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Evening star., 1903-07-15
SCARCITY OF LABoRERs.
California Needs Men and Women to
-. Harvest Her Fruit.

Mr. w H. Murray, representing the Cali
| fornia promotion committee OF San Fran
cisco, arrived in Washington last night on
| his way to the New England states. In an
interview this afternoon lie said that the
| harvest of picking and curing fruits was
now on and would continue for three
months. Some two thousand men and wo-
| men are wanted to help put the fruits in
commercial condition-boxing. packing and
| shipping the same in car lots eastward.
More than $1,000 cars Of oranges were
sent forward last year, making In all
about 45O,OOO.OOO pounds. OF fresh fruit.
| including apricots. peaches, plums. peas.
| etc, the amount shipped to the east ran
up to 5O,OOOOOO pounds
To handle all this fruit, Mr.. Murray says,
requires many unskilled laborers.
| Referring to the shortage Of labor In CEN
| trail and northern California, MIR. Murray
said: . al
THE Chinese exclusion act Is the cause.
There was a time when the Chinese were
| to California what the negroes are to the
| south. They were the house help and the
orchard help of the state. But 1t Is no
longer a case of the Chinese must go; they
! are practically gone.
| mo one is asked to come to California
to compete with Chinese and Japanese So
| called cheap labor. The farm and orchard
| owners of California have awakened not
| only to the desirability but to the absolute
| necessity Of depending upon the same class
| or workers tnat nave Uldue cdSlelh ldI HltIS
! successful-and none other. From one end
| of the state to the other, judgment. senti-
ment and demand alike universal for
| competent white help whose object shall be
the acquisition of homes Of their own.
| The committee, Mr.. Murray says. will as
sure employment II letter Is sent forward
| to the office.
| Between 1890 and 1900 the value of farm
products in California rose from $S7 100000
| to S131 600, ,OOO, or over 80 per cent. For
| 1902 the value of such products Is estimat-
| ed to exceed $1JOOOO,OOO.
| The rate of wages for women and girls
| engaged in cutting fruit for drying Is from
81 90 to 81. so per day, averaging about 81 so
| Some forty to 100 women and girls are to
| be found in packing houses doing this light
| girls and women. who are seated on
| benches under sheds or trees, working by
piece work.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
Appeal to Higher Court.
SPECIAL PENSION ACTS.
Statistics That Indicate a Steady In
crease of Those Measures.

Under the direction OF Commissioners
Ware statistics have been compiled show
Ing the growth in the volume Of the special
dividuals In the past fortyodd years They
show a total of 1888, from the Thirty
seventh Congress, in 1861, to the FIFTY
seventh Congress- which expired last
March, inclusive.
During the Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth.
Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty first Con-
crosses, which cover the decade extending
from 1861 to 1871, there were 537 measures
enacted granting special pensions. This
number constituted the aggregate for all
five congresses. During the last Congress,
which covered only one-fifth as much time.
there were PHI.
OF the special acts passed at the last
Congress 60 bestowed pensions of $50 each.
81 at $40 each. 549 at $50 each, 414 at S2i
each, 215 at $50 each and 392 at $12 each.
The balance Of the grades comprise only a
few pensions each. The highest Of the
pensions granted at the last session was
one for S41666, which is said to have been
granted to the widow OF President Car
field.
During the Thirty seventh to the Forty
first Congress, inclusive, there was one
pension at 5000 per annum. In the Forty
second Congress- which covered the years
1871 1873, there were 167 of these special
acts in all; there were 1872 in the Forty
third 9S in the Forty-fourth. 230 in the
Forty-fifth. 96 in the Forty-sixth, 216 in the
Forty-seventh. 59S in the Forty-eighth. S5t
in the Forty ninth, 1O15 in the Fiftieth
1888 In the Fifty-first, PIT in the Fifty
second, 119 in the Fifty-third. 27S In the
Fifty-fourth, 694 in the Fifty-tifth, 1891 ir
the Fifty-sixth and 2,17 in the Fifty-sev-
Evening star., 1903-07-15
aERMAns B'rHE LEAD.
Foreigners Most Creditably Represent
ed at the Osaka Exposition.

