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The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

or long haul over the Kansas border
to railroads in the States. Then the,
buying was in small quantities and
from the Indians or white frontiers
men along the borders. Now it is diff
ferent. In good year for pecans,
like last year, Mr.. Sondheimer buys
from 100000 to 100000 pounds. Pc
cans sell by the pound, fifty-four
pounds to the bushel. The price
ranges from 2 cents a pound to 10
cents, affected largely by the exas
crop.
Years ago the Creek and Seminole
nations were the pecan districts, and
from them most of the pecans were
bought For the Creek nation, Ok
mulgee was the principal buying CEN
ter, and one year Mr.. Sondheimer had
a man there buying pecans while he
was himself in St. Louis selling them,
and the buyer almost swamped him.
Every carload would be reported the
last, but it would be followed by an
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

other, and still another, until it
seemed the world could have been sup
piled with pecans by Okmulgee that
year.
Last year Mr.. Sondheimer shipped
half million pounds of pecans, and
the price was fairly good This year
there will be a big Texas crop, and
the price may be lower At present
pecans for wholesale shipments In
they will drop within the next thirty
days to cents. The years crop will
not begin to move we'll before the first
of December.
Large quantities of pecans in Indian
Territory are wasted every year in the
full-blood districts because the Indians
will not gather them, although it is
very profitable. there being no ex-
pense except picking them up. Last
year Mr.. Sondheimer paid one family,
Bohemians who lived on the Verdi
girls, $1,000 for pecans.
Pecans are shipped in carload lots,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
MIN f. S

H1GGINSVILLE, Mo, Oct. 22.-Three
Goa. companies here today signed the
union scale. The men return to work
tomorrow. They are much elated.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Prices fixed
last week by the retail coal dealers at
their exchange have not been main
tained. Domestic sizes were sold at
the schedule rate of SIS a ton, but
many dealers made prices to suit GUS
toners, selling as low as $12 ton in
many cases, and advisin gthem to get
along with as little as possible until
the price could be reduced again.
Most of the dealers said they believed
that anthracite of all sizes would be
selling at $8 ton and probably at 81
a ton, within a week.
Anthracite coal carrying railroads,
through orders just issued by the gen
eral managers, have called back into
service all trainmen, station agents and
clerks laid off in consequence Of the
SUSPENSION of coal transportation dur
ing the strike The Philadelphia &
Reading and the Jersey Central roads
viii reinstate between 4,500 and 5000
trainmen this week, and the other coal
carrying roads probably 10000 more.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

an idea when quantity of coal was
stolen from his factory sheds. A huge
paddock was Immediately purchased,
and placed on the door at night This
yillainy suggested the idea of scarf
pin composed of small piece of coal
attached to small silver paddock,
such as are usually placed on ladies'
chain bracelets. The coal is wired to
the lock, and, as there is no key pro-
vided, the maker feels justified in hav-
ing printed on the card, Perfectly
safe" These are made to retail at %
cents
A catchy idea is that of small piece
of coal suspended by a wire from a
miniature silver or brass pickax The
young man who suggested the design
attended the Brockton fair last week.
He occupied avery small space on
"faker's row." about enough for him
to move about in comfortably. Yet
he was envied by the average faker
there fully as much as If he was one
]. P. Morgan. Although the coal he
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

ished the demand for souvenirs.
Some concerns are straining every
nerve to get out pins and emblems,
and there is profit in it. One maker
said: Il figure on making one hun
dred pins at least out of pound of
coal. These are selling at retail at
10 cents each. If you are good at
figuring you can easily ascertain what
the purchasers pay for single ton of
anthracite"
The coal pieces are lacquered to give
them a polished effect, and also to pre-
vent smut
These novelties are being made in
various designs. With one of two ex-
ceptions real coal is used, and, before
the action was taken which removed
the need for great economy, to put a
piece Of this luxury more than half
an inch long on any pin or badge
would have been considered the gross
est extravaganza. and the employe
found guilty of such carelessness might
have had opportunity TO seek posi-
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
QUICK REPUTATION
OF GOVERNORS WORD
9Hpa -
A Document Charging Gommdnddnt
OF Soldiers Home. With Rob-
bing the Dead. M

