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Newport daily independent., 1903-09-15
,GVPORT DAILY INDEPENDENT
ptscY H. VAN DYKE, puSIIsb.r ana FeI,.,
THE PATCHWORK o,l

PATCHWORK Qun ,gesp s.i,,o, aatouas at this ven much to idols, and
 Is own way
 ,s 2 ,s,ra, our eyes upward lce Company expect e and keep a-dotinin the next weetS@ had, faas and 1o1. Emery having just aErsed' tchwork quibeen delayed in1>as' os' his one yer month.
 oit f to t,' '5rge Burkhart I resigned his on u sition t with tg,s Kelley Lumber U noe and <saf his family is pre- { narino to m</sto Greenville, where be has arfs3pted work.
 Ny4 Louise Irby leaves tomorrow srfesume her schooling at Blackstone, 2 Gginia, and will accompany home Miss Sue Armstrong, who has been her guest the past month.
 Miss Allie Ruddel of Batesville came down Monday with Miss Pearl Earn heart, the latter leaving Tuesday noon for Maddox College, Little Rock, ana the former returning home. Brigadier General B. w. Green in a recent interview pays ColoL3l J. w. Coffman a high compliment Fl ealing special attention to the skillfnl man apement of his department. MT. and Mrs. John w. Ferrill were here Monday evening with thelr daughters, whom they took to St. Louis to place them in school there They were also accompanied by MISS Stella Hardy.
 The Beebe Gun Club have written o. s. Lawrence that they will be un- able to come to Newport before Tues day of next week, suggesting that date for the meeting, which is accept able to the local shots.
 Notice-Our store will be closed from Monday p. m. till Tuesday p m., September 22d, and from Wed nesday 6 D. m. till Thursday 6 D. m.' October 1st, on account of holidays. Star Clothing Company. Joe Tynin, a bill clerk for the Frisco. and Thomas Burress, secretary and treasurer of the Jonesboro Ice laud Transfer Company, were here I Tuesday as witnesses in a damage ,. suh against the Iron Mountain.
 Misses Mamie and Jeffie Hinkle, 1 virgie, Addie and Hattie Baker, Jetfie Felts and Willie Simpson of Mel
 bourn, spent Monday night here on their Wy to Little Rock to enter Maddox. They were accompanied as far as Ne-port by T. G. Milbura,
 Ernest Washurn and Owen RichaFd'
 son of MelbouA7e and marshaled bare
 by Rev. c. o. Clae.
Newport daily independent., 1903-09-15
LosT, SPRAYED OR STOLEN.

One yellow mare, legs all white, bald face, 2 years old, about IA hands high, branded E. D. on left hip; S5 re- ward for information or return to Win furaer, iour miles north oi New port, near J Fl. Strider's store. list
Newport daily independent., 1903-09-15
MAYOR DISMISSED CASE.

Thetrial of Culver Knoles, charged with resisting an officer, came up be- fore Mayor Grubbs Tuesday morning and was dismissed.
Newport daily independent., 1903-09-15
WEST BOUND RATES.

Special west Wound tourist rates via the Iron Mountain Route-One fare plus 50 cents gto Denver, Colorado Springs, Puf6lo and Glenwood Springs. Tic1 lets on sale June 18th to September 3tth, with final limit of October SlsXfor return.
 hotf T. IT. REAMEY, Agt
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
CASE PUZZLES
THE OFFICERS

Los ANGELES, Dec. 23.-Thomas
Mack. a plumber, whose home is in
Hollywood, is lying at the Receiving
Hospital suffering from fracture of
the skull. He fell from the roof of
two-story building on North Main
street this afternoon, and for a time 1t
was thought that his injury was sus-
tained wholly by accident. Investiga-
ton by several detectives. however.
leads to the conclusion that Mack was
a victim of attempted murder that his
injury was sustained as a result of
blow from a chair and that when he
fell he was in a dazed condition and
was trying to escape from his assail-
ant.
During a lucid interval tonight Mack
stated to the officers that he had gone
to a room in the Grand Central Hotel,
accompanied by man named s A.
Parker. to see a woman friend. AS
soon as he entered the room he was
struck twice from behind. and then he
remembered no more until he was
crawling from a window TO the roof of
the adjoining building. When he tried
building to a window his hand slipped
and he fell fortv feet to the street,
striking ]. r. Vogle, well-known
druggist Vogle broke the force of
Mack's fall and prevented his death.
Mack had entered the hotel early in
the afternoon. accompanied by young
man supposed to be Parker. Nothing
was known Of the fight in the room
and no trace Of Parker can be found.
An examination of the room showed
that il had been the scene of des-
perate struggle. Blood was spattered
over the walls and a broken chair
showed what Mack had been struck
with. The detectives believe Mack was
a victim of the badger game, but
they have been unable to find those
who assaulted him. He has about an
even chance of recovery.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
When a Man sneezes.

