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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
BrloLlayer. Want Now Scale.

The lodges of bricklayers OF Pitts
burg, Allegheny and Braddock, Pa,
are considering a new wage scale and
working rules for the coming year.
The men desire an advance OF about
ten cents per hour and time and a
half for overtime. The arbitration
committees of the three lodges will pre-
pare the new scale.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
western League Adisurn..

The Western league magnates have
completed their work at Denver, and
separated.
No representatives of the National
league or OF the National Association
of Minor Baseball leagues having been
present, this meeting OF the Western
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

There are many indications that the
plumbers throughout the country
will make concerted move tor an ad-
vance in wages. Local No ~ of Pitts
burg. has already prepared a new wage
scale and meeting mas been held
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
May Enter Political rIeld.

The Montana Federation of Labor.
as well as the state organization of
Wisconsin, has decided to investigate
economic questions, with a view to en-.
tering the political field.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
william I.nnRe.

Former star outfelder Of the Chicago
National League club, who has deserted
baseball and taken up with golf, Will
liam has purchased fine house in San
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
HAD STRENUOUS TIME
MRS. AGNES j. STERLING QUITE
WILLING TO ABANDON 1T
Though Welded Only a Few Months
She Charges Husband With ViO-
Ience, Cruelty, Inhuman Treat
ment and HabituaI Drunkenness
Asks for Absolute Divorce.

According to a complaint in a suit for
a divorce filed in the district court yes
terday, married life did not contain all
charms which Mrs Agnes J. Sterling,
whose maiden name was Jacques, thought
when she married Benjamin Sterling d
few months ago. AT any rate, Mrs. Stcr-
ling is suing for a divorce on the ground
of cruel and inhuman treatment and hab-
itual drunkenness. Mrs. Sterling states
in her complain that she is forty-fve
years old, whilo the defendant is forty
two.
They were married in st. Paul Dec 10,
1901, and have no children. Judging from
the allegations in the complaint, her
brief married career mas been an ex-
ceedingly stormy matrimonial voyage
which has finally terminated in her suit
for a divorce.
The complaint alleges that Sterling was
a widOwer with two children when she
married him. Everything went smoothly
for a few days, but finally, she alleges
he commenced to come home drunk. and
on several occasions assaulted her strik-
ing and beating her with uncontrolled
and frenzied violence On one or two
occasions she claims that he simply rain
ed blows on her with 4his fist in the pres
ence Of the children She asks for an
absolute divorce and the right to assume
her maiden, name -.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

messengers We're dispatched on horse
PACK 10 the town for medical assistance.
Sne rallied only to pass into a condition
OF nervous prostration, which necessi-
tates the constant presence of a physician
III the house.
Her ultimate recovery is confidently
predicted by the medical men, but many
GAYS must pass before she will be able to
leaVe the old farmhouse and begin the
enjoyment Of her great good fortune.
GOssips Were Busy at First.
The summer following the death of Mrs.
Park
It may have been chance that took the
actress there for a months rest, but AS
of Farmfngdale.
Miss Biggar stepped at the Plaza hotel
ana took but languid interest in the CAV
etles of the resort. Her only caller was
an elderly man, dressed in black, upon
mond.
he drove thoroughbred stock, and SEEM
cd deeply interested in the actress. That
man was Henry NJ. Bennett
one year later the gossips of Farming,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
EDDY IS IN DOUBT
ABOUT NEXT CAMPAIGN
Minnesota COngressmam Returns
From European Business
Tour.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Ont, April %
Congr essman Frank M Eddy, of the Sew
enth Minnesota district, who has been in
Europe for months, arrived here Thurs
daay in charge of 500 Scandinavian i'm
migrants who will be located in New
Ontario
In an interview today he-iss accredited
with having said:
Il recognize my absence has been rather
unfortunate for me politically When I
left on my mission to the old country.
which was to get settlers started mere
for the Clefgue companies had no idea I
would be away so long a time 1 was
delayed on account of various contin-
gencies.
Naturally I am 'up-in. the air Soma
regarding the political situation, and | do
not care to declare my intention concern
ing my candidacy until 1 consult my
friends. ] may decide to withdraw
have arrived at no decision.
Il expect to leave for Washington Sun
day or Monday, and after canvassing the
situation thoroughly will make a state
ment.''
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he wanted her ocaref and companion
snip ana was willing to pay the price.
She considered she situation calmly,
saw tha1 it might mean weeks or years
OF sec1usion and tireIess vigilance, count
ed the cost, weighed 3tlle reward-and
closed the bargain. bf
There is no doubt Mat she filed it
faithfully and to the letter.
Peter J. McNulty was seen at Asbury
F ARK Wnere he had gone to consult with
John Hawkins, the dead millionaire's
lawyer and one ofLhis Executors.
am dfsgusted and angered at the
pnJustly insinuating things / read about
my old friend Mr.. Bennett and Laura
Blggar," said Mr. McNulty.
The fact of the matter is that she
nursed my dear friend with absolute
devotion. lie was all alone and as much
in need of Il woman's help as a babe.
She save him that help with fidelity
that take great pleasure in bearing
witness to. The talk Of a contest over
the viii is absurd Miss Biggar exerted
no undue influence oyer Mr.. Bennett We
know that she did just what she agreed
to do in his case and that she is entitled
to the reward. She deserves every pen
ny OF it,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
LABOR NOTES.

