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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
C0UR!
RULES FOR UNION
JUDGE THOMPSON DENIES TYPOTH-
ETAE PERMANENT INJUNC-
TON AT CINCINNATI.
9 HOUR PACT NOT BINDING.
Rank and File Not Obliged to Abide by
Contract Made by Officers
of Freshmen.
DECISION AFFECTS MANY SHOPS.

CINCINNATI, O.. Feb. 1.--Effurts of
the United Typothctae of America to
force the International Printing Press
mems and Assistants union of North
America to live up TO an alleged agree
ment whereby the S-hour workday would
not be instituted until after January l..
1903, met with defeat in United States
Judge lhompsonS court today when
Judge Thompson handed down dcCi-
sion IN which he says the union com
mittee did not have the power to bind
the union by the agreement ii entered
INTO with the committee from the Typo
thetae.
The typothetae was granted a TEN,
porary injunction some time ago to pre-
vent the officers of the pressmen's union
from calling IA strike. They asked for
a permanent injunction claiming that
the officers had signed an agreement with
the typothetae for 9-hour day and
that an S-hour work day would not be
The officers of the union admitted the
agreement had been signed by one Of
them, but that it was not binding as the
members of the union had not ratified
the agreement
Judge Thompson. in his decision today.
held that the agreement made by the
officers of the union providing for n 9
hour day does not bind the rank and file
of the union to work . hours, but only
to work 9 hours if they work at ALL
and he denied the petition for perma-
ncnt injunction.
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ward Of the body so that the child soon
stands and walks incorrectly Gig. 81.
This means all the dangers to which
have just referred connected with a
bent and collapsed body.
The habit of sitting rigidly back In
the seat is injurious because 1t causes
wearisome tension in all the muscles as
well as In the mind, overtaxes still
further the already hard worked child.
How shall the child sit at school?
1t Is very simple indeed. Here's the
secret: Draw yourself back on the seat
until the lower part of your back Is
pressing against the back OF the seat
The weight Of the body Is then thrown
forward, the head Is lifted upward and
backward, and the feet naturally rest
easily upon the floor Gig. p. In this
position the trunk is uplifted and ex-
panded, each of the vital organs Is held
in its proper place, and the body Is In
such balance that there Is no sense of
strain or effort anywhere. That is the
rule: Place the lower part OF your
back against the back Of the seat
DR.. W. r. G. Latson.
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LAW ON MONOPOLY
HITS PHONE FIRM
BELL COMPANY ORDERED BY COURT
TO SELL STOCK IN SUP
PLY CONCERN.
is AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
Judge Windes Rules One Corporation
Shall Not Hold Shares in a Com
peting Company.
KELLOGG COMPANY is VICTOR

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Feb. /. - Judge
Wndes in the Cook county circuit court
today rendered a decision of Importance
to the telephone industries of the coun-
try. BY virtue of the courts decision,
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company known as the Bell company is
directed to return to the original owners
4311 shares of stock in the Kellogg
Switchboard and Supply company of
this city.
The court declared that the holding of
the Kellogg stock by the American com
pany was contrary to law in that il
tended to create monopoly. The Kel-
logg company was organized in 1902 by
Milo Kellogg who later went to Cali
fornia because of ill-hcalth. leaving a
power of attorney with Wallace De
Wolf. The latter it was declared in the
court record, transferred all of Kellogg 5
stock to the American company and as
the kellogg company made a speciality
of manufacturing for independent tele-
phone companies, the effect on the trade
of the transfer of the stock was severely
felt.
kellogg disapproved Of the transfer Of
stock and brought salt to have il set
aside. Minority stockholders joined in
the suit. alleging that it was against pub
lie policy to allow one corporation to hold
stock in competing company and also.
n violation Of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Judge Windes in rendering his decision
said:
THE transfer of the stock was void
rs against the law, and the public policy
Of the state Of Illinois in that it tended
to create monopoly although not a
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"a Vile pretender."

