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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
LABOR IN IOWA
Commissioners Figures Show Rapid
Growth In ORGANIZATIONS.

Labor Commissioner Brigham Of Iowa
has completed part of the statistical mat
ter for his forthcoming report. 1t demon
strates that organizations are multiplying
more rapidly now than ever before.
The number of local unions in the state
Is 800. divided among "a International or
national unions or brotherhoods. Reports
were received from 1855 having a men,
bership of 44.130, or averaging 1881 each.
If the 70 not reporting had maintained
this average the total membership In the
state Is about 48,400. Two years ago there
were 4S crafts reported with 396 locals and
28,068 members.
A careful compilation has been made
to show what has been accomplished by
these organizations. The printers are
shown to have secured, since organi1a-
ton, an advance in wages averaging for
the state 1913 per cent. The stereotypers
report SO per cent gain, metal workers II.
plumbers 50, horseshoers 40 and railroad
trainmen,r engineers, conductors, fremen,
postoffice clerks and brewery workers
about so per cent increase In wages. The
cigarmakers obtained a gain under or
ganization Of 40 per cent in wages, and
a reduction of 81 per cent In hours Of
labor The hotel and restaurant employees
gained 80 per cent In wages and reduced
hours 20 per cent; the electr' al workers
gained 46 per cent In wages and reduced
hours 10 per cent; the bricklayers gained
81 per cent In wages. The machinists
made gain Of ~ per cent In wages.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
In Labor's Field.
THINK PLAN IS GOOD
Labor Men Believe Engineers and
Firemen Could Unite to
Advantage.
Late Chief P. M. Arthur Gave Ap-
proval to Plan Before
He Died.

The consolidation Of the brotherhoods Of
locomotive engineers and locomotive fire.
men Is likely to become fact In the near
future The plan was latterly Endorsed by
p. M. Arthur who for years was head
OF the engineers organization
Among labor organizations 1t Is thought
the consolidation would result In one OF
the strongest unions yet formed. the en-
gineers numbering about $4,000 and the
flremen 5000 more than that number.
Second Vice President Shea Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen Is
authority for the statement that altho
Mr.. Arthur bitterly opposed the fedora
ton scheme for years, he changed his ex-
perience before his death and acknowl-
edged that the plan was good one.
According to the rules of the brother
hoods at the present time federation may
be secured by majority vote. Altho no
immediate attempt may be made to ANAL
gamate the brotherhoods 1t Is believed to
be only matter Of time until they come
together.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
MOVE TO LOWER WAGES
Metal Trades Association Said to Have
Started One,


The National Metal Trades association
has started a movement to reduce the
wages Of maohinists all over the country
10 per cent. If this reduction Is accom-.
plished 1t will affect 100000 machinists,
both union and non-union. Wage agree
ments with the various unions affiliated
with the International Association of Ma
chinfsts expire Jan. l, 1904. and prepare
lions are being made by the manufacture
ers to Insist upon "a reduction when the
negotiations for new agreements begin.
James O'Connell, president of the Inter-
national Association Of Machinists, has
been apprised of the circular that has
been sent to the members of the National
Metal Trades association and he declares
that the machinists will not brook any
reduction Of their present wages. He Is.
however, advising officers of the macllin-
lists unions everywhere not to stir up
trouble at the present time with their en-
ployers, and expresses the hope that
peaceful negotiations with the manufac-
turers will result in their withdrawing
from their position.
Fierce competition and diminution Of
business are given as the cause for the
movement to reduce wages.
This Is the first movement that has been
made since 1896 for a reduction of wages
Trouble in Milwaukee,
international President Hughes, Of the Coop
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Fishing and Hunting.

