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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
A PAGAN SURTIT4L.
austrian Peasants at Long Intervals
Still Dance as Perchten.

curious and grotesque survival of Gothic
paganism is the Perchten dance, which Is eele-
bratcd at long intervals in the Austrian ducby
IF Salzburc The dance is held in honor of
Perchta, who is known to Wagnerian opera
.oers as Freia consort of Wotau and mother of
the gods The natives still believe in and fear
the goddess, who is supposed to intercept uaV-
elIers at crossroads in guise Of witch and to
offer them friendly gifts that are extremely
dangerous. Dishes of food set out of doors
at Christmas time to propitiate her. But she
has q double nature and sometimes performs
acts Of kindness. This double nature is
fcctod sin her superhuman. trollish troops of
followers. who called beautiful or good
Porchtcn and bad, wild Perchten. The wild
variety may be identified by their screenings
and hullaballoos around chmneys stormy
nights
The peasants do not celebrate the dance
oftener. says The Wide World magazine, be
cause the monumental headdresses which are
the most striking feature of the affair cost
much as 5000 apiece There had been no per
Torrance for fifteen years when the goddess
was honored last year, The fair grounds at
SalZburg were in state of picturesque excite
mcnt with men in Tyrolese green coat. brooches
and green felt hats sporting eagle feathers
and women wearing black patent leather sailor
hats and big white aprons. The dancers pre-
pared themselves for the ceremony at an old
farmhouse in the outskirts Of the town. The
first lot seen were making up bad Perchten,
and they put hideous masks representing
horned animals, COLLINS and de, lis. There was
a bear, 4 ragpicker and a village idiot. all bent
on horseplay and practical jokes of the cIoWnish
order. Several young were dressed as
women, and there was extra merriment when a
young girl was mistaken for the opposite sex
Soon the fantastic beautiful" Perchten came
In sight. The lower part of their garb un-
obtrusive, but their heads crowned with
gigantic diamond shaped boards covered with
red velvet, which glittered array of
watches. chains mirrors, bracelets. necklaces
and other ornaments enough to start jewclry
store. which they had borrowed for the
sion from neighbors. The unwieldy structures
were not less than ten twelve feet high. The
Perchten held short swords in their right hands
and with their other hands led their partners,
WHO were young men disguised as women. Most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
4 SWING OCILIIIC4TJoy

a beautiful young girl and her motb,, ,
discussing the eternal marriage question.
We'll. there's Charlie Adams" nurpu,.s
mother, thoughtfully. after a long pause
Charles Adams" sneered the girl -Hss
he is ugly. ne is mean, he is d coward. r..
Adams. Why. he has nothing in the uo.
recommend him except his wealth"
You forget his heart disease" sai5
mother, softly.-Pick- Me-Up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
No MORE NIPS.
feathers.

When is the next intermission?' asked the
stranger in the Atlanta playhouse.
"Fhah is no intermission at all, sah,' replied
the old colonel with reminiscent sigh
mo intermissiOns between the acts?"
NO. sab. What would be the use of going
out between the acts in Georgia these days,
sah?'-ChicagO News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
DESCRIBING THE CLIMATE.

''ls your climate changeable?' asked the
stranger.
Not very" answered Farmer COrntOssel; ft
keeps shiftn around little till it strikes a
kind of weather nobody likes; then it sticks
Washington Star
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29

that without their cooperation sue
cess would be impossible. 1t Is a
splendid vista along which we are
permitted to gaze.
The idea of making Workmen
shareholders. and dividing percent
age of the profits among those rem
dering exceptional service, will
probably encounter the opposition
of the extremists on both sides, the
violent revolutionlst of capitalistic
conditions, and the narrow, grasp
ing employer whose creed Is to pur-
chase his labor as he does his ma
terials, paying the price agreed
upon and ending there. But this
opposition will, We believe, amount
to little.
That the problem will be solved
and that the two factors are some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29

