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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
PATRIARCH'S BANQUET
Nelson Encanpmes Gives a Banquet

Nelson Encampme Gives a Banquet
10 Mrn7bers-Mar Present.
The encampment branch OF odd-Fellow-
ship received a boom last night in the
meeting OF. Nelson No. ., at their hail.
No 402 East Broad Street. a large
membership was present. besides several
visitors from other encampments. Two
applications for membership were re-
ceired. and one for reinstatement
1Af.er the business Of the evening was
concluded speeches We're made by Pa
triarcns Duke. Bagby, Redfard. Pohlig.
Ragland. Rogers. Lawson and others.
after which all repatred to Patriarch
Browns banquet hall! where All elegant
supper was served to the enjoyment Of
all present. atti1is meeting committee
was appointed TO look into the atsvisabili-
" of renting anothec hall the present
one being now inadequate to the ever in
creasing membership. The next meeting
Will be held Tuesday night, November
4tll.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
Bells Ring at Shenandoah.
(By Associated Press.

SHENANDOAH, PA, October oi-News
ti.at the convention declared the strike
off reached Shenandoah at u o'clock. and
almost simultaneously every bell in the
town was ringing and the whistles of
cvary factory and breaker pealed joyous
notes.
Colonel Rutledse sent the Eighteenth
Regiment band into town this afternoon
to take part in the strike settlement
celebration. The band marched through
the streets at the head of mine work
ers parade and was wildly cteered all
al.:ng the line. Nearly every building in
the town is decorated with flags. anc! the
peorlc in general appear almost insaneIy
happy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
Miners CONVENTION
ENDS COAL STRIKE
Continued from First Pages

averted. owing to the condition OF the
mines after long dsuse.
RESOLUTION OFFERED.
The question Of ending the strike came
up in the convention in the form OF a re-
port from the Committee on Resolutions,
as follows:
I'VE. the Committee on Resolutions. beg
leave to recommend that the following
communication be ADOPTED and forwarded
to Theodore Roosevelt. the President Of
the United States or america:
..WILKESBARRE, PA, Oct. N.-Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, President,
Dear Sir,-yVe, the representatives of
the employees Of the various coal COM
panies engaged in the mines OF the an
thracite coal fields OF Pennsylvania in
convention assembled. having under con-
sideration your teeEram of October 15
1902 addressed to John Mitchell presi-z
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, which reads as foIlws:
81 have appointed as commissioners
acknowledgements II. Wilson. E. Parker,
Judge George Gray. z. p Clark, Thomas
H Watkins. Bishop J. L. Spalding, with
Carroll D.. Wright as recorder. These
names are accepted by the operators and
l now earnestly ask and urge that the
miners do liLewise accept this conamis-
SION. II is a matter Oh Vial concern 10
all our people and more particularly to
those In our great cities who are least
we'll off. that the mining of coal should
be resumed without a moments un-
necessary delay.
1--WE have decided to accept the propo-
sition therein embodied and submit all
questions at issue between the operators
and mine workers OF the anthracite coal
region for adjustment to the commits.
sion which has been named. In pursu-
ance Of that decision, we shall report
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
Baer Glad to Hear It.
fBy Associat ted Press.l

NEW YORK Oct el-The news that
the coal strike had been officially declared
at ar end by the Miners Convention a Z
Wilkesbarre was received with delight
in this city. President Baer. Of the Read
ing. when informed OF the news said.
Well, am Very glad to hear that.
had heard OF the resolution. but had not.
heard that it had been adopted
President Truesdale said
I am delighted 70 hear the news and
trust that the men are satisfied I be-
fieve there will be work for al! Wen
get coal here in a jump. probably by the
end of5the week"
Mr. Markle. the independent operator.
was asked what was his attitude towards
the striking miners formerly. enpfovetf
by his firm: Il have nothing to say
was his reply
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
!. HILL ON WITNESS STAND

