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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
OREGON

George E. Chamberlain, Democrat, was
reelected Governor of Oregon at election
held June 4. He secured a plurality of
1000. but the Republicans elected the re-
mainder of the State ticket by pluralities
ranging above the 5000 mark. The Leg
islature is heavily Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Wnr Scare Is Farce.

The Ute Indian war scare" is a
farce. 500 soldiers guarding 125 peaceful
red men who don't want to fight. and the
affair may be a ruse on the part of poll
ticians to prevent the government from
abandoning fort.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
100000 FIRE SWEEPS CITY.
Many Buildings Destroyed in Bust

Many buildings Destroyed i'm Bust
ness District of Hamilton, Ohio.
The most destructive fire in the history
of Hamilton, Ohio. destroyed many build
ings in the heart of the business district,
The loss may reach $1,000,000. The dry
goods stores of c. D. Mathes & Co. and
of Holbrook & Co. We're the first de-
stroyed The flames leaped across the
alley to the building occupied by the dry
goods store of T. V. Howell & Sons and
the Second National bank. Both were
destroyed. The flames then spread east
and west on High street toward Second
and Third streets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

Mrs. Robert E. Peary, wife of the arc
tic explorer, is sure that her husband
will make another effort to find the pole.
She has just returned to Portland Me-.
and is awaiting word from Commander
Peary where she is to join him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
WYOMING.

The entire Republican ticket, headed by
Gov. Brooks, was elected in Wyoming by
majorities of not less than 1000 The
Republicans also elected the member of
Congress and the Legislature which will
elect a United States Senator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Huge Water System Under WAY,

The first step to begin the actual con-
struction of New York City's proposed
new $161, 100000 water system was taken
the other day, when bids were asked for
the building of the first section of the
huge aqueduct, ten miles in length.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
n,namite Nenr BIC: Four neaths

One italian laborer was instantly kill
ed. one is missing and thought to have
been blown to pieces while seventeen were
injured two fatally. by the explosion of
ten sticks of dynamite in Pittsburg The
men were working on a sewer and during
the dinner hour one of them placed the
dynan lite near the fire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

DR.. J. B. Mathews convicted of muir
dering his wife at Greensboro. \. c., by
injecting poison into her as she was on
her sickbed, committed suicide in Balti-
more while the police were searching for
hin,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

Imports from Island Fall More than
One-Half.
The disastrous effect of the Cuban rev.
olution on the importation of sugar from
that island to the United States is treated
in bulletin issued by the Department of
Commerce and Labor in Washington. The
imports fell in September to 100000
pounds, against 23O,OOo.oOO pounds in
the Immediately preceding month and
172,000,000 pounds in September of last
year. Ordinarily Cuba supplies about
two-thirds of the sugar coming into the
United States from foreign countries. but
for the month of September she supplied
but q little over one-third.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Large Rnnk Dividend.

The State Bank in Grand street, New
York City, declared an extra dividend of
900 per cent in addition to the regular
semi-annual one of 80 per cent. The can
ital is increased from 100000 to 1000
600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Herring Booked for .Jo1;..

Henry W. Herring, the cashier of the
defunct Milwaukee Avenue State Bank.
in Chicago. was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary from one to fourteen years. and
Paul o. Stensland received an additional
four Years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

Announcement is made of the retire
ment from the Presidents cabinet of Sec
rotary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitch
cock on March 4 and his refusal to ac-
cept the ambassadorship to France. James
r. Garfield will succeed Mr.. Hitchcock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Chewing Gum .'kinr,, Is naad

doc" Beeman, commonly known as
the chewing gum king" died in Cleve-
land late the other night. He had been
i'll for some time, and his death was ex-
pected. He made many millions by his
production of popular form of the pro-
duct of chicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
rrnmn nohhcr KilIs a womnn.

Mrs Henry Williams. 80 years old. has
been found murdered in her home in
Stafford Springs, Conn. Robbery appar-
entity was the motive and the murderer
is believed to be a tramp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Murdered in Her Rcd

Mrs. Catherine Stauffer, a widow, was
found murdered in her bed at Lamberts-
vile, Pa. There was bullet hole in her
head. 1t is believed she was slain to OBJ
tain money which she is supposed to have
possessed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
Apte-Season Fatalities.