difference Of the operators to the
buying side. It Is said that the
bear leaders are waiting for q
further advance before they do any
heavy selling, while the bulls adj
init that they would not be avcrse
to little decline on which to in
crease their holdings. Total visit
BILE wheat today: $685. 900
against 40,391 900 year ago; corn,
6,994,000 against 3.408,0 900; oats,
10,248.000 against 7,415,00O.
Wheat close: May, $1.07H; July,
99%c; September. &c.
Corn close: May, size; July,
61%c; September, 61Ac.
Oats close: May, NC; July,
46Ac; September, 1880.
Liverpool close-Wheat "a to "
lower; corn, " lower. December
wheat 7-11H, March TN, May
1853; January corn, 5-2A, March
5-2H.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
SECRET SERVICE VS.. CRIMINALS
WHO PROMOTE MURDER

rotary to the assistant secretary Of
the treasury-was sitting on the
edge of the slope at the mouth Of a
shaft dropping 20 feet into a coal
mine. Across the shaft was scant-
ling, and from it hung a rope
Three companions had just disap-
peared down the rope. Suddenly
the young man, named Walker,
looked up to find himself looking
into the muzzles of two guns
Something was said. Probably no.
body will ever know just what, but
the young man turned. and as he
did so charge of buckshot entered
his back, just above the left thigh.
The man who did the shooting was
one Vanderweide, and his compan-
ion. also armed, was Mason. They
were employees of the Porter Fuel
Co. OF Colorado. nominal owners of
the mine. The man shot was in
the employ of the government
secret service.
These things happened near Du-
range. Col. The party of four, un-
der the charge of Walker, was
working on cases involving land
and mineral stealing by the Union
Pacific railroad. The Porter Fuel
Co. was controlled by the Union
Pacific. They were gathering data
to support criminal prosecutions
against persons of wealth and a
certain sort Of social standing"
After Walker was shot Wander
weide and Mason went to Durango
and gave themselves up to the local
authorities. According to their &C.
count, Walker had drawn a pistol
and fired at them as they APP
preached. But according to the evil
dence collected by the government
Walker was shot in the back.
When the three men at the bot
tom of the 70 foot shaft had COM
pleted their examination of the coal
vein they turned to make their
way out, only to find that the rope
had been loosened from the scant-
ling at the top aud was now lying
In a heap at the bottom of the
shaft. All efforts to get any answer
from above to their calls failed. and
1t looked to the men at the bottom
very much like death in a trap. Bnt
one Of their number. an old pros
pector, by some means impossible
to explain. scaled the sheer sides of
the 20 foot shaft and arrived at
the top. Here he found Walkers
dead body. He then let down his
tape measure, to which his COM
panions attached the rope which,
when 1t was drawn up, was again
attached to the scantling and the
others escaped.
The state authorities refused to
surrender Mason and Venderweide
to the government authorities, and
they were quickly acquitted by a
Durango jury. The government Sc
cured In Denver an indictment for
conspiracy to commit murder. The
case came before Judge Lewis of
the Denver district, who let the
men go, on the ground that the evil
dence to prove the conspiracy was
the same as the evidence In the Du.
range murder charge, and It could
not be produced without putting
the defendants twice I'm teOna rdy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29

Trading picked up again this
morning and there seemed to be- a
keen demand for the Occur d'Alehe
copper issues, noticeably SnoM-
storm and Lucky Calumet. Tama-
rack is In better demand than for
several months and something
seems to be doing at the property
to warrant this strength. The
management should be able to COM
mence shipping ore very shortly,
as extensive development work has
been carried on now for several
years and an equipment has recent
ly been installed.
At the close of the session an in
vitation to the association was
read from Vice President and
General Manager e. P. Spalding of
the Idaho & Northern railway to
leave on special train at 8
o'clock tomorrow morning for Muir
ray, Idaho. The laying of rails
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29

day to live in friendly cooperation
let no one doubt. Human society
bears a charmed life. 1t is i'm
mortal, and was born with the in
herent power or instinct, as the
law of it's being, to solve all prob.
lens finally in the best form, and
among these none more surely than
that vexed question of our day, the
relations between these Siamese
twins, which must mutually prosper
or mutually decay-employer and
employed-capital and labor.
The writer has no desire to again
embark in business, but nothing
would appeal to him SO strongly as
this ideal. He should like to ad-
dress body of wOrkmen, many
thousands in number, as fellow
partners,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29

