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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-20

While Harvard College is congratu-
lating itself on the Carter beQuest of
100000 and the Milton bequest of
S1,000,000, and Brown University re-
joices in the Littlefield legacy of $780,
900, Canada puts in her appearance
carrying a little bundle with $4,000
600 in it. This merely represents the
latest gift of Sir William Macdonald,
of Montreal, whose previous gifts to
Canadian educational institutions run
into long columns and large figures.
Sir Williams latest benefactiGn is in
tended to provide for the erection of
a normal school building in the Prov
ince of Quebec and for the establish
ment of scholarships in connection
with the school, the New York Sun
continues. The scheme is elaborate
and comprehensive aud follows the
line of the donors special interest in
technical training and an improve
ment in the standard of rural school
education.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
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 creature. The
bars of prejudice were high and strong
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
THE WEATHER FOECASTS.
In Spite of Raileries the Government
PropheSieS Remarkably Accurate.

Fifteen per cent. Of error, said Chief
Willis l.. 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 it's work, he adds,
has come from any commercial, mari
time or scientific organization. Ger
tainly, if it does what 1t sets out to
do, eighty-fve times out of hundred,
the weather service ought to enjoy an
enviable degree Of popular esteem.
What praise would be showered on q
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
illness 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 III
the least affect anyones practical at
titude toward forecast, Bostonian,
or Philadelphian.
A contributing cause to the railing
at the weather bureau Is the activity
of the long-range prophets. The SUI
perior usefulness of forecast for next
month over one for tomorrow being
manifest, even sheer guesswork for
the former period is preferred by thou
sands to q scientific determination for
the latter. Recently moneyed indi-
vidual offered substantial prize for
the best weather prophecy six months
ahead. If the Government bureau
should try for that and win it--and II
ought to be able to guess as well as
anybody-it would become the most
popular institution in the country
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
A Lullaby.

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
q story,
Told by poet of old.
Hush, baby, hush!
There's wind on the river
A sleepy old wind with voice like a
sigh,
And he sings to the rushes that dream
lily culver,
Down where the ripples run by.
Hush, baby, hush
Lambs are drowsily bles ting
Down in cool meadows where daisy
buds grow;
And the echo, aweary with all day re-
peating
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,
Till now she is caught in the trees
Hush, baby, hush
1t is time you were winging
Your way to the land that lies-no one
knows where;
1t is late, baby, late; Mothers tiret
with singing,
Soon she will follow you there.
Hush, baby, hush!
| e. o. COOKE.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
in bringing the two sides to the con.
troversy together.
Yields q Great Power.

Few people understand what an i'm
mense power is welded by the Presi-
dent of the United States when that
office is filed by 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
patty 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 a
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
considering other means for forcing
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 car
exercise at his discretion in cases OF
great emergency, and which it was un
derstood at the time of the great an.
thracite coal strike he considered
using in order to bring relief to the
shivering multitudes of the land. He
may do many things for the public
good" That is an indefinite tern
allowing a wide Interpretation bu
there are many people who believe
, that had the coal strike of 1902 contin
ued little longer the President would
have declared martial law in til,
anthracite regions, and not only would
have thrown troops into that section
but would have ordered the mining O
the coal and its distribution to reliev
the distress of the country.
But, according to assurances tina
have been given to the public, tn
country is safe from a coal famine, a
!, least until April list, 1906 Then Their
will be another meeting between tn
miners and the coal operators and til
miners will demand both an eigh
hour day and the recognition of thei
union. The recognition of their unio
will be resisted by the mine owner
to the last, and while it seems but
: sentimental issue it will be insiste
, upon by the miners, and it may event
ually be made the cause of anothe
strike. One thing which may b
borne in mind is that in case of
{ strike, the public, in the last analyst,
| pays all the costs.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
A NEW SEA GIANT.

