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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06
Woman KiIIed by Lightning.

Atlanta. Speciai--A furious thun-
cerEtorm prevailed Sunday afternoon
ia thiE city. Miss Euia Higgins was
killed by lightning while standing on
the rear porch Of her home on Mariet-
"a street A small Presbyterian church
near Grant Park was struck and
burned 70 the ground The rainfall
49, very heavy.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06

Indianapolis. lad. Special.-The
American Society o: Equity has is
sued a bulletin 70 farmers OF the
United States demanding an increase
IN the price o. wheat. arguing that the
minimum price Of wheat should b. 81
a bushel and urring the farmers o.
the United states 10 sell for less than
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06

Enxsfxh naturalists. who recently
visited the floating gardens On Two
iakes near the city ~ Mexico, *
plains how they are made. for tney
nse ARTIFICIAL. NOT na.nraL Clamps -
euaanxIed peat, moss. rushes and grass
sc couabine6 and anchored 70 stakes
- 70 long sagssngs o. willow and pop
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06
WRECKED BY STORM
Gainesville Cotton Mill is Completely
Demolished BY Cyclone
PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
One Hundred Houses Blown Down at
PscoIet - Fearful Destruction BY
Force Of the Wind.

the noon hour. Monday. this city was
struck by a terrific cyclone. killing
probably 10 persons. unroohng the city
hotels. other large buildings and de-
stroying the Gainesville Cotton Mills
The greatest loss OF life is in the de-
strUction OF tae cotton mills. where
about so persons are reported killed
and scores injured. Eighteen persons
were killed in the city between the
center CT town and the railroad sta
ton. where four large stores wore
blown down. The storm had driven
many persons into these stores fo-
refuge and they were probably all kill
ed. There were five hundred persons at
work in the cotton mill when the cy-
clone struck. The mill was n three
story building. The first story was
left standing but badly wrecked. The
second and thirC floors were com atc-
ly demolished and the employees caught
under the wreckage and mCnglCd. ID
Is now estimated there was al least -
bodies under the wrcckagc OF the third
floor. IL is not known how many per
sons on the second floor OF the building
were killed. The roof OF the electric
car barn VAS lifted ard the building
badly damaged. The railroad depot
suffered also.
Among the dead arc Mrs Nrarshor,
Camp and child. Jack Nfurnhv. are5
10 son OF widow Nurnh,. T-lah Iari.-
son. Ethel I.vle Annie C,a-r-stf CIsns
Shesf The vrieo and fa-r',+c- ~ "
3. Sloan. a LAWYER ae-a fatorfv in
iured. Aunonr others -er>,-tos iD5,,~ea
are. Mrs. Tally and daughter baflv
hurt. Mr. ZONES WHO 30 NJ Ions
F who keeps a grocery store near South
f ern depot. badly hurt. j. r. Logan.
f badly injured. James Simpson. Maud
I Gordon Simpson. anna Schubert. Ola
I Miller. Bessie Skinner. Mrs. Doc
t Clarke. j. F. Summervile Aionzo
f Ford. Doc Stoval. Joe Shubert. Mil
ledge HILL Willie Boone. Henry Con-
dor.
me S-uthnrn depot was blown
down The Gainesville Iron Works
were -ellolisne1 and seevral people
Lsiis-t ~ ine wreck ne Games VIC
- Nilis "t.e p-o"n do"a- The
~ -.---.-1 --o,ei. no" Iseo as 2
$500 aug ap1I .-i''n' mouse was razea
an- .1- a l.-eN 1l more people We're
,----.--e5 ana eo,-,-sl --.,-.-,.-.s $50
Min 81 one b--s-,z ,,s .--.,,. ~.
ro-r,~rs ana I. 49,, -. ~
away in The re~r, se+fro--r-+ - 49,
town h-irt huilsi-~ or ere r,.f-
street ~ Gainesville VS. fe-,olfeb.f
Many other buildings are Sen,oiisbrs
The cyclone veus On 10 Now Woliar.
and il Is believed that az least Is p,a.
pie are killed there. Neither the Ar
linCtcn Hotel nor the 8renau Coller.
was iu the track OF the tornado an,
they are therefore safe with their oc
cupants.
Within the space OF two minutes f.,
tornado dealt death and destruction
20 the city OF Gainesville and en-
/ viro1s. killing at least 100 ueonlo
w0unding $50 more. leveling 100 cot
taccs % the ground and tearing ivy,
stories OF the factory 81 the Gaines
F vile Cotton Mil OF the killed prob
ably two-thirds we've women and chill
, + drcn. who were operatives in the cor
. ton mills The death LIST includes I'm
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06
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Increasing Responsibilities
Of the Supreme Court.


