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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-12
Selma Tobacco Market.
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Especial 20 NtWs dHU UDseTVeT.l
Selma, n. c., Sept. 11.-Our tobacco
market continues to so forward. The
breaks today and yesterday were large,
both warehouses being taxed to the ca
paeity We have an excellent corps of
buyers and prices are high and farmers
going away well pleased.
The new and up-to-date furniture es-
Enlistment of Edgerton & Co., is nearing
completion; this will add greatly to the
CONNIE rcial life of our little burg.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-12
ALEX. J. FIELD. Secretary.

one Bottle OF Burnetts Vanilla Elk
tract is better than three Of the doubtful
kind Though costing a few cents more
per bottle, its purity and great strength
make it the most economical brand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-12
LINGERING SUMMER COLDS.

Summer colds if neglected may linger
for months One minute Cough Cure
will break up the attack Safe, sure,
acts at once. Cures coughs, colds, Group,
bronchitis, all throat and lung troubles.
Children like it.-W. H. King Drug Co.,
Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-12

CINCHO RELIEVES HEADACHE
For sale at all soda fountains,
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
WOMEN'S LABOR UNION.
EMPLOYEES OF UNCLE SANS PRINTING
ESTABLISHMENT COMPLAIN OF
LONG HOURS

Washington, Jan. ia portion OF the Presi
dents Message in regard to the governments
employees has given impetus to a labor
ganization that exists among the women en-
ployed in Uncle Sans currency factory. 1t ap-
pears 10 the women that the old gentleman has
a kind Of trust himself Besides the
elusive right of making money, he will allow
no factories Of any kind but his own at the
capital, because he does not want TO smoke the
town
At the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing he
already practises part of what the President
breaches, but 1t is that part that benefits him
self. The President said: "The national gov
ernment should demand the highest quality OF
service from its employees and In return IL
should be a good employer. so far
practicable under the conditions OF the govern
ment work. provisions should be made 10 render
the enforcement of the eight hour law easy and
certain. In all industries carried directly or
indirectly for the United States Government
women and children should be protected from
excessive hours of labor, from night work and
from work under unsanitary conditions"
In the government factories the first part of
the instructions the quality of service. IS fully
carried But in its money factory the gov
ernment Is not in turn a good employer
pecially of women and hence their attempt TO
organize. The men by their unions (Which are.
government pay them fair wages.
Civil Service examinations held through
out the country twice yearly. and. thinking all
government positions snaps" applicants
are exceedingly numerous. To pass examins-
ton requires a good education, considerably
more than the average factory worker has.
With most It is first a hard study then a try
ing examination and wait OF from eight to
ten months for the papers to be examined Qor
the Civil Service examiners generally about
that far behind) One-quarter of the applicants
do not pass One-quarter Of the Others those
who pass the highest, appointed within an
other eight ten months. Sometimes IL Is
sooner. but sometimes it runs to a year. These
women come from all over the country and pay
their own travelling expenses. They are started
have TO pay board which cannot be had re-
specially for less than S25 a month Those
whose families live in Washington of course
are far better off. At first each one has some in
Huential acquaintance, whom she expects to go
out OK his way for her promotion, but few
as laborers really have influence with the gov
ernment officials. Anyway there are few de-
partments under the Civil Service where in
fuence is Of value. Promotions are supposed to
come. and almost invariably do, from length Of
service. Promotion by merit is allowed and
there influence sometimes counts
The women start in the pressrooms % a..
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

