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Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

Union men should be up and doing union label, whether you are buying hat or a smoke. When ordering your printing be careful to bring it to a fair shop. Label goods cost no more than cheap goods. Inaction brings stagnation, is an old and wise saying. Let every member of a trades union take heed and push the label.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24
the people and stirring them to sys- tcmatio activity

the people and stirring them to sys- tcmatic activity.
 What could not such a tremendous force do if it were effectively directed toward "a single end? Suppose the Catholics and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and the Baptists and all the rest do what the Episcopalians have done, and that then, after each church has organized it's own work for social harmony, all of them CO., operate in one grand central agency that shall speak to the wrangling en- ployers and laborers with the voice of concentrated religion. Would not Christianity come very near then to realizing the purpose for which it's founder was sent into the world Peace on earth, good will to mem? New York Journal.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

The patrolmen of Bridgeport are en- gineering a deal whereby they will re- ceive as much pay as those doing duty in sister cities. We would suggest that an organizer be sent to that city
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24
rIR. PATRICK CHARTERS.

Alderman Christopher Charters, of -Ansonia, will probably be the nominee on the Democratic ticket for mayor at the coming election. MT. Charters is a union man and is deserving of election. If nominated his election is positive.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

Be sure that new Fall suit you are contemplating buying has label on it. Your hat, too. Your dealer won't charge anything extra, and you'll get the benefit of good workmanship.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

Our state was honored last week by a visit from President Roosevelt, who was a guest at the bi-centennial cele- bratiOn at Yale College.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

Our representative will call on the different unions, in the near future, soliciting subscriptions for the WORK MAN. That is the one favor we ask of the union man. And we guarantee to give him a newsy paper in return.
 We would be pleased to have the sec retaries of the different locals send us some local information, election of of ficers, etc. Address CONNECTICUT WORKMAN, Bridgeport, Ct.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

TED-NON-UNION PLUMBER.
 None but temperate man need apply.
 Address, Plumber, this office.
 We clipped the above from an unfair Bridgeport paper. Such lessons should spur honest men to stamp out the word non-union A man who is in- telligent enough to be a plumber should be sensible enough to see the benefit of unionism, and make appli- cation to the nearest local.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

Advertise in the WORKMAN.
Connecticut workman., 1901-10-24

Smokers! Don't forget the blue label
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28
THE EvENINe PRAYER.

Tired eyes are gently closing
AS the twilight droppeth down,
Wrapping with the veil of slumbeP
Hill and valley, dale and town:
Softly little hands are folded
AS the shadows closer creep
Sinless lips of childhood murmur
''Now lay me down to sleep"
Down life's pathway stretching onward
Ideth SHARES unseen, unknown,
Waiting for their coming footsteps
But the Father guards His own:
And. as stainless as in childhood.
He will guide by pitfalls deep.
If, as now, they plead: II pray Thee
Pray Thee. Lord, my soul to keep"
Now the tender mother, listening,
Feels her pulses thrill with fear,
As she fancies, in the shadow,
Death. the dark-robed, lurking near;
And with throbbing heart she questions
How the sacrifice to make.
At the low words, scarcely spoken:
Should die before wake"
Slumber now has almost won them,
Droops the lashes lower still,
While a sweet and holy presence
All the twilight seems to fill;
And the listening Saviour only.
AS the words their lips forsake,
Hears the last half-uttered whisper:
Pray-Thee-Lord-my soul-to take"
Elite Gilbert Mcneil, in Rams Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28

