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may De some relation. He's the best
campaign orator in the country, and
mes my lawyer in big scheme i've
got on hand. He'd be president NJ m.
united States If he wasn't so modest"
fltz big scheme is that of an es-
adjustment on the Hudson something
Ike that run by William Muldoon ar
WHITE Plains-a physical culture farm
-or the remuneration of worn-out men.
fltz himself is looking in fine fettle.
ne says he has promised his wife not
10 smoke or drink for month. and
'hat ne Is looking for some one to mix
II UP with him again in the fistic are
ma. I've been looking for some one
20 box all summer" said he ..but %,
not find any one willing to tackle nv
game. l won't get out of the theatrical
business. though. just now. I'm nv
own proprietor and manager and we
are turning EN- away everywhere we
go. No more 50 per cent. to the man.
ager ana the rest to the syndicate and
hothln' for me. What there is in it now
l get it all.
The play? Well, l don't do all a
thlnkin' part. I'm on in each OF the
four acts and have lot to say. There
Is guy who wants to soak a lady in
distress $3.50 for putin on a horseshoe
and l make it and put it on-the lady?
No. quit yer kiddin'. the horse. And
then in the last act make love to nv
wife which is quite embarrassing"
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for water for the first two seasons.
The second payment Of Is cents an
acre to the state may be made at any
time within three years upon taking
title to the land. The subsequent pay
ments for the water right are the same
as commonly paid for annual rentals
in other districts, namely 50 per acre
at the end of the second season and
each following year to the eighth year
when there will be two annual pay
ments of So each and a final payment
of 81. Improved lands in the irrigated
districts of Idaho, in the Payette,
Boise and Snake river valleys, are
selling for from 500 to $3.50 an acre,
although they were sage brush des-
erts five or six years ago
The only clearing required on the
land is the removal of the sage brush
which can be easily done for two to
three dollars per acre with a cutter
that is drawn along about two inches
below the surface of the soil. The land
may be then irrigated, plowed and
sOwn to alfalfa, quick money crop.
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j. L. BARON JOHNSON DYING.

TACOMA. Oct. 2O.-The friends of
James lie Baron Johnson have re-
ceived word that he is dying at his
home in New York city. Johnson is
the Tacoma banker who went east a
number of years ago to study for the
ministry. intending to enter the Epis-
cOpal clergy. 1t was while engaged in
met and afterwards married Miss Van
Rensselaer,. She came of one of the
oldest knickerbocker families, and in
addition to being wealthy had a posi-
ton in the highest society of the city.
Not many years after the marriage
Johnson met Miss Mary Hoffman, a
young lady from the west, who was
taking a course for a trained nurse i'm
a hospital. Their attachement was al
legged to have ended in an elOpement
to Europe. Efforts to hush the matter
up on account of the prominence Of
lne IdnlIleS concerned proved uIldNdH-
ing, and the story proved a sensation.
Within a few months Miss Hoffman
came back to her friends in America.
Later johnson returned He gave up
his former vocation and practically
went into retirement in his New York
home.
Johnson had a number of fads. his
consistent following of which brought
him much personal nOtOriety and per-
sonal advertisement. one of the most
pronounced of these was his love of
fire department work. When he lived
in Tacoma he knew almost every fire
employee in the city. He rarely missed
a fire and became so COnVerSant with
the methods of fighting fires that he
freely took hand at the fires in as
sisting in fighting the flawes.
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LOVE NOTES COST HIM DEAR
Pretty Postmistress Calls Bank Teller
Her "Postm aster- General"

