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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21

The Fort Fairfield Review says that
some of the woodsInen are lodging the
vaccination order by branding their
arms with hot iron
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Approved by Carrie,

Cincinnati Times-Star).
Carrie Nation doubtless approves of
the Langley iairship. 1t always takes
water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21

The growing Importance of the
autumn months as a house painting
season is worthy of note. Not many
years since but few persons thought OF
painting in the fall; today, it is a
recognized painting season. The adj
vantages it affords are practical and
the wonder is that they We're not long
ago appreciated. Paint dealers in this
locality state that the fall paint trade
this year will be a large factor in their
business. The property owners each
year are looking with increasing favor
upon the season for painting. Paint
men generally consider the fall very
natural painting time. The weather
conditions are specially favorable to
good painting. There is less likelihood of
rain and one doesn't have to contend
with the misunderstanding the paint to
peel, check or crack-that is usually ill
a building after the spring rains. Then,
too, if a house needs painting, it GER
taiEly ought to be painted as a protec-
ton against the Indictment winter
weather. Another advantage of the fall
season is that there are no gnats or
fiies-the bane of spring painting-to
stick to the fresh paint. 1t. pays to
paint just as soon as building needs it,
for the longer it is put off, the more it
will cost to get the right sort of job.
This proves particularly true in the fall
season. Again, property owners, es-
pecially in agricultural districts, have
more time after harvest to give per-
sonal attention to the improvements OF
their property. Altogether the boom
in fall painting is healthy sign Of the
times. 1t is an awakening to natural
advantages.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21
lnexpressible Reflections.

washington starr.
Miss Pearl Elliott of Texas has mar
ried a Chinaman, and what the mother
of Pearl thinks would not look we'll in
print
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21

it is a source of wonder to many
why the Topsham fair is held SO late in
the season when shere is always liabil-
ity of bad weather, and it is usually
the case that a postponement is neces-
sary of a. day for that reason. The
Gardiner Independent hears that there
is very material cause for it, The
gentleman, according to that paper,
who bequeathed the Topsham fair
grounds to the society, stipulated in the
deed that the fair should always be
held OH these dates, and should the
dates of the fair be ever changed the
land should revert back to his heirs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21

An extraordinary freak of nature is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21

Through tickets to California and all
points South and West may be had of L.
III. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, the
only office in Augusta selling via all
routes and checking baggage free of ex-
pense.e &c. 81
GEO e. EVANS, V. n. & Gen. Man.
q FEE. BOOTHBY, G. p. s. T. A.
Portland Me- n lssgse,ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24

prominent professional ball PLAYER with New
York, CpIttsburg Washington and other pig
sulting i'll a broken arm. which put him out OF OF
the game for good is president OF the local uplon
of the Painters and Decorators.
The recent shut down of the -four mills caused sea
q Temporary SUSPENSION of operations In the
nour barrel business. The shops have large ac-
cumuations of stock on band.
An eight hour day will be enforced Gomm en-
Federation OF Miners. notices to that eHect nav
ing been sent to all mime owners.
Mike Cummings, wellkn ""1 i,, st: f banl
ing received his appointment recently C, MI. MI.
| Cummings has been a member OF 81. faul 1spo-
graphical Union for about twenty years.
4 union of sprinkler filters has been organized
! by the Plumbers Union. The men engaged IN
| this occupation those who place autoniatc
h wo S bens s i'm to Hat Of plumbing
! Circulars are being received in this. city by
the various labor organizations to the effect tna
reports being sent out from Los Angeles py tne
so.called Merchants. Manufacturers and Employ 10Y
ers' Association. saying that labor is scarce an.
| in great demand at high wages in that city, art
| deliberate fasehoods. = -.
| Workers Union elected the following officers a
it's last meeting: President George scha nd, 5
Minneapolis seeretary C. E. 5ames st. en rani
". G. Cove: St Paul Al excursion will be ar
ranged for by the union, to take place IN July.
A dispatch from Altoona, Pa: announces tina
bee nsrs of the nae isS Of he e
: tendents and the drivers to agree as to wheth9
not pride dryes of at ese OF nes hd
agreenlent by the terms of which they ~, did n
harness nor unharness the mules: q The oth'
morning the drivers found their mules harnesse
INIT Without hridles the superintendent conten
e ing that bride was no more a part OF a.ha
ness s 'r result; the drivers refused to touch Il
/ brides: and went on strike competing shu
c down Of the mines. 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
CIGAR MAKERS REPORT
Figures Which Show What the Cigar Maxi
ers Are Doinq.. -