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct. 22-The Off
cial report of A. L. Vanosdel, of the
Soldiers Home Board of South Da-
kota made in September to Governor,
Herreid, and mention of which was
made in g. dispatch recently, concern
ing the robDer;es uf dead soldiers by
Commandant W. Fl. I.Gcas, of the
State Soldiers Home. was made pub
lie today. This has proved slightly
embarrassing to Governor Herreid.
who only yesterday said he had never
heard of the charges against Lucas.
Lucas is credited with making the
defense when his guilt was
proved by the board that the inmates
of the Home had burned him in efflgy
at the entrance of the gate, labelling
the effigy, This is the last of Lucas"
that he lay in the grass many nights
with gun waiting to be revenged;
that he had caught cold and that this
had impaired his health.
The report also discloses the fact
that DR.. Bickman, surgeon at the
Home, presented his resignation to the
board, refusing longer to witness, the
looting of dead bodies by Lucas. DR..
Bickman then stated that Lucas had
kept $153 ne got upon the death of
John Hickman. Vanodsel enumer-
ates many items relative to the effects
OF dead soldiers which were not ac-
counted for by IJicas, aggregating
many hundreds of dollars.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
COAL FOR CURRENCY
in Pennsylvania
MANAGERS OF Punch Bowl" Have
a Scheme FOR Assisting its
Marfiagsabls Staff.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 22.-
Three pieces of coal or 10 cents is the
price of the freshman number of the
Punch Bowl" a magazine published
by University of Pennsylvania stud
ents.
This is plain business PROPOSE
tion. and the magazine editor is to be
the judge Of tho size of the coal,
and his decision is to be final The
pieces of coal must either be delivered
or sent postpaid to the Office of the
magazine. I1ow many students will
nlake use of their mothers coal to
get copy Of the publication remains
to ne seen. If their threats are car
Tied out the punch Bowl" Office in the
law school, by noon tomorrow, will
have developed into a coal bin. One
of the editors explained the new sys-
TEN of currency.
You see," said he, "that several of
the members of the staff are thinking
of getting married and think this coal
business will cinch the proposition. .
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

IN r "A G T.

BOSTON, Mass, Oct 22.-Think Of
paying thousands of dollars for a ton
of anthracite coal. Improbable? Not
al all. In the Attleboros today coal
is being sold in small pieces, some
pisces not more than quarter of an
inch square, at price which will ag-
gregate-well, more than a thousand
dollars ton.
The men who are selling coal at this
fabulous price are neither wholesale
nor retail dealers. They are manu-
featuring jewelers., or novelty makers,
as one OF them prefers to be called.
They are not selling the coal in
quarter ton, pail or even pound guam
titles, but in small bits, as has been
said, and these little pieces are part
OF an article Of jeweIry for temporary
adornment.
The Attleboro and North Attleboro
novelty maker is quick to feel the pub
Tic pulse, to note the trend of events,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

ton elsewhere, where less valuable
jewels were used in the manufacturing
process.
/ One of the most significant and
catchy consists of fac simile of coal
hod. 1t contains a placard with the
word Empty" and stamped on the
side are the words, BUST the Trust. 4"
Another badge of similar design Is a
full hod of coal suspended in small
shovel, which serves as a pin. Both
are enameled, and the words Bust the
Trust are also stamped on the side.
These retail for 10 cents each.
A clever conception of comparison
Of value of diamonds and coal is that
of North Attleboro manufacturer, who
has scarf pin composed of coal and
imitation diamonds. This pin con-
sists of piece of coal drilling as
setting for one of these imitation dia-
monds. The combination Is placed on
an attractive card labeled, "The most
expensive luxuries in the world"
One manufacturer was provided with
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
y!
IN " a LIZ T.

