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The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
WAGES AND LIVING COST GROW
Report Showing Changes in Welfare of
Workingmen in Year.

Washington.-The average wages
per hour in the industries of the coun-
try were 3.7 per cent. higher in 1907
than in 1906, while retail prices of
food were AZ per cent. higher, accord.
ing to the July report of the bureau of
labor. The regular hours of labor per
week were four-tenths of one per cent.
lower, and the number of employees in
creased one per cent.
The purchasing power of an hours
wage, as measured by food was less
in 1907 than in 1906, the decrease be.
ing one-half of one per cent.
The report shows that, as compared
with the average for the ten-year
period of 1890 to 1899, the average
wage per hour in 1907 was 2S.S per
cent. higher, the number of employees
44.4 per cent. greater, with a decrease
of five per cent. in the average hours
of labor per week. The retail price of
principal articles of food was 2O.6 per
cent. higher. Compared with the av-
erage for the same ten-year period.
the food-purchasing power of an hours s
wage in 1907 was 6.S per cent. greater.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
SNoRED AND WAS ELECTED.
Hotelkeeper Enforces House Rule
Against Guest.

Springfield, Mass.-Joe Abs was
elected from his boarding place at 26
Liberty street because he snored and
said things in his sleep. Stephen
Hello, the landlord, was the man who
created considerable diversion for the
neighbors by throwing the star board
er and his effects into the street.
Abs slept on a cot in the kitchen,
and before daylight in the morning he
began to play symphony on his nasal
organ. He ran the scale so loud that
he aroused all the sleepers in the
house and they entered a protest.
Hello made up his mind that the best
way to stop the snorer was to throw
him out, SO an attempt was made to
oust Abs.
In the process tables We're over
turned and chairs hurled across the
room. Finally Hello and Abs clinched
in the street in front of the house, and
the former exhibited red marks on his
throat where he said the elected board
er clutched him. Things quieted down
before 12 o'clock, when Abs sought
another boarding place.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
LEFT 1T TO MRS. BROWN.
Reverend Gentleman Very Willing to
Evade Responsibility.

The trust and dependence which
characterized Rev. Mr.. Browns atti-
tude toward his wife's judgment in all
practical affairs were sometimes
touching, but occasionally they were
amusing.
I'm sorry you've been troubled with
the toothache," said the family dent
list, when Mr.. Brown appeared in his
office one day. IL gave you the first
minute had free. after receiving your
wife's telephone message. Let's see,.
which tooth is it that's troubling you?"
MN, it's not aching just at pres
ent," said Mr.. Brown, after a mo-
ment's hesitation, during which he.
made a cautious investigation with his
tongue. Didn't Mrs. Brown mention
to you which tooth it was? I always
rely on her in such matters" youths
Companion.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
SUDDEN BATH DANCE FEATURE.
Master of Ceremonies Hurled Into Pool
by Alfred G. Vanderbilt.

New York-Ever since Alfred G.
Vanderbilt's dance at Oakland Farms,
Newport, those society people who
were not present have been learning
from their more fortunate friends
what they missed. 1t was only the
other day, however, that the secret got
out
If fashion follows the lead set by
Mr.. Vanderbilt at his first dance fol-
lowing his divorce, it will hereafter
insist that the master of ceremonies
be chucked into a swimming pool,
evening clothes and all, and made to
swim for his life.
That was what happened to Worth
ington Whitehouse, who led the cotil-
lon at the Vanderbilt dance, and the
host was the one that put him there
No, there wasn't any hard feeling
about it. That is to say, there wasn't
any as far as is known. While Mr..
Whitehouse struck out boldly for the
shore in his new evening garments
the other guests, men and women, to
the number of nearly hundred,
cheered uproariously.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03

