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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-07

The Press Bureau of the Demo-
cratic National Committee sehds out
the following:
at is suspected that the nomlna-
ton of Watson by the Peoples Party
is chiefly for the purpose of d1verting
the Labor vote" from the regular
Democratic ticket, and that the wat
son canvass is being backed with
funds from the Republican parry
treasury.
s"The secret intent is to weaken
Judge Parker's well-known strength
with the wage-working masses who
regard his record on the Bench as ex-
ceptionally just and fair toward their
interests" n11;oo,e
Is this the reason why Repupllcans
and assistant Republicans are so ousY
paramounting Tom watson anu uolii@
him honor?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-07
HOW PROSPERITY AFFECTS
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.

The Republican campaign commit
tee is assessing the monopolistic rail-
roads for campaign purposes, but they
are getting anxious about the vote Of
the men who make the trains move.
There are 1,312,537 railway employees
in the United States. The price of
everything they buy has steadily in
creased, many of the most important
items being now from twenty to fifty
per cent. higher than few years ago
They are asked to vote the Republican
ticket because it has made them
prosperous" How about that? Have
wages kept pace with the cost of liv-
ing? Has prosperity smiled uron the
men in over-alls or has it been mon
opolized by the Morgans the Cassatts.
the Vanderbilts, the Goulds and the
other railroad magnates who are al
ready planning to plough around the
stump of the Northern Securities case
and form a giant transportation mon
opoIy?
Watered stock has sold readily un-
der Roosevelt, freight rates have been
advanced in the past few years, and yet
we hear little of any advance in the
wages of the 1,312,577 men employed
in the railroad service. There has
been, on some roads, an advance, but
in no sense commensurate with the
advance in freight rates and the in
crease in receipts from freight aid
passenger traffic The increase in
wages of station agents has been e.
per cent and other station men 06 per
cent; enginemen, 9.3 per cent. con-
ductors, 907; firemen, 1911; machin-
lists, 1876 carpenters, IA; section
foremen, Al; telegraph operators. rs.
Ask any railroad employe you know
whether his wages nave increased to
keep pace with the cost of living? He
will tell you, or his wife will, that the
family cannot live near SO we'll on the
wages received as they could in 1900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-07

Warrenton, n. c., Oct. 5, 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-07
PARKER'S VIEWS.

81 think that a dollar a day i
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16
JUDGE HIGHTON WINS
THE BALDWIN CASE

Henry E. Highton has won suit
against Lucky Baldwin for legal SER
vices rendered when that gentleman
of varying fortunes was sued by Lillian
Ashley. The suit was commenced in the
name of Albert T. Roche. to whom
Highton had assigned his claim. Bald
win defended his failure to pay the at
torney. alleging a compact with his
manager. to pay whatever Baldwin
thought proper. The Supreme Court is
of the opinion that what Baldwin ought
to have thought proper was. the sum
of Sc, 727.10. the judgment for which sum
was confirmed yesterday. Examiner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16
.L.EGGETT IN
FOR MIDWAY
Loaded With Supplies
For Cable
Island.


Loaded with supplies for the cable
station on Midway Island, the steamer
James H. Leggett arrived in port yes
terday from San Francisco, and after
taking on additional material. as wei
as score of laborers. the vessel will
continue on her voyage to the lonely
mid Pacific island.
Contrary to the story published in the
San Francisco papers that the Leggeti
was in helpless condition near the
Fara1lones. The officers state that they
merely hove to for a few hours near
the signal ISLAND for the purpose OF
securing some lashfngs.
The Leggett is loaded deeply with
building material and provisions. On the
midship deck are two huge lighters up
on which the material VIII be transfer
red to the shore. a third lighter, some
what smaller than the others win be
used for inshore work. The lighters
will probably be left at Midway when
the Leggett returns to this port.
A comrnodious steam launch is also
the cable colony in going out to passing
vessels, etc. Among the heaviest por-
lions of the freight Is a complete ice
plant and an electric plant for running
it. There is also a gas pumping ma
chine. The building material is largely
of steel structural work. There is also
a large consignment of lumber and ce-
ment.
A supervising constructor and several
assistants came on the steamer from
San Francisco. About twenty Japanese
laborers and several white men are to
be taken on at this port. H j. Johnston
is looking after the steamer at this port.
The Leggett is a steamer of 1917 tons
gross tonnage. Her home port is San
Francisco and she operates on an I'M
certain route to Eureka and to the
Sound. Her boilers and engines are
abaft the midship section of the vessel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16

