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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
SEVERE ON ELIOT
President Gompers Alludes to His
Remarks Regarding Strike
y = Breakers.
The ed Annual Convention of the
American Federation of
Labor Meets.

New Orleans, Nov. 13.-The twenty
lecond annual convention Of the Ameri-
Fan Federation Of Labor met this MORN
Ing at 1890 in Odd Fellows hall with
about 400 delegates present. -
When the convention had been called
to order, President Lee Of the New Or
leans organization delivered an address
on behalf Of the laboring men of New
Orleans. He closed with a warm tribute
to President Gompers personally, declar-
ing that the members Of the federation
would follow him to the end. President
Gon1pers,r after touching upon the scope
and bearing of the labor union move
naent, declared that it was amazing to
note the ignorance among So called edu-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

planters in the northwest were for con-
siderable time practically compelled to
purchase from that district, owing to the
restrictions against Minnesota.
All the trees from Minnesota have to
be fumigated notwithstanding the fact
that the San Jose scale has never been
known to exist there, while those brought
in from Ontario, where the scale is the
worst, are not fumigated. ...-..
Strong representations are to be made
to the government by the society on the
matter, and it is probable that the re-
strictions will be abolished, as it is now
an acknowledged fact that Minnesota
trees are adapted for this climate, while
those from Ontario are not.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

If you are too busy to bring your want
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

This motion was adopted and relieved
the convention Of much work incidental
to the dispute between the carpenters.
A special committee also was appointed
to consider the difference between the
longshoresmen and other organizations
who claim the former are intruding upon
their territory. h. -: II
, Teh convention adjourned at 1888 to
meet at 2 p m, for which time the re-
ports of the officers of the organization
were on the program. -"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
GILMORE STORE ROBBED
Fur Coats, Clothing and Jewels
Taken from Dustin's Place.
c,aI r. The To,,,naI

Special to The Journal.
Gilmore, Mimi, Nov. >1S--W. o. Dus-
tins clothing store was broken into early
this morning. The thieves entered through
a, back window and stole fur coats, cloth
ing and jewels. They left cfisel and all
price, tags.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
A DEMocRArl SLIPPED IN.

General Henry B. Conan, who was the repuD-
lican candidate for attorney general ut the re-
cont election, to-day gave out statement con-
cedinG the election of John Cunneen of Buffalo,
his opponent for the office on the democratic and
sprohihfti0n tickets.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
ROCHESTER, BA

ROCHESTER, BACKS OUT.
WnOna, Mimi, Nov. 13,--The Rochester. high
school football game Was scheduled for game
with the Winona high school OH Saturday, but
now declines to keep it's date. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

If you are too busy to bring your want
ad to The journal, call up No. 8, either
line and The Journal will accommodate
you by taking your ad over the phone.
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at your earliest convenience It will greatly
facilitate the handling OF these small
amounts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
Street Crossings.

"The necessity of better street cross ings was demonstrated yesterday when mud at least two inches deep coverel several of the most prominent crossings in the city," said a well-known man yes terday.
 ''Without rubbers 1t was impossible to cross at Nineteenth street and Third or Fourth avenue without getting the feet very wet, and the same was true at Twentieth street and Fourth, Fifth and Sixth avenues.
 Birmingham is too large now to have ordinary wooden walks across the streets when all other cities have stone crossings. The wood decays rapidly and the water shoots up through the cracks whenever any one steps on one of the blanks. This throws the mud several inches high and soils a mans trousers or woman's skirts. With stone crossings this would not happen.
 Another objection to the wooden cross ings is that they generally split into numerous pieces, and a person stepping on one end of one of these pieces raises the other end, and people very often trip over them. The city fathers could rem edy this at very small expense and the stone crossings do not have to be replaced every few months, as the present cross- ings do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
FOR TWO 25-kNoT cUNARDERs.

