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NUMBER 90.

made his climbing skill pay. Though
married five years his wife has never
seen him at his work Of scaling the
outside Of tall buildings until he un-
dertook the removal of awnings from
the windows of the towering Flatiron
building. Until that time" said the
lady to a reporter, II never saw him
at the work. / knew he was removing
awnings from the Flatiron building,
so went over to Manhattan to meet
him yesterday afternoon, and | took
our two children, Lawrence, two and a
half years old, and Hazel, four years
old, and waited for John in front OF
the BarthoIdi Hotel. OF course Z
never thought John would climb that
frightfully tall building. / was stand
ing there when one of the workmen,
who knows me, came over and said:
Your husband will be with you soon,
he's just coming from the ninth story
noW.' I thought he meant John wou /
be coming by the elevator, so did1't
look up to the windows.
s'The workman told me to look up.
did, and nearly tainted, for there
was my husband with his hands on the
sill of a window on the ninth story
and his toes in the groves between the
stones. grew dizzy and wanted to
turn away.
Something held me fascinated,
though, and watched him coming
down in a sort of criss-cross fashion
as quickly as man would run down
ladder. said to Lawrence, There's
your papa, and the baby laughed and
clapped his hands with joy. He didn't
understand the danger, but Hazel did,
and she began to cry. / couldn't look
any longer and turned my head
away, but / could hear the noise of
the great crowd that was watching
him. | looked again, thinking he
must be on the sidewalk by this time.
Imagine my horror when saw he had
started climbing upward after l had
turned away, and was then just up to
the cornice. He looked like little
black fly against the white stone. He
waved one hand and then began to
move down. watched him, but some
times closed my eyes when it seemed
that he had made misstep. The
crowd was so great that when he
swung down to one of the store avn
ings / could only see him drop off and
disappear into the maze of men gath
cred about.
The leader., 1905-11-08
In bringing the two sides to the con-
tr0versy together.
MieIds 4 Great Power.

f4re ~
Few people understand what an Inn
mense power is Welded by the Presi-
dent Of the United States when that
office is filed by a man Of good judg-
ment. The President, by issuing an
Invitation to the men on both sides Of
the coal controversy under the circum-
stances that existed three years ago..
practically forced them to agree to an
arbitration of their differences, be-
cause, had either party to that contro-
versy declined to enter the agreement,
it would have so fully lost public sym
pathy as to have been eventually driv-
en- to surrender wholly to its opponent.
In that case the power behind the
President was the power Of public
opinion Not only is public opinion,
when focused by SO skillful hand
as that of President Roosevelt, capa-
Bile of forcing arbitration, but it is d
satisfactory guarantee that the agree
ment when made will be kept faith
fully by both sides to the controversy.
More Drastic Measures in Reserve.
But while the Office of the Presi-
dent, with all its effective although
indefinite power to force compliance
] was used in that case, it is well
known fact that the President was
i
an arbitration, had the mine opera
tors declined to agree to lay their
/ differences before a board of arbitra-
ton. The President not only has well
defined powers that are constantly ex-
ercised, and with which the people are
fully acquainted, but he has other still
more important powers which he can
exercise at his discretion In cases of
great emergency, and which it was un-
derst0od at the time of the great an
! thracite coal strike he considered
using in order to bring relief to the
shiyering multitudes of the land. He
may do many things for the s.public
good" That is an indefinite term
allowing wide Interpretation, but
! there are many people who believe
that had the coal strike Of 1902 contin-
ued little longer the President would
i have declared martial law in the
i anthracite regions, and not only would
have thrown troops into that section,
but would have ordered the mining of
the coal and its distribution to relieve
the distress of the country.
But, according to assurances that
/ have been given to the public, the
country IS safe from coal famine, at
Ileast until April .1st, 1906. Then there
| y - 20 0AaoLAC13 1ucclAAS UGtWeeu Tue
miners and the coal operators and the
miners will demand both an eight
hour day and the recognition Of their
union The recognition Of their union
will be resisted by the mine owners
to the last, and while it seems but i
sentimental issue it will be insisted
upon by the miners, and it may event
ualiy be made the cause of another
strike. One thing which NAV he
borne in mind is that in case of q
strike, the public, in the last analysis.
i pays all the costs.
The leader., 1905-11-08
The Women Held Aside Their skirts

