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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-12

Samuel J. Small, head of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of Amer
lea, is an operator who has worked
all over the country. He is especially
well known on the Pacific coast, and
was employed by the Associated
Press at Seattle for eight years. Mr..
Small is married and makes his home
in Chicago About three years ago
he was elected president of the union
which he helped to organize.
Washington.-Grow by leaps and
bounds the American Federation of
Labor is soon to receive another Access
sion of strength unless all signs fail.
The Bricklayers' and Masons' Interna-
tional union, one of the largest and
most powerful bodies of organized la
Dor organized in the country, will vote
on the question of affiliation, and judg-
ing from the sentiment of local mem
bers the proposition will carry.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Wages will not be
advanced in the sheet and tin mills
of the country this year and no strike
will follow the refusal of the manufac-
turers to concede an increase of six
to 16 per cent. demanded at the an
nual convention of the Amalgamated
association at Toledo last month.
After discussing the demands thor
oughly, President c. w. Bray, of the
company, informed the workers COM
mittee that the condition of the tin
market would not justify an advance
and that if they insisted upon it the
plants would close or be operated by
nonunion men. The decision affects
all the sheet and tin workers in the
country-about $4,000 men-as the
other manufacturers accept the set
Element made at this conference.
San Francisco.-When it comes to
works of charity the union painters
are in the front rank. Sixty-two of
them worked gratis on the building of
the Little Sisters of the Poor in this
city. The job was completed.
Chicago.-Railway clerks, who are
affiliated with the Freight Handlers
union, have made a move to get a
wage increase of Is per cent. They
have been holding conferences with
the various freight agents and expect
they will get an advance without much
trouble. There are between 1900 and
1000 clerks organized and their wages
average about $65 a month.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-12

Boston.-The union painters have
accepted the proposition offered by
the master painters for a minimum
scale of 397s cents an hour and AZ
cents an hour for decorators.
Davenport, Ia.-Songs of labor and
of freedom were sung in the huge coli
scum here by the chorus of 1900
voices assembled for the working
mans saengerfest of the northwest.
London.-Since the workmen's COM
pensation act came into force in
Great Britain, the memb/rs of the
Dockers' union have received by way
of legal awards for accidents 1885,
371.26
Trenton, N. 1.-THE agitation
against child labor is showing it's
effect in this state. According to the
annual report recently issued by the
state commissioner of labor the. per-
centage of children under the legal
age employed in New Jersey factories
is less than it has been for many
years.
New York.-The National Women's
Trade Union league, the promoters of
which claim to have over 100000
workers enrolled in membership,
held convention in this city recently
and elected officers. The delegates
also mapped out work for the coming
year and formulated plans for ma
tional convention.
Indianapolis, Ind.-The Typograph-
ical union suppresses all extremism.
Forty-seven thousand men working to-
gether for the good of their craft, and
working under shrewd leadership and
keeping always within the law, and
never striking save upon duly deliber
ated just cause, is an impressive spec
tacle. Iteshould and doubtless does
impress the employing classes. 1t
should more impress labor itself. If
all labor had the wisdom, the restraint,
the provident and prudent organiza-
ton of the printers all labor would
get fairer proportion of the profit
upon the cooperation of labor and cap
ital.
SAMUEL J. SMALL, HEAD OF TEL
EGRAPHERS' UNION.
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FARMlNG TO.N.

