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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-26
Carpenters Meet Tonight.

A meeting Of union and nonunion car
penters has been called for tonight at
Central Labor Union hall. At this meeting
1t is proposed to arrange for an increase
in wages. At the present time union car
penters are getting IS cents an hour aud
as the season promises to be an exceedingly
prosperous one 1t is proposed to make a
general demand for 40 cents an hour. The
session will be an open one and all car
penters are invited to attend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
Lockout Is Instituted.

Hazelton Pa. May Thanksgiving
the action of their employees, two Of the
individual coal companies in this re-
gion, Coke Bros. & Co. operating the
Beaver cOllieTy, and Calvin p Ardee,
Sons & Co., owners of the Latimer
mines. have notified their employees
that they need not report for work until
ordered to do so.
These companies. it is believed, ex-
pect a long struggle. The Lehigh Val
ley Coal company announced today
that it will give employment to all men
who report for work tomorrow.
Meetings Of the United Mine Work
ers locals were held in most of the
mining villages in the Hazelton district
today, and delegates were selected to
the coming convention. 1t is impossible
TO ascertain the attitude of the locals
on the question, as the meetings were
secret.
It was reported today that an effort
viii be made to start up the Cranberry
breaker, operated by A. Pardee & Co.,
with non-union stripping, so that all
the coal that was not sent to the sur
face on Saturday may be prepared for
market. The stripping men today how
ever, say that they will under no cOndi-
tions take the places Of strikers at the
mines.
Samuel Nedroy. a representative Of
the American Federation of Labor,
said today that the federation would
render all possible aid TO the miners.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
Local Briefs


WILL HONOR VAN HORNF.-Aft
MORAN lodge No. 3 F. and A. NJ. tenders
q reception tonight TO Past Grand Master
~. =. Van Horne the newly appointed
5l1ge OF the court Of first Instance at
Cairo, Egypt. who expects to leave for
AIrlca this week
SUPREME LODGE, A. @. Z. W. COM
1NG--Ihe supreme lodge Of the A. o. II.
" Will visit Salt Lake June Z. The
locdI Workmen are making preparations
70 give them a grand reception, the plan
IHciuQlng an excursion to Saltair, In
participate.
ENJOY BALAIY AIR.-The outing
places In the vicinity Of Salt Lake att
eLacteo good many people yesterday. the
Weakner being clear and warm. SaItair
sot MS share and City Creek canyon was
nned with vehicles and pedestrians from
tHoIuin5 TN night. The street cars be-
tween town and Fort Douglas and Cald-
Ct park were heavily par0nized.
STEWARD FUNERAL HEID-The
funeral OF the late W. g. NJ. Steward
was held yesterday at the Masonic hall
Hll0eE the auspices of Mt. MOriah lodge.
y ne nan was packed to the doors with
l0lgemen and friends Of the deceased. and
many beautiful flowers were presented
ne funeral rites of the EIasons were per-
Ioilled and the remains were followed 10
thelr last resting place i'm Mt. OIivet
cemetery Dl Il large cortege OF carriages
WILL RECRUIT FOR NAVY.-A naval
recruiting station will be opened i'm the
commerce building, IS West Second south
street, this morning BY some of Uncle
sam officers Of the navy. The office
VIII be in charge of Lieutenant W. L..
llttleneld, and viii remain open until
the 18th. Boys from Is to II and lands
men from Is TO p years viii be accepted
by the recruiting officers If thew can
stand the physical test required by the
government. The boys are TO be trained
on a training ship, then 'put into active
service.
RETU rms WITH HONORS-WiIliam
n Waddell, son Of Attorney ]. NJ. Wad-
dell, has returned home after completing
o three years course at the Northwestern
University Dental school. Chicago. Mr.
Waddell graduated from the institution
with unusual distinction. Professors
Prothero and Harper. the latter being
secretary Of the faculty. speak Of his con-
duct. work and ability I'm the very highest
terms. He was termed by the latter zone
Of the three best dental operators in the
school Mr. WaddeH was honOred at the
beginning Of his senior year with an ap-
pointment as demonstration in the school
which he held until ne left for home. He
was also invited to the position Of dem
Onstrator in the prostheuc department for
next year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
THE HoBo's SIGN SYSTEM.
Great Tramp Army Is Well Organ
lied and Readily Communicate.

