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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

rashiers' checks. The labor men said
that they decided to strike only when
the mine owners refused to stick to the
terms of The bargain and declined Ell
Their to guarantee the checks or to pay
any part of the miners wages in cash.
The certificates, the miners said, were
not accepted at par except at few
places.
Goldfield Is In the heart of what
is called the Nevada desert The Cali
fornia line is not far away, and by
train the town is about eighteen or
twenty hours distant from San Fran
cisco 1t is field of gold, but Wis
itor is apt to be reminded that all is
not gold which glitters; also that mon
Roosevelt dispatched Labor commits.
sioner Charles Il. Neill, Herbert Knox
Smith, head of the bureau of corpora
tons, and Assistant Secretary Law
renee 0. Murray of the department OF
commerce and labor, to make m in
vestigation of the prevailing conditions
MT this camp and the cause of the trou-
plC II WAC tIiCll i'lCAIIhlAlttiN hNl'pl 1
on the conditions they found which
decided him to order the withdrawal
of the federal troops.
The claim has been made by the
miners that the action Of the mine
owners was in violation of q compro-
mise which had been reached as to
paying wages half in cash and half in
ey is the root of all evil The comforts
of home and the refnements 81 high
state of civilization are things the
stranger should not look for in Gold
field. 1t has not progressed TO the
stage of bathtubs and trolley cars and
million dollar hotels yet. But that is
not strange, considering that three
years ago there was nothing there but
sagebrush, alkali dust and coyotes. The
citizens of Gold6eld have so far been
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
NOVEL. FIGURES IN DANCE.
Firefy and Snowfall! Numbers Intro
cuced In CctiIlon of Eighty.

The second dance in the series OF the
Cotilon of Eighty occurred the other
night in Dclmonico's large ballroom in
New York. About 200 guests were
present, and several new figures were
introduced, says the New York Times
The cotillon was led from one end
of the ballroom by Fcrra"s IL. ToWs.
who danced with Miss Dorothy Yer
non Ruxton. a daughter of Mrs
George C. Nichols, ard from the other
end by George c. Mittendorf dancing
with Miss Gladys Clark@on.
The figures in general eject were
Indicative OF the holiday season. and
the favors were hung on Christmas
trees and snowmen. They included gay
paper parasoIs and sunbonnets and
Workings.
The figures arranged by Mr.. Tows
included a FREELY dance. in which the
ballroom was darkenel and the men
appeared Wit. tiny flashlights. flashing
them on their partners. During the
dance the room was illumined only by
the flashlights. In the SNOWFALL figure
the men carried wands with foTai
snowballs attached. Standing in two
lines, they formed an archway with
their wands, through which the girls
passed, throwing snow confetti.
In the last figure, the wheel Of for
tune, white paper boas were carried
The dancers first formed wheel with
their boas and then reversed. Supper
was served at midnight. each Of the
governors of the cotil!on entertaining
from ten to twelve guests.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
LIVE BOYS IN MAIL POUCHES.
New Form of Hazing For "Subs" In
Pittsburg Postoffico.


Postmaster W. II. Davis OF iltts'
burg recently discovered that his Oh
fee was shipping live mail, says dis
match to the New York Press. MOI
having any orders from the posto.lce
deDartment. he threatened to send 10
TAIL any one using Uncle Sans prop
erty for illicit purposes. During the
Christmas holiday season it has been
the custom to engage many addltlonal
boys to deliver specials. The oloer
bows began a system of hazing the
subs which almost resulted III Tue
death of several new fellows.
The favorite method of trying the
nerve of the new boys was to lock
them u1 in mail sacks and shoot them
down the chute into the mail wagons
loading for the trains. The mail poich
es began coming down the chute so
fast that they got mixed with the reg
Mar mail, and but for the kicking or
the live mail the boys might have been
shipped away and smothered.
Postmaster Davis the other day dis
covered an unusual commotion in the
special delivery department and VIII
messed one of the haZings. lie called
all the special delivery boys before
him and asked them why they ralsca
such a racket and how they dared use
mail pouches for other purposes than
for the regular mail. The spokesman
of the boys saiI
"Nr Davis, we all have faith in each
other, we specials, but when a new
teller comes in we want to find out II
the kid has any spunk. If kid can't
stand little haZiag same as they 90
in the colleges and at West Point, he
amt fit to carry Uncle SANS mail
We're just trying to break them lii
that's all"
Postmaster Davis threatened to pros
ecute the lad caught foo!inS with mail
pouches, and the specials" are seek
ing some other form Of torture for the
subs.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