Northern Securities President Defends
Great Railroad Merger.
tBy Associated press.l
ST. PAUL. MINI, October 2l-In
the hearing in tho suit Of the United
States against the so-ca!led railway
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22

merger, sdlicftsr- General Richards to-
Gay resunlea the cross ANIMATION OF
alaSsIpIls .. Fiji, u l!!e Northern Sc
clsEtttss ard Sisettt aGfTIcta COMPANIES,
stSaIng III regssrst to .str. ltiGls statement
thar one reason for organizing the hold
ing company was tp pfeFsAs danSer OF
raids on stock 1Er. tiiii eSgi;.aed that
stock held by a holding company would
be loss on the nIstr.let
We have tried. ne sasa TO make
ittas difficult as We coG; lstiriy for such
raids to prove aUceessftit
The next iire#of questions pe-tained to-
the matter Of rates Mr. Hill insisted
that his coat rates E,f;i fen. several years
been lower than thnsa Of the Reading
or the Lackawanna Railroads.
RE said i.e had made no a tempt to
influence rates on the burlington ina
acquisition az Tie Burlington had net
diverted tr.Itsie from other lines to the.
Northern Ptcife and Great Northern.
hut had actaail5 created new traffic foe
them. The efssct.5if the burlington had
become the property of the Union Pacific.
would iic..es been 50 severe on the Great
Northern Shpt ils would have recon-.
yqaT1e.aft a sale at cEee. IL would navsi
fi,fet,- ts.s,,, tr,ff w. f,1,fsfrg ct bust
ress IN the M{sftife West It was neces.
gary 70 reach that section. ard the 8url.
.fr.tosq wa4 iii. best means Of reacEinI
IL afr Hin Was excused antl the hear.
ing adjourned uEtil tomorrow
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22

for work on Thursday morning. October {
sd, in the positions and working places
occtlped by US prior to the Inauguration /
of the strike. We have authorized John /
f. alitcnei. president of the United Mine
Workers Of America. with such assist
ance as he may select. to represent US
in all hearings before the commission.
(Signed) JOHN MITCHELL
chairman of Committee,
w 3. WILSON,
Secretary of Convention.
VOTE UNANIMOUS.
President Mitchell put the question on
the report after motion to close de-
bate had been adopted! ard asked IL
short speech that the vote be unani-
NOUS There was one loud roar OF APPROX
al, and the great strike was officially
off
When order was restored lengthy reso-
.lutions We're adopted thanking all orsa-
nizations and individuals for the assist
ance they have rendered the mine work
ers in the strike.
A resolution wa also adopted recon-
mending to State Legislatures that 10
person under twenty-one years be enl-
ployed in or about the mines for more
than eight hours a day.
Envelopes addressed to President
N1ltCheil at SltkeSDaFces We're GlSlE!uitt%d
among the delegates with instructions
that all pay envelopes. due bills, state
ments of wages and anything that ma
help the miners in their case before the
arbitration commission be sent to him
There being no further business before
the convention a. delegate arose and
suggested that before adjournins the
delegates should sing My Country. lis
of Thee, Just to show that we are law
abiding citizens This was done. and the
Mine Workers Convention came to an
end with three cheers for John Mitchell.
LEAVE FOR HOME.
All the delegates who attended the cons
vention have left theacity for their
Inns. and strike headquarters present
ed a deserted appearance Tonight Re-
ports from the small towns in the outly-
ing regions are to the effect that cele-
b atoms of all kinds were held Tonight
Some OF the larger towns vii! celebrate
tie ending of tte strike tomorrow The
Gr atest celebration. however. will be re-
sesve6 for Octobsr 29th-John Mitchell
day. That day wi / marx the second an
niverzary of the ending of the biz trike
in 1900, when the men won a ten per
cent. incres Sc.
a few eng neers. firemen.5 pu1rp-ruurers,
machinists and some other men not di-
rectly. engaged in mining coal have al
ready arpli#d re the supe.in tendent$oi the
hut we're refused The superintendent
in most cases informed TIE men that
they VIII retain thei- present employees
T''e miners and rine 'abore-s will have
Ii tie trouble in gJtting employment in
the Wyornire,e Valley t..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22

grower. living three miles south of this
town. on Lake Worth. was shot and in
srantly killed at 1 o'clock last night while
sitting at a. table wiki Miss Hone, writ
ing a letter.
Robbery is supposed to have been the
motive of the murderer, who has SO far
not been found
y posse is on MS trail, and if caught
he may be lynched.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22

The Best Tonic for bad business is tina
Sunday Times Want ads.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-22
Rice Famine an Philippines.