MOT since 1893 has the total United
~ States pensioners been so low as
it is at present. This fact is made
known in report by the commission
er of pensions, recently issued and
the report shows that steady decline
has set in, death cutting heavily into
the ranks in the last year. The 1908
total is 951, 1,6S7, and it was said that
in all probability this will shrink to
100000 within another year
Four years ago the high water mark
in pensions was reached. For a few
days in August, 1904, there were more
than 100000 persons on the rolls.
These figures, however, do not appear
in the official reports, as the official
record of 1904 gives an average of
only 994,70 There were 99S,441 pen
sioners on the average in 1905, and
then started the downward movement,
which it Is expected will become more
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There Washington.
Clerks Declare That Uncle Sam Is Stingv

president is disgrace to a country of
this size and Importance. They aver
that foreign nations, of less size, pay
their monarchs and rulers a much
larger sum than is given Mr.. Roose-
velt
President Roosevelt's salary per an
mum is $4,000. 1t is conceded that
this amount alone is expended each
year in necessary entertainments.
Vice-President Fairbanks receives only
$4,000, the same amount paid Speak
er Cannon of the house of representa-
tives and the members of the cabinet
This amount, it is said by those in a
position to know is spent by the re-
cipients in about two or three months
In entertainments, theater parties and
sundry functions necessary to main
tain their position in social circles.
Senators and representatives re-
ceive $500 a year. Before congress
voted them an increase they received
only $4,000 per annum. The ambassa-
doris to Austria Hungary, Brazil,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Russia and Turkey re-
ceive SIT, 500 per annum, while those
occupying diplomatic positions in the
smaller and less important countries
receive a salary in proportion to the
significance of the post to which they
are assigned
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
SIXTH SENSE WARNS.

ing of one Mastin. The killing was
neighborhood feud and both men
were using revolvers when the fatal
shot was fired Rousey comes of a
noted family. His grandfather had
seven sons. OF the seven only one
met natural DEATH the others being
sent into eternity by bullet or knife
wounds. All of the seven are dead,
the last, Micajah Rousey, having been
killed at Junction City by the marshal.
Will Rousey is nephew of Micajah
Rousey. He has another cousin in. the
prison here who was convicted of kill
ing an old man named Kiser in the
courthouse at Danville.
After Will Rousey had been con
victed and sentenced to the peniten-
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
WASHINGTON.-Is Uncle Sam pc.
w nurious in the allotment of sal

WASHINGTON.-Is Uncle Sam pc
w nurious in the allotment of sal
aries?
This question is constantly being
asked by clerks and others in the en-
ploy of the government. 1t is recalled
that at the last congress the salaries
of the cabinet officers were increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
The government clerks contend that
their salaries are too small, and that,
as the cost of living has advanced,
they should be accorded the same con-
sideration given cabinet officials and
congressman.
The clerks are not the only ones
who are grumbling at the apparent
disinclination on the part of the gov
ernment to increase salaries. Their
superiors also are said to be in favor
of increases. Many government Off
cials who refrain from giving publicity
to their utterances for obvious rea-
sons, contend that the salary paid the
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03

tiary he appealed his case to the court
of appeals. While that appeal was
pending he broke Jail at Danville, saw
ing the bars in two and getting away.
The man who escaped with him was
captured, but Rousey seemed to have
been swallowed up. He was a mem
ber of the Railway Trainmen's union
and carried a card which would pass
him on any railroad in the country.
In this way he was enabled to make
quick jumps about the country.
Walter Fitzgerald was jaiier of
Boyle county, and he and TON Helm,
then chief of police, went after
Rousey. Months passed and the peo-
pie had forgotten that such a man as
Rousey existed. More than a year
after Rousey's escape he was arrested
in small town in southern California.
He was brought back and when the
court of appeals affirmed his case he
was brought to the penitentiary here.
During the year that passed after
his escape, Helm was on the trail of
Rousey and twice was within two
hours of him, reaching a town only
that length of time after Rousey had
gone The chase was from Illinois to
southern Arkansas and back four
times and then across Texas and New
Mexico into California.
During this time Rousey never had
positive information that anybody was
after him. He received warnings in
some mysterious way. He says some
thing told him Tom Helm was after
him and would come to the town in
which he happened to be at that time.
AS soon as this feeling came upon
him, without questioning it, Rousey
would leave. On the day before he
was arrested, Rousey said, he was sit
ting by the railroad track in the yards
where he was employed. He said the
old feeling which said to him plainly:
Tom Helm is coming here after you"
came over him. He said he went at
once to the foreman of the yard and
asked for his pay and also for a pass
to Canada This was on Thursday
The foreman persuaded Rousey to
wait until Saturday and work the
week out. The failure to obey the
warning caused Rousey to be caught
Just at the edge of what would have
been safety, and he went to the peni-
tentiary, where he has made good
record.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03

