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OPTICIANS.

f.! n! NEGLECT YOUR EYES; you
WI one pair. Don't wear other
b. - glasses; your eyes diner
h.. ers. Don't wear cheap. i'm
b., ~ made glasses: they viii ruin
YES Consult 8. q. LUCAS.
eiAN, room /. Love bldg.
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|R OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bldg, cor.
Fort and Hotel Sts.; ofiee hours. Z
III
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CONTRACTORS.

|. I. PATY.-Contractor and Build
y Hone and office fitting; brick.
n OF stone building; shop. Hotel
aear barracks: res. 1874 Anapuni.
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ffToN, NELL 4 CO.. LTD.-Engi-
| sers, Electricians and Bosiermakers.
aanolulu.
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d. A. N. sTNCLAIR.-Boston Bldg;
Aours. II to 1, 8 to 5, 2 to 8: Sundays,
stoi; Tel. Off. Main 1856; res. W. 1851.
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R GEO. H. HUDDY.-Beretan ST.,
near Emma; 9 a. IN. to p. m.
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lie GROssMAN. D.D.S.-Alakea st..
,hree doors above Masonts Temple,
aonoiulu; office hours, q. m. to y.
4
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4 c. ROGERS, M.D.--Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat; 114s Alakea St., opposite
hawaiian Hotel; special treatment
,oF deafness.
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r InsssEs.-Shorthand and Tipping;
~ oidg. Phone Blue 1881.
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INSURANCE.

THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE ms.
Co.-Kaahumanu ST.; Chas. T. Will
der agent
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Japan TANNAT.-, Civil and
y. Engineer: p. o. box GO;
-' Wilder Ave. Tel. Blue 3441.
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ENGINEERS.

EHUR C. ALExANDER.-survey-
L and Engineer. 409 Judd Bldg. p.
Box 732.
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! y LoEG.-Ofices 81 & 3s. Campbell
~ cor. Fort & Mer. Sts.; Tel.M. 27s.
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|g T. MITAMURA.-Omce, 1883 Nuu.
nu St; Tel. White 1s1; off1ee hours,
10 70 a. N. and 8 TO .. M. except
sundays.
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JEWELLERS.

,:AsORGAN-Art Jewelry, Curies
f. ,,s'0us Stones Cut; Opals and For
y stamps; 1853 Fort. mr. Vineyard
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IVES T. TAYLOR, M. Am. Soc. c. E.
consulting Hydraulic Engineer; 306
C@d Blk. Honolulu, p. o. Box 799.
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Eve & CO.-San Francisco, Jew
and Silversmiths. See adver-
|enent inside.
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sR V. I. MOoRE-off1ce Of Dr.. Day
D.retania St; hours, 10 q. m. to
:. n; 100 to $50 p. M; Sundays,
b Il; office Tel. 80; res. White 1881.
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ss.sr,..-4ER- - Stenographer and
n room sol, Stangenwald
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N JENNIE L. HILDEBRANDE.-
iase, PAS Beretania ave.; telephone
Blue s2L
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sTENOdRAPnERS.

b, HsFERY.-Public Stenographer
IA ia Hotel street tover Hart q
Telephone Blue 2Sfl.
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ATTORNEYS.

MA DICKEY.-King and Bethel
-. Tel Main S12; P. o. box 1855.
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mn II. MILvERTON.-Rooms ses.
~ stangenwsId block; Tel Main s9s
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DR., A. C. WALL, DIR. o. q. WALL
0fhce hours, q. m. to D. M; Love
bldg: Fort ST.; Tel. 434.
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:rrERsoN & MATTHEWMAN.-P
Il box 3s5; Is Kaahumanu st.
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PHYSICIANS.

BELLA S. CLEVELAND, M.D.-of.
- 1852 King ST.; hours, to II q. m,
.tto5p. n; Tel. White AL.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

from the stable. when this work is
performed by the drivers, shall be in
cluded in the eight hours.
That eight consecutive hours shall
constitute days work
That the block coal of Indiana be
advanced Ia per cent per ton with
present conditions
That the day wage scale for outside
and inside men referred to. include
day men of the Indiana block coal
field.
That the states of Michigan and
Iowa become a part of the next inter-
state joint convention
Only the first three demands of the
miners had been considered when the
committee adjourned. The single run
of mine standard met with the most
opposition from operators Of Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. The operators
from the latter state were most posi-
tive in their stand against the run of
mine standard. They showed that it
had proven an utter failure in the
Pittsburg district where it had been
tried at the solicitation of the miners.
When the coal was weighed, after be-
ing screened, there was only about
50 per cent of it slack and nut coal
No one is attempting to predict
whether an agreement on the scale
will be reached or not. The result
depends entirely on how far the min
ers will be willing to recede from their
demands.
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CONVICT SAVES MONEY.
His Earnings in Twenty-Five Years
Are Over $1,000.