eral to Laramie. They had kept the
road northwestward on leaving town
were seen passing along the prairie
beyond Fort Russell, but deputies,
sworn in at once and sent in pur-
suit, came back to say the rig had
never gone as far as Lodge Pole. At
six p. m. came further tidings. Lieut.
Loring, engineer officer of the de-
partment, had reached Cheyenne and
was in consultation with the COM
handing officer at Russell. The rig
had been found at Sloan's ranch, far
up Crow creek, where the party had
taken horses and ridden westward
into the Black Hills. In anticipation
of a big reward, the sheriff had dep
uties out in pursuit. From such in
formation as they could gather it was
learned that the name of one of the
parties gone with Burleigh was New
hall, who claimed to be a captain in
the army, "out there looking after in
yestments"-a captain who was too
busy, however, to go and see the few
fellows of his cloth at the new post
and who was not known to them by
sight at all. The engineer, Mr.. Lor-
ing, was making minute inquiries
about this fellow, for the description
given him had excited not a little Of
his interest.
And SO the sun of the second day
went down on Gate City and Emory,
and everybody knew Burleigh was
gone. The widest rumors were
afioat, and while all Fort Emory was
IN mourning over the tragedy at
Warrior Gap, everybody in town
seemed more wildly concerned in
Burleigh and the cause of his sud-
den fight. AS yet only certain army
officers and Mr.. Folsom knew of the
startling discovery at the stockade
that the package was bogus affair
throughout. But all Gate City knew
Burleigh had drawn large sums from
the local bank, many citizens had
heard that John Folsom was several
thousand dollars the poorer for his
sudden going, and all interest was
centered in the coming from Chicago
of an expert summoned by wire, to
open the huge Office safe at the quar-
termaster's depot. The keys had
gone with Burleigh. AT the last
moment. after loading up with all
the cash his own private safe con-
tanned, for that was found open and
practically empty in its corner of
his sitting-room, and when he had
evidently gone to the Office to get the
funds there stored, he was confound-
ed by the sight of the two employees.
He could have ordered them to leave
and then helped himself. but con-
science had made coward of him, even
more than nature. He saw accusers
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28

the purchase OF valuable tract 81
land near Waukegan, Ill, where mod
ern city, to be known as Zion, is to be
built.
The Christian Catholic church claims
a membership of 10000; and as each
communicate is supposed to contribute
a lions share of his or her income to
the overseer in the form of tithes, 1t is
not surprising that Dowie can live in
the lap of luxury. The humble exile
of ten years ago assumes all the dig
nifty of an Indian nabob and for
stranger to approach him is about as
difficult as to secure an audience with
the pope. He still breaches, but evil
IDENTITY only for the purpose of abusing
those who do not agree with him.
Many of his remarks are positively
Ebidinous, others would do credit to
Hamburg fshwife. In word and ac-
ton he is pulled up by arrogance. and
although SO far nothing has been said
against his personal life his actions
would indicate that he is the slave OF
some drug or else on the verge of in
sanity.
Looking at the man from purely
commercial point of view it cannot be
denied that as an organizer and finan-
cier he has few superiors. Starting
with nothing, he accumulated S4,ooo,-
600 worth of property. in less than q
decade, founded a bank conducted for
his personal benefit, and laid the foun-
dation of what may become a pros
porous and important manufacturing
town In spite of opposition from
press and pulpit he is holding together
thousands of men and women who
would prefer death to the loss of their
faith. That such devotion should turn
the head of any man is not unnatural;l
nor is it surprising that Dowie consid-
ers himself a second Elijah and the OBJ
ject of many of the prophecies of the
Old and New Testament. As the head
of the most perfect religious oligar-
chy of our day he occupies position
without parallel in the history of this
or any other country.
Much of his success is due to hyp-
motto power, which he possesses in q
remarkable degree. A vast percentage
of the so-called "cures" performed in
the early days of the movement were
due to this force, and to it he owes his
fame as a healer. His unprecedented
financial triumphs are the result OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28

