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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09

Mrs Potter Palmer did for the work
ingmeu of Chicago, We want to do tor
the working women Of New York
said Mrs. Burns.
There are nearly 100 women
unions in this city with membership
Of thousands. BY bringing these work
ers and their employers together on
an equal footing we can do much to
better the conditions Of the poor work
ing girls.
"Of course, the women in whose
houses The meetings are held must be
prominent in order to draw the peo'
pie. However. 1t would not be abso
mteIy necessary for them to have the
meetings in their homes, The meet.
mgs might be held in some hotel, un-
der the patronage Of prominent
women
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital

hand. on the threshold Of vast apart'
ment that has an old English solidity
about its appointments - nothing
chirpy or gay or young bridish. You
think of the christenings and funerals
and solemn ceremonials as soon as
you enter Dead and gone kinfolks
gloom down on you from faded can
vases on the wall. One of the de-
funct danes seems to be embracing a
lamb or something, with a wreath
around its neck. Ladies always wore
beflowered lambs in those days, when
they had their pictures taken.
Miss Alice converses with gracious
impartiality in a rather deep-seated
voice, happy to please. She is un'
doubtedly stunning young woman,
her grlish curves growing softer and
sweeter day by day.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09

TEE recent sudden death Of Howard
p. rockingham, the money broker
has brought forth many interesting
stories concerning the fortune he
made and lost in Wall street and the
vast sums that are handled annually
by the money brokers Of New York.
Frothingham started in as an office
boy 50 years ago at three dollars a
week and for the last l5 years IS said
to have cleared between $4,000 and
100000 a year in commissions.
The money brokers Of Wall street
receive a commission Of 1872 per cent
for negotiating time loans. This
means a charge OF $32 for scouting a
sioo. 900 loan, whether il runs for 30,
co 90 days or logger The most in
fuent,al money brokers Of Wall
street 10 nor thin that they are doing
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
FACTORY GIRLS TO MEET
RICH SOCIETY MATRONS

w OMEN who work in the factories
w of this city and their employers
will be invited to meet in the homes
OF society women and discuss the rela-
tions between employer and cmplOye,
so as to establish a better understand
ing and improve conditions, If the
plan suggested by Mrs Clarence
Burns, vice president of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, is car
red out
Ever since the civic Federation sug
gested a similar movement in Chica.
go. and Mrs. Potter Palmer threw
open her mansion 70 the labor union
men and their employers, Mrs. Burns
has had the matter under cOnsidcra.
tOr
What the Civic Federation and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
PATHETIC SCENE OCCURS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE

4 STORY of a Good Samaritan was
~ revealed at the White House the
other day. 1t had to do with the ten,
der and imperishable friendship of
one woman, prosperous and happy, for
another, close to destitution and af-
tlicted with a physical ailment which
has made selfsupport impossible.
Lady Cook, formerely Tennessee
Clahin, now a resident Of England
vas the benefactress and Olive Logan
the recipient. Tennessee Clafiin and
Olive Logan, now past the middle
score of life, were intellectual and
famous women in America years ago.
Tennessee Clahin eventually mar
ried an English nobleman of wealth.
and her friend Olive drifted along
pursuing literary work. But Miss
Logan did not prosper and a short
time ago a New York newspaper told
of her want for the necessaries Of
life. Lady Cook, her old friend saw
the story and Immediately cabled
funds Then she came to America
to see ard aid her in person
Are you really SO poor?" asked
Lady Cook.
Indeed it is pitiful" replied Miss
Logan.
Never mind" replied the benefac
tress. "well go down to Washington
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
GREAT POPULARITY OF
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