When Antoinette Brown Blackwell,
the first woman TO graduate in medi-
cine in this country, appeared on the
streets the women she met held aside
their skirts for fear of contamination
from so unwomanly a creature. The
bars of prejudice were high and strong.
The leader., 1905-11-08

feats The name Of this man is John
Garrick, and he is called THE HUI
man Fly" His occupation is hanging
and removing awnings. To do his work
he simply walks up and down the out
side of buildings while other workmen
go from story to story by means Of the
stairway or the elevator.
John Garrick before he took up the
trade of awning hanging was a sailor.
He followed the sea from boyhood to
manhood, and during his service on
deep-sea sailing ships he learned to
climb and cultivated his nerve.
a. few days ago he was engaged in
removing awnings from the Flatiron
building, in New York. Broadway was
choked with people watching the HUI
man Fly at work. Incredible as it
may seem, he climbed the sheer wall
of that building from pavement to COR
nice, two hundred and eighty-six feet
and down again.
Five years ago Garrick married.
Naturally his wife wished him to quit
sea-faring. He got employment as an
awning hanger and in that capacity he
The leader., 1905-11-08
COAL STRIKE PROBABLE.
5AGREEIfENT MADE THREE YEARS
Ago BET WEElN MINERS IND OIoE-
RATORS EXPIRES NEXT APRIL.
Miners viii Then Demand Eight
Hour Day and Recognition of UniOns
Owners Will Vigorously Opposes
Charles E. Kern.

With the coming of winter many q
householder has calculated upon the
probability of strike In the anthra-
cite coal regions and wondered Wheth-
er he should take the precaution to lay
III q full supply Of fuel. The day
when the provident man laid up great
stores for the frozen period of the
year, filled his larder with good things
to eat and his bins with fuel, against
the inclement weather, has departed
so far as the cities of this country are
concerned. Now rich and poor alike,
the proyident and the improvident,
look to the merchant to keep their lar
ders filed Their only providence is
In laying up the money with which to
purchase supplies when needed.
It is this change in the method of
providing for the home, that has made
the strike in recent years SO terrible
to the humble consumer, who may
live a thousand miles from the scene
Of the industrial discomfort and know
nothing of its causes except that
which he reads in his daily paper, and
yet be the principal sufferer from the
shortage of supplies that follows.
The effectiveness of the strike is its
power to create such shortage In
supplies and to bring the country up
on the verge of a famine as bad as
la food famine. Transportation by
quickly distributing products over the
world, has routed the famine of old
that sprang from the failure of crops.
Now the cessation of labor produces
the same shortage Of supply that was
formerly produced by the uncontroll-
able elements.
The chief protection against the re
currence of strikes has been found in
agreements made between employers
and employees, the present agreement
in the anthracite coal fields being
effective until April 1st next. Until
after that date, according to the state
ments of leading labor organization
officials, there will be no strike, as
they propose to stand for the inviola-
bility of contracts made by any OF
their affiliated associations.
The good Offices Of the President OF
the United States were used with
great advantage in bringing about san
agreement, between the coal opera
tors and the miners three years ago.
so as to make possible the production
of coal. The fact is the President
used only that indefinite power that
may be regarded as the influence of
his great office skillfuIly employed
l.
The leader., 1905-11-08
Il Lullaby.
Hush, baby. hush !!

Hush, baby. hush!
In the west there's glory
With changes Of amethyst, crimson
and gold.
The Sun goes to bed like the King in
story,
Told by a poet Of old.
Hush. baby, hush!
There's wind on the river
"A sleepy old wind with a voice like a
sigh,
And he sings to the rushes that dream
Down where the ripDles run By.
Hush, baby, hush!
Lambs are drowsily bleatsng
Down in cool meadows where daisy
buds grow:
And the echo, aweary with all day re-
Has fallen asleep long ago.
Hush. baby. hush!
There are katydids calling
Goodnight to each other on every
breeze.
And the sweet baby moon has been
falling and falling,
TIL now she is caught In the trees.
Hush, baby. hushl
It IS time you were winging
Your way to the land that liesno one
knows where;
It is late, baby. late: Mothers tired
with singing,
Soon she viii follow you there.
Hush, baby, hushl
3. Q. COOKE
The leader., 1905-11-08
CONSUELO ENCOURAGES SEX.
DAUGHTER or YANDERBILTS
SEES IMPROVED CONDITIONS
IN FIELD or LABOR.
Comparison of Past Restrictions
With Present Freedom Reveals
Growth of Woman's Sphere.