OF Dr. Harris, at Portland. n. Y. NJ. de Blowitz
succeeded him as principal correspondent at
Paris. pest which he has retained until
now.
The secret of the marvellous success OF NJ de
BloWltz was the absolute and complete conf
dence with which he inspired the statesmen the
politicians and the diplomats with whom he
was brought in contact, and which he never
betrayed. They all felt that they could depend
absolutely on his discretion. no matter how
great the temptation from a journalistic point
OF view to do otherwise. and when the Duke De-
cazes. while playing billiards the DUAL dor
say after dinner one evening. suddenly received
the news of the purchase by the British Govern
ment of the Khedve's stock in the Suez Canal
Company and. wild with rage broke forth into
frantic threats against the English Government
charging NJ. de Blowitz to make known his in
dignation and the fact that he was bent on re-
taliation, the Ambassador of The Times who
had been one of the party present although he
saw the value of the news. made no use OF it.
The next day he met the duke. who had recov-
cred his senses and who, grasping him by both
hands, exclaimed: Il shall never forget what
you have done for You have sacrificed jour
nalistic success to your of duty and TO the
cause of peace"
On more than one occasion the late Prince Ho-
henlohe, when German Ambassador at Paris.
quietly requested the French Minister Of Foreign
Affairs through NJ. de Blowitz. to attach no un-
due importance to official communications which
he had been directed by Prince Bismarck 10
convey to the French Government and which
had IL not been for this ntimation the part
of NJ. de Blowitz. might have resulted in diplo-
matte rupture between the two countries. while
in another instance Bismarck himself made use
OF M. de Blowitz and of the latter's dispatches
to The Times to counteract the designs of the
war party at Berlin, which endeavoring
to force his hand and to revive the war with
France at moment which he deemed inoppor-
tune. In one word NJ. de Blowtz served France
and the foreign governments, we'll the
cause of universal peace. quite as much by the
news which he refrained from writing as that
! which he published and his services were htIy
rewarded when, at the Congress of Berlin in
1873, at which the Premiers and Chancellors OF
the various great powers OF Europe took part
there was given to him by them an advance
copy of the treaty concluded at the congress.
and he was thus enabled to secure a wonderful
beat" for The Times over all other news
papers. each represented at Berlin by the cIev-
crest and most astute members of it's staff
The statesmen assembled at the congress like
wise presented to NJ. de BIowitz for his wife an
altogether unique token of their regard for him
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

sistants to the printers. All day they scrub"
as they call IT, the sheets of paper to be printed
into money postage and revenue stamps etc,
and place them on the presses. 1t is tlrng work.
weltins each sheet, drying it to Just the proper
dampness TO take the proper impression and
their hands are wet all day. After they are en-
ployed six months their salaries are raised 10
81 90 a day. They work from \ o'clock In the
morning until O'Clock in the afternoon and
from s O'Clock until IL o'clock at night. These
are the regular hours, but the paper money
mas so often TO be replaced and the demand for
stamps and other documents Is large, many of
them have to work ten hours without leaving
the building, resting half an hour for luncheon
Inc women at the presses work standing Next
month 1t Is expected they will nave to work
from until \.
NO one leaves the building without a pass
Wnlch is only given to an employe when every
sheet OF paper handed out to her in the morning
ls accounted for. If there are any losses the
printer stands tWo-thirds and the girl one third
IN the department of the Treasury where the
ola money Is turned in for redemption and
counted woman once robbed the government
or several thousand dollars by taking a little
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

