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The broad ax., 1902-10-25

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Immense fortunes have been made
out Of the banana business. Revenues
do not accrue alone from the sale Of
the fruit, for the leaves are used for
packing; the Juice, being strong In
tannin, make an ipdelibls ink and
shoe blaeldng; the wax found on ths
under side Of the leaves II . valuable
article of commeree; manila hemp Il
made from the stems, and Of this hemp
are made mats, plated work and lace
handkerchiefs Of the finest texture;
moreover, the banana Il ground into
banana -four. The fruit 70 be sold for
dessert is ripened by the dry warmth
of haring gas jets in the storage
places in which It is kept, and care
has TO be taken TO prevent softening
or overripening. The Island Of Ja-
maica Yields great crops Of this uso-
ful and money-mAkinE fruit.
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DEATH-RoLL OF THE ALPS.
OvoR ThFos Kindred Live Have
BSn lest aa Lag4 FOa ToAss
n PsrnOap AsssaE

Recent fatal accidents TO Alpine
elimbsrs recall the gloomy fact that In
the last ten years 27S accidents, inVolv-
ing 3O1 deaths, have occurred to people
climbing the Alps. Yet for every death
recorded between 5000 and 1000 per
sons make the journey in safety.
The eastern Alps account for fully
half the accidents; the central Alps,
including Switzerland, claiming 81 per
cent, and thewestern Alps the remain
der. Germany and Austria have paid
the heaviest toll in lives. 100 deaths
having occurred as the result Of the ex-
petitions; the Swiss come next with 4s;
Italians follow IN order, with %, and
England with Is. Seven women are
numbered among the victims, not a
surprisingly large number, considering
how many women riEk the climbs now
adays. Over 70 guides and close upon
- porters have sacrificed their lives in
ministering 70 the pleasures Of those
Who brSVsd the perAs Of the noun
tAins.
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A EORTH CRIRK TALB.'
WeaAOF4uI Hunst - uEDsRasaSS
~ . Tran olI Maa.

The following narr alive was written
BY the verasiOuE No nth Greek CORE
spondent Of the TrO , Press:
George Little has lived ell his HE in
the Adirondack and the fSh and game
stories he tells are worth travelling
many miles 10 hear. Some yesrs ago
when he had charge .of a camp for the
late Speaker HuEtedl and Dr.. Hayes he
was out hunting ami hEhing on Ra-
quette lake. BE discovered q flock Of
wild geese flying i'm the shape Of .
v. he Was in the aEt Of loading his
gun which was Of NE Misunderstanding
pattern, and not having time TO with
draw the ramrod, Hred, and then wad-
ed across Alder brook 20 bag them.
On going through the water . brass
button on his parhalOons few on and
as he reached Hho re he found 20 pounds
Of trout IN his pants, which was the
cause Of the button disappearing, and
about four rods away lay fne deer
dead. He then went 20 secure his
geese, and on iis ramrod sticking in
q tree hung ~ Of the birds pierced
through the neck. He then brought
his game safely 20 camp and when
he dressed the deer he found The brass
button imbsdded Ia his heart. II any
one doubts thu story hs has the hrGss
button 60 show
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ers in the ward, while on the other
hand Col Gunther would enter a
saloon and call eight or ten men up 20
have a drink with him, throw down a
silver dollar on the bar and stand
around and wait for his change.
II Is useless to ad that at the close
OF the contest Col. Gunther was laid
out or put to sleep by William Hale
Thompson. While serving in the coun-
ell Alderman Thompson's vote, voice
and influence was always on the side
Of the people. good legislation, and
against the rich corporations, and
these facts speak In his favor for
county commissioner, for the people
can rest assured that II they honor
him with the election to that once, he
viii continue to stand by them.
At the last primary election Afr.
Thompson, overthrow Gibbs and
his corrupt machine in the first ward
and secured the nomination for county
commissioner all within the twlnking
af an eye, and today he is a power in
the councils Of his party and It's lead
ers are more than likely to honor Will
lam Hale Thompson with the nomina,
ton OF mayor Of the great city OF Chi
cago in 1903.
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way This stylS - HoaaEeaF Sell
Rhst N Front Ia Our Large
oitioa.

