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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
FUTURE WORLD CENTER.
This Authority Says That Puget sound
Is the Hub of the Pacific
Coast Trade.

Great as is the local development in
all parts of the state of Washington,
1t sinks into insigniiicance compared
with the prospective transcontinental
and oceanic business already heading
for Pugent Sound, says w. ID. Lyman,
in Atlantic. Consult again the map,
and note the position that this body
of water occupies with respect To the
world. 1t sounds eXtravagant now.
but sober aud cool-hcaded business
men, familiar with the facts, believe
that Washington holds the key to the
future commerce of the world. She
stands at the crossroads of the ma
tions, at the confluence of the commod-
tiles of the four quarters of the
globe. She is the successor of Phoe-
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Live stock Markets.

St ,Louis-Cattle.'F Fancy exports. $500
400; cows and heifers, s25Oa5.io H foj;sg
Packing. S,90@6.l5; butchers. SO. OORG25 ):
light, $J,GQd5.9O, Sheep-Mutton sheep,
s4OOq5.1 10 lambs. SjOCq5.5O; spring lambs.
$00GS.00.
Chicago to prime steers.
S5,OOdfGO0; poor to medium, $3.S5d4 30:
stoekers and feeders, $275a475; cows. S. Is
M4;5O: heifers. &76g47o; Gamers, $2'OvD
go; calves, A.OOq5.50; Texas fed steers.
A.25al25; Texas grass steers. 50. JOaiGO''
Hogs-MiXed and butchers, S5S7lbGt6 10:
good to choice heavy, $G,O506 25; rough
heavy S.SHt46.OO; light, $5.S506.l5. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, A.75Gi5.OO; fair to
choice mixed, $L55q4S0; western sheep.
A.75q5c0; yearlings, ASOQl5.l5; natite
lambs. H.15q535; western lambs, 5000
5.35
Kansas City-Cattle-Native steers.
A6O@6.40; Texas steers, $425GD5 90; Texas
cows, 50, 75@400; native cows and heifers'
325oti'so; stockers and feeders, sS.75@lS6;
6.l7lA; pa ckeTs, $6.O5Q6 i2h; mixed, $6604
$40; light, SSOu6;OO workers.. S5.75a6 o.
6.10.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
CROWS LIKE TERRAPIN EGGS.
THAT Is Que Reason why the Mary
land Crop of Diamond Backs
NunE short.

The crow is the evil genius of the
turtle just as of the diamund-baclt
and other terrapins. When TIE warm
days of spring come and the female
terrapins and turtles leave their beds
in the marsh the crow goes on guard,
knowing that a season of feasting is at
hand. Both terrapins and turtles seek
the warm, sandy uplands near the
shore to deposit their eggs.
y hole is dug several inches deep and
from 20 to 80 inches oblong, white
eggs are deposited and then the nest is
filled or covered with sand. Having
neatly piled the sand over the eggs,
the turtle raises herself just as high
as is possible. then comes down with
heavy thud on the sand. This is
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18

Just returned from London. 81 have
come TO the conclusion that this is not
American, but English. | have seldom
seen napkins so used in the good hotels
and clubs in this country, but in the
Hotel Cecil in London around the din
ing table seemed to be one vast eX-
panse of napkins. Without eXaggera-
ton, three-fourths of the men whom /
saw in the dining-room had their nap
kins tucked smoothly across their
shirt fronts. 1t pleased me more than
anything that / saw in London, not be-
cause | approve of the practice, but be-
cause it is one of the things that Eng
lish writers a few years ago used to
describe as Americanisms. The men
behind the napkins at the Cecil were
Englishmen, however, if accent and
appearance count for anything.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
BEGINNING Of A FIGHT.
Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers and the United
States Steel Corporation.
THE LATTER FIRST THREW OUT AFEELER
The Men Promptly Responded by
Partially Tying Up one of the
Compnny's Plants. and VIII Tie
Them All Up, IL Necessary, to Pre-
serve the Organizations.

