davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1906-12-28

take more than a small holding. They
were not capitalists.
Some, in fact, had little or no money
and arranged to pay their part in Ia
Dor.
Last spring the Caledonia workers
fixed upon the 1903 scale of wages as
that to be paid in their mine. This is
5.55 per cent. higher than the scale
of the succeeding s~eason-1904-5. The
average pay of the Caledonia miner is
nov $2.75 a day.
So far the workmen-owners have re-
Trained from declaring a dividend.
Starting with a small capital, they
have considered it wiser to turn back
into the mine, for the development of
the property, all profits above operat-
ing expenses.
Then, too, the original mine has
only 40 acres of coal land. and as there
has been a steady demand for the out
put it was necessary to look to the
future.
Recently the company has purchased
an additional 500 acres adjoining its
mine.
1t was by good fortune and an ex-
ercise of shrewdness that the Gale
donna people secured their original 40
acres
In tho midst of land controlled by a
combination of existing companies
was this little tract, on which the COM
bination was paying royalties. Think
ing that it would be well to save this
amount, and that there would be no
difficulty in securing control at any
time, the holders permitted the lease
to lapse.
Waiting for just such an opportun-
ity, the Caledonia promoters quietly
and quickly secured a lease upon it
themselves.
So secretly were all the prelimi-
naries carried on that it was only
when the work of sinking a shaft was
begun that the actual existence of the
new workingmen's company became
generally known.
, 1906-12-28
SHERIDAN MAN CHARGED
WITH VIOLATING LAW

Deputy United States Marshal Joe
Lefors returned to Cheyenne Monday
night from Sheridan, having in Gus
tody Ellis Smith, who was placed in
the county Jail here to await the action
of the federal grand jury on the charge
of selling whisky to Indians, says the
Cheyenne Tribune.
Smith was arrested for disposlng OF
a quantity of frewator to the Grow
Indians during their recent visit to
Sheridan. He was given a preliminary
hearing before the United States com
missioner at Sheridan, but being unable
to furnish boads, will be held in jail
here.
, 1906-12-28
THE EARTH's AND NATIONS UN
REST.

The year past has been filled with
unrest-unrest in the elements and in
the hearts of men; even the solid earth
has been oppressed in places and its
crust has been rent in Pain.
The first great ulheaval was in San
Francisco and vicinity; there the sur
face of the ground was moved eight
feet out of its former position, causing
ruin in the path of the monster, and
when this was followed by fire against
which there were no usual means OF
fighting, the practical destruction of
the city followed. 1t was the greatest
disaster ever suffered in the United
States and caused a beautiful city to
melt into debris, and 4 people who all
their lives had asked a favor,
but who all the time had kept their
hearts open to every call of charity, tc
become for a time dependent upon the
charity of others.
The evidences accumulate that per
haps a worse and more extended up
heaval was under the sea beyond tn,
Golden Gate. and which upheaval ex
tended far north and south. Il Is sal,
that some former landmarks at sea il
the Pacific rave disappeared and tina
at least one new island has been VI
, 1906-12-28
OWN THEIR MINES
THRIFTY MICHIGAN MINERS ARE
THEIR OWN EMPLOYERS.
After More Than One Years Trial Co.
operative Mining Industry Has
Been Declared a Success
Owned by Workmen.

Saginaw, Mich.-After a years trial
a cooperative coal mining industry at
this place has been declared a success
This mine is owned by the workmen
who operate it. They tablis prices,
make contracts and go down under
ground to dig out the product.
There are no labor troubles OF
strikes, for every man is personally In
terested in the welfare of the com
pany.
1t was on September l, 1905, that
coal was first sold from the new mine
of the Caledonia company. There has
been no idleness since, and the work
newcomers are preparing to put on
double shifts to keep pace with their
orders.
When it was organized the plan was
to have the company consist of 1OO
men, and the capital stock was placed
at $4,000. After a year of success
it has been decided to increase the
capital to S250,O00 and the company
to 500 men.
So we'll, in fact, has this purely co
operative mine done that two Other
organizations have been formed in
Michigan along similar lines. One OF
these new companies, like the Gale
donia, is formed entirely of practica
handlers of the pick and shovel.
The men forming the Caledonia Sc
lected their executive officers from
among themselves. Business of the
company is looked after by a genera
superintendent, who is responsible tt
a board of managers.
At all times the acts of the board
are subject to review by a general as
sembly of the miners, who keep il
touch with the affairs of the concern
as they do with the vein of coal from
which they make their living.
When it came to an allotment o
the stock few of the men were able tt
, 1906-12-28

