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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01
MARIET IA
LEAVES PORT
UNITED. STATES GUNBOAT DE-
PARTS FOR WILLEMsTAO.
SUBJECT BOWEN'S GALL

Belief in Official Circles in Washing
ton That Settlement Will be Pro-
longed for Some Time-President
Roosevelt Congratulated by British
Writer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01

Presidents New Year Program.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-Cnarles Cor
telyou yesterday made public the pro-
gram for the presidents new year re-
ception. 1t is about the same as that
usually followed on such occasions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01
Missouri Politician Dead.

st. Louis, Dec. 2S.-Major James B.
Dennis, aged ga, is dead. He was
prominent in Missouri politics, and
was for years a leader of the demo
Gratis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01

At New York John Brush, aged 81,
was arrested for forging a check on a
local bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01
OPPOSITION TO
RATIFICATION
UPPER HOUSE DIVIDED ON THE
RECIPROCITY SUBJECT.
PROTECTION NOW INVOLVED

Is the Argument of Republican Sena-
tors-In Event of Ratification, De-
mand May be Expected From Ger
many for Similar Treatment-Pres-
ident Confident of Success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01

Caracas, Dec. 28.-In order to avoid
any embarrassment through a wrong
Interpretation being placed on her
presence at La Guaira the United
States gunboat Marietta will leave to-
day for Willemstad, Curacao, where
she vii remain subject to call from
Minister Bowen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
DYING TRAiNMAN
DIRECTS WRECK CREW
With Legs Crushed and Internal In.
juries He Told Rescuers How to
Take Him From Debris,

NEW YORK, July 21.-In view Of
several thousand persons, John Fall
lon, a Long Island Railroad brakeman,
caught between car and a drill en-
CINE and with his legs mangled, di-
rected wrecktng car how to extricate
him from a wreck near the East ave-
nue. crossing. He was pinioned be-
tween the car and engine for one hour.
Many passengers got off to aid a
dozen railroad employees, who were
trying, In bungling way, to extricate
the suffring brakeman. Fallon direct
ed that jacks and screws be used be-
tween the driving wheels of the tender
and the lower part Of the car. The
Wreckers worked under his orders,
while others, with hammers, saws,
croWbars and axes, tore away the front
end of the passenger coach. Extreme
junction was administered to the suf-
ferer by Rev. Father Conklin while
three doctors worked over him. He
was still conscious when taken out.
but the doctors said he could not live.
Fallon was acting as head brakeman
on a passenger coach which, with a
long line of other coaches, was being
sidetracked. In attempting to make a
flying switch the engine jumped the
track, and the passenger coach, COM
ing at full speed, with Fallon on the
front platform, crached into the tender
before he could I'LL + &C: s@* -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
UNION CONSIDERS
THE MILLER CASE

WASHINGTON, July 21.-The case
OF w. A. Miller, assistant foreman of
the bindery Of the government printing
office, who was removed from office
because he was expelled from the book
binders union, and who was reassigned
to duty. came up tonight at meeting
OF the union, at which about 500 men,
bers were present. After a. session held
behind closed doors, President Barrett
Of the union, announced that tomorrow
a statement of the case from the union
standpoint would be made. A copy
of this will be furnished to the presi-
dent, to- Secretary zCortelyou, to the
civil service commission and to Public
Printer Palmer. .t'*
Mr.. Barrett said that the paper would
show that the position. Of the bookbind-
ers' union was correct In the present
case; and that the reinstatement Of
Miller would cause discord.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
LATEST ABOUT BRAINS.
n the London Express

