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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

A faded green silk flag, with one
corner torn into ribbons, has been
placed in the collection Of the Buffalo
Historical society. 1t is relic OF the
Fenian invaders who crossed into Can
ada from Buffalo on the night OF May
81, 1866, and who had to come back
few days later, after having thrown
Canada into a spasm of terror. This
flag went through what Is known as
the battle of Ridgeway, which village
is now more familiar to Buffalonians
as the town back of Crystal Beach.
The flag was formerly presented to
the Historical society by James NIGEL
roy, in whose family 1t had been for
long time, and by d. E. Mahoney. The
exercises were held in the society's
lecture room. About 200 persons were
present. President Andrew Langdon.
in response to a few remarks made
by Mr.. Mahoney, said he was reminded
of an incident that came under his
observation while in the office or the
president of a large New York bank.
1T was during political campaign,
and one of the other officers coming
into the room hung up the portrait OF
one of the candidates" he said. THE
president Immediately said, Take that
down. We have no politics here It's
the same way with us. We accept
relics whether We approve of them or
not, and we accept this flag for its
historical interest"
The flag, which was carried by the
Buffalonians who took part in the In
vasion, is nine feet long and six feet
wide. In the upper left-hand corner
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
TOO OLD"

ne mad seen more prosperous days,
He was threadbare. pinched. and cold.
And hunting job. A shake of the
head
was the answer he gothic was. they
said,
"Too cd"
IN the busy marts where men,
Absorbed In the search for gold
Deive early and late. he had sought for
work.
Only to hear from hippant clerk:
TOO old"
In the busy foundres. where
Are men of a sterner mold
Anc the furnace flames roar day and
night.
They were needing help" but he was
quite
TOO old"
The beasts In the cattle pens
Were safe within their fold
With food and care, and a place for
sleep:
But a man may be. to earn his keep.
TOO old"
And even where vice and crime
Their nightly revels hold
He had thought an honest man might
stay
And still be clean. He was turned away
TOO old"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

At the end of the year, says the
Worlds Work, we may congratulate
ourselves that it will leave the world
in much better plight than 1T found 1t.
When it began there was war in South
Africa and there were troublesome
hostilities in the Philippines. NOW
peace is broken, if broken at all, only
by the unrest in Venezuela and Co
lombia and in Hayti, that follows their
revolutions, and in Africa, where the
Mad Mullah" has attacked the Brit
ish. And not only is the world at
peace, but the great nations are more
securely linked together, perhaps, than
they ever were before. New forces for
peace are at work, especially two OF
the strongest possible world infiu-
ences: an organized and closely knit
commerce, which none can afford to
disturb for fear of lasting loss or
trade, and in particular, the over
whelming commercial power OF the
United States, which would gain
still surer lead by the suspension or
industrial activity in any important
country. The little periodical adjust
ments of power and of privilege that
the nations used to make by special
treaties were crude and weak guaran-
ties of peace in comparison with the
compelling power of modern COM
MERGE and all that it implies. The
most recent wars were really only
frontier wars.
Men without historical knowledge
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
Bill Posters Organize.

Chicago has given birth to another
national organization. 1t is the Ma
tional Alliance of Bill Posters and
Billers of America. Delegates from
fifteen of the principal cities of the
country were present, and the knights
OF the paste bucket and brush. believe
the first step has been taken in the
thorough organization Of the craft in
America All of the local unions
which formed the national organiza-
ton were chartered from the A. F. OF
L. direct, but as local unions they
were unable to control the men who
Travelled with shows and circuses.
Through the national organization a
union card will be recognized in any
part of the country, and 1t will be
necessary to have such a card, too, If
the man who posts the circus bills
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
Plans of Railroad Men.