Like sauerl,raut, scrapple aud lobster
n III NvWhurS, the pumpkin pie is an
exotic in these parts. 1t was brought
here from New England lS5 years ago,
and it is To be found today upon the
bill of fare of every public coffee house
in Baltimore, but it has never been truly
natu,alized. It is still henishted alien
tolerated, but not loved The people
of Maryland are polite 10 it. but they
have no confidence i'm il.
\ consideration of the pumpkin pies
antony is sufficient to make these sus-
picions seems reasonable and just. II is.
in fact, an urraut fraud Il wears a WIG
and a mask. II prgteuds to be some
thing that it is NOT. Calling itself
pumpkin pie, j, is. IN reality, spice pie.
The SuicvA lr il give it IT'S flavor. The
pumpkin is reduced to tile Lowry office
of "a bulk producing solve or medium
that same office which sand fills in SUI
gar, saWdust In oatmeal aad prune juice
I'D rye whiskey.
Thus examined in the cold glare of
actual fact, the pumpkin pie becomes
obviously bogus ANA unSpeakahiv con-
tpmptible. The pumpkin in il is mere
stalking horse. One might substitute va
ter-mclou rind, cymlins or mock orange
for il, and no one would be the wiser.
As a matter of fact. common rumor
j hints that in the pumpkin pie Of COM
+ mrrce apple butter and glucose are en-
plUyed in that nefariOus manner; and not
/ only apple butter and glucose, but also
i cornstarch and Baltimore Sun.
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MEXICAN CARRIES MONEY.
He Dis1ilSes Checks and Doesn't
Understand Bank Books.

Almost any Mexican in professional
or business life carries on his person
anywhere between 5000 and $500. Even
the poor Indian in his blanket can
more than likely produce more than
many foreigners.
The ordinary Mexican professional
man will be found to carry sums of
money on his person that would sur
prise the ordinary traveller and even
cause him to worry We're he forced to
carry It with him, yet the Mexican
never even thinks Of it.
1t was but few days ago that an in
stance of this kind was brought TO at
tention. One Mexican of the middle
class asked another in a casual way If
he could change a thousand-dollar bill.
The other pulled out a wallet from his
inside pocket and counted out nearly
$1,000. Time after time this has hap
pened and it seems no uncommon thing
for a Mexican Of the middle class to
carry between 1000 and 1000 pesos on
his person.
The check idea seems to have taken
but small hold as yet upon the citi-
zens of Mexico, especially when small
amounts of less than $1,000 are con-
cerned. They consider 1t much easier
to pay spot cash than to give a check
for amounts of $50 and 800, and they
claim, with some amount Of reason, that
business deal can be put through with
hot IL NJ hn t. jy,
sight.
Even the Indian in the street car.
ries amounts of cash that would never
be supposed to be in his possession
They carry their money in a leather
belt, fastened around their bodies in
side their trousers. These belts are
hollow and are open at one end. Into
the open end the Indian slips his pesos
or bills until he has the whole full.
The belt then Is either taken of and
hidden away or the bills are changed
for larger denominations and carried
around the body. But the Indian is a
stickler for pesos duros" and prefers
them to any other class Of money ex-
cept gold.
To the Indian money Is money, and
a bank book stands for nothing In his
way Of reckoning. A check ne will
not accept under any circumstances,
because he does not understand It. A
coin or paper currency Is what he Is
after, and that is what he keeps his
hands on when he gets it-Mexican
Herald.
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success caused him to buy more prop
erty, and he now owns 5000 acres Not
once has he had failure Of crops, and
this season he told me he expected his
shipments of potatoes to be about 700
carloads. They are the finest l ever
saw and in quality fully equal the cele-
brated variety that has made Greeley,
Colo, famous.
"His farm is right at the summit of
the continental divide, 1900 feet above
the sea level, where there is plenty of
rainfall to make good crops without
irrigation. Joe told me that he had
made beginning In sugar beet farm
ing. with good results, and he believed
that Northern Mexico would some day
be one Of the great reproducing
regions OF the world"
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4 Chinaman's Success,

