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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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tHpeciai Correspondence OF The Times
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BERLIN, April ills any American
workman out Of Il job7 Il 80. he had bot
textbook for another at home As far as
/ can learr, the labor market OF Europe
Il ovorstockcd There arc something like
i million Idle workmeti n England. The
Industrial centcrs have many out Of en-.
ployment, and III London there are FREE
u,lent parades OF the poor. There is no
room for extra workmen In France, and
Germany Is still IN hard times, y
This country was on the boom for thirty
gears It began TO grow when France
4 paid oYergher millions to Germany Fac
tories and workshops then sprang up all
over tho empire. The people locked from
\ changed from an agricultural to manu-
fac turing one. Trade was pushed In every
direction. The towns grew and wages
rose. 2 & li8s {s 81
THIS state continued until about 1900,
when, owing to ovcrspeculution, the bal.
icon Of prosperity burst, the gas that
came from II asphyxlntcd Some or TIC
banks and they failed, and factories all
over the empire began to shut down:
within fifteen days %, COO mon were dis.
charged In Berlin for lack OF work, anu
tho Industrial establishments all over
Germany either dismissed, cut down their
forces, or shortened the working hours
This condition OF hard times still exists
although things are looking up III some
branches. owing to tho Increased dcmnhda
from the United States.
Ii EUROPE Biggest Engine WORKS.
III have spent a large part Of this week
I III somo OF the most notable factories OF
Germany. I have gone through electrical
establishments employing thousands Of
hands, and have examined. among otner
works, those OF tho Borsigs, the biggest
engine makers OF the ntinent. having
the place In Germany that the l3aElWlns
i t,old13in the United States. The most OF
2 these factories are running With less thar
i their usual number of men,. aud some
which pretend to be full are giving snort
j The Borsg factory Is one OF the most
prosperous in Germany. II has large
u foreign trade. and It Is somewhat owing
to this tina 1t keeps It's men busy. y IS
i although not as large as y he 4 baldH.ins.
II builds on tho average about four loco
motives every week. and It has already
tuilt more than i've thousand .
These works are situated at Tegel, Just
outside Berlin. They cover thirty acres s
and employ about twentS-hye nundrea
Jncn Tho establishment has also mines
anr, works In upper 6llesia. which employ
!, fiycs thousands hands. so that altogether
the force Is a large one.
Belongs 10 One Family.
This factory was founded over sixty;
wears ago BY A. Borstg, and It still be-.
longs TO his sons In the United States
it would be run bysn corporation or trust:
hut in Germany some of5.the biggest ~
such festa Adjustments, such as the Bolrslg
and .Krupps, are owned in one family.
The two Borsigs. who now manage the
works are each under forty they are !,
active business men, and spend their
time In the factory, knowing personally
all that goes on. Indeed j Is said that
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WHERE BOYS ARE PAID IS CENTS "A DAY.

