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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
STRIKING AND
DICKERING MIX
Chicago Street Railway Difficulty Still
Apparently Far From Adjustment.

CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-The street car
strike has settled down, for the time
being, at least. to a bargaining propo-
sitfon. Negotiations have been in prog
ress all day, and will continue through
tomorrow. The1result tonight is that
the company has presented an answer
to the last proposition of the men
which makes some concessions in the
manner of routing cars, but does not
grant anything near what the men have
been demanding. The last conference
of the day terminated ate6ze'clock. and
the union officials wentyto the offices of
Attorney Prentiss, one Of their advis-
ers, to formulate a reply to the an
swer of the company. This will be
submitted tomorrow and the company
will make another reply. The confer
ence this afternoon was at times some
what heated. Attorney Prentiss said:
There is no immediate chance of
settlement. / hope that we can reach
an agreement but nothing has been
accomplished yet.
The present hitch in the negotiations
is understood to be over the routing of
the cars, the men having waived their
demand for the exclusive employment
of union men and their right to pass
with authority upon the discharge Of
employees. On the question of wages
there has never been any trouble. both
sides having been willing to submit
that question to arbitration. A great
mass meeting of union men is to be
held tomorrow at Tattersalls to dis
cuss the strike.
Ever since the first day. when the
tie up of the 220 miles of the track
of the Chicago City Railway company
was practically complete, cars manned
by non-union crews and under police
protection have been operated on one
trunk line, while on others the strike
has been broken until limited service
between 8 or a. m. and D. m. is be-
ing maintained on four Of the main
north and south lines traversing the
south side for distances varying from
five to eight miles. No cars have been
run on east and west lines, nor have
attempts been made to run cars on
any line during the night or early
morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
DIE IN THEIR SHANTY
Some Thirty Italian Laborers
Burned to Death.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Nov. 21.-While
more than one hundred Italian railroad
laborers were asleep in a shanty near
Lily Pa, early today, the building
caught fire and at least twenty seven
men were burned to death and score
or more were seriously injured. The
men were employed by McMenamin
& Sums, who had the contract for the
Pennsylvania railroad improvements
between Lily and Portage. The
shanty was about 100 feet long and
one story in height. One end was used
for cooking and eating, while the men
slept in closely crowded hunks in the
other end. There was only one door
at each end and the windows were
few and small.
The fire is supposed to have started
from an overheated stove in the east
ern end. The building burned like
finder and the flames were upon the
men before any of them were aroused.
Then began a struggle for the outside
and for life. They fought and scram-
bled for the doors, and the weaker
were crushed down and tramped on.
Others were roasted to death there.
Those who strove for the door were in
the widest sort of panic. They fought
and kicked, and among those who es-
capped there are many who bear marks
of the fierce strife which look place.
A few got out of the small windows,
minus clothes and with their bodies
cut from broken glass.
Many of those managed to get out
had their savings of years in their
trunks, which they left behind them
in the buildings. Remembering this,
as soon as they got outside they fought
just as fiercely to get back. few
succeeded, but for the sake of their
honored treasure they gave up their
lives One eye witness says he does
no believe that a single man Of those
who returned got out again. In the
ruins today, some of the corpses were
close beside the hoped bands of their
trunks and melted gold and silver
which had been kept in those recep-
tacles indicated that they had fallen
and died with their treasure in their
arms. Their bodies were all pract1-
cally burned to pieces. An Italian who
looked at them today, and who knew
every man in the shanty, was unable
to identify a single one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
WOMAN FARMER is
HARDY AT EIGHTY
Sowing Thought Seeds" and Wearing
BIeomers Her Fad.