(By Associated Press.)
e MANILA. Oct. 2.-It is believed that
the Philippines will experience a rice
famine. The island crops are small, the
Oriental supply seems limited and the
price is advancing rapidly. 1t is possible
that the Government will be forced to
provide supplies for the poorer natives
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Birds in Hartz Mountains.

In the Hartz Mountains nearly ev-
cry family raises canaries. Some Of
them raise them as a business and
produce 300 or 400 annually, which
they may sell for 81 each. But all
families, however poor, raise twenty
or thirty on the side, SO to speak, sim
ply to help out the family ~exchequer.
The woman of the house will sit pa
tiently presiding over the stocking
machine, at the same time keeping an
ear attentive to the attempts of the
youthful birds at her elbow to sing.
Teaching the canaries is a science.
One master even holds a stick threat
eningly over his charge to warn them
from false notes and uncertain tunes.
The bird business in Germany has
reached large proportions. One bird
store in Leipzig employs fifty clerks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Blow at the kits.

1t will, perhaps, surprise enthusi-
astic advocates for the retention of
the kilt a Highland regiments to
Earn that the kilt, as at present worn,
is only a modern fancy costume, and
is not of Scotch origin at all.
The honor of its invention is due to
two Englishmen-an army tailor who
accompanied Gen. Wade's forces to
Scotland in 1919, and Thomas Raw
linson, overseer of some ironworks in
Glengarry's country. For more than
a century previously, indeed, the tar
tan plaid had been the common garb
of the Highlanders, but it vas all in
one piece, wound in folds around the
body, leaving the knees bare.
Prior to the adoption of the tar
tan, which probably took place about
the close of the fifteenth century, the
long, loose saffron-colored skirt, the
real "garb of old Gaul," was the High.
land dress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
WHERE OLIVES ARE CHIEF FOOD
To the Poorer People of Syria the Fruit
Is IndIap ensabIe.

To the Poorer People of Syria the Fruit
lis Indispensable.
The fruit of the olive is the main
stay of the people of Syria and is indis-
pensable to the poorer classes. The
farmer and the laborer leave their
homes in the morning with no other
provision than a loaf of bread and a
package of picked olives wrapped up
In leaves. That is their daily dinner
and it satisfies them. The oil OF the
olive is a substitute for butter and
lard. and is needed for the cooking
of almost every dish, while until re-
Gently it was the chief illuminating
W Of the eastern communities.
Kerosene is rapidly replacing it, ow-
ing to the cheap price at which 1t is
sold. The entire supply of soap used
in Syria is made of olive oil.
The tree has a very slow growth; II
bears no berries for seven years, n
the crop scarcely pays for the gather
ing until the tree is ten years old,
but it will continue to yield abundant
Iy for centuries, to extreme old age,
and requires but little care. So long
as there is a mere fragment of the
trunk remaining green shoots will
burst out and yield oily berries.
There are knobs or large warts on the
body Of the trees. If you will cut one
of them off, plant it in good soil, give
it plenty Of water and sunshine, 1t
will strike out roots and grow. Large
trees in a good reason will yield from
which are good for ten or twelve gall
Ions Of oil. The oil is made by crush
fifteen to twenty bushels of olives,
ing the olives under hydraulic pres
sure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
CONDITIONS IN MANILA TO-DAY

War Ended So Far as City Is Concerned
Natives Embracing American Ideas.
The following letter written lately
by a New York business man now in
Manila gives an interesting descrip-
ton of the situation in that city as
it is to-day. 1t reads as follows:
II wish you could get out here and
see this country. You would have one
of the greatest surprises of your life
and matter for thought for a long
time to come. The country is beau
tiful, the climate delicious, though
warm to one accustomed to the tenn
perate zone. The sun is hot at noon,
but shade is always near and some
where a breeze is always to be found.
The nights are comfortable all the
year round. Every morning at about
5 l awake and wrap a blanket around
me. Only once in forty years has the
thermometer reached 100 degrees.
"ID ten years a new civilization will
have permeated all the islands. In
five years l believe we will see a new
Manila. Laws have been drafted and
are now before congress which, when
passed, will throw open the almost in
conceivable riches of these islands to
American development. Capital has
already begun to come in, and at least
two big syndicates have been organ
lied, one of $2,OO0,0OO and n of $4.-
900, 900.
81 inclose a photograph which tells
a story. On the left is a Manila po-
liceman Ca member of the finest body
of police in the world to-day, by the
wav) on the right a typical Filipino
ex-a0ldier. 1t was taken in Commits
sioner Worcester's front garden,
where a policeman is always stationed
as guard of honor. The photo gives
a very fair idea of the difference in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