F'armington--Mr and Mrs Walter
Poole celebrated their twentieth we'd
ding anniversary Saturday evening, at
their home. about three miles east of
Pennington. Seventy. invited guests
enjoyed the hospitality of Mr.. and
Mrs Poole and presented them with
number of beautiful pieces of china
Delicious refreshments We're served
and a most delightful evening was
passed.
Miss Mayne Recl1rneyer returned
Thursday from an extended visit with
her brother, G. w. Reckmeyer in Salt
Lake City
Mr.. and Mrs. owen and daughter
Dorothy left Saturday evening fol
Kahoka, Mo-, where they will spend
the holidays with Mrs. Owens parents
Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Greenlee.
Mrs. jamie Musgrave has returned
from a visit with her son, DR.. G. J
Musgrave, in Cincinnati.
Miss Jessie Ford left Friday even
ing for her home in Keokuk and will
spend her vacation with her parent:
in that city.
Miss Addie Moon left Saturday
morning for her home in Miltno.
Mrs Marv Waeers and Lloyd Sic,
departed Saturday for Alexandria
Mo-, where they will be the guests O
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slice.
Mrs S. D. Boiler and little daughter
Dollie, and Bess. arrived Saturday t
spend Christmas with Mrs. E;oler':
I, parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. r. Neff, AM
ather relatives
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sonally l have great doubts whether
it is wanted in the navy. But we do
want some up-to-date business meth
ods-real modern business ways sucn
as would obtain in private business. 1t
seems to have been impossible to get
any progress along these lines in re-
cent years because there have been
too many secretaries of the navy;
don't know how often they have
changed on the average, but suspect
that in five years there may have been
as many secretaries. Fundamental
organization reforms are not easily to
be had when changes are taking place
so often as that
Mr.. Dawson thought before the
naval committee had done with its
work this winter, some reform would
be imposed by legislative process, and
that they would go along way toward
remedying present defects.
j. G. Welliver.
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GLOOM PERVADES !,
FAIRFIELD HOME.
THE SECOND FUNERAL IN TWO
MONTHS ON CHRISTMAS
TWO OTHERS ARE ILL.

Fairfield, Dec, 2e.-fhe spirit Of
Christmas joy finds little response in
one Jefferson county home. Two
vacant chairs and two sick beds
seem to obliterate all cause for hap
piness. Yesterday in Evergreen ceme-
terry Mr.. and Mrs. John Axelson laid
to rest their nine year old son who
died Monday morning after a long
struggle with typhoid fever. The
little grave was dug beside one of an
older brother who about two months
ago gave way. too, before the same
disease. Even all the family couldn't
attend the funeral services Of the
little brother Christmas, for upstairs
lay the only two remaining children
Of the home a boy and a girl, both
dangerously i'll, and both suffering
with the same sickness that has car
ried off their brothers.
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twelve SUITS
FILED LAST DAY
YESTERDAY WAS CLOSING DAY
OF FILING FOR JANUARY
COURT.
HUFFMAN DEFENDANT
Asked to Return Goods Attached,
Some of Which, it is Said,
Are Missing = Othe
Gases.

Yesterday was the last day for filing
cases in the district court for the Jan
uary term and rush of attorneys at
the district clerks Office was result.
There were twelve petitions filed dur
ing the day. The docket will be out
in few days.
Constable Defendant.
Constable James Huffman of JUS
tice c. G. Ayres' court, and the Ameri-
can Surety company of New York, are
made defendants in a suit asking for
the recovery of the price of goods at,
tached by the constable and exem-
plary damages.
1t appears from the petition that a
local grocery firm had a bill of $ll.5O
against Fred Bargman, who conduct
ed, for several seasons, the refresh
ment stand at Caldwell park and that
a writ of attachment was executed by
Huffman. The claim is now made BY
Bargman that the attachment has
been dissolved but the constable re
fuses to deliver up to him certain o.
the goods taken, which 1t is said have
become missing from the room where
they were stored by the officer. Tit
amount of goods claimed not to have
been turned over to Bargman are val
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AGENCY.

Agency.-Mrs. Amanda Bailey and
Capt. Humbert are seriously III.
John Connolly sold his farm some
time ago and will leave it in the
spring SO he sent for his children, all
Of whom live in Chicago, to come home
for family reunion on Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and
daughter of Nebraska, are visiting rel
atives here.
The Sunday school will give a social
New Years eve. All are invited to
attend.
The Sunday school entertainment
given Christmas eve was a splendid
entertainment
Christmas nieht the school at Round
Point had a Christmas tree. The Main
Line band furnished the music. This
was the first appearance in public OF
the band, and it is reported that they
did splendidly.
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ued at s176. Exemplary damages of
enc