Away down in the Sierra Madre
mountains of Northern Mexico l came
across a Chinaman who has made a
great success of farming and who Is
destined to become very rich man."
said Thomas X. Handy, of San An
tonic, Tex This son OF the Orient,
whose name is Joe. has the biggest
potato farm in the whole Republic. He
speaks both English and Spanish WELL
and be IS as quick and progressive as
any Yankee | ever beheld. His neigh
bors admire and like him immensely,
and all hands say there isn't a squarer
man in Mexico.
Joe came into Mexico about five
vars ago and bought COO acres Of I'M
improved but productive land at trifling
cost and on credit. He started in rails
ing Irish potatoes, and made enough the
first season to pay for the place. His
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
UNCLE IKE NOT BACKER
Chairman Sanborn Denies Statement
That Stephenson Is Financing La
Follette's Campaign.

ASHLAND, Wis, Feb. Il Special. ]
Chairman A. w. Sanborn of the La
Toilette state presidential committee de
MES the published statement that Scna-
tor Stephenson is financing La FOIlctte's
presidential campaign.
THE largest contribution we have re-
ceived," says Senator Sanborn, lis
$1,000. We are depending on the small
voluntary contributions"
Mr. Sanborn says the great struggle is
for the control of tme national cOnven-
ton. If the conservatives .ot control,
the will force the nomiuati0n Of their
first choice. if possible Knox of penusyl-
vania, failing in which, they will nom
mate Canon, Fairbanks or Hughes. If
the progressivcs win, it may be Taft or
La Toilette.
Speaking of financing campaigns Mr..
Sanborn says that if La Toilette were
backed by large campaign fund Ne
could win. The second and third choice
vote for him in various states renders
his candidacy formidable.
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FIVE DIE IN FLAMES.
House-0ld Building in Kansas
City Goes UP.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb. Five
persons were burned to death, and five
others were injured in fire in three
story rooming house at ZIG Wyandotto
street. near the business section this
morning.
The dead:
BERT, MRS. JENNIE, aged ~ Inrrl.
sonyilc, Mo; waitress.
PORTER, MABLE. aged Is, waitress.
GRAVES, NINA. aged 49, WatrcS-.
ROONEY, PETER, aged "a, cook.
JOHNSON, CHARLES, aged Is; cook
The fire started from an explosion
of natural gas in the basement. The
flames and dense smoke spread very
quickly. The five who lost their lives
were asleep on the third floor and all
save Mrs Bert were burned to death.
Mrs. Bert lost her life in trying TO
arouse the inmates. She fell down the
stairway and landed in the thickcst of
the flames.
There were twenty-five persons in tho
building when the fire started. The build
ing was one of the oldest in the city.
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How n Child should SIT at school.

One Of the most common causes Of
weakness and disease, especially of
consumption and other lung disorders,
is bent and collapsed body-a body
with a fiat chest, rounded back, and
with collar bones and shoulder blades
sticking out. This fault Is very com
man among school children-so com
mon that within my own observation
have been able 10 find only about one
child In ten whose chest and back were
normal.
What Is the reason for this? Well.
there are several reasons, but the prin-
cipal one is the way the child sits at
school. A few days ago | looked
around class room containing fifty
boys. Two were sitting correctly.
Among the others some were lounging
their feet sprawling about the floor
others, the larger number, were sitting
rlgidly back in their seats, every mus
Gle set and tensed.
Both these position are wrong The
first one Gig. Il causes bending for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
Fighting 1t Out.

Clear the decks for action."
The big guns were now In position
and the eyes of the combatants spar
killed..
Clear the decks for action.'
The order had rung out clear and
distinct beyond possibility Of mlsun-
derstanding
MY God" cried man trembling.
My wife Is here!"
clear the decks for action"
TIE order came with grim relent-
lessness. It was followed by an antici
patory shuttle and one minute later tbe
Ninth Ward Ladies' Bridge Club had
swung into full sesslon.-Puck.
Brother-You cant think how merry.
Gus | was when | proposed. Sister
You can't think how nervous she was
until you did.-Town and Country.
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GUERIN SHOT HIMSELF.
Tailor Gives Strong Testimony for Mrs
McDonald-Says She Had No
Revolver.