philadelphia North American.)
The hobo is not the ingenious and
gullible creature the cartoonists repre-
sent him. Existing knowledge OF the
genus, CLEANED principally from comic
weeklies, stands in imperative need of
revision, for the tramp of today is a
progressive and enterprising individual.
The spirit Of the time has stirred even
his sluggish brain. He hasn't organized
a trust yet. but he and his fellows
have learned the value Of cooperation.
They have perfected a system which
enables them to pursue their work
hating profession with practical immu-
nifty from hard crusts, sOggy pies, wood
piles. irate housewives. dogs. shotguns
and kindred evils.
In fact, the tramp army is organized
FOR ofense and defense. The method is
simple. Every member leaves on the
gate post of each house he visits a
hierOglyphic sign which records the
kind of reception he met: thus the next
arrival takes no chances. for he knows
to a certainty whether or not it is safe
to approach the portal
The most serious libel of all the
tramp jokes is the one which represents
Weary Willie pursued By a wide jawed
bulldog. No up-to-date tramp would
run such risk The presence of the
bulldog would have been brought TO his
notice long before he reached the vi
cinity of the kennel. The Joke about
the stony-hearted woman who offers to
barter section Of pie for work done
on the woodpile is also absurd. Some
where near the woOdpile there is sure
to be a cabalistic mark, meaningless
to the ordinary person. but clear as
Z ri "a he frrrr nd
avoids the WOOdpile
How the tramps came to adopt this
method OF lessening the hardships OF
their wandering lives it is impossible
/ to tell. Question any member Of the
fraternity, and he viii explain that it
grew out of the stern necessity Of
bulldOg-gOaded existence
There are many other signs to pre-
vent the wayfarer repeating the mis-
takes OF those who have preceded
him. The dangers of an inhOspitable
town, where the stOneyard awaits the
/ professional tramp. are indicated by
rough representation of a hammer cut
on a fence or tree by the roadside:
roads where a lift" is likely to be had
are known by the sign of a wagon
/ carved on the finger post at the cross
/ corners; places Of rendezvous in the
WOODS are pointed cut Dy MARKS SNAPPED
like the letter y. with a dagger beneath
I it pointing toward the spot where the
camp is formed: an abandoned hut
( where shelter may be had without the
asking in wet or stormy weather. may
I frequently be found by the tramp who
knows The signs. A circle with an ar
/ row beneath it is his guide.
/ In neighborhoOds where the members
OF the hobo order hold their sidewalk
gatherings griZzled veterans may be
/ seen any fine day instructing nOvices
I in the mystery Of the signs. In the
/ spring. when the nOvices take the road,
they viii md the way made easy by
/ reason Of careful and methOdicaI work
Z Of the colleagues who have gone before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
TOLD By THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
What the General Did When Meat
Bills SCARED Forty Years Ago.
lCleveIand PIaIn Dealer.l

This great rise IN the price Of meat,
said the old circus man. makes me think
of a season some forty odd years ago
when meat went I'D ia just about the
same proportion as now, with the result
of driving the greatest Of all giants. who
was then with Us. out of the country for
the winter.
The great giant was great meat eat
er he would, OF course. on account OF
his size. have eaten naturally about four
times as much as an ordinary man. but
ne was also personally very fond OF meat
so that he really ate about six times as
much as an ordinary man. and 50 "A dlf-
ference OF only q few cents a pound made
quite q difference in the cost OF his living.
tt made. in fact q difference that to the
giant seemed something mountainous. He
made biz money and could well afford 10
pay ct; but, big as he was, he was about
the closest man on money matters I ever
knew He hated dreadfuliy 20 pay out
that extra few dollars a week that the
higher prices would make his meat cost
him, and he made up his mind finally
that be wouldn't III he could help 81.
"Our show wintered I'm those DAYS in
West Jugby Junction Mich and there
the giant had house built especially for
him. that / have told you some things
about at one time and another. in which
he was Very. comfortable. But when that
rise in meat hit us. which IL did al just
abOutthe end Of the tenting season. the
giant began 10 WcTrE Tlgnt away. his
meat was going 10 cost him that winter
so many dollars more than usual. and he
wouldn't get any fun out Of il at all And
finally. By Jimmy, the giant settled il all
and got all the meat he wanted to eat
al the old figures by moving that winter
20 Mexico.
He knew perfectly. Of course. that the
lower price in Mexico wasn't the only
thing 10 be considered. that he'd have to
take into account the cost 81 getting
there and back. and all that. which would
amount 10 adding just 50 much % the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
COAL MINERS ARE OUT
No More Mining in the Anthra-
cite Region Until a
Settlement.