of their lives for the same crime.
Therefore it could not be produced
at all.
AS a matter of fact, the govern
ment had declined to present any
of it sevidence at the Durango trial.
having determined to take a more
likely path to justice in federal
prosecution for conspiracy.
Such are the facts of the Walker
affair. Putting aside lawyers quib-
bles. what does it signify? The
government was on the track of
powerful criminals. Powerful in
fluences were at work to Illustrate
the government. 1t was known that
important evidence was being gath
cred by Walker and his party.
Walker is found in the situation de-
scribed. He is approached by two
employees of the mine being jnves-
tigated, one foreman and the
other a workman. The latter are
armed. To explain their arms they
claim they were "out hunting" and
happened to pass the mine opening.
Walker is found shot in the back.
1t has been charged that the
local courts of Colorado--in very
many instances-are completely
under the domination of the great
public utility corporations. The
Union Pacific railroad was the In,
terest most affected by the govern
ment prosecutions. The local senti-
ment at Durango was no doubt un-
friendly to the governments inves-
legations. At least there were pow
erful interests making themselves
felt on that local sentiment. Any
way, what appears to have been a
cold blooded murder finds no pun
ishment in the machinery of the
courts. Walker, who is known by
his associates In Washington as a
quiet. plodding. inoffensive map,
was killed, and to this day the REL
evidence in the case has not folhHo
a hearing before ia jury. ~
So much for the Walker Incl
dent; for it was but an incident
in the long. still fight of the govdfn-
ment to land some criminals I'M
high station. How fares the fight?
Again the evidence of the secret
service men has not been pre-
scented. Indictments were secured
and lot of cases presented In the
federal court at Denver, but the
lawyers interposed the TECHNICAL.
ties of the law. The defendants de-
INJURED. The same> Judge Lewis
sustained the demurrer. The gov
eminent took an appeal to the
United States supreme court, and
about seven days ago the latter tri-
bunal reversed Judge Lewis and
sent back the cases for hearing.
But what has all this to do with
congress? Nothing; only this, that
the influences which will result In
law protected assassination In their
campaign to protect criminals In
high station, are influences which
find their tools in congress as well
as elsewhere.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
EASTERN MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter J. Nichols
& Col

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Union
Pacific has had down and up
swing of 10 points each way in
side of two week. Sentiment is 1t
will cross 100 on this movement.
Earnings of 500 line for past four
months indicate annual showing at
rate of IA per cent on common. 1t
is reported in well informed quar-
tiers that the M. X. & T. railway
has sold $1,500,000 bonds to local
banking house.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
BY ANDREW CARNEGIE

The joint stock form opens the
door to the participation of the
laborer as shareholderin every
branch of business. In this, the
writer believes, lies the final and
enduring solution of the labor ques.
ton.
The Carnegie Steel Co. made
beginning by making from time to
time 40 odd young partners, Sc
lected upon their proved merits
after long service. None contrib
uteda penny. Their notes were ac-
cepted, payable only out of the
profits Of the business. Great care
was taken to admit workers of the
mechanical departments.
The superintendent now sat in
conference with the managers in
the office. From this policy sprang
the custom of bonuses awarded
yearly to men in subordinate posi-
tions who had done exceptional
work. This class naturally felt that
they were on the upward road to
admission as partners, their feet
upon the ladder.
Nothing can stand against the d.
rect management of owners. The
United States Steel corporation re-
allied this, and as substitute re-
solved to adopt the policy of inter-
esting it's officers and employees in
its shares. Some plan of profit
sharing was soon seen to present
!. the best and indeed the only sub
stitute for individual management.
"Every employee shareholder"
would prevent most of the disputes
between capital and labor, and this
chiefly because of the feeling of
mutually which would be created.
?. The world of labor has advanced
from the slavery of the laborer to
the day of his absolute independ.
ence, and now to this day, when he
begins to take his proper place as
the capitalist partner of his en-
ployer. We may look forward with
hope to the day when 1t shall be
the rule for the workman to be
partner with capital, the man of
affairs giving his business expert
ence. the workingman in the mill
his mechanical skill, both owners
OF the shares and SO far equally
interested in the success of their
joint efforts, each indispensable. so
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
FAY KILLS HIMSELF