Glenwood, Feb. 4-The officers of
the Mills County National. bank were
greatly surprised to receive a letter
from an inmate of the Fort Madison
penitentiary, enclosing a draft for an
even $1,000, and requesting that the
money be invested in some way The
sender of the draft was Joe McCrary,
a life prisoner from Mills county.
This remarkable sum represents the
frugal savings of the prisoner for a
period of twenty-five years, the mon
ey being made after regular hours on
his own time and at such odd jobs as
shining shoes, etc. The crime for
which McCrary was sent up was the
killing of two men in August, 1878,
and altho he was but boy of 16
years at the time, the deed was one
of the most cold-blooded in the his
tory of Mills county. McCrary lived
with his parents near the old stone
quarry south of Glenwood. He had a
bad quarrel with one of the men and
laid in wait for him in the willows be-
side the track of the X. G. & C. B.
road. When his victim came along
he was accompanied by another man,
McCrary killing both of them with a
shotgun. The names of the two men
were James Lyman and William Do
ran
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A FAMILY RECORD.

When young couple gets married
and establishes new home it would
be very nice thing If they would
get just plain blankbook and enter
therein from time to time such events
in their home and family life as would
be of interest for them to look over in
after years. For instance, the advent
of the little ones. the movings, visits
from friends. the important business
transactions--in fact, all the events Of
the family life fraught with either hap
piness CT sorrow which go to make
up the sum of human living Have
entries made by grandpa and grandma,
let the boy and girl decorate the pages
of this record with their first childish
writing, let there be an entry when the
baby died and the dear old grandpa
went home. and never mind if these
pages are blotted with tear stains. Put
down when Tom got whipped for tell
ing big lie and how near little Ben
came to getting drowned in the cistern.
AS the years go by, and they go by
very fast, this little book will become
to all the family. and especially to the
father and mother, treasure Of al
most inestimable value, priceless
heirloom. Suppose you try this.
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favor of requesting in our own state
convention. First we are in favor of
embracing all miners and mine labor
|ers, such as engineers, firemen, black.
smiths and all top labor except bosses
also bring all if them under the scale.
Second, that We demand shot firers in
all mines, where there are fifty men,
with the operators to pay said shot
firers. 1t is dangerous work. but in
case of an explosion it is saving of
life. Third, that we demand the mine
run system of weighing coal. not To-
cally but all over the state, as we are
entitled to some pay for all coal we
produce. Fourth, that we are in favor
|of Vests amendment, which means
that man must put his transfer in
the nearest local to which he is work
ing; also IL man goes from one mine
to another he must show his card be-
fore he starts work. We hope this
convention will fix this. Fifth, in re-
gard to the scale of wages, we will be
governed, think by the national con-
vention, which is now in session.
Geo. Anderson Rec. Sec.
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FIGHTS FOR MINERS.
John P. Reece, of Iowa, Wants Ad.
mission to Conference.

mission to Conference.
Columbus, o., Feb. 4.--The fight for
admission Of Iowa and Michigan to the
joint conference of miners and opera
tors is to be renewed. 1t
was generally believed when the con-
frence voted to exclude these states
Friday because they are not properly
within the competitive field, that the
matter had been definitely settled. 1t
was learned today, however, that John
p, Reese of Iowa who led the fight for
the recognition of these states in the
floor of the conference left the city
Immediately after this action was TAX
en-, and that he will return Tuesday
with credentials as a delegate from
an Illinois local, and as national or
ganizer, which will entitle him to par
ticipate in the proceedings. When he
has established his right to seat in
the conference the fight for the eX-
Guided states will be renewed and will
have the united backing of the miners.
Want Biennial Conferences.
A proposition to hold biennial in
stead of annual conferences is under
consideration and many of the miners
and operators are heartily in favor of
it. This question was under discus
sion at the miners convention at In
dianapolis and was referred to the
states composing the competitive field
for a vote upon the ACCESSIBILITY of
such a change. 1t is proposed now
that the Joint conference appoint a
committee of miners and operators, to
which shall be left the question OF
calling a conference next year. If the
scale adopted here is satisfactory at
the end of the year it is to be contin-
ued in force, and no conference will
be held; if it is not, then the commit
tee is to issue a call for meeting.
May Be Compromise.
1t looks as if the controversy over
the run-of-mine basis will end in a
compromise by which the system will
be extended to Indiana, which now
has what is known as the double bas
is. The miners say this would be
satisfactory to them, and that with
Indiana and Illinois operating under
this basis it's establishment in Ohio
and Pennsylvania will be much less
difficult. The attitude of the miners
and operators on the scale, as dis
closed in the discussions in the scale
committee, warrant the belief that
the conference will last for two and
possibly three weeks.
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centerviIle.