member OF the
burial committee put it later in refer
ring to the matter:
Nobody had time to bother about
1t, so we planted the stranger right
yard started"
Recently Goidfeld has acquired a
few substantial buildings, and If its
prosperity continues It's appearance
will rapidly change for the better Its
future is regarded as bright on account
Of the wonderful deposits Of the pre-
cious metal which nature has made in
its vicinity; but, being located in a
desert, the first Corners had hard time
in making themselves barely comfort
able, not to speak Cf surrounding
themselves with all the ccnyenienccs
and Injuries of New York or Chicago.
Wood, stone and brick at first sold for
almost rs much as their weight in
gold. During blizzard one winter
coal went up 10 $50 to- and wood to
$50 a cord. 1t IS said to have cost $780,
600 to erect merely the front wall of q
two story building which was recently
constructed of Nevada sandstone. The
difficulty OF getting material fer house
building forced the miners to set their
wits to work. One miner got 4 load OF
bottles from the back yard OF saloon
and out of them constructed che of the
warmeSt houses in town by laying the
bottles in tiers and placing nud be
tween them. The mud soon dried into
hard cakes like adobe, and when he
had put on 4 tin Roof the miner had a
home worth the name Some houses
have been built of oil cans and others
of barrels. Water is too precious IN
Goldfield TO be used in putting ont
fires, so when blaze starts the men,
bers Of the FIRE department commonly
let the house which is on fire burn up
and hitch a few burros to the adjoin-
ing buildings, place some rollers under
the latter and drag them out of danger
from the flames. This helps to keep
the town on the move.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
SILK DRESSES FOR HUSKING
Illinois Farmers Scheme to Save the
Corn Crop.

Silk dresses are an incentive in solv-
ing the labor question in the Illinois
corn belt this year. says a Carni Gll.l
correspondent Of the Indianapolis
News. Farm laborers have been so
scarce that farmers were puzzled how
to save the corn crop. Tony Van Reed
er, Jr, young farmer near Morri-
sonville, ILL.,. failed to get help, and i'll
his extremity he told his wife that if
she would assist him to husk the corn
he would buy her silk dress. The
wife promptly accepted the offer. and
the first day she husked seventy-iive
bushels. She also kept pace with her
husband till the crop was gathered.
Neighbors saw the silk dress. which
was Immediately Forthcoming, and
learned its history. and as a conse-
quence there will be more silk dresses
worn in the rural districts near AIorri-
sonville this winter than ever known
before. incidentally the labor ques.
tion has been solved.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

stand wherever they happen to have
come into existence, without much re-
gard to the lines of future streets or
the possibilities of sidewalks and pave
ments in the by and by.
The first people who died in Gold
field were buried pretty close to the
heart of the town. A legend exists to
the effect that the first citizen who met
his end in Goldfield died suddenly, as
often happens in mining districts, and
his surviving friends constituted them
selves a burial committee and employ
ed man to inter the corpse, giving
him So for the job. Like many an
other man who has been paid too soon,
the impromptu gravedigger spent a
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
HOUSES IN GoLDTIELD.

Wed TO inaugurate system of "emer-
hcy currency" The men in the
Ines were paid in cashiers checks,
4 The latter were cashed for one-half
H and onc-half script The bank
s.sI so far as to make arrangements
railroads. merchants and saloon
ma TO accept the script at par. In
aeId. rs I'm many other mining
zs. gambling is Il very important
nf industry, and the bank even
TO the extent of arranging for
acceptance of the script by the pro
hers of faro tables and roulette
The state of Nevada licenses
ling houses. and such arrange
IS By a financial institution are
ooked upon as anything unusual
ahes like Goldfield. But the min.
5ected to being paid in this way.
strike was called. The mine
maintained that this was VIC
BIZ a referendum agreement and
heed a shutdown of all the mines
Then followed the appeal of
Ion John Sparks for federal
ma the order to Brigadier Gen.
ederick Funston, commanding
Hon Of the Pacific, with head
at the Preside, San Francis
Epatch force of men to the
labor war.
as no state militia. There.
aEernor Sparks felt that
fe and property was
y course was tc
t of the United
His action In doing
'sed on the ground
se county was able
ton President
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