A good deal of attention has been
given the proposed federation OF the
railroad organizations by labor men
generally, and while there seems to
be some doubt about the convention
said to be called for Jan. in ST. Louis
there is no doubt but tne railroad men
are seriously considering the PROPOSE
ton. While Grand Master p. H. Nor
rissey of tie Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainm en- has issued an official state
inert declaring that there is no truth
in the report of federation this may
be taken as a ruse merely to allay the
alarming stories that have been print
ell about strike of 10000 men. There
are railrt al officials who ere as en-
phatic in their declarations that the
convention will be held to discuss fed
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

To ask for a hostier's job
In a stable he made bold,
But the well fed coachman showed him
out;
1--WE want fellow that's young and
stout
TOO old"
Past him the young and gay
n their gaudy chariots rolled.
He watched them pass, and his eyes
grew dim:
There seemed on earth no room for him
TOO old"
Out of the crowded city.
Out on the dewy world
In the gathering twilight. bleak AMI
gray,
He wandered until he lost his way
''Too old"
There, next morning. they found him.
Staring. ard stiff. and cold.
Thank God. to cross the mystic river
His pilgrims here are never. o, never,
TOO old"
He had found a place at last
Where the eager strife for food
Is amcng the things that have passed
AVA,
And no one stands at the door to say:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
MADE RICH BY STORM.
Bo Of Lightning Uncovers Vein Of Iron Ore for Which Two Miners
Had Vainly Sought for Months.

into the mountain to show for their
summers labor. Unfortunately this
was all they did have to show for 1t.
for no trace of the mineral they
sought had been found, and their
means had played out.
On the day of the storm they con-
cluded to abandon the search, and
they had taken the tools from the hole
and were packing their camp outfit
when the storm came up. The fall OF
the rain was accompanied by bril-
liant electrical display and loud claps
of thunder. Suddenly there came a
most terrific clap of thunder, accom-
panying a binding fash of lightning,
and 1t seemed to the watching men as
though the mountain was being torn
asunder. A moment later another
equally severe crash followed and
third clap came little later. The
lightning bolts seemed to be directed
at the shaft they had SO recently
abandoned, and when the storm had
cleared and they investigated they
saw that the wall of the shaft had
been scanned and shattered by the
electrical bolts. They descended to
ascertain the results of the bolts and
found the wall of the shaft opposite
to the lateral tunnels had been riven
and several tons of rock hau been
scaled off and had fallen to the bottom
or the shaft, but, what was OF more
interest and Importance to the pros
pectors, the vein Of ore which they
had so persistently sought had been
laid bare.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

1t will not be an easy task for one
to convince Larry O'Donnell and
Frank Ingersoll, two prospectors OF
Sunset canyon, that nature did not
get up the electrical storm which Wis.,
tied that locality this week especially
for their benefit, writes the Los An
geles correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean. Be 1t known that thun-
derstorms are extremely rare in Cal
ifornia. Indeed there are plenty Of
persons here whose hair shows gray
who have never heard the voice of
the state thunderstorms do at rare
intervals occur, but 1t has been a num-
Der of years since Sunset canyon
echoed to the reverberations of the
thunder's voice until the recent
storm.
For number of years prospectors
have suspected that a considerable
vein of iron ore lay concealed some
where in the mountains in the vicinity
Of the canyon, and much prospecting
has been done in the endeavor to To-
cate it. Float bearing traces of iron
is plentifully scattered over large
section Of country, and the two pros
pectors above mentioned followed the
lead to Sunset canyon, and there in
what seemed to be promising spot,
they began sinking shaft, hoping to
cross cut the mineral lode. Patiently
and persistently the men worked all
through the summer and they had
hole some thirty feet deep with two
lateral tunnels running several feet
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
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Capable and Faithful Official.

Henry White, the national secretary
of the United Garment Workers, has
labored earnestly to bring about
union of the conflicting elements. He
claimed that all the clothing workers
with the exception of the regular GUS
tom tailors should be in one organiza-
ton, and the A. F. of l.. adopted his
view. Mr. White has helped to bring
the clothing makers up to where they
are earning decent wages and work
ing reasonable hours. For years it
was hard work, but they now have
strong organization and faithful Off
GERS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