Pittsburgh, Pa, April 15.-As a re
suit of the dispute that for II week
past has involved the employees of the
Devices wood plant of the American
Sheet Steel Co., at McKeesport, and
the company. about half of the men
are on strike, the operation of the
plant is badly crippled. The cause of
of seven men, who, the men claim,
were dismissed because they were
members of the ncwly-organized
lodge of the Amalgamated associa-
fi,n
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Matt ID. Logan, former congress
man, died at New Orleans, aged Il
years.
EX-Gov. Llewellyn Powers (rep.)
has been elected to congress from the
Fourth Maine district.
DIR. William Jay Ioumans, aged G3
years, for many years editor of the
Popular Science Monthly, died at his
home in Mount Vernon, n. ].
Mrs. Mary Austin died at her home
near Port Huron, Mich, aged 1O1
years.
E. b. Whitcomb, for 20 years editor
of the Mail and Times, died in Des
Moines, Ia, aged &C years.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
4 Request 10 Gen. ChnHcc.

Pellin, April 1j-Li Hung Chang
has applied to Gen. ChafTee to leave
behind, when he departs, Capt. Tile
son and sufficient number of men
to police the Chinese city, as the Chi
ncse earnestly desire their retention,
fearing that the district will not be
well lool:ed after when changed to
other foreigners.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
MONDAY, April Is.
Grain and Provisions,

st. Louis Flour go Patents, 3.45d3 60 /:
other grades S2Sjm3.25. Wheat-No. 2 red.
.3i2c. COrn-No. ?. mixed, 43c. Oats
No. 2, 27zq2Sc. Hay-Timothy, 5000
ql4.O0: prairie, $s00lil0OO: choice clover.
E.50Gl12.J0. Butter - Creamery lSa92c:
dairy, l4dl7c. Eggs Fresh, llNc'
Lard - Choice steam, S2jc. Pork
New mess $l57j. Bacon-Clear rib, gle
WOol-Tuh-washed, lSlt21c; Missouri and
grG des, l5qlSc.
Chicago-Closing quotations. Wheat
April, 7Ol9c; May, 70Nc; July, 7O7sQ7lc.
Corn-April, 4Shc; May, l3Ac; July. 43ihc.
Pork-April, slll7ia; May, $l427lh; July,
sli;i0 Lard-April, $S,32ls May, sS22ls:
July, $S.12l9QS.l5; September $50 Short
September, S.yIhqS.00
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
MAJ.-GEN. MONOGRAM DEAD.
the Philippines. who Had Been
Chosen for Regular Service.

Washington, April 15.-Gen. MacAr-
thur, at Manila, informed the war de-
partment of the death of Maj. VIM
Monaghan, volunteer paymastcr, who
died of heart disease on the 18th inst.
Maj. Monaghan was u soldier of the
civil war, serving in an Ohio regiment
and was appointed from Ohio to his
present position in June, 1898. lie
had been selected as u captain and
paymaster in the permanent estab-
lishment.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
orient is materially shorter by Puget
Sound than by the Golden Gate.
Queer Origin of a Post Once Name

The name of the post Office Half
Rock, in Missouri, is not TO be account
ed for by any popularity of the phys
cal features of the place, as might
be supposed. 1t seems that one of the
first buildings erected there was a
general store, the proprietor Of which
sold such bad sugar that his custom
ers declared it to be half rock" The
term was in course of time applied to
the store itself, and subsequently to
the post Office established at the place.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Proposed Chinese Indemnity.

Berlin, April l5.-lt is officially con.
tirmcd here that the United States
has made a proposition to the pow
ers to fix the total Chinese indemnity
at forty million pounds (S2OO,OOO, OOO),
coupled with the condition that the
payment be made Immediately.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Rcported RniIrond Accident.

Gallipolis. o., April 15.-It is re-
ported here that IA fast south-bound
train went through a temporary
trestlc building at Point Pleasant. w.
Va, four miles above here, and that
many people were injured. Point
Pleasant is on the Ohio river and the
Kanawha and Michigan railroad.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
"ROLAND OF BERLIN"
A New opera, by LconcnvelIo, Made
TO the order of Emperor Will
iani of Germany.