Editor Courier:-Your compliment
received and will say in reply that the
local has not elected delegates as yet,
and | cannot say what the demands
will be. The sentiment is that we
shall ask for a reasonable advance
in the price of mining, but what it
will be cannot say as our scale com
mittee has not reported yet. We will
Instruct our delegates in changing
some of the resolutions in the Des
Moines agreement, as we see where
they will benefit both the miner and
operator Local Union 500 is the larg-
est in district Is, having over 500
members, and will have ten votes at
the convention. The situation here
seems to be satisfactory, and we have
no great grievances to present that
know OF. When all the committees
report, | could give more definite in.
formation. We will elect delegates
on Feb 49, and what they will be in
structed to ask will not be known un.
til then. Hoping this short sketch is
satisfactory,
| remain respectfully yours,
Gordon Peacock, Secretary.
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"HEALERs" FACE HARD TEST.
New York Scientists to Be Asked to
Drink Fever Germs.

Albany, N Y, Feb. 4.-The hearing
on the Bell bill to prevent Christian
Scientists from practicing their art
will be resumed next Wednesday, and
the second hearing promises to be of
even greater interest than the first.
At the hearing last Wednesday sew
eral of the Christian Scientists assert
ed that there was no danger in germs
under the Christian Scientist treat
ment. 1t was stated Saturday that
the belief of the Scientists" in their
immunity from germs would be put to
test. One of the members of the
state medical society, it is reported,
will bring to the hearing next Wednes-
day vial of typhoid fever germs. He
will ask some of the Scientists" to
demonstrate their immunity by drink
ing those germs.
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COLORADO STRIKE ENDED.
Miners Resume Operations Today
Increase Was Granted.

Denver, Col, Feb. Independent
Northern Colorado coal mines re.
sumed operations today under an
agreement signed by the United Mine
Workers Representatives and the op.
orators. The basis of the settlement
is an increase of 10 cents a ton for
mining, eight hours work day and bi.
weekly pay day. There have
been hitherto employed in
these properties between 200
and 300 men and their out.
put has aggregated about 1000 tons a
day. The operators expect to double
this output by doubling the number OF
employees. The Northern Coal com.
pany. which contributed three-fourths
of the output before the strike, has
definitely refused to concede anything
to the strikers.
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WHAT SHOULD HE DO,

we are In receipt of an inquiry from
p young man, aged %, of limited edu.
cation, farm worker since he was IL
years of age, a resident of an eastern
state, who, having lost his parents and
having about 500 and besides feeling
very lonesome, would like to have us
tell him what to do. We realize that it
is rather delicate business advising q
young man under these circumstances
and will only offer few suggestions
OF general application. The best cure
we know Of for that lonesome feeling
Is to go and marry some good girl, and
II he gets the right one she will see to it
that he doesn't feel lonesome any more.
When a young fellow is just verging
into the old bachelor stage, he most al
ways has these lonesome spells, and
somewhere there is a nice girl feeling
just the same way, and the cure for
both is matrimony. If we were in his
place, he being dissatisfied with his en-
vironment, we would pack up and
move to the west, where there are
much larger opportunities for the use
of such talents as are possessed by this
young man. He can buy a 40 or so
acre farm in Minnesota. Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska or the Dakotas on long time,
making small payment down, and re-
peat the experience of thousands of
young men who, after 20 years work,
now find themselves the owners of
good farms and worth in land and
chattels not less than $4,000; or he
can go to the range country west of the
Missouri, invest his money in heifers
and at the end of ten years make as
much money if he is willing to put up
with the isolated and rough life of a
cattle man on the range; or if his
tastes run that way he can buy few
acres of land near some large town
and do exceedingly we'll raising small
fruits and vegetables, with bees and
poultry as side lines. In fact, young,
ambitious and Industrious fellow can
find no end of opportunities to not only
make good living, but also accumu-
late competence almost anywhere in
the great west if he goes to work in
the right way. We might add that
there is no other cure than the one
given for that lonesome feeling.
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Demands in Detail.

When the scale committee met the
miners presented their demands form.
iulated at the Indianapolis convention
in writing, and the committee at
once took them up seriatim. The de,
mands of the miners, fifteen in mum.
Der, are as follows:
That the scale of prices be based
on single run of mine standard
That the differential between hand
pick and machinery mining be cents
per ton.
That on and after April 1, 1901, an
advance of 10 cents to take effect in
all bituminous districts represented in
the convention, except the thin vein
of the competitive field
That a uniform day wage scale for
all outside employees except weigh
bosses and mine bosses be formulated
That all underground employees be
advanced 80 per cent.
That eight hours shall constitute
la days work and that the time re-
CURED going into and returning from
the mouth of the mine shall be in.
Guided in the eight hours
That the check off by the company
for the organization become part OF
agreement.
That the scale for all narrow work
be the same as the entry scale.
That the same day wage scale pre-
vail in Jackson county, Ohio, as pre-
walls in other states.
That the Pittsburg prices and con-
ditions shall prevail in the Irwin field /;
and that there will be no difference in
the scale paid between eastern and
western shippers.
Drivers shall not work more than
eight hours, and taking mules to and
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Alexander Pearson Dead.