fought desperately, but eventually
were beaten. So enormous was their
less that the head money" awarded
by the British government amounted
to no less than 100000.
In 1867 Rajah Brooke's house at
Rushing was attacked by Chinese pi-
rates. He had to evacuate the CAPT.
tai, but with small force recaptured
the town. 1t was about this time that
the present rajah, then lieutenant In
the navy, joined his uncle in Sarawak.
The rance is a Wiltshire lady and
a sister of Harry de Windt, who re-
Gently reached this country on his tour
overland from Paris to New York. She
is a remarkable woman in many re-
spects and is the only Englishwoman
now living rightfully bearing the title
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
FENIAN FLAG A RELIC.
Buffalo That Was Carried by the Irish Troops During
the Invasion Of Canada
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q golden sunburst was once painted
on the background of green silk, but
its outlines were destroyed by Cana
dian ball that tore through the flag
at the battle of Ridgeway. That por-
ton of the flag is merely collection
of tatters now. Running in a line
slanting upward and that begins be-
meath the sunburst are the following
words in golden letters: Buffalo, Sew
enth Regiment, Irish Army of Liberia
ton" Beneath this is the following
inscription placed on the flag after
the Fenians had returned from Can
ada: "Ridgeway and Fort Erie, June
2, 1866" Occupying the center of the
right-hand half of the flag is the fol-
lowing, also in golden letters: Pre-
scented by the Fenian Sisterhood OF
Buffalo, May 6, 1866" Part of this
lettering is torn, the result of bull
let.
The flag was carried to Fort Erie.
Ontario, with the 900 Fenians who
took part in the invasion. After hav-
ing driven the Canadian militia near
Ridgeway to retreat. and then having
to retreat themselves before body OF
Canadian regulars, the Fenians hur-
ried back to Fort Erie. While trying
to cross the river the Fenians were
arrested by American forces. Later
they were released. The United States
government authorities returned the
torn flag to the local Fenian organiza.
tion.-Buffalo Express.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
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expects them to remain on billboards
The officers expect that hundreds O.
men who have not joined the loca
organization will now get in line. The
officers elected are: Charles Joseph
Pittsburg, president; N. Petit, St
Paul; G. Chappell, New York; J
Donovan, Cincinnati; w. Harvey
Philadelphia; ]. Howard, st. Louis;
Klein, Omaha, and Charles Springer
Denver, vice presidents; j. j. McCor
mick, Chicago, secretary; William
Murray, New York, treasurer; r. W.
Mullen, st. Louis H. Druhe, Louis
vile, and F. Sanderson, Cleveland
trustees. The headquarters of the
new organization will be in Chicago
Monongahela water is not half bad
when diluted with Monongahela rye.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

, ing a Chinese wall around their city
and barring every one from the out
side, practice entirely at variance
with the spirit of trades unionism
Another independent union of paint
ers has been formed in Muncie, Ind.
and it has taken out a charter under
the state laws. 1t was formed, it Is
said, as a protest against the rules
of the brotherhood in admitting EN-
ployers to membership. Like the
New York organization 1t cannot hope
for recognition, but it is keeping the
painters craft divided, and while the
internal dissension is on it retards
any movement for the general ad
vancement Of the painters of the
country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

erned despotically but wisely and ben
evidently by a private Englishman.
1t was in 1912 that Sir John Brooke
was proclaimed successor to the sui
tan of Sarawak in north Borneo, and
thus became absolute monarch of a
country $4,000 square miles in extent.
visa a population of about 100000 peo-
pie. He was succeeded by his nephew.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
Hours of Labor Shortened.

Back in the latter part of the eight
eenth century the earliest records Of
stonecutters' unions show that the
hours Of labor were limited only by
daylight They worked from sunrise
to shutdown, and the wages we're about
$3.50 day. This condition prevailed
Until about 1882, when the stonecut-
tiers established a fourteen-hour day.
From that the length of the working
day was reduced first to twelve hours,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

ear and tongue, listening and giving
advice to men with troubles.
His duties range from the settle
ment of domestic disputes to the dis
pensation e advice concerning the
merits q various brands OF liquors.
Men wiz hArdluck tales are never
turred down by him.
III man wants loan he is sent to
TIE trouble man." Has man been
locked cut OF home by his wife? The
trouble man will tell him what to 60.
Vas man an "incurable" case OF
rheumatism? The trouble man will
tel, him how to cure it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
DUTIES OF A TROUBLE MAN.
Specially Employed to Listen to Hard
Luck Stories.