An ex-President of the United States
thinks it not beneath his dignity to
talk to the women of the country
through the pages of popular wom-
ans magazine, warning them of the
dangerous and undermining effects
upon their character of active partic-
ipation in public affairs. The feminine
club life of to-day he especially con-
demns.
Following this comes tho announce
ment of an interview with a represen-
tative of the new and charming WON
anhood of America in the person OF
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough. A
daughter of the Vanderbilts, married
into one of the oldest and proudest
families of England, surrounded by
every luxury and crowned with beauty,
youth and grace, yet is she democratic
enough TO be interested in her sisters
of the working world.
Women's Work Commended.
Concerning woman's work the
Duchess says:
1T is gratifying to see the improve
The leader., 1905-11-08
TIE WEATHER FOECASTS.
In Spite of Raileries the Government
Prophesies Remarkably Accurate.

In Spite of Raileries the Government
Prophesies Remarkably Accurate.
Fifteen per cent. Of error, said Chief
Willis Z. Moore. in an interview, is
the record of the Weather Bureau. Not
only is this proportion lower than in
any foreign bureaus, but in ten years
not criticism of its work. he adds,
has come from any commercial, mari
time or scientific organization. Ger
tainly, if it does what it sets out to
do, eighty-fve times out of a hundred,
the weather service ought to enjoy an
enviable degree of popular esteem.
What praise would be showered on a
Congress that acted unwisely only Is
per cent. of the time!
In spite of the constant gibes di-
rected at the Weather Bureau, there is
undoubtedly among farmers and ship
pers an underlying sentiment Of friend
lineSs and confidence. 1t has grown
into national joke that the forecasts
are always wrong, just as Bostonians
live invariably on beans and Philadel-
phians are always lethargic. But these
whimsical articles of faith do not in
the least affect anyone's practical at
titude toward forecast, a Bostonian,
or Philadelphia
a contributing cause to the railing
at the weather bureau is the activity
of the longrange prophets. The SUI
perior usefulness of a forecast for next
month over one for tomorrow being
manifest, even sheer guesswork for
the former period is preferred by thou
sands to a scientific determination for
the latter. Recently a moneyed indi-
viduaI offered substantial prize for
the best weather prophecy six months
ahead. If the Government bureau
should try for that and win it-and it
ought to be able to guess as well as
anybody-it would become the most
popular institution in the country.
The leader., 1905-11-08
THE HUMAN FLY
REMARKABLE EXPLOIT or a MN.
ING HANGER WHO CLIMBS
Tall BUILDINGS.
Witnessed by Gaping Multitude, He
Ascended and Descended the Tow
ering Flatiron.' .''-Mife and Child
rem Among Nervous Spectators.

There is man who climbs the outer
walls Of the highest buildings and
who uses neither rope, tackle nor seal
ing ladder. This man does not tell of
his daring feats, nor has he a press
agent to exploit his dizzy achieve
ments. He performs this work in view
of gaping multitudes who cheer and
shudder as this man goes up sheer
walls, digging his tough and nimble
toes into the interstices Of the stone,
catching a cornice or a window sill
and @chinning'' himself up and doing
other most venturesome acrobatic
The leader., 1905-11-08

Only the hardest dared face the dis
approval Of the public of that day.
But now the army of stenographers,
clerks, physicians, preachers. social
workers and business women attest the
wonderful change in her status. To-
day, given capacity, training and perse-
verance, there are few, if any, avenues
OF legitimate endeayor closed to woman
If now and then few oyerstep the
bounds of discretion and good taste,
and thereby call down the censure of
the better element, who knows but that
it is the pendulum swinging little far
IA rebound from the extremes of
former days. The real balance will
De maintained when woman is permit
ted to express her individuality and
to live her own life.
The leader., 1905-11-08


tempted to speak at q temperance con-
vention recalls to mind the old story
of Lucy Stone, OF Massachusetts, a
pioneer suffragist, who, after her grad
uation at Oberlin, Ohio (the only coll
lege admitting women at that time),
desired to speak in one Of the Mass
achusetts churches. The announcement
Of the address was made by the. min
lister of the church in the following
words:
IA hen wishes to crow like rooster in
body liking that kind of music is in
Yited to attend.
It seems almost incredible in these
days that time was, and only half a
century ago, too. when woman's activ-
ity was limited to so small circle.
As a means Of livelihood she had but
three vocations from which to choose:
housework, sewing and teaching; and
all poorly paid, at that. Marriage was
supposed to be the chief end and aim
of her existence. This state she sought,
sometimes as refuge from greater
ills. A girl single at % or % was con-
sidered an "old maid" No woman,
except among the Society of Friends,
could be ordained to preach the gospel.
The woman physician or lawyer was
an unknown quantity.
The leader., 1905-11-08