London Letter to New York Tribune.
 has become a question of national im- portance, since the British government lends money on easy terms and sub sldizes the line heavily for the expense of out-classing the best German vessels
 eral weeks ago are again published indi- eating that one will be built at Barrow and the other at Clydebank, and that to the constructors will be allowed a per- centage on the aggregate cost. The Ger man liners which have deprived England of the transatlantic record have been constructed on this plan, and the White Star liners also The two firms which will obtain the contracts are favored by the admiralty. Each represents the pro- cess of amalgamation of manufacturing interests now in progress in many indus tries. The Clydebank yard was founded and managed by the Thomsons until John Brown, the Sheffield manufacturer of armor plate, effected a combination and became a shipbuilder; and recently he has arranged a new amalgamation with Firth & Sons of Glasgow, who make ordnance, gun mountings and pro- jectiles. The Barrow yard also stands for three combinations. Vicker's Sons 6 Maxim amalgamated the Sheffield steel plant with the shipbuilding indus try of Barrow and subsequently, formed a fresh amalgamation with a Glasgow firm headed by William Beardmore. Shef- field and Glasgow are equally interested in these contracts for Cunarders. The admiralty has been examining plans for the liners and experts consider a speed of tMenty-fiYe knots indispensable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Exspeaker Reed.

"The friends and admirers of Former Speaker Thomas B. Reed are glad to learn that the illness of the distinguished us.n Is not as serious as was first report :. remarked a politician at the Metro 0alltan yesterday.
 T spent much time in Washington when Reed was speaker. czar was ht- ting soubriquet for the man who ruled the house Of representatives. Being Democrat and a southern man, detested the Czar while he was playing the tyrant but after the force bill was defeated l came to know Mir. Reed personally and l liked him. Toward the close of his public career I thought he made good speaker in many respects He certainly proved himself to be a man of remarkable abil- ity Since retiring to private life to re- sume the practice of law Reed has been exceptionally popular and his old poii- tical enemies have quite forgot their, feel ings of animosity toward him But the name Czar has stuck to him. And when the rumor got out day before yesterday that the Czar, meaning the czar of Rus sia, had been assassinated, 1t was traced to the sickness of Czar Reed.
 Speaking of speakers, Joe Cannon will i'll the bill better than any republican who has presided over the house. He has the ability of Reed and larger knowi- edge of the government than any man in congress; and he is just and kindly dis posed withal."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
Neuro ceaeneratIon.

The Springfield Republican dis cusses with care and caution the re- ported degcneracy of the negroes of the south as producers of wealth, and it finds very little support for the proposition. It goes on to show that not only did southern farm values ad- vance 72 per cent from 1880 to 1900, as against CT per cent for the whole country, but it also shows that in the same time the south earned 25 per cent on its total investment in farm property, as against 1892 per cent earned by the whole country.
 In view of the fact that white immi- grafton to the south is small, either from across the seas or from the northern states, the Republican is in- clined to discredit the proposition that the phenomenal gains in the south are due to an improvement in white labor alone. Such an improve ment would not explain the in- creased gains of the south over the rest of the country in farm property. The Republican goes on to say:
 Either the black race in America has advanced since slavery, or it has not ad- vanced. If 1t has not advanced, then one of the most alarming of conditions faces us, and the southern people in particu- lar. that has ever confronted any nation in ancient or modern times. If there are southern whites who accept the view of negro degeneration and reversion to" ward barbarian, how can they help cry ing out in horror at such a situation ana i appealing with all their might to the southern white race to check the forces making for the degradation of the col- ored portion of the population? For what does race reversion signify? It means that in the heart of the south there will exist huge, fostering putrid sore, which will eat out the very vitals of southern prosperity and civilization.
 The udHBeI app AChSAuSo 10 "hNA'J imaginary. The negroes of the south are great imitators and whatever of good they see in the whites that sur round and control them, they copy. No doubt they copy some viciousness, but as the whites advance in wealth producing powers so will the blacks advance. Education is each year, too, doing it's work, and the public schools of each state in the south are being brought up to the general standard of the country. There is not retro gressive feature in the situation. There is not a backward step any where, and no one who has watched the farm labor of the south closely will say the situation is growing worse. The most that can be said is that the improvement in field labor is not so rapid as some had hoped it would be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
IKE ONLY DAILY urwspapla N ALABAMA
Youths that thunder at a playhouse and fight for bitten apples.
 liking Henry VIII.
| ilv Whites and the Administration.