ers Are Doing. e -.-,
The annual report of the Cigar Makers
ional Union of America. for the.
year 1902, compiled from reports OF: Sec
retaries of local unions, shows an increase
in membership of more than 1000 and a
balance Of cash on hand amounting to
1851 s11.29. The total expenses for 1902
were $741, 264.N and the various local
unions had outstanding in Individual loans
s7S.325. Benefits paid In the year We're
S417.510, while benefits paid in the past
twenty years foot up to $5,6o5,os3 The
sum of $39,394 was spent in advancing the
interests of the label, and $2,4o7 was eX!
pended in defending label cases In r the
courts. Out of-work benefits to %the
amount of SCI OH were paid, while deatf
benefits reached the large total of $l2S,
AS. In sick benefits, $137, was paid
Total receipts for the year were $7s19 I
which, with balance on-hand of S32l,l2t
made a grand total of s1,103,058.
| Local union. No. II, with ESQ members
! reported receipts Of s4,192~ and expendi
lures of $3.273. H..
Officials of the local union report tina
the strike situation Is we'll in hand, an
| that the outlook for successful tern11na
| ton of the trouble is bright. &
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
BOOZE IN THE STREAM
Willie Brown Fell In and Then Put
Revenuers on the
Scent.

Mount Vernon, N. Y, April 24.-Willie
Browns tumble into the brook which
passes thru the Holler estate at Clare
mont Terrace was the cause of raid
by revenue and police officers on an illicit
still, which had been operated in barn
for two months. Altho the moonshiners
ESCAPED. the: largest still ever operated
in Westminster county was unearthed.
Willie went fishing recently and fell into
the brook When he went home his
mother said: ''Willie. there is an odor
of whisky ON your Clothes Willie said
the water Of the brook had the same odor
and Mr. Brown suspecting the cause, re-
ported to the police. Detectives We're sci
TO work and located the still. The moon
sinners were away when the raid wa:
made, but the police found a large coppe
condenser, forty barrels of mash. severa
barrels of whisky and quantities OF BROW
lsugar and molasses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
In Labor's Field.
.UNIONISM' EFFECTS | I
An Object Lesson in Brockton, Mass,
as Seen. by c. E. James
Of St. Paul.
Complete Harmony in the Great
Shoe Center Between Employ,
ers and Employees.

G.. r. James, president Of the ST. zPaul
Trades and Labor assembly, has returned
from the east, where he attended a meet
Ing Of the general executive board Oh the
Boot and Shoe Workers union. He re-
ports that cutters belonging 70 tile
KNIGHTS of Labor are opposing the EN-
n1oynent by manufacturers of members OF
the Root and Shoe Workers union, but
that the knights are meeting Win NIUE
success, Speaking of conditions IN the
east, Mr.. James says:
"Probably no city in the United States
furnishes aAoetter illustration OF the pen
efits of organization than Brockton, MASS
It is a great shoe manufacturing CITY,
having, forty shoe factories. employing
about 20, 900 shoe workers, 5000 or Who1li
belong to the Boot and Shoe workers
| union. The shoe workers Of rockto1 are
to-day receiving better wages ana WORK
| ing shorter hours than are similar Work
men in any other city in the country aho
the utmost harmony exists between EN-.
Movers and EMPLOYEES because nearly al
! of the manufacturers are working undel
| arbitra ton contracts with the union ant
| the Massa chusettS state board or arpltra
4 ton to which all matters which canno
be adjusted by mutual agreement are re
ferred. Strikes are thing OF the past
and the manufacturers seem 10 DC ga
to do business with the Onion, Wh1ch Il
, regarded by them as a fair and conserva
tive organiza ton. Most of the factorle
| put the union stamp on their product, tn
increased demand for union made shoe
having been a large factor in bringing
\ about this result.
"a gratifying feature of the organlzatlo
of the shoe workers of Brockton has bee
the entire elimination of child labor III tn
factories. The executive council OF tn
shoe workers has made compliance wit
: this condition one of the requisites upo
which the use of the union stamp
granted Many manufacturers have ea
pressed great satisfaction that the era {
child labor with them has passed, an
i, say now that this class of labor was nev4
y profitable.
h ''The shoe workers are not the only on
= who have been benefited by the lab
movement in Brockton. Thru the sh'
workers. efforts nearly every other indu
b FRY in Brockton has been organized al
n even the newsboys have a good organic
ton. with charter from the America
? Federation~of Labor. and business nous
=, in all lines display union shop cards.
Mr.. James is very enthusiastic over t
| outlook in the east from a trade uni
standpoint and expects good results frc
the work of the executive board at
recent session.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
Clerks Organizer Goes East,

