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SPECIALLY. Low OUND TRIP RATES
i5g OFFERED THE SEABOARD #


so. 20 Richmond. Va, to Jacksonville,
Ella, and return. account meeting In
itcrslatc Sugar Cane Growers Associa-
tlon;" tickets on sale May 20 and Sd,
good returning ,,ntil May 5, 1901. # sisi
500. 10 richmond, Va, to Carthage, Mo-,
ana return, account Annual Meeting Gers
man BAPTIST Brethren May 19th-a7th:
tickets on sale May 18th to 24tl1, incl,l-
sive, good returning May 30th; can be
extended until June Goth by deposlting
same and payment of fifty cents.
$50. o5- Richmond, VA, to- dallas, Texas,
ana return on account General Assem-
ly Cumberland Presbyterian Church."
May 19th-27th; tickets OH sale May 18th
to 18th, inclusive, good Il returning May
81, 1901. 3
So. 25-Richmond. Va, to san Francisco
or Los Angeles, Call, account General
Conference Methodist Episcopal Church"
May Sd to 3lst. and National Associn-
lion Of Retail C;rocers of United States"
May Sd to Sth; tickets on sale April ed
10 Goth, inclusive;s good returning June 80,
1904. Stop overs arc allowed both go
Ing and returning a t a number of points,
also side trips arc given to holders Of
these tickets to various points of inter-
est
Rates given above are from Richmond;
same reduction from other points on the
Seaboard. Information In regard to the
above gladly given.
w. NJ TAYLOR. C. T. A.,
$40 East Main Street.
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Low RATES TO JACKSONVILLE,
FLA, VlAsATLANTIc cOAsT&LiNE.
on account OF meeting OF Interstate
sugarcanc Growers Association Jack
eonyi,lc. fla, May 9Th to eth, this line
will sell round trip tickets at rate of
ono fiist-class fare. plus % cents, which
IS from Richmond s2o7o; Petersburg,
S,o.45; tickets OH salo May I'd and Sd, 1901,
With final limit May Sth, 1901 This is
Inc quickest and best route; offering
Pul!men Sleeping Drawing room, Din
lre and Thoroughfare cars, without
uitange For complete In eer.s';s y
ply to any agent OF the r.ompnny;Eo or,
4, G. S.. ClEMPBrIL.
Division Passlhnger Agent
s3s East Main Street, Richmond, Va.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND, APRIL l6. 1904.
8 9tl4s VA ttItINED {sFt
steamer berkeley. Shelly, Norfolk, rnerchun-
disc and passengers. Old Dominion nne;
James HlvcrF i,ind.uss, mercnandse and pas
So nrers Virginia Navigation Co. fl8fsT
.7El NSi}34s K n a 85s4E SAlEEN# IN
Steamer berkeley, Shelly. Norfolk: mcrcnan.t
disc and passengers. Old Dominion line. lit ss
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was generally supposed that heavy selling from,
fliA Side w.ls because Of lower prices In Liver
pool. Throughout the halliday session prices
iluctuatcd nervouH!y aid We're nlosl OF the
time below thc level of yesterdays close: In
the trading May first lost ~ points at ~
recovered to 1879 and finally declined TO IA. 81.
The market closed duh. but steady. The old %
crop positions showed met losses OF loIl l.
points. while the new crop months gained 2u
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Dry GOODS MARKET

NEW YORK, April is.--Thc dry goods market
played by buyers. even ut reductions IN prices,
which have been the order Of The day FOR some &,
other centers Is argued by SELLERS as Il
bullah influence. but 1t - too early TO observe
any results of this shuttirls down OF mills us
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
PEANUT MARKETS

PETERSBURG. VA April lG...-p1sANuTS-
Continue flrn1 at sl.15 per bushcl for Spanish;
nfrered VlrginIas ilrin ut 4ac. for fancy stock.
Sons shipments nro being made frorn Peters.
burg Of stock thut had been stored IN TINS
IN NORFOLK, VA, April 49, PTsANuTs-
Fancy. 4AGi5c.; strictly prime. prime.
bushel, Ell 800 is:3- a.i 5sfHat 54faH
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o BIRMINGHAM AND RETURN ONE
FARE FOR THE ROUND RIP
Il G$t VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Account of Educational Conference
Birmingham, Ala, ono fare, plus twenty
fIvc cents. from all points on the South
an a "a lilwny Sailing dates, April gath
and e5th; return limit, May On;
''l G. w. W11STBuTI,
District Passenger Agent
Richmond. Va.
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NAVAL STORES.