-Fot being in the city every day"
sald an occasional visitor 70 town,
''may make me more observant Of small
things than you folk who are here all
the time. Ihave noticed, for instance,
that most men who wear panamas
ere the possessors OF dirty headgear.
This doesn't apply to the whole
hat, but only 20 the front. The front
may be quite dark, while the back is
nice and clean. suppose il happens
20 because there Is much sOft-cOal
smoke IN the air and they are walking
or riding against it every day. have
never seen such q thing here before.
+. 'Tt seems strange, however" con-
eluded The visitor, according TO the
New York Mail and Express, shat the
use Of soft coal should 50 change con-
ditiOzs here that You get a better
impression Of q man when seeing him
from behind than when you meet him
face 90 face"
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PUZZLE rHE WOMRE.
ne Ways % aovOEaao-a SO EAOaS
n.aavs ARaass Are BsvynaGsA8
g WomSa Vl11ao@

Two Iadiss from NAsss1AuSstta
we're in the senate gallery one dAy ~
sently when their escort, who We
showing them various objects q m
lsrest. pointed out the dsshl q SanA-
bOrs HoaE and LOdgS. SayS ~ WAlA'
ngtoR Star.
"Ths dsskH. yOl So sd Ne m
promptu guidA -AES n~Es - 06
5ther."
~Oh," sxelaimd ons Of ths laA3sA II
know now what y means Whon = =
aid that senators are paired
Stories Of the mistakes which won
N make concerning public matters Srs
always current at the capitol he
,ther day an eastern eongFesamSnPo -
,eivsd q letter from . LADY IN his a.
brist who asked him 70 look altar her
nephew. "Hs Il a secretary in the cab
net or something Of the sort, wrote
Ihs lady, and the congressman finally
found him acting as clerk to q very
subordinate Official in the treasury de-
oartment. The capitol guides tell the
story Of the woman who, when told the
nee president presided over the ssnsts,
Taid that she always wanted 20 80
Bryan.
"But Bryan = not ~ pFoa6snA. :
explained the guide
"I thought he Wa. " replied tie lady,
because he got almOSt - many Votss
- Mckinley"
And there = stil another UtOFy q
he woman visitor 70 The capitol who
lskSd The name Of The secretary a
TtAts.
"Hr. Hay" w. the reply.
"Hr. Hsy3" queried the woman, =
IurPriss. That can't Be, because AE.
Hsy = . mSmb0r Of The OSbinOsl"
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DEA OF THE CASH REGISTER.
Il &C., - - OAIo Haa WhnS uS
Vs. WatSAhag TIE HaSAAasSV
e - Ossaa BaaARSs.

"A hotel keeper watching 80 mA-
Ihinsry Of . big ocean steamer work
ing in midOeean received . mental sug-
EsGtion that resulted In the modern
IaSh rsgister," said C. G. Eakin, of Day
ton, o. The inventor Of the hrEt eash
ssgister was Jake Rittie, hotel keep
sr, Of Dayton. o., according to the Kan
Ias City Times. he was on the way 70
Europe several years ago, when he was
invited to look at the machinery that
propelled the steamer that wa con
VeyinE him across the sea. The chief
engineer showed the hotel man the sp-
Arstus that rsgiEtersd the number Of
revolutions Of the propeller.
"'Why wouldn't the same HSS Be .
good thing to keep track Of q cash -
eount3' the hotel man aAksd. I an on
my way 20 Europe. and some OF my
employees might be rcbbing me back IN
Dayton. II 1 could invent . machine
70 keep q cash account would make .
fortune The hotel man hurried home
10 begin work on . eAsh register. he
did not take his trip through Europa,
but took an early steamer hOm0WAEd
bound.
The modarn eaSA rOgistsr = tie -
suit Of the idea the Dayton hotSl
man caught while watching The ns-
ehinery Of an ocean steamer. d
course, improvements in cash regiStsrH
are made every month. but the Prtncs'
PIE Of al Of them is the sane"
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PAYS THE FARMERS WE'LL
ne IaDOstasss % Frult 80 VogO-
oabls RA1SlAg IS RAesoASAAg
BvOsV HsaR.