SpcCIdIIy EHPIUycU 10 |'SeS'' :"
Luck Stories.
Annoyed by the constant tales OF
people with troubles to tell, the pro
prietors of saloon at Matthews, Ind,
have hired a man to remain in the
place, whose sole business it is TO
listen to the troubles of others, az
cording to the Indianapolis News.
In front of the saloon they have
erected a platform and have fenced 1t
off by "a iron railing. 1t is upon y
platform that the trouble man" sits
and sympathizes with his ever-grow 1s
clientele. Almost any time of day the
trouble man" may be seen with ready
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
KANSAS AGITATOR. GARRETT. KANSAS.
Governs Strange Kingdom
Sir Charles Brooke, Absolute Ruler Of the
Land of Norh Borneo, Has He'd Romantic
Adventurous Csreer-His Subjects.

Especial correspondence

HE disaster which re-
Gently overlook the pun
tive expedition dis
patched by the rajah Of
Sarawak against the
head-hunters of Borneo
has drawn special at
tention to the romance
of this wild kingdom in
the south seas gov
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02
Two Unions at Odds.

Rivalr, between the SAGE workers..
Protective Urion, ar irfependent
organization Of sNoe workers. and the
Boot and Shc" "orkers' Union the
tha natioral d. eaton. resultedAin
strike IF tc Eve workmen at
tho g :, of ST. 9. Nhilds. at Haver-
hill, Mass.
IN ~ 90 = TO the independ-
ont rgar izatiof, : tie firm is doing
contract work fr c0r'err whicn
holds the STAMP o. nationai or
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

Grafton as Morrissey is that it will not
The plan is not new one, although
it. is a progressive step, as the rail-
read brotherhoods have kept aloof
from each other in the past, just as
they have from the American Fedora
ton of Labor and the general move
ment of the country. That the gigan-
tic mergers of railroad systems is op-
ening their eyes to the necessity for
action on broader lines is admitted by
some of them, and when the trainmen
appeared in the last Labor day parade
at Chicago it was regarded as evidence
that they had experienced a change of
heart.
,hN &c CT, tr1
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

verjoyed at his good fortune, readily
ffered his services and after series
terrible battles crushed the REBEL
n. For these services Muda Hassim
'eated Mr.. Brooke rajah and pre-
ented him with huge slice Of his
ngdom, with Sarawak as the center.
Raiah Brooke set vigorously to work
forming the people, but the pirates
ere at first too strong and the Eng
sh government sent out ships of war
cooperate with him. The pirates
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

shoulders to which they belonged, and
proof was found in the number of 9th
err peoples heads that the lover had
been able to collect.
But the unfortunate part of it wa
that this led to indiscriminate chou
ring off of heads. A lover simply
wandered round by night, and whvn
ever he saw handy heac. particux,
ly if it happened to be ChinamarAs
he cut it off. This was the origin both
OF nead-f ,rnting and head-taking.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

The wise man makes men first weep
and then laugh. The fool makes men
first laugh and then weep.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

Some lives are like firecrackers and
some like arc lamps.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

ganization, and is required to have its
labor done by members of that union
There was trouble over the matter a
while ago, but working agreement.
was arranged between the two unions
which continued until this week. The
rational union is advertising for mer
to fill the strikers places. No griev
ance against the employers exists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

Even the engaged telephone girl viii
ring of on the slightest provocation
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

Money is king-and at the same
time a very interesting subject.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

The average man has bro 'herir
law in ~ '"-' 'r'-'"o~r
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

The man who gets stuck on girl
occasionally gets stuck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-02