CHICAGO. H.. Feb. l.-Strong tcsti-
mony for Mrs. Dora Mcdonald, who is
on tria for the murder of Webster s.
Guerin was given today by Abraham
Welinski. a tailor, whose office adjoined
that in which Guerin was killed. lie
heard the shots and going in the hall
saw Mrs Dora Mcdonald breaking the
glass in Guerin's office with her hands.
She had no revolver. he said.
He went into the room and found
Gucrin on the floor with n revolver in
his hand. He declared that Mrs. Me
Donald stepped back into the room
leaned over Guern's body, picked up tho
revolver and came back to the front of
ice. Several times she exclaimed: "Hc
has shot himself"
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COMMENT OF LA TOILETTE.

WASUINGTON -. G.. Feb. Wis
consiu people iu Washington We're great
ly pleased with the Presidents messing"
to congress, Senator LA Toilette said
The message is timely Its spirit
will he appreciated by the American peu-
pIe. They win rejoice ia the Presidents
renewed declaration of equal rights and
Justice for all citizens
II consider it a atrong, mighty mes
sage against corruption whether III cor
poration7 or among individuals. The
Democrats sincerely meant every bit Of
their applause" So spoke Representa-.
tive John Wesley Chimes Of Tennessee.
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KUEsTERMANN MAKES SPEECH.
New Congressman Declares for Revision
of the Tariff.

WASHINGTON ID. c., Feb. L.
Representative hu"stcrmann Of Green
Bay. Wis, made a tariff revision speech
in the House yesterday. He spoke 10"
half an hour and was literally appIaudcd
ON the Democrat SIDE. He sand he IA
vored general principles Of protective
policy. The DiuGey tariff net was all
right in 1897, bul It did not cover pres.
ent conditions. lie said the lumber tariff
should be abolished, both as protection
to American forests and "a an aid to
home builders. He would also remove
the steel and pctr cum tariff
A bill introduced by Mr.. Cary has for
it's purpose the prohibiting Of telegraph
companies from ending messages by
mail or express.
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SPEAKER is INDICTED.
Massachusetts Grand Jury Accuses Head
of Legislature.

SALEM, Mass, Feb. Am ind.ct-
mcut of l23 counts has been returned
against John \. Colo, speaker OF the
Massachusetts House Of Representa-
tivcs. by the Essex county grand jury,
charging him with soliciting reduced
fares on the Boston and Maine railroad
at fifty different times for hity-cight
school children in violation of the pub
lie statutes. The penalty for each Of
Tense is fine Of not less than 500 nor
more than $1,000.
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How He Escaped.

Jim Hance, the Baron Munchausen Of
the Grand Canyon of Arizona, was sit
ting on the porch of the FL Tovar one
day, retailing his marvellous adventures
to a party of gaping tourists Jim has
lived on the rim of the canyon for near
ly half century.
"Yessum," he said to an inquiring
lady, 1 can shorely say them trails
down to the bottom of the canyon is
dangerous. OF course, they've got them
hxed up in these days, so it is compara-
lively safe, but, when l began to 90
down, | took my life in my hand every
time 1t is plumb nervous to be ridin'
along the edge of one Of them gorges
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06

The first qualification of anyone who would seek to Sc
better administration is entire candor and the
spirit of fair play. | want to do with the man
Tvho will spread a false accusations without good just
basis Of will endeavor to give currency to aser
sions upon public officers with those who faith
less to their trust There is no health in either.
If you have the facts which show that public officer
Is dercct you have need for innuendo and you may
and should press your reentessy, albeit with pity
in your heart But if you have not the facts then be
fair your suspicious justify your search and your
rigid inquiry but nothing until the facts and all
the facts are found
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TORNADO BRINGS DEATH
jured in Mississippi Cyclone-Re-
lief Parties Dispatched

HAZELHURST Miss, Feb. l.
More than a score of persons were killed
and nearly twice hat number seriously
injured In yesterdays tornado.
Relief parties were organized and sent
out today. Sam Nichols and Bob Mid
dleton prominent farmers, We're fatally
hurt and members If their families in
jured. Ben Martin, farmer, is dying
and his wife and four children were
killed outright. G. VI. Maddox and wife
were also killed.
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FAIR PLAY FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS
By Gov. Hughes of New York.

