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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-17
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Commercial Operators Demand that Committee Be Received by
 Western Union,

Commerc1ai Operators Demand that
 Committee Be Received by
 Western Union.
 Chicago, June 16.--Fifteen hundred telegraph operators. members of the Commercial Photographers Union, at a meeting here this afternoon, voted to support the Executive Committee of their organization in any measures they deem to bring about an adjust ment of the operators grievances.
 Those present were chiefly operators of the Western Union and Postal Tele- graph Companies.
 Separate resolutions were presented by each group of employees, the Postal men advocating drastic measures" to enforce their demands, and the Western Union operators for serving ten days notice on the officials of the company in New York that they must meet employees committee as presented by the Comercial Telegraphers Union of America for discussion and adjustment of grievances or bear the responsibility for interference of the public business which will follow action which will be incumbent upon the Chicago local"
 $10.0O0 strike fund was voted. The representatives of the Order of Rail- way Telegraphers assured the Commer- cial Photographers of their support and sympathy of their order. but took no official action.
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No Reply From western Union

New York, June 1s--The Commercial Photographers Union has not yet re- ceived an answer to their demands on the Western Union Telegraph Company, according to President S. J. Small of the union.
 After a meeting of the executive com mittee tonight both President Small and Secretary Russell left the city, MT. Russell returning to Chicago.
 President Small notified all the un- ions today that the statement that the adjustment of the grievances had been postponed was untrue and directed them to hold themselves in readiness for important information.
 President Small also issued a state ment in which he said that local un- ions all over the country were clam bring for a strike but that they had been notified that they must take no action without permission from the national officers. He added that in view of the fact that a strike would be costly to business men throughout the country. the national board of the union was anxious to avert 1t if pos sible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-17

St Louis, June 15.-Flour steady. Whiskey steady $1. .35.
 Pork lower; jobbing $16 40.
 Lard steady; prime steam $S.20. Dry salt meats steady: boxed extra shorts and clear ribs $9.12h; short clears $9. %. Bacon steady; hoxed extra shorts and clear ribs SIG. %; short clears $s. s71k.
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MEMPHIS COTTON OIL.

Memphis, June l5.-Cotton seed oil and cotton seed products prime crude oil 4Sc; choice meal $25.
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New Orleans, June 15.--Cotton futures closed steady on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange today. with quotations ranging
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THE METAL MARKETS.

New York, June l5-The metal markets were quiet in the absence of cables.
 Tin was unchanged at $41 62h @ s42 12h Copper is more less nominal being
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New York, June 15.-Cotton futures clos | ed barely steady the New York Cotton | Exchange today. with quotations ranging as |
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NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

New York June 15.--The dry goods mar. ket was steady and firm today. Bstter weather condition gave more hope to the retailers and jobbers. Unusually large buy. ing is going in the gray goods market more particularly in drills. shee tings prini cloths etc An advance in printed goods 1. looked for next week.
 New Orleans, June 16.-Sugar steady open kettle centrifugal 3h 63bc: centrifu. gal whites none; centrifugal yellow aga 4&c; seconds 2% @3%c.
 Molasses nuiet; neW syrun sOMa4c
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NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON.

New Orledns, June lo.-Spot cotton closed quiet; sales 400 bales; receipts 539; stock
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NEW YORK PRopucE.

Receipts for the week SS, 100. Sheep. receipts 1000. Nominally steady Receipts for the week 22.400.
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sT. LOUIs PRODUCE.

NEW ORLEANS COTTON OIL. New Orleans, June 15.-Cotton seed oil; prime 55; crude
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unchanged with lake quoted at s23.75@ SPA 50; electroytic S22. 50 @ s2s. 25 and cast ing at $21. 1.50@$22l5.
 Lead dull $5.75@$5.S5.
 Spelter $6. 00@ $6.05.
 Iron quiet and unchanged.
 NEW YORK COFFEE FUTURES.
 New York. June 15.-Coffee futures open ed unchanged an advance of five points and closed barely steady net unchanged to ten points lower Sales 23,000 bags: July ....-... D 10 e zV September .... .... .... .... .5.15@5.20 specemDer 5.2OQb. 20 Marcn 10 U b.S SO
 Spot coffee quiet: Rio No. 6%c; Santos No. 7hc; mild coffee dull; Cordova 90 12kc.-
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CINCINNATI PRODUCE

CINCINNATI PRODUCE. Cincinnati. June 15.-Flour firm. Wheat easy 95 @96c. Corn lower 54h @ 55c. Oats easy. lower. 46@hc. Rye quiet S2 @S3c. Provisions steady. Whiskey steady $1.31
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KANSAS CITY LIyE sTOCK

Kansas City, June 15.-Cattle, receipts i, 900, including 500 Southerns Market steady. Choice exnorf and dressed
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
Encounter With Soldiers.