April brought the largest number Of
visitors, the daily average for that
month being 3,1O1, and March was a
distant second, with a daily average
Of 2,4i9. The day visitors to the II
brary in April numbered 51,632, and
II, ,39S persons saw or used the library
after six o'clock in that month. The
largest number of visitors IA any one
day was 5,2S4, in April, and the
smallest 444, on one Of the hotties.
days in July.
An idea of the size Of this library
NAV be obtained from the statistics
for last year which showed a gain in
the number OF volumes OF 81 G26,
bringing the number Of books on the
racks up to 1924 The total oi
books, pamphlets, maps and charts
ana pieces Of music added last year
was sl,3S5.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09

and see the president and then I'll
have good news for YOU
They had a long chat with the pres.
ident. Lady Cook said she had prom.
iscd not TO reveal the presidents
views, and Olive Logan said she was
so deaf that she could not hear what
he had said.
Judging from his expression,
though" she declared with pathetic
pride over an old hobby Of hers, "he
seemed to favor wOman's suffrage.
Lady Cook and myself would like to
get a hearing before a congressional
committee, but l suppose she has not
time to stay"
NO" responded her companion
with a smile, ''and neither have you,
for you are going back to England
with me and live the rest of your life
at my home"
"Eh?" replied Miss Logan, dazed
and bewildered.
England" shouted Lady Cook with
her mouth close to Olives ear. Home
with me-you're going abroad-under.
stand?'
Miss Logan understood They dis.
appeared down the White House
driveway with Lady Cook again shout.
ing the good news into her old friends
ear
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
LARGE PROFITS OF WALL
STREET MONEY BROKERS

good day's business unless they sue.
ceed In lending close to $LUOO,OOO,
which means a return to them o.
$500 for a days work.
When the stock market IS very &C.
tive and the public is trading on
heavy scale as it did during the eX,
element of the bull campaign in 1901
it is not an uncommon occurrence for
a broker to lend out $3000,00O or 81
900 600 in a day iuch business be
comes exceedingly profitable.
As the practice of lending by out.
oftown banks has grown from year to
year until to-day it is estimated that
between $500, 600 900 and 5OoO00,oO9
,e.on2ing to outoftown banks is
often outstanding % Wall street loans
when money rates are abnormal,y
nigh the activity Of the money brokey
has been materially extended
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
DEMOCRATIC CHARM OF
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER

4 LICE-of course there's only one
a Alice in the world, you know
doffs her imperial coronet and all her
spiritual regalia Of crown princess,
every Tuesday afternoon, and acts as
common as any other congressman
wife" This last phrase is quotation
from cheerful country rubberer in a
purple satin basque who figured large
ly upon the scene at Mrs. Longworth's
latest free at home.
The Longworth reception rooms are
on the second floor of the musty old
mansion on Eighteenth street, that
reeks ancestrally. One mounts on a
blue velvet carpet honestly stabbed
out" on the sharp edge of every step,
to the presence Of the princess para
mount She advances to meet you,
.iemocratically, with outstretched
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
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EVIDENCE of the use the general
Il public is making Of the great
library Of congress is to be found in
the record of visitors to the building
during the last fiscal year. The Wis.
TORS numbered about $4,000. This
vas daily average OF 2,243 IN the
362 days on which the library was
open to the public.
The only days on which the great
bronze doors were closed throughout
the "a hours were July 5, the funeral
day Of John Hay, July 4 and Christ
mas. On other legal holidays and
Sundays the building was open from
two TO ten O'Clock and on week days
from nine a. m. to ten ?. m, except
ing Saturday afternoons in July, Au-
gust and September Almost double
force Is required for the building,
which is open virtually dag and even
inE The year round.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09

Walter G. Clark of New York, is credited
with the invention of the new "Heliou light
which promises to revolutonize our lighting meth.
DDS. The Helion light developed in a curious
way. Mr. Clark conceived the idea for a light that
should be much cheaper than the incandesCent
When not in his laboratory Mr.. Clark likes 70
climb mountains, and while pondering over q
difficult point that threatened to stop his pro;
ress he explained his theory to his friend, Prof
Herschel c. Parker, the champion mountaiu
climber of America. Prof. Parker some time
later struggling up Mount Mckinley. the
highest peak in America, When he reached the
top he could not keep the thought of Cllrk5
light out of his mind and here the solution of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09