Fifteen persons have been killed and
twenty-one wounded before the opening of
the hunting season this year in Wiscon-
sin and Michigan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
ALABAMA

Returns in Alabama indicate an over
whelming victory for the entire Demo-
cratic State ticket and nominees for
Congress, with about 10000 plurality.
The vote was light.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

The little thatched cottage at East
Hampton, L. l., in which John Howard
Payne, author Of Home, Sweet Home"
lived in his early years, and which, when
he was a wanderer on the face of the
globe inspired IS immortal ballad, is to
be DESTROYED.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
WIN Grant wage Iacre.se.

That practically all the great railway
and industrial corporations IN the country
have decided to grant wage increases to
their employees is the report current in
financial circles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

Democratic Congressman H. L. Fayrot,
who was elected Tuesday, shot and killed
DR.. II. H. Aldrich at Baton Rouge, La
The affair was the result of a quarrel
growing out of the election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

Fire destroyed the big coal docks of
the Lehigh Valley Company ut South
Chicago. Ill., causing a loss of S95T,00O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
GOVERNORS ELECTED AND
ESTIMATED PLURALITIES

Alabama-B. B. Conner, D. 25,OOO
California;. n. Gillett, r.. 1916
Colorado-H. A. Buchtel, R.. $4,000
Connecticut-R. S. Woodruff, r. 10000
ldaho-F. r. Gooding, R........ 1000
Iowa-A. B. Cummins, R..., 10000
kansas-E. w. Hoch, R. ....... Also
Massachusetts, Guild, r.. 1862
Michigan-F. NJ. Warner, r. 100000
Minnesota. A. johnson, D. 1000
Nebraska-G. L. Sheldon, r.. $4,000
Nevada-John Sparks, d. .... 1000
New Hampshire-C. NJ. Floyd, r. so
New 1ork-C. E. Hughes, r -. 6O.432
North Carolina. Burke,A D. $4,000
Pennsylvania-E. S. Stuart, R.. 6S.0OO
Rhode Island-J. II. Higgins, D.. 1.23S
South Carolina-M. Fansel. D.. 10000
South Dakota-C. l. Crawford, r $4,000
Tennessee-M. R. Patterson, D.. $4,000
Texas-T. NJ. Campbell, D. 100000
Wisconsin,. 0. Davidson, R.. 10000
Wyoming-B. B. Brooks, R.. 5000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
3oy Bandit Robs Travellers.


A boy bandit held up a sleeper on the
Rock Island limited near Slater, Mo-, and
took $40 from the passengers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
WOMAN GUILTY OF FORGERY.
Convicted in Connection with Fail
ure of Newark. o.

The jury in the trial of Mrs. Mary
Lingafelter for completely in the forgery
involved in the failure of the Newark,
Ohio, bank two years ago returned a YER
dict of guilty after five hours delibera-
tion. Mrs. Lingafelters defense practi-
cally admitted that she had made false
entries in order to protect her son, Rob
ert J., who is now in the reformatory at
Mansfield. The defense will file a motion
for new trial to be argued at once at
Newark
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
CARnTIMh

In North Carolina the vote was light.
/ It is estimated to be Democratic by
about 10000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
TEXAS.

The entire Democratic State ticket
was elected in Texas by a majority of at
least 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
DELAWARE

Delaware went Republican by a ma
jo-ity estimated at $500. The Republi-
cans will control the next Legislature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
ILLINOIS.

TotaL221 165 $50 1856 81 % 81 4:
Majority Sc :. ia 80 "a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
NEW YORK.

Charles Evans Hughes defeated Will
lin Randolph Hearst for Governor of
New York winning the most remarkable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15

st. Lous-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $625; sheep, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 74c to Toe; corn,
No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2, &c to
34c; rye, No. ., 59c to 60c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
U. S. APPLE CROP BEATS RECORD.