The Indians came a promised At
midnight The horses were al ihe rear
If my prison ready for my escape.
went around ana pounded with the
butt 81 big pistol at the front door,
~ as 10 tell the sheriffs that I Uas in
full flight for the mountains. ] was
living. acting "The Tale Of the Tall
AIcalde," and wanted an audience.
But they all must have been down to-
gctHer celebrating like good Ameri-
cans.
And what a savage. free. Wild ride.
Aud what a sansuinary end. Who
could have ever dreamed Of it, At
ia svn. Ia 4xuItatlon. we touched the
river shore and dashed right into a
camp of soldiers. the sentinels with
guns glistening IN the rising sun.
dotted the rivers bank as II waiting
orr coming. We plunged down the
steep bank and struck straight out
for the other side. and for home
WHY the pitiful detail here? And
how varied is fate. fortune. or rather
misfortune. AS rule. up to this time
] had been the first to fall. TO be hit
or hart in former perils; but now I
was the one. ana only one. 10 escape.
Let this little suffice here. The noble,
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Onl OF The NiIderness-

Yes. i hear tleE claim % nave dis
coverS5 his marvellous gold mine
They have given il his name. The
Black Prince. but all that is an i'm
position. They are not within a days
ride Of IT,
Making my way hack and down 70
where the Old man. who had 50 heav-
ily itaned on the prince. had set Up
ms now happy home by the stately
PIT river. I found De- had but lately
receives letter from Leon. where the
prince was acting as general IN com
mana Of The city. Was I welI7 And
VOui5 come?
The cabin was already in ashes.
since those for whom 90 was built
We're no more. The Indian CHIEF had
promised the Modes he would not
longer protect me Ny word was
pledged 10 my best friend OF the only
city / had ever seen to see il no more.
Would 90 20 Nicaragua? Where else
under The path Of the sun could 7 Ro7
The old scientist sat me IL his best
canoe with his best Indian az the
paddle and we were flying Ike an
arrow down the waters for the first
steamer. for Sacramento Then San
Francisco. Z was at last odt of and
for the first time out OF the all gLor-
iOus wilderness.
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sheriff Had a Warrant.

But YOU cannot go back there. You
can 60 TO San Francisco. Nicaragua.
the states-anywhere I'm the world ex-
cept back to your Indians.
"Aad Why not?"
There was tenderness in his voice
as he laid his hand on my knee where
we sat lie knew. as ! knew. that not
one human being man or boy had
dared Learly so much. done nearly 50
much for the country. anc had -
little price or profit as I had had and
he told me that ] was under arrest.
that warrant had been in bis hands
for a month. but as ! had not had
any wrong III my heart. only IN my
windmill head. ] could go or stay. as
] pleased. only ] could not go back fo
nv Indians. for the people thought
me dangerous. held up my right
hard. the bIoodaess white fingers
hooked together like a bird : claw,
and auite as honey. Dangerous
At last. when told him } must
positively must gee my lost cdoin once
more. il only foa q moment, AID that
7 then woulG set ny face al once FOR
Nfcarlgua: that my Indians We're
coming TO see he Fourth and that i
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men or course they all took sides
with the children and their nearly
frantic mothers But there were some
who did not have mothers and these
The officers allowed Ineir captives 20
Keep Tne three mead men OF the line
who had been I'm great haste 10 get off
with their p,under, had children ln
their saddles before them. while their
mothers chung in desperation To their
feet. stepped IN al the head OF the
officers and gentlemen aud we took
The children from Them by force and
gave them 90 their grateful mothers.
Then these three men rode on swear
ing vengeance al that crazy Indian
man.
Eager to get on my way over to
Mountain Joe, + mounted my mule.
after shaking haRls with my real
friends, and rode on my way alone;
for } did not care 10 return with the
command and take part in the
drunken welcome home at Yreka
1 had not gone far when a voiley
as fired from the brush as rode
across a deep gulch and my bride
arm dropped at my side My mule
was slightly wounded and tore on up
and out Of the gulch like mad, and /
could not have turned about had
desired. and 80 kept right on az a run.
My arm was not broken and did not
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