Foreigners Most Crsditably Represent
ed at the Osaka Exposition.
Consul Lyon at Kobe. japan. has for
warded to the Department Of Commerce
and Labor a list OF the exhibits at the
Osaka exhibition mad by the state of Or
egon. The consul states that Oregon Is the
only American state which has gone to
any expense in making an exhibit at this
fair.
The Oregon exhibits have no state build
ing, but are housed in the foreign samples
building. alongside the Canada building.
which. with it's contents, is rejecting no
small credit upon Canada. The dominion
has expended about $4,000 upon this enter
prise. and the consul says its efforts to
make a good show stand in marked con-
trast with the inactivity shown by the
United States.
The principal feature inside the Canadian
exhibition building is the great rush by the
Japanese each day at pm. to purchase
biscuits and loaves Of bread baked in full
view inside OF the building. Hundreds OF
these people stand with their arms over
the railing and money in their hands. ready
to purchase. all c1amoring to be waited
upon. The consul says that il some of our
northwestern states had been in evidence
at the Osaka exhibition with their hard
wheat fours the fact would have been dem
onstrated that our ffours are just as good
and can make as much bread as the Cana
dian flour on exhibition.
Other American exhibits than those from
Oregon are found scattered throughout the
foreign samples building, and some are In
cluded in displays made by foreign firms in
Japan: but, considering the ex/ent of oul
country and its immense resources the con-
sui says, 1T Is plainly evident that there has
been a considerable lack Of interest at this
exhibition upon the part Of the American
exporters. The largest foreign exhibit is
from Austria, to defray the expense OF
which the government appropriated $40. GOO
England is poorly represented. but not sc
poorly as the United States.
The Germans, as usual, are much in evt.
dence at this exhibition. ALI kinds Of Ger
man goods. from pins and needles up to To-
comotives. agricultural machines, ETC., arr
fr, ho
Evening star., 1903-07-15

Hudson was charged with having entered
into q contract with Rachel Shelby, an ap-
plicant to the commission for Identification
as a Mississippi Choctaw. wherein for
nominal consideration she relinquished to
him full and complete control OF all the
lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
tions that might be allotted to her as Mis-
sissippi Choctaw for not to exceed fifteen
years from the date Of the allotment. 1t Is
charged that the attorney offered this con-
tract for sale. well knowing the contract
to be null and void under the act Of Con-
gress approved May 81. 1900" Hudson was
served with copy of the charges and ap-
peared before the commission to show
cause. and the commission after that hear
ing decided that he should not represent
claimants before them. This action was
approved by the department. which now
takes similar action.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
CLERKS ON A WALK.
Civil Service Commission Employees
Have to Keep-a-Steppin'.

Not running" This announcement
made in big black letters on a display card
tackled to the elevator cage of the civil
service commission has proved the most
interesting bit of intelligence from the
viewpoint of the personnel of that body
that has developed so far this week. The
commission occupies the tall, red-brick
building opposite the old Post Office De-
partment building, and the discontinuance
of service is Of cor siderable significance to
the rank and file that have to trudge up
several sets Of stairways twice a day and
then. like that famed imperial leader.
march down again. The chief offices OF
the commission are located on the third
floor where Commissioners Proctor, Greene
and Cooley, Chief Clerk Doyle and Chief
Examiner Higgins and their assistants hold
forth. while on the floors above them there
is a large number of government employees
All of these have been compelled this week
to walk up and down, and the whole force,
from commissioners down to the laborers
in the basement of the building. have been
wondering what the trouble is and when
they will be able to stop climbing" Some
of the employees are good pedestrians, but
even they do not enthuse on involunea eary
exercise. Several visitors who came 10
the commission to transact official business
faltered at sight of the sign, and looking
up the three sets of steep stairways de-
cided to come back later rather than try
conclusions walking the steps on a warm
day.
The elevator was temporarily suspended
from duty last Monday morning. as the re-
suit of ''tOO much fire." Down where the
motive power is generated and worked to
keep the elevator in motion there Is fire
arch which plays protecting rulc.
Whether aggravated by the sweeping
strides of civil service reform In the pas,
or by the bright passionate designs of the
new linoleum which the rough floor of the
first story has dOnned a result of q
splinter from the floor causing a painful
Evening star., 1903-07-15
CONFESSION OF GHoULs.
Indiana Grave Robbers May Solve Sew
eral MYSTERIES.


