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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
SMELLING COMPANY
EARNING MILLIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 13-The' report of
the American Smelling and Refining
company for the year ended April 80,
was made public today. It showed net
earnings for the year Of ss,ses,s11, an
the proceeding year. After payments of
s218S15 for the employees profit sharing
Fund. s1,063, ,0S3 for new construction,
improvements and metal stock account
and Se,0oo,o0o for dividends. there was
a surplus for the year Of $1,61s,911, de-
crease of $347, 1925. ,e.- 49, :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
UNITED MECHANICS
>. ELECT OFFICERS

WASHINGTON, Sept 13-The ma
tional council, Order United American
Mechanics, today decided to hold its
next annual convention at Dayton,
Ohio. Officers were elected as follows:
National councillors. A. F. Bicknell, of
Woonsocket, r. L: national vice-coun-
cillor, F. z: Jones. of New York. ma
tionai secretary, John Server, Philadel-
phia: national treasurer. Joseph Shinn,
Camden, N. j.; ma ational marshal. .Thom-
az Arbuckle, East Liverpool, Ohio; ma
tional protector, William NJ. Quinn,
Baltimore, Nd; national doorkeper. s..
Charles, Of New Jersey. g &
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
FUNERAL RITES TO
GREET KOMURA

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 13-Advices
are received from Toxic by the empress
of India that at a meeting Of the Dishi
K.sh! club, a newspaper association
convened to express sympathy for
Prof. Tomizsu, whose outspoken crit
ieism Of the peace treaty caused his
removal from his professional chair
at Toxic university. Arrangements
were made to receive Baron Komura
with funeral rites on his return to
Toxic from America.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
INMATES MAY SMOKE.
BUT NOT CIGARETTES

ST. CLOUD, Sept. 13.-The inmates
of the state reformatory here are to
be allowed tobacco in the future. Each
person is furnished with two tickets,
one calling for chewing and one for
smoking tobacco, and these may be
turned in for the article wanted on de-
livery days, which are Wednesdays and
Saturdays. The maxim Of cigarettes,
however, is positively forbidden, and
any infraction of this rule will bring
an end to the privilege for all.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
AGED MATRON DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

ST. CLOUD Mimi, Sept. 13.-Mrs.
Anna Marscha!l wife Of George Mar
schall, a we'll known farmer of St..
Joseph, died Monday evening after a
long and severe illness, aged SO years.
She is survived by her husband and
seven daughterS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
DIPLOMAT is TIRED s
OF JOB IN HAITI

CAMDEN. N. J., Sept. 1s.-William r.
Powell, United States minister to
Haiti. who is on leave of absence at
his home here, today announced his in-
tention of rendering his resignation to
President Roosevelt at once. He gives
as his reason for resigning. the preva-
lence of revolutions, riots and fever
In Haiti. II have tempted the fates
long enough" he said. = .&ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
MINNESOTA PAPER
SOLD AT AUCTION

OWATCNNA. Mimi. Sept 13.-The
Owatonna journal was sold at public
auction Saturday to DR.. E. E.. Bigelow,
of this city The paper Is daily start
ed about two years ago. Disa greement
among the members Of the Journal
Printing company ended in its being
thrown into receivership last January,
since which time Harvey Dart has been
managing the paper as receiver with
evident success.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
DUTCH CAPTURE
NATIVE STRONGHOLD

AMSTERDAM, Sept. IA dispatch
from Batavia, island OF Java, announce
es that the Dutch troops have captur-
ed Palopo, the capital Of Prince Loe-
woe. Of the island Ct celebes. who h, has
garrison OF Palopo offered vigorous
resistance ana the town was only taken
after sharp hghtinS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
sEIzEs 4 sCHOONBR.

VICTORIA. B. C., Sept 1s.Collectdr
Newbury today seized the papers Of the
schooner Acapulco. formerly the Car
inx an 1; invsstiG Gation Of the charge
that she had been engaged In illegal
sealing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
FROST CHECKS DANGER
FROM YELLOW FEVER

APPLETON, Wis.,, Sept. 13.-Heavy
frost last night has checked fear as to
possibility Of yellow fever infection in
Wisconsin. The patient at Marinette,
who contracted the fever in the south
- 80. - 49,. H>~ik
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
TARIFF IS RENEWED.

