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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-24
NEWYORKER JUMPS
FROM TRAIN
To DEATH
FRANK M'HUeH, A CONTRACTOR
OF UNsoUND MIND, TAKES
FATAL LEAP FROM
TRAIN.

sPARTANBURG. S. c.. Nov. n.-Frank
McHugh, a wealthy New Yorker, jumped
from the southbound train, twelve miles
north Of here, Wednesday afternoon
and sustained injuries from which he
died soon after. He was in charge Of a
trained nurse. being taken to New Orleans
for treatment.
The attendant left his side for short
time and in the absence the patient broke
the glass Of the car window and jumped
while the train was going forty miles an
hour.
Deceased was forty years old, and ow-
ing to continued illness, was not in sound
mental condition, it is said.
McHush a Contractor.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Frank A. Nc
Hugh, Of this city, who is reported to
have been killed in jumping from a win
dow on a Southern railway passenger
train near Spartanburg, S. c., wednesday,
was associated with a large contracting
firm in this city. He was well known
member of the Catholic club. but nothing
is known among the members as to the
illness which caused his trip TO the south
and which ended in death.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-24

WANTED-Two statesmen in each state; $50 90
and expenses; permanent position. Penicks
Tobacco Works Co., Penicks, Va.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31

tai and labor-both have their proper
stations in the community, but the
lady clerk" forgets that oil will not
mix with water.
Among these clerks there Is the
eternal striving after the unattainable.
the continuous effort to produce
impressions that must vanish as the
breath from mirror. This leads to
interminable contests in dress, finery
of all kinds, and prolonged debates
upon the topic, MY influence"
Women usually get into office
either by reason of their pretty faces
or engaging manners. There is a
goodly contingent of widows who have
been given places in the public SER
vice because their husbands have
met death while engaged in military
or naval operations or duties. Com.
paratively very small percentage of
the women in Office have obtained
their places on competitive examina-
ton under the civil service.
All in all, these clerks, female and
male, regulars and contemporaries.
are accomplished and similar in one
respectfully know how to kill time
during Office hours, and that time is
killed not by doing government work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
TELEGRAPHIc 5REvITIEs.

Postmaster General Payne declares
that increased pay for mail carriers
is impossible.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Bry.
ant Lumber and Shingle Company at
Seattle, causing $4,000 loss.
The board of equalization of st.
Louis County, Minnesota, has in
creased mine assessment valuations
800 per cent.
officers of the American Bridge
Company OF Chicago are in Des Moines
trying to locate J. l.. Barnett, fore
man in charge of the construction of
a new bridge there.
Jennings Johnson. 5-year-old son OF
Andrew Johnson of Galva, ILL.,, while
playing in the switch yards was killed
by freight train.
The premature explosion of a shot
in the clay mine at Black Hawk works
near New Cumberland, w. Va, in
stantly killed John Carnahan, aged As,
and Thomas Sheets. aged 80, both
married with families.
A judgment in favor OF John T. Reed
for $2S2,6S9 against Riley A. Boges
and wife, both of California, was filed
in the county clerks Office in Brook
Ign, N. Y. as result of the Empire
Consolidated Quicksilver Mining com.
pany dispute.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
The Law of Recapitulatlon.

The baby epitomizes in the four or
five years before he grows into
normal child the whole history of the
human race and is therefore an in-
teresting object of anthropological
study.
Before he is born he passes through
a stage in which he is a fish with gill
Sits, then through the dog stage,
len through the monkey stage. In
which he has a perfectly apparent
tail. After his birth he represents
man in his rudest stage, speeches.
and without a glimmer of intelligence.
Then he passes through the stone
age. through all the phases Of the de-
velopment of the barbaric man, until
at last he reaches the upper plane OF
civilization. Biologists call this the
law of recapitulation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
MITCHELL IN CHARGE.
Returns to Wilkesbsrre and consults
With Leaders.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 2S-Presi.
dent Mitchell returned to this city,
was met by local leaders. and spent
considerable time in consultation with
them, getting reports of the conditions
in different parts of the region.
Regarding the distribution of the re-
lief funds he had nothing to say ex-
cept that the plans were in the hands
of the local and the district officers.
The plan of the union is to give aid
only to those strikers who are in di-
rect need of food or clothing. The
locals that have money are to be al.
lowed to exhaust their treasures be.
fore they get portion of the fund.
There is bitter complaint. Many
strikers want the money to be dis.
tributed share and share alike. but as
100000 weekly would not suffice to
keep the families of all the union Off
GERS cannot do il.
The first installment of the strike
fund was received by the three anthra.
cite districts. 1t is supposed to be the
division of the $4,000 first received
by Secretary Treasurer Wilson, OF
which the amounts to be divided are
as follows: District No. l, S26,5O0:
district No. 7, $4,000; district No. 9,
$l7,50O.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
WouIdn't Do So in America.