| believe that our citizenship was
never more alert and insistent upon
maintaining proper standards of eff
GcicIt administration than to-day.
And l believe that it would be diff
cult to point to time when larger
proportion Of public officers were
striving honestly to do their duty.
In demanding justice we must not
forget to do justice. Nothing is
gained by making suspicion do duty
for facts. The tendency to Gym
ical and censorious spirit in our citi-
zenship should be checked. Especial
ly unworthy Is such a spirit in those
1. L. "a -
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an lookin' down 5000 feet below to moth.
in but Jagged rocks"
ooh, Mr.. Hance," broke in sweet
young thing, did you ever fall over?'
"Once," Hance replied-"only once. 1t
was this way: | was ridin' along ~ a
chasm 1000 feet deep My mule was an
old circus mule, and / carelesslke, began
to whistle Turkey in the Straw You
see. that mule had been trained TO dance
in the circus to that tune, and she be.
gan to dance right there on the edge
The natral result was that we both
went over the edge. plumb down 1000
feet to the sharp and cruel rocks"
How did you escapeW
"Oh," replied Hance, nonchalantly, Il
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
SHALL WE KILL HABITUAL CRIMINALSl
BY Attorney General BOnaparfe

The habitual criminal, it must be
remembered, is product of modern
civilization. Our ancestors would
have hanged him for his first fell
ony or, if by any chance he escaped
this fate, he would have almost sure
ly died of some of the maladies then
epidemic in prisons while awaiting
trial for the second. | would not
have men hanged to-day for tri-
fling theft, but l would have modern
society cease to nourish and shelter
its proved and inveterate enemies.
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Death of Lemuel w. Gosnell.

LA CROSSE, Wis. Feb l. Lemuel
W. Gosnell, a leading Republican IN this
section, died last urGht. Mr. Gosuell
comes Of a prominent old Baltimore fam
lis. He was one Of the lenders in the
Montana constitutional convention and
had a large part il the drafting Of the
constitution on which that state was ud.
mlttcd to the Union.
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qept my wits about me. When we was
about % feet from the bottom, after
falin' 1910 feet, ! picked out nice,
smooth spot and jumped off the mule.
| landed on my feet, safe and sound"
But the mule?"
ooh, the mule. Why, l gathered up
what was left of the mule and put it in
my lunch basket and gave it Christian
burial" Saturday Evening Post.
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AIMS TO STOP NEGROES VOTING.
Suffrage Amendment Is Proposed to
MARYLAND Constitution.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb IA suf-
frage amendment to the constitution de-
signed to eliminate as far az possible
the negro vote in Maryland has been in
troduced in the legislature The meas
ure, which is expected to pass without
material change, provides for property
qualification and an educational test.
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ONLY One Glnxa.

Funny thing, about fellow who
wears a monocle."
whats that?"
when he wears It he makes a com.
plete spectacle of himself. though 1t Is
only half a spectacle. Philadelphia
Press.
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A. II. Sheldon Dead.

GAINESVILLE, WIS. Feb. Ii Spe-
cial. IA II. Sheldon, for many years
Republican politician ana leading bust
ness man of this city, died this morning
Of u stroke Of paralysis Mr.. Sheldon
was about 70 years Of age.
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Newly Invented Sire Escape.

4 Swiss engineer has perfected a
new fre-escape. II consists Of 4 series
Of folding iron ladders. attached 10 VIM
dow frames. Zach ladder reaches from
one window TO the next enc below il.
Ry turning crank on any floor all of
the frames beneath are unfolded IN less
than q minute aud form continuous
means of descending t0 tae GROUND.
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US-V
attempt to commit a capital crime ought to be made
itself capital, that when the has been already
thrice convicted of major crimes upon his conviction
for his fourth oense of the like grade he should be la
Bile to the death penalty. have reason to re-
pent Of these suggestions.