MADRID, Sept. ia decree was is
sued today renewing the importation
| charges on wheat and dour. ~ -
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PRINTERS STRIKE.
SPREADING FAST
st. Louis Men Are Called Out.
New Haven and Topeka
Take Like Action,

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 13.-After q session
lasting severa! hours. the St. Louis Ty-
pothetae tonight unanimously voted
against the 8-hour day proposition. thus
bringing to crisis the controversy be-
tween the employers and the local job
printers. Following this action the ex-
ecutive committee Of TypOgra phcal
Union No. 2. began calling out it's
members and it is expected that the
strike will be general tomorrow. The
total number of printers involved is es-
timated at 9OO
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. Sept 13.-The
first strike Of printers in this city un-
der the movement of the typographical
union for an S-hOur day schedule Oc-
CURED today when the compositors at
the printing shop of C. G. Whaples &
Co.. walked out. Several shops not al
lied with the united Typhothetae have
granted the demand.
TOPEKA, Kas.. Sept. 13-The Typo
graphical union members will strike In
all job offices in the city at 7 o'clock
tomorrow morning unless a contract for
an eight hour day Is agreed to by the
employers before that time. The EN-
plOycIS dlleE lle IIlccLlllS again TeIuSeu
to make the contract. so the men will
refuse to go to work in the morning
Seven Offices and 125 men will be af-
fected.
CHICAGO, Sept ia general
strike Of printers in Chicago. which
will be part Of a similar move through
out the country. will be called tomor-
row against all book and job printing
firms thai refuse to sign the union
agreement, providing for an eight
hour day. Three hundred Chicago
con earns, employing two thousand
printers, will be asked to grant the
union demand. A strik, IS on at pres
ent against ~ Of the 81 firms belong
ing to the Chicago Typothetae and it
involves $50 members of the union. All
the remaining firms either have agreed
to grant the eight hour day January
1 next o: nave promised to hold aloof
from the fight being waged between
the union and the typothetae.
ALBANY, N. Y. Sept. 13.-The strike
of the union printers in the newspaper
and job offices of the Argus company
came to an end this Afternoon when the
managers signed the agreement for an
S-hour workday for printers in all de-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16

ALBANY, N. Y. Sept. 13.-The strike
of the union printers in the newspaper
and job offices of the Argus company
came to an end this Afternoon when the
managers signed the agreement for an
S-hour workday for printers in all de-
,oartments.
Chicago eagle., 1905-11-25

DAIgzKys gyg
sA|lW}IS1[B1,[1i N5y

The advertising in clean local
newspaper induces people from the
smaller surrounding communities to
come into town to buy goods. These
visitors become acquainted with the
local institutions, senl their children
to finish their education, invest money
and In many ways add to the prosper.
ity Of the town, aside from their actual
merchandising.
Outside interests also Judge a town
largely by the kind of newspaper II
supports. II the paper is we'll made
up with local news matter and its nd.
vertising columns are filed with tho
announcement Of merchants, the place
iy put down by capitalists as a pro.
grcssive and desirable town for manu-:
featuring and other business develop.
Ing purposes. In this it pays the bust.
ness interests to support its local
newspaper.
II an enterprislng retail man Is look.
ing for n new location and finds that
there Is little or no advertising by
merchants In his line in town, he
concludes that there Is lack Of enter.
prise on the part of those who are
dealing In his kind of goods and that
there is an opening for him to push
his own business. and then there Is
more competition for the nonadvcrtis-
ing merchant. If, on the other hand,
I,o al. La, Ia.
the line Of goods he contomplatcs
handling are avalling themselves OF
newspaper publicity, bc looks in some
other quarter for location.
The right kind of local newspaper
II constantly advocating measures and
doing things for the advancement Of
the town, not the least Of which Is adj.
vertising It's advantages TO the outside
world. This furnishes another reason
why the home newspaper is deserving
of good advertising patronage, purely
as business proposition.
Another consideration. and II Is an
important one. is that practically every
dollar paid out by the merchant for
advertising In his home paper circu.
lates In home channels and eventually
comes back TO the advertiser. rs tho
help employed In newspaper Office IA
It's greatest item of expense. In well
established newspaper the subscrlp'
tlons, foreign advertising and other
outside receipts usually take care of
the white paper bills and such other
expenses as require money to be sent
away from home.
Finally, the strongest confirmation
Of the general value Of local newspa'
per advertising Is found In the fact
that. as rule. the best advertisers
are the most successful business men,
and the towns which are noted fol
liberal local advertising are the grow
ing and most prosperous communities
Of the Statc.-NorthHcld Vt) News
Chicago eagle., 1905-11-25
Dutch Are Thrifty.