AHE labor troubles at Goldfeld.
New, which caused the send
ing of federal troops to the
scene, were started by unusual
nusnstances. The strike of the min
IS was originally due to their dlssat-
action with being paid in the cash
2kss certificates issued by the banks
account of the difficulty of obtain
3 the ordinary forms Of money. The
oldfield strike is perhaps unique in
sng due to such cause. When the
ncial stringency began two of the
.<ee banks In Goldfield closed, and in
ser to tide over the days of tight
Ngsey the bank of John S. Cook &
which is controlled by the Gold
Id Consolidated Mines company, de-
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

-
Some Interesting details coaccrnir;,
the fighting strength of the great bat
tleship feet which recently sailed for
the Pacific ere furnished by Walter
Scot Meriwether in an article in IEar.
per's Weekly. These details. which
were acquired officially. give as fol-
lows the strength of the various SIX
teen battIesli's in gins anI men "a
spectively: The Connecticut, n. So:
the Kansas, q. $50: the Lorisi;na. II
S81; the Vermont. 81. SSf: the Virgin
ia. "a, S132; the Georgia. II. ST.: tie
New Jersey. 81. $40; tie I.hoie Islan.l.
p. Sc: the Alabama. r.. T13; the HI
nois. -. GOO; The Eea:-s';;;;:'::-;,. 20 e.;
the Kentucky. -, rs: the G1:o 20.
SEQ; the Maine. &c. Sl;'; the Niiaae-".
"a. SSl: the Missouri 20. ~ The ,
tai tonnage OF the hatt!e:l.i.,s is est
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
Paws to Be Kind,

Because he was kind to aged John
Caywood of T.ewistown. Pa. Louis II
Austin, youth of Mays Landing, y.
J.. has been willed $150.000 by him.
says a special dispatch to the New
York World. Caywood's estate is worth
about 100000 and is divided equally
between Austin and Caywood's daugh.
fer
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

portion of his earn
ings at once in in
ternal irrigation,
with the result
that he was soon
in a condition
W hic Ii prevented
him from convey
ing the body to the
appointed spot, at
some distance from
the business cen
ter, so he dug the
grave where he
happened to be. AS
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
Fitzgerald Cotton Market.

In another column we are printing today
notice of the opening of the Third District Agrcul
ture and Mechanical school at Amcricus These
schools are new and must have the attention and
the assistance of public spirited men in all parts of
the district. Mr.. D.. It. Paulk is Trustee for
Ibis county and is doing what he can for the
school.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
Checking Cigar Butts at a Theater.

Out in Omaha a theater has ar
ranged to check cigar butts for its
patrons, says the New York Evening
World. The manager of the house says
the scheme increases business. Many
'stumps'' are checked at the coat room
each night and claimed either between
the acts or when the play ends. No
cigarette butts have so far been check
ed
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
New National Forest.

President RooceveIt has signed n
proclamation creating the Arkansas
national forest in the western central
part of Arkansas, covering more than
1,00c, coo acres. says Washington dis
patch. 1t viii be the farthest east of
an o. tie governments forests.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
PROHIBITION IN CONGRESS.