IN Europe and that his library and drawing
rooms are literally flowing with tokens OF
warm regard and appreciation from monarchs
and statesmen, but that the latter have fire.
quently chosen him as the means of conveying to
the world messages and explanations which they
were anxious should become known in an au-
thoritatve manner. When Theirs was President
Of the French Republic he so thoroughly
accustomed to use De Blowitz's dispatches as
the safest method of communicating his views
to the public. not only Of foreign countries but
likewise Of France herself, that the leading or
gans of the Partisan press would either await
the arrival Of The Times" in order to ascertain
the attitude OF their chief magistrate on the
questions of the day. else would have the con-
tents OF the dispatches telegraphed to them from
London. Later on the Duke Decazes the Duke
de Broglie NJ. Waddington Jules Ferry and
other French statesmen were wont when In
office to make of NJ. de Blowitz in the sama
manner their principal channel of publicity
and can recall only one of them who not only
declined to hold any intercourse with NJ de
Blowitz, but who was his openly declared foe
That was Gambetta, and had 1t not been for the
fact that NJ. de Blowitz was a full nedped
French citizen by naturalization he would un-
doubtedly have been expelled from France et
the time when Gambetta became Premier and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
The circumstances of the naturalization y, \.
de Blowitz rebound to his credit. He had been
established for some eight ten years st Mar
seilles when the of 1870 broke out During
the earlier portion OF his sojourn there he occu-
pied the chair Of professor of foreign literature
from which he retired marrying the wealthy
widow who. after he became The Times cor
respondent in Paris. long presided over his
Establishment In the Avenue Marceau Whom
following the crushing reverses sustained NV tho
French at Sedan end elsewhere, a general call
TO arms was issued by the Government of Ma
tional Defence. NJ. de Blowitz was among the
first 10 respond. enlisted in the National Guard
at Marseilles. and al the same time took stems
to secure his naturalization as a French citizen
The fact that he should have chosen that par
ticuar moment to give up his Austrian nation
alty for that of country so stricken as France
was sufficiently unique to excite admiration on
the part of people emotional as the French
and his demand for naturalization ELECTED from
the authorities to whom II was addressed tho
remark that "a nation which in the midst of
such catastrophes recruit citizens IKE YOUR
self need not despair"
As n National Guardsman NJ. de Blowitz took |
a prominent part in combating the Commune
insurrection at Marseilles. and when General Es-
pivent de la Villeboisnet ultimately crushed the |
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

same reasons which so long held down the print
ing ONCE union II has not succeeded in gaining
more than two hundred members out of the
I'ioo women there employed. To most of the
women membership to a labor union is Of
fensive- The cOlOred women at the bureau all
belong, and this is reason why others do not
join
Outsiders are urged with the argument that
when woman labOrs for living she is Ia
boTer and for her betterment and self -preserva-
tiOn she should band together with her fellow
laborcrs. Circulars being distributed
throughout the bureau pointing out the ad-
Nantages the women of the printing office have
gained and to the Presidents attitude. They
want five hundred members by the end OF Janu-
ary to bring some weight the passage OF
bill, now before Congress. fixing a minimum
salary of all government laborers. except char
women and piece workers. at 81 day. They
also want to secure for overtime and SUNDAYS
Instead of the rates at which they work regu-
lar hours. rate and hall and double rates re-
spectively
Union and nOn-unOn women rarely refer 10
the question except by means Of letters or cir
culars. Women who do not care to connect
themselves actively with the union often yoIun-
tarily donate the amount of the dues
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

piece from each of a number OF the 800 bills
she handled At the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing If the half of a cent stamp is not
accounted for at night no one leaves that room
until II is found.
Another incentive to the members of the union
at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the
success with which the union of the at
the Government Printing Office recently met
AT the printing office the women organized seven
years ago and each member made herself a
missionary to secure converts. Four months ago
the number had grown to three hundred. about
a quarter of the female employees. These three
hundred decided that under the conditions that
existed at the printing office they strong
enough 10 insist that thereafter the government
employ only union women. The printing
office is far from completed, and the present
shop is crowded. 1t has to be run night and day
to get out the governments printed matter,
which cannot be delayed. Mr.. Palmer the Pub
lie Printer took the matter under consideration
and advised the other women TO join the union.
which they did. AS a result. two increases OF
wages have since been procured They are now
receiving 81 % a day, rate and half for over
time and double price for Sundays.
The women at the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing organized on March ,. 1899. but for the
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
HIS NICKNAHE WAS SOMETHING
MORE THAN AN EMPTY TITLE,
so GREAT WAS THE CONFI-
DENCE HE INSPIRED.