The people of the Netherlands are
thrifty and economical. excellent mcr.
chants, and, In proportion to the popu
lation, their nation Is one of the rlch'
est In the world. They are cosmopoll'
tan and large minded In the invest.
ment of their capital. They were ths
first and most extensive foreign buyers
OF United States bonds of 1S61-GS, but
did not touch the confederate issues.
According to estimates of official sta
tlstlcal and financial sources, Dutch
capital to the amount of S5i4,50O,OO
shares, and $iOO,OOO,O0O In Russian
bonds and shares. Very large sums
Of Dutch capital are invested In Mex.
lean government bonds and In bonds
and shares of Mexican railroad and In.
dustrlal companies; also In the gov.
crnment ana railroad bonds OF Aus.
tria-Hungary, Portugal and numerous
other countries, and large amount is
working profitably In the Dutch In.
dian colonies In sugar. tobacco and
rubber plantations, the mining Of tin
and other metals, petroleum wells,
etc. A financial book Of reference
places the capital Of all Dutch joint
stock companies ut $744, 4,16i,000. but
this does not embrace the numeroua
Dutch companies which have their
headquarters In the colonies and In
foreign countries. The Netherlands,
possessing neither coal nor iron, Is not
a manufacturing country Of note, and
In this respect IL even surpassed by
little Switzerland, also having neither
coal nor iron. The Dutch are full Of
the commercial spirit and have large
merchant marine. The rural inhabl.
tants are given to dairying, cattle rails
ing and horticulture, In which branch
es they eXcel.-BrOoklyn Eagle.
Chicago eagle., 1905-11-25
lnsulc 10 Injury.

SLOW did SpoOnlelgh happen to get
into fight with that camera fiend 2"
swell, you see Spoonlelgh was walk.
ing on the pier with his fiancee, Miss
Fryte. And whenever the lady got op.
posite the man with the camera he'd
snap It,"
"And Spoonleigh objccted?"
swell, he spoke to the man about
1t, and the man said he wasn't taking
her picture, but only closing the shut.
ter when she passed, because the lens
was too valuable to risk. Then Spoon
leigh got mad, and that's how 1t start.
ed."--Cleyeland Leader.
Chicago eagle., 1905-11-25
Waiting for tho signal.

A schoolmaster told his pupils tina,
whenever they moved an arm or leg
It was In response to message from
the brain. "rhe brain always sends q
message down your arm or leg when
ever you wish to move the particular
member" he explained. Shortly after
wards boy named Wilkinson aroused
his Ire by his apparent inattention ts
the lesson. Hold out your hand, VII
kinsonw said the master. Wilkinson
did not stir. "Why don't you hold out
your hand?' cried the master furions
ly. "Please, sir, I'm waiting for the
siQnal!"
Chicago eagle., 1905-11-25
Good Enough Evidence.

Teacher-Of which country is the
vhinOcerOs native?
Willie--England.
Teacher-Oh. no! What makes you
think so?
Willie-Th' way bis clothes at 'im.-
Cleveland Leader.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
when Lee Resigned,

In "Recollections and Letters of Gen
sral Lee" by his son, Captain r. E.
Lee, new light is thrown on the great
commander at the time Of his resigna-
ton from the United States army. In
lettr to his sister he says:
With all my devotion to the Union
and the feeling Of loyalty and duty of
an American citizen, l have not been
able to make up my mind to raise my
hand against my relatives, my children,
my home. l have therefore resigned
my commission in the army. and, save
in defense of my native state. with the
I.ncere hope that my poor services may
never be needed, l hope l may never
be called on to draw my sword.
know you will blame me, but you
must think as kindly Of me as you can
and believe that l have endeavored to
do what l thought right"
That he really did not expect to fight
is shown by the following extract from
letter to his wife: II do not know
what my position will be- should
like to retire to private life if l could
be with you and the children but if
can be Of any service to the state or
her cause l must continue
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
An Odd Prayer.

