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The Washington times., 1907-08-13
Cripple Not MOlested.

The messengers have shown the true
spirit, however, in dealing with a Grip
Qled messenger boy who refused TO
strike. and have not mOlested him.
Let him alone. boys" one OF them
said; hes paralyzed and crippled. we
don't want 10 bother him
At 2 o'clock this afternoon two mes
sergers were said 70 be at work at the
Western Union and about five at the
Postal Some Of these have agreed 70
come out later.
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Spread to Branches.

The strike infection soon. spread to
the branch offices of the two companies,
and as soon as they could be cOmmunI-
Gated with the majority of them were
closed down. both the Postal and West
ern Union in the New Willard being the
first 10 go.
The Associated Press was also affected
and. according 10 Manager Emery. two
Of the night men walked out Mr..
Emery said today, however, that he an
ticipated no serious Interference with
the business Of the ASsnciafed-
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HUGHES TO VISIT BArTLEF1ELDs

ALBANY, N Y. Aug 12-It was an
nounced that Governor Hughes would
accompany the monument commission
on its visit 70 the batuefelds Of Gettys-
burg and Chickamauga on September
% and IS.
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Certain Men to Leave.

u have Just received information
from one Of those still hanging on with
the Western Union that he Will leave his
KEYS as soon as he clears and will
probably bring several others with him.
According TO present estimates con-
tinued Mr.. BeattIe there are 200 men
involved in the walk out. I believe that
all Of these men will be self-sustaining Z
for fifteen days, and as fast as IL be-
comes necessary the men viii be for
warded money by the national organiza-
ton upOn which TO live
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Died.

DALY-At family residence 1910 Monroe
street northwest, on August l3 1901 MAR
GARET CECILIA. daughter Of P NJ and
Lydia J. DAILY, aged one year.
Funeral from residence. "Wednesday An
gust IA. at O'Clock. Friends invited II
McLEAN-Suddenly on August II. 1907. :.
Chesapeake Beach. ALLEN c. MCLEAN ~
1929 Gales street northeast
Funeral Wednesday at I p. m. 1t
SNYDER-On Monday, August r. 1907. and
in the forty-eighth year OF his age Hon
ACE A. SNYDER, son Of J. c. G Snyder
and Elma z. Snyder
High mass at st. Stephens Church on
Wednesday at . a. m -
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difficulty that the cooler heads could
prevent the more. impatient members
from walking out without ORDERS At
o'clock a delegation was dispatched 70
President Groves and the committee IN
session. informing them that the Postal
employees demanded 10 know ule- de-
cision Of the committee Immediately.
When the delegation returned without
bringing with it the order to- strike
international Vice President Beatt1e
arose from his key and In loud voice
asked for vote on WdlkOut
chorus Of Ayes responded ana be-
fore Manager Prosser, Of the Postal.
could reach the operating room, practi-
cally every operator. except the chlefs,
was downstairs and the strike was on.
Among the strikers were a number OF
women operators and clerks who were
among the most restless element.
Cheers Greet Strikers.
on arriving upon the sidewalk in front
OF t,,t Postal building, the operators
greeted each striker as he came down
stairs with cheers. When the entire
Postal force had assembled, under the
direction Of President Beattie. both men
and women marched IN a body 10 the
Western Union building, where the Pos
tai strikers endeavored 70 gain the at
moor n numbe came 10 the windows,
one Of them sending down a note say
ing Blow the whistle and we Will
come"
All efforts Of President Groves, Of the
! local union, 10 get word 70 the Western
Union operators were without avail,
however, as the management Tut sen
! tries on duty 10 prevent the entrance
Of any outsider 70 the operating room.
Several who were deputiZed by Presi-
dent Groves 10 carry the strike order
10 the Western Union men were
| thweTted IN their attempt.
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Money for the Men.