The new twin screw, America, which
came sweeping into New York harbor
the other day, after her maiden voyage
is one of those new leviathans of the
deep, the dimensions and appointments
of which would have petrifed even the
owner of Aladdin's lamp, had he been
able to produce such a result. The
Amerika is said to be the largest ship
ever built for passenger service and is
sister to the Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria, now in progress of construction.
The Amerika is some 700 feet in length,
IS feet wide and over so feet deep. Her
capacity is $4,000 tons, which is some
thing over twice the tonnage of the
famous Oregon, Captain Clarke's great
battle ship which made the long jour
ney around the Horn in time to con-
tribute to Cervera's defeat.
Although she is passenger ship and
has accommodation for 3,400 passen-
gers and 600 crew, she has also capac-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10

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 UNI
dertook the removal of awnings from
the windows of the towering Flatiron
building. Until that time" said the
lady to reporter, Il 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
half years old, and Hazel, four years
old, and waited for John in front of
the Bartholdi Hotel. OF course
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.' thought he meant John wori
be coming by the elevator, so | didn't
look up to the windows.
"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 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 | 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 a 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"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
CONSUELO ENCOURAGES SEX.
DAUGHTER OF VANDERBILTS
SEES IMPROVED CONDITIONS
IN FIELD OF 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-
dennis.
Following this comes the announce
ment Of an interview with a represen-
tative of the new and charming wom-
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:
at is gratifying to see the improve.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10

ity of 10000 tons of cargo. She can
carry 1890 steerage passengers, but
she has also provision for passengers
who have little money to spend. One
of her Imperial suites for voyage,
affording accommodation for six PEG.
pie, can be secured for $4,000, or an
average of about $50 day for each
person.
One of the novelties of the Amerika
is the electric passenger elevator which
whisks the passengers up and down be-
tween the five decks of the ship
Marconi wireless telegraph apparatus
found on the Amerika has now become
an established feature of all large mod
ern vessels
The Amerika, while not designed, il
is stated. to be record-breaker in
speed, is driven by quadruple expan
sion engines of over $4,000 horse power
and is scheduled to make the triI
across in seven days.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10

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 ii
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
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
COAL STRIKE PROBABLE.
AGREEMENT MADE THREE YEARS
AGO BETWEEN MINERS4ND OPE-
RATORS EXPIRES NEXT APRIL.
Miners Will Then Demand Eight
Hour Day and Recognition of Union.
Owners Will Vigorously Oppose.
Charles E. Kern.

With the coming of winter many a
householder has calculated upon the
probability of a strike in the anthra-
cite coal regions and wondered wheth-
er he should take the precaution to lay
in a full supply Of fuel. The day
when the provident man laid UP great
stores for the frozen period Of the
year, filed 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 provident 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.
1t 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 famine as bad as
a food famine. Transportation, by
quickly distributing products over the
world, has routed the famine of ole
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 il
agreements made between employer
and employees, the present agreemen
in the anthracite coal fields beinl
effective until April LIST next. Unit
after that date, according to the state
ments Of leading labor organization
officials, there will be no strike, a
they propose to stand for the inviola
bility of contracts made by any o
their affiliated associations.
The good offices of the President O
the United States were used wit
great advantage in bringing about al
agreement, between the coal opera
tors and the miners three years age
so as to make possible the production
Of coal. The fact is the Presiden
used only that indefinite power tina
may be regarded as the influence O
his great office skillfully employees
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
coNsUELo, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.

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, il any, avenues
of legitimate endeavor closed to woman
If now and then few overstep 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
"a 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
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
THE HUMAN FLY.
REMARKABLE EXPLOIT OF AVN
ING HANGER WHO CLIMBS
TALL BUILDINGS.
Witnessed by Gaping Multitude, He
Assembled and Descended the Tow
ering "Flatiron. 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 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 cornice or window sill
and Ginning himself up ami doing
other most venturesome acrobatic
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10
When Efforts Began.

"These were the beginnings of the
activity of women in public movements,
involving social reform, which now are
having their full development in all
lines of endeavor When one reflects
that the hardships faced by women
speakers in those days ranged from hos
tile and rude interruptions to measures
of even more active discomfort and un-
pleasanmess. reminding one of an UNI
popular political campaign, and yet
that they have persevered in their eff
forts, one cannot help being proud of
their pluck and perseverance which
has had such splendid results"
Reference to the woman who at
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10