IL 1925, 900 More Barrels Grown This
Year than Last.
The apple crop in the United States
has just been estimated st SO, 10000 bar
rels more than the 1905 crop. The esti-
mated crop in New York State is 4,900.-
600 barrels. or larger by 100000 bar
rels than the production in any other
State. The estimated New York crop
equals the crops in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
combined, and if equally distributed to
the people of the State would give half a
barrel to each man, woman and child.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
s1oo Reward, Q

The readers Of this paper will De
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls CatarrIl
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca.
tarrh being a constitutional disehse,
requires a Constitutional treatment.
Halls catarfh Cure Is taken f%nternal-
Iy. acting directly upon the blood and
mucou ~surfsees OF the system, there;
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constttu.
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprtetors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hnndred Dollars for apy
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list Of testimonials
Address F. j. CHENEY & Co. TO,
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for consti
patton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15

bas been written In praise OF his In
terpretation or his loF. snealdne
uouid-be ASSASSIN. and that he con
tinues with the acting company this
season win add to the pleasure to be
deriyed from the nea enforcement of
Miss Claire Maent hasstgnedaeon
tract With Alfred Aarpus by the
terms Of Nhick she VA sent ON
tour in December IA the5eo1nie opera
Loves Lottery In which she scored
so pronounced success when the.
Illness OF Madame SchumAnn+Hetnk
compelled that famous singer TO retire
temporarily from the stage Miss
ldaentz assumed the prima donna role
and the tour was continued to highly
satisfactory receipts For the season,
OF isO7-0s Mr.. Aarons has contracted,
with Julian Edwards and Stanislas
STANCE to provide for Miss Maentz a
military opera In whichSshe will be.
starred. She Is q Western girl who
possesses a c~ontralto voice of q :
richness and phenomenal range.
$3.50
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
Or Esading NeNtspapeEs
on variens Tepe-Mllen
a IND Lo1geVt

chicago News
Mon that Samuel Sloan the New
york capitalize mas made public his
theory that his goodtheatth It the age
of SIS ~ due M policy 81 mixing
work With play Inevitable that
observers n Various quarter should
call attention he eqtal Longevity
Of men whose uysshaye been devoted
wholly TO hagdE@psk Russell Sage, for
Instance, who va nearly 90 at his.
death. passed practically his whole
life in nntemttnng labor with no ' q
cations Tine apparent discrepancy be.
tween the two cases Is emphasized In
the records OF other leading million
aires John Rockefell1er, who is 81
years old and according to latest ac-
commits hale and hearty, gives much
time osgoiE and exercise. j. Plerpont
MORGAN Who Is SO and as yet has mo-
fhonghto OF retiring to. the shawl and.
rocldng chair stage of existence, travs
en- muchIand samuses himself ransack-
Ing die galleries. Mi. carnegie, who
fs 6g. Is about the llvellest specimen
HrE-LlE gL-aHEs
OF millionaire before the public, has
a vide variety Of diversions. On the
other hand Hetty Green, who is IL
and Is stilI believed to be competent
look after her great fortune, be-
tomnlionaires Of the Sage class
and strfcks close to work. There may
De anaapparent discrepancy in these
cases but 1t Is APPARENT only. MI.
saees career. SO far from contradict
fng The testimony OF Mr.. Sloan. rather
confirms IT. since for him coupon cut
ting and money getting both
wofksand play. The essential feature
of play is not the form OF the recrea-
ton d the degree in which it holds
thainterest OF the player.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
summer Mants superiorIty.

New York American.
Forget for a moment that human
thistledown, the summer girl, and CON
slider the summer man. Man is the
sensible animal. Man j s consistent
and despises the Inconsistencies and.
~nonsenses of woman. The summer
man being young. is filed with con-
tempt for the weaker creatures lack
of logic. She, for instance. dresses
to look attractive or to be in the fash
fon-or both. He dresses to be com
Portable.
He wears a Panama hat, cool and
shady. He turns the brim up in front
and down at the back. Reasons:
Some Englishmen on the Thames thus
rob their eyes of shade. He exposes
his arms to the scorching sun. Rea-
son: Tan gives him a husky. outdoor
appearance, and she admires that. He
smudges his new sweater with mud
and preserves it from the cleansing
touch of the laundress. Reason: Ath-
letes are in fashion, and he must look
the part,
She primps and powders; he rum
pies and disorders. She wants tollook
nice; he wants to look the rugged
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15