It is reported that Jonathan Hutchin-
son has said that when a man sneezes
heartily he may know himself to be in
the best of health. and that no person
in poor health was ever known to
sneeze" The Scientific American, refer
ring to this reported statement, falls
foul of the English surgeon for making
so dogmatic an assertion when the con
Irsry is so easily proved. The journal in
question then goes on to relate many old
superstitions with regard to the i'll luck
attending sneezing. some of which. while
proving nothing. are interesting 1t ap-
pears that many savage and semf-civil-
lied races of the Orient have some Curl
Gus customs regarding the sneeze. When
the Sultan of Monomtopa sneezes, for in
stance. the fact is made known from his
palace by a certain signal. Instantly
every subject within hearing of the sig
nal sets-up q shout, the cry is taken up
by others. and so extends until 1t runs
through the confines of his empire When
the Sultan of Senaar snsezes. on the con-
trary every woman in his haFem or
within hearing turns her back on him
and makes a sign of contempt by smit-
ing her hips with her hands-disguSted
that so mighty a parsonage should have
to sneeze like an ordinary mortal.-Med-
ical Record.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
STRIKING BUTCHERS WILL
HAVE A TURKEY DINNER
Various Unions Select Men Who VIII
Guide Their Destinies During
the Coming Year.
E1z

Butchers Union No 115 viii give
turkey to-day TO every striking butcher
formerly in the employ Of Miller &
Lux The Restaurant keepers Asso-
citation and the Cooks and Walters
have not yet come 10 any agreement.
Union Branches 1, =, 3, I. 3 and Of
the Allied Provision Trades Council
have nominated the following named
10 be elected for office for the ensuing
year:
Branch No 5 wholesale uarket-Chafruan,
guide Charles Wagner Sr. guardian Y. Hag-
enauer. sergeants at arms. Charles Ruppei. J.
Kratzmer; delegate to the joint executive
board Charles Wenk.
Branch No > sausage rnakers-Chai irn1an.
John Funk. vice Chairman r. Colbert; guide,
J 6chaber. guardian. Girls ksstner: sergeant
AZ arms. f kohIer. delegate TO the joint ex-
ecutive board H Colbert
Interior Freight Handlers and Warehouse
mems Union No % elected the following Off
GERS President Nicholas Whisky; vice presi-
dent Charles Warden. recording secretary,
Joseph KentzeT. financial secretary James
McTearnan; treasurer. John Madden; warden.
Walter Benson; rr1steez-CarI Hansen WI
liam Reed and Timothy tronans delegates TO
Labor Council-Creorge u Hubert Carl Han
sen and Harry Witham; conductor D. s o.
Laliy.
has elected the f0llowing-named officers:
President 3. E Powers. vice president J. X
Doyle. treasurer z c Travis. corresponding
secretary. . p st John; financial secretary,
A Green. warden Edward Gillespie: con
ductor James Mahoney. trustee NJ Monte:
delegates to Building Trades Councti-B E.
Powers z C. Travis and G. P. 81. JOhn
Rartenders' League No Al has elected off
Gers as follows: President @. F. Meyer: first
vice president J. Vera. second vice president
J l. Wells; financial and corresponding secre-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
LEADERS
ARE INDICTED
Grand Jury in Chicago Pre-
ferS Charges Against Four
Accused Walking Delegates