When the Hindu editor wishes to
rest for a time from his labors, says
the Los Angeles Herald, he calmly
and confidently announces the fact in
these, or similar, words: CAS- we are
beginning to feel the physical and
mental effects of years unremitting
devotion to the interests of our read
ers, we feel 1t our due to them that
we should take the rest which our
labors in their behalf demand and de-
serve, and as a natural consequence
beg to notify that this paper will cease
10 appear for the space of four
weeks
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
One of the Census Girls.

very lackadaisical fellow, noted
chiefly for his languid listlessness
whenever he walks along the street
or is not rushing to get to his office
in time.
The subject of promotion" is an
endless source of conversation. 1t
hobs into every question up for dis
cussion no matter how remotely from
it the main proposition began. Hand
in hand with the topic promotion"
goes that of Influence"
There was time, long ago, say in
the seventies or early eighties, when
the word promotion" was synony-
mouA With Influence" The relation
to-day, specifically, is very distant,
but If investigation could be had, it
would be discovered that the words
are still united in a secret and power
full alliance.
Under such conditions It is scarce,
resort to all manner of subterfuges
to keep their names on the payrolls
of the United States. Between pay
days they contrive to do their work.
which in most instances is little
enough, and on the first and fifteenth
of every month they line up outside
the disbursing officers room and
await their turn at the loot.
This is the time when you see the
government clerk with smile spread
over his duh countenance. At other
times he bemoans his fate-but
would not exchange his position for
the same money in civil life, because
he knows what it means-three hours
more every day. and work twice as
great, without the long summer vaca.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
BRAVE GIRL BROWNS
TO SAVE PLAYMATE
Josephine kastner Could Not Swim
and Her Heroic Effort Proves
Futile.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 2S.-Josephine
Kastner lost her life in trying to save
her playmate, Mary Siler, from drown.
ing. They were IL and Is years
old, respectively, and with a younger
brother of the Kastner gill had gone
bathing in Long lake at New Brighton.
The trio got aboard raft near the
shore and gradually ncated into deep
water. Here the Sller girl became
frightened ard fell into the water
AS she sank a second time, Josephine
kastner, forgetting that she could
not swim, jumped overheard and
grabbed her little playmate The
girls struggled in each others arms
for few seconds and sank. Willie
Kastner. the brother, was rescued by
the villagers. The bodies of the girls
were recovered
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
New Metal Discovered.

Consideration has been given 70
Paris. France, TO a new metal, which
is not a compound, but simply a mole
cular modification of aluwinium SINH
lar to that which is supposed to make
steel from iron, says Iron and Steel
1t is called evabrite, is as bright az
silver and as stiff as steel. The
aluminium is absolutely moxidabls
and cheaper than brass. When
tested in the telephone-shops at Paris
IT was found to be equal to every
claim. The engineers propose that
eyabrite be substituted for nickel and
copper in telephone and telegraph
apparatus.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Work for Uncle Sam

his compatrlots in Office may gaze at
his vacant desk and suggest that he
worked himself to death just like a
government drudge"
The women clerks, or as they pre-
fer to be called, lady" clerks, dress
well, and in many cases, deliberately.
They are different from the rest Of
womankind, and the longer they re-
main in the public service the more
unique they become.
They, that is the large majority Of
them, are presumptuous. impudent
and supercilious. Forgetting the
causes which gave them their posi-.
tons, they Indignantly wonder why
Washington official society declines to
accept them.
The gulf between them apd "soci-
ETY." is the same as that between CAPT.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31