The angler will find in Utah ample op-
portunities to indulge in his favorite sport.
The mountain streams are stocked with
gamy trout and the but little less samy
black bass abounds in the water Of Utah
lake. In season good duck hunting can
be had on Utah lake. the Jordan and
around the pools and lagoons Of the Salt
Lake valley On the mountain sides
grouse are plentiful, and larger game can
be found on the mountain ranges Of the
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservation.
To enable people to reach these favored
localities without unnecessary expenditure
of time or money, the Union Pacific has
put in effect very low rates and splendid
train service from the Missouri river. Ac-
cornrnodations provided for all classes OF
passengers.
Full information cheerfully furnished ON
application to J. o. Goodsell, r. P. A.
Omaha, Neb.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Wheat Must Sweat

Reports from North Dakota show that
threshing Is delayed three weeks or more
in the heaviest wheat growing districts.
The wheat having been wet must be
stacked and stand for from three to four
weeks in order to dry out and retain its
grade. This delays the entire season and
1t is surprising to see the branches Of
business affected. It will not, however,
affect the use Of golden grain belt beer,
which has come to be necessity in a
large proportion Of the homes Of the
northwest. AS tonic and table beverage
this delicious tonic Is unequaled. Don't
be without case in your home.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
RIRTHS.

Risberg Mr.. and Mrs. Carl f., 725 Fillmore
street NE.
Randall, Mr.. and Mrs. O. b., 1852 Irving ave-
Conner, Mr. and Mrs. p, e34 Fourth avenue N,
daughter.
kestad Mr. and Mrs Mike, 1919 Lyndale ave-
nue. N, son
Kanny, Mr. and Mrs John. 800 Greeley avenue
N, son
seeman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry, $40 Second ave
nue. S, son.
Chamberlain, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B., 25oeh Fifth
avenue, son.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
DEATHS.

Mal1en, Thomas B., city hospital.
Albertim, William, city hospital.
Wanger, Raymond, city hospital. III
StegEer, Jasper T., c., NJ. & st. P. tracks.
Oberg, Ida, Asbury hospital.
Mccormick, Archie, Northwestern hospital
Anderson, Kristoffer, 2213 Eleventh avenue s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25

!. Groceries.
Specials for Saturday 0nly.
If you cannot call, telephone,
we'll take care in filling
and delivering your orders.
Early June Peas-spec- o.
ial, per doz. o0c. Can o.
3-lb. can beets-spec- 1no
ial, doz. $1.1O. Can lUI
3-lb. can Baked Beans, o.
special, per can. 500. ~
Domestic Sardines- -
lib. cans, special, ca. ~
Soda Crackers, Oyster Crac k
ers, dinEer Snaps, *
special, lb. DC
Da special daioa =. 2for 25c
12 bars Good Laundry o.
Soap, Saturday. ...ZOC
A &c Sack of Salt, >
special, Saturday.. ~
Snyder's Oyster Cock-00~
tail. pint bottle, sp'l.. AOS
Lemon. Vanilla, Strawberry & 4
Almond Extracts, special, &C
- SATURDAY. Nor hoffJe
In Basement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Officers WIN Decide.

At the third annual convention Of the Blast
Furnace Workers and SHELTERS Union Of Amer
| shorter work day in the hands of the officers.
James McMahon, Of struthers. Ohio was elected
president; w. j. Clark, OF Buffalo, N. Y, sec
urer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
MARRIAGE LIOENsEs.

John 8. johnson and An anda c. Norden
Frederick G. Schultz and Carrie Gottwalt
Lloyd s. Robinson and Marcella c. Wilmot
Charles A. Nelson and Hilda Anderson.
William Roasch and Josephine Willmann.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Something Very Fine In Passenger Trains,

Something Very Fine In Passenger Trains.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad is
entitled to great deal Of credit for going
a step beyond its competitors In the mat
ter Of fine train service to Chicago and
st. Louis. THE North Star Limited"
with it's new buffet-library cars, compart-
ment sleepers and superior dining car
service leaves nothing to be desired.
Cheap rate tickets on sale. w. L. Hatha-
way, city ticket agent, No. Washington
avenue s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Drivers Amalramated.

ers Local No. 312 have consolidated. The officers
OF the new organization are: q. NJ. Bentson,
president; James Day, vice president; A. A.
Durresen, Becretary-treasurer; e. r. Hegg, re-
cording secretary; J. w. Farber corresponding
secretary
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25

ers' Union. was called to Milwaukee Wednesday
by 2. telegram apprising him Of the fact that
trouble was apprehended. Mr.. Hughes has been
In Minneapolis several weeks looking after mat
tiers of interest to the local union.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Outlook for 1904.