.nipinn canadian Pdnefnle

~
Philadelphta
on the North Atlantic coasbCanada
controls the territory IN the hshing
waters Of the region and, except as
treaty requires both Canada and
Newfoundland have done an they could
TO exclude Americans. Restricting the
operation Of the treaty and applying
Iat every point onerous rules burden-
some regulations and seyers5penaltIea.
I'm Alaska the conditions are reversed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
ne Old NstIenai PIKE.

New YorK worla.
Mary1aDd{c Congressman has taken
charge III tie hHleto rebuild the old
National tnrnpike. This IS the Oldest
eastsandswest thoEonehfare In the
United states. tgfs the route that
gBraddock took i Fort Duquesne.
washington marched over it often
More than century 20 # was made
national road and for 20 years It.
had more rafac han any other road
i'm the cophtry. B%eginning q Bald-
more, vent almost due west to
Frederick. South 81 Hagarstown, Nd,
st was 5otned ~ tarnpIkes from York,
Harrisburg, Lancaster. and Philadel-
,phia. Therce It went on to Gumber-
land and to Wheeling. Joined by the
turnpike, the old National
road went through the OHIO Valley and
on to Illinois, which was then the end
OF civilization. Over this road the old
Conestoga wagons carried Eastern
farmers to the Western frontier. The
old stage coaches brought General.
Jackson and Henry Clay over 1t to
their seats in Congress-. To restore
this road apd to make It a great thor
oughfare between the East and the
west would revive many memories
and help illpstrate the political history
of the olden times.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15

Right Rev. Joseph Weber. of Lem
berg, has been appointed BY the Pope
as bishop for the United States to
look after the welfare of the 100000
Poles In America. Bishop Weber is
now in Rome making his novttlate in
the Resurrectionist Order. AS soon
as this is completed he Will come to
America and make his headquarters
in Chicago. The Bishop Is a Pole, a
doctor of sacred theology and an *
traordinary ingutst.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
Ana 81 q the RemedY.

"A boy living in an Illinois prohibit
ton county was bitten by a eopperhead
snake, but two quarts of whisky saved
his life. Copperhead snakes are al
ways abundant In prohibition counties.
post.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
Gossip ofthe Stage

The role origlnalIy hlied BY Fay
TempIeton "a te ~Bort5ye Minutes
From Btoadway Is ne hHef ny
Hcorinne Who otginali5 came before.
the public d the Little Buttsrcnp ia
the famous juvenile prodnction ct
Pinafore.
Miss Beverly sttgreayes viii play
the role Of the society reporter In the
drama of newspaper life The Stolen,
story when 1t Is presented in New
York. in October, Last season Miss
ISftgreaves was tn the cast OF teThe
Heir to the Hoorah.
John Drew returned this week from
an extended European trip HI sailed
from New York to Italy and spent
much OF the summer on the Cont
returning Via London. Mi.
Drew will begin rehearsa1s at once Of
"His House in Order"
Dion BoucicaulL brother of Aubrey
Bouctcault and a son Of the Irish
Idramatlst, has come from London to
stage the production Of Ellis House In
order" I'm which John Drew Is to be
starred. He is the general stage d.
rector for Charles Erohman in London.
Lieut.. H. G.. Amers and his Red Hus
sar Band of Northumberland, England
are among the European musical at.
fractions that will visit America this
fall. The tour will open in the East
early IL. October and will cover 9
period of 10 weeks. Lieutenant Am
ers bears the. distinction Of being the
youngest bandmaster in the English
military service holding the Kings
commission. His success his own
country and in Germany, where he
has made a tour twice, has been mark
ed, and an emphatic success in this
country is looked forward to.
The production TO be given in this
city of a nautical comic opera, Of
which the composer is Elliott Woods
superintendent OF the National Cap.
itol, will be one of.the brilliant events
of the amateur season in the city. The
production will be given by Miss
Marie P. Mclaughlin, assisted by Mr.,
David Francis, Mrs. Henry Clay
Smith and Mrs. Samuel Townsend
tionally fine chorus. The event will
be one of unusual social interest and
will be put on at once of the local
theaters in elaborate style.
One of the most Important and ever
popular characters in the yirile play
of the pioneer West, ''The virginian,'
is that OF the rascally range rider and
cattle rustler Trampas. This role
was created on the stage by Frank
Campeau, and during the three years
of the Owen Wister plays existence
his superb art has lifted this charac
ter to a prominence equalled only by
that of the virgfniaa himself. Much
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15