From the London Express:
Mans curiosity is naturally bound
less concerning his brain, which is be-
lieved to be the seat and the token of
that mental power which makes him
the undisputed king of the earth.
If the brain were really such a box
! Of drawers as some phrenologists have
| assumed, with everything IN its place
| and all possible faculties accounted for,
| human heads could be classified as
readily as plants, and nobody could fail
to distinguish between them any more
than one can fail to select roses from
| lilies.
One might predict absolutely from a
glance at his head that a given young
| man must become a great financier or
| a poet or a. philosopher, with no more
danger Of a mistake than in asserting
| that one tree will produce acorns and
| another apples.
| But the shrewder sort Of phrenolo-
gists see that this will not do, and so
they endeavor to modify the bases Of
! their sciencn to suit the infinitely var
! led facts of human nature and devel-
| opment.
The real progress in brain study is
| made by those who undertake the
work, as far as possible, without any
preconceived and preperfected theory
! to lead or mislead them. DR.. Fl. Man.
tiegka has recently published in the
proceedings Of the Royal Scientific
Society of Bohemia some remarkable
observations on the relation OF the
weight Of the brain and the size and
shape of the skull to the mental pow
Eers Of man. IA il: rs a.; i
these 5investI tIons show the. inn
portance Of good feeding to brain de-
velopment. The brain cannot do it's
work without an abundant supply Of
pure, well-nourished blood. Other
| things being equal, a heavier brain i'm
plies greater mental power, and DR..
Mantiegka finds that persons en-
ployed in Industries where the nour-
ishment Of the body Is apt to be in
sufficient, and the muscular exercise
slight, show, as a rule, lighter brains
than do more faVorably circumstanced
persons.
Blacksmiths and metal workers in
general have heavier brains than
coachmen; but the latter exceed car
penters in brain weight, ana carpen-
tiers exceed persons employed in cloth
ing industries while at the bottom Of
the scale stand those who are en-
gagged in the manufacture and sale Of
alcoholic drinks, who are apt to do
more or less drinking themselves
1t would appear. also, that the
weight Of the brain may be Increased
by the direct exercise of it's own func-
tions, men of mental training showing,
! as a. rule, greater brain weight than
| others.
| It should be remembered that the
size Of the head cannot be taken as a
trustworthy index of the weight Of the
| brain.
The organic quality is the main
| thing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

complished not BY the hornely: virtues
of industry, sobriety and thrift. but
by 2 supreme disregard Of the rights
Of others, an entire willingness to Craze
closely the door Of the penitentiary ii
a. bag Of gold can be had for the ad-
venture. The great figures Of the
world Of high finance are as thorough
freebooters as Captain Kidd or Black
beard ever were. The story Of Stand
ard Oil Is only typical. The Steel
Trust, the .shipbuild1ng Trust. the
Anthracite Trust, the great railroads,
have all their chapters Of chicane,
swindling, violence and theft.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
GERRIT SMITH ON
LAND MONOPOLY

Land monopoly is the chief cause Of
beggary-comparat little beggary
will remain after land monopoly is
abolished.
The world will be happier when land
monopoly is abolished, because it will
more abound in marriage. Marriage
more abound in marriage. Marriage.
when invited by free soil, will be
much more common and early, than
when, as now, it must be delayed until
the parties to it are able to purchase
a. home.
And still another benefit to flow from
the abolition of land monopoly is it's
happy influence upon the cause Of tenn
perance. The ranks Of intemperance,
like those of war, are, to a. great ex-
tent, recruited from the homeless and
vagrant.
I will glance at but one more Of the
good effects that will result from the
abolition Of land monopoly. Religion
will rejoice when the masses, now
robbed Of homes by land monopoly,
shall have homes to thank God for
homes in which to cultivate the home
bred virtues and to grow in Christian
vigor and beauty.
81 90 secl1res ss1Vho Tahor wor1d,s -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
P. M. ARTHUR.