Miss Lanphere, national organizer. OF
the, Retail Salesmen's and the Retail
salesladies' associations, who has been,
in the twin cities in the interest of local
and national bodies. has left for Winona
and La Crosse on her way east. One OF
the principal. objects Of her visit to the
twin cities was to pave the way for the
attendance of a, full delegation at the an
NAL convention. which will meet in
GAINESVILLE Ohio, in July. Her visit here
has resulted in stirring UP a lively interest
among the clerks, and the work outlined
will he prosecuted with renewed energy.
/ The dance given under the auspices OF
| the sa1esladies and the statesmen last n1ght
| at Masonic Temple was very enJoyanie
affair and was largely attended, notwith-
| standing the unfavorable weather
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
Carriaqe Workers. Strike.

The striking carriage workers are still
ont. without prospects of all immediate
settlement of the difficulty. commit
tee from the union made an endeaNor TO
reach a solution Of the difficulties put
was unable to make any Roadway, the
employers expressing dissatisfaction with
past experience, and signifying their IN
tention to be Independent of the union a
report in circulation that the strikers
ranks were being broken by individual Is
returning to work is denied. The only
difference between the union and the en-
ployers is that of the recognition OF the
union, the question Of hours and wages
mot entering into, the controversy. Arpl'
tration, therefore, is mot likely.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
ATTACK THE UNION LABEL
1t Is Said Book Combine Would Like to
Knock 1t Out. 1913

1t Is Said Book Combine Would Like to
Knock 1t Out.
A determined attack is being made In
various states, presumably by the, book
trust''r on the union label, in so far as it
APPLIES to text books used in the public
schools. and requests have been made to
the courts for orders restraining text
hook commissions from: receiving bids for
printing text books unless any and all
bids are accepted, no matter if bidders are
not able to furnish the union label. tie
point being made that all printers are not
given an equal show if label laws are held
good. .
|: An action was begun last week in the
courts to nulify the law as far as 1t ap-
plies to the of the label on text books
| in Montana, and decision is now pend
! tug in the state supreme court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
The Building Laborers.

The meeting of the Building Laborers'
Union. held Wednesday evening at Alex
anders' hall, was the largest and most
enthusiastic in the history. Of the union
200 members being present and class of
sixty-four new members being initiated.
The union will endeavor to put its new
scale in operation May l., and is preparing
for any exigency which may arise. The
new rate calls for 25 cents an hour and an
eight-hour day. Open meetings are being
held with a view to increasing the mem
hershin. and the next of these will be held
| next Monday evening. A program of In
| terest will be given including addresses
| bv men prominent in labor circles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24

The well-known strengthening prop
critics of iron, combined with other tonics
and a. most perfect nervine. are found in
Carriers Iron Pills, which strengthen the
nerves and body, and improve the blood
and complexion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24

ten, gives a singing inferential rebuke to
official red tapeism. The governor says
In effect that it is useless to lock the barn
door after the horse has been stolen. He
suggests that the riksdag appropriate
400 900 kronor ($1o7,2O0) to give employ
ment to the Swedes who are streaming
thr,, Gothenburg to the United States.
This evil of emigration Is beginning to
alarm even the most phlegnatic Swedish
statesmen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
FAMOUS PICTURE STOLEN.