TWELVE thousand American citi-
i zens on the Atlantic fleet, bound
around the world, will have no part in
the coming national election.
The fleet will be anchored in Manila
bay election day. and the Philippine
statutes refuse citizenship to soldiers,
sailors and marines of the United
States. Eighteen hundred votes will
be missing from the ballot boxes of
New York. The Empire state con-
tributed the largest number of en-
listed men to the fleet.
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are
tied for second place, with 1900 each.
New England alone is represented by
1,S00 and other eastern states by
5.S37. Eighteen hundred southerners
are with the fleet.
Illinois is represented by S65, Ohio
by $50, Michigan 525 and Indiana 465.
The newest state, Oklahoma, found
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
Man Tries to Steal 1t, But Old Time.
piece Raises Objection.

New York.-An antique clock, worth
but having a value of perhaps $50
from an antiquarian's point of view,
stood silent on the mantelpiece of the
drawing-room on the first floor of No.
West Twenty-sixth street. The old
clock had stood there many years
with its hands always pointing at
2:2S o'clock. 1t stopped at that hour
to go ever since.
About 2:15 o'clock in the afternoon
Frank Williams, aged 2S, found the
door of No. West Twenty-sixth
street ajar. Prompted by a curiosity.
possibly, he walked in and tiptoed into
the drawing-room. There was no one
there. Williams espied the ancient
clock on the mantel. 1t looked pawn
able, and he gently lifted 1t off the
mantelpiece and started out with 1t.
He got as far as the hall when the
clock suddenly awoke from its Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep and with rattle
and buzz and bang and changing Of
bells screamed for help in its horo-
logical way. 1t was a French clock,
and it screamed in the musical ac-
cents of France. Williams quickened
his pace, but had not more than
reached the front door when William
Ling, the caretaker of the house.
came bounding up the stairs from the
basement to see what had broken
loose,
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
Salary of Consuls General and Others

The United States district attorney
at New York receives $4,000 a year,
while the district attorney at Boston
receives $4,000. The salaries of other
federal district attorneys are as fol-
lows: At Newark, N. j. $4,000; in
Vermont, $4,000; in Pennsylvania,
s4,5O0; in Maryland, $4,000; in North
Carolina. $4,000; in Florida, $4,000.
The United States marshals receive
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum The
marshals in New York receive IS 900;
Pennsylvania, $4,000; Maryland,
$3,500. The salaries of other impor-
tant positions are: Public printer,
$500; secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, $4,000; civil service COM
missioner, $4,000 each; interstate COM
merce commissioners, $4,000 each;
isthmian canal commissioners, S14 900
each; district commissioners, IS 900
each; director of the international bu-
reau of American republics, $4,000;
William Loeb, Jr., receives $4,000 for
his services as secretary to the presi-
GERS receive only $4,000 and $4,000 per
annum. The sergeant-at-arms of the
senate gets $4,000
The first assistant postmaster gen.
eral receives $4,000 per annum, the
second, third and fourth assistants,
$4,000 each. The chief inspector Of
the post office department receives
$4,000; the superintendent of division,
$4,000 the general superintendent.
81 00O
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
STATE OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO,
I.IrCAS C0IfNTY IS

LUCAS COUNTY. ss-
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is senior
partner of the firm OF +. ]. CHENEY & Co.. doing
business In the City of Toledo, County and state
aforesaid. and that said frm will pay the of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by the Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn before me and subscribed>i in my presence
this 9Th day of December. A. D.. 1856.
I A. W. GLEASON.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03