My opinion is that the married men
will probably be given s15 per week dur
ing the continuation of the strike and
that the single men will be given SO.
which is ample for their actual needs
while the fight Is on.
''It will. therefore. cost the order sew
eral thousand dollars per week to sup
port the idle men in Washington, a most
conservative estimate being between
g 800 and 1000 weekly"
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Wild Scenes at Walknut

The widest scenes attended the walk
out Of the Postal men at 5:15 yesterday.
When the executive committee recon
vened at 2 o'clock, the men were In a
state Of suppressed excitement awaiting
adviceS from the committee room. AS
hour after hour passed and no order 10
strike came, the men became almost nm
manageable, and il was with the utmost
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Some Wires Cut Out.

We have our full day force on" he
said, 'and I believe that no more of
our men Will join the strikers tonight
I might say that about one wire in
every three is cut out, so far as the local
office is concerned. and this only affects
cur night service. By the elimination
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just demands and they will Insist upon
the Postal and Western Union com
panies making any peace overtures that
may be forthcoming.
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OF certain classes Of dispatches, such
as the harbJr and shipping reports from
Southern ports. which are of not sucn
great Importance 10 the patrons served
by the Washington office, we are able
10 handle the business in fair shape.
Some Quit Reluctantly.
Manager Taft. OF the Western Union,
could not be seen this afternoon, 5ut
Night Manager Young said; The strike
is affecting US but little. our operating
room presents as busy an appearance as
II ever did. A numbr % our men who
quit did so with the utmost reluctance,
for some Of them have been through
this thing once in 1888 and know what IL
means. The older hands are not 50 en-
thuslastic. You may say that we are
handling the business without unreason-
able delay. l understand there IS some
trouble with the delivery service, but
we are making local deliveries in fairly
good shape and have about caught UP
with them %
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CITY ISOLATED EXCEPT
FOR USE OF TELEPHONES
CONTINUED from First PageO

question which tied up the executive
committee Of the local union yesterday
afternoon but we have been assured
that we are 10 have the financial and
moral support Of the national order and
Ia bor IN general
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No Strike Breawers Here.

II is claimed at strike headquarters
that the manager and chief operators OF
both companies have been compelled TO
man wire in order 10 handle the busi-
ness at all SO far as could be learned
uptO late hour this afternoon. neither
OF the companies have imported any
strike breakers and are using only the
few men who refused 70 walk out and
several non union operators who -laVe
been called in from the local branch OF
fees.
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In MemOriam

ATCHISON-In loving remembrance Of our
beloved husband and father HARRIS 4.
day, August 13. 1904
1t Ills Devoted WIFE and Daughter
The Washington times., 1907-08-13

The foregoing fragment Of cable dis
patch from Paris started on the Tribune
wire from New York a minute before
midnight. The order TO strike came as
the operator had taken the word Ram
bo" He closed his key instantly. Joined
the other operators. and walked out. It
was the last message received IN the
Tribune Office.
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Artistic Floral Designs.
BLACKSTONE


Use Colonial GunpOwder. Il Is unsur-
passed-lz-lb package FREE with every
l5c purchase large cakes OF Laundry
Soap, Is cents. Try IT, Once tried you
will use no other Prompt attention to
Inau and phone orders.
COLONIAL SUPPLY CO.. =. A. JENNTNGS
S14 Pa ave. g E ty3o-tf
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Letter to O'Keefe.

Finally, ct $50 O'Clock. Mr.. Groves
succeeded IN getting the following mes
sage 10 Chairman G Keefe. of the cxecu-
tion board:
Dear Sir ard Brother.
l have just received the following
long distance telephone communication
from Deputy President Percy Thomas.
New York has gone out. Washington
should be out and I desire that You
should order all Western Union 3nd
Postal men out at once.
/ hope YOU will lose no time IN pre-
senting this 70 members at work in the
Western Union and urge upon them the
necessity for immediate action on their
part
1t Is needless to say how much faith !
have IN the loyalty Of our men. and !
trust there will be a solid response 70
this appeal 70 their fraternalism- Fra
ternally yours, A = GROVES.
President
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UNDERTAKES
J. WILLIAM LEE,