sold attached to these pins did not
weigh one pound each day, his profits
on the poorest day of the fair were in
excess of So
Some of the simpler designs are
pieces of coal in claw settings; or, as
one victim of the stringency in coal
says, ''vulture class settings" piece
of coal suspended from a ball head
pin, with the warning. Not Gold, but
Coal, but Just as Valuable" on the
attached card; a hand grasping
piece of coal; a combination OF coal
and imitation gold nuggest, with the
suggestion. Take Your Pick"
These are retailed at either or 10
cents, according to the elaborateness
of the setting" They cost the retailer
but that would be giving away
trade secret. 1t Is sufficient to say
that the novelty dealers, or coal deal
ers as they are temporarily, who are
the first to get these conceits, will not
have any cause to be fretful because
OF the high prices of anthracite.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

except early in the season, when they
are sent by express. When the big
crop of 1898 was being gathered, Mr.
Sondheimer paid more than $1,100 in
express to the Frisco road for ship
ments made over that line, and once
paid expressage on $4,000 pounds at 81
a hundred. There will be as large a
crop this year as there was in 1897,
and that year Mr.. Sondheimer shipped
twenty-five carloads. From this place
they are shipped to st. Louis and Chi
cago, and some to New York
There is considerable risk in buying
ecans for wholesale shipments. In
some years the demand is light, al
though in the last preceding year the
demand may have exceeded the supply.
No estimate of growing crop can be
made safely, owing to the remoteness
of the districts in which they are
grown. Advance prices are seldom
quoted. and pecans are bought only to
fill orders in sight.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

track she heard the faint rumble of
an approaching train. Down the track
she rushed, tearing Oft her apron as
she ran. Reaching comparatively
straight stretch of track she waved
the garment wildly and the engineer,
seeing her in time, brought the train
to a sudden stop where the girl stood.
It was but the work of a moment to
roll the log from the track, and the
train sped on before many of the pas
sengers knew how close they had been
to death.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
OPEkIl>Gil

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct 22.-Loca1 stocks
Of anthracite are exhausted, so far as
wholesalers are concerned, and it is
said that the retatil yards have not
more than 100 to $50 tons each, where
they have any at all. The price of
anthracite is quoted at $13 to $18.
Retail prices of bituminous coal have
not changed materially for a month.
Pocahontas smokeless is quoted at 81,
and Indiana block. or the best grade OF
Illinois coal. retails at $3.50. Mary
land smokeless sells at retail for
$3.50.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
WAITING, HUNGRY THOUSANDS RESUME La
BOR AND THRUST STARVATION AWAY

WLKEsBARRE 22~-Th began work
throughout the strike
laid practically idle coiere
sumption of coal mining which,
Miners Union will take the anthracite
While thousands
daily
other thousands obliged
their and
in
of the various
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
INDEPENDENT OPERATOR
MAKES SENSATIONAL STATEMENT

HAMILTON Pa 2-ohn Nlarkle an independent operator
today made the following
There regarding
taton comisson. will abide
large
corporations"
statement tending viewed
would virtually
refuse to by findings
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

miners other employees there will be
apply
1t reported today
places finding unpleasant the
union forces
arbitration commission be an
showing only
operators
operation
nil
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
4 LOVELY LASS
DID HEROIC DEED

NEW MARTINSVILLE, w. Va, Oct.
22-Miss Minnie Martin, a pretty
mountain lass, yesterday happened
to. see some beautiful ferns near the
Short Line Railroad, and clambered
down the mountain side to secure
them. AS she reached the steel road
way she saw across the tracks a large
log that ha9 rolled down the embank-
meT1t.
Even as she stood there upon the
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
SIM AND JONATHRN MUST Ply UP

rebellion of 1899, will decide that Great
Britain and the Americans are liable
for damages, and will proceed to assess
the damages sustained by foreign resi-
dents as result of the combined force
of the Americans and British landing
and engaging the rebels.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
CARNEGIE Il SCOTCH RECTOR
FOrndllu Installed at St. Andrews University
Lengthy Address.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 22.-
Andrew Carnegie was today formally
installed rector of St. Andrews Uni
versity in the presence of large and
brilliant assemblage. Carnegie's ad-
dress consisted lengthy study Of
the comparative growth of nations in
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

WASHINGTON, D. G., Oct. 22.-The
action of the Danish Landsthing in re-
jecting the treaty of cession caused
little surprise here. Officials Of the
State Department are inclined to view
the situation philosophically, resting
in the belief that it will be but short
time before Denmark will tire of max
ing goood the deficit in the revenue Of
the islands, and let us have them.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

paths of industrial ascendancy, with a
striking commentary on the future.
The most remarkable feature was an
appeal to Emperor William to use his
influence toward the eventual creation
of the United States of Europe, under
the form of a political and industrial
union.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
FRTHL CHICAGO FIRE
MANY PEOPLE DEAD