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2O.-Love
letters found snugly hidden in her
husbands poC-;et formed the principal
evidence in Judge Graham's court
yesterday upon which Mrs. Ada Mat
theWs Wood was given a decree of di-
vOrce from John Robinson Wood. for
mer paying teller of the Croker
wife questioned him about them he
admitted they We're from Mrs. I.o,:ee
c. Tyler. the pretty postmistress of
Mill Valley.
The most ardent Of these epistles
were scrubbed hastily on scraps of pa
per on the back of which postal COM
putatiOns had been made. In one of
them Wood was referred to as the
.Postmaster- General" and it reads as
follows:
My own dear P NJ. General: Hope
this is O. X Your assistant is n. G..
Without you she couldn't get along,
for you are life and health and happi-
ness of heaven to your OWN BABY"
While this and number of SINH
lar letters were read in the court
room both Mrs. Wood and her hus-
band listened with bowed heads. the
wife departing Immediately after
without waiting for the private detec-
tives to supply testimony as to what
they observed at the Commercial no
tel.
Two detectives, one in the employ of
the North Shore road and the other in
the service of Woods employers. fur
nished evidence Sc complete as TO the
relations existing between Wood and
Mrs. Tyler at the Commercial hotel
that the defendant deemed it useless TO
enter any defense whatever. AS Wood
had lost his position and was in debt.
Judge Graham fixed the almOny al $50
a month, with $3.50 attorney fees.
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ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
NOW SUBJECT TO ENTRY
IN THAT STATE.
Is In One of the Richest and Most
Productive Regions of the
Fair State.

BOISE. Idaho, Oct. 2O.-One hum
dred thousand acres of public lands in
southern Idaho were opened for public
entry today by the state land board.
The tract is on the south side Of the
Snake river in Cassia county, and en-
productive lands in the state. The
water for irrigating the lands is de-
rived from the Snake river and is pro-
vided in a sufficient abundance to
cover the entire tract with one foot
of water month, which is easily twice
as much as Will be needed. A dam has
been built in the river at the head of
the great canyon which raises the
water about fifty feet above its natur
al level. BY this means the water is
diverted into a huge canal which car
ries the water at the highest possible
level westward seventy miles, dis
tributing it all along the way into lat
erals that reach every part of the vast
tract.
The entire area of lands under the
canal is 271.000 acres. Forty thousand
acres have been opened and taken up
by settlers. Owing to the demand for
the lands opened up today it is prob
able that the state board will decide
upon an early date for opening the re-
mainder of the tract irrigated by the
canal. The irrigation scheme is the
largest ever carried to successful con-
clusion in America. The cost of the
dam and canals amounted to $4,000, 900.
The climate is very mild in winter and
is adapted to the raising of all kinds of
grain. vegetables and fruits that may
be raised in the northern states.
The cost CT the land under this ca
nal is 80 cents an acre to the state and
$25 an acre for the perpetual water
right The payments may be made as
follows: 25 cents an acre to the state
on making application and So an acre
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SHE FLED FROM DRINK TO JAIL
Begged Court to Save Her From Her.
self for Sake of Babes.

NEW YORK. Oct. 20.-"Your Hon
or, l beg of you to lock me up said
a handsome woman to Magistrate Ho-
gan, in the Harlem police court at
$50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Il am Mrs Florence Koeitzer,' she
said, and l have come to you for aid.
seized me and though l am too weak
to resist 1 am strong enough to take
this step"
But, madam, what can l do for
you?" asked the magistrate.
You can commit me to some 1nstf-
tuition" was the prompt answer You
must have me locked up where l can
not get liquor
In low. sobbing voice Mrs. Koeit-
ger went on:
L have a devoted husband and two
dear little children. If you do not aid
me now I shall drift into a dissolute
life, to shame those who love me-"
Miss Smith. a probationary officer,
interceded for the weeping woman, and
Magistrate Hogan committed Mrs.
Koetizer to the House of the Good
Shepherd for two months
Mrs. Koeitzer is thirty-three years
old. Since August she has lived at No.
So East One Hundred and Twenty
seventh street with her husband, two
children, a maid servant and a nurse.
The husband a salesman, is in St.
Louis. At the One Hundred and Twen-
ty-seventh street house it was said
yesterday that Mrs. Koeitzer had left
in the morning, locking her rooms and
sending her children away with their
nurse.
I'VE are amazed at her action" said
a woman who answered questions
there. "She never drank drop as far
as we knew"
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THE BEST DOCTOR.

Rev. B. c. Horton. Sulphur Springs,
Texas. writes, July 10Th, 1899: Il have
used in my family Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment and Horehound Syrup, and they
have proved certainly satisfactory. The
liniment is the best we have ever used
syrup has been our doctor for the last
eight years." 25c, soc, $1.OO.
Sold by The Upington drug store.
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Police Matrons In Convention.

