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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
MANY KILLED IN MINES.
Over Two Thousand Men Gave Up
Their Lives in 1906.

Philadelphia total number OF
United States during 1906, according
to statistics gathered by the geolog-
ical survey, was 2,061. The number
of workmen receiving injuries in this
industry more or less serious, but not
fatal. was 4,79S during the same
period.
The death rate per thousand of
workmen was "a or, in ether words,
of every 1000 coal miners over three
were killed and more than six seri-
ously injured in accidents at the coal
mines. This is a heavy toll when it is
considered that England's death rat
per 1000 coal miners during last year
was only one. Every 190.353 tons of
coal mined in this country last year
cost one life.
The principal causes of death were
falls of roof and coal. and explosions.
The deaths due to the former num-
bered 1,O0S; gas and dust explosions,
22S; powder explosions, so; miscel
laneous, 1872.
The number of men killed in Penn.
sylvania mines during 1906 was: An
thracite, 557; bituminous, AT; total
1034, or more than half of the mum.
Der killed in the 20 states and terri
tories in which coal was mined But
Pennsylvania produced more coal than
all the other states and the territories
combined.
During the same period the number
of persons injured in accidents ir
Pennsylvania mines was: Anthracite
1912; bituminous, 1.160; total, 2,372
OF those killed in Pennsylvania mines
5S3 left widows and 1924 children
were made fatherless. Pennsylvania
death rate per 1000 miners was. An
thracite, 3.43; bituminous, 3.14
The state which made the loves
record in the death rate per 1000 fol
1906 was Maryland, with 1.09. Colo
RADIO had the highest death rate, TT
per 900; West Virginia, second, will
| 5.65.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
ONE ON THE PRESIDENT.
w. r. Cody Tells Story of Roose
veit's Quest Of Bear Dogs.

Denver, Col-"Buffalo Bill Cody,
while a guest here, told this joke on
President Roosevelt:
When the president was in Colorado
hunting, the expedition was hard up
for bear dogs. On the third or fourth
day out Chief Guide Golf said: "Mr.
President. l know a man who has good
bear dogs. l will see if l can get
them"
"All right" said the president, do
it, But the man turned down the
guide.
81 will go over and see him myself"
said the president, and he did.
Nothing doing" said the owner of
the dogs.
DO you know who I ann" demand
ed the president, Il am the president
of the United States"
WELL" replied the dog owner, 81
don't care - if you are, and
wouldn't care a - if you were
Booker T. Washington, you couldn't
have my dogs"
And the president, concluding that
the dog owner knew his own business
best, went back to camp and told the
story with much glee.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
DROPS AFTER LONG FLIGHT.
Carrier Pigeon from South Carolina
Falls Exhausted in New York.

New York.-A bedraggled carrier
pigeon beat it's way YEARLY across the
upper bay in the driving rainstorm at
noon the other day, lowering over the
Battery sea wall a moment, and then
dropped to the coping of the Aquarium,
where it fluttered to the ground. A
passerby picked up the bird, which
made no attempt to escape, and car
ried it inside the building.
Attached to the brass ring encir-
cling the pigeons leg was strip Of
thin wax paper, bearing the following
inscriptions:
Introducing Beauty, record
breaker. Left Charleston, s. c.. De-
cember 3, bound for Cooper square.
If am in trouble give me a square
meal and pass me along"
Beauty got a square meal-for
which he seemed very grateful and
after rest and a thorough drying out.
he was taken outside again and tossed
into the air After circling a few
times to take his bearings, the pigeon
headed north on the last lap of its
| 700-mile journey, and was quickly lost
to view.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
BUG IN EAR FOR MONTHS.


Atlantic City, N. Surgical ex-
perts who opened the ear of nine-year-
old Somers Braddock. of Bakersville,
to discover the cause of headaches,
which had been worrying the child for
months. found dead beetle in the in
ner ear. Removal Of the bug was fol-
lowed by immediate departure of the
pain, and the lads hearing will not
even be affected by the insects long
residence in his ear tube.
The lad was sitting on the porch
of his home one night last summer
when he screamed out that bug had
crawled in HIS ear. His parents made
an examination. but failed to discover
the bug. and no more was thought of
the incident until the child began to
suffer from pains IT. his head.
Surgeons who performed the opera,
ton declare that. had the bug gone a
fraction of an inch farther into the
childs ear, it would have killed him.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
KANSAS ousrs FIRE CONCERNS.
Licenses Of Companies, Which Didn't
Answer the Trust Suit. Revoked.