Scranton, Pa, May 11.--There viii be
no coal mined in the Scranton end of
the anthracite region tomorrow. Even
though the strike order was not certain
OF being rehgiously obeyed, there would
De no mining, as the companies have
agreed that no attempt would be made
10 operate. The companies will not adj
NIT that the agreement to refrain from
an attempt at operating is eventually
70 resolve itself into a lockout should
events at Hazenlton make such thing
possible.
The strike has already made itself
seriously felt in other lines of work.
The railroads have laid off -ffths
OF their coal trains crews in all about
500 men, and the Erie shops at Duns-
more, where mine cars are repaired,
wiz shut down indefinitely tomorrow,
throwing 800 men out Of work.
Meetings of all the local unions VIII
be held to elect delegates to the Hazel
ton convention. The sentiment among
the more thoughtful and intelligent
miners is opposed to continuance OF
the strike. These men win use as one
OF their chief arguments the significant
fact that the companies mine oHelals
are not soliciting their men to vote
against the strike, while at the same
relative time during the last strike the
same officers were working day and
night to discourage the men from strik-
ing
1t is said the Morgan fleets viii be
used to import coal and prevent a
famine. but this does not cause Presi-
dent Mitchell any evident concern. He
dismisses it with the remark that the
United States is now exporting coal to
all parts Of the world
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dictated very carefully how some Sc
curities. bonds and other papers Of
commercial value should be divided up
among his children and his sister, each
getting about $4,000 in the will. Then
he divided up some Washington prop
erty, giving a house to each Of his
children and a house to Sayles j.
Bowen, a former mayor of this city,
on account of intimate political and
personal friendship. His personal
property, funds in bank and the Ike.
he said. should be divided up among
those he had mentioned, share and
share alike, as far as value was con-
cerned.
by this time 1 had about concluded
TO send word out to the Soldiers home
cemetery. where / was 20 deliver the
address, regretting my inability to be
there. when he. noticing that I was
anxious about II, excused me from re-
naming with him longer, stating that
if would write out the viii that after
noon and bring il to him he would
sign st. AS / was leaving he asked me
to put in $1,000 for Providence hospital
and $1,000 as a personal gift TO each Of
three Of the sisters there who had been
very kind to him during his illness.
and $500 TO two fellow patients who
were in the ward with him.
Il got away in time to keep my
cemetery engagement, but as soon as I
got back I went to work on the viii,
getting it in shape about O'Clock in
the afternoon. On taking the viii TO
him to sign that evening. found he
I had failed very rapidly as far as ply
steal strength was concerned. though
mentally he was perfectly able to IN
derstand the paper which I read to
him. and was also able to sit up and
sign it. The witnesses / got in the
hospital I was instructed to keep the
viii and TO file It in the probate court
when necessary. ] have never found
it to be necessary, though the old gen
tleman died the next day.
IT turned out that all his wealth
was imaginary. and he had not a cent
in the world" said the lawyer, accord
/ ing to the Washington Star. He had
been a wealthy man and at one time
owned all the properties he willed, or
supposed he wilIed. but they had long
/ before passed out OF his control and
ownership. Providence hospital was
not a cent richer by his munificence,
and the sisters named never got a
/ penny. The children did not have
/ enough 70 bury him. I had a hard
days work Of it, and, besides my time,
/ lost s. which ] paid a hackman To
[ hurry me out to the Soldiers home
/ cemetery and back to write the viii.
1 He was Of a disposing mind all right,
/ but he had nothing to dispose"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
AN EDITORS FAKE.
A Marvellous Rubber Coupling Pin
That Eliminated Stopping Trains.