nerve and the gift of selecting compe-
tent assistants. 1t is said that in en-
ploying heads for the various depart
ments of Zion he has not made single
mistake, which, if true, stamps him as
wise judge of human nature. Tho
men intrusted with the management
of the vast machinery of the Zion or
ganization are paid liberal salaries
more than they could earn elsewhere
and thus self-interest is made an
ally of religious prejudice.
Attempts to bring the Zion bank un-
der state supervision have been foiled
by the clever managers of the institu-
ton, as well as honest endeavors to
secure a statement of its resources and
deposits.
The numberless slaughter of limo
cents-men, women and children, who
die by the score, and might have been
saved by rational medical treatment
has attracted considerable attention.
but thus far the law has not been able
to protect the victims of Zion fanati-
cism. Very recently the wife of one
of the church's most prominent off,
GERS, III. Worthington Judd, died un-
der the most distressing circum-
stances, after Dowie had prayed for
her recovery. Physicians of all
schools are unanimous in asserting
that the woman's life could have been
saved. At the coroner's inquest, her
husband volunteered the informa ton
that his wife had not asked for med
ical aid, and if she had he would not
have consented to her receiving it, Such
is the bigotry of the followers Of
Dowie. This same Judd, by the way.
is the man who assisted Dowie in Civ.
ing an alleged expose of Free Masonry
several months ago. He had been =
Mason for many years, but Dowie ccz.
vinced him that all Masons are 'deviis~
and children of the devil" hence he
considered the act of violating his OBJ
legations as one of merit and entitled
to Divine reward.
Such is, in brief, the character Of
Dowie and the work he is doing. How
much longer his reign may last it is
hard to say; but that it will end igno-
miniously may be taken for granted.
because NO system of religion based
on personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT and the
storing up of wealth for wealth's sake
has ever endured.
9. W. WEIPPIERE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28
CHAPTER XXI.

Yes, Burleigh was gone, and there
was confusion at the depot. At six the
doctor had come forth from his room,
saying he was better, but must not be
disturbed. At seven the major, carry
ing a satchel, had appeared at his Of
fee, where two clerks were smoking
their pipes, innocent of all thought of
their employers coming. 1t was after
hours. They had no business there at
the time. Smoking was prohibited in
the office, yet it was the major who
seemed most embarrassed at the unex-
pected meeting. 1t was the ma or who
hastily withdrew. He was traced to
the railway, and it was speedily found
that he had sent word to the division
superintendent that the general tel
egraphed for him to join him at once al
Cheyenne. and a special engine and
caboose would be needed. At a quarter
past seven this had started full speed.
1t was IL when the discovery was made.
Meantime Folsom and Stevens had con-
suited together. Folsom had told of
the large sum he had loaned Bur1eigh
and the conditions attached, and be-
tween them a dispatch. concisely set
ting forth their suspicious, was sent
the general at Cheyenne. with orders
to rush." as they were determined if
possible to head off the fugitive at that
point. Back came the wire ten minutes
before midnight that the general had
left Cheyenne for Laramie by stage
that evening, and must now be near the
Chugwater and far from telegraphic
communication. Then Stevens wired
the sheriff at Cheyenne and the COM
manding officer of the new post of Fort
Russell to stop Burleigh at all hazards,
and at two in the morning the answer
came that the major had reached Chey-
enne about midnight and they would
search everywhere for him. This was
the last until long after the rising of
another sun.
Events and settlements. alarms and
rumors followed each other with start
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28

ling rapidity during the day. In glar-
ing headlines the local paper published
the details of the massacre at the Gap.
lauding the valor and devotion of the
soldiers, but heaping abuse upon the
commander of the post, who, with
other troops at his disposal, had looked
on and lifted no hand to aid them
Later, of course, it was proved that the
veteran had foiled old Red Clouds VII
famous plan to lure the whole garrison
into the open country and there sur
round and slowly annihilate it, while
then, or at their leisure later, his
chosen ones should set fire to the un-
protected stockade and bear off those
of the women or children whose years
did not commend them to the mercy
of the hatchet. Soldiers and thinking
men soon saw the colonel was right
and that the only mistake he had made
was in allowing any of the garrison to
go forth at all. But this verdict was
not published, except long after as un-
important news and in some obscure
corner. The Laramie column, SO the
news ran, was Fastening down the
Powder river to strike Red Cloud. The
Indians would be severely punished.
ETC., etc. But old Folsom's face grew
winter as he read that such orders had
been sent and that the general himself
was now at Laramie directing matters.
''In Gods name," urged he, ''if you have
any influence with the general, tell him
not to send foot column chasing
horsemen anywhere, and above all not
to follow down the Powder. Next
thing you know Red Cloud and all his
young men will have slipped around
their flank and come ga11oping back to
the Platte, leaving the old men and
women and wornout ponies to make
tracks for the heap walks to follow
And Stevens listened dumb1y. In
huence he had never had. Folsom
might be right, but it was matter
in which he was powerless. When
depot quartermaster. said he, could
dictate the policy that should govern
the command of a colonel of the fight
ing force, there was no use in remon-
STRANGE. Noon came and no news
from the Cheyenne sheriff The com
manding officer at Russell wired that
he, too, was stripped of his troops,
and had not even cavalry courier
to send after the general with the
startling news that Maj. Burleigh
had vanished with large sums, it was
believed, in his possession. At one
o'clock came tidings of the fugitive.
He, together with two other men, had
spent the late hours of the night at
the lodgings of one of the party in
Cheyenne, and at dawn had driven
away in a srig' hired at local
stable, ostensibly to follow the gen
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28
in every face. and fed. Burleigh had