ID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES E..
N WATSON, of Indiana, Republican
whip" OF the house, will go down in
to history as the first real whip" ac-
cording to the international accept
ance of the term, who has ever served
in that body.
Speaker Cannon is partially re-
sponsible for the innovation and when
he picked out Representative Watson
for that job he had in mind set pro-
gram,
Under the new regime the whip is
the speakers representative among
the majority members of the house.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
whenever an opportun


houses disposns to display the
natural beauties of the
At Caneadea
tribe OF the famous wallke
their domain Mr. etchwoIh
estate where it again erected the
being determined
held The
but he modesy declined the honor They
him tribe
Letchworth
He "a old
worth than either He retired
others Had he making
kings but doubtful his life called
to-day He
Producing reforms
H. Ser to
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
A GENEROUS MILLIONAIRE
R&Ala&@4f sNaSMa1FSgRR

William Pryor LetChworth of all New York
state philanthropiss. stands first in the hearts
of the people, although other millionaires may
have given more layshly of their wealth He
has just presented to the state Glen Iris park to
be the Yellowstone Of New York
This beautiful tract extends three miles on
both sides of the Ceuesee river and contains
three falls. The first cataract, known as the
Upper falls tumbles over a ledge of rock II feet
high and goes roaring down to the middle falls
near which Mr.. Letchworth has his home Here
it punges downward for lo7 feet between walls
Of rock $50 feet high
First and last Mr. I.etChworth spent nearly
Z hn ~ olj
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09

enormously IN consequence,
established such reputation she VIII
miniatt" 200 at the Floors castle lns
historic of the
atd noted forS Gho7 man
prison than country seat but
will live there nine Il and the duchess accepts
possible
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-09
STEWARD OF BIG FUND

Rev Frederick 7. Gates, chairman %. ta-
general education board to which John NDef
feler has given SAB 3OOOO 900, was the SOL q
poor Baptist preacher in Broome county NJ
York The man who to-day enjoys the i0.. e2l.
fldence Of the oil king, worked his way 'aEJaBa
college. He was plowboy in Kansas s''.".
and cashier in western bank
He entered the ministry and took q .aa. *
in Minneapolis. He raised $4,000 in SIX "~sh'
for a college in Owantonna, Minn. lie wa. 4"a1T
executive officer of the American Baptist EducA
ton society. He raised s4OO 900 for ne" un.-
versity in Chicago and then got $5ooooo tE5I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

Cleveland was Endorsed thsre In 1858 and
defeated by Gen. Harrison, while Judge
Parker's unhappy experience Of three years
ago followed his nomination at the Missouri
metropolis
Cincinnati, too, has reputation to con-
tend with. Mr.. Greeley as q candidate saw
the light there in 1872, while the repablic-
ans who four years later nominated Gov.
Hayes there had the closest shave Of their
lives at the polls. Four years later still the
democrats nominated Gen. Hancock there,
and were badly defeated. Moreover. Gin
cinnati is the home of both Judge Taft and
Mr.. Foraker, and that may initiate against
1t next year SO far as the republicans are
concerned.
Indianapolis entertained the Palmer and
Buckner convention in 1896. and did it very
we'll. But maybe the anti-Fairbanks- people
would not care to go there. Though the
Hoosiers are hospitable, they might be car
ried away by enthusiasm for their own man
and fail to give the other fellows the
squarest of square deals.
Louisville awaits its first opportunity.
The Charles O'Connor side show of 1872
hardly counts. Mr.. Fairbanks. Mr.. Cannon
Judge Taft and Mr.. Foraker are all Its
neighbors. It has been adding to the num-
Der of it's hotels of late. and its great
armory building would require only the
erection of stage and a colossal sounding
board to answer the purposes of conven-
ton hall.
Boomers from all quarters are at work,
although the two national committees
charged with the duty of making the seiec-
tons will not meet until next January
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