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-26

bermarle, Sherman and Ethelhurst apart
ment houses, with which he was con-
nected, admits an apparent shortage OF
s 1000, and says the matter will turn
out all right.
Associate Justice Alexander B. Hag-
ner, of the Supreme Court fthe District
of Columbia, after a service of almost a
quarter of century on the local bench,
will retire next Monday. 1t is believed
that Mr.. Morgan II. Beach United
States Attorney for the Districtof Colum;
bia, is slated for the place.
Senator and Mrs. Hawley, Of Connecticut
have decided to spend the summer in unique
fashion. They have chartered rOomy
housebOat and tomorrow will start on tour
up the c. * o. canal and along the beautiful
banks of the Potomac. They will spend some
time in the region Of the Great Falls and may
ascend the canal as high as Cumberland.
They will then return through the mountains
and enter the Potomac at Georgetown.
Thence they will float down the stream as far
as the Chesapeake Bay. The houseboat Is
equipped with both steam and sail power,
and has commOdiOus deck houses and a hold
empty of everything but necessary furniture
and ballast. Six rooms have been arranged
1t is the intention Of Senator and Mrs. Haw'
lev to invite friends TO join them for few
days or weeks during their excursion.
Consul General McWade cables the State
Department that the famine in Kwangsiw
province is increasing and that Asiatic
cholera, sporadic, has broken out in Canton.
Consul General Bellows at Yokahoma cables
the State Department that plague exists
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

At the Manassas Gap Copper Mire
in Chester Gap, some fine openings have
been made, and in one place at least 100
tons of finest copper ore were taken out
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a certificate authorizing the
Peoples National Bank of Roanoke to
commence business, with capital OF
800, 900.
Capt. f. A. Goodwin, one of Peters
burg's oldest and most prominent citl-
zens, died Sunday night Ee was ma
tive of Dinwiddie county, aud few days
ago celebrated his eightieth birthday.
Hon. Henry ST. George Tucker an
nounces his acceptances of the chair OF
constitutional law of Columbian Uni
versity, Washington. He will also be
dean of the law school of the university.
First Lieutenant David McCoach,
United States artillery and son of a
prominent Philadelphia millionaire, is
missing from Fort Monroe andis wanted
by the military authorities to answer
the charge of conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman.
The Cylde Line Steamship Company
has decided to leave Richmond, and
loaded its last steamer there yesterday.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
which furnishes the larger part of the
freight to this line and employed trans
fer agent there for the purpose, will
furnish it at Newport News, instead of
at Richmond
Rev. r. S. ,McCauley was taken from
his horse in the public road, near Hufs-
vile, Floyd county, Sunday by two al
legged liquor blockaders and severely
whipped. Mr. McCauley was on his
way to Huntsville TO fill an appointment
when he was confronted by two men
whom he had reported for selling whisky
and raising disturbance at the church
on former occasion.
Rumors of q local option fight are rife
in Richmond, and the liquor men are in
much fear that it will come off, believ-
ing that with the present high tide of
temperance sentiment they would be
driven out of business At the same
time retail liquor men are said to be
comforting with the wholesale liquor
dealers with view oforganizing party
to fight the Mann bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-26
TELEGRAPHIo BREvITIEs.

Inc zoOth anniversary of the charter
ing of the city of New York was OBJ
served with elaborate exercises in that
city today.
Senator Penrose will tomorrow be
elected chairman of the republican state
executive committee of Pennsylvania t.,
succeed Senator Quay, who will not at
tend the convention.
The parade incident to the fiftieth an
nual conclave of the Grand Commandery
of Knights Templar, in Philadelphia
today, was one of the most imposing
ever witnessed in that city. More than
5000 Knights were in line.
The treasurers of the six cotton mills
of Lowell, Mass, now idle by reason of
the strike, are to meet in Boston TODAY
and canvas the subject of opening the
gates next Monday This action is due.
it is understood, to the reported desire of
the larger part of the operatives to 90 to
work and the assurance that some. at
least, of the strikers in the crafts which
hold the key Of the situation will break
away.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has decided
TO build connection between its Bellington.
w. Va, branch and the line extending from
Weston to Pickens, W. Va. The new road
will be twelve miles in length, and will open
up valuable timber and coal lands.
While running at high rate of speed the
Chicago q Northwestern passenger train
plunged into ditch at Onawa, s.. ID. yesterday.
1t is reported that the baggage man is dead
and number of passengers are said to be
seriously hurt.