John 7. Fay. husband of Eva
Fay, the woman mystic who APP
peared at the Pantages In this city
sometime ago. committed suicide
recently in Oakland. Cal. He went
to his room in hotel and shot
himself after eating dinner with
his wife. They were ready to
start for Denver. Among theatrical
men Fay was credited with really
performing the feats of apparent
mind reading in which they
created something of a vaudeville
sensation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
NO TRACE OF ELOPERS

The police have found no trace
of Hazel Harrison, age 16, and Fred
Rhodes, a lumberjack, age 10, who
are said to have eloped from
Loft Bay. Idaho, Christmas eve.
Mrs. l.. G. Harrison, the girls
mother, notified the police last
night. She believes the pair are
hiding in Spokane. At the time OF
the elopement, according to Mrs.
Harrison. he daughter was be-
trothed to George Cowan, a young
logger of Loft Bay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
BROKERS CELEBRATE
NEW RAILROAD

LAS completed into Murray Deem
Yer % and this will be the first
Gain to 60 in over the line. The
Members of the exchange accepted
NE invitation unanimously and de.
c1ared tomorrow a holiday in honor
of the occasion, consequently there
will be no session and the clearing
house of the association will be
closed.
This is one of the most important
events that has happened in the
Cbeur d'Alenes for years. This
northern part of the Occur d'Alene
district will very likely rival the
southern portion as producer be-
fore long. Four or FIVE properties
have already very large tonnage
in sight and the building of this
railroad was largely on account Of
the ore in sight that will ensure
business from the start.
T es, Ill
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
BY gibson GARDNER.
|pecial 0orrsspo ndsnos to The Press

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 90
Why these attacks by congress ON
the government secret service?
The following story will throw a
sidelight on this why"
On Sunday afternoon. not so
very long ago, a young man from
this city-he used to be private sec
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
WHEN LABOR BECOMES THE
BUSINESS PARTNER OF CAPITAL
sp.e.a, corr.spooasae. 70 I'll. ,r..s

Special Correapocdsncs 70 The Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-In a re-
marble article published in
Wori1's Work for January Andrew
Carnegie outlines plan which he
predicts will some day solve the
vexed problem of capital and labor.
The great ironmaster declares that
not only is the position Of labor
in reference to capital steadily inn
proving, but that it will continue
to improve until, through the in
crease of profit sharing and stock
holding by employees, the laborer
will become one with the capitalist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29
Chicago Grain Market

Chicago Grain Market
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Gossip on
wheat is very much mixed. Traders
say that the most bearish feature
is the tight outside trade and in.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-29

A man should know the cons
pang he avoids. v"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-05-21
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED
BY A TORNADO
Sarpy County, Nebraska, Visited BY
Devastating Wind.

Omaha, Neb. Especially. - More
than dozen persons are known to
have been killed and a score injured
by a tornado which swept over the
northern part of Spary County. The
storm which gained velocity on its
way south, started in Omaha about
4.9O. At Bellevue the college build
ings were damaged to the extent OF
probably $4,000, and several per
sons were injured. but none fatally
AT Fort Crook the troops were
marched across the parade grounds
in perfect formation to safer quarters
under rain of debris, while the
tornado was at its height. Several
Oh the soldiers were injured, but none
seriously.
Inc storm was the most severe thai
ever struck Eastern Nebraska. TIL,
damage to the college buildings az
bellevue was heavy. The tower was
pIown from Park Hall and the build.
ing wrecked. Lowry Hall and Ran.
kin Hall were unroofed.
Ine panic-stricken students ran 10
the basement and in this way many
Fatalities were probably prevented.
Inc college stables were wrecked and
all the horses killed.
moving south, the tornado struck
Fort Crook, damaging several OF the
DarracR buildings, but nobody was
injured. In the town OF Fort Crook
however. a number of buildings were
entlrely wrecked and other damage
done.
The storm lifted and dipped at in
terVals, continuing to move south
ward, doing much damage to farm
property. The first town struck was
Papiilion, eight miles south of South
Omaha. At that point the damage
was not great the funnel-shaped
cloud apparently lifting sufficiently
10 pass the town. 1t again descend.
ed, however, as the storm moved
toward Richfield, four miles south
or Papillion. In its path the farm
OF Gus Leader, whose farm buildings
were entirely destroyed, and his son.
Charles Leader. aged IA, was killed
outright. All his live stock was kill
ed
At Louisville half the town was
wrecked and at least eight persons
lost their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester
was killed in her home. Seven men,
who took refuge In a sand pit north
OF town. were killed outright, their
names were not available.
Two miles north of Papillion. Mar
tin Tetth and his son, James, were
driving along the Little Papio River,
when their horse became frightened
by the hail and plunged into the
swollen stream. Both. father and
son were drowned.
An officer from Fort Crook arrived
in the city and stated that the dam
age to the building would amount
to 100000 at the army post alone,
and that the village is almost total
wreck.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-05-21
DRAINED MANS BRAIN.
Jacob Ritz Minus Four Ounces OF
Gray Matter.