9STRANGER in the city OF
1 ~ Washington, standing at the
intersection of Pennsylvania
k@ASB! and New York avenues and
fiTIeenth street, any morning ex-
cept on legal holidays, between
$3.50 and 8 o'clock will observe
great many thousand people emerging
from numerous congested trolley cars
and rushing hither and thither into
this and that public building near by.
II he should ask about them he
would be informed that they are all
government clerks employed in the
various departments in the vicinity.
They live, many of them, as far away
as Baltimore, others have houses or
farms scattered through the pictur-
esque Maryland hills, while yet Others
seek pastoral seclusions beyond
the historic Potomac in the rolling
uplands of Virginia. Chevy Chase,
the suburb that Cleveland made IA
nous, contributes its generous quota
of government clerks.
The hour of nine is signaled by
the hosting of the stars and stripes,
which are run up over all government
buildings, a token to the initiated that
the United States government has
begun its daily routine Of clerical
duties, and the administration OF
official business.
Like any private enterprise. the
government is Obliged to conduct its
affairs on a systematic basis. II is
not all politics, nor congressional. leg
islation. nor appointments abroad.
The enormous mass of work that is
done daily consists mainly of the kind
that Is done in the great commercial
houses.
To do this the government clerk Is
appointed, either through influence
or from the civil service eligible list.
Nearly 10000 clerks are necessary, 1t
would seem, to do the clerical work
of the government in the departments
at Washington. The work cannot be
described with accuracy. 1t compre.
bends every system of Office work
known to civilized man, and few
systems known only to barbarians.
The individual clerk is representa-.
tive of the class. In short time
he has learned to keep his mouth
shut upon all topics political, and he
has little to say about anything al
fecting the service as a whole.
He will brag about the work OF his
desk and work himself into a state
of pacific frenzy when promotions are
in order, but apart from this he is a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
SIX HANGINes IN ARKANSAS
Two of Them Were White and All
Paid Penalty for Murder.

wv VI 'HcfH "cFc WHITE ana All
Paid Penalty for Murder.
Little Rock, Ark, July 2S.-Six men
were hanged in Arkansas, each for
murder. Two of them were white.
The executions took place during the
forenoon, except at Arkansas City,
where James Kits was hanged at
p. m.
The executions were:
At Washington. Dec holland, col
ored. for the murder of his wife near
Wallaceburg; Tom Simms, colored.
for the murder of Nancy and Thabita
Jutton near Springnill
At Arkansas City, James Kits, col.
ored, for the murder OF Jim John
son, colored. Nov. 16, 1901.
At Forest City, Cy Tanner. colored.
for the murder of Robert Black, col.
ored.
At Van Buren,, Dave McWhorter.
white for the murder of his wife
near Mulberry, Nov. IL. 1901.
At Center Point, Lath Hembree,
waite, for the murder of W. NJ. VIII.
lis, white, in Polk county, March 2.
1900
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
MYSTERY IN REPORTED DEATH
Illinois Woman Plans for Funeral but
Accident Is Denied.

Jacksonville. ILL.,. July 2S.-There is
mystery surrounding the reported
death of George Tefft Of this city at
East st. Louis. His wife received a
telegram that he had been killed by a
switch engine and made arrangements
for the funeral. In response to her
telegram asking for the body Mrs,
'Tefft received message from the po-
| lice Of East st. Louis that no such
saccident had happened there.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31

II is not to be wondered at that
a pearl necklace collected by a de-
ceased nobleman" sold in London for
$4,000. The thought of deceased
nobleman wandering about collecting
jewels lends viyacious interest to
the most ordinary transaction and
completely disposes of the theory that
our period of usefulness ceases with
death. Perhaps we should dispute the
story had we not read 1t in a Sab
bath newspaper-that vast repository
of useful and diverting knowledge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
t4i
PIay Chess by Mail.