VINELAND, N. j., Nov. 21.-"My
mission is sowing thought seeds re-
garding the basic laws of life" was the
declaration of Miss Susan Flower,
Vineland's "bloomer" farmer, as she
drove into town today seated on load
of sweet potatoes. Miss Fowler has
titled her farm on Chestnut avenue for
over forty years and never would have
"a man around"
She adopted boomers in early life
because of failing health and desire
to teach women the way to health and
happiness. In her opinion the world
today thinks too much of dress and too
little of the real life. Although she has
never married she seldom misses an
opportunity to instruct mothers in the
right way to bring up daughters.
Miss Fowler, who is eighty years old,
has written several books and says she
will 'die in the harness." with the hope
that her principles may take root. She
says the sins committed by men and
women make her shudder'' Miss
Fowler is Yankee by birth, and was
educated in the Eastern states. The
only impeachment to her happiness is
that her advancing age will soon make
it necessary to have a man around to
do the farm work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
SENATE WILL VOTE
ON CUBAN BILL DEC. IS
Committee VIII Report the Measure
Without Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov 21.-The
Republican and Democratic leaders of the
senate were in conference today over the
question of fixing a time for a vote on
the Cuban reciprocity bill. and, so far as
they were empowered to do so, agreed to
take the final vote on Dec is, or a little
more than week after the converting of
the regular session of congress.
Very little. progress was made in the
effort to secure an agreement between
the senate and house for a final adjourn
ment of the called session before Thanks
giving. The senators are hopeful that an
understanding to that effect will be
reached, but they say that if it is not,
they intend to accomplish the same pur-
pose by taking several adjournments for
three days at a time.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions today authorized favorable report
on the Cuban bill. The motion favorably
to report the bill was not opposed by
any member of the committee. No effort
was made to amend the bill, and it will
accordingly be reported Monday. The re-
port will be made by Senator Cullom, as
chairman of the committee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
STARvES IN A CELL
Slim Diet for the Murderer of
His Sister.

GLENS FALLS, N. Y, Nov. 21.-Coun-
sci today announced that insanity would
be the defense in the trial of William
Silverman, of Glens Falls, who is held
for the murder of his sister, Rachel
Kugel The crime was committed on
Feb. 5, and the trial will be begun on
Monday before Justice Spencer. No denial
is made of the crime. In fact, Silverman
has made a statement in which he says:
81 killed my sister. 1 planned to kill
her and her husband. Then 1 was going
to kill myself
Asked why he so planned, Silverman
told remarkable story. Coming to this
country from Russia, he had married in
the West, and for a time had lived in
Chicago. His wife's family was rich and
opposed the marriage because he was
bitter toward him, and soon his wife
turned against him. They quarreled and
she threatened his life. He then ran away
and came East.
Here it was learned that he had desert
ed his wife and children, and his friends
and relatives turned against him.
ut is the religion of the Jews" said
Silverman, that man must support his
wife, no matter what happens"
Even his sister and her mother were
cruel to him, and he decided to kill both.
On the morning of Feb. he found his
sister alone in the house, procuring fiat
iron and ak, set out to murder her. He
walked up behind her and with the point
of the iron struck her on the head. She
fell to the floor without a word. Silverman
then dragged the body to the top of the
cellar stairs. Then he raised the ak and
struck his sister On the head He then
pushed the body down the stairs, and
after viewing it for moment. rushed
to the PROSTATE and bleeding form and
raised the ak for another and still an
other blow.
After the commission of the crime Sill
verman ran to the river and jumped in,
but was rescued by two boatmen.
Silverman since his confinement in Jail
has subsisted entirely on bread and water.
This is of his own choosing. Only once
each day has he left his cell, and that
once to get his food. From morning till
night he sits in one corner of his cell,
and, with his Jewish Talmud before him,
reads chapter after chapter. His physical
condition shows the effects of his COM
parative fast so that now he resembles
more skeleton than human being.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Steamer Baldwin Is Wrecked.