Z ments which have been made in the
conditions under which women work in
this country since was last here You
know that am deeply interested in
this question of the betterment of the
conditions Of life for women. England
is doing much in this direction, but it
is to America that we all look for
leadership in movements of this kind,
and am happy to say that our hopes
have not been disappointed"
The particular society in which the
Duchess is interested is the Young
Woman's Christian Association She
is to that organization in England
what Helen Gould is to the Y NJ G. a.
in this country-a patroness, generous
Of time, money and sympathy.
1t is evident, however, that the
Duchess, sympathies go out to the
workers and the work along all the
lines of betterment for women She
calls attention to the various associa-
tions and their enormous growth in
membership, and to the change that
has taken place in the position of Wom-
an in the worlds work during the past
sixty years.
Speaking of woman's efforts at eman-
cipation and particularly Of the famous
meeting in Seneca Falls, N. Y, she
says:
The first woman's rights convention
was held in this country in 1850 Three
years later a woman attempted to
speak in worlds temperance conven-
tion in New York and 1T took her three
hours to make a ten-minute speech be-
cause of the jeers and Interruptions Of
the men delegates. Florence Night
ingaIe, just about fifty years ago laid
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who are cooperating With them are ace
tive and noisy fof the time beins but
With nine-tenths Of the people Tor joint
statehood there IS no cause for ai-
nrm
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the SMART ONES
1Atehlson alahel


Is Charley Finch. OF the Lawrence Ga-
zette. tedious Of William Allen White7
lie Is always picking ut him. Here
is his latest cold Ru White went
down TO ST. Louis to write up Governor
Fols for magazine article that will
bring Bu thousand dollars. and sivo
Folk boom FOR the Democratic nomina-
tiou for president Bin went 70 a beer
garden and couldn't get beer ou sum
day Folk was there alsr and saw 60 Il
ihat White didnt get beer. Then White
called IN an The newspaper reporters, 1nd
told that DC was there 20 expose
Folk. but he found that Folk had really
closed things up tight Bill repeated this
story to an comers unti he got ia tbe
Associated Press dispatches The price
may have cost the magazine le writes
for thousand on two, iut it Was worth
the price Bin viii now 90 home and
write his piece ana get bis iloney for
a. while the oli Germans he saw drink
Ing ginger ale' win get thcir pay iu ex-
tia stems ~ was one of the rawest grand
stand plays thar has been made n a long
time But l win 80 AN right and tine
mariziae VIII sen steen hundred copies
extra and White VIII set bis money aud
Folk win get his boom, ana the whole
thing was an oh side play that was so
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To remove rust stain. get box OF
Rustine Eradicator az Leader of e.
Price 10 cents.
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coarse that the bluest jay from Jayville
could see itH
II we were an love with a woman.
and she should show preference FOR
another man we would be msanely
JEALOUS but we are never Jealous Of
wan because - is smart Indeed,
We -,.~m We quote Charley
Finch SO much that Atchison people
complain We admire Richard Hard
ing Davis and George Ade. and the oth-
er smart fellows on the big papers. We
are not IN their class but why shouldn't
sou admire the top notchers i'm your
trade? WHY not learn from them, ia-
stead Of solacng yourself WIKI the foolish
reflection that you are "as good as they
are2"
William Allen White doesn't got "A
thousand dollars for magazine arti-
Gle We don't know. positively. but
we know positively of q man who re-
ceived only hundred dollars for an
article from the Century. Mir White
receives more than that ecptainly but
no does not receive q thousand dollars.
/ thought he madc "a mistake in "fooins
with magazines; he could make more
money "fooling witk the Emroria Ga-
zette A Kansas newspaper man once
told us that ne had received an cfrer
TO conduct "A Department Ia tue Ladies
( Home Journal which has million cir
Icuation: indeed he showed us the letter
Containing the offer But he declined H.
preferrins to give 1t, time TO Ills paper
/ And The time he devotes TO his paper
pays him better fhou if devoted TO writ
\ ing FOR the magazines.
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views OF c. c. JONES.
Does Not Regard Musko8ss Meeting as
lmpediment