New York, April PA Rembrandt picture,
.,,+ 70 Russia by the director of The Hague
gallery has been stolen. Some time ago the pic
fnre was sent to NJ. Z. de Larof at st. Petersburg
hut German railway officials report that 1t never
reached the German frontier.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24

at Midway. 1t is expected the formatlo
of this union will be mutually beneficial.
= All persons interested III the new UNION
are invited to attend the next meeting at
Alexander's hall on "Wednesday evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
Meat Cutters Union.

This organization is now in very -four
ishing condition. Great interest in it Us
manifested among butcher workmen all
over the city and the members of the
union arc very enthusiastic. Ten candl-
dates were initiated at the last meeting
| and the business agent reports that about
! twice that number will come in at the
nest. meeting This union meets at Alex
ander hall the second and fourth Thurs
| days in the month.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
KEEP sWEDES AT HOME
Government Determined to Try to
.- Check Emigration.

Stockholm, April 24,-Replying to A. 1.
Goldberg. minister Of agriculture VINO mas
lust introduced in the rlksdag OH srans
9arers Governor Bergstrorn, Of Norrbot-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
The American Labor Union.

.President Dan Mcdonald Of Butte,
Mont. has issued the call for the sixth an
nual convention of the American Labor
Union which will be held in Denver IN
May. This is the western organizal 70
which was formed in opposition to the
American Federation of Labor, and has a
membership of some 5000. tits said that
twenty-fi five former Federation unions have
affiliated with the American Labor Union
in the pastemonth. I.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24

Dallas. Texas-United States Senator - W.
| pailev of Texas, who is absent In the east IS
receiving congratulations on having recently .neen
noid foe Of 5000. 900 for services rendered IN
| New York financial circles. ;. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
Furniture Finishers' Union.

A new organization which is regarded
sas Of considerable importance is composed
Of furniture finishers. The new union viii
be under the jurisdiction Of the Brother
| hood of Painters and Decorators, and
MANY signed the charter list at the meet
ing wednesday night. The fnishers will
also affiliate with the Twin City District
Council at the meeting to4bes held May
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
LABOR NOTES.

Among the ne new Unions Is Abe ~fotmed in this
city viii be one composed of men engaged in the
roofing business, steps having been taken TO
The ball given. by locals 81 and ~. Ma
chinists, for the benefit Of the Unions Pacllic
strikers, at Masonic Temple, this week was a
great success. y =
F, D. Furlong formerly business agent OF
the Carpenters Union. Is now an. assistant cit!
Ebuild9ng Inspector. Milton n. Rogers. succeed:
him as business agent. -:
= 6enrae B. Hawle1,sswho was at one time
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-18
! The Musician Next Door. /
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
3 BY S. Rheff Roman.


