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New-York tribune., 1901-06-03
moyrnEyT FOR HOTTER OF LINCOLN.

Evansville, Ind, June 2-The monument 10 Do
erected over the grave of the mother of Abraham
Lincoln, at Lincoln City. Spencer County, Will oe
put up The unveiling will be marked
with elaborate ceremonies, and the State orhclais
will be present.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-03
THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

BIlnn Memorial Church sunday school, corner
I.enox and one hundred and third st
r. IT. NJ
Proceeds OF a fair held the residence OF Mrs.
William s Edgar May 10 by these little
girls. members Of the HeuStnger SchOol:
Priscilla lockwood Christine Herter. Josephine
Osborn. Ruth Welsh sara Pyle. Jeanette Nc
Alpn and Mary Chapman Edgar
Mrs. LndlcW IhCnaS- .---..----.-....
Ethel Lyman Mactey. Brooklyn n-----......-......
Previously acknowledged ...-....-............. L.
Total Juns !. 1901. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
New-York tribune., 1901-06-03

Persistent and conspicuous violations of the
ordinance against hlling the air with huge
clouds of thick. black smoke from soft coal
may be seen day after day in South Brooklyn
In other part Of the city is the constant de-
nnnce OF municipal regulations so shameless
and insolent. The pull which protects these
offenders from punishment must be OF the
strongest kind and warranted police proof
New-York tribune., 1901-06-03

The time will come. we hope and believe when
through ana better appointments the Supreme
Court will he restored its old dignity. conscience
and moral authority; and when that
the court viii reverse itself In this matter 1t has
done In others.-(The Columbia State.
Be restored to the old dignity. conscience ana
moral authority of Taney's day, We suppose and
reaffirm the Dred Scott decision!
New-York tribune., 1901-06-03

The peerless" Devery some OF his admirers
call him. II is true that in his peculiar way
he is without peer. Devery is unique and
incompatible. None but himself could be his
counterpart. New-York is fortunate in having
no other like him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
THE AMERICAN
IN BATTLE

Here is the opinion of the corre-
spondent of the Times of India on the
American soldier as fighting man:
Il think if there had been no fight
ing all the foreign observers would
have gone back to their homes with a
very poor opinion of the efficiency of
the American troops. Luckily for
General Chaffee and his soldiers there
was fighting. When you see an Ameri-
can private advancing under fire you
begin to think there is something in
the idea that the fighting unit of the
future is the individual. Private Silas
p. Holt acts by himself for himself. He
and his companions make for com
mon objective. not like stiff, trained
soldiers. but like panthers stalking a
prey. Their eyes fash, their 1.-THE
bodies swing forward. There are muir
der and deadly intentness in every
movement. When the American SOL
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
HIS BRAVERY AND RECK,
LESSNESS STRONGLY I'M
PRESS FOREIGNERS.

der lies down to fire. he does so with
the intention of killing somebody. Most
troops fire not at the enemy, but in
the direction of the enemy. Not SO the
American.
But allied to their feline STEALTH
ness the Americans in battle have a
most reckless courage. At times they
expose themselves with strange con-
tempt for death. An officer will take
chances no European would care to
take. The field battery was generally
to be found in places where nobody
read in tactics would have dared to
put it. General Chaffee and his staff
always rode where the enemy was
most likely to see and shoot at them;
Young and inexperienced correspond
ents were warned by older hands not to
go during action near prominent build
ings. large graves or the American
staff"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
Spanish Bandit Norel
Once More in
Algeria.

body and dressed himself in the mill
tary uniform. When the body was
found everybody felt sure that it was
Norel's, and when the sentinel did not
appear at midday meal some of his
companions remembered that they had
seen a soldier very like him hurrylng
away from the prison an hour or two
before, and they concluded that he
had deserted. Yet this soldier was no
other than Norel. On another occasion
the bandit, after being condemned to
death in Spain, was placed according
to the usual custom, in the prison
chapel during the evening before the
execution, and when night came he
expressed desire to see priest. His
request was granted, and when the
priest came Norel went with him into
a dark corner of the chapel, with the
avowed object of making confession.
AS the priest, however, bent down to
hear him the assassin snatched from
his hands the heavy crucifix, and rails
ing 1t in the air brought it down with
such force on his skull that the I'M
fortunate man was felled lifeless to
the ground. The soldiers on guard
heard the body fall, but they paid
no attention to it, and when man
wearing the vestments of priest came
toward them from the gloom and, after
blessing them, passed through the
heavy gate of the prison they never
suspected that it was the notorious
murderer. who had thus once more
escaped the clutches of the law. The
police of Algiers are not lacking in
alertness or zeal yet in view OF Norel's
amazing record there are many who
think that he will easily evade them,
just as he has already SO many times
evaded the police of Spain.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
A Radical Departure.