S. Kaiser, an employe of a rolling
mill in Canton, o.. Is playing a game
of chess with II. Bloch, wealthy
merchant of Warsaw, Russia, the
moves being made by mail. 1t re.
quires fourteen days for letter to
pass between the players, and it is
expected that the game will last for
three years. The contest was ar.
ranged by Charles Rosenblum, a rel.
alive of both players, who has put up
a purse of 10000 rubles (about $1,000
for the game, threefourths to go 10
the winner.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
MINERS AGENT
PLEADS GUILTY
Organizer Gehr Admits VioIat-
ing Injunction by Federal
Judge.
OTHER CASES ARE DROPPED
Promises by Men to Keep Within the
Law Lead to an Order From
the Court For Their Discharge From
Custody.

Parkersburg, w. Va. July 2s.-John
l.. Gehr of Colorado, an organizer of
the United Mine Workers of Ameri.
ca, pleaded guilty to contempt Of
court after his case had been on hear
ing all day and many witnesses had
testified regarding his speeches. He
admitted using various expressions
against the issuance of the injunction
by Federal Judge Jackson.
Judge Jackson released eleven min.
ers charged with contempt and agreed
to rescind the warrant issued for the
arrest of Secretary Wilson of the Unit
ed Mine workers.
Consents to Release.
District Attorney Blizzard stated
there were eleven more cases pending,
but II the accused would agree to re-
frain from further violations he would
consent to their release on their own
recognizance. The court agreed to
this and they were released.
Mother" Jones says she will not
stop her work among West Virginia
miners, but will try to observe the law.
National Vice President Lewis is
now in charge in West Virginia.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Without the PaternaI Check.

She latter the elopemen)-I have
received a letter from my father
Dear papa is so absent-minded.
Hem wha. way?
She-He inclosed lot of millinery
and dressmaking bills and forgot to
put in the money to pay for them!-
New York Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
How Two Minks Caught a Big Bass

How Two Minks Caught Big Bass.
While standing on the iron bridge
that spans Salmon River below Lees
vile dam, Charles p. Murkett wit
messed a novel sight Sunday after
noon. Two large minks suddenly
Owed down and soon regained the
surface with a good-sized bass they
had caught. One had ii by the head.
the other by the tail, and together
they hauled it ashore, where they en-
joyed full meal. 1t is a well-known
fact that mink are deadly enemies OF
trout, but it is seldom they are
caught in the act of fishing.-Hart.
ford Courant
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31

Portable electric lamps are being
introduced into the German army.
and mounted patrons win be supplied
with them. according to the United
Service Gazette. The advantages OF
such lamp will be very pronounced
for field duty. and especially during
Indictment weather. The medical
corps viii also find the lamps of great
value both In searching the field for
wounded and when operations havs
to be performed In the hospital cent
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
FAULKNER DECLARED GUILTY
Jury Fixes Penalty for Perjury at Two
Years in Prison

st. Louis, Mo, July 2S-The thire
reached when the Jury returned a
verdict of guilty in the case of Harry
A. Faulkner, on trial for perjury. His
punishment was fixed at two years
in the penitentiary. Faulkner is a
member of the house of delegates and
was one of the combine in that body
for whom the suburban railway put
up $4,000 in order to secure fran
chise
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Chance for a Profit

why should | advance money for
your campaign expenses" demanded
the Spectator.
Just as business investment,
replied the man who wanted to be a
legislator. II know something of the
character Of some of the measures to
be introduced at the next session. and
| am confident | will be able to de.
clare a dividend before it is half
over"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Reject MICHIGAN comuromiss.

Bay City, Mich. July 2S.-At a
meeting Of the Michigan mine opera.
tors in this city the proposition pre-.
pared by President Williams of the
Michigan mine workers was unani.
mously rejected. The terms of the
proposition were not made public by
either side. The indications are that
the strike will be indefinitely pro.
longed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31

TO EVICT MINERS.
Men Notified to Return to Work or
Quit Premises.