Honokaa, Hawaii, May 3. 1904,
Mr.. Samuel NJ Compers, President OF
American Federation of Labor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16

most desirable one for white inrnigra-
grants in the tropics. It is as you
know cultivated in the mountain re-
gfons, where white people can enjoy
the best of health, and the harvesting
being light and easy enables women,
girls and boys TO earn money picking
the berries.
This industry under a protective poll
CIV has wonderful possibilities in Ha-
wall. Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The tropical domain of the United
States, namely these mentioned terri
tories could in time easily provide and
supply the whole nation with this
beverage.
It is an industry that can never con-
f1ict with any agricultural product OF
the present domain of the mainland of
the United States, where ii does not
grow. This growth and great future
Industry can be developed under the
American flag, and its principal bene-
ft would go to American citizens. We
are sending now millions of money to
foreign countries benefiting foreign and
European investors, who are heavily
interested in Brazil, and other South
and Central American countries in this
industry.
All European countries exact an Inn
port duty on coffee whilst the United
states of America opens her markets
to free coffee.
Do we receive corresponding con-
eessions from these foreign countries
for such a valuable gift?
we buy considerable coffee from
Java. yet what do our exports thither
amount to?
In Java it is a well known fact that
laborers only receive 10 cents day
in wages. Can an American civiliZa-
ton thrive, much less be built up in
competitions on such uneven terms?
If in your Judgment and wisdom, my
dear sir, you would assist in having
a. duty placed on coffee coming from
foreign countries, you would confer an
everlasting blessing on the American
tropical territories, and also enhance
a better social condition than exists
today.
Is it not only just and fair that Con-
gress should eventually look beyond
the seas, towards her tropical posses
siors and throw oyer them the strong
arm, of the protective tariff that has
been accorded the industry of the
The magnificent prosperity and in
dustry, the wealth of the United States,
that looms up as a mighty factor in
the worlds commerce has come
through protection.
1t is the weak and feeble that need
nursing and care, the strong can stand
without it.
May we not plead that a spirit of
altruisn be shown for the tropical ter
ritories were the flag flies?
1 trust that at the next session OF
Congress. for the sake of Hawaii. Por-
to Rico and the Philippines, you may
deem it wise to use your influence and
assist an industry that will bring new
life and new development into exist
ence into this tropical dominion.
Anticipating to hear from you favor
ably upon a question of such moment,
I remain.
Yours most respectfully.
ABRAM L. LOUISSON.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16
Thought Il a nEarvelous Beard.

Three brothers bearing remarkable
resemblance to one another are in the
habit of patronizing a barber whose
shop is on Eighth avenue, in New
York The other day one of the broth
ers entered the shop at o'clock in the
morning, and was duly shaved by a
German who had been employed in the
the establishment for only one or two
days At noon another brother under
ing the third brother made his ap-
pearance, and then the German drop
ped his razor IN astonishnent and ex-
claimed: My gracious. but dot man
is a good gustomerl So fast as his
beardt grows I nefer saw me before!''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16
HELP
OF GOMPERS
Louisson's Appeal for
Coffee Grow
ers.

a.. L.1uisson, the Hamakua coffee
grower, has addressed the following
open letter to Samuel NJ. Gompers.
president of the American Federation
OF Labor:
Honokaa, Hawaii, May 3, 1904,
Mr.. Samuel NJ Compers, President OF
American Federation OF Labor.
Washington, d. c.
NY Dear Sir: My attention was
drawn by an article IN Harper
Weekly of April 9Th, relative to your
visit to Porto Rico, and having in
vestigated the condition of the Ter
ritory and its people. This paper ad-
yocates that a duty be placed on cof-
fee from foreign countries so as to
protect territories under our flag.
Tt is in. connection with protection
to the coffee industry that wish to
dwell on.
I myself am an American citizen en-
gaged in the cultivation of the coffee
industry in Hawaii.
When the senatorial commission,
composed of Messrs. John II. Mitchell,
Foster. and Burton visited Hawaii in
the fall of 1902 1 appeared before these
gentlemen and spoke in behalf of pro-
lection to the American coffee in
6ustry
Mine, and other memorials are to be
found in the printed report giving all
the hearings of citizens relative to
various conditions in Hawaii.
The coffee industry in Hawaii is not
SO extensive as in Porto Rico. but un-
der a protective tariff would surpass
that of Porto Rico, for this territory
possesses a larger area than our sis
ter territory in the Atlantic.
The industry here has been steadily
declining owing to the severe competi-
ton caused by an over production in
countries not under the American nag,
and vast sums of capital have been
sunk in coffee enterprises in this ter
ritory.
Previous to annexation to the United
States we had protective duty of z
cents a pound in the local market,
while at present we have no protection
whatever The industry is In the
hands of mostly small land owners,
homesteaders, and women and children
engage in picking their own crops.
The condition of these homesteaders
is deplorahle indeed, as an inspection
of their places attests to grass and
weeds flourishing more than coffee or
anything else Many have abandoned
their homesteads and gone to work
on the sugar plantations.
The coffee industry especially is a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16
LETTER LIST.