The following dispatch was received last
night from Indianapolis: Acting on state
ments made by Rufus Cantre1l. chief of
the convicted band Of Indiana grave rob-
bers. officers. accompanied by Cantrell.
last night visited the Union Chapel GEM
etery near Nora. eleven miles from In
dianapolis. and two graves were opened.
trell. that would be found the body of
Miss Carrie Selvage an Indianapolis school
teacher, who disappeared from the Union
State Hospital March II, 1900, and was
never found.
Cantrell, when he arrived at the cem-
etery last nigmt, was uncertain as to
which grave she was buried in. He said
she had been placed in grave that had
been robbed several months before. Miss
Selvage's brother was in the party. Two
graves were opened and one was found
to have been disturbed, as Cantrell said
1t would be found with the rough box
broken open and the coffin lid turned up
side down. The body in 1t was not recog-
nized by Mr.. Selvage. Other graves will
be opened today.
the disappearance of Kenneth Lawrence.
young man who inherited 800 GOO in
Illinois and Indiana property, and who
was last heard of in New York. The
sheriff of Logan county and the mayor of
Bellefontaine, Lawrence's home, are here
consulting with the officers.
In confession with Prosecutor Ruckels-
haus this afternoon. it is said that Can
trell admitted that he had a hand in the
recent murders In this city of Isaac Ro-
sengarten. a merchant policeman, and
Isaac Stout.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
laundering Guns.

dispatch from Nahant Mass, last
night says: A salute Of fifty guns
laundering from the summit OF Fox
Hill, echoed by fifty more reports from
the guns Of the North Atlantic squadron.
was the opening feature of the third day
OF the semi-centennial celebration of the
town.
The program provided for the most elab-
crate ceremonies of the anniversary ex-
ercises and included a big parade and a
great public assembly with Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. a resident of Nahant, az
orator. Gov. John Bates and Lieut.. Gov.
Curtis Guild, jr., were guests OF the town.
Beautiful summer weather contributed tc
the successful consummation Of the ar
rangements. and thousands came to par
ticipate In the proceedings.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
Hardware Convention.

A dispatch from Saratoga, N. Y, says:
The Southern Hardware Jobbers' AS
sociation began it's thirteenth conven-
ton here yesterday. The opening ses-
sion was attended by members OF the
American Hardware Manufacturers As
sociati which began its fourth con-
vention here today. Addresses OF well
come were made by Village President Adel-
bert P. Knapp of Saratoga Springs and
w. R. Crumley of Atlanta, Ga, to the
manufacturers association. The response
was made by N. A. Gladding Of Indianapo-
lis Ind F. A. Heitman of Houston. Tex,
delivered the annual address Of the presf-
dent.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
COURTS MAY INTERFERE.
Charges Against Chicago Freight
Handlers Now on Strike.

A dispatch from Chicago, July H. says:
Federal court Intervention in the ex-
pected freight handlers strike, grow
ing out of the labor troubles at the
plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and
Supply Company. was asked today by the
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Com
pany. A bill of complaint was filed in the
United States circuit court. naming as de-
PENDANTS Lawrence ]. Curran. Hugh Nc
Gee and Albert Young, presidents respec-
lively Of the freight handlers, truck driv-
ers and the National Teamsters' unions
Federal jurisdiction is claimed under the
interstate commerce law. to which the
transfer company is subject.
The defendants charged with having
conspired to obstruct the complainants'
business by interfering with the delivery
Of goods to its depot.
A wagon loaded with goods from the
Kellogg company was driven to the trans
fer companys station under police escort
and amid the hooting and jeering of many
strikers and sympathizers.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
SET ASIDE BY THE PRESIDENT.
Public Lands in Porto Rico Chosen fol
Government Use.

A recent executive order issued by the
President set aside the following lands and
buildings in Porto. Rico for military pur-
poses:
In San Juan-fhe Main reservation, La
Palma BastIon. athesd San Sebastian. the
water front and the GSanto Domingo bar
racks. 10
At Cayey-The Henry barracks.
Near Aibonito-Barracks.
At Aguadilla-The Aguadilla barracks and
fort. .. i-bIl
At Mayaguez-The hospital barracks and
fort, also the Islands of Cabras and Can
uelo at the entrance of San Juan harbOr;
the Island of Punta Salinas, about three
miles west of the entrance; the Island of
Palominos, and the Cordilleras. lying near
Fajardo on the northeast of Porto Rico.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
ATTORNEY DISBARRED.
Interior Department Acts Quickly on a
Western Land Transaction.