Monday evening the following unions
will hold meetings: BARRIERS, Leather
Workers, Glazers and Glass Workers,
Dressmakers, Furriers, Boilermakers,
Salesladies.
John J. Mcmillan, elected mayor of
Ashtabula, Ohio. on the Union-Labor
ticket has worked for the Lake Shore
teen years a as a switchman, is a prominent
Mason and Forester, is master of Lodge
No. 9G. of the Switchmen's Union of
North America, and chairman of the Sron-
eraI grievance committee of the. Lake
Shore system. His election is regarded as
a great victory for organized labor
The Coremakers' union met last night
and attended to matters of routine.
Charles Buesman left last night for
San Francisco, where he will represent
the st. Paul Horseshoers' union at a
meeting fthe International
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

the old millionaire's wife and all her
other jewels valued at $500, O0O).
All the costly furs and objects of art
owned by Mrs. Bennett at the time of
her DEATH embodying one of the most
valuable private picture collections i'll
this country.
Will Not Return to Stage.
Miss Biggar will not return to the
stage, although fiattering offers from
prominent theatrical managers are pour
ing in upon her at the gloomy old farm
house near Farningdale, n. j., where she
watched over the last years Of old Mil
ionaire Benefits life s--
She is ill-shattered in nerves and with
a weakened heart that gives her physi-
clans grave apprehension. The collapse
came with the return from the funeral
on Monday. Miss Biggar fell fainting
on the threshold Of the farmhouse, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
ONCE jay GOULD's Partner, NOW IN POOR HOIJSF

On chill March afternoon, just as the
sun dropped behind the bleak New Jersey
hills, rough wagon was driven into the
big yard in front of the Karsville IN. j.
poorhouse In the wagon, alongside the
driver, sat a fine looking old man-one
might say fine looking old gentleman
with snow white hair and strong kind
ly face. The horse, the wagon and it's
occupants We're covered with mud, for
they had driven all the way from the lit
tie village of Washington. Despite his
shabby, mud-spattered coat, however.
there was a subtle air of gentiity about
the old man which was strangely out of
keeping with the crude vehicle In which
he sat. One would not have to look twice
at the portly figure to surmise that the
man had not always Travelled thus, nor
would the inquirer be surprised to learn
that Josiah Lynn-for such is the new
pensioners name-had once been the most
influential and richest man in all the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