List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Honolulu Postofice for the week
ending May Is. 1904:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-16

~ compounded with the greatest OF
care and contains nothing injurious.
: 1t is q safe and reliable remedy for
stomach complaints and has record
Of fifty years of cure to its credit
Many prominent physicians prescribe
and recommend it as a cure for dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, fatulency. belch-
ing. nervousness and Insomnia. Try
IL. The genuine must have our Prf-
vate Die Stamp over the neck of the
bottle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
CITY NEWS

MT and Mrs Patrick Judge of Port Jervis are visiting at the home of Mrs Kelley of Lafayette street.
 There are lot of boys around town with warm ears and fingers because they were in Upson, Singleton x Cos challenge sale and bought caps ana gloves for few pennies.
 The plaintiff in the case of Branneis x Kiely against H. M, East, which was tried yesterday before jury anu Judge Cowell in the district court, was decided in favor of the plaintiffs for S12O. Their claim was for $14O There being no business ready court adjourned to Thursday.
 Don't neglect your most important sense. Eye strain, if neglected, may lead to total loss of sight. A few sim pie tests with modern instruments w. reveal the exact condition of your eye sight. The Upson Jewelry Go, op ticians.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
The Miller &PeCk Co Thursday Bargains
 IN s' OUR KITCHEN . DEPT.

At 2Oc-Brooms, from 25c. At 5oc- Extra large willow Clothes
 Baskets, from 75c At 27c for the combinations 1O-quart
 wood Pail, 100 Clothes Pins and 5o
 feet Clothes Line, value 39c, At 3c-Wire Soap Dishes. from 1oc. At 5c-All sizes Wooden Spoons. At 25c-9 bars Laundry Soap. At 15c-4-lb package Grandma's Wash
 ing Powder.
 ? for 5c-Asbestos Mats. At 33c-Nickel Tea and Coffee Pots. At s9c-Universal Food Choppers, 5
 cutters. > At 9sc-Universal Food Choppers, 4
 cutters.
 At 39c-Hard wood Lap Boards. At $2.19-American Wringers ana
 bench. .@ .,a+ At 5Oc-Agate Tea Kettles. Al 5Sc-No 8 Wash Boilers. At 9sc-No z Wash Boilers, copper pot
 tom. At S1.19-IXL copper Wash Boilers. At 69c-Galvanized iron Wash Tubs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
DRINF

means to swallow liquid, to imolbe: Of course there are different kinds or liquids. We all have choice as 10 which we like best. Now people should be very careful what they drink. We all know or at least sur mise what intoxicating drinks will ao to our brains and, in fact, to our health Therefore We should be very solicitous as far as drinking is con cerned Our advice to the pubic IS 'o drink nothing stronger or more lnJurl- ous than good. nice tasting. palataple Tea, Coffee or Cocoa, and you snoul" be very careful where yor purchaee them. If you buy at our store we hoil- estly believe you make no mlstake' u cause we do all our own Duyihs "nu we are just egotistical enough to ln form You of the fact that we hnow wheSe all the Teas and Conees siUm s+r- nr,6 which is the trashy. cheap quality Sns vhich is the good kind-we never vii huy the poor quality. We want your~trade and the only way 10 sel YOU is to sell a fine quality at price you pay for a poor quality elseWnere fvhis week we will give you very large cup and saucer or four pats o, fha best laundry soap with a pouuu of our warranted good 5Oc Tea oi Sou can have well made meat roaster or sled (known as pig suckerl , ni.n ona mound of our famous BaKhng " S =
 dar 45c per pound. our Butter IS 1 o1e same as usual, the good quallty A'c per pound, at <
 Phelan' T Store.
 . +~aot T-ajephone.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
C0NL0N BROS
 i48 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
 WIND UP SALE Entire Stock Sacrif Ced to Close Out 2 ick,

