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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF o.
WILL

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
St. Louis-ss., In Probate Court,
General Term, May 7th, 1906
In the Matter of the Estate of Andrew
w. Swenson, Deceased:
Whereas, an instrument in writing,
supporting to be the Last Will and
Testament of Andrew w. Sven son, de-
ceased, late Of said County, has been
delivered to this Court;
And whereas, H. B. Haroldson has
filed Herewith his petition, represent
Ing, among other things, that said An
drew w. Swenson died in said County
on the S9th day of April, 1906, testate,
and that the executrix named in said
Last VIII and Testament: Is dead, and
praying that the said instrument may
be admitted to probate, and that let
ters testamentary be issued thereon to
Andrew Olson.
5rstrument and the said petition, be
heard before this Court at the Probate
Office in the City Of Duluth, in said
County. on Monday the. 4th day of
forenoon, when all persons interested
may appear for or contest the probate
OF said instrument;
And it is further ordered, That
notice of the time and place of said
hearing be given to ali persons in
in each week for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing, in
the Labor World, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Duluth in
said County, and that a copy of this
order be served upon the County treas
urer OF st. Louis County not less than
ten days prior to said day Of hearing
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, this 7th
day Of May, A. D., 1906.
By the Court,
J. B. MIDDLECOFF,
Judge of Probate.
Seal: Probate Court, st. Louis County,
Mimi
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
AT THE LYCEUM, l

Lew Dockstader, when asked by one
OF New York:s critics how he account
ed for his continual success as a min
strcl 1mpessario, replied tersely:
Il give the public everything new
each season. If a gag is worth telling
or worth giving at all, it will be re-
membered the following season, and it
loses It's strength. Time has been
when I thought that they were good
enough for two or three seasons.
They used to be but they are not so
any longer. SO I have got to spring
new things every season and I do
It.; L have even discarded my own
air ship which so successfully brought
me upon the stage for three seasons.
This time ! have something entirely
Inherent and it goes much better than
the a1rship. I call 1t the album of
'nlnistrelsy, and T finish with tour
in 'rubber-neck' wagon. taking my
audience with me through the streets
OF New York, and I actually show
them the streets Of New York. I do
this with the panorama of moving pic
lures, an entirely new effect. 1t costs
a lot of money, but find 1T pays"
So when Dockstader appears here
everything new may be expected. He
will be here with his show on Fri
day and Saturday and matinee. at the
Iyceum.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
"What Women Will Do"

Harry Jackson's new play will be
seen at the Lyceum,~ Tuesday and We'd
nesday, May Is and 16. 1t is the melo-
dram1c success Of, the season. The
play is not a dramatization, but the
story Is suggested by Charles Dickens
great novel, David Copperfeld." To
write a play from any Of Dickens
works is a much more difficult mat
ter tain one would imangine, but Mr.
Jacks1n, by taking the principal char
acters and incidents, and introducing
some 1deans of his own, has construct
ed play that has been received en-
Enthusiastically weherever presented this
season. The Holden Brothers have al
ways been great factors in the dra-
matte field, a number Of their attrac-
lions playing the Stair &. Havlin cir
cult this year. They consider what
Women Will Do" the best piece Of
theatrical property before the public
today, and have spared no expense in
making the production. The scenic
enects are perfect in every detail, and
the company the strongest presenting
popular priced drama. Press and pub
lie have been unanimous in declaring
the above attraction a perfect success.
Prices -10-20-3o-50c. Special matinee
Wednesday, 10 and zoe.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