GardsnsrS and fruit growers, Ssps-
eially those residing near the larger
cities Of the country, have been enjoy
ing = profitable business Of late years
and the demand for their products =
still on the increase, says the Chicago
Chroniels. The handling Of these ~.
4ieles, too, has developed and Is q great
business enterprise, commanding nil
hons Of dollars Of capital. Already
North America Il the greatest fruit
growing country IN the world, prao-
tioinR the most scientific and progFos-
HiVe methods. The hoWsr-groWing IN
tsrsst IL itself an important source %
national wealth. Where once W0RrOW
tomatoes IN an Gmatsurish way e. .
garden produet, We now grow them n
blocks Of hundreds Of acres. 80 gFoas
have become the Horticultural later
aats IN this country that departments
Of horticulture have been SStsbliahod
even IN many small - wen ss thO
large schools. The gensFation 70 eoms
win Bss the diRsrsnt branches % hOF-
ticulturs, each IN itseh . dspartmsn4
Of the institution The extent 70
which thess special Industries are Sin-
Rlod out and smphaGisod massuFos The
Increasing importance q agFisnltuBo
as Q whole.
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sWhon Gen L0uis Boths PAsSsd
through VFyheid . few weeks ago.@
says the London chronisla. -ths im-
prssEon given By his good spirits was
that he Wal pleased with the 'tsrnss-'
The English commanding o1esr Wsn8
out 20 exchangs cOurteaiss With Botha.
and our infantry gave lin . guaEd
Of honor until he joined hts oWn
burghers . few miles oub of YFyhsid.
Al this = e. might b oEpsatsd. bus
. strange Incident occurred. ThsEag-
Hah ohicsr IN charge Of the sscort VS.
presented 20 Gen Botha's sscFstarY.
5aoobus De Wet Who had been tArso
years af Oxford. and 70 his 1id-ds-
camp. Louis Eulam. aiso . VARSITY z1an.
Thsy were evtEeutlY anEios 90 gst
Epssch Nith eur neufananA an1 thaIR
Ara w0r1s woFss @uho WuR - honS
rncsF
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KMAHcRArIoE or THE HORSE.


Although the prediction freely made
q few years ago that the development
OF electric traction would quickly drive
horses from the field Of labor have not
been FULFILLED, yet the Electrical Re
view cites statistics 70 prove that the
disapPearanee Of the horse Is actually
taking place, although 20 slowly as
not 20 attract much attention. In
PHril the number q horses fen on
about six per cent between 1901 and
1904. In London the decrease IN the
same time was ten per cent. In Berlin,
Vienna and Sc. Petersburg q similar
falling on is shown By the census Of
horses. In New York e Is estimated
that the number Of horses has de-
creased 80 per cent IN the last 20 years
Bat although horses may be relieved
Of the burden q hard labor, Il b not
likely that man VIII ever baniHh his
ancient friend and servant wholly
from he circle Of his pleasures
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

No man in Chicago within the past
few years has made as rapid stides in
the political world like unto William
Hale Thompson, who was born and
raised in this city. He also received
his early training or education in its
efhcient public schools, and as time
moved onward he was sent to Prince
ton College, and he graduated from
that great institution OF learning with
hOnors. His father being eXtreemly
wealthy and engaged in the real estate
business he taught his son the same
business and several years ago his
father passed away, and William Hale
Thompson succeeded him in the real
estate business, and he deVotes all his
time in looking after his vast real
estate holdings and playing at the
game Of politics.
In the spring Of 1900 William Hale
Thompson received the nomination
for alderman in the old second ward.
Up 10 that time comparatively speak
ing he was unheard Of in the political
world. He threw his heart and soul
into that great aldermanie contest be
tween him and Col Charley Gunther.
He spent money right and left and was
dubbed a good fellow" BY the vot'
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oRlGm W I0 cRRAM.