Rome, April 15.-The Italia says
Leoncavello has completed an opera,
ordered by Emperor William in Feb
ruary, 1894, entitled Roland of Ber-
lin," taken from the history of the
Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg.
Old Prussian airs are interviewer in
the music of the opera, which will
shortly be placed in rehearsal at Bcr-
lin,
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
A GIFT From Rockefeller.

Chicago, April 1.-THE Hyde Park
Baptist church will receive gift of
$4,000 from John ID. Rockefeller,
which will make possible the erection
of new building, to cost $4,000, i'm
stead of a $4,000 one, as originally
was planned
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
No Right to EntIce Apprentices.

Philadelphia, April 15.-The su.
preme court of Pennsylvania, in an
opinion, holds that members of the
American Federation of Labor have
no right to cntice apprentices work.
ing in factory to become members
of the glass workers union.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
EeudisiH Mt WnrI,.

Middlesboro, Kyr April 15.--John
Martin shot and killed Wise Turner,
aged 22, son of one of the old Turner
feudists, at Martins saloon. A fusilade
was fired into the saloon afterward
by unknown parties, but no one was
hurt.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Executive AppOintment.

Washington, April 15.-The presi-
dent has appointed John q. Capers to
be attorney general of the United
States for the district of South Caro-
lima. Mr.. Capers will succeed Abial
Lathrop, the present incumbent.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Boer agent Gives Dark Hints.

New Orleans. April l5.-Snce the
failure to enjoin the shipment of
horses and mules for the British from
New Orleans, Gen. Pearson, the Boer
agent, has given out hints that pri-
vateers may ere long assail British
commerce at sea.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Chin Napkin Habit,

"a good deal of fun has been poked
at Americans who either tuck their
napkins under their chins or drape
them across their shirt bosoms at din
ner," said Vermont man who has
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Virtues of snow.

The value of snow as manurial
agent, and also as purifier of the air,
has been demonstrated by some ex-
periments made in London.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Compulsory school Law Vetoed.

st. Louis, April ia Jefferson
City dispatch says that Gov. Dockery
has vetoed the Simmons compulsory
school law.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18

The illterate nations are chiefly
Russia, Spain, Turkey and the unpro-
gressive nations of the orient and of
South America.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Financial.

New York, April 1S--Money on call nom.
lnally bM5ls per cent: prime mercantile
paper. 3%@4ls per cent; sterling exc
change steady, with actual business in
bankers bill at iS7AaiSS for demand. and
az 4S4lsq4s4A for 50 days; posted rates
:Sols and 4S9; commercial bills, 4S3a. (l4S4X:
easier, SN"~S
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
The strike Ordered.

The strike was ordered at a meet
ing OF the local lodge. Sunday after
noon, and went into effect at 1 Il. III.
All is quiet about the works. None
of the dscuntcntcd wOrkmcn are
lettering about the mill. and there is
no prospect of trouble. The members
of the firm say that they will con-
tinue the operation of their plants,
and that il they are troubled by the
strikers at Mckccsport they will ship
their material clscVh here for manufac-
ture. The mill employs about 500
men, and about half of them are now
out.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18

WiIhelminn's Son Would He King.
If son is born to Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland, and he lives to the age of
IS, by the constitution of the little
kingdom he will at once become king,
and she will be forced to step aside.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18

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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
Looked Upon az Momcntous.

The event is locked upon as mo-
mcntous throughout the iron and
stcel trade of the country, from the
fact that il is the first conflict be-
tween organized labor and the new
United States Steel corporation, and
because the announced intention of
President u. j. Shaifer, the head OF
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,.
Steel and Tin Workers, to tie up every
plant of the new combine, steel. tin,
tube, structural iron. wire and all,
If necessary to win the fight. As to
the chance that the men in all the
mills of the United States Steel cor
poration will be called on to come
out, no one connected with the man
agcment of any of the organized
plants in the new corporation will
consent to be quoted.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
The Independent Companies.