P. M. Arthur, for thirty years Grand
Chief of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers, is dead. He could well
be called the veteran executive officer
Of the labor movement. Few men In
the ranks of labor had more bitter
enemies, and at the same time more
staunch and truer friends than Mr..
Arthur. During his long career In the
movement to which he devoted his
life his character was never impugned
by the men who would know whether
he was true or not to his people.
His idea Of organization was widely
different from that of any other leader
in the labor movement, even from that
of the other railroad brotherhoods.
He believed alone in the higher educa-
ton of the engineers, confident that
this with thrift and industry would
make them so thoroughly efficient that
they could command the very best
conditions with very little effort
through their organization. By firm
ly holding to this policy his organiza-
ton was crowned with success. His
relations with kindred railroad organ
izations, however, were SO unsat1sfac-
tory that he was often termed by
them, "the ungenerous Arthur" It
was with great difficulty that such
men as Sargent, Clark and Morrissey
induced Mr.. Arthur to enter a plan of
limited federation at Cedar Rapids, Ia.
While Mr.. Arthur consented to the
terms Of the agreement, he never be-
came an ardent supporter of any kind
Of federation. It has been often said
that he secured concessions for the
engineers at the expense of the other
organizations The railroad companies
we'll knew that so long as the engi-
neers were paci1ed there was little
danger of a prolonged suspension dur
ing a strike. Hence they were ever
anxious to be on the best Of terms
with Mr.. Arthur.
The opposition Of other labor lead
ers to Mr.. Arthur did not arise from
personal differences, but rather on &C.
count Of the policies which he adj
vocated and supported.
In the death Of P. M Arthur the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
have lost heavily. No matter how
mich We NAV have Differed with hin,
we recognize that he was man of
sterling qualities and sound Judgment.
He was necessary cog in the ma
labor will be better because he has
lived.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
THE DEAD PONTlFF.

Tireless patience was the corner
stone of the late pope's career.
He was a great man among the
great men Of his day. He played a.
part amid some Of the most tremend-
GUS dramas of history, and he played
it successfully.
He made men who commanded
armies obey him; out Of enemies he
created friends; a church which he
found the prey Of all he left strong in
the circle Of his defenders. Leo XIII
will go down to history as one Of the
greatest among the long line Of great
men who have filled the papal chair.
He could wait. If need be, he could
wait months, or years, until his time
came. He had no decisions. He saw
things as they were, not as he wished
them to be. He held an enemy to be
an enemy only until he could make
him friend.
This patience was the secret of his
genius, and because Of it he was en-
abled to transform a comparattvelv
friendless church into a church hav-
ing friends everywhere.
He recognized talent in those who
opposed him, and a good idea, was q
good idea, no matter who proposed It,
He never made the mistake of UNDER
valuing the skill of an opponent. He
had genius which could recognize the
possible and the impossible. He vast
ed no strength in combating the
inevitable. Just as easily as he weigh
ed his friends and his foes, he weighed
himself.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
THE UNION AND THE
WALKING DELEGATE

It is wonderful how solicitous some
newspapers are that trade unions
should dispense with their WALKING:
delegates. And it will be found that
their solicitude increases In proportion
to their enmity toward organized labor.
One would think to read these effusions
that the walking delegate foisted him.
self upon the union, and Immediately
went about trying to foment trouble
for the membership.
The truth is, the walking delegate
or more properly speaking, the busi-
ness agent-became a necessity be-
cause Of the efforts Of tricky contract
ors and employers to get the better Of
their competitors by violating trade
agreements. AS the trade union was
never heard Of until trade conditions
became unbearable, so the business
agent was unknown until the neces-
sity arose for employing some one to
bring cruel-hearted or dishonest en-
plOyerS TO terms.
The business agent of the union is
denounced simply because he does not
allow cheating; he Is cursed for his
persistency in stamping out dishonest
! PRACTICES; he is condemned for the
| reason that he is an effective weapon
| In the hands Of the union in maintain
| ing discipline and good order. The
business agent, being human. often errs
in Judgment, but as rule he prevents
ten strikes where he causes one. He Is
usually the choice Of the conservative
members of the union, gentlemanly ir
appearance, slow to anger and con
scientious in the performance Of his
thankless task. So.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
A New Explosive.
From the Metal Industry.