Zee orean has been brought 20 its
present Etate Of perfection BY . grad
ual process of evolution from the
original idoa witch dates back TO ths
beginning of tha ssvonteenth century.
says What 20 Ea& At that time iced
fruits end cups u,ads Of See first sp-
Peared at banquets, Ike many other
good things for the table, ice cream
claims Paris for it's biEithplace, andyet
It was not Frenchman but an Ital-
ian named PrSoops Coutsaux who hrst
thought out tie idea Of icing lem
onadss and hqueFs. From this was
gradually evolved over 100 years later
ice cream, or ICED butter, e. it was then
called. from its rsosnbIAuee 20 that
article Of food
While al eiElhEsa nsSiona serve ioss
in great variety, We are apt TO think
OF 1cs eroam e. an essentially Ameff-
can diSh, probably because frozen des-
serts Of ell kinds are more generally
used IN thiE country than in any other.
Ice cream hrst made its appearance In
America In Philadelphia at the end of
the eighteenth century. It was then
considered . gFoat luxury, and, eonse-
quently, Was rarely seen except on
state OosaEions. Il Was not within the
reach Of ordinary nDortals until 1900.
when an Italian eo1fOstionsr eStab-
hshed an Ice cream house, e. Il was
then called, At GsrmAntOWn, . suburb
Of Philadelphfa.
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a. Breed n VtRgtaIa Fhat KnsW
VEN WSu Whsn the RoOst Was
n D4lBoR.

-Psople generally think turkeys
have the least sense Of all the de-
nertie fowls" said Frank Wilkinson,
a Virginia farmer, the other day, re-
IstsI the Warrington Star, but I've
got some that seem TO have more gray
matter than q great many human be
ingB know.
zone night q short time ego my wife
md and some visitors were out driv-
hg in the evening. As was putting
ID the horses after returning home I
noticed my turkeys were not rOOsting
- usual in the big buttonwOod tree
By the barn. Instead they were
psrehed on the fence pOEts and in the
limbs Of other trees.
1T struck me as mighty funny, ss
turkeys on Ehe place had roasted In
that tree ever since could remember.
mentioned Il 90 my wife when I went
IN the house, and she said she had noz
feed It when We drove in and thought
Il peculiar.
THAT night about midnight hard
wind and rainstorm came up and the
old buttonwood blew down. Now, how
did those turkeys know that tree
was doomed2 At sundoWn there WIS
no sign Of storm, and the buttonwood
was fully 50 years old and apparently
- gtansh ss ever. / ten you, I've had
crest respect for the Judgment Of
turkeys dnee then.
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The wasp doss not sting her prey
HSr habit q 90 ssiEe the s9uirming
ostsrpillsr IN her fore legs, pass il
hack Bevsgll tines between her man
0blOs untl q a. quite limp and dead,
and fhen to ron it deftiy into q bah
and held % betWesn the fore legs while
abe flies 70 the nest. There the opera
ton IL continued three OF four min
utsS longer until the malaxation is
complete, says P1pular scienes Month
y. In distributing the food the mass
b held firmly against the ventral side
Of the thorax BY means Of the femora
Of the first pair Of legs and q bit part
y PinekSa On with the mandibleE.
Next, the Wasp inserts her had into
. cen, lightly touches the larvae with
her Gnlonhss, causing e 70 stir and
open Is mesh. and then pushes the
bit Of food into the mouth with the
tsrual joints e stha fore legs. With
the remaindor the wasp now passes
70 another ee1l, and the process is re-
psatod untl the bah Of food a. used up.
The broad ax., 1902-10-25
BIB TURNED ON THB POWER.


A prominent WaI hington ply aeian
furnished oonGidera BILE amusement to
pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue
one afternoon recently. The eminent,
hut upon this OCCASION absent-minded,
physician endeaVorod 20 leave the Ra-
leigh hotel in his automobile. he had
ridden from some diatance with a par
ty OF friends whom hesSntertGined st
luncheon ct the hotel. When the par
~ was ready 90 resume the trip the
machine refused 20 60, and the PhySi-
oian labOred for . long time IN the
fruitlsss EFFORT 70 induce It 20 move,
rslates the Washington Post.
BY this time q large crowd had col
leeted, and the party 1esmed 70 won
der how it was possible for such .
mob 70 form iD such little while. e
Then some rude man IN that eoIlee-
tion called out ct the top Of his voice;
'rWhy don't yOSI turn ON the gasoliner 2
ne doctors facial expression might
have means any thing, slthough he said
not . word. But he quietly laid down
his took, HIS quick eye sought out the
man Who had made the suggestion,
and, in . manner that Was CheEtsrheld-
ian 70 ths Limit. hS sid: Il thank
you"
Then he tuFns6 On Ghe power, and
The machine went calling on -
smoothly as a,clp defender.
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LAST KENTUCKY Dull.
BosallsA ~ fAs Recent Death q Oat
q the PArthsissafs IN the
aARalR e uoAoP.R