Owing to the unsettled conditions At Is feared
tht general building operations will be largely
suspended next year. The amount Of capital to
be withdrawn Is estimated at $50, 0OO, 600
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Three Through Cars to California,

Three Through Cars to California.
The Omaha road now offers the follow
ing through tourist car service to Cali
fornia:
Tuesday, car leaves Minneapolis 9:O5
a. M; st. Paul, 9:35 a. M, via Omaha and
Ogden, arriving San Francisco Friday
4:25 p. M: Los Angeles, / p. M, Sat-
urday.
Thursday, car leaves Minneapolis $3.50
7 p. M; st. Paul, sos p. M, via Omaha,
Denver and Salt Lake City, arriving San
Francisco 1925 a. M. Monday.
Saturday, car leaves Minneapolis 9:05
a. M; ST. Paul, 9:35 a. M, via Omaha,
Kansas City and Albuquerque, arriving
Los Angeles a. m., Wednesday,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25

Organizer Cilley of the Wood Workers expects
to have wood workers council organized by
oct. l. The council will be composed Of dele
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25

Women with pale colorless faces, who
feel weak and discouraged, will receive
both mental and bodily vigor by using
Carriers Iron Pills. which are made for
the blood, nerves and complexion,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25
Building Material Trader Council
Tri.city wood -Workers, Council.

a meeting will be called soon at which plans
VIII DO perfected for the formation of building
material trades council
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25

Minnetonka trains leave Minneapolis: 80 p.
M; leave Minnctonka, z7:45 u. m.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-25

Trouble in Milwaukee.
International President Hughes, Of the Coop.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
PURCHASING FOR POSTER1TY
Wealthy Men Buy UP Inferior Coal
Lands in PennSylvania-Takc
Long Look Ahead.

Purchasing for posterity is the latest
commercial development of these
strenuous competitive times.
Scores of men who think they have
the gift of foresight are going through
the western part of Pennsylvania buy
ing up all the undeveloped coal land
that they can run across. The veins
are generally small and the grade of
coal inferior, and the buyers know
this. but they not infrequently pay as
much as $50 or $40 an acre for the
coal rights.
I'VE are not such fools as some peo-
pie think we are said one of them.
"All the good coal veins are being
worked now to their utmost limit, and
the demand is growing larger all the
time. owing to the fact that this sec
ton OF the country is having more
mills built in 1t every year. What will
be the result? Fifty-maybe a hum
dred-years from now the big veins
will all be worked ont and these in
ferior veins will have to be opened
Then our posterity will be right in
the way Of making money. and lots OF
it. In the meantime, we have enough
money to see us through life. so we
can afford to invest penny here and
there in coal lands that are sure to
return big dividends to our children.
and surely to our grandchildren later
on
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25

"One-half of the world knoweth not
how the other half liveth" The popula-
ton of India is almost 300.000,000 A
careful estimate by Sir Robert Giffen
puts the aggregate annual income of
all the people at G46S. 100000. That
would make their average earnings
$3.50 a year. or two and one-seventh
cents a day. Another authority, q
writer WHO presents reasons for his
opinion that Sir Roberts estimate is
too high. puts the gross income of the
people of India at ego. 100000, which
works out at one cent and one-third a
day. 1t should be borne in mind that
the population Of India is agricultural,
and the people live for the most part on
the produce of their soil, and that their
need of clothing and fuel is small. Wis
itors to the country do not find that
they are in abject poverty.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
GENEALOGICAL ENTHUSIASTS.
westerners Have Caught the Craze
of Tracing Up Their Ancestors
What Figures Show.