When a cough, a tickling OF al III
ritation in the throat makes you fee
uncomfortable take Billiards. Hore
hound Syrup. Don't wait until the dis
ease has gone beyond control. Mt and
Mrs. ]. A. Anderson, 354 West 9Th ST.
Salt Lake City, Utah, write:
I'VE think Billiards. Horehoun1
Syrup the best medicine for coughs apt
colds. We have used it for severa
years; 1t always gives immediate re
lief, is very pleasant and gives perfec'
satisfaction" Use. soc and 81. SolC
by L. ], Mills, Druggist.
, 1906-12-28

reared in the Behring sea archipelago.
The next great cataelysm smote Val
paradise, 5000 miles southeast OF San
Francisco. similar. in all respects to
that of the California city, but less
violent and destructive.
Old Mount Vesuvius was in fierce
eruption, for a time threatening a repe-
tition OF what came when Pompeii and
He~rculaneum were overwhelmed nine
teen hundred years ago
Shipmasters coming into our ports
report unprecedented storms at sea
A typhoon, the most terrible known in
more than two score years, filled he
bay of Hong Kong with wrecks, smote
the city terribly and overwhelmed
5000 fishermen in adjacent About
the same time a great hurricane swept
over Cuba and piled high the waters
of the gulf In the harbors of Mobile
and Pensacola.
All the year Russia has been seeth-
ing with revolution; Austria-Hunsary
has been upon the point Of revolution;
more massacres by the Turks have
been reported from Armenia; what fol
a season threatened war between
France and Germany was finally settled
by a conference of the powers; there
is revolution in Morocco; in eastern
Africa the Germans have been stead
lily fighting the natives; Cape. Colony
has had a fierce war with the Eulus,
and the embers of the old war with
the Beers have been stirred into flames
in more than one place. On u CONT
nent there was a brief war between
Guatemala and San Salvador, but II
was quickly settled by the interven.
tion of President Roosevelt and Presi'
den Diaz of Mexico. In u own coun'
try all has been peace and wonderful
prosperity, but more than 1000 peo'
pie have been killed in railroad wrecks
and 10000 wounded, an assessment as
terrible as was levied upon the union
army at Gettysburg; more than the
usual number of cyclones have swoop
ed down upon our southern and middle
west states, and perhaps there hai
never since the great war been 81
fierce a political campaign as the ma
ton passed through last utumn There
are spots on the sun and the hearts Of
the nations are torn with unrest
Goodwin's Weekly.
, 1906-12-28
Fined for Killing a Snake.

Although the founder of Christian
ity declared that it was no sin to
pluck an ear of corn on the Sabbath,
the Connecticut blue laws make II a
crime to shoot a snake on Sunday
or to sell or to buy an antidote for a
snake bite. Peter Zarcone, of Dan
bury, was bitten by an adder as he
was passing through a swamp and
he shot and killed the reptile. But
he was caught by the police and
when he was arraigned before Judge
Howard Scott he was fined $40 and
costs. The judge censured the law
severely and advised Zarcone to carry
his case to the court of common pleas.
, 1906-12-28
Best LinIment on Earth.

Henry d. Baldwin, superintendent of
city water works, shullsburg, Wis.
writes:
Il have tried many kinds Of liniment,
but | have never received much benefit
until | used Billiards. Snow l.iniment
for rheumatism and pains. / think it
the best liniment on earth" 25c, soc
and 81. Sold by L. j. Mills, Druggist.
, 1906-12-28

Buffalo Bill has decided to introduce
a new stunt to the people of the effete
east. 1t will be a realistic train rob
berry in which will appear a train, train
robbers and a sherif's posse. The
Upton, Wyo., holdup is the one to be
portrayed. He is quite anxious to Sc
cure the services of as many as posi-
BILE of the men who took part in that
famous midnight tragedy.
, 1906-12-28
OF T~HERMoPoLIs
HAS SECOND WEEKLY

TTVo OIO~TND
The Thermopolis Independent, with
a broad engraved heading and well fill
ed with matter, has reached this ed
toriaI table. 1t is published Dy the
Hot Springs Publishing company, with
C. C. Ellis as business manager and
Fred e. Winchester as editor. 1t
is independent in politics, with no
space for politics in any form"
, 1906-12-28

From time to time there are rumors
of trouble in Cuba, but there will be
no trouble of any consequence. There
are not enough natives on the island to
give Uncle Sam a restless night, and
they better BEHAVE or he will give them
more trouble than they have ever seen
hefore
, 1906-12-28

Anything in the ~tookainder's lit
be had at The Republican ONCE
Give us a trial and be convinced thai
the best OF work may tie had RICH;
eIe az home and at reasonable prices
, 1906-12-28

Nature cannot do much in one year
to repair the damages suffered by the
pine forests of the north because OF
the annual demand for Christmas trees.
Tribune.
, 1906-12-28
Of Course You Have Hoped to See Old
Mexico.