Chicago union metal polishers and
platers have gone into business on
their own account. Yesterday a deal
was made by which Frank Fannings
plating and polishing plant at Pratt
and Morgan streets becomes the prop
erty of the Metal Polishers. Platers,
Buffers and Brass Workers union. The
union will conduct the business
through a board of directors and all
profits will be turned into its treasury.
1t is said that sufficient orders have
been secured to give twenty men work
from the start. There are 700 members
of the union. and all are taking a live
ly interest in the venture, which is a
radical departure from the objects Of
the organization We believe we can
make it pay" said Business Agent
Charles b. Meyers I'VE will have no
hlgh-salaried officials TO eat up the
profits, as all will be paid the same
wages, which will be the union scale.
We have many orders already, and feel
confident of success"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
Rix,aLS...
Dick Ozsrpir1

Verify truth is stranger than fiction,
for 1t is doubtful if in the werdest ro
nance n more daring and ingenious
Dick Turpin has ever been portrayed
than is the Spanish bandit Norel.
whom the police have long been trying
to capture, and who is now said to be
once more in his old haunts in AL
geria. One day last June Norel. who
was then in Algeria, quarreled with
one OF his countrymen named Linares,
and promptly assassinated him. The
police were quickly on his track, but
he easily eyaded them, and nothing
was heard of him until August 81,
when he appeared at Marengo. Again
the police came on him and again he
escaped, after severely wounding two
of his opponents. Soon afterward he
was seen at Cherchell and at Oran,
and each time notice was sent to the
authorities, as he is an outlaw on
whose head price has been set, but
though they tried hard to capture him
their efforts were fruitless.
He next appeared at Alicante. hav-
ing gone there for the purpose of get
ting some money from his brother,
whose home is in that town. When
he told why he had come his brother
refused to give him any money, where
upon the bandit beat him almost to
death and then ransacked his house of
all its valuables. Norel has already
assassinated seventeen persons and
has been condemned to death on three
occasions. He escaped from prison
some time ago in very clever fashion.
First he murdered the sentinel who
was on guard near his cell. Then he
burned the dead mans face so that no
one would recognize it, and finally, he
put his own clothes on his victims
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
A f|oufiShin@ City

The greatest city on the South
American continent is Buenos Ayres.
The population is believed to exceed
100000 1t was officially estimated to
be over 795 900 at the close OF 1899 and
the increase is calculated to be close
to &c, 900 year Therefore, New York.
Chicago and Philadelphia are the only
cities in the United States which sur
pass the Argentine metropolis in the
number of inhabitants, There are
only about ten cities inha bited by
white men in all the world which are
bigger.
Size is not the only notable form of
development The revenue Of the city
is about $4,000 900 year in gold It's
streets and parks are lighted by more
than $4,000 gas jets, over 5000 lamps
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
Industrial Notes.

A movement is on foot in the south
west to make paper of cacti, the only
thing that grows in large areas there
Mr.. John Benjamin Parsons, head OF
the Philadelphia Union Traction com
pany, has risen from a $5-a-weeK
job to post that pays him $50, 200
a year
Mr.. J. p. Whitney of the Whitney
glass works is the head of movement
to syndicate the glassware manufact-
uring concerns of the eastern states
Twenty concerns, said to represent
$4,000 900, are reported ready to pool
Fairmont is now the acknowledged
center OF the coal trade in West Vir-
ginia. The daily products of the mines
are finding their way into all the coal
markets of the world, 1t requires be-
tween 1000 and 5000 men to dig the
coal. make the coke and ship it out
of that region.
Over 81 100000 is to be expended in
the erection OF structural iron de-
partment in connection with the Hi
nois steel works, at South Chicago,
and in general repairs and additions to
the mills. This means the employment
of 1000 more men. making a working
force in the manufacturing plant of
between 5000 and 5000 men.
The New York State Association of
Stationary Engineers will request the
legislature to enact law requiring
stationary engines. The principal
purpose OF the bill is to do away with
civic examinations, so that man once
having obtained a state certificate may
run steam engine in any section Of
the state without further examina-
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
.,aaemmD~sfF 1 rs S1SSs,
@z rs $sf AlEBs5Ee$@24:Y19HH!
HE WANTED A DIVORCE.