tie Comminer
Referring to the TiIlman resolution as Asso
cated Press dispatch says: "AIr. Tillman said
his purpose was to prevent circumvention of state
prohibition laws Said he: ''The courts have
held that these laws interfere with interstate com
merce On this account ask this Investigations
Mr. Tillman said the express companies are flood
ing local option southern states with whisky from
other states, &C. o. d., and the supreme court OF
the United States had held that such traffic can
not be interfered with because Of its interstate
character He said his resolutions ought to de
fine the point at which the police power of the
state begins and determine how far congress can
90 in limiting the control over interstate traffic in
intoxicating beverages. A general discussion con
corning the powers OF state and OF the federal gov
eminent was precipitated. Mr. Knox suggested
that the whole difficulty could be reached through
a bill. DRAW one, suggested Mr. Tillman, where
upon Mr.. Knox prepared an amendment to the
Wilson law. Mr.. Tillman then withdrew his reso-
luton and offered the Knox bill, which was re
ferred to the committee On judiciary. The bill
provides that all intoxicating liquors transported
into any state territory remaining therein shall,
upon arrival within the state and before or after
delivery to the consignee, be subject to the laws
of such state in the same manner as though such
liquors had been produced in such state or terri
tory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason
of being introduced in original packages or other
wise"
\
'The Liquor question came up in United
States senate when Senator Tman introduced the
following resolution: "That the committee on in
terstate commerce be instructed to consider and
report by bill or otherwise what legislation is de-
sirable necessary to enable the states in the
ercise of their police powers to control the com
MERGE of liquors and alcoholic beverages within
their borders so to aid the cause of temperance
and to prevent the encouragement by the United
States government Of illicit dealing in the same"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

too busy amassing the coveted yellow
metal to pay a great deal of attention
to town improvement and city beauti-
fcation societies. The shaeks. of
which the town is largely composed,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30
POPULATION OF CITIES
Fiuures Showing How Big Those
In America Are. d
NEW YORK FAR IN THE LE''

Census Department Experts Estimate
That at Presen. Rate of Increase
Gotham VIII Always Be Largest City
In United States-London to Lead
Till 2o71.
Interesting figures showing the i'll
crease in population of various Ameri-
can cities during the past three years
have recently been issued by the cen
sus department ut Washington. says
the New York American. For the
three years 1904, 1905 and 1906 the
first five cities in the Union have re-
NAMED as follows: New York, Chica-
go, Philadelphia, ST. Louis and Bos-
ton. The following figures are interest
ing as showing the rate of Increase in
population of each:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

Ever since congress convened the
presence of good looking women in the
galleries has been freely remarked up
on. Every day there is n session GER
tain members Joke each other about
the sweet smiles that are being cast
their way, says the New York World.
81 understand the Republicans are
going to caucus upon measure that
will have the effect of shutting blends
out of the gallery just because they
are Objectionable to Burton of Ohio"
said a Democratic member the other
day.
THAT suits me-" observed Morris
Sheppard of Texas, rated as the hand
soonest member Of the minority. "All
I ask is that they allow the brunettes
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-30

"I guess III stay in" said Swate.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-07
CITY LICENSES
MUST Be PAID
Plan Proposed to Insure
Prompt RemittanceS from
Business Men

Lewiston business houses will be ND
against the new regime in the matter
of the collection of the city licenses at
the beginning of the new quarter in
October and unless the matter is
promptly attended to they will be ar
rested under the terms Of the ordin-
ance providing for the collection of the
license and fined in the city police
court
Such has been the decision of the
city clerks office after struggling with
the collection of licenses for a year,
this work formerly being allotted to
the chief of police.
The matter of paying the city license
has not been considered seriously by
the majority Of the Lewiston business
houses and instead of paying the IL
cense at the beginning of the quarter
the city clerk has been required to de-
vote the greater part of the quarter
In sending out notices and calling per-
sonally upon the business men and
urging them to pay for their license
The business of the city has now
reached such proportions that the du-
ties of the clerk will not permit the
business to be carried on in the old
way and to facilitate the work the
clause providing for a fine for those
who conduct a business without first
having secured the required license
will be invoked.
1t is proposed at the beginning of
the quarter to give due notice of the
purposes of the department and after
given date all who have not secured
the required license will be arrested
under the terms of the ordinance and
brought into the police court and fined
for conducting business within the
limits of the city Of Lewiston without
a license.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-07
Railroad Building in the Clearwater
Country --