This is the opportunity. On Decem-
Der 20, 81 and % the Colorado and
Southern will sell tickets to Mexico
City and return at the one fare rate
(s4s.9o from Denver.) Stopovers in
both directions. Write for illustrated
booklets. T. e. FISHER, G. P. A.,
Denver. Colo.
, 1906-12-28

And new Hicks, the miner who was
entombed for several days, is to go up
on the lecture platform. He is to have
$500 per week.
, 1906-12-28
Homeseekers Excursion to Texas and
New Mexico.

To settle up the Texas Panhandle
and tributary sections the Colorado ant
Southern offers, half rates for the
round trip to points in that territory
Write for particulars.
T. L. FISHER, G. P. A,
Denver. Colo.
, 1906-12-28

Send a copy Of the Illustrated Re
publican to your friend in the east. 1t
will please hin and benefit the com
munity.
, 1906-12-28

When in need OF job printing or any
thing In the book line. call on The He
publican. Frst-class work guaranteed
, 1906-12-28

The Republican is the only paper in
'.aramie that prints all the news and
reaches all the people.
, 1906-12-28
SETTLEMENT

Is ALWAYS STRUCK AT THIS TIME
OF THE YEAR, so IF YOU HAVE
ANY BILLS AGAINST ME KINDLY
BRING THEM IN AND PLL PAY
THEM, AND VICE VERSA IF YOU
cfATE A SETTLEMENT OF THE Ac-
COUNT.
, 1906-12-28
UNION PACIFIC TIME TABLE.
West Bound.

In effect at the Laramie station at
the present time:
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rhe spider,s spinnina Machine.

The "spineret" or web machine
of the common garden spider is an
object worthy of the careful study
of every owner of a microscope. 1t
consists of four united masses, each
pierced by multitude of holes, the
openings being imperceptible to the
naked eye. These several holes
each permit the passage of a single
thread. Some idea of the infnitesi-
NAL fneness of these threads may
be gained when it is known that the
spiders thread as we see it is made
up of upward of 1000 minute webs,
1000 from each of the four spin
eret masses. These 1000 separate
threads unite at the main opening
of the spineret, making the single
filament from which the spider
spins its web.
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1ve carriages, half of them empty.
Only the very rich can buy land out
right for their dead. The other
people hire the grave for as long
q time as they can afford, maybe a
year, five years, ten years and very
rarely twenty-five years. Then it is
taken for another occupant.
Those opponents of cremation
who have sentiment as an argument
against it are asked to think of this
way of doing, which must one day
be the only alternative near the
large cities. The new coffin is placed
upon the remains Of the former IN
less one cares to remove what may
be left of what was once the home
of soul. For the very poor there
is harder lot still, as they cannot
hire a grave. The potter's field is
large ditch, into which the bodies
are placed and covered with quick
lime. Does not cremation seem even
in a sentimental way preferable to
this? Letting out graves explains
why there are no old time grave
stones. I asked the workmen around
the place, "Where is the old part Of
the burying ground? p and received
for answer, ''There isn't any" which
stroll around proved. The oldest
grave l could find was but twenty
five years and was CONCESSION per-
petuite," the workmen explained, to
the letting of graves, and the in
quiries elsewhere verified all their
statements.-London Standard.
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Ia IsIand cIassed as q ship.

The island of Ascension, in the
Atlantic, is the property of the Brit
ISL admiralty authorities and is
borne on the navy list as a vessel,
being classed as tender to one of
his majesty's ships of war. The
island is governed by a naval cap
tain, and the men stationed there
(chiefy royal marines) are subject
to the same rules as they would be
on board ship. There is no private
property III land, so there are no
rents, rates or taxes. The f1ocks
and herds are public property and
the meat is issued in rations.
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QUEER BELGIAN CUSTOMS.
urning the Dead and Renting Graves
to the INDECENT.