The death Of Capt. 10. DeShs at Gym
EhianA . few days ego recalls duel
which was fought in Scott county soon
after the close Of the civil war-a colo
day IN March, 1s66-in which Capt
Desha and Lieut.. Kimbrough, Of Gym
thiana, were the participants, reports
the LoadTille Herald-Democrat. Capt.
Dssha had served in the confederate
army and Lieut. KimbrOugh was in the
federal service. The duel was fought
on the line dividing Fayette and Scott
counties, on the James K Duke farm
Lieut. MmbFough was the challenging
party. Two shots were exchanged
At the second shot Kimbrough was
shot through the upper part Of the
thigh, the ball passing through the
body. BE recovered from the wound
but always limped afterward. He
died q few years ago in TEXAS. At the
time Of the duel Capt. Deshs's left
arm was useless in consequence Of q
serious wound received during thewsr.
Deshs and KimbrOugh were neigh
Dor boys and schoolmates, and the
trouble began between them when at
school. Il was renewed after the war.
the duel resulting. Maj. Harvey Nc
DOweH, Of Cynthiana, was Desha's
second, and Maj. Long acted for Kim
brough. DR.. Benedict Keene, then q
priminent physician Of Georgetown,
was surgeon to the latter. The duel
vu,g -rf4paa1aI ~ Wawraw Smith and
George ". Downing. Of Georgetown.
This was probably the last duel aver
fought in Kentucky.
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one morning. not long ago there vAs
An cd siQht n the eastern seetionioi
fhe citv of Rsading, Pa The I'D q >
iaree fettIe. eontaiuing several thou-
80 etocfinra. e . local dye worka.
- Ilffet o. usaar 9 too heavy press-
IRE q atean, end ths hosiery scat-
fered in spay direction stoe<i4gs
tunr from trses ana telegraph vi1es
rra reiehl,oring roof1 were Uttered
Via the Several eu,rloyes jumped
-an dtr uIadoln 6urirg Ne eE-
The broad ax., 1902-10-25
RUssIA's R0RBIGN TRADE


Ts omciaa report q the RusIian
foreIrn trade for the hrHt four months
az 1904 sh0Wa the American imPorta-
tions 20 Be virtually the same as IN
100, apparently Indicating that Rus
sian buyers have become fully con
Vlneed Il s better 20 buy American
maehinsry IN spite Of the discTiminat-
ing duty against Il. The comparative
fiTures for 1870, 1901 and 1909 are ~
upeotipsly Ss.ss O.oOO, sz,iss.Ooo, and -
s1s.s00. In fhe meantime German and
British imporsai have fallen, their hg-
urss being ss4,Io6l. 500. ss2,2i6,soo, and
ss8sel.o00. ana sls.06l.ooo, SlAs1I.o .ooo
ana $40 .ss4.0 600. The whole import has
coatihned falling, 80 that the share
81 America is rslstively larger than tn
100. ne oxportationsc continus 20 m
sranna
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

-. majority Of people can scarce
.-Dember the time when there was
-syolver, yet the tact = tha4 4 Is
.5srp vsspons ana IN ~ form Of
= sficiency is les than half q cen
old SsyB an eastern exchange.
-, the invention Of Joseph Shirk.
,i.sn of Lancaster county, PennsyI-
-, = county which also boasts Of
- Fulton, who, IL nOt the in
-tor Of the steamboat. was certainIy
(. man who introduced the art Of
-..n pavigatio8 successfully and Is
,.--,Iv 20 be ereditedWith the wonder
ID results which have followed and
1, revolutionary eassts on commerce
,nd Gyilization-
Bsfore the cixii WaF 9here were tie
.R.gsshioDed PepPer-bozss, which
~,re dangerous TO the user; then
l.ms the navy" which had tobe1 load
= IKE q muske4. each barrel requir-
=, separats attention, and usually be-
iBS Ineffective exeePt a. pointlblank
,,8Ve. Then followed the present
v.Spou Of destruction. which is much
wore effective than themusksts Of our
s,tbsrs. Out Of the revolver was
svolved the repeating rife Of to-day,
vb;eh has % far changed the whole
,,etics and strategy Of war that Jean
De Bloch felt that 9 greet war could
never again take place. Had he lived
% see the end Of the lEtervlar in South
africa he would have ben confirmed
= ~ wseu1T
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