dictionary Fathers would have gone
down to defeat II Hope had not been
deep-seated in their hearts and en-
blazoned on their banners. Harriet
Beecher Stowe was an optimist or
Uncle Toms Cabin would never have
been written. San Francisco today
wins the admiration of mankind be-
cause of that unbounded faith which
guarantees the magnificent future
that lies before her.
Do you. say that the masses are
oppressed, that privilege is enthroned
and that the real producers are robb-
ed of much of the fruit of their toll;
that monopoly Is rampant, railroad
extortion and favoritism an every
day occurrence and that political cor
ruption is still the order of the day?
But are not the conditions immeasur-
ably better than they were five years
ago when mad commercialism was
at it's height? There has not in the
lifetime of most living men been
another such a moral and economic
uprising as We see and feel about us
now. We have advanced fifty years
in the last five in this regard. The
press feels the impulse, the magazines
are full of it, the people are eagerly
absorbing all pertinent information
and the politicians have their ear to
the ground as never before. The
people are awake. They feel the
subtle stimulus of that optimistic
feeling that is the fore-runner of VIC
tory. All that is needed now is still
greater optimism, renewed and great
er effort and united action-a strong
pull and pull all together-and ten
years from now many of the econo-
mic evils of the present day will be
"reminiscences.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
G0MPERs:G|VES LIST To
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Replies to Presidents Request
for Names Of Eight Hour
Law Violators,
President Of A. F. of L. Makes
Good and Enforcement of
Labor Law May Follow.

Following the recent submission to
the president by the executive council
of the American Federation of Labor
of a bill of grievances, President
Gompers has made a public letter ad-
dressed by him on April FL to Presi-
dent Roosevelt in compliance with the
latter's request, giving specific in
stances Of violations of the eight hour
law OH government work. In not a
single case, says Mr.. Gompers, was
violation of the eight-hour law recti-
fed.
In brief note, through secretary
Loeb, the president acknowledged the
communication and announced that it
had been referred to Mr.. Neill Com
missioner of Labor, with request for
a full report.
Typical instances of violations of the
eight-hour law are given by Presi-
dent Gomrers as follows:
Building of government dam at Nc
Mechan, W. Va, 10 hours a day; navy
yard, Norfolk, Va, alleged the Penn
Bridge Company, doing work at the
naval hospital, worked carpenters 9
hours day at reduced wages: Char
lesion, S. G., navy yard, skilled me-
chanics and laboring men, 9 and 10
hours; League Island Navy Yard, Phil
adelphia, construction of a. building 6,
10 hours a day; Mare Island Navy
Yard, San Francisco. considerably over
eight hours, Tybee Island, Ca, con-
tractors men work nine hours a day;
navy dock building, New Orleans, 10
hours; Cello canal, Oregon, 10 hours;
Government dam No. II, near Wells
burg, W. Va, 10 hours; Louisville and
Portland Canal, Men on Steamer Mac
kenzie forced to work II hours; Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane,
Washin gton, f1remen work ~ hours;
Waterman at White Sulphur fisheries,
West Virginia, more than 8 hours.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
PARRYITES DRIVEN TO THE
SOUTH.

American Industries, the official
mouth piece of the Parryites, in a
criticism of the American Federation
of Labor's departure into politics
consoles itself with the following
caption over It's criticism: BLACK
mail Politics by Labor Won't Do in
Southern States"
The Parryites, with their usual de-
ceitful methods, are preying upon
southern prejudices to stop the on
ward march of labor. They imagine
that the remnants of the old dig
archy will be sufficiently strong to
defeat the purposes of union labor.
What fallacy?
The best friends of labor in con-
gress hail from that portion of the
nation south of the Potomac and the
Ohio rivers. Only the other day in
the United States senate, Mr.. Till
man of South Carolina, made an
able defense Of labor's anti-injunc-
stion bill.
The southern labor papers have
taken up Mr.. Gompers' appeal for
political action in typical southern
fashion. The bad political eggs in
Dixie will see their finish at the COM
ing election.
Organized labor has no fear of the
outcome. With but few exceptions
the legislators from the south have
a high conception of the duty they
owe all the people. They haven't
become entirely money-mad down
there. The language of the soul is
still spoken, and who can have any
fear from the action of men whose
sense of honor tells them to do the
right thing?
Union labor does not ask for the
"best of it, from congress. All that
1t wants Is square deal. Neither
does it request legislation which will
give union labor an advantage over
non-union labor. Its desire is for
the passage of laws for the protec-
ton of all the people. +.
The Parryites have made them
selves ridiculous in the opposition to
every demand of union labor. No
one is paying any attention to them,
for they are credited with being op-
ponents of true progress, and it is
believed that their own folly will
destroy them in due time.
The American union men will
profit by the existence of the Parry
ties. 1t will be demonstrated to la
Dor at the right time that the Amer
lean people will not countenance any
movement which tends to degrade
workingmen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