CHICAGO. Dec. 23.-The Grand Jury
tonight voted indictments against four
men prominent in labor circles. They
are ]. E Johnson, business agent Brass
Workers Union: L z. Fisher, secre-
tary International Order Machinists;
r. s. Crane, business agent Interna-
tionaI Order of Machinists, and James
L. Lamb, business agent international
Brotherhood OF Electrical Workers
The indictments voted charge cOnspir-
acy to wreck the business OF the Kel-
Iogg Switchboard and Supply Company
during a strike which was productive
of much violence during the early
spring Testimony was presented to
the Grand Jury to the effect that the
four accused men had visited officials
Of the Kellogg Company and threat
ened to interfere with the business OF
the concern unless the company came
to terms with it's employees
While indictments were voted
against these men the Grend Jury re-
fused to return a true bill against
Charles F. Lang. foreman OF a local
printing house. who shot and killed
Emil Reichow, a picket allied with the
striking press feeders OF the Franklin
Union. Lang was himself a union man
and was assaulted by a mob OF which
Reichow was one. He fred one shot.
which struck ReichOw and caused his
death. Lang established a clear case
Of self-defense-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
END OF STRIKE
NOT IN SIGHT
Members of Drivers Union AMI
Former Employers in Chicago
Will Fight to a Finish
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS OFF
Liverymen and UndertakerS De-
eide to Resume Business
Upon an "Open Shop" Basis

CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-The struggle be-
tween the liverymen's and ndertakers'
associations and the drivers union.
which for the last few days has serious
" interfered with the burial Of Chi
cagO's dead, as no hearses or carriages
have been available for funerals, is to
be fight to a finish. all efforts looking
TO q settlement Of the strike by coneiIi-
alton having been abandoned tonight
For the last two days the prospects for
a settlement by arbitration seemed
bright but to-day the contending par
ties drifted farther apart than ever and
all peace negotiations have been de-
clared of by the employers.
At a meeting tonight of the employ
ers affected by the strike it was decided
70 open for business tomorrow morn
ing on the open shop" principle and
employ union or non-union men. Be
fore this decision was reached ar
rangements were made to petition one
Of the Circuit Court Judges tomorrow
for an injunction restraining the strik-
ers from interfering with the business
Of the employers. The conservative
element at the meeting worked hard
10 prevent the opening Of the stables,
but was defeated. It was proposed to
make overtures to the strikers on an
arbitration basis. This was not given
heed by the more radical element.
which expressed Itself as being tired
waiting The unions predict trouble
when the "ODen shop plan is tried
In anticipation Of opposition by the
unions the employers tonight called
upon Chief of Police O'Neil for further
police protection against violence and
picketing- In reply Chief O'NeiI said:
The police have been ordered to ex-
tend you the utmost protection in car
rying on funerals. If you experience
the slightest trouble call up the nearest
police station, and if that does not help
call me up"
Chief O'Nen's plan is TO have police
men in cabs accompany all funerals.
Members Of the association said to-
night that should the police fail to
maintain order the Sheriff would be
called UCon for protection. and should
that fail the Governor viii be appealed
10 to supply militiamen.
The driver Of an ambulance which
was taking a body 10 a train today
was made the target Of abusive cpl
thets. and in another instance mourn
ers were delayed by pickets until the
body which they we're acCompa nyiug
had been placed aboard train and the
train had left the station.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
ENEMY
FROM AMBUSH
Mystery Surrounds Attempted
Murder in Italian Colony
Soon After Midnight Hour
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Ills Broadway, Dec. "a.


At an early hour this morning Louis
Eratziatfno, an Italian laborer. was
ambushed and fatally shot by Louis
Oreo in front of the latter's home at
2160 Glen avenue. Oreo stood behind
a tree when he fired the shots and
made his escape when his victim, with
two bullet wounds in the neck, fell
to the pavement.
Just what caused the shooting the
police have been unable to ascertain,
except that it was the result of row
the two men had earlier in the evening.
Captain Peterson and a posse of off,
GERS are searching for the would-be
murderer. but as yet have been unable
to locate him.
Oreo, who is also laboring men, re-
sides with his wife and family at the
house in front of which the tragedy
happened. Eratziatino has recently
been making his home at the same
place and the two were presumed to be
fast friends. Something happened TO
sever their friendship last night and
a row was the result. From this point
mystery. which the officials have yet
been unable to unravel, arises The
members of the family will not talk
and their rleighbors. who are OF the
same nationality. remain silent.
Soon after midnight two reports OF
a pistol were heard and when the po-
lice arrived on the scene Eratziatino
was found on the sidewalk, bleeding
from two wounds in the neck He
was removed to the Fabiola Hospital
where the physicians pronounced his
injuries fatal. Captain Peterson, on
learning that the assassin had made
his escape, picked posse Of men and
started for the scene Peterson found
that Oreo had stood behind tree di-
rectly in front of the house and fired
as his victim passed Where the men
were after the trouble happened early
in the evening or what occurred be-
tween them could not be ascertained.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
DEMAND FOR FAMILY
RECORD BIBLES
Not so Great as Formerly, but Still
the Inquiry for Them Is
ConSiderabIe