Licenses Of Companies, Which Didn't
Answer the Trust Suit, Revoked.
John s. Dawson, assistant attorney
general, filed the reply to the state
to the answers of the insurance COM
panies in the antitrust suit in the
district court at Topeka. The reply
is general denial Of. the facts set
out by the insurance companies.
In discussing the suits Mr. Dawson
said: s'The issues are now made up
and we will begin taking testimony
soon. Eight or ten minor companies
have been dismissed, as they are not
in the trust. The National has con-
fessed judgment. All the others have
answered except the Commonwealth
Fire of Texas and the German Fire of
Indiana, which have filed successive
dilatory pleas. The attorney general
has recommended that the superin-
tendent of insurance, Charles w.
Rarnes, cancel the licenses of these
two refractory companies"
When Superintendent Barnes was
Informed of the tactics of those two
companies he revoked the licenses
without delay. The companies have
no right to do business in Kansas now.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
A Wonderful Spring

conference of the body, but how deep
one is afraid to think
But the doctor calls there is no dan
ger and he takes his life in his hands
and plunges in. Down he goes up to
his neck, and, fearing quicksand, he
calls out to the doctor, but he, smiling
imperturbably. bids him keep quiet
and wait results.
Presently he feels a soft impact up
on the soles of his feet, and slowly but
irresistibly he feels himself being
forced to the surface. Within the space
of three minutes he is again standing
in Is inches of water, and the hole
has disappeared, only to appear a few
feet further on. He hastens to it,
plunges in. and again he sinks to his
neck as before Only one hole is
formed at time, and between the
closing of one and the appearing OF
another there is an interval of about
five minutes.
In this wonderful bath one does not
require any brush or soap, but when
he comes out his skin is smooth and
spotless, here and there appearing
upon his body minute scales of silica
After dashing a bucket of cold water
over himself he feels wonderfully in
vigorated and refreshed People come
hundreds OF miles to battle in this
healing water, and if the doctor could
only move this spring to Los Angeles
he could make his fortune in few
years The Indians 1.-THE Mission tribe)
attach great value to the water ant
use the overflow of the pool for bath
ing and drinking purposes.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Notice to Creditors.

Estate No. 1928 of Jennie E. Miller,
deceased, county court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, S.: Credf-
tors of said estate will take notice
that the time limited for presenua-
ton and filing of claims against said
estate is July is. 1908, and Tor pay
ment of debts is February I6, 1909;
that I will sit at the County Court
room in said County, on April Is, 1908,
at 2 p. m.,, and on July Is, 1908, at 2
p. m, to receive, examine, hear allow
or adjust all claims and objections
duly fled
Dated, December 5, 1907.
p. JAS. COSGRANE,
(Seal) County Judge.
BY WALTER A. LEEsE, Clerk.
87-4 &
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Notice Of Adoption.

In re adoption No. 242 of Lauren
in County Court of Lancaster County,
Nebraska.
Y The State of Nebraska to all per-
sons interested, take notice THAT Wal
ter B. Schermerhorn and Louise G.
husband and wife, have filed
their petition for the adoption
of Lauren" male minor child
with bestowal of property rights and
change Of name, which has been set
for hearing before this Court on Jan
uary 20, 1908, at 9 O'Clock a. M, when
you may appear, object to and con-
test the same.
Dated December 3, 1907.
p. JAS. COSGRAVrs.
(Seal.) County Judge.
BY WALTER A. LEESE,
3T-4 Clerk.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Notice 10 Creditors.

Estate No. 1920 of Mary Crawford
deceased, in County Court ia Lancas-
ter County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, S.: Cred
itors of said estate will take notice
that the time limited for presentation
and filing or claims against said estate
is July 10, 1908, and for payment of
debts is February 18th. 1909; that
Will sit at the County Court room in
said county, on April 18th. 1908, at 2
|p. M, and on July 18th. 1908, at 2 p. m,
to receive, examine. hear. allow, or adj
just all claims and objections duly
filed Dated December 9Th, 1857.
p. JAS. COSGRAVE,
(SeaD County Judge
By WALTER A. LEESE, Clerk.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Notice Of Petition.