county upon whose charity he was now
dependent.
There isn't man or woman in that
part Of New Jersey who will not tell you
that Josiah Lynn owed his good fortune
to his old-time friend, Jay Gould. They
say that before Mr.. Lynn came to Wash
ington, some fifty years ago. he had been
a partner CT Mr.. Gould in a number OF
enterprises, notably a tannery at Goulds-
boro, Pa. They say Gould never forgot
his early friend and, up to the time of
his DEATH aided him by tips" on the
stock market.
This, however, Mr.. Lynn has always
denied.
NO they are all wrong" de declared
when l preached the subject in my con-
versation with him the other day "They
don't know what they're talking about
Every cent of money 1 ever had 1 made
myself. l am responsible for all my sue
cess as well as for all my failures"
AT the word failures, the old man look
ed sadly cut of the window across the
fallow fields toward the chain Of blue
hills that stretched along the western
horizon. The little room in which he sat
was poor and bare. The whitawashel
walls, the rough, uncompleted pine floor.
the bed, with ito patchwork quilt, the
only bit OF color in the dreary ensemble
kindling wood the coal hod, the curtain
less window, the rusty old top coat and
hat hanging on the peg behind the door
everything bore the hallmark, the in
describable insignia of the poOrhouse.
1t seemed just as well, 1 thought, that
the great full dark eyes turned toward
the landscape were denied the power 20
see the desolaton of the four walls that
go to make pauper's abiding place
No, It's all talk" resumed Mr.. Lynch,
turning about in his arm chair and smil-
ing sadly. Il have had a series Of hard
lGck-thats all ! can call it, hard luck
and the luck didn't change before I be-
gan to lose my sight, and what is in
store for a man of seventy-three when
he loses his family, his fortune and his
eyes, except this? waving his hand
across the little room.
But | don't want YOU to think I'm
complaining, for I'm not" this energetic
ally and Strengthening up in his chair.
= have still plenty to be thankful for
even if am blind and in the poorhouse,"
end the old man laughed softly to him
self, as if lost in happy recollections
AS I loked at the finely cut face Of
this man l wondered how it was possible
for him to be so sublimely cheerful when
apparently there was nothing left fer him
to hope for.
"You seem so very cheerful, almost
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

Take myself for instance, have been
a wealthy man in my day-a wealthy man
with plenty Of friends and a wife whom /
loved deVOuuy They have all passed
away-wife, friends and fortune-and i
am left to end my days in the pOOrhOuse
Could I have fOreseen such an end when
l was an ambitious young man, or even
so recently as twenty years ago ] should
have gone mad, ! suppose. But instead OI
tnat / find myself not Discontinued, not
nhappy-certainly very much happiC.
than many so-called fortunate people.
Il am not unhappy, simply because I
have learned to look at things philCsOphi-
cally. and all my life I have not attempt
ed to hunt for happiness outside OF my
own mind and heart.
80 much Is written and preached on
this subject Of happiness. SO much non
sense, that people have grown tired Of
the word. It has become a mOckery, and
the man VINO declares himself happy is
usually considered either an egOtist or
fool.
The mistake, to my mind, lies in the
mfsconception Of the meaning Of the
word. 10 most people happiness means
no more than the attainment Of some
thing beyond their reach. 1t docs not
mean tranquility Of heart and mind
things within the reach Of every thought
Iul man and woman. Happiness is some
thlng which can only be found in one
self. There is no need seeking 1T else
where: the quest Will be frutlcs5.
Right living and a wen stored mind
ere TIE CSoEHLidl ldClDI5 u happiness
Il always made it a rule Of my life T.
try TO read at least ten minutes ever
day from some good book, the Bible o.
Shakspere or some Of the good old au-
thcrs. / read one time the saying or
SEINE great man. I don't remember WI
the man was. but ] never forgot the r.
mark. This man said he had never suf-
fered grief. a sorrow or o loss tina.
enc hours reading from a good bo3t
did not make it easier to bear. NObody
ever said anything truer than that, and
it's 2 pity more people couldn't ba per
sl5ded to profit by the advice One
the surest foundations 70 happiness e.
the cultivation of a taste for the bes
literature.
II do not think il is possible for thu
real lover Of books to ever be hopeless
ly miserable. The greatest regret hav-
ncw-in fact. my only regrets that
am no longer able to read. I have not
read a word for something Ike fifteen
years. and I miss my books. as 7 do M
cl friends Sometimes a caller drops -,
and reads to me. but II doesn't give me-
the same satisfaction that reading my
self did But then I suppose / ought tn
be thankful I have ears 10 hear IL no.
eyes to see"
When l asked Mr.. Lynn who his ia
vorite authors were ne pointed to In,
table. on which Law an old family Bible
copy of Cowper's poems and ThomG5
a KempIs' Limitation Of Christ"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
BREACH OF, PROMISE
SUIT ENDS ROMANCE
Id. FOote, of Chicago, Is Sued by
Woman Whom He. Met at a
SleighinE Party.