other German factories. They work but
ten hours day, and such as continue
swtfhsthe nrm certain number OF years
are given pensions. :. n, s.s
/ ow Wages and Long Hours.
Germany Is d land OF low wages and
long hours. In the steel and iron ind us
tries IS per week is good pay. and in
the textile mills the wage Is still less.
Mechanics think they do we'll Il they get
liz cents an hour and on the State rail-
ways the best paid er gincers receive only
SO per week Iriremcn are paid from
St to 81 per week and porters less than S..
SWorkmcri8 employed by the city force are
tpaid equally low, the boys cleaning the
st reefs receiving % cents day.. On the
government works the average day Is
mine hours. but 1t is longer everywhere
else.
s&The most OF tho factories OF Berlin
claim to have ten-ho,ir day, and as the
labor juniors are strong here they can
hold that time to a certain extent. In
OF her part OF Germany the working g. ga y
averages eleven hours, with no Saturday
afternoons off and In certain sect It
averages twelve hours and over. &
Work in the Stores.
There are many clerks In this city
who work as much as fourteen hours
every day The stores oper about 8
O'Clock In the morning. and 4 the most OF
them do not close until o'clock IN the
evening, and the restaurants and cafes
much later. Nearly all stores are open
until 2 P. NJ. Sunday. although they are
closed during church hours. Some store
keepers are 80 plous that they Will not
allow an advertisement to be exposed at
this time There Is a glass case OF such
advertisements under the railroad at the
Fricdrichstrasse Bahnho1f. Between 10
and ~ on Sundays some OF these adver-
Is torn Off as soon as church is out.
" Speaking OF time in the store. at an
investigation some years ago II was
found that 10 per cent. Of the esta blish-
ments worked their clerks fourteen hours
a day. and that In 0 per cent. OF them
they worked siXteeE hours. In nearly an
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and he soon lost sight OF him, But the
reticent yet restless and peculiar manner
Of the spare, pale. unshaven- faced strang-
ar aroused Ills curiosity, and when an
opportunity was afforded Mr.. Mason re-
marked to Mr. Ruggles that It was rath-
CIR strange that he (Ruggles) did not In
troduce the stranger. However, no intro
duction followed.
Soon the party OF men-including Mr.,
Mason-was In the ferryboat and going
toward the Caroline shore. Here Mr..
Mason noticed that Mr.. cambridge carried
a crutch and cane. without using or
seeming to have use for either. where
what in tho d are you carrying n
crutch and cane for, While you are
without All ailment?' y,
I"Oh, we'll, Just for amusement" replied
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Living N OF Cheap.

5ls3 81 LIVING INOt oIlcdp.H@
Vi But how can people live on such wages 7!
They can't. II you use .'livo''.5 In our
sense OF the word. It Is the genfe Il.
opinion that things are cheap In Euroro
They are not. Here In Germany good
things cost MS much as III the United
tates, and many things more. a fnir.
price for beefsteak, is 25 cents O pound i
mutton, Is cents. and veal the same.
Good butter costs from 20 to 80 cents q
pound. sugar. cents and -four cents
81 Germany has to import a great part
OF her food. we send her much Of her
breadstrffs s. Russia Is her poultry farm,
and Holland and other countries her.
butcher shops. Eggs are imported BY the
millions, and they sell for 80 cents ana
upward per dozen. An ordinary chicken
costs 80 cents. and IT IS q poor goose t It
won't bring a. dollar. s$s st
Clothing Is somewhat cheaper than wit n
us, but the better kinds are equally high.
shoes cost so much that the average
work man wears sandals OF wood with
toes OF leather. I see mer 80 shod on
the streets Of Berlin and the clack, clacK.
clack OF the wooden sole Is heard IN every
factory Fuel Is high, and altogether the
necessaries as we'll ms * luxurles :f cost
much. hi ~ @ s5 s} a
Public Soup Houses and Peoples
33 Kitchens. 6. NJ
N Nranv neople cook as little as possible.
YOU ca buy all sorts OF eata Dies Al ?!
ready cooked. and this isa done by both
rich and poor. You can ..roasa, nee =
ron at chicken and puddingg ready g 70
warm up In every block. and the delicates !,
sen shops will supply you with a cooKe =
sdIrner ready to take home and serve u y
you want IT.: /, 4. !, Y, I, J. -, !.
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N o current number OF q popular
magazine we find two remark
able articles by two remarkable