Albany, N. Y, May 3.-Probably the
strangest prayer eyer made in legisla-
tivebody was uttered in the assembly this
morning by the Rev. @. H. Mcdonald, a
negro preacher of Albany. Apparently
without hope for their we'll being in
this world, he prayed that the members
of the house might some day be brought
into the great assembly above and that
business "be transacted there without
graft or lobbyists"
The smile which was visible all over
the assembly chamber at it's conclusion
was not distinctly reverential. The
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald said:
"Oh, Thou Most Merciful Father, we
thank thee this morning for the realiza-
tion that Thou art the Supreme Legisla-
tor of the universe. Therefore, we beg
Thy special guidance as we proceed
with this morning session. We ask Thy
special blessing upon the chief execu-
tive of this nation; bless the cabinet
and the members of both houses; we ask
Thee, 0 God, to bless his excellency,
the governor of this state, and last, but
not least, we would ask Thy special
blessing upon this, our able and most
efficient speaker. Bless the members of
this distinguished body and when life's
journey is at an end, we ask Thee to
bring us to that general assembly,
where Jesus Christ will be the speaker
and business shall be transacted with
out graft or the dictation of the lobby
lists. We ask it all in the name of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost
Amen
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
Colfax Epworth Assembly.

The Iowa Epworth League assembly
will be held at Colfax July 20-30. This
assembly has long since become famous
as one. of the greatest annual gather
ings in the west. This years program
promises to equal any of the excellent
arrays of talent they have ever had. A
cast of the program presents the names
of some of the greatest celebrities Of
the country. Among them we note, as
lecturers and preachers. the names of
Revs. Drs. Thos. E. Green, Elijah Brown
Jones, Mr.. Kinya Okajema Ia Japanese),
Revs. Drs. Chas. Eldred Shelton, Geo. l..
McNutt, (The Man With the Dinner
PaiD, Geo. r. Stuart (many years col
league with Sam Jones), Chas. A, Payne,
(Stereopticon), Father L. J. Vaughn,
Maynard Lee, Daggy (colored), and
others. Among entertainers are, Her
bert Leon Cope humorous lecturer),
Oaks Male Quartet, Morphet Stevenson
Co., Emusic and magic novelty, Miss
Ida Holmes, Delsarte), etc. The evan
gelistic work seems to be specially en-
phasized this year. The forenoons are
given to that line of work. Mr.. S. d.
Gordan, who is recognized as the best
Bible lecturer in this country, and Prof.
L. A. Blue, teacher of English Bible in
Morning Side College, will have general
charge of these services. We note, too,
that they have secured excellent rail
road rates for the season. The Rock
Island, as usual, will give one-fare
round-trip rate on all it's lines in Iowa,
as will the Great Western. Other roads
will give excursion rates. They promise
to parties coming to tent free season
ticket for every five persons in COM
pany. The grounds will be open to all
tenterS free
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
Cfrcumstantial Evidence.

Sir Henry Hawkins, brilliant advo-
cate and one Of England's greatest
criminal judges, expressed the follow
ing opinion in his "Reminiscences
LET me say word about circum-
stantial evidence. Some writer's have
spoken Of it as kind of dangerous
innovation in our criminal procedure.
1t is almost the only evidence that is
obtainable in all great crimes and it is
the best and most reliable. l have wit
messed many great trials for murder,
but do not remember one where there
was an eyewitness to the deed. How
is it possible then, to bring home the
charge to the culprit u1Aess you rely on
circumstantial evidence?
"Circumstantial evidence is the evil
dence of circumstances-facts that
speak for themselves and that cannot
be contradicted. Circumstances have
no motive to deceive, while human tes-
timony is too often the product of ev-
cry kind of motive"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
The Misuse of "autte.,

Quite strictly means completely"
and is rightly used in such sentences
as '"The flower is quite faded" Its
secondary meaning, very" Ito a great
extent" has the authority of good writ
ers. though such expressions as quite
young" and quite hot have COLO
quail ring about them. There is. how
ever, springing up of late the slovenly
practice of employing the adverb
quite with noun-e. G., quite a
panic ensued.' If an adverb can mod
ify noun, where is the distinction be-
tween adverb and adjective? AS a
matter of fact, the functions Of the ad-
verb seem be encroaching on those
Of the djective.-London Review.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
The African Hyena,

zone of the great pests of Africa"
said a traveller, lis the hyena. Lions
and leopards do a lot of damage, but
their skins, if they are shot or trapped,
are some compensation for the loss
they cause. The average settler, be he
farmer, trader or official, rather well
comes their presence near his camp for
the sake of the excitement which they
afford, and very few men would hest
tate to sacrifice a bullock or several
head of goats or sheep for the sake of
bagging a lion. But the skin of the
hyena is worthless, and there is no
credit whatever in shooting him, as he
is an arrant coward. He makes the
night hideous with his bowls, and in
the dark he is very daring and will en-
ter compounds and huts and carry off
almost AIMING. Nothing is too old or
tough for VA. Horns, skins, old boots
anything is grist to his mill.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
Noah,s Ark.