Estate No. 1885 of John E. Little,
Deceased, in County Court OF Ian
caster County, Nebraska
The State of Nebraska, To all per
sons interested in said estate, take
notice, that petition has been filed
for the appointment of Mrs. Jennie
r. Little, his widow, as Administrative
of said estate, which has been set
for hearing herein. on December 26,
1907, at o'clock a. m.
Dated November %, 1907. 81
P. JAS. COSGRAVE,
(SeaD County Judge.
By WALTER A. LEESE,
35-3t Clerk.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
Welded at 2 in the Morning

VS00S0 dI 2 III UTE WIVTIIt1S9.
DR.. Stanley G. Zinke, assistant sur
geon in the army and Miss Beulah Few
kenney of Leavenworth were mar
ried by the probate judge, Thomas
Johnson, who arose from bed at
o'clock a. m. to of1ciate Dr. Zinke
has been surgeon in the regular
al my three years. He has only been
at Fort Leavenworth short time.
Miss Kenney ,is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. G.. w. Kenney
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-12-27
TO TEST KANSAS LIQUOR LAW.

The Measures constitutionaIity An Is
sue in the Federal Supreme Court.
The supreme court of the United
States has assigned for argument
January the liquor cases involving
the constitutionality of the Kansas
prohibitory law. The cases referred
to are those of Fritz Durein, Fred
Ross and Fred Simmons against the
state of Kansas
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profanation and let him go with q
reprimand.
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until the last had gone down the plank
to the ground.
The herd was then sorted for hand,
ling over to the Coliseum. Then the
drive began The steers are fresh
from an Oklahoma ranch, and not
city broke. They made things lively
Out from the yard they surged onto
the pavement, over Fourteenth street
to Michigan avenue they went. They
crossed Michigan avenue and We're
brought up in the alley back of the
Coliseum and into the stalls.
I'd bet $500 that bit of COW work
could not be done over again. We
did not know the streets, and il the
animals stampeded told the men to
follow them, rope and throw them
and then telephone where they were.
The necessity of herding the cattle
in the street was caused by the fact
that the Union stock yards found it
impossible to furnish the needed cat.
tie wagons and notified the showmen
that they could not furnish them after
the cattle were on the way.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25
JOHN W. GATES in
MANY WAYS TRUE
TYPE OF AMERICAN
Few of the Striking Episodes in The Life of the Great
Plunger Who Has Raked In Some of the Biggest Jack
pots Known to the World of High Finance-Has Had
Many Years Of Unvaryng Success.

! idpa cat1a IN him that ~ the farmer
wouId soil him tho timber rights he
conId fell the hard wood and cut # IN
into firewood 10 sell 10 the neighborlng
VILLAGES Tho hoy wont home after a
tame measure manor and mcneil and
then hack IN the woods "tlmhnr.look.
ing" Going ahout tho woods select.
ing small araas counting the hard.
woods and measuring tbcm he p1t an
idea Of the density of the forest. lie
sat down on stumn and bv dint of
deurlng he made a rough estimate Of
the number of cords of irewood an
,cro would WELD Then ne went 10
thn owner 10 make bargain He
made an offar for All tho timber
agreeing IN nav for II as money came
In from his saIcg og 1rawood
II haven't any nancy" thn how told
the farmer "but Won can have my
threshiug machine ne security"
aGo ahead Iohnnv. vour word il "a
GOOD as a poyernn,pnf hond"
60 u..,,.
All through Ihe winter lne lau was
out IN 'he |ood io' Deloro uay oiedN,
WORKING WIN "oouehoppeF ne hlFeu
10 heIP MN. lHe great trees were
relied, saved INTO snort lehsJhS' ana
spit INTO hfe"ood' Young cafes ae-
ilYeIed TWO ioads OF WOOD a day by
Sied 10 the heishoorihS villages be-
fore the snow was on the ground the
woods had been cleared, me owner
had been PAID IN run ana the boy had
Si,ooV IN tue bdh". ne LOOK thiS
money ana opened hardware shop
at the neighborlnS railway junction.
lie SOLD the FARMERS their implements
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New York-John W. Gates. the
mos picturesque munger who ever
rose TO fame and fortune In Wall
St. 10. ,so,,l , ,,r,,,t t,,rtino nre.
serve in France, and is winding up the
business of his House OF Twelve
Partners He is through with Wall
street writes Frank Fayrant in the
Times When a market operator of
his uroripcuce quits the speculative
game immediately after a disastrous
panic I'm the market It is but natural
for the glssIps of the street to say:
They've got him at last" Ever since
Gates began swinging big limos Of
stock in bull markets and running
afoul of men of great power in Wall
street the denizens OF the street have
shook their heads wisely and said.
THEY'LL get him some day" During
the pauicky DAYS of March. when the
rumor mongers were telling Of the
huge losses billing up against wealthy
operators, they were sure mat the
Rouse Oh we've ia' 'h''" was J."
deep wafer, anu no" 'haI '"' 'ai'o"o
ho"se' 'h"L III piE I'ld' NOUS mas ''' '''
a. uHieS $i-o'Vou'oVV "o'Nh VI ''"'N
OH margin ~ gong OUT VI o"7'n'no,
'he FuihoF lhohSeIS are saying
toln you 80.
'ul Johh W. only 7ihIl'a ana say -
"'sh lh'F were an q" CoI'io' 'up'S
hAed as am. ms iIlehus say lha'
ne began trimming ms SANS last WIN
ter Wheh stocks were selling az SKY
prices ana that "heh me STORM oloho
III Nafch ne had an MS reetS IN
lhey say mat ne actually Dousht
STOCKS during the pahlcky days o'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25
SIX FOOT RATTLEsNAkE KILLED.
Enormous Reptile Shot by Hunter in
Indian Territory.