CHICAGO. Ill, Oct. 22.-Five per-
sons are known to be dead, while sew
enteen are unaccounted for, as a re-
suit of the fire which destroyed the
plant of the Corn Products company
last night.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
DENMARK REJECTS TREATY
Danish West Indies VIII Not be 66d6d to the
United Stdt6S.
COPENHAGEN,

2 COPENHAGEN, Oct. 22..The
I4andsthing today rejected the second
reading of the bill providing for the
ratification of the treaty between the
United States and Denmark in regard
to the cession of the Danish West In
dies to the former country. The vote
stood 81 to 80. 1t was taken without
debate, and was greeted with mingled
cheers and shouts of disapproval
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 22-An
intimation has been received here that
King Oscar, of Sweden, who is acting
as arbitrator of the issues between the
United States, Germany and Great
Britain growing out of the Samoan
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
Metal and M0neu Market.

NEW YORK, Oct, 22-Mexican dol
lars 40c; silver, 502sc. Copper, dull
II.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22

Local Weather Report.
The temperature in Tucson today, as
ported by Observer +. L. Wetmore. is
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
WHEN YOU GET

So that it takes great big
troubles to trouble you and
little bit of things to make
you happy, then you are
on the right road.
Whites Sayings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
DANGEROUS WEAPONS.
Men Who Garry Them Should Be Sent
to Jail

Major Sylvester has the right idea about
the dangerous practice of carrying wea-
pons," remarked a lava iding citizen to a
Star reporter after he had read the annual
report of the police chief. 'It Is the idea
Of Major Sylvester that persons who go
armed should be sent to prison and not
fined and the idea is correct one"
He quoted the report of the superintendent
on the subject in which the latter said:
Some years ago a new bill providing GER
tain penalties for the carrying of concealed
weapons was drafted and became a law,
but statistics do not justify the claim that
the detestable habit has been abandoned
On the other hand, there has been a gradual
as there were 238 arrests last year, as COM
pared with 226 arrests the preceding year.
I'm order to diminish the offense, 1t seems
the punishment should be more adequate,
and that the individual who stalks the
streets prepared to kill should be sent to
prison, where he would have an opportunity
to reflect upon the gravity of such con-
duct. The sale of dangerous weapons should
be restricted to persons OF lawful age, and
dealers should be required to keep the num-
Der or q mark Of identification OF every
weapon sold. This Is necessary on occa-
sions to establish guilt In murder cases"
All good citizens should applaud Major
Sylvester for the stand he has taken in this
matter" the citizen continued. mo man
has the right to go about the streets in
civilized community armed with a pistol or
razor looking for an opportunity to commit
murder. Many people carry weapons more
as matter Of habit than for any other rea-
son, and they are just the people who some
times take life, and then are sorry for 1t
when it is too late. Sent them all to jail
without fine and murders will diminish. The
adoption OF additional restrictions regarding
the sale of weapons will also be Of great
benefit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
American Dentist Wanted.

According to United States Consul Hunt
at Tamatave. there is good opening for
an American dentist at that place, there
being at present but one competent prac-
titioner-a native-for the whole Island of
Madagascar He says that an American
dentist would receive a hearty welcome
from the authorities and be given every
facility to practice his profession. Though
the amount of business would not be enor-
nous, it would undoubtedly be sufficient
for one man. THE cost of living in Tama-
tave' says the consul, "for a single man
in such a position would be $50 a month
for man and wife S1O0 a month"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
"NEW WOMAN" AN ANCIENT.
Mannish Garb for Female Wear Not
an Innovation.