ST LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 2O.-The
Western Police Matrons association,
which was organized two years ago.
began it's annual convention in ST.
scented are Topeka. Kansas City, Du-
buque, Des MOines, Omaha, st. Jo-
hOma City.
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RED ROBERT CAN HAVE A COAT
OF ARMS AND CREST HE
WANTS IT.
FINDS he Is a Descendant From the
House Of William the
Conquerer.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 2O.-The Hon.
Robert Fitzsimmons of fstic and his
tronlc notorlety, was put out shortly
after his arrival in Buffalo Yesterday
That is, he was somewhat put ont and
1t was a printed solar plexus lab Civ
ing him the middle initial of j." which
did it, When some unthink;ng per-
son on local newspaper printed him
Robert j. Fitzsimmons it hurt. There
is enough Jays around without putin
one in me- said Fitz yesterday in the
Lafayette hotel. for I'm no jaw. NV
name is just plain Robert Fitzsimmons
wrote it,
The prefix of Hon" is now also
surely applicable to Bob F'itz, for soon
after arriving at his hotel, he was dis
covered by Col Henry Beverly Deas.
genealogist and herald, manager of
the American Genealogical Bureau.
publishers of "Armorial Families of
America
The colonel who has been staying
some time in Buffalo. is a Southern
gentleman i'll all that this genial term
implies. and soon allowed Red Robert
the privilege of discovering something
OF the F1tzsimmons ancestry. which
was new to him. F'itz and the colonel
adjourned to the latter's room in the
motel, where the extensive genealogi-
cal library was overhaued in a search
for FitzSimmOnseS and their heraldic
insignia. 1t developed that F'itz has
claims on both a crest and a coat of
arms dating back to William the Con-
Norman French prefix to an English
or Irish name, which fits Simmons to
a nicely, or can be made to do so. 1t
really is merely a step from William
the CCnQueror to Fitz the Conuueror.
anyway when one gets his genealogi-
cal think works we'll under way A
short research among the tones of
Col. Deas, brought the Fitz arms and
crest down to a certainty. There are
those who might think appropriate a
heraldic device showing a horse shoe
with hammer held rampant. with a
boxing glove on either side, the whole
surrounded by the squared circle.
Far be it from such. The ritz en-
blem, taken right from the book. reads
observation-disclosures sable on Jesse
between three crescents argent 80
other of the field. Crest. an eagle. with
wings expanded looking toward the
sun. All proper"
The picture of the arms and crest
was found in another volume of refer
ence. and showed the eagle looking to-
ward a solar luminary which was
equipped with eyes. nose and mouth.
Fitz Immediately said it looked like
with him emphatically. 1t was a strik-
ing genealogical coincidence.
After some studious moments Red
Robert said I've always wanted a
cresty. My wife has one with initials
on it, and she stamps it on her writ
ing paper l always knew that my
people. away back, We're pretty high
up. Why. there was a John Fitzsim-
mons who signed the Declaration of
Dependency along with John Hancock,
and | am told he belongs to the same
family with me. There is a Col. F. j.
Fitzsimmons in Scranton, too, who
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Cures ChiIis and Fever.

q. w. Writ, Nacogorohes, Texas,
says: His daughter had chills and
fever for three years; he could not find
anything that would help her till he
used Herbine. His wife will not keep
house without it. and cannot say too
much for it," soc.
Sold by The Upington drug store.
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-11-26
FABLE IN FORM: TRUTH in SUB
STANCE

The Manufactur hearing that his
men were about to organize a union,
appeared on the scene and entered
his protest
Il am in favor of unions" said
he, but I am against allowing any
set of men to run my business"
But we have no intention Of run
ming your business" said the men.
1--WE are organizing to protect our
Selves
II will protect you," said the Manu-
facturer. II want free men in my
factory. I want no slaves to a walk
ing delegate. Be free men! Stand
| upon your Americanisn. The labor
er should be free in all things"
But still the men insisted on union
! izing and finally the manufacturer
said:
Drop this union talk and I will in
crease your wages 10 per cent
This appealed to the employees more
forcibly than Unionism, and talk OF
| organization was dropped. A few
months later wages were reduced 20
per cent, and a month later another
reduction of 20 per cent took place.
f we Will HOT SIauu IOf It, SalQ the
employees. :
| But the Manufacturer gave vent to
a. loud laugh and asked:
What are you going to- do about it
| You have no means of taking con-
certed action" . - ;~ -
ALIAS, we listened to your palave,
about free labor" said the employees
10y es,'' retorted the Manufacturer
'by free labor meant labor. that i
was free to. use. or abuse as I saw@fit. =
Moral: The wise man will Study
the subteities of our %langua Will
M: Haupin, in%the Conmoner. W. :
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EMPLOYERS D ! Will
EV|CT STRIKING MINERS
Mine Company Declares Men
Must Choose Between Them
and Unions.