From the Metal Industry.
Powdered aluminium brings to play
an important part in the practice of
the engineer. Mixed with the oxide
Of iron, it can be fired and in burning
will produce pure iron at such a tenn
perature that 1t can be used to unite
pieces of iron or steel-such for ex-
ample, as the ends Of steel rails. A
mixture of powdered aluminium and
nitrate of ammonit, called "ammonal, -
is a. valuable explosive, and is the
safest known. 1t is not subject to
explosion from shock or friction, nor
is it affected like nitroglycerIne, by
cold. sIts is fresh with a percussion
cal. BY varying the amount of pow
dered aluminium the strength Of the
explosion may be varied. The gases
resulting from the explosion are also
said to be harmless. This, Of course,
is of great Importance to mine blast
ing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

lust ana tyranny. ~: : *: =" ~.'<< -
The story of NapoIeon's career
makes up pages OF history that rival
the. most romantic creations OF. the
imagination, and yet from many points
Of view he was a monster of wicked
ness. There are indications in plenty
that he was destitute of any moral
nature and that his standard of good
and evil was the degree to which acts
and events ministered to his own sue
cess or marred it.
The verdict Of history is that he
knew no motive but interest; he &C.
knowledged no criterion but success;
he worshipped no God but ambition.
To crafty his schemes Of -glori-
f1cation he deluged Europe with blood.
That a company Of young men about
to enter upon their life work should
choose such a character as their model
is astonishing.
When we remember that this COM
Pe~~AS 40 SAAS pAouANL " O4AC VI LAAC
greatest institutions for character
building in this country, the result
becomes all the more amazing. \
Napoleon, at his best, was a freak
a mushroom product OF extraordinary
times. The graduate of a great COL
lege is supposed to be broadly and
evenly developed, to fit into normal
conditions. A college can no more
produce Napoleon in times of peace
than it can produce a stroke of light
ming from clear sky.
But, after all, it is not strange that
the Yale students selected Napoleon
as their model. It is not the educa-
ton that caused the selection, but the
natural bent Of mind. All boys would
be Napoleons. It is the purpose OF
education to defect such wildly vision
airy aspirations into proper channels.
This seems not to have been done with
this class at Yale. The head-packed
child, so far as aspirations and ideals
are concerned.
Will it be at all surprising If these
young men! solemnly seeking to be
Napoleons, should prove to be moth
ing?
Is it any wonder that college educa-
ton fails to make practical men when
1t thus produces childish dreamers?
There is good ground for the suspi-
cion that there are entirely too many
college graduates waiting for chances
to be Napoleons, in war, commerce,
manufactures or other pursuits. and
not enough who have learned the great
essential of being a good private in
the ranks.-St. Paul Daily News.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

1t is no profit to the unemployed man
looking for work in New York in sum-
mer to be told If he were in Kansas or
Minnesota he could earn three dollars
a day. It is slight consolation to the
farm hand Of the Northwest, even at
the end of good harvest season, to
know that there is work to be had in
the late fall and winter in Chicago or
New York. The cost of getting to the
field of labor is prohibitive to the pen
niless man, or will exhaust the savings
Of one who has worked through the
short harvest season.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

fortunes like those Of Schwab, Carne-
gle or Rockefeller, the ethical gulf is
wider, even, than the material one.
The existence of such prodigious ac-
cumulations of capital in the hands OF
one man is menace to liberty and to
social order. The methods by which
they are accumulated are invariably
those of violence, extortion or fraud.
To point to their possessors as ex-
emplars for our youth is to advise our
boys to throw aside every human
quality, and develop those of the beast
Of prey. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
He SPOKE HIS LITTLE PIECE,

From The Book Of B1unders:
At a railway shareholders meeting
in London a gentleman arrived and in
sisted on making long speech. When
he had concluded the chairman quietly
asked the verbose orator whether he
had quite done.
Eyes, sir, quite!' was the indignant
reply.
"You will consequently permit me to
answer you, STRIP
ooh, certainly, If you can; but I defy
you to do that"
well, them" said the chairman,
calmly and with. measured voice. II
have to inform you that you are in the
wrong room and addressing the wrong
company. The speech you have just
made should have been delivered in
No. 6, first f1oor.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
EVERYBODY is OUT OF TOWN.