'"' ~ i''''y '''s''
Oklahoma City OKLA, sert i2.-c. O..
Jones. who has called "a meeting OF tine
Joint statehood executive commi5tee to
regard be held at Tulsa. r.. Sept 49,
does not regard the Muskogoe. H.
sept l9 does not regard mcnt 20 joint
statehood
Speaking of The work of hts committee.
aud of the general situation. Mr. Jones
said,
see no reason TO doubt that copeless
VIII pass Joint statehood hin at un
early day Of me next session The claims
Of Oki1homa and INDIAN Territory 10 bi
admitted as orc state Were never bct-
ter understood by congress and he coun-
tfy than at 'his time The Muskogee cons
vention viii in my Judgment help rather
Cham hurt our ease before consress. trhe
indan leaders nave heretofore OPPOSED
siRieho5d in amy iorm now they pretend
io favor separate statehood ior mdiar
Territory although IL IS questionable
whether the Muslogee convention is not
intended for another purpose.
Anyway it puts the whole body o.
the people indians as vel as whites-on
recqfd Tor statehood, and as congress has
already decided that the two Territories
are 10 be united into one state the way
is reasonably clear for the passage OF
The enabling act
Since the great statehood convention
held ln thls ciy my corresponGcnce hos
sreaty iucrelsed on my fetum from a
Present up 60 Mexico I found J zoo letters
addressed 90 me as chairman of the joint
statehood committee. coming from an
parts OF the two Territories, and show
ing that the demand Tor Joint admission
was never SO strong and inslstent as
now.
''rhe joint statehood advocates have
had three propositions 70 overcome; ON,
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RAILWAY CARMEN
GET TOGETHER.

Buffalo, N. v, Sept 12.-The annual
convention of the Brotherhood OF Rail
way Carmen opened here today In
connection with it the International
Carworkers unioy is holding It's an
nual meeting The session today was
devoted to addresses of welcome and
responses. The joint convention, it is
predicted. win result in the ama!gam-
alton OF both nationals
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AuIINllNNl NI~NULNhHfts
Dr. PiERCE's FAvORIrE PREsCRirTfON
Is not nor ever was q patent medicine
but 10 Is the carefully wrought out and
thoroughly tested real prescription of q
Tc0i phgsicinn in a real practice
DR. Picrces unparalleled success with
this remedy was such that moro wanted
10 use 10 than any one doctor could attend
~ In a private practice. This inducHd
him TO manufacture &c on a suiicleutly
liberal scale 10 meet the demand.
by his own special processes he eX-
trncts, combines and preserves the medi-
cinal qualities OF the several ingredients
without the use OF alcohol Nsing chem
ically pnre glycerine instcad). ihus rcn-
dering u absolutely safe for any woman
OF any age and Ia any condition 70 use
freely. The names of the ingredients are:
Iady's Slipper root, Black COhOsh root
Unicorn root Blue COhOsb root and
Golden Seal root
Miss May R0hrback No 73 Amsterdam
Ayenne, New York City. Treasurer OF the
MOmau's Progressive Onion. writes;
~ had headache. backaChe. and was very
two hours az time ] was advised to try
Dr. Pierccs favorite Prescription, aud was
delighted with thC result within week L
was sleeping splcndlaly Continued using
the lavUritc Prescription FOR eight weeks.
aud then stopped. for ] was pciJccby icCH.
Ever since then yotI medicine has been nv
'Favonte Prescription too. ! recommend
II 90 every oue.7
Constipation although q little ill, be-
gets big ones il neglected. DIR. Plerce's
Pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
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rhc attention Of the residents 90 Guth-
re IS called 70 The fact that an espef.
wood dnisher and polisher is here for n
Few days only Piano polishing aud res
finishing no bottle and rtgl furniture.
cabinet work, pareuere flooring oid na-
hoealy and heirlooms made to look as
new. Fartory eVrercnce only sstin1tcs
furnished Resident reference -Patter-
son Bros Furniture Coz and w. ~
Rhodes, with whom orders may DE left
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The Cook Book onsr & he leader is
withdrawn.
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Denver, Colo, Sept 12-Carlos
wocd. cashier. and Robert Brown,
teller OF the suspended Western bank,
were placed on trial here today charg-
ed with bankers larceny. Il Is alleged
that Wood and Brown received de.
posits when they knew that the bank
was insolvent They presented q plea
Of not guilty.