5yy1ISfINGTON, N. c. April 1S.--SPIR1TS
TuDPENTIN ls-Frm ut 5Ac.; receipts. 10 casks
doing; receipts 1870 barrels
I'm r-11ir, at 81 0O receipts, l0l barrels. Crude
iTurpentne--Fir ut s:..543.75 and 400; re-
CENTS So burres.
"A TANNAH, GA. April 1G.--TURPliNTtNE;
1,irnl nt 54Hc.; les, Isl casks; receipts, 3i3
en- sks !: b exports, COZ casks Rosn--Frln; sales.
il5 bnrrcls; receipts III barrels; exports, 455
Larrcis.E . T., T. !, i, i,
i,rINE-Tlrm at 53c. 1sosin. nominal. M.
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o.y,s EXPOSITION, SPECIAL

RATES VIA C. q. Q. RAILWAY.
Tho sale Of tickets to st. Louis, Mo-,
and .eturn for the Exposition VII 7, com 6.
mcnce April 25th; s2l.5o good for flfteen
DAYS: s2G. good foY sixty days, s3l.D, sood
until I,accmber 2lst. 49,. e,c
Special coach excursion May Ath' Ply
round trip.
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RICHMOND 3; STOCK. MARKET.
Richmond. Va April ls. 100

Richmond. yai,Slapfll 70. 2 lyoi. z.
SALES, Ss355 6
En- yirsinid Ccilturles--591 at Gtt-ys VIII ~
Ficn ,,s,ndt eng pSg "A rfiaE
afetrSIsolitap Bnnk OF Il iEginia--11 at ~
6 s1.ATE SECURITIES Bid. Asked
North caroiiha ,e, G.: 1910 1885,. ioa
North Carolina IN ca, lalg....... IL
Ma. IS, 4 New g, md II. lsS., ~
Va az New CT and H., 1D3a. go. a5h g:is
Ma Centuries, 5-5. c. and r., 1921 u si.s
CITY SECURITIES
Hichnond City e, b.. is.o-la3o ..... io5's =.
"a iiA1LaOAD BONDS.
Atlanta and Char LIST 7s. r.. 1907. lgs
Georgia Pacific lst IS, c., 1872. ID ...&
Georsln so. and Fla LIST as.i 1915, IL 80.
Georgia and Ala. Con. IS, lsi5.I.... lVst3 =.
RlSn and Neck. LIST 4s, l9iS........ -
Western N G. Is, 6s,ta c., l9I...... III !.
s a. l., coHe LIST IS, s19s1.,t....,...- bat3 -
RAILROAD STOCKS. Par.
Atlanta and Charlotte. 100 80
5At1antic Coast Line 4 10 los
A,,sntic Coast Line com..,..... lyl Jos
chesapeake and Ohio....t.........lH' -
Norfolk and Western coui........l0 IS
H. r. ana r ODiS.-......l U0 20
Saaboard Air Line pfd-.-.-....-..l@ II IS
southern Railway pfd- ..........1oo 81
,....a ~ 49, ~. ssz4nhA> sHsssu 6. elA.xa
First National ..................1o 100 200
Merchants National .lvJ i90
National Bank OF Virsinia...,... 100 1.s
Il .44. s,-I4 l.t:a.>E -o Us.
Va Car. Chem. pid p. .....lW aS ~
Nararolina ChemIeai com...,..lu1 23st 2iH
Va Car c. CO, Col. TT p. c,,,.... % :'sa
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TRADE: WAS \ AS
SLUGGISH.
Tile Dayton The Stock . Market
Was Quiet and Y. I'm II
Rs cvet1tful.
.LlTYLE CHANGE IN PRICES i !: $
.lVcdkncss 81 Virginiiatl.-tC q .1'lii;l
Chemical Attributed to Pro-
posed Issuance Pref. Stock.
8flsyi Associated press.)