hon. george w. Honey, National
Chaplain U. V. o., ex-Chaplain Fourth
Wisconsin Cavalry, ex-Treasurer State
of Wisconsin, and ex-Quartermaster
General State of Texas G. A. R., writes
from 100 First St., N. E., Washington,
D. c., as follows:
81 cannot too highly recommend your
preparation for the relief of catarrhal
troubles In their various forms. Some
members of my own family have used
it with most gratifying results. When
other remedies failed, Peruna proved
most effcaciOuS and 1 cheerfully certi-
fly to it's curative excellence"
Mr.. Fred l.. Hebard, for nine years a
leading photographer of Kansas City,
Mo-, located at the northeast corner of
18th and Grand Aves., cheerfully gives
the following testimony: "Itis proven
fact that Peruna will cure cafarrh and
la grippe, and as tonic 1t has no equal
Dznggists have tried to make me take
Something else just as good,' but Peru
ma is good enough for me-"
Pe-ru-na in Tablet Form.
For two years DIR. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now secure Peru
ma tablets, which represent the solid
medicinal ingredients of Peruna.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
STRANGE INTUITION HELPED FU-
GITlVE EVADE LAW.
Escaped Convict Successfully EIuded
Detective Twice, But Failed to
Heed Third "Hunch" and Was
Captured.

Frankfort, Ky.-The man with the
sixth sense, who knows from intuition
that he is being chased is to be re-
leased from the penitentiary on pa
role His name is William Rousey
and he is serving sentence of 81
years having been convicted in Boyle
county of manslaughter for the shoot
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03

Nine years of this ran me down to a
state of continual weakness and l
thought l never would be better until
l began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
using four boxes 1 am cured and have
never had any return of the trouble"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
Profit In Imitation Jewelry.

There are some large profits made,
on goods sold in New York city. but
the greatest percentage goes to
the retailers of jewelry that has imita-
ton precious stones in its compost
ton. The profit is often 1000 times
as much as the goods cost. To get
$40 for what costs 40 cents is quite
usual.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
A RUMPUS is MADE BY CLOCK.

Down the front steps went Williams,
hugging the frightened old clock un-
der his coat and sprinted toward
Broadway. At the corner Ling caught
him and turned him over to police
man.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03

ney disease alldcheO
me. The pain in my
back was SO agoniz-
ing l finally had to
give up work. Then
came terrible attacks
of gravel with acute
pain and passages of
blood. In all / passed
25 stones, some as
large as a bean.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-03
AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS.
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills After
Years of Suffering.

F. A. Rippy, Depot Ave. Gallatin,
Tenn. SAYS: "Fifteen years ago kid.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
WI SAYS SOMETHING.

that diets
following
pacnghuse still fresh the public
Breakfast
serve a corking
public patrons
presented for the bargain buyer They advertisers whose
their shelves all
is a VISIT % al a o
WILL celebrated with
disaster
SOME
Well everything
undergraduate stems
S soothing.
IT WILL BE bully
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
THE FOUNDER SAYS