scap-goat. Che indians had made III
the trouble This idioifc boy. who was
insane about books and had a library
on Mt Shasta. was friend of the
Indians Er-r let him take care
! had seen uElv signs. decided
10 @ back. gather what gold ] could
find about the 80 DIN and ffom my few
remaining Indian friends and then
join the prince v no was now at Lemon,
Nicaragua.
had secr.tlv sent for a very few
of NY moe5 trustful and wise friends
10 como to Jae Tor the Fourth Of July,
I wanted them to see the life. heart,
ard enthusiasm OF the Fourth It
wsUld rot oniv amuse. educate. and
INSPIRE them. bur give them some idea
of tho white mans impregnab bic
strength. reach The ahsurdity of def
ance
When J went To my friend Roman in
confidence 10 tell him ] was going To
set out with \ few allies for my noun
tain home at midnight after the
Fourth and wanted to leave all my
Journals. notes. and hits of poetry
with him. he took me back and after
locking up the papers in his safe sat
down with me and begauVo talk very
sravelv; among other things ne told
me ] mast see the sheriff first
had bumped my head enough al
ready in my. brief contact with what Sc
called civilization 70 not despise lis
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State Troops Called Ont.

I told my story 10 DR.. Resm and
Judge Rosenborough And after a
nights rest. mounted my mule and
soon was with the roaring. nalf-
drunken. hardened volunteers. waIlow-
ing in the snow under the shadow OF
Shasta. The next morning the snow
was frozen so hard on the surface that
We travelled over it as easily as if il
had been a paved street. and soon
came 10 the footprints we had made
as we descended to the desolate valley.
] had made the entire circuit of Mt.
Shasta in midwinter You can drive "A
carriage quite around Mt Shasta I'm
summer almost as easily as around
Vesuvius. but 10 compass Mt Shasta in
midwinter would take mad man: only
a mad man would try It, And 1 do
not think any other than myself ever
did il or even so much as ever tried to
do IT,
But these men I was to mix with till
the end of our brief and bloody cam
paign. WHO were they and what were
they like? They were nearly all of the
convict class. They knew nothing at
all about arms order. discipline. or
anything else that goes 10 make up a
man. They were or course enlisted
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he was as cunning SIS a fox. He made
Joe believe that as all travel had
stopped everything was going TO
smash. RE wanted TO get hold OF the
Soda Springs ranch and somehow had
gotten Joe entirely under his thumb
Poor Joe had lest an eye IN the
Castle Rock fight and as the hurt stu
caused MIN great pain he was almost
helpless in the hands Of this man who
had no heart at ali and 10 brains al
al outside Of money brains except
what little he had IN his chin. The
reaction I felt in this dismal afmOs-
phere after all che exposure and agony
had endured was worse than death
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Would BE Hazardous Work.

StiU warfare then as nov. would %
a game OF daring-in fact more daring
w6IIla be required for aerial warfare
rhan for lighting on land or sea As
Young and daring officers OF the navy
are assigned 10 the submarines ana
torpedo boats because Of the greater
hazards involved, would ind excite
ment in plenty tn the air. II the vino
changed and return was Impossible
they would fall into the enemy 3
hands Ia use Of encounter oetWes
ships in the air, one or both would %
g,rat.it,itatpd 10 earth or water.
bp practicable. they viii, for the au-
fon1abile meant for use on the ming
line would not only be heavily armored'
but would doubtless be equipped with
Eghs field guns. In TACT. Sucn ma
chimes are said already 10 have been
Developed By the Germans and French
To the point that they have been de-
cIared practicable. 1t is not thought
possible that any air machine can De
Arms and armament are not likely
30 ha-- MUCH place in air-nghting.
according 10 the Washington authori-
,- ,.teu automobile are found 70
produced In which anything heavier
than rifles or possibly, light machine
guns ean be used. II a cargo OF shells
is to be carried. the crew necessarily
would be as few as possible IN num-
Der
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take this island and this last place of
refuge, but We had no boats and the
water was too deep TO approach the
fortress on foot We at last surround
the island on horse and making
a simultaneous advance, captured
it; most OF the refugees escaping. But
many Of our horses had been hurt
by the shaTpened elk horns which had
been set up against our approach. and
some men were hurt by reed Iances-
Some of these lances. or long arrows.
had flint points One of these struck
me I'm the groin, or inner thigh, when
thrown from my horse. ~ did not
hurt much or seem TO amount 10 any
thing al first But il kept me limp
ing for many and many "A year Per-
haps bits of flint remained and still
remain in the wound. There is even
BOW a lump on M thigh, a lump
a. big as a walnut
This ended our campaign There was
nothing left alive 50 far as we could
see. only some wild water fowl. in ali
the vast and aower-fHed valley.
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Visits Mountain Joe.