Reduced to it's last analysis a bat tie is going on over the nomination of President Roosevelt or Mark Hanna. The machine politicians in the south are lily whites and they favor the nomination of Mark Hanna, and they have expelled the negroes because they were in the way, preju- dicing the Hanna side.
 The battle between the two forces is progressing in all the southern states, but in North Carolina it is more in sight than elsewhere, and there the battle will be fought to a finish with much bitterness and clam or. Senator Pritchard states that he will continue to lead the lily whites, regardless of the administration or its patronage, and that he will in no event consent to a change in the at titude of his wing of the party in North Carolina. Practically speaking a similar fight is going on in every southern state. The Rooseveltians and the anti-Rooseveltians are pitted against each other in every southern state, and the latter are adherents of Marcus Aurelius Hanna to a man.
 This contest between the lily whites and their opponents means contesting delegations from at least six or seven southern states, and the next republican national convention will have the entire subject before 1t when a final decision must be ar rived at, The situation is very com plicated, as things stand. Mark Hanna is chairman of the republican executive committee, and he will make up the preliminary roll of del egates, but the supporters of Theo- dore Roosevelt will control the con vention, and the Hanna contestants will then be thrown out despite their early advantage.
 Altogether the situation is full of stirring incidents, but all those incl dents are but parts of a general cam paign in which Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Hanna are the chief fig ureS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
BANKRUPT LAWYERS.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 One of the recent English papers con tains an article on the failure of law yers and how often they escape from any punishment for misuse of trust funds. During the year 1901 the failure Of f1fty-five solicitors was registered in Eng land, representing a loss of almost one and one-half million dollars. and in most of these cases the bulk of the money lost was clients money. Running back through the last five years, the bankruptcy returns show that no less than 205 English solicitors were obliged to fail, with losses in excess of ten mill lion dollars, and yet in very few of these cases was there any prosecution for the misuse of funds or for fraudulent bank ruptcy. In commenting on this report, the London Express advises the solici- tors to take this matter into their own hands and to drive out the black sheep from their fold, as have the doctors and the stock brokers. There is often reason to sympathize with the merchant who has met business reverses and who has been obliged to go under, but solicitors could not have failed for the amounts re- ported unless they had been playing with their clients money. probably on the stock exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
Special to The World.

Special to The World.
 Chicago.-Dr. Adolf Lorenz bade good bye to Chicago at 4:3O D. m. today. and, accompanied by his assistant, pr. Fried rich Mueller started for Washington over the Pennsylvania He has been in- vited to call on President Roosevelt and will see the President Thursday morn ing.
 From the capital he will go to Balti- more, where he will conduct clinics in the Johns Hopkins university, Philadel- phia then comes in for a brief visit. and finally New York.
 The famous surgeon finished his break fast at o'clock and was ready when MT. Armour's carriage called for him to pay his farewell visit to Lolita Armour. He spent an hour in the Armour home, ex- aming the child and testing her powers of locomotion. ,i.~
 "she is doing very we'll" said he. "and with proper care this winter will be able to run about Vienna next spring like other children"
 MT Armour then drove Dr. Lorenz to the stock yards. and at o'clock he was at the Chicago Athletic club, where a luncheon was rendered him. The incident which affected him most occurred today when he kissed little Miss Armour good by. She burst into tears and said: You must not go. I say you must not go."
 q have been treated royalty in Chica- go," said he, land what little have done to alleviate human suffering has been ann ply repaid by the appreciation with which my efforts have been received. Dr. Muel- Ter will return here in March to establish an orthopedic hospital. must say that it is almost a certainty that such hos pital will be established. According to present arrangements, MT. Armour will bring his little daughter to see me in Vienna next April. I shall return to Chicago, but cannot at this time name the date"
 Dr. Lorenz arrived here the first week in October, almost unknown to the gen. eral public It was told how J. Ogden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
Teaching School.

'I have always thought that the public schools of the country should be for the purpose of giving pupils industrial train ing of some kind rather than teaching them simply how to read and spell big words" said a citizen yesterday. "rhe kindergarten for tho younger children is somewhat the right model on which to amuse and instruct the older children.
 Most children who go to public schools have later on to work for their livelihood and it would be much better if they were taught trades or handicrafts rather than book learning to the exclusion of every thing else. In one of tho southern states the women, who by the way are at the bottom of almost every movement for the bettering of the schools, have adopted the plan of teaching basketry woodwork, sewing and cooking in the schools of two counties with the result that the children are so fascinated that they try to go to school even when sick. This is very much the reverse of schools in my younger days when education was spanked into the youthful and I played hockey as often as dared. This modern idea of making education attractive is the right one and a scholar with a knowledge of cooking sewing or wood working has less chance of starving in after life than one with out any of these accomplishments, but who can only read and write--a thing so common now as to be almost valueless.
 "I am glad to learn that system of manual training is being introduced Into the public schools of Birmingham. Super intendent Phillips and other members of the board of education are strongly in favor of this work and in time they will doubtless develope it fully"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05