UNDERTAKEN ASD ErvERx
ss2 Pa Ave. n. W.. Washington. d. c
Telephone Main 1885.
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noe TO PROPERTY OWNERS
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having US construct your walks, steps,
copings, basement, and stable doors. All
work guaranteed. COLBURN BRO,
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Iz14 2 St K0rtfwest. Phone n. 427S.
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MESSAGE BOYS ARE
OUT IN WASHINGTON

Continued from First Page)
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WHEN THE STRIKE
STRUCK CHICAGO
- the Chlcago Trlbune.

tFrOm the Chicago Tribune
PARIS. Aug. S.-Tne dirigible bal
loon La Patrie visited President F>al-
Heres at his country seat in Rambo-
STRIKE"
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FUNERAL DEcIGNS.
FUNERAL DESIGNS

AZ svsTY dsscriptiSn-moderately pricsd
GUIDE,
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Carpet CIeaninS

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THOMAS 2. KELLY 719 1Ith St nv,
1y26-30t
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ONCE hours: Daily $50 A. II. To 4
p. NJ. Sundays. 1U to .
Cor. D and 9TH SITS. Phone nEatr AI44-P
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25

to live with me she will never
live with another. We are going TO
die together. Laura and jim. But
the woman shot herself first Inc
man missed his aim and then weak
ened. Broken marriage VOWS, quar-
rels patched up and then renewed
love one minute, hatred the next
death for the wife, suspicion, arrest
and dishonor for the husband-ahu
all in the name of Love!
Three bullets for sweetheart and
one for herself" is the tabloid form
in which Marie Balasis tragedy was
written on Independence day De
ceived and ruined by Henry Stern, a
stranger in strange land, and desert
ed by the man she had trusted, poor
Marie Ballast thus ended forever the
new love dream in which Stern hau
lost all sense of honor and obligation
to her.
On July % occurred one of the most
sensational murders in New YORK
recent history. Miss Esther NOR
ling discovered that Frank H. War
ner, once her business employer, lateI
her partner, was not worthy OF he'
trust and love, and thrust him out o
her life. Drink-sodden and DelleV
ing that the girl, by her act ha'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25

hand IN hand. From Australia came
some childhood friends of the pretty
Draga. She did the honors OF New
York to her former playmates. Hon-
man heard and armed himself for re-
venge. -.
81 gave up everything, wife, family.
standing, for love of you. You snail
belong to no other man
Again the fatal shot. Again a "om'
an pleading that she loved only the
man whose hand held the smoking re-
voIyer. Again the rage-dimmed eyes
that somehow regulate a fatally true
aim. Again the rush of excited peo-
ple, the clang of the ambulance oei.'
the shouts of officers driving BACK
the curious throng- and anothet
crime is laid at the door of poor
notwithstanding worn Cupid.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25
THE STORY.

NJ uoU art the mani" The words
rang out clear and distinct, filling
all the great audience room OF the
nalaceA With finger pointed in the al-
rect;on of the startled king the prom,
ct Nathan stood. His stern lace anu
tense bearing betokened the towering
mor,l strength of the man OF uou
in ~. trying hour.
In obedience to the command vi
God he had come to bring King DaVlu
face to face with his awful sins. Ana
notwithstanding the possible danger
r. himself as a result of his unWei-
come message, yet he delayed not put
hold.. entered into the presence Oh
the king and told his parable about
the rich man who had taken the one
LITTLE eve lamb of his poor neighDor'
Notwithstanding the rich abundance
Of focks and herds with which ne
had been blessed. And the king mad
listened with rising wrath. Perhaps
the burden of guilt in his own hear'
made him the less tolerant, and as
the prophet ended his story he
Numbered:
"As the Lord liveth, the man tna'
hath done this thing shall surely
die"
Then it was that the prophet, ara"
ing himself to his full height ant
pointing his finger at the king cried
with intense earnestness:
Thou art the mani"
The king recoiled as though struck
his face grew aShen and his form
trembled as though he would fall.
"The man shall surely ole! =
"Thou art the mani"
He had pronounced the judgmen
. upon his own head.
He grasped the side of the throne
steady himself, and with bowed hea
and averted face he listened whil
Nathan reviewed all the black recor
, which he had written against NJ
life, 1t was all true. He did NJ
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25
Marie cnrelIi DisnIeased. !