ION one thing both systems seem
to have agreed. No electric line shall
gain a foothold in central or northern
Idaho outside of the hold that the Spo-
kane and Inland now has on the Occur
d'Alene country.
Recently the Walla Walla and CO.
lumbia River electric line, through its
manager, ]. H. Morrow, expressed the
desire to enter Charleston by coming
up the Snake river. Here again the
foresight of Hill is shown. The North
ern Pacific years ago surveyed a line
down the same bank of the Snake that
the Walla Walla will seek to use, but
has never built foot of road.
"Then comes Jay p. Grayes declar-
ing that he also desires to enter Lew
ston or Charleston. The belief that
Graves will. If he enters this territory,
absorb both the Walla Walla line and
the Lewiston and Southeastern is
strong. With Graves owning line
from Walla Walla to Lewiston and
from Lewiston to Grangeville and Nez
Perce. he would be in a position to
compete even with the Northern Pa
cific and the o. r. & N. for the i'm
mense grain trade of the section.
With these three electric lines and
three railroad companies, not to men
tion the Milwaukee or the Burlington,
which already fairly aches to get into
the transcontinental class. the central
and south central portions of Idho are
in fair way to be opened within a
few years to remarkable development.
1t means the expenditure of untold
wealth on the part of the railroad COM
panies. It means that fortunes are to
be made in the next few years by con-
tractors who are fortunate enough to
get in on the work. There 10 probably
no section of the country that offers
greater possibilities at the present
time than western Washington. north
ern Idaho and parts of Montana"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-07
Georgia HortieuIturists.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Aug. THE thirty
first annual convention of the Georgia
State horticultural society was con-
vened in the county courthouse at 10
O'Clock this morning. The society will
hold sessions for three days, and adj
dresses and papers will be presented
by Prof. Alderman of ATHENS, John N,
Rogers of Atlanta, Miss T. 5. Thursby
of Sparta, John p. Fort of Mt. Airy,
Herbert c. White of Dewitt, ]. b.
Wight OF Cairo. Chief Entomologist r.
L Smith. Prof. H. R. Starnes of the
Georgia experiment station and a num-
Der of other horticultural experts.
The reports of the secretary and
treasurer show the society to be in a
growing and prosperous condition. The
present officers are: President, p. ].
Berckmans of Augusta; secretary, J.
B. Wight Of Cairo, and treasurer. L. A.
B. Wright Of Cairo. and treasurer. L,
A. Berckmans OF Augusta.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-07
Catholic Abstainers Msst.

CLEVELAND. o., Aug. THE ma
tional convention of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of American began
today. when majority Of the thou
sand or more delegates, many of whom
have been in the city several days, en-
gagged in committed work in connec-
ton with the convention, assembled
for the formal opening exercises.
Prior to the formal opening of the
convention, a solemn pontifical mass
was celebrated at the cathedral. The
convention viii continue In session
over Thursday and Friday, listening
to reports and discussing plans for the
future activities of the association.
Many of the leading lights Of the Ro-
man Catholic church throughout the
country are here to participate in the
proceedings.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-07
FRANCE HAS
TRUNK MYSTERY

MARSEILLES, France, Aug. IA
trunk belonging to q man and woman
who arrived here yesterday from
Monte Carlo, attracted the attention of
the baggagemaster. who caused it to be
opened. 1t was found to contain the
body of a woman cut to pieces. The
man and woman owning the trunk
were arrested. They had asked that It
be forwarded to London.
The people, who are middle aged ana
gave the names of Mr.. and Mrs. Gold,
with residences at Monte Carlo, denied
that they committed the crime and in
formed the magistrate that they knew
the victim only slightly. While the
latter was at their home, the Villa
Melesimy, on Sunday last, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gold added, the wofrian's lover
arrived there and blew out her brains.
The Colds, fearing they would be COM
promised, tried to get rid of the corpse.
The head and feet were in the Colds
valise and the rest of the body was In
the trunk.
The autopsy seemed to upset the
story told by the Colds. It was shown
that the murdered woman was seized
from behind and held while she was
stabbed to death. A commission has
been sent to Monte Carlo to investi-
gate the crime.
1t has been learned that the muir
dered woman was a Swede, 81 years
old, named Therese Williams. A man
named Barker is under arrest at Monte
Carlo, charged with having killed her.