Omaha NeWs)
George Herrick. foreman Of the car
inspecting gang at the Burlington
yards at Lincoln, is said to be working
on a patent elastic bumper that wifi
allow the front cars on a way freight
TO be stopped, the brakes put on the
rear cars to slow up their speed. and
when the front end Of the train is
ready to start, the brakes on the rear
cars are shut of and the elasticity of
the connecting links draws the rear
cars up TO the rest Of the train, with
out the rear cars ever having been
stopped.
Mr.. HerTick may think this idea is a
new one, but an enterprising railroad
reporter carried out this idea some
years ago in one of the most artistic
fakes that ever sprang from Nebraska.
This is the story:
Down at Plattsmouth in the early
'90s, there was an editor who was too
lazy to ill space with news; but he
could always get up a fake that looked
plausible. As a result his sheet had a
good circulation among the people
who liked original items. One day I'm
a spasm OF energy he dashed off a
story about a humble railway cOnduc-
tor on the Burlington, who had applied
for a patent on a rubber coupling pin.
This pin, so the editor stated. was
formed Of a new rubber composition
that was very elastic and enduring
The links were to be put on the cars
OF local freight trains. The head
brakeman set the brakes just ahead
Of the cars that were 10 be unlOaded
and they stopped, the front part Of the
train, in the meantime. going ahead at
-
unloaded, the brakes were released.
khe rubber links pulled the cars up TO
the distant engine and the train went
on as a unit once more.
The common man would think that
such a fake would have been merely
laughed at and then forgotten. but it
was not. The cleverness Of the idea
appealed to the exchange editors Of
the big papers. and the story went
over the country as an assured fact.
Within two weeks the editor who
started the story was receiving from.
fifty to 200 letters a day inQuiTing
about the patent and asking to be
placed in communication with the
patentee.
One eastern company asked that a
working model be sent 10 their general
Office for testing purposes. For awhile
the food Of letters was amusing, but
1t at last grew wearisOme. For fear
fest some promoter should come a cou-
pie OF thousand miles. and, discOverinA
that he had been duped. seek satisfac~
ton for mis- expense and trouble, the
editor started another story, telling
how the patent had been tested and
found to be useless. because no buffers
could be built that would stand the
sudden jar Of the belated trains catch
ing up.
The second fake gradually caught
up with the first and the Inquiries
ceased. but the country weeklies for
weeks and months had patent issues"
filed with vivid descriptions Of the
new rubber car link and viliainOus
cuts Of the inventor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
ACROSS THE STREET.

Across the street the bright lights flashed
and cleaned.
And fortunes favored ones we're gath
cred there,
The merry music Of the dance out
streamed
Upon the air.
Across the street it seemed so far away,
That joyous world from my unhappy
sphere,
Made up of weary toll day after day,
And year by year.
/ turned me from my window with a
sigh:
Thou mak'st Hfe's differences, o God,
so wide,
I could not conquer that ungrateful cry,
Tho hard I tried.
Across the street next night. across the
street
Deaths grim insignia from the door was
hung,
I heard the passers-by Iow-voieed repeat,
SO fair, so young.
Across the street. all, surely twas not 50,
That they we're mourning who last night
were gay,
That Wonder mansion was a house Of woe
Where death held swayt
Across the street. beside a single light.
A cherries company a sad watch kept
And she, the hOmaged one Of yesternight,
Forever slept
SAMUEL SILVER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
TWO CANDIDATES DIE.
French Elections Result in Minister
ialist Victory.