ALTOONA. Pa, Nov. 2O-Notices Of
eviction have been served on l46 ten
ants to vacate within ten days bv the
Morris Run company, at Morris Run.
Pa. The companys miners have been
on a strike for some time. owing to
the announced intention to reduce the
rate for mining II per cent over last
year. The miners refused to work for
iess than the Altoona scale, which Is
6.66 per cent lower than wear apo,
President Magee of the Morris Run
company, has had notices posted about
the mines informing the men to choose
between the company and the miners
union, saying the company will no
longer deal with the latter. He an.
nounces that the company proposes to
start the mines Dec. 1.
President Gilday, of the miners
union, regards Magee's action as un-
1alr to the men and says the organ
1zation will stand by it's members and
help them through.
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PAUL'S BAND AND
ORCHESTRA
OPEN FOR ENGAGEMENTS.
u N I o N M U S G.
Order for Hearing on Claims.
Address WEST FIFTH STREET.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
cial Term, November Is, 1904.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Stephen
C. McEntee, Deceas ed:
Letters Of Administration with the
will annexed on the estate of Stephen
G. McEntee, deceased, late of the
County of Van Buren,, State of Michi-
gan, being granted to W. NJ. Prindie, :
the same. is hereby allowed from and
after the date of this order. in which
all persons having claims or demands
against the said deceased are required
to file. the Same in the Probate Court
OF said County, for examination and
allowance, or. be: forever barred. IS.
1t, is further ordered, that the 10th
NJ, at a special term Of Said Probate
Court to be held at the, Probate Office
in the Court House in the City of Du-.
.luth." said County, be and the same
hereby disappointed as."the time and
:Dlule when and where the said Pro-
bate Court will examine and adjust
said claims and xdeman ds.. 81
,tice. Of: such: hea ring be given to all
credit ors and persons interested in said
Eesta te by publishing this order once
IN each week for three successive weeks
In the Labor World aysWeekly neWspa-s
and published g. at Duluth
MiE5'SssSSta. tts TN
DL1EcoF
Fropa I.ouissst
Il: BOW S., s. & S. s.
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WE ARE INDEED THANKFUL.

We have something's to be thank
full for this year. We have passed
through worse periods in our lives,
and putting all together it has not
been so bad after ALL
We are thankful to the laboring-
men of Duluth and vicinity for the
cheerful support they have given
us; to the business men who have
appreciated the value of the Labor
World as an advertising medium,
and to the attorneys who have favor
ed us with their legal patronage.
The Labor World has tried to be
a consistent advocate of the cause
we represent, and we are grateful
that we have been guided in the
pathway of Righteousness.
We are thankful to our enemies
for the mild way in which they have
fought us during the year, and we
are pleased with those who have
been frank in their opposition.
We appreciate those kind critics
who have taken exception to our pol
it1cal course during the year. For
their sakes we are sorry that we
could not become a part of their
whirligig political machine, but
there is much consolation in the fact
that we were not alone in our in
dependence.
The Labor World is not a Dem
ocratic or Republican paper. It is
LABOR all of the time. Neither of
the old parties can boast of any true
friendship for the workingmen. In
every case it is a matter of political
expediency. The majority of union
labor men are learning this fact, and
are acting accordingly. One of the
healthiest signs of the times is the
political independence manifested BY
labor, and for this we are indeed
grateful
Because Of it's political and in
dustrial success during the past year
labor will continue in it's work OF
organization and education until ali
men are made free, and we should
all be thankful that we have a move.
ment sufficiently strong to protect
the workingman from the greed and
avarice 81 his oppressor, be lie cap:
italist or politician wv ~ =: s, 's .. 81
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TRANSFERS STRIKE
COMES TO AN FIND

