No smploye can he discharged the SEE
vice without a propsr and satisfactory
hearing. which Is granted on written re-
quest of the complainant.
The interests of the Bureau, therefore,
so far as appointments and promotions
are concerned, remain under the excel
lent protection of the Civil Service regu-
lations, and the passage OF the bill would
therefore In no way detract fro N the du-
ties Of the Civil Servic, Commission and
Its authority over the personnel OF the
service.
The bill also provides for self-siVtain.
ing rstirsm ent fund. without penny OF
expense to the government through
systematic assessment OF all employees.
This porto n OF the measure would be OF
special benefit to the govern msnt BY tire
retiring Of superannuatsd or disabled EN-
ployess and prom oting younger and
worthy ones and raor uiting from those
selected by the Civil Service Commission
for special fitness for the duties OF the
Bureau.
The bill is highly approved by tbs Hon
orable James Wilson. SeoFet.ry OF ARri-
culture. who Is deeply interested In the
work OF the Weather bureau. Also by
Professor Willie l.. Moore, Chief OF toe
Weather Huieau. and under wfoA' ao-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-25

ministrstion the Bureau has been els-
waited In eifioiency ard greatly extended
within the last five years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-25
SMELT FISHING IN HANCOCK
COUNTY.

A correspondent of the Bangor COM
merclal writes: Many accounts Of the
smelt industry at Surry have appeared in
different papers in this state; but some
particulars OF this important business
will, think. be Of interest to the readers
Of the CONNER cial.
Nearly 100 men and boys together ara
engaged winters fishing here. and In IS
years more than $40. 0O0 worth Of smelts
have been taken.
Ibs smells are all caught with hook
and line. Taking them otherwise, such
as by seine, would be regarded by the
fishermen here as great wrong. The
fishing here Is all done In tents. the tsnts
peing about six fest long, five feet wide
and high enough for a man to stand NJ
in them.
These tents are covered with cloth.
heated by a stove and lighted, usually, by
a lantern.
l have known the temperature of my
tent TO vary, however. 90 degrees within
ten mintes during cold day.
A hole about six feet long and eight
inches wide is cut in the Toe and this tsnt
set lsngthw OF this. Six llne5 attached
TO pole fastened on the plates OF toe tent
hang into the water nearly eight inchel
apart. These lines, during fishing houts
are always kept In motion.
The way the fishermen handle these
lines, how they can bait the hooks and
slat smells when, as, they say, they are
''taking holt 10 certainly wonderful. 1
have known one man TO oath 100 pounds
In less tban one hour, This means at
least 1900 fish or about IL q minute.
One smsltsr has been known to catch 80
pounds during ons tides fishing.
Some have made SO 10 $50 In day,
and othsrs 500 In a few wesks. but
these big catches are only made by those
expert IN fishing. The chances are that a
green hand would starve the first winter
II dependent wholly on what fish he
caught
During the fishing season politics. rellg-
ion, war and all other subjects generally
dicussed In the stores. are dead ISSUES.
Nothing but smelts is talked about moth
ing but fishing discussed by the Usher
men The usual saluts tlon when D'est-
ing another Is: "Hov manyP
10 10 a beautiful sight some still, cold
morning to watch the streams OF white
smoks bslohing out of a hundred stove
pipes ana slowly ascend almost psrpen-
diouiariy 100 feat In the air. From dis
lance all these lists houses huddlsd TO-
gsther remind one OF some miniature city.
Sometimes when the bay frat freszfs
there villages Gene into existence with
as little notice az that Of q mining settles
meEt.
The su e,ts are all shipped to Boston
and New York markets.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-04-12
FIGHTING WOMEN.
Fourteen Dead i'm One Trench
After a Courageous
Stand.

New York, April Ga cores
pendent of the World writing from
Pretoria, March |, says:
"Thc world knows no finer eX-
ample of heroism than that eXhib-
tied by fourteen women on one of
the five days fighting around
Spion kop. a strictly family par
ty of Beers, fourteen men and
their wives, intrcnched in one pO-
sition and held it with amazing
bravery against small force of
British. For a long time the men
fought necessarily and kept their
wives busy reloading their rifles.
FINALLY, fifty British soldiers
with fixed bayonetS, charged on the
intrenchment. AS they came clo-
ser, the Boer men crept over the
earthworks and while the women
began shooting, tried with the
butts of their rifles to hammer
back the British. Before their
wives eyes every one of the four
teen Beers was killed, bayoneted
or shot.
"The fourteen women, so cruelty