less of Its bearing upon the case In hand.
regardless even of Its evasions, conceal
ments and untitled gaps. suffices to cause
every honest man and woman to shuddef
at the iniquities of the metropolis. the
shameful manner in which mere girls are
thrown into contact with vampires in the
garb OF men Of the world. The horrible
part of 1t all is that Evelyn Thaw is merely
type. She has been unfortunate in being
involved in a tragedy that has caused the
record of her whole career of evil. brief
but filled with shame and suffering. to be
laid bare before the world But how many
just such as she have passed through
much the same trials, and have escaped
the scrutiny of the public? The annals
of the stage doors are not written and the
full history of the night life of fast New
York has never been and will never be
preserved. No man today can even estimate
the evil that has been wrought because
of parental neglect, or, infinitely worse,
parental cOnnivance.
1t needs no prolonged observation of the
streets of any American city to persuade
one that there is an appalling lack of home
government and restraint. Boys and girls
are left to their own devices in a shock
ing manner They parade the thorough
llTeS without attendance. lneS ioHO"
their own pleasure unchecked. They learn
evil and in degree that is only too ap-
parent to those who watch conditions they
acquire evil ways that stamp them for life
This heartrending story that is falling
from Evelyn Thaws lips ought to stir the
fathers and mothers of this country to ac-
ton. This is no case for organization
work. The churches and moral associations
are doing the best possible in spreading
wholesome doctrine broadcast. What Is
needed is home work. plain talking from
parent to child, frank explanations and
vivid warnings There is need of better
discipline, not necessarily harsh, but I'M
remitting and certain. The young people
must be taught to cherish high ideals, self
ishly if in no other way can the great
truth be borne home that the path of i'm
morality and Indulgence leads straight and
inevitably to sorrow, shame and even
death
Every father and every mother should
by this disclosure of vicious life and its
consequences be inspired to enlist as a
home missionary, to work to prevent dis
astcr. There is no more important task.
1t is the most urgent duty that any man
or woman owes to the family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
AMBASSADOR BRYCE'S SALARY.
rom the Columbus Evening Dispatch.

From the Columbus Evening Dispatch.
Ambassador Bryce is to receive for his
services at Washington $4,000 year, or as
much as the President of this republic re-
ceives. Great Britain evidently regards it
as great task to direct the intercourse
wl.,l this country-great in that 1t Is i'm
portant and desirable to prevent friction
and cultivate the best of good will.
From the Buffalo Express.
With the $4,000 a year allowed to the
British embassy at Washington, Mr.. Bryce
should be able to have automobiles for all
attaches.
From the Utica Press.
q The fact that Mr.. Bryce, the English am
bassador, will receive q salary of $50, 600 q
wear besides $4,000 allowance for the ex-
shows the different light in which England
and America look at those matters Our
Presidents salary is considered only enough
for the ambassador of England by that
government, and then think of what we pay
ours. 1t is almost laughable.
From the Detroit Free Press
James Bryce is the highest paid ambassa-
dor. 1t Is worth more to play tennis with
Mr.. Roosevelt than to send uitimatums to
the sultan.
From the Scranton Times.
If ambassadors salaries are the test of
their rank, 1t Is certain that the British en-
1bassy at Washington has come to be re-
garded as the most important in the British
diplomatic service. MIR. Bryce will receive
$4,000 a year, salary equal to the Presi-
dents. and he Is likely to spend it all.
From the Newark Morning STAR
per--to put him on "a financial footing with
the President
From the Detroit Journal
ambassador Bryce receives the same sal
airy an the President: but he enjoys no such
guaranteed audience for his literary output.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Henry of Holland.