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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
POSTMASTER COYNE,S HEROiSM.

Postmaster Coyne played the part of
hero saturday OH Lake Beulah. Wis.
consin, where he has his summer
home. He arrived In Chicago Monday
after a weeks absence. hut could not
he prevailed on to give the details of
n rescue which his friends had told
about before his return.
While the postmaster his family ana
several friends were cruising around
Lake Beulah saturday afternoon In his
launch the Three Sisters u sudden
suuall came up. Mr.. Coyne was try
ing to steer his light craft In Il favor
able direction when he noticed Il zach,
capsize in the strong wind severl
hundred feet away. The POSTMASTER
headed for II promptly and In few
minutes they came within reach. There
they saw two men and two women
struggling In the water. already some
what exhausted. without delay the
postmaster circled around the yach,
and drew the two women into his
launch.
The launch was already crowded t.
the point of danger and the two mel
in the water had to hold onto thci
yacht while It was drawn to shore b.!
the launch. There the party were cared
for and soon recovered from their OK
perience.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

He says he Is the pink of honesty
and that. although he is selling his
milk nj Il price which hardly keeps
him alive. nothing could tempt him to
stoop to the base practice of extend
ing" IL. lie suggests that If watering
has been done and the city dealers
are not guilty. which he neither af-
firms nor denies. it may he that the
railroad men on the milk trains open
the cans. drink freely of their sweet
contents. and hide their misdccds Ivy
pouring In water. Presumably the
railroad men are innocent. For that
reason they do not Indignantly deny
the accusation and suggest that some
body else is the offender. They do not
answer rcvilings with rcviings.
IL is not the business of the Health
Department or of the consumers to
suspend Judgment Us to dealers who
sell ndulterutcd milk until charges and
insinuations against dairymcn and
railroad men can be investigated. II Is
not better that Il hundred guilty deal
ers should escape than that one man
who has innoccntly sold watcrcd milk
should he fined. 1t Is the duty of
the mikman to- make sure that he is
selling straight goods. 1f-hc distrusts
his daryman he should have the mill;
| tested and return IL If bad.
| The excuses. apologies. or eNplana
tions of the man caught selling water
ed milk should receive no attention. liz
should he prosecuted and fined and the
public duly notified, 80 1t may avoit
him."
In the meantime ii Is alleged tina
the reason for the non-enforcement %
this ordinance Is due to political inter
ferance at the City Hall.
Even stronger charges are bcin'
made.
There should he a thorough and
systematic investigation of this SUI
ject.
The Grand Jury should get ut til
matter and find out why the la>
Is not enforced: why II has not bee
enforced and what milk dealers.
any. have been 'approached' by Cit,
Hall cmissaries to make arrangement
for hiding their shortcomings.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
NO CLUBS ON the BOULeYARDS.