From the Kansas City Star:
where's the judge that gives out d.
vorces?"
negro woman asked this today OF
the elevator men in the courthouse.
negro man, her husband was with
her.
DO you want a divorce?" inquired
the elevator man.
Yes. sab. Yves done greed to git
divo'ced. an Will, my man here, has
done greed to give the jedge power to
divo'ce me-"
You'll have to bring suit first.
The judge can't divorce you till you
lave filed suit" the elevator man
said.
How much does that COST"
We'll, the lawyer and all will cost
about SIS or $40"
Shaw man. Yo suttenly don't
mean it. Why, it only cost us 81 to
get mah'd. Um'm'm! Fifteen dollars.
1t suttenly do cost lot. Say, mistah.
why does it cost more to git divo'ced
than to git mah'd?"
Don't know, I'm sure, but that's a
fact"
An cant the jedSe give her a d.
voice il give him the power?" asked
the husband.
"No-got to have a suit first"
I'm M" they both groaned in cho-
rus. Then the woman said
Use got right to divorce. Wits
bin mean as pizen to me. S'pose IL
tell the jedge that he'll take it up?"
Look here, woman" interrupted the
husband, don't you get too smart
bout this we're divoc'e or I'll fight it,
You know Use been a good niger to
you. | done consent to give the Judge
power to divo'ce you cause you got 20
mind sot on cuttin' loose But don't
go to settn' up for angel 'longside O.
me or I'll fight it sho."
AS they left the courthouse together
she said:
Don't see how Use goin' to raise Sis
for that divo'ce."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
BUENOS AYRES CNE OF THE
MOST COSMOPOLITAN ON
EARTH.

and about 1850 are lights, the latter
of 1000 to 1000 candle power apiece.
There are fifteen theaters or similar
places of public amusement and they
have about 100000 spectators every
year. The street railways carry 49,
100000 passengers annually, which
means some s. 900 900 income
1t is one OF the most cosmopolitan
of all the earth's centers. Besides the
underlying and still dominant Spanish
element which used to have the Argen-
tine in exclusive possession, there is a
large Italian population fast increasing,
and the Germans. English, French,
Irish, Welsh. Portuguese, Chilians.
Poles. Russians. Swiss and other ma
tionalities are well represented in the
Argentine Republic, and, to some ex-
tent. in its capital.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

AS proclamation of emancipation
from hours Of islgery and overwork,
the drug clerks Of Chicago hail the
bill introduced into the state legisla-
ture yesterday by Representative Hunt,
reducing by law the number of hours
of work to be demanded Of them each
day. Sixteen to eighteen hours day.
with half day off occasionally. is
said to be the working time Of the ave-
rage drug clerk. Under the bill sew
enty hours would be the limit for the
weeks work One day off in every
two consecutive weeks and better
apartments complying with the sani-
tary requirements of the board. of
health for clerks sleeping in stores all
night. are also portions of this meas
ure. The bill is to be operative only
in cities with population exceeding
500 600, which means only in Chicago.
The average pay of a drug clerk or reg
istered pharmacist is about $50 a
month. During the summer months
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

Owing to increased cost of provis-
ions Of all kinds, an organization has
been formed in New York under the
name of COOPERATIVE Brotherhood, 10
establish cooperative bakeries ana
provision stores. where the necessities
of life are to be sold to the poor with
out profit. Workingmen are joining
the movement in considerable numbers
pists for capital sufficient to start the
movement. Bakers Union No. ! has
been the principal force in the matter
up to the present.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
Labor Unions In England.