TO the iflotaeriI-
There is nothing in Belgium, net
ZEN marriage, to which so much
bmp and show belong as to a fu-
bral. It is the most important
ow occasion Of a career, and the
.pense must be heavy tax on the
ferage family, for one viii not
|onomize in the details that Gus
sm says are necessary for the dead
such ceremony can be prevented.
hen a death occurs Grape Is not
Rg upon the door, but notice is
lat to all friends and relatives.
his when folded is about the size
a sheet of commercial note pa
u. not placed in an envelope, but
ded so the address is written OF
outer section, which has a black
rder an inch deep.
On the receipt Of this notice cards
left at the house by men, who
and represent the women of
family. No woman attends
leral, though it may be her near
and dearest who lies dead, nor
S any woman go to the grave,
EFF always appeals to ones sym
HES, but it is difficult for for
her Of Anglo-Saxon stock to as
Late grief with the usual funeral
5csss;on that one sees in Belgium.
he bearse is gaudy with gilt and
,ols top heavy with its ornaments.
+ Is much like a circus chariot in
II but shape. The driver wears a
,ntastic hat and cloak. The hearse
drawn by black horses with trap
mos Of black, and two, sometimes
~. men follow it clothed In high
led hats with streamers quite
il waists and long flying capes
X with more streamers. Then
3 line Of carriages, the more
tier for popular esteem. 1t
necessary to have any one in
Often the men who ride are
| have counted twenty
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Behind Hin.

'Do you know your orders, SEN
try ?" not over bright Irish soldier
on guard duty was asked.
eyes, sor," was the reply.
"Know the points Of the com
pass ?" continued the officer.
eyes, sor"
eff you face the rising sun your
left hand would be on the north of
you and your right hand to the
south Of YOU. What would be be-
hind you?"
"Afe knapsack, sol" London
Telegraph.
Ladies Exchange at Texas
Confectionery Saturday afternoon.
beginning at 5 p N
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OFFICERS:
William Kelly. Pres S. L. DwOrman, LIST Vice Pres.
VIM Radcliffe 2dVice Pres. A.Ashheim. Cashier
James 3. Wells, Attorney
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Rio Grande Railroad.

brownsville. Texas, to Point Isabel,
Texas. To take Effect Saturday
October u, 1906 at 1901 A. NJ.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
Deaths in the District.

Deaths were reported to the health Office
during the past twenty-four hours as fol-
lows:
Carl T. Volltin. 40 years, 314 street
northeast
Malindo E. Everhart, 62 years, 623 18th
street southeast.
Fannie Fenwick, IS years. Gil Virginia
avenue southwest.
James H Atkinson, IS years, Michigan
avenue, Brookland, D. C.
Emma g. Crook. 81 years, 900 B street
southwest.
Mary A. Brooks, "a years. 1928 9Th street
northwest.
Elmer L. Nolan, % years. U. s. Soldiers
Home, d. c.
George Hickenlooper, 80 years. 1909 Ken
yon street northwest.
John e. Harrison, 46 years, COZ E street
southeast.
Lille Russell. 80 years, COZ e street
southeast.
William H. Diggs, years. 1925 Half
street southwest
John L. Koch. % years, p H street north
east.
Eva Jones. 10 years. 2O25 10th street
northwest.
Charles Dixon, month, Broad Branch
road.
John Lloyd. 10 days. 21s Sd street north
west.
Pearl Robertson. days, 1880 18th street
northwest.
John w. siebert. % days, 1923 New Jersey
avenue northwest.
George Crawford. days, $40 H street
northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
HEARING POSTPONED.
Case OF Charles Elmer Watson Goes
Over Until Monday,

Hearing In the case of Charles Elmer
Watson. a clerk In the bureau Of supplies
and accounts, Navy Department, on
charges of having impersonated his brother,
James Watson, In a civil service examina-
ton for appointment under the Department
OF Agriculture, was postponed today until
next Monday afternoon at o'clock before
United States Commissioner Taylor. The
postponement 1t is stated, was the result
OF an agreement between Attorneys Doug
las & Douglas, counsel for the defendant,
ana Assistant United States Attorney
stuart Mcnamara, representing the gov
eminent reached in order to allow the
prosecution further time In which to Sc
Mr. watson was arrested last Tuesday
ana was released under bond in the sum OF
sI,vo He emphatically denies the charge
ana asserts that at the proper time he will
produce evidence to show that he was
nowhere near the examining board the
day on which he is accused Of havins
taken the examination for his brother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
TEXANS ARM FOR TROOPS.
Say They'll Shoot If Negroes Leave
Fort Brown,


