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The Western news., 1904-05-04
CARRIERS POOR WAGES.
representative Hearst Sought to
Have Rural Service Condi-
tiOns Bettered.

Rural letter carriers have lost their
light to obtain adequate compensation
from the government. The Republic
an majority in congress has gone on
record in favor Of the meager allow
ance Of $50 month to rural carriers
who have to buy and feed their own
horses and work every day in the year
In all kinds of weather.
When the rural carriers went to con-
gress with their petition they found
but half dozen active supporters. and
in the lead Of the fight for justice and
decent wages stood Representative
William Randolph Hearst of New
York. Against the united opposition
to fair increase Mr.. Hearst and a
few fair minded Democrats sought to
amend the postal appropriation bill
and give the carriers salaries commen-
surate with the service they perform.
Their efforts We're frustrated by a de-
termined majority. The rural carriers
ere now worse off than they were a
year AGO. Their salaries have been in
creased TO sI2O Il year. but the privi-
lose 10 carry express and daily news
papers is taken away from them.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Cheap Coal.

In recent report by the Americans
consul at Vladivostok it is stated that
coal is mined in that district at cost
of cents a ton. Until short time ago
the cost of production was cents a
ton. In fixing wage rates for Amer
lean miners the coal barons invariably
make comparisons with the cost Of pro-
duction' in other parts of the world,
and this tends to keep the earnings Of
the American at the lowest possible
point. About the only influence in this
country which has combated the wage
reducing tendency of the coal barons
has been the insistent and persistent
effort of the Hearst papers, which are
under the direct editorial management
Of William Randolph Hearst.
Attempts have been made to enforce
antitrust laws to loosen the grip of the
coal operators upon American domestic
and Industrial life, and the publicity
given the methods of the greedy monop-
olists has been effective in mitigating
somewhat the unjust conditions.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Six Million Approvals,

Honest and fearless newspapers are
the search lights Of modern civilization.
They lay bare the hidden, insidious
and powerful influences that tend to
destroy that equality of opportunity to
mankind which bring content and jus.
tice to the homes Of all the people.
Running modern daily requires great
ability, immense energy, steadfast
courage. Running an Independent pa
per in the interest of all the people de-
mands character Of the highest qual-
ity.
The attributes Of William Randolph
Hearst find expression and effective
and beneficial dissemination in his
great journals published in New York,
Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
The fact that 100000 people read
the Hearst dailies indicates that he is
expressing sentiments approved by q
large portion Of the American common
wealth,
The Western news., 1904-05-04

ing disease in the United States.
DR.. David Wark of New York
reports success in treating cOnsump
ton with massage of the chest muscles.
President Webster of the Illinois
board of health says that persons who
use alcoholic beverages are more liable
to catch typhoid fever. Dr.
Charles Fere of France finds that
mental work does not rest the physical
ly tired. and vice versa. After
years Of litigation George w. Spencer
and A. Lynde of Atlantic City, N. j.,
have got their claims sustained for the
perfection of a tiny phonograph SO ad-
justed as to make talking dolls. *
An Englishman has invented a COM
bination fire escape and travelling bag.
In the bag are the rope and attach
ments, together with brake mechan-
ism such that any one can lower him
self in his own bag from the tallest
building without danger.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
RELIGIOUS
Boston Church Statistics.

Boston Church Statistics.
The Massachusetts bureau of statis-
ties has made public the results OF the
church census of Boston made by the
Massachusetts Sunday School associa-
ton. Only about 40 per cent of the
population gave Il preference. OF these
Catholics We're most numerous i'll ev-
cry ward except two. where they We're
outnumbered by Jews Catholics had
1O9, 100 in all. Next come the Baptists,
counting 2O,G25; the Congregationalists
almost MS many, 2O,319; of Protestant
EpiScopalians there We're 1l.96S; OF
Mcthodists there We're 14,O13. The
next in size Of the religious bodies
were the Jews, who numbered 1900.
After these came 9.157 Unitarians. OF
Lutherans there We're 4, ,437, of Univer-
salsts Ais and Of Presbyterians4 4 1OS.
No other body counted 1000 members.
Notes.
Prominent churchmen In a number
of denominations have organized the
American Bible league to oppose the
higher criticism and to defend the
idea Of Biblical inspiration which we
associate with the reformation.
Rev. ID. Hulburt in the Baptist Stand
ard shows that the decline of churches
in the rural districts Of Wisconsin is
due to the constant migration Of the
younger people to the cities, their
places being taken by foreigners.
Drawing, composition, modelling and
other up to date methods of the pub.
lie schools are now being used with
good results in some eastern Sunday
schools.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
COURTESY OR HANDSHAKE?
The Well Bred Cordiality of the
Twentieth Century Hostess.