the adoption Of the corrupt tactics
OF the other fellows. II power
could be applied that would insure
good government and the enactment
of laws for the amelioration of the
poor, then would labor's control in
politics be a true blessing.
Do not say that this appeals to
class prejudice, The other fellows
have made this a class government,
and We simply wish to grasp the
government from their control and
turn 1t over to the people.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
UNION LABOR BANK, INSURANCE
COMPANY AND POLITICS.

A press dispatch conveys the in
telligence that at the national con-
vention Of the Commercial Telegra.
pliers union provision was made to
organize an insurance company in
connection with the labor movement.
Other unions are to be asked to CO.
operate, and every union man will be
expected to amalgamate all labor
insurance moneys into one huge
fund.
This suggestion has already been
favorably considered by several in
ternational labor organizations, and
the organization of such a company
is not improbable.
In Chicago the trade unions have
organized a bank. 1t opened it's
doors last month under most favor
able auspices. AS will be found in
the news section of the Labor World.
President Gompers is favorable to a
political program during the coming
elections.
Here We are going into business
and politics full f1edged. Take the
influence of the banks and the in
surance companies out of politics,
and the old parties would be Obliged
to look out for their laurels. Organ
lied labor is evidently taking lessons
from the methods of it's opponents,
With it's own insurance companies
and it's own banks it would be posi-
BILE to WELD an influence in American
politics greater than that of any
other interests.
OF course it would be necessary
to use this influence with an eve
single to the welfare Of all the peo.
pie or it's power would be short lived
W'orkingmen would never stand FOL
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st. Louis.--ss.
In Probate Court, Special Term, May
9Th, 1906 .
In the matter of the Guardianship of
Francis Evans Phelan, Minor.
On reading and fling the petition of
cleo Phelan, Guardian of said Minor,
representing, among other things, that
the said ward is seized of certain real
estate in St. Louis County, Minnesota,
she same should be sold, and praying
for license to sell the same; and it ap-
pearing to the satisfaction Of the court,
of, SAID ward said real estate should be
sold;
II IS ORDERED, That all persons
Interested In said estate, appear before
this court, on Monday, the fourth day
Of June, A. D. 1905, at ten o'clock a. M.
at the Court House in Duluth, in said
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Pity the poor millionaire. When
he gives nothing the people declare
him stingy, and when he does give
they yell tainted money at him
and declare he is trying to buy a
good reputation. When he marries a
daughter to title he is un-American
and when he takes a factory girl for
a wife he is denounced as weak
sentimentalist, whose riches have af-
fected his head If he stays home
and keeps his money he is a miser.
and if he goes abroad and spends it
he is fool and spendthrift. When
he remains out of politics he is lack
ing in patriotism and public duty.
and when he seeks office he is a COR
rupter of our politics. It's nice to be
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
OPTIMISM THE BOW OF PROMISE