Some of the fine clubs will have to
get off the boulevards or quit selling
liquor.
On Monday City Collector LahiF
asked the legal department whether
the ordinance prohibiting the establish.
ment of saloons on boulcvards applies
TO clubhouses. Corporation Counsel
Tolmnn has taken the matter under
adviscmcnt and on his decision will
depend the perpetuity of the bar at
the Union League Club In Jackson
boulevard. the Chicago Club In Michi-
met clubs and several others whose
quarters front on park controlled prop.
erty.
The city authorities are facing an
| other difficult problem that relates OK.
clusively to the aesthetic side of the
clubhouse licenses. Tie clubs obiec,
to having the ordinary saloon licenses
hanging over their cut glass and have
asked for II special placard that will
save them the ignominy of having
their buffets classified as dramsliops
The matter. being one of pure art
will be referred by City Collector La
hiff to the Municipal Art Commission
I'VE are meeting difficulties every
day." said Corporation Counsel Tol
man. land before long we will prob
ably find some law that prohibits club.
from serving leo water without a spe
cial permit. don't know whether the
boulevard act applies. but II 1t does
some of the clubs will probably clos,
| their burs,"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

where they settled in the thriving
town of Dundee.
The new registrar was very popular
in Dundee. in which city he became II
general merchant and was engaged
In trade for many years.
Mr.. Hawlcy was elected to the state
Legislature from the Fourteenth Sena-
torial District and served with great
credit both to the district and to him
self for eight years. from lSSS to 1896.
He has been employed in the state
grain office for over five years-four
years of the time as chief clerk.
He is thoroughly competent and will
make n fine record as registrar. Mr..
Hawlcy Is prominent in Masonic cir
clcs and is well known and highly re.
spccted throughout the state.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
the LABOR TYRAhNY.

Labor troubles. with their constant
Inconvenience and the resulting tinan-
cial losses. have forced the Nassar
Swiss Underwear Company. which Is
controlled by employees Of Marshall
Field Il Co., to make arrangements to
leave Chicago. and establish Its plants
ut Rochelle. ILL.,. where trade unions
are thus far unknown.
The products of the Nassar company
are handled largely by Marshall Field
K Co. and Eastern houses. The COM
pany employs from 100 to $50 women,
and has been In existence for about
two years.
The scheme Of action pursued by the
company Is typical Of that used by
other firms that have been anxious to
get away from the bane Of labor trou-
BILE. At meeting on Thursday, July
30. at Rochelle. two members OF the
company explained why they wanted
to leave Chicago and asked what In
ducements the town could furnish
them.
At the meeting Of the citizens 3d..
200 was raised and that sum was
swelled to $4,000 within the next two
days. With this money grounds Will
he purchased AMI buildings erected
| lust south of the town. a portion
of the ground will be plated for resi-
dence lots.
| The company Is expected to make
Rochelle Il small manufacturing cen
| ter.
| I'VE believe that our business will
prosper better out of Chicago" said
q. \. Mclean. of the company, "fOr
the help Is of better class. easier 10
handle, ana not so prone to cause trou'
BILE on slight provocatlon. We are
cramped in our present quarters ana
are anxious to move. do not feel nj
liberty to talk much about the Ro'
chcllc project mt present.
Chicago i labor cursed. | think
il is doubtful whether the great ma
lority of members of labor unions will
bc content 10 COntinu" under the sway
of the radical minority now In power
\ dissolution of som" kind Will,
think. soon come about The sober,
industrious workers viii not tolerate
the wild actions Of the radical element
much longer, ANA 1t Il II certainty that
the employers have grown weary OF
them"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
AUGUST MAGAZINES.

THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE.
The Metropolitan Magazine for Au.
gust. In u new summer dress. refined
artistic and wholly pleasing. Is Il nota.
BILE issue. This II the first number ap.
pearing under the new management
and II. for the most part. a magazine
OF Illustrated fiction. There are four.
teen short stories. all by well known
authors and all strongly human in mo-
tive and character. Among the con.
tributors to the August Metropolitan
are Maurice Hewlett (best known. per.
haps. as the author Of 1.-The Forest
l.Overs'c. whose latest story. "The
Queens QUAR-" began It's serial ap.
pearancc In the last issue; Charles q.
ID. Roberts, Henry Harrison Lewis.
Henry Tyrrell. W. \. Fraser. Charles
Il. Slower, Carolyn Wells. II. Il. Mar.
rlOtt Watson, William Dean Howells
Clinton Scollard and many others OF
literary note. The Illustrations. OF
which there are fifty, are superb
works of art.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
our BAD INK SUPPLY.