Jacob Ritz Minus Four Ounces OF
Gray Matter.
New York Especially Jacob kItz.
~ years old. of 1880 DeKalb Ave
nue.. Brooklyn. will leave St. Mary's
Hospital in a few days minus four
ounces of brain matter. but never
theIess healthy. strong man Ritz
attempted suicide on April and
hred bullet of 3S caliber into his
brain. For a day or more his life
was despaired of, for the bullet had
entered one side OF the skull and
lodged under the bone on the other
side. fracturing both sides and pass
ing through the frontal lobes.
Shortly after Ritz had been taken
TO the institution a tlmor formed
between the skull and brain which
pressed dangerously on the frontal
lobes, and TO drain it the surgeons
inserted a rubber tube through the
bullethole in his right temple. For
sometime 1t was thought that pos
slbly Ritz's sight and taste had been
impaired, due to the fact that the
bullet had passed through what is
Known to physicians as the seat of
judgment" Tests were made and
the man was found to have retained
both his taste and eyesight.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-05-21
MAN, Wife AND
SERVANT SLAIN
House Is RaBsaCked From Top 10
Bottom.

Matawan. n. ]. Especially Three
lives were snuffed. out by murderer
on a farm near the little village Of
Wickatunk, which is about seven
miles from Matawan.- The victims
were William B. Sheppard, his wife,
Josephine, and their servant, Jennie
Bendy. Of the family only a baby
Of IL months, who was asleep in a
crib, escaped.
Detectives questioned Frank Zas-
trea, the only farmland remaining
on the place, who discovered the trag-
edy. He contradicted himself in
many details, and it was decided to
hold him, ostensibly as a witness,
for the inquest. He vas taken to
the county Jail in Freehold. where
another man, Frank Crooks, is also
held on suspicion.
The authorities are seeking two
men who were employed on the farm
by Mr.. Sheppard and who were dis
charged, one 10 days ago and the
other on Thursday night.
Whatever the motive, it was not
robbery, although the house was ran
sacked. That some money was taken
is not doubted, although Mr.. Shep-
pard usually did not have much in
his home. His pockets were turned
inside out, a desk was broken open,
carpets and mating were ripped up
and the bureau drawers were rifled.
But in the pocket of Mr.. Sheppard
was his gold watch and diamond
ring was on his finger Mrs. Shep-
pard also had a ring which had not
been taken, nor had other pieces OF
jcwclry that were on her dressing
case. This leads the authorities to
the belief that the murderer was ac-
tuated by a spirit of revenge, and as
Mir. Sheppard was esteemed by all
who knew him in the village the
county officials and Pinkerton detec-
lives are anxious TO find the two
rarmhands who were discharged
All the residents of the country
FOR miles around were aroused by
he murder The weapon used was
Mr.. Shcppard's own repeating rifle,
and the murderer was calm, deliber-
ate and determined to make no mis-
take. To this end end he shot both
! MIR Sheppard and his wife twice,
though either Of the wounds was suf-
icient to cause death.