" rs MoFAIIEy lPH1Ft711s ~ ~"
Foundations" is the question raised py
Goodwin Smith; while the Rev Pr, j. J.
Munger, discusses 1.-THE Current Phase OF
Religious Thought"
Goodwin Smith Is afraid that morality
+ la receiving a rude shaking up these days.
and 1t Is safe to say that the whole tone
OF his article Is sad and gloomy,
}8s DR.. Munger, while less inclined to be
pessimitlc, admits, with e wonderful
Nfrankness. that the old Theology IL as
dead as a door nail, and that u Relation
survives the shock 1T is to-day receiving
at the hands Of Science and ths Higher
z ks-tticisna II viii Dc 60 not without the
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three miles distant. s7}5It5Et XII RI +
4 That very morning in Washington Lieu
tenant P.iDoherty, of the Sixteenth New
York Cavalry, received orders to take
twenty-five men and scour the Rappa-
hammock district. He reached Port Con-
way! the following day. and showing
Booths photograph to some women in
the house OF the owrer OF the ferry, he
seen Booth cross there not 80 very long
before. Il
That night, ut. Bowling Green. Lieu
tenant Doherty located Booth at the Car
srett farm, ascertatned that he and Harold
were In hiding in the barn, and had the
morning Of April Goth. Harold came out
and surrendered. At that moment Bos-.
ton Corbett. who had been stationed by a
large crack In the side OF the barn, saw,
by tho freight, Booth aim a carbine ms
IL to shoot either Doherty or Harold.
4 Corbett fired. his bullet entering the
back of Booths head only about an tirch
below the spot where Booths bullet had
struck Lincoln. According to Dohertys
narrative in8the Century Magazine, he
borrowed needle from Miss Garrett.
sewed the body in a saddle blanket and
put 1T on an old wagon. !Gand, reaching
Washington at 2 o'clock on the morning
OF April 9th placed Harold aud the dead
ASSASSIN on the monitor Nlontauk. On
Booths body were found n diary. a large
bowie knife, two pistols. n compass ard
draft on Canada for, ESQ.
BY u. aSYDNOR MASSEY,
For thirty-eight long years the name
OF John Wilkes Booth has been going the
rounds as has no other name In all the
world For thlrty-eight years newspn-
pers. maya Zines and books have been tell
ling the story OF his assassination OF Presi-
dent Lincoln. of his subsequent perilous
flight from the National Capital City
through rugged rural regions and over
rivers and creeks. and Of his capture in
Caroline county. Va by Federal soldiers.
But no historian or journalist has mace
the story full and complete by givirg the
names of all the gentlemen who crossed
the Rappahannock river with Booth. ~
that historic ferTyboat, Just before ne
met his tragic end In the Garrett barn,
z No newspaper, magazlHesor book has
boon able to go her on this point than
give the names of cambridge Ruggles and
Jett. Mr. r. Wexford Mason, one OF the
most prominent citizens of King George
county, Va. who CHANGED toIcross he
Kappa hammock In the boat with the flee
Ing assassin. succeeded In concealing his
rame at the time, ms he also succeeded
in getting tout OF the way" In or,
der to avoid being arrested and taken
Z to Washington rs q witness, etc., and aa
years passed he stOutly declined to lot 1t
be Known that he was ''the tall young
man. whose name could not be learned,
his sole reason for keeping the secret
being his desire and determination 70
avoid publicity and newspaper notorlety,
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been trying to keep tho women from
doing certain kinds Of work IN the fac-
tories, and foundries, and the unions arc
gel, crafty against the employment OF mar
rled women when their husbands have
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other German factories. They work but
ten. hours 4 day, and such as continue
4wtfhSthe Drm certain number Of years
nre given pensions g4.t .s9i5
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-02
MILITIA PAINTER WINS OUT
la Above to Remai Membsr of
Military Organisation asd
Union

SCHENECTADY. n. Y. March The
Potter case has been settled by the paint
ers' union abandoning Its position and
William Potter will be allowed 10 20 to
work as q union painter and at the sam
time remain q member OF the militia
These are exactly fbe terms which be has
been standing put for for the last three
months.
The agreement was reached AT q confer
enre held here between q delegation from
the painters union. a committee from the
Builders exchange, the organization Of all
local employers In the building trades, and
First Vice President Hedrick OF the Inter
National Painters Union Bedrlck told
the local painters that the Potter case had
injured the organization more than any
thing hat could happen 10 il, and II must
be settled. He said the international ex-
scutive board could grant the local union
q -dispensRtion to admit Potter and be WINS
sure the dispennRtion would be granted.
The painters agreed 10 accept the propo.
sitlon.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-02
WISH WAa WITH ENGLAND
New Yurk Irishmen Desire RepuhIte
81 Isle ThrouGh
Revolurton.