French Elections Result in Minister
ialist Victory.
Paris. May 1.-THE Parisians in those
municipal districts where reballOting
was held today for the election of mem
bers to the chamber OF deputies, crowd
e. early 10 the polls. They voted quick
j. and then proceeded TO enjoy them
selves in their customary Sunday man
ner.
The voting was unusually heavy and
there was much animation, especially in
the Twelfth district, where the ma
lonalists concentrated their forces in
an effort to defeat the reelection by
reballot Of n. Millerand, the minister
o. commerce. NJ. Millerand, however,
secured a small majority.
Throughout the evening the boule-
wards and the streets IN the vicinity
Of the newspaper Offices were so crowd
&c that traffic was suspended. The ex-
element continued until a late hour.
but the crowd was good-natured and
orderly. But one disturbance occurred.
that at a voting place in the Rue la
Cordaire. after the polls were closed.
II. Thibeaud, a defeated nationalist
candidate, was injured.
The only serious election disturbance
reported occurred at Marseilles. where
the quarters of the fusion committee
were mObbed. Windows were smashed
and pistols were discharged. Nobody
was injured, and some arrests were
made.
NJ. Paschal Grousset. ministerialist, a
retiring deputy who was reelected in
Paris, died of apoplexy this evening.
NJ. Lorthios. liberal republican. who
was elected at Lille. died shortly before
the POLLS closed.
The reDorts indicate that the rebal-
lot has been favorable 10 the govern
ment. as half the ministerialists. in
cluding NJ. Leygues, the minister Of
public instruction; NJ. Brisson and
Jules Siegfried, former ministers Of
commerce. were elected.
Paris has elected nineteen minister
ialists and nine anti-ministeriaEsts the
latter gaining three seats In the cham
Der
The deputies elected NJ. Clovis HuEes
the poet socialist, while N. Viviani and
Allemane. socialists, are defeated. All
the nti-ministerialists in Algeria we're
defeated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
A Little hot Scotch.
CNew York Trlbune)

A certain Scottish minister in a West
Highland parish has never vet been
known TO permit a stranger 10 occupy
his pulpit Lately. however. an Edinburgh
divinity student was spending a few days
in the parish. and on the Saturday he
called at the mause and asked the min
ister TO be allowed 10 preach the fol-
lowing day MY dear young man, said
the minister laying a hand gently on the
young mans shoulder. gin / lat we
preach the morn. and ye gle a better
sermon than me, my fowk wad never
again be satisfied wi my preaching, and
gin we're nae a better preacher than me.
we're no worth listening tae.'
And another, perhaps even more char
acteristic, Is told by DR.. John Kerr as
follows. Robbie the beadle Of ktlWtn-
ming. once had TO dig a grave for the wife
OF a well 10 do. but niggardly, farmer
When all was over the farmer assured
Robbie. that he was obliged 10 him for
the trouble he had taken. on" said
ROBBIE there's nae sense in that. ye
ken. It's Just fOur-snd-saXpence." -Four
and-saxpence- 7 thought you beadles did
this for nothing" oh. faith no I just
az get fOur-and-saLpeuce I'll not give
YOU four-and-s aXDence- III give you half
a crown Faith. III no TAX it, We'll
II vou'H not take half . crown. you'll get
nothing. 'VerV Weel'' said Robbie. dig
ging his spade into the grave, bod, Up
she comes" Robbie got his four-and-
saXpence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
May REACH VOTE
LATE THIS WEEK
4
Senator RaWlins' View on Phil.
ippinss Bill.
OTHER SENATORS DIFFER
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAY IN
THE HOUSE.
OTHER SENATORS DIFFER

1Y7AsBINGToN, May 11.-senator
W Rawllns. senior Democratic
~ member Of. the senate committee
on the Philippines. today expressed the
oainion that a vote could be reached on
the Philippines government bill toward
the end Of the present week. Other
members Of the committee think the
date Of the vote may be postponed IN
I'll some time next week, but none Of
them places the vote later than the
24th inst. two weeks hence. They say
that whenever the debate is exhausted
thev viii agree to vote, but that they
object to naming a day for vote un-
iii they are quite certain that there is
nothing more to say pertinent TO the
subject.
The consideration of the bill this
week viii be interspersed by the con-
sideratiOn Of appropriation bills, Mon
dav being set apart for the fOrtifCa-
tons hin and Tuesday for the agricul-
tural bill. Neither Of these measures
will consume a great deal Of time, and
on each day it is expected there VIII be
time left for the consideration Of the
Philippines Dill. Senator Foraker has
given notice Of a speech on the Philip
pines subject on Monday. and Senator
Stewart viii speak Tuesday, both in
support of the pending bill Senator
6TOOner also probably viii be heard on
the bill during the week.
Among the opponents of the bill still
u be heard are Senator's Clay and
Money. It is probable that consider
able debate viii grow out of the
speeches Of Senators Foraker and
Spooner. Senator Lodge has given no.
tice that on Tuesday he win move to
meet at ii O'Clock each day to faciii-
nate consideration of the Philippines
bill