The Well Bred CordfaIity of tho
Twentieth Century Hostess.
Whether courtesy or handshake
should prevail depends upon the size Of
the room in which a hostess receives.
A series Of formal courtesies i'll a small
room are as ludicrOus as repeated hand
jerks in a big ballroom. The stature
and general makeup of a hostess, more
over, have something to do with the ap-
proprlate way OF receiving. The un-
hygienic and fatiguing side of hand
shakes may we'll develop neurtis, and
the constant backward or downward
bend of the courtesy is conducive to
trouble with the knee.
But, apart fronA such small Irregular
tiles, there is a subtle pervasve atmos-
phere about both welcomes that guest
feels as soon as she enters a room and
to which she unconsciously responds.
This atmosphere may either be the aro-
ma of a kindly, loving disposition or
the malarial effect of churlish nature.
One can shake hands coldly or courtesy
Boston Cooking School Magazine.
One cannot be good hostess with
out sympathetic Imagination and the
instant intuition to know just how to
welcome each guest. There is nothing
more snobbish and amusing with q
heartache Tor the nonsense of it, than
q hostess who is Indifferent in manner
toward her guests of average social
quality and full Of deferential eager
ness toward those who are prominent
or distinguished. Yet if she does not
values she offends. 1t is better to be
too cordial, to shake hands too heart
lily, than to be conventional and courte-
sy at far distances.
For instance, afternoon teas are
classed as informal, SO no deep courte-
sizes should then be made. II one cam
not shake hands all the time, one can
slightly bend, as II in depreciation Of
the bigness of the crowd, which at
fords neither time nor space to extend
the hand. But in a ballroom, where
guests are formally presented, host
ess should always courtesy. more or
less deeply, in proportion to the well
come to be accorded.
Courtesies and handshakes are parta
Of etiquette, the best etiquette arising
from the best manners, formed by sim
cerity of heart and grace Of bearing.
Etiquette is the exchangeable silver
coin Of society, without which we
should all be at loggerheads. 1t is as
much the passport to harmonious FAM
ily life as to social recognition. 1t de-
mands social training, mental and NOR
al truth and physical grace.
Now that any one can entertain over
an evening chafing dish or an after
noon cup Of tea, graceful well proper
toned etiquette invests the economical
hostess with as much charm as it does
the giver of fashionable ball.
The bases Of etiquette. fair play and
sympathy, are great principles hidden
in the deferential courtesy or the frank
handshake. Cordiality or formality-
which? Have both, one to temper the
other.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
FAMOUS GEORGIAN'S CHOICE.
HAstorfan Thomas Watson Names
His Candidate For President.