The Health Department and Chicago
physicians generally have been call
ing attention 10 the bad milk supply Of
the city for long time. The fever
epidemlcs and most of the fatal dis
eases which have attacked n large pro-
portion of our population during the
past five years have been traced 10
impure milk.
The city Council, with view to,
wards rcmedylng the evil so far as
lay In its power to do So, passed an
ordinance providing for penalties and
prescribing methods for handling milk
This ordinance 50 far ms the milk
dealers Is concerned, seems 10 he Il
dead letter.
In the meantime. impure milk,
skinned milk, wut"rcd milk and bad
milk Of all kinds, T. unfortunately
pcddlcd all over Chicago.
\ few milk p"ddI"rs have been ar
rested, but they hay" escaped punish
mcnt by shifting the blame.
The Chicago Tribune in It's editorial
columns "Wednesday Aug. =, said OF
this phase Of the sub .cct:
THE dealer who j. charged with
selling watercd milk swears that he il
innocent Of intentional wrong and
should not be punished, lie says that
il there Is water In his milk he did
not put II there or order it put there,
lie wishes ii To Dee understood that
he would scorn to be guilty Of de
splcablc fraud on his customers. lie
vows that he did nothing to the milk
after it came to him from the country,
and II II is adulterated the farmer
must be the sinner.
The farmer, or dairyman, "hurls
back the charge with just indignation
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
THE COSMOPOLITAN,

The Cosmopolitan for August Is par
ticulnrly noteworthy from three differ.
ent aspects: First, every article Is
not only interesting In subject, but en-.
tertaining In style; second, II IL Il mid.
summer fiction number, replete with
brilliant short stories of love and ad-
venture; third, its articles are pro-
fusely and finely illustrated. "Dra-
matte Schools" by David BelascO; IN
article on the meat-packing industry;
Frank Moss 1.-The Tragedy of Policy
In New York." shakespeare In Modern
Settings" ana "Romances Of the
Worlds Great Mnes-the Klondike.'
all are illustrated with splendid pho
tographs, and written In an entertain
ing way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
GRAIN REGISTRAR HAWLEY.

Governor Yates deserves credit for
making very excellent appointment
when he named Edgar &. IIawley, Of
Dundee, registrar of the State grain
Office To succeed MAJOR Dan Hogan.
The office j. IA very important one,
but no better man could have been
selected to ill the place,
Mr.. IIawley Is In the prime of life,
being 81 years of age. He Is Cook
County product, having been born
here. In 1856, however, his parents
moved with him to Kane County,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
I91

There was pure food law passed by
Congress last year. This law forbade
all persons to sell any dairy or food
products (which shall be falsely label
ed or branded us to the State or terri
tory In which they are made. produced.
or grown" No particular department
Of the government was charged with
the enforcement Of this law. Secretary
Wilson however. thinks tat TO Ia v
could be better suited to his purpose.
ana Ia making arrangements to rescue
II from disuse and to put 1t into Oper.
alton. Already manufacturers have
begun to submit their labels to the
department of agriculture for inspec-
u. Or course. II thu a"t.clo l. Il -
scribed by the label Is for cOnsump.
ton within the State In which it was
manufactured it does not become an
article of Interstate commerce, ana 1t
does not fall within the scope of the
federal law. Let 1t once pass any
State boundary, however, and the de-
partment of agriculture will have the
power To insist upon truthful label.
Label literature will have to be classed
In the future with the literature Of
fact rather than with the literature of
fancy, with history rather than with
fiction. The word label will perhaps
cease TO he an exact antithcsis for the
word libel, Let all consumers give
thanks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