The Secretary of the Interior has issued
an order disbarring L. p. Hudson OF Okla
homa City. Okla. and Muskogee. l. T.,
from further practice before the Interior
Department or any of its bureaus. The
action is based on charges of reprehensible
conduct in connection with the lawyers
practice before the five civilized tribes COM
mission. which for some years has been try
ing to bring order out of chaos in the In
dian territory. According to the order,
Evening star., 1903-07-15
HANDSOME FEATURES
ARB INHERITED.

UT true beauty. q clear complexion, may
be acquired. 1t is merely a question OF
healthy digestion and pure blood. Powder
- and Cosmetics only initiate beauty, but
Abbey's Salt Of Fruits gives the true
beauty Of health BY removing poisonous matter
from the blood, It clears the complexion and I'M
parts glow of health to the cheeks. Pimpies dis-
appear like frost before the sun.
Every bottle Is sold with an absolute guarantee
that there is nothing else good for the stomach
and bowels as Abbey's Salt of Fruts-a most pleas
ant tasting tonic laxative.
At bedtime and in the morning take two tea
spoonfuls Of Abbey's Enervescent Salt in tum-
bier Of water-not cold. there will be no reaction
ary or bad after effects. Abbey's Salt does not
depress the heart.
1t Is indorsed by the leading physicians. and sold
by the druggists all parts of the civilized world
-25c.. &c. and 81 90 per bottle. Guaranteed free
from opates and drug stimulants. II you are not
using it send for a trial bottle free today. Ad-
dress The Abbey Enervescent Salt Company. Ltd.'
8 Murray St, New York city; 144 Queen Victoria
st., London. England: 712 Craig ST., Montreal.
Canada.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
JOINT CONVENTION.
Coal Miners and Operators Assembled
in Kansas,

A Pittsburg. Kan, dispatch last night
says: The interstate joint convention of
miners and operators assembled today and
adopted the report of the committee on
credentials.
This was followed by National President
John Mitchell presenting the scale of both
miners and operators After a talk in
reference to the improved condition of the
miners in the past year and the advance
in wages In the eastern coal fields, he
stated he expected a good substantial ad-
vance in the west.
Both scales were referred to the con-
ference committee and the joint convention
adjourned subject to the call of the chair
man of that committee
Evening star., 1903-07-15

injury to one Of the clerks. the arch has
been gradually hnrnedeawa unt1 the Outei
walls were loft NxpoSea to the heat. The
elevator was stopped on account OF that
discovery, and It VIA be gratifying news to
the employees at the Commission today 70
learn that, II present plans are carried out.
the elevator wilI-xesune service on Friday
morning. regardless Of weather and purc-
tually on schedule time. unless something
not now foreseen should develop.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
TO NAME ARBITERS.
Secretary Hay Invites the Gear t.
Select Venezuelan Claims Judges,

Secretary Hay has invited the car to
name and appoint from the members of the
permanent court of The Hague three arbi-
traitors to constitute the tribunal which fs
to determine and settle the questions sub
mitted to it under the Venezuelan claims
treaty.
Mail advices from Caracas state that the
various commissions for the settlement Of
the powers claims against Venezuela are
still sitting and the claims. it is added.
''are growing like corn"
Evening star., 1903-07-15
Jamestown Exposition.
l Dispatch to The Evening Star.

NORFOLK. Va, July 15.-The Norfolk
real estate and stock exchange has in
dorsed the jamestown exposition to be held
on Hampton Roads in 1907 and adopted
strong resolutions offsetting those passed
by the real estate owners association, op-
posing S2O0OO0 appropriation by the city
towards tercentary exposition. The stock
exchange favors a large appropriation
Evening star., 1903-07-15
CARBOLIC ACID
Taken With Suicidal Intent by
Wealthy Woman.

dispatch from Cleveland last night
says: Mrs. Delight Prentiss. wife of F. f.
Prentiss. wealthy manufacturer of this
city committed suicide in the apartment Of
the couple at the New Amsterdam today by
drinking carbolic acid.
Mrs Prentiss had been In poor health for
long time and had. it is said. frequently
threatened to end her life Deceased was
an authoress of some note. being known to
Evening star., 1903-07-15

A strike insurance company has been or
ganized at Louisville, with an underwriting
bureau at that plaza
Evening star., 1903-07-15

the literary world as Delight Sweetser, -
her maiden name.
Evening star., 1903-07-15
a-Cura is a Liquid, Applied Externally.

II has 4 ue disagree o or II Is only of
disove Cura E Herr.
UrhaiaN nd
te face Q Q scalp
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-17
Complicated ReIationahiDn.

"Its astonishing when you come to
think of it how the simplest appearing
marriages may have complicated re-
suits" said philosopher the other day
"Of course when man marries a
young girl and his son marries the
girls mother the possible offspring have
all sorts OF relationships with their
parents. But take simpler case. A
chap l know married his first cousins
daughter some years ago and has two
children. Those olive branches are
first cousins once removed to their
grandfather and second cousins to their
mother on the fathers side and first
cousins twice removed to their father
on their mothers side. Then each Is
second cousin once removed to himself.
A similar state of affairs occurs of
course in the case of children of mar
ried first cousins.
II think I've proved my theorem,
haven't l. that complicated results Of
ten follow simple enough causes?"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-17
How do YOU like the PRESS?

How do you like the PRESS?
Geo A. Walker, Jr., remains with his
mother at Galeton.
Chester Hockey is home from Buf-
falo for the Holiday season.
w. L. Thomas and Fred Tompkins
were PRESS visitors this p. m.
We notice W. D. White on our streets,
he having returned from his western
trip.
Leon Felt is up from Philadelphia
Dental College to visit during Holi-
days.
Rev. Twitchell, the new Baptist pas
tor, was brief PRESS caller on Tues
day evening.
Geo. w. Gentry, of Lumber, is in
town to-day and carries chip on his
shoulder, as usual.
Jas. M. Dawson has returned from
Chambersburg, where he was called on
account of the death Of his mother.
Rev. r. ]. Knox and wife left on
Monday to spend three weeks with re-
latives and friends at Altoona and
Lewistown.
Mr.. Kit Dalphy received wire mes.
sage on Wednesday, informing him of
the dangerous illness of his sister at
Scranton. Mrs. Dalphy left yesterday
| MON for 4 hat r,laoa
Mrs J. H. Wheeler and mother, Mrs
Hurteau, arrived in Emporium on
Tuesday, to visit with relatives and
friends for several days. Mrs. Wheeler
having recovered from her serious ill
ness, is very gratifying to her friends.
Mrs. Corwin and son Theo came up
from Sunbury last Saturday, the latter
| to attend Guys Minstrels and crack a
few old time stories with his friends.
Mr.. Corwin, chip off the old block, is
climbing up the ladder, being employed
by the Pennsylvania railroad in a re.
sponsible position. Mrs. Corwin
remains here, visiting her sister, Mrs.
I.!K. Hockey, and brother J. d. Logan.
Mrs. F. s. Coppersmith and Mrs.
Allen Baldwin visited Buffalo last
Thursday and Friday. Mr.. Copper
smith met them at Bulls Mills and ac-
compauied them home.
Minnie Baurgelt, who arrived in En-
porium last Thursday evening and
is stopping with her sister Mrs. H. s.
Lloyd, is getting along as we'll IS can
be expected. Her injured right arm
is helpless.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-17
Election of Officers,

At the regular review of Sterling
Run Tent, No. 55, K. o. T. NJ, on Sat
urday night, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Past Com, c. J. Miller; Com, Ed.
Whiting; Lieut.. Com, A. w. Wylie; R.
K. and F. K, w. Summerson; Chap,
Elmer Whiting; Serg't, o. B. Tanner;
M. at A, E. P. Brooks; 1st M. of G., U.
w. Barr; I'd M. of G., Wright Mason;
Sentinel, Chas. F. Collins; Picket,
Herman Wylie.
Under the head of "Good of the Or
DER" all were invited to a sumptuous
repast, prepared by the ladies of Silver
Star Hive, to which the wee sma' (?)
eaters did ample justice. A large dele
cation was present from Cameron.
Deputy N. Wylie was given the floor,
and with one of his enthusiastic lec-
lures, kept the assemblage spell bound
for an hour. /
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-17
Market Values Of Dead Rats.

A New England senator tells story
of certain wealthy business man In
Providence. r. l., whose reputation for
tight fistedness In business matters is a
matter of common knowledge even in
neighboring states.
Not long ago the man Of strict bust
ness principles engaged professional
ratcatcher to undertake the task of rid
ding his warehouse cellars Of the trou
blesome ROD lat infested them.
The rath., 'cnted his bill, show
ing that I! ryidence man was in
debted to IT," fnrElrr in the sum Of $40.
Good gracious" exclaimed the tight
f1sted man as he glanced at the bill
"$10!' Then after n seconds pause he
anxiously asked:
"Don't get anything for the rats?'-
New York Tribune.