81 have found" said an authority on
American genealogy, that the craze
for tracing up ancestors is much
stronger in the newer than the older
portions of our country.
II have more patrons by far in
Texas than in Massachusetts. and the
sum total of the money | make out
of Denver people far exceeds the re-
turns | get from that modern center
of ancestor worship-Philadelph
in a recent mail had some 80
letters from various parts of the coun-
try. Ten were from Texas. four from
Missouri. seven had Illinois addresses,
Idaho furnished three. California,
eight: Kansas. six: Ohio five and the
rest came from New York. New Hamp-
shore and South Carolina. And this,
despite the fact that | am an eastern
err, and have made extra attempts to
get eastern business
"All this would seem to be proof pos
tive that the westerner all these
years that he has been shying stones
at his brother in the east for his sup
posed pride in his granddaddies. has
been keeping up secret worship at
the same shrine. But on the other
hand. 1t may be that every easterner
now has his ancestry all traced out.
and therefore. is no longer fish for
the genealogist's net"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Novel Suggestion.

The earl of Meath, somewhat en-
thusiastic British humanitarian, has
suggested to the London school author
tiles that children of the elementary
grades be taken from the city and
brought up in model country villages
the parents to pay only the bare cost OF
food, the county council footing other
expenses. He urges that in this way
children Of the very poor would have an
otherwise unobtainable chance to grow
up strong, healthy and good citizens.
In addition, many of them would prob
ably stay in the country, thereby help
ing to repopulate the rural districts.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
SNAPS DEATH TRIBUTES.
Chicago photographer Makes Spe-
cialty of Taking Pictures of
Floral Offerings at Funerals.

A Swedish photographer has an I'M
usual business at place in North
Clark street, near the entrance to the
Lutheran and Graceland cemeteries,
says the Chicago Tribune This man
makes living by picturing the flow
ers that are left on newly-made graves.
No sooner has the funeral cortege
moved away than he appears and sets
up great camera which seems to have
been made for this particular purpose.
When the grave has been filed up the
flowers are banked on the mound. and
an excellent negative is made Of the
showing.
1t is claimed that this practice is
growing Mourners like to have some
thing to show the floral offerings that
were made at the offtaking Of mem
Der of the family. Sometimes the or
der is made while the family is yet at
the grave. but on most occasions the
order is given by some member OF the
family in advance of the funeral, or
by the undertaken.
The services of the man are ire
quently sought at the house where the
remains lie and where the flowers are
banked up around the caSket.
Other pictures are made of the flow
ers as they are loaded into car
riage and are being hauled to the Gem
etery. and still other floral offerings
are brought to the gallery. where the
collection is placed on table and
photographed.
All classes of people want to have
funeral flowers photographed. The
pictures cost from seven to ten dollars
a dozen. and they get full dozen.
sometimes two.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
THE PARIS CAB HORSE.
After Three Years. Service in the City
the Animal Is Thoroughly
Worn Out.

About $4,000 horses pull the cabs of
Paris. The average life is little less
than three years. They come up from
the country-three-yea -olds-from the
meadows of Calvados and the fields of
Normandy, from Limousin and Finis-
terre and the Gironde. Chained and
strapped into the thills of breakers
carts they are broken to city sights
and sounds-to the horrible steam
tram, with its discordant clamor; to
the electric tram, that leaves behind
it a trail of electric sparks; to pass
ing regiments and professions and,
notably, to the policeman with the
Then, being bit-broke, whip-broke,
city-broke and heart-broke, he is
ready for the f1aore. He goes on un-
til he breaks his knees-and longer,
even-until he has worked out his
average of three years. All of which
tends to make for melancholy.
CocOtte has long been a favorite
topic for sentimentalists. Childless
women, and men who do not smoke
have spent, doubtless, too much ink
and tears over the Paris cab horse.
My interest is on the human side of
things. AS for Cocotte her end is USE
full but ignoble. Last year Paris ate
1880 horses-juSt about the annual
number of horses used up in the
fiacres. In addition the good Paris
ians ate 257 asses and 40 mules, but
that has nothing to do with the case.)
I used to wish that were an honest
fellow of four shins, but not in Paris
NOT in Paris
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Told Her Age.

Usually only cruel necessity would
compel an unmarried woman to ac-
knowledge herself over 80 in the face
of large public meeting. But Miss Vida
Goldstein, female candidate for the
commonwealth senate in Victoria, did
not shrink from the ordeal, for 80 is the
minimum statutory age for an Aus
tralian senator. In the opening speech
of her campaign, delivered in Portland
her birthplace. she contradicted the re-
port that she was only %, and boldly
proclaimed herself 80.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
His Suggestion.