From the Chicago Chronicle
One of the pet reproaches made against
the new woman Is that in her unseemly
longing to stand upon the same footing as
her aforetime lord and master she invented
the fashion of wearing garments of man
nish cut.
This is most unjust. and she may readily
be proved guiltless of the charge by tri-
fling investigation of the fashions of an
cient times and of conservative countries,
where the poor things are as unemancipat-
ed as possible. and still wear the same
style Of garments as their foremothers Of
a Thousand years ago.
The Chinese lady, as every traveller testi-
fies, is one of the most modest. retiring, and
conventional of creatures. yet she wears
clothes almost exactly like those OF her
husband and brothers. Indeed, in China
trousers are considered much more proper
as feminine garments than skirts.
The Turkish woman's dress is identical
with that of the husband who keeps her
so carefully shut away from all new
tangled notions, and the Eskimo woman
clothes her little fat legs in tight sealskin
brooches. finished off with smart fur
topped boots.
The happy woman of Siam. who has
never been Obliged to go in for woman's
rights having always been as free as air
and the equal of any man of her acquaint-
ance wears. like every man in the king
DOM a square of cotton or silk curiously
adjusted about the legs and fastened by
tucking two of the ends through at the
waist In what travellers describe as peril
ously insecure manner
Looking back to the good old times to
which those who disapprove OF the new
woman are so fond of referring. very early
in the worlds history can be found IN
stances of women adopting mannish
clothes when they were suitable and con-
yenient.
The Greeks, with their hunting goddess,
their Amazons, and their swift Atalantas.
in the athletic games. have shown us how
beautiful woman can be in the short tunic
worn by the youths. But no doubt even
then old folks mentioned prehistoric time
when girls were not so bold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
MANY COMMUTERS.
Those Who Do Business Here and
Sleep in Baltimore.

yes" remarked local ticket agent this
morning, Il think the number of COM
muters who travel in the steam cars ninety
miles a day to do business in Washington
will occasion surprise.
when / say commuters I mean the real
thing in the men who buy regular monthly
Communication ticAets between Baltimore and
Washington, and who come over to the
capital every morning and return to the
monumental city every night six days in
the week.
I'm addition to the ninety-mile ride by
train many commuters will ride from one
to three miles in each city in the electric
cars, in Baltimore to and from their homes
and in Washington to and from their pla ces
of business. Thus an employe of the
weather bureau will ride nearly three mics
to reach either of the two stations of the
steam roads, while an employee of the State
Navy or War Department will ride over
half of this distance before boarding the
train for home
These latter distances in both cities
bring the commuters daily journey ,rp to
100 miles. coo miles for the week or over
10000 for the year, exclusive of Sundays
and holidays.
From the conductors report sheets this
morning" continued the official 81 am en-
abled to compute to a man the number of
commuters who came over from Baltimore
this morning on one road, and 1t Is 2i0
on the three or four early trains which
land their passengers in Washington in
time for business or the departments
should say that about 800 commuters come
over on an average in the morning on our
branch throughout the year and about 500
on the other branch making about an army
of from 500 to 900 men who travel on an
average of 100 miles a day to do business
in the capital but who live in Baltimore
and excluding commuters from intermediate
and other stations.
do as many go over to Baltimore from
Washington as come over from Baltimore
to Washington regulars? No. Com
paratiyeiy few men do business in BaltI-
more and live in Washington; SO Baltimore
may be said to be more of a sleeping place
for Washington business men and employees
than Washington is for BaHimoreanS
This may be accounted for for many
reasons, perhaps the chief of which Is that
there are a great many employees and clerks
in government service here who live in Bal
timore permanently with their families
The hours in the departments are suffi-
GENTLY short to admit Of spending between
and from ones sleeping place. There are,
however, a great many clerks and others
In our Washington stores whose hours are
from in the morning until In the even
ing who live in Baltimore and come to
work every day. To this latter class of our
workers the strain must be great when
maintained year after year; but to the de-
1t Is not SO wearing-in fact. many have
told me that they like the change.
IAN Of the roads, both electric and steam
which run into Washington do a heavy,
steady communication business throughout
the year. should say. on an off-hand es-
the departments are regular commuters,
perhaDS % Der cent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
Tuberculous Orchids.
ewcastle Chronicle.

From the novelette, ChrohIeIe.
Science in its memorable search for things
hidden. has at last directed the eye OF sus-
picion upon the orchid. NJ. Noel Bernard,
a French scientist, after painstskinE re-
search into the abstruse. question of tuber-
culosis in plants. pronounces the whole or
chideous family to be purely the product OF
vegetable infection" According to NJ. Ber-
nard's theory all orchids are. in their normal
condition, infected in. thoroughly defined
manner and the cultivation Of the finest va
rieties is only possible under certain condi-
lions of infection from their earliest devel-
opment The next question for determine
ton is as to the relation between vegetable
and human tuberculosis.