NEW YORK, March James Reidy.
seursrRry % the New York cur1mittee Of the
Clan Ma Gael. made public today a DECLARE
ton OF principles which viii be officially
prumulEatsd at meetings OF the orEanizs-
tion on March l.
After reiteratinE the belief that ireland
is Destined &c be an independent nation and
TO gain this end is justihed in recourse TO
the sword. the declaration continues:
Not even a scant measure Of Legislative
freeoom can be won ny pieRding % the
Parliament Of England. &c no installment
OF Justice has been granted Ireland except
through physical force.
We assert that the settlement Of the land
question by the British government will be
attempted only because England fears In
its COMING troubles the hostility VI the race
IN and out Of Ireland. and hopes to secure
peace and loyalty by buying class al the
expense Of the people. We further assert
that nothing Of this kind can or will pre-
vent the race from keepinr IN the fight for
the establishment Of an IRISH republic.
Constitutional agitation tends TO dena-
tiunRlise the Irish people and has leo men
TO believe that Ireland was content to pc
main q pHrt Of the British empire. whereas
It's people would be satisfied with nothing
less than hn Irish republic. There Is evi-
eence Of a revival Of the militant spirit IN
ireland, and this spirit has been aroused
in the Irish race IN America 10 q greater
The Irish race IN America. too, IN aroused
70 the necessity OF cumhinlne with true
n NIEL AlAnE hINu ALAANNAN VI NkNEN EUAANALNEE
to Illustrate the attImpts OF England 10
commit the United States TO policies cal
culBted TO serve purely British purposes
and 20 embrOl this republic with nations
which were friendly when America needed
friends and England was hustle. Eng
lands mask OF friendship is put on 70 On
able II 10 fitch American territory and de-
stroy the Monroe doctrine, while pretend
ing TO uphold II.
has entered on the downwar> path leading
to final Acknowledgement. and that q wise
and rRsolute use Of its ever increasing diff
faculties will give ireland its final oppur-
tunity. We counsel no rash ur premature
action. but we insist that reland's true IN
tsresls demand that the world he told that
il will not barter its tnalienRhle right for
any half measure or for tardy redress Of
g-rievanues.
We ask the race at home and abroad TO
steadily prepare for the opportunity, and
to make n II they can, TO strike the Anal
DlOw that will make ireland q nation
among the nations.
WASHINGTON, March THE 125tb an
nivarsnry Of the birthday Of Robert En-
nett was cele brBted at q largely attended
public meeting here tonight, at which the
speakers included Senator Clspp of Mime
sofa ana Representatives Barthoidt Of Mis-
souri,. DriscoIl Of New York and Cochran
of Missouri. They all expressed sympathy
for the Irish cause and al the close Of the
meeting resolutions were adopted Geclar-
ing that to secure Irish liberty I'VE pledge
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-02
PACKERS LOSE A MILLION
kissOuri's VagHriss Raise Interesting Point
in Court of Law.
INDIANS HEIRS RECOVER BOTTOM LANDS
River Changes Chnnnel Twice and
Both Armour and Fowler Contest
Claim Of Dead MANI Family
10 Acres Affected.

KANSAS CITY, March Annie 3. Wooo
and other heirs OF silas Armstrong. IN
Indian. have won their case TO recover
Missouri river bottom land in Kansas City,
Kan, valued ut $1,000. 900 and occupied by
Fowler and other packers.
The defense has filed notices Of appeal.
II the decision Of the lower court is SUE
tanned the Armour Packing company viii
be the heaviest loser. The portion Of the
tract claimed by Armour lies adjacent to
the packing plant, and Is valued AZ nearly
s1oo. 900. II is occupied by the company's
machine and car shops, stables and private
car tracks. Other large losers viii be the
Fowler Packing company. the Hannibal &
St. Joseph Railroad company, the Rock
Island and the Metropolitan Water com
pany. Small strips are claimed by numer-
Gus other companies. In all. there were
forty plaintiffs and ten defendants.
The tract IN dispute contains nearly
eighty-hve acres and originally belonged to
SilRs Armstrong. a Wyandotts Indian. and
was IN island from 1867 until 1891. The
contention in the suit hinged on q change
In the channel OF the Missouri river In
1876, JUST before Armstrong had transferred
his property. The property transferred ex-
tended to the bank OF the river, but that
year the channel OF TIE river had changed
several hundred feet. The portion thu cut
on was not sold, but in course Of time the
river reformed and ran in its old channel.
When II changed back to its former chan
mel the portion IN litigation and the main
body were again connected.
The defendant companies began 70 extend
their Industries on that portion which had
been an island, claiming II as an aocretion.
but Armstrong; heirs claimed that the
companies had no right TO It.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-02
COLLEGE FOR SLUM WORKERS
General Booth Seeks u~Hfverstfv IN
Train Salvation Army
SoIaserH.