tO JUG, CHOICE @@H Fine tufted back CoIored
 Waistings, were l5c, choice Sc Very fine white ground neat figured Mercerized Waist ings. were 25c, choice lZHe French Novelty Suitings, were Sl and Sl.25, choice soc Fine Silk and Wool Waist ings. were soc, choice 4Sc 300 yards fancy Dress and Wasting Silks. were Sl and $l.25 yard, choice 40c 24-Inch figured Wash Silks.
 the $l kind 3oc Co!ored Ottoman Silks.
 brown and green, beauti-
 shades, we're $I, now 4Oc Turkey Red Table Damask l5c Best oil boiled colored Ta-
 ble Damask, was 75c yd, choice 3oe Beautiful double Satin Da-
 mask white Table Cloths,
 were Sl, now 40c 72.inch finest white double
 Satin Damask, was $l. 50.
 to close 75c Double Satin Damask Nap
 kins to match, "A inches
 square. were $4.5O dog,
 now 9Z Fine double Satin Damask
 Napkins. large dinner slze
 the $3 knd, now $l.5O Ladies large full size
 Aprons, 25c kind, now l2c Ladies R. & c., p. H., F.P.
 and Glove Fitting Corsets,
 10 close choice Soc Mems cameIs hair and nat
 ural wool Hose, were l5c,
 now 5 prs oOc Mems standard I21ac Mix
 ed Hose now Sc Misses and boys l2 l-2c
 ribbed fast black Hose l now oc Misses and boys all wool l cashmere Hose, were 25
 and 39c, choice l0c Infants cashmere wool Hose I silk heels and toes, can \ not be bought less than
 25c anywhere else, our
 price i5e Chiidren's camels hair Un-
 derwear, all sizes, l2 l-Ze Boys and girls fine merino
 Underwear ZIG Mems best fleece lined Un-
 dershirts and Drawers.
 were soc Sot Mems best Si camels hair Shirts and Drawers, wind up price 5o' Full size heavy Comfort
 abIes. were Sl 09' S.lb double roll Comfort
 ab!es. were Sl.5O, now oS' Fine corded cotton filled
 Comfortables. double roll
 were 'S2, wind up price Sl.le Children gold filled 25c
 Rings l0' Children's solid gold Rings,
 were $l. choice 35' Ladies solid gold Rings, $2
 and $3 kinds & Misses and boys $l Rings 75' Mems and boys S3.5o
 Rings $I.2! Ladies and mems gold alloy
 Watch. guaranteed per-
 feet and accurate time
 keeper SZ.S! Ladies solid sterling silver
 Watch, $5 kind S2.7' Ladies and mems 20-year
 gold filled watches the - SIS and $22 grade o.9'
 Chains and Bracelets almos , given away in solid gold, gol filled und sterling silver. . FURNITURE FOR SALE Chairs, Tables, Bedsteads an Par!or Furniture, Counters, Shelv ing. Shoe Store Settees an Footrests at your own price.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Optical Dept.

Eyes tested and examined Free for Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday. We will give free a pair of Lense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
THE SKIES lN MARCH.

From the New York Globe.
 The sun is nearing the equator in his northward journey. and during March he will traverse a distance nearly equal to that of the first two months of his north erly progress. The extension of daylight is correspondingly rapid, being no less than an hour and twenty minutes. The two causes, more direct sunshine, and more of it. will together rout the snows and start the crocuses whatever the im-9 patient and pessimistic may say.
 When we look at the evening sky we again see the signs of approaching spring. Looking to the west we see the erstwhile eastern consultations of the evening sky The Pleiades are in the west, the Heavenly Twins are near the meridian, while the Lion is well up in the eastern sky and the Virgin is just lifting above the eastern horizon. Then, to complete the argument, we turn to the northeast. where we see a star of such extraordinary brightness as to at once attract attention. This is Arcturus, the captain of the spring and summer host of stars.
 Even as In the time of Job, so are the starry skies tonight, save that they set later in whatever season-about an hour for every thousand years elapsed. Arc turus too, has moved slightly in that time. He Is moving at rate of over sixty miles a second. and this, even at the distance at which the great star is placed. is sufficient In a thousand years to mark a change of position equal to the breadth of the full moon.
 Arcturus may readily be discovered by his brightness and by the fact that he Is pointed out by the handle of the Big Dipper. extended to about three times its own length. Except Sirus. this Is the brightest star ever seen In this latitude. So enormously great is this wonderful star that it is for much of the year the most conspicuous object in the sky, though situated at such a distance that. if 1t were no greater than the sun, it would be invisible to the naked eye.
 The great figure of the Big Dipper is at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Something About the Pike"