1t was on Nov. 16, B. G. 2349, that
Noah and the animals came out of the
ark, according to Archbishop Usshers
chronology. Several experts have cal
culated that they had enjoyed ample
accommodation in the ark Sir Walter
Raleigh computed that there were
eighty-nine distinct species of beasts
to be provided for, "or, lest any should
be omitted, hundred several kinds"
He allowed that one elephant would
want as much space as four beeves and
one lion as two wolves, and found that
there was room for 81, or, say, 100
beeves, so sheep and 81 wolves, which
sufticed. One story or room would hold
these, another their meat, third the
birds and their food, and still there was
space for Noah and his family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
How rulxurites Form.

A fulgurite is formed by a bolt of
lightning. A geologist gives this ex-
PLANTATION: when bolt of lightning
strikes bed Of sand 1t plunges down
ward into the sand for distance less
or greater. Transforming simultane-
ously into glass the silica in the mate
rial through which it passes. Thus by
Its great heat 1t forms at once a glass
tube of precisely it's own SIZE Now
and then such tube is found and dug
up. F'ulgurites have been followed in
to the sand by excavations for nearly
thirty feet. They vary in interior di-
ameter from the size of a quill to three
inches or more, according to the bore
of the fash"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
spatn,s Orange Groves.

The Spanish orange region extends
over eastern and southern Catalonia,
Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Malaga and
Seville, and in parts of Valencia and
Murcia the trees now grow in forests,
the soil of the famous Valencian "huer-
ta,' lavishly MANFRED with guano, be-
ing the richest in Europe. Here a sin
gle full grown tree will yield 1000 and
at times as many as 1900 oranges in a
season. fruit bearing beginning when
the trees reach their sixth year and in
creasing until they are twenty, when
degeneration usually sets in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
Fish That Change Color.

Anglers have noticed that fish of the
same species caught in the same
stream often differ completely in color
and take protective hues that match
the prevailing local coloring Of their
homes. Herr Otto Gotthilf found by
course of experiments with turbots
that this faculty Of changing color in
accordance with the surroundings is
primarily due to the action of light
upon the optic nerve. The light does
not act directly upon the eye, but is re-
dected from such substances as are
around and affects the coloring cells
through the nerve centers of the fish.
Proof of this was obtained by severing
the optic nerve of the turbot, when it
was found that it no longer possessed
the power of changing color.-Pear-
sons
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
The vnstness of Texas.

This will help you to figure out just
how large Texas really is. If you
have star mathematician in your
family tell him the number of square
miles there are in the big state, then
tell him the population of the globe;
then ask him if all the people in the
world We're placed in Texas and its
soil divided out among them per CAPT
ia how large would the mans farm be
who had wife and two children?
When he gets through figuring, then
whisper in his ear, More than half an
acre. "-Texarkana Uex) Courier.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-11
= A New Brand.

A prominent missionary bisff,
Episcopal church, according
Washington Star, was in the i,
introducing among the Eskimo, i
were his special charges many
to amuse or interest them in orde. In
he might gain their attention A
preaching. 1t happened, however, 81
in spite of the various ingenious inl
lions which he placed before ii
these sons of the arctic regions con,
ued to be impressed by the white ma
canned food more than by anythi,
else he brought with him. Being u.
willing to eat the blubber and drin
the oil of the Eskimos, the white maj
always came with many cans of meat
and vegetables.
One day the bishop above referred tt
decided to spring a genuine surprise OF
the natives He had with him on thi.
trip a talking machine, with records il
the Eskimo tongue. He gathered hi
charges all around him in the littl,
meeting house and started the machin
a-going Everybody was certainly puz
zled. At last smile broke in upon tn
face of one.
Canned white man." he said in glee