BEG pardon" said the large, fat gen.
tleman to the awkward woman he was
dancing with at the party. but if you
would be so good as to step up on my
feet and stand there / would be glad to
carry you around the hall, and it would
be much easier for both of US. Chi
cago Tribune
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25

DR.. Louis Duncan declares in a maya
zine article that in this country techni-
cal education is too technical There is
too much instruction. he says eve
should not attempt to make mental
storehouses of men, but mental factor.
les. The ability Of man to work out
any specific problem depends upon his
being able to make a mental plot of the
problem and keep it constantly before
him. This requires an imagination that
has been developed and not suppressed. y
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
In spanish Theaters

Theaters in Spain have no pro-
grammes. A bill in the lobby some
times gives the cast, but most of the
actors remain unknown by name. The
curtain is devoted to advertisements
and in Madrid theater advertising
cards are affixed with the numbers on
the back of each seat.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Speed of Ride RuIIets.

The muzzle velocity second of the
rifles of the large countries is as fol-
lows: United States, Springfield, 1900;
French, Lebel, 2,O73; English, LIE Met
field. 1000; Spanish, Mauser, 2,3SS;
Italian, Mannlicher Carcano, 2,100;
German, Mauser, 2,O34 feet. Sights on
these are now graduated thus: United
States, 1000; France, 2,187; England,
1880; Spain, 2,187;, Italy, 2,100; Ger
many, 2,187 yards.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Toy Manufacturers.

The manufacture of toys has become
important as domestic or house in
dustry among the people in the little
principality of Meiningen, and the small
villages in the country about Sonneberg
contain many skilled woodcarvers and
cabinet makers,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
An Arabian Custom

When an Arabian woman does not
wish her husband to enter her apart
ments she puts her slippers outside the
door, This is such an ancient and in
violable law, albeit an unwritten one,
that he would be bold man who would
transgress it.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25

cSigner has a framework of small steel
bars, which is covered with wire net
ting, and the latter with cement. The
surface is then polished. The cost is
2ess than that of wooden boat. and it is
claimed to have greater speed despite its
greater weight
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
largest Photograph.

The largest photograph ever made is
now on exhibition in Berlin. 1t is II
yards long and yard and half wide. all
in one piece. and represents the Gulf
of Naples. 1t is to be taken to the st.
Louis exposition.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
las states Cam Make WAR.

1t is expressly provided in the con-
-stitution Of Colombia that when one
state of the union shall be at war with
another, or the citizens of one state shall
DE at war among themselves the gov
sernment of the union is required to pre-
serve the strictest neutrality"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Speakers of Congress.

There have been 33 speakers of the
national house of representatives.
Eleven of them became United States
senators and one of them, James X. Polk,
of Tennessee, president of the United
States. The position has been filled by
only one merchant, one physician, one
preacher, three editors, while "a of them
have been lawyers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
To Clean photographs.

Soiled photographs may be cleaned
by being sponged with cold water and
sdried by laying them face downward on
the palm of the hand The mounts
should be rubbed with crumbs of stale
bread
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25

In an address before the British Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science,
Mr.. Charles Hawkins remarked that
water obtained by gravitation is almost,
If not quite. as expensive as water OBJ
tanned by pumping, may be something
of surprise to a layman, but is easily
explained by the greater cost of gravita-
tiOn works.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
ThOuEhffuI.

Two men had fallen out of the sixty
fifth story. AS they proceeded down
ward one of them yelled.
Why do you yell?" asked his com
paniOn.
In order that people may catch lis
with their cameras replied the other
-Detoit Free Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Different in Real Life.

In the play. of course. the villain is
always properly chastised by the hero;
but in real life. unfortunately, it fire.
quently happens that the villain is six
feet tall and a good boxer-Puck.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25
Mending Stockings.

When darning stockings, run thread
draw till the edges lie fiat. This makes
the hole appear smaller, and 1t is much
easier to mend.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-25

The use OF sea water for flushing
streets and sewers in English towns has
been abandoned because the salt dust
damaged the goods Of merchants, the
paint on carriages and corroded plumb
ing.