ued at $176. Exemplary damages OF
$500 are asked.
Fred Bargman also commenced suit
against J. B. Wilson and Chauncey
Meek for the recovery of $3.50 alleged
to be the amount Of profits plaintiff
was deprived of when they took pos
session of the refreshment stand at
Caldwell park against his wishes and
by misrepresentation
Plaintiff asserts that he had gone to
Illinois temporarily and that during
his absence in May the business was
turned over to Meek and Wilson.
Crop Damage.
G. W Walker brings suit against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway and the Public Water com
pany for the recovery OF 5000 alleged
to be due him because Of crop damage
through fault of defendants.
Plaintiff asserts that he cultivates
thirty-seven acres short distance
west of the Milwaukee junction and
east of the round house, and that
when the railway company placed an
iron pipe in the head race Of the Pub
lie Water company in place of the
former trestle, 1t was insufficient to
carry the overflow off during high
water and as result eleven acres
were completely destroyed and four
acres of the crops were partly de
stroyed
Asks Lien.
l.. T. Crisman & 20. asks a me-
| chanic's lien on the one story brick
store room Of D. D. Calhoun at the
corner of Washington and Fourth
streets for the recovery Of $692, th5
cost Of construction.
Divorce Cases.
Isabelle NJ. Curtley asks lega
separation from her husband, George
Curtley, on grounds of desertion. Tn
couple were married Nov. Fl, 1905
and two weeks later tie husband de
parted for parts unknown. Plaintiff
asks to be restored to her nader
name of Isabelle M. Brewer.
P. M. Bennett KS Little Bennett
divorce, married Feb. -, 1905, separ
ated Sept %. 1906, when the hus
band charged his wife with statutor
offense.
Elpha E. Lawson of Eldon who wa
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RuTLEDGE CASE DISMISSED.
Because Too Many witnesses Have
Disappeared-cost County Sew
en- Thousand Dollars.

'Centerville, Dec, 26.-The best
Christmas yet given any one through
the court was the dismissal of the
case against Homer Rutledge for the
killing Of Oliver Street in the sum
mer of 1905. The county attorney dis
missed after the supreme court sent
back for trial, giving as some of the
reasons that several witnesses were
children whose memory will not be
good so long, three have died, and the
wife Of Street has remarked and left
the state, also the first case cost ST.,
900, which the county had to pay The
case was dismissed and this action
meets with general approval in view
of the difficulties in another trial.
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OF 7TUMWA is 4
Good LOCATION
W. P. CLIFFORD OF MORAVIA
SAYS HE MAY LOCATE
HERE.

w. P Clifford of Moravia, Iowa, Is
planning to locate new manufacture
ing company in Ottumwa. known as
the Clifford-Ranking Manufacturing
company. for the purpose Of turning
out the Clifford ore separator and con-
centrator and other patented ma
chimes for crushed ore
Mr.. Clifford writes the Courier that
he has just returned from eastern
Tennessee. where he had installed a
100-ton dry worker. He says he also
took $4,000 worth of orders and it
behooves the company to get located
and doing business
Desires Some Aid.
Mr.. Clifford says it is his intention
| to set a plant up in Ottumwa for the
| manufacture of the mine machinery
with capitalization of $250,00O, If
Ottumwa will give a little aid, Just
what this aid is, has not yet been
made known.
Continuing, in his letter he says:
81 also expect to get our New Era
company located at Ottumwa in the
spring The company will be capital
lied at $4,000 and will be for the
manufacture of milling machines,
have some thirty-fve patented ma
chimes which are all in demand. This
company should employ at least 10(
skilled workmen.
1--WE will see the board of trade al
Ottumwa soon," says he, cas- we pre-
fer Ottnmwa, everything else beins
equal. Other cities are after oul
i nlantS >,
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GOOD RESULTS FROM
WAR OF NAVAL STATES.
Continued from page one.
Brooklyn, Newport, Boston and Por
mouth