The only underlying companies in
the new corporation whose mills are
entirely Independent of the Amalgam-
ated association are the Carnegie IN
tercsts and the National Tube Co. The
mills of the American Steel Hoop Co.,
the American Tin Plate CO., and .he
Republic Iron and Steel Co., are all
organized, while most of those of the
American Sheet steel Co., and the
National Steel, American Steel and
Wire, and American Bridge plants
works under the Amalgamation asso-
citation. Most of the American Steel
and Wi t plants are controlled by the
rod mill men.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18
River News.
Stations.
THE MARKETS.

- Eau. . Trace,
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-04-18

PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
care1essness Was 1ncLx.

Bernard Lauth went to work in
Pittsburg rolling mill when he was
II years old. and at 80, by Industry
and frugality, he had become manager
and part owner of small iron plant
One day, in examining some iron
which, it was thought, careless work.
man had spoiled in rolling, he found.
to his surprise, that the supposed
worthless iron was superior in many
respects to that produced by the best
equipped mills, says Success. Lauth
said nothing, but at once began to
search for the cause of the singular
change. The result of his own expert
ments, and his workman's careless
ness, was what is known among iron
men as the cold rolled process. In
consequence of his discovery his small
plant in a few years had grown into
a mammoth establishment and he and
his partners were millionaires.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
A LOST SENSE.
A Faculty That is Enjoyed by Ami

Faculty That is Enjoyed by AMI
mails But not by Men.
That civilized man has lost a sixth
sense, which his remote and savage
ancestors possessed, is the recently
published theory of French scientist
named Reynaud. 1t is the sense of di-
rection-the faculty which enables ami
mails to find their way-and it is locat-
ed, according to this authority, in the
semi-circular canals of the inner ear.
These are three little passages, found
in man and other vertebrates, which
are filled with fluid called endo-
lymph. Any injury done to their struc-
ture by accident or disease, as has been
proved by many experiments, impairs
the power. They have nothing what
ever to do with hearing, but are ''as-
ISOLATED with equilibrium" and to
furnish images of movement and dis
placement in space
Thanks to this organ, animals are
able to retrace, with an accuracy that
seems marvellous, routes over which
they have once passed. The lost dog
goes back invariably to the place where
1t last saw its master. The horse, in
like manner, when the reins are loosed
on its neck, finds it's way to the stable
with the constancy of the magnetic
needle turning to the pole A pigeon,
carried by rail in closed basket for
hundreds of miles. and then liberated,
will go back to the starting point, not
by the shortest path, but following
| the line of the railroad. The same
swallows come every year to the same
| nests
When the time for departure comes,
migratory birds of the same species in
habiting the same region come to-
gether for the journey, and those
| which have already made the voyage
take the lead. retracing the path by
! which they came few months before.
The young ones follow. In the same
|, way migrations of fishes are accom-
p,ished, and knowledge of the routes
invariably pursued by the finny schools
is of very practical value to the fisher
men. Cormorants and other fishing
birds follow for months the tracks of
the migratory fishes, and know how to
get back to their homes when the
fishing is over. Like the fish and the
quadruped, the bird returns to the
same point by the same route.
The animal, whether aquatic, aerial
or terrestrial, according to DR.. Rey-
naud's theory, carries the way back
with it," nor. in his opinion, is man
without remnant of this interesting
sixth sense, which, he asserts, is found
in greater or less degree in many
savages. But it is not properly to be
regarded as phase of intelligence, be-
ing most highly developed in those
races which are lowest in the scale OF
humanity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
The Boer.
frtzlSGle

The protracted struggle IN South
Africa between Briton and Boer shows
little sign of ending. True, we are be-
ing repeatedly told by British generals
and the British war office that the end
OF the war is in sight, but as such
statements have been repeatedly made
Tor almost year, while the war, new
ertheless, ragged on, the public are just
flied in taking British war office an
nouncements with the proverbial grain
of salt.
Not long since it was authortatively
stated in the house of commons that
the Beers had $4,000 men in the field,
divided into numerous small and mo-
bile commanders. with remarkable
ability to concentrate at any given
point. Surely this does not support the
contentious of British tory leaders that
the policing of South Africa was the
main problem to be met. At no time
did the Beers Nave twice that force in
the field and it is easy to see that their
present force under the guerilla-like
tactics pursued is more effective than
were their armies when they fought in
regular military way.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
the Beers are causing the British no
end of trouble not only in the Trans
vaal and Orange Free State, but in
Cape Colony as we'll. Recently reports
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
a Delasion 10 Beliex,e
Char eransOaal War
Is Over.