DO we still sell the old fashioned
family Bible, with pages in it for the
record of births, deaths and mar
riages? Oh. yes said the book
seller, but not so many of them as
we once did.
There are more Bibles sold now,
taking them all together, than ever
before, and the Bible is issued now
in an almost endless variety Of forms
and styles: but the demand for it in
this particular form is now, I should
say, not more than one-third what it
once was.
still we keep these record Bibles
to-day in a dozen styles. ranging in
price from IS to $50. The blank rec
ord pages. these often Illuminated.
are bound in between the testaments-
In some of these Bibles there is
a blank presentation page upon which
NAV be written the name of the per-
son TO whom the Bible is presented,
with the name OF the giver; and in
some of them is contained blank
marriage certificate; and in some OF
them are bound in with the pages for
the record of births. deaths and mar
riages pages for the record of tenn
perance pledges.
These Bibles are more likely to be
bought nowadays by country people,
and it might be by people of the Ger
man race and by Irish Protestants;
all likely to be substantial people Of
comfortable means: conservative peO-
pie who cling TO time honored Gus
toms
so, while the old time family rec
ord Bible, with pages for the record
of births, deaths and marriages, has
gone somewhat out of fashion and is
not sold to the extent 10 which it once
was. yet it is still sold. and the de-
mand for it is still considerable
New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
PARIS BAKERS
TALK OF STRIKE
Men Show Discomfort Because
Parliament Will Not Sup
press Employment Agencies
OTHER TRADES NAY ACT
City Has a Martial Appearance,
and Precautions Have Been
Taken to Forestall Trouble

PARIS. Dec. 23.-The strike here Of
men employed in the various branches
of food supplies began to assume Sc
rious proportions to-day. The bakers
assembled at the Labor Exchange and
adopted resolutions favoring a strike
throughout the baking trade to begin
to-day, declaring in favor Of a general
strike in all branches Of the trade and
announcing their intention not to re-
sumo work until Parliament suppressed
the municipal employment agencies.
The indications are that a considerable
number of butchers. grocers and pastry
cooks viii take part in the strike.
Anticipating demonstrations, the mill
itary and police have taken elaborate
precautions. Large forces of guards
are held ready at the various barracks
and many police are on duty around
the exchange. Many thousands of bak-
-ers are parading the streets.
The city has taken on a martial ap
pearance. Squadrons of mounted troops
and police are stationed on the main
squares and in the principal thorough
fares.
The bakers this afternoon attempted
to make q demonstraticn in front of
the Luxembourg Palace, where the Sen
ate was sitting. but 500 mounted po-
lice took possession Of the surrounding
streets and the Prefect of Police, NJ.
Lepine. personally conducted a rigid
suppression of the disorder. All groups
of persons were prevented from gath
ering and a number Of arrests were
made The action Of the police COM
pleteIy broke up the demonstration
The strikers are gathering for another
demonstration on the Place de fOpera,
where there are dense crowds of holi-
day shoppers. Mounted troops and po-
lice are preparing to prevent the dem
OnstratiOn.
The proprietors of the bakeries say
they have no fear of a bread famine,
as many bakers are not participating
IN the strike movement. The butchers
and restaurant walters are holding
meeting to decide whether or not TO
Join IN the strike.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
ENTER A SHOE STORE.

The quartet of criminals then visited
the boot and shoe store of Max Wolf
at $50 Third street and looted it. They
took goods valued at $50 Then all
trace of them was lost. The police were
at once notified and detectives started
to work.
Late last night Detectives Graham
and Fitzgerald, who were detailed in
the district, located four men who were
acting in a suspicious manner on Har-
rison street and watched them. The
men appeared TO be lying in wait for
somebody A newsboy was then seen
to approach and give a signal to the
men and the four started off The de-
tectives were quickly upon the crowd
and had them in irons An old man,
who is supposed to have been another
lookout" was also taken into custody
At the Central Police Station, to
which the men were taken, it was
found that two of them were the no.
torious Stafford brothers, who have
served terms in the penitentfary
The newsboy also bears an unsav-
orv reputation with the police. Some de-
tectiyes believe that they are the per-
sons responsible for the crimes COM
mitted on the previous night as well
al others which have recently caused
trouble for the police
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Tnions NIu.t Answer suit.