tempted to speak at 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 col
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:
"a hen wishes to crow like a rooster in
this church on Thursday evening, Any
body liking that kind of music is in
vited to attend"
1t 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;
Homework, sewing and teaching; ant
all poorly paid, at that. Marriage wai
supposed to be the chief end and ain
of her existence. This state she sought
sometimes as a refuge from greater
ills. A girl single at % or 20 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 wa
an unknown quantity.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-11-10

ments which have been made in the
conditions under which women work in
this country since | was last here. You
know that l 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
Womans Christian Association. She
is to that organization in England
what Helen Gould is to the Y. M. c. 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-
lions 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 EN- n
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 woman attempted to
speak in worlds temperance conven-
ton in New York and it took her three
hours to make ten-minute speech be-
cause of the jeers and Interruptions of
the men delegates. Florence Night
ingale, just about fifty years ago laid
the foundation for the glorious work
of the Red Cross in the hospitals in the
Crimea.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-01-28
ENADA

Nevada was admitted into the
Union as a State in 1864 and its first
representative s in the United States
Senate went to Washington in that
year. They were William NJ. Stewart
and James w. Nye. Forty n years
have elapsed and William NJ Stewart
is still the senior representative OF
Nevada in the Senate, though after
the Fourth of March next he will be
come a private citizen and Hon.
George S. Nixon will wear the ena
torial toga, Stewart has not held the
place continuously, however, for
William Sharon and James G. Fair
served a term each, between 1871 to
1887. when Senator Stewart was
again chosen. Senator Nye was
succeeded bv John P. Jones and he in
turn by Francis Newlands, the pres
ent Senator whose term will expire
10 1909.
Mr. Jones, a Welchman was sena
tor from Nevada for thirty years,
from 1873 to 1903. when Mr.. New
lands succeeded him. He was not a
candidate for another term, and his
name was not presented in the
caucus which chose Mr.. Newlands.
1t is an unusual thing for an Amer
lean state to have so few changes Of
representation as Nevada. Oregon,
admitted only five years before Ne
vada, has had fifteen United States
senators. California with fifty four
years of statehood, has had twenty
three and Utah, which became a
state nine years ago, has had five.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-01-28
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN TONOPAH
TIE COUNTY SEAT.

Thanks to the good work of Sena
tor Oddie, Senator Nixon, Assembly
mar Cole, ably assisted by Geo. A.
Bartlett, Key Pittman, w. T. Cuddy
and Geo. Wingfeld, the county seat
removal bill, which means much to
the people Of Tonopah, has unani-
mously passed the Senate. OF course
the measure will not fare so well in
the lower house. but the indications
at the present time are that it will
pass with several votes to spare.
Hon. George Cole who has charge Of
the bill in the House, turned a neat
trick on Thursday, when he had the
bill taken out Of the hands of the Nye
county delegation consisting Of Cush
ing. Mccain and himself and referred
to the Judiciary committee. Nc
Cam and Cushing, it is believed,
would have held the bill up as long as
possible, or else would have reported
adversely on it, while it is known
that the majority Of the members Of
the Judiciary committee are heartily
in favor of it. The outlook is snow ex-
ceedingly bright for the early pas
sage OF the measure through the
House and as the Governor will lose
no time in %afixing his signature to it,
Tonopah is reasonably sure of being
the county seat Of Nye county after
the first OF March.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-01-28
TO REGULATE RAILROADS

Congressman Hepburn has intro
dueed his bin amending the inter
state commerce act, which has been
under consideration some time and
which has been submitted To the
president aud attorney general and
other members of the administration
According TO the measure the inter
state commerce commission shall
upon complaint declare and order
what shall be a just and reasonable
rate, which order shall take effect 10
sixty days. The president IS autho-
rized TO appoint an assistant at
toruey general for the enforcement
Of the act Carriers refusing 10
obey an order of the commission are
subject TO a penalty Of $1,000 a day.
The present interstate commerce
commission Is abolished ana a new
commission created, composed 81
seven commissioners al 5000 q year
The terms Of the commissioner shall
be ten years. The court Of com.
merce. composed Of i've circuit
Judges Of the United States is created
which shall bold four regular sessions
each year ia Washington. Tht
court shall have exclusive jurisdiction
over cases brought by the interstate
commerce commission. As the Pres
dent is heartily ia favor OF the Dl
it will undoubtedly be passed by con
gress and become the law Of th,
land