His Candidate For President.
Thomas E. Watson. the historian.
who represented a Georgia district in
congress, but has retired to private
life, in an open letter sets forth rea-
sons why, if in public life, he would
support Congressman William Ran
dolph Hearst for the presidency. Mr..
Watson's letter follows:
Were l in politics 1 should heartily
approve and support the candidacy OF
William K. Hearst because he has for
many years been eXerting all the pow
er of his millions and his meatal en-
ergies in favor of the principles Of JEFF
fersonian Democracy
II would support Mr.. Hearst because
he is young leader inspired by the
old spirit Of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. because he
favors the rights of the many rather
than the greed of the few, because he
does not represent sectionalism of any
sort, but stands for the common people
Of the entire republic. l would support
cherish a generous enthusiasm of the
public good at the same time that he
has demonstrated capacity to succeed
in the most trying affairs of practical
life.
Il would support him because he
wears no mans collar and because lie
is not the craven tool of any ring. syn
dicate, corporation, trust or interest
II would support him because he has
brains enough to realize what this pub
lie needs and pluck enough to do battle
for his convictions.
"A Democrat who knows what De-
mocracy is and is loyal enough to stand
by it in this day of decadence, would
give him the aid of my entire strength,
believing that l would thus be doing
the highest public service"
In commenting on the above UTTER
ance the Atlanta News says in the
same issue: "The Hon. Thomas e.
Watson is no longer a politician. No
temptation of office, no plea of the
public, has been sufficient to draw him
from his brilliant and honorable re-.
,tirement to engage in the personal am
bitions of politics. He has made fame.
He has achieved fortune by his brains
and his labor, and he is today by gen..
eral consent looked upon as without a
superior among the thinkers and pa.
triOts of the state. But whether in re-
tirement or in active service, Thomas
Watson is still the great tribune of the
common people of Georgia. They trust
him and follow him as they do no 9TH
er man. And Tom Watson, the philos-
opher, the scholar in politics, the pa
triot in retirement. viewing all meas
ures and all men from the tranquility
of unselishness and repose. sends
through the News a message to the
people of Georgia today which rings
like bugle call. 1t is the voice of the
real tribune of the people calling the
people to their opportunity.
'"Tom Watson's letter is the most nota-
bic and significant utterance which the
presidential campaign has so far
| evoked 1t is the highest possible vim
! dication of the contention of the News
that Hearst is the man Of the people
and the choice of the people. 1t now
remains to see that the. people have
their choice"
The Western news., 1904-05-04
SCIENTIFIC
Result Of Dietary Tests.

Result Of Dietary Tests.
In paper read before the National
Academy of Sciences ut Washington,
April 90, Professor II. II. Chittenden
of the scientific school at Yale gave the
principal conclusions arrived at by his
recent dietary experiments in which a
number Of soldiers, students and pro
fessors We're engaged. His main con-
clusion is that the average healthy man
eats from two to three times as much
MS he needs to keep him in perfect
physical and mental health and viSor.
He said that all of the subjects re-
manned in the best of health during
the test and only few lost in weight.
While their bodily vigor and strength
were much greater. The plan had been
to greatly reduce the amount of meat
and other foods.
Notes.
| Or Roswell Park OF Buffalo says
that cancer is the most rapidly increas-
The Western news., 1904-05-04

lete, because it does not give practical
and scientific training. One of the
most striking comments is what the
commission calls the "feminization' of
our system. due to cOeducation and the
employment of women teachers. Pro-
fessor Armstrong says that 1.-The Amer
lean boy is not being brought up to
punch another boys head or to stand
after his own is punched" and that a
strange indefinable feminine air" is
coming over the men and a tendency
toward "a seXless tone of thought"
Notes.
The report is current that the Uni
versity of Chicago in short time will
adopt the Oxford system of instruc-
ton so as to have complete system
Of colleges for men and for women.
The educators and philanthropists,
under the leadership Of Robert c. Og-
den. have begun their annual tour of
the south, making their first important
stop at Hampton institute. DR..
Howard Ayres Of the University of
Cincinnati was summarily dismissed by
the board of directors, and Professor
Harry of the Greek department was
put in charge Of the university during
the interval before DR.. Dabney of
Tennessee becomes president next Sep
tember. =" Harvard has established
two new degrees, those Of mining en-
gineer and metallurgical engineer. A
candidate for either must be a bachelor
Of science in mining and metallurgy at
Harvard or have some equivalent de
gree.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Producer Not In 1t.

Uncontradicted facts, brought to
light in committee hearings in con-
gress during inquiries concerning leg
islation affecting labor and agricul-
tural interests in the United States,
show that nearly all American prod
ucts are sold cheaper in foreign coun-
tries than at home. BY applying busi-
ness experience and facts to this dis
parity Representative William Ran
dolph Hearst of New York has forced
certain trust managers to admit that
they benefit by this system Of produc-
tion under special tariff privileges, yet
they do not permit their workmen to
share any proportion Of the advan-
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Labor.
Peabody Bows to Court.