A demurrer 10 the complaint of E.
GentiH. a Bush-street restaurant pro-
rrietor. for an injunction preventing
the Cooks and Waters Union and
affiliated bodies from maintaining a
boycott on his place Of business was
overruled by Judge Sloss yesterday.
The defendants were given ten days
in which TO answer.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Militia Is Disposing.

SALT LAKE, Dec. 23.-On account of
the peaceful. condition of affairs in the
Carbon County coal district. two COM
panies of militia were to-day relieved
of further active duty and ordered
home.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

tarv P L, Hof: recording secretary and read
ing clerk H g Randall: business agent. Al
Condrotte: treasurer. G. Renken: inspector, J.
Osgood. inside guard, F. Tanner outside
gu9rd H FIathnann: trustees-T NJ Scully.
Q Tfedemann and J Walsh: executive board
: clark P Tanner c. Donlan. A. J. Foley
and y smith: delegate to State Federation OF
Labor Tanner: superintendent Of headquar-
rars q TIedemann.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

The Red Bluff Peoples Cause says
that the headgate of the Central Canal.
north of st. John. has been completed
and work is progressing on the line Of
the canal in Glenn and Colusa coun-
ties
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

The VisaIia Times is authority for the
statement that a new road thr01gh the
General Grant National Park to the
head OF the Kings River Canyon viii
be completed next summer, making
direct route from visalia and Sanger
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

SAN JOSE. Dec. 23.-An open verdict was
rendered in the case of the Italian found dead
IN the hills near Morgan Hill yesterday al
tllofigh Indications point to a suicide Death
was due to a gunshot wound in the throat
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

The MarysviIle Appeal says that the
women are in earnest in proposing 10
improve Marysvflle through the agen-
cy Of Civic Improvement Club.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

According to the Ukiah Republican.
the articles of Incorporation OF the Saw
ings Bank OF MendOcino County have
been fled The capital stock is $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Within One Hour Desperadoes
Stand Up Two Men, Assault
Another, Rob a Saloon Till
and Break Into Two Stores
STEAL THE WEAPONS
THAT THEY CARRIED
Detectives Arrest Suspects in
Company With a Newsboy
and all Aged Man, Thought to
Be Accomplices of the Gang

Four desperadoes started on a tour
of crime south of Market street shortly
after 10 o'clock Tuesday night and the
record of six daring deeds was soon in
the possession of the police. The Grim
inaIs committed burglary first for the
purpose Of occurring arms and ammuni-
ton ard their trail afterward was
marked by two hold-ups another bdY-
glary, robbery of a till and an assault.
The victim of one hold-up was struck
on the head with a revolver and Sc
riously injured, but the other escaped,
after giving up what money he had in
his possession. A laborer who was
witness tc one of the crimes vas beaten
by the thugs Detectives We're given
a good description of the quartet and
spent yesterday in a search for them.
Late last night Detectives Graham
and Fitzgerald arrested six men, in
cluding a newsboy and an elderly man,
and placed their names on the detinue
book at the Central Police Station
Four of the men are believed to be
the crooks responsible for the Work.
and the other two are thought TO have
been saceOmplices
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

a million of the six millions of Cana
dians.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

Hollywood. Los Angeles County. has
organized a board OF trade.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
STEAL REyoLvERs.

About 10 O'Clock the crooks went to
the store owned by Niven & Veeder at
2I0 Brannan street and, with the use of
a Jimmy" forced off the shutters that
protected one Of the front windows.
They entered the store, went to the
place where the guns We're kept and
secured two revolvers ard several
boxes of ammunition. They also Sc
cured other loot, which was not of
bulky nature Loading the revolyers,
they started for South Park Across
the street they saw a Greek laoorer,
w hose attention they had attracted,
and who watched as they committed
the crime. Approaching the man, they
commanded him to move on, at the
same time striking him on the head
and knocking him down. The victim
of the assault made his escape as
quickly as possible, but was too fright
ened to hunt for the police in the ylcln-
i+v until some time afterWard.