Lord Miner, the former high com.
missioner for South Africa has re-
ceived. through the Duke Of Somer-
set, an address expressing apprecia-
lion of his services in South Africa
signed by 10000 persons, He re-
received also a similar address from
Natal with 5000 signatures, while an
address from Cape Colony with co..
600 signatures is now on It's way to
him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
A-nsriean spenders Abroad.

Detroit Free Press.
chat favorable balance of trade"
which has engaged the perennial cal
cnIatfons OF the economists is rapidly
beng counted for in other forms until,
anything deficit threatens. The
$570000,6o0 balance to the credit of
The nation at the end of the last fiscal
year would. If actually paid to the
United States in COLLISION establish.
us 4 corner in the worlds cash.
But tits pointed out that so a from
RENTING this balance itrc On Ii ex-
porte over our imports, Europe is
holding back much of it, not only as
payment.o of interest and part principal
on aidsdebts, but also in eashtng letters
of credit and travellers drafts, until
the whole amount Of $5To,09o.0o0
seems in a fair way to be accounted
8 without searching the lean New
york money market for it. About
i85,000 cabin passengers left America
3 Europe during 1906, At an aver
ageSot $1,000 each 1t is calculated that
fhese tourists left s1s5,ooo,00O of
American money in the byways and
capitalsFof the Old World.
II was argued by a former comp,
troiief3 of the treasury that these birds
81 passage spent IN average of $4,000.
which, of course, would raise the cal
culated total to $500, 100000. But this
is the extreme view. Many tourists
take cabin passage for Europe who
leave not more than a few hundred
dollars to the credit Of Europe. The
economy Of these is made up by the
lavish expenditures of the other class
ofAnertcan gadabouts, many of whom
throw thousands Of dollars to the birds
pf ENGLAND and the Continent. So
asthat it will not be unreasonable to
place at s%2oO.O0O,ooO the amount left
in Europe by American travellers,
witch in itself reduces the balance of
trade nearly by half.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-15
a Double-Edged Weapon.

Ptttsburg Dispatch.
Industrial strikes as a political
weapon are %discredfted In Russia.
one Experience appears to have been
enough for the Russian proletariat-
Hence the failure of the plan to inau-
gurate another general suspension Of
Industry as a means Of compelling
the defeat of the government policy OF.
reaction wasga two-edgsd weapon. 1t
cut both ways and hurt the people
most fbecausesth were least prepared
ito withstand 1T. II 1t paralyzed the
arms OF the government 1t stuck at
the stomachs of the people. Hunger
and want took the place-of the troops
In forcing the surrender of the pro-
iefarit. So when 1t was proposed to
renew the campaign the people were
wiser than their leaders and refused
o follow them.
The experience of Russia will not
BE lost upon the world. Since the
drIner strike there have been aborttve
aff6rts at emulation in France and
eisewhere to use a suspension OF in
dustry IS a political weapon. They
failed before approaching the dimen-
sIons OF the Russian strike, but the
lesson learned 50 bitterly by the Rus
sian workers cannot have missed a r
tying instruction to their colleagues
elsewhere in Europe. The strike as
political weaponis as futile as a so
Sfnfswsan6r ne fniiffv issueYer COM
pensated by it's results: 1t wantop5
weakening to All conceFnedg
bat h1p to those least able % endure
THE efdsalgo the Russian
ioinFin thenew strike shows tfat
haze eli