Marie Correlli is greatly annoyed
by little story now going the rounds
of the press. The form it generally
takes is this: "She was asked the
other day why she does not marry.
She replied: I have three pets at
home, which together answer the
same purpose. have a dog which
growls all the morning, parrot which
swears all the afternoon and cat
which stays out at night" Miss Cor.
relli possesses neither a dog nor q
parrot, not a cat. and she has never
yet met anyone bold enough to ask
her why she is unmarried.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25
fRIMES COMMITTED IN
THE NAME OF LOVE
4 Strange Epidemic Of Murders in New York
City in Which Dan Cupid Plays the
Leading Part.

OF many admirers treated with CO. |
quettish liberation by the belle OF
Carmine street and the Spring street |
factory, but in time all fell back in
favor of Vincenzo Lavorce. The be-
trothal of the handsome couple was
announced, their wedding day grew
near-but with it came death. An
toinette, not content with her con-
quest, had later made fun Of Figlia,
who was small and unattractive, call
ing him THE Toad" On the twenty
sixth day of November "The Toad
and the factory beauty met during
the noon hour at the water cooler. An
angry question, haunting reply, four
reports from a death.dealing pistol,
once beautiful form lying in pool OF
blood, a sullen man facing the officers
of the law.
"She made fun of me, and l killed
her. Now she won't marry any one,
and if l die, too, l don't care"
December, month of the Christ
child, passed without a murder in the
name of Love; but on January 2 the
nolice gathered into their drag-net Leo
Mitchell, who for more than four
years had been in hiding for the muir
der of Marie LewrazzO, a pretty girl
who had refused to marry him, after
he had paid her passage over from
Italy. To be sure, this was because
Marie had heard that Leo had an
, other wife in Italy, but the jealous
Italian had passed the stage where
; marriage VOWS counted against the
, power of the little god-and so he
r too, raised his revolver and shot the
/. girl through the heart.
a Five days later George Fallen, WIZ
r ran a flower stand at Eighty-tlrs
G street and Columbus avenue, shot ant
killed Mrs. Madeline Wiedman, tn
wife of his business neighbor, Johl
!. Wiedman, a news dealer. Mrs. WleC
n man was a striking brunette who wit
:. her assistant, Miss Ratel, piled tn
n trade of manicuring at the Endico'
:. hotel. She lived at No. 80 Yves
2. Eighty-second street, whittier on Tn
+. fatal night George Fallen had bee
IL hidden, with other guests, to celebra'
Al a birthday. AS the guests separate
"a Fallen drew Mrs. Wiedman aside an
II again urged the unlawful love whic
r she had often spurned, and, beir
II spurned again, that love cried hoars
of ly: I'm tired of this nonsense.
ID love you, and I'm going to ha'
ne you"
h Then again the fatal shot and a
ID other at Mrs. Wiedman's asslstaI
#. who came to her rescue, and still
third and sharp knife at his oV
" throat. Another tragedy in the mar
re of Love had been written in NJ
irI York's criminal annals.
nd In the early dawn of March An
i'm tillo Gallo, young bride OF Northe
or Little Italy, went a-gunning Tor
ot. man who had stolen from him. al
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25
LIGHTNING Marked Tree,

The peculiar pranks played bya bolt
of lightning on an oak tree attracted
hundreds Of people to Wissahickor
avenue, near Lincoln lake, says the
Philadelphia Rocoi. The rees.which
was fully 12j .3et tai, was struck dur
ing the electrical storm recently and
was split down a distance of Is feet
the halves falling in opposite sdirec
tons. Fifty feet OF the upper pari
was stripped of bark, and a most pc
culiar thing was that the roots. were
torn completely out Of the ground and
hurled a considerable distance, while
a circle of bark four feet high was len
standing. -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25