drastic provisions locking to to ee- curing of information by the govern ment before trial Reports from all engaged in interstate commerce are called for by the Cullom bill. and al together the Cullom bill is very ob- noxious to promoters in Wall street.
 All the interests that need secrecy and over-capitalization in their busi- ness have representatives in Wash ington, and the most insidious and skillful work is going on even at this stage of the season. Never has Washington seen such a lobby from Wall street as 1t will hold this win ter, and never has there been such an effort made by selfish interests to control congress as will be made this winter in connection with the trust question.
 The voters of every district should watch the action of their representa- tive when a bill is brought before the house by the judiciary committee. The acting chairman of the judiciary is MT. Jenkins of Wisconsin, and he is believed to be in favor of a gen. uine antitrust measure. Any anti trust measure in a republican con- greas is, however, not above sus- nipion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
DR. LORENZ QUITS CHICAGO
 AND WILL VISIT ROOSEVELT T

Armour whose only child, an heiress to more than a score of millions, was af- 1icted with congenital dislocation of the hip, had made a special trip to Vienna during the summer and by offering a fab ulous fee induced Dr. Lorenz to give up his work in the university, bring his as- sistant with him and visit Chicago. This was but one in a series of tremendous eff forts MT. Armour put forth to save his baby.
 A premature advent consigned her to an incubator for many long months. Her life hung in the balance for two years. Both hips were discovered to be dislo- cated. Last New Years Dr. John Rid- lon, student of Dr. Lorenz performed an operation for the relief of both hips. He succeeded with one. MT. Armour de- cided to reach for the master hand.
 Within three days after performing the Armour operation in October, Dr. Lorenz was overwhelmed with appeals from the poor and helpless. He announced he would give series of public clinics and his services were free to all who came. The clinics in Mercy hospital, in Rush uheulCdA CO4lcSeT lu lHe county nOSplIal, Wesley hospital and other places fol- lowed. The lame and the halt came in such numbers that Dr. Lorenz was many times compelled to quit on account of physical exhaustion. Children were brought in from a radius Of 800 miles.
 The marvellous rapidity of his opera tions and the success which he achieved astonished all physicians. He treated one hundred cases and then resolved to see the west. For a month he travelled through California, Arizona, New Mex leo and Colorado. He treated seventy five cases on the trip-forty in San Fran cisco, the rest in Los Angeles, Denver and St. Louis.
 "The greatest wonders I saw west" said he, "are the Grand Canon, the clarified air of Arizona and the agility of the desert hound" The latter is evil dently the prairie dog.
 On his return Chicago showered fa- vors upon him and he was given a uni- versity degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-05
HOW DOGS ARE TRAINED
 FOR USE AS POLICEMEN

he takes his place with the rest. The ani> mals are also taught to swim. and to seize their prey in the water; to save life from drowning; to scale walls, and to overcome all obstacles; so that any en- terprising burglar who goes "a-burgling's in Chest has lively time of 1t if he meets with one of these four-footed 'sbo- bies."
 There are at present in this old town sixteen of these accomplished animals. They all belong to the sheep dog breed, but besides Belgian there are also Rus sian and De la BrIe dogs. During the day they take their weli-earned rest in comfortable losse boxes attached to the head station of the police. But at 10 o'clock their duties begin, and scarcely has the hour chimed from the old belfry above their heads when they set up a deafening chorus of barKs as if to show their eagerness to get to work. They are on duty till the next morning, and do not seem at all fatigued by their long hours. Those who know how thoroughly a dog enters into sport of all kinds will quite appreciate the intense enjoy- ment the animal feels in his new profess sion. They wear uniform consisting of a leather collar strongly bound with steel and armed with sharp points to re- pei those attacks which might be ex- pected from the enemies of law and or- der. From this collar hangs a medal which bears the dogs name and address, with the date of it's birth. Just as the policeman has his macintosh cape for bad weather, so has his little four-footd- ed helper, a neat, serviceable water proof coat being ready for him on stormy nights. The various chains, coats, and collars all hang neatly on pegs beneath the names of the wearers, in their dress ing room, where a kind madam Is their admiring waiting maid. They are well looked after in every way, and their private medical man, the town wet" calls frequently to inquire after their health. Each dog accompanies a police- man on his nightly rounds, and walks the regular beat with him. The dos is not only very fond of his own partic- ular human comrade, but evinces won- derful professional "esprit de corps.'