=
lost his nerve.
Two days went by and excitement
was at its height. All manner Of evil
report of Burleigh was now afioat.
The story CT the bogus package had
been noised abroad through later
messengers and dispatches from the
Gap. Lieut.. Loring had come to Fort
Emory under the instructions of the
department commander, and what
those instructions were no man could
find out from the reticent young off,
Ger. If ever youth seemed capable
of hearing everything and telling
nothing it was this scientist of dis
tinguished corps that frontiersmen
knew too little of. What puzzled Fol-
sistence with which he followed up
his inquiries about Capt. Newhall. He
even sought an interview with Pap
poose and asked her to describe the
rakish traveller who had so unfavor-
ably impressed her. She was looking
her loveliest that evening. Jessie was
radiant once more. A long letter had
come from Marshall-sad because of
the fate that had befallen his COM
panions, stern because of the evil
dence of the deep-laid plot that SO
nearly made him victim, but mod
estly glad of the official commenda-
ton he had received, and rejoicing
over the surgeons promise that he
could be well enough to make the
march with command ordered back
to Frayne. Red Clouds people had
scattered far and wide, said he. "God
grant they may not turn back to the
south" He was coming home. He
would soon be there. The papers had
told their readers this very morning
that the general had plainly said his
force was too small to risk further
assault upon the Sioux. Alarmed at
the result of it's policy, the bureau
had recommended immediate aban-
donment of Warrior Gap and the
withdrawal of the troops from the Big
Horn country. The war department.
therefore, had to hold it's hand. The
Indians had had by long, long
odds the best of the fight, and per-
haps would be content to let well
enough alone. All this had tended to
bring hope to the hearts of most of
the girls, and Loring's welcome was
the more cordial because of this and
because OIL Ills HOW kuOWn plOA-
ship of MarshalPs cause. From be-
ing fellow under the ban of suspi-
cion and the cloud of official censure,
Marshall Dean was poisoning out as
a hero It was late in the evening
when Folsom brought the young en-
gineer from the hotel and found
Elinor and Jessie in the MUSHROOM.
with Pecksniff's adjutant and LOOMS
in devoted attendance. It was nearly
IL when the officers left-two re-
turning to the fort, Loring lingering
for a word with Folsom at the gate.
The night was still and breathless.
The stars cleaned brilliantly aloft,
but the moon was young and had
early gone to bed. A window in the
third story softly opened, as the two
men stopped for their brief confer
ence-the one so young-looking, stur-
dy and alert, despite the frost of SO
many winters; the other so calm and
judicial, despite his youth.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28
MENACE TO SOCIETY.
John Alexander Dowie, King of Re
ligious Confidence Men.
RuIes His Followers with Iron Hand.
Pockets the Lions Share OF
Their EARNINGS and Abuses
All the World.
Especial Chicago letter.