Muskogee, |. T,-When a man hunt5
or fishes in Indian territory he has to
bear constantly in mind that he is
in danger of rattlesnakes, centipedes,
and tarantulas. He is likely to find
them most anywhere except in cold
weather and they are usually big
ones.
All three of these deadly poisonous
denizens Of the rocks and hills are
found wherever there is likely to be
good hunting. The rattlers are espe.
rially numerous on rocky points where
the sun beats full upon them. and the
centipedes and tarantulas are found
most anywhere.
One Of the largest rattlers ever seen
in this section was killed by Rees
Evans, dlsbursing agent for the gov
eminent offices at Muskogee. who shot
the monster rattler with a siX-shootar
The snake measured six feet TWO
inches, and had II rattles and a but.
ton. The snake was coiled up on a
fat rock when he was discovered. ana
looked big enough to fiji a bushel
basket
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25
COWBOYS STIR STATE STREET,
CHICAGO, BY ROPlNG STAN
PEOEO CATTLE.
TWO START TO SEE THE TOWN
"Zack" Miller Decides Windy City 1:
Too Wicked for innocent Animals
to Run Loose In and Cuts
Trip Short.

Chicago.-lf a long horn Texas steer
and a 2,000-pound buffalo should come
into your place would you run away
or stand by and tend bar?
That was pretty near the situation
which faced the merchants on State
street when Bin and Sadie, a great
ong.horned Texas Steer and de-
mure buffalo, started in to do the
town south of Fourteenth street the
other night. The rest of the herd,
some 60 long horns and a dozen buf.
faloes, went to the Coliseum and
showed no curiosity to see the town.
What's the town for?" asked Bill,
looking at the glare of lights.
You show me" was the coy an
swer, and the pair started.
Away from the herd they broke, and
off down State street like the wind,
going south.
"Zock Miller, one of the bosses OF
the "10l ranch" outfit, saw bill and
Sadie on their tear"
They are from the plains, and the
city is a wicked place said the guard
ian
In the meanwhile Bill and Sadie
We're arousing the populace and the
question about serving the oncoming
customers" was debated seriously.
"Whirr!' went the lariat
BIZ bounded forward and fell to
Jo Ia fa
tened over his horns.
Bill had never recLoned with civ.
ilization, SO he did not respect the
~. s. mail which was coming
Bill caused a blockade which lasted
for half an hour.
What about Sadie?" shouted a
man.
mo dance halls for her." shouted
the boss and a lariat went round
Sadie's horns and brought her up
short
I'VE will both have heads in the
morning. said Bill as he and Sadie
rose from the pavement to which they
had been thrown.
BY this time the Infection had
spread to the rest of the herd, and
they scurried in all directions.
Horses raced and men swore. The
butfaloes and cattle We're racing.
twisting and turning, with the cow
boys on their ponies intertwined in the
mass bringing it to order
The scene at the train which
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25

Port Jervts. y Y.-Gabe Winters.
fishing for gickerel in Long pond r.
Gently dropped his watch in Long
pond and hada good-by to it forever.
he thought
The other day he Went fishing aga'a
in the pond. aud his first strike vas
aa eight ponder tie vas astonishad
upon landing lie fish 20 ttnd his gold
watch lodead ia the pickegegs mogth.
The watch was running
L i steM W.Eder, and the theory
Is toat in masacating its food the fish
mad wound mp the timepiece. as taa
time was correct The fishing season
Is nov officially opened
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25

in New York to close deal for the
purchase of another mill
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25