Fort Brown.
A message received at Houston yesterday
afternoon from Brownsville, Tex says
that further trouble Is feared there with
the negro troops. A citizens guard Of $50
men is stationed along the road between
Brownsville and Fort Brown, and If the
negroes attempt to leave the post 1t is the
avowed purpose Of the citizens to shoot
them.
Four hundred rifles were sold to the citi-
zens Of Brownsville. The report that the
officers of the garrison are afraid of the
negro troops has determined the citizens
to take no chances. Many people are leav-
ing their homes on the side of the city near
Fort Brown. An additional appeal has
been sent to Gov. Lanham to send state
troops and business is nearly suspended In
the city.
Guard, now attending the maneuvers at
Camp Mabry, are clamoring to be sent to
Brownsville. Sensational rumors have in
famed Them and 1t Is now declared by
cent acts of violence in Brownsville in re-
taliation for the reported intention of the
Texas militiamen to use ball cartridges in
the event Of the United States permitting
Mabry maneuvers. Adjt. Gen. Hulin con-
siders 1t unwise to send state troops to
Brownsville.
A telegram sent to Gov. Lanham by the
authorities of Brownsville indicates that
the conditions there are anything but reas-
surfing. While all is quiet 1t Is believed
that If any negro soldiers show themselves
in the town there will be danger Of imme-
date and serious trouble. The governor
will not make an official statement con-
corning the conditions in Brownsville, but
it was learned that he has sent Ranger
force to the city to preserve order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
The New G. A. R. Chief and History.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The new commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, r. B. Brown. is an
Ohio man and was a member of the 18th
Ohio Regiment, connected with the Army Of
the Ohio He is busy man and interested
in the truth of war history. He Is firm in
the conviction that published reports Of
battles do not present all the facts in the
case or always present them correctly and
truthfully. He thinks the Army OF the
Ohio did not get due credit for its part in
the fierce battle of Shiloh, April and z,
1862. In a personal letter dated June %,
1906 he says:
ness cares just now that cannot discuss
the Shiloh matter at length. However, let
me say that we have the questions at issue
before the War College and we think we
strange that our brigade and division COM
manders failed to make explicit reports Of
the movements of our troops, especially OF
the Army Of the Ohio. This was just as
ers. Maj. Goodspeed said to me three years
ago: I was helping to put down the re-
bellion in those days and didn't give much
attention to writing my superiors as to
a report. and so he is reported as not in
action. know he was and so did he. This
is a sample. hope at some time to dis
cuss the matter with you. In the meantime
be assured Of my always hearty interest
in your work"
What Gen. Brown says shows conclusive
ly what every sensible person knows, that
the reports and histories Of great battles,
written often before the smoke had cleared
from the field of action. must necessarily
be imperfect and often untruthful. Time
to sift, to compare, to verify. to correct. is
g necessity; otherwise the publications that
are dashed off are the merest trash and not
worth the paper on which they are printed.
True and reliable history can't be put up
like cord wood. Let this fact not be for
gotten. J. FRAISE RICHARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
Hotel Arrivals,

Raleigh. W. Mcdonald, Fairmont, w.
Va; A. Lee Straub, Milwaukee, Wis; H.
c. Utmer, New York; F. P. Smith. New
York; John Thomson. Sheffield. Ala
Shoreham-Miss Lincoln, Oak Lane, Pa. |;
John A. Macdonald, Denver. COL: William
Sloane, New York; J. j. Hamilton and
Mrs. Hamilton. Harrisburg, Pa.
Arlington-W. Rose. Germany; George
Stone, ST. Louis; H. B. Panky, Kenneth,
Mo-; B. Petty, st. Louis; F. Glade, St.
Louis.
Ebbitt-Richard Relph, Cincinnati, Ohio:
H. J. Bright, U. 8. N; H. F. Spurgin, u.
s. A.; John C. Wise. U. s. N; Frank
Seifert. Cincinnati, Ohio.
New Willard-W. H. Stayton, New York:
Chas. L. Gulick, Bridgeport, Conn; Jos.
Bennett, Philadelphia; Jos. B. King, Phila-
delphia; Miss Forbes. Atlanta, Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
Aaron Blumenstein Of Apollo Pa, and
Julia Davis Of Pittsburg. Pa.
Edgar M. Poole and Harriet N. Chase.
Joshua w. Kendall, jr., and Irene Conner.
John Henry Price and Clara Smith.
Harry Hilton and Mary Williams.
John L. Hamilton and Mary A. Willett Of
Charles county, Nd.
Theodore Deskins and Rebecca Swales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
Fined for Carrying Weapon.

Charles Williams. colored. was acting
suspiciously last evening on the Anacos-
tia bridge. according to the testimony Of
Policeman J. c. Bum In the Police Court
this morning. and was placed under ar
rest. Williams, 1t was stated, could give
no account OF himself. and when he was
searched a 82-caliber revolver was found
in his possession. He was then taken ito
the Anacostia station. whore The charge