CHICAGO, April pa romance, said
to have had its inception in a moonlight
sleigh ride at Waukegan, ILL.,. IN Novem-
Der, 1900, has eliminated in a breach of
promise suit begun in the circuit court
by Miss Mary Diemar, of Milwaukee,
against Delayan S. Foote, general man
ager of the Chicago Street Car Adver-
Using company.
Miss Diemar asks for $4,000 damages
from Mr.. Foote on account of his alleged
action in trif1ing with her affections she
is "a daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Diemar,
well known residents of Milwaukee, and
niece of E. G. Timme, former secretary
of state of Wisconsin, and at present the
eighth auditor of the United States treas
aFy2s
Mr.. Foote first saw Miss Diemar in Mil
waukee, and through friend induced her
to attend the sleigh ride party at Wauke-
gan. 1t was during this sleigh ride, it is
said, that their acquaintance was form
ed. Mr.. Foote, it is asserted, represented
himself to Miss Diemar as Sam Foster
and was known to her by this name for
several months. They correspondent for
few months, when Mr. Foote invited
Miss Diemar to attend a social affair in
Chicago. Mr.. Foote is a widower and is
about fifty years of age.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

enough to satisfy most men-but rumor
had it that he would lead the minor bene-
f1ciaries in a determined effort to bar out
Laura Biggar on the ground of undue
influence
Her Share May Be $I,25O,OoO.
His statement, however, disposes con-
clusively of that and kindred rumors,
and makes it sure that the actress win
collect for her three years of seclusion
and nursing a sum close to s., 25O, COO.
Here is a schedule of benefits which
Miss Biggar will receive under the ven.
cradle millionaire's will, published now
for the first time.
An annuity of 81, 800
One thousand dollars in cash
Residence at No. 119 East Eighty-third
street valued at 100000
Sixty per cent of proceeds from sale
of Bijou theater and business block in
Pittsburg valued at 81, 800 OO0)
Property to be sold as soon as a $780,.
GOO mortgage can be paid off with income
derived from rentals.
The famous diamond cross owned by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
Improvements to Be Pushed
on the Great Westerns
Omaha Branch
0ELWEIN TO WAVERLY
Bids Asked for CONSERVATION NJ
Track Between These Points.
to Be Commenced in
May.

Bids were advertised for yesterday by
the Great Western for the construction
OF track between Oelwein and Waverly
Iowa, on the new Omaha branch of the
road and for reducing grades and
strengthening and eliminating the curves
on the line already laid from Hampton
to Waverly.
1t is estimated that the road will be
shortened by these improvements and
the Great Western will be the short line
from Chicago to Omaha
rms work of Improvement is expensive
and 1t is expected that each Of the above
mentioned projects will cost in the neigh
borhood of $500, 600.
Inc line between Fort Dodge and Chi
cago will be considerably shortened by
THESE improvements. and this work will
be commenced some tir1e early in Nav
ana 1t IS hoped will be completed some
time next year.
One of the features of the new road
VIII be the fact that the rails used will be
thrty-three instead of thirty feet in
length. The rail that is almost universally
used is thirty foot one, and this longer
rail will reduce the number of Joints 10
per cent
The Great Western is determined to
push the work on the Omaha extension
as rapidly as possible.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
SOLDIERS SEEK TO
GAIN THEIR FREEDOM
Decision on Technically ia Case of
Captain May Result in Dis
charge of Privates.

LEAvENWORTH, Kan, April 26-Wm.
Wilson, private in the Fourth regiment,
U. S. ". who was convicted of murder IN
the Philippines two years ago and sen
fenced to be hanged, and whose sentence
was committed. to thirty years in the
federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth
by President Mckinley, filed application
today in the federal court for a writ Of
habeas corpus.
The grounds Wilson takes are that the
court-martial that tried him was compos-
ed Of both regular and volunteer officers
This is the same contention as that MAIDS
by Capt. Deming, which secured the lat
ter's release.
Joseph Carmen, sentenced to sixteen
years for arson and robbery committed in
the Philippines, also filed an application
for release on habeas corpus, making the
same contention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
Ole Olson, Pushed to Floor
in a Scuffie, Dies in a
Few Minutes
HAPPENED IN A SALOON
Carlson and in Drunken Ar
gument Olson Was
Pushed Down.