NEW YORK, April 1G-Thefe was ohlS
sI,ggish drift inEto-days stock marKe1'
and the trading was without interest,".
Tlnn day ended with prices gcncfaily ~
fraction lower, nfter having been alone
time higher The only considerable move move
ments were In specialties on individual
causes.
,l'bc weakness or the Virginia Carolina
Chemical stocks was caused ny a prop
eitIon 10 issue preferred stock for repay r, r.1,s
ment OF a large floating debts The q bank an
statement showed IT smaller loan cxpail I
sion than expected, SO that tile cash ~.
crease went further to enhance the sur !.
4 plus OF reserves but the narnct SOLO OIL y.
hitter the publication OF the 1a mn. stu w
lEenl and closed easy a. the lo@ ,:.sl,. ~
ga. dad as unftvorable the more SO az \;
the meicantil agencies rey i 5; y, d% Sna,
upon the .crtent effect or TIC cooi
,,ort 81 d determination to stop improve,
ments on Pcnns ylvanla9 system nttiactedi
mention IS dIa s,aene 1,t that si steei
IKE s.r.s, eorpolafion for 1901 amounted 10
but d million tons. Ihe bond market
,.as relatively timer than stocks, but
s a,l bonds sp s,sT par E bands
has decreased and prices, have moved N,!,.'
imfgula,Iy IN synpathy With the stocks;
4 United StntcsE2,S maze advanced - Sei ~,
The new. i'asl-s per cent. on call during
j the week. "a 53if. ~
Total sales were 1880 shares.
.a{ MONEY AND I. ExCHANG l;--c CLOSE:
Money on call. nominal; no loans; time
r Ions, easy; sixty and ninety days, 2 l--sn
!; per ccut. !; .x months, SaI: prime rlef-
CATTLE paper tdi IL per cent; stern lr.s
exchange steady, with actual business
Sin bankers, bills a s4.S7 $50 s7 40 Tor DE-
Inaild. and at $4.Soli.S51O TOR sixty Ga y
blls;I Eosted rates tI.S5i l-2TId.SS. CONNER
cal bills, }i.s4 l-sGl IA "a Il bar. silver,
" Is: Mexican dollars. 49,
NEW YORK; cLEAaI y I.
4. 5 NEW YORK, April 1.-the sta tenlent
OF averages OF ,he#cleaing house banks an lSs
OF this citsfor3thes wGsek lloW's u.
Loans, 81 0il,a ~ 100: increase. SL12l, ~.
Deposits, s,t9711s,ieO; Increase. fll'-
& GH.h0J gsS5 Il. St 5a III -, * ~
Legal tenders. s72,ssd2 POO; increase. u 81 l.,
$500 o. . . 30,
Reserve Sgll,asi.1pO; increase. 81, 2ssto.
Reserve required .i,--is. s'p ii increase,
Surplus, ,s217.3OLGol; increase. Si.ass. zoo
I.xunitcd States deposits, 81 81 '2s' ~ "
crease 81 1Uo, tssei
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TOBACCO MARKET,
Richmond, Va. Anil

Richmond, Va, April l6, 1901.
Dark Fired Tobacco--New: Receipts lighter,
market continues nrm at unchanged quota.
tons. Od:{ Receipts and offerings Very iignt
ana market very quiet, Dut llttle doing.
continues strong ana active
VITA luir receipts. MISUNDERSTANDING active
at quotations; receipts iish,,
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Official Range and Sale Of Stocks n New ork
'9sALns.'
rH Z
400 Atnalgamalcd Copper ......
200 Amer (.,ur n MI FDJ1uty,tsa