Brooklyn, Newport, Boston and Ports
mouth
System is Lacking.
1--WE tried to do a practical piece OF
work." said Mr.. Dawson. The testi-
mony taken by the stenographers will
be laid before the full committee when
the naval appropriation bill comes be-
fore that body and we believe that
some important reforms will result.
For one thing, after the more formal
hearings we quizzed the various com
mandants, bureau heads, etc, about
their wants and needs, and any re-
forms they believed might improve
conditions; and the results seem to
justify the conclusion that the trouble
is much more the system or organiza-
tion than with the personnel or meth
DDS at particular navy yards. A good
system would hardly produce bad re-
suits at all the places. 1t seemed to
the committee that there is need for
some such business-like organization
| as a private shipbuilding company
would adopt-say the Newport News
company. There is great establish
ment in charge of supreme execu-
tive. We need something like 1t.
| Here we are Win uVe really DlS
and important bureaus; construction
and repair, yards and docks, steam
engineering, ordinance and navigation,
each bureau has its own organization
practically it's individual plant, at each
navy yard. Each goes anead with its
own work in it's own way, eacn wants
all the authority and power and juris
diction it can get. Each naturally re-
CARDS itself as Of special Importance
compared to the others. That's only
natural; it's rather evidence in favor
of the officers in charge, than against
them; but it's a bad system. The
committee finished its work convinced
thoroughly that great extravaganza is
due to the method of organization.
"A naval general staff? Well there
are very real objections to that: per
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PARTNER KEEPS ALL.
Associate of Late Cashier Croker
Keeps Property-Son Brings
~ "a RoenNan

QUIZ W nSSoSSIs
Charlton, Dec. 26-Guilford Croker,
administrator Of the estate of his
father, the late Cashier F. R. Croker,
has brought suit against Charles R.
Kirk of this city for an accounting of
the affairs of the Percheron Importing
company, of which his father was a
member.
The petitioner states that his father
furnished all the money for the COM
panys business. in buying the horses,
selling them and for Mr.. Kinks trips
abroad when the horses were pur-
chased and that the profits We're to
/ be divided between the two. The COM
pany was started in 1900, and Mr..
| Cracker has put up about 100000 in
all so it is claimed The property
now consists of about $4,000 in notes,
and twenty horses, valued at about
$50, 900 which it is also claimed Mr..
Kirk has appropriated and claims as
his own property and an accounting
is asked for, and judgment for toe
plaintiff for $4,000 and costs.
Another suit has also been filed
against MI Kirk and the Percheron
Importing company by Bartholomew
& Bartholomew, attorneys for Re
ceiver Bostwick Of the First National
bank, for the $4,000 or more OF notes
which it is alleged belong to the banl,
and which it is claimed Mr.. Kirk has
in his possession. There are thirty
seven notes in all, varying in value
from $125 to $1,000. An affidavit is
also attached from Cashier w. B
I BEEN stating that he believes the
notes are the property of the banl.
Mr.. Kirk is the only surviving mem
Der Of the Percnerou importing com
Dany
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Smashed Finaer.
ECDON.

Eldon.--Mrs. Adam Rewitson Of
Topeka, Kansas, is visiting her sister
Mrs. Geo. Payne on East Walnut st.
Mrs. Bhane Ross is shopping in OF
tumwa today.
F, y. Farmer of Delhart, Texas,
came in Sunday to spend the holidays
here.
Mrs. N. l. Wilson is shopping in
Ottumwa today.
Mr.. and Mrs. p Smith are shopping
in Ottumwa today.
Miss Fay Ross of Washington, is
visiting at the G. Conrad home.
Ream Baker who has been attend
ing school at Ames is home for the
holidays
Mrs. Frank Wetee is shopping in
Ottumwa todaY.
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married to William Henry Lawson
Feb. 6, 1895 asks for divorce and Gus
tody of minor child. The couple
separated Sept. 10, 1907.
Suit on Notes.
Carr, Scott & Co. Of New York has
commenced suit against G. F. Harter
for 1885, balance alleged due in the
purchase of threshing machinery of a
total value of $3.50 Notes not due I'M
til Jan. 1, 1908.
G. H. Premier VS.. Charles M. Dut-
ton. account of $20S.90.
David Rodbell VS.. N Friedman, ac-
count of S162.50
The w. F. Ragheigh Medicine COM
pany of Freeport, H., VS.. Ernest M.
Burton, balance due on medicines,
$27373.
Smashed Finger.
Fred Simmons asks damages Of ST..
500 against the Wabash railroad com
pany for a smashed finger. Petition
asserts that plaintiff while preparing
to alight from Wabash train in OF
| tumwa received a smashed finger be
cause of the negligence of brakeman
who he asserts forcibly and purposelS
slammed shut the car door, catching
| the plaintiffs second finger Of his
right hand and smashing the greater
part of it off. For pain and menta
anguish he wants $500; for doctors
bill he asks 500 and for permanent IN
jury he asks 5000.
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kNOXVILLE.