An OH Indian woman dressed my
wound IS only an old Indian woman
can They do not first hurt you in
order go heal you as 50 many sur
seous DO. ! must have slept a week.
4 next remember sitting ont IN ront
of the tavern ou big pine Jog with
Jo, as ae sucked bis old pipe. telling
him 81 the war and my wounds. Al
last he said laconicaily bIovviuE a
cloud of smo'-e
~ ponotouy OF disasters and as dis
asirous as monotonous. Better have
new deck and = new deal"
And do YOU cal a ten-mile ranch
disastrous monuiony?"
lie blew another great cloud upward
and making 2 sweeping motion toward
it muttered: 1T viii all go. like that.
There was rich red-faced man from
san Francisco lowering about tfe va
cant tavern who was also fun OF
doiorous prophecies. Like most men
too cOwardly 10 take the front ne knew
more about battles than the men who
fought them. His name was Reese and
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Murder and PilIage.

Before / was we'll rested ] looked
out and saw my Indians coming
bringing two old women whom they
had found digging roots and made
them come with them for fear they
would give the alarm and stir up the
village in pursuit Of as. Ny Indians
we're as concerned as myself and quite
as eager TO know il there might not be
at least one station or post that had
escaped the common fate and was still
holding out,
Not one Briefly 20 put a whole
book in single page when the long
lines of big mule teams did not reach
the new military post before the snow
fell, Captain Crook abandoned all the
new pests and went back to his old
fort 10 winter, advising the settlers all
10 go away until he could come back
These, about one hundred, went away,
some women and children also. all
went. away toward Shasta City and
other cities. only twenty-one men had
stayed to take care Of the herds OF
cattle, the saw mills. the stores OF
provisions, and the great many bar
rels of whisky. Two OF these had
been killed in a brawl; two had gone
out over the snow to Yreka, leaving
only seventeen men These We're all
killed one night by the squaws With
little short knives when the moon was
IN the same place 10 every woman.
with a short sharp knife Then the
men came in 10 get whisky. and. mad
with drink, burned all the houses with
almost everything in them. dead men
and all
When the Old Indian woman had
done telling all 10 my boys, they began
to nibble at their few roots. they were
hungry and wanted 10 go: their PEG
pie would be hunting for them and
they would be found and We would be
discovered, and that would be bad for
rs all The boys, who had now taken
everything into their own hands,
talked second. then, handing each
squaw taste Of elk. hustled US all
out by the back door into the woods,
and led steepily up and on and away
far over the snow. Death and nothing
but death. was behind us and all
about us. There could be nothing
worse than death before us. Pretty
soon they gave the old squaws q hand
fui of fried elk each and speaking very
kindly and each one taking his silk
handkerchief, gifts of mine, from
about his neck so that the squaws
might have some witness when telling
or their mornings adventure, told
them TO turn back.
The climb up the mountain spur was
hard enough. but delay was death.
We kept on and on and on. 7 surely
should have died but for these brave
and patient Indian boys The brave
lads saw me TO the summit Of the d.
viding range, and I slipped down the
steep hard snow TO Mountain joe. He
looked at me and looked at me as
told all the dreadful story. Then I
slept and slept till he almost dragged
me out and mounted me or the best
mule in the country. and with the best
sort OF equipments sent me straight 10
1reka 70 tell the terrible news.
found Yreka, reached it in one hard
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!" WO tall and comely young
Indians whom | had
taught to read and write
and had twice taken to
see Shasta City, had quietly
equipped themselves as ] turned
away from the forbidden camp,
and, without a word, led over a
spur of the mountain that looked
down into the deSolate valley. |
had often stood on this eminence
sweeping the thriving new settle
mentS with my glass and hoped
now to still see some sign Of life.
But the glittering new roofs Of
taverns, stage stations, stores, and
saw mills had all disappeared. Here
and there a slim black column Of
smoke went straight up against the
blue from great smoldering stacks
Of hay, but that was all.
My boys frightened their belts, swung
their guns by straps over their shoui-
ders and we swept on down. The steep
snow banks fronting the morning sun
was only soft enough 10 make our
footing safe as we swept on down with
most astonishing long strides till we
touched the rim Of the valley.
The first sign of mans habitation
was the stables Of the road station
where the stages left the valley 20
climb tHe mountain up and around
the north side Of Mt. Shasta. The roof
of Tic ho,e; close at hand had been
crushed ian and still lay covered with
snow. a few steps further on in a
warm aud sheltered dimpIe / threw
myself down on a bed OF white and
yellow blossoms My Indians looked
darby as IL disturbed at my action.
one or them said: "Squaw," as they
PASSED me by; the first and only sign
of disrespect I ever had from any or
these. my people. ] saw smoke not
far away, and soon saw Indians NOV
ing about.
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niffruIt Tnsk Of Defenders.