The report has been going around
that Captain Peter Austgen will be
the chief of police of Hammond when
Governor Marshall gets into the execu-
tive chair and begins to throw out the
republican officeholders.
Pete Austgen is one of the most eff
ficient men on the police force. He
is quiet and unassuming and yet there
is never an emergency to which Cap
tain Austgen does not rise. At times
he has shown decisiveness which has
won the admiration of those who have
seen the genial officer aroused.
A case in point occurred when Fer
guson Lauder murdered Paddy Cold
en- in Jim Smiths saloon a couple Of
years ago. Austgen was the first Of
hcer to arrive on the scene. He saw
several wounded men lying on the floor
and knew at a glance that he had a
bad case to deal with.
Who did that?" said he to Jim
Smith, as he pointed to the dying man
on the floor. Jim Smith hesitated.
Where is the fellow who shot that
MANI" demanded the officer. Again Jim
Smith hesitated. Austgen knew that
it was a time for action and not for
words
He ran over to where Smith was
standing behind the bar and glazing
at him fiercely slammed his fist down
on the bar and said: Il want you to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland an
nounces that his entire fortune has
been swept away, but declares he will
move into small house and run for
mayor again next spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker Edwards, after
sensational trial at Buck Shoals, N. c.,
are completely INDICATED of the
charge of violating an old statute of
the state
Deal contaminated in Kentucky for
So,OO0.oo0 pounds of tobacco may stop
night riding.
American Federation of Labor at
Denver indorses President Gompers' ad-
dress that the unions should not defy
the court in injunction cases, but ap-
plauds move for individuals to go to
jail.
Free text books in Chicago grammar
schools is the ultimate aim of the
school board.
Important work is to be undertaken
along new lines in the home and for
eign missionary field a result of the
Catholic missionary congress.
Real aims of council committee and
tunnel company seem lost in maze of
telephone negotiations.
Congress will be asked for further
appropriation for the new west side
postoff1ce in Chicago.
Chicago Commercial club petitions
supreme court for rehearing of case in
which loan shark" law was held bad.
Down-state progressive" Legislators
are signing up" representatives who
have promised to fight old machine
German emperor holds he is COM
mitted to no new course by his recent
pledge to Won Buelow.
| DEGREES issued by new government
! of China command the carrying out OF
reforms projected by Kung-Hsu and
| the empress dowager.
Big fire losses on Kentucky bonded
whisky warehouses lead many fnsur.
ance companies to cancel policies OF
this class of business.
December wheat scores a slight ad
vance, while May delivery declines
little corn sold by the country; oat.
and provisions easy; cattle, hogs high
er; sheep lower.
Stocks in Wall street close lower, an,
the business of the commission house
shows that the public is not buyinl
so freely as 1t did recently,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
THIS is MY 9th BIRTHDAY.
Sir WiIfrtd Laurier.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier. premier of Can
ada, who was given a renewal of power
at the recent general elections in the
Dominion, was born at st. Lin, Que
bee, Nov. 90, 1871, of French Canadian
parentage. His education was received
chiefly at McGill University in Mont
real. After his graduation in 1864 he
studied law and entered upon the prac-
tice of that profession in 1866. His
public career dates from 1871, in which
year he was returned to the Quebec
legislative assembly. In 1874 he en-
tered the house of commons and two
years later he was appointed minis ter
of inland revenue in the Mackenzie ad-
ministration. but was defeated on GO
ing to his constituents for reelection
Quebec East. however, elected him and
has remained faithful to him ever since.
He assumed leadership of the liberal
party In 1891 and in 1896 he became
premier. with the distinction of being
the first French-Canadian to hold that
high office. Sir Wilfrid has announced
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TIE MOTHERS TREK
By EDWIN A. NYE.
1908. by Edwin A. Nye.


Look. how this love-this mother-runs
through all
This world God made-even the beast
the bird. -Tennyson.
One woman journeyed on foot 1000
miles, drawing a little express wagon
that she might keep her children to-
gether.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Arthur performed this
feat She thus travelled all the way
from Texas to Ames, Ia.
Six years ago the husband deserted
her and three small children. Her en-
tire capital was a COW, pig and two
small hands.
Mrs. Arthur CHANGED to come across
fiamboyant circular telling of new
town on the gulf coast. The land fow-
ed with milk and honey-and oppor-
tunity. so it said. Selling COW and pig,
she bought q ticket to the Texas town
Then came disilluslon The town was
mostly on paper.
But the woman was gritty.
She found temporary home for the
older children in the Texas country
She bought little wagon and had left
80 cents to get to South Dakota, where
she had relatives.
Onward across the plains of Texas
and Indian Territory YEARLY trudged
the little mother, pulling the child.
Kind hearted Texas farmers helped
her. Sometimes she stopped to work
for few days. In this way she got
to Ames, Ia, where a ticket was given
her to South Dakota.
| At the latter town the husband turn
ed up. He would agree to a divorce
and alimony of $4,000 if the mother
would give up the baby. Penniless,
tired, discouraged, after many tears
Mrs. Arthur consented.
Then, having got the money, she re-
| pented the arrangement And now she
is looking for the baby, placed By the
| father in some orphan asylum. And
the poor mother declares she will
spend every cent to get her child back
This is no fancy story.
1t is a true heroic-only one of myri
ads in the annals of motherhood.
Mrs. Arthur cannot rest until she
gets her baby and brings all her little
brood together again.
THAT IS THE MOTHER OF 1T.
The picture of the little woman:
weary trek of thousand miles need:
no setting. 1t is a picture Of the love
that does miracles-the love of moth
er for her own.
Somebody-who was it?-somebody
once said that God made mothers be
cause he couldn't be around himself
all the time.