her in an election ut Il woman's club.
Worst of all these confusions and In.
trusions Is that which mingles some
CALLING worry" with all the work
and the play Of the week. "My hus.
band has taught me one lesson ut
least" said Il young wife. THAT is
to know the blessed meaning of the
phrase. Drop IT. ana to he able TO act
upon 1t. lie says I should have nnggcd
myself into the grave II 1t hadn't been
for him" Life IL manifold. and she
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

new census Of China has just been
completed and the returns indicate
that the population has been rather
underestimate than overcalculated.
At least 1t shows the enormous total
population Of 42G.441.O 200. according to
the cabled reports. The number Of in
habitants In Manchurln, Mongolia,
Thibet and Turkestan was only est.
mated. Thus more than one.fourth Of
the world are contained within the
Chinese empire. Even the British EN-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

Before the latest lighting French
deputy was subdued he had succeeded
in hitting his adversary real hard
with II wad of crumpled paper. The
lawmaking unpleasantnesses of sunny
France is rising to the perilous level OF
the Partisan duel.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
An

Garden nomenclature may be made a
fascinating study for the summer
months. Not only do botanical names
"mean something" as Il dictionary
search for their derivatives will show,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
/a66A

1t was At Il certain Michigan resort.
\ herd of degenerate yOungsters-this
breed of cattle always travels in herds
made custom of rounding up at Il
certain corner of the town. These
young loafers-you know the type
made pastime of smoking cigarettes
ana aiming ribald jests at lady pedes-
yrlans who We're compelled to pass that
way. One evening these fellows made
a mistake. one of them fired an in.
suit at the wrong woman. She was
athletic. You could tell that by the
way her shoulders we've set. She
walked with the air of one who knows
her exercises. 1t was this woman of
the gymnasium who became the tar
get of the indecent observation.
Whereat-. There was something do
ing, She grasped the particular dOwny
youth of the foul tongue by the throat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

A New York composer has received
gold medal for writing acceptable
music for America" and we will go
on singing the ancient tune just the
same.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
alSaA

\ French aplculturlst has been eX-
pcrimenting with bees rs messengers.
He has discovered that they will re-
turn to their hives from a distance OF
bearing dispatches, after the manner
Of homing pigeons. The pigeons will
retrace distance of five hundred or
even thousand miles, and are in lit.
tie danger of being driven out OF busi-
ness
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

One of our cOuntrymen, returning
after years Of residence abroad, thus
expresses the impression of rush" IN
our living: Europeans do the thing
they are doing; Americans do the
thing they are doing-and also the
next thing"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
ll1Sp

Breathitt County, Kentucky, wa
named after former governor of tha
state. 1t would no doubt make hin
proud II he could be here to see how
his name is kept from being forgotten
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

plre. with Its vast possessions on
every continent, has 3O,OOO.OOO less in
habitants than China. In 1890 L. q.
I,avensteln estimated the Inhabitants
Of the earth ut 1.4S7,OOO.OOO. Since
then the number has increased Mt least
~. 100000. making u present total Of
l,55O,00O.00O.
%6A
King Peter IL getting so used to 1t
that they don't have to revive him
with cold water any more when a door
slams.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

gets most out of 1t who Is capable of
passing from one experience to another
without jar. With wider education ana
opportunity must come to women u So.
rener philosophy. and more complete
separation In their thought ana feel.
ing and conduct Of the things which be.
long apart.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
eAolEIs.

Some wives consider marriage sue
cessful failure II the alimony Is sat
isfactOry.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

When a young man attempts to kiss
a girl she usually threatens to call for
help, but the young man doesn't need
any help.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

During the European difficulties
with China no little divergence Of
opinion was expressed rs to the popu.
lation Of that great .Asiatic empire. 4