Charleston, w. Va, July Is
Charleston is crowded with strikers
from Loup creek. who are here to at
tend the trial of President Richards
and others charged with having vio-
lated the injunctions issued by Fed
eral Judge Keller.
The eviction of strikers occupying
company houses is to commence Mon
day. This notice was posted at all
mines in the Kanawha and New river
fields:
"All persons desiring to work in the
mines at the same prices and under
the conditions prevailing on June Z.
1902, must report to the mine boss
ready for work Monday morning. July
%. All persons who refuse to work
on that day must call at the Office,
settle their accounts, get their pay.
if anything is due them. and quit the
respective companies premises"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Government Clerk In Action.

ton or the months sick leave with
pay in case of Illness.
The government clerk is of all
sorts and conditions. just as his pro
totype in the commercial world. but
after he has been in the service for
a number Of years there attaches to
him a peculiar characteristic which
you find nowhere else in men.
His facial expression assumes a
WEAKNESS, his clothes, his shoes, his
hats a slouchiness which is unwar.
ranted in the light of his occupation.
His whole nature seems blighted. and
as one with some incurable ailment,
he measures of the years with stole
indifference, being content to SLOUGH
along II the powers that be will but
permit him to drag his lengthening
chain until the day shall come when
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Horrible!

Man Tin drug store)-"T want some
consecrated lye."
Druggist-"You mean concentrated
lye."
Man-"It does nutmeg any differ.
ence. That's what | camphor. What
does it sulphur"
Druggist-"Fifteen scents. never
cinnamon a man with so much wit"
MAXWELL, should myrrh, myrrhi
Yet ammonia a novice a. tx.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
One Definition.

What is a Politician" asked the
boy.
"A politician" replied his father bit.
terly, that is a successful politi.
clan, is a man who can evade his
promises without seeming to break
his word"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
In Our Flat.

Agent-You say that you can't sleep
at night? Well, let me sell you a
clock with a luminous face.
Smythe-Don't need 1t.
Agent-But how can you tell the
time at night?
Smythe-By the neighbors dropping
their shoes. Mrs. Brown drops her
promptly at IL, Mr.. Toptioor at IL and
old Bender at i.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Aer Path In Life.

Professor" said Miss Skylight, 81
want you to suggest a course in life
for me. | have thought of journalism.
What are your natural inclira.
tions?"
''Oh, my soul yearns and throbs and
pulsates with an ambition to give the
world life.work that shall be mar.
velous in it's scope and weirdly en-.
trancing in the vastness of its struc-
tural beauty"
Woman, you're born to be a mil.
liner"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
An Admirinq Tribute.

A noted Missouri scrapper died re.
Gently, and his admirers raised a
monument over his grave bearing
these words:
"He was always looking for a fight
with a man of his own size. "-Atchi.
son Globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
His Trade.

Il did have a trade onct, ma'am,"
said the tramp, but gev 1t up for
a profession"
And why didn't you stick to the
profession?"
Il am stickin' to 1t. I'm a miner by
trade and a striker by profession"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Tho Reason Why,

John" asked Mrs. Roland Parke,
why do you call cur front lawn a
grass plot?"
The perspiring suburbanite leaned
a moment on his trusty lawn mower
after his daily rassle with the tall
grass, and said savagely:
Grass plot? Why, because it looks
like COMPOUNDED conspiracy on the
part of the grass to break my back
every summer"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
Beating the Stock Market.

Eyes, sir; have the best of inside
information and | would be glad to
sell you the secret of beating the
stock market"
We'll. I'll tell you" returned the
cautious stranger. lust you try II
first, and if you win"
Yes If win"
why, then you'll be rich enough SC
that you won't have to sell any
secrets"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. July &c. 1901.

-Des MONIES. July 20. lgO1.
All Iowa telephones in city buildings
must be removed by August LIST unless
the strike is settled before that time.
II the company declines to take out
the instruments, the city will employ
linemen to do the work and charge the
cost to the company. Twenty-Five Iowa
phones are used Dy the city. The
company furnishes them free. Half
a dozen offices in the city hall. more
in the police department. besides all
the fire stations in the city are equip
ped with iowa phones. Their re-
moval will inconvenience the fire de-
partment seriously and may cripple
the fire service to some extent. Hun
ireds of residence and business houses
n the city depend for their connection
With the fire department wholly upon
The Iowa telephone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-31

Little Willie-Pa. what does this
paper mean by saying 1t was fruit.
less search?
Father-It probably applies, my
son. to the quest of some man who
was looking for pineapples on pine
tree