Especial Chicago letter.
ME religious confidence game is
money-maker par excellence.
From time immemoria1 there
have arisen so-called prophets and sons
of prophets. Every nation and every
sect have paid tribute or given follow
ers to one or more impostors who
posed as God-sent apostles and
preached recognition and social re-
form by simply
stamping Gods name upon q lie just
made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade"
The religious confidence man is a
cosmopolitan sort OF chap; and that
is why the United States, with its
mixed and somewhat nomadic popula-
ton, has been his favorite field of
operation. And of the cities in the
United States, Chicago has been his
Mecca.
The oily Schweinfurth established
his headquarters in the modern Baby
Ion at the foot of Lake Michigan, after
he had been driven out of Michigan,
where he began operations, and his
iced, likewise selected Chicago as his
headquarters. Both of these oleagin-
Gus individuals found hundreds of dis
ciples; especially Schweinfurth, who
proclaimed himself as the Messiah.
Hysterical women focked to hear him,
and transferred everything they had in
the world to the Community" of which
he was the head-the whole thing, in
fact. He might have ended his days as
a very rich man had not his baser ma
ture triumphed over his by no means
inferior intellectual and business at
tainments. But in an hour, evil to
himself and beneficial to his dupes,
he esta blished a community house near
Rockford, Ill, which he called
Heaven" but which, according to 9TH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28
HUNTING OSTRICH NESTS.
Hidden Deep in the Desert Sand
They Are Extremely Hard
to Find.

Although the skin of an ostrich is
worth from $40 to 500 on the spot,
the hunter of the desert usually pre-
fers to search for the eggs when he
has discovered an ostrich in fight. An
English traveller in the Sahara, Mr.. 81.
B. Tristram, describes this search, says
Youths Companion.
"Once, and once only, I had the good
fortune to take an ostrich's nest. al
though fresh eggs were not infre-
quently brought in by the Arabs. We
observed with our telescopes two
birds standing for some time in the
same spot, and were induced to ride
toward them. They rapidly scudded
off, but on interesting their track we
turned back and retraced it instead of
continuing vain pursuit.
can ostrich's track is by no means
easy either to follow or to retrace,
full speed, from % to % feet; and the
oblong impressions of two toes at so
wide intervals affords no very evident
track to any eyes less expert than those
of Bedouin hunfsman.
eve retraced the impression to the
spot where we had seen the birds
standing together, and where the sand
was well trodden down. Two Arabs
at once dismounted and began to dig
with their hands, and presently they
brought up four fresh eggs from a
depth of about foot under the warm
| sand.
''Ostrich-egg omelet we always found
a most welcome addition to our desert
! bill of fare. and convenient and port
able provision, for from the thickness
of the shell the eggs keep perfectly
sweet and fresh for fortnight or three
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28

ers, was nothing but a harem. The
people of Rockford forced him to leave
their town, and in the course of time
Schweinfurth disappeared altogether
from public view. 1t has been stated
that he has turned over new leaf and
is leading an exemplary life. For the
truth of this rumor the writer cannot
vouch, although it comes from a fair
~ reliable source.
Before the Schweinfurth excitement
had subsidized there appeared in Chi
cago another prophet, whose name has
since become familiar to the newspa-
per readers the world over-John Alex
ander Dowie. He came from Australia,
spoke with an oily tongue, called him
self doctor of divinity and the found
er of a new faith cure system of heal
ing all diseases. His assumed humii-
ity secured immediate recognition.
Several churches opened their doors to
him, and his first proselytes were made
in houses of worship whose people he
has since denounced as children of
the devil" He made some remarkable
cures and preached series of pow
erful sermons. Within short time the
pauper immigrant from the Antipodes
Ad0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CA1OOSA ~
buy a handsome pair of horses and a
carriage and to equip large taber-
nacle, printing house and sanitarium in
Woodlawn, the worlds fair district of
Chicago. These outward manifesto
lions of prosperity were followed by
the founding of the Christian Catholic
Church of Zion, of which he made him
self general overseer." His hospital"
soon degenerated into public nui-
sance; and the property owners of
Woodlawn, under the leadership of
George W. Riggs, instituted series of
legal proceedings which terminated in
a victory for law and order, as far as
the location of the sanitarium was con-
cerned, but also resulted in advantage
to Dowie, who posed as martyr be-
fore his dupes, and induced them to
buy a valuable piece of property at the
corner of Twelfth street and Michigan
boulevard, then known as the Imperial
hotel. He renamed it '.Zion," refur-
nished it throughout, and advertised it
far and wide as the headquarters of
the new religion. Subsequently adj
ditional real estate purchases were
made and new buildings erected, and a
year or so age his people sancf