4pW Atnaleamalcd Copper .. h.
2W Amer. Car aud !''OllillutllTy,.l.t
100 Amer, Cotton Oll..s...'........ q - !.
Amer. Snttff ...,............'.'a',.s
Amer. Snuff, pfd......'.is.....
Amor, Can ........ ...tbi....'.'.
Amer Can. prd..., ~. .. !. -,
AMER Locomotive, conn., (
Amer. Locomotive, pfd......-
4rlgg Amer. sugar. ............'S,..'3,l
800 Al 7 and $. T.. com. ~.
: ,lW a.. T.. and 81 F'c, pfd ......
loo Bait more and Ohin..,,....g..
200 BrOklyr Rapid Tiuilslt....
Canada Southern .,..t..!..,f.'
im Canadian Pacific 4, !. 81. n. -,
" lgD Chesnpenke and sOhlo..,....t.g
4 NV Chi. Grcn t#Nvesterll........
CISCO Gil. Nil. and s. P..........
l25 Colo. Fuel and Ifon.....,..
Colo. Southern, COM. -.
Colo. Southern. list pfd.....
}, Colo. Southern, "a pfu......
ClGv., Chi, Chi. tltid S..l1..
100 Continental Tobacco, pfdi...
1880 Consolidated Gas ..........
Delaware. and Hudson.....s
Del, Lack. and Wcsterll.,.
5000 Erie, cOm....... ............
400 Erie, LIST pfd...............,.
400 Erie, "a pfd.
200 General Electric .............
s1Nslllinois Central ....s.......i
AGO Louisville and Nashville.
800 Manhattan ,.........t
400 Metro Street Railway......
\ 600 Mexican Central .......g...s
Mo- Kan. and Tex COM.
115 Mo-. Kan. and Tex, pfd....
go Missouri Pacific .............
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Se,,b.-n pac,dc5 IA ...................... 729s I
Norfnik md Western con. AZ ............... 079s
Oregon Short Line 4s and Partic.......... 70
ReadInr General As Observation-Disclosures. aih
ST. Louis and ir3n Arountan con. 5s; ....... LIZ 6
ST. Louis and San 'ranclsco ~, ds......s "
Seab1nr1 Nir Line Observation-Disclosures. 69h
So,,tbn pnc,nc Sds S9Ia
Southern RAILWAY rlSSs
Tcxna and I'ncinc lists 1l7i5
iToledo 81. III and Western Is. ........... 6,la
f,ntnn ,,acinc AZ ...a.,..,......... 10i q
iiriDn pacincs cnny Observation-Disclosures. 99ta
II s steal "a IA .........,........ 7Sa
Jvahash ;tstx I. ~. .................... 1l7A
WABASH Deb. rs [......................... 62ia
,,naJ,nr nj nkt, Erie a. ..,,.,,....... 80 f
1vscnnsfi, t.snt mi AS .......,......... S0A
T,ninradn' I,nj and Iron cow 3D.. III.
II and n p CoiIotern Tr. t4s............... 93E
Central OF Georgia "a inc. ................ 30A
TURKEY CooPs. ...,r............ LIZ g 1.eS
I, I,IwriS1 III Ir,I E1,e-per doz a75 % 800
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ns,NG BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago, r. L and Pacific 4s.....,...'''. 4" NJ
Chicago, i. and Pac. col. 5s............... ~
Ct, e.: and St Louis gen. 4s....'.,' l "a
Chlcago, Termin nina rs !,
SGnrni IN nj sot,thern IL S5ss
ncnver and Rin Crnnio Is .............,. 9SM
isria nrinr Ian ~ ............, U,4a
E,io ,snncr.i is s6ta
ri!ri W rtn and Denver City 1sts....... 105s
al, ,r,s Va ,jnv AZ LOG
io,tsvI1Ic md Nash Unj0ed IS ....... 9y
Msnbni Inn consoi gold is ................. 1o2sT
My lean Central Is ..,,..................., 6b1i
~ ,a ~ cant RAJ Inf Inc III - G
nm and s.. Louis IA o51s
Missn,,,i IN nsas and Texas As .......... 909i
Missouri. Kansas and Texas DDS ..........
Wnfionni r. H. Of Mexico con- 4s.....,....a7S .
New Central gen. 3iaH ............... nsisS
New Jersey Central gem 5s. ............,....1 1919
E6rt horn pncinc As Observation-Disclosures. 1p3h
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cotton futures opened steady a. tho decline

Cotton quiet: n,iddllng. ll.40; net receipts.
si7 haics gross, li4ss bales; sales, l.i9' paicsi
Total to-day at all tsenports--Net rereip;s,
1850 bales; export to Greut Britain. S6'S.D
bales; to the Continent. - 2ales; stock, 4ieoiS
Consolidated at all seaports- Me-, reeei ~ e.
1a,sVo bales; export 70 Great Great Britain, So's-o
2 Total since September lst at all seaports--
Ne, receipts eiS9l2i bales; export TO , Glcat
10 tho Continent. 2,p&,85l bales; 10 Japan SJ,a'l
bales to Mexico, %, 5al bales
NEW ORLEANS LA, April 1G.--Spot cot
ton quiet sales $50 bales including 400 70 ar
rive; quotations unchanged. 49,.
bdl24 POINTS. Liverpool was disappointing and
New York came In Weak at u wide decline 1t
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Dark eaf. msdiiifti !. ..s....s...... s.eo
Dark leaf. good ...... ShS N n N
Dark leaf. nne ......t. .....'.t..,. sam N Il o.
DARK wrappers ss..!t..,,. - 's's.
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p, c.o,T = 8 OIL MAR1lEr,