form what Is known as the depart
ment of communications. Although |
this department has had only Few
years in which to build up the tele'
phone service it has made such prog
ress as to put the Japanese system IN
a condition which makes it so mucn
superior to others in the east that IL
is not for a moment to be compared
with them, says the American Iele-
phone Journal. In fact the Japanese
telephone men have adopted many
ideas In connection with the building
and operation of their plants which
show that they could give valuable
pointers to many Europeans in charge
of telephone systems under govern
ment control.
Their progressiveness, for example,
in the use of telephones to aid IN
army maneuvers is known to the
whole world. 1t Is acknowledged
everywhere that In the late war with
Russia they developed field telephone
service to a point of greater efficiency
than has been reached by any other
army.
Toxic has, as would be expected.
the largest telephone system OF any OF
the Japanese cities. and the general
features of construction and operation
there seem to be typical OF the prac'
tice throughout the country.
Out of a population of nearly a mil
lion people about $1,000 are subscriD
ers for telephone service. The line
are divided between five offices. Inc
rates are &c yen (about 1881 fol
either business or residence stations
= All lines are individual, party linz
, service being esteemed unsatisfactory
Cleanliness is the most noteworth!
thing which impresses itself upon
visitor to one of these central offices
q The reason for the absence OF dust Il
4 made apparent to the stranger by tn
q request that he shall remove nj
Il boots before entering, which i
d courteously made at the door. A
h though a pair of slippers is provide
=. as a substitute for the foot GOVERN
q worn out of doors, the shape of thes
shoes is so peculiar that the write
has in some instances found it NOR
= convenient to walk in his stockin
- feet The advantage of this orienti
~ custom of removing the shoes befol
w. walking upon the floor Of room
- shown clearly enough by the result
~ The Japanese Offices are by lor
odds the neatest the writer has ev'
- been in in any part of the world.
er All the operators are girls The en-
in less succession of challenges, ma
of ban" (number), is spoken in we
N. modulated tone of voice and all cal
ed seem to be answered promptly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25

separated him from the last hope OF
earthly happiness or all connecuon
with a decent life, Warner shot and
killed her in the very door or the
store where she was employed as
cashier, at No. 3 West Forty-second
street. Then, bloodcrazed, he dasheo
down town and killed lifelong
friend, John C. Wilson, millionaire
hat manufacturer of Waverley place
and Greene street, who was In the act
of loaning the crazed man money.
A doughty and strong-armed minis
ter of the gospel saved a young Wom-
an from a hated marriage and per-
hans from actual death at Asbury
Park on September 10. Belle Grouse
daughter of a Presbyterian minister
at stanhope, N. j., was engaged TO
Percy C. Bissell, a student at the state
normal school, Trenton, N. j., when
rumors reached her that her intend
cd was a confirmed gambler. Her "a
Their found that the rumors were only
too true and the engagement was
broken off. The CrouSes went 10
Ocean Grove. whittier young Bissell
followed. The two young people met
on the street, and surreputiously Bis
sell displayed a revolver and ordered
the girl to accompany him to the pas
torate of Rev. c. M. Griffin, pastor OF
the Ashbury Park Methodist church
In the middle OF 'h" .srvice MISS
Grouse began to Sc cam, asking tna'
she be protected from her too anxious
lover. Whereupon, the clergyman
being strong of arm, pinioned the hall
crazed youth, and Miss Grouse es
caned to the bosom of her family
But the end was not yet, and friends
of the family assert that Bissell should
he confined, as the girl is not SAT-
so long as he is at large.
And last comes julius Hoffman
married, formerly a lieutenant in tn
Austrian army, who for love an
jealousy killed Draga Siegel. For n
had given up wife, children an
friends. Hoffman and his wife ma
come from Australia, bringing wit
them Draga, who had been an apprei
tice in Mrs. Hoffman's dressmakln
establishment.
Tn New York they all prospered III
I'll love, blind, irresponsible, unreasol
g ing love, took a hand in the gam
z Mrs Hoffman left her husband ar
|, Draga went to live with a faml
It nv the name of Lucas. Hoffma
s lived alone. Mrs. Hoffman brougl
e suit against Draga Siegel, who in a
d other year would come into an inhe
,tance of 100000, for alternating b
Is husbands affections; and Draga
IL turn brought suit for defamation
m character. In the midst OF this CO
70 fusion jealousy and death appear