The tIIs of war I'm the air doubtless
would be mostly on the part or tne
defending snip preventing the INVASION
OF the enemy The clashes, cOnse-
quenJly. doubtless would be few. be
cause the movement would be so rapid
and in making their flights above an
enemy they couId travel so high as 70
he beyond human sight Then would
come the proposition as 10 whether
a country that feared attack could
keen every foot OF its sky swept with
glasses, and while they might watch
vigilantly by day. the invasion could be
accomplished by night, and. If the feet
Of the enemy were sufficiently large,
every CITY i'm the United States might
Re wiped out of existence by shell and
FIRE before daybreak.
an officer of the General stan after
speaking IN that line. cited the quiet
enrnest work that IS being done IN
Germany. France. England Austria
and Italy All. he said. are interested
in the problem OF aerial navigation
Reports that have reached the Gen.
eTRl Stan snow there is considerable
confidence in the proposition IN the
foreign capitaiE-
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wide. deep river. the serene majesty
Of ~ ovefhsnglns and somber woods
the sush and religious silence. All
ibis broken only by The crash aEG
crush OF rifles uill only T. too foolish
and fran for death 20 care for. drew
out anhart up the beetling bank CT
she other side.
Then the solitary way 20 the Lost
Cabin gold enough for good mans
ransom, then forky fame that leap
ed up as If 20 reach The stars. The
Lost Cabin should not. could never
now be- discovered.
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Keep Tabs on WeIIman.

IN the meantime. while they are con-
Quoting experiments, Government off,
eials have their eyes on ths balloon
expedition Of Walter Wellmau In his
attempt TO reach the North Pole. II
WeIIman succeeds, then the oirigible
balloon VIII have been proved prao-
tea bic beyond any doubt, they claim,
and there viii doubtless come g com
plete revolution IN modern methods OF
warfare Such a revolution would Be
so complete and come 90 sudden as 70
be startling. but q decided shock 70
the political and military sense OF al
nations The aeTOplane Is not neCes-
sarily the only successful means Or
aerial navigation. It IS held oy many
military authorities who have devoted
close attention 10 the subject But l.
balloons are 90 be made practicable
they must be dirigible. but even then
the doubt exists as 10 whether any
craft necessarily suspended by a bag
can ever be depended upon In time Of
urgent need TO be sent over an enemy, 8
line, do its work and return 20 point
of safety II the winds should change
thew would develop the possibility
that the craft would either be COM
PEELED Ia or accidentally come down
within range OF the enemy.
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Indians Almost Annihilated.

We found the guilty Indians in "A
most desperate plight. The wagon
loads of whisky they had taken kept
them constantly drunk In the three
camps we captured almost without a
gunshot we found men still crazy
drunk. The poor pitt n Indian women
and children as their camp had been
pillaged and burned began 20 come up
10 us for whatever cruSts we could
give them. our troopers laid hand
on the squaws and each took a child
10 himself. Each rufIian had prom
Used some dear friend" an Indian
child to educate and Christianize.
They would OF course carry them of
20 sell into slavery.
The Indian men had already been
killed in hundreds OF cases, by whisky.
Some squaws Of the better sort along
with few brave Indian men had
found Judgement on an island where
with their wonderful nets and snares
of wild fax they shared water fowl
and so managed to live. We tried 10