Don't be a pessimist! Pessimism
is the creed of darkness. It is tho
stiletto that stealthily finds the fifth
rib OF every fond hope or noble inn
pulse. 1t is a milestone on the neck
OF Progress. 1t is the mother of
Despair and Despair spells Death.
BE an optimist! Cultivate Hone,
A cheerful liar will do the world
more good than the soured ascetic.
II the clouds are lowering, remem-
Der that sunshine has ever followed
the tempest and will do so again.
There Is never a darkness but scien-
lists will tell you that it contains
some rays of light. You may not see
them but they are there and, all un-
beknoWn to you, are working for
your good. Milton was as blind az
a bat and Beethoven was deaf as a,
door post; but the one became the
master Of the higher light and the
other of harmonious sound as few
before or after them.
There never was a man truly
great who was not an optimist. The
; Man of Calvary cheerfully suffered
on the cross for the redemption of
mankind. We believe now that this
meant economic as we'll as spiritual
del1Verance, for He taught the great
4 doctrine of universal brotherhood
and the world is slowly but surely
working up to the ideal.> Caesar was
an optimist or he never. would have
crossed the Rubicon. Napoleon was
ian optimist until physical collapse
robbed him Of the vita1izing force.
5.. Leipsic and Waterloo might have
been recorded differently. The Rev
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Right always triumphs in the end,
which fact explains why the work
ingman's cause grows stronger every
day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Despite the hue and cry for re-
form, graft still goes merrily on and
will continue to do so until some
easier way of getting money with
out work is invented.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Money will never make you happy,
but it may help you to forget few
of your troubles and save a lot of
dunning.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Tyrants tremble when men de-
mand their rights. If you don't be-
lieve it, ask Car Nicholas of Rus
STA.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

The searchlight of public opinion
is the only real light that never fails.
Note this, crooked politicians and
office holders.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Owing to the very mild weather
you must have saved something on
coal, which amount you will be per-
mitted to hand over to the iceman
very soon. The idea is "Save your
money and stuff the TILL If the coal
man don't trim you the iceman will"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Music hath charms, they say, but
not soothe when two tinpan pianos
are going hard on ragtime in houses
next door to each other.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Girls are funny propositions, and
you'll never fully realize it until
YOU have one of your own.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Don't covet anything for it will
never seem so good to you after you
have it in your possession or as it
did before you got it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Happiness comes with getting as
we'll as with having.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

The skyscraper covers multitude
of sins.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

Organized labor may get few
rebuffs but it will never be crushed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

1.-THE Land ofINod," which comes to the
Lyceum May 18 and 10, will be the
last Of the musical shows to visit Du-
1uth this season.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
PHOTOGRAPHIC RUINS
FROM BALLOONS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-The signal
corps Of the United States army is pho
tographing San Francisco's ruins from
balloons. A series Of pictures are being
taken to be kept on file by the war de-
partment in Washington. Several hun
dred pictures have already been taken
of the different buildings and an order
sent for three balloons, so that q COM.
=plete panoramic picture Of the city
can be had. 443 ..S5 IS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

In the midst of life we are In debt.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12

& Smoke Purador4 Cigar. Clear Havana
Union Label and Home Made
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
CAP AND BOOKS.
From the Bohemian:
Jack London is an anarchist
At least. it is so said. y

We do not know *
That his cap is so,
But we know that his books are read.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-07
Weather Has Bear Infiueuce on
All Grain.
Both Wheat and Corn Go Down
One or More Points.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are IInchanged-Natives
Bring 81 to $6.1O.
Hogs Quoted at About Five
Cents Higher.

Chicago, July WHEAT-The weather
was the main influence bearing upon the
grain markets today and all of them We're
weak. September wheat opened 1eqA4c
to A@3sc lower. at 1874 07S7sc, and declined
to 7S51c. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago
reported receipts of IA cars.
slight rally occurred in the last half
of the session on talk of revived export
demand, but the firmness did not last.
The market closed weak with September
off sc, at 783s67S1kc.
CORN-COmmissio houses and local
longs sold heavily of corn imlnedia tely ~
ter the opening. The impelling cause vi
the sales was the favorable weather for
the crop. September opened 1sQl4c lower,
at 511z0515sc, declined to 511zQ519sc.
The close was steady, with September
Off 1sc, at 51ssc
OATS Extensive profit taking depress-
ed prices in the oats market. September
opened &c to 3sq1kc lower, at 341zc to 34Ss
PROVISIONS-The provisions market
was firm. There was no trading in pork
and only moderate business in lard and
ribs September pork was nominally sc
higher, at $17-G5. Lard was up 21zc, at
$500. Ribs were TIC higher, at So. 40.
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 new red, 1850 /;
No. new red, I914e; No. hard, 1880
soc; No 3 hard, 74a7Sc; No. 1 northern,
S2ssc; No. northern, s20S21zc; No. 5
spring, 77QS21zc.
CORN-No. ?. 5ls4052c; No. 3. 511kG51s4c.
RYE-Cash: 60664c; July and Sept. Soc
I4Ax-Cash: NV, $l10; S.-W., $1.061z;
TIMOTHY-Sept., S425.
CLOVER-Cash S11.O0
BARLEY-Cash: 39d50c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-07
TO SEA IN A BALLOON.
Aeronaut Rescued by Fishermen After
PeriIous Flight Over Water.