In spite Of the fact that the type
writer has displaced the pen in many
business omces. the demand for pens
ahd pencils stil1 continues During
The yeaE covered by the census re-
port. one geld pen. ten steel pens and
IS lead peReils we're made in the
Unitsa 6iatss for oaeh family of Rys
persons.
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

Th0 University ef Wisconsin has
coma into possession Of . unique piece
Of mstsorie ff0n. he date of its fall
h not lZn.5s.n. but Il Vas ploWed up near
Agona, VIA, IN 1857, and until last
March rsmainsd in the hands Of the
farmsr Who discoveredit. Il is shaped
like Z Ehield, Ten inches long by dx
bread, and sn ihch thick in the cen
ter. The convex surface Il smooth,
while the concaYe side Il rough and en-
srustsd with ozids. Itia believed that
Il moved broafade through the air.
the convex surface in front On this
turfaco are strongly marked lines, ~
dating from q nearly hat elliptical
boa in ths center. The lines deepen
- they approach the periphery.
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

Eol1l18l l4Ielloll - NN-AAA-
he immigration statistics say that
during the pest year, of the adultl
Who landed q New York g per cent.
O1 ths eyTiaha. IS Per cent. of tie Ital-
lana, 81 per cent. Of the Poles. and q
Per ssnt. q tie Greeks could neither
read nor write. Il e inspiring, writes
Ida HuSted Harper. for AmericanWo
en- 20 coutemplate that IN I've years, or
lsaA. tie Faat majority of these, being
malea wal 81 eaating tier ballots
for every oGcial ana every pnblie
Question l11t 60 lalsfe the eleciorate
While sduea3e taxpsyings naflTe-
born WomeH ere absolutely barrnd
from rots q sois. l31t. thsn. ni course.
Il il5uetsfts-a lndelI gIi1or end better
goRoEurnant 8 hars flse steersra rote.
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

n folloWfzg notios appsars eaa
Egnboard nsaF Port Clinton, pa;
'NotIs. Take thi5ro1t to Port elInton-
Kou ca1t trivs over ths PInlssreoE
BfitFa Sc q too Rooro sns go
fsntsup. sgproWissr.s
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

While searching through old rec
orss ne other day the mayor Of san
Reno discovered some documents
uhieh show that a system of Wirolees
tsisgranh5 was invented ss11r he
ss isss
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

gleerinR after eating Il condemned
b. . German physician Who has
shown experimentary that stomach
noyements aze l,s8sns1 ard aoidity
4 laanaa
The broad ax., 1902-10-25

n 60 the iand planted in corn IN
ne Unis,d States tkis ysar were
nazssd. the arsa would oEcsod ths
Erigl.k Itls1. Ho1ahd and Be1eIu-n
eonl1sd 1o7 fotr fflta q - eroa
g Tr.ncs and Gsrmaay.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-12
Davis sells Siasl.
TAKE UP IOWA MINING SCALE
Operators and Employees Meet In
Joint Session to settle
Dinersnees

DIES MONIES. March 1.-THE state
convention OF United Mine Workers Of
America met this afternoon in conjunction
with the state convshtion OF mine opera
tors. President Mitchell Of the national
association Of mine workers has sent word
that he will arrive this afternoon TO use
his efforts to bring about an adjustment
Of the differences. The miners visited the
legislature today In the hope Of securing
the passage OF = bill making the employ
ment Of special shot arers" compulsory.
Ira Cook. one Of the Oldest Of the old
settlers OF Des Moines and long prominent
As a business man, died his morning at an
early hour, OF old age. He was born in New
York In 1912 and he came with his parents
to Davenport, where he was deputy United
States surveyor In 1850 and later and as
sisted In running many Of the survey lines
In Iowa. He came TO Des Moinss and en-
gagged IN banking and was one OF the or
ganisers OF the lows Loan and Trust com
pany. with Which he remained connected
70 the time Of his death