nIT may, be that flute is worse
thanla piano in the hands of an
unconscionable individual" l rumi-
mated. But then again no man can
,eXpend on flute more than one hour
at a time. Human lungs could stand
no more. But the piano offers limit
less length Of time in which to ex-
.cruciate the ears and nerves of a
next-door neighbor.
You say you signed years lease
for these rooms?' / asked Harris.
Yes, sir; they seemed to agree
with your instructions, SO | thought
j had better take them, as they are
downtown and in pretty good condi-
ton. You said in the French part OF
town, sir"
$50 1 did, Harris. They are very
good rooms and you've had them rem
ovated quite satisfactorily. The up
holsterer you employed knows his
business" remarked, looking around
at the really fine antique furniture
filling the high-ceilinged, spacious,
old-fashioned rooms and the somber
but beautiful draperies, whose tones
chimed excellently well with the black
rosewood, dark mahogany and old
oak, which made up the furnishing
of my suite of rooms in the dilapi-
dated old French quarter of this
pleasant Southern city.
Its all right, Harris. Those brack-
cts and mantle ornaments are SUI
perb. I'm glad you had thing laid in
the bathroom and electric lights and
bells put around. 1 wish you had
found out about that musician, how
ever. Who is hep"
HE has a French name, sir. Mr..
st. Julian Daubert. He plays in the
orchestra at the French opera. If
had known about his living next door
I / wouldn't have taken the rooms, sir.
When heard of it thought the walls
were so thick you wouldn't be an
noyed." Harris was serving the first
meal was enjoying in my new quar-
tens, and while giving this explanation
a rhythmic running of scales came
family but audibly from somebody's
very nimble fingers over next door.
1T wouldn't be so loud" ventured
Harris, consolingly, placing Roquefort
and coffee on the table, "if the glass
doors on the front piazza were shut.
But it seemed so springlike 1 thought
I'd better open them, sir"
Leave them alone" interposed,
as Harris went through the drawing
room towards the pretty old-fash-
toned French windows opening on a
broad veranda, evidently intending to
close them.
The scales drifted into some woD-
derful exercises at least / supposed
they were-then I recognized Men
delssohn, and by the time had
lighted cigar and was seated COM
fortably in an armchair by the side
of wood fire in an open Fireplace,
i was halfway reconciled to Mr.. ST.
Julian Daubcrt's music. His render
ing and execution were astonishingly
good.
~ Another fear assailed me.
Does he give lessonsw 1 inquired
anxiously.
II believe he does, sir" Harris ad.
nitted, reluctantly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-18
oRANoDAo's RocklN. CHAIR.

A homely built. old-fashioned thing. it,
Joints In every part worn loose,
Its arms OF strong, implanted wood well
polished from an age of use;
Its creaky rockers seemed to cry as In
excruclating pain.
And noisily protest against being put to
such trying strain.
For generations II had stood upon the
footworn floor beside
The old fireplace from which the flames
licked upward through the chimney
wide,
And young and old through years of time
had loved and venerated 1t.
That old -bottomed rocking chair in
which her granddad used to sit.
She told me all it's history, that maiden
of the rosy face,
AS we would sit on winter nights before
the CHEEKY old fireplace,
From when 1t left the builders hands
and sat as II in silent pride
Within humble cottage when her grand
mother was a bride,
Down through the generations till her
sire inherited the prize,
And as she talked the reverent light that
lit the azure of her eyes
Unclaimed my heart In willing bonds,
and /, too, pinned my love to Ii,
That old -bottomed rocking chair in
which her granddad used to sit.
She told me how the good old man would
seldom leave that honored seat
When weight of passing years became too
heavy for his tott'ring feet,
And how he'd sometimes sit for hours
held as If in a heavenly spell
Upon his knees an open book, the Bible
that he loved so well.
How she. toddling youngster then,
would kneel before she went to bed
And say her prayers at his knee, his
= withered hand upon her head,
And as she talked her lovely eyes with
holy inspiration lit
AS rocked she slowly In the chair In
which her granddad used to sit.
Twas only built for one. and yet We
found 1t strong enough for two
AS In our hearts the spark of love Into
flaming passion grew.
And spite its loud protesting creaks. 1
one night pressed her to my heart
And spake the glowing words of love
that made her mine till death shall
part.
And as sit and watch her as she rocks
our bouncing boy to rest.
HIS curly, golden. sleepy head soft pill
lowed on her mother breast.
I felt that mine. II possible, Is greater
than her love for it
That old -bottomed rocking chair in
which her granddad used to sit.
Denver Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-18

r HE Indictment.-The fact Of
Living Lord writes deep and black
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-04-18

G ATAN'S Easter.-Think of Satan
81 celebrating the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. We do not want to APP
pear irreverent. We do not wish to
shock the sensibilities of the human
heart. We know that many, many
people are not really Christians be-
cause of carelessness and thought
lessness, and because they fail to
realize their true attitude toward
God. Comparatively few, perhaps.
have deliberately and finally rejected
Gods claim upon them. We suggest
the thought of Satan's joining in the
Easter rejoicing and festivities so as
to bring out forcibly what Easter
celebration may mean. God declares
that man must either take his stand
with Satan or God, that he cannot
serve two masters. This bring true.