Knoxville 2. l. Jones, who lives
near Olathe, Colo, returned home
last week.
A. ]. Hanna, of the east part of town
who has been sick since September,
is better than he has been any time
since then.
w. F. Wetherall while working for
the Knoxville Electric company,
scratched his left wrist with copper
wire and as a result has been laid up
the past three weeks.
William Teter's residence in Union
township was very nearly destroyed
by fire Thursday night.
Daniel Maloney, OF near Donley was
severely hurt in runaway accident.
He was hauling a load of coal be-
tween the Hayes mine and Knoxville
when his team became frightened and
threw him out and under the wheels
with the injury OF one rib being
| broken and two of three ribs being
misplaced. DR.. Mully attended him.
Jas. Scott and daughter, Eva, were
in Des Moines Monday.
Mrs. Grin Spalti, of Pleasantville,
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
ion Smith
Mrs. Elizabeth oswandle, of oska-
l
of her son, Ed Oswandle the first Of
the week and returned Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs Sue Hetherington has returned
to Des Moines after visit with her
mother, Mrs William Craig in the
south part of town.
o. w. Williams, of Corning is in
town visiting with his friends
Mr.. Williams has a monument shop
at that place Before moving there
he ran marble and monument estab-
lisnment in this city.
Henry Better returned the other
day from near Burlington where he
has been working for the past eight
months.
Joseph jackson has gone to Atcni-
son, Kansas, to spend Christmas with
the family of his daughter Mrs. Myrtle
Ellwell.
Ben Aud and daughter. Mary. OF
Griswold, spent Sunday with his
brotner-in-law j. w Binarty and G.
p Schmidt.
Mrs. E. F. Jenkins has gone to Chi
!. cago for a holiday visit with her
daughter, Mrs George Swallow She
is best known in and about Knoxville
as Mrs. Georgia Collins.
]. NJ Seayer, who is the Standard
Oil Co.'S, agent at Knoxville. for tnis
town and vicinity is visiting this week
, at his old home in Doniphan county,
Kan
Chas. Harvey, resident of Clay
t township, has left for tour Of the
> Pacific coast country and expects to
: be gone about two months.
> H. ]. Budd has left for Texas wners
? he is interested in a cement factory at
t Fort Worth. The cement is natural
i product of that place
Mrs. and Mrs Van Hart were visit
: ing in Des Moines Tuesday.
H. H. Better and wife and little
daughter, have gone to Burlington to-
spend Christmas with relatives.
E. H. Gamble and wife were in Dea
Moines to spend the holidays with her
n daughter, Mrs ]. H. Cooper
Marsh Black and son Paul were In
It Chicago with three cars of sheep this
If week, returning Wednesday.
= Robert WEIGH has been appointed to
h succeed w G. Kinkead on tne county
/, insanity commission Mr. Kinkead
d has resigned.
IS Mrs. George Simmons left Wednes-
= day for visit of two or three months
y with her son. Clarence, at Leadville.
II Colo.
Arthur Metz, a prospector for coal
r and other minerals, came home from
'I Colorado this week for an indefinate
~ stay. work having closed at that place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-29
NAMES CHANGED
Town PIotters Will Not Be Mixed
 Up With Center Street.


 The department of public works will soon have eliminated all the doubles in the street names of Wa terbury. At the meeting of the all dermen last night the names of the following streets on Town Plot were changed: Bron- son street to Acorn street, Grove street to Norton street; Elm street to Taft street; Maple street to Ross street; Grandview street to Norman street. There are several others that need attention, but all of these will be reached in time. In all cases where there are two streets of the same name the older one holds the title and the other gets a new name. If this rule holds on the two Center streets, the one running from Bank to Leavenworth streets will have to be renamed, for the street of that name, running from South Main street to Brooklyn is many years old CT than the one in the heart of the city. But it Is likely that this will be an exception.