NEW YORK, March l-Gsneral Booth.
head Of the Salvation Army, presided at
three farewell meetings in the Academy Of
Music today to mark the close OF his five
months visit 10 this country. during which
he delivered addresses in hfty-two cities.
Al the night meeting the Academy was
filled TO overlooking.
In the course Of his address General
Booth announced q plan for the establish
ment OF an international university for the
development Of trained rescuers OF hu-
manly.
"A university Of the science OF human
ity, he said. where men and women can
be trained TO reclaim depraveo women.
criminals and drunkards-that's what I
want now. ] mean a great institution. with
its main Embellishments in London and New
York, correlated with branches in Mel
bourne, Toronto. Berlin and Paris. from
which thousands OF Salvation Army work
ers h be sent TO the submerged masses
each year, skilled IN every known method
Of rescuing human beings from the under
world Of despair"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-02
LAST OF LINE is SUICIDE
InhAAes Chloroform When LLfe he
comes T5resOme 10 DisrtnEuished
FamfIy's Daughter.

PHILADELPHIA, March IA woman
who gave her name as Mrs Charlotte G..
Wellington. committed suicide by inhAling
chlorofOrm in a fashionable boarding house
al HAddnnheld. N. J.. near here.
She left E note to the proprietor. in which
she said;
I am the last OF a distinguished family.
left 30 alone that ! am tired Of life Win
you kindly see that my remains are de-
Gently buried? ] enclose money 10 pay
expenses. Ny = clothes give 20 the poor.
Please keep this az quiet as possible.
with the note was SO. The woman came
70 the boarding house about February 20.
She was always apparently IN good spirits.
She was about 60 years old. refined and
plenrifully supplied with money. In con
versation with other persons IN the house
she often referred 10 having lived in
Boston and Albany, n. Y. and 10 having
boarded IN Mt Holly and MedfoTd, n. J.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-02
BANK BANDITS ARE HELD
Alleged Robbers of Missouri Vaults
Arrested After Struggle An
Connecticut.

HARTFORD, Conn, March William
Rudolph, known as the Missouri Kid,
and George Collins were arrested here to-
day BY officers of a detective agency and
the Hartford police. The men are wanted
for the bRnk robbery at Union. Mo, on
December %.
In q search Of the Rudolph house q scrap
OF paper was found upon which was writ
ten George Collins, Hartford, Conn" The
Hartford police learned hat Collins had
formerly been in the reform school at
Meriden, Conn. He has twO BtepbrOtherE
here named La Plant.
Rudolph and Collins have been here a
few weeks, but were not Dcated until yes
terdRy, when Rudolph was seen on the
street, The detectives wanted TO get the
men together and would not risk getting
one for fear the other would get away.
This afternoon Rudolph, Collins and his
two stepbrothers were seen coming out Of
a house on Allyn street. where they had
two rooms. They were followed to q house
on State street and the force Of Pinkert0n
men and local detectives was gathered.
Collins and the La Plants came out OF
the house together and we're arrested with
out any trouble. The Missouri KID" re-
NAMED and Detective DouBherty and De-
LecLiVe FHrreA OF nus CITY went hiLer MIN
entering the room with revolvers drawn
Rudolph reached under his overcuat for
his gun. a large one, but Dougherty was
upon him before he could pull IL. The
men struggled while the Hartford detec-
tive tried to get the gun away from Ru-
dolph. Dougherty was bitten in the neck
Farrell finally got the gun, when a man il
the house went to Rudolph's assistance
+hBulrin0 the dnfartfvee mare frv{ne IN hill
him up.
In his rooms were found three large re-
volvers. q bag OF cartridges and Skeleton
keys and a quantity OF clothing, and IS,
6S5 was recovered il the rooms and on tins
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