How Little. Are 1: the :, Hot Weather
F q Escapers Missed from the World. M
The society columns tell US that
Everybody is out of town."
Some mansions are closed; their
windows, that erstwhile laughed with
lights, now look at you with melanch-
oily Darkness; the gay pageantry is
gone from the streets: the gilt and tin
sci have ceased to glitter and glisten;
the pomp Of wealth and fashion has
disappeared, like a freely that hides
it's glow and fades away into fathom-
less night.
Yes, ''everybody is out Of town.
scattered at the seashores, in noun
tain retreats, in Europe, up the lakes-
everywhere but in the hot cities.
EVERY body!"
| What volume of aristocratic i'm
pertinence and insolence there is in
that!
Strictly speaking; those who are
gone are the nobodies of our cities.
They are in the most cases not MISS
ed at all.
They are the dudes and dolls that
come and go without any appreciable
effect upon the serious work of the
world.
The lack Of concern over their alb
sence shows how little actual worth
they are in the real social and indus
trial life.
The great cities go right along with
out them.
All the myriads Of workers and all
| the manifold enterprises move along
tn
| their presence.
| Every street is as crowded as it was:
| not a store or shop has been closed
! not a factory has been shut down; not
| trolley car has been taken off: not a
! tenement has it's shades drawn and
doors closed.
The great throbbing heart Of the city
beats steadily on, pulstng the rich
warm blood of Industrial life through
every artery and vein.
On summer hotel ,piazzas, at the
beaches, on the golf links and the ten
MS field are millions. They look as
bright and care-free as butterflies that
lightly fit from flower to flower.
| But they are not ''everybody."
| All, no, no!
| compared with the great swar1ns OF
pussy honey-bees that work steadily on
what are they to the world but feshes
OF evanescent colors?
What matters it in the serious affairs
OF any city whether its fashionable sci
be at home or abroad?
| Nothing at all.
! Every vital industry, every essential
enterprise every worthy project >an6
ambition move on to fruttion, whethe,
the display Of fashion be here, or there
or nowhere -
And these inconsequentia1 factor.
that go and are not missed, that dror
out OF the social and industrial ma.
chlnery OF a city without Earring q COZ
ARE they 'everybody?" .
No; they are the nobodies.. .~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

The only real lesson taught by the
ever recurrent shortages OF field labor
for profit fail of their most important
and legitimate service to the people.
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WOULD BE NAPoLEoNs.

The graduating class OF Yale, by a.
vote, selected Napoleon Bonaparte as
its ideal historic character.
Certainly there is much in Napo-
Icons career that is inspiring to young
men. = :,s@;. r. u: xsxq:
But while tn=:h1s brain the eagles ii 4
Inspiration, 4 had n their ey,r,ie, Il ii, lis
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

. To achieve a competence is an hon.
orable ambition for any man, though,
if employment could be made certain
for life, the man who worked for his
living always would be more useful
member Of society than the one who
retired at middle age to live on his
accumulations.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
MANAGER WANTED.

Trustworthy, either sex, by whole
sale mercantile company Of solid
financial standing, to manage Local
Representatives who will organize
clubs among consumers. 40 per cent.
saved for our customers. Business
no experience, but proven success
Salary $500 a week. expenses ad-
vanced. Experience unnecessary. Ad-
dress D. B. Clarkson, Mgr. 1874 Dear
born st. Chicago, Ill.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
Gtories Of Tammany,

from the Philadelphia Telegraph:
# Mr.. Cleveland's letter excusinz
himself from accepting the courteous
invitation" to participate in the Tam
many blowout on Saturday were in
tended to be sarcastic, it was a bril-
liant success. His recalling the "glor-
1ous traditions" Of the Tweeds, Kellys,
Cookers and Murphys was extremely
good. even if it must be put down as a
piece Of unconscious humor; +.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25
Servia's Crying Need.

Servia's Crying Need.
From the Philadelphia North Amer
lean:
Premier Avagumvics thanked the
skupschtina for electing King Peter
Karageorgevitch. The reform that
Servia most needs is spelling reform.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-25

There is one reason why labor must
rely upon it's own efforts to secure
justice for all in the working class,
Any aid from the daily press will be
incidental perhaps accidental. The
workingman must work out his own
salvation.