Boston. July After one of the
most remarkable experiences in the
history of aerial navigation, James K
Allen, the aeronaut who made a bal
loon ascension at Providence, on the
Fourth of July, was brought to this
port on the fishing schooner Francis
v Sylvia. Allen was picked up at sea
twelve miles off Chatham, eighteen
from Providence.
Allen had narrow escape from
death by drowning, the winds that pre-
vailed Tuesday having blown his bal
loon long distance from shore. Until
news of his arrival here became
known it had been thought that he
had met his DEATH as it was known
that at the last time he was sighted
on Wednesday evening he was travel
ing out to sea.
fortunate shift of the wind. When he
made his ascension at Providence on
Wednesday the wind was blowing
brisk breeze from the southwest. The
aeronaut was carried in his balloon in
northeasterly direction and passed
over the town of Attleboro- He had
his balloon under perfect control at
that time, and while in the vicinity of
Attleboro he descended twice
From Attleboro the airship Travelled
in the direction of Brockton, and the
last seen of the aeronaut by observers
on shore was when he passed over
Scituate early in the evening. At that
time the balloon was headed straight
out to sea.
After Allen passed over Massachu-
sets bay his plight was more perilous
Wednesday night he was over Prov
incetown. At this point of the voyage
the wind shifted from southwest to
northeast, and from Provincetown the
balloon sailed down the outer Cape
Cod coast. At 1880 the aeronaut was
rescued twelve miles off Chatham by
the fishermen of the Sylvia. The bal
loon was saved in good condition and
was brought to Boston on the schoon-
er. During his flight Allen covered a
total distance of about 200 miles, near
w half of which was over the water
The point where he was picked up is
about seventy-seven miles from Provi-
dence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-07

Yesterday was continued at the opening
today The notable strength was IN the
same quarters as yesterdays movement
Reading rising IA points. St Paul III
points. Northern Pacific and General
Electric and Great Northern preferred
and Canadian Pacific large fractions
St. Paul led a profit taking movement
that began as soon the first prices had
been made and reaction Of a point IN
St Paul and a loss OF as much in Brook
lya Rapid Transit threw prices back Net
much stock came out in the general list
and demand which developed later
caused broad rise in many important
stocks. Prices were a fraction off at the
END or the hour and trading was dull
S1rea& Northern preferred rose an extreme
8 points, Northern Pacific Is points
W aoash and New York. Chicago and S.
Louis 2 points. St. Paul and Reading IA
points, Delaware and Hudson 1Ss points
ana Pennsylvania, Norfolk and Western
Louisville and Nashville, Missouri Pacific
Canadian Pacific, the United States Steel
stocks Sloss Sheffield Steel Colorado
Fuel Pressed Steel Car, American Tobac-
co preferred nd Chicago Union Traction
preferred q point or more.
The subsistence of buying left the mar
ket very dull, but there was no important
recession OF prices until the appearance
OF the poor bank statement. Selling. which
followed, wiped out the gains abruptly
There was some rebound fl ON the low
point, St. Paul regaining a point The
closing was steady.