The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-25

of midshipmen. Rear Admiral Sigsbee has been
ordered to go to France for the body, with
squadron consisting of the flagship Brooklyn and
the cruisers Chattanooga, Tacoma and Galveston.
Admiral Sigsbee is to sail on June 20, and the
progress of his squadron will be an event calcu-
lated to silence those critics who say that there
must have been something shady in the career
of Paul Jones or the American government and
people would not have treated him with such
persistent neglect.
General G. w. Davis, the retiring governor
Of the Panama canal zone, and his two daughters
arrived few days ago on the steamer Alliance
from Colon. General Davis had been suffering
with malarial fever, but he declined to leave
the canal zone pending the arrival of his sue
cessor Governor Magoon, until formally ordered
to do SO by Secretary Taft. General Davis said
that he had received great benefit from the
voyage and that the malaria had practically dis
appeared He talked freely about present
ditions the isthmus. He said that the &C
counts of sickness there during the past year
had been greatly exaggerated, and added Il
safely predict that by the end of July, when
the water and sewerage systems have been in
stalled there will not be a of y .llow fever
OH the isthrnus I also believe that within a
month Panama will see it's last case of yellow
fever. The people Of Colon satisfied
with the American occupation" General Davis
admitted that large number of canal commits
sion employees had returned, but said they had
acted without waiting to investigate the true con-
ditions on the isthmus The Alliance also
brought about twenty-five employees of the canal
commission. Some of them had been the
isthmus eight months and were retu ming home in
the regular order, while others left the canal
zone because of the health conditions there The
Alliance was detained at the quarantine station
WI her examined
by the health authorities. Two of the crew were
removed to detention hospital for further OBJ
servation.
peculiar feature of trade unionism which
has come to light in connection with the recent
agitation in North Carolina for law forbidding
the employment of child labor is the adoption by
several unions in Charlotte of children who had
previously been compelled to work in the cotton
mills of that city, says the Journal of Economics
The first to take action in the matter the
Typographical Union, which in July, 1902, authO
rized it's secretary to find the most deserving
child and to place her the pay roll of
the union. After some investigation he selected
a girl of years of age, who was then working
from daylight till dark at $3.50 fortnight. This
child was the breadwinner of family consisting
OF herself, an invalid mother and brother too
young to work For time the union con-
tnued to pay her an allowance equal to her for
mer wages, with the understanding that she was
t. go to school Instead of to the mill Her spare
time was to be devoted to recreation. Besides
the allowance paid by the union, the members
supplied her with books and clothing bought by
voluntary contributions. The printers were SO
well pleased with the result of their experiment
that her allowance increased from time to
time until, according to the latest account, she
was receiving 81 fortnight. Several other
unions soon followed the example of the print
ers, but none seem to have chosen more wisely
the object of their altruism In no case does the
girl thus adopted appear to be the daughter OF
deceased member of the union or to have
special claim of any sort upon it. In in
stance the child has two sisters who work in the
mills, but are not members of any union. The