MARINETTE, Wis, Nov. 21-The
steamboat Baldwin, bound from Green
Pa point IN Green Raw aas' ten ni e nort
of this city. In trying to force her way
through ice packs her bottom was pierced.
The Goodrich liner Georgiel took off the
Baldwin was loaded with about half a
million feet of lumber. She will probably
be total loss The George had hole
made in her bow by the ice and was
otherwise damaged. The Baldwin's cargo
is worth SIS, 068,> and good part of it
may be lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
LOSES CASH AND
OTHER VALUABLES
Hole in Stocking Proves Costly to Eng
Iish Widow.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21-Thirty five
thousand dollars worth of jewels
worked their way out OF Mrs. Francis
Sterling's stocking yesterday and We're
lost on the streets of this city. With
the jewels went $500 in cash. At her
home on West Thirty fifth street, Mrs.
Sterling is Frustrated and in the care
of two nurses.
A rich English widow, Mrs. Sterling
has long gratified her fancy for collect
ing rare and beautiful gems. 1t has
been her habit to carry the jewels in
a small box and the box in her stock
ing. Yesterday she returned from
Washington. Before leaving her sleep
er in Jersey City she put the box in
it's accustomed place. She is sure that
there was no hole in her stocking when
she dressed, but when she got home
there was a big hole in it. She has Of
fered reward of $1,000 for the return
Of her, property.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
SAMUEL GOMPERS
RETAINS HIS PLACE
Reelected President of the Labor Fedora
ton by an Overwhelming Vote.

:. BOSTON, Mass, Nov 21.-Samuei
Gompers, of Washington, was reelected
president of the American Federation of
Labor today over Ernst Kreft, of Phila-
delphia. the Socialist delegate, by a ma
jority greater than that by which few
days ago was defeated the resolution to
pledge the federation to socialism Mr..
Gompers' vote was 524 and Mr.. Kreft's
1,134.
Six vice presidents were all reelected.
William Spencer was elected vice presl-
dent. John 5. Lennon was reelected
treasurer and Frank Morrison was again
chosen secretary. w. D. Ryan, of the
United Mine Workers. and Dennis D.
Driscoll, president Of the Boston Central
the British Trades council. John III.
Richards, of Newcastle, Pa, of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, was unanimously chosen fra
ternal delegate to the Trades and Labor
congress of Canada. 1t was decided to
hold the next convention in San Francisco.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
MOTHERS JOIN THE
ATTACK ON SMOOT
Call a Meeting and Ask Ministers to
Preach Against PoIygamy.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 21.-The
National Congress of Mothers held a
special executive session here today. Mrs.
Frederic Schoff. national president, pre-
siding. A call was issued inviting rep
resentatives of the churches and of every
national and state woman's organiZa-
ton. who believe the seating of United
States Senator Smoot to be menace to
home and the nation, to meet in the New
Willard hotel. Washington. on Friday,
Dec. 4, at p. M
The representatives will wait on Presi-
dent Roosevelt in a body. The National
Congress of Mothers asks that petitions
tensively circulated and sent to senators
during the next month. The ministers
of all the churcf%s throughout the coun-
try are requested to preach a sermon
against polygamy on Sunday, Nov 20.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
WEEDS FROM PRISON
Lover is True to Woman Con-
demned for Manslaughter.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 21.-By
promising to marry his sweetheart,
who has been confined in the state
penitentiary at Anamosa four years, b.
H. Thurston, of Chicago, secured her
pardon from Gov. Cummins, and this
evening, as the door of the prison
swung open to Miss Anna Crawford,
he led her to the altar. They left at
once for Chicago, where he is en-
ployed in a railroad office.
The affair dates back to when the
two were lovers in Clinton county.
One night, in 1901, while Thurston was
at her home, a drunken man presented
himself at the door and demanded adj
mittance. There was an alteration, in
which she drew a revolver and shot
him. She was convicted Of man
slaughter and sentenced to five years.
Thurston has been loyal and unre-
hitting in his efforts to secure her
freedom
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
FINDS $50 WORTH OF
PEARLS IN OYSTER
j. Shiffman Has an Exciting and Pleas
ant Experience.

CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-"Ah!" exclaimed
J. Shiffman, of Oak Park, last night as
he hungrily surveyed an array of blue
points on the half shell set before him
at the Plaza hotel in that suburb, now
for good eatfest."
Cautiously working the combination,
Mr.. Shiffmar extracted the luscious
mussel from it's cover.
Help! I'm dreaming! What kind
of a shell game is this they're playing
on me?" demanded Shiffman. his eyes
wide open.
Smiling at him from the open-faced
oyster shell were three large pearls.
Mr.. Shiffman hastily took drink of
ice water and looked again.
Hey, waiter" he shouted. Am !
in restaurant or a jewelry sfore?"
Dots nudding," said the waiter, who
attended the vaudeville, 81 got a nickel
out of lobster last night"
Forgetting all about his supper.
Shiffman FASTENED to an Oak Park
jeweler and flashed his new found
gems. They were pronounced excellent
specimens, and worth about $50. The
discovery has caused a great stew in
Oak Park. and a run is being made on
the oyster supply.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
BOYS ARE TORTURED
Duluth Prisoners Said TO Have
Have Been Cruelty Treated.

Special to The Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. 21.-Charles
of torture inflicted by the deputy
sheriffs at the st. Louis county Jail in
the cases of four juvenile prisoners
were preferred today in open court be-
fore Judge Cant by Attorney c.. o.
Baldwin. He stated that three of the
four boys were confined in the dungeon
of the Jail for twenty-five hours and
one for ten hours, and that all during
that time the floor of the cell was
flooded with half an inch of water to
prevent the youths from sitting down.
Tailor Horrigan admits that the boys
were placed in the dungeon and the
water was run into the cell, but he
claims that he was justified in admin
istering the strict discipline as strenu-
Gus measures had to be taken with the
youthful prisoners in order to preserve
quiet in the Jail. The youths who were
subjected to the water cure" were
Thomas Furrie, Roy Mcclellan, Fred
Raymer Smith and Fred Holland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
A MAN CAN'T WORK
When He Is Suffering With Piles.
He Can't Eat, Can't Sleep, Can't Get
Comfort Any Way but One-Pyra-..
mid Pile Cure viii Cure Him,
Give Relief at Once-Never
Known to Fail.

Give Rell6I -OnCe-NeV6r
Known to Fail.
Just little pain may so distract
mans mind that it will cost him hundreds
of dollars. Life is a battle. To succeed
one needs all his energies and all his brain
force to apply to the question at hand.
Even a corn will make him irritable, cross,
angry-and an angry man seldom sue
ceeds. The trifiing pain of a corn is a
pleasant feeling beside the agonizing ache
of piles. That is a pain which seems to
pervade the whole body. 1t communicates
itself to all the parts near the seat of the
trouble ana brings on a heavy, dragging
feeling in the perineum. Those who have
never so suffered do not know what it
means. 1t racks the nerves. prevents sleep,
prevents concentrated thought and makes
man lose flesh as fast as he would with
Yirulent fever
And yet piles are looked upon as a little
thing. They are neglected-allowed to run
on from month to month and year to year.
By and by comes a dangerous surgical
operation. Maybe it cures-maybe it kills.
There is only one sure. safe and quick
cure for piles. 1t is the Pyramid Pile Cure.
1t is recent discovery and its properties
are such that it cleanses, soothes and
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
PACIFIC COAST WILL
BE REPRESENTED
San Francisco Editor Will Be Appoint
ed on Panama Canal Commission.
Globe Special Washington Service,
fIf7 n


WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 21.-Ths
president has decided to appoint man
to represent the Pacific coast on the
Panama canal commission. Now that
the treaty between the United States
and the new republic of Panama has
proceeded so far toward conclusion, 1t
is likely that the new canal commits
sion will be appointed within the next
few weeks, or at least, soon after the
ratification of the convention. The
Pacific coast member will probably be
M. H. DeYoung, editor and proprietor
of the San Francisco Chronicle. The
senators from Washington state wished
to have ex-Congressman Doolittle. OF
that state, appointed on the commits
sion, but the president has said that a
Californian will be named. The Pacific
Northwest, therefore, will not be rep
resented. w. Il. Z.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Bacon Is In the Fire.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nov. 21.-Frank
Bacon, clerk in the city postoffice. who
signed an affidavit making charges against
several officials in the case of Louis
Kempner. the recently dismissed chief of
the registry division of the postof1ce
department. has been removed by order
of the postmaster general. Bacon charged
that Chief Inspector Cochran and other
officials smuggled cigars through the
mails without paying duty. The charge
he made was not sustained.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
CUBA WILL NOT
JOIN OUR UNION

HAVANA, Nov 21.-The joint resolu-
ton introduced in the United States SEN
ate by Mr. Newlands on Friday inviting
Cuba to become a state of the United
States has occasioned a great deal of
comment here. Many Cubans are amused
and other persons Of foreign birth favor
the idea.
President Palma said that while there
might have possibly been time when
would have favored voluntary action, that
time had passed, the stability of the Gu
ban government having become so well
established that the Cubans have no 9TH
er desire than to perpetuate and Loyalty
support it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
GROSVENOR STANDS
LOSE GUARDIANSHIP
This Construction Is Placed Upon
Speaker cannon's Words.

Special to The Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. Il. -
Speaker Cannon said to a friend today
when Hanna's speech for the ship sub
sidy bill was mentioned:
There will be no ship subsidy leg
islation in this congress. Why should
Grosvenor want to retain the chair
manship of the committee on mer-
chant marine when there is not going
to be anything doing?"
This is taken to imply that Gros-
venor will be displaced in the chair
manship of this committee by Repre-
sentative Minor, of Wisconsin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
PRESIDENT DECIDES
FOR A NEGRO
Will Appoint Him Postma ster Whether
Whites Like 1t or Not.
Globe Special Washington Service,

Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 21.-De-
spite the violent opposition of white
citizens of Florence, S. c., President
Roosevelt has decided to reappoint Rev.
Joshua E. Wilson, negro, as post
master at that place. Senator Tillman
will probably oppose confirma ton by
the senate, and there may be repeti
ton of the bitter controversy which at
tended the appointment of the negro
Crum as collector of customs at
Charleston. The president insists that
Wilson has made a good record, and
he proposes to reappoint him, whether
the white inhabitants of Florence like
it or not w. E. c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Neu work for Cen. Bates.

Gen. Bates. commanding the department
of the lakes, has been ordered by the
war department to proceed to Denver to
investigate the labor troubles, with
view to ascerta lining if there is o neces-
sity for the use of federal troops there
Gen. Bates, who also commanded the de-
partment Of the Missouri, with head
quarters at Omaha. was relieved of that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Steamer and Barge Overdue.

DULUTH, Mimi. Nov. 21.-The steamer
Progress. with the barge Iron Cliff in tow.
is five days overdue and serious fears are
entertained that they have been unable
to withstand the heavy seas of Lake
Superior. Both boats were old and heavily
laden with coal. They were last spoken
off Sault Ste. Marie, whence they left
Nov. IL. The Progress and consort are
both owned by James Corrigan, of Cleve-
land.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
viii Cruise to Honolulu.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 21.-The
battleship and cruiser squadron of the
Asiatic station has been ordered to
cruise to Honolulu. a distance of $500
miles, in place of the usual winter ma
neuvers in the waters of the Philip
pines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Extra Session.

SALEM. Or. Nov. 21.-Gov. Chamber
lain today called the legislature of Oregon
to meet in extra session on Dec. q, for
the purpose of enacting laws to provide
for levy of taxes on assessment rolls for
1903