Ole Olsen, fifty-nine years old, a car
penter, boarding at 301 Burgess street. was
pushed to the floor in Brynes & Peters
saloon, Front and GauItier street, by
John Carlson at 6:30 last night. Olsen S
head struck the floor, and he died just as
he was being carried into the Rondo po-
lice station.
Carlson and Olson were old cronies and
had been in the saloon about four hours
yesterday, alternately the best of friends
and then Gliding and quarreling with
each other in a drunken manner. Both
were drunk and of about the same age.
Al no time during the afternoon We're the
frequent quarrels of the two men worth
noticing, and no attention was being paid
to them when Olson showed Carlson to
the floor. From all accounts Olson had
been the aggressOr most of the time, and
Carlson merely put both hands on Olson S
shoulders and showed him away. In his
drunken condition Olson was unsteady on
his feet and tOppled backwards on the
floor.
Peters, one Of the proprietors of the sa-
Icon, came from behind the-Dar and put
Olson in a chair. He then sent for the
Rcndo patrol wagon. The wagon at once
went to the saloon. Olson did not appear
to be badly injured. He sat in the floor
of the wagon all the way to the station,
and the officers thought it was a plain
case of drunk. Olson was practically car
ried into the station and died almost i'm
mediately.
Coroner Miller was sent for and order
ed the remains taken to the morgue. De-
teCtives Murnane and Daily were detailed
on the case from headquarters and they
soon brought in Carlson, who had not vet
recovered from his drunk.
In rather stupid manner he told what
had occurred during the afternoon, not
being aware that Olson was dead. Later
Peters was brought to the Rondo station
and told the same story as Carlson. Carl
son is a laborer.
Olson left his boarding house to go to
work on a house for a man named Myers
on Lawson street. Instead of going to
work however, he got drunk and remain
ed in that condition all day. He was well
known in that section of the city, having
resided in St. Paul for twenty years past
He has no known relatives in the coun-
try, but has brothers and sisters living
in Blaaken, Sweden. Carlson was held
at the ROndo station to await the de-
NelOpments of the inquest.
From everything learned so far, it APP
pears as if the killing was the result of
drunken scutfiing, and that Carlson had
no malice or desire to injure Olson
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
MoIders Give a Bene6t Ban.

The Molders union is never forgetful
of the sick members, and whenever there
is a necessity for helping their needy
members the union is always found to
the front. Last night they gave ball
in Federation hall, and as usual, they
filled the building with their friends,
there being nearly 400 present The Cit
liens orchestra furnished the music,
and most pleasurable evening was
spent. At midnight a supper was fur
nshed. The great success was the result
of the efforts OF the arrangement COM
mittee, composed of Messrs. Curry, Reiff-
neuch, Holland. differing and st. Mar
tin. Messrs. Schuster, Mcclure and Hol--
land composed the floor committee and
performed their details to the satisfaction
of all present
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

happy I said, at last. can YOU OK.
pam 1t? You seem to have some secret
II Is hard 10 believe that YOU are
seVenty-thre years old. blind. frieudless
ara ending your life in the poorhouse
Can you give me any recipe for making
the most Of misfortune"
Mr; Lynch's face lighted with a smile
All! Yes ! understand how puzzled
you are You look at me, sitting here in
the poorhouse, an old man, blind friend
less, with apparently nothing 10 live for
and you wonder that I should smile
that l should be able to look life in the
face at all. Well, that is because YOU
are young. When you grow older your
griefs will not be 60 poignant You will
become more philosophical, and if you
live right and have a sound sane iudg-
ment, when you come to die You will look
back and say, How foolish / was to allow
anything to make me unhappy"
For. after all. there is nothing in this
world that can happen TO us which really
ought to cause us a moments un1appi-
ness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
MEDIATION so FAR
FAILS TO END STRIKE
After Long Session of Civic Federa-
tfOn 1t Is Admitted That Small
Progress Has Beea Made.

: NEW YORK, April pa meeting OF
the Cancellation committee of the Ma
tional Civic federation was held here to-
day to take up the differences between
the United Mine Workers and the coal
opera tors The session lasted until
o'clock, when it adjourned, and it was
announced that no definite results had
been reached subcommittee Of en-
ployers and men was appointed to take
up the matters in dispute. It will report
Tuesday next.
Senator Hanna was asked whether the
question of recognizing the union was
brought before the conference. 81 did
not understand that that was an ISSUE
he replied.
President Gompers, Of the National Fed
Grafton of Labor, said: Not single
point has been cleared up"
Besides the members of the National
Cancellation COMMITTEES present at the
meeting, representatives Of the miners
and the employers Joined the conference.