Consul Mcfarland at Nottingham.
England, has recently sent to the state
department report bearing upon
trade unions in the United Kingdom.
He says: 1.-The British board of trade
has just issued a report on the trade
unions of the United Kingdom, an alb
stract of which will be of especial in
terest to similar organizations in the
United States. The number Of unions
for which comparative statistics or
membership arc given for the period
of 1892 to 1899 is 1865. Some or
these unions were not in existence
during the whole OF this period and
the number on the list at the END or
1899 was 1892, compared with LIS at
the end of 1892. The membership of
all the unions at the end Of 1899 was
1,S02,51S, as compared with l,5O3, 232
at the end of 1892, an increase of 20
per cent in the eight years. During
1899 the total number of trade unions
decreased from 1910 to 1892. This
decline of eighteen is due to amalga-
nation of that number of smaller I'M
ions with larger organizations, the
number of unions-t hirty-formed dur
ing the year being the same as the
number dissolved. The total member
ship. however, of the trade unions
rose during the year from l,649,231 to
l:S02,5lS. an increase Of 153,2S7. or 3
per cent, the greatest proportionate
gain in any of the eight years COW
cred by the report. This increase is
due to the general rise in the iIem-
bership of unions of every trade, with
the single exception Of the unions in
the clothing trade, which show small
largely increased their membership
during the year were those in the
mining and quarryng industries,
which showed gain Of Il. 1854 mem
bers; or 20 per cent. With regard to
the sex OF members, the returns show
that 1879 unions included women in
their membership the number being
120,44S, or nearly Z per cent of the
total membership of all trade unions,
and 20 per cent of the membership of
the 139 unions which include female
members. The bulk of this member
ship is to be found in the textile trades,
which include l09,076, or over 80 per
cent of the total number of female
trade unionists, Figures with regard
to income, expenditure, etc. of 100
only of the principal unions, with a
membership OF 1,117,465, show that
their funds at the end OF the year
amounted to s15,976,640. The total in
come was $9,060,1S5. Compared with
1898. the figures show an increase in
the funds and total mem bership, but a
decrease in the income and expendi-
ture. the loss in both cases being prin-
cipally due to the comparative free
dom of the year from disputes of any
magnitude. The decrease in expendi
ture in the metal, engineering and
ship-building group OF trades amounted
to no less than s9l7,SS0, the expendi
ture in 1899 being $2,234,4 39, as com
pared with $3,054,9S9 in 1898"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

husband. He couldn't stand her nag
ging, and one day he went to the mill
pond and threw himself in. Undis-
mayed by the accumulation of funeral
expenses. the madame again married.
but only to become widow again, for
this poor fellow, believing that the
death of his first predecessor was the
most pleasing in its method of all. h>
too. hanged himself There's luck in
odd numbers" thought the widow, and
so she married fifth husband, and
when this one followed the example Of
No. ! and the town began to talk.
The madame is now securing the
neighborhood for sixth helpmate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
uIS POINT OF VIEW.

From the Detroit Free Press: They
were sitting around the big stove III
The Office of a Grand River avenue no
tel where farmers congregate after
they attend to the business that has
brought them to the city.
burned funny how the wheels go
round" said one OF them. Il can re-
member back when was in my teens
came in with father to sell his clip OF
wool and buy some whisky for the
choppers on the place. He got 40
cents pound for the wool and paid
shillin' a gallon for the whisky. Last
year brought in my wool and sold 1t
for Is cents a pound and paid So gal
Ion for whisky What's done it,
There was profound silence for
minute and then the old oracle from
BEDFORD. who was dissipating with a
nickel cigar, said ''polertics, and the
explanation seemed unanimously sat
isfactory.
What do you think about this milk
racket" inquired the stockman from
the west who had been looking over
the local field. is there any embalm-
in of the stuff goin' on?"
ITO be assuredly," from the
Brownstown representative. II know
a woman right here in town that was
raised on a farm out our way and
knows all about milk and butter and
cream. She bought two quarts and
sot it in warm place to sour for
bakin' purposes and it was sweet at
the end of week. Suthin' was pre-
servin' that milk.
Il don't know nothin' bout this form
ley hide. or whatever you call 1t. but
| was over to Dams tother day and
when we was lookin' over his cows and
| says. pointin' to big red Durham
COW, There. Dan, is the best critter
you got in the herd, he grinned and
says back. Not by a dog-gone sight,
Jimmy; there's my best cow and he
p'inted to the pump. And when he
was shown me through the buildin'
I'll bet see fifty jars Of this here con-
densed milk. | guess you fellers kin
do your own flgurin', but I'm thinkin'
that the inherent farmers bout
played out"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
= Simple Aeadathr Curt.
...yss.s.cs 100000 c.0:ocG9:@