Like the gallant general of the nur
asery rhyme, Governor Peabody of Col
orado and his militia officers have
marched up the hill and marched down
again in respect to the habcas corpus
writ issued by Judge Theron Stevens
Of the state supreme court in favor of
i President Charles IL. Meyer Of the
State Federation of Labor. who was
'held as Il prisoner by the militia. After
ia conference with Attorney General
miller and General Bell, April Is. the
lgpvernor hurled defiance at the court.
fNAXt. day, however, 1t appeared that
he. had changed his mind, for General
Bell was ordered to produce Meyer be-
fore. the supreme court, which he did
April 81. W. d. Haywood. secretary
steasurcr Of the association. who had
insisted on greeting Moyer at the sta
,tiSn. Struck an officer, and was beaten
Into Inconsistencies by the troopers.
Garrett Strike Violence.
Riot, arson and murder have charac-
iteriZed the progress of the coal miners
strike at Garrett, Pa. The Immediate
scause OF the disturbances was the
sarrival of q number of Italian strike
tbreakers. Many shooting alfrays oc-
,cprred i'll the streets Monday night,
,and Italian strike breakers We're ac-
sctiSed of setting fire to the house of
iJerry Meyers, Il miner, resulting i'll the
,death OF Mrs. Meyers. two daughters
ia son and two grandchildren. Garrett
has a population of 1000. Several
The Western news., 1904-05-04

last year, has
just been made
public. Its gen
eral tone is
commentators.
Surprise is ex-
pressed in the
interest taken
by men in edu-
cational mat
ters and in the
d e s re for
k II o W | e d e G
S h 0 W II b =
American chill
dren. Mr.. Nose
ly d e G l a + e 5
that the British
The Western news., 1904-05-04

epection of the canal route was made.
lin the various examinations the com
mSsiOnerS were assisted by the cnGi-
neers of the French company. Mr..
parsons saws that both Colon and Pan
ANA can be made lealthful places of
residence as soon as a good supply of
water and a complete system of sew
ers are added The commission sailed
for home April 20.
New Paper Material.
An Atlanta (Gi.) paper mill has stim-
,ulatcd interest in the question of Il
substitute for wood pulp as the raw
material Of paper by the successful
production of Il quantity of paper from
cotton stalks. 1t only remains to be
shown whether the product can he
varied in quality and put on the mar
kct at a price consistent with prevail
Ing paper prices.
New Idaho EI Dorado.
The Pennsylvania state geologst, II.
C. Icminng, has found in mineral soil
from southern Idaho gold, silver. cop
per and tin in combination for the first
time. He estimates that each cubic
yard of the soil will yield $4 worth
of these metals at Il cost not exceed
ing 81. 1t is soil which has been
prospoctcd many times without salts
factory results.
Textile Workers Idle.
Already more than 10000 workers
in the textile industry at Philadclphi;
have been thrown out of employment
by the duIlness of trade. The employ
ers and employees have been trying t.
devise means to improve the existing
condition.
Latest Farmers Combination.
The International Farmers EX
change has been incorporated in South
Dakota with $50,O0O.OOO capital TO en-
able the farmers of the northwest tC
market their own products without tht
help and cost of the middlemen.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
COMMERCE and INDUSTRY

houses occupied by strike breakers
We're dynamited.
President Mitchell was quoted as ad-
vising the strikers to go armed, since
the new men were armed by the COM
panN. su@."
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Baked Eggs With Bread sauce.

Have ready heaping cupful of stale
bread crumbs, using only the interior
Of the loaf. Put into a saucepan with
q cupful and half of milk, one-half
OF teaspoonful Of salt, dash Of
cayenne and half teaspoonful of on
ion Juice, and simmer slowly until
thick and smooth, beating several
times with a spoon. Pour the sauce
into broad, shallow dish, and break
carefully over it half dozen eggs.
Place in a hot oven until the eggs are
set, and then send quickly to the table,
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Sick headache results from a dis
ordered stomach and is quickly cured
by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by Corner Drug
Store.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

turned from an
inspection of the
Panama ca II q |
route in company
with other nenl-
bers of the canal
commission, says
t Ii a t the con
Struction of the
canal is perfect
ly feasible. Aft
or the commas
sion had been
formally present
ed to the preSi-
dent of Panama
u thorough i'll
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Will the japanese Gross the Yalu?