Street ever organized more elabor.
ate system of getting advance infor
nation OF things that would affect
Wall street When the street was
waiting anXiously for the fual decis
ion in the Northern Securities case
and the Union Pacific party believed
that 1t had defeated James j. Hill, Mr.
Gates one day sent word to Mr.. Hills
Office that he had something to tell
him. The railroad president walked
down Nassau street and across Wall
street 10 the plunger's Office, There
he learned from Gates that the SUI
preme court decision would be against
the Union Pacific Gates didn't tell
how he knew il. but he assured Mr.
Hin that he knew what he was talk.
ing about Northern Securities began
to- soar that day and never stopped
:Autil It had advanced $40 share
Some days later the Supreme court
decision was made public 1t was just
what Gates said it would be.
Gates is a born ball He has never
taken any part in bear campaigns
because he's too much of an optimst
to bet on stocks going down. Every
time during the past six or seven
years when the market has had a bad
break. the story has gone around that
Gates was hurt. The bull market OF
the fall of 1902 was almost entirely a
Gates market. Gates and his follow
III "a ~vnI nd
were loaded up with stocks when it
was discovered that the Standard Oil
crowd had been selling stocks all the
way up The market collapsed and
the Gates crowd took heavy losses
1t is Gates peculiar fame that he
owns. So far as is known the most
singular pleasure craft possessed by
a millionaire II Is a sideWheel Yacht
OF uncertain age but steady "a, the
proyerbial church. and fitted oUt In a
manner that puts to shame its more
pretentious rivals Of he propeller
variety. With his wife he has spent
much time ON this distinctly family
seagolue CRATE. which pleases him 10
the point where he lo,erates good
naturally the quips OF his friends on
its pacNugcase proportions
Small wonder Is it tina, his liking
for pictures has taken m into the
school called Photographic by the
critics His fayortc is Mess0Uje and
Of the red and blue clad soldiers.
courtiers and ladies who troop
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young Gates had made enough money
10 buy out his two partners ~ one
Of the farms where the lad had
threshed wheat he fell in love With
farmers rosycheeked dauehteg
THIS gave him an incentive q 81
sEa4d ana make a fortune
! farming community away fclm
tac railways does not present many
golden opportunities e an lSyearoid
b9r Near the farm was a strip Of
aadland where Gates shot par.
,ridges aud squirrels Tramping along
a foe. pa,n Ia the woods ons DAY the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-25

in New York to close deal for the
purchase Of another mill
The Steel Merger.
They picked up everything in sight,
hurried to Chicago. and, within a
week after the opening OF their cam
paign, they had the whole company
organized This is the way that Gates
likes to GG things. Gates and all his
followers cleaned up fortunes In this
notation The public appetite was
keen for industrial stocks. especially
for steel stocks, and the conversion OF
millions Of dollars worth of newly
manufactured stock certificates into
the coin of the realm was accom-
pished in q short time. Two years
later the big trust was formed In the
steel trade. and the Gates companies
We're turned into the merger Gates
wanted to so ON the steel board
but the CHIEF promoter, Mr. Morgan,
wouldn't have II. The banker said he
didn't think that Gates was a safe man
to have In a great corporation direc.
torate
Mr. Morgau's colduess toward him
didn't seem to worry him at all Not
many months later Gates began to
plunge heavily in Louisville n Nash,
vile. lie told his friends that it was
a great property and that it ought to
so higher He and his following in
New York and Chicago, which by that
time had groWn to large proportions
because Of the money he had made for
them in his steel stocks. put the stock
from around par TO above $50 Tho
street woke up one morning 70 dis
cover that Gates had "cornered Lou.
isville. The Northern Pacific corner
panic was still fresh in the mind Of
Wall street and there was momen-
tary scare BUT Gates said he didn't
want 10 hurt anybody The road
looked good 10 him and he had bought
some ol the stock In fact he had
bought the control Gates didn't have
any special use for railroad With
$500 miles OF track and he looked
around for q purchaser He went TO
. Mr. NorEau's office one morning and
said Morgan | own the control Of
the Louisville II You want it or have
buyer for it. YOU can take il or my
hands" MIR Moyaan found a buyer
aud Gates cleaned up 3 fortune
Gates Is a born gambler When he
VAS a country shopkcepeg out in Hi
uois he spent many 4 night in a box
car ON the siding. playing the great
American game" by the light OF a
tragumau's lantern Great inancier.
than man Gates exclaimed \ railway
fireman one day as he saw by the
news arer headline that Gates had
made a biE coup In Wall street We
knew that before Wall street ever
heard " him. when he -aked I'm the
tacApors out at TURNER junction MAS
yhc engineers reply Gates believes
ina, Gaub.iuS is What MAKES the
World so Life Is gamble" ,asd he
the other day Eye.ythins is a
gamble When the farmer plants his
corn be i gambling lie ee,s tLa. tie
weather conditions VIII enable him 10
ralse -1at crop Soreumes ne