Behold, the housekeeping season
cometh on apace! The time is nigh at
hand when the dismal grunt of the
tackpuller and the knockout blow OF
the tackhammer shall be heard abroad
in the land. Yea, verify, we are upon
the threshold of the moist scrubbrush
and the weeping floor mop.
Now will the good man of the house
get him up at the first streaks of dawn
streaking the east and HE himself to
his Office, for he knoweth in his heart
that the bosom of his family is no
place to be when housekeeping goeth
on. When the good nan cometh home
at the twelfth hour and stitch down
to. the table with the appetite of a goat
beneath his belt, behold there is moth
ing on his platter saw a few cold,
shivering potatoes and a hunk of beef,
which he recognizeth as an old ac-
quaintance.
After dinner the queen of his house
hold standeth before him with her
head done up in a dustcap and cob
webs in her eyes, asking him if he will
beat the parlor carpet, but, remember
ing that he hath a pressing engage
ment, he girdeth up his loins straight
way and hoofeth it downtown
Again at eventide he cometh home
and climbeth over the bureau, where
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

Chicago is probably the most widely
known city in the United States.
Noted for It's push and enterprise as
well as being the Windy City.
Milwaukee also has a worldwide
reputation on account OF the quality as
well as the quantity of its annual pro-
duction of beer.
st. Paul, while possibly not so gener-
ally well known as the two former
cities, is nevertheless noted in many
ways, and is n of the popular Twin
Cities of the Northwest.
All three are famous cities and their
names combined form the name of
Americas greatest railway, famous
and noted the world over for its super
ior management, elegant equipment,
splendid service n general adoption
of all the latest safety appliances for
the comfort and safety of its patrons.
Its electric lighted trains are noted
the world over.
1t is the short line between Omaha
and Chicago, and like superior articles
of merchandise is, once tried, always
used.
Try 1t the next time you go East.
L. L. DOWNING,
Commercial Agent, Chicago, Milwau.
kee & ST. Paul Railway, Salt LAX
City, Utah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

One of the most common ways of
betting in China is with oranges. This
goes on at the fruit stalls and also in
private houses. The bet is on the
number of seeds in an orange. Some
times it is as to whether the number
is odd or even and at others as to the
exact number of seeds the orange con-
tains. If at a fruit stand, the dealer
will pay the lucky guesser five times
his bet, but the loser must pay the val
ne of the orange and also five times
as much as he has wagered.
Quail fighting is done on a table
with a little fence about its edge. The
fighting quails have been starved for
some time. AS they are put into the
pen a few grains of rice or wheat are
laid before them, and they at once be-
gin to fight over them: They are
trained for the purpose, and a good
fighter is worth $500 and upward.
1t is the same with the crickets.
Their prize rings are little bowls. The
crickets have been trained. They
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Says German Soldiers Are ovsrrated.

SAYS German Soldiers Are Ovsrrated.
A Russian military expert says that
the principal qualities of the German
soldier are boundless arrogance and
unlimited confidence in his W PROV
ess. The German soldier is trained
to regard himself as, superior to any
other soldier in the world, a system
which produces a dangerous tendency
to underestimate the strength of an
enemy. He is not without good quail
ties, but his tenacity of purpose and
staying power are weak. he is a fight
ing machine, utterly without initiative,
and would be helpless if required to
act on his own judgment in a position
of difficulty. He has to be fed and
pampered in a comparatively luxuri-
Gus way in order to be kept in fit con
dition, and it is more than doubtful
that he would be able to stand the
hardships of a long campaign. The
article states, in conclusion, that the
German army is absurdly overrated,
and it expresses the opinion that Rus
STA can contemplate the possibility of
a war with Germany with perfect Sc
renity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
British Royal standard.
Made in the United States.