My old friend Laurence Oliphant was wont
frequently to remark. with twinkle I'm his eye
that If there was one sin more than another that
lay heavily upon his conscience it was that OF
having invented NJ. de Blowitz. Yet THE Lon
don Times" owes Mr.. Oliphant a deep debt Of
gratitude for having secured the services of NJ
de Blowitz for that paper. The Times" has had
many brilliant men in its employ. especially on
the staff Of its representatives abroad But it
is doubtful whether there has ever been any one
Of its correspondents who has played so con-
spicuous a role in the history of Europe during
the last thirty years, who has invested the
title Of THE Times" correspondent with so much
prestige abroad the strange looking little man
who for the last quarter of century has gone
IN Paris by the name of the Ambassador OF
The Times"
His retirement from the service of THE Thun-
derer" will leave vacancy which his Ameri-
can successor will find it difficult to fill; and
while William Fullerton may possibly live up to
the traditions of L'Estrange Oliphant and the
other clever men who have represented the prin-
cipal organ of the London press on the banks of
the Seine it is improbable that he will be
able 10 attain the influential position which NJ.
de Blowitz has occupied for long In the
Partisan world and in French and international
political life.
There are doubtless some who will be tempted
10 question the importance which I have as
cribed 10 the political role of NJ. de Blowitz and
10 accuse me of eXaggerating its weight But
his achievements IN that line are familiar TO
every government OF the civilized world, and
there few statesmen and diplomats Of the
last thirty years who are ignorant of the extent
10 which the late King Alfonso indebted to
him for his restoration TO the throne of Spain. of
the manner in which on three separate occasions
open breaches between France and Germany
were averted largely by his agency, Of his share
in bringing about the Congo conference which
led 10 the creation Of the Free State under the
suzerainty of King Leopold. and of the power
full support which he gave to the Spanish COM
missioners at the time of the negotiation at
Paris Of the Treaty of Peace between this coun-
try and Spain, after the close of the war of 1895
That these services were in no sense underes-
tnated by the governments to which they were
rendered may be gathered from the fact that
not only is he decorated with almost every order
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

in the shape Of a fan on each stick OF which one
OF the delegates had signed his name the late
Prince Bismarck. Prince Gortchakor. Lord Bea-
consfeld and Count Andrassy heading the
list
OF course. NJ de Blowitz has had enemies and
to some of them may be traced the report that
he has not been wholly incorruptible. But there
is not the shadow OF foundation for any such
suspicion His wife. who left him her entire for
tune at her death. was extremely rich woman
added TO which he received a princely salary
from The Times" well as a large allowance
for entertainment under the head of table
money" Moreover. 1 know Of at least two in
stances where attempt was made In the most
ingenious fashion. but unsuccessfuIIy to infu-
ence him. One of the cases was the profrer OF
an honorarium of $4,000 down by the Monte
Carlo gambling establishment II he would re-
frain from writing against II in mis- dispatches
Had there been any shadow of truth in the cal
umnies of this kind he would never have re-
tatned the confidence of the makers OF conten-
porary history, or Of his employer. The Times"
Far from taking money. he has. on the con-
trary. been most openhanded with his wealth,
and there few French newspaper men OF any
prominence. and litterateurs at Paris. who have
appealed in vain to him for assistance OF more
or less temporary character during the last
thirty years.
his nickname or Ambassador or The Times
has been something more than a empty
title. For he has certainly been treated IN the
official and diplomatic world at Paris as the
representative OF great power rather than as
a mere correspondent. and French Cabinet min
listers. foreign ambassadors and statesmen have
been wont to gather around his hospitable board
In the Avenue Marceau to meet royal princes
and even crowned heads. and 70 discuss those
excellent truffies for which his table was cele-
brated.
King Edward has often dined at his house: 50,
too. has King Leopold. while the late King OF
Spain never visited Paris. officially or incognito
without calling upon NJ. de Blowitz who has
among many autograph portraits OF that young
monarch, one expressing "afectionate grati-
tude." The sympathies OF NJ. de BlOwitz for
Spain have. perhaps account Of his friend
ship for the late King been always very strong
and they were especially apparent at the time
of the Peace Congress at Paris. following the
war OF 1898. when he used all his influence with
foreign statesmen. with the foreign press. and
in connection with the framing of public opinion
In Europe to assist the Spanish Peace Commits
sioners in their efforts to obtain more favor
BILE terms from the United States than the lat
ter's plenpotentiaries were disposed to concede.
EX-ATTACHE-
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Marshall. long the English secretary of the
japanese Legation in Paris, brought about
meeting between De Blowitz and Oliphant The
latter on learning of the little mans intimacy
with Theirs requested him to obtain from the
latter an interview for The Times" which De
Blowitz proceeded to do with such success that
Olphant Immediately invited him to become his
principal assistant and to abandon all thoughts
OF going abroad in a consular capacity for the
French Government. When, about a year later
Ophant resigned from THE Times" in order
10 come to this country a member of the sect
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