The world reads the latest news about
the Prince Consort of Holland with all the
greater pleasure for the news of a very
different character it at one time received.
This frightful tragedy at the Hook OF Hoi-
land seems to have developed both SYM
pathy and heroism in him, and his part in
the rescue of the few survivors of the
Berlin is described as very fine. He was
not only active himself, but encouraged
others in their work. and throughout pre-
scented Q striking figure. No such man
was shown in the stories of the BRIDE
groom of the charming young Dutch queen,
whose youth and beauty drew all eyes to
the scene when it was reported that her
choice of a companion had proved unfortu-
nate, and her happiness had been wrecked.
If there has been a change in him SO
much the better for her; if the earlier re-
ports did him an injustice the world will
be glad to know it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
The National Conventions.

Not all the talk about the next national
conventions is confined to the questions of
candidates and platforms. Where shall they
be held? No city east of the Alleghenies is
mentioned. for the reason probably that the
men most prominently in the limelight for
the nominations live west of that elevation
So far all speculation plays around those
fourishing cities of the middle states which
either In recent years have entertained such
assemblies. or else today are fully pre-
pared for the first time to do SO. Chicago
st. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville and In
dianapolis are all well considered, and the
two prizes may be awarded within that list
The fact that Mr. Cannon is a candidate
should not weigh against Chicago in the re-
publican calculations. Not only is the I'LL
nois man hospitable, but the metropolis of
his state Is. 1t is great town I'm every way,
and can entertain crowd as well and send
II home as thoroughly stripped of all pos
sessions in the way of coin as any place in
the country. There are politicians who
would vote to have Chicago formally de-
ciared the convention city for both parties.
st. Louis IN this matter has the reputa-
Ion of hoodoo town. afr. Tilden was
nominated there, and missed FIRE. Mt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
"More Unwritten HISTORY"

The New York Tribune misread The Star s
remarks about the contribution of Mr..
Blackburn, in his culogy of MIR. German, TO
the discussion of the responsibility for the
Senates amendments to the Wilson tariff
bill The Star accepted MIR. Blackburn as
a most competent and credible witness.
What it challenged was the Tribunes de-
scription of the Kentucky senator as Mr..
Germans lieutenant in that contest Such
Mr. Blackburn was not. But he was in
position to know all that took place in the
reshaping of the House bill by the Senate.
and when he stated that the administered ton
was kept advised of the work as it pro-
crossed and seemed to sanction 1t, he was
entirely within the record as it was accep,ei
in senatorial circles at the time. and as all
well-informed men here have believed ever
since. The Star complimented Mr.. Black
burn on his frankness and good comrade-
ship in the matter.
The Tribune pronounces ''fanciful The
Stars assertion that had Mr.. Blackburn, a
free trader. shaped matters. instead of Mr.
German. a protectionist, a different situa-
ton would have developed. But is it? 4dr
Blackburn, it is true surrendered along
with the other free trade democrats in the
Senate to the amendments which Mr.. Cor
as a club to force terms. In that case he
was one of many. But suppose he had
stood in the position of leader. Suppose all
questions of amendments to the Wilson bill
had first been submitted to him, as many
were to Mr. German. would he have yielded
to the protectionists as Mr. German did?
Had he done so his influence at home
where free trade sentiment dominated the
democrats would have been DESTROYED
1t will not do to say. as the Tribune does
that Mr.. German was not "in charge of the
Wilson bill during the time of its reshaping
by the Senate He was the organizer of
the opposition to the bill as it had come
from the HOUSE. and his were the tactics
which forced amendments upon the bill in
the Senate The bill as it went to confer
ence, although carrying as many thought
the administrations approval was more
the bill of the Maryland senator than of
any other one member of either house of
Congress. He had stamped his image
upon many lines of it, and was then, and
to the end remained. Notwithstanding Mr..
Cleveland's denunciation proud of his
work.
Had Mr. Cleveland been as free of all
responsibility for that measure as his
Catchings letter indicated he would have
vetoed it when it came to him. and thus
have preserved the tariff issue to his party
and put the blame for no legislation upon
Mr.. German and his protection friends.
But his skirts were far from clear; and
had he pressed them to that extent Mr..
German and those who had supported him
in the contest would have set him in pill
lory before the country even more con-
spicuously than they did.