British Royal Standard.
ing and finishing the ensigns Of Great
Britain, France, Germany, Egypt,
Canada and even Australia.
In the stockroom the name of al
most every country on the globe is
seen on the receptacles for the finished
flags, and the most gorgeous ensigns
That futter are packed ready for ship
ment to firms in European capitals.
The yellow dragon flag of China, the
double eagle ensign of Aus
tria, the tricolor of France, the union
jack of old England and the green
flag OF Erin mingle together In daz-
zling colors on the counters of this
room.
Later on these flags may be run up
at the peaks of hostile ships and de-
Tended with the lifeblood of their
crews. AT present they are mere bits
of bunting to be sold in the markets
of the earth.
In the factory little reverence Is
felt toward these foreign flags. The
banner that may n day be handed
to a crack British regiment amid the
cheers of the people and with all the
pomp of military display represents
to the girl who hens it at a sewing
machine merely so much money for
work done. The artist who outlines
the coat of arms in the center of the
flag, the boy who hammers in the eye
lets, the women who sort the flags
and pack them in bundles and the
statesmen who dispose of them to the
agents of foreign firms and govern
ments all regard the output of the
factory as so much merchandise, but
possessing none of the elements of
To Americans it Is almost incon-
ceivable that foreign nations of the
might of England and Germany can
be SO lacking in pride as to permit
competitors from the new world to
carry off the trade In their national
embIems.
The reason is that. though England,
for instance, with her cheap labor,
can make bunting at a smaller cost
than we can here, the methods en-
pIoyed In this country are so superior
TO InOSS ADTOdu LUdL we Cdu mutually
make and sell the finished flag at a
much less cost rlan can the English,
Flags are no longer made In Amer
lea by the old method of cutting strips
of bunting of the color required fol
the various parts of the flag and Their
sewing these vari-colored pieces to
gether.
The flag is made in one piece of 6
twentieth century process. First, the
design is marked out by an artist ant
the color is then dyed in, every tin
being made indeIible, so that the iai
will Withstand all tests of weather.
There is little wonder that this new
style flag, made in one piece, witt
the colors brilliantly fixed in tn
bunting, should carry all before /
in the markets of the world. The oil
banners, whose stitched parts fel
apart, were not to be compared wit.
the American product, which contain
no stitches except in the hem.
First, England turned to us 70
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Railroad Train a Mile Long.

A train one mile in length sounds
like a record. But that is what was
recently hauled over the Thunder
Bay and Wabigoon section of the
Canadian Pacific railway. 1t com
prised los cars. Situate next to the
engine was a testing ar. The train
was sent over the road to ascertain
exactly the tonnage that could be
hauled on the various grades between
the lake and leveler sections of the
prairie. With this knowledge gained,
plans will be prepared to lower the
grades where necessary, and gener-
ally improve the road to allow of the
haulage of the maximum tonnage both
directions. A portion of the $4,000
900 appropriated for the improvement
of that section will be applied to this
work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
ONE MAN souELoHED MARK TwAI,4
Famous American Humorist Tells Good
Story on Himself.

Famous American Humorist Tells Good
Story on Himself.
Once l was received in private audi.
ence by an emperor, says Mark Twain
in the North American Review. Last
week | was telling a jealous person
about it and l could see him vince un-
der it, see it bite, see him suffer, l
revealed the whole episode to him
with considerable elaboration and nice
attention to detail, When l was
through he asked me what impressed
me most. l said:
His majesty's delicacy. They told
me to be sure and back out from the
presence and find the doorknob the
best l could; it was not allowable
to face around. Now, the emperor
knew it would be a difficult ordeal for
me, because of lack of practice; and
when it was time to part, he turned
with exceeding delicacy, and pretended
to tumble with things On his desk, SO
that l could get out in my own way,
without his seeing me-"
1t went home. 1t was vitriol! 1 saw
IH6 envy anu ulSSIuuliSLlShL lASC ~
the mans face; he couldn't keep 1t
down. l saw him trying to fix up
something in his mind to take the
bloom of that distinction. l enjoyed
that, for l judged that he had his
work cut out for him. He struggled
along inwardly for quite a while; then
he said, with the manner of a person
who has to say something and hasn't
anything relevant to say:
"You said he had a handful of spe-
cial brand cigars lying on the table?'
Eyes, 1 never saw anything to match
them"
I had him again. He had to tumble
around in his mind as much as an
other minute before he could play
then he said in as mean a way as
ever heard a person say anything:
"He could have been counting thu
cigars, you know"
1 cannot endure a man like that. L
is nothing to him how unkind he is
so long as he takes the bloom off. 1t l
all he cares for.