rebellion NJ. de Blowitz was dispatched by
him TO Versailles to make report of the whole
analr to Theirs. So conspicuous were his ser
vices during the Commune insurrecticn at Mar
seilles-it was thanks TO his ingenuity that the
beleaguered city was able TO remain In tele-
graphic communication with Versailles by means
or a secret wire of which the Communists were
ignorant-that NJ. de Blowtz was created
knight of the Legion Of Honor. Theirs likewise
promised him the appointment OF French Consul
General at Riga, and 1t was while waiting for
this appointment at Versailles that Fred
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
TO SUE FOR FALSE ARREST

Montreal Jan u--William Bramlev nreSils-. "A
the Montreal Lacrosse Club. director OF the Non-
treal Amateur Athletic Association a manufactnr-
Ing jeweller OF this city. who was arrested AZ a.
Adams VI, on charge OF smuggling diamonds
ana vas released on ball. has telegraphed to hiz
4rm mac Ne VIII Immediately take action aSainsf
thc Un1eed ee.teo Government for daIasSS -,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-06
new YORK STATE IN
GRASP OF BLIZZARD
Railroad and Telegraph Ser
vice Greatly Impeded.
HEAVY SNOW AT ALBANY, N. Y.

In New York City Elevated Lines Are
Seriously Interrupted-Gothamites
Experiencing First Real Incon.
venience of Winter.
New York. Dec. 5.-A snow and sleet
storm delayed traffic in New York TO-
day Service on the elevated lines
was seriously interfered with and COM
munication between uptown and down
town by means OF the surface lines
was very slow and difficult. Dispatches
from all parts of this state show that
the storm is prevailing everywhere
with varying severity.
At Albany the snowfall is very heavy
and all trains are reported from one
to five hours late. Blizzard condi-
tions prevail at Schenectady, New
burgh, Saratoga and other places IN
the east and north part of the state.
From Rochester to Buffalo the storm
is much milder.
In this city the storm developed into
blizzard as the day grew. About an
inch of snow fell during the forenoon.
Sound steamers arrived several hours
late, and their officers reported the
storm very heavy up the sound.
Telegraphic service east of New
York to New England, especially, is
Frustrated, and northward through
New York state the service is greatly
impeded by the wind and snow.
The White Star liner Teutonic
which reached her dock today complet
ed trip of seven days and thirteen
hours in almost continuous storms. The
ship met particularly severe weather
last night approaching port, and an
chored In the lower bay. The last bill
of the voyage up to the dock today
was made in a blizzard Every day
of the trip the passengers were kept
within storm doors and one of the
crew was nearly washed overheard.
Toward noon the storm abated but
the wind continued high.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-06
BIG BICYCLE RACE.
Tenth Annual six-Day Contest at madl
son Square Garden.


New York, Dec. 5.-A few minutes
after midnight on Monday morning in
Madison Square Garden, 16 men, each
the representative of team. will be
started for the tenth annual bicycle
race of six days and six nights on a
10-lap board track.
The teams entered for the contest
this year comprise six pairs from Eli
rope and ten teams made up from the
well known riders Of this country. They
are:,
Stins6n and Moran, Boston team
Meegan and Fem, Irish; Bedell broth.
ers, Long Island Frank Krebs and
Barclay, New Jersey; Butler and Ur-
vile, Quaker team; Leander and Floyd,
western; Mcfarland and Mays, Cali
fornia; Peterson and Hedspeth, Chica.
go; Newkirk and Jacobsen, New Eng.
land; Bald and E1kes, AllAmerican;
Gougaltz and Kaiser, French-German:
Brisson and Bruni, French; Heller and
Deerfinger, German; Breton and Oar.
ragon, Alsatian Lootens and Baras.
quin, Belgian; Calvin and Root, Massa.
chusetts.