Day after day the Russian $
the west bank of the broad Ya3u
churia, ready TO ride and give |,
shore should show signs of m
Japanese transports were seen
Russians stood ready to ward {
Still the curtain was closely =.
usual crop of rumors came to The
lowing the great Russian disas
that the battleship PetropaylovS,
mine. On the 22d Admiral Alex,
Russian mine at Port Arthur,
twenty-one men.
The resignation of Vicerog
Admiral Skrydlof to command {
east indicated a lack of harmon
face Of repeated reverses. SkryG
before starting for the east ann
Port Arthur and Vladivostok
asx.., : s+..s.I: ~ - s+.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Miscellaneous
An April Winter.

An April Winter.
Over nearly the entire northern Sec
ton of the country the advent of
spring was temporarily checked last
week by another cold wave and
blanket Of snow interfering with the
progress of farm work.
Accidents.
The city of Toronto, Canada, was swept
by fire April 10, large part of the
wholesale district being destroyed at
loss estimated anywhere from $4,000
600 to $15.000O00, with $11 ,00O,OOO in
surance Over 5000 men were thrown
out Of work. and 1913 firms were burned
out. No lives We're lost.
Thirteen Of the inhabitants of Muehl-
back. Switzerland, were killed by an
avalanc from the Spitzhorn. April 10.
A ii IA st. Vincent's hospital, In
dianar April II, caused panic
amou patients, resulting in the
death woman and the serious in-
jury rs
| TIL were killed when a por-
| ton Il train ran back on Il steep
graz ing into another train, at
| Ser =. April Is,
| + Il persons were buried in
an Which swept over the
min go of pragelato, Italy.
Arl
Dea
fhompsen, author, artis
ant #tHr3 English Surypou die
The Western news., 1904-05-04

rages. Inc employers raK,~ ar rne prus.
perity, and, as the New York states
man has repeatedly emphasized in and
out of congress, they give no concern
to the laborer or farmer
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Cost of War.

Cost OF War.
The cost Of the Spanish and Philip
pine war to the United States since
1893 for seven years ending June 80.
1904, has been $1,000, ,OOO, 600.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Two Railroad Loans.

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
sold S1OOOO.OOO of Az per cent notes
for two years. and the Norfolk and
Western has borrowed $2.OOO,OOO at
per cent on the serial plan to be used
in improvements.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
EDUCATIONAL
Our Education Feminized.

The report Of the Alfred Mosely
commission. composed of British edu-
Gators who inspected American schools
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Industrial.
Panama Route Inspected.

William Barclay Parsons. the emf
lent civil engineer who has just re-
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Fine job work at Western News
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Commercial.
Worlds Steel Conference.

An International conference of steel
don behind closed doors, with the OBJ
ject of arranging for the reservation Of
home markets. the prevention of over
supply and the fixing of uniform ex-
port rates. The countries represented
are Great Britain. Germany, the United
States, Austria and Belgium. The
lack Of unity among British manufac-
turers is to be remedied. An agree
mont of this kind already exists
among the manufacturers of wrought
iron pipe.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
S6,OOO,COO Of Gold Exports.

The shipment of $1.5OO,OOO of gold
from New York April II made total
of $5.925.0OO exports since April Z
when the present outward movement
began. Further shipments We're ex'
npctpd
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-04

District of New Haven. ss Probate
 Court, NoYemper z, 1904. ESTATE of CHARLES H. SIEBKE, late
 of New Haven. In said District, de-
 ceased.
 An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, having been presented in Court, and Henrietta A. L. Boyd, of Hartford, Connecticut, having made written application praying that the same may be probated, and that letters testanentary may be granted, as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears, 1t is
 Ordered,- said application be heard and determined at q Court of said district on the 9th day of November, 1904. at 1q o'clock in the he forenoon, and said duplication, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon. De given by publishing this order three times iu ia newspaper having circulation in sa LIVINGSTON w. cLEAvELANp,
 n3 St Judge.