CHICAGO, Nov. 20-The strike of
the furniture teamsters is
ended, the employers and
drivers having reached an agree
ment. The men went on strike be-
cause the employers had refused to
sign an agreement with them. This
the employers today agreed to do.
The question of "open shop was
compromised, the teamsters agreeing
to make no objection to the employ
ment of non-union men all other
things being equal. The agreement
signed this evening is for eighteen
months.
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!. P''()I S AND T
! POLITICIANS

thanksgiving day may be passed
and gone but politics still has its day.
The election of democratic Governor
in this state is keeping the wanting
ones busy looking after patronage
from the new dynasty. The coming of
another municipal election rather slim
u1ates the atmosphere in local politics.
That things will be active here, politi-
cally speaking, for some months to
come is now a foregone conclusion.
T. II, f.. :, - - = -
Fred Ryan seems to be the fayorite
among local Democrats for the ap-
pofntment as surveyor general Of logs.
Mr.. Ryan appears to haye the best en-
dorsements, and If loyalty and hard
work count for anything he is entitled
to it against all Corners.
Gordon ONeill, one of the best known
labor men in Minnesota is a candidate
for factory Inspector in the Duluth
district. His opponent is Joseph Ny
lander, a*non-union engineer, and a
most pronounced and bitter antagonist
of the trade union idea. AS Duluth is
the strongest union labor center In the
state, and as greater number Of union
men in Duluth voted for J. A. Johnson
for governor than was done In the 9TH
er cities Of the state, it would seem
that the trade union candidate would
be appointed.
A merry fight is on for the appoint
ment OF deputy oil inspector in this
district. The present incumbe~;
Marshall, is desirious of holding over.
The Democrats will not stand for this,
SO they have some candidates to pre-
sent to the governor. The strongest
candidate is Mike Lynch, who has the
endorsement Of the best men in the
party.
Fred Voss is and probably will be the
only candidate for city treasurer at the
coming municipal election.
Will Mccormick is candidate to
succeed himself at City Comptroller
There is some scattering talk about
other candidates, but it has not reach
ed serious stage as yet. Mr. McCor-
mick has been the best city comptroller
this city has had, He comes from one
of the oldest Duluth families, and is
respected by all who know him. He
may have opposition at the poles, but
his election is assured against all COM
ers.
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STATE LABOR BUREAU.

One of the duties of Gov.-elect
Johnson will be to appoint a Labor
Commissioner and several factory
inspectors. Gov. Van SAINT made it
a point to choose none but members
of organized labor in the department
of Labor. That labor appreciated
Gov. Van SAINTS real friendship is
evident from the esteem In which he
is held by most Of the union work
ingmen of Minnesota.
Why should organized labor not
have the control of the labor bu-
reau? 1t was labor that secured the
enactment of the law creating the
bureau. During the past four years
this department of the State Govern
ment has been of more use to labor
than all Of the other state depart
ments put together. This is due to
the fact that the men in the bureau
had the cause of labor at heart.
1t is true that a number of en-
ployers in the state are opposed to
the state bureau as now constituted,
but their opposition is because of
their attempt to violate the labor
laws Of this state.
Had we our way we would aim to
take the Bureau out OF politics. OF
course politicians would not take
kindly to this, and as politicians run
the state our suggestion will
amount to naught. Union labor
throughout the state is we'll salts
fled with the administration of La
Dor Commissioner O'Donnell, and
outside of all political considera-
tons it would be pleased to have him
retained.
In Duluth there are several candi-
dates for the position of factory in
spector. 1t is generally admitted that
a change is necessary, but it is
rumored that according to the slate
fixed by the local Democratic ring
the plum is to be handed to a nom
union engineer, who is pronounced
opponent of union labor. If this be
true then it will be the duty of org
anized labor of this community,
particularly that branch of it that
supported the candidacy of Mr.. John
son, to get busy and use every honor
able method to block the appoint
ment.
None but. a true, frlend%of labor
should hold a position in the state
labor bureau We urgently insist
that our friends in the labor move
ment take this matter up Immediate
ly. 1t is not necessary to urge the
appointment of any Individual, but
insist that a union man be appointed
by all means.