OF engagements, each lasting day,
nave been sent out by the British CEN
sor and only last week England was
electrified by the news of sharp fight
at Vlakfontein, where the Beers under
cover of veldt fire, attacked the rear
guard OF British column, temporarily
taking two guns and killing those in
charge. Only after desperate struggle
and that at the point of the bayonet
We're the Beers finally repulsed. An
other British force was compelled to
retreat in the eastern Transvaal and
now Lord Kitchener reports an all-day
fight at Nquta, in which the British
were worsted, being forced to retreat.
OF course, many of the engagements
result advantageously to the British,
but the fact that these engagements,
and many of them are being fought
proves conclusively that the war is by
no means ended.
One of the Boer leaders active in
keeping up the struggle, but about
whom little appears in print, is Gen.
Schalk Burger, acting president of the
Transvaal. He succeeded Kruger when
the latter embarked for Europe. He is
serving in the field and helping to
carry out the determination of the
hardy burghers to die in the last ditch
rather than surrender their indepen-
dence
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12

side. When the alllgaturs were big
enough, he put harness that he had
constructed on them and harnessed
them to his boat They swan we'll
and pulled the boat through the water
at good speed. BY pulling on the
reins that passed through the mouths
of the gators Mr.. Lee was able to
turn the strange water team in any
direction he pleased Mr.. Lee made
a point of never feeding his alligators
until after they returned from trip,
when he would Immediately reward
each one with a fine meal. The alliga-
tors seem to be willing to perform
their task of pulling his boat, and
when he turns them out of the pen in
which they are stabbed and starts them
for the water they shuttle down to the
boat in the liveliest style. and after
they are hitched they plunge into the
water with grunts Of delight. Mr.. Lee
says his strange team has never run
away nor kicked out the dashboard of
his river craft, out that they have one
fault, for which, however, he does not
blame them. They sometimes sweep
their powerful tails in curve through
the water, and once smashed one of his
boats into small bits and threw Mr..
Lee and party that he was taking
boat-riding into the river. They
would all have been drowned had not
the alligators swan back to them and
permitted the party to climb on their
backs, after which the alligators swan
swiftly to the shore and all of the par,
ty were saved. Mr.. Lee now bitches
his team twenty feet in front of the
boat, so that the sweep of their tails
will not endanger the craft Mr. Lees
success has created great interest
among all of his neighbors, and now
many alligators are being trained for
duty.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
Fashion In Canes.

Our newly acquired citizens of Porto
Rico are represented by Mrs. Hamm,
who is familiar with the island, as be-
ing good judges of canes, and skilled
in the properties of their use. These
adjuncts to ones apparel serve to
mark social distinctions among men as
fans do among women. Every Span
lard has cane; the well-to-do own
several, and the gilded youth often
have small arsenal of walking sticks
The term arsenal in this case is used
positively and not figuratively, as the
Porto Ricans, like the Spaniards, have
quite a fondness for sword canes and
dagger canes, and they make these
with remarkable skill. The blades of
the finer specimens come from famous
smiths in Toledo and other Spanish
cities, and are forged from the finest
steel. Some are damascened and 9TH
ers are inlaid with silver and gold;
some have worked upon them the
name of the owner, and others the
name of a patron saint. The assert
ment Of canes in the stores in the
large towns is very large, and of ev-
cry possible kind. They have fashions
in canes, and also canes suited to diff
ferent ages and professions. There are
sedate mahogany, ebony and rosewood
sticks for clergymen and physicians,
and fanciful bamboos with cleaning
steel inside for men about town. There
are rough oaken sticks for the Spanish
Anglomaniacs, and saucy little slaves
for those who ape the styles Of the
boulevard. For travellers there are cof-
fee sticks, thorns, tea sticks, leopard
wood canes and orange sticks
Youths Companion.