BY E. B. DeGRAW.

At former international expositions the amusement features have been relegated to an obscure section, producing the idea that they were not real part of the show This will not be so at the Louisi- ana purchase exposition. The concession aires have been officially advised that the "Pike" will be regarded as a coordinate part of the exposition and not a side is- sue. It is the idea to give the amuse- ment section strong educational value by having it reflect the manners and GUS toms of the whole world.
 The Pike will be established along the entire northern limits of the exposi- ton. covering it's approach from the city, thus making it the first time a street of concessions has become the earliest im- pression upon the visitor Until the Pike" was laid out no amusement section was given the advantage of being placed be- tween two grand entrances to the ex- position, with an additional entrance from the outside, in the very center Of the amusement street These entrances are located at the principal terminals of the steam and surface roads on the main front of the exhibit places.
 Returning from the heart of the expo sition the visitor is led by natural stages to the "Pike" by two of the main courts and by the great boulevard of nations which intersects the amusements at their western limits At the entrance to the main or Monument Court closed by the Cascade Gardens on the south, the Pike" forms a iuncture. An independent en- trance from the Pike" to the west court leading again to the Cascade Gardens,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
How Balfe Spurned Wealth.

From the Westminster Gazette.
 Had Balfe never composed "The Bo- hemian Girl" his son, who is reported to be the victim of hard times" in London, might be now a wealthy West Indian planter, enjoying some of the benefits of the sugar convention act When the future composer was lad in Dublin he was given the option of abandoning musical career, with all its uncertainties, and becoming the adopted son of wealthy relative of his mother in the West Indies.
 Balfe selected the alternative of the musical career, as the proposal of his relative involved residence in the West Indies. The reslt was that while quite a lad he had to support his mother by playing the violin in the Drury Lane orchestra, and to depend on the gener- osity of strangers for the completion of his musical education in Italy. It is now little more than sixty years since "The Bohemian Girl" was produced at Drury Lane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

the right of the pole, moving upward as the evening advances. The two outer stars in the bowl point out the North Star while the same line produced back ward will pass through the constellation of the Lion. now high in the eastern sky. This constellation is marked at one end by the figure of the Sickle, with the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle, and at the other end by a tri- angle of bright stars, the second magni- tude star Denebola being at the eastern extremity.
 High overhead, about ten moonbreadths apart are the two bright stars. Castor and Pollux, while brilliant Capella is moving over to the northeast. In the south is the Dog Star. Procyon, in the Little Dog, very bright star, is about half way between the Dog Star and the Twins. The superb constellation of Orion "sopng slowly toward the vest points, with it's row of three stars. in one direction toward Sirius. and in the other toward Alderbaran the red, first maSni- tude star in the constellation Taurus. In this constellation are also the beautiful Pleiades an hour nearer to setting.
 Jupiter can be seen in the very early evening during the early part of the month. He is drawing rapidly toward the sun. and will soon become invisible. Mars will remain with us throughout the month. but he must be looked for early, as he sets at 7;90.
 There are two full moons in March. one on the 1st and one on the 31st, the latter having the added distinction of being the Eastern moon. On the 17th there Is new moon, and the busy satellite celebrates the day by an eclipse of the sun. This is visible in the Philippine Islands, but not here for the sufficient reason that on this meridian it will be midnight at the time it happens.
 Venus and Saturn are In the morning sky. Venus is conspicuous as the Morn- ing star, rising. however, not long before the sun. Saturn rises an hour ahead of the sun. and can be detected quite close to Venus on the mornings of March ' to 9. After that he will rise earlier and earlier, and show to full advantage throughout the month.