The leader., 1903-07-08

T. E. Barrett, marshal of the st.
Louis court of appeals, has been
. suspended from office and indicted
for participating in naturalization
frauds.
Newton Van Horne, aged II, was
killed while playing game of base
ball at Cohocton, O., by being hit
by foul tip ball, his skull being
fractured.
DR.. Crum, the colored collector
of ports at Charleston, S. c., whose
appointment by President Roosevelt
caused great opposition on account
of his color, delivered lecture in
Chicago to members of his race,
during which he declared the negro
race within a century would out
number the Caucasian in this coun-
try two to one.
The employers association, with
5000 members, including most Of
the business men of Kansas City,
has started a movement to repeal all
city laws that discriminate in any
way between union and Independent
labor. There are several city ordin-
ances that favor the product of
union labor to the exclusion of
independent labor.
The Gar of Russia is greatly dis
turbed on account of the rapid
spread of a revolutionary movement.
It is said that the anti-semitic agi-
tation at Eastertide extended
throughout the entire pale of the
Jewish settlements. The monarchi-
cal society organized at Pinsk cir
culated leaflets beginning: Brother
Workers, Orthodox and Catholic !:
Christ has arisen; let us embrace,
kiss and go kill the Jews At
INSTRUMENTATION, it is said, an
officer of gendarmeries has been 60
ing about the bazar telling the peo-
pie that it is the Jews and Socialists
who prevent their '1ittle father"
the car, from giving all his child
rem everything they need, and that
therefore the Jews and Socialists
must be killed off.
A quick and effective piece of
work on the part of the state depart
ment to prevent loss to American
exporters is disclosed in a report to
the department from United States
Ambassador Powell Clayton, dated
Mexico, June 10. It seems that by
a new tariff which went into effect
July 1, the duty on corn imported
into Mexico was enormously in
creased. American shippers were
prevented by the Western floods
from delivering for the June &C
count more than a million dollars
worth of corn. At the instance of
the state department Mr.. Clayton
on June IA appealed to Mr.. Maris-
cal, the Mexican prime minister,
and the latter, after a consultation
with President Diaz, suspended the
operation of the new tariff for one
month, thus saving the American
exporters from ruinous losses.
A suit was filed at San Antonio,
Tex, last week, the outcome of
which will be awaited with much
interest by members of labor unions
and the public in general. The
style of the suit is State of Texas
VS.. The Trades Council and the
Electrical Workers Union of San
Antonio, and the officers Of each Or
ganization. It grew out of the boy
colt of the Herf building, big
business block in the best business
part of the city, which was boycott
ted by the unions because the cleo
trio wiring was done by a firm that
was ON the unions unfair" list.
Negotiations were pending for the
lease of the building when the par
ties who wanted to lease were mott
fed by the unions that they would
be boycotted if they attempted to do
business in the structure. This
threat caused the proposed lease to
fail and no man nor firm will now
lease the block, which is one Of the
finest in the city. The matter was
placed before the attorney general
and the suit filed followed.
It is regarded as the most import
ant law suit ever filed in Texas, as
the decision in it will determine the
existence of boycott in Texas.
(. Edward Gum, a Montana sheep
herder, was bitten by huge rattle
snake while herding his flock. He
was twenty-five miles from Miles
City, the nearest point where he
could secure medical aid, and he
jumped ON a pony, without bride
OF saddle, and rode at breakneck
speed for his life. The faithful