Munterville, Feb. 5.-A telegram
just received says that Alexander
Pearson died at his home in Hiteman
yesterday. He is a brother of Sven
and N. P. Pearson, who reside near
here. The remains will be brought
here for interment
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WHY HE MOVES TO rowx.

The average farmer wants to move
to the town as soon as he can see his
way clear to live off from the farm.
Why? Because he can thereby afford
his children better educational advan-
tages; because he has grown tired of
milking the cows; because he is both
cred about hired help; because he
Graves what he thinks are the greater
ease and comfort Of town life; because
his wife would like to have a small
place In the better developed social
life Of the town; because both he and
his family may be more closely in
touch with their kind and all the push
and progress of the age. No one can
blame him for desiring these things
and making the attempt to improve his
surroundings. even though such move
very often results in disappointment
to him and his. AS it looks to the
writer, there is no one thing associated
with our American agriculture which
is of more Importance than that of
SO trying to improve the conditions of
farm life as to make the farm home
the best home in all the world and so
check this ever increasing migration
from the farm to the city. All inven-
lions and agencies which have for their
object the modification or the elimina-
ton of the real objections to country
life should have the hearty support
of all. The improved highway, the
rural mail route, the country telephone
line, the consolidation of the country
schools, the identifying of the farm
home, are each and all Improvements
in the right direction.
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Cincinnati.

Editor COurler:--ln response to
your request I will give you my views
in brief manner as to what some of
our demands will be in the coming
joint conference of District Thirteen.
First, l may say it is a foregone con-
clusion that we, as miners, will ask
and receive a substantial increase in
the price of mining; just how much
will be asked will in measure,
suppose, be determined by the
rate of increase in Illinois
and other surrounding states,
which may have these questions de-
cided in advance of our meeting. The
next demand and perhaps the one
of most Importance will be that of the
adoption of an absolute mine run sys-
TEN. as under the present system we,
as miners, do not feel that we are get
ting justice in the matter of price paid
for mine run coal. At present we re-
ceive CSC per ton for screen coal, over
fiat bar screens of seventy-two feet,
superficial area, one and one
fourth inches between the bars, while
the price paid for run of mine on X.
G. R. r. is $3.50 per ton, a difference
of 11Ac a ton-a difference entirely
too much in favor of the operator,
which we believe all fair-minded men
VINO are conversant with the condi-
lions and facts pertaining to coal min
ing will readily admit. for we have
figures that will demonstrate beyond
question of doubt that the per cent
of screenings is less than half what
was claimed in our last conference
with the operators on this the c B. &
K. c. R. R. and which figures we did
not then possess, as we had always
had our coal screened with a diamond
bar screen varying from " to inch
es between the bars. and occasionally
bar absent altogether from the mid
die of the screen.
In the matter of day wages am not
prepared to hazard guess as to what
will be demanded. AS this sub-dis-
trict will probably have conference
prior to the joint conference at which
demands will be agreed upon, it
would be folly for myself or anyone
else to even attempt to say what
amount of increase, both in day wages
and price of mining will be demanded.
There are numerous wrongs which
could be righted under our state laws
if we only were blessed with an in
spector who would do his duty accord.
ing to the statutes Of Iowa and who
nad some regard for the oath he had
taken. | might mention ventilation
safety appliances escapes. scales and
various other things which need at.
tention in and around some of our
mines, but which are sadly out OF
suape from one cause or another.
Anolner nefarious practice which is
in vogue among operators is that OF
issuing orders to miners and then re.
deeming them at 80 or 95 cents on the
dollar, as it is an evident fact that the
Jones who pays the freight" in this
case is the miner or day laborer.
do not see just how this can be rem.
edied, but perhaps somebody may
have brain that can hatch plan
whereby we can abolish this invisible
screen that robs us of 10 per cent OF
our earnings. There are other ques.
tons which | might mention
J. B. Heron, R. S.
Local Union, No. IT'S.
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Colon.

Editor Courier: In reply to yours
|of the twenty-ninth inst. would say
that we expect to be represented at
the convention February 23 but cannot
say as to what instructions the dele
gates may receive from local 1910.
Would say that if he should have any
demands to make they will be be-
cause he has been instructed by local
unions, and should there be any dis
satisfaction, it would be because the
agreement of 1900 1901 is not lived
up to. Everyone as far as | know is
prospecting, as work is good We are
working every day, barring accidents
'or breakdowns. Your truly.
A. J. Ladd,
Representing the secretary.