This most excellent and never fail
ing cure for nervous headache says
the apostle of physical culture, lis the
simple act of walking backward. Just
try 1t some time if you have any doubt
about il. | have yet to meet the per-
son who didn't acknowledge its effica-
cy after trial.
Nobody has as yet discovered or
formulated reason why such pro-
cess should not bring certain relief.
Physicians say that it is probably be-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

cause the reflex action OF the body
brings about reflex action of the
brain, and thus drives away the pain
that, when produced by nervousness.
is the result of too much going for
ward. AS soon as you begin to walk
backward however, there comes a
feeling OF everything being reversed,
and this is followed by relief. The
relief is always certain and generally
speedy. Ten minutes Is the longest |
have ever found necessary"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

Selected Ancestors
It's all the rage now to engage
In many odd researches,
For what is told in records old
In safety vaults and churches.
We aim to know If long ago
Our forbears honors carried.
And If they come in time, to fame,
And whom the maids they mar
ried.
We search to see if we may be
From kings or knaves descended
And learn forsooth. the simple truth
That both in us are blended.
We find, it's true, there's blood that's
blue
That in our veins is flowing,
And then we find some. other kind,
Ger which We do no growing.
It's very sad, but through this fad
1t seems that we are fated
To learn of knaves who're in their
graves,
To whom we are related
'Twould be more fun for every one
If blood. could be selected
And forbears bad We may have had
Could calmly be rejected
t Chicago Post
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

According to the annual report IF
the Cigarmakers' International union,
there were 120 approved strikes called
during the year 1900. These involved
6,S29 members and l0,961 non-union-
lists. Forty of the strikes were for
increase in wages, twenty-five against
reductions, seventeen for victimization
of members, ten lockouts, seven for
violation Of apprentice laws, one for
violation Of the eight-hour law and
twenty for other causes. Seventy per
cent of the approved strikes were sue
cessful, 10 per cent compromised, 10
per cent are still pending and 10 per
cent were lost
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

The local Pressmen's union OF Wash
ington, ID. c., has already started prep
arations for the entertainment of the
forthcoming convention of the Inter
national Freshmen, which meets in
June. Arrangements so far completed
provide for visit TO the White House
and reception by President Mckinley,
an excursion to Mount Vernon. and a
trip to Baltimore, where a banquet
will be given the delegates.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

they are often compelled to open the
stores at 7 O'Clock in the morning ana
stay until midnight or later. Legal
holidays are seldom observed and Sun
day is considered one of the best days
in the week for certain classes of
trade
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
A TESTIMONIAL.

Gentlemen: | recently bought a
scalped ticket which the railway peo-
Pile refused to honor when | presented
it. tried various expedients, but all
in vain until, at the suggestion Of
friends had recourse to your Hair vi
taller. After the use of six bottles
of the same the ticket, am happy to
say, was accepted without question.
You are at liberty to publish this
letter.-Detroit journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08
No CHANCE.

There seems to be some DISPOSE
tion," said the statesman, Ito insist
that a man who goes to the United
States senate shall be poor all his
days"
Il never heard OF such disposition. "
Eyes. perhaps you have uncon-
sciously voiced it. II a man is rich
before he goes to the senate the gos-
sips say all manner of unkind things,
and If he gets rich after he goes to
the senate--the gossips still say all
manner of unkind things. "-Washing'
ton Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-08

What is all that row over there by
the Styx?" asked the shade of Napo-
leon of the shade of Ben Johnson.
why, that is Bacon, Shakespeare
and that newcomer Donnely. Each is
trying to convince the other that he is
wrong. baltimore American.