4 NEW YORK, April IT, Cottonseet oil was
QUIET ana barely steady Prime crude; T. q IL y:
Ills G12G,ac.; prime summer Yellow 32c
off summer yellow, nominal; prime white.
go. Gy2Jc.; prime winter yellow, %! M3tc. q
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Low RATES TO JACKSONVILLE

H. S. Lizard, y. T,
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W. NJ TAYLOR, c. T. A.,
$40 East Main Street.
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Rates given above are from Richmond;
same reduction from other points on the
seaboard. Information In regard to the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Damage to Stock.

N. S. French, Of LaMoure county,
has been gathering facts about damage
done to stock by porcupine and needle
grass Lewis F. Crawford, cashier of
the Interstate bank at Sentinel Butte,
has written him . letter, Is follows,
Our heaviest losses are among our
lambs, In midsummer, when the
needles are ripening, and not from hay
fed them. I have seen sheep dressed
for mutton where the needles were
found on the under side of the skin 20
thick that finger could not be placed
thereon without touching needle. I
have seen the needles in the thick
meat of the hams and also in the alb.
dominal cavity, where they had evil
IDENTIFY passed through between the
ribs. have not seen much damage to
cattle, but a yearling that had died
from an unknown cause had needle
in its heart when its body was opened.
This, however, l think, was very
rare case. Aside fromsa few needles
in the cattle's lips, have observed no
damage to them"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25
J RIOT IN CHICAGO.
Mob Of 1000 Hungry Strikers Bat
=. tie. with the Police for
Il. Three Hours.

Chicago. Aug 1s.- The fercest riot
of the stockyards strike occurred Thurs
day evening, when hungry jewellers of
the packing house district sought to
capture and kill eight steers which had
escaped from the yards. The mob num-
bered 1000 persons, and the streets were
cleared only after 120 policemen, in five
squads had charged the rioters for three
hours on four sides. Shots were fired
and scores Of rioters were dubbed. "A
bullet grazed the cheek of Police Lieut..
George Prim. and police sergeant was
stripped of his star and club by a woman
rioter. One man was go severely bat
tered that he was sent to the Englewood
Union hospital. Few arrests were made,
as the police contented themselves with
dispensing the mob. The temper of the
police was shown, however, when q call
for reinforcement was answered by 3
number of patrol wagons, followed by
an ambulance. In no previous riot were
clubs used so freely.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25
KNAPP PAYS THE PENALTY.
Self Confessed Murderer Of rive wom-
{ en- Is Electroeuted in Ohio X j i
Z State Prison.

Columbus, o., Aug. 19.-Alfred A.
Knapp, convicted Of the murder of his
wife, Hannah GODDARD Knapp, and who
confessed to five murders, was electro
cuted in the annex at the Ohio peniten-
tiary a few minutes after midnight.
Knapp, who weakened when he found
his last hope for life had gone and ex-
pressed fear that he would have to be
carried to the death chair, regained his
nerve and met his fate with little show
offear or emotion. The electrocution
was performed without a hitch, the first
shock being applied at 1902, the second
minute later, and at 1900 he was pro-
nounced dead. Alfred A. Knapp, al
though convicted and electrocuted for
the murder of his third wife, Hannah
Goddard Knapp. confessed to having
committed five murders, all of his VIC
tins being women.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25
Pure Food.

In commenting on the work Of en-
forcing the food laws in the northwest
the Commercial Bulletin has the fol-
lowing to say regarding Professor
Ladd and his work in North Dakota:
In his article on Experience Of .
Food Commissioner" published in this
number, Commissioner E. F. Ladd of
North Dakota remarks that it is not the
duty of the pure food commissioner to
notify certain manufacturers that they
have invented some new scheme to
evade the food laws. That is very
much to the point.
''Mr. Ladd has had lively experi-
ence as food commissioner in North
Dakota. With grand total Of So, 900
on which to make two years cam
paign for pure foods, he has m ade COM
siderable progress. { G6&5 81
North Dakota is pretty we'll estab-
lished as pure food law state today.
its people are being educated to the
value OF pure foods, and manufacturers
are learning that they cannot dump
any old thing in North Dakota"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25
News in Brief.

The Ward county court house IL to
be remodeled at a cost of $22, 900.
q sPratrie fires are commencing their
annual ravages in the western part of
the state. sss. 5S
! Jamestown sportsmen have organ-
lied game protection association and
offer a reward of $50 for the informs.
ton that will convict violxtors of the
law.
Dickinson stockmen are ready 70
ship their cattle, but propose to wait
aud see where they are at. after the
Chicago strike is over
]. c. Monnet, Of Cando, is still tennis
champion Of the state.
The work Of paving and moving the
telephone and telegraph poles ct Graf
ton has been completed and there ia
rushto get the cement sidewalks laid
down. -- -
+ u j. Glass, who has had charge Of
the Williston weather station FOR sew
eral years will move to Devils Lake to
take charge Of the new weather Sta
ton to be opened there.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25

ditions for their members. In almost
every city of the country there is now
an established scale Of wages and a
maximum working day Of ten hours.
Largely through the agitation of the
union, closed vestibules to protect
motormen and gripmen have been
adopted in nearly all cities.
In the IL years since the union was
organized wages have increased from
an average Of Ia cents an hour to %
cents, while higher rate than that is
paid in all the large cities. In Chicago
the wages are from % to Is cents an
hour, most Of the men being paid "a
cents. This is an increase Of from
three to five cents an hour in the past
two years. brought about since the men
organized here. The history of the
Amalgamated association is so identi-
fed with that of the national presi-
dent, w. d. Mahon, that one cannot be
written without the other. Mahon
represented the Columbus union at the
convention where the national organ
ization was formed, and a year after
ward became the ruling power. He is
a powerful speaker and a. splendid or
ganizer, and has done much in the
labor movement of the country. not
only for his own organization, but for
others. During the memorable strug-
gle Of the coal miners in 1897 Mahon,
with other labor leaders, left the work
of his own organization and went into
West Virginia, on the firing line. In.
functions were Immediately procured
to land him in Jail. but "BiN" eluded
the deputies and carried on the work
of organization.
The strike proved to be the starting
point of the United Mine Workers.
now the greatest labor union in the
world. Mahon has piloted his organ
ization through many stormy strug-
giles, but he has learned to avoid
strikes wherever possible and resort to
arbitration. It Is under that policy,
adopted few years ago, that the or
garization has prospered rntil 1t now
has over $4,000 members.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-25
OBJECTS TO WEIGHT.
PRESIDENT THINKS HE 10 GET.
TING A LITTLE TOO FAT.
Plays Tennis, Rows q Heavy Boat and
Engages in Other Sports for the
Purpose Of Losing Some
Surplus Tissue.

Washington %. CO. Special.
President Roosevelt has troubles other
than politics. He is getting-well, fat.
Before. he was "portly." or rather
stout" but since he has passed the 200
pound mark it is nothing but fat. He
weighs now 20s pounds, and the last II
pounds he has put on worries him.
Try as hard as he can, he does not
seem able to reduce himself. The presi-
dent has put in some strenuous days in
the last month at Oyster Bay racing
about the tennis court in the heat OF
the day in an effort to get himself down
| to weight. Horseback riding, upon which
he has always depended, failed him. Now
he puts in the most of the "weight-reduc-
ing" exercise at tennis. He knows he
gets more real exercise out of that than
he does in a 100-mile horseback ride.
The presidents old Harvard chums
have told him of many men who reduced
their weight by playing handball. Ten
mis- is the nearest approach to handball
the president can get, as there is no
handball court at either Oyster Bay or
the white house in Washington.
The first thing the president did when
he got back from Oyster Bay, after
looking over the navy and seeing that
the South American republics had paid
their debts. was to have himself
weighed.
The president approached the scales
with the determination to know the
worst. He had known that he was dan
gerously near the 200-pound mark, as
some scales on which he had weighed
would flutter, hesitate and slowly and
steadily rise when the weight was ad-
vanced